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Annual Shriner's poker run set for Sunday
(Community News ~ 10/28/05)
Motorcycles will be revved up and ready to run 99 miles in the ninth annual Shriner's poker run Sunday, beginning with an 11:30 a.m. registration at the Boardman Pavilion in downtown Cape Girardeau. Registration for the event is $10 per rider. Ron Clark, past president of the Cape Shrine Club, said the route, set up to pass through Altenburg, Frohna, Biehle, Scott City and Cape Girardeau, is planned for half the riders to start at one end of the loop while others begin where they end up -- allowing them all to meet along the way.. ...
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Principal, senior trade responsibilities for the day
(Local News ~ 10/28/05)
Notre Dame Regional High School senior Andrew Buelow was surrounded by his version of the Secret Service on Thursday as he ruled the school as principal for a day. While the school appeared to be in chaos, Buelow seemed to be in control, giving students a half-day off, letting them eat candy and drink soda in their classes. It was temporary, however, a cooperative effort between Buelow and principal Brother David Migliorino...
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Scott City renews chamber of commerce efforts
(Local News ~ 10/28/05)
Just a week ago the future of the Scott City Chamber of Commerce was uncertain. Now chamber members feel more optimistic about the future, and they're set to mount an aggressive recruiting drive to bring new members into the organization. Chamber president Paul Schock called for a meeting last Thursday to discuss the future of the organization. ...
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Charge could bring second life sentence for area man
(Local News ~ 10/28/05)
A Perryville, Mo., man faces a second life sentence for distributing marijuana. Randall L. Doan, 42, was charged on Oct. 21 with one count of intent to distribute more than 5 grams of marijuana, which is a class B felony under state statutes. Because he was a prior offender on felony drug charges, the charges were enhanced to a class A felony...
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Southeast's homecoming festivities this weekend
(Local News ~ 10/28/05)
Southeast Missouri State University will celebrate its century-old landmark, Academic Hall, during the homecoming celebration this weekend. The theme of this year's homecoming is "Same Places, New Faces." Saturday's homecoming parade, which kicks off at 9:30 a.m. at Capaha Park, will include floats depicting Academic Hall through the decades...
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Area gas prices steadily falling
(Local News ~ 10/28/05)
It still may not seem like a bargain to most motorists, but area gas prices are falling fast, dropping from $2.50 for a gallon of regular unleaded just a week ago to as low as $2.08 on Thursday at one local gas station. "It's fallen pretty quick," said Scott Blank, who owns three Bi-State convenience stores in Cape Girardeau. "We've seen a steady decline on the wholesale end of things every day, which has allowed us to drastically reduce our prices."...
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Anti-litter committee revives campaign
(Local News ~ 10/28/05)
A local group plans to wage a "don't drop it, stop it" advertising campaign and affiliate with the Keep America Beautiful organization to combat litter in the region. The campaign will include ads that will run in the Southeast Missourian with the slogan: "Litter, Don't drop it. Stop it. Show-me you can."...
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County down to 200 flu shots
(Local News ~ 10/28/05)
The flu-shot clinics in Cape Girardeau and Jackson next week could be the last ones this year due to a flu-shot shortage that has left the county Public Health Center with only 200 doses of the vaccine. "Ever since 2000, it's been a fiasco, a debacle," said center director Charlotte Craig. "It's a critical situation I believe."...
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Four unbeatens are favorites in Breeders' Cup
(Professional Sports ~ 10/28/05)
NEW YORK -- Lost in the Fog won't be the only undefeated favorite in the Breeders' Cup -- three others will likely join the sensational 3-year-old colt with top billing on thoroughbred racing's biggest day. First Samurai, Lost in the Fog and Shakespeare come into their Breeders' Cup races Saturday at Belmont Park with perfect records, while Leroidesanimaux has won all three of his starts this year. Combined, the foursome is 22-for-22 in 2005...
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White Sox revel in end of 88-year drought
(Professional Sports ~ 10/28/05)
HOUSTON -- Wearing a wide, satisfied smile on a face flushed with pride, Ozzie Guillen stood off to the side by the third base line and simply watched his White Sox rejoice in the middle of the field. Chicago's exuberant young manager might have enjoyed sprinting toward that cluster of jubilant players and leaping right into the fray...
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SIU's Kill grateful for support in tough time
(Professional Sports ~ 10/28/05)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois coach Jerry Kill says he doesn't remember the seizure that caused him to collapse and convulse during a game nearly two weeks ago -- or the six other seizures he suffered in the days after. But the 44-year-old coach, back on the sidelines after being released from the hospital last week, said he embraces all the support he's gotten from his players, family and friends since then. ...
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World Series is lowest-rated ever
(Professional Sports ~ 10/28/05)
NEW YORK -- The Chicago White Sox's first world championship in 88 years was also the lowest-rated World Series ever. Chicago's four-game sweep of the Houston Astros averaged an 11.1 national rating with a 19 share on Fox. That's down about 7 percent from the previous low, an 11.9 with a 20 share for the 2002 World Series between the Anaheim Angels and the San Francisco Giants...
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Brehaut leads at Chrysler Championship
(Professional Sports ~ 10/28/05)
PALM HARBOR, Fla. -- When last seen at Innisbrook, Jeff Brehaut was an emotional wreck until making a slippery 4-foot birdie putt on the last hole that made his road back to the PGA Tour much easier. One year later, Brehaut was still making big putts Thursday in the Chrysler Championship -- five birdies, one eagle and a momentum-saving par -- that carried him to a 6-under 65 and a two-shot lead as he kept alive his hopes of getting into the Masters or even the Tour Championship...
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Sports briefs 10/28/05
(Other Sports ~ 10/28/05)
Baseball...
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Konerko files for free agency
(Professional Sports ~ 10/28/05)
NEW YORK -- Less than 24 hours after helping the Chicago White Sox win their first World Series since 1917, AL championship series MVP Paul Konerko was among 62 players who filed for free agency Thursday. Konerko, who hit .283 with 40 homers and 100 RBIs during the regular season, is one of the top hitters available on the market. Approximately 200 players are eligible to file by the Nov. 10 deadline, and free agents can start discussing contract terms with all teams the following day...
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SIU upsets No. 1 Western Kentucky
(Professional Sports ~ 10/28/05)
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- Arkee Whitlock rushed for 207 yards and scored three touchdowns as Southern Illinois upset Division I-AA No. 1 Western Kentucky 31-20 Thursday night in Bowling Green. Whitlock had two TDs during a spurt when Southern Illinois outscored the Hilltoppers 24-0...
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Bonfire can be fun or offensive
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/28/05)
To the editor: Tony L. Smee defends his backyard bonfires as an exercise of tradition but gives no thought to the effects on neighbors. Perhaps those neighbors regard the drift of noxious smoke as offensive, even foul-smelling. Additionally, Mr. Smee threatens to move out to the county if his rights to have such backyard fires is prohibited. Perhaps he has presented the very solution his neighbors have sought...
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IOC rejects women's boxing
(Professional Sports ~ 10/28/05)
LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The IOC rejected women's boxing Thursday but approved open-water swimming and women's steeplechase for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The International Olympic Committee executive board ratified the recommendations of its program commission for events and disciplines within the 28 existing sports in the Summer Games...
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Gretchen Wilson puts tiny town on the map
(Entertainment ~ 10/28/05)
POCAHONTAS, Ill. -- In the rough-and-tumble roadhouse called Big O's, a teenage Gretchen Wilson felt at home with a microphone in hand, belting out renditions of old-school Patsy Cline or Loretta Lynn that sliced through the smoky haze. The diminutive blonde dreamed of being a big star, and those who heard her believed she had the chops for it...
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A good suggestion
(Editorial ~ 10/28/05)
As partisan bickering grows louder regarding U.S. military involvement in Iraq, it's refreshing to hear a reasoned and positive suggestion that's worth serious consideration. U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton of Missouri's 4th District has sent a letter to President Bush urging a redeployment formula that calls for one U.S. brigade to be withdrawn from Iraq for every three brigades of Iraqi security forces capable of defending their country...
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At the theaters 10/28/05
(Entertainment ~ 10/28/05)
'G'; 'Legend of Zorro'; 'Prime'; 'Saw 2'; 'Weather Man'; 'Zathura'; Still in theaters; '40-Year-Old Virgin'; 'Corpse Bride'; 'Doom'; 'Dreamer'; 'Elizabethtown'; 'The Fog'; 'Flightplan'; 'The History of Violence'; 'In Her Shoes'; 'Just Like Heaven'; 'Lord of War'; 'North Country'; 'Stay'; 'Wallace and Gromit'
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Out of the past 10/28/05
(Out of the Past ~ 10/28/05)
25 years ago: Oct. 28, 1980 Work on three major construction projects in Cape Girardeau County is behind schedule because of material problems and failure to obtain state-approved welders; the Jackson public safety building is about 15 days behind schedule because of a backlog in structural steel orders; work generally has halted on a new bridge over the Diversion Channel at Allenville and on the Lukefahr Bridge just northwest of Daisy, both because of a shortage of state-approved welders needed to weld frames.. ...
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Thanks for spectacular celebration
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/28/05)
To the editor; The celebration of the 100 years of the Southeast Missourian was spectacular. Thank you for planning and executing such a delightful day for good memories and for inviting all of the people in the newspaper reading area. As a child some 50 years ago, I can remember waiting on our front steps for our only newspaper carrier in Fornfelt, John Schmidt, to throw our paper on our sidewalk. ...
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TIF, development may be related
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/28/05)
To the editor; Scott Moyers and Mark Bliss had articles of interest in your Oct. 25 edition. The first, appearing on the first page, related a significant decline in commercial projects during 2005 as compared to 2004. The second, appearing on Page 4, reported that Cape Girardeau city officials in a meeting with the Cape Girardeau School Board committed to using tax-increment financing "judiciously" because of the program's perceived impact upon the school district tax base...
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Drug sentencing is inequitable
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/28/05)
To the editor: The section in the Wednesday edition titled "Briefly" is a great example of everything wrong with the war on drugs and our justice system in general. One story tells of Randall Doan, who is charged with selling half an ounce of marijuana to an undercover officer. ...
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Wanda McElreath
(Obituary ~ 10/28/05)
Wanda Lou McElreath, 72, of Burfordville died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005, at her home. She was born May 17, 1933, at Crump, daughter of Dennis Aaron and Carrie Zelma Helderman. She and Charles W. McElreath were married Jan. 20, 1950, in Piggott, Ark. He died Aug. 5, 1990...
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Alvin Showmaker
(Obituary ~ 10/28/05)
PULASKI, Ill. -- Alvin R. Showmaker, 62, of Pulaski died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 16, 1943, at Charleston, Mo., son of Ray and Martha McGraw Showmaker. He married Carolyn Wallace...
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Dayton Hahs
(Obituary ~ 10/28/05)
Dayton C. Hahs, 75, of Olathe, Kan., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Olathe. He was born Dec. 1, 1929, at Millersville, son of Glenn and Verna Moore Hahs. He married the former Lois J. Kaufmann...
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Speak Out 10/28/05
(Speak Out ~ 10/28/05)
Not warmer yet; Outdoor fires; Disability assistance; Presidential respect; Bigger worries; Children suffer; Making a choice; Dealing with leaves; Satan in disguise; Try mulching leaves; Dealing with meth; Wasted spraying; Awareness needed; Conviction fallout
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Maxine Smith
(Obituary ~ 10/28/05)
Maxine Rainwater Smith, 80, died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2005, at Monticello House in Jackson. She was born April 1, 1925, in Wayne County, daughter of Herbert and Inez Ward Rainwater. In 1951 she married Charles Hughie Smith. In 1967 they moved from Groveland, Ill., to Jackson...
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Veda Baker
(Obituary ~ 10/28/05)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Veda Wilma Baker, 88, of Marble Hill died Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005, at Advance Nursing Center. She was born June 14, 1917, at Hahn, Mo., daughter of King and Ella Deck Gaines. She and Fred M. Baker were married June 27, 1936. He died Oct. 9, 1993...
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Artifacts 10/28/05
(Entertainment ~ 10/28/05)
'Fear Factor' never made it to Cape Girardeau; Friends of Bob and Tom tour, TSO coming to Cape; Area library holds program on Lewis and Clark; Market House Theatre presents 'Tollbooth'; Show-Me Digital Film Festival runs Nov. 11, 12; Singer/songwriter to play Underberg House; New board members and officers elected for Arts Council; Christmas Open House Nov. 4 and 5 at Garden Gallery; Southeast presents Homecoming entertainment
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Nation briefs 10/28/05
(Local News ~ 10/28/05)
Tropical Storm Beta becomes 23rd of season MIAMI -- Tropical Storm Beta formed Thursday in the southwestern Caribbean Sea, extending this year's record of named storms in the Atlantic hurricane season. Beta is the season's 23rd tropical storm, the most since record keeping began in 1851. ...
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Cape, Chaffee men face felony burglary charges
(Local News ~ 10/28/05)
On a quest to steal gas for their truck in the early hours of Aug. 13, two men burglarized homes in Cape Girardeau County and carried away more than just gasoline. They also have admitted stealing a go-cart and power tools. A home at 1403 County Road 254, a shed at 77 County Road 262 and a grocery store at 4315 Route P were burglarized...
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Cape/Jackson fire reports 10/28/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/28/05)
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Cape/Jackson police reports 10/28/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/28/05)
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Prep football standings 10/28/05
(High School Sports ~ 10/28/05)
SEMO Northern Division Conference Overall W-L Pf Pa W-L Pf Pa Jackson 3-0 114 14 5-3 207 128 Central 0-1 0 44 2-6 79 245 Poplar Bluff 0-1 14 28 1-7 117 271 Sikeston 0-1 0 42 1-7 100 267 SEMO Southern Division Conference Overall...
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District football standings 10/28/05
(High School Sports ~ 10/28/05)
District Football Standings Class 5 District 1 District Overall W-L Pts W-L Eureka 1-0 13 6-2 Summit 1-0 13 4-4 Jackson 0-1 -13 5-3 Seckman 0-1 -13 1-7 Friday's Games Eureka at Jackson Seckman at Summit Thursday, Nov. 3 Summit at Eureka...
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Designed for action: Pontiac's Torrent stirs up the SUV market
(Column ~ 10/28/05)
My idea of a great day is one with colorful, fall scenery zipping by, framed in the windshield of a responsive motorcar touring down a rural country lane. The windows are down, the sunroof is open, and, like Chuck Berry, I have "no particular place to go."...
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Big lake, quick trip, glad to be home
(Column ~ 10/28/05)
There's nothing like taking a few days of vacation -- except, of course, getting ready to go. And dealing with everything that didn't get your attention while you were gone. My wife and I spent last week on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. We went in hopes of finding a more accessible alternative to our regular visits to the Oregon Coast. ...
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High school football: Week 9
(High School Sports ~ 10/28/05)
FRIDAY'S GAMES Central (2-6) at West Plains (4-4), 7 p.m. Last week's games: Central 31, Poplar Bluff 28; West Plains 49, Sikeston 7 Last year's meeting: West Plains 35, Central 14 Notes: Central will make the long road trip to West Plains facing a similar situation to last year's Week 9 meeting: Both teams are 1-0 in the district heading. ...
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Redhawks will run in OVC meet this weekend
(College Sports ~ 10/28/05)
@Body Copy: Southeast Missouri State cross country teams will both seek upper division finishes when the Ohio Valley Conference Championships are run Saturday in Charleston, Ill. Eastern Illinois will serve as the host, with the men's 8,000-meter race beginning at 10 a.m., followed by the women's 5,000-meter race at 11 a.m...
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Top court nominee withdraws name
(National News ~ 10/28/05)
WASHINGTON -- In a striking defeat for President Bush, White House counsel Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to the Supreme Court on Thursday after three weeks of brutal criticism from fellow conservatives. The Senate's top Republican predicted a replacement candidate within days...
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Area Halloween happenings
(Local News ~ 10/28/05)
Scary Stories: St. Louis storyteller Kathey Schottel will share spooky, spine-tingling, shivery stories and songs. There will be pumpkin carving after the stories, bring your own pumpkin. Where: Cape Girardeau Public Library Hours: 2 p.m. Saturday...
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Challenge for the champs
(High School Sports ~ 10/28/05)
Coming off the program's first state football championship, St. Vincent had plenty of questions to answer after graduating 17 seniors, including several starters. A 1-2 start may have caused some outside the program to worry, but thanks to a five-game winning streak, the Indians can clinch the Mississippi Area Football Conference Blue Division crown and put a stranglehold on the district with a win tonight at home against Valle...
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NCAA slaps Illinois with one-year probation
(College Sports ~ 10/28/05)
@Body Copy: CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The NCAA placed the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on probation for one year Thursday because a booster improperly provided payments and other benefits to a football prospect, the organization said. The offenses were a major violation of NCAA rules and occurred between April 2003 and January 2004...
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Low pay and hard work
(Local News ~ 10/28/05)
Despite numerous studies over the last few years that show the importance of early childhood education, preschool teachers in the area have little or no training in early childhood education and are paid about $6 per hour. A recent study by the Economic Policy Institute found the number of preschool teachers with bachelor's degrees has decreased from 43 percent in 1985 to 30 percent in 2004...
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Scare theme: Haunted house workers scare because they care
(Entertainment ~ 10/28/05)
For most of the year Penny Williams is a normal, well-adjusted resident working as a recreation manager at the Osage Community Centre. But once a year, Williams turns into a monster driven by the need to scare people senseless. And she loves it. She preys on children and adults alike, playing on their fears in a uniquely Halloween form of entertainment -- the haunted house...
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Everybody's a critic: 'North Country'
(Entertainment ~ 10/28/05)
Two and a half stars (out of four) The film "North Country," directed by Niki Caro, is based on our country's first class-action sexual harassment case. Watching "North Country" was sort of like watching a really great episode of an average TV show -- it was full of touching moments, but the dramatics took front seat to the realism. Certain scenes do a brilliant job of reeling your empathy, but the storyline is quite predictable...
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Annie encore aims to play role of Daddy Warbucks to future plays
(Entertainment ~ 10/28/05)
A lot of money goes into making a musical. When you're a junior high school teacher with no budgeted funds, you have to get the money somehow. So Cape Girardeau Central Junior High teacher Mike Dumey is hoping the popularity of last year's production of "Annie" will help bring in some bucks for this year's musical...
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Bridge at Cairo reopens to traffic
(Local News ~ 10/28/05)
CAIRO, Ill. -- The Highway 60/62 bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Bird's Point, Mo., to Cairo opened Thursday morning, nearly a week earlier than expected. The bridge was scheduled to reopen Nov. 2, but the contractor, Massman Construction Co., was able to get a quick jump on the work and enjoyed good weather, said Joe Lenzini with the Illinois Department of Transportation...
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Check for pinging before giving up
(Column ~ 10/28/05)
Dear Tom and Ray: I drive a 1995 Ford Probe with roughly 138,000 miles on it. According to my mechanic, the rattlelike noise I hear as I drive is the result of valve tap. My mechanic indicated that it would be too expensive to repair. Can you please explain to me what valve tap is, and what causes it?...
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