the kapooka chronicle

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KAPOOKA
CHRONICLE
‘KEEPING KAPOOKA CONNECTED’
Feburary 2015
Welcome to Wagga Wagga
Blamey Community Group Calendar of events
Defence Special Needs Support Group
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COMMANDANT ARTC ~ Colonel Stephen Jobson
Welcome to the first edition of the Kapooka Chronicle for 2015. As I commence my second
year as the Commandant of the Army Recruit Training Centre, I can say with all honesty that
another year at The Home of the Soldier is a very exciting prospect. Kapooka is the pinnacle
of the Profession of Arms and all members and families posted here have a great opportunity
to contribute to the future of the Australian Army through the development of its soldiers and
Adventurous Training Leaders.
For newly posted families, please take the opportunity to explore all that the Defence
Community at Kapooka and Wagga Wagga have to offer you. Without a doubt, we have one of
the most impressive small public schools in the state of NSW in the Kapooka Village, and literally
one of the highest performing Early Education Centres in the state as officially recognised by
the NSW Government in 2014. Both Lyn at the school, and Donna at the Early Education
Centre, and their respective teams, are a wonderful and dedicated group of professionals who work tirelessly to ensure the
best outcome for our children.
The Kapooka Village is also where you will find the Blamey Community Centre and the Blamey Community Group. I was
incredibly impressed with the Blamey Community Group team in 2014 as they facilitated many great functions, morning
teas, social gatherings and an open door to all our spouses – both in Kapooka and across Wagga Wagga. Christina and
her team of spouses of the committee have a number of initiatives they wish to offer our Defence community this year and
I look forward to seeing many happy people there this year.
Across Wagga Wagga we also have a group of hard working Defence Community Organisation personnel – especially
our Family Liaison Officer Kate Timothy-Nesbitt and counsellor Katrina Baldaccino. In addition, you will find our Defence
School Transition Aides and Defence Transition Mentors at Kapooka Primary, Wagga Wagga Christian College, Kooringal
Public School and Kooringal High School – please look them up and drop in for a coffee & a chat.
Finally, I will be announcing soon our Kapooka Spouse Ready-for-Work Scholarship. This is a scholarship worth up to
$2000-00 to study a select number of Certificate III courses with our partner Riverina Community College. It is open to the
spouses of the 1st Recruit Training Battalion and includes the qualification with job placements to help obtain employment.
For those spouses not eligible for this scheme, I would encourage you to apply for the Partner Education and Employment
Program (PEEP), which can be found on the DCO website.
Kapooka and Wagga Wagga can be a fantastic opportunity if you are willing to engage with our various Defence Community
support organisations – just drop in to say ‘G’Day’. Once again, welcome and I look forward to meeting as many of you as
possible in 2015.
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BLAMEY COMMUNITY GROUP 2015
On behalf of the Blamey Community Group committee, I
would like to give a warm welcome to all of the new families
that have posted to the Wagga Wagga area. For the
families already established and our new families, we hope
you have all enjoyed the festive season and are settling
back into all of your normal routines.
We welcome all Defence families, this includes from
the Navy, Army and Air Force to the Kapooka Community
Centre to take part in our events. We have recommenced
with our morning teas, play time and events such as bake
offs and girl’s nights in and out, with many more activities
planned for this year. We encourage everyone to come
along and enjoy all of our events. For up to date event
tracking we have events listed on our Blamey Community
Group (Kapooka) Facebook page.
The Blamey Community Group is managed by a
committee of volunteers and a coordinator. Our committee
is currently looking to fill the following positions:
Craft Coordinator
Fundraising Coordinator
Play Time Coordinator
General Committee members
The Blamey Community Group Committee invite
everyone to come along to discuss any planning ideas
for future events. We would also like to encourage those
interested in attending to think about joining the committee
to assist with our future events and planning.
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07-02-15
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FEB
Girls Night In – Games night and dinner ordered in
09-02-15
MON
FEB
Morning Tea In - Special Guests: DHA, DRHM & DFA
11-02-15
WED
FEB
Play Time - Valentine's Day
16-02-15
MON
FEB
Morning Tea in - Proposed Very Special Guests - S1/S4 &
WO LOG
18-02-15
WED
FEB
Play Time
21-02-15
SAT
FEB
DCO Welcome to Wagga Expo - Ticketed Event (tickets available at DCO office)
23-02-15
MON
FEB
Morning Tea In - BCG Bake Off with Very Special Guests:
TSC Chain of Command
25-02-15
WED
FEB
Play Time
02-03-15
MON
MAR
Morning Tea In - Riverina Community College
04-03-15
WED
MAR
Play Time
07-03-15
SAT
MAR
Girls Night Out - Dinner Out
09-03-15
MON
MAR
Morning Tea In -Proposed Guests- ARTC & 1 RTB Chain of
Command
11-03-15
WED
MAR
Play Time
16-03-15
MON
MAR
Morning Tea Out - AAFCANS KMA
17-03-15
TUE
MAR
St Patrick's Day
18-03-15
WED
MAR
Play Time
23-03-15
MON
MAR
Morning Tea In - Wagga Women's Health
25-03-15
WED
MAR
Play Time
28-03-15
SAT
MAR
Trivia Night
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KECC - OUR END OF YEAR SINGALONG!
(Accredited as ‘EXCEEDING’ in all seven quality areas
under the National Quality Standard)
Our wonderful 2014 year was capped off with our end
of year ‘Christmas Singalong and Family Night’. A large
gathering of children, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles,
extended family and friends joined us for a perfect evening
in late November to celebrate our exciting and busy year.
Five hundred sausages, 30 loaves of bread and a huge
chocolate mud cake was ordered to cater for the crowd.
The evening was opened by the Centre Director, Donna
Worner and a very big welcome was made to all our
preschool families, friends and Colonel Stephen Jobson.
Chaplain Martin Johnson kindly said ‘Grace’. After the
opening formalities were finished the children entertained
us all with several of their favourite preschool songs,
dances and Christmas tunes. Our Mums and Dads also
joined in with a special dance called the ‘Tofa Tafa’. It was
lots of fun!
Our Christmas cheer and ‘Jingle Bells’ prompted good
old Santa to arrive on cue in the Kapooka Fire Truck.
Santa’s reindeers were catered for on the top of Kapooka
Hill eating fresh green grass and taking a much needed
break from their busy schedule!
The children were filled with great excitement at the
opportunity to meet Santa and were delighted to receive
a small gift and sweet treat! Santa was certainly a popular
attraction, even our Kapooka Band Dads jumped on his lap
for a Christmas pic!
The team from Weary Dunlop led by Lieutenant Andrew
Ward manned our barbeques and served dinner to a very
hungry crowd. We were extremely thankful for their catering
expertise and skill.
After dinner Colonel Jobson made a surprise presentation
to Bronwen Keyes one of our wonderful educators.
Bronwen celebrated her ten year anniversary at Kapooka
and in her time with us has touched many children and
their family’s lives. Several gifts were also presented to our
very dedicated and devoted voluntary committee to thank
them for their efforts and significant contribution towards
managing our community-based preschool.
Our annual raffle and auction raised a record breaking
$4000 for our preschool. We sincerely thank our corporate
sponsors Defence Health, Defence Bank and ADCU
for their tremendous support as well as our terrific local
business houses and families for their kind contributions.
Congratulations to all the winners!
A memorable and exciting night with lots of laughter was
enjoyed by one and all.
Many thanks to everyone in our community who
contributed to make this night such a wonderful event!
Kapooka Early Childhood Centre Inc is a non-profit
organization providing education and care for children of
the Defence Forces and wider community.
Feel free to visit our beautiful preschool – our door is
always open!
Visit our website:
www.kapookaearlychildhoodcentre.com.au
Contact: 02 69312722
Email: kecc1@bigpond.com
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Defence Special Needs Support Group
Join us on Facebook
The DSNSG Facebook page is proving to be a great source
of information and support for all families. If you have not
already linked into us via Facebook, then please do so. To
join, you will need to send an email to the Communications
/ Membership Officer at memberships@dsnsg.org.au
or email the National Committee at nationalcommittee@
dsnsg.org.au
The DSNSG Facebook page is only open to members
of DSNSG. If people are not a member, then they will be
asked some basic information and put on the relevant local
family list and before they are added to the Facebook page.
Recently DSNSG has introduced some basic group rules
to help the Facebook page run more effectively and to
ensure that it stays as a means of support and information.
Please take the time to read the ‘group rules’ and remember
that the page is for support, information and assistance
only. We ask that you be polite and respect one another.
General Advertising or Promotion
of a business is not allowed and if
in doubt please contact the National
Committee for advice before posting.
If we feel that a post is not appropriate
for the page, then we will contact the
person concerned and reserve the
right to delete any such posts.
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KAPOOKA PUBLIC SCHOOL
A new year with new Kindergarten children (and some Year
Ones!)
The children have settled in very quickly. The new Year
Ones are absolute troopers, and are working hard to keep
up with the ‘old ones’ (fancy being old at 6!) The ‘old’ Year
Ones have been a delight, helping all the new children
settle in, showing where things are, and inviting them to
games. Well done boys!
We are already reading some early readers, and started
our daily writing exercises. The Year Ones remember to
change their readers daily, and the Kindergarten children
are excited about getting their first home readers on
Monday. We have already been to the library to borrow
books to share, and had a nice new blue library bag to
put them in, courtesy of the Wagga Wagga City Council
in conjunction with REROC (Riverina Eastern Regional
Organisation of Councils) Waste Forum.
We seem to have an indoor garden! We are growing some
vegetables and flowers in our classroom from seeds, kindly
donated to us by the P&C. It is amazing how quickly we
see changes! One day there is just a small root, and the
next day the roots are branching and a little green stem
is popping out. Some of these we will keep in the room
to observe changes, and some will go into our vegetable
boxes. We might be able to see some changes with indoor
and outdoor plants.
The children already knew that plants like sunlight, and that
indoors they need to be near a window. We are going to
put one in a cupboard to see what happens if they don’t
get any sun.
We are loving our sports activities, assessing motor skills
with fun outdoor games.
In short – it is going to be another great year in Kapooka
K/1!
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New Leaders in Adventurous Training
New Leaders in Adventurous Training
The Roping and Climbing Unit Adventure Training Leader
(UATL) course conducted in November has produced
another 17 UATLs who will return to their parent units in
order to plan, prepare, conduct and review Adventurous
Training (AT) for its members. The four week course,
which was conducted by the Adventurous Training Wing
(ATW) at Kapooka, was run out of both Kapooka and
Marrangaroo Army Depot in the Blue Mountains, qualifying
it’s participants in how to run an AT activity specialising in
abseiling and climbing on both natural and artificial surfaces
to achieve an aim.
The trainees were from both Army and RAAF from many
units around Australia. LCPL Michael “Nugget” McSorley
(ARA) from 2/14 LHR (QMI) who was awarded both the
Student of Merit Award and the OC’s Commendation, said
that the purpose of the training was to provide capability
back to the Army. “The stress and fear that can be
experienced on a well run AT activity is one of the only
ways that you can prepare for the stress and fear that a
soldier will experience on the battlefield” he said. “UATLs
can provide capabilities to a CO who will want a certain
objective achieved, including but not limited to leadership
development and individual resilience”.
The members culminated their training by planning,
preparing and conducting a multi-day roping and climbing
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AT activity for actual participants provided by SUR and 1/19
RNSWR. CPL Craig Pullen (RAAF) from 1 RTU was one
of the UATL trainees. “It was a great experience to actually
deal with the challenges of actual participants who were
in most cases complete novices when it came to abseiling
and climbing” he said. “The obstacles that you would run
into during an activity are hard to simulate unless you have
real participants who aren’t role-playing.”
The incoming OC/CI ATW for 2015, CAPT Jeremy
Barraclough, currently of 3 RAR, was also a trainee on this
course. “AT is often confused with recreational activities,
but one of the things you begin to understand on this course,
is that AT is a tool for units to challenge their members and
in the process develop their individual and group qualities
required for battle.”
The trainees were exposed to many confronting
situations to help them become more comfortable in the
environments that they will be exposed to in the conduct of
their activities, as well as provided with the skills required
to both establish activity sites and conduct rescues should
anything go wrong. Trainees were also briefed by Police
Rescue and Special Casualty Access Team (SCAT)
members who shared lessons learned from the tasks that
they have conducted. BDR Aaron Costas from 8/12 Regt
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RAA was appreciative of the opportunity. “Being able to
learn from the Police and SCAT prepared us better for our
own safety considerations as well as providing an insight to
their capabilities should we ever require their help.”
The new UATLs have now return to their units where they
will run their own AT activities. CPL Sean Williams from 3
RAR is excited to use his new found skills. “I’m looking
forward to running activities for my unit as well as the
wider area as I believe in the importance of AT and what it
provides for soldiers.”
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1ST RECRUIT TRAINING BATTALION
On behalf of the Commanding
Officer and Chief Instructor of the
1st Recruit Training Battalion (1
RTB), Lieutenant Colonel Glenn
Ryan, we hope that all staff and
families have had a good holiday
season and enjoyed a well deserved
break. Congratulations to all on a
successful training year for 2014.
For the new staff members and their families, I hope
the move from your previous locality has not been too
disruptive and that you have settled into the area. We
cordially welcome you to the Battalion and the wider Wagga
Wagga region and hope that your time here is enjoyable
as we transition into another busy year training the next
generation of Army’s soldiers.
1 RTB is part of the Army Recruit Training Centre, known
within Army as the “The Home of the Soldier”, and is located
at Blamey Barracks in Kapooka. The name Kapooka is
derived from the local aboriginal dialect and means ‘Place
of Winds.’ 1 RTB was raised at Kapooka in November 1951
with Lieutenant Colonel V.E. Dowdy appointed as the unit’s
first Commanding Officer.
1 RTB is made up of the Battalion Headquarters,
five Recruit Training Companies (Alpha through Echo)
and Training Support Company. The Recruit Training
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Companies are responsible for the conduct and delivery of
recruit training, whilst Training Support Company provides
key enabling support and subject matter expertise to the
Battalion.
The Battalion’s mission is to develop and deliver high
quality training in order to generate Australian soldiers. This
is done through the conduct of the 80 day full time Army
Recruit Course (ARC) and the 28 day part time Reserve
Recruit Training Course (RRTC). Recruit training staff
provide leadership, management and instruction to recruits
on physical training, weapon handling and shooting, first
aid, drill and field craft. Both courses are deliberately
physically challenging and mentally demanding in order to
prepare recruits to be soldiers in the Australian Army.
1 RTB places a number of unique demands on its
staff, due to the nature of recruit training. Professional
development and individual respite are therefore carefully
managed in order to maintain an effective team of Recruit
Instructors. 1 RTB strives to achieve a manageable work
life balance for staff and recognises the crucial role that
families and friends play in our ability to train the Army’s
recruits. Throughout the year there is various family and
community based functions, and also Recruit March Out
Parades, which provide an excellent opportunity for family
and friends to engage with one another. These functions
are often organised by the Blamey Community Group and
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other important organisations that provide vital support to
the family and friends of 1 RTB staff members.
Other ARTC run sporting and military activities are
planned throughout the year. This includes the Australian
Defence Credit Union Shield (an annual round robin of
sporting events conducted through the year among the
units within the Kapooka Military Area); the Kapooka Sports
Series which are held in March and November and attract
military teams from around the country.
1 RTB will continue to build on the success of last year
through the professionalism and the high standard of
training that enabled 2531 regular and 747 reservist recruits
to successfully march out to Initial Employment Training
in 2014. The continued support of family and friends will
enable 1 RTB to continue to train Army’s next generation
of soldiers.
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Showings Time
Genre
Sat-Mar-07
19:00
Adventure
Sun-Mar-08
13:30
Sci-Fi
Movie Title
Run Time
mins
169 mins
Sat-Mar-14
19:00
Sun-Mar-15
13:30
Biography
Action
Drama
132 mins
Synopsis
Interstellar
In the near future, Earth has been devastated by
drought and famine, causing a scarcity in food and
extreme changes in climate. When humanity is facing
extinction, a mysterious rip in the space-time
continuum is discovered, giving mankind the
opportunity to widen its lifespan.
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway,
Jessica Chastain.
American Sniper
Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy
saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him
into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after
four tours of duty, Chris finds that it is the war he can't
leave behind.
 Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller.
Sat-Mar-21
19:00
Biography
Sun-Mar-22
13:30
Drama
Thriller
114 mins
The Imitation Game
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst
Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race
against time by Turing and his brilliant team of codebreakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and
Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest
days of World War II.
 Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley.
Sat-Mar-28
19:00
Action
Sun-Mar-29
13:30
Adventure
Comedy
129 mins
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a
super-secret spy organization that recruits an
unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's
ultra-competitive training program just as a global
threat emerges.
 Colin Firth, Michael Caine.
Please NOTE the Kapooka Cinema timings. READ Program CAREFULLY to avoid disappointment.
Timings and/or programs may change.
Entry to Cinema $5.00 per person ($10 per family) per movie
RTF staff will be there to usher you in and take your money.
Cinema phone number 6933 8440.
Projector room phone number 6933 8572
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DEFENCE COMMUNITY ORGANISATION
DCO – Welcome to Wagga Wagga
We are holding our Welcome to Wagga Wagga for all
Defence families, new and established. Come along, meet
other families and get to know more about the services and
supports in our local area.
This year we welcome you to the Oasis Aquatic Centre
in central Wagga Wagga. We will have information on
family services in the local region including preschools,
health services, family support services, Defence services
and Wagga Wagga City Council. The RSL sub-branch has
volunteered to come along and provide a free BBQ for
everyone. For dessert we will have soft serve ice-creams
for $1.00. Free tickets are available at DCO. Please ensure
you have yours on the night for the Defence Bank lucky
door prize.
When: Saturday 21 February from 6.30 to 8.30 pm
Where: Oasis Aquatic Centre, Morgan Street, Wagga
Wagga
RSVP: for catering purposes by calling 02 6931 0011 or
emailing dco.wagga@defence.gov.au
More information: www.defence.gov.au/dco
DCO – Wagga Location
We are located Suite 1, 76 Morgan Street – upstairs in
the Westpac building. We can be contacted on 02 6931
0011
location.
Things to do in Wagga Wagga
Skate Parks
Bolton Park – features the following - bowls, jumps, a
spine and grind block, box and rails. You can find it in
Morgan Street near the Oasis Aquatic Centre.
Henwood Park – features a series of small street-style
skate activities, a half basketball court, large shelter and
seating. Find it at Henwood Park on Lake Albert Road,
Kooringal.
Ashmont Skate Bowl – opened in December 2014 find it
at Webb Park on Connorton Avenue
Lake Albert
Lake Albert is Wagga’s playground for water sports and
fitness. The Lake has a circular walking track of km. It is
utilised by people with all levels of fitness and mobility
given its constant flat grade and well-sealed surface. The
large playground, walking track and BBQ’s make this a
great place for friends and family get togethers.
O’Halloran Park (off Lakeside Drive) features an enclosed
dog agility track. See maps below.
Save the date
We will be having a Pizza and Play night at Noah’s Ark
– 20th March – Friday night. Please let us know at DCO if
you would like to attend. Helen or Kate 02 6931 0011
Willans Hill Miniature Railway
Train runs from 10.30am to 4pm at the Wagga Botanic
Gardens on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month. (Please
ensure everyone has covered shoes such as sneakers)
National Families Week will be held in May, DCO will be
running a family event to celebrate. This information will be
released at a later date.
The Sunday Markets
Markets are held every Sunday in the Myer car park.
Partner education and employment funding
DCO provides funding for employment and education
expenses to assist recognised partners of ADF members
to better position themselves for employment when posted
with their partner.
The Partner Employment and Education Program, or
PEEP, offers two tiers of funding to eligible partners.
Tier 1
Approved partners are provided with an education and
employment allowance of $12 000 to use within 10 years.
You can use up to $6000 of this allowance per posting,
and apply it towards a range of education and employment
expenses, including:
•
education or training courses, up to and including first time undergraduate degrees,
•
professional employment assistance, such as career advice and help with job applications,
•
superannuation setup courses,
•
personalised resume preparation, and
•
renewing professional registration in a new
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Downside Bush Dance
1st Saturday of each month at the Downside Hall off
Coolamon Road, via Wagga Wagga Also on: Sat 07 Mar,
Sat 04 Apr, Sat 02 May, Sat 06 Jun, Sat 04 Jul, Sat 01 Aug,
Sat 05 Sep, Sat 03 Oct, Sat 07 Nov, Sat 05 Dec 7:30pm to
Midnight
Eat Local Thursday
Sustainable farming is the idea behind Eat Local
Thursday. This is where the fresh produce from the farm
comes together and supplies the ‘eaters’ with locally grown
and cooked food. Located at the Murrumbidgee Turf Club
from 2.30-6.30pm, every Thursday.
Wagga Farmers Markets
8am to 1pm at the Civic Precinct held on the 2nd Saturday
of every month
Art on the Levee
On the banks of the Murrumbidgee is the ‘Art on the
Levee’ where you can buy or browse for local art pieces. It
is held 9am to 2pm on the 2nd Saturday of each month. It
is located between the Visitors Information Centre and the
DEFENCE COMMUNITY ORGANISATION
ARCC Hall in Tarcutta Street.
They are:
Markets by the Lake are held at Apex Park from 9am –
2pm on the last Saturday of each month.
•
The fenced dog run area located at Narrung Street on the southern Boundary of the Wiradjuri Golf Centre driving range.
•
Eastern side of Wilks Park North Wagga Wagga, area bounded by south of Parken Pregon Lagoon - east of Hampden Avenue and north of Central Island Road.
•
Boat Club Reserve Lake Albert, between Plumpton Road and Boat Club Carpark on the southern side of Nelson Road.
•
Willans Hill, area bounded by east of Captain Cook Drive - south of Lord Baden Powell Drive and all of Willans Hill Reserve south of Leavenworth Drive to Red Hill Road.
•
O’Halloran Park Dog Agility Track, Lake Albert
•
Forest Hill - area at the intersection of Cypress St & Kurrajong Ave adjoining the western side of Wagga Wagga RAAF base.
Dog Off Leash Areas
Wagga Wagga City Council provides six designated
‘dog off leash’ areas across the city, including an enclosed
agility track.
For further information on the “dog off leash” areas
closest to you, please contact Wagga Wagga City
Council on 1300 292 442.
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Forum Cinema Discount Tickets.
Offer for Defence
ONLY $10.00
Valid for 12 months, and can be used for any
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Can also be used for a 3D screening,
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