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  • Clarifying The Terms Arbitration And Mediation
    By: Web Royalty | - In a court of law, it is very difficult to decipher the differences, and the similarities of terms that law officials use every day. It is vital when involved in the court system to be educated on certain terms that can be easily confused. Two terms that are frequently misunderstood, and hard to distinguish from one another, are arbitration, and mediation. These actually appear very similar, but are distinctly different according to the way they are defined in a law aspect.

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  • Family Collaborative Lawyers Oxfordshire Help Ease The Burden Of A Divorce
    By: Rachael Smethurst | -
    Every once in a while a family or couple go through a divorce or separation that may be a painful and prolonged process but Family Collaborative Lawyers Oxfordshire provide a way to minimize the pain and cut through the process with ease. Normally a decision is arrived at through a court proceeding which may be tedious for both the estranged couple and the children. However, this long and arduous process can be cut short by letting collaborative lawyers mediate on behalf of both the parti ...
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  • Partnership Agreement: Avoiding Disputes Between Establishment Owners
    By: Nemelou Despuez | - A comprehensive agreement can help business partners to avoid disputes since it will clearly state their exact responsibilities, duties, and rights. Another advantage of a written agreement is that the state will not be able to control some important aspects of the business, allowing people to tailor their policy to meet the needs of their companies.

    Before creating a written partnership contract, people should consider the following:

    Name of partnership. Bus ...
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  • That Awkward Conversation: Talking About A Prenup
    By: Peacetalks | - By Diana Mercer, Attorney-Mediator, Peace Talks Mediation Services, Inc., http://www.peace-talks.com/premaritalfaqs.php

    There are a lot of misconceptions about what prenups, premarital agreements, and prenuptial agreements are and what they do. The first step in deciding whether you need a prenup or Premarital Agreement is understanding what it is. Basically, a Premarital Agreement (prenup) is a private contract that defines certain issues within a marriage that has not yet taken place ...
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  • Advantages Of Mediation As An Adr
    By: Mark Dacanay | - In Los Angeles, mediation attorneys are trusted to resolve conflicts and decrease cases that are being filed in California courts who often face a backlog of cases.

    Mediation is an alternative dispute resolution processes where a third party (usually a mediation attorney) assist two disputing parties to come to a resolution.

    Mediation (as with arbitration) has been encouraged by most courts as an alternative to litigation so that disputing parties can resolve the confli ...
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  • Building A Remedy: Construction Defects
    By: Derek Huizinga | - Mediation of contracting disputes brings complex issues into the open. In these times of enormously high legal expenses and expert witness fees, to lower insurance costs it becomes incumbent to find new ways to shorten and simplify the existing complex litigation process. The route that appears to achieve the most success, the speediest as well as the least expensive conclusion for all concerned, should encompass the mediation process right from the start.

    With mediation rather th ...
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  • Terminating A Domestic Partnership In California
    By: Peacetalks | - With all the fanfare about gay marriage, Proposition 8, and domestic partnerships, it seems like many people are still confused about whether the termination of a domestic partnership is like a divorce. Yes, it is. Both the legal and the emotional process of ending any love relationship are similar for everyone, regardless of the individuals involved. People in gay marriages have the added pressure of LGBT legal and emotional issues on top of losing their spouse.

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  • Mediation And Living Trusts
    By: Peacetalks | - By Diana Mercer, Attorney-Mediator, Peace Talks Mediation Services, Inc., http://www.peace-talks.com/estate.php

    There are lots of decisions which go into deciding if you need a living trust. http://www.peace-talks.com/trust.php. It can depend on your assets, because everyone wants to minimize their estate taxes and make their estate as easy as possible to administer. http://www.peace-talks.com/needtrust.php But there are other reasons for living trusts, too, like providing for minor ch ...
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  • Estate Planning Mediation
    By: Peacetalks | - By Diana Mercer, Attorney-Mediator, Peace Talks Mediation Services, Inc., http://www.peace-talks.com/estate.php

    Youve probably heard about mediation for divorces, neighbor disputes, and Mid-East Peace Talks, but the applications for mediation are wider than ever.

    More and more couples are using mediation prepatation for their estate planning needs. http://www.peace-talks.com/estate.php  Sometimes thats because theyre a blended family, a second ma ...
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  • Divorce Mediation Can Reduce Alimony And Maintenance Costs For Spouses
    By: Richard Barthallo | - If you find yourself considering divorce, make sure that you know about alimony, as being uninformed can be a costly mistake for all parties involved. Simply put, alimony is the ongoing cost one spouse must give the other as a result of the dissolution of their marriage. It can be decided by the courts during the divorce process or it can be mutually agreed upon during divorce mediation. Depending on the lifestyle either part was accustomed to, the length of time for these payments can be finite ...
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  • Asking For A Premarital Agreement
    By: Peacetalks | - By Diana Mercer, Attorney-Mediator, Peace Talks Mediation Services, Inc., http://www.peace-talks.com/premaritalfaqs.php

    Robert had been married to his first wife for over 40 years when she died. He has met someone new and is ready to re-marry. Robert loves his fianc and is eager to start a new life and new traditions with her. Their families are blending well, promising many new happy memories and cherished family events.

    Robert wants to make sure that his children from ...
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  • Child Custody Orders And Custody Mediation
    By: Hera Nelsun | - Getting a custody court order that you are happy with is the goal in any custody situation. The custody order is when your parenting plan or custody agreement is accepted by the court and it becomes a legal document. The terms and conditions about custody and visitation that are in the order are the laws that govern your custody situation. Because this is so important, you want to do everything possible to make sure that you like your order. One way to help ensure that you get the order you want ...
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  • Joint Child Custody: Can Mediation Help?
    By: Hera Nelsun | - Some divorced parents find it difficult to work out joint child custody. This can happen for a number of reasons: a judge ordered joint custody even though one parent wanted sole custody and that parent is resentful, both parents want this agreement but have a hard time communicating with each other, challenges arise in their situation that are difficult, etc. In these situations, it may be helpful for the parents of the children to seek out mediation.

    Mediation is when the paren ...
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  • How Child Custody Mediation Can Help You Win Child Custody
    By: Hera Nelsun | - Many divorcing parents use mediation to work through their child custody case. Oftentimes, these parents leave mediation, are very happy with their child custody arrangement, and feel like they have won in their custody situation. Since no parent wants to lose in child custody, here are three ways that mediation can help you win.

    1. Mediation allows you to be in on the decisions. With mediation, you and your former spouse sit down with a neutral third party and work out your custo ...
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  • Child Visitation And Custody Mediation
    By: Hera Nelsun | - "How does mediation help child visitation problems?" is a common question divorced parents ask. Usually parents have heard about mediation but are unsure about what exactly goes on there and if it can help them with their custody situation. In order to help divorced parents better understand if and how mediation can help them, here are some of the common questions and answers about it.

    Q: What is custody mediation? A: Custody mediation is when both parents in a custody situation s ...
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  • How To Stop A Divorce Thats Already Started? | Katie's Chronicles Shared By: LostFlameHoncho - We have mediation scheduled for the end of September. The problem is I don't want this divorce to go... How To Stop A Divorce Thats Already...

  • US Airways pilots seek federal mediation Shared By: avionicsmasters - TEMPE, Ariz. - The pilot union at US Airways Group Inc. is asking for federal mediation in its negotiations with the airline. The two sides have been...

  • US Airways pilots seek federal mediation help - Phoenix Business Journal Shared By: TravelSpotlight - Christie said the merger agreement inked with labor unions calls for a private mediator and not the NMB to handle any kind of arbitration with the...

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  • Syria's Assad hopeful on Israel talks Shared By: tumeden - Syria wants peace and we have a mediator, Turkey, which is ready to use its mediation role as well as the European partnership. What we are missing is...


  • Shared Parenting And Child Custody Mediation
    By: Hera Nelsun | - I met up with a friend the other day who has recently gone through a divorce. He and his ex wife have a seven year old boy. I asked him about his custody situation, and he said that he and his ex wife have a shared parenting agreement. I was curious about how this was working out, especially because there were some ugly moments in the divorce. I questioned him about how the parents were working together to make the joint custody work. He told me that he and the boy's mom had tried mediation and ...
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  • In Brief: Obama Administration's Making Home Affordable Program
    By: Mitigationonline | - The Obama administration's "Making Home Affordable" program,

    a two-pronged home foreclosure prevention initiative launched by the

    Treasury Department and the Department of Housing and Urban

    Development is designed to help troubled homeowners, the Washington

    Post reports this week.
    The new initiative has two parts. There's the refinancing

    component, designed to help homeowners who are paying their


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  • Child Custody Mediation And Your Custody Order
    By: Hera Nelsun | - Child custody mediation is when both parents sit down with a mediator and create a parenting plan that they both agree on. Once they agree on their parenting plan, they take it to court and it becomes the custody order. The custody order simply makes the parenting plan a legal agreement, so if either parent violates it, there are legal ramifications.

    Many states now require parents who cannot agree on custody issues to go to mediation before they go to court. If mediation works ( ...
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  • Why Marriage Problems Can Bring You To Divorce Mediation
    By: Paul Friedman | - Divorce mediation almost sounds good, like a smooth transition from being married, to a new life without the drama of marriage problems. It sounds like a very humane and civilized way for a couple to take the sophisticated, gentle approach towards creating devastation and a lifetime of pretending everything is fine.


    In reality, divorce mediation is nothing like what it sounds like. I know; I was a divorce mediator.


    Marriage problems are rampant in ...
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  • Divorce Mediation Can Help A Cheating Spouse
    By: Paul Friedman | - Divorce mediation can be more than just helping people split property and create child-sharing programs. A good mediator will look beyond the current situation a couple is going through in order to help them see the possibility of remaining together.


    There are Far More Motivators for Staying Together than for Splitting Up


    If you have children, your incentive to remain as an intact family should be off the charts. Our society has downplayed the cata ...
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  • Can Divorce Mediation Improve Your Marriage?
    By: Paul Friedman | - Most people think, if you want to improve your marriage you go to marriage counseling, and you go to divorce mediation if you want to get a divorce.
    Ironically, most couples who see a marriage counselor end up in divorce.
    The lack of basic understanding on the part of western psychology of what marriage is, makes the so-called "trained" marriage counselors rarely helpful. Western psychologists think of marriage as material and psychological; they have no insight into the spiritu ...
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  • Alternative Dispute Resolution: The Growth Of Arbitration And Mediation In The 21st Century
    By: Jeff Ryan | - As the court systems become increasingly backlogged with cases, alternative dispute resolution is becoming an ever more important aspect of the overall judicial system in the United States and in other countries the world over. The primary elements of alternative dispute resolution are arbitration and mediation. While some people use the terms arbitration and mediation synonymously, the fact is that arbitration and mediation are two distinct types of alternative dispute resolution.


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  • 21st Century Divorce Cases: The Mediation Process
    By: Jeff Ryan | - Divorce cases can be some of the most challenging and emotional legal actions. Indeed, divorce cases strike at the heart of the lives of those individuals that are the parties to these cases. As a result, courts have taken significant steps in recent times - particularly over the course of the past fifteen years - to attempt to find alternative courses of action that can assist in resolving divorce cases and keep emotions better in check along the way.

    One of the more widespread d ...
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  • Helpful Divorce Information: Mediation Vs. Arbitration
    By: Kevin Norman | - If you are someone opting for divorce but do not want to experience the hassles of appearing at court, then arbitration and mediation would be a good option to solve the discrepancies you have with your spouse. However, certain people may have an inclination to combine mediation and arbitration into one concept. Do not be tempted to do this as it will lead to confusion in the end. Arbitration and mediation are two very dissimilar techniques to resolve disputes.

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  • Three Ways To Solve The Family Dispute
    By: booty | - There are three ways to solve the family dispute. Collaborative divorc, mediation and litigation. First collaborative divorce is law procedure in which the two parties agreed that they would not go to court, or threaten to do so. The Collaborative divorce is always helpful to parties and their families. In a collaborative case, the parties make every effort to reach a fair settlement in the course of a series of meetings, often called joint sessions, between the two parties and their law ...
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  • Wanting A Divorce, But Unable To Afford It
    By: Rich Gordon (B.A. M.A. & J.D) | - By Alex Johnson
    Reporter
    msnbc.com
    updated 4:42 p.m. PT, Sun., Nov. 23, 2008

    The economic crisis may be doing what pastors, family therapists and matrimonial counselors have long struggled to accomplish: keeping troubled marriages together.

    Marriage counselors and divorce lawyers nationwide say more distressed couples are putting off divorce because the cost of splitting up is prohibitive in a time of stagnant salaries, plummeting home values an ...
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  • Premier San Diego Divorce Mediator
    By: Rich Gordon (B.A. M.A. & J.D) | - Rich Gordon (B.A. M.A. & J.D) of A FAIR WAY MEDIATION CENTER is a highly trained San Diego divorce mediator ( http://www.afairway.com ) who has helped many couples cope both emotionally and financially with their divorce issues. Mr. Gordons conflict resolution approach to divorce takes winning and losing out of the equation. This enables divorcing couples to focus on important decisions such as child custody, child support, Spousal Support, property division and other important d ...
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  • Divorce Doctors A Peaceful And Less Costly Means Of Divorce
    By: Sean Keefer | - No longer is it necessary to have divorces bring about the financial and emotional ruin that has so often been the norm.

    There is no need to bring your finances to ruin and emotionally drain yourself with divorce, Divorce Doctors has the ability to provide a peacful and cost effective divorce.

    No more need for lengthy and expensive court battles as most divorces have experienced in the past.

    If you want to avoid the high costs of an expensive divorce ...
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  • Bilingual People Are Not Being Paid What They Are Worth
    By: Belinda Rachman, Esq. | - You have something that is very valuable, something that a lot of lawyers would pay good money for. And you don't even know it. With just a little effort, you can have a very good part time income, on your day off, without even straining yourself. If you are fluent in English and any other language, if you are part of an ethnic community and can get the word out, you can make money translating for divorce mediators. Think about it, how many people tell you their personal problems. Some of ...
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  • Calling All Bilingual Hairdressers Who Want An Extra $150 - $250 A Day
    By: Belinda Rachman, Esq. | - You are not paid what you are worth and you have skills that lawyers would pay big bucks for! The fact that you speak 2 languages fluently and that you have ties to an ethnic community proves that with a little effort, you can have a good part time income on your days off. All day long you hear your clients talk about their problems. Some of them want to divorce but don't know who they can trust. They trust you and if you can introduce them to a divorce lawyer, all of you can benefit.

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  • Equal Rights To Equal Time With Both Parents After Separation?
    By: michael laycock | - When couples separate questions relating to arrangements for their children can become an emotional nightmare. Parents can find it very difficult to separate their roles as parents from that of spouse or even their inner child. Emotions of anger and hate can make it very difficult to discriminate between what is right and wrong. This is bad news and bad timing for the children, the innocent victims of the parental separation, as the sole question should be what is in the best interests of the ch ...
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  • Giving A Voice To The Children
    By: michael laycock | - Sadly, when couples split up they are often too immersed in their own grief to consider the feelings of their children or do not understand that children are also fully fledged people entitled to know what is happening, to be heard and to be consulted.

    Whilst suffering the effects of divorce and separation the adults at least have the ability to make choices. They can choose where to live and with whom. Children do not have that advantage. They are economically dependant, inexperi ...
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  • Avoid Financial And Emotional Ruin When Getting Divorced
    By: Belinda Rachman, Esq. | - If you have been divorced or have heard about a nasty one, then I am preaching to the choir when I outline the emotional and financial devastation that can be wrought on emotionally vulnerable couples who get involved in the adversarial system that IS divorce court. I was a child of a litigated divorce. I taught emotionally disturbed children from dysfunctional families for many years, I was a divorce attorney for eight years, and now I only do divorce mediation. Having witnessed our legal syste ...
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  • 5 Things Parents Should Know When Divorcing
    By: Belinda Rachman, Esq. | - The first thing you should know is our adversarial legal system is not child focused or family friendly. The emotional and financial price you pay when you each hire separate divorce lawyers is higher than you can now imagine. Remember when you had your child or children, your life changed from being focused on yourself to having them be your first priority. What is in the child's best interest should always be a parent's top priority especially when considering divorce.

    I was a s ...
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  • Who Is The Right Divorce Lawyer For You?
    By: Belinda Rachman, Esq. | - The choice of which attorney to hire for your divorce is overwhelming. The sheer number of divorce lawyers in the phone book makes your head spin. You have heard the horror stories from your friends about how horrid and expensive their divorce was and you want to avoid that pain but which way should you turn? This is a very natural response to what you have heard and seen. You have enough sense to know divorce lawyers are not your friends so you need to chose carefully. Your future and that of y ...
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  • Can You Have A "good" Divorce?
    By: Belinda Rachman, Esq. | - If you are like half of married people, you are going to divorce. It is a sad but true fact of life. If a marriage has to end, at least end it with as much dignity as possible. A public court brawl is not nice to watch and even worse to live through. If you have children together or have amassed a lot of assets, you have much to lose by drawing out daggers and going at each other in court. If you want to save as much money as possible while protecting your co-parenting relationship your best a ...
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  • Peaceful Divorce An Idea Whose Time Has Come
    By: Belinda Rachman, Esq. | - Ask most people what it is like to go through a divorce and chances are you will hear a litany of horror stories about high legal costs, unfair results in court and lawyers who don't care enough about their own clients to return phone calls. Splitting up a family and the assets that have been accumulated during a marriage is probably one of the most emotional transitions a person can go through. Being encouraged by legal counsel to litigate instead of being reasonable only exacerbates the bad fe ...
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  • Peaceful Divorce - An Idea Whose Time Has Come
    By: Belinda Rachman, Esq. | - For parents of minor children who want to know what ALL the options are when thinking about divorce, hear this. A mind works best, like a parachute, when it is open. There are very creative ways to divide property and to share children if both parties keep their eye on the prize the well being of the children. They didn't ask for this drama and it is possible to shield them if the two of you work at it. The idea of "working at it" may sound odd to a couple who is about to break up just because ...
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  • What Is Divorce Mediation?
    By: Diana Mercer | - What is divorce mediation? What is custody mediation?

    Divorce Mediation and Custody Mediation are ways to resolve your divorce or custody dispute which lets you keep full control of the outcome. The only people making decisions are those involved in the dispute, unlike arbitration or litigation where a judge or an arbitrator makes the final decision.

    Divorce Mediation and custody mediation typically consist of several joint meetings between spouses (or parents, if y ...
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  • Mediation 101
    By: Rich Gordon, JD | - Divorce is never easy. It has taken a long time for you to make the decision to split up. And even if you and your spouse are still on "good terms", you'll still encounter problems when you attempt to work out the details of your separation. Rarely is there equal bargaining power in a marriage. Plus, it is very difficult to make rational decisions when emotions are running high. Few situations are as emotionally charged as the end of a relationship.

    Mediation is a voluntary settle ...
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  • Mediation Of Gay/lesbian Marriages Not Found In Court
    By: Rich Gordon, JD | - Sarah and Beth have lived together for seven years. They intended to live happily ever after, But as too often happens, they drifted apart and their relationship started to strain at the edges. Communications was cut off. Sex was a bother rather than a pleasure. They no longer laughed together. It was time to end it and move on.

    Unfortunately there were "entanglements" which had to be addressed. There was the house they purchased and decorated together. There were master Card, Vis ...
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  • What To Expect...and...how To Beat Your Spouse In Child Custody Mediation!
    By: Antonio Fricano | - First of all; if you are actually reading this to learn how to "beat your spouse" in child custody mediation, then you don't know what to expect. In California, whenever there is a child custody dispute before the Court, the parties must first attend a mediation session in an attempt to informally resolve their dispute and develop a parenting plan. Mediation is an informal process by which both parties meet with a mediator that tries to help the parties reach an agreement concerning their cust ...
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  • The Pros Of Business Mediation
    By: Austen Koberstein | - Business mediation is becoming a very popular approach used to settle disputes in the business community. These disagreements may come between business partners or even between two different businesses (this is referred to as B2B). No matter what the business relationship is, mediation has several advantages over a public legal battle.

    Anyone who operates his or her own business knows that time is money. Business mediation can save the business both. It can save time if both pa ...
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  • The Seven Benefits Of Conflict Mediation
    By: Tristan Loo | - Lawsuits and litigation have their appropriate place and function in our society, but in some instances, such as preserving on-going relationships, suing someone is like trying to remove a fly from a persons head with a hatchet. In a conflict, each side wants to be heard and acknowledged and most of the time the only forum that they believe this will happen is the courtroom; however, this is not always true. The judge does not want to hear one side or another vent. They just want the facts ...
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