Why won’t Clinton release the transcripts of those paid speeches? - The Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton had a chance to put to rest swirling questions about her paid speeches to groups such as Goldman Sachs during last week’s final debate before Tuesday’s primary in New Hampshire.
She pointedly refused to take it.
Here’s the key exchange between Clinton and moderator Chuck Todd.
Todd: “Are you willing to release the transcripts of all your paid speeches?
We do know through reporting that there were transcription services for all of those paid speeches.
In full disclosure, would you release all of them?”
Clinton: “I will look into it.
I don’t know the status, but I will certainly look into it.
But I can only repeat what is the fact that I spoke to a lot of different groups with a lot of different constituents, a lot of different kinds of members about issues that had to do with world affairs.”
“I will look into it” means, of course, no way, no how, not ever.
But why did Clinton respond that way?..."
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Friday, February 12, 2016
Pentagon orders commanders to prioritize climate change in all military actions
Pentagon orders commanders to prioritize climate change in all military actions - Washington Times
The Pentagon is ordering the top brass to incorporate climate change into virtually everything they do, from testing weapons to training troops to war planning to joint exercises with allies.
A new directive’s theme: The U.S. Armed Forces must show “resilience” and beat back the threat based on “actionable science.”
It says the military will not be able to maintain effectiveness unless the directive is followed.
It orders the establishment of a new layer of bureaucracy — a wide array of “climate change boards, councils and working groups” to infuse climate change into “programs, plans and policies.”
The Pentagon defines resilience to climate change as: “Ability to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruptions.”
To four-star generals and admirals, among them the regional combatant commanders who plan and fight the nation’s wars, the directive tells them: “Incorporate climate change impacts into plans and operations and integrate DoD guidance and analysis in Combatant Command planning to address climate change-related risks and opportunities across the full range of military operations, including steady-state campaign planning and operations and contingency planning.”
The directive, “Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience,” is in line with President Obama’s view that global warming is the country’s foremost national security threat, or close to it.
Mr. Obama says there is no debate on the existence of man-made global warming and its ensuing climate change.
Supporters of this viewpoint label as “deniers” any scientists who disagree..."
The Pentagon is ordering the top brass to incorporate climate change into virtually everything they do, from testing weapons to training troops to war planning to joint exercises with allies.
A new directive’s theme: The U.S. Armed Forces must show “resilience” and beat back the threat based on “actionable science.”
It says the military will not be able to maintain effectiveness unless the directive is followed.
It orders the establishment of a new layer of bureaucracy — a wide array of “climate change boards, councils and working groups” to infuse climate change into “programs, plans and policies.”
The Pentagon defines resilience to climate change as: “Ability to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruptions.”
To four-star generals and admirals, among them the regional combatant commanders who plan and fight the nation’s wars, the directive tells them: “Incorporate climate change impacts into plans and operations and integrate DoD guidance and analysis in Combatant Command planning to address climate change-related risks and opportunities across the full range of military operations, including steady-state campaign planning and operations and contingency planning.”
The directive, “Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience,” is in line with President Obama’s view that global warming is the country’s foremost national security threat, or close to it.
Mr. Obama says there is no debate on the existence of man-made global warming and its ensuing climate change.
Supporters of this viewpoint label as “deniers” any scientists who disagree..."
SPREAD THIS: The Mike Brown Autopsy Report the Media REFUSED to Cover
SPREAD THIS: The Mike Brown Autopsy Report the Media REFUSED to Cover:
"The county autopsy report on Michael Brown largely corroborates the account of the shooting given by Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren Wilson. Two independent doctors reviewed the report from St. Louis County for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, KTVI reported.
According to the report, the first shot fired from Wilson’s gun was at close range and hit Brown’s right thumb, adding weight to Wilson’s testimony that the two struggled for the gun in Wilson’s police cruiser."
"The county autopsy report on Michael Brown largely corroborates the account of the shooting given by Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren Wilson. Two independent doctors reviewed the report from St. Louis County for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, KTVI reported.
According to the report, the first shot fired from Wilson’s gun was at close range and hit Brown’s right thumb, adding weight to Wilson’s testimony that the two struggled for the gun in Wilson’s police cruiser."
‘For the Record’: Understanding the Threat of EMP
‘For the Record’: Understanding the Threat of EMP | TheBlaze.com
An Electromagnetic Pulse attack could result in the greatest loss of life in human history, but most people have never heard of an EMP.
An EMP can be triggered by detonating a nuclear warhead above the earth’s atmosphere, which would release a pulse of energy that could destroy electrical grids and electronics such as cell phones and computers over a thousand-mile radius.
“What happens when, when the grid comes down, is there are surges of electricity that blow the big transformers,” Roscoe Bartlett, a former member of the House of Representatives who spearheaded the creation of a Congressional EMP Commission, said. “The estimate is that we could lose somewhere between 100 and 200 of those; that means that the grid would be down for a year or more.”
The Congressional EMP Commission reported that after such an attack Americans would face starvation, a lack of clean water, disease and eventually societal unrest. The commission estimated that 90 percent of the U.S. population would die within a year — nearly 300 million people.
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History for February 12
History for February 12 - On-This-Day.com:
Charles Darwin 1809, Abraham Lincoln (U.S.) 1809 - Sixteenth President of the United States, Lorne Green 1915
Joe Don Baker 1936 - Actor, Michael McDonald 1952 - Musician (Doobie Brothers), Arsenio Hall 1955 - Actor, comedian , talk show host
1878 - Frederick W. Thayer patented the baseball catcher’s mask.
1880 - The National Croquet League was organized in Philadelphia, PA.
1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.
1918 - All theatres in New York City were shut down in an effort to conserve coal.
1971 - James Cash (J.C.) Penney died at the age of 95. The company closed for business for one-half day as a memorial to the company's founder.
1998 - A U.S. federal judge declared that the presidential line-item veto was unconstitutional.
2003 - The U.N. nuclear agency declared North Korea in violation of international treaties. The complaint was sent to the Security Council.
2013 - North Korea conducted its third underground nuclear test.
Charles Darwin 1809, Abraham Lincoln (U.S.) 1809 - Sixteenth President of the United States, Lorne Green 1915
Joe Don Baker 1936 - Actor, Michael McDonald 1952 - Musician (Doobie Brothers), Arsenio Hall 1955 - Actor, comedian , talk show host
1878 - Frederick W. Thayer patented the baseball catcher’s mask.
1880 - The National Croquet League was organized in Philadelphia, PA.
1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.
1918 - All theatres in New York City were shut down in an effort to conserve coal.
1971 - James Cash (J.C.) Penney died at the age of 95. The company closed for business for one-half day as a memorial to the company's founder.
1998 - A U.S. federal judge declared that the presidential line-item veto was unconstitutional.
2003 - The U.N. nuclear agency declared North Korea in violation of international treaties. The complaint was sent to the Security Council.
2013 - North Korea conducted its third underground nuclear test.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
‘Disrespectful’: State Department Ordered to Release Final Clinton Emails Before Super Tuesday — but Just Barely | TheBlaze.com
‘Disrespectful’: State Department Ordered to Release Final Clinton Emails Before Super Tuesday — but Just Barely | TheBlaze.com:
"A U.S. District Court judge on Thursday ordered the State Department to publish the final remaining emails from Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state before voting begins on Super Tuesday.
Judge Rudolph Contreras ordered the emails released in batches on Feb. 13, Feb. 19, Feb. 26 and Feb. 29."
"A U.S. District Court judge on Thursday ordered the State Department to publish the final remaining emails from Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state before voting begins on Super Tuesday.
Judge Rudolph Contreras ordered the emails released in batches on Feb. 13, Feb. 19, Feb. 26 and Feb. 29."
Obama's Own National Intelligence Director Just Threw The President Under The Iran Bus
Obama's Own National Intelligence Director Just Threw The President Under The Iran Bus:
"When President Barack Obama and his Democrat allies tried to sell the American public on his nuclear deal with Iran as a way to guarantee the mullahs won’t obtain a nuclear weapon, he rammed through the pact over the objections of many. Now, Obama’s own national intelligence director has just told Congress that Iran sees the deal differently.
Much differently. And that difference could present a very real danger for the United States and our friends around the world."
"When President Barack Obama and his Democrat allies tried to sell the American public on his nuclear deal with Iran as a way to guarantee the mullahs won’t obtain a nuclear weapon, he rammed through the pact over the objections of many. Now, Obama’s own national intelligence director has just told Congress that Iran sees the deal differently.
Much differently. And that difference could present a very real danger for the United States and our friends around the world."
THE DAILY GLOBAL WARMING HOAX REPORT
(22) THE DAILY GLOBAL WARMING HOAX REPORT
Breaking NEWS! The greenhouse conjecture about CO2 has now been smashed by experiments.
It has been discovered that the assumption that 390W/m^2 of solar radiation and radiation from the colder atmosphere is not enough to explain the mean surface temperature of 288K because we now know by experiment that the Earth's surface is not a flat blackbody upon which the Sun shines uniformly night and day from equator to pole, as would be required to get 288K.
Sadly (for those whose income depends on the old 20th century false assumption by James Hansen) we now realize that the Earth is spherical and thus receives variable flux which, even if it did have a mean of 390W/m^2, would only produce a mean temperature less than 5°C.
This comes from new understanding (never apparently known in climatology circles) that the Stefan Boltzmann calculations are based on temperature being proportional only to the fourth root of flux.
Hence all the high (well above average) flux in the tropics isn't pulling its weight as it doesn't drag the mean temperature up in proportion to its contribution to the mean flux..."
Breaking NEWS! The greenhouse conjecture about CO2 has now been smashed by experiments.
It has been discovered that the assumption that 390W/m^2 of solar radiation and radiation from the colder atmosphere is not enough to explain the mean surface temperature of 288K because we now know by experiment that the Earth's surface is not a flat blackbody upon which the Sun shines uniformly night and day from equator to pole, as would be required to get 288K.
Sadly (for those whose income depends on the old 20th century false assumption by James Hansen) we now realize that the Earth is spherical and thus receives variable flux which, even if it did have a mean of 390W/m^2, would only produce a mean temperature less than 5°C.
This comes from new understanding (never apparently known in climatology circles) that the Stefan Boltzmann calculations are based on temperature being proportional only to the fourth root of flux.
Hence all the high (well above average) flux in the tropics isn't pulling its weight as it doesn't drag the mean temperature up in proportion to its contribution to the mean flux..."
Senate report: Illegal immigrants benefited from up to $750M in ObamaCare subsidies
Senate report: Illegal immigrants benefited from up to $750M in ObamaCare subsidies | Fox News
Illegal immigrants and individuals with unclear legal status wrongly benefited from up to $750 million in ObamaCare subsidies and the government is struggling to recoup the money, according to a new Senate report obtained by Fox News.
The report, produced by Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, examined Affordable Care Act tax credits meant to defray the cost of insurance premiums.
It found that as of June 2015, “the Administration awarded approximately $750 million in tax credits on behalf of individuals who were later determined to be ineligible because they failed to verify their citizenship, status as a national, or legal presence.”
The review found the credits went to more than 500,000 people – who are illegal immigrants or whose legal status was unclear due to insufficient records.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services confirmed to FoxNews.com on Monday that 471,000 customers with 2015 coverage failed to produce proper documentation on their citizenship or immigration status on time – but stressed that this does not necessarily mean they’re ineligible..."
Illegal immigrants and individuals with unclear legal status wrongly benefited from up to $750 million in ObamaCare subsidies and the government is struggling to recoup the money, according to a new Senate report obtained by Fox News.
The report, produced by Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, examined Affordable Care Act tax credits meant to defray the cost of insurance premiums.
It found that as of June 2015, “the Administration awarded approximately $750 million in tax credits on behalf of individuals who were later determined to be ineligible because they failed to verify their citizenship, status as a national, or legal presence.”
The review found the credits went to more than 500,000 people – who are illegal immigrants or whose legal status was unclear due to insufficient records.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services confirmed to FoxNews.com on Monday that 471,000 customers with 2015 coverage failed to produce proper documentation on their citizenship or immigration status on time – but stressed that this does not necessarily mean they’re ineligible..."
BOMBSHELL: Newly Uncovered Secret Memos Reveal The REAL Horror Of Obama's Overreach
BOMBSHELL: Newly Uncovered Secret Memos Reveal The REAL Horror Of Obama's Overreach:
"Race hustlers like the “Rev.” Al Sharpton and Chicago’s Jesse Jackson have made for themselves a national name – and a considerable fortune – by following a pattern many people would call a shakedown or a protection racket. They publicly hit American businesses with spurious “racism” charges and demand punitive payment. But the likes of Sharpton and Jackson are pikers next to the Democrat-run federal government in the age of Obama.
That’s the conclusion of an eye-opening column in Sunday’s New York Post that documents how the Washington-based Consumer Finance Protection Board (CFPB) managed to extort almost $100 million from an American auto lender to settle racism accusations. "
"Race hustlers like the “Rev.” Al Sharpton and Chicago’s Jesse Jackson have made for themselves a national name – and a considerable fortune – by following a pattern many people would call a shakedown or a protection racket. They publicly hit American businesses with spurious “racism” charges and demand punitive payment. But the likes of Sharpton and Jackson are pikers next to the Democrat-run federal government in the age of Obama.
That’s the conclusion of an eye-opening column in Sunday’s New York Post that documents how the Washington-based Consumer Finance Protection Board (CFPB) managed to extort almost $100 million from an American auto lender to settle racism accusations. "
U-M pharmacy supervisor kept getting promoted despite drug theft conviction
U-M pharmacy supervisor kept getting promoted despite drug theft conviction | MLive.com
A University of Michigan Health System pharmacy supervisor who makes a six-figure salary kept getting promoted despite a conviction for stealing narcotic painkillers, records show.
A University of Michigan Health System pharmacy supervisor who makes a six-figure salary kept getting promoted despite a conviction for stealing narcotic painkillers, records show.
In 2005, Denise Kathyrn Brower, who currently makes $138,551 a year as an assistant pharmacy director, had her license suspended and wasn't allowed to handle certain controlled substances while on work probation, according to records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
But the conviction didn't derail Brower's climb to a management position overseeing potent sedation medications as well as the very pills she was convicted of stealing.
But the conviction didn't derail Brower's climb to a management position overseeing potent sedation medications as well as the very pills she was convicted of stealing.
Read on.....sick!
True Climate Criminals Facing Trial
True Climate Criminals Facing Trial | Somewhat Reasonable
Another prominent climate scientist has been accused of breaking the law.
Following on the heels of the resignation of Rajendra Pachauri as head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change under a cloud of sexual abuse charges, Dr. Daniel Michael Alongi, senior principal research scientist at the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences, was arrested, accused of fraudulently diverting more than half-a-million dollars in government funds intended for climate research into his own pockets during the past seven years.
If convicted of all charges, Alongi faces up to 30 years in prison.
...Meanwhile back in the U.S., a trial has begun for five climate activists with Rising Tide Seattle arrested in 2014 for criminal trespass and blocking the passage of a train carrying crude oil from the Bakken Formation in Montana and North Dakota to oil terminals in the Pacific Northwest.
...Climate skeptics exercise their free speech rights and the mainstream media trumpets legislators and climate radicals calls try them for racketeering.
Meanwhile, climate alarmists commit real crimes and the mainstream media is virtually silent on the matter."
Another prominent climate scientist has been accused of breaking the law.
Following on the heels of the resignation of Rajendra Pachauri as head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change under a cloud of sexual abuse charges, Dr. Daniel Michael Alongi, senior principal research scientist at the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences, was arrested, accused of fraudulently diverting more than half-a-million dollars in government funds intended for climate research into his own pockets during the past seven years.
If convicted of all charges, Alongi faces up to 30 years in prison.
...Meanwhile back in the U.S., a trial has begun for five climate activists with Rising Tide Seattle arrested in 2014 for criminal trespass and blocking the passage of a train carrying crude oil from the Bakken Formation in Montana and North Dakota to oil terminals in the Pacific Northwest.
...Climate skeptics exercise their free speech rights and the mainstream media trumpets legislators and climate radicals calls try them for racketeering.
Meanwhile, climate alarmists commit real crimes and the mainstream media is virtually silent on the matter."
Inside the Pages of Obama’s $4.1 Trillion Budget Request Lies a Very Expensive Gun Control Initiative | TheBlaze.com
Inside the Pages of Obama’s $4.1 Trillion Budget Request Lies a Very Expensive Gun Control Initiative | TheBlaze.com:
"President Obama’s 2017 budget proposal includes a wallet-busting request for a gun control initiative, The Hill reported.
Filed Tuesday, the request includes funding increases for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the FBI to reduce gun violence."
"President Obama’s 2017 budget proposal includes a wallet-busting request for a gun control initiative, The Hill reported.
Filed Tuesday, the request includes funding increases for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the FBI to reduce gun violence."
How Local Governments Toe the Line Advocating for Tax Hikes
How Local Governments Toe the Line Advocating for Tax Hikes [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
The Muskegon County Road Commission wants voters to approve a $6.7 million property tax hike on Feb. 24.
A road commission flier states, “Repairing our roads is costly, but if everybody pitches in to help with this 1.5 mill proposal, it’s not much at all.”
The flier is an example of how governments go right up to the line of illegal tax-funded electioneering.
And it is far from uncommon.
The road commission’s revenue increased from $15.4 million in 2012 to $17 million in 2015.
Yet the flyer claims, “Currently our budget is short $9 million.”
Only in government is a desire to spend 53 percent over budget characterized as a shortfall.
It would be like a household with annual income of $60,000 claiming a shortfall because they want to buy a $90,000 car next year.
Incidentally, if voters approve a $2 billion tax hike on the May 5 statewide ballot, the Muskegon County Road Commission will get an another $6.4 million annually by 2018..."
The Muskegon County Road Commission wants voters to approve a $6.7 million property tax hike on Feb. 24.
A road commission flier states, “Repairing our roads is costly, but if everybody pitches in to help with this 1.5 mill proposal, it’s not much at all.”
The flier is an example of how governments go right up to the line of illegal tax-funded electioneering.
And it is far from uncommon.
The road commission’s revenue increased from $15.4 million in 2012 to $17 million in 2015.
Yet the flyer claims, “Currently our budget is short $9 million.”
Only in government is a desire to spend 53 percent over budget characterized as a shortfall.
It would be like a household with annual income of $60,000 claiming a shortfall because they want to buy a $90,000 car next year.
Incidentally, if voters approve a $2 billion tax hike on the May 5 statewide ballot, the Muskegon County Road Commission will get an another $6.4 million annually by 2018..."
Detroit Police Sergeant Under Investigation After Comparing Beyonce’s Super Bowl Performance To KKK
Detroit Police Sergeant Under Investigation After Comparing Beyonce’s Super Bowl Performance To KKK « CBS Detroit:
DETROIT (WWJ) – A Detroit police sergeant who allegedly criticized Beyonce’s Super Bowl halftime show by posting a reference to the Ku Klux Klan is being investigated.
The sergeant, who was unnamed but is reportedly a 17-year veteran of the department, apparently didn’t like the halftime performance — particularly Beyonce’s dancers, who were sporting afros, berets and dressed in an all-black style similar to the Black Panther party.
At one point in the performance, the dancers raised their fists to the sky and made a formation on the field in the shape of an X that, according to the sergeant, was attributed to black activist Malcolm X.
The sergeant was so displeased with the performance that he took his option to his personal Facebook page, saying next year’s halftime show should include the KKK.
The post included a photo of Beyonce’s dancers above a group wearing white Ku Klux Klan robes, according to a report byWJBK.
It included the text: “So if the dance troupe at the top is ok for this years’ halftime show, then the one at the bottom should be ok for next years’, right?”
His post drew complaints from many of his co-workers, who reported it to Police Chief James Craig.
Craig said the sergeant’s views are not representative of the department or any other officer.
The sergeant has since removed his post and replaced it with a message offering an apology.
The sergeant remains on the job although the incident is under investigation.
DETROIT (WWJ) – A Detroit police sergeant who allegedly criticized Beyonce’s Super Bowl halftime show by posting a reference to the Ku Klux Klan is being investigated.
The sergeant, who was unnamed but is reportedly a 17-year veteran of the department, apparently didn’t like the halftime performance — particularly Beyonce’s dancers, who were sporting afros, berets and dressed in an all-black style similar to the Black Panther party.
At one point in the performance, the dancers raised their fists to the sky and made a formation on the field in the shape of an X that, according to the sergeant, was attributed to black activist Malcolm X.
The sergeant was so displeased with the performance that he took his option to his personal Facebook page, saying next year’s halftime show should include the KKK.
The post included a photo of Beyonce’s dancers above a group wearing white Ku Klux Klan robes, according to a report byWJBK.
It included the text: “So if the dance troupe at the top is ok for this years’ halftime show, then the one at the bottom should be ok for next years’, right?”
His post drew complaints from many of his co-workers, who reported it to Police Chief James Craig.
Craig said the sergeant’s views are not representative of the department or any other officer.
The sergeant has since removed his post and replaced it with a message offering an apology.
The sergeant remains on the job although the incident is under investigation.
School Shooters Will Be Shot: Some Oklahoma Schools Post Warning Signs Staff May Be Armed
School Shooters Will Be Shot: Some Oklahoma Schools Post Warning Signs Staff May Be Armed | The Daily Sheeple:
In an era where school shootings have been blasted all over the news media so it would seem to the average TV view that these things happen all the time in this country (even though they don’t), some schools have decided those “gun free zone” signs they post out front might as well be akin to “Hey, unarmed victims here!” and have decided instead to advertise that they now allow staff to carry firearms.
Okay Public School Superintendent Charles McMahan told theMuskogee Phoenix, “The signs are more or less a deterrent. We don’t want to be a soft target.”
The school district, located 50 miles southeast of Tulsa, passed an “Armed School Employees” policy just this past August.
The policy requires an armed staff member to possess an Oklahoma Self Defense Act license, be CLEET qualified, and hold Council on Law Enforcement Education Training Certification or a license.
The school district, located 50 miles southeast of Tulsa, passed an “Armed School Employees” policy just this past August.
The policy requires an armed staff member to possess an Oklahoma Self Defense Act license, be CLEET qualified, and hold Council on Law Enforcement Education Training Certification or a license.
Well isn’t that what most gun free zones are?
Filled with soft targets?
Can anyone think of a mass shooting that’s happened recently that didn’t take place in a gun free zone?"
Filled with soft targets?
Can anyone think of a mass shooting that’s happened recently that didn’t take place in a gun free zone?"
Take a Look at What a Photographer Spotted on the Ground at Hillary Clinton’s N.H. Rally — You’ll Quickly See Why Some Aren’t Happy | TheBlaze.com
Take a Look at What a Photographer Spotted on the Ground at Hillary Clinton’s N.H. Rally — You’ll Quickly See Why Some Aren’t Happy | TheBlaze.com:
"The U.S. Flag Code stipulates:
§8. Respect for flag
No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
It also states that the flag “should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.”
"The U.S. Flag Code stipulates:
§8. Respect for flag
No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
It also states that the flag “should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.”
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