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Scott County water district terminates contract, no substantial delay expected
(Local News ~ 06/14/10)
BENTON, Mo. -- Public Water Supply District of Scott County No. 4 has terminated the contract with the company hired to lay the water district's pipes. The water district awarded the contract to install its water distribution system to Municipal Construction Inc. of Goodrich, Mich., in 2009...
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Snoopy at the S.E.M.M.A. Fun-Fly
(Submitted Story ~ 06/14/10)
Got to see Snoopy patrol the skies above Galaxy Park in search of The Red Baron. Luckily for the Baron, he wasn't in range of the World War I Flying Ace and his flying Dog House / Sopwith Camel !
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Snoopy at the S.E.M.M.A. Fun-Fly
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/14/10)
Snoopy at the S.E.M.M.A. Fun-Fly
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Snoopy at the S.E.M.M.A. Fun-Fly
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/14/10)
Back to the Aerodrome!
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Snoopy at the S.E.M.M.A. Fun-Fly
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/14/10)
Snoopy on Patrol
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Rallying for St. Jude
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/14/10)
Organizers of the WarChild Motorcycle riding group pause for a moment during the 5th Annual Rebel Yell Rally held on Friga's Farm outside of Oran on June 4th, 5th & 6th. The Rally provided camping, live bands, venders, food and refreshments for hundreds of visitors. ...
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CHS Big Man on Campus Donates $750 to Safe House
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/14/10)
CHS held their annual Big Man on Campus contest this year raising $750 for Safe House for Women. Pictured left to right: Nita DuBose (Advisor), Lilli Robinson (Student Council Co-President), Annette Hammond (Event Coordinator) and Linda Garner (Safe House for Women Director)...
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Boy Scout Troop 311 assists American Legion
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/14/10)
Boy Scout Troop 311 of Jackson assisted the American Legion Post of Jackson by placing flags on veterans' graves both in the City Cemetery and Russell Heights Cemetery for Memorial Day. The Scouts were happy to serve their community by honoring those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their...
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Boy Scout Troop 311 assists American Legion
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/14/10)
Boy Scout Troop 311 of Jackson assisted the American Legion Post of Jackson by placing flags on veterans' graves both in the City Cemetery and Russell Heights Cemetery for Memorial Day. The Scouts were happy to serve their community by honoring those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their...
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Kezer: Faith helped him stay on the right path
(Local News ~ 06/14/10)
Illinois native Joshua Kezer, who was exonerated in the 1992 murder of Angela Mischelle Lawless, received a warm reception Sunday at Centenary United Methodist Church, where he spoke of being a Christian, what's important in his life and his future plans...
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Forty-five years after her disappearance, Elizabeth Gill's family still hopes she's alive
(Local News ~ 06/14/10)
Siblings of Elizabeth Gill, a Cape Girardeau toddler who went missing 45 years ago, say their 2-year-old sister was not the type of child to wander off. In fact, their bubbly, charming sister was a child who would hardly leave her mother's side, said Gill's sister, Martha Hamilton...
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A distinct line separates the colors in the sky.
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/14/10)
A distinct line separates the colors in the sky over Cape Girardeau.
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A distinct line separates the colors in the sky.
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/14/10)
A distinct line separates the colors in the sky over Cape Girardeau.
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Under 'fire,' Cape unit trains on vehicle recovery
(Submitted Story ~ 06/14/10)
MACON, Mo. -- For several long minutes, the countryside became a battleground. Amidst the roar of gunfire and a sky full of smoke, the Soldiers of the 1140th Engineer Battalion's Forward Support Company were training on the proper recovery of a damaged vehicle in hostile territory. Of course, the M-16s were loaded with blanks and the smoke came from hand grenade simulators...
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Sunrise in North Carolina
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/14/10)
Sunrise from the Outer Banks in North Carolina. This view is looking out over the Atlantic Ocean. The Sea Gull was enjoying an enjoyable walk next to the ocean as the sun came up.
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Freedom March in Cape Girardeau
(Submitted Story ~ 06/14/10)
Cape Girardeau, Emerson Memorial bridge, Saturday 12:00 noon, June 26th, 2010 On Saturday June 26, 2010 concerned Americans will gather at 12:00 noon for a peaceful rally beside the South East River Campus parking lot by the North side of Highway 34/74 just west of the Emerson Memorial Bridge in Cape Girardeau. This bridge, a symbol of the greatness of America, unites the east and west in the very heart of America...
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Cape's aviation history, Part 2: Learning to fly at the Cape Girardeau airport
(Local News ~ 06/14/10)
Editor's Note: This is the second in a four-part series on aviation in Cape Girardeau appearing in connection with the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Show this weekend. Since the city inherited what is now the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport after World War II, it continues to be a hub of aviation activity for area pilots and passengers alike...
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Talking Shop with Kent Zickfield
(Business ~ 06/14/10)
Kent Zickfield, who after learning the jewelry business from his father, William, says he never considered doing anything else. Zickfield's Jewelry and Gifts has been a fixture in downtown Cape Girardeau since 1939 and Kent Zickfield is carrying on the family tradition...
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Notre Dame students travel to Greece
(Submitted Story ~ 06/14/10)
Twenty-two students from Notre Dame High School recently returned from an educational trip to Greece. During their nine day trip they visited sights such as the Acropolis and Roman Agora in Athens and the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. They also visited the islands of Hydra and Spetses as well as Cape Sounion's Temple of Poseidon. Students traveled with Theology and Latin Instructor Mark Koehler and his wife Jenifer...
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Metropolis unveils statue of Superman's Lois Lane
(Local News ~ 06/14/10)
METROPOLIS, Ill. -- The Southern Illinois city that calls itself the "official home of Superman" has unveiled a statue of the superhero's lady love, Lois Lane. Metropolis leaders unveiled the statue Friday. The city already has a 15-foot bronze statue of Superman in Superman Square...
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Capahas wrap successful weekend with split
(Community Sports ~ 06/14/10)
All things considered, the Plaza Tire Capahas were pleased to come away from a long, hot weekend with four wins. The Capahas went 4-1 during their three-day homestand, capped by Sunday's doubleheader split with the Springfield (Ill.) Pally's. Plaza Tire extended its winning streak to four with a 5-4 victory in the opener before dropping the nightcap 7-6 in eight innings. Both games were scheduled for seven innings...
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Clear debate, civil discourse
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/14/10)
In response to Jon Rust's column "Innuendo: Bad politics": You called the mudslinging letter about Tommy Sowers repugnant, but obviously, it was not repugnant enough to turn down the money to print it. Do you not have any control over what is put in your paper, even if it was a paid ad?...
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Speak Out 6/14/10
(Speak Out ~ 06/14/10)
THOSE who are angry that a group is trying to get another vote on the casino issue need to realize that this group is only treating the issue the way it was approached to begin with. Remember, we voted down a casino. Those in favor pushed another vote through. Now, years later when opinions may have changed again, those against are applying the principle of "what's fair for the goose is fair for the gander."...
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School savings
(Editorial ~ 06/14/10)
One key advantage of the $40 million bond issue approved by Cape Girardeau School District voters in April was timing. Interest rates are at historic lows. Competition among eager contractors helps keep construction bids low. The Cape Girardeau district and four other school districts in Southeast Missouri will see additional savings as a result of state and federal incentives that are intended to create jobs and stimulate the economy...
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We must be innovative to stop abortion
(Column ~ 06/14/10)
By Abby Johnson Until last September I was the director of the Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas. For nine years I was involved with an organization that was about the business of selling abortions. Then last Sept. 26 a woman who was 13 weeks pregnant walked into my clinic, and my life dramatically changed...
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Prayer 6/14/10
(Prayer ~ 06/14/10)
Bless, O God, the flag that waves over a nation of freedom and liberty. Amen.
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People on the move 6/14/10
(Business ~ 06/14/10)
Dr. James L. Fox has joined the dental practice operated by his father, Dr. Robert G. Fox, at 832 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. Jim Fox graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1996 and attended University of Tennessee, graduating from Southeast Missouri State University in 2001. ...
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Gunmen storm Iraqi bank; 15 killed in 3-hour standoff
(International News ~ 06/14/10)
BAGHDAD -- Gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed Iraq's central bank Sunday in an apparent robbery attempt, battling security forces in a three-hour standoff after bombs exploded nearby in a brazen daylight attack that left at least 15 people dead...
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Explosions kill 5, wound 75 at Kenyan political rally
(International News ~ 06/14/10)
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Two explosions ripped through a park in Nairobi's capital during a packed political rally late Sunday, killing five people and wounding 75, officials said. The rally was held to protest a draft constitution the country will vote on in August. The country's president and prime minister support it, but several prominent political leaders do not...
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Palin more pragmatic than many expected
(National News ~ 06/14/10)
JUNEAU, Alaska -- Sarah Palin the political pragmatist? Go figure. With a few surprising endorsements in recent Republican primaries, the self-styled rogue of GOP politics has reaped an angry response from some of her own supporters and a fresh round of speculation about her own presidential ambitions in 2012...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 6/14/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/14/10)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:...
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Lillian Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 06/14/10)
Lillian Verna Grace Seabaugh, 96, of Jackson passed away Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 21, 1914, in Sedgewickville, Mo., daughter of Jesse and Shabbie Niswonger Hartle. She and James Alfred Koehler were married April 27, 1935. ...
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Irene Lingle
(Obituary ~ 06/14/10)
ANNA, Ill. -- Irene A. Parker Lingle, 90, of Anna died Saturday, June 12, 2010, in Jackson County Rehab & Care Center in Murphysboro, Ill. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Tuesday until the time of the funeral at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Anna...
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James McDowell
(Obituary ~ 06/14/10)
James E. McDowell, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Jan. 20, 1928, in Brownwood, Mo., to Earnest and Ada Osborne McDowell. He and Sandra Schearf were married July 17, 1981, in the San Fernando Valley, Calif...
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Out of the past 6/14/10
(Out of the Past ~ 06/14/10)
Southeast Missouri State University president Dr. Bill W. Stacy says he cannot recall ever being more pleased with university budget appropriations than he is with those authorized by the Missouri Legislature over the past three days; appropriations include a conditional $5 million for the university multipurpose building project, if the city of Cape Girardeau isn't allowed to put $5 million into it, and more than $5.1 million for a new boiler for the university...
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Jackson police and fire reports 6/14/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/14/10)
POLICE Jackson The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Summonses Assault Theft Miscellaneous Cape Girardeau Sheriff's Department The Cape Girardeau Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. ...
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Aurora wins battle of favorites for title
(Community Sports ~ 06/14/10)
There were few surprises as the 26th annual Kelso Klassic wrapped up Sunday. The two squads ranked in the top 15 in the world battled it out for the title as expected. Aurora (Ill.) Dolan & Murphy, ranked 15th by the International Softball Congress, capped an undefeated run through the 14-team men's fastpitch softball tournament with a 13-5, six-inning win over the Decatur (Ill.) Pride...
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Summer baseball roundup
(Community Sports ~ 06/14/10)
The Cape Girardeau Post 63 Senior American Legion baseball team split its two games Sunday to finish in second place at the Metropolis, Ill., Invitational. Blake Smith went 4 for 5 with three RBIs, while Dustin Crowden went 3 for 4 with three RBIs in Post 63's 10-4 win over Charleston, Mo...
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OVC players draw much interest in MLB draft
(Sports Column ~ 06/14/10)
The Ohio Valley Conference isn't ranked among the nation's better leagues in any sport, but OVC baseball continues to make a name for itself -- at least individually. A conference-record 13 players were selected in last week's major league draft, giving the OVC 38 players drafted over the past four years. That's impressive by anybody's standards...
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No decisions made about realignment in Sunday meeting
(College Sports ~ 06/14/10)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri curators met behind closed doors Sunday night for the fourth time in as many days as the school turns its attention to saving the Big 12 Conference after its apparent bid to join the Big Ten failed. The meeting followed two days of discussions in Columbia amid a shifting landscape that saw fellow Big 12 members Colorado and Nebraska bolt for the Pac-10 and Big Ten, respectively...
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Young homer buries Cards
(Professional Sports ~ 06/14/10)
PHOENIX -- The Arizona Diamondbacks went from stunned to elated in one wild ninth inning. Chris Young rescued Arizona's much-maligned bullpen with his second homer of the game, a two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth that gave the Diamondbacks a 7-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals...
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Law firm dedicates new office June 21 in Jackson
(Business ~ 06/14/10)
The law firm of Lichtenegger, Weiss & Fetterhoff LLC will hold a dedication and open house at 4:30 p.m. June 21 for its new office, Main Street Station, at 2408 E. Main St. in Jackson. U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., will be the featured speaker. Other speakers include the Rev. ...
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BP deploys sensors to better measure spill
(National News ~ 06/14/10)
NEW ORLEANS -- BP mounted a more aggressive response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday as it deployed undersea sensors to better measure the ferocious flow of crude while drawing up new plans to meet a government demand that it speed up the containment effort ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to the coast...
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Jackson fire chief wanted a job where he could make a difference
(Local News ~ 06/14/10)
Raised in Cape Girardeau County, Jason Mouser traded in a suit for turnout gear in 1997 when he became a part-time firefighter at the Jackson Fire Department. Two years later, Mouser made the decision to join the department full time and make it his career. ...
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Police narrow search for victims of Arkansas flood
(National News ~ 06/14/10)
LANGLEY, Ark. -- Crews got to work Sunday looking for bodies in the many piles of debris that collected after a flash flood swept through a popular campground, as police drastically cut their search to just three missing campers. Authorities haven't been able to contact some of the nearly two dozen people who hadn't been accounted for Saturday, but they don't believe those people were in the Albert Pike Recreation Area, the section of the Ouachita National Forest hardest hit by flooding, State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said.. ...
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Research still points to New Madrid quakes
(Column ~ 06/14/10)
I believe many Midwestern newspaper editors blindly trusted the Associated Press and got taken by a recent AP story that said scientists are beginning to doubt that the New Madrid fault caused several large earthquakes in 1811-1812. The Southeast Missourian and even the prestigious Chicago Tribune carried the story verbatim. ...
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Immaculate Conception School
(Honor Roll ~ 06/14/10)
Immaculate Conception School A Honor Roll 4th grade: Kate Appleman, Shelby Bauwens, Allison Bray, Kayla Elfrink, Claire Essner, Ethan Gatzemeyer, Matthew Gibbs, Harper Guilliams, Megan Jansen, Hannah Mandeville, Bailey Mayfield, Annie Montgomery, Hayden Morrill, Parker Nugent, Leah Schnurbusch, Luke Sprengel, Cole Welker...
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Kelly Elementary School
(Honor Roll ~ 06/14/10)
Kelly Elementary School 3rd grade: T.K. Babers, Kamryn Bryant, Jacob Foster, Anna Goering, Abby Hupp, Jamie Ivie, Sabrina Krauss, Olivia Lofton, Jaycee Loomis, Katherine Wade, Levi Watkins, Kaylee Backfisch, Kelli Dukes, Alison Hise, Lauren Lambert, Lacey McBride, Caleb Ottinger, Wyatt Standridge, Alyssa Tidwell, Christian Worley, Kylie Cagle, Gavin Childers, Jaci Crank, Evan Ebert, Isaac Faire, Taylor Ferrell, Landon Hahs, Nathan Kiehl, Kenzi Koepp, Heather Myer, Mallory Poat, Matthew Tackett, J.C. ...
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Kelso C-7 School
(Honor Roll ~ 06/14/10)
Kelso C-7 School A Honor Roll 2nd grade: Riley Burger, Allison Colbert, Morgan Kern, Grant Menz, Kaylyn Michael, Josh Schmitt. 3rd grade: Lindsey Kieffer, Lexi Spurgeon, Emma Wilhelm. 4th grade: Alex Burger, Ricky Hovis, Claudia Kern, Alyssa Moore, Drew Reischman, Kaitlyn Schiwitz...
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Guardian Angel School
(Honor Roll ~ 06/14/10)
Guardian Angel School A Honor Roll 4th grade: Tricia Eftink, Amanda Gosche, Olivia Hulshof, Olivia Schlosser, Amber Watkins. 5th grade: Sam Dohogne, Noah Pettit, Max Priggel, Carley Schlitt. 6th grade: Bailey Dame, Preston Hahn, Garrison Mangels, Garret Menz, Brett Ressel, Mitchell Schaefer, Hannah Scherer, Blake Schlitt, Ashley Watkins, Paige Westrich...
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St. Augustine School
(Honor Roll ~ 06/14/10)
St. Augustine School A Honor Roll 4th grade: Grant Beussink, Madison Heisserer, Grant Wilson. 5th grade: Ryan Adams, Sierra Delrosa, Adrianna Landewee, Holly Reinagel, Caleb Vetter. 6th grade: Alex Bradshaw, Madeline Essner, Stephanie Jansen, Shiloh Kirn, Christina Scherer, Jordan Seyer, Clayton Stull, Annie Ziegler...
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St. Ambrose School
(Honor Roll ~ 06/14/10)
St. Ambrose School A Honor Roll 5th grade: Madison Chapman, Abigail Glastetter, Hannah Glueck, Brennan Miller, Auggie Knutson. 6th grade: Andee Charleston, Lindsey Harrell, Hannah Seyer, Abby Sutton. 7th grade: Billi Charleston, Dean Crippen. 8th grade: Mackenzie Chapman, Trever Glaus, Shelby Schaefer, Gavin Seyer, Kelsey Tollison, Tiffany Wood...
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St. Denis School
(Honor Roll ~ 06/14/10)
St. Denis School 1st grade: Gabbie Enos, Alden Holland, Abby Hulshof, Gavin Kilburn, Kiya Lambert, Luke Lovett, Bryce Morgan, Molly Shively, Evan Urhahn. 2nd grade: Haley Burger, Krista Dirnberger, Addie Gage, Mallory Glastetter, Haleigh Halter, Devin Heuring, Macy Landeros, Andrea Richman...
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Butler, Ripley Co. truancy court to begin in August
(Local News ~ 06/14/10)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo.--The 36th Judicial Circuit is approaching a historic moment, Presiding Judge Robert Smith told those gathered Friday for an organizational meeting of the newly-formed Truancy Court. In less than two months, the specialty court will meet for the first time with families of Butler County and Ripley County school children to address chronic absenteeism...
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