Gravanekanalen is a canal that connects the eastern and western harbor in Kristiansand. The canal is partly an artificially dug extension of the strait between Kvadraturen and Odderøya.

The sound was so shallow that it hindered boat traffic. It was first excavated around 1680.

Four bridges cross the canal and there are remains of another former swing bridge. The eastern inlet to the canal is at Hartmanns brygge (Strandpromenaden) and Nodeviga boat harbor, and the canal runs into the western harbor at Lagmannsholmen and Kilden theater and concert hall. Parts of the north bank of the canal are a rockfill that made Lagmannsholmen landlocked. The buildings at Fiskebrygga with red and ocher-yellow wooden houses are located on both sides of the canal. In the summer, there is heavy small boat traffic in the canal. Larger boats are hindered by the relatively low height under the bridges. Port for fishing boats is west of the bridges.

Bee like the blue bird who is never is blue, for he knows from his upbringing what singing can do.

Lundsbroa is a bridge on county road 471 in Kristiansand that crosses Otra and connects Kvadraturen with Lund in the extension of Dronningens gate. On Lundsiden, the street race continues in Østerveien.

The official name is "Thygeson's memory" after diocesan official Nicolai Emanuel de Thygeson. Today's bridge was built in 1938.

The first bridge at this place, between Nedre Ferjested and Lahelle, was completed in 1810. It was 504 feet long, 19 feet wide and had 12 bridges. It was privately financed through a limited company with capital of 7,000 riksdaler, while the bridge cost 8 196.50 riksdaler. Users of the bridge had to pay tolls. The first bridge was also called Thygeson's bridge or Thygeson's memory.

The crown jewel of this Netherlands revisit, the last to be shown but the first to be visited, Amsterdam, the city I love to hate.

Its not the fault of Amsterdam that it is not one my favorite places in the Netherlands but most likely my small town upbringing and maybe a little to do with the throngs of tourists, Hendoos and drunken antics constantly keeping the city in a state of seeming confusion.

Even if the uproar is not my cup of tea the city is beautiful and a photographers dream of canals, historic buildings and great light, pictured here is the Rijksmuseum the national museum of the Netherlands a true treasure not be missed any soggy day.

This Pierre Cuypers designed museum complex began collecting exhibit pieces 100 years before its opening and houses over 1 million artifacts though only 8000 are on display at any one time and even then it takes 1.5km of gallery space to display them so wear comfortable shoes.

I took this on Sept 9th, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 45mm 1/320 sec f/8 ISO1100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO

Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress

This magnificent building was designed by my great-grandfather Endre Refsnes around the year 1900. He has designed several of Kristiansand's magnificent buildings which were built after the city fire in 1892.

Oddernes is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 103-square-kilometre (40 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The administrative centre was the village of Lund on the east side of the river Otra near where Lund Church is located. The former area of the municipality makes up the area just west of the urban town of Kristiansand within the municipality of Kristiansand in Agder county. The old municipality encircled the town of Kristiansand, and it included the villages such as Flekkerøy, Vågsbygd, Slettheia, Lund, Strai, Mosby, and Justvik. Today, the town of Kristiansand has a borough named Oddernes, but it has very different boundaries than the old municipality had.

Lundsbroa is a bridge on county road 471 in Kristiansand that crosses Otra and connects Kvadraturen with Lund in the extension of Dronningens gate. On Lundsiden, the street race continues in Østerveien.

The official name is "Thygeson's memory" after Nicolai Emanuel de Thygeson. Today's bridge was built in 1938.

The first bridge at this place, between Nedre Ferjested and Lahelle, was completed in 1810. It was 504 feet long, 19 feet wide and had 12 bridges. It was privately financed through a limited company with capital of 7,000 riksdaler, while the bridge cost 8 196.50 riksdaler. Users of the bridge had to pay tolls. The first bridge was also called Thygeson's bridge or Thygeson's memory.

In a long life, we have had almost free electricity in Norway. Now that we have cables to the continent, the price of electricity has reached a European level. Many are struggling financially, but not all. Some of the latter probably live here.

Lundsbroa is a bridge on county road 471 in Kristiansand that crosses Otra and connects Kvadraturen with Lund in the extension of Dronningens gate. On Lundsiden, the street race continues in Østerveien.

The official name is "Thygeson's memory" after diocesan official Nicolai Emanuel de Thygeson. Today's bridge was built in 1938.

The first bridge at this place, between Nedre Ferjested and Lahelle, was completed in 1810. It was 504 feet long, 19 feet wide and had 12 bridges. It was privately financed through a limited company with capital of 7,000 riksdaler, while the bridge cost 8 196.50 riksdaler. Users of the bridge had to pay tolls. The first bridge was also called Thygeson's bridge or Thygeson's memory.

Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth largest and the municipality the sixth largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation of the municipalities of Søgne and Songdalen into the greater Kristiansand municipality. In addition to the city itself, Statistics Norway counts four other densely populated areas in the municipality: Skålevik in Flekkerøy with a population of 3,526 in the Vågsbygd borough, Strai with a population of 1,636 in the Grim borough, Justvik with a population of 1,803 in the Lund borough, and Tveit with a population of 1,396 (as of January 2012) in the Oddernes borough. Kristiansand is divided into five boroughs: Grim, which is located northwest in Kristiansand with a population of 15,000; Kvadraturen, which is the centre and downtown Kristiansand with a population of 5,200; Lund, the second largest borough; Søgne, with a population of around 12,000 and incorporated into the municipality of Kristiansand as of January 2020; Oddernes, a borough located in the west; and Vågsbygd, the largest borough with a population of 36,000, located in the southwest.

Kristiansand is connected by four main roads: European Route E18 from Oslo, Aust-Agder and covers the eastern part of Kristiansand; European route E39 from Stavanger, Flekkefjord and the coast towns and villages in Vest-Agder; Norwegian National Road 9 from Evje, Setesdal and Grim; and Norwegian National Road 41 from Telemark, northern Aust-Agder, Birkeland, Tveit and the airport Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik. Varodd Bridge is a large bridge and a part of E18, which stretches over Topdalsfjorden.

Tourism is important in Kristiansand, and the summer season is the most popular for tourists. Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement park is the largest zoo in Norway. It receives over 900,000 visitors every year. Markens Street is the main pedestrian street in downtown Kristiansand. Bystranda is a city beach located in Kvadraturen; Hamresanden beach is the longest beach in Kristiansand. Hamresanden Camping is a popular family camp during the summer season. The city hosts a free weekly concert in downtown Kristiansand in the summertime. Outside the city is the industrial park Sørlandsparken, which includes Sørlandssenteret, Norway's largest mall. wikipedia

Finish bears taken close to the Russian border. Mother bear is on the left and the two cubs on the right :-)

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Kvadraturen is a borough in the city centre of the city of Kristiansand which lies in the municipality of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It has a population of 6,750 (2015). The borough is made up of the centre together with the harbour to the south and the more rural district of "Eg" to the north. Kvadraturen is the administrative centre of the municipality of Kristiansand as well as the administrative centre of Vest-Agder county, but is far smaller in area than the other boroughs in the municipality, such as the borough of Grim to the north and west, and the borough of Lund to the east.

Kvadraturen is the location of the Kristiansand Cathedral and the nearby commercial, pedestrian street is Markens gate. The city harbour is located along the Kristiansandsfjorden and the island of Odderøya. The borough has three malls and three high schools. The closest public junior high is "Grim Skole" and the closest elementary is Tordenskjoldsgate Skole and is the only remanding elementary in Kvadraturen. The Sørlandet Hospital Kristiansand is also located in the borough, in the district of Eg.

The main city centre was established as a city on 5 July 1641 by King Christian IV. The city became a self-governing municipality under the formannskapsdistrikt law on 1 January 1838. On 1 July 1921, a neighboring part of the municipality of Oddernes (population: 2,164) was transferred from Oddernes to the city of Kristiansand. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the city of Kristiansand (population: 27,100) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Randesund (population: 1,672), Oddernes (population: 18,668), and Tveit (population: 2,802) to form a new, larger municipality of Kristiansand.

Goliathan: we walked amongst giants.

Genesis 6:4 - There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown.

Though I was raised in a religious household I consider myself to be agnostic yet grateful for my upbringing and knowledge of theology and history. I have great respect for all religions (but not for the way by which a few choose to wield it for their own ill gains).

I found the aforementioned passage quite poignant as a contributing narrative to this image.

Inchree, Onich, Fort William, Scottish Highlands, Scotland.

Created using: Topaz Labs, and Topaz Studio

A woman ahead of her time...

I have watched the documentary 'Nothing compares to you' about Sinead O'Connor.

An exploration of Sinead O'Connor's rise and fall and her enduring cultural impact. By the age of 20, O'Connor was one of Ireland's brightest rising stars but her decision to use her fame as a platform to speak out on a number of controversial issues shifted her narrative from global stardom to worldwide condemnation. In a new interview, O'Connor reveals the abusive upbringing that left her feeling betrayed by both church and community and ultimately led her to find the therapeutic power of music.

In my country it is on National TV, but can be found here.

www.sho.com/titles/3516714/nothing-compares

We as women...humans, should watch and learn.

And please do not tell me she was mentally ill, women have been called that as well as witches as long as Adam and Eve, when they stood out or spoke up, showing curage and integrity ♥

In the early 19th century the city had few public buildings. In the 1830s began the need for municipal buildings to be intrusive. It was planned a town hall that would contain courthouse, tax collector, police commissioner, magistrate - and jail to replace the rickety, old jail in town. Presidency turned to the Norway's most renowned architects. High construction costs meant that plans were put aside. In the late 1850s offered the government to pay large contributions to municipalities who raised new jail constructions. The city did not let the chance go by.

The magistracy proposed in 1860 to build the city hall and the jail at the square (marketplace). Architect Carl Emil Kaurin in Christiania constructed the city hall. The city hall with jail was built by workers from the capital in 1863-1864.

The city hall was inaugurated on 15 September 1864. The Presidency hall was placed in the city hall in 1951. In the early 1980s, the old jail was demolished in connection with an expansion of the neighboring street Festningsgata, and the city hall was reconstructed and redecorated by city architect Alf Erikstad.

Kristiansand, Norway.

The Otra is the largest river in the Sørlandet region of Norway. It begins in Setesdalsheiene mountains at the lake Breidvatnet in Bykle municipality in Agder county, just south of the border with Vinje municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county. The river then flows south through Bykle, Valle, Bygland, Evje og Hornnes, Iveland, Vennesla, and Kristiansand municipalities. The river empties into the Skagerrak in the center of the city of Kristiansand on the southern coast of Norway.

The Otra is 245 kilometres (152 mi) long, making it Norway's eighth-longest river. There are many large lakes along the river including: Åraksfjorden, Byglandsfjorden, Hartevatnet, and Kilefjorden. There are 12 hydroelectric power plants built along the river, which produce much of the electricity for the southern part of Norway.

The salmon do well in the Otra river because the water is not too acidic. The calcareous rocks in the catchment area at the northern end of the Setesdal valley give the water a certain buffer capacity against acidification

The fortress was finished in 1672 and formed a part of King Christian IV's plan for defense of Kristiansand when the city was founded in 1641. The architect of the fortress was quartermaster general Willem Coucheron. It was built on an islet, about 100 yards from shore. Today the fortress is connected to the mainland.

The only time the fortress has been in battle was against a British fleet force, led by HMS Spencer (1800) in 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars. One of the very few remaining larger warships under Danish-Norwegian command was the ship of the line HDMS Prinds Christian Frederik with 70 cannons that was in the eastern harbor of Kristiansand. Captain Stopford on board HMS Spencer ordered to sail toward the city and announced in a letter that he wanted to take over the HDMS Prinds Christian Fredrik, and threatened to open fire on the city if the ship were not disclosed. When the ships approached, they were met by fierce resistance from Christiansholm Fortress. The attack was repulsed by massive gunfire and the British sailed instead to the abandoned Fredriksholm Fortress, which was blown up and destroyed.

The fortress was decommissioned by royal decree during June 1872 as part of a major redevelopment of fortifications across the nation.

Today, Christiansholm is a tourist attraction by the Kristiansand Boardwalk and venue for a variety of cultural events and festivities. It is now owned by the municipality and is a site used principally for recreation and cultural events.

This is a face (among several millions in India alone) of a person who has been and being neglected by the society. Despite being among have not's, people like her did not take resort to terrorism or similar anti people act. These people tell volume against the opportunistic views of some so called ' intellectuals' in India and abroad who indirectly justify terrorism and terrorists citing that they are otherwise innocents but are the victims of social deprivation and inequality!!! My partisan view is that improper upbringing, irrational thinking, religious/sectarian blindness and sadistic mindset are the root cause of terrorism . Social inequality definitely contributes but cannot be the root (or only) cause of terrorism/separatism. Every govt. should turn to these people and help them live respectfully instead of tolerating/negotiating with and giving concession to the terrorists/separatists or their national and international handlers.

Since time immemorial, attempts have been made to establish borders. The sense of ownership has led to drawing lines on a map: sometimes a river, other times a mountain range, a mark on a desert,... a concrete wall or a barbed wire fence and broken glass. Too many centuries attend, undaunted, the mosaic of earth that man has created with the sole purpose of separating and limiting. And this will be the cause of so many conflicts and wars. The boundaries of respect should have been based on proper upbringing, but...

Kvadraturen is a borough in the city centre of the city of Kristiansand which lies in the municipality of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It has a population of 6,750 (2015). The borough is made up of the centre together with the harbour to the south and the more rural district of "Eg" to the north. Kvadraturen is the administrative centre of the municipality of Kristiansand as well as the administrative centre of Vest-Agder county, but is far smaller in area than the other boroughs in the municipality, such as the borough of Grim to the north and west, and the borough of Lund to the east.

Kvadraturen is the location of the Kristiansand Cathedral and the nearby commercial, pedestrian street is Markens gate. The city harbour is located along the Kristiansandsfjorden and the island of Odderøya. The borough has three malls and three high schools. The closest public junior high is "Grim Skole" and the closest elementary is Tordenskjoldsgate Skole and is the only remanding elementary in Kvadraturen. The Sørlandet Hospital Kristiansand is also located in the borough, in the district of Eg.

The main city centre was established as a city on 5 July 1641 by King Christian IV. The city became a self-governing municipality under the formannskapsdistrikt law on 1 January 1838. On 1 July 1921, a neighboring part of the municipality of Oddernes (population: 2,164) was transferred from Oddernes to the city of Kristiansand. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the city of Kristiansand (population: 27,100) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Randesund (population: 1,672), Oddernes (population: 18,668), and Tveit (population: 2,802) to form a new, larger municipality of Kristiansand.

“You can love her with everything you have and she still wont belong to you. She will run wild with you, beside you with every step but let me tell you something about women who run with wolves, their fierce hearts don't settle between walls and their instinct is stronger than upbringing. Love her wild or leave her there.”

― Nikki Rowe

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gydcChFnzQ

INNER DEMONS – JULIA BRENNAN

Wild at heart

I can't be tamed

so many people

tried to dowse the flames

fingers burned they try again

but never will they break me

Pure at heart

I can't be condemned

so many people

tried to put an end

to all I am and all you see

but they will never break me

Soft at heart

I can't be hardened

so many people

beg my pardon

but it is not for me to forgive

my God will not forsake me

Kind at heart

I can't be crushed

so many people

try to make me hush

yet standing on the most precarious edge

even the wind can't shake me

Beauty at the heart of me

in all I do and all I see

so many people

want a part of me

but only the angels can take me.

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RIP Brian Wilson

20th June 1942 - 11th June 2025

Bondi Surf Beach, Sydney.

Here are the one and only 'The Beach Boys':

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmcNbsLCpBQ

Bondi Beach was photographed by me from Notts Avenue, near the Bondi Icebergs Club, last October - 2024.

This is similar to two previously posted images of Bondi Beach. but this one is different and not seen before. This is for Brian Wilson - one of the stars of my upbringing and listening to the radio. Cheers from Sydney.

My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens.

Processed in Adobe Lightroom.

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In contrast with all other spring flowers in our garden this year, these are a bit late blooming.

Lily of the valley reminds me always of my grandmother's little cottage garden with its ever-spreading patch of these tiny flowers close to the back door. The perfume was wonderful.

I feel lucky in many ways to have had a 'country upbringing' in early childhood.

Thank you for your visit. I wish you a sunny day.

Hollyhocks. That's one of the memories I have from my upbringing on the outskirts of London. My mother grew these lovely flowers at the end of our garden near Richmond-upon-Thames. I am older now than the age she died - and I still love Hollyhocks. I would love to grow them in my garden now - but so far I've done nothing about it. Saw these on my recent visit to my sister, who still lives in London. Now I'm determined to plant hollyhocks in my garden here in the Midlands ! I'll show you where I was brought up when I was a child on the map - and where my mother grew hollyhocks ! :o)

While I'm doing that, maybe you'd like to hear the beautiful voice of Barbra Streisand.

Memory, sung by Barbra Streisand

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~A slight touch of Topaz Impression 2 and Topaz Glow applied. ~

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Lemont, IL

The fish tank is in the shade.

I was blessed with some awesome light on the flanks of Hadrians Wall as a storm cleared through. It was well worth getting wet just to see the landscape light up with the stormy dark backdrop making the scene look dramatic.

I do wonder what the young Roman Soldiers thought of their posting to this location after an upbringing in Mediterranean Italy!

in the morning I felt clearly that the dying body is really nothing but an outer shell, almost like a set of clothes, having absolutely nothing to do with what the essence of the person is, and that this essence is really shared by all, but on behalf of our beliefs and upbringing we identify with the body and the mind. Really what you find in another is truly you, the I, the Self. Give to another and you give to yourself, - take a way from another and you take away from yourself...

A week ago, I went looking for these classic red and white mushrooms. I'd never succeeded in finding them before and I had to look in six different forests. In the end I found two sets that included different life-stages.

Turning into this short driveway becomes a journey to years ago as a deserted barn is fronted by a tractor that is not seriously used any more.

Searching the library of our memories for incidents that stand out from a farm upbringing can reveal things that had a larger impact on us as youngsters that others might miss.

The years of my youth were long enough that certain happenings took on an exaggerated significance because my world at that time was pretty small and was definitely centered around the going-ons of my father and his constant labors to tame farmland and raise enough livestock to pay the bills and fill the stomachs of his brood.

The warm months in southwestern Minnesota were all about tractors and machinery out in the fields: planting, cultivating, harvesting and plowing pretty much filled the months from late April through Thanksgiving.

I grew attuned to nuances that interrupted that patterned flow and an idled tractor in our yard told me something was probably wrong as my dad was in the saddle most days from before sun-up until after sunset. A silent tractor could mean a mechanical breakdown or more ominously, someone was sick or hurt and dad had come in from the fields to check things out. Decades later I can quickly recall the tension that grew in me until I found out what was happening.

(Photographed near Cambridge,MN)

We recently had a blast of arctic weather giving me a taste of my NZ upbringing weather to find these little delights growing in my yard in early morning light.

*Working Towards a Better World

Please love and respect your pets they deserve our caring, they need socialization with one another and human beings of all ages, if we give them the right upbringing they will be forever faithful, loving, caring and so much fun. If you put the work into good training you will reap huge benefits, just as you do in bringing up your children. Pets are our BEST FRIENDS!!!

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Ducks today... I blame their upbringing.

Nisqually NWR

Just whilst I'm on the subject of devoted husbands...and wives of course. It was lovely to witness the protective care this gentleman gave to his slightly less able wife. A lovely bond seemed to exist between them and I feel really and truly treasured by my husband too despite the vast differences in our upbringings and education etc ect... and are so happy together and are rarely apart for more than an hour in any given day.....

Taken on July 9, 2025 at 3:29:04 p.m.

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An interesting article about children and our involvement in their future by my cousin, Dr. Carole Ulanowsky

Thinking About Babies…..

What about the Children?

www.whataboutthechildren.org.uk/blog/thinking-about-babies

Science and Research Coordinator for www.whataboutthechildren.org.uk

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Inspired by this exhibition's retrospective sweep, Sherpa has undertaken a more sustained examination of his Spirits evolution and its parallels to his own experiences. While looking back through is memories, he also broadened his vision, to both better assess his present circumstances and consider his aspirations for the future. This appraisal has, in particular, let the artist to contemplate the changing nature of his relationship to the land and people of his birth and upbringing. The product of this self reflection is a new work: Sherpa's most monumental and introspective painting to date.

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Photographed at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts exhibition, Tsherin Sherpa - Spirits.

Outside of family and wildlife, I have very little interest when it comes to photography…with two small exceptions; people fishing and working boats.

When it comes to people fishing, I believe the reason is based in seeing others enjoying nature and a photo of them relaxing in turn relaxes my soul. Several times over the years I have taken photos of people and then given them a card or left one on a car with a note to let them know that I will happily send them the photo free of charge. It’s about 50/50 on those who reach out and photos are sent. I assume the others think it’s a scam. Maybe its my age of level of sentimentalism, but you never know when a photo will be a last one of a loved one.

As for the working boats…I’m sure that goes way back into my childhood and the times spent with my father, uncles and cousins at our family’s business, the Rubaiyat Boat Harbor. It was on the Ohio River and was a wonderful blessing of my upbringing. This chapter of my life along with the twenty yearlong chapter that I was in the Navy adds value and respect to those who make a living on the water.

In this shot, the Anna Lane is photographed departing Homer harbor on Kachemak Bay with the mountains of the Kenai Fjords National Park/Kenai Peninsula behind her.

Taken on 24 July, 2024.

Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.

Nelson Mandela, Former President of South Africa

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political and spiritual leader

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.

Stacia Tauscher, dancer and artist

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

Frederick Douglass, abolitionist and statesman

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In all sincerity, I cannot understand why we refuse to change the gun laws in the USA. Just compare the USA to other countries how many children are killed by guns in their schools by their citizens? Should we not pass that law first before trying a 14-year-old as an adult? Something is wrong here! Gun laws have to be made for people to understand that one cannot just kill anyone for any reason! And families must bring up their children to believe in love and understanding. We need more tolerance, less hate, and to be able to discuss things civilly to find mutual solutions! I just cannot understand with the huge number of parents in this country how it is not possible to pass a sensible law to protect our PRECIOUS children. Most parents would do anything for their children, so why do they refuse to insist upon reasonable gun laws?

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