The other night at the table Christian said, "Mom, when I get married I want my wife to have this meatloaf recipe and the enchilada casserole and your rigatoni recipes."
Talk about scoring some points!!!! I'm thinking that maybe I'll go ahead and start some recipe books for all 3 kids.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
June, where did you go?
I can't believe I haven't written anything in such a long time!!! I'll give you a brief June update of the Gerber household (hopefully you won't be too bored!)
June 2-6: I was baby-sitting 2 additional kids. We were busy all week long!
June 8: Both the boys were baptized! Rod Vaughn, the missionary from the Crow Creek Indian Reservation, arrived along with 2 teenage boys and a 6 year old boy for the week.
June 9-13: Joshua's 8th birthday, my 38th birthday, VBS, baseball tournament, baby-sitting, company!
June16-20: Baby-sitting all week and go, go, go during the day.
Friday, June 20: Tim leaves for SD and gets back on Monday, June 30
Sunday, June 22: Both boys head to Camp Allendale and I pick them up on Friday, June 27
Baby-sitting, VBS, company, baseball, camp, mission trip PLUS all the regular day to day activities of our house - WOW! no wonder I was pooped when June got over!
It's funny though because looking at it like this doesn't really show how busy we were (zoo, children's museum, movies, bowling, swimming - baseball! etc.)
I know I said baseball a lot but it took tons of time. In fact, Joshua's team won his league but didn't advance in the tournament. Christian's team won the league, won the tournament and won a "world series" game against another local club.
Just a quick brag on Christian: during the world series game they had Christian batting 4th! He had always been 5th or 6th (come to find out he had the second best average on the team!). Anyway, his first at bat he struck out. His next 2 at bats netted him RBI's (both were pounded to left field). His 4th at bat for the day - HOME RUN!!!! He called Tim (who's on his way to SD for the mission trip) huffing and puffing about his hit! He also caught a fly ball playing second base and this throw from left-center to second base was the game winning play! Christian had the game of his life!!!!!
Anyway, our life has slowed down (woo hoo!) during July and August. I am very thankful for that. We are still busy but we have had time to slow down.
I've bored everyone enough, I'll do more on another day.
June 2-6: I was baby-sitting 2 additional kids. We were busy all week long!
June 8: Both the boys were baptized! Rod Vaughn, the missionary from the Crow Creek Indian Reservation, arrived along with 2 teenage boys and a 6 year old boy for the week.
June 9-13: Joshua's 8th birthday, my 38th birthday, VBS, baseball tournament, baby-sitting, company!
June16-20: Baby-sitting all week and go, go, go during the day.
Friday, June 20: Tim leaves for SD and gets back on Monday, June 30
Sunday, June 22: Both boys head to Camp Allendale and I pick them up on Friday, June 27
Baby-sitting, VBS, company, baseball, camp, mission trip PLUS all the regular day to day activities of our house - WOW! no wonder I was pooped when June got over!
It's funny though because looking at it like this doesn't really show how busy we were (zoo, children's museum, movies, bowling, swimming - baseball! etc.)
I know I said baseball a lot but it took tons of time. In fact, Joshua's team won his league but didn't advance in the tournament. Christian's team won the league, won the tournament and won a "world series" game against another local club.
Just a quick brag on Christian: during the world series game they had Christian batting 4th! He had always been 5th or 6th (come to find out he had the second best average on the team!). Anyway, his first at bat he struck out. His next 2 at bats netted him RBI's (both were pounded to left field). His 4th at bat for the day - HOME RUN!!!! He called Tim (who's on his way to SD for the mission trip) huffing and puffing about his hit! He also caught a fly ball playing second base and this throw from left-center to second base was the game winning play! Christian had the game of his life!!!!!
Anyway, our life has slowed down (woo hoo!) during July and August. I am very thankful for that. We are still busy but we have had time to slow down.
I've bored everyone enough, I'll do more on another day.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Kids Bowl Free!
There is a FREE bowling program in many states this summer. I'm going to post the link and you can check it out to see if there is one around you.
www.kidsbowlfree.com
There are programs in FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, MS, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, WA, and WI.
They are not all over the state but in certain areas. It doesn't hurt to check it out.
There is also a family pass that you can buy for up to 4 adults that costs only $19.95.
We are going bowling this summer!
www.kidsbowlfree.com
There are programs in FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, MS, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, WA, and WI.
They are not all over the state but in certain areas. It doesn't hurt to check it out.
There is also a family pass that you can buy for up to 4 adults that costs only $19.95.
We are going bowling this summer!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Three Parts to Ponder
A MUST READ. FROM START TO END.
Part 1
In just one year . Remember the election in 2006?
Thought you might like to read the following:
A little over one year ago:
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.
Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:
1) Consumer confidence plummet;
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.50 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars;
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.
America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!
Remember it's Congress that makes law not the President. He has to work with what's handed to him.
Quote of the Day........"My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it." -- Barack Obama
Part 2:
Taxes...Whether Democrat or a Republican you will find these statistics enlightening and amazing.
www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html
Taxes under Clinton 1999 Taxes under Bush 2008
Single making 30K - tax $8,400 Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $14,000 Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $23,250 Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K - tax $ 16,800 Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $21,000 Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $38,750 Married making 125K - tax $31,250
Both democratic candidates will return to the higher tax rates
It is amazing how many people that fall into the categories above think Bush is screwing them and Bill Clinton was the greatest President ever. If Obama or Hillary are elected, they both say they will repeal the Bush tax cuts and a good portion of the people that fall into the categories above can't wait for it to happen. This is like the movie The Sting with Paul Newman; you scam somebody out of some money and they don't even know what happened.
PART 3:
You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much?
Read this:
Boy am I confused. I have been hammered with the propaganda that it
Is the Iraq war and the war on terror that is bankrupting us.
I now find that to be RIDICULOUS.
I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again
Until they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading them.
I Have included the URL's for verification of all the following facts.
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens
Each year by state governments. Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs, Such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school Education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the
American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
Verify at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare &
Social services by the American taxpayers. Verify at:
http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html
9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused
By the illegal aliens. Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate
that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular,
their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html
11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border.
Verify at: Homeland Security Report: http://tinyurl.com/t9sht
12. The National Policy Institute, "estimated that the total
cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period."
Verify at: http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf
13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances
back to their countries of origin.
Verify at: http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm
14. "The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million
Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States."
Verify at: http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml
The total cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
Are we THAT stupid?
If this doesn't bother you then just delete the message. If, on the other
hand, if it does raise the hair on the back of your neck, I hope you forward
it to every legal resident in the country including every representative in
Washington, D.C. - five times a week for as long as it takes to restore
some semblance of intelligence in our policies and enforcement thereof.
FREEDOM IS NOT FREE
Part 1
In just one year . Remember the election in 2006?
Thought you might like to read the following:
A little over one year ago:
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.
Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:
1) Consumer confidence plummet;
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.50 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars;
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.
America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!
Remember it's Congress that makes law not the President. He has to work with what's handed to him.
Quote of the Day........"My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it." -- Barack Obama
Part 2:
Taxes...Whether Democrat or a Republican you will find these statistics enlightening and amazing.
www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html
Taxes under Clinton 1999 Taxes under Bush 2008
Single making 30K - tax $8,400 Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $14,000 Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $23,250 Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K - tax $ 16,800 Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $21,000 Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $38,750 Married making 125K - tax $31,250
Both democratic candidates will return to the higher tax rates
It is amazing how many people that fall into the categories above think Bush is screwing them and Bill Clinton was the greatest President ever. If Obama or Hillary are elected, they both say they will repeal the Bush tax cuts and a good portion of the people that fall into the categories above can't wait for it to happen. This is like the movie The Sting with Paul Newman; you scam somebody out of some money and they don't even know what happened.
PART 3:
You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much?
Read this:
Boy am I confused. I have been hammered with the propaganda that it
Is the Iraq war and the war on terror that is bankrupting us.
I now find that to be RIDICULOUS.
I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again
Until they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading them.
I Have included the URL's for verification of all the following facts.
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens
Each year by state governments. Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs, Such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school Education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the
American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
Verify at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare &
Social services by the American taxpayers. Verify at:
http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html
9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused
By the illegal aliens. Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate
that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular,
their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html
11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border.
Verify at: Homeland Security Report: http://tinyurl.com/t9sht
12. The National Policy Institute, "estimated that the total
cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period."
Verify at: http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf
13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances
back to their countries of origin.
Verify at: http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm
14. "The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million
Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States."
Verify at: http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml
The total cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
Are we THAT stupid?
If this doesn't bother you then just delete the message. If, on the other
hand, if it does raise the hair on the back of your neck, I hope you forward
it to every legal resident in the country including every representative in
Washington, D.C. - five times a week for as long as it takes to restore
some semblance of intelligence in our policies and enforcement thereof.
FREEDOM IS NOT FREE
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
The Next Survivor Series
THE NEXT SURVIVOR SERIES
Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and
3 kids each for six weeks.Each kid will play two sports and either take music or dance classes.There is no fast food.Each man must take care of his 3 kids; keep his assigned house clean, correct all homework, and complete science projects, cook, do laundry, and pay a list of 'pretend' bills with not enough money.In addition, each man will have to budget in money for groceries each week.Each man must remember the birthdays of all their friends and relatives, and send cards out on time--no emailing.Each man must also take each child to a doctor's appointment, a dentist appointment and a haircut appointment.He must make one unscheduled and inconvenient visit per child to the Urgent Care.He must also make cookies or cupcakes for a social function.Each man will be responsible for decorating his own assigned house, planting flowers outside and keeping it presentable at all times.The men will only have access to television when the kids are asleep and all chores are done.The men must shave their legs, wear makeup daily, adorn himself with jewelry, wear <> uncomfortable yet stylish shoes, keep fingernails polished and eyebrows groomed.During one of the six weeks, the men will have to endure severe abdominal cramps, back aches, and have extreme, unexplained mood swings but never once complain or slow down from other duties.They must attend weekly school meetings, church, and find time at least once to spend the afternoon at the park or a similar setting.They will need to read a book to the kids each night and in the morning, feed them, dress them, brush their teeth and comb their hair by 7:00 am.A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will be required to know all of the following information: each child's birthday, height, weight, shoe size, clothes size and doctor's name. Also the child's weight at birth, length, time of birth, and length of labor, each child's favorite color, middle name, favorite snack, favorite song, favorite drink, favorite toy, biggest fear and what they want to be when they grow up.The kids vote them off the island based on performance. The last man wins only if...he still has enough energy to be intimate with his spouse at a moment's notice.If the last man does win, he can play the game over and over and over again for the next 18-25 years eventually earning the right To be called Mother!After you get done laughing, send this to as many females as youthink will get a kick out of it and as many men as you think canhandle it. Just don't send it back to me.... I'm going to bed.
Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and
3 kids each for six weeks.Each kid will play two sports and either take music or dance classes.There is no fast food.Each man must take care of his 3 kids; keep his assigned house clean, correct all homework, and complete science projects, cook, do laundry, and pay a list of 'pretend' bills with not enough money.In addition, each man will have to budget in money for groceries each week.Each man must remember the birthdays of all their friends and relatives, and send cards out on time--no emailing.Each man must also take each child to a doctor's appointment, a dentist appointment and a haircut appointment.He must make one unscheduled and inconvenient visit per child to the Urgent Care.He must also make cookies or cupcakes for a social function.Each man will be responsible for decorating his own assigned house, planting flowers outside and keeping it presentable at all times.The men will only have access to television when the kids are asleep and all chores are done.The men must shave their legs, wear makeup daily, adorn himself with jewelry, wear <> uncomfortable yet stylish shoes, keep fingernails polished and eyebrows groomed.During one of the six weeks, the men will have to endure severe abdominal cramps, back aches, and have extreme, unexplained mood swings but never once complain or slow down from other duties.They must attend weekly school meetings, church, and find time at least once to spend the afternoon at the park or a similar setting.They will need to read a book to the kids each night and in the morning, feed them, dress them, brush their teeth and comb their hair by 7:00 am.A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will be required to know all of the following information: each child's birthday, height, weight, shoe size, clothes size and doctor's name. Also the child's weight at birth, length, time of birth, and length of labor, each child's favorite color, middle name, favorite snack, favorite song, favorite drink, favorite toy, biggest fear and what they want to be when they grow up.The kids vote them off the island based on performance. The last man wins only if...he still has enough energy to be intimate with his spouse at a moment's notice.If the last man does win, he can play the game over and over and over again for the next 18-25 years eventually earning the right To be called Mother!After you get done laughing, send this to as many females as youthink will get a kick out of it and as many men as you think canhandle it. Just don't send it back to me.... I'm going to bed.
Monday, May 12, 2008
FREE movies in Danville and Plainfied this summer.
Here is a listing of the FREE movies this summer:
This is the FREE movies in Plainfield at Metropolis this summer. They are at 10 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
6/10-6/11 Mr.Magorium' Wonder Emporium (G)
6/17-6/18 Alvin & the Chipmunks (PG)
6/24-6/25 Bee Movie (PG)
7/1-7/2 Shrek the Third (PG)
7/8-7/9 Fire House Dog (PG)
7/15-7/16 Veggie Tales (G)
7/22-7/23 Charlotte's Web (G)
7/29-7/30 Surf's Up (PG)
These are the FREE movies in Danville this summer. They are at 10 and 1 on Wednesdays.
June 11 The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A Veggie Tales Movie G
June 18 Surf's Up PG
June 25 Shrek The Third PG
July 2 Mr.Magorium's Wonder Emporium G
July 9 The Bee Movie PG July 16 Alvin And The Chipmunks PG
July 23 The Water Horse PG
July 30 The Spiderwick Chronicles PG
August 6 Dr.Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! G
I have not seen the Avon listing yet. Once I see it, I will send it out to everyone.Hope to see some of you there this summer!
This is the FREE movies in Plainfield at Metropolis this summer. They are at 10 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
6/10-6/11 Mr.Magorium' Wonder Emporium (G)
6/17-6/18 Alvin & the Chipmunks (PG)
6/24-6/25 Bee Movie (PG)
7/1-7/2 Shrek the Third (PG)
7/8-7/9 Fire House Dog (PG)
7/15-7/16 Veggie Tales (G)
7/22-7/23 Charlotte's Web (G)
7/29-7/30 Surf's Up (PG)
These are the FREE movies in Danville this summer. They are at 10 and 1 on Wednesdays.
June 11 The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A Veggie Tales Movie G
June 18 Surf's Up PG
June 25 Shrek The Third PG
July 2 Mr.Magorium's Wonder Emporium G
July 9 The Bee Movie PG July 16 Alvin And The Chipmunks PG
July 23 The Water Horse PG
July 30 The Spiderwick Chronicles PG
August 6 Dr.Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! G
I have not seen the Avon listing yet. Once I see it, I will send it out to everyone.Hope to see some of you there this summer!
Saturday, March 29, 2008
E-bay and Emma
Tim and I just bought a van off e-bay last night. We have been watching several and this one really seems to be a good fit. We plan on keeping it at least 5 years and hopefully more so we should be in good shape.
The van we have right now is actually one we bought of e-bay several years ago. I was in a wreck and totalled our van. They didn't give us much to replace it with and we didn't have any saved for buying a car so we were stuck. We got one off e-bay and it has worked just fine. When we got it though it was close to 100k miles and we tend to put close to 20k a year on so it is starting to get up there. It is really strange though to buy a van and have to only take the seller's word for the condition! We are trusting that they have been honest and that God was with us during this decision. We actually bid $500 more than we wanted but they wouldn't take our first bid. We only pay cash for things so we didn't want to go too high. Thankfully we have that extra money saved. (Dave Ramsey is such a smart guy!)
Anyway, I started this post because Emma saw the e-bay watch list that had all the vans we have been watching over the past week. She was scrolling down and noticed that there was a boat listed that "you can sleep in". Guess what!?! I checked my e-mail and there is a bid confirmation!!!!!!!!!! Thankfully she only bid $100.01 but oh what a mess this could have been! I don't think think she knew what she was doing but I guess I will be having a little talk with her about e-bay.
Here is the boat she was bidding on: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200211816289&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT&ih=010
The van we have right now is actually one we bought of e-bay several years ago. I was in a wreck and totalled our van. They didn't give us much to replace it with and we didn't have any saved for buying a car so we were stuck. We got one off e-bay and it has worked just fine. When we got it though it was close to 100k miles and we tend to put close to 20k a year on so it is starting to get up there. It is really strange though to buy a van and have to only take the seller's word for the condition! We are trusting that they have been honest and that God was with us during this decision. We actually bid $500 more than we wanted but they wouldn't take our first bid. We only pay cash for things so we didn't want to go too high. Thankfully we have that extra money saved. (Dave Ramsey is such a smart guy!)
Anyway, I started this post because Emma saw the e-bay watch list that had all the vans we have been watching over the past week. She was scrolling down and noticed that there was a boat listed that "you can sleep in". Guess what!?! I checked my e-mail and there is a bid confirmation!!!!!!!!!! Thankfully she only bid $100.01 but oh what a mess this could have been! I don't think think she knew what she was doing but I guess I will be having a little talk with her about e-bay.
Here is the boat she was bidding on: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200211816289&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT&ih=010
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