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    Default Re: We have been given a few months: Paul Hellyer, ex Defence Minister of Canada

    A couple of articles from Davids headline page as I'm looking thru todays posts. We
    know governments lie and cover up under national security and all sorts of things
    go on. Some legitimate , others dubious as we are all now suspect when we hear
    a 'drill' is going on. We all want to feel safe but to use a modern term, humanity
    has been 'hacked' for along time , maybe when we enter these physical suits from
    non -physical ? that's a whole another subject...LOL

    Chemtrails , vaccines , GM foods , Big Broth, survailance, Bank Debt. All seem to
    be the latest in a long line of keeping the public dumbed down and in a sort of
    modern serfdom , where the bulk of us are now debt slaves from cradle to grave .
    Even if we are given the illusion thru state education and better standard of living
    than our ancestors in many ways . We are still kept in a state of constant fear and
    servitude and things have got worse but as Paul Helyer says you can connect the
    dots from 1945 to now quite easily when you know how.

    I know this does not apply to everyone but certainly a high percentage.Virtually all
    countries have skeletons in the closet , but we are always told by the media , over
    whatever scandal or tragedy has happened.To look to the future , we must never
    let it happen again etc..But if you read history you soon find out in the immortal
    words of ABBA 'History is always repeating itself.

    Sorry about last sentence could not help myself and really wanted to
    post the song...LOL ...( I'm listening to it now )


    Waterloo ...ironically it was the 200th anniversary of the battle in June 2015

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n9nMKZSN2c



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    warfare tests on London Tube passengers in 1960s during Cold War

    By ickonic on 10th July 2015 History Rewritten, Illuminati Criminals, Medical/Health




    How British government carried out secret biological warfare tests on
    London Tube passengers in 1960s during Cold War
    New research suggests Britons were exposed to chemical tests
    Biological warfare tests apparently more widespread than once thought
    Professor Ulf Schmidt said there were secret trials on the Tube in 1964
    'Mock' chemical warfare tests on thousands of Britons from 1953 to 1964

    By Emma Glanfield for MailOnline

    Published: 10:14, 9 July 2015 | Updated: 12:33, 9 July 2015

    ‘Secret biological warfare tests were carried out on Tube passengers by the British
    government during the Cold War to a greater extent than previously thought,according
    to new research.

    Hundreds of thousands of Britons were subjected to ‘mock’ biological and chemical warfare
    attacks in more than 750 secret operations, with 4,600kg of chemical zinc cadmium sulphide
    dispersed from ships, aircraft and lorries between 1953 and 1964.

    Professor Ulf Schmidt, a leading academic of modern history at the University of Kent, has
    also discovered that passengers on London’s Underground were subjected to chemical exposure
    during secret trials on the Tube.’




    Hundreds of thousands of Britons were subjected to 'mock' biological and chemical warfare tests
    in 750 secret operations, including a secret operation on the London Underground network during
    May 1964 (above)

    Secret tests on the Tube saw large quantities of the bacteria Bacillus globigii released on the
    Underground system in May 1964 by scientists from the government's military research base a
    t Porton Down in Wiltshire



    The secret operation, carried out by scientists from the government's controversial military research base at Porton
    Down in Wiltshire, saw large quantities of the bacteria Bacillus globigii released on the Underground system in May 1964.

    Scientists were apparently trying to discover whether 'long distance travel of aerosols' on London's transport network
    'was due to transportation within trains' or through the air ventilation systems, according to The Independent.

    Bacillus globigii was not considered harmful at the time, but research over the last decade has revealed it is capable
    of causing food poisoning, fevers and septicemia.

    Read more: How British government carried out secret biological warfare tests on London
    Tube passengers in 1960s during Cold War


    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3fUJ1AUOW
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    CIA Secret Wars Killed Six Million People. Government Coversup Attacks on Third World Nations

    By ickonic on 10th July 2015

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    Default Re: We have been given a few months: Paul Hellyer, ex Defence Minister of Canada

    At first sight these articles look a random mess but they are all connected imo....


    Back to today Israel's government is desperate to scupper any deal with Iran...

    Some connected articles but there are more....
    http://www.davidicke.com/headlines/

    ‘Right-wing pro-Israeli groups mobilizing massive money to kill Iran deal’

    By ickonic on 10th July 2015




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    Donald Trump: ‘I’d bomb hell of Iraq oil fields to defeat ISIS’ (yeah, but you’re a moron)

    By ickonic on 10th July 2015 Illuminati Criminals, War and Terror




    ‘Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he would “bomb the hell out
    of” Iraq’s oil fields to defeat the ISIL terrorist group, if elected president.

    The billionaire real-estate magnate, currently polling in second place among
    Republican primary voters, said he would be “so tough” with ISIL by targeting
    various oil sites controlled by the terrorists.

    “I would bomb the hell out of those oil fields. I wouldn’t send many troops because
    you won’t need them by the time I’m finished,” Trump said in an interview with
    CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Wednesday night.’

    Read more: Donald Trump: ‘I’d bomb hell of Iraq oil fields to defeat ISIS’ (yeah, but you’re a moron)

    http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/07...IL-Iraq-Syria-


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    Leaked Documents Reveal Israel Attempt to Transfer Weapons to Syrian Rebels

    By ickonic on 10th July 2015 Illuminati Criminals, Problem-Reaction-Solution, War and Terror



    ‘Israeli officials tried to recruit agents in Lebanon and Syria to transfer weapons to
    Syrian rebels, Al-Akhbar news portal reported Thursday.

    According to the Haaretz newspaper, the report published on Al-Akhbar stated that
    documents revealed an attempt by Mendi Safadi, an influential Israeli Druse, who
    served as chief of staff to the former deputy minister of regional cooperation, to
    organize a transfer of arms to Syrian opposition groups. The existence of a contact
    between an Islamic State (ISIL) militant organization member and Israel was also
    revealed, the report said.

    A group of unidentified hackers broke into Israeli defense computers to obtain the
    information, Al Akhbar reported. The hackers reportedly accessed the personal
    computer and phone of Safadi, whom the website calls “the Druze official closest to
    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”‘

    Read more: Leaked Documents Reveal Israel Attempt to Transfer Weapons to Syrian Rebels

    http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20...024423893.html

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    Shadow Play: The ISIS ‘Ramadan Attacks’ Smell of a Western-Born PSYOP

    By ickonic on 9th July 2015 War and Terror




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    SHADOW PLAY: The ISIS ‘Ramadan Attacks’ Smell of a Western-Born PSYOP

    July 8, 2015 By Shawn Helton 5 Comments
    Shawn Helton
    21st Century Wire


    ‘The recent ‘Ramadan Attacks’ supposedly carried out by members of ISIS – reek of
    Western propaganda dispensed from shadowy think-tanks.

    Over the past month, we’ve seen ISIS and the puppeteers behind them engineering
    a string of apparent attacks, crucifixions and caged deaths that have metastasized
    into the minds of many, renewing concern over the cloaked terror brand – yet again.

    Western media outlets have routinely sensationalized ISIS related incidents and the
    series of Ramadan attacks said to be taking place this month, are no exception.
    While these news stories appear to be illuminating the masses about the terrible
    violence seen on the global stage, it very well could be another ploy to acquire
    consent for a future, more direct invasion of Iraq and Syria by reasserting myths
    about the growth of ISIS.

    While big media and foreign policy stooges have had no problem propagating the
    false narrative surrounding ISIS, they have yet to give an honest account as to how
    creatures of the Pentagon and their ‘coalition’ were caught dropping weapons and
    supplies into the hands of ISIS over the past year.’

    Read more: Shadow Play: The ISIS ‘Ramadan Attacks’ Smell of a Western-Born PSYOP

    http://21stcenturywire.com/2015/07/0...rn-born-psyop/




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    Hil-LIE-ry: Clinton caught in more blatant lies over Benghazi

    By ickonic on 10th July 2015 Illuminati Criminals, Political Manipulation, War and Terror






    ‘Hil-LIE-ry Clinton has again been exposed as a liar.

    During her first interview for months with CNN, Tuesday, Clinton made the claim that at
    no point did she ever receive a subpoena from Select House Committee Chairman Trey
    Gowdy (R., S.C.), regarding the September 11th 2012 attack on the US consulate in
    Benghazi that resulted in the deaths of four Americans.

    However, the very next day, Gowdy published the subpoena that he sent Clinton back in March.’

    Read more: Hil-LIE-ry: Clinton caught in more blatant lies over Benghazi

    http://www.prisonplanet.com/hilliery...-benghazi.html

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    Then when you have done your 'masters' bidding you can make a killing charging
    a fortune to ' tell your lies ' in public..LOL


    George W. Bush Charges Wounded Veterans Group $100,000 to Speak at Fundraiser

    By ickonic on 10th July 2015 Illuminati Criminals, War and Terror






    ‘ABC reported Wednesday that former President George W. Bush charged a non-profit
    group for wounded vets a whopping $100,000 for a speaking fee in 2012.

    Former board member of Helping Heroes Eddie Wright—who lost both hands in an
    enemy rocket attack in Iraq—told ABC News that while he said he was “honored to
    serve with Bush as Commander-in-Chief” he thought the decision to take so much
    money from a wounded vet organization was a “bad judgment call” on Bush’s part.

    Helping Heroes itself has been criticized for exploiting war veterans. The non-profit was
    set up to build homes for veterans but has been fraught with scandals over
    mismanagement and misuse of funds. Wright pointed out this fact in his broader
    criticism of “non-profit organizations that exploit and monetize disabled Veterans
    under the guise of caring.”‘

    http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-pol...eak-fundraiser

    Read more: George W. Bush Charges Wounded Veterans Group $100,000 to Speak at Fundraiser
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    Default Re: We have been given a few months: Paul Hellyer, ex Defence Minister of Canada

    Obviously David is an expert at scanning the headlines and connecting the dots....

    So I'm just posting some of the corporate pharma and agra 'psyop's dumbing down
    programme.It could just be corporate greed and the revolving doors of Washington
    politics , with corrupt individual turning a blind eye for commercial gain. Or it could
    be more sinister and part of a bigger programme of human abuse & manipulation...
    Possibly to do with Agenda 21 ................




    Articles also from today & recent posts on Davids site , and illustrates what we are up against.


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    Published on 8 Jul 2015
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    Poor Diets Are Lowering Children’s IQ




    ‘With an estimated 70 percent of the American diet made up of processed foods, we
    — as a collective — are facing a serious conundrum in which if greater effort is not
    given to make wholesome, more nutritious fare a priority (with many countries
    following the lead of the United States), incoming generations will not only not live
    as long as their parents, they won’t be near as intelligent either.

    According to a recent study conducted by the Avon Longitudinal study of Parents
    and Children, diets high in fat, sugar, and processed foods are lowering children’s
    IQ. The report shares that eating habits among three year-olds shapes brain
    performance as they get older.’

    http://www.alternet.org/poor-diets-a...s-are-lowering


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    Top Children’s Vitamins Full of Aspartame, GMOs & Harmful Chemicals



    ‘How often are parents aware of the ingredients contained in the multivitamin that
    they feed their children? We often believe what we hear without ever questioning
    what mass marketing and media has to say about a product. In this case they have
    led thousands of parents to purchase multivitamins because they believe it has
    significant nutritional value. But do these vitamins truly provide nutritional benefit?
    If so, at what cost?

    If we look at the Flintstones vitamin, (one of the top multivitamins in the United
    States) it contains a number of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), aspartame,
    aluminum, petroleum-derived artificial colours and more. All of these ingredients
    are not optimal for health and can be very toxic. You can view the entire list of
    ingredients here.

    Let’s take a closer look at some of these ingredients.’



    http://www.wakingtimes.com/2015/07/0...ful-chemicals/

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    EPOCH TIMES............

    Canada to Allow Unapproved GM Crop Contamination in Imports

    By ickonic on 10th July 2015



    After three years of discussions, Canada is close to finalizing its new policy on
    genetically modified (GM) foods that would allow very low levels of contaminated
    crops into the country—without a risk assessment by Health Canada.

    Under existing rules, Canada has a zero tolerance for GM foods that are unapproved
    by Health Canada. The exception was created to facilitate trade, the Department of
    Agriculture said in an email statement to the Epoch Times.

    “The government has been taking action to seek global solutions to prevent unnecessary
    trade disruptions, ensure open and predictable trade that is based on science, and make
    the agriculture sector more competitive,” the statement said.’

    Read more: Canada to Allow Unapproved GM Crop Contamination in Imports



    http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1421...on-in-imports/

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    Breeding Mental Illness To Further American Empire

    http://www.rense.com/general96/breedmental.html

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    Biotech industry uses Roundup-contaminated GMOs as control group feed in fraudulent animal studies

    Thursday, July 09, 2015 by: David Gutierrez, staff writer
    Tags: GMO feed, research fraud, animal studies



    ‘The rodent feed used for control groups in laboratory studies — including studies on the safety of
    genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and pesticides — is widely contaminated with those same
    GMOs and pesticides as well as toxic metals and PCBs, according to a study conducted by researchers
    from the University of Caen in France and slated to be published in the journal PLOS ONE.

    The researchers analyzed 13 separate dried rodent chows produced on five continents, testing for
    traces of 4 heavy metals, 17 dioxins and furans, 18 PCBs, 22 GMOs and 262 pesticides. They found
    that every feed tested contained numerous toxins at levels high enough to cause disease by
    disrupting the endocrine (hormonal) and nervous systems. If consumed over the long term, all of
    these diets could be expected to pose a high risk to health.’


    Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/050339_GM...#ixzz3fUpt2vDe

    http://www.naturalnews.com/050339_GM...l_studies.html

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    The Richie Allen Show on Davidicke.com: Betty Martini – ‘If You Are Taking Aspartame, It Is Killing You! Stop Now

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    Default Re: We have been given a few months: Paul Hellyer, ex Defence Minister of Canada

    Quote Posted by DeDukshyn (here)
    Quote Posted by Prodigal Son (here)
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    12:56 I do recall a speech by Bush jr after 9/11 where he said something akin to "We have transferred power to the shadow government, as an emergency precaution ..."

    Probably badly paraphrased (my memory doesn't work that way), but definitely similar. I did a quick search but couldn't find it; it was a major speech of his after 9/11.

    http://www.constitution.org/shad4816.htm
    I do recall that myself, and I'm pretty sure he said "contingency government", because that's what it's called.... but I also have a hard time recalling that he was able to pronounce "contingency" ....
    In the speech I saw, he clearly used the term "shadow government", and I recall thinking, "err ... am I the only one who finds that statement odd?"
    This might shed some light on what you're talking about:
    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/shadow-g...s-to-congress/

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    Default Re: We have been given a few months: Paul Hellyer, ex Defence Minister of Canada

    Quote Posted by thesadwolf (here)
    Quote Posted by DeDukshyn (here)
    Quote Posted by Prodigal Son (here)
    Quote Posted by DeDukshyn (here)
    12:56 I do recall a speech by Bush jr after 9/11 where he said something akin to "We have transferred power to the shadow government, as an emergency precaution ..."

    Probably badly paraphrased (my memory doesn't work that way), but definitely similar. I did a quick search but couldn't find it; it was a major speech of his after 9/11.

    http://www.constitution.org/shad4816.htm
    I do recall that myself, and I'm pretty sure he said "contingency government", because that's what it's called.... but I also have a hard time recalling that he was able to pronounce "contingency" ....
    In the speech I saw, he clearly used the term "shadow government", and I recall thinking, "err ... am I the only one who finds that statement odd?"
    This might shed some light on what you're talking about:
    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/shadow-g...s-to-congress/
    Yup that's it. Good find! Thanks!
    When you are one step ahead of the crowd, you are a genius.
    Two steps ahead, and you are deemed a crackpot.

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    Default Re: We have been given a few months: Paul Hellyer, ex Defence Minister of Canada

    Quote Posted by DeDukshyn (here)
    Quote Posted by thesadwolf (here)
    Quote Posted by DeDukshyn (here)
    Quote Posted by Prodigal Son (here)
    Quote Posted by DeDukshyn (here)
    12:56 I do recall a speech by Bush jr after 9/11 where he said something akin to "We have transferred power to the shadow government, as an emergency precaution ..."

    Probably badly paraphrased (my memory doesn't work that way), but definitely similar. I did a quick search but couldn't find it; it was a major speech of his after 9/11.

    http://www.constitution.org/shad4816.htm
    I do recall that myself, and I'm pretty sure he said "contingency government", because that's what it's called.... but I also have a hard time recalling that he was able to pronounce "contingency" ....
    In the speech I saw, he clearly used the term "shadow government", and I recall thinking, "err ... am I the only one who finds that statement odd?"
    This might shed some light on what you're talking about:
    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/shadow-g...s-to-congress/
    Yup that's it. Good find! Thanks!
    You're welcome. You made me very curious and i had to find references. It definitely helps when it's a main stream site like CBS. Especially when it comes to showing it to people that think you are a "conspiracy theorist". So fed up with people throwing that term around and trying to make it a negative thing or a blanket term. It's up there with, "he/she was on drugs". Uhhh, what kind? Heroin? Coffee? LSD? Weed? Alcohol?

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    Default Re: We have been given a few months: Paul Hellyer, ex Defence Minister of Canada

    Lancet;976458]i think it is haaarp and cern

    No, it is HAARP and chemtrails. Those are the twins he speaks of that must be
    stopped. HAARP is going to be turned over to a University at some point in the near future. I read someplace it was months.

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    Default Re: We have been given a few months: Paul Hellyer, ex Defence Minister of Canada

    Moral by what or whose definition of immoral...morality?

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    Default Re: We have been given a few months: Paul Hellyer, ex Defence Minister of Canada

    This article from CBS was so concise I wanted to copy it below. Links can go down, and thus copying the material may spread that information farther. The link I copied from is as given above: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/shadow-g...s-to-congress/

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    Key congressional leaders say they didn't know President Bush had established a "shadow government," moving dozens of senior civilian managers to secret underground locations outside Washington to ensure that the federal government could survive a devastating terrorist attack on the nation's capital, The Washington Post says in its Saturday editions.

    Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.) told the Post he had not been informed by the White House about the role, location or even the existence of the shadow government that the administration began to deploy the morning of the Sept. 11 hijackings.

    An aide to House Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.) said he was also unaware of the administration's move.

    Among Congress's GOP leadership, aides to House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (Ill.), second in line to succeed the president if he became incapacitated, and to Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott (Miss.) said they were not sure whether they knew.

    Aides to Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W. Va.) said he had not been told. As Senate president pro tempore, he is in line to become president after the House speaker.

    Mr. Bush acknowledged yesterday that the administration had taken extensive measures to guarantee "the continuity of government," adding, "This is serious business."

    Such an operation was conceived as a Cold War precaution against nuclear attack during the Eisenhower administration but never used until now. It went into effect in the first hours after the terror attacks and has evolved over time, said senior government officials who provided details of the plan.

    Without confirming details of the government-in-waiting, Mr. Bush told reporters in Iowa: "We take the continuity of government issue seriously because our nation was under attack. And I still take the threats we receive from al Qaeda killers and terrorists very seriously."

    "I have an obligation as the president and my administration has an obligation to the American people to put measures in place that should somebody be successful in attacking Washington there is an ongoing government," Mr. Bush said. "That is one reason why the vice president was going to undisclosed locations. This is serious business. And we take it seriously."

    Under the classified "Continuity of Operations Plan," which was first reported by The Post in its Friday editions, high-ranking officials representing their departments have begun rotating in and out of the assignment at one of two fortified locations along the East Coast.

    The Post said the first rotations were made in late October or early November, a fact confirmed by a senior government official late Thursday.

    Officials who are activated for the duty live and work underground 24 hours a day, away from their families, according to the Post. The shadow government has sent home most of the first wave of deployed personnel, replacing them most commonly at 90-day intervals.

    A government official who spoke to The Associated Press said President Bush does not foresee ever needing to turn over government functions to the secret operation, but believed it was prudent to implement the long-standing plan in light of the war on terrorism and persistent threats of future attacks.

    The team, drawn from every Cabinet department and some independent agencies, would seek to prevent the collapse of essential government functions in the event of a disabling blow to Washington, the official said.

    The underground government would try to contain disruptions of the nation's food and water supplies, transportation links, energy and telecommunications networks, public health and civil order, the Post reported. Later, it would begin to reconstitute the government.

    The government-in-waiting is an extension of a policy that has kept Vice President Dick Cheney in secure, undisclosed locations away from Washington. Cheney has moved in and out of public view as threat levels have fluctuated.

    As next in line to power behind Mr. Bush, he would need help running the government in a worst-case scenario.

    "We take this issue extraordinarily seriously, and are committed to doing as thorough a job as possible to ensure the ongoing operations of the federal government," Joseph W. Hagin, White House deputy chief of staff, told the Post, though he declined to discuss details. "In the case of the use of a weapon of mass destruction, the federal government would be able to do its job and continue to provide key services and respond."

    According to the Post, the backup government consists generally of officials from top career ranks, from GS-14 and GS-15 to members of the Senior Executive Service. The White House is represented by a "senior-level presence," one official said, but well below such Cabinet-ranked advisers as Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice.

    Many departments, including Justice and Treasury, have completed plans to delegate statutory powers to officials who would not normally exercise them, the Post said. Others do not need to make such legal transfers, or are holding them in reserve.

    The report said civilians deployed for the operation are not allowed to take their families and may not tell anyone where they are going or why.

    The two sites of the shadow government make use of local geological features to render them highly secure, the Post said. They are well stocked with food, water, medicine and other consumable supplies, and are capable of generating their own power.

    Copyright 2002 CBS. All rights reserved

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