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It also appears a number of books – either intact, damaged or with pages ripped out – were also strewn about the yards and gardens of homes in the closeknit neighbourhood.

Katharine Harrison, who lives a few streets away, found at least three charred books near Bowmore Road Junior and Senior School Sunday morning.

“We were flabbergasted to see this,” said Harrison, who was out for a walk with a friend around 7:30 a.m.

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It was likely in the middle of the night because neighbours do keep an eye on this area.”

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SRCHC expanding to The Danforth JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Starting this fall, the South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC) will be bringing some of its programs and

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City parks are no place for foragers DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Picking a batch of mushrooms from one of Toronto’s parks could add an exotic accent to a steak dinner.

Depending on the mushroom you pick, that dinner could also send you on a hallucinogenic spiral, throw you into a seizure, send your blood-pressure soaring or, worst-case scenario, put you on a short list for a liver transplant.

And other supposedly edibles that are found in the city’s ravines and forested areas aren’t much safer, according to Dr. Margaret Thompson, medical director at the Ontario Poison Centre.

According to Thompson, the poison centre hears from about 250 people who’ve had a bad experience with foraged mushrooms, and many more who have eaten something else that disagreed with them.

It is all a matter of correctly identifying what you’re eating.

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These Ontario mushrooms are safe for eating, but Dr. Margaret Thompson, medical director at the Ontario Poison Centre, said the difference between a poisonous mushroom and edible ones requires a microscope and a professional.

The only trouble is, with Toronto’s diverse ecology, making that identification can require a microscope and a professional.

“We just want everybody to be aware that not all mushrooms are safe and it’s only a mycologist that might be able

to determine the difference between a poisonous and non-poisonous mushroom, by looking at it under a microscope – some of them are so close in physical properties you can never be too safe.”

Taking plants and other objects out of a park is prohibited in city bylaws and in addition to the risk to human health, doing so can disrupt often delicate ecosystems.

Thompson said many people who forage do so because of a family tradition, a desire for exoticism or because they have come here from countries where foraging is more common.

“If you’re looking for mushrooms or truffles and if it looks like a mushroom that was back home and safe to eat, why not eat it in Canada, it’s probably the same thing,” she said. “The people we see are not the child who has a bit of a mushroom – it’s the one who purposefully goes out because it’s a delicacy.”

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Upper Beach couple set to climb glacier Mid-life crisis turns into a mid-life adventure that kicked off by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Upper Beach residents Karen Simpson and Jeff Bauer strongly believe life shouldn’t be measured by the amount of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.

Up until just more than four years ago, the couple, who have lived near Main and Gerrard streets for the last 11 years, were literally and figuratively out of breath working full time in the day and ferrying their blended family of four children to hockey, soccer, karate, swimming and a whole other host of sports practices and games in the evenings.

Unwanted and unhealthy weight gain and other health issues inevitably ensued. With their 50th birthdays in sight, they decided to make a lasting change in their lives for the better.

With the goal of purchasing raw land up north and building their own off-the-grid camp, Simpson and Bauer hired personal trainers and started attending early morning army-style boot camp workout sessions three times a week.

Around this time, they also embarked on their first extreme adventure: climbing Tanzania’s 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro.

As part of the challenge, they also succeeded in raising more than $6,000 for the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada in just four weeks.

Their training also included a climb of Mount Bierstadt, a 14,000 peak in Colorado.

That was in September of 2012.

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Upper Beach residents Karen Simpson, left, and Jeff Bauer have been training to climb the Mount Baker glacier.

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Bauer said cresting Mount Kilimanjaro was a pivotal and unforgettable moment in both of their lives.

“Every time I think about it I get goose bumps, even four years later,” he said.

“It was a life-changing experience and more than ever we’re

determined to live life to the fullest and enjoy every day.”

The following year for Bauer’s 50th, they travelled to Indonesia to climb Mount Rinjani, which, despite being about 12,300 feet in height, is a much steeper climb and a much greater challenge.

Bauer underwent bladder cancer surgery and chemotherapy just four weeks before the climb, but was determined to go ahead with the adventure and succeeded.

In the fall of 2012, Simpson also got into running marathons as a way to build her endurance. She completed her first one in October 2014 and her second in January.

Since then, she and Bauer – who is happy to admit he’s in far better shape in his 50s than he was in his 40s – have also taken part in two Tough Mudder Mud Runs, a team 18- to 20-kilometre obstacle run, and one Spartan Race, another obstacle race.

“Our holidays are no longer about sitting on a beach and eating. When you get a taste of pushing yourself to your limit it just changes something in you. It makes you hungry and now we need it,” Simpson said.

“It’s not the material things that are important in life.”

Earlier this year, the couple also applied and was in the running to be hired as brand ambassadors

by Woods Canada for the outdoor gear company’s five-month crossCanada adventure. In the end, they weren’t selected for the once-in-alifetime adventure.

“It was such a blast,” Simpson said of the experience.

Undeterred, they booked a trip to Washington State just weeks later

and will be climbing the Mount Baker glacier starting Sunday, Aug. 9.

Simpson and Bauer have been training since May for their firstever technical climb, which requires harnesses, ropes, ice axes and special shoes with claws.

To prepare for this adventure, they’ve been biking, swimming and hiking with 55-pound backpacks as no porters are permitted on the mountain.

“We’ve gotten into some funny conversations with people,” Bauer said.

“The backpacks open up a lot of conversations.”

Because of their healthier lifestyles, Simpson and Bauer said they’ve met a whole host of new and like-minded friends that inspire them every day.

They are also happy to inspire others to follow their dreams and change their lives for the better, especially their children.

“We hope we can also be role models to people in their 50s,” Simpson said, pointing to a future climbing expedition to Mount Rainer, which is also in Washington State.

“We have lots of bucket list things.”

Bauer agreed: “It never ends.

Climbing mountains is actually very therapeutic and it’s the last thing I ever thought I’d get into.”

Simpson has also recently started blogging about the couple’s adventures.

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Invasive Asian grass carp located in Tommy Thompson Park pond Two Asian grass carps, an invasive species of fish brought from Asia to North America about 50 years ago, have been found within a contained pond in Tommy Thompson Park at the foot of Leslie Street.

Staff members from the Toronto and Region Conservation (TRCA) found the first carp, which was more than a metre long and weighed close to 40 pounds, Monday, July 27, as they were relocating fish from the pond during the construction of a nine-acre wetland.

The second carp, which was smaller in size, was located the following day, Tuesday, July 28, in an isolated area of the same pond during a collaborative search effort

by the TRCA, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

The now-dead fish, which are both male and fertile, were immediately sent to a Fisheries and Oceans Canada laboratory in Burlington for further investigation.

Prior to this latest discovery, the only other grass carp located in a Toronto waterway was by TRCA staff in 2003 at the mouth of the Don River.

Toronto and Region Conservation has worked in recent decades to monitor and restore fish habitats along the Toronto waterfront and the watersheds that feed into it.

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-Joanna Lavoie with files from Torstar News Service About the Asian grass carp

Two Asian grass carp found in Tommy Thompson Park have been killed.

which last year worked on 175 restoration projects including at Tommy Thompson Park, has succeeded in restoring significant populations of native fish species notably pike, walleye and bass, which were decimated as the city’s urban region

Part of a group of fish known as Asian carp, bottom-feeding and prolific grass carps are native to Eastern Asia and have been used in North America primarily as a food source but also as a means for managing aquatic vegetation.

Seen as a significant threat to the Great Lakes, grass carps – which feed extensively on aquatic vegetation and often uproot large areas of vegetation thus depleting other native fish species – have been found

to have had a negative effect where they have proliferated in parts of the United States near the Mississippi River and its tributaries. They’ve also negatively impacted both the commercial and recreational fishery.

Grass carps have large scales that appear crosshatched, eyes that sit even with the mouth, no scales on the head and are silver to olive-brown in colour. All species of Asian carp are prohibited in Ontario unless dead. Anyone caught with live species of invasive fish can face large fines.

Grass carps differ from Lake Ontario’s common carps, which were introduced to Ontario in the 1800s.

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Time for the Parapan Am Games to shine W

hile we’re still basking in the glow of the success of the recent Pan Am Games in Toronto, it’s important not to forget that an equally prestigious athletic event opens tomorrow.

The Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Games run from Aug. 7 to 15, and residents can do their part to make these Games just as successful as the Pan Ams. The Parapans officially open Friday with ceremonies at York University’s CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Athletics Stadium starting at 5:45 p.m.

The Parapan Am Games in Toronto will feature more than 1,600 athletes from 28 countries competing in 15 sports. As was the case with the Pan Am Games, competition will take place at a our view number of Toronto venues.

There’s track and field at York Celebrate University, swimming, sitting and wheelchair tennis our athletes volleyball at the University of Toronto Aug. 7 to 15 Scarborough, and wheelchair basketball at the Mattamy Centre downtown. There’s archery at Varsity Stadium, and the cycling road races at Ontario Place.

Markham, Mississauga, Milton and Whitby are also hosting events for those hoping to catch Parapan action beyond Toronto’s borders.

As always, these Games serve as a qualifier for the Paralympics. That’s especially important for a number of top Canadian athletes and teams including the men’s wheelchair basketball team. Our men’s teams are three-time gold medal winners at the Paralympics (including gold at the London 2012 Games) and they are looking to continue their golden ways come the Rio 2016 Paralympics. Their first step on that road comes at the Toronto Parapan Am Games. The Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball team also has an impressive resume, having won Paralympic gold medals in 1992, 1996 and 2000.

The excitement for the Parapan Am Games begins this week with the arrival of the torch relay, which will be in Toronto today with stops at Corus Quay, Inukshuk Park, Queens Quay and Yonge Street, and David Pecaut Square for a community celebration at 12:30 p.m. that will feature a guest appearance by Rick Hansen. Tomorrow, the torch relay visits Variety Village in Scarborough, Queen’s Park, and the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto on Spadina Road in advance of the opening ceremonies.

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Straight talk about the dog days of summer

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y message box got a serious workout over the long weekend. It was standing and screaming room only in there. Everybody was whining up a storm.

But it wasn’t about the hot weather. It was about the phrase du jour referring to it.

Q. Jamie, I always hate the beginning of August.

The only expression we ever hear is the ‘dog days of summer’. We’re bombarded with it. The dog days of summer, the dog days of summer, the dog days of summer. Enough already.

This has been going on for donkey’s years.

No other creatures get even a mention until they’re over. It makes me angry as a bear, I tell ya.

When are we finally going to get equal time in the summer for the rest of the animal kingdom?

– Gord the Gorilla A. In the next few minutes, Gordo. I don’t

jamie wayne guest column want to let the cat out of the bag, but a little bird told me that by the end of the column all will be forgotten and you’ll be happy as a clam.

Q. Do you really mean it, Jamie? I’ve had ants in my pants over this since I was knee-high to a grasshopper.

– Karina the Kangaroo A. Cross my heart. This comes straight from the horse’s mouth.

Q. Wait a minute. I thought you just got through saying it was a bird that gave you the news.

This all sounds rather fishy if you ask me.

– Arnold the Armadillo A. Don’t get your feathers in a bunch. The horse called first. The bird tweeted right after. OK? Q. Jamie, do you mind if I talk turkey for a second?

– Penelope the Peacock A. Would you be a lamb and try back around Thanksgiving? I promised to resolve this dog days of summer controversy before the end of the column. If I don’t do it, I have a hunch I’ll be hearing about it until the cows come home.

Q. You’ll be hearing about it long after they arrive, too. No other animals can get on the map this time of year. It’s the nature of the beast, I’m afraid. Don’t you think it’s time to accept that you’re barking up the wrong tree?

– Zoe the Zebra.

A. On the contrary, I was about to pull a rabbit out of a hat here. Anything is possible. All you have to do is believe.

Q. Yeah and pigs might fly, too. Sorry, but I’m with Zoe on this.

– Wally the Walrus A. Boo hoo. I’m crying crocodile tears. I hate to break it to the two of you,

but it’s all just water off this duck’s back. I guarantee you’ll both be eating crow.

But it’s not up to me. I’ll leave the deciding vote to the final questioner of the day.

Q. I believe. I believe. I believe. Now, with that out of the way, let’s get to the most important part of this discussion. After I’m done eating, any chance of going back for seconds? As far as I’m concerned one can never get enough crow and you can see by my attached selfie that I’m a growing boy.

– Harvey the Hippopotamus A. That I can, and thanks for tipping the scales in my favour. But as for the extra helping? Well, I wouldn’t count my chickens before they hatch if I were you.

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Riverside Walks: Pan Am Legacy Mural Launch, Choir Performance, Guided Culinary Walk and More WHEN: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. WHERE: Riverside District, Queen Street between DVP and Degrassi Street COST: Free Help launch Riverside’s vibrant Sports Legacy Mural, 1 Munro St., at 10:30 a.m. Details and free tickets at http://goo.gl/ivxDPq

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Park Yoga WHEN: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. WHERE: Jonathan Ashbridge Park, 20 Woodward Ave. CONTACT: Trixie, 647-969-8152 COST: donation Meet at the corner of Queen and Woodward, just north of the Leslieville Farmer’s Market. Fees are donation based with a portion of all proceeds going to support Nellie’s Shelter. Classes are weather permitting. For updates be sure to ‘like’ Park Yoga Toronto on facebook.

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Make a LEGO Stop-Motion Movie WHEN: 11 a.m. to noon WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave.

COST: Free admission and popcorn Screenings will rotate between Kew Gardens and Ivan Forrest Gardens Park until Aug. 26.

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Paws in the Park WHEN: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Woodbine Park, 1681 Lake Shore Blvd.

E. CONTACT: Makyla Deleo, 416-3922273, ext. 2391, www.pawsinthepark. com COST: Free Paws in the Park is a charitable walk held by the Toronto Humane Society to raise awareness and money for animals in need in our community. In addition to a scenic four kilometre walk along Toronto’s lakeshore Paws attendees can expect special guest appearances, live music, talent shows and contests, a vendor village, tasty snacks and much more.

CONTACT: Cathy, 416-393-7715 COST: Free Bring your own device and learn how to make a stop-motion animation movie using LEGO. Call 416393-7715 to register.

LEGO Club WHEN: 4 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Cathy, 416-393-7715COST: Free The LEGO Club meets every Tuesday.

w Diving demonstration and free diving instruction WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: DD Summerville Pool, 1867 Lake Shore Blvd. E. CONTACT: www.diveontario.com COST: Free Competitive divers from Dive Ontario will do a platform and springboard diving demonstration at DD Summerville pool. Patrons will be invited to join them on the diving boards and receive free instruction in diving.

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Fairmount Park Farmers’ Market WHEN: 3 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Fairmount Park, 1757 Gerrard St. E. CONTACT: www.fairmountmarket. ca COST: Free Fresh farm fare, artisanal foods, music and activities.

The Beach Village Movie Nights in the Park WHEN: 8 to 11 p.m. WHERE: Kew Gardens, 2075 Queen St. E. CONTACT: Jessica Wright, 416-693-2242

Retro Games WHEN: 11 a.m. to noon WHERE: Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave. CONTACT: Cathy, 416-393-7715 cmoran@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Bring in your favourite game or use one of the library’s games.

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Art in Phin Park, 115 Condor Ave., with multidisciplinary artist Jerry Silverberg has returned.

Presented by The Po c k e t C o m m u n i t y Association, the fun, free program runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monday to Thursday in August.

Art in Phin Park will offer drop-in workshops for children, teens, caregivers and adults in a number of disciplines including collage form until Thursday, puppetry from Aug. 10 to 13, printmaking from Aug. 17 to 20 and book making from Aug. 24.

Budding artists can also try their hand at drawing, painting, sculpture, theatre, storytelling, mask making and stenciling.

There will also be some special visiting artists Thursdays at 6 p.m.

Anyone who would like to bring a group of 10 or more to Art in Phin Park is asked to call 416469-2878 or email info@ thepocket.ca Visit www.thepocket. ca/events/art-in-phinpark/

IV returns wBaconfest

The Leslieville Farmers’ Market’s Baconfest IV, the Bacon Battle of the Year, takes over Jonathan A s h b r i d g e Pa r k , 2 0 Woodward Ave., Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The celebration of local, sustainable, pasture-raised, antibioticfree boar, pig and tofu bacon delights also features a Battle of the Bacon where local restaurateurs, chefs and bacon artisans will be vying for the coveted Golden Spatula for the best bacon-themed food offering. The winners will be announced at 1 p.m.

Visit http://leslievillemarket.com shows Despicable Me 2 wBIA

The Beach Village Business Improvement Area hosts Despicable Me 2 under the stars Wednesday.

The film will be screened at dusk at Ivan Forrest Gardens, 131 Glen Manor Dr. Admission is free.

Visit www.thebeachvillage.com or call 416693-2242.

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Movie nights at Corner House Take in a movie night under the stars in the Beach Hill area every Friday at dusk at The Corner House Irish Pub at 1801 Gerrard St. E. The pub is also providing the catering for the movie nights. Admission is $3 per person. Proceeds will be used to help support breast cancer research.

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The Ralph Thornton Centre (RTC) hosts a contest to celebrate the centre as well as the community.

The community centre is inviting people to share their thoughts about what the RTC means to them through a drawing/ painting, story or digital video.

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The organizers of the Beach Community Edible Garden at Ashbridges Bay have put out a call for 13 to 19 volunteers to help with the weekly harvest for the Glen Rhodes Food Bank Wednesday mornings at 8 a.m. as well as with watering and maintaining the

garden once a week from 10 to 11 a.m.

Volunteers will be given volunteer hours and their own space to grow food to take home.

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The past few weeks of extreme heat coupled with lack of rain is putting urban trees at risk, according to the local LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) organization.

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The Queen Street East and Broadview Avenue building is currently being renovated and expanded into a new boutique hotel and restaurant.

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The 49-year-old local resident co-hosted popular lifestyle shows with Steven Sabados, his on- and offscreen partner.

Police say the investigation into his death is “completely open” but are not calling for witnesses at this time.

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“A lot of the work we’re doing is moving north,” she said of the SRCHC, which serves east-end residents living in an area bounded by O’Connor Drive to the north, Lake Shore Boulevard East to the south, the Don Valley Parkway to the west and Coxwell Avenue to the east. “(The new location) is very

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One neighbour posted on social media about someone attempting to start a fire on the front porch of her home using at least one page from a book. “ We d o n’t k n ow t h e intent or how it happened, but it seems like somebody attempted to start a fire on our porch,” said the resident, who asked to remain anonymous for safety reasons.

“This really had the potential to cause real life-threatening damage.”

She said she’s heard about three areas near Wrenson and Bowmore roads where books were lit on fire.

Police have been notified. A number of people expressed anger, frustration and disbelief on social media that someone or a group of individuals could do such a thing.

One woman said she’ll “never understand what’s exciting about being destructive”, while another said books are meant to be treated with respect and cannot understand how one could even damage a book, much less destroy it. “Hope it is a one-off and does not happen at other little libraries,” she wrote.

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incensed by the vandalism.

“To live in a time and place where we have the privilege of widespread literacy and then treat books with such disrespect (not to mention your neighbours) is just heinous,” she said.

Others called for donations to help replenish the destroyed and damaged books at Wrenson Road’s Little Free Library. Several people have also come forward to donate books.

Ward 32 Councillor MaryMargaret McMahon, a big supporter of the Little Free Library program, called the incident “horrific” and “disgusting.”

“It’s the lowest of the low,” she said Tuesday.

“We’ve contacted the fire department about the situation and we’ll be letting people know to keep a watchful eye in our weekly newsletter.”

McMahon said little libraries, which are essentially decorative boxes full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book or two and bring back another book to share, have really taken off in her ward, which has the most in the City of Toronto.

“Everybody, all ages love them,” she said, urging anyone with information to contact police.

Const. Jon Morrice from 55 Division’s Community Response Unit said they’ve received a report about an area resident finding some burned paper and a burn mark on her porch indicating a book was lit there.

Police also said a number of books were found burnt on a manhole cover in front of Bowmore Road Junior and Senior Public School early Sunday, Aug. 2.

“The books were taken from the free library. There is no suspect info at this time, no video surveillance available,” he said. “As always, we encourage people to call police with any info and to look out for their neighbourhood.”

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“Today, Canada broke its all-time medal total at a Pan Am Games by reaching 197 medals. This is an outstanding achievement and reflects the hard work of our athletes, coaches and National Sport Federations.

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“We’re expecting similar momentum for the Parapan Am Games, with ticket sales fast approaching 50,000 of the approximately 200,000 tickets available.

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For the first time in Pan Am/Parapan Am Games history, accessibility guides have been created as a go-to resource for all Gamesrelated accessibility information. Visit Toronto2015. org/accessibility Football seven-a-side wCanada team named Soccer announced the 14 players selected for nomination to represent Canada in seven-a-side football at the Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Games.

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