Make Pokemon Great Again

 

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A Pokemon Meme

As much as I dislike quoting the Hildebeast:

"Pokemon GO ... to the Polls!"


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If Pokemon Was More Like This ...

Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny in action. Don't know who/what the critter is.

If Pokemon Was More Like This ...


Or like this:

Shoot! Id've watched the show then! Kiddee stuff ...

Jus' sayin' ...


Wikipedia article on Pokemon here.

Wikipedia article on It here. I think I'll skip the movie remake.

Pokemon Go Be Racis'! here.

Pokemon ... Uh ... Yeah here.


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Stumbling On Living With Hipstergirl and Gamergirl

Go figure ...

Stumbling On Living With Hipstergirl and Gamergirl


Stumbled onto this net surfing. Have only partially read his material so far and I've found it to be DANG funny.

It's about a "poor" shlug named Artur rooming with a couple of hot babes (Erika and Sophie, the title characters.) and his experiences with their titled quirkiness.

Not quite sure where this guys' politics are at but he seems to be something of the Libertarian bent. LOTS of gaming, anime/cartoon refs.

Warning: So far nothing really "prurient" on this site though a little nudity in some parts.

A commentary on Obamacare? Or perhaps on the system in Jagos' own country.
Copy and magnify for better reading.

WARNING: My Malwarebytes (Full subscription!) anti-malware utility blocks a "malicious website" from popping up when I access this page. It may be nothing but you never know. Just thought you'd like to know.

Otherwise, go to the English translation of Living With Hipstergirl and Gamergirl here. Just make sure your protective software is fully functional.


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Pokemon Go Be Racis'!

I've NO idea what the first one is. The electric rat, I know.

Pokemon Go Be Racis'!


Yeah, you've seen 'em ... Walking around ... Faces in their cel phones.

Oblivious to the world.

Pokemon-Go players.

Never did care for the show and certainly not for the games. There's better anime out there, though I will admit Pokemon was a great "gateway" anime that led prospective fans on to better shows.

Now we have this cel phone/Google Maps game everyone and his mother is playing.

In Bosnia, players are warned not to wander into mine fields. A group of players were confronted by a very irate veteran at a war memorial for their flippancy and irreverence. One player was shot in Columbus, Ohio when he pursued someone stealing his phone.

C'mon people ... Pikachu ain't worth it!

I understand the pokestops and "gyms" for the game are mostly at public places and hopefully not private residences.

That's all I need ... Some idiot knocking on my door at 3 AM wanting to get in because there's a pidgey in my apartment.

HEY! ... Any pokemon in my place are mine! You can't have them! That goes double for Jessie/Musashi. Yeah, I know. She's not a pokemon but if she's at my place she definitely stays. You're free to have gay boy James and Meowth though.

Now we find Pokemon-Go may be ... get this ... RACIST!

Seems to be a dearth of pokestops and gyms in minority neighborhoods. Gee ... Now why could that be?

If you MUST go into a "no go" area (And I advise you DON'T.) then do it between 3AM and 11:30 AM. That's when most of the miscreants are "sleeping it off". Any policeman will tell you that's the easiest shift for any cop.

Just sayin' ...

One of the VERY few reasons I could
get interested in that franchise.

Pokemon-Go be racis' here.

Stormfront (White supremacist message board.) thread on the subject here. "The place is infested with diglets!"

An old Pokemon article of mine, Pokemon uh Yeah, here.


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Pokemon: Vampires! ... Gotta' Stake 'em All!

"ALUCARD! ... I CHOOSE YOU!"

Pokemon: Vampires! ... Gotta' Stake 'em All!


Was wandering about the net and stumbled onto this. Not a fan of Pokemon (The babes in their late teens/early twenties doing Misty cosplay certainly turn ones' head though!) but, as a fan of horror films, I thought this was kinda' cute. Misty van Helsing ... Yeah ... Riiight!

Hmm ... do crosses work on vampires formerly Shinto and Bhuddist? Or atheists for that matter?

On another note, about a couple months ago, I looked out a window and, for a second there, I thought I spotted a pikachu. It was actually a chipmunk, but the way the sunlight hit the critter and it's black markings contrasting the yellowish cast, I did a double take.

Nope ... no such critter ...

Jus' sayin' ...

"And don'd efen 'tink of trying to stuv me into vun ov dose leedle fishing bobbers!"
Bela Lugosi Disapproves by Evertide on Deviantart.

Wikipedia Pokemon article here.

Evertide Deviantart entry here.


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Interesting Search Words #13

                                              Interesting Search Words #13

      The 13th installment on offbeat & weird search words bringing folks to this blog. And just in time for Friday the 13th too! Here goes!

1. anime girl in tension - Kinda redundant isn't it? Most of them always seem like they're about to explode anyway.

Revy taking aim at My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic.

2. anime girl pox - It's called: lolicon.

3. aardvark tees weatherly hardy - No! Really! This actually showed up! To get the straight scoop, try here & here. The weirder they are .....

Example product of Aardvark Tees. Tell 'em Jay sent ya!

4. haruhi suzumiya gang - That bunch has been terrorizing North High & surrounding area for too long! Why don't the authorities do something!?

The worst of the lot! "Machine Gun Mikuru" out for blood, as usual.
Terrorism never looked so cute.

5. hentai in real life - Then it wouldn't be hentai now, would it?

6. yuki nagato body pillow - That ..... is so ..... pathetic!

7. nyuk nyuk - The correct usage is: Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk!

There'll never be another like him, though I hope Will
Sasso lives up/down to it. Got this from Stooge World.

8. shinji ikari demotivational - The kid is pretty much a demotivational all by himself.

Hey Shinji! Misato just sent this over. Drink up! You'll feel better!

9. pokemon langley - Asuka! I choose you ..... to kick Shinjis' butt!

10. my little pony friendship magic horror - Ya got that right!

I'd sooner get tanged! No!..... Stay back! ..... No! ..... No! ..... Aieeeeeeeee!

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Interesting Search Words #11

                                                 
                                                  Interesting Search Words #11

      Yes! Weird people looking for even stranger things on the web. Some of them even come here!

1. apocalyptic anime porn - One can only wonder as to what kind of theology THAT guy is into.

2. baby cthulhu, moe' cthulhu - Even Jeffrey Dahmer was someones' little baby once. Movie reviews here & here.

Credit: John F. Sebastian

3. ayanami racer - Everyone is when Third Impact hits.

4. evangelion derp - Here's mine (Back when I had misconceptions about the show.).

I wonder if the John Birch Society's got the lowdown on this bunch.

5. images of japan travel ads with rei ayanami - I always said it would take more than a quake to keep me away. THAT would do it!

6. hot chick dressed as pokemon - I think he was looking for this:

Isn't that ..... Spring Thomas? Looks a lot like her. 

7. cthulhu why settle for the lesser evil - Why indeed? I still voted for Ron Paul.

THE Ron Paul Pyramid of Greatness. Save this to your hard drive,
expand it on your viewer, & you'll see why I voted the way I did.

8. haruhi kyon marriage - Do you really want THAT to happen? Well ..... Do you? Let's leave things the way they are!

Great! That's JUST what we need! More oblivious dieties
running around! This makes Third Impact look good!

9. jays grave - What the .....! Now I'm nervous!

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Interesting Search Words #9

                                                 Interesting Search Words #9

                               More interesting searches that led strange folks here.

1. japan failed azumanga daioh - Actually I think "Japan" did a great job with that show.

The Azumanga Daioh kids. L-R Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara, Tomo Takino,
Chiyo-chan Mihama, Kagura, Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga, & Sakaki.

2. hell girl poor damned soul - "Oh pitiful shadow lost in the darkness, bringing pain & suffering to others. Oh damned soul wallowing in your sin. Perhaps ..... it is time to die." link

3. pokemon cthulhu - Probably end up as tentacle hentai. Run! Misty! Run! Honestly ..... How can anyone "get off" on that crap? link

"What the .....! You want me to ..... what!? The h--l you say!"

4. yomi bum bum - This from the UK.

5. cthulhu relief - Take two Xanthu tablets & call me in the morning. link

6. hot red head chicks - We seem to have similar tastes.

7. pokemon card woman - If that's what comes in those "fishing bobbers" then I want in on that game!  link

Is it Poland ..... or ..... something else?

8. asuka mom - I think she's called Unit 02. link

9. pokemon blue & pokemon red - I can't wait for Pokemon Taupe & Pokemon Clear.

10. rei ayanami baby - Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep little ..... BLOOSH! Darn! Happens every time! link

Not exactly what I would call the ideal baby sitter.
Bet the kids would quiet down real fast.

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Interesting Search Words #6

Interesting Search Words #6

Oh YES! More "requests" sent in by "readers" out to get graphics & in the vain fulfillment of their little fetishes. Enjoy .....

1. stupid looking protestant - Uh ..... duh! I'm really dumb!

2. godzilla as the catholic church - Trying to put the GOD in Godzilla.

3. kill me baby hentai - Into snuff are we?

4. dark & disturbing cartoons - I think we know what you're looking for.

5. demotivational godzilla - I always thought he was rather motivational. As in ..... RUN!

6. atlas shrugged demotivational - Only if you're an altruist. link

Not sure if Ms Rand had a sense of humor, but I did find this funny. By the
way, I do like Atlas Shrugged. The novel did hint "Galts Gulch" was
self sufficient. Credit: Stephen Notley

7. kill bill azumanga - Talk about your crossovers! Is this from that "horrible fanfic crossover generator" thingie?

8. william shatner pokemon card - I always thought he was a bit animated. Captain Kirk! I choose you! Attack!

9. azumanga lesbian - Oh leave poor Kaorin alone! She's got enough troubles as it is. Besides, it's just a phase she's going through. link

C'mon kid, Get over it. Besides, she's into animals.
Credit: J C Staff

10. evangelion all is right with the world - NO! It's not!

11. neon genesis evangelion nude cosplay - If it's nude, is it cosplay? I mean, where's the "cos"?

12. old yeller gun - Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! It's been over 40 years since I've seen that. Disney, I still hate your guts! YOU STILL SUCK!!! My traumatic experience here.

13. i feel sick evangelion - You too, eh? link

14. hentai from hell - Yes. It is.

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Rapture Bunnies: Digging My Grave Deeper

                                 Rapture Bunnies: Digging My Grave Deeper

                                                                  by

                                                                      Jay Agan

      Time: 11 years ago.

       Place: A warehouse (Ahem! DISTRIBUTION CENTER!) particularly the toy & sporting goods departments. Many Clients. Where I got to know more about Pokemon than I cared to (Thankfully mostly forgotten. For a crash curse ..... uh ..... course on Pokemon, click here. Everybody Polk-a-mon!).

      The cast: 1. A "repulsive" little man with a sullen manner who I took an instant dislike to but later found to be an OK guy. Let's call him Carl.

      2. The ..... rapture bunny. Seen during lunch & breaks literally poring over a volume of the Left Behind series. Moron ..... uh more on him later.

      3. Assorted fellow workers.

      4. A mish mash of go-getters, cheerleaders, rah rah boys, self motivators, bootlickers, rats/snitches, & self appointed guardians of the hive mind (ie.: Those "amateur spies" Orwell warned about in 1984.).

      5. Yours truely.

      Atmosphere: PC to the max & beyond. Check your civil & Constitutional rights at the door. Only a list of outmoded suggestions anyway. Especially that Bill of Rights part ..... thing.

      How PC you ask? Check this out.

      I was "caught" having a conversation with the toy depts' manager & a co-worker about the toys of yesteryear. I commented on the varied uniforms of the original 1960s GI Joe line of dolls ..... oops! ..... action figures. I made a mention of the SS garb complete with swazi armbands.

      A new supervisor (Seldom seen out of his office.) was walking by & looked strangely at us. Made me wonder what the heck his problem was.

      Twenty minutes later I'm called into this guys' office. I was told to watch what I say. After all (In his words.) a "holocaust survivor" might be walking through the warehouse & be offended (Hasbro, the makers of the GI Joe line, is short for Hassenfeld Brothers. Did they ever feel offended by any of their own products?). Oh yes. Would I be so kind as to sign this paper stating my humbleness/  contrition, acknowledgement/confession of guilt/evil & acceptance of just punishment consisting of being barred from any future promotions, raises, transfers, etc. for an indefinite period of time? Uh ..... no.

      He seemed to be rather put out by that & we tangled later on other things. Seems the business had a policy of not firing anyone but rather let pressures compel one to quit. That way no question about unemployment benefits.

      And pressure there was! List is too lengthy of the games management played. Let's just say a lot of people walked, as I eventually did (In one case a dept. of eight took off all at once!). It was because of these walkoffs people were being constantly shifted around to take up slack. Wich is where the main part of this story begins.

      I'm moved with Carl & the rapture bunny (He was from another dept.) to the "outdoors" section to pick 'n pack. One order called for a couple of American flag beach towels.

      AMERICAN FLAG BEACH TOWELS!

      Ever since I became aware of this countrys' rush to suicide, & its collective determination to drag me & everyone else down with it, I have, year by year, become less & less patriotic (The country wanting to kill itself is one thing. To take me along & have me subsidize it as well is quite another.). But even today, I KNOW you don't toss the flag in the dirt in order to keep sand off your posterior! True, the colors were a bit off & there was a white anchor in the field of blue BUT .....

      I got rather vocal about it.

      So much so that within the hour the dept. supervisor had me in his office. He said to the effect that people had the right to be in a safe/secure workplace & Ihad "distressed" some of my co-workers. I stated I had threatened no one.

      Be that as it may, would I be so kind as to sign this paper stating my humbleness /contrition, acknowledgement of guilt/evil & acceptance of just punishment consisting of being barred from future promotions, raises, transfers etc. for an indefinite period of time?

     What was this? Double (not so) secret probation? (FOOD FIGHT!)

      Having read the "charges" I said no.

      We agreed I would sign if he reworded it & sent me back to work. I should NOT have agreed to anything (I needed the job & my mental state was not the greatest during this period in my life.). This did get me a breather & I was able to steel myself for what was next. In fact, I got mad. PISSED!

      There the inquisitors were. In the sporting goods section, interviewing everyone about the "incident". The rapture bunny was absent. Must have been on break. Those asked pretty much gave general answers about how ticked off I was but said I threatened no one. When they questioned Carl, his answer was "I didn't hear anything." They asked him three times. Same answer. My respect for this man jumped from negatives to right through the roof!

      Later, I'm back in the supervisors office. Four other people were there. Three of his cronies & the jerk from the GI Joe affair. That was the capper. I flat out refused to sign.

      To say they were a bit put out by it would be putting it mildly. I wasn't off balance this time & no one got anywhere. Sticking with their policy of "let 'em walk" I didn't lose my job.

      The supervisor admitted the towel looked too much like the flag & though patriotism being all well & good but ..... in so many words, business was business & guidelines were guidelines. Ja! Ja! Und befehl ist befehl! Moloch must be fed. I wonder what those fools were thinking several months later when patriotism came back in style right after 9-11.

      Well I go back & everybody was on break except for ..... the rapture bunny. Just him & I. There he was. On the phone. Talking to the supervisor .....

      "Oh no! He wasn't really trying to ..... I mean he wasn't upset about ..... What he was really upset about was ....."

      I could only stand & "marvel" at the sheer idiocy of the whole thing (If I said or did anything they'd add it to the "list".). In his eagerness to clear up a "misunderstanding" he confirmed/affirmed not only their conclusions but also was digging my grave deeper. How many people in graver situations have suffered because of the eagerness of "good citizens" to "clear things up"? How many have paid more due to the "helpfulness" of such unwanted "friends". With friends like these ..... who needs enemas?

      Maybe he was doing it out of Christian "love". Maybe he thought he was doing the "right thing". All I know is innocent people around the world have gone through much worse than I because someone was being "helpful". Dictators thrive on that sort of thing.

      About a month or two after this I walked. I took Carl aside & told him what I thought of him before & after the above incident & that I had nothing but the utmost respect for him. We shook hands & I left.

      Rapture bunnies. If in the event the "situation" gets theologically ugly (Or it being only another one of many dark pages of history.), they'll be the first to take the MARK when the gospel of Lindsey LaHaye doesn't pan out. When they see Jesus isn't going to be airlifting them out any time soon, they'll become disillusioned/disappointed & hitch their wagons to another star. They'll be the first to turn on you & rat you out. Toward the end they'll be warming themselves by fires fueled on volumes of the Left Behind series.

      In the words of the noted survivalist writer, Kurt Saxon: "The only rapture they'll feel is the taste of human flesh when they're hungry."

      Oh yes. God bless you Carl, wherever you are.

Article copyright © 10-8-2011 Jay Agan

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Pokemon ..... Uh ..... Yeah

If the show was more like this ... I might have watched it!

                                       
Pokemon ..... Uh ..... Yeah

                                                           
by

                                                               
Jay Agan

     

I don't hate Pokemon. I have no BIG feelings toward it one way or the other. Small negative ones, yes.

I paid it no mind when it first came out in the 90s. I noticed it in ads & hobby stores & pretty much dismissed it as a kids' show/card game. This (And the execrable Sailor Moon.) was what a new generation of anime fans cut its collective teeth on. Was a little curious about that "tiger piglet" though  (Turned out to be an electric rat.).

At one point it started to get a little pervasive/oppressive to some. I remember talking with a fellow behind the counter at Hobbyland on Sawmill Road in Columbus, when a bunch of kids came charging in screaming about Pokemon cards. The guy looks at me & says, "gimmie a grenade!"

I also rember the "Pokemon Effect". Seems in one episode, the creators inadvertantly used the "right" shade of red & flashed it in the exact timing in one action scene to cause bad reactions in some people. A scene in the film The Andromeda Strain illustrates this well. I some times think of Pokemon as some kind of virus as well.

In 2000, I worked a few months at a "distribution center" (Warehouse!) dealing in all sorts of junk. Some of which was "all stuff Pokemon". As a picker, I got to know more about the show than I cared to. I can still recognize a lot of the characters 'n critters.

"Lets see ..... ONE Poliwhirl plushie, check. ONE childrens book, Pikachu I Choose You!, check. ONE Pokemon stickers activity book, check ..... " Etc. & so on, grumble, grumble.

This was around the time Cracked magazine made parody Pokemon cards (Psycho Duck, Jiggly Tush, etc.). I toyed with the idea of slipping a few into the decks. Should have done it. Dang!

The job in & of itself wasn't bad. The headgames & wierdness from the "higher ups" had me climbing the wall. Self appointed thought police were everywhere keeping things PC & cozy. Incessant meetings/rah rah sessions on productivity kept everyone from being productive. Other stuff they put me through too numerous to count. I finally understood why "violence in the workplace" happens from time to time.


For some this is Misty.

     

For others ..... this ..... is ..... MISTY!

It's a little hard for me to shake the mild negativity I have for the show. Lingers. If your'e into it, fine, though if your'e past puberty I can't help but wonder about you. Maybe it's those late teen/twentysomethings cosplaying as Misty/Kasumi keeping you interested. Or that creepy hentai.

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Another Wot Coulda Been Anime

George Barrows as the beast of Revelation strikes
in Robot Monster. 1953 Photo credit: Astor Pictures

                                         Another Wot Coulda Been Anime

                                                                 by

                                                                     Jay Agan

     The last family on Earth fights a desperate struggle for survival against an alien "horde" composed of a single invader. Hilarity ensues when the Ro-Man turns out to be George Barrows wearing a gorilla suit & space helmet! Name of the film: Robot Monster! A Phil Tucker masterpiece guaranteed to bring on the laughs. The reviews it got back in 1953 alledgedly drove Tucker to attempt suicide. Just watching it may get you to thinking the same. Fer instance:

     Familiar stock footage from One Million BC, Flight to Mars & other oldies to pad it out.

     An epic "battle" scene straight out of DBZ (Just kidding!), where the heroine is obviously giggling over her perilous predicament.

     Atrocious philosiphizing about how "must" & "cannot" be existentially reconciled. Think of all the screwy pop philosophy/dialogue that comes up in so many anime. ("People die when they get killed." How profound!)

     A "near rape" scene that has you going ..... "What the ..... ?"

     Special effects consisting of flashes (Uh, oh ..... "The Pokemon Effect"!), electrical buzzes, negative exposure photography, & lots & lots of ..... BUBBLES!

     Maybe they could have the Sailor Moon & Dragonball folks collaborate on this one.

     Most critics & discriminating viewers were really down on this one when it was released. While the incredible cheesiness & under the top quality are more than obvious, I cannot help but wonder (Spoiler ahead!): It turns out in the end it was only a kids' fever dream. A fellow on the Classic Horror Film board once remarked about this film on how the "production values" of a lot of his dreams/nightmares were pretty sparse. Same for me. It could be the ultra schlockiness of this flick was intentional & nobody got the "joke". Instead it's on us.

     By the way. The composer of the "opressive" music for this film is Elmer Bernstein. I find it hard to believe this is the same guy who wrote the compositions for DeMilles' The Ten Commandments. If so, a classic case of "from the depths to the heights."

     "You can not escape me ..... Hu-man! ..... Very well ..... I will recalculate ..... Your death will be In-De-Scri-BABLE! Fool ..... hu-mans! There is no escape!"

Robot Monster trailer & commentary here.

Hell & High Water: A Movie Wot Coulda Been Anime here.

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Sonny Gave It Strait

                                                         Sonny Gave It Strait

                                                                        by

                                                                           Jay Agan

     Sometime in Autumn, 2003. I'm out on the lot bringing in shopping carts at a place that shall remain nameless. Unlike most of my fellow employees, I actually liked getting karts all day. I'm outside, getting some exercise, & best of all, am away from the public (God bless 'em. Grrrrr!). Wheeling another load in, I noticed a Hummer pulling in. The earlier, discontinued, large model, glossy black, with Dragonball Z characters painted on. Huh? Some otaku with more money than brains? Had to check this out.

     Though I recognized the images (Goku, Krillin, etc.) on the vehicle, I'm no fan of that particular anime. I'd seen bits & pieces of that loud, garish, repetitive show while channel surfing. I actually had seen a few whole episodes of the original Dragonball & found them quite funny. But DBZ? Ugh! I recollect one fellow commenting there were 350+ episodes & taking out the flashbacks/repeats you'd have about 75. Simple intros/faceoffs would take more than one ep before a fight would start. Shoot! Even Pokemon's more involved plotwise.

     As two guys pile out, I notice some kids gathering round. Turns out to be a promotional for the shows' trading card game & one of the guys is Sonny Strait, voice of Krillin & other characters in the English dubs. Feeling snarky, I try to needle him.

     "Hate the show, it hurts my eyes."

     He patiently explains the effect the creators wanted was the basic five color scheme used in comics and funny papers.

     "What's the show about? All I see are a bunch of costumed goons beating each other up."

     "That's exactly what the show is about!" Pointing in the air with a flourish, smile on his face, not rattled at all.

     Not getting the reaction I wanted, (No snobbery or pretentiousness. Dang!), I turned back to retrieving karts. "Well, it could be worse. It could be Sailor Moon."

     Only a chuckle in reply. Years down the road, someone commented he probably got a lot of crap from "fans" and knew how to handle it. I guess so!

     A half hour later, I spot Mr. Strait in the stores' cafeteria. Feeling more civilized, I question him on the voice acting field & he graciously answered my inquiries. The guy has class.

     This was one of several instances that led me to pursue a career in the field myself, (A story{s} for maybe later.) & I won't forget it.

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