HUDEC o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-05-23 published
TRIMMER,
Ruth
Spiritual adventurer, gourmet vegetarian cook, film Connoisseur,
beloved partner, cherished friend. Born January 1, 1945, in Buffalo.
Died March 1 in Toronto following cardiac arrest, aged 63.
By Carol LATIMER, Cindy
MIFSUD, Clara
CHAN, Dorothea
HUDEC and
Liz YEIGH,
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Ruth was born on New Year's Day, and for the rest of her life
she embraced new beginnings with enthusiasm.
She and her older brother, David, were preacher's kids, born
to Ellen McKay
TRIMMER and Rev. Vincent
TRIMMER.
Growing up in
a strict Baptist household had its challenges for Ruth. All her
life she was both a spiritual seeker and a rebel.
Ruth once claimed she'd been a member of nearly every major religion
on earth, and probably a cult or two, but there was nothing superficial
about her search for meaning. She lived as she believed, at one
time giving up a comfortable job to become a mother's helper
to a single parent with two autistic children.
Her career eventually took her to the Ontario public service,
where her work in probation and then policy expressed her belief
that people were essentially good and should be helped, not punished.
She felt intense empathy for anyone who suffered.
Ruth came home in every sense of the word when she met Jean
DEETH.
She became an important part of the Deeth family, and also stayed
connected to her brother David and his children and grandchildren
in the United States.
Ruth and Jean shared 25 years of travel, summers at the cottage
on Oak Lake, Ontario, and movie-watching each September at the
Toronto International Film Festival. They gave fabulous dinner
parties, cooking vegetarian meals that impressed their most carnivorous
Friends. Their beloved dogs were their delight, and Ruth defended
even their worst behaviour. Maggie wasn't a biter - she had "high
prey instincts."
When Ruth was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003, she responded
with her characteristic courage and intelligence. She researched
everything and sent around her chemo schedules so Friends would
know when she was up for a dinner party and when she wanted someone
to go to chemo with her. When she got a clean bill of health
in 2004, she and Jean threw a huge party.
Her experience with cancer led her back to school, studying for
her master of arts in ministry and spirituality at Regis College
at the University of Toronto, and training as a pastoral counsellor
and spiritual adviser. An intern at Toronto's Christian Counselling
Services, she described counselling clients as the most fulfilling
work she had ever known.
Ruth's unexpected death came as a shock. We will miss her infectious
grin, her wild taste in shirts and, most of all, her exuberant
and contagious excitement and satisfaction with life. We were
so lucky to have known her.
Carol LATIMER, Cindy
MIFSUD, Clara
CHAN, Dorothea
HUDEC and Liz
YEIGH are Ruth's Friends.
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HUDSON o@ca.on.grey_county.artemesia.flesherton.the_flesherton_advance 2008-06-25 published
HUDSON,
Bernice
In memory of Bernice
HUDSON,
July 2, 2001.
if tears could build a staircase
if love could build a lane
We would walk right up to heaven
And bring you back again.
- Deeply missed by husband Lloyd and sons Lonnie and Kenton
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HUDSON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-02-15 published
WILLIAMS,
Dale
Stanley
Of Southwold on Wednesday February 13, 2008, peacefully at his
late residence surrounded by his loving family in his 53rd year.
Beloved husband of Judy
WILLIAMS and dear father of Jeffrey
DALE
(Amber), Jeffery (Krystal), Adam (Keeley), Andrew (Angie), Nicholas
(Amber), Amanda (Steve), Jared, Kaitlin, Kristen, Evan, Mitch
and Mary. Dear grandfather of Austin, Nash, Haley, Peyton, Carson,
Rylan, Hunter, Ella, Wynter and Drydon. Beloved
son of Stanley
(Debbie) WILLIAMS and Edna
WILLOWS
(John
BENSEN.) Dear brother
of Phyliss and John
SWITZER,
Sandra and Roy
HENDERSON, Mark and
Teri WILLIAMS,
David
WILLIAMS, Sarah
WILLIAMS and Sean, Kaitlyn
WILLIAMS and Andrew. Dear son-in-law of Sue
SCHELL and Elmer
and Joan SCHELL.
Brother-in-law of Randy and Louise
FOSTER, Douglas
and Audrey
SCHELL,
Gerry and Donna
SCHELL, Howard and Dee
SCHELL,
Debbie SCHELL and Brian, Gary and Helen
SCHELL,
Robert and Sharon
SCHELL and Ann and Ronnie
HUDSON.
Sadly missed by a number of
nieces and nephews. Dale was born July 12, 1955 in London and
was a harness driver and trainer. Resting at Williams Funeral
Home, 45 Elgin Street, Saint Thomas where funeral service will be
held Saturday at 3: 00 p.m. Cremation to follow, with interment
of ashes in McArthur Cemetery at a later date. Visitation Friday
evening from 7-9 p.m. Donations may be made to the L.H.S.C. Clinical
Neurological Sciences Centre.
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HUDSON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-02-19 published
CRANE,
Cecil
Phillip
Dad's struggles are over and he has peace and rest at last. On
Saturday, February 16th, 2008 at Alexandra Hospital, Cecil Phillip
CRANE of Ingersoll passed away in his 84th year. Beloved husband
of Ilene for 57 years. Loving father of Tom
CRANE
(Barb,)
Bonnie
RIBARIC,
Harold
CRANE (Sandie) of Ingersoll, Dan
CRANE (Joanne)
of Beachville, Nancy
LEONARD, and Pat
CATTELL
(Dave) of London.
Dear grandfather of Darryl (Lisa), Mel, Colleen, Chloe, Karlo,
Matt, Josh, Tina, Aidan, Zach, Courtney, Katelynne and his latest
joy, great-grand_son Nathan. Dear brother of Molly
LANDON,
Dorothy
HUDSON (John), Bernice
MITCHELL (Bill), Mary
KNEAVES, Jack
CRANE,
and the late Albert
CRANE
(Joyce.) He will be sadly missed and
fondly remembered by many nieces, nephews and Friends. Cecil
was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, the Woodstock Navy
Club, and the Optimist Club. Cecil was the Canadian five pin
singles champion in 1963. He retired from Ingersoll Machine after
over 40 years and also served on the Ingersoll Fire Dept. for
25 years. Friends will be received by the#2 hours prior
to the funeral service which will be held at Ingersoll's Baptist
Church (Thames Street, Ingersoll) on Wednesday, February 20th,
2008 at 1: 00 p.m. Interment at Oxford Memorial Park Cemetery
in Woodstock. In memory of Cecil, contributions to the Canadian
National Institute for the Blind or the Ingersoll Fire Dept.
would be greatly appreciated.
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HUDSON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-02-19 published
HUDSON,
Shirley
Margaret▼ (née
TURNER)
Peacefully, at Kensington Village Nursing Home on Monday, February 18,
2008, Shirley Margaret (née
TURNER)
HUDSON of London, formerly
of Thorndale. Beloved wife for 37 years of the late Herbert Kenneth
HUDSON (1976) and of the late Clinton E.
HUDSON (2000.) Loved
by her children Margaret and Jim
SMITH,
London;
Rhonda and Wallace
McLAY, London; John and Eleanor
HUDSON, Thorndale; and Donald
HUDSON and
Kay AHN,
Pickering.
She adored her 11 grandchildren Bruce
SMITH and
Heather McNEELY,
Greg and Cathy
SMITH, Krista and Glenn
GREENFIELD,
John and Melinda
McLAY,
Andrea and Chad
MORE, Jennifer and Eric
KUBELKA,
Steven HUDSON and Jennifer
DAYMENT, Mary
HUDSON and Mark
ADELSON,
Sarah and Adam
AFFLECK,
Adam
HUDSON, Ryan and Melissa
HUDSON and
her 13 great-grandchildren Megan and Kaitlin
SMITH,
Andrew,
Kinsey and
Christopher
GREENFIELD,
Hope,
Grace and John
McLAY, Kate and April
MORE,
Josie and Claire
KUBELKA and Braydon
AFFLECK. She is survived
by a daughter-in-law Nancy
HUDSON, a sister Joyce
ARMITAGE, a
sister-in-law Evelyn
TURNER and Clint's family Gary and Marsha
HUDSON and Sharon and Bob
THIBAULT.
She▼ leaves many nieces, nephews,
cousins and Friends. Shirley was predeceased by her parents Wilbert and
Frances TURNER and by siblings Olive
ROBERTS,
Bruce
TURNER, Edna
Shoebottom, Grant
TURNER,
Maxine
Parkinson,
Una McLeod and sister-in-law
Mabelle Risdon. Shirley was born on October 13, 1918 in London
Township. In 1939 she married and moved to the first concession
of West Nissouri where she lived until her final home at Kensington
Village, London. Herbert and Shirley were active in the community
and church. Shirley loved to cook, garden, sew, do crafts but
her passion was her quilts and art projects. She also enjoyed
the outdoors. The family appreciates the care given to Shirley
during her stay at Kensington. She will be missed. Friends will
be received at the Logan Funeral Home, 371 Dundas St. (between
Waterloo and Colborne St.), on Wednesday from 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. Funeral
service will be conducted at Siloam United Church, 1240 Fanshawe
Park Rd. E., on Thursday, February 21, 2008, at 12: 30 p.m. with
Rev. Sheila
MacGREGOR officiating. Private family interment in
Saint_John's Cemetery, Arva. Donations to the Alzheimer Society,
555 Southdale Rd. E, Suite 100, London, Ontario, N6E 1A2 or Memorial
Fund at Siloam United Church would be appreciated by the family.
Online condolences can be expressed at www.loganfh.ca A tree
will be planted as a living memorial to Mrs. Shirley Margaret
HUDSON.
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HUDSON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-04-05 published
HUDSON,
Carole - Killed April 6, 2005
Three years have come and gone And still the memories linger
on The hopes and dreams, that we may All be to-gether some great
day. Bill
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HUDSON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-05-29 published
HUDSON,
Richard
Thomas
At the Bobier Villa, Dutton on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Richard
Thomas HUDSON born June 29, 1918 at Bryanston. Survived by a
sister Norma
SABOURIN of London and several nieces and nephews.
Predeceased by his parents Clifford and Bessie
(EDEY)
HUDSON,
sister Edith
McPHERSON, brothers Clinton, Beverly, Kenneth and
a niece Kathy
GREENE.
Richard served his country from 1942 to
1946, for years he operated the general store at Iona Station
and served as postmaster. The funeral service will be held from
the Bobier Villa on Friday, May 30 at 2 p.m. with visitation
1 hour prior. Interment in Siloam Cemetery. Donations to the
Bobier Villa would be appreciated. Arn Funeral Home Dutton entrusted
with arrangements.
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HUDSON o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-07-26 published
FITZSIMMONS,
Agnes (formerly
ASHWELL, née
HOOD)
In her 91st year, passed away peacefully on July 25, 2008 at
Wildwood Care Centre, Saint Marys, Ontario. Predeceased by her
husbands Thomas
ASHWELL of London and Edward
FITZSIMMONS of Thorndale.
Agnes is survived by her son Thomas
ASHWELL and his wife
Dagmar
(Fisl) of Kitchener, and step-daughters Eleanor
(FITZSIMMONS)
HUDSON and husband John of Thorndale, and Joan
(FITZSIMMONS)
STUBGEN and husband Walter of Kitchener, seven grandchildren
and seven great-grandchildren. At Agnes' request, cremation has
taken place. Visitation will be held on Monday, July 28, 2008
from 2: 00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. A Memorial Service
will be held on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 2: 00 p.m. with Rev. Johan
OLIVIER officiating. As an expression of sympathy a donation
to the Alzheimer Society would be appreciated. Online condolences
may be sent to www.ballfc.ca
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HUDSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-02-20 published
HUDSON,
Mary▲
Louise - Estate of
Notice To Creditors
All persons having claims against the Estate of Mary Louise
HUDSON,
late of the City of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, who
died on or about November 15, 2006, are required to file proof
of the same with the undersigned on or before March 15, 2008,
after which the Estate will be distributed having regard only
to the claims of which the undersigned shall then have notice.
Dated at Kingston, Ontario this 12th day of February, 2008.
Cunningham, Swan, Carty, Little and Bonham LLP
Barristers and Solicitors
City Place II
1473 John Counter Blvd.,
Suite 201
Kingston, Ontario
K7M 8Z6
Solicitors for the Estate Trustees
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HUDSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-03-01 published
HUDSON,
Claire
Doreen (née
WATSON)
Peacefully passed away, with her family by her side, on Thursday,
February 28th in her 84th year. Loving and devoted daughter of
the late Fritz and Laura
WATSON.
Beloved wife of the late Morgan
HUDSON and much loved mother of Susanne, John (Dixie,) Anne
EDWARDS
and predeceased by her youngest son Albert (Penny). Proud grandmother
of Julie (Kidup) and Stephanie
BEATTIE,
Jesse
EDWARDS, Jamie,
Alex and Andrew
HUDSON,
Zoe
(Lance) and Sam
HUDSON. Great-grandmother
of Summer and Aalyiah. Survived by her sisters Patricia and Beverley
WATSON.
Predeceased by her brothers Bob and Jack
WATSON and her
sister Donna
FRANCIS.
Remembered by her many nieces and nephews.
A private family service will be held. The family wishes to extend
their sincere appreciation to the wonderful staff at Christie
Gardens, where our mother resided for the last few years.
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HUDSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-03-27 published
FLEMING/FLEMMING,
Ailsa
Howden (née
BALFOUR)
Peacefully at home in Kingston on March 26, 2008, Ailsa (nee
BALFOUR) at the age of 83. The beloved wife of David Paul
FLEMING/FLEMMING.
She▲ leaves to mourn, her children; Molly
HUDSON and her husband
Bob, Christine
SHIPTON and her husband Tom, Paul
FLEMING/FLEMMING and
his wife Barbara, and Joyce
FLEMING/FLEMMING.
Remembered also by her
grandchildren; Thomas and Allie
(HUDSON,)
Alice and Rose
(SHIPTON,)
and Andrew, Michael and Margot
(FLEMING/FLEMMING.)
Predeceased by her
sister Mary Park
BALFOUR. A funeral service will be held at the
Cathedral Church of St. George, Kingston (corner King St. East
and Johnson St.) on Monday, March 31st at 2: 00 p.m. For those
wishing, memorial donations may be made to the Cathedral Church
of St. George, P.O. Box 475, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 4W5.
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HUDSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-06-30 published
HUDSON,
Roy
Gordon
Victoria College Class of '43, University of Toronto. Longtime
Member Cataraqui Golf and Country Club. Retired head of Guidance
Department KCVI.
Peacefully at the Kingston General Hospital on Thursday, June 26,
2008 in his 88th year. Beloved husband of Olga Teresa
HUDSON
(née KUSHNIR.) Dear father of David and his wife
Karen,
Deborah
and her partner Dawn
DOWNEY and Elaine and her husband Hafez
SHUHAIBAR.
Lovingly remembered by his grandchildren Benjamin,
Andrew (Kathryn), Peter (Gillian), Sydney, Spencer, Mazen and
Dahlia and Chester the Magic Cat. Family and Friends will be
received at the James Reid Funeral Home (1900 John Counter Blvd.)
on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial Service to be
held in Sydenham Street United Church (82 Sydenham Street) on
Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 11 a.m. As an expression of sympathy,
memorial donations made to the Kingston Humane Society or the
Chalmers United Church would be appreciated by the family.
www.jamesreidfuneralhome.com
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HUDSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-07-22 published
Toronto member of provincial parliament became chairman of the
Ontario Science Centre
Popular politician who started out as a locksmith never made
it to cabinet at Queen's Park. His mistake was to back the wrong
horse in a Progressive Conservative leadership race
By Godfrey
HUDSON,
Special to The Globe and Mail, Page S8
Toronto -- Len
REILLY was elected four times to Queen's Park
as an Ontario member of provincial parliament before losing favour
when he voted against eventual premier Bill Davis in a Tory leadership
race. He later became chairman of the Ontario Science Centre
and helped put the institution front and centre on the world's
museum stage. It was a heady career for a man who began his career
as a locksmith.
He grew up as the 13th of 16 children of Protestant Irish immigrants
who ran a grocery store after settling in Toronto. His mother
was an active member of the Orange Order, and every July 12,
the entire family would join in a march to celebrate the Protestant
victory at the Battle of the Boyne in eastern Ireland in 1690.
Later in life, however, he disassociated myself from what he
saw as the bigotry that existed between Catholics and Protestants.
"I always preferred to do things to bring people together rather
than to separate them," he wrote.
Because the Reillys were devout Anglicans, there were many restrictions
on the family's Sunday activities. They weren't allowed to play
cards or shop. Respect the Sabbath and dress up, the children
were told.
When Mr. REILLY was in Grade 10 and attending the Eastern High
School of Commerce, he prepared a poster that was displayed at
the Canadian National Exhibition. It read: "We never know for
what God is preparing us - for what work on Earth - for what
work in the hereafter. Our business is to do our work well."
The latter point became one of the themes of his life.
While in high school, he became keenly interested in debating.
A friend recalled a debate in 1929 about the future of University
Avenue, Toronto's downtown showpiece traffic artery. Matching
wits with a pretty girl, Mr.
REILLY argued that curves were very
appropriate on girls, but not on roads.
Like most teenaged boys, Mr.
REILLY was fascinated by cars. He
was just 14 when he bought an old Ford with money he had earned
from part-time jobs. Driver's licences were not required at that
time.
Four years later, he bought his "pride and joy" - a 1927 Chevrolet.
He used to look out of his bedroom window and "gaze in admiration
at that great big car parked on the street below," he wrote.
"Does it really belong to me?" Actually, it didn't. It belonged
to him and General Motors Acceptance Corp., which helped him
finance the sedan. He later wrecked it when he lost control on
a gravel road and plunged down a hillside. Luckily, he was not
injured.
Mr. REILLY's conduct as a teenager was by no means flawless.
One Halloween, he took a rocking chair from a neighbour's verandah
and hoisted it up a telephone pole. The next morning, the neighbour
phoned. "Leonard," she said, "will you come over and take down
the chair that you put up on the pole?"
After graduating from high school, he learned a trade from an
older brother who set up Reilly Lock at the rear of a shoemaker's
shop on Yonge Street. "I didn't have any formal training in locksmithing,
but it came easily," he said.
At the time, the Depression was under way and he was fortunate
to find work. "Jobs were hard to get and those who had jobs held
on to them," he once recalled. "Twenty-five dollars weekly was
a fair salary on which to support a family."
As business improved, the brothers moved to their own store on
Yonge Street and later to an even bigger premises. Eventually,
the company had 40 employees, 10 service trucks and - an innovation
- motorized delivery scooters.
He used his spare time and earnings to pursue his interest in
debating, devoting many hours to improving his communications
abilities. He took night courses and went to New York to study.
Dale Carnegie, the famous American author of How to Win Friends
and Influence People, asked Mr.
REILLY, by then a recognized
orator, to start a public-speaking class in Toronto. He declined
because he planned to establish his own venture. The Reilly Institute
of Public Speaking and Personal Development, created in 1943,
was an instant success. It was promoted as "Canada's Only Specialized
School in Public Speaking." Based in Toronto, branches were established
in Hamilton and Peterborough. Six-week courses cost $50. "The
ability to speak well is a priceless asset and the prime requisite
of every leader," said one of its ads.
In 1947, Mr.
REILLY made his first foray into the political arena.
Running as an aldermanic candidate, he used his oratory to win
six successive municipal victories - until 1962, when he was
persuaded to seek a seat in a provincial by-election. Representing
the Tories in Eglinton, he won by a mere 35 votes. A year later,
after paying close attention to his constituents, he widened
the margin in a general election. Homemakers were presumably
pleased at a private member's bill he introduced, and had passed,
permitting the sale of coloured margarine. Until then, they had
to press open a bulging button laden with colour and mix it into
the butter substitute.
In January of 1966, premier John Robarts made him deputy speaker,
an appointment praised by Ontario New Democratic Party leader
Donald MacDonald and Liberal leader Andrew Thompson, who described
him as "a man of independent thought."
In 1967 and 1971, Mr.
REILLY was returned to Queen's Park with
even greater majorities. When asked for the secret to his electoral
landslides, he replied: "My wife, Beulah. She is my best campaigner,
my severest critic and my hardest worker."
His performance in the legislature had also earned the loyalty
of voters. Again and again, he spoke forcefully about problems
facing the small businessman - "the victim of heavier and heavier
burdens constantly imposed upon him by governments." He also
opposed "compulsory unionism" of closed shops as a form of discrimination.
All things considered, everyone expected Mr. Robarts to appoint
him to cabinet. It didn't happen. Nor did it happen in 1971,
when Bill Davis succeeded Mr. Robarts as premier. Mr.
REILLY
had supported someone else for the party leadership.
He hung in until just before the 1975 general provincial election,
then decided not to run again. "Without assurance of a cabinet
seat after serving the province faithfully and well from 1971,
I decided to resign," he said.
He later dealt with the issue in a self-published memoir titled:
Living the Life of Reilly: "Some Friends suggested that there
were two reasons why Bill Davis didn't want to appoint me to
the cabinet. First, I didn't support him for leader of the party.
I supported Allan Lawrence." As well, "Roy McMurtry was a long-time
close personal friend of Bill Davis. Roy had been unsuccessful
contesting a previous election in Rosedale and thought Eglinton
would be a safe seat for a Tory."
Nevertheless, he remained loyal to the party and supported Mr. McMurtry
as his successor. Mr. McMurtry was later made attorney-general
and went on to become one of Canada's top jurists.
By this point, Mr.
REILLY had also given up his interest in Reilly
Lock. After maintaining close contact with staff through the
years, he supported the sale of the company to a U.S. firm, ADT Home
Security, in 1972. The offer was just too good, and he said he
would be willing to sell anything for a profit except his wife.
In 1978, Beulah died after undergoing a triple bypass operation.
Mr. REILLY threw himself with enthusiasm into the chairmanship
of the Ontario Science Centre, a position he had been offered
by Mr. Davis. It was not simply a figurehead position - he helped
raise the museum's international profile for seven years before
leaving in 1983.
In 2000, he was diagnosed with cancer in his back. Three operations
followed, after which he had to learn how to walk again. A former
president of a local Optimist Club, he was confident he could
beat it. His condition worsened after his 95th birthday. It became
necessary for him to sleep in a chair rather than a bed, but
he didn't complain. He adhered to the Optimist creed: "Look at
the sunny side of everything."
As he looked back on his life, he was particularly proud of having
organized the first Ontario Leadership Prayer Breakfast in 1970.
It is now an annual event.
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