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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - DNA with Gil Bardige
DESCRIPTION:Agenda				\n				\n				\n				\n									Wednesday\, May 8 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Meet and Greet – Light refreshments will be served.12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Brick Wall with Mona Morris and Mark Jacobson1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Short business meeting followed by Presentation 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Speaker				\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n				\n									Susan Weinberg is an artist\, author\, researcher\, and frequent speaker on genealogy topics. Drawing on her long career in finance\, she often applies spreadsheets as an analytic tool in her genealogy research. Her creative work often involves storytelling and frequently explores family history themes. Susan is the president of the Minnesota Jewish Genealogical Society (MNJGS)\, vice president of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) and vice president of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest (JHSUM). She developed the Jewish Identity and Legacy Project\, an oral history project with elders\, then authored the book We Spoke Jewish: A Legacy in Stories that includes oral history\, artwork\, and history on three groups of Jewish immigrants who spanned the 1900s. Susan has created and manages websites for several ancestral towns. She writes frequently for publications on genealogy topics and does genealogy research for clients around the world. 								\n				\n					\n				\n				\n				\n					Program				\n				\n				\n				\n									Our Jewish ancestors had a lot of names –– Hebrew names\, Yiddish names\, nicknames and often several secular names that can make tracing them challenging. Given names have a much longer history than surnames in Jewish history and often contain significant family history due to naming patterns. So how do you work back to their original name to find them in their ancestral town and how do you identify the names they took in the country to which they immigrated? Then how do you use that information to build out your tree? Could that name be hiding in plain sight? Join Susan in an exploration of the nuances of Jewish given names\, how to find them\, trace them\, and use them to expand your genealogy. She will present sources of information and methods in a variety of cases to make sense of this often-puzzling subject! 								\n				\n				\n				\n									Members are FREE – We look forward to seeing you in person or on ZOOM you do not need to do anything else. Guests MUST register using the form below. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Guest Registration
URL:https://jgspbc.org/event/lunch-and-learn-dna-with-gil-bardige/
LOCATION:Dr. André​​ Fladell Civic Center​ (formerly South County Civic Center)\, 16700 Jog Rd\, Delray Beach\, FL\, 33446\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260301T123000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T213339Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Steven Turner  -  “Galicia and Gesher Galicia"
DESCRIPTION:Agenda				\n				\n				\n				\n									Wednesday\, May 8 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Meet and Greet – Light refreshments will be served.12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Brick Wall with Mona Morris and Mark Jacobson1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Short business meeting followed by Presentation 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Speaker				\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n				\n									Susan Weinberg is an artist\, author\, researcher\, and frequent speaker on genealogy topics. Drawing on her long career in finance\, she often applies spreadsheets as an analytic tool in her genealogy research. Her creative work often involves storytelling and frequently explores family history themes. Susan is the president of the Minnesota Jewish Genealogical Society (MNJGS)\, vice president of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) and vice president of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest (JHSUM). She developed the Jewish Identity and Legacy Project\, an oral history project with elders\, then authored the book We Spoke Jewish: A Legacy in Stories that includes oral history\, artwork\, and history on three groups of Jewish immigrants who spanned the 1900s. Susan has created and manages websites for several ancestral towns. She writes frequently for publications on genealogy topics and does genealogy research for clients around the world. 								\n				\n					\n				\n				\n				\n					Program				\n				\n				\n				\n									Our Jewish ancestors had a lot of names –– Hebrew names\, Yiddish names\, nicknames and often several secular names that can make tracing them challenging. Given names have a much longer history than surnames in Jewish history and often contain significant family history due to naming patterns. So how do you work back to their original name to find them in their ancestral town and how do you identify the names they took in the country to which they immigrated? Then how do you use that information to build out your tree? Could that name be hiding in plain sight? Join Susan in an exploration of the nuances of Jewish given names\, how to find them\, trace them\, and use them to expand your genealogy. She will present sources of information and methods in a variety of cases to make sense of this often-puzzling subject! 								\n				\n				\n				\n									Members are FREE – We look forward to seeing you in person or on ZOOM you do not need to do anything else. Guests MUST register using the form below. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Guest Registration
URL:https://jgspbc.org/event/steven-turner-galicia/
LOCATION:FL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260302T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260302T163000
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SUMMARY:JGSPBC FTM User Group Meeting - POSTPONED
DESCRIPTION:Agenda				\n				\n				\n				\n									Wednesday\, May 8 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Meet and Greet – Light refreshments will be served.12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Brick Wall with Mona Morris and Mark Jacobson1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Short business meeting followed by Presentation 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Speaker				\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n				\n									Susan Weinberg is an artist\, author\, researcher\, and frequent speaker on genealogy topics. Drawing on her long career in finance\, she often applies spreadsheets as an analytic tool in her genealogy research. Her creative work often involves storytelling and frequently explores family history themes. Susan is the president of the Minnesota Jewish Genealogical Society (MNJGS)\, vice president of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) and vice president of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest (JHSUM). She developed the Jewish Identity and Legacy Project\, an oral history project with elders\, then authored the book We Spoke Jewish: A Legacy in Stories that includes oral history\, artwork\, and history on three groups of Jewish immigrants who spanned the 1900s. Susan has created and manages websites for several ancestral towns. She writes frequently for publications on genealogy topics and does genealogy research for clients around the world. 								\n				\n					\n				\n				\n				\n					Program				\n				\n				\n				\n									Our Jewish ancestors had a lot of names –– Hebrew names\, Yiddish names\, nicknames and often several secular names that can make tracing them challenging. Given names have a much longer history than surnames in Jewish history and often contain significant family history due to naming patterns. So how do you work back to their original name to find them in their ancestral town and how do you identify the names they took in the country to which they immigrated? Then how do you use that information to build out your tree? Could that name be hiding in plain sight? Join Susan in an exploration of the nuances of Jewish given names\, how to find them\, trace them\, and use them to expand your genealogy. She will present sources of information and methods in a variety of cases to make sense of this often-puzzling subject! 								\n				\n				\n				\n									Members are FREE – We look forward to seeing you in person or on ZOOM you do not need to do anything else. Guests MUST register using the form below. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Guest Registration
URL:https://jgspbc.org/event/ftm-user-group-meeting/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T203000
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SUMMARY:AI Learning and Special Interest Group Meeting (LSIG)
DESCRIPTION:Agenda				\n				\n				\n				\n									Wednesday\, May 8 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Meet and Greet – Light refreshments will be served.12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Brick Wall with Mona Morris and Mark Jacobson1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Short business meeting followed by Presentation 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Speaker				\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n				\n									Susan Weinberg is an artist\, author\, researcher\, and frequent speaker on genealogy topics. Drawing on her long career in finance\, she often applies spreadsheets as an analytic tool in her genealogy research. Her creative work often involves storytelling and frequently explores family history themes. Susan is the president of the Minnesota Jewish Genealogical Society (MNJGS)\, vice president of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) and vice president of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest (JHSUM). She developed the Jewish Identity and Legacy Project\, an oral history project with elders\, then authored the book We Spoke Jewish: A Legacy in Stories that includes oral history\, artwork\, and history on three groups of Jewish immigrants who spanned the 1900s. Susan has created and manages websites for several ancestral towns. She writes frequently for publications on genealogy topics and does genealogy research for clients around the world. 								\n				\n					\n				\n				\n				\n					Program				\n				\n				\n				\n									Our Jewish ancestors had a lot of names –– Hebrew names\, Yiddish names\, nicknames and often several secular names that can make tracing them challenging. Given names have a much longer history than surnames in Jewish history and often contain significant family history due to naming patterns. So how do you work back to their original name to find them in their ancestral town and how do you identify the names they took in the country to which they immigrated? Then how do you use that information to build out your tree? Could that name be hiding in plain sight? Join Susan in an exploration of the nuances of Jewish given names\, how to find them\, trace them\, and use them to expand your genealogy. She will present sources of information and methods in a variety of cases to make sense of this often-puzzling subject! 								\n				\n				\n				\n									Members are FREE – We look forward to seeing you in person or on ZOOM you do not need to do anything else. Guests MUST register using the form below. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Guest Registration
URL:https://jgspbc.org/event/lgsig-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T143000
DTSTAMP:20260410T152533
CREATED:20260107T042000Z
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SUMMARY:Jeannette Grunhaus de Gelman -“On Sunny Days We Sang”
DESCRIPTION:Agenda				\n				\n				\n				\n									Wednesday\, May 8 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Meet and Greet – Light refreshments will be served.12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Brick Wall with Mona Morris and Mark Jacobson1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Short business meeting followed by Presentation 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Speaker				\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n				\n									Susan Weinberg is an artist\, author\, researcher\, and frequent speaker on genealogy topics. Drawing on her long career in finance\, she often applies spreadsheets as an analytic tool in her genealogy research. Her creative work often involves storytelling and frequently explores family history themes. Susan is the president of the Minnesota Jewish Genealogical Society (MNJGS)\, vice president of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) and vice president of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest (JHSUM). She developed the Jewish Identity and Legacy Project\, an oral history project with elders\, then authored the book We Spoke Jewish: A Legacy in Stories that includes oral history\, artwork\, and history on three groups of Jewish immigrants who spanned the 1900s. Susan has created and manages websites for several ancestral towns. She writes frequently for publications on genealogy topics and does genealogy research for clients around the world. 								\n				\n					\n				\n				\n				\n					Program				\n				\n				\n				\n									Our Jewish ancestors had a lot of names –– Hebrew names\, Yiddish names\, nicknames and often several secular names that can make tracing them challenging. Given names have a much longer history than surnames in Jewish history and often contain significant family history due to naming patterns. So how do you work back to their original name to find them in their ancestral town and how do you identify the names they took in the country to which they immigrated? Then how do you use that information to build out your tree? Could that name be hiding in plain sight? Join Susan in an exploration of the nuances of Jewish given names\, how to find them\, trace them\, and use them to expand your genealogy. She will present sources of information and methods in a variety of cases to make sense of this often-puzzling subject! 								\n				\n				\n				\n									Members are FREE – We look forward to seeing you in person or on ZOOM you do not need to do anything else. Guests MUST register using the form below. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Guest Registration
URL:https://jgspbc.org/event/jeannette-grunhaus-de-gelman-on-sunny-days-we-sang/
LOCATION:FL
ORGANIZER;CN="Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County":MAILTO:ancestry@gensocofpbc.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260322T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260322T143000
DTSTAMP:20260410T152533
CREATED:20260107T151548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T210726Z
UID:15115-1774184400-1774189800@jgspbc.org
SUMMARY:Daniel Horowitz  -  “Another Top 10 Secrets to Using MyHeritage"
DESCRIPTION:Agenda				\n				\n				\n				\n									Wednesday\, May 8 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Meet and Greet – Light refreshments will be served.12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Brick Wall with Mona Morris and Mark Jacobson1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Short business meeting followed by Presentation 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Speaker				\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n				\n									Susan Weinberg is an artist\, author\, researcher\, and frequent speaker on genealogy topics. Drawing on her long career in finance\, she often applies spreadsheets as an analytic tool in her genealogy research. Her creative work often involves storytelling and frequently explores family history themes. Susan is the president of the Minnesota Jewish Genealogical Society (MNJGS)\, vice president of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) and vice president of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest (JHSUM). She developed the Jewish Identity and Legacy Project\, an oral history project with elders\, then authored the book We Spoke Jewish: A Legacy in Stories that includes oral history\, artwork\, and history on three groups of Jewish immigrants who spanned the 1900s. Susan has created and manages websites for several ancestral towns. She writes frequently for publications on genealogy topics and does genealogy research for clients around the world. 								\n				\n					\n				\n				\n				\n					Program				\n				\n				\n				\n									Our Jewish ancestors had a lot of names –– Hebrew names\, Yiddish names\, nicknames and often several secular names that can make tracing them challenging. Given names have a much longer history than surnames in Jewish history and often contain significant family history due to naming patterns. So how do you work back to their original name to find them in their ancestral town and how do you identify the names they took in the country to which they immigrated? Then how do you use that information to build out your tree? Could that name be hiding in plain sight? Join Susan in an exploration of the nuances of Jewish given names\, how to find them\, trace them\, and use them to expand your genealogy. She will present sources of information and methods in a variety of cases to make sense of this often-puzzling subject! 								\n				\n				\n				\n									Members are FREE – We look forward to seeing you in person or on ZOOM you do not need to do anything else. Guests MUST register using the form below. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Guest Registration
URL:https://jgspbc.org/event/daniel-horowitz-latest-my-heritage-technologies-for-genealogy/
LOCATION:West Boynton Library\, 9451 Jog Rd\, Boynton Beach\, FL\, 33437\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T143000
DTSTAMP:20260410T152533
CREATED:20260318T202333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T224133Z
UID:15265-1775997000-1776004200@jgspbc.org
SUMMARY:Richard  Goldman - "From Dust to Digital - Restoring The Jewish Shtetl"
DESCRIPTION:Agenda				\n				\n				\n				\n									Wednesday\, May 8 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Meet and Greet – Light refreshments will be served.12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Brick Wall with Mona Morris and Mark Jacobson1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Short business meeting followed by Presentation 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Speaker				\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n				\n									Susan Weinberg is an artist\, author\, researcher\, and frequent speaker on genealogy topics. Drawing on her long career in finance\, she often applies spreadsheets as an analytic tool in her genealogy research. Her creative work often involves storytelling and frequently explores family history themes. Susan is the president of the Minnesota Jewish Genealogical Society (MNJGS)\, vice president of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) and vice president of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest (JHSUM). She developed the Jewish Identity and Legacy Project\, an oral history project with elders\, then authored the book We Spoke Jewish: A Legacy in Stories that includes oral history\, artwork\, and history on three groups of Jewish immigrants who spanned the 1900s. Susan has created and manages websites for several ancestral towns. She writes frequently for publications on genealogy topics and does genealogy research for clients around the world. 								\n				\n					\n				\n				\n				\n					Program				\n				\n				\n				\n									Our Jewish ancestors had a lot of names –– Hebrew names\, Yiddish names\, nicknames and often several secular names that can make tracing them challenging. Given names have a much longer history than surnames in Jewish history and often contain significant family history due to naming patterns. So how do you work back to their original name to find them in their ancestral town and how do you identify the names they took in the country to which they immigrated? Then how do you use that information to build out your tree? Could that name be hiding in plain sight? Join Susan in an exploration of the nuances of Jewish given names\, how to find them\, trace them\, and use them to expand your genealogy. She will present sources of information and methods in a variety of cases to make sense of this often-puzzling subject! 								\n				\n				\n				\n									Members are FREE – We look forward to seeing you in person or on ZOOM you do not need to do anything else. Guests MUST register using the form below. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Guest Registration
URL:https://jgspbc.org/event/dick-goldman-jewish-shtetl/
LOCATION:Canyon Rd Branch Library\, 8915 Senator Joe Abruzzo Ave\, Boynton Beach\, Florida\, 33472
ORGANIZER;CN="Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County":MAILTO:ancestry@gensocofpbc.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T152533
CREATED:20260318T210441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T145443Z
UID:15283-1776972600-1776976200@jgspbc.org
SUMMARY:AI Learning and Special Interest Group Meeting (LSIG) - April
DESCRIPTION:Agenda				\n				\n				\n				\n									Wednesday\, May 8 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Meet and Greet – Light refreshments will be served.12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Brick Wall with Mona Morris and Mark Jacobson1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Short business meeting followed by Presentation 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Speaker				\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n				\n									Susan Weinberg is an artist\, author\, researcher\, and frequent speaker on genealogy topics. Drawing on her long career in finance\, she often applies spreadsheets as an analytic tool in her genealogy research. Her creative work often involves storytelling and frequently explores family history themes. Susan is the president of the Minnesota Jewish Genealogical Society (MNJGS)\, vice president of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) and vice president of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest (JHSUM). She developed the Jewish Identity and Legacy Project\, an oral history project with elders\, then authored the book We Spoke Jewish: A Legacy in Stories that includes oral history\, artwork\, and history on three groups of Jewish immigrants who spanned the 1900s. Susan has created and manages websites for several ancestral towns. She writes frequently for publications on genealogy topics and does genealogy research for clients around the world. 								\n				\n					\n				\n				\n				\n					Program				\n				\n				\n				\n									Our Jewish ancestors had a lot of names –– Hebrew names\, Yiddish names\, nicknames and often several secular names that can make tracing them challenging. Given names have a much longer history than surnames in Jewish history and often contain significant family history due to naming patterns. So how do you work back to their original name to find them in their ancestral town and how do you identify the names they took in the country to which they immigrated? Then how do you use that information to build out your tree? Could that name be hiding in plain sight? Join Susan in an exploration of the nuances of Jewish given names\, how to find them\, trace them\, and use them to expand your genealogy. She will present sources of information and methods in a variety of cases to make sense of this often-puzzling subject! 								\n				\n				\n				\n									Members are FREE – We look forward to seeing you in person or on ZOOM you do not need to do anything else. Guests MUST register using the form below. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Guest Registration
URL:https://jgspbc.org/event/ai-learning-and-special-interest-group-meeting-lsig-april/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T143000
DTSTAMP:20260410T152533
CREATED:20260318T205032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T205119Z
UID:15276-1779022800-1779028200@jgspbc.org
SUMMARY:Robin Meltzer -  "How Not to Read A Jewish Tombstone"
DESCRIPTION:Agenda				\n				\n				\n				\n									Wednesday\, May 8 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Meet and Greet – Light refreshments will be served.12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Brick Wall with Mona Morris and Mark Jacobson1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Short business meeting followed by Presentation 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Speaker				\n				\n		\n					\n				\n				\n																														\n				\n				\n				\n									Susan Weinberg is an artist\, author\, researcher\, and frequent speaker on genealogy topics. Drawing on her long career in finance\, she often applies spreadsheets as an analytic tool in her genealogy research. Her creative work often involves storytelling and frequently explores family history themes. Susan is the president of the Minnesota Jewish Genealogical Society (MNJGS)\, vice president of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) and vice president of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest (JHSUM). She developed the Jewish Identity and Legacy Project\, an oral history project with elders\, then authored the book We Spoke Jewish: A Legacy in Stories that includes oral history\, artwork\, and history on three groups of Jewish immigrants who spanned the 1900s. Susan has created and manages websites for several ancestral towns. She writes frequently for publications on genealogy topics and does genealogy research for clients around the world. 								\n				\n					\n				\n				\n				\n					Program				\n				\n				\n				\n									Our Jewish ancestors had a lot of names –– Hebrew names\, Yiddish names\, nicknames and often several secular names that can make tracing them challenging. Given names have a much longer history than surnames in Jewish history and often contain significant family history due to naming patterns. So how do you work back to their original name to find them in their ancestral town and how do you identify the names they took in the country to which they immigrated? Then how do you use that information to build out your tree? Could that name be hiding in plain sight? Join Susan in an exploration of the nuances of Jewish given names\, how to find them\, trace them\, and use them to expand your genealogy. She will present sources of information and methods in a variety of cases to make sense of this often-puzzling subject! 								\n				\n				\n				\n									Members are FREE – We look forward to seeing you in person or on ZOOM you do not need to do anything else. Guests MUST register using the form below. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					Guest Registration
URL:https://jgspbc.org/event/robin-meltzer-tombstones/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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