OpenAI and Common Sense Media have launched a Free Online Course for K12 teachers on using ChatGPT in education. The course has already been implemented in dozens of schools in the United States, but some teachers have expressed concern.
OpenAI has officially launched a free online course designed to help K-12 teachers learn how to implement ChatGPT. It is reported about the introduction of the course in "dozens" schools.
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OpenAI and its nonprofit partner Common Sense Media have launched a free teacher training course aimed at demystifying artificial intelligence and rapid design, the organizations announced on Wednesday.
OpenAI says it has already implemented the course in "dozens" of schools, including in Arizona, California, as well as in the Challenger schools charter school system.
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Schools across the country are grappling with new opportunities and challenges as artificial intelligence changes education. With this course, we take a proactive approach to support and educate front-line teachers and prepare them for this transformation
said Robbie Thorney, senior director of artificial intelligence programs at Common Sense Media.
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The training course, aimed at K-12 teachers (K-12 teachers in the United States are defined as educational engineers), demonstrates how to use the ChatGPT chatbot for various educational purposes, such as creating content for lessons or optimizing meetings in departments.
The honorable one on the Common Sense Media website, whose course is a pershoy proposition within the framework of the OpenAI partnership with Common Sense Media.
OpenAI, which is supported by Microsoft MSFT.O and other investors, valued at 1 157 billion in the latest round of funding, have formed a dedicated team to support the exchange rate.
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Teachers remind us that AI can be used as a fraud tool.
Les Warwick, a sports lecturer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is concerned that resources like OpenAI are normalizing the use of AI among teachers. Reasons to worry – not everyone knows the ethical implications of this still-new technology.
In the hint examples [provided by OpenAI], one tells you to include grades and feedback from past assignments, while the other tells you to create a hint for an exercise to teach another subject, such as the history of the Mexican Revolution. The next security module explains how to never enter student data, and then explains the bias inherent in generative AI and accuracy issues. I'm not sure if all of this is compatible with use cases
– he says.
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Denmark has hosted the first meeting within the Northern Group-Ukraine format, which brings together 12 European nations and aims to promote defence cooperation.
Source: Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umierov, as reported by European Pravda
Details: The Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland) and the Baltic states, along with the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland, formed the Northern Group-Ukraine format.
The defence ministers of the member states in the Northern Group-Ukraine format. Photo: Rustem Umierov on Facebook
Umierov noted that during the meeting, the defence ministers of the member states discussed plans for 2025, Ukraine's urgent needs and "how to meet them together as quickly as possible".
"Investments in the Ukrainian defence industry are a separate priority. An increasing number of countries are joining the effort to finance Ukrainian production, particularly through the Danish model, with Sweden, Norway and Lithuania taking part," he said.
Ukraine's defence minister added that the next meeting in the Nordic Group-Ukraine format will be held in Ukraine.
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Last week, Umierov announced that Norway would finance the production of Ukrainian weapons and equipment, thus joining the Danish model of military support for Ukraine.
At the Ukraine-Northern Europe summit last month, the prime ministers of Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden expressed their interest in further cooperation with the Ukrainian defence industry.
Sweden is investigating the damage to two data cables in the Baltic Sea, looking into the involvement of the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3. Germany considers the incident an act of hybrid warfare.
Sweden is investigating the damage to two data cables in the Baltic Sea, examining the possible involvement of the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3, UNN reports with reference to the Financial Times.
Investigators are looking into the circumstances surrounding the damage to two data cables in the Baltic Sea, including the route of the Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3. This is the second such investigation in recent months amid growing concerns in Europe about possible sabotage.
The Chinese-registered Yi Peng 3 was sailing from the Russian port of Ust-Luga to Port Said in Egypt. It was in the vicinity of the Swedish-Lithuanian and Finnish-German cables around the time the cables were damaged on Sunday and Monday, according to MarineTraffic data.
The vessel was closely monitored by the Danish Navy, which is confirmed by open-source intelligence. Swedish authorities have launched an investigation into the incidents to determine the possible involvement of the Yi Peng 3, sources familiar with the investigation said.
"The Swedes are scrutinizing the Chinese vessel," said one person familiar with the investigation.
The Swedish government refrained from commenting on the situation with the Chinese ship. However, one official noted that a police investigation will analyze its routes in cooperation with the coast guard and armed forces.
The incident comes just over a year after the anchor of another Chinese vessel, the container ship Newnew Polar Bear, damaged the Baltic gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia. The authorities of these countries did not specify whether the damage was intentional or accidental.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Monday that the damage to two fiber optic cables within 24 hours was likely a sabotage and an act of hybrid warfare.
He added: "No one believes that these cables were cut by accident. Therefore, we have to state, without knowing exactly who did it, that this is a "hybrid" action. And we also have to assume, without knowing it, that it is sabotage.
The Yi Peng 3 is owned by Ningbo Yipeng Shipping, a company based near the port city of Ningbo in eastern China that owns only one ship. A company spokesperson told the Financial Times that "the government has asked to cooperate with the investigation," but refused to answer further questions, saying he was boarding a plane and ended the conversation.
The Chinese Embassy in Stockholm said it "has no information on the matter," while the embassy in Helsinki did not provide any comment on the request.
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On November 18 , it was reportedthat the C-Lion1 telecommunications cable between Helsinki and Rostock stopped working.
More than two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion delayed its release and upended its developers’ lives, Ukraine’s "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2" — one of the most anticipated video games of the year — was released on Nov. 20.
Employees of GSC Game World, the Ukrainian company behind its creation, completed the game while navigating blackouts, missile strikes, scattered employees, and the challenge of restarting operations from a new office in Prague.
Originally set for a release in April 2022, the game experienced several delays when many of its staff were forced to flee Ukraine that February. Ahead of the release this week, presales of the game took it to the top spot for games sold on the popular video game platform Steam.
Like the 2007 original in the series, which has been played by millions, "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2": Heart of Chornobyl is a first-person immersive shooter game set in a fictionalized version of Chornobyl's exclusion zone after an apocalyptic nuclear disaster.
The war affected more than just the timing of the game's release. After the full-scale invasion, the game's name was changed to use the Ukrainian spelling of Chornobyl, instead of the Russian version, "Chernobyl." GSC Game World also removed Russian voiceovers and has refused to sell the game in Russia.
The game developers have spoken about facing Russian threats and frequent hacking attempts because of their decisions.
'I switched to drawing on paper'
In a documentary about the game’s creation released in October, Anton Kukhtytskyi, the game’s lead concept artist, described his first weeks of the full-scale war. For two weeks, he had no electricity, internet, or connection outside his village. He had no idea if the rest of his family had survived.
"Sitting in that cellar with my wife and my cats, I felt like I was abandoned. But like a 'stalker,' you have to learn how to live in such situation," Kukhtytskyi said. "I switched to drawing on paper, so I didn’t stop developing."
After many of the staff relocated to Prague, they had to completely recast their voice-actors, since many had gone to fight, relocated, or fallen out of communication. Additionally, the staff had fled without their equipment and had to build new motion capture and audio recording studios from scratch, according to the film.
"S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2," released on Nov. 20, is set in a fictionalized exclusion zone of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. (GSC Game World)
A significant portion of the staff still remains in Ukraine.
Because of the developers' vocal support for Ukrainian armed forces and the content of the game, a Russian official suggested this month that purchases of the game in Russia could be criminalized after its release. (While GSC Game World products are not officially available in Russia, users have reported workarounds online.)
Prior to the full-scale invasion, Ukraine was home to hundreds of video game companies and an estimated tens of thousands of Ukrainian video game developers.
GSC Game World was founded in Kyiv in 1995 and is one of the oldest and most prominent video game developers in the country. In addition to "S.T.A.L.K.E.R.," the company is known for its "Cossacks" strategy game franchise.
Since 2020, the company is co-owned by Maksym Krippa, a wealthy Ukrainian businessman who has kept a low profile and mostly avoided public attention.
Krippa's career is reportedly connected with casinos and gambling businesses, though GSC Game World distanced itself from his former activities, stating his portfolio no longer holds gambling companies.
In the past several years, Krippa has built up significant stakes in online gaming and real estate, including the 2018 purchase of Ukraine's major e-sports league NAVI and a subsequent deal to become co-owner of Maincast, an e-sports broadcasting studio.
He made headlines recently with real estate purchases of the Parus business center in Kyiv last year, which Forbes Ukraine dubbed "the largest deal since the start of the full-scale war," and purchases of major hotels in downtown Kyiv.
Glowing letters advertising "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2" topped the Parus business center ahead of the game's release.
The President of Ukraine urged not to panic over reports of a possible Russian attack. He emphasized that information injection only helps the enemy and called for further strengthening of air defense.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted to panic reports about some special danger and noted that this only helps Russia, UNN reports.
"Today there were a lot of nerves and questions about some special danger. Although we have already gone through so many cruel and vile attacks by Russia during this time. We should always pay attention to the air raid alert. We have a neighbor who is crazy. Today, on the 1001st day of the full-scale war, Russia is just as crazy as it was on the 1000th day and on February 24. The information injection that took place today, some panic messages that were sent – all this only helps Russia," Zelensky said.
He called on Ukrainians to take care of themselves, help the army, and make sure that "no one can use your emotions for their own benefit.
"And we continue to strengthen air defense," the President summarized.
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The United States and several other countries closed their embassies on Wednesday. The US diplomatic mission warned of a possible air attack.
Russian forces attacked settlements in Kharkiv Oblast on 20 November, injuring a man and a woman.
Source: Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office
Quote: "Investigators indicate that on 20 November at 11:40, the occupiers shelled the village of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi. A 64-year-old civilian was injured. Early reports indicate that Russian forces targeted the settlement using multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS).
At around 15:00, the enemy attacked the village of Vysokyi in the Kharkiv district with a drone. A non-residential building was damaged, and a 63-year-old woman was injured."
Details: In addition, at around 15:00, Russian artillery shelled the village of Borshchova in the Kharkiv district, damaging a residential building. No casualties were reported.
Ford plans to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe, including 2,900 in Germany. The decision is due to losses in the passenger car segment and the transition to electric vehicle production.
American automaker Ford has announced plans to cut jobs in Germany. The main impact will be on the plant in Cologne, where about a quarter of jobs will be eliminated.
Written by UNN with references to Bild and AFP.
The plan announced by Ford: 2900 jobs will be cut in Germany by the end of 2027. The decision is related to the company's large losses in the passenger car segment, expensive restructuring to the production of electric vehicles, and strict environmental standards.
There will also be cuts in other countries: 800 jobs in the UK and 300 in the rest of Europe. This was reported to the France-Presse by a Ford representative.
A total of 4,000 new jobs are planned to be cut in Europe by the end of 2027, mainly in Germany and the UK.
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Nissan will cut 9,000 jobs and lower its profit forecast.
Audi's operating profit fell 91% to 106 million euros in the third quarter. The company is negotiating to cut 15% of indirect jobs, which will amount to about 4,500 positions in Germany.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Nov. 19 that Ukraine had launched the U.S.-made ATACMS missiles against Russia's Bryansk Oblast.
Hours prior, Ukraine struck a Russian military facility in Karachev, Bryansk Oblast, a two-hour drive from the Ukrainian-controlled part of Russia.
President Joe Biden's decision to finally allow Ukraine to use ATACMS against Russian and North Korean forces comes with a looming deadline — the inauguration of Donald Trump on Jan. 20.
The new president is widely expected to lead a dramatic shift in U.S. policy towards the war, focused on attempts to get Kyiv and Moscow to negotiate.
Both sides will be looking to enter any possible talks in the most favorable position possible, with territory in Kursk Oblast potentially being some of the most politically valuable of all.
"Many of our fellow citizens will be hurt by these words, but the defense of Kursk Oblast is a higher priority than the Kurakhiv bridgehead, Donetsk, and Luhansk oblasts," Dmytro Zhmailo, a military expert and executive director of the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Center, told the Kyiv Independent.
The ability to finally use the long-range missiles to attack military facilities in Kursk Oblast and its surroundings is expected to give Ukraine a better chance to hold on to the Russian territories that are said to be the last major ace in Kyiv's rather unfavorable hand.
What is ATACMS?
The Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) is a U.S.-made, short-range, supersonic ballistic missile.
The ATACMS have a range of up to 300 kilometers, can be equipped with either high explosive or cluster munition warheads, and are fired from U.S.-made 142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).
They're not new to the war in Ukraine — in the fall of 2023, the U.S. began supplying Kyiv with an older model of ATACMS with a range of around 165 kilometers.
In the spring of 2024, the New York Times (NYT) reported that the U.S. had shipped around 100 updated versions of ATACMS missiles, which can reach up to 300 kilometers.
Ukraine has put both variants into effect on the battlefield, striking targets in occupied Crimea and other parts of Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine.
In this handout image released by the South Korean Defense Ministry, an Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) is fired during a joint training of the United States and South Korea, on Oct. 5, 2022, at an undisclosed location. (South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images)
How could ATACMS help in Kursk?
After Ukraine launched its incursion into Kursk Oblast, Kyiv said one of the main aims of the operation was to prevent Moscow from sending additional reinforcements to the front in Ukraine's east.
Yet, Russia's grinding advances in Donetsk Oblast have only gained pace in the months since, with large chunks of Ukrainian territory, sometimes including entire towns, lost on a near-daily basis in southern Donetsk Oblast.
Without diverting troops from eastern Ukraine, Russia has been able to assemble a force of nearly 50,000 troops in Kursk Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Nov. 11, including more than 10,000 soldiers from North Korea.
Militarily, this particular aim in Kursk Oblast has failed, but Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election has dramatically changed the calculus.
The president-elect has long promised to bring a swift end to the war in Ukraine, and although he has not elaborated on his plans, it's been widely reported that it will involve a freezing of the front lines shortly after he takes office.
Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump greets supporters during a campaign rally at Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada, US on Oct. 31, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
According to experts who spoke to the Kyiv Independent, Ukraine's territory in Kursk has now soared in political value and would be a strong bargaining chip in any negotiations.
"Moscow wants to go into any negotiations with the dominant narrative that Ukraine is getting progressively weaker and less able to sustain the war, with allies that are growing tired of supporting Kyiv, whereas Moscow can keep up this level of effort forever," Jenny Mathers, senior lecturer in international politics at Aberystwyth University, told the Kyiv Independent.
"Anything that raises questions about that narrative, such as a newly empowered Ukrainian force in Russia, or the easing of restrictions on Ukraine's use of Western weapons, or greater energy and enthusiasm for the fight on the side of Ukraine's allies, is a danger to Russia's position."
If Ukraine can hold on until Trump takes office, it could make the idea of Russian President Vladimir Putin agreeing to any proposal to freeze the war unfeasible, as freezing the war with a front line inside Russia would likely be a non-starter for the Kremlin.
"Our presence in Russia negates its power," Zhmailo said. "It also strengthens our negotiating position, and offsets the principle of the Russians, various peace doves, the Chinese-Brazilian initiative, and the African initiative to freeze the actual front line.
"Our presence in Russia negates its power. It also strengthens our negotiating position."
"That is why the Russians have become so active now."
But this all relies on one thing — Ukraine being able to hold on to territory in Kursk Oblast, and fend off the 50,000-strong force now assembled to assault Kyiv's positions.
According to John Foreman CBE, the U.K.'s former defense attache in Moscow from 2019 to 2022, the decision to allow Ukraine to use ATACMS against Russian and North Korean forces in Kursk Oblast is at least in part an effort to help Kyiv hold on to as much territory as possible before Trump takes office and tries to freeze the front lines.
"Plus a reaction to North Korea sending troops and Russia pummeling Ukrainian cities," he added.
Can ATACMS make a difference in Kursk Oblast?
"Like with any weapon introduced it will not win the war by itself," Sascha Bruchmann, a military analyst at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, told the Kyiv Independent.
"But it will make it more difficult for the Russians to command their troops effectively and supply them adequately from even further afar."
Bruchmann points to the effect U.S.-supplied HIMARS had in Ukraine when they first arrived in the summer of 2022, compelling Russian forces to move command centers and logistical nodes out of their 80-kilometer range after a series of devastating Ukrainian strikes.
"It will make it more difficult for the Russians to command their troops effectively, and supply them adequately from even further afar," Bruchmann said.
"For example, Russian transport hubs such as train junctions that feed the front lines in Kursk or Belgorod are now more vulnerable."
Ukrainian reported an attack against a Russian arsenal in Karachevб overnight on Nov. 19, reportedly ефкпуеув stored artillery ammunition, including North Korean munitions, KAB guided bombs, anti-aircraft missiles, and rocket launcher ammunition.
Retired U.S. Lieutenant General Ben Hodges agreed with Burchman, saying while strikes like this won't be a "game changer," it is nonetheless "still a positive step."
"I would anticipate that the Ukrainian General Staff will use these to target Russian headquarters, logistics, and artillery," he told the Kyiv Independent.
"That's how you defeat mass and mass is the only advantage that the Russian forces have, the big numbers." On the ground in Kursk Oblast, the political machinations of Biden's ATACMS decision prompted more questions than answers from at least one soldier.
"That's how you defeat mass and mass is the only advantage that the Russian forces have, the big numbers."
"I look at it all, and it's all a big show to me," Dmytro, a medic with Ukraine 61st Mechanized Brigade who has been stationed in Kursk Oblast since the start of the incursion, told the Kyiv Independent.
"Why didn't they give it earlier? Why did we take so long? Because it was simply profitable for someone to drag it all out, that's all. That is, human life is not valued, human resources are not valued, but something else is valued."
A Ukrainian drone Unit commander with the call sign Boxer (right) stands in front of Ukrainian vehicles parked at a Ukrainian military position and former Russian military position in the Ukrainian-controlled territory of Sudzha, Kursk Oblast, Russia, on Aug. 18, 2024. (Ed Ram/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
What is Kyiv saying?
Officially, holding territory in Kursk Oblast is not about holding a bargaining chip in future negotiations but defending Ukraine's Sumy Oblast from attacks, Ukrainian lawmaker and the chair of the parliament's foreign affairs policy Oleksandr Merezhko told the Kyiv Independent.
But he added that as well as having a military purpose, it does hold political weight in the context of peace talks.
"It might help to force Putin to negotiate in earnest," he said, adding: "Because holding this territory shows the weakness of Putin, his inability to guarantee security within the country."
While it may not be the official position, Zelensky has alluded to the bargaining power of holding territory in Kursk Oblast, saying on Sept. 4 that the "same attitude" was applied to trading captured territories as trading captured prisoners of war (POWs).
And the mood music in Kyiv has shifted dramatically since the Nov. 5 election, with Zelensky saying on Nov. 16 that the war will "end faster" under a Trump administration, adding that Ukraine must do everything possible to end the war through diplomatic means.
"There is a tendency to see Trump's election and looming presidency as nothing but bad news for Ukraine, but the sense that this stage of the war is coming to some kind of a resolution may have created some urgency and pace that may work in Ukraine's favor," Mathers said.
"Without the sense of the ticking clock produced by Trump's approaching inauguration, there is the risk that Ukraine's territorial gains in Russia could have just dwindled to little or nothing, gradually over time.
"So, by creating a new momentum, I think Trump has affected events quite a lot."
In the Pokrovsk sector, near the village of Novodmitrivka, Russian troops captured and shot dead two Ukrainian soldiers. Information about the killing of three more wounded defenders is being checked.
The occupiers have once again shot captured Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovsk sector. According to the Prosecutor General's Office, an investigation has been launched, UNN reports.
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According to law enforcement agencies, on November 10, 2024, during an assault on the fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Novodmitrivka, Pokrovsk district, Russian military personnel took two Ukrainian soldiers prisoner. After that, they forced the prisoners to undress and led them at gunpoint through a forest plantation, where they were shot.
"…a pre-trial investigation has been initiated into the commission of a war crime that resulted in the death of people (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)," the statement said.
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Information about the killing of three more wounded Ukrainian defenders at this position by the occupiers is also being checked.
Such actions qualify as a serious international crime and a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions.
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Chelsea summer signing Jadon Sancho has been accused of “falling back into his old ways” following his move from Premier League rivals Manchester United.
The England international failed to live up to expectations at Man Utd and had a major fallout with former boss Erik ten Hag at the start of last season.
Following this clash, Sanchowas banished from the first team and sent on loan to Borussia Dortmund during this year’s winter transfer window.
Sancho returned to Man Utd in the summer and featured for Ten Hag’s side during pre-season, but he joined Chelseaon loan towards the end of the window.
The 24-year-old made a strong start to this season as he grabbed an assist in each of his first three Premier League games for Chelsea.
Sancho did not feature in Chelsea’s last three Premier League games before the international break as it’s understood that he had fitness issues. Former Spurs midfielder Jamie O’Hara has subsequently accused the winger of “falling back into his own ways”.
“Jadon Sancho’s been given an opportunity at Chelsea to prove people wrong, but it hasn’t happened yet,” O’Hara said in an interview with Grosvenor Sport.
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“Manchester United spent a lot of money on him and it didn’t work out, so he’s gone to Chelsea and showed signs of brilliance and confidence at the start, but he seems to have fallen back into his old ways since then.
“I think the problem with Sancho at Chelsea is that there are better players than him in that squad – Pedro Neto and Noni Madueke are more influential than him. He needs to try and produce moments when he gets the chance to impress, or he’ll stay where he is in the pecking order.
“It’s always going to be difficult when there’s a big group of attacking players in the same squad, but I think Enzo Maresca has worked out that Sancho isn’t as good as a lot of them.”
“He’s a top player and they can’t be getting rid of him in January. I don’t know what he’s moaning about to be honest – I know he’s not playing week in and week out in the Premier League, but that’s fair play to the likes of Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer.
“Nkunku just has to deal with it – he was injured all of last season and has come back this year, so he needs to fight his way back into the team.
“Chelsea are doing well and are in a good place at the moment, so Nkunku just needs to accept it and fight for his position. Big clubs need top players in every position, so I can’t see Chelsea cashing in on him.
“Manchester City have top players in every area twice over, so if Chelsea want to get to that kind of level, then stuff like this is just part and parcel of being successful.”
The defence ministers of the member states in the Northern Group-Ukraine format. Photo: Rustem Umierov on Facebook 
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