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Episode 10 - Trailer 2:11

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Episode 9 – All aboard! 22:01

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We like to think of our law firm as a sturdy and reliable ship that can navigate even the roughest waters, charting a sound path for our clients and their legal needs. We can’t achieve this, of course, without a great crew. And that requires careful recruitment of people with that “all hands on deck, always” attitude. In this episode, we introduce …

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Episode 9 - Trailer 1:35

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EP 58. Tangents, Tuition, and the Sith Rule of Pens 44:26

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This week, the guys get really sidetracked by school…or the process of going back to it. Also, this episode was recorded before the news about a particular pen retailer and their unfolding issues emerged. I just forgot to post this episode in a timely manner. Urban and I will probably be discussing it next episode. Sponsor: Pen Chalet: Go to Pen Ch…

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Episode 8 – Cell Surf Check Out 26:30

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It’s official. Phones are finally banned in classrooms! Sort of...except when....uh... Indeed, when the Ontario Ministry of Education laid out new rules about the hand-held digital distractions for this school year, the news was met with equal parts relief and skepticism. And a whole lot of confusion. How will it be enforced, legally, by teachers a…

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#170 – Putting together a new Christian worldview

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A retrospective that spotlights a provocative thread with huge theological and existential implications: the primordial cosmic ‘egg’ was fine-tuned, preprogrammed, and front-end loaded! In this Season Finale, we look back at an incredible series of episodes — most of them in the past few months, but many others from as far back as four years ago — …

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Episode 8 - Trailer 2:02

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#169 – Life starts shape-shifting

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After life got a foothold on Earth, it immediately set about to filling the various emerging ecosystems with new organisms. If you compressed the 3.7 billion year march of life on this planet down to 24 hours: earth comes into existence at midnight, the first fossils of life appear in the wee hours of the morning, the first multicellular life forms…

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#168 – Life from non-life?

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Deep ocean hydrothermal vents may have been the stage for the biggest play on earth, preprogrammed into the Big Bang: the origin of life! Over the past few weeks, we’ve been exploring the fine-tuning of the universe to produce life … complex, intelligent life. This week and next, we’re going to look at how it seems that the appearance of life was b…

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#167 – Fine-tuning without a “Tuner”

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An atheist response to fine-tuning: a super intellect ‘monkeying’ with the physics, a cosmic computer simulation, the multiverse hypothesis, and “the Gambler’s Fallacy.” So far, we’ve heard from five different university-trained scholars with theistic worldviews about fine-tuning of the universe: a Christian astronomer, a Jewish mathematician/physi…

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EP 57. Back from Vacation 37:06

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This week, Urban is back from vacation and has been rather busy working on FPC Ink. At the time of release, I can already tell you that I regret the things I suggested in this episode. Sponsor: Pen Chalet: Go to Pen Chalet. Click on the Podcast link at the top of the page. Enter the code “2guys”, and take advantage of some amazing deals and a site …

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#166 – What it takes to make a LIVING universe

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It takes an incredibly finer level of fine-tuning to produce a universe that has carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sodium, potassium, calcium, iron, copper, zinc, selenium, molybdenum and many other trace elements needed for life. Last week, we explored the first of three meanings of the term “fine-tuning of the universe”: the delicate precision and balanc…

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Episode 7 - Jason's Journey Part 2 29:04

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In this special episode, we return to Jason Ward’s kitchen table, more than a year and a half after the co-owner of the area’s most successful law firm opened up about his decision to leave a life of law – and focus on his recovery from addiction. Where is Jason now in that journey? What has he learned about how to manage his own mental health? Wha…

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#165 – What it takes to produce a universe

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Getting twenty five fundamental constants and physical laws just right to produce a universe full of electrons, neutrons, and protons … all the way up to planets and stars Last week, we learned that “Fine Tuning” can mean three very different things. Today, we’re going to explore the first of those three: the exquisite precision needed to produce a…

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Episode 7 - Trailer 1:53

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#164 – Fine Tuning: getting the pencil to stand on its tip!?

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“Fine Tuning” really means three very different things, two of which are recognized by astrophysicists of all stripes; but one of them … not so much. We have often looked closely at Creationism in all of its various forms, flavors and dimensions. Two particular aspects of Creationism are foundational for the faith of many Christians (not a tenet of…

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#163 – Evolution, a “good” creation, and the problem of pain

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Can we say God used evolution to produce a “good” creation if it involves so much pain, suffering, predation and death? Our listeners asked us to do an episode on how to rationalize Christian faith with all the pain and suffering that is brought on by the process of Evolution. We spoke to Dr. James Stump, whose recently released book — Sacred Chain…

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#162 – Bending the arc of the moral universe

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Humans have been developing the toolkit needed to fulfill the Divine command: “learn to get along and take care of the planet”! Martin Luther King famously said: “We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” The popular political commentator and TV host Jon Stewart added something poignant to those …

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Episode 6 - Stalking’s legal – and emotional – toll 24:22

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If they tell you they’re being stalked, believe them. That’s the message from someone who works for a local social agency that cares for women in crisis, as well as a criminal lawyer whose files include cases of stalking. But it can be a complex issue – especially with how the legal system can act on it. Alisha Fisher, community services manager wi…

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#161 – Human evolution, morality, and our ultimate purpose

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Human evolution is hard to take for some Christians, especially when we claim that humans have been climbing up the evolutionary ladder in the moral sense. It was only a few years ago that Pew Research found roughly one third of Americans believe that “humans have existed in their present form since the beginning of time” (and in case the obvious r…

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#160 – Richard Dawkins v. Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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The scientist poster-boy for atheism and an ex-Muslim, ex-atheist Christian have a conversation (not a debate) about worldviews (not God). One of our long-time listeners asked for our opinion on a ”debate” between Richard Dawkins and Ayaan Hirsi Ali: the conversation between the two of them raised many questions and points that resonated deeply wit…

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#159 – Answers-in-Genesis are getting a new leader …. and a Tower of Babel theme park!?

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Recent developments in the YECist world, according to a scientist who’s been watching them closely for two decades In this episode, we talk to Dr. Joel Duff: a professor doing biological research at a secular state university, and teaching students that come from the Bible belt of the USA. He’s been a popular blogger for twenty years, and more rece…

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#158 – A clash of wills in a Young Earth Creationist school system

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Sparks fly when a Greek Orthodox evolution-accepting professor comes up against an Evangelical school headmaster bent on bringing in a Young Earth Creationist curriculum Why are we doing yet another episode on Young Earth Creationism? The biggest reason is because it’s still a very potent ideology in Christianity, especially within Evangelicalism. …

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Episode 5 – All right, students. Pencils (and phones) down! 28:37

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In this special episode, we take our show on the road for a live recording at IE Weldon Secondary School in Lindsay. And the verdict is in: students in Mr Bergman’s Grade 12 law class came very well-prepared with a court room full of great questions for our panel of legal experts. Sam Drebit, Alex McLeod, Tory Smith, Hamid Asrar and Audrey Gregory …

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#157 – The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind

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“The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind” (opening sentence of chapter one) It’s no secret that modern Evangelicalism is not noted for its intellectualism. In fact, with groups in our midst like Young Earth Creationists, Flat Earthers, anti-vaxxers, and climate change deniers, and the constant criticism …

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EP 56. Indecisiveness and Carpal Tunnel 34:34

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This week, the guys stick to their schedule, record an episode on time, and manage to get off topic so many times that it was both really easy and really hard to pick a title for this one. Sponsor: Pen Chalet: Go to Pen Chalet. Click on the Podcast link at the top of the page. Enter the code “2guys”, and take advantage of some amazing deals and a s…

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#156 – An expert’s proposal for this religion-making software in my brain

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In addition to enhancing hominid survival and reproduction, this software equipped us to become aware of and look for the Transcendent. Once again we’re asking the question: “why do we have this cognitive machinery in our head that predisposes humans to having spiritual experiences and religion-making?” But this time we talked to a scholar on the s…

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#155 – “Is it all just in my head?” 50:30

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A retrospective journey through four years of episode releases had us asking this fundamental question. The short answer: of course it is! A few of the most recently released episodes prompted us to think back to about a dozen other episodes we’ve released in the past that focused on the cognitive machinery in our heads, and got us asking: are spir…

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#154 – Eastern Orthodoxy, symbolism and mysticism 1:04:53

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For some, the Bible takes on a deeper meaning when you read it less literally … exchanging certainty and rigidity for the fluidity of symbology, metaphor, and mysticism. If there’s one characteristic that sets Christian Fundamentalists apart from other forms of Christianity, it’s an over zealous commitment to a literal reading of the Bible. Exagger…

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#153 – A post-Christendom Christianity 1:14:14

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A northern Irish philosopher (who grew up in the 30-year war between “Protestants” and “Catholics”) gives us a whole new perspective on this ancient religion. This week, we’ll hear from a very thought-provoking philosopher — Dr. Peter Rollins — who we guarantee will have you thinking about Christian faith in entirely new ways. Peter grew up in Irel…

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Episode 4 - New house. So, no problems. Right? Uh...well... 19:34

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When you move into that newly-built house – (and there are many springing up in Kawartha Lakes) – there’s always a risk you’ll discover a....discrepancy. Maybe it’s a different flooring than you were expecting from the builder. Or it’s a crack in the foundation. Or worse. What’s your legal recourse? Lawyer, Calvin Chan, offers some insight and tips…

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#152 – Awe and spiritual experience, pt 2 55:53

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An experimental psychologist and a theologian with a PhD in psychology give us their perspectives on the emotion of awe and its role in the spiritual/religious experience. Last week, we explained why we decided to look more closely at the emotion of awe and its role in the spiritual / religious experience, as well as how scientists measure this emo…

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#151 – Awe, and the religious/spiritual experience 57:57

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After a quick primer on this uniquely human phenomenon, we’ll hear from someone who had a profound, life-changing experience during a solar eclipse, and then relate all of this to religious/spiritual experiences. Humans seem to be unique among all other species on Earth when it comes to the emotion of awe. Whether it’s experienced while standing at…

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#150 – Human evolution and Christian theology 1:11:43

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Many Christians can fully accept the idea of human evolution, but they use a language which betrays Young Earth Creationism. If we don’t update our language, we may lose a whole generation of Christians. Many Christians are perfectly fine with human evolution: descent over millions of years down a family tree we share in common with the chimpanzees…

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#149 – Creating a new Christian worldview 1:05:08

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A week after Easter 2024, and in response to questions from our listeners, we discuss a whole new perspective on who Jesus was, and what he gave the Jews, and the world, when he died on the cross. Several members of our private Facebook Discussion Group asked us to explain how we’ve been able to reject so much of our Evangelical faith, and yet stil…

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Episode 3 - Say, aren’t you that lawyer person? 23:04

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For those of us who live in a small town, we’ve pretty much heard all the jokes. The “Welcome” and “Come Again” sign on the same post. Your vehicle doesn’t need a turn signal, since everyone knows where you’re going. And so on... These (cough) “jokes” are wildly mythical and unfair. Sort of. Because, you see, a smaller population CAN make life more…

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#148 – Brian MacLaren: Life After Doom 59:15

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Brian takes an entirely new and unexpected direction in this latest book: it’s not enough to talk about bringing heaven down to earth, we have to stop creating hell on earth. Brian MacLaren is widely recognized in the Evangelical community. In fact, in 2015, Time magazine named him one of the 25 most influential Evangelicals in America! But he’s be…

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#147 – The “personal relationship” with the divine 1:07:06

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A social anthropologist, with decades of scholarship on people striving to connect to another dimension, gives us her perspective on the Evangelical version of this phenomenon. “It’s not a religion … it’s a relationship!” Many Christians claim this is what separates their faith from all others. There was a time when I myself made this claim. I don’…

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#146 – Hell? or Purgatory? 1:08:29

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We trace the evolution of the human construct “Hell” (Sheol; Hades; Gehenna; Dante’s Inferno), then talk about how hell may not be a place of eternal conscious torture by fire (the modern Evangelical version), but a transitional process intended to purify (Purgatory and Universalism). One of the most disturbing elements of the “Good News” preached …

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#145 – Grieving the loss of faith 1:00:58

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David Morris, with a PhD in psychology and theology, tells us about the psychology behind forming a spiritual/religious worldview, and then rejecting that worldview, and the mourning process that follows. In this episode, we talk to Dr. David Morris, who holds a PhD in psychology and in theology, worked for one of the largest publishers of Christia…

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Episode 2 - From Chalk Board to the Boardroom 23:07

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That transition from post-secondary to your first career job can be – and usually is – daunting.“This is sure different than school!” is, indeed, a common refrain.But here’s the thing: isn’t it supposed to be different? And challenging? And scary? But also rewarding and re-assuring?We speak to five people studying law - Desiree Tomaselli, Abbie Has…

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#144 – Giving up God – a personal story 1:17:52

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For Sarah Henn Hayward, reading a few too many books, meeting a few too many beautiful non-Christians, and asking a few too many questions, was just too much for her Evangelical faith. For five years, we’ve been building a community of like-minded people wrestling with a spirituality that didn’t work for us …. or even harmed us. We’re all Recoverin…

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EP 55. Go Home Lamy. You’re Drunk! 41:36

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Holy Carp! It’s two episodes in two months! Sorry for the clickbait on the last title. The podcast isn’t going anywhere. If anything, Urban and I are planning on bringing more episodes to you this year and beyond. This time around, we discuss Lamy shenanigans and I try to describe Palworld without feeling like a horrible human being. Sponsor: Pen C…

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#143 – Season 5 opener 1:04:15

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Setting the stage for the next season of episodes, and how we want to move beyond merely “dancing in the ruins” of a deconstructed faith We’re back! After a 3-month hiatus to recalibrate and strategise, we’re now embarking on a season in which we’re emphasizing reconstruction of a new Christian worldview that works … for us at least … in the 21st c…

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Episode 2 - Trailer 1:59

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Episode 1 - Hey, TV! You're out of order! 25:29

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In this, our inaugural episode, we take a look at how the law and lawyers are portrayed on TV and in film. Lawyers Calvin Chan, Alex McLeod and Hamid Asrar, along with law clerk, Samantha Drebit, and articling student, Aaron Huizinga, do it through an especially Canadian legal lens. Eh! Theme music by Lindsay’s own, Sean Jamieson.…

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EP 54. Is It Burnout or Is Quitting The Right Call? 41:46

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This week we talk about burnout, where we’ve been, and some things other than pens. The show notes are short for this one. Sponsor: Pen Chalet: Go to Pen Chalet. Click on the Podcast link at the top of the page. Enter the code “2guys”, and take advantage of some amazing deals and a site wide coupon. Thank you to Pen Chalet for sponsoring 2 Guys 0 P…

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#142 – Putting together a new Christian worldview (part 6) 57:56

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A brief retrospective on Season 4, and a longer one on the journey that the podcast has taken us on through Christian belief. Well, we kept it going for over a year, and added 54 more episodes to our archive. But all good things must come to an end. And so this will be the finale for our fourth season of episodes. This podcast grew out of a blog si…

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#141 – The Teleological Menace: Why Biology (Still) Requires God 1:20:49

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Biology is unique among the sciences in its apparently absolute dependence on language that implies a goal, direction, or intention. Does this mean that biology IS goal-oriented, or directed? If so, that has huge philosophical and theological implications!? Our deep-dive into Intelligent Design got us wondering why so many people embrace that world…

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#140 – LTEE shows evolution in real-time! 1:22:58

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The details behind the story of how bacteria mutated in order to grow bigger and better by eating oranges, instead of sugar. Last week, we talked to a member of the Long-Term Evolution Experiment, Dr. Zachary Blount. He and his colleagues followed 75,000 generations of bacteria competing for a limited food resource — sugar — and described many diff…

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