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Feb. 4, 2013 3:22pm Erica Ritz

Coweta Intermediate High School on Lockdown After Possible Student Suicide in Bathroom

An aerial view of the school. (Photo: NewsOn6)

Coweta Intermediate High School in Coweta, Oklahoma was put on lockdown this morning after police responded to an “officers needed” call around 8:30 a.m. local time. Local reports indicated that shots may have been fired.

At 2 p.m., police confirmed that a 15-year-old 9th grade male had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The body was reportedly discovered in the school restroom.

Superintendent Jeff Holmes was inundated by questions about bullying at the press conference, but reiterated that the school has a “zero tolerance” policy and is in complete compliance with state recommendations. He refused to speculate on the child’s motive.

Earlier that day, Coweta Police Lt. Donnie Krumsiek said officers responded immediately and “within seconds” of the call, there were three policemen at the school.

“Everything is under control,” he assured. “The schools did an outstanding job, immediately going into lockdown.”

Krumsiek added that multiple departments are working on the investigation, including the FBI.

Here is video of the first presser, via KJRH:

Coweta Public Schools sent out this message Monday morning, according to NewsOn6:

“This is Jeff Holmes, Superintendent of Coweta Schools. I regret to inform you that we have a tragic incident at our intermediate high school today.

All 9th grade students have been moved to the high school gymnasium where they will be able to checked out from the northwest lobby by a parent at this time. All other schools will remain in session throughout today.

All bus routes will run at the normal time at the end of the day for students including any 9th grade students who have not been checked out from the high school gymnasium. We will have press conferences soon to release more information.”

Class was cancelled for the remainder of the day, though other schools in the district were unaffected.

Holmes said he was “completely unprepared” to tackle issues of gun violence in schools at the most recent press conference.

“We have prepared and planned and trained for instances like this,” Krumsiek said simply. “Unfortunately a life was lost, but it could have been a lot worse.”

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Frederick_Douglass_Republican
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 6:51pm
“Everything is under control,” he assured. “The schools did an outstanding job, immediately going into lockdown.” >>>According to the cop.

“the school has a “zero tolerance” policy and is in complete compliance with state recommendations.”
>>>According to the superintendent.

How is it that these empty, insane, persons in authoritative positions think that bull$h!t makes any sense or any difference?
All hail the Central Authority. A child in despair committed suicide, but not to fret. The commands of the Central Authority were in place perfectly. All hail the Central Authority.

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- bluestate2redandliving-better
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:11am
  I believe you have read agenda 21…. Very frightening and coming true.
  
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- The_Veteran
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 11:12am
  Holmes said he was “completely unprepared” to tackle issues of gun violence in schools at the most recent press conference.
  
  “We have prepared and planned and trained for instances like this,” Krumsiek said simply. “Unfortunately a life was lost, but it could have been a lot worse.”
  
  Once again, a case of something related to either mental illness or bullying and they blame the gun. Acting as though they just stopped another Sandy Hook. What BS.
  
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Azzie
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 6:15pm
Zero tolerance means just exactly that ZERO. If the bullied kid tells, it makes it worse because the teachers can’t (or won’t) watch the little jerks all the time. If the bullied kid fights back, they get in just as much trouble as the bully. (Or more because the teachers don’t believe that the little “darling” would actually be doing the tormenting). It is a lose – lose situation for the poor kid and the bully just goes on their merry way to bully with no consequences. The victim has to go to school every day, day after day to face the same stuff with no end in sight. All I can say is HOME SCHOOL.

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- Marcia
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 6:36am
  Bullies have always been around. So, why are people unable to cope with it nowadays and resort to killing themselves? We should teach perseverance, resilience, tenacity, and how to overcome so our young people can make it to, and through, adulthood.
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 10:27am
  The “bullied” kid needs to learn a little self-defence….one good “W H A C K !” and the bully cries MAMA!!
  
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- theaton
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:17pm
  When I was young, we also had bullies. However, we didn’t get a trophy for just showing up. Are parents didn’t go yell at the teacher when we got an bad grade. We got yelled at for not doing better. We learned that life was sometimes hard. We learned that hard work is good. We learned not to let people push us around but we also learned to be polite. We weren’t given drugs when we were to lazy to pay attention. What we are seeing now is the result of pussified parenting and parenting by television. If we weren’t will to deal with the consequences we shouldn’t have caused the problem.
  
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- netmail
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 3:59pm
  No civility. No conscious today. Lord of the flies was shocking fiction in my day. Now the theme of that book is a daily reality for hundreds of thousands American children today. It’s crazy that PREPPERS appear to be the sanest people in America to me right now.
  
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Newtowns-Third-Law
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 6:06pm
Sensationally sad stories like this happen every single day, there is nothing to see, move along. It will just make you worry about meaningless legislation issues. It will scare you into thinking about gun rights erosion.

But sadly they will post these on the Blaze, Daily Caller and other right-thinking outlets until every single item our Advertisers are selling has been bought out of fear over future restrictions. As Jeff Foxworthy would say, “If you spend more than 3% of your pay a week on firearms, you might be a prep-per.”

If there were an I-phone app that made a “bang” noise for every gun death recorded in real time, people would get used to it. They could have a bell sound for flesh wounds.

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- theaton
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:19pm
  You’ve received a B- from the troll raiting agency.
  
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RDavis49
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 5:59pm
Is it just me, or do I see and increase of these school shootings and gun incidences since Obama was re-elected and the issue of gun control is on the news? I can’t help but think this administration has a bigger hand in all this that we can see. These slime balls will stop at nothing to get their agenda pass the constitution. They have no respect for life, liberty or the persuit of happiness for the American people, nor for their constitutional rights. You Are All Expendable when it comes to getting their way.

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- Verceofreason
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 10:46pm
  It’s just you.
  
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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:51pm
What a terribly sad thing this is. :(

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- kenboo1
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 5:00pm
  What is sad is that someone feels the only way out is to kill themselves. These are children with a lot of potential.
  
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- Detroit paperboy
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 5:21pm
  Very sad,,,, but at least he didn’t take anybody with him !!! Gotta give him credit and some respect for that…RIP
  
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jjohnson_n_oklahoma
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:47pm
This school is very close to where I live. So sad. Prayers for the family.

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DisgustedinUSA
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:38pm
Sadly, the media will focus on the gun, and use this to push their commie causes, when in fact, a young mans life was ended and parents/brothers/sisters/uncles/aunts/grandparents etc will never see him again. THATS the story. WHY did he do this?

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The_Woofster
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:36pm
I blame the media (Pravda-clones) for the constant attention that they’ve created to further the socilaist agenda of the current administration. We’re being bombarded and saturated with the daily exposure to guns, gun control, and the never ending stories of so called gun violence that promulgates the actions of mentally compromised individuals.

Just how long before these “on the edge wackos” gets the idea to use the gun, since it’s being imprinted in our heads 24-7, to make their last stand?

If all guns are gone, they’ll use the next availible item, whatever it may be.

As we’ve seen, the statistics are valid, but we’ll never see the truth from the media. How about they start with the Daily Chicago deaths by NON-REGISTERED HANDGUN report?

I dare them.

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SHASTADIANE1
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:30pm
Incidents like this have happened for decades. When I was in the 9th grade, a 10th grade boy who sat next to me in World History killed himself. No one ever knew why, only that he was dead. Our yearbook was dedicated to him the year he would have graduated, and that was back in 1965 when he died. None of us know what goes on in the lives or minds of another, but I do know that for lots of teens this is a very trying age, and look how much more trying it gets each year.

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- RANGER1965
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:51pm
  Yes but was a semi-automatic, military-grade, high capacity magazine, assault pistol used?? And was it loaded with rapid fire ammunition coated with armor piercing Teflon? By the child in your example?
  
  Was the child in your example trained to kill by right wing Tea Party patriots, who gave him access to this military-grade pistol, and the military-grade ammunition??
  
  Everyone knows that pistols are dangerous, and are no good for hunting. The second ammendment was made for hunters, and hunters don’t need rapid fire, semi-automatic, military-grade, high capacity magazine pistols to hunt rabbits!!
  Hunters should use Musket’s just like our forefathers if they need to exercise their brutish desire to kill helpless animals. Even better they should use spears and flint knives, at least then it would be sporting.
  
  /Sarcasm off.
  
  Whew! does that encapsulate the Left’s arguments or am I forgetting somthing?
  
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DougHuffman
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:22pm
“Zero tolerance” is euphemism for politically correct thoughtlessness, like an idiots or a Darwin Awards challenger saying, “Hol’ muh beer!”

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- Supah_Patriot
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:41pm
  DougHuffman is a euphemism for reactionary typist.
  
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- DougHuffman
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 6:19pm
  I resemble that remark! Nyuk nyuk nyuk.
  
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- theaton
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:22pm
  Well said Doug.
  
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:17pm
Schools.. Where kids go to learn they are oppressed citizens who will never get a fair shot. They are being exploited as tools of the State. It’s in the alinsky handbook. The World does not add up for many of these kids. Is it any wonder so much of this is happening and/or directed at SCHOOLS?
It’s not rocket science here.
You want to nip this in the bud? Get central planners (alinsky) out of our schools. Vouchers now. It is no accident, it is just another symptom of a disease. An engineered disease.

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- AbrahamsSheepdog
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 10:04pm
  True. Good luck with that.
  
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VanceUppercut
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:11pm
Oh, if only this kid didn’t have access to violent video games, he wouldn’t have been able to kill himself. Damn you video games!!!!

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hi
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:05pm
http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/news/20060323/adhd-drugs-reports-aggressive-behavior

ADHD meds make kids depressed and even suicidal and so do anti-depressants. Get kids off of prescription and illegal drugs.Marijuana causes mental health disorders too.

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GoodStuff
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:03pm
I hate to sound so cold, but why is this national news?

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- RANGER1965
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:41pm
  Because it involved a young teen in a school with a handgun.
  
  The next headline will be…Semi-Automatic gun was used!!!! Proof that we need to ban Assault Weapons before all of our children are murdered by these instruments of destruction!!
  
  In other news Obama classifies knives over 6 inches an Assault Weapon.
  
  “Why would anyone need a knife over 6 inches? A 6 inch or longer blade is used for one thing and one thing only. Killing people, especially children.” Obama is reported as saying after a luncheon with Media Matters.
  
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- Disgusted_in_CT
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 5:11pm
  Because it is to promote gun control for taking our weapons.
  See another child is dead from a gun, we have to ban them all so no more children will die!!!
  
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starman70
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:54pm
This is a tragic event for the parents of this child. What could drive a 15 year old to such desperation is beyond imagination. A very thorough investigation of the incident and its causes is in order.

Liberal thought, driven home to students from the first grade on, teaching there is no GOD, that we are nothing more than chunks of flesh thrown together by evolution and that life has no meaning surely is a contributing factor. The idea that we arrived, “From GOO to YOU by way of the ZOO” demeans humanity and removes the moral incentives to suicide. The value system has become contorted by socialist thinking. We are fast becoming Europe.

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chips1
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:46pm
I don’t honestly believe this was gun violence. It was more in tune with the schools inability to understand the students under their supervision. I’m waiting to see if the boy was bullied and the school refused to correct the situation. Not like this would be the first incident in the recent past.

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- whatthecrazy
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:09pm
  No dought in my mind the schools did NOTHING they never do,then when they fight back they get in trouble and suspended, so my son and i chose suspention,after all he deserved a break for setting a punk straight.
  
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- SREGN
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:45pm
  Nowadays, they sit the bully and the victim in a room, like they were equally wrong, and try to help them “sort out their differences”. Punish the victim, while the bully laughs and smirks. The kids see that there is no right and wrong, that right and wrong are turned upside-down by “authority”. No wonder they want to blow their brains out.
  
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- pragmaticpatriot
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 5:16pm
  once (or thrice) i had stand up for my sister whom had an unfortunate name, The one time dad came to set it right i was rightly terrified until the principle interrupted me. Dad being every bit The Marine D.I., pointed his finger and with The Voice said, ‘silence; let him speak.’ i spoke of the bully pushing sis and the bloody nose i gave him and dad said, ‘Take it off school grounds next time, UNDERSTAND?’ Sir yes sir.. ‘pack your gear, double time home.’ principle sputtered and started to speak, dad just gave him The Look, ‘it wont happen again.’ Double time 2 miles and power squats until supper to a 10yr old make an impression and some the kids i grew up with had non parents. Most ended up as druggies or just dead. Tragedy is a kid killing himself at school, all we can do is pray for the family and try to not to be in that place by teaching our kids how to cope with life. We played Baseball with Coweta in school and this hit home.
  
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UNALIEN
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:43pm
sad,
suicide is the leading cause of death now,, this is the manifestation of the fundamental transformation Obama promised,, the continuation of a Socialist agenda which pummels the individual and destroys the human spirit… Suicide rates are highest in Socialist nations…

Destroy the culture, destroy the individual, destroy a Nation from inside.. to expand the State

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- pragmaticpatriot
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 11:22am
  “Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.”
  
  ― Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
  
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BlasberryStrat
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:37pm
We are going to be seeing a full onslaught of “killing” stories all over the media until the Libs get what they want. Get used to it and don’t play in to their hand. Oby KNOWS he’s got us worn down after four years of torture, and now it’s time to “turn up the heat”. Just understand that police and media have “chosen” out of the many murders every day, what to print and what to hold back in order to not alarm the public. NOW they are choosing to run EVERY story in order to make it LOOK LIKE there is this HUUUGE rise in violence. Understand this, and don’t think for a second that what they are doing is real. Smoke and mirrors.

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- firman
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:44pm
  Boy you got that right.
  
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deeberj
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:34pm
Do you all find it odd that all of a sudden we are experiencing so many incidents of gun violence, having to do with students or at schools?

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- Cavallo
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:40pm
  I wonder if we will find out that he was on medication?
  
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- Locked
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:42pm
  @Deeberj
  
  Unfortunately, gun violence at and around US schools has never been exactly “rare;” a quick search online will bring up dozens of examples throughout the last several decades. I don’t find it odd that we’re seeing a lot more MEDIA coverage of the incidents, however!
  
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- right-wing-waco
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:45pm
  I suspect it’s the video games and violent movies. Stallone is a good example of a bad example.
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:50pm
  The latest numbers show that from 2009 to 2011 deaths by guns went up 6% even with the population increase. At the same time deaths by suicide with guns went up 13%, so you have to Google it and read for yourself because anti- gunners will have you to believe that total deaths went up 19%. If you take away the guns the folks will take another route to suicide. I would rather they just take their own lives instead of get behind the wheel of a car and takt out a whole family.
  
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- Al J Zira
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:15pm
  I really think we need to drop the mantra that video games and movies cause kids to pick up a gun and shoot themselves. Good parenting will win out over any violence that has to do with children 99% of the time. Of course that figure is purely speculative on my part since there are no statistics on good parenting, only what the effects of everything else has on kids.
  
  What can government do for our kids, what does the school system do for my kid, how is everyone else going to keep my kids safe. Why can’t I get more EBT for my kids? You can get all the EBT you want, just have more kids. How dare Hollywood make violent movies, don’t they realize the affects it’s having on my kids?
  
  I have yet to hear someone say: I need to raise my kids better and do a better job at being a dad. I should pay more attention to the things my kids talk about, they’re important to them. You know the drill.
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:42pm
  I think they are being reported nationally now instead of local. This story is not national news.
  
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circleDwagons
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:33pm
Was this a gun free zone? Zero tolerance so nothing happened

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whatthecrazy
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:33pm
People get your kids in a self defence class,my two daughters have thier black belts and my son also trained but not to that level and when he was bullied in 10th grade he made hamburger out of the bullies face.The fight was on you-tube.He got suspended of course but the heathen never jacked with him again.

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Cavallo
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:31pm
Gun free zone?

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daniel3839
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:31pm
But… But….. Its a a GUN FREE ZONE! How could that happen!?

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- VanceUppercut
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:12pm
  @daniel3839
  
  Why, he was actually assassinated by government operatives so that Obama could take away your guns, of course.
  
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shorelineliz
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:29pm
“Zero Tolerance Policy” doesn”t mean squat all you idiot teachers and administrators and overpaid superintendents in Public School. A 9th grader is at the BOTTOM of the pecking order in high school. It is easy for him to get beat up everyday over something. Particularly in the boy’s locker room. If he is a little biddy thing or even if the label “***” is directed at him for any reason he will be bullied mercilessly. Public School is CESSPOOL. Get your kids out!

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- Cavallo
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:38pm
  Zero Tolerance policies are a CYA measure meaning they don’t need to exercise common sense, and just practical application of policies.
  
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- Chuck7884
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:48pm
  Wither it is public or private Bulling goes on no matter where one will send his children.Private it schools hide it better or will with draw a student the claims he is being bullied. and there is no redress because a private school can deny any student Admission.
  
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thibx
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:28pm
they need metal detectors on every school with a armed guard standing there just to let the kids in the school. a nation that forgets God is turned into hell, we are well on our way.

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- KILLACOMMIE4MOMMY
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:37pm
  But taking guns away from the LAW ABIDING owners will stop this in it tracks right?
  I can make an assumtion that the 15 yo did not buy this firearm and stole it.
  
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