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I was browsing the web, when I was struck by this
http://i.imgur.com/rde93.jpg

I sympathize with the cause based on actual honest arguments. So why do people make disingenuous arguments for their side when there are perfectly legitimate arguments to be made?

Both sides do this, in fact every side ever does this. Propaganda is ubiquitous.

Really, I guess we know why they do this: It works. It actually takes a bit of knowledge and a second of thought to deduce the bullshit sometimes.

For myself, I probably saw this pic several times and never paid it any attention past a cursory glance that made me go "yep".

I wonder what else we see like this, every day, without a second thought? Anyone else have some modern day stealthy propaganda to post, and if it isn't obvious, why its propaganda?


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I needs it. Whats do you prefer? I know nothing about it, but I documented my trip to game 6 of the ALCS where the Texas Rangers just won and are going to the World Series for the second year in a row. I'd like to edit all this video and make a vlog about it.

Thanks for your input!!


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So finally tonight got my first taste of live tourney victory.

Home game with 45 players at $50 BI, ended up splitting 1st/2nd cash once we got to heads up for 960/2 = $480. Since I had a backer on the BI ended up with $300.

Bubbled 2 previous times, and got knocked out last time wih QQ vs AJ so it was particularly satisfying.


Little bit about me:

1. Currently in grad school = #1 priority. I know a lot about nutrition/exercise/lifting/etc. if anyone needs advice on this type of stuff.

2. Got $10 last dec from asdf2000, and played occasionally on weekends and grinded it up to $60 something playing SNGs. But then black friday happened and yeah.

3. Went to Hero (thanks Dave) and binked one of the free rolls for $5 and $10, and got one of the 100+100 and have grinded it up to $200 playing FR 4NL, but went on a 10 BI downswing which sucked to ~$160. Played a bit for the first time in a few months and am back up to $170. Hopefully, once I hit $200 again I'll take a shot at 10NL and go from there.

We'll see how this plan works out with grad school and other stuff I need to get finished! Hardest thing for me is just getting in the volume.

But yeah, glad to have a first blog. Love you guys. I don't post much but I read a lot of everyone's threads.


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Was wondering where I should ask for this but since there is a good amount of well-read people in LP decided its probably one of the better places for such a question
I need some good books on about how the humans mind work, why are we in constant search of approval and acknowledgement and such soapy bullshit everyone needs, also books on ego (i think those 2 things could be strongly connected as well). I d rather they re more philosophically written, but if the you think you've got something worth reading please leave author + title



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I am going to get the poker update for day 2/3 of my SNE grind out of the way and then get to the good shit.

Day 2 was similar to day 1, up a few dollars at the table after 13 hours/18.8k hands. Also made about 600 dollars of FPP value during this time. Felt good, game felt good, attitude was good.

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Today I woke up a bit later and have been pretty tired most of the day. Have been getting it in with lower equities then first few days and results have not been good. Have played about 9 hours so far and need to put 3 more in today but decided to write up a blog post about something a lot of my friends on fb/random poker people ask me about which is HOW DO I PICK UP CHICKS ONLINE DATING?? GIVE ME SOME TIPS! I've done some crazy shit and always wanted to write about it so I might as well start now, stories in the future to include the time I met someone halfway (hour drive) and ended up leaving her at beach in chicago, 5 hour roadtrip to southern indiana with friend where I shared hotel room with him and the girl I was meeting, black girls gone wild just to name four.



My Online Dating History: PART 1

Let me preface this by saying that I still talk to a few girls I met through online dating and I might mention some of them in here, will only say good things

There are 4 parts to my history which goes from being 19, busto/broke, living at moms then living downtown in Chicago in my own place and obsessed with poker. Onto living back in my hometown on my own with unlimited monies to spend and sick car. Then San Diego where shitgotreal.jpg


Why should you or anyone listen to me about ways to be more successful in online dating. Well For those people who don't know too much about me besides the ridiculous amout of hours/hands I've played I do have a little bit of a life outside poker. I once did an online dating challenge where I tried to go on 30 dates in 30 days and posted it on 2+2 forums with pics/vids and trip reports of what happened. It was incredibly popular and was really fun on my end to do but unfortunately someone messaged all my Facebook friends (women) telling them I was some man on a mission and writing about who I was having sex with, posting their pics, etc.. At this time I was living back home so I was like "OMG what will people think" if this happened now though I probably wouldn't care to much. I asked the moderators to take the thread down and now it is gone into oblivion.


That experience for me was actually my 3rd venture into online dating and will get more into that later. I first learned about the world of online meetups/dating when I was 19. This was Pre-Sexting/Texting/Naked pics which have become the norm for people . I had just lost my license and my best friend at the time Matt was always on this website called thedilly.com which was basically where you setup a profile and just kinda talked to people/did ratings and stuff like that. I had nothing else to do at the time so I made a profile as well, little did I know this was a life changing experience lol. Before this time I was always the skinny funny guy who was really into cars and always saw all these hot girls but never seemed to have a chance with them. After I lost my license I started walking to the fitness center down the street from me, discovered weightlifting, found out what a tanning salon was and what the hell Abercrombie and Fitch was (never knew). During this transitional time of my life I was doing my thing on thedilly pretty much everyday. Matt would always tell me about all these women he was going to see and end up having sex with and I was like WHOA AWESOME, NO WAY! Eventually I started talking with more girls on the site and finally was like fuck it, lets ask them to hang out and see what happens. Most of the girls I talked to where ages 16-19 but who really knows. To my surprise many said yes! I could not drive to meet up with any of these girls so Matt would drive me to hang out with them lol. I quickly realized that this wasn't online dating but more like online fucking because any girl you ended up meeting with you would inevitably have sex with. This was pretty eye opening for me, an OMGOMGOMG moment that we all sometimes have. Some girls would even come drive over to see me, one really pretty blonde girl, tall/tan/tongue ring, would drive 2 hours a few times a week to see me. It blew my mind that things like this could happen. I noticed as I started to get in better shape and post more shirtless pics of me on the site, I started to get interest from more girls and start hanging out with more of them. Me and Matt would go on double dates where he would bring me along when he met a new girl and she would bring a friend and things turned out the same as every other date would. Once he drove me to meet a girl about 45 mins away, he only had a 2 seater so we picked her up on my lap and drove to a random movie theatre. Matt called up a girl he knew from that area and she picked him up and left me in the front seat lol a true friend imo. One time a girl drove an hour from the city, we went to the "VIP Room" aka downstairs bedroom at my moms (thanks mom) and when I went upstairs to change and came back down she was in her coat ready to "help a friend in need".

There are two moments from this time period that stand out the most though. One was the time I randomly started talking to a girl from Jasper, IN which was about a 5 hour drive from where I lived at the time. She was pretty, little crazy and was all about me so I was obviously all about her. The big problem was that she lived 5 fucking hours away, the second problem was I didn't have a license. I talked to Matt and a road trip ensued. The plan was for her to bring a friend and the four of us would get a hotel room together. The friend she brought was a solid 2/10 and weight about 250lbs so needless to say Matt wasn't too interested and instead it was Me/Angel in one bed and Matt in the other. This whole story is probably worthy of its own blog post in the future though.


The second experience that is the most memorable for me was when I met the blonde cheerleader from the western suburbs, about an hour from where I lived. She was super nice, incredibly sweet, very pretty, and a virgin. I can't remember the exact details of our first few dates but things went well and I really liked her. Amazingly enough Matt was "dating" a girl who lived about 5 mins from her lol, true friend. We started all hanging out together and this progressed from there. On valentines day she ended up driving over to my house to hang out with me. On the way home though she was in a kinda bad car accident. At this point in my life I was all about the lets go workout/lets go find more girls so I probably didn't show enough caring for her after this and we pretty much stopped talking, though Matt did keep in touch with her . After a few months we did start talking randomly and hung out a few times but nothing like it was originally. I drove down to college to visit her and still talk to her now occasionally while she lives in Chicago.

Its amazing the people you can meet from online dating and the experiences you can end up having with them.


There was a bunch more dates that I went on during this 9 monthish time period and not all I remember these days. Most of the girls I hung out with were 8/8.5s with a rare 9/9.5 and the occasional mix of 7.5s. The myth that only ugly fat girls meet guys online is 100 percent false! At this time getting women was still a new concept to me and I was taking full advantage of my new found ability to do so. I guess you could call this my 15 year old girl phase of my life aka HUGE SLUT phase. Did I learn anything during this time or through these dates? Besides the fact that you always need a good wingman to help you out I don't think I ended up learning to much. I discovered how open and sexual alot of girls out there were, no matter if they were really gorgeous or semi-meh looking. You couldn't just a book by its cover.


The ending to this chapter of my life came when I started working at TGI Fridays and started meeting an unlimited supply of hostess and servers along with random customers (stories for another day) that there wasn't any time for online dating. Couple that with the fact that me and Matt started hanging out less and this chapter was closed. Matt still crushed it for years after though and probably still does to this day, kid was a true man of his time.



That is Part 1 to my story and I will write the following 3 Parts in the upcoming days when I am on break from my 13 hour grind sessions. I will give a few tips and secrets that noobs out there can use in their quest to meet the perfect woman online.



Online Dating Tips: Part 1



Alot of my poker friends from around the world ask me for tips all the time and say it is impossible to meet a cute girl from online dating. Well my friends you are very wrong and that is probably a bad attitude to go into things with. Although the strategies I have used might not work for everyone they might be able to help and make you start thinking about things differently, similar to when you first started learning more about poker. If your trying to actually find someone to date or just trying to have sex with random girls then these are the tips for you.


The first thing most people encounter when they begin is setting up their profile and choosing pictures. I myself went with the route of writing about a ton of information on a wide variety of things I enjoyed doing, interested in, or want to do one day. By doing this it allows a wider variety of women to either message you (yes women do message guys) and when you message someone and they click on you to find out more, they might find one or two things they have in common and reply back to you. "He likes laser tag? I do to!" "Wow he loves to travel, my kind of guy" "Taylor Swift concerts? Interesting". I have a few random tidbits similar to those that work super well for me. I come across as a charming, funny, hard working guy that has alot of interests and probably has something to say. Some women actually want some conversation, but not all.


The next thing to do is choose pictures. I didn't want to hide who I am in these photos. I am a shirt off kinda guy who enjoys working out and showing the results from said workouts. To some having a picture like this is an immediate turn off and you are quickly x'ed out of my the person. I wasn't trying to meet those type of judgemental people so fuck them. My Chicago proifle was a picture where I was happy with my mom, a random beach picture, and a few other glamour type shots. Do not put the getting drunk pictures on their. 99 percent of women you will meet say they don't want a drunk/party/bar/club type of guy and are sick of meeting them, etc. etc. Once you actually hang out with them the first time and get along, if you are that type of person or you aren't it really wont matter at all. Now that I am a bit older I have had to change up my picture selection a bit but I am always sure to show off the more favorable aspects of me (body, tan, car). Some people will look and say "look at this fucking dbag with the picture of his car". JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE! Luckily for me their are many, many other interested people out there who might enjoy cars and be interested in me because I do as well. During most of my first dates with women I will ask if they actually read my profile or just looked at pictures and a large majority say they intially started talking to me because of my pictures and thought I was good looking, so choose wisely. Glamour shots, in action sport shots, your best qualities you have to offer, go for those.


I really need to get to work now so in my next post I will go onto what messages to send and things to say to actually get a date with the better quality of girls out there on the sites.


Thanks for reading


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so im pretty drunk at a work party
my farewell to go overseas is next week. Im outta this shitty
http://www.liquidpoker.net/userpoll/draw.php place to asia?poll_id=1246
Poll: whats better
(Vote): have a wife or gf
(Vote): fuck hookers
(Vote): be gay and take it up the arse


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http://www.liquidpoker.net/userpoll/draw.php?poll_id=1244
Poll: How Neat /Organized are you?
(Vote): Clothes, old papers, all over bedroom. 1-2 days old food on desk. bathroom/kitchen a mess.
(Vote): little better. some clothes and papers on floor/desk. kitchen/bathroom manageable
(Vote): "tidy"
(Vote): stay@home mom level
(Vote): patrick bateman level


Sorry for being non-descript on options 3,4,5. It's cause I'm only at level 2.

edit: I realized I suck at making polls.

If you happen to be option 1 or option 5, how old are you and why are you such a slob/sicko?


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Give me some comments! Dont save any hate or love, this is your chance to let it all out! :D

http://www.liquidpoker.net/userpoll/draw.php?poll_id=1243
Poll: What is the image that you have about me?

(Vote): I think you are an insecure guy that loves to brag about every little win
(Vote): I think that you are a dumb fuck troll
(Vote): I think you make idiotic posts to get some attention
(Vote): I think you are a fun guy that uses this forum mostly to have fun
(Vote): All of the 3 "bad" options




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This would be much more bearable if it would be for playing something besides nl30-nl20 and if i would have played more than 6 tables at any time.

Maybe even more if this would be my volume of hands in a month.. not in 5 fucking months.

Brb smashing my head against the wall.



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So this month started out fine, won a little bit and then I got some semi-decent scores in the Swedish Championships of online poker. A 4th place in a side event for like 2k and got 9th in the main event. I lost KK vs 99 in a flip for 1.2 mil chips out of 7 mil total and first place was 1 million SEK, which is probably like 120k + a WSOP main even package and a package to the live Swedish poker championship. Ended up with a few K in profit for that series of events anyway. Then I lost a fuckton playin 2/4 PLO running god damned awful and tilt withdrew a bit of money, leaving myself with 5k online. Now I'm playing 1/2 and so far it's going really good and I feel that I've finally figured out how to beat those games, at least a little bit. There's probably a ton of work before I'll be good enough and rolled enough online to play much higher on a consistent basis and make a solid profit every month so I've decided that 1/2 might be the spot for me for the next few months. I have saved up a lot of money from poker during the years and I'm looking to buy a house within a year or 18 months and if gold and silver prices keeps going up I'll make a bit of money from that. I think that I might need the lower stress levels I can get from grinding 1/2 and it's still good money.

That'll give me time to focus on other things in my life. Also, I think I've got an decent chance to be one of the the scariest 1/2 PLO regs on the site if I just keep it up and figure that limit out for a while. I hope to play 150k hands of 1/2 before I turn 25 next spring and then I can figure out what to do with poker. It's weird getting older. For the first time I'm a while I'm having some responsibilities and in involved in a bunch of fun stuff overall.



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I'm not exactly sure how dumb this theory is so i will avoid posting it in general.

This is strange theory i've been thinking about, so here it is.

Assuming that life, after death, is the same as not existing, can we say that dying sucks a lot?
My theory states that it cannot be "that bad".

Here's why:

Being dead, and not existing, is the same thing. Once you don't exist anymore, you are in the same situation as someone who has never existed: you both don't exist.

Now, if you think not existing (or being dead) is a terrible thing, then you should kinda feel bad for donald duck. Donald duck does not exist and will never exist/enjoy life. Why do we feel sad for people who had the chance to live, and are now dead, but not for people who NEVER had the chance to live? both of them does not exist, and one has never existed, it seems like the one who has never existed is in a worst position (or at least, in the same position).

So now lets say i feel bad for donald duck since he does not exist. Then i could basicelly feel bad for... AN INFINITY of person/things which are "dead"/does not exist.

In short, only one of the 3 following things is possible:

#1 Being dead is not that bad
#2 An infinity of persons/things are experiencing a terrible thing (not existing/being dead)
#3 Having never existed is not as bad as being dead.


In short, i think death is something you shouldn't worry about, since an INFINITY of persons are currently in the state of "Not existing". So if the result of death is not existing anymore, then you just join an INFINITY of people/things, so unless an infinity of things/people are currently in a poor state (scary to think that), dying can't be that poor of a state.

However, life is whitout a doubt better than not existing... so it seems like an infinity of person/things are currently in a state which is not as good as it could be. So should we feel sad for all of those people who does not exist anymore (dead people) AND for the infinity of fictional people who never had the chance to live?


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I've taken a good long break from this world with good reason. I was what some would call an unbalanced player. The money I did make fueled my addictions and led me down a path that ultimately almost cost me my life. An interesting story that's tl I doubt u would read but maybe I'll share some other time. I've grown considerBly since then and miss playing a game I enjoy very much. I've been keeping up with recent news and wached the game evolve from the outside. I'll be starting at the bottom on a euro site on the party gaming network. IMO the game selection should be the softest based on partypokers very intense marketing online and on tv. I played a couple session but can't reinforce my opinion since it was nl2 and naturally will be ez. Im looking forward to hearing what you all have to say and will start posting HH ASAP. If anyone cares to know I have an extensive history in poker as a room organizer and dealer in a casino. Wasn't the most optimal lifestyle to grow in so im working ATM planning to finish real estate school as soon as I can and start college.


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Oh well new mods doesn't like me =( Reposting on blog

Would you fight, for 1 billion dollar, in an arena similar to a spartacus arena (fairly large), the following:

a very angry/dangerous/hungry 250 kg male silver back (completly enraged)
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BUT

with the help of:

#1 A 6 feets Poleaxe (which is light enough so you can use it well, but still decently solid)
http://www.medievalwarfare.info/pics/poleaxe.JPG

AND

#2 A well trained dog (one that looks like the one in the picture) that will do anything it can to save you (not some stupid dog, one that would be trained to stay with you and try to help you, he won't just run away or suicide into the gorilla).
http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.co...y-dog-pictures-your-dog-is-heroic.jpg

If you win, you get a billion dollar. If you loose, well, you die.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/userpoll/draw.php?poll_id=1241
Poll: Would you do it?
(Vote): Yes, right now!
(Vote): No, i would never do it.
(Vote): Only if i had some time to train.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/userpoll/draw.php?poll_id=1242
Poll: For those who answer yes, would you still do it whitout the dog?
(Vote): Yes, i would still do it even whitout the help of the dog.
(Vote): No, i would not do it whitout the help of the dog.




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...I never asked for this. I got here only by accident. I’m grateful for what happened to me and yet..not fully. Am I a happier person than I’d be if I hadn’t experienced all of it ? I sometimes wish I could go back and do it differently but I can’t. I tend to think that I screwed things up and wasted my only opportunity but did I ?! Now I give myself another chance. I know - it requires more work, greater commitment and some sacrifices but I got to do this. I’m ready for it. I need it. I want it.
Some people say it’s stupid, some wish me good luck, while I truly believe I don’t need any. What I need is an honest willingness to make these dreams come true. And I believe…No! I KNOW I will reach my goals. That is what I’m aiming for and I won’t let myself stop. It is the last chance I got and I will not waste it this time.
Believe it or not – I WILL DO IT !!! I took a year off to chase my dreams and I won’t even think of stopping to take a breath till I make them real. Don’t wish me luck. I would be greatly thankful if you gave me a helping hand instead.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Greetings,

Mike



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Day 1 in the books, played about 12 hours today today (my definition of a day is slightly off). Broke it up into 4 different sessions, one break for breakfeast, one for gym, one for snack and then one because I got a little tired. Still getting used to putting in so many hours and sometimes my mind just trails off and starts to spin way to fast from seeing so many damn 4 card combinations and thinking to much. Also my effective stacks at the tables get pretty big so I need to take either an hour break to let some new tables get started or take a 2 hour break so I can join tables without old stacks. Still trying to find an optimal day schedule but I am thinking something like 17 hours awake/7 sleeping everyday with 12-15 hours dedicated to playing and the other for gym/breaks should work out well. I also have a self motivating prop bet where I have to put on 10lbs of muscle this month so have been working out pretty hard and upped my supplement intake. Next summer Joe will be very very happy that this winter Joe played so many damn hours/made money and worked out hard in the gym hopefully.


I actually had the mindset today for a bit that I should try to win some money but it honestly requires so much mental power that I get burnt out after maybe 1.5 hours of doing this and simply need to drop tables or sit out for a few minutes and walk around. I think my overall abililty to play more hours/hands per day with a fresher mind outweighs the thinking more and trying to squeeze out a few extra 50 cent BBs. When I start moving up though the impact becomes greater on my bottom line so I will have to rethink this strategy. I honestly think I could just play PLO50 and win this prob bet but it would be a legit 15-16 hour/day grind when I will need to average 250k vpps the last 2 months. Im hovering around 550-700 VPPs/hr depending on time of the day, when I get back up to playing 1/2 and 2/4 that number is increased by more then double if I stay with 24 tables so most likely I will aim for 1k/1.2k VPP/Day and adjust number of tables accordingly


Been grinding out Dexter Season 5 last few days too, almost caught up to where it is now and then will have to move on to some other shows. Watching tv shows/movies is helping me pass the time, I never really used to do that while playing but most of the time I was actually trying (and failing sometimes) to play well and semi-focus on the games.


Need to sleep and wake up to do it all over again now


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guess I'll keep grinding what else can I do the graph is pretty much all 2/4 with some 3/6 in the beginning from when I got back from calgary in august

pretty sure I had a worse/similar stretch earlier this year without the upswing

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88 on 84Tr 4 to a 1/2 bet on a live game. I feel weird.


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So yesturday I started my daily poker session and about 4 hours in I was up $11,000. I felt extremely tired as I had been playing 8 hours a day of poker since September 1st. I decided to go down stairs and get some mouth ulcer medecine, thats when I noticed a new spa centre which looked really grand, I had heard about a 50% new trial promotion they had going so I decided to reward my self for my hard work.

When I walked into this place it was amazing, the decor was like an arabian palace, and about 12 young women greeted me with perfect smiles, I was absolutely in awe. They sat me down and poured me tea, explaning to me what they did and how much they charged... Let me tell you the fee wasnt cheap... For those people that dont know me very well, I actually live a fairly normal life, other than good food and presents for my sister and girlfriend I dont really buy anything for my self. I am still wearing a shirt I got as a present 4 years ago, I have a very limited wardrobe, dont own a car or have anything thats worth 2k+.. After learning the price of there services which was 400usd$/hour I wanted to jet the hell out of there, but I had been so tired and stressed I decided for this off occassion to pamper my self.

The room they lead me to was also quite amazing, it had a massive bath, shower, scented candles and fresh towels everything you'd expect for the price im paying. When the two Masseuse started I was in heaven.. So this got me thinking, if I wanted to be able to come back anytime I wanted and not feel a pinch then I need to work harder and smarter and Improve my game and make more money. So afterwards I went and bought a notepad and started brainstorming somethings I would do to imrprove my poker.

So far I've got three areas I'm gonna work on.

1. My actual poker game, which I won't devulge details about because they are too sensitive.

2. My conditions of play, no more tv shows, no chatting, using tiled tables instead of cascade, setting up a better hud, getting table ninja.

3. My life balance, exercising more, eating less meat, stretching every hour during play, playing more golf/guitar.

I'm gna make one change a day and today I'm gna modify my hud so it isnt the useless default one.

p.s NEW PTR PEAK. WOBBLY FIGHTING@!!



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