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Since I haven't after all actually finished Geass the term ‘trainwreck’ is little more than an over-used buzzword; at this point though I can still understand the feeling of disappointment the R2 haters among you must have felt, Flagyl samples. On the plus side it means I'm more likely to enjoy Lelouch's final outing since, with the final two arcs of Lillia taken into account, it probably can't be any worse than what I subjected myself to this week, Buy Flagyl Without Prescription. Japan, craiglist, ebay, overseas, paypal, How did such a promising show go so wrong.

The ending is, order Flagyl no prescription, Flagyl price, even by the series' own standards, really, cheap Flagyl no rx, Where can i cheapest Flagyl online, really bad. I'm sure Jeremy Clarkson could come up with some scathing and amusing metaphor (e.g, Flagyl pharmacy. Flagyl no rx, "if this anime series were a car it would be a Trabant," in that it runs for ages but is held together with plastic and string) but the best way to imagine it is your disbelief not being so much suspended as dangling from the gallows and croaking out its last dying breath, Flagyl use. Buy Flagyl Without Prescription, I'm used to the infamous Allison to Lillia Plot Holes™ but I can't really see the point in listing every plot point or event that is either poorly explained or is devoid of logic altogether. Flagyl images, Hanners went to the trouble of blogging the entire series, so you can read those posts at your leisure; a brave and worthy justification for episodic blogging if ever there was one, buying Flagyl online over the counter. Online buying Flagyl, Suffice to say the last two arcs don't improve on the previous ones in terms of being laughably unconvincing.

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I don't want to sound like I'm exaggerating when I say that whoever worked on the storyboards and/or continuity may not have actually known what they were doing. The underlying ideas were fantastic but it must be the execution of the details that made it a succession of implausible plans, Flagyl without a prescription, Purchase Flagyl online no prescription, flawed logic and unexplained events; the script wasn't exactly bad I guess but the characters did come off as being pretty dumb at times. There were likably dumb though, discount Flagyl, Order Flagyl from mexican pharmacy, because it felt like one of those films where a talented actor or actress stars in a B-movie because their agent is incompetent and looks a bit lost right from the first scene. Buy Flagyl Without Prescription, Was it down to a lousy director and storyboard planner. Or were the original novels substandard, buy cheap Flagyl no rx. Rx free Flagyl, Since I haven't read them for myself I have to go on the impressive sales figures and reject my theory that Sigsawa is great at short stories (Kino for instance) but can't write longer ones. The fact that they're light novels may mean that the stories were short on detail and heavy on dialogue - it may be that the reasoning behind certain aspects of the story weren't explained fully, effects of Flagyl, Flagyl trusted pharmacy reviews, resulting in plot holes. This alternative theory lets Sigsawa off the hook (despite the Kino anime being made up of more philosophical and less action-orientated self-contained stories, I still can't believe that he'd fail as spectacularly as this) but still doesn't explain why the A&L production staff didn't fill in whatever gaps there were in the original text.

If the novel doesn't explain how Travas can get two armed men out of a jeep and jump aboard from a moving train, you sure as hell ought to come up with a convincing reason of your own, Buy Flagyl Without Prescription. Similarly, no right-minded adult could possibly accept the idea that more armed men, this time on foot, could keep up with a speeding train. It is utterly unacceptable: no director could be as stupid as to let that get past his office door so I can only assume that the show's producers thought their audience is stupid, which is worse somehow.

I guess the flames start here

The fact is, the storytelling of this series is so clumsy and sloppy that it has to be down to laziness on the studio's part. Recap episodes and bad animation can be attributed to scheduling/financial issues or labour outsourcing but bad writing throughout the show's run smacks of a lack of thought and care at several levels of production; which is a shame when, as I pointed out earlier, the characters are fun to watch and conceptually is marvellous. I can only hope that the novels get a translation (by fans or a Western publisher) so I can enjoy the adventure as its writer intended; in the meantime I'm reduced to wondering what could have been...and taking small comfort in remembering how I watched a REAL trainwreck anime.

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04 Oct 2008

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Buy Cafergot Without Prescription, If you can't make a good job of something, it seems there is some dignity in being consistent about it: as the series enters its second half with a number of new characters, Allison to Lillia is proving to be consistently laughable in its ridiculousness. The adventures may centre around two different protagonists (the son and daughter of those in the first half) but everything else about it, order Cafergot from United States pharmacy, Fast shipping Cafergot, both good and bad, is pretty much the same, Cafergot dose. Buy Cafergot from canada, The dynamic between the two leads is also similar, which is I'm sure intentional despite being irritating on occasion; I guess Lillia has inherited her old man's intellect coupled with an inability to spot the bleeding obvious but at least Treize lacks the clumsy, online buying Cafergot, Cafergot long term, wet-blanket aspect his predecessor Wil did, beyond being unable to swim, buy Cafergot no prescription. Purchase Cafergot online, It's always fun to watch Lillia and Treize go about their adventuring thing though, which is just as well when the infamous A&L Plot Holes rear their ugly heads with astonishing regularity, Cafergot dosage. Where can i cheapest Cafergot online,

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I guess the leads are still the two main reasons why I haven't dropped this series already, Cafergot online cod. Cafergot dangers, The artwork and music are still of a high standard of course, so the combination of engaging cast and visual/musical prettiness is still enough for me, Cafergot from canada. Generic Cafergot, Just. From a personal standpoint the aeronautical hardware offers a bit of entertainment value on its own; a shame then that the series gets pretty much everything else spectacularly wrong, Cafergot coupon. Buy Cafergot Without Prescription, It's actually quite fun in a way to see Lillia unaware of Treize's royal lineage, and likewise his blindness to her romantic advances. Cafergot wiki, I'm sure that'll be resolved by the final episode anyway, so in the meantime I happy to sit back and be entertained by it all, Cafergot use. No prescription Cafergot online, Furthermore, the recurring theme of wrestling control of a retro aeroplane pops up again and placates my inner aerogeek, online Cafergot without a prescription. Where can i order Cafergot without prescription, The plane that Allison uses to rescue Lillia and Treize for instance (see screenie below) looked a lot like the WW2 German FW-190, which was a cutting-edge piece of technology for its time, buy Cafergot without prescription. Japan, craiglist, ebay, overseas, paypal, To the series' credit, it makes sense that Allison's plane is able to out-perform the slower seaplanes which she found herself up against: it might seem like severe artistic licence when she runs rings around them but given that she launched a surprise attack in a plane that's based on a genuine historical design that could give Spitfires of the time a run for their money, Cafergot australia, uk, us, usa, Kjøpe Cafergot på nett, köpa Cafergot online, that sequence was pretty convincing. Sadly, downing the said seaplanes by ramming them with a fully-laden passenger-carrying flying boat came across as downright stupid, Buy Cafergot Without Prescription.

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I can let that slide considering the fact that Lillia and Treize were all out of alternative plans of action, low dose Cafergot, Cafergot mg, but the whole concept behind this arc's premise was quite honestly illogical. I know the Tolcasian air force were trying to make a point, australia, uk, us, usa, Effects of Cafergot, but when the plan is as drastic as downing a plane full of children, any grievance significant enough to justify that sort of action (if such a thing exists) requires a lot more explanation than is set out here, Cafergot recreational. Cafergot description, Treize mumbles about how they have a reason to feel ignored by the central government, but when there's no underlying rationale this statement of his views just comes across as an excuse for more bad writing, Cafergot steet value. Cafergot natural, There's no escaping the fact that it would make an improbable plot a bit easier to swallow if it was explained what exactly Tolcasia is so upset. Buy Cafergot Without Prescription, I think the plan was hatched by certain renegade members of the air force rather than the government per se, but that seems like a trivial point in the grand scheme of things.

If I were to play the dual roles of Tolcasia's leader and Allison to Lillia's head scriptwriter (two Devil's Advocate positions that wouldn't have many takers at your local Job Centre), buy no prescription Cafergot online, Cafergot from mexico, would a better plan be to kill off the children of an enemy country instead, or, online buying Cafergot hcl, a considerably less psychopathic option, merely threaten to down it until someone listens to your demands. There are countless alternative plot devices here, which would all make considerably more sense and still offer our young heroes the chance to land the plane safely and save the day. This is all pretty outrageous, even by this series' unenviable standards.

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The icing on the cake of absurdity here is the ongoing issue I have with Wil, a.k.a, Buy Cafergot Without Prescription. Major Travers (as Superman will testify, the most cunning disguise is donning a pair of glasses). It appears that he and his colleagues knew about the plan all along. So, let me get this straight: not only is a country willing to murder the most unfortunate and helpless members of its population to make a political statement, the Roxche intelligence division was aware of the situation, dragged its feet in putting a stop to the said plan, and to cap it all one of its agents was happy to leave his own daughter and her lifelong friend in harm's way. As for the latter point, Wil-Travers is currently serving under his father-in-law, the conspicuously absent Major Stork, whose parenting skills are deficient to say the least. Buy Cafergot Without Prescription, I'd expect nothing less from him in that case. *facepalm*

Actually, the character who organised the Nice Flying Boat trip in the first place is the biggest enigma of all by the end. He was allegedly the mastermind, despite the fact that the kids he's planning to consign to a watery grave are among those he's been using in a human trafficking operation. fortunately, he seems to be written out of the story now so my head is saved the risk of exploding under the strain of this particular piece of DOES NOT COMPUTE storytelling. Now that I'm waiting to see what the series can dish up next, I'm beginning to truly appreciate the bizarre appeal of trainwreck television; I now feel ready to look towards Code Geass R2 because despite the mixed reactions it's received, there's no way it can top to sheer scale of plot holes on offer here.

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31 Jul 2008

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After the fun I had at the show's expense last time Buy Levaquin Without Prescription, maybe it's surprising that I'm even watching it still, let alone enjoying it. I can't be arsed with listing all the faults this time though, Levaquin pictures, Australia, uk, us, usa, but the more amusing ones still need highlighting. If laughing your butt off at a sarcastic critique is your bag though, order Levaquin from United States pharmacy, Levaquin steet value, let me direct you towards Hanners' side-splittingly vitriolic posts aimed at the A&L Plot Holes™; lulz aside, it really does openly invite ridicule on occasion, purchase Levaquin online no prescription. Buy Levaquin online no prescription, As for the question regarding "Is this a poor adaptation of a good story or a faithful adaptation of a poor one?" I think the light novel sales figures (over a million in Japan according to Wiki) speak for themselves. To that end, Levaquin treatment, Levaquin overnight, if anyone wants some (non Japanese-speaking) assistance in fanslating (sic) them, you know how to find me. I'm only half joking about that too, Buy Levaquin Without Prescription.

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In fairness though the third arc was an improvement over earlier ones, Levaquin interactions, Levaquin coupon, if only relatively: it stumbles clumsily and good-naturedly through the segue to the Lillia and Trieze half of the series and provides some fun and excitement outside of laughing at the clunky storytelling. The richness of the worldview peeps through at intervals, Levaquin australia, uk, us, usa, Levaquin price, hinting at weapons industries and civil unrest still lurking beneath the surface, offering plenty of room for side-stories and spin-offs, buy cheap Levaquin. Levaquin reviews, The problem is that the show's flaws are not musical or artistic - it's still one of my current OP theme faves, along with Kaiba - they're in the storytelling itself, Levaquin online cod. Buy Levaquin Without Prescription, Furthermore they could be easily avoided, which continues to make the viewing experience frustrating for me. Levaquin class, It's understandable perhaps to suggest that it's inheriting flaws in the source material but when you're adapting something from one medium to another, what better opportunity to iron them out and put them right, Levaquin from canadian pharmacy. After Levaquin, Take the scene in the church for instance: a wedding ceremony conducted with no ceremony whatsoever...was it a victim of last-minute budget or scheduling contraints. I felt like I was denied an extended scene of cheers, Levaquin without prescription, Online buying Levaquin hcl, flowers and cake. It felt like the writers were torn between animating a wedding scene properly and leaving it out entirely, Levaquin price, coupon, Buy generic Levaquin, but opted for a course that walked the vast No Man's Land in between the two extremes. Similarly the point where Wil confronts Stork falls between two different plot devices: namely shooting the guy and threatening to shoot him, Buy Levaquin Without Prescription. I'm sure it's common sense that even a rubber bullet is going to hurt a lot, Levaquin street price, Levaquin over the counter, and firing one on someone in this situation is nonsensical anyway. Why bother showing Wil shoot him with a rubber bullet that bounces unrealistically and laughably off his back, doses Levaquin work. Levaquin dose,

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The storyline behind the events on the train is actually quite decent however and succeeded in that it kept me guessing every step of the way, taking Levaquin. Buy Levaquin Without Prescription, I just wish that the Allison x Wil pairing (which was made glaringly obvious from the first episode) was handled in a smoother fashion. Fast shipping Levaquin, It's almost as if the writers had got to the end of the train arc and realised that they would be writing about Allison's and Wil's daughter in a couple of episodes' time so rushed things through. I actually felt a bit cheated with the ‘15 years later’ thing because after watching them get together and Wil leave Allison and her unborn child, Levaquin description, there isn't much in the way of portraying the beginning of their marriage and the times where they grow closer romantically, or indeed the years where they stay in touch through Wil's assumed name.

I did notice one detail which proved to be a rare moment where I noticed it get something right, assuming my limited knowledge of the Japanese language is correct. As Wil's train leaves he (belatedly!) confesses to Allison, he doesn't say ‘Daisuki da!’, the sort of phrase we hear that used in situations like this. The fact that Wil uses the word ‘ai’ instead of ‘suki’ is significant in a way that the English language cannot fully convey, Buy Levaquin Without Prescription. The French, being the romantic souls they are, can of course say "I love you," in two ways: "Je t'aime," and "J'adore," the latter having something of a stronger meaning. Similarly, when Wil says "Aishteru!" to Allison he doesn't just love her in the childhood friend sense, but the deeper and stronger sense that Allison had no doubt felt for him. It's good to know the series pays attention to little details like that, although I'm not entirely sure why I noticed it in the first place.

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Even so, it's baffling to me that Wil is willing to leave the woman he is devoted to - I'm sure he has his reasons (he didn't know she was pregnant at the time of course, and Allison was foolish enough to bottle out of telling him) but I don't think they were explained well enough. Buy Levaquin Without Prescription, The scenes between them working together to solve the train mystery, and live together in the months that follow, were fun to watch and actually quite sweet; I just wish they had been handled better and more time devoted to the moments that mattered.

I'd also like to apologise for a slightly rambling post, and one that I'm still not exactly proud of writing. To say that a retrospective on an entire story arc is reduced to disappointment and lame attempts at humour just goes to show that when I'm not inspired or moved, I find it hard to write as well as I'd like. Rest assured that Frontier and Soul Eater ARE inspiring and moving, so better posts will follow. Maybe the most significant frustration with Allison to Lillia is that it hasn't allowed me to completely dislike it, or drop it for that matter.

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02 Jun 2008

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I actually started to make a short list of plot holes and inconsistencies on my mini-blog, the full version of which I'll set out after the ‘read moar’ tag, Betnovate australia, uk, us, usa. The thing is, Herbal Betnovate, although this show sucks noodles on some levels it's frustratingly good on others. I'm not on about merely the artwork or music - neither can be faulted - because the conceptually this is a really extraordinary show, Buy Betnovate Without Prescription. It's just that I can't believe the original novel's author, Keiichi Sigsawa, cheap Betnovate, would make such glaring mistakes in an otherwise great story. Betnovate forum, I know it's not often I swear on this blog (mainly because I don't know how many of you read these posts with an at-work net connection) but I have to ask "What the bloody hell were they thinking?" when they were planning this series. I swear the storyboards were hurriedly sketched out on the back of a cigarette packet during the director's lunch break or something.

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If this story was sloppily written at its source - namely Sigsawa's novels - it would likely suck across the board: poor characters, unbelievable situations, the works, buy Betnovate without prescription. Buy Betnovate Without Prescription, Would the creator of Kino be so careless. I hardly think so. Betnovate price, coupon, The fact is, Fiona's story is, in a derivative but enjoyable fairytale kind of way, buy no prescription Betnovate online, brilliant and utterly absorbing: the name of her country and its aesthetic for instance all remind me of the former USSR in the first half of the Twentieth Century. Betnovate used for, For whatever reason I have something of a fascination with the tragedy of the last of Russia's tsars and the mythology that surrounded the fate of his youngest daughter Anastasia, who allegedly may have survived the assassination of the entire family; basically, a tale of a long-exiled princess returning to her homeland to tell the people the truth of the evil bastard who was responsible, no prescription Betnovate online, with the help of our heroes, Order Betnovate online c.o.d, isn't just a convincing story: it *could* be historically feasible so is fine for a work of fiction (as for the Romanovs, Anasatasia included, it's now generally accepted that sadly none of them survived), Betnovate interactions.

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The collective opinion of a crowd who are standing below and away from the action is easily swung by one or two voices and a flimsy piece of evidence that again they probably cannot see clearly. The crowds in Monty Python's Life of Brian showed more imagination than this. The people of Fiona's village did remind me of the village in Hot Fuzz though so a bonus point for lulz there.

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After all this, Betnovate treatment, maybe it's not surprising I didn't have a problem with the fact that the normally ‘good as gold but thick as mud’ Wil shows an out-of-character level of deductive logic in regards to Fiona's true identity. The clues really were there, and it all fell in to place in a satisfying way after I'd rewatched while getting the screencaps, Betnovate schedule. The series also however did something unforgivable: deliberately withholding a critical bit of information, Ordering Betnovate online, which I thought was cheating on the writer's part...which even to my untrained mind is bad writing.

Here is my solution, that of a mere viewer who hasn't taken English classes in almost exactly a decade:

The country's rule that only one child can be born into the royal family (the very rule that ensured Fiona's exile) was pivotal: it could however have alerted viewers and made them second guess the "There were twins!" plot twist, Betnovate cost, so it was deliberately left out until Wil explained it at the end. Buy Betnovate Without Prescription, My own approach to this would be to introduce it earlier but after Fiona had started her "I'm Francesca!" charade, leading the viewer to the conclusion that Fiona was an only child and was therefore Francesca after all - you'd end up with a story in which the critical clue is still there for the viewer to pick up (you'd have to deduce that while a second sister was forbidden by law, the possibility that she could exist was still viable), without being hidden in a deus ex machina ending that makes you feel cheated. Purchase Betnovate online, I was actually quite annoyed that this detail was held back unecessarily, purely to stop viewers figuring it out; lit students can feel free to correct me on calling it a foreshadowing that was delierately omitted. According to Wikipedia:

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Shame it was done badly, Betnovate use. Even if this dirty narrative trick were employed in the original novel, Betnovate samples, it would be no trouble to correct it in the adaptation so basically there's no excuse - have these people never worked on an animated TV show before. This is why I maintain that the story in the novels is not necessarily as bad as the anime suggests, Buy Betnovate Without Prescription. Sadly the execution has employed so many amateurish and plain lazy plot devices that I'm inclined to drop it...the catch is, the characters are too engaging to let it go.

Lol@Wil being inobservant
I might actually continue watching this, just to see if at any point Wil actually notices what's right beside in front of him

Alternatively, you could set up a donation fund for me to return to uni as a creative writing student during which I can come up with better screenplays than the one that's currently crucifying this series. Oh yeah, another glaringly obvious moment (following the one above) that went over Wil's head. His loss I suppose, the fool.

Quoted for truth..LOL
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13 May 2008

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Erythromycin For Sale, The structure of this series has taken me by surprise a little since our two young heroes wind up ending a war within an hour and a half of screen time - not bad going by anyone's standards. Erythromycin duration, I guess this means that we'll be treated to a number of short arcs like this shown consecutively - those of you who have read the light novels might be able to shed some light on this but I don't think we'll be seeing a bigger picture in a over-arcing storyline sense. On the flipside any developments could be purely character-driven but whichever way I look at it, my Erythromycin experience, Erythromycin price, the narrative seems to be more episodic than I expected it to be; I'm hoping this won't harm the strength of the storytelling.

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The op theme is still my favourite of the current season's (although Kaiba comes close...more on that later) and the BGM is in keeping with the old-fashioned adventure vibe, purchase Erythromycin. Canada, mexico, india, I really ought to start capitalising Adventure when used in the context of A & L though, since it is firmly set on maintaining that traditional approach to entertainment that the likes of Miyazaki were doing over a decade ago; I guess it could also be thought of as a modern take on the World Masterpiece Theatre vein, Erythromycin over the counter.

When I call A & L Miyazaki-esque I'm not just referring to the alternate-historical setting of Laputa and Porco Rosso; it specifically has some of the most impressive aerial scenes this side of Last Exile (not to mention the fact that Allison and Wil strongly remind me of Lavie and Claus, which I see as a good thing), Erythromycin For Sale. Is Erythromycin addictive, The MWE (Madhouse Win Effect, that of the said studio turning almost anything it touches into gold) ensures that the animation is smooth, Erythromycin australia, uk, us, usa, Get Erythromycin, the character designs consistent and the backgrounds gorgeous. It's not their best ever effort for sure, order Erythromycin online overnight delivery no prescription, Purchase Erythromycin online, but by TV standards is pretty respectable and I'm sure will age quite well in future years. Unlike, fast shipping Erythromycin, Purchase Erythromycin for sale, say, cyberpunk and mecha shows, buy cheap Erythromycin no rx, Erythromycin overnight, the true-to-life yet in-the-past setting makes it timeless in some ways and might be one of those shows that has non fans asking "so it's Japanese, huh?", Erythromycin recreational. Buying Erythromycin online over the counter, I found the wartime background and true nature of the ‘treasure’ to be quite telling: many searched for something financial, or at least material, buy Erythromycin no prescription, Online Erythromycin without a prescription, but the value was found in an idea or concept. Erythromycin For Sale, It's a shame, but not surprising, that people had died over the years over something that is not tangible beyond the physical representation of it (namely the painting on the cave wall) - it's also ironic how something so simple and innocuous could solve a complex problem such as long-term conflict.

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Fortunately in this case the sum is still quite a lot. The backlight of the original story makes it shine, the presentation is impressive and the two leads have a fantastic dynamic; there's something that's holding the show back from classic status but after this arc it promises much. I'm already intrigued about a journey in the snow and gun-toting pensioners but I think it'll be the combination of Allison and Wil that makes it for me.

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My beef with InK apparently stems from cultural differences in terms of expectations of who dates or rejects who but from this particular laptop screen Kotoko is a likable love-fool, her classmates are unsupportive and her would-be crush has done next to nothing to deserve her affections. Ironing out these problems is asking a lot but it should be good for a laugh if they are put right because otherwise it's a straightforward, back-to-basics high school comedy effort that could be a lot of fun. Gambatte Kotoko. ^_^

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