Breitbart News has obtained a promotional booklet produced in 1991 by Barack Obama's then-literary agency, Acton & Dystel, which touts Obama as "born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii."
The booklet, which was distributed to "business colleagues" in the publishing industry, includes a brief biography of Obama among the biographies of eighty-nine other authors represented by Acton & Dystel. Obama’s biography in the booklet is as follows (image and text below):
Dystel (Jay Acton's partner) did not respond to numerous requests for comment, via email and telephone. Her assistant told Breitbart News that Dystel "does not answer questions about Obama."
The biography does, however, fit a pattern in which Obama--or the people representing and supporting him--manipulate his public persona.
David Maraniss's forthcoming biography of Obama has reportedly confirmed, for example, that a girlfriend Obama described in Dreams from My Father was, in fact, an amalgam of several separate individuals.
In addition, Obama and his handlers have a history of redefining his identity when expedient. In March 2008, for example, he famously declared: "I can no more disown [Jeremiah Wright] than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother."
Several weeks later, Obama left Wright's church--and, according to Edward Klein's new biography, The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House, allegedly attempted to persuade Wright not to "do any more public speaking until after the November [2008] election" (51).
Obama has been known frequently to fictionalize aspects of his own life. During his 2008 campaign, for instance, Obama claimed that his dying mother had fought with insurance companies over coverage for her cancer treatments.
That turned out to be untrue, but Obama has repeated the story--which even the Washington Post called "misleading"--in a campaign video for the 2012 election.
The Acton & Dystel biography could also reflect how Obama was seen by his associates, or transitions in his own identity. He is said, for instance, to have cultivated an "international" identity until well into his adulthood (z; and running for office in these United States, of course), according to Maraniss. (you can read the rest of the article at the link under the first word of this post, HERE) Z: So, this isn't a birther thing...Breitbart makes that CLEAR....it's about LIES and MANY DIFFERENT BARACK OBAMAS.
HOLD THE PRESSES...I did this post Thursday afternoon and then, later on, I ran across THIS as a HEADLINE FOR YAHOO! An agent ("Miriam Goderich edited the text of the bio; she is now a partner at the Dystel & Goderich agency, which lists Obama as one of its current clients.") is saying she just didn't bother to check the facts back then......it's ALL a mistake, folks. Of course, they don't say where they got that information, but nevertheless; BELIEVE them, it's all a big GOOF :-)
But, tellingly, the Yahoo article tries to misinterpret Breitbart.com's whole reason for having even printed this story of the old brochure. They say "Breitbart.com published a lengthy disclaimer with the brochure, saying it does not believe Obama was born outside of the United States: (Z: DISCLAIMER of WHAT?) The Breitbart article says plenty (again, see the very top link) but their point is: "It is evidence--not of the President's foreign origin, but that Barack Obama's public persona has perhaps been presented differently at different times." Can any sane person not see that?
(Breitbart NEVER said he was a birther, NEVER.)
Sorry, Yahoo, sorry White House, sorry leftwingers, but Breitbart's piece stands and there is no 'disclaimer' because there is nothing to disclaim. But, good try. "@(#b&*a@#s(*$t&a(@*r#&d$(s&*#"
The fun never quits, does it.
thanks, Mustang.
z
54 comments:
With an abundance of discrepancies like this, why is "birther" such a pejorative?
I am not convinced either way, but to be skeptical of his background is to be a birther.
Is there not reason to be skeptical?
The upcoming campaign should be a lot of fun.
I am wondering just how the Obama smear machine will achieve its goal of making Mitt into the devil? That's going to be a tough one, but I do believe David Axlerod and the boys are up for it.
Obama the fake is full of lies. I agree with Ed. There is plenty of reason to be skeptical of Obama's background. Is Barack Obama's life story merely a composite like "Julia" and his girlfriend in his book?
Teresa @ Teresamerica
You are correct, Breitbart's death was under strange circumstances for sure.
All of Obama's enemies of are at risk and that includes those who speak out against him. These Liberals, Progressive's Commies, and Muslims have no respect for life.
These people are totally despicable by all standards of civil life & society.
Like a typical brainwashed Marxist's, they automatically defend anything that their dictator tells them or says.
Let's not forget what that THUG Jimmy Hoffa in Chicago said about getting the conservatives.
"President Obama, this is your armyWe are ready to march. Let's take these son of bitches out and give America back to an America where we belong"
"Miriam Goderich edited the text of the bio; she is now a partner at the Dystel & Goderich agency, which lists Obama as one of its current clients."
"This was nothing more than a fact checking error by me--an agency assistant at the time," Goderich wrote in an emailed statement to Yahoo News. "There was never any information given to us by Obama in any of his correspondence or other communications suggesting in any way that he was born in Kenya and not Hawaii. I hope you can communicate to your readers that this was a simple mistake and nothing more."
A fact checking error... a simple mistake.... ?
Are they kidding? Is that the best they can come up with?
WHO THE HELL IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
Pretty damning -- no matter how many denials.
I do note that the Huffington Post published about this -- with the denial as part of the headline, of course.
Was similar material also released by the AP in 2004? See THIS.
If the AP really did say the above, where did the AP get that blurb "Kenyan born"?
Boy, hard to imagine something more boring. This may have as much impact as the last round of videos (have they been released?).
James Godard O'Keefe got caught in a lie in his last film.
But watch out what you wish for. Wait till Orly Taitz gets hold of this.
Ducky, this subject isn't boring ... the Left's agenda is what's boring.
Barack Obama and his entourage are world-class liars. They can say whatever they like, spin their yarn - we're not buying it. The Left's agenda is revealed - we know what they're up to and they're going to be stopped. All of the misdirection, distraction and idiotic attempts to explain away "the herd of elephants in the room" just shows how stupid they think we are. In November they'll learn just how stupid they are. If our country's problems weren't so serious, this would be funny. That's what Obama is, a destructive joke.
I will believe that Obama was born in Kenya before I will believe he was a financial journalist, anywhere. The guy is too ignorant of finance and economics to even discuss those subhects.
By the way, Barack Obama was the very first "president" of the Harvard Law Review. They changed the rules to make the position a popular, elected position so that minorities could hold it, also.
What's up with that? Does this mean that the Harvard Law School faculty thought minority students (black students) were not smart enough, or have the academic credentials to hold the former "editor" position of the Review?
I am not making this up. It is within the realm of reason that the position was changed so that Barack Obama could hold the position and go on to greater things.
How do you explain all the positions in his resume? He never achieved anything, wrote any articles, nor did he do any work in any of those positions. Who was protecting him, and who was financing him? Who was promoting him?
Time for a new conspiracy theory, folks?
Bob..BINGO "How do you explain all the positions in his resume? He never achieved anything, wrote any articles, nor did he do any work in any of those positions. Who was protecting him, and who was financing him? Who was promoting him?"
THAT is what Breitbart's people are proving at their sites lately; my question for a couple of years is.."Who PUBLISHED HIM?"
I mean who WOULD publish an autobiography of a virtual unknown at such a young age?
He supposedly wrote only ONE PIECE for the Law Review but wrote two books?
Obama is our first composite president.
The publisher didn't just get that information out of thin air. Most likely, it was part of his narrative to make himself out to be exotic and play the system with it, a la Ward Churchill or Elizabeth Warren.
Fredd, they'd already made a stink about the 'bullying the gay guy' thing, which happened FORTY FIVE YEARS AGO....but now when information from Jeremiah Wright shows Obama saying "your problem is you have to tell the truth" (sic), Romney SAYS he wants all of this stopped ...no character assassinations.
I guess it's going to be like McCain....they killed Palin with every single little thing they could, but McCain took the high road and did very little to remind folks of O's lies about knowing Ayers, etc.
I think CHARACTER DOES COUNT and information that Brietbart's guys are coming up with is important.
Darth, Breitbart's death was his heart.. The family's satisfied with that, no strange circumstances anymore; tho UCLA called for TWO autopsies, they've been done and it was the heart problem from the year before that got him.
You're right...Obama's enemies are at risk and the list includes border agents, etc...that's unnerving.
FW...We're supposed to buy that, imagine?
Teresa and Ed....THAT is my point. Why would legitimate questions warrant nasty pejoratives? This is the new stinking leftwing media-America.
AOW...will check your link when I'm home from work, thanks for that. xx
"How do you explain all the positions in his resume? He never achieved anything, wrote any articles, nor did he do any work in any of those positions. Who was protecting him, and who was financing him? Who was promoting him?
Time for a new conspiracy theory, folks?"
Bob, Mr. Pris used to call Obama, a "Manchurian Candidate". Since the lies abound about the president, and as I said from the beginning, "who is this man, and how did he come so far, so fast", it seems to me Mr. Pris had a good take on him.
No one want's to go that far, because Obama's black and anyone who vilifies him would be called a racist, or a nut.
He is the perfect choice for deception, and millions of people are more concerned with the perception they themselves put forward, than accepting the truth!
I bet this wouldn't be so boring to Ducky if Obama had an "R" after his name.As a matter of fact the MSM ,Media Matters and left wing blogs would have this at the top of their "To Do " List.
But let's call it "Boring" because it seems the "birther" label may be coming back to haunt the "Zombies
Obama spent a lot of money to seall his records for a reason. His fabricated history is a mixture of half truths and a lot of fiction. Amricans bought into the biggest con ever.
Silverfiddle has brought up an important point:
The publisher didn't just get that information out of thin air.
That information CAME FROM somewhere. Where? From Obama himself?
Just imagine, as Lisa said, that an "R" were following Obama's name. The media would have revealed the blurb on that pamphlet A LONG TIME AGO.
Nah, nothing to see here, move along people... And you craaaaaaaaazy 'birthers' need to just STFU.
This deserves an honest investigation. If it does turn out that Obama is not American, he needs to step down, be tried, Biden put in charge for the small remainder of his term, and every single executive order nullified, at the very least!
But we're never, ever going to get that.
Amen Brooke
That would be raciiiiiiiist!!!!!
That's just it; I do not think any of us will ever know the truth about this odd man, called Barack Obama.
Personally, I think he has lied for what ever reasons to be whatever was needed at any time , to fit any description.
Maybe he is like "Julia".
Maybe he is just a hologram?
If anything I am concerned with the people who put him where he currently is.
Monica Crowley has a PhD … but that only matters to those on the left if you happen to be a rabid communist in synch with the traitor Howard Zinn. Earlier today, Crowley debated Fox News’ duty leftist on the issue of Romney’s decision to distance himself from the alleged plan by a PAC to resurrect the Wright-Obama issue. The leftist began her argument giving credit to Romney for his decision, adding that the proposed campaign reflects racism on the right. The moderator asked, “Is this racism, or a legitimate concern about Obama’s radicalism?” Crowley offered that the issue was relevant in 2008, but now that Obama has a record, the issue of radicalism is moot. Then, a few moments later, the leftist (nitwit) again inserted her supposition that an anti-Obama campaign is racist.
Not even Rod Serling could invent this drivel.
What should we infer about this newest revelation? Either Obama was lying about his birth in 1991 in order to protect his status as a foreign student, or he was lying about his birth in 2008 when he refused to release his birth certificate (which remains suspect) for two full years. Either way, Obama is a liar. And I think the people at Breitbart are 100% correct when they suggest that Obama keeps reinventing himself for every possible situation. This ranks up there with the notion of miraculous conception.
Hey America, make sure you reelect this fraud …
" were not smart enough, or have the academic credentials to hold the former "editor" position of the Review? ..."
Shhhhhhh.....can't say that ya know. Don't want to make anyone Feeeeeeellllll badly, or uncomfortable, ya know. Now...go get your shoe shine box Obama. The Saudi king wants his sandals done. ( to Joe Pesci )
"his birth in 1991.."
I know he acts like a man child Sam...and a total narcissistic dope....but I think you meant 1961, yea...? Or so an "announcement" in a Hawaiian penny pincher paper said.
That's proof enough for me...yup.
BTW...if you read that bio again...he was born in Kenya... as it says in PRINT....that doesn't make him an "African American".
It makes him an AFRICAN....just like it said in his bogus BC....and the race they put in for his "father".
Now...I seem to remember back in 1961 they'd never use "african" as a race. It would have been ...Negro which is a totally acceptable, legitimate racial description.
Pris "He is the perfect choice for deception," that's exactly what so many people think. You're so right.
SF and AOW, I asked that in my post....did they make this UP? (or maybe I deleted that part because it was much longer before I published)
WHERE did they get that information, which isn't exactly a 'normal' background on any American, right?
"I'll bet he's from Kenya?" WHAT?
Imp, there are a lot of things that the birth cert. gets wrong....you're right in what you say. The hospital was called something else then, too, but we're told to "Shut UP, you ridiculous birthers! Just LET IT GO....what do YOU know?"
NO curiosity from the media, not a smidge.
Imagine if he'd been a Republican with these lies and obfuscations?
MY GOD>
SAM, by the way....I was seething this morning at Romney's trying to take the high road and telling his backers to stop talking about Jeremiah Wright.
Is he NUTS? I, too, don't want a nasty fight of personalities, but did he forget how the Obama thugs dug up that hazing thing that happened FORTY-FIVE YEARS AGO?
So, Obama can throw anything he wants at Romney, getting 29847239847 times the press so's to make Romney look as bad as they can, but we're to ignore the many things Romney COULD throw at Obama? Things such as in these comments here?
Is it REALLY going to be another McCain loss....or can Romney SOMEHOW tell the truth, expose, and make people wake up without sounding like the Obama thugs...thereby being heard and not sound like he's going personal?
Oh, I forgot, it doesn't really matter because the media'd never pick up any truth Romney said about Obama, anyway. Never mind.
I need to go on Moderation again now...I'm not in the mood to read MORE lies from the leftwingers who'll be peeking in soon, especially at my own blog!
Imp, I meant to suggest that he was either lying in 1991 about his place of birth, or ....
Z ...
It didn't help the McCain campaign when he chose the high road in 2008, so it remains to be seen whether Romney's position will win him moderate support.
McCain's problem may well have been his selection of Palin as a running mate. I don't know.
As an aside, when a soldier loses his rifle in combat, he has to pay for it. McCain lost his weapon in combat and has yet to reimburse the government after all these years. Talk about double standards!
Imp, I remember McCain tried to take the high ground...I respect and admire that, but this isn't about NOT taking the high ground, this is about THE TRUTH, right?
Romney DOES need to do what McCain did NOT do...Romney needs to, with class and dignity, just TELL FOLKS THE TRUTH.
Obama having known Ayers FAR better than he said is not open for discussion..it's just TRUE.
Obama having sealed records is not conjecture, it's KNOWN.
Obama knocking ANY media on the Right, even insulting FOX BY NAME, must stop and Romney should either joke about that or give it to Americans straight that it's not cool for a president to insult half of what America watches (actually, more than half)
We MUST have all of America learn the truth and it's just not coming out...ugh. I'm just tired of the whole thing...
see ya later :-)
" I meant to suggest that he was either lying in 1991 about his place of birth, or ...."
Sam...my apologies....I should have deliberated a moment longer to see that that was not what you were inferring. MY Bad Sir...I got the 1991 connection after I posted the damn thing.
Again...sorry.
Have you seen THIS?
Fellow Author Says Obama Must Have Submitted His Own Bio To Literary Agent, Because All of Us At The Agency Did, It Was Policy
Worth a look!
"McCain lost his weapon in combat and has yet to reimburse the government after all these years."
"My friends" as he was so fond of saying...he lost more than that. My take is that 5 years of psych warfare and torture has lasted his entire life. And we know that somewhere along in those 5 years...he couldn't resist his tormentors anymore and stay alive.
Who knows what happens to a man when he's so whipped and beaten down ( we're just beginning to understand PTSD too ) that we think that a man....couldn't be so affected by conflict that he wouldn't naturally enjoy the psychological game that the demrats wanted to play?
Maybe McCain had a tremendous aversion to such hate and conflict...that it brought back the ghosts of Hanoi?
I'd think...that a man that had to have had a limit and a breaking point. And we might be blamed too for expecting our war heros to "tough it out"...to be "real men" forever?
He's human. And so is Mitt...McCain in retrospect was the wrong choice. We assumed that he would be up to the task of resisting, fighting and be combative and jump into the fray...willingly.
He didn't...because he was the hero....while the demmie rats never had one. He was an Officer and a gentleman all the way. As a Naval Officer should be.
I respect his desire not to stoop down to the gutters that demrats live and breath in...
But Mitt...should have no such boundaries. He should defend his honor among the rats that have none.
Z,
I've said once and I'll say it again, Romney needs to pound out his message and not get roped into the fraternity crap that Obama and his minions are spewing. Keep pounding his message.
Yes Breitbart made it clear that they are not 'birthers', that this is about lies.
I am not convinced he was born in the United States, so call me a birther if you wish.
I also think that he is more sympathetic to Islam than he is Christianity. Even his Rev. Jeremiah Wright said that he tried to teach Obama Christianity. When asked if he "converted" Obama from Islam, Wright said "no".
Debbie
Right Truth
http://www.righttruth.typepad.com
"The Center for Social Inclusion is caught up in the toxic brew of Marxism coupled with identity politics. This pabulum that passes for serious thought on the nation’s university campuses holds that America is a morally depraved, structurally racist country that systematically oppresses everyone who is not Caucasian.
It has long been axiomatic that when liberals are fretting about possibly losing power they scream “racist!” repeatedly at the top of their lungs as if sheer repetition of the smear will somehow make it true.
But teaching sitting representatives of the people whose salaries are paid by the taxpayers how to deploy malicious slanders to shut down open debate over government spending is surely a new low."
Let this seep in...this is the demrat, sewer tactics.
Byron York wrote this about Obama's re-invention of himself:
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/article/new-biography-obama-asks-am-i-american/526196
"I respect and admire that, but this isn't about NOT taking the high ground, this is about THE TRUTH, right?"
Z,
For me it is about winning, not necessarily the truth. We have been screaming the truth for years, and there's nobody to listen.
What we need is a good swift-boat crew that will take him on in the middle of his strength. Recruit the Jackson Five, Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson to make the point that Obama is not a real bro. After all, he is half-white and HAS NEVER WORN A HOODIE!
Whether he has ever written a legal opinion, or anything else is not important. But, if we air brush his picture to make him look whiter, and put him in a pick-up truck with a gun rack, wearing a "CAT" baseball hat, escorted by an inflatable white female companion...
Just saying we could use something dramatic to get rid of that clown.
"We have to understand the nature of the African American vote in this country, since it differs substantially from the way pretty much every other group functions.
African Americans are the only demographic group in the nation that votes in virtually uniform fashion for one side over other, come rain or shine.
The Republican party is simply not an option, voting numbers suggest, which means that the Democratic party is the only vehicle for their political aspirations.
What this means, in turn, is that when the Democratic party ignores some of their opinions, those opinions simply go unrepresented in the body politic.
This is actually a pretty regular occurrence in Democratic party politics, Now the Politics of Patronage Corrupted the Once Noble Democratic Party and Now Threatens the American Republic.
Their leadership class in Congress has basically cut a deal with other factions of the party that goes something like this: In exchange for support on issues that are important to their community, most members of the Congressional Black Caucus will usually vote with the feminists, the unions, and so on, even if those votes cut against their constituents’ interests."
In other words...don't expect them to think real hard about alternatives or options...so long as the faucet of "privilege and set asides" suits them. We are looking at another 100 years or more of plantation politics.
How does anyone take the high ground while being dragged down into the gutter!
It's time for conservatives to set the agenda, and take off their gloves for a fight to save America!
Anyone who's paying attention knows Obama doesn't want his record to be the central issue.
So go after it. Regardless of the whining and complaining. Romney got where he is by going after his own party contenders.
Now is no time to get weak kneed. The other side will play dirty everyday, all day long. Count on it!
AOW, isn't this INCREDIBLE?
Thanks for that link.
Republicans MUST STEP FORWARD and reveal this stuff! Composite girlfriends... who ever HEARD of a composite girlfriend? I was astonished when the girl interviewed by Vanity Fair, mooning over her old boyfriend Obama, came forward and said "That's not what I said!"
Honestly, if we didn't have PRAVDA for a media, the world would know what a damned CONTRIVANCE Obama is.
That's what he is...more than a COMPOSITE, he's a CONTRIVANCE!!!
I like that...what do you think, everybody!?
THE CONTRIVANCE PRESIDENT> (you may quote me :-)
DEBBIE...I think you're right. The information re this LAST birth certificate the WH put forward has been destroyed by computer geeks..but, the media's mute.
BOB..are you being sarcastic? Or what do you think could EVER convince the Brother Sharpton to EVER EVER EVER let his Obama down?
IMP...does ANY politician vote for the people or the country anymore? I think not. WHat a bunch of losers. And they're dragging us down with them.
Pris, this "high ground" thing has to STOP. Where's it GET anybody? Bob's right..WE HAVE TO WIN. Did you hear Romney saying they should kill the Jeremiah Wright truth HE SAYS ON TAPE? He wants to drop that story? Are they KIDDING? After Obama's thugs said Romney was a bullier of gays in High School? WHY PUT KID GLOVES ON ROMNEY NOW??
GEEEEEESH!!!
Come on z, didn't you folks see what happened to the clown car in the primaries?
You start trotting this nonsense out again and you are going to convince every independent out there that the Republican party is loaded with nut logs.
Very bad move.
Ducky, please read the post. Nobody's on the 'birther' thing and, let's face it, 'birther' became a pejorative when truth became a castoff of the Obama presidency.
Breitbart never said he was a birther, as a matter of fact he didn't believe Obama wasn't an American. His point was HONESTY IN THE MEDIA and that is what we need to get back to.
AOW's comment points to a woman who says this agency definitely would have had the author write his own bio...most do. Or, as my piece said, they did have authors edit their bios. Or, where would they have rec'd the Kenya birth information so many years ago, WAY before the 'birther' quest for the truth?
Republicans think character matters and stories like this inform voters.. and I get the feeling more and more independents are starting to see the truth, too.
No 'nonsense' being trotted out here...just more and more and more and more info pointing to the CONTRIVANCY that is Obama.
bho and the msm LIE- that is a fact-
sadly-it looks like romney is going to go the nicey route concerning bho-
to keep the "moderates"-
he'll lose if he does not stand strong for the truth to be revealed about bho-
remember- I have stated many times that there is little difference between the elitist Rs and the Lying Dems...
C-CS
Carol...I think SOMEONE has to get to Romney and tell him to be REAL and tell the truth and be clear about what's needed in this country and how Obama is the farthest thing from that.
He needs to talk about how redistribution is wrong and DRIVE IT HOME!!!
EVERYBODY:
A little off topic:
A German couple I knew well while living in Paris (they've lived there most of their adult working lives) just emailed that they're seriously considering leaving France now that the husband's retiring. They said the government is not to be trusted and they need to go. They said nobody they know trusts this gov't..
sounds like another case (and cautionary tale) of those who want to live off the treasury outnumbering those putting money INTO the treasury) and voting REDISTRIBUTION>
a cautionary tale, indeed
"another case (and cautionary tale) of those who want to live off the treasury outnumbering those putting money INTO the treasury) and voting REDISTRIBUTION>"
Maybe Michelle Bachmann becoming a Swiss citizen, and Mitt Romney having bank accounts in the Caribbean make sense. If I could take my tiny savings off shore, I would do it. Obama and the Dems have plans for our IRA's and 401K's. After all, those with them are more fortunate, and that's not fair.
Z,
Calling your attention to THIS. I'm sure that you'll be interested.
Wow, AOW< that is REALLY damning information.
You remember when so many people were saying that Obama'd not written the books, but prolific Ayers didn't publish books only those two years Obama DID? :-)
By the way, the most striking thing to me in that article is that the agent would go out of her way to pick an absolute NOTHING to publish..why? I've been asking that for four years; FINALLY, someone else is talking about it.
Here it is:
"Jane plucked Barack out of nowhere and approached him about writing a memoir. They signed a multi-book deal"
WHY? WHY pluck HIM out...of nowhere? A nothing? $$$ Multi-book deal? WHY? (soros$$??)
Hi, KP...I haven't heard of anyone questioning the letter, have you?...it's apparently in the compilation of letters Reagan wrote.
I just Googled to see and, about 8 links down, there was this article here...kind of blew my mind because I didn't expect to see it there!
Will the real barack obama, the false one, the empty suit one etc, all just go away and stop ruining the country please.
I don't care what anyone unearths about him anymore. His recent past is reason enough to vote for the other guys as far as I'm concerned.
Z,
I KNEW that you'd want to see that information!
Bob May: I believe Bachmann gave UP Swiss citizenship.
RWT: Like the Cat in the Hat.
Just go!
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