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Finance
Posted on May 23, 2019 by David M Willis

196 thoughts on “Finance”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    I’m sure Dina wants to violate that rn

    also it should totes be that costume

    1. Needfuldoer

      Oh jeez those Amazon comments are gold!

      Is the thing in the comic a costume? I think it’s a giant plush, like those 6′ tall teddy bears that go on sale 98% off starting February 15th every year.

      1. Author X

        The alt text says “plush” so you are correct, I think Ana just meant Dina would be wearing the costume

        1. Needfuldoer

          It can be both, with a knife and some tailoring!

  2. Doctor_Who

    We need to vote that thing as the star of the next Patreon strip so we can hopefully get a prequel about how the hell Becky snuck it into the room.

    1. ShinyNeen

      Well, surely this isn’t Baby’s First Violation of Physics for the Sake of Humor!

      But yeah no totally jumping on that vote bandwagon when it comes around. Though, does the plush need a name for that to happen?

      1. Lokitsu

        That plush is big enough to have it’s own area code, so a name shouldn’t be to difficult.

        1. Screwball

          Plushiraptor? Velociplush? Utahplushtor?

        2. Deanatay

          Nah. It’s inflatable.

        3. Deanatay

          Inflataraptor?

        4. Chris

          It’s kind of hard to imagine she’d have said embroidered for an inflatable… it’s got to be a plushie.

        5. Screwball

          It’s a plush, it says so in the…..hower…comment…thing…….Hovertext?

        6. Yet_One_More_Idiot

          One vote in favour of Plushiraptor! :DDD

        7. Screwball

          Yaaay! That’s the most so far… :p

        8. Catman

          Protofuckface

      2. Ana Chronistic

        “Oversized Comedic Prop”

    2. Koms

      The plushie and fuckface together

      1. Ryek Hvek

        FF is down with that, as long as he’s top

    3. HeySo

      I’m more in surprise of the fact that she got it into the room quietly; Or at least, quietly enough that Dina didn’t wake up.

      Then again, I suppose there’s nothing saying that Dina wasn’t waking up in that first panel immediately following hearing the “Scchwwffffppffhahhff” of an oversized plush dinosaur being forced through a narrow doorway and popping out into the middle of the room. She’s just super chill about waking up to weird noises, I guess.

    4. Byron Orpheus

      The next Patreon strip? Or the next Slipshine comic? What? Don’t kink-shame!

  3. Catman

    Damn, Dina has a bigger Dino than me…

    I need to up my game

  4. ValdVin

    “It’s baby’s first campaign finance violation” would make another great book title.

    1. Jon Rich

      Seconded.

      1. Solenoid

        And thirded. And however many people follow after.

        1. Undrave

          Fourth’d?

        2. Foxhack

          Zachary Quintoed

        3. He Who Abides

          Sixth’d.

        4. Pablo360

          Sete-ado.

    2. Michael Haneline

      I agree, though I think the title would be better with the “It’s”

  5. Sharkfin Bangs

    Okay, but how can I commit campaign finance violation to get me one of those?

    1. LookingIN

      Run for office, have your chief of staff buy it with campaign donations in the name of targeting paleontologists, then go to a high-priced toy store and get one.

      It’s all perfectly legal…until you get caught. Just make sure to include “Vote Sharkfin Bangs” on the tag to appease the FEC.

  6. Joshi

    but where are the feathers

    1. Doctor_Who

      Becky also bought a pillow and some glue, because she is a good girlfriend.

    2. Minotaur

      I’m not sure if allosaurus had feathers…

  7. Kravis

    Sex on top of that thing (I shall call him Fuckface II) is gonna be A-MA-ZING!

    1. AntJ

      especially at a campaign rally on live TV, with occasional cut shots to the butt embroidery for promotion

      Robin would win most of the campus vote

    2. Jon Rich

      Technically, he’s proto-Fuckface.

      1. drs

        I’m pretty sure lizards (including iguanas like Fuckface) and dinosaurs are cousins; dinosaurs aren’t ancestral to any modern reptiles I know of.

        There *were* giant lizards at the time, mosasaurs. More related to monitor lizards.

        The author Caitlin Kiernan has published scientific papers on mosasaurs.

        1. Kamino Neko

          Yeah…dinosaurs are archosaurs, lizards are lepidosaurs. They’re, like…5th cousins. Currently, birds and crocodilians are the living representatives of archosauria.

          (As to dinosaurs not being ancestral to modern reptiles…teeechnically birds are modern reptiles, as they are dinosaurs, which are reptiles, but…y’know…)

    3. LeslieBean4shizzle

      I would say “next time on Slipshine” but I haven’t read the most recent one yet, still not having the extra cash to jump back in there. Blast my lack of commissions the past month.

      But yeah, I’d be totally okay with Becky and Dina having their first sexual experience on top of that plushie.

      1. LeslieBean4shizzle

        Sorry, that should have been “first shared sexual experience” – typo. Stupid lack of an edit button.

  8. Mra

    how did she get that through the door?

    1. Jude Deluca

      With determination.

    2. Tacos

      By warping the very fabric of space-time.

      1. Solenoid

        Or at least the fabric of the giant plush dino

      2. LookingIN

        so she hired The Doctor to bring it?

    3. Yotomoe

      The trick wasn’t getting the dinosaur in her dorm. It was building a whole dorm around the Dinosaur while Dina wasn’t looking.

      1. Bagge

        Clever girl

      2. MatthewTheLucky

        I don’t think Becky or Toedad have seven brothers, so were would she get the staff?

    4. Keulen

      Very carefully.

    5. Tev

      lube

  9. Batz

    I think she’s gonna ‘splode!

  10. Tacos

    Honestly that would scare the crap outta me if I saw that first thing in the morning.

    1. Doctor_Who

      At this point everyone on the floor has received at least one Joyce-Wakey-A-Gram, so the sight of massive teeth first thing in the morning has lost its shock value.

      1. Jon Rich

        Okay, this was brilliant. Kudos to you, Doctor.

  11. Stephen Bierce

    You will be Raptor Round My Finger…ya~a~a~oh!

    1. Bicycle Bill

      As long as you’re channeling The Police, I’ll take over the hacked Muzak to play “Walk the Dinosaur” by Was (Not Was).

  12. Kyrik Michalowski

    On the one hand I would worry what Robin will say when she finds out about this, on the other hand she may have totally agreed to it already and my worries are for nothing. I honestly can’t tell when it comes to Robin, anyome have a guess or wanna place a bet?

    1. Tacos

      I bet she’s totally OK with it.

      1. Doctor_Who

        Right?

        Becky: Robin, I spent that pile of money labeled “From taxpayers, SuperPACs, and someone called Schmadimir Schmutin” on a giant dinosaur.

        Robin: That is AWESOME.

        1. Bagge

          Come to think of it… wasn’t dinobot part of Robin’s campaign in shortpacked? Awesome callback.

    2. Bagge

      “Hey, Robs, what if I buy a giant dinosaur plushie for my super-ass-rad girlfriend for the campaign money?”

      “Now we are talking! That’s why I pay you the big bucks, Becks.”

    3. Rabid Rabbit

      Robin will be all “OMG we need that thing at ALL THE RALLIES! It can be our new campaign spokesperson!”

      All the Robin ads from now on will be that thing with Robin (poor) ventriloquizing in poor sight right next to it. “I’m Robin DeSanto, and I totally approve this dinosaur!”

      1. Bagge

        “I’m a dinosaur, and I totally approve Robin DeSanto”

  13. BBCC

    Look, Becky, it doesn’t matter how campaign finance law works, just coach Robin saying that you honestly believed that’s how campaign finance law worked so that when the IRS comes knocking, you two have your story straight.

    1. Seregiel

      I mean… she probably doesn’t need to coach her because Robin probably does…

      1. BBCC

        Just in case.

    2. Regalli

      Play off the court’s expectations, too. No one hires an 18-year-old with no political experience to be a campaign manager, because they don’t generally know the relevant laws. Throw in ‘and I was homeschooled to keep me from learning subversive ideas’ and you’re golden, Becky.

      1. BBCC

        Don’t be afraid to throw Robin under the bus either – “I honestly thought that’s how it worked, and Robin said it was okay to spend on those things.”

        1. thejeff

          Or Becky just turns witness in exchange for immunity and unmasks all the dark secrets of the DeSanto campaign corruption.

        2. BBCC

          You. You get me.

  14. Woomy

    Best panel

  15. StClair

    Way to try to make your girlfriend complicit in the bad thing, there.

  16. Hazel

    Oh Becky. You did good.

  17. MatsuoTanuki

    *Amber walks in and sees the plush*

    Amber: “Is… is that normal?

    Becky: Yes this is normal! It’s a big dino, relax about it!”

    1. Bagge

      Amber opens mouth as if to protest, hesitates, looks over at Dina, closes her mouth and nods thoughtfully.

      1. Delicious Taffy

        Is that a motherfuckin’ Artemis Fowl reference?

        1. Bagge

          Nope, never read, but maybe I should 🙂

        2. Schpoonman

          If it is I didn’t catch it. Damn.

        3. MatsuoTanuki

          It IS a reference, just not an Artemis Fowl one. ^_^;

  18. Seregiel

    I need a giant beanbag Dino now. #newmerch

  19. Yotomoe

    “So do I, by the way. Ms.Desanto’s initiation is REALLY wierd.”

  20. auroki

    If my partner came in with a giant dinosaur plush qearing a nice suit, I woild gladly approve of any “violating” mmmmm

    1. Roborat

      Why would the dinosaur plush be wearing a nice suit?

      1. auroki

        Because even if ya come from an outdated time, there is no reason to rock a modern classy style. See George of the Jungle movie

  21. oggser

    i feel like more people should propose with gay blow-up dinosaurs theyd e a hit with everyone including me, me, me, and me

  22. 1 2 2 50 in Roman numerals

    Im not shure if those r “ur supporting desanto and im bummed abt it” teary eyes or “u got me a big dinasaur” teary eyes and im scared to find out which

    1. AntJ

      I think it’s “oh my goodness you went way too overboard on a nice gesture, I love it but you can’t afford taco bell”

      1. Jon Rich

        That’s the thing: Becky didn’t pay for this. The deSanto campaign did.

        1. AntJ

          Dina doesn’t know that yet. Last time they talked, Dina told Becky not to worry about a birthday present because she didn’t have money for one.

        2. Tacos

          I mean Becky just said this is a campaign finance violation plus Robin had this big press conference to showcase her new campaign media manager. Dina probably already knows that Becky is working for Robin.

      2. Kamino Neko

        I think it’s ‘you just admitted to committing a crime (or at the very least an ethical violation) and expect me to be happy about it’ tears.

        1. MatthewTheLucky

          Eh, Dina’s Chaotic Good.

    2. thejeff

      Both?

  23. Danielle

    tony got a giant bear, becky got giant dino

  24. Bagge

    This is a very specific sexy dream coming true for Dina.

  25. Schpoonman

    I have many feelings about this comic.

    Dina is the most adorable thing I’ve ever seen. The sleepy panel to the perfect expression of shock to starry eyes? Done.

    Becky moves very quickly when motivated, and if she can’t get Dina an ice sculpture then she’ll get something that’s a little more practical.

    Oh, shit, this actually could be a financd violation.

    OH, SHIT, BECKY COULD RUN INTO JOYCE. This is a conversation I’m sure Joyce was looking forward to the second day after her dream.

    1. AntJ

      Perhaps this will lead to Becky finding out about Jocelyne before Joyce does

    2. Fart Captor

      Oh hell that’s right, she didn’t go to church so she’s right down the hall

      That is not ideal

    3. Bagge

      “Becky… didn’t you have work to do? Why do you carry a giant plush dinosaur through the dorm?”
      “JOYCE????!!!! Um…. it’s a… lesbian thing. Don’t worry about it.”

  26. Romanticide

    those people in charge of the embroidery sure work fast.

  27. sunflowerofice

    great gift but the amount of room in a dorm combined with a room mate I hope there was a discussion about this surprise that would fill said space before it was done, but I suspect there wasn’t one.

    1. AntJ

      Actually, Amber can throw chairs into it and it won’t make a loud noise and cause Ruth to investigate

      1. Needfuldoer

        No loud bang, just a comical squeak like a dog toy.

    2. Bagge

      Yeah…. Becky is not really known for her “discussing consequences of wacky hijinks with affected parties before enacting said hijinks”-type personality.

  28. Reltzik

    Becky no.

    1. Bagge

      Becky, yes

    2. Fart Captor

      Becky YES

    3. Tacos

      Well considering that the money from the campaign funds is probably from the racist and homophobic types that just haven’t yet pulled out their support for Robin, I don’t feel too bad about this.

      1. Rabid Rabbit

        Racist homophobic types who don’t believe in dinosaurs, at that.

        1. thejeff

          Of course they believe in dinosaurs.
          What do you think the cave men rode?

    4. Reltzik

      In response to everyone saying it’s okay, consider:

      A) Campaign finance violations are theoretically serious crimes, and Becky doesn’t enjoy the normal in-crowd immunity to prosecution.

      B) Getting something that big for someone who has so little room to store it is something you should check on beforehand.

      C) That theropod is distressingly denuded of feathers.

      1. Fart Captor

        Okay, yes, I hear you, but what you need to consider is the look on Dina’s face right now

        Clearly worth a little time in prison

        1. Kamino Neko

          The look of distress that her girlfriend just admitted to committing a crime?

        2. Delicious Taffy

          Distress or arousal? That’s a very important distinction we need to be making, here.

      2. Bagge

        A) But it’s hillariouuuuuuus. (but yeah, you are right).
        B) But it’s romaaaaaaaaaaantic (but yeah, you are right).
        c) Yeah, you are right.

  29. DailyBrad

    Dina is frigging adorable.

    Also, I could see Amber being okay with how much space it takes up by virtue of neat, dinosaur.

    1. AntJ

      “I can hide behind it and Ethan and Mike won’t know I’m playing video games”

      1. ShinyNeen

        Heck, I bet it could just outright block the door. It can be Dina’s partner in doorkeeping duties!

      2. Bagge

        Dina, also behind the dinosaur: I kindly request you find your own hiding place. The spot behind the door is free now.

  30. Ninjemys

    Man, Dinobot really let himself go after Beast Wars production wrapped up.

  31. ShinyNeen

    At least Baby’s First Campaign Finance Violation is a gift for her girlfriend. That’s sweet : )

  32. Keulen

    I’d love to have a dino plush like that, but it’s probably pretty expensive and I definitely wouldn’t have space in my bedroom for it.

    1. Bagge

      Seems like you need to figure out a way to get into some lobbyist money.

  33. DT

    Now the question is, will Dinah be upset that it’s an outdated, Jurassic Park-esque “raptor” instead of a feathered deathturkey?

    Or is she going to love it and hug it and call it Chopperface?

    1. Undrave

      It does look like Dinobot…

    2. Bagge

      “GET OUT OF MY ROOM YOU NON-FEATHERED-DINOSAUR-PEDDLING HUSSY!” *melodramatic crying* “I… I thought you loved me.”

    3. not someone else

      porque no dos

  34. abysswatcher1993

    Becky really loves her girlfriend… and she will probably get into shady stuff if she continues working for Robin and depending on her money. That is unless Becky becomes a GREAT COMMUNICATOR and becomes important for Robin’s career.

    1. Bagge

      She already IS into shady stuff accepting money from Robin and right now she is the only thing that’s keeping Robin’s career afloat.

      Becky moves fast, is what I’m saying.

      1. StClair

        and now, per above, she’s IMO involving Dina in shady stuff by proxy.

      2. thejeff

        To be fair, she was also a big thing torpedoing Robin’s career. Not clear if she’s a net positive or not.

  35. MaddMaxx

    AHHHH BECKY YOURE PERFECT

    1. Bagge

      (perfect gravatar is perfect)

      1. MaddMaxx

        Bagge I use this pic for literally EVERYTHING

        1. Nothri

          Lies. You use lungs to breath not this picture. You said everything yet you were not being literal. Shame on you!!

        2. MaddMaxx

          YOU FIUND ME OUT
          IM A FRAUD

  36. Delicious Taffy

    That’s right, Becky. You milk that politician for every last penny.

  37. JessWitt

    Yay, a new guard dinosaur for when Amber needs privacy and Dina doesn’t feel like keeping watch.

  38. Bagge

    I’m really glad Becky doesn’t try to keep her job hidden from Dina, as she does with Joyce and Leslie. She needs support from those around her

    1. John Madden

      Love how Dina keeps being the one everyone keeps their secret identities with.

      1. Bagge

        Heh, it’s a cross she has to bear.

  39. Lingo

    I see Dina got an early birthday present!

  40. Kittie

    So many mixed feelings

    Campaign finance violations: Bad

    Dina’s face in panels 3 and 5: Good

    Becky rocking that suit: Good

    Becky apparently going shopping with Robin and therefore not talking to Leslie: Bad

    1. Bagge

      It’s quite possible that Dina’s face in panel 3 is the best face in the entirety of the run of this comic.

      Ooooh, I didn’t even think of commenting Becky’s suit. It’s awesome. She has achieved yet another level of rad.

  41. GoblinScribe

    I don’t think this ends well.

    1. GoblinScribe

      Becky is desperate to buy Dina “what Dina deserves”, and is risking her job—and, um, her actual status in the law—to do it. She’s also trying to win Dina with huge gifts. This is Classic Romantic Mistakes 101. It could be played for laughs, or it could go badly.

      1. Bagge

        Very well spotted. It’s romantic-comedy-stupidity 101, and true to form – and despite Dina’s repeated assurance that she doesn’t need or want that sort of gifts* – Becky dives right into it.

        On the plus side, now Becky can afford tickets to fly them to the Smithsonian or something like that. A museum-date WOULD be the great romantic gesture that would make Dina’s heart** go pitter-patter. Becky just needs to not go over-board on it*** and not base her self-esteem on it.

        *) Although she might waver on that conviction in the face of an awesome plush dinosaur

        **) Among other things

        ***) Yeah, as if.

      2. Shane Wegner

        Bored Call Center Employee: Campaign Finance Corruption Hotline, what is your report!
        Overeager Citizen: I have a hot tip about Representative de Santo!!1
        Bored Call Center Employee: How many millions of dollars are alleged to be misappropriated.
        Overeager Citizen: No see I think her campaign manager bought a stuffed animal-
        *Dial Tone*

        1. Bagge

          Political enemy of deSanto *janks headset from BCCE* : WHAT DID YOU SAY? WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL? WAS IT UNPATRIOTIC? NOW WE GOT HER!!!
          Aide: …wait, how is this more stupid than everything else she has done?
          Political enemy of deSanto: You just don’t get it.

  42. TlalocW

    Holy shit, that takes me back to my first month as a freshman in college. I got a knock on my dorm room door, and when I opened it, a 7-foot-inflatable Zima bottle attacked me. Some dude I graduated high school with – who unsurprisingly lasted only a semester – found the freedom of college a little too… intoxicating, and after getting good and drunk, he and his roommate went and stole it from a liquor store.

    Good times. It was kind of nice he remembered me.

    1. Seregiel

      Is this like when a cat leaves you a mouse head because they think you’re too inept to hunt? Was this him showing you how to “college right”?

      1. TlalocW

        Naw. I have a feeling I was but one stop on the Zima Attack Tour that night.

  43. brasca1

    I hope that look Dina has isn’t because the dinosaur lacks feathers.

  44. not someone else

    GIRLS IN SUITS *throws confetti*

  45. J

    Open the door / Get on the floor / Dina’s gonna hug a dinosaur~! / Boom boom, becky-lecky-lecky-boom…

  46. Masumi

    So, my birthday comic strip is Dina getting a giant plushie for her birthday. Life is good.

    1. Robbie

      Happy birthday!!

      1. Masumi

        Thanks :3

    2. Delicious Taffy

      Have a birthday.

  47. BenRG

    In Becky’s defence, it will be difficult to prove corruption. I mean, can the House prove that she’s giving dinosaurs unfair access or consideration?

    1. Bagge

      Dinosaurs are a known loophole in the constitution.

    2. JBento

      In Becky’s defence, it’s not like anyone has any reason to believe the House is going to do anything about it, anyway, even if she’d bought the entire JP collection, including the actors. Not PLUSHES of the actors, the ACTUAL actors, and put them in cages.

      It would appear she’s more likely to get pushback from them for trying to move Robin’s platform left.

  48. Nobody

    This is gods damned adorable

  49. NinjaNick

    That’s a nice gift, but Dina’s gonna break in 3…2…1…

    1. BenRG

      Dina’s expression suggests that she’s the one about to break (down into sobs).

  50. Shane Wegner

    Now we’re learning how to manipulate the letter of regulations for personal gain! PS a new Slipshine about what follows immediately after this strip may soon appear?

  51. DarkoNeko

    The stars in her eyes *_*

    1. Bagge

      I kinda think the hat will come off tonight.

      Becky is a lucky girl.

  52. BenRG

    It suddenly occurs to me that we’re still waiting Amber’s reaction to waking up with a full-size plush Utahraptor in her dorm room.

    1. Bagge

      Like that’s the weirdest thing that has happened to her as Dina’s room mate.

      I assume she will be all “well, we all knew this day would come. Please make sure it doesn’t cover the router.”

  53. ICSM

    So, back to using oversized comic props, Willis?

  54. Kaidah

    Looks like Becky’s about to get a whole lotta smoochin’.

    1. Bagge

      O…on the mouth? 8-o

  55. Joey245

    This comic…every panel of this comic should be framed and put in the Smithsonian.

    Ladies and gentlemen…this is art.

  56. hof1991

    1. Dina is more than pleased. Biting the lower lip is DYWs short hand for arousal.
    2. Becky isn’t going to face any consequence for this. Certainly not legally.
    3. Becky just told Joyce she was “working” and unavailable this Sunday morning. Seems like a little fib, but one that has consequences.

    1. Seregiel

      I hope they find out they both skipped, handle it compassionately and realize they are having a priorities shifting bonding moment with hugs all around. Too happy for Willis? Probably

    2. Shane Wegner

      Purchasing work uniforms and de Santo advertising props is work! On a Sunday no less, good work ethic there kid!

  57. Rev

    I feel robbed that oversized comedy prop wasn’t in the tags this comic 🙁

  58. Piotr W

    … and so begins the dark path of financial violations and creative bookkeeping that, in twenty years, will end with Becky being dragged out of her high-powered office in cuffs…

    1. BenRG

      Or, more likely, being introduced to the Press Corps as the new White House Chief of Staff to President Donald Trump Junior.

  59. Falcon

    The good news is the violation, even if discovered, might be small enough that the local prosecutor might overlook it to avoid tangling with a member of Congress.

  60. wakeangel2001

    It has Dinobot’s color scheme, that was intentional wasn’t it?

    1. DT

      Was there ever doubt it WASN’T?

  61. OBBWG

    This is a great campaign strategy. Picture Robin standing next to a giant plushie dinosaur in ads, facebook, twitter, rallies, etc.

    The average voters (not Dina):

    “How can you vote for DeSantos? She is a racist, homophobic shill of the far right.”

    “But dinosaur.”

    “She is totally incompetent”

    “Yeah, but Dinosaur!”

    “But–”

    “DINOSAUR!!!”

  62. Cerberus

    Oh Becky…

    No, baby, no.

    1. Bagge

      But it’s romaaaaaaaaaaantic

    2. JBento

      Good to have you around, Cerberus – hope everything’s *checks state of the US* … as… good as possible?

  63. C.T Phipps

    I’m more than a little disappointed in Becky. She knew exactly what she was getting into with Robin and doesn’t seem to own it.

  64. Ellegos

    … you know, it wouldn’t be a campaign finance violation if Robin just agreed to call that same lump of money a “salary”. You know. The one for her campaign finance advisor.

    1. C.T Phipps

      But Robin loves the idea they’re unpaid slaves!

  65. Schpoonman

    I am stoked for Becky to rock that suit, by the way.

  66. Nothri

    Mother fu- late to the party and people already made the “Dina wants to violate your campaign finances…” joke.

  67. Tev

    Ugh. The Parental Axis of Something are gonna find out about this, right?

  68. Cass

    Introducing Dina’s new bed!

  69. Axel

    I honestly don’t think Becky’s in much of a violation; it can’t have been more than a couple hundred, easily an amount spent on a networking dinner and drinks, and although it’s obviously purposefully misinterpreted/manipulated to get her girlfrind a gift, ‘promotional plush for IU students’ would probably be an acceptable invoice, or if she needed to explain that it was only one item, “gift for strong supporter” or something would work, and just not add that it’s a Becky supporter and not a major monetary donor. Or even just saying that one immense gift would cause more buzz than handing stuff out. And definitely keep the invoice from the embroiderer attached to the dinosaur one.

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