Odds and Ends: Attainable goals
by javabeans
javabeans: Happy New Year, everyone!
girlfriday: Wheeeee! I’m not really ready for a whole new year, but I guess I have no say in the matter.
javabeans: Really? I’m kind of over 2015, which I guess is good because it’s… over. It wasn’t a bad year, it just ran its course.
girlfriday: I just feel behind on 2016 things, like new year’s resolutions and such.
javabeans: Oh psh, like you really make those? Does anybody actually make those intending to see them through? Or is it just a thing you say you’ll do, like voting or paying your taxes?
girlfriday: Um… you DO have to do those things. You do those things, right?
javabeans: Okay fine, yes those things get done, but I mean in the spirit of wanting to do them. Nobody actually enjoys it.
girlfriday: Nobody WANTS to do their new year’s resolutions. You just have to make them anyway.
javabeans: What, they’re culturally mandated or something?
girlfriday: Yes, culturally mandated failure. Like, I’m not gonna drop 30 pounds like Shin Mina did in Oh My Venus, but at least we all won’t lose 30 pounds together!
javabeans: Although, I would at least give it an honest go if So Ji-sub were part of the deal. Actually, would having So Ji-sub as your trainer be more effective, or less?
girlfriday: Less, because you’d be so distracted by his beautiful face to do all those push-ups or whatever.
javabeans: But then, if you had that beautiful face asking you to do things for him, like push-ups, wouldn’t you do your darnedest to make him happy?
girlfriday: Okay yes. Especially if he made all our workouts as suggestive as they are in Oh My Venus.
javabeans: Yes, those workout sessions are all hilariously sexual.
girlfriday: But I wouldn’t want to work TOO hard at the workouts, just in case I lost all the weight super fast and then he went away forever. Sadface.
javabeans: You would have to work really hard to lose weight with him, and then work just as hard to self-sabotage that effort behind his back… but only a little, so you still saw progress, just not too much, but enough that he knew you were trying. Calibrating progress to that level of detail sounds more exhausting than just losing weight. Basically, it would be the most work I put into anything ever.
girlfriday: But then it would be an excuse to work out and then come home, pop in an episode of Let’s Eat, and eat all the cake I want. I could literally have my cake and eat it too!
javabeans: Mm, cake. I vote for more cake anytime. Any other drama-inspired resolutions on your list?
girlfriday: Hm, there aren’t a lot of attainable goals in the current dramas… I can’t really found a new nation, or catch killers…
javabeans: I suppose “don’t get Alzheimer’s” isn’t much of a goal either, or “Go back to school for a college degree” when we’re still eyeballs in debt for the first one.
girlfriday: I could try to defeat a vampire overlord, if I meet one this year. Or learn medicine in anticipation of that impending earthquake disaster.
javabeans: I certainly don’t need to fantasize over falling in love with a Joseon king (he could basically have you killed for looking at him wrong!), or anyone I knew 7000 days ago. (Shudders at the thought.)
girlfriday: Oh, I found one! I could imagine that my cat is thinking snarky thoughts at me all the time. I’m pretty sure he’s been doing this for years.
javabeans: And I could eat a lot of food for no reason and make lots of porn-food faces.
girlfriday: Done and done! Our 2016 is already a success.
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1 sunnyxshin
January 1, 2016 at 8:12 PM
Happy new year! Though I'm not really ready as well...
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2 ObsessedMuch
January 1, 2016 at 8:15 PM
"I suppose “don’t get Alzheimer’s” isn’t much of a goal either, or “Go back to school for a college degree” when we’re still eyeballs in debt for the first one."
Hahhahaha! You guys are awesome! Plus the vampire overlord thing? I am sold!
Thanks for 2015, that is when I discovered Dramabeans along with all the fun that kdrama watching could be! You guys made my first year of obsession with kdramas all the more fulfilling, thus in a way, giving me more motivation to stay obsessed! I really think I should send you my story for Spill the Beans!
Happy New Year JB and GF. You guys are amazing!
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3 ricky
January 1, 2016 at 8:15 PM
Happy new year, guys!
By the by, I set four resolutions and, on the first day of the new year, I've already broken all of them. I'm weak. And I'm sure I'm in the middle of a sugar crash from all the cake and cookies I've eaten.
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4 soxxy22
January 1, 2016 at 8:19 PM
Happy New Year!!!!
I always make new resolutions every year, but I end up breaking or forgetting in no time. Then I say next year I will do better it but ends up the same. It's a vicious cycle.
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5 cupkate
January 1, 2016 at 8:20 PM
Pwahahahaha God I actually thought having So Ji Sub as a trainer would help me lose weight but I guess his pretty face would be distracting.
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6 Lunatic4KD
January 1, 2016 at 8:21 PM
You girls crack me up! Please do another podcast soon - to recap 2015 - or WAIT until Answer me 1988 is over - then dish on all of it. I just moved to Los Angeles so I'll send over several bottles of Soju or wine to get you going!!
Happy New Year. Thanks for great entertainment: YOU both, your recap cohorts and our crazy Beanies. Way more fun to read than anything online!!
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ahsaem
January 2, 2016 at 1:28 AM
Yes , another podcast!
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ahsaem
January 2, 2016 at 1:33 AM
oh and a Happy new year to all the recappers :D
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Spi
January 4, 2016 at 8:07 AM
Yes podcast please!! (Preferably a drunk one *wink wink wink*)
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NoIdeaName
January 6, 2016 at 8:32 PM
YES TO PODCAST
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7 earthna
January 1, 2016 at 8:22 PM
Happy New Year!
I said I won't eat too much chocolates this year but I only remember about it while shoving my face with chocolates at work. My boss gave us chocolates so I guess it's here fault.
My kdrama resolution would be to finish all the dramas I started. Oh gosh, I'm so bad at this. Ugly Alert is still staring at me with only 32 episodes to go.
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maverick
January 2, 2016 at 1:35 AM
Happy New Year Dramabeans!
earthna, I had the same resolution, but that lasted until my sister gave me with a box of my favorites. My resolve melts when I am presented with good chocolate.
The good news for me, I have one resolution I can keep: watch more K-dramas :)
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8 neener_Healer
January 1, 2016 at 8:22 PM
Happy New Year everyone! I stopped having new years resolution because that doesnt work really. Told myself last year to watch less drama and look what happened? I've watched more than ny usually dosage every year HAHAHA
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9 elric
January 1, 2016 at 9:16 PM
Last year, I really decided to lose weight and manage to lose 10 pounds which was a lot considering my love for food and lazy lifestyle. But sadly I manage to gain them towards then end of the year.
Maybe my new year's resolution is to watch more dramas. I have a strict rule of watching one drama that is currently on air. Or to finally binge watch the ones on my to watch list.
Oh well. Happy new year javabeans, and girlfriday. Hope you guys do a 2015 podcast soon :)
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10 unknownunknown
January 1, 2016 at 9:17 PM
Wishing everyone at Dramabeans a very Happy New Year 2016! And a big Thank You to all of you too.
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11 Rafe Amani
January 1, 2016 at 9:20 PM
Ha, ha, ha, you two really crack me up and made my Saturday, grinning all day! Nice way to begin the new year.
Happy New Year!
"javabeans: Okay fine, yes those things get done, but I mean in the spirit of wanting to do them. Nobody actually enjoys it.
girlfriday: Nobody WANTS to do their new year’s resolutions. You just have to make them anyway."
Here's sharing a simple but funny resolution someone shares with me: " OH GOD PLEASE GIVE ME A FAT BANK BALANCE AND A SLIM BODY FOR THIS NEW YEAR.".....PLEASE DON'T GET CONFUSED LIKE LAST YEAR."
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12 pogo - now sailing HMS Queen of Tears with Corn Salad on deck🍉
January 1, 2016 at 9:20 PM
Happy New Year, guys!
My resolution is probably...finish all those backlogged episodes of everything you've been watching, lol. (still haven't seen the last 4 episodes of Oh My Venus). And when dramaland gets fallow (as it often does), branch out into jdramas - that resolution served me well last year.
I would also like to get a cat, but that's a resolution for another time. I'm jealous of you guys for having a cat!
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13 gaeinalee
January 1, 2016 at 9:27 PM
Happy New Year~!!
My resolution is to lower my expectation on a drama or... perhaps life as well.. Haha, I don't know about the later, but I'm sure I could do the first one. ^^
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14 stuffed
January 1, 2016 at 9:33 PM
I second the motion! I need a DB podcast pronto! Let 2016 serves with more delicious dramas. More SJS and SMA wouldn't hurt.
On a side note, my goal this year IS to lose the weight that I gained the whole of last year. I'm actually starting with some of the OMV workouts and I've been mindful of Coach-nim's advice to correct my posture and change my diet. Wish me luck!
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15 Princess
January 1, 2016 at 9:45 PM
happy new year dramabeans!!!
I love this site so much! This site is one of the that has civilized discussions about kdrama!! Love reading the comments here. I started to read this blog to check out the recaps of Pinnochio.
I got to admit after I'm done reading the recap I go to the comments to see if their praising my favorite actor /drama LOL (I'm messed up)
You guys have amazing humour and I can't believe this site has been running for so long. Keep up the good work~~
My new year resolution is to lose weight and I'm at a party right now so I'm not really doing a good job of keeping my promise haha! To motivate myself to eat less I just pretend so ji sub is beside me, warning me to not get extra egg rolls!!
So ji sub can make me do anything so I think this plan will work. If anyone wants to lose weight just imagine so ji subs voice telling you not to munch on the extra calories, that will make you drop your cake! (That's a waste of cake tho...)
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cupkate
January 1, 2016 at 11:27 PM
I'm doing some planking and it helps that I imagine SJS staring at me. Lol
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Princess
January 1, 2016 at 11:48 PM
Yeah I was jump roping the other day and i did the same thing as you LOL
thank god oh my venus was made...its finally possible for me to lose weight
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16 Adal
January 1, 2016 at 10:12 PM
Happy New Year to one and all! It still doesn't feel like 2016. A bit unreal, really.
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17 Sushi
January 1, 2016 at 10:16 PM
You girls are awesome ... Happy New Year dear
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18 KDaddict?JCW
January 1, 2016 at 10:21 PM
What amazes me the most about DB are the screen caps! Whatever topic is at hand, there is always a screen cap to suit the exact situation. If anyone were to look inside your brains, I suspect that more than anything else, they'll find storehouses of screen caps all properly filed, categorised, and ready to go!
Happy New Year, one and all!
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KompaktneHaare
January 2, 2016 at 1:58 AM
I second that! The screencaps are always on point!
Happy New Year to the dramabeans family!!
I'm happy I found you like way back when I started this madness of kdrama addiction. My resolution this year is not to say that I will cut down on dramawatching, that will never happen (talking from experience)..
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crystal
January 2, 2016 at 5:46 PM
Third that. Love the screencaps too - among the drama discussion.
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NoIdeaName
January 6, 2016 at 8:35 PM
Fouth that! They are always so relevant
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19 Xxvxx
January 1, 2016 at 11:20 PM
Happy new year to my fave drama site ever! You girls make drama watching so fulfilling and engaging. Thank you so much.
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20 yayabean
January 1, 2016 at 11:54 PM
Happy New Year DB Ladies and Beanies!
Thank you for a great 2015. The DB community has become an integral part of my k-watching experience. I need you guys as much as I need Kds.
look forward to following DB in 2016 ?
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21 redfox
January 2, 2016 at 12:00 AM
I don´t set goals or tasks, I make wishes. Wishes may come true, or may not. There is no obligation, except that I have to put myself in a place where they will come true easier
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Spi
January 4, 2016 at 8:08 AM
Good idea.
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22 Mikanjjj
January 2, 2016 at 12:16 AM
Happy new year to the dramabeans staff and readers ???
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23 kiwilove
January 2, 2016 at 12:17 AM
Why set one when you know you're gonna break'em. That's why I don't have any resolutions!! I'm being honest with myself this year!! :D
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24 moonpetal
January 2, 2016 at 12:28 AM
Happy New Year ! 0(^__^)0
Thanks for all your efforts ! Always giving us fun and laugh. Really really love this site !
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25 ultramarineblue
January 2, 2016 at 1:07 AM
“Go back to school for a college degree” when we’re still eyeballs in debt for the first one.” THIS.
Seriously, I think my debt is giving me an anxiety disorder. Anywho, Happy New Year!!! I've actually decided not to make resolutions because the failure is just one more depressing thing I don't need.
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26 SkyB
January 2, 2016 at 1:14 AM
Happy New Year Dramabeans. My resolution for 2016 is probably continuity
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27 growingbeautifully
January 2, 2016 at 1:29 AM
Thank you JB and GF and a blessed and happy New Year to you and your families.
You've done an awesome job with this blog and added much fun and laughter, and even some deep thought and inspiration to our online life. For all the commitment and effort you continually pour into DB, bless you and your minions, All! :)
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28 korfan
January 2, 2016 at 2:02 AM
Happy New Year!
Wishing everyone at Dramabeans all the best in 2016!
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29 Sophia
January 2, 2016 at 2:11 AM
Happy New Year! ???
All the best to all you beanies out there! ?
Funny that you mention Let's Eat. I'm watching it now to fill the gap til new Reply 1988 episodes arrives. The food porn on that show is Daebak! *salivating*
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30 micat
January 2, 2016 at 3:56 AM
Happy New Year! Wish you a wonderful new year!
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31 poulpion
January 2, 2016 at 5:08 AM
Happy New Year!! Thank you for all the fun! ♥
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32 missowlhead
January 2, 2016 at 5:46 AM
Happy New Year, everyone!
Javabeans and Girlfriday, you and your minions crack me up! "Calibrating progress to that level of detail..." You're all so wonderful. Thank you!
Stay safe, stay healthy y'all!
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33 Mermaid Scribbler
January 2, 2016 at 5:59 AM
"Culturally mandated failure" - Hahahahahaha!! Happy New Year! ?
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34 kalel
January 2, 2016 at 9:35 AM
Happy New Year, DB and fellow Beanies!
I hate resolutions, especially on January 1st, since I know by now they all will be in vain, lol ;-) So, I go with the flow and adjust to each year's demanding schedule - I hate loosing; therefore, I recently adopted a more "passive" technique in order to ease my competitive "moi" and become more productive in my everyday life.
I ate and drank my fair share (and beyond!) these last few days and I'm sure not even SJS (and SJS's body) could make me go back to exercising right now (I'm sure I would have hated him, his face, his abs and all his other extremely super pumped muscles, had he made me do all those routines on holidays).
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35 tiadebella
January 2, 2016 at 10:27 AM
My resolution is binge-watching more (MOAR!) So Ji-Sub. By that measure 2016 has already been a smashing success.
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36 yayabean
January 2, 2016 at 11:18 AM
@tiadebella
Woo-hoo! May 2016 be a So Ji-sub binge-watching-year. I'm with you on this resolution✋
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Princess
January 2, 2016 at 12:02 PM
I have to binge watch him too!! the good thing about So Ji Sub is that he has a BUNCH of dramas and that means MOARR So Ji Sub for us!!
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fab
January 2, 2016 at 3:06 PM
I did that years ago, you're not going to like everything(coughC&Acough) but you'll love his statuesque sight in every drama/movie. ;-)
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Princess
January 2, 2016 at 11:23 PM
i think I was the only one who liked cain and abel...
maybe because Han Ji Min and So Ji Sub were so cute together that I forgot about the plotline. I was only anticipating their scenes together and didn't care about anything else.
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37 tiadebella
January 2, 2016 at 11:34 AM
:-)
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38 crazyladyatthebackofthebus
January 2, 2016 at 11:54 AM
My resolutions for the new year are simple: don't make them! I currently peddle away on my exercise bike while watching my favorite dramas. Oh my venus is worth at least 30 minutes before I collapse and even then I'm smiling?
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39 fab
January 2, 2016 at 3:19 PM
Thanks for the laugh! Here is to another great year of drama recaps.
The site keeps crashing though, hope the issues is not too big!
I personally had it with this phenomenon of new year's resolutions. Mainly because I secretly do make them, and sometime halfway in that year I want to kick myself for doing that. SO OVER IT.
Drama-wise: quantity<<<<quality! I should really finally learn how to drop the bad and the ugly ones, and finish the good ones. I already did one thing right, watching more Japanese dramas/movies than I did last year.
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40 Dramafan
January 2, 2016 at 11:11 PM
Just my personal opinion; Road No.1 was the most underrated drama of So Ji Sub. It is a shame that MBC didn't give even a slight recognition for that drama. Clearly, they gave out awards based in rating not on performance. How could Michievous Kiss and Personal Preference received nominations & awards and won over Road No. 1.
Happy New Year! Road No 1 is worth to watch in 2016. It is one way of understanding Korea.
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Princess
January 2, 2016 at 11:25 PM
I'm planning to watch that!! After I finish his other shows 'We are dating now', and 'delicious proposal'.
Happy New Year to you too!!
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Kylie
January 3, 2016 at 7:17 PM
You guyss should watch glass slippers ^^ SJS is such a cutie in that drama and its has 40 episodes so you can see SJS for 40 episodes (well actually 37, because in the first 3 episodes there's child actors). His character in Glass Slippers is different from all the characters he has recently played.
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belami-js
January 3, 2016 at 7:48 AM
I love this drama. So Ji-sub & Yoon Kye-sang acting was absolutely amazing!
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41 dramadreamer
January 3, 2016 at 5:34 PM
HAHAHA - thanks for this hilarious pick-me-up-on-a-dull Monday article - really love you fun loving gals JV and GF! looking forward to a super year of more k dramas and drama analysis!
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42 bd5
January 4, 2016 at 4:45 AM
Just finished "Let's Eat 2" and really enjoyed it.
Since I didn't see the 1st one, didn't have all the angst about the previous cast (aside from YDJ not returning, but think I'll like the 2 better anyway as I like the cast better and probably the story as well (based on some comments), just as I had liked INR2012 better than the 1st INR.
Really liked YDJ (he really has this charm and is a pretty good actor) in both this and SSL, but Seo Hyun-jin stole the show (liked her in "The Three Musketeers", but loved her in LE2.
There have been numerous negative commentary about her character, Baek Soo-ji, mainly about not being so nice to YDJ's Dae-young, but she had reason (albeit a bit misguided) to be mad/hold a grudge at him, but really had a good heart, despite having a # of flaws.
Don't understand why people want the female lead to be overly "nice" or not have flaws - that just makes for a more boring heroine.
Kind of like when Soo-ji didn't act naturally and like herself when she was w/ the 2nd lead love interest and crush - as opposed to when she was with Dae-young.
The stroy-line of the troubled kid living on the rooftop was unnecessary, but overall, like that the show pretty much revolved around everyone's relationship to each.
Unlike OMV - there was no silly backstory which took away from the important stuff.
Really hope there is a LE3, but this time - keeping more of the cast from LE2 (and maybe bring back a couple of character, like his ex, from LE1).
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43 Zee
January 5, 2016 at 1:51 AM
what! 2015 is over? (goes back to cave)...
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44 Nena
January 6, 2016 at 4:11 PM
Hahahahahah! You girls crack me up! As usual!
Thank you for the laughs ;)
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