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<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">Mr. Steffen:</font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">Thank you for </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">Can you also clear up </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">just why Dave Brooksher was fired?</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">From a distance,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">he appeared to be doing a </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">level headed and </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">very professional job.</font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(15, 64, 127); ">IMO, as a long-time</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(15, 64, 127); ">community print-media journalist,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(15, 64, 127); ">and one well-aware of the challenges</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(15, 64, 127); ">associated with truly providing</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(15, 64, 127); ">objective information</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(15, 64, 127); ">in the face of an emotionally-charged</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(15, 64, 127); ">bandwagoneer political climate. </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">Of note: his very objective coverage</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">of weekly Board of Supervisors' meetings. . .</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">and development, in association with</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">Terri Klemetson, KMUD News Director,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">of Community Journalism </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">training workshops - </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">held in Philo, Willits, and Round Valley.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">He was quite kind and helpful</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">to our fledgling </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">all-volunteer run station</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">and even came, at my invitation,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">all the way</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">to Round Valley . . . </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">along with Terri Klemetson, KMUD News Director</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">and Joseph Orozco, KIDE (Hoopa Tribal Radio)</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">to spend a weekend - his "days off"</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">to work with/train </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">30 of our local volunteers here </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">in </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(15, 64, 127); ">how to do a professional interview</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">+ recording/editing techniques.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">We were humbled by his youth, yet</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">his ability to work with people </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">of all ages and backgrounds,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">his passion for community radio, </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">amazing radio voice, strong sense of ethics</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">and his technical/teaching skills.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">Many of us looked forward to </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">participating in future workshops </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">and developing </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(15, 64, 127); ">our own skills . . .</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(15, 64, 127); ">to the point where we could</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">reciprocate, in kind, by producing</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">professional-quality news, worthy of</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">inclusion in his daily, 30-minute KZYX Newscast.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">(Just as a few of us have done for KMUD News,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">as a result of Terri continuing </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">the Community Journalism Project,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">—with the enthusiastic support of her Board.)</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">He also assisted in developing an agreement</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">between KZYX and KYBU </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">to re-broadcast KZYX News on our station</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">as a "teaching tool" - so our listeners</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">and volunteer programmers could get a clearer picture </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">of what "local, community radio news" was all about.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">His approach was hardly radical, single-issue oriented</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">or "hand-wavy"; but strictly</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">"just-the-facts" and stressing the need to </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">do the necessary research and keep</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">one's objectivity and integrity intact.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">A real pro, trained at HSU's </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">excellent radio journalism program</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">and even interned w/NPR ?</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">Then, suddenly, he was </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">"laid off" due to "budget cuts".</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">And KZYX News became </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">5 minutes of Paul Lambert reading press releases.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">Looking at the budget posted on KZYX's website</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">I could not help but notice that, while</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">the $30,000/year News Director position</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">had been cut "due to budget constraints"</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">(out of a $500,000/annum budget)</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">—yet $20,000 had been added under a new line item</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">called "News Consulting".</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">When I asked John Sakowitz</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">just who the "consultant" was</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">all I got was . . . <crickets></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">Perhaps, as KZYX Business Developer,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">you can answer this question?</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">Sincerely,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">C. Swan</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">37 year resident of Mendocino County,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(15, 64, 127); ">(Covelo, as well as Mendocino, Caspar, Albion "back in the day")</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(15, 64, 127); ">KZYX listener, since its inception in 1990 . . .</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">15 years Owner/Editor "The Round Valley News" (retired)</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F">Founding Member, KYBU • </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(15, 64, 127); ">"Round Valley Community Radio"</span></div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0F407F"><br></font></div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 14, 2014, at 12:40 PM, David wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"> <!--[if !mso]> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Bodoni MT Black"; panose-1:2 7 10 3 8 6 6 2 2 3;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:Arial; color:navy;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Once again we have revisionist history at work here. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">I will resist any invitation to go into the quality of any newsperson’s writing and reading skills or personal agendas. I will however set the record straight on other issues.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">No-one had a plan to raise the $40-50,000 needed to bring on an additional full-time newsperson. Raising $4000 is laudable but what if there is no additional money? The person is laid off again 6 weeks later? Secondly, the financial health of the station did not improve the moment lay-offs occurred. The debts were still there.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">To my knowledge there was never any harassment claimed by her toward me. To the contrary, I informed the General Manager that I refused to have any more one-on-one meetings with the newsperson due to her harassment of me. I would meet with her ONLY if there was a third party in the meeting to observe. In addition, I have never spoken with anyone outside of KZYX about any issues associated with any current or former employee. Anyone claiming any other knowledge is clearly lying.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">It’s interesting how people who have no knowledge of any of these events always have something to offer.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:personname w:st="on"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Bodoni MT Black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Black"; color:navy">David Steffen</span></font></st1:personname><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Bodoni MT Black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Black";color:navy">KZYX Business Development</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Bodoni MT Black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Black";color:navy">(707) 895-2324 office</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Bodoni MT Black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Black";color:navy">(707) 322-9895 cell</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Bodoni MT Black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT Black";color:navy">(707) 895-2451 fax</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:navy"> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"> </span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> kzyxtalk-bounces@lists.mcn.org [<a href="mailto:kzyxtalk-bounces@lists.mcn.org">mailto:kzyxtalk-bounces@lists.mcn.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b><a href="mailto:nsi@mcn.org">nsi@mcn.org</a><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 13, 2014 3:58 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [Kzyxtalk] Fwd: Re: [MCN-Discussion]- David Brooksher</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"><br> <br> <br> ----- Original Message -----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">From:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">"" <<a href="mailto:nsi@mcn.org">nsi@mcn.org</a>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">To:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">Tim Bray <<a href="mailto:tbray@wildblue.net">tbray@wildblue.net</a>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">Cc:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"><a href="mailto:discussion@lists.mcn.org">discussion@lists.mcn.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">Sent:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:02:28 -0800<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">Subject:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">Re: [MCN-Discussion]- [Kzyxtalk] David Brooksher<br> <br> Folks: I suggest you all go to the KMUD archives and listen to the 1/2<br> hour news coordinated by Christina Aanestad on Wednesday February 12.<br> Most especially you Tim. <br> It is representative of the possibilities John Coate threw away:<br> Exquisite sequencing, well trained community corresspondents, a daily<br> spectrum of Mendocino and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Humboldt</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></st1:place> news. <br> <br> The email you referenced on the Programmers listserv, TIm (sent when? 2<br> years ago), was posted by Christina while she still believed John<br> Coate when he told her his intentions were to hire her back once the<br> stations finances were improved.<br> Coate by the way turned down a $4000 (and growing) pledged amount of<br> money collected on the coast by Meredith Smith in a matter of two<br> weeks to specifically continue Christina's employment in the new<br> department.<br> Such targeted monies have been accepted by the station before. <br> Coate turned that down! He wanted to be entirely rid of Christina,<br> but hadn't made that clear to her because he did not want her to go<br> public (and possibly to court) with the harassment she had suffered<br> from <st1:personname w:st="on">David Steffen</st1:personname> and Paul Hansen. Harassment about which she had JUST<br> made a formal complaint to Coate. <br> Paul Hansen. Remember him. He flees the station roster right after<br> the AVA learns and publishes that Hansen was involved in some<br> sort of grift operation at the last station he worked for. And<br> indicted for. An indictment he had not disclosed on his resume.<br> Immediately after Paul's departure from KZYX, Christina applied for<br> the position of News Director. And Coate responds with a terse<br> content-based turn-down. . . . Then, casually disses her to Doug<br> McKenty. <br> Upon first learning (for the first time last month) that her<br> professional reputation was being openly besmirched by John Coate,<br> Christina sent an email to Doug expressing her outrage, and includes<br> a copy of Coate's curt dismissal for all to see for themselves and<br> judge. (She gave us both permission to post it on the discussion<br> listserv, which I did. )<br> This goes on and on. And if you want more, I'll do <st1:personname w:st="on">David Steffen</st1:personname><br> next.<br> Tim! Just listen to that newscast so you understand the extent of<br> Coate's terrible, terrible judgement. <br> "Management"! Is that what you think this is. . . . More like<br> living in a <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Failed</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype></st1:place>. --beth bosk <br> <br> ----- Original Message -----<br> From: "Tim Bray" <br> To:<br> Cc:<br> Sent:Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:17:22 -0800<br> Subject:Re: [Kzyxtalk] David Brooksher<br> <br> In response to Beth's request, I went back and looked at the e-mail <br> Christina sent to the Programmers list. I don't think it will<br> violate <br> any confidence or privacy to share the relevant line to which I<br> referred <br> earlier:<br> "I was laid off not fired. John has done right the right thing in<br> this <br> process." [sic]<br> <br> I wasn't her biggest fan, but she displayed some class in that<br> period. <br> That particular e-mail laid out a number of ideas for how KZYX might<br> <br> survive the financial crisis it was facing, and prosper in the<br> future; <br> and several of those have since been followed up by the Board and <br> management. She did fault the Board for not doing more fundraising, <br> programmers for not making a clear enough case to listeners for <br> contributions, and management for not embracing more of her ideas <br> There was some justification for all of that.<br> <br> So there's your reality check; and it was Sako who threw her name<br> around <br> here.<br> <br> As for Brooksher, he tried to develop a team of local correspondents<br> <br> here. I remember a Programmers Meeting when he made exactly that<br> pitch, <br> explaining how easy it was to do and that he would train anyone who<br> was <br> interested, etc. He got a couple of people to do it - like Louis <br> Bigfoot - but not enough to make it work. That wasn't management's <br> fault, or even Dave's, but ours as a community. After Dave left,<br> John <br> asked the programmers to pick up some of the slack by covering more<br> of <br> the local events and affairs on their shows, and I think some have<br> done <br> so. It's too bad they don't seem to be getting any recognition for <br> that; all anyone wants to talk about is the lack of a half-hour<br> local <br> news program.<br> <br> I may be out of my league, but I am not manufacturing information<br> (that <br> might be John S. you're thinking of) and if I am deaf, it is not <br> intentional. KZYX is far from perfect and I have long been critical<br> of <br> many aspects. I think it has improved in many ways since I started <br> listening; perhaps your opinion differs Since it is a matter of <br> opinion, neither of us has to be wrong.<br> <br> Sincerely,<br> Tim Bray<br> <br> On 2/11/2014 8:53 PM, <a href="mailto:nsi@mcn.org">nsi@mcn.org</a> [1] wrote:<br> > This is crap Tim. John Coate didn't "lay off" Christina. That's<br> just how he couched it when he promised her she'd be rehired as soon as<br> the finances improved.<br> > What he really did, was take the first step towards shutting down<br> the News Department as an independent entity; an entity with the contractual right to negotiate its budget. And which had control<br> over the content.<br> > I'm not even sure now that cancelling the news department and <br> > replacing it with 5 minutes of press releases and recitation from<br> the <br> > Press Democrat was really within his purview. And if so, what a <br> > mistake. Where was the Board oversight?<br> > David Brooksher was canned because he resisted Coate's<br> interference in <br> > his news gathering, which began to be an appropriately focused <br> > attention on the struggle over the extension of the Marine<br> Sanctuary <br> > zones in our region.<br> > What David did at KMUD was put together and train a team of local <br> > correspondents. In other words: Bush Radio.<br> > --Which is what Christina wanted to do at KZYX/Z. Mary Aigner, in<br> all the years she has been there, has yet to recruit and train a<br> bilingual public affairs team And has done nothing to replace the local <br> programming we once aired re. Native American culture and issues.<br> You are out of your league here and either manufacturing information<br> or intentionally deaf to what went on. 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