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ON THE COVER: Venice resident Judy Carter’s new show, “A Death Defying Escape,” runs through May 15 at the Hudson Guild Theatre. Photo by Chris Mortenson. Design by Arman Olivares.

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L E T T E R S Re: Homelessness czar Editor: Michael Rapkin’s awkward and highly controversial premise that a single position or individual can somehow solve the homeless epidemic (Solving Homelessness Requires a Homelessness Czar, 3/31/22) here in Los Angeles is an absurdity that cannot be taken seriously!

Instead of addressing the current homeless formula of housing first and treatment second, Mr. Rapkin places his faith in a “one-size-fits-all” appointment of a homeless czar, accountable to no one, especially the taxpaying public!

For what he doesn’t address is the current relationship between service providers and LAHSA (Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority), the super agency created in 1993 to tackle homelessness with its 325 employees, 830 individuals and 240 teams designated for nearly 30 years to provide sensible outreach or at least manage this out-ofcontrol epidemic and catastrophic public policy failure!

Mr. Rapkin fails to mention that LAHSA is headed by Heidi Marston, the $260,000 per year executive director that reports to a 10-member commission of county and city officials whose job it is to provide oversight from an elected official perspective charged to implement policies that would in fact change the

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face of homelessness here in LA. For we already have someone in charge, but are they accountable and getting the job done? For that answer is a resounding no!

The agency has been a failure because there are no standards, goals or objectives driven by data to address the core of the problem. LAHSA relies on volunteers versus its own staff to provide any accuracy to the real time count of those living on our streets.

Even the federal government hires temporary workers to ensure an honest and reliable US Census count. Why does LAHSA not do the same?

While Mr. Rapkin, long an apologist of the homeless here in Venice, where are the statistics or driven data that supports his assumptions and opinions? For this failed policy thus far has been to shower this human disgrace with money that for the most part has been spent, but where are the results and where are units of housing? Consider the following: • The federal government spends $9 billion annually on homeless services • The State of California spends $7.2 billion annually on homeless services • LAHSA will manage $800 million with $366 million from LA County and $303 million from LA City government • The federal government kicks in $37 million to LAHSA and $95.3 million

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service providers insist on building this housing in the most expensive locales such as the impending construction of the Reese-Davidson debacle, that has little if any community support here in Venice.

In fact, Mr. Rapkin calls for “fast tracking” this construction without requiring community hearings or “the ability of people to stand in the way of local projects.” In other words, he feels a “tsar,” a pre-1917 Russian Revolution “emperor” of sorts with wide-ranging authority and powers accountable to no one and appointed by some politician is the answer to this tragedy in government’s complete failure with all this funding to actually make the problem worse than it was before the formation of LAHSA? Say it isn’t so. For Mr. Rapkin seemingly doubts democracy and direct accountability in solving the issue of homelessness and wants to further empower and insulate the bureaucrats and service providers from any public scrutiny and further squandering of even more tax dollars?

It is this kind of failed logic and inability to acknowledge the obvious, that the current principles and assumptions of homelessness are 100% wrong, and that the current bloated bureaucracy of LAHSA must be dismantled and replaced with a data-driven approach that

solves and no longer enables and apologizes for the cottage industry of homelessness!

We have witnessed the evacuation and migration of nearly 3 million Ukraine refugees to neighboring countries such as Poland in the midst of military exercises and war imposed by Russia in a single month.

These individuals are not homeless.

They are receiving the help they need and why is it that LA cannot move to shelter a miniscule fraction of that population?

And most importantly, why is the fact that 30% of all homeless suffer from severe mental illness and between 30-40% are alcoholic with another 10-15% drug-addicted and unless these issues are addressed first, how can homelessness be seriously solved?

And finally, according to The New York Times, 36% of those homeless are out-of-state transients, another fact Mr. Rapkin would never address regarding this mobility and the magnet California and specifically Venice has become because of the colossal failure of the current homeless policies at the local, county, state and federal levels.

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from California state government • Only 0.3% of LAHSA funding is privately funded, less than $2 million dollars There are roughly 553,000 homeless individuals in the U.S. of which about 161,000 live in California and another 92,000 in the state of New York. 27% of all homeless in the U.S. live in California and 17% in New York.

Basically, half the homeless population lives in two states (44%) with the rest in Florida (28,000), Texas (26,000), Washington (22,000), Massachusetts (18,000), Oregon (16,000) and Pennsylvania (13,000).

In 2020, 41,290 homeless individuals lived in LA and roughly 2,000 here in Venice. The total homeless population represents less than 1% of the entire state of California (0.4%).

But how is it that California as a state represents 12% of the entire U.S. population, but 22% of the homeless here in America? For the assumptions about homeless are just that, assumptions that are not based in any sense of statistical reality.

Secondly, Mr. Rapkin does not even attempt to address the cost of construction, which is now an astounding $837,000 per unit (studio apartments designed for a single dweller) and the government bureaucrats and allied

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Historic Celebration

Marina del Rey residents look back on harbor’s past

By Bridgette M. Redman arina del Rey— Spanish for “docks of the king”—is now a hot property filled with expensive condominiums and home to about 5,000 boats.

With beautiful ocean views, multiple yacht clubs and trendy restaurants, it’s a desirable destination under near-constant development.

But one of LA’s youngest communities wasn’t always the congested playground that it is today. Earlier this month, the Marina del Rey Historical Society celebrated the 57th anniversary of the community’s formal dedication on April 10, 1965.

Stretching back, the nowmarina was once a salt marsh that was a favorite of duck hunters and a destination for birdwatchers who belonged to the Los Angeles Audubon Society and the southern chapter of the Cooper Ornithological Club. There was a wooden, circular mile-long racetrack in the early 1900s where people came out to the wetlands and raced cars at up to 100 miles per hour on the treacherous tracks.

Eventually, developers would take an interest and the land exchanged hands a few times in an effort to make it a viable harbor.

Helen Stevenson remembered arriving there with her parents in what was then Venice in the 1940s. They bought a house on what is now Catamaran Street.

The area had open vacant lots, oil wells, the canal, and was just a few blocks from the beach.

“Life was simple and folks usually left their front doors unlocked,” Stevenson said.

“My parents purchased the small house in about 1943 for $3,500, where I lived until 1959. The remodeled house is still there, and in 2018 the house sold for $1,688,000. My parents sold the house in the early 1960s for $65,000, which was great for the time.”

In 1958, she graduated from Venice High School. The year before, she joined the “Venice Models,” a group organized by Robbie Robinson of the Venice

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The Marina del Rey Historical Society recently celebrated the 57th anniversary of Marina del Rey’s formal dedication on April 10, 1965.

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It was a group of high school senior women who hosted social and media events in Venice and the Marina. It gave her the opportunity to play an important part in the Marina’s history.

“As the plans for the Marina were moving along, I was fortunate to be selected as the first Miss Marina del Rey for the groundbreaking ceremonies and to appear at different social and media Marina functions and events,” Stevenson said.

When the U.S. Corps of Army Engineers evaluated the Marina in 1936, the plan was to build a harbor for commercial shipping. Howard Wenger, president of the Marina del Rey Historical Society, said a railroad into Long Beach changed everything and that is why the Port of Los Angeles went to San Pedro.

“To this day, I cannot picture having all of those large ships and what it would have looked like,” Wenger said. “The Marina wouldn’t have looked like the Marina obviously, but there is a railroad in Long Beach and that’s why Long Beach looks the way it does and we don’t.”

Stevenson said that as they

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began to build the Marina, the names of the streets south of Washington Boulevard to the now-entrance of the harbor were changed from numbered avenues to nautical street names.

Jerry B. Epstein was one of the early investors, invited to the area by Supervisor Burton Chace. The concept pitched to him was that the county would own the land, but private developers would do the building and pay long-term leases.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began dredging in 1959 and the Marina del Rey Small Craft Harbor opened in 1962. Things were not smooth sailing, however.

“As I refer to it, they forgot to put a front door on the place,” Wenger said.

Roger Wilson had been sailing in the Marina long before there were slips there.

He tried to advise the engineers that there was a surge that needed to be accounted for.

“The Corps of Engineers made a very serious mistake,” Wilson said. “It only cost some $3 million to put the breakwater in, but they had to do some major things in order to figure out that’s what they had to do.

They were advised about it prior to the construction, but they chose not to listen to someone who had a lifetime of experience in the marine industry in this part of the world.”

Wilson, who was then sailing competitively out of the LA Harbor, said there was a 2-foot surge every time the surf came in. The water in the Marina would go up 2 feet and then when the tide went out, it would go back down. The California Yacht Club had just been reformed so he came up from the LA Harbor with his boat.

“There were no sheet pile baffles and obviously no detached breakwater,” Wilson said. “The only slips in the Marina were the slips behind the gas stock. We came up and slept on the boat. Every two minutes you went up 2 feet and down 2 feet.”

A huge storm blew through in January 1963 and since there wasn’t a breakwater, waves that were 7 to 8 feet tall came down the channel and caused major damage to the boats that were there. Many investor loans were canceled and it looked like the project might tank until the LA County Board of Supervisors appropri-

ated money to build a breakwater, bringing in rocks from a rock quarry on Catalina Island, according to Wenger. Finally in 1965, the Marina was formally dedicated.

Willie Hjorth and her husband, John, were then active members of the California Yacht Club and Wilson said that every year they would organize the Christmas Boat Parade. Other events included fireworks for the Fourth of July and the Food and Wine Festival, which was a fundraiser for the Marina del Rey Chamber of Commerce.

The California Yacht Club was originally founded in the LA harbor—and is celebrating its centennial this year. They moved down to Marina del Rey in 1963, first residing in the Sheraton Marina del Rey Hotel. In 1966, they moved to their own clubhouse and the club’s fleet moved into the 230 slips at its present site at the head of Marina del Rey’s main channel. Those facilities were dedicated on June 10, 1967.

The other major club in the Marina is what started as the Del Rey Yacht Club in 1952, then in 1962 entered into a 60-year lease with the Marina and built its clubhouse that would open and be dedicated in September 1965. In 1999, they extended their lease to the year 2047.

Wilson said at one point there were as many as eight yacht clubs in the Marina. Many have since combined or closed down.

In 2015, the Marina celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Visiting the Marina were four tall ships, including the 113-foot-long brigantine “Irving Johnson.” The public was able to take rides on the boats, which proved a popular attraction. Other events included a boat parade, fireworks, a free concert by “Three Dog Night,” historic harbor tours and a gun battle in the middle of the harbor.

“They were firing off cannons all day and there were flyovers of helicopters and all kinds of things,” Wenger said.

Wenger, whose father, Greg, was a professional photogra-

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open the museum and gallery.

In December 2013, they opened their current home in Fisherman’s Village, just steps away from the lighthouse.

Wenger said he often has trouble explaining the charm of Marina del Rey to people, in part because it is so unique and doesn’t look like anything else in LA County.

“It’s the fact that this is a manmade harbor,” Wenger said. “We’re the largest in the Western Hemisphere and second largest only to Dubai— but only because they have more money and bigger boats.

It just has a unique feel to it.”

Wilson said that the Marina has, up until recently, been a marina for the public, but recent changes have threatened its appeal.

“One of the things that the county people have not considered is the fact that the draw of the Marina is the boats in the marina. The draw is not buildings on the edge of the marina. What they did is down the windward side, build three- and four-story apartment condos…which

blocks the prevailing wind.

Not a very smart thinking process when you’re trying to sell the Marina to a restaurant that wants to sell a view of the boat.”

Despite that, he said it is still a very favorable, safe sailing area for small boats or for young people to learn how to sail. It’s also, he said, a much more comfortable harbor to sail from to go to Catalina than the Los Angeles Harbor—in part because it is strictly a recreational, and not a commercial, harbor.

And with the 57th anniversary behind them, Wenger hopes people will help them prepare for the 60th, either by visiting the Historical Society Museum and Gallery or sharing photos and ideas.

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pher, came out with his family in 1968-69 for a two-week vacation over Christmas. When they returned home to New York, they were snowed in for three days—the kind of blizzard where the snow prevented the front door from opening and they had to put a nail in the back door because the snow and wind were blowing in. They spent the time watching slide shows of the pictures their dad had taken while in California.

“The short, the real short version, is my dad said, ‘Screw it,’” Wenger said. “Nine months later, we moved out here.”

His dad’s first major client was The Argonaut, taking pictures for them and getting free advertising for his business. Wenger’s father partnered with Hjorth and others to found the Historical Society.

Wenger was brought in as gallery manager and is now the Society’s president.

The Society was originally organized as a nonprofit in 2007, but it would be a number of years before they would

Helen Stevenson was selected as the first Miss Marina del

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What Champions Are Made Of

LACES boys varsity basketball team moves up in the rankings

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By Michele Robinson inning a City Championship is an unparalleled victory, especially when it is seven years in the making. Not since 2015 has the boys varsity basketball team at Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (LACES) won a championship in the CIF Los Angeles City Section.

LACES is a Magnet Title 1 School located in Mid-City. It is academically rigorous with 50.4% of the student body identified as gifted/talented. With a very diverse student body, the school draws students from over 50 zip codes in LA. Many of LACES’ team players including Cody Yamaki, Donovan Cormelius and Bradyn Sochiratna come from the Westside to attend the prestigious school.

“The first task was to change the culture with the goal to win the City Championship,” said head coach David Trujeque.

Trujeque, who is relatively new to LACES, is in his second year at the school. However, his coaching time with the team was limited last year due to COVID-19 restrictions.

“When I came to LACES, the team was in

The boys varsity basketball team at Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (LACES) won a championship for the first time in seven years in the CIF Los Angeles City Section.

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EDUC ATION SPOTLIGHT What Champions Are Made Of (Continued from page 8)

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together,” Trujeque said.

One of the reasons that the team did so well this year is team composition. Curthe development stage,” Trujeque said.

“Last year was my first year here, but due to rently, there are 10 seniors, one junior and COVID-19 we played only 10 games in the one sophomore on the team. Being such a senior-centric team helped them bond on season. We needed to change the work and off the court. ethic.”

“Before practice we would meet up and get At age 30, the young head coach has six food,” Sochiratna said. “At school we hang years of coaching experience behind him. out at lunchtime. Everyone is friendly with With a lot to prove and many obstacles to overcome, his goal was to get this team into each other.”

The majority of the team has played the headspace of winning. together for about five years since eighth “This season we had 19 wins and 14 losses, and went through a rough patch with grade. This was also their last chance to win a championship, which made them even a 7-streak losing sequence,” Trujeque said. more motivated.

“Plus, we had injuries and COVID-19 “We really pushed for the City Championimpacted our season.” ship,” Sochiratna said.

Sochiratna, a shooting guard on the team, And push they did. In order to be competiis one of the players who suffered from tive, the team practiced during the summer injuries this season. and every other day after school in the fall.

“I sprained my ankle twice,” he said.

The team also occasionally practiced on Sochiratna also remembers the COVID weekends and had long-distance tournastruggles.

“During the winter spike a good amount of ments to compete in during their winter break. But the real work happened during us got COVID and if a certain number of the season. people get it, then they shut down the “From November to March, we practiced practices for two weeks,” he added. “We every day after school from 4 to 5:30 or 6 were almost at max.”

As a longstanding underdog team, together p.m.,” Sochiratna said. “I would come they had to fight to move up in the rankings. home, eat, do homework and do it all again During this season, the team moved up from the next day. I was tired.”

Trujeque recognized their fatigue and third division to second division. would offer random rest days so they could “It is an accomplishment that we did

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EDUC ATION SPOTLIGHT get some much needed downtime. During these rest days, the team did not practice and was not allowed to work out in order to condition their muscles.

During the season, the seniors were also busy balancing commitments like college applications and Advanced Placement (AP)/ college classes. Many team members are also involved in other outside activities.

“I also play golf and am an Eagle Scout,” Sochiratna said. “I’m a senior patrol leader for my Boy Scout troop. Luckily, during the season, my SPL meetings were on Zoom on Monday nights and the campouts were on the weekends, so I was able to find the time to go.”

The team is led by two star co-captains: Yamaki, a senior, and Cornelius, a sopho-

more. Yamaki is in his fourth year as a varsity player.

“I have pride in my school and am just so grateful to be a part of it,” Yamaki said.

Trujeque also coached Yamaki when he was a sixth-grader on the Mar Vista League.

“Cody is a big part of the reason why I interviewed as head coach at LACES,” Trujeque said.

The varsity team was thrilled to stay the course, work together, and be mentally strong to win the City Championship.

“It was a great ending to our senior year,” Trujeque said.”

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‘A Death Defying Escape’ Judy Carter’s play blends magic and humor to heal the past

By Paul Wozniak he idea that a woman could corrupt your sense of reality is very disturbing for a lot of people,” Judy Carter said.

Having made a living as a magician and a standup comic, she should know. In an industry such as magic notoriously fronted by men, Carter is embracing her authentic self in her new play, addressing the elephant in the room and marching on.

“The real secret is what a magician does and what I’m going to be doing on stage is manipulating people’s reality,” she said.

Carter’s new show, “A Death Defying Escape” which began April 2 at the Hudson Guild Theatre with streaming available beginning April 9, intentionally defies easy description.

Billed as having a “unique storyline” that features “Jewish humor, a lesbian romance, a clarion call for disability awareness — and jaw-dropping, audience-interactive on-stage magic,” it’s a little difficult to imagine what this production might look like, until one understands a little more about Carter herself.

Put simply, Carter is a Renaissance woman. She has worked professionally as a magician, standup comic, published author and corporate keynote speaker. She was featured in the Los Angeles Times in 1961 for performing magic shows when she was only 10 years old. She

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overcame a speech impediment and was one of the first women to perform at the Magic Castle Close-Up Gallery in Hollywood, not without resistance.

“One of the magicians literally picked me up, carried me out and threw me in the parking lot,” Carter said.

She added “standup comedy” to her resume when the airline lost her luggage and tricks on a gig. She has appeared on over 100 TV shows and four comedy cable specials, as well as opened for Prince and performed in Vegas. The longtime Venice resident is also a frequent contributor to NPR’s “All Things Considered.” She even wrote the Bible…well, “The Comedy Bible” (Simon & Schuster).

Drawing upon her many talents and occupations from magician to TEDx Talker, Carter’s latest venture attempts to blend elements of her past into a one-of-a-kind production for the present. Directed by Lee Costello, Carter’s one-person band of a show features real, on-stage magic as a metaphor for our ability to “escape” and move on from serious life issues.

“In the play, I reveal secrets,” Carter said. “Not only secrets about my life, but Houdini’s secrets and how we can use his escape techniques to escape from things in our life. Because we all have something or someone we need to escape from. Whether it be escaping from the closet, or escaping from a Verizon contract or even

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Longtime Venice resident, Judy Carter, is a magician and standup comic whose new show, “A Death Defying Escape,” runs through May 15 at the Hudson Guild Theatre. just trying to get out of a pair of Spanx on a hot day. We all need to know. And that’s what this play is. This is a story that’s told with magic.”

Describing the play as a “dark comedy,” Carter said the play includes many formative and often painful memories from her childhood.

“Growing up with a sister with cerebral palsy, a narcissistic mother and an abusive father, I dreamed of becoming a magician,” Carter said. “I didn’t want to saw women in half, I wanted the power to put them back together. The power to make my father disappear and to levitate my sister, Marsha, out of her wheelchair.”

That concept became this play.

“It’s a three-person play, where I tell the story of escap-

ing childhood problems such as an alcoholic father, a disabled sister and a speech impediment,” Carter said. “And kind of knowing I was gay, but pretending I wasn’t.”

She clarifies the show is biographical, but not a biography.

“The main character has my exact name, but it’s not a one-person show,” Carter said.

“It’s like nothing anyone has ever seen.”

So why now? Carter said the inspiration of the show came from a mortality check-in.

“My motivation was pretty much that, ‘Okay, what do I want to do before I’m dead?’”

Carter said. “I almost got hit by a car. And my only thought was ‘I didn’t do that play. I didn’t write that play.’”

Carter said it took four years to write in order to research her own life, but also to ensure there was entertainment from start to finish.

“When you write something based on your own life, it’s not enough to go ‘and this happened, and this happened,’” Carter said. “That’s called narcissism…I wanted to create a story that wasn’t just bragging about my life, or coming from ego. I wanted to have a message to other people.”

Part of that message is about authenticity, even if it means reinvention.

“When I first started doing magic, I had to pretend to be a friggin’ idiot so not to disturb people,” Carter said.

Citing artists like Lucille Ball and Gracie Allen, Carter said

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Carter has appeared on over 100 TV shows and four comedy cable specials, has opened for Prince and was one of the first women to perform at the Magic Castle Close-Up Gallery in Hollywood. “pretending to be stupid” was essential at the time for a woman to be successful in a male-dominated profession. But times have changed.

“I’m just going to be really escaping from all these restraints,” Carter said.

“I’m going to hold down people’s concepts and ideas. And right before their very eyes, they’re going to see reality shift.”

Part of the reality Carter hopes to shift is people’s perception of traditional, male-centric magic.

“Look at [traditional] magic shows: a man saws a woman in half, a man throws swords at a woman, a man decapitates her or lights her on fire,” Carter said. “When I see a magic show, I see a guy working out his mommy issues.”

But Carter sees barely veiled sexism in more than the tricks themselves.

“You look at the role of the assistant, the assistant is jumping in boxes, she’s the one getting sawed in half, she’s the one cleaning up the rabbit crap,” Carter said. “What happens at the end of the show? She takes a step back and points to the guy and he takes the bow.”

By contrast, Carter said her show is about feminist empowerment, but in a fun way.

“It’s not a play where we hit people over the head with this,” Carter said.

In the spirit of inclusion, Carter’s creative team credits multiple men including scenic designer and magic

illusion creator Craig Dickens, who has created illusions for David Copperfield, lighting designer Matt Richter, and sound and projections designer Nick Foran. With their help, Carter is primed to make history.

“I will actually, in front of everybody’s eyes, not only escape, but completely vanish,” Carter said. “This is an illusion that has never been done before. So it’s going to be pretty amazing.”

While Carter teases to physically disappear at the end of the show, she intends to put her personal life on full display.

“I feel like the play is going to reveal secrets of my life, like now I’m involved in a relationship,” Carter said. “I happened to fall in love late in life with somebody who was much younger than me, like four decades younger than me.”

She also hopes these revelations will help the audience address their own issues.

“The play also shows that when we deal with the past, we really deal with it,” Carter said. “Perhaps it’s the secrets that kept us tied down that then we can find love.”

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By Bliss Bowen earing “The Man Was Burning,” an obscure spiritual recorded in 1936, sparked excitement and a sense of recognition in multiinstrumental roots musician Jake Blount.

First, because it had been recorded at a Virginia state prison about an hour away from Blount’s family’s farm, which is located near a plantation where his enslaved ancestors had labored; and second, because the knife-edged intensity in 71-yearold inmate Joe Lee’s performance immediately directed Blount to “where that song needed to go” in a modern arrangement. Blount’s new version sharpens the original’s edge.

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Recording amid pandemic restrictions, he wrote all the parts and played all the instruments except bass. Against an ear-tugging backdrop of electric guitar, handclaps and rhythmic loops, he updated the original anti-gambling lyric into a more timely condemnation of greed: “That man was countin’ his money Yeah he was grinnin’ mighty broad He held a greenback dollar aloft, said This money gonna make me a god!”

“I try to take approaches from across the timeline of folk music, rather than simply thinking I’m going to go back and update this thing for today,” Blount said. “I examine where it comes from as far back as I can go and then scan through all the approaches that black people have taken to folk music throughout the years and decide which one feels best for me to

approach it. Even if you’re listening to something a lot of other people have heard, you can still wind up making such a different choice that it still feels unique to you.”

Despite holding a bachelor’s degree in ethnomusicology, Blount isn’t entirely comfortable identifying himself as an ethnomusicologist; he prefers to speak through his music and contextualizing stories he shares onstage and in post-show conversations.

His widely lauded 2020 album, “Spider Tales,” named after a trickster character from West African mythology, and his 2017 EP, “Reparations,” refreshed traditional tunes from Black and indigenous communities in the Southeast and became part of the ongoing conversation about what truly constitutes “Americana.”

That positioned the Providence, Rhode Island resident amid a burgeoning wave of artists — alongside the likes of Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell and Yasmin Williams — who are refocusing attention on how Black and Indigenous musicians have developed and shaped American roots music.

Hearing “The Man Was Burning,” an obscure spiritual recorded in 1936, sparked excitement and a sense of recognition in Blount, whose new version sharpens the original’s edge.

When he headlines at McCabe’s in Santa Monica on Friday night, he will be accompanied by fiddler and banjoist George Jackson, Lula Wiles bassist Mali Obomsawin, and guitarist/banjo-uke player Gus Rich. Even with such traditional string-band instrumentation, however, Blount’s arrangements take left turns; he isn’t hidebound in his presentations.

“There’s a lot of value in having people who are really

invested in presenting these old traditions the way that they used to be heard,” he noted.

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mine and I was going to ask him to refer me to someone, a woman probably who would want to work on something,” Wilke said. “And he said, ‘I’ve always wanted to write a musical. Can I read it?’ And I said ‘It’s women in a bathroom.

I don’t know.’ And he was game.”

Ultimately, Wilke said Marsh’s different perspectives helped mold the show.

“He would push me on what was happening with the characters and make me explain it to him and in certain cases, forced me to acknowledge that I hadn’t fully fleshed out something I didn’t even know,” Wilke said.

“Or we together came up with something better.”

Fox, who Wilke met through a mutual friend, said she felt surprisingly moved by the themes in the script.

“I had very personal feelings about it,” Fox said. “And it was kind of like, ‘Oh, this is a musical about this?’”

As the show moved closer to staging and after some workshopping and tweaks, Fox introduced Brady to Wilke as a potential director.

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Playwright and co-lyricist Liesl Wilke’s new original musical “Stalled” about four women in an executive washroom is more about getting “un-stalled.”

“The idea is that they’re all stuck in some way, either afraid to face something or not telling the truth... And that they make a step forward by the end,” Wilke said.

The show runs through May 15. The script went through multiple adaptations before its stage debut, from award-winning short story to television pilot to original musical over 12 years.

In a series of fortuitous meetings, Wilke connected with composer Andy Marsh to compose the songs and co-wrote the lyrics, PRT artistic director Marilyn Fox to serve as the show’s executive producer, and Cal Brady to direct.

Wilke was surprised at first when Marsh agreed to compose the music.

“He is the son of a friend of

Written by Liesl Wilke and running through May 15 at Pacific Resident Theatre, “Stalled” is an entertaining, perceptive and rewarding study of the going’s on inside a high-end executive ladies room. we were together there some years ago, as teacher and student,” Fox said. “But then Cal directed “The Last Five Years” in our worship space.

And I thought Cal’s hand was a delicate one and egoless one. I thought, ‘This is the talent that has the right heart for developing this piece.’”

Brady shared that they also connected to the script right away.

“When I first read it, I was just really struck by this kind of mother-child bond that was happening throughout all the characters,” Brady said.

“They’re all kind of struggling or working through some issues with their mom or with their daughter, which is kind of just a universal problem. I feel like everybody goes through that with a parent or child in some way or another.”

Fox said she resonated even more with the nearly finished production during a final rehearsal with the full orchestra.

“It was almost like the play had some metaphysical thing inside of it that has been placed there from Liesl’s psyche, that is a very deep thing about mothers

and daughters,” Fox said. “And it opened something up in me, you know, that, it’s there all the time, but I had forgotten about it. And it’s very beautiful because it has to do with this deep love or lack of it, you know, that we all have with our moms. I feel like there’s something very special, I think that the piece has enormous potential.”

While the COVID-19 pandemic has quite literally stalled countless theatrical productions, Fox said it also actually helped create a healthier creative environment for “Stalled” to grow.

“I’ve had a couple of colleagues say to me, ‘I think the pandemic saved my life,’” Fox said. “And I know it’s a strange thing to say, but because theater is so guerrilla warfare, and you just keep going and going.

There was something about it that it was all calm, and that this piece came floating along the river.”

But getting closer to the debut date still had its risks.

“We’re supposed to have a full cast read-through gathering and Liesl tested positive for CO-

VID,” Brady said. “And we had to go back on Zoom for three days, right at the start.”

Brady said they think the show is especially important and relevant, especially coming out of the pandemic.

“Everyone’s so jumpy and scared to connect or like touch,” Brady said. “So yeah, it’s just an intimate musical. That’s unique in that way. It’s not full of flashy anything. It’s very intimate, and just connected and deep, which I love.”

Fox thinks it’s a show anyone can connect to. She’s seen men in the preview audiences have strong reactions to the show.

“It’s a lot about the child-parent bond, and in both ways, the child to the parent and the parent to the child,” Fox said.

“So I think it’s just affecting everybody in the audience in different ways.”

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Del Rey Earth Day Celebration Saturday, April 23 The Del Rey Neighborhood Council together with Mike Bonin’s office and the Mayor’s office are hosting an Earth Day Celebration event at Marina del

Rey Middle School. Residents can pick up free trees, mulch and enjoy other Earth Day fun.

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Pile 2 Patio Saturday, April 23 Pile 2 Patio is a piece by artist Maru Garcia that explores the materiality and communitybuilding qualities of a mulch pile. For one day only, 18th Street Art Center’s Airport Campus will have a giant mulch sculpture in the parking lot as part of the exhibition “Radical Propagations” on view at 18th Street’s Propeller Gallery. This interactive and evolving piece will invite the public to modify the sculpture by taking mulch to their homes. As each person takes their part, the pile will change shape throughout the day.

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The event will also feature Market Exchange vendors, artist open studios, exhibitions on view and more. Free with RSVP. 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, 11 to 3 p.m., 18th street.org/event/pile2patio 626 Night Market Mini Saturday & Sunday, April 23 & 24 Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. in partnership with 626 Night Market has announced a series of events called 626 Night Market Mini, which brings the iconic open-air food festival to Santa Monica for the first time on a smaller scale. Hosting approximately two dozen vendors, the market brings together food lovers with some of the most unique eats Southern California has to offer such as Shake ramen, Tao’s Bao, Chick N’ Skin, Ghostix and Rockin’ Gyoza. An alcohol garden will also be available for attendees 21 years and older. The market is open to all ages and free to attend with advanced ticket reservations.

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Mar Vista Farmers Market Sunday, April 24 This vibrant, year-round market offers local produce, prepared foods, kids crafts and live events.

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La Ballona Valley Show & Sale Saturday, April 30 After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Bromeliad Society of La Ballona Valley will host its annual show and sale at the Culver City Teen Center. They will display many of the varieties of this plant group including Bilbergia, Aechmea, Guzmania and Tillandisa (air plants). The event is free and open to all.

There will also be member plant sales and invited vendor plant sales too.

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THE ARGONAUT REAL ESTATE Q&A

What Happens To Your Mortgage During a Recession?

A recession is an inevitable period in the economy, often referred to as a pause in an otherwise expansionary period. Recessions do end, but that doesn’t mean they don’t cause damage along the way. They also affect real estate markets and interest rates.

A healthy economy includes low unemployment, increases in manufacturing, income security, and steady or climbing interest rates.

Recessions can come along suddenly, or they can be a gradual process. Regardless, recessions include several months of high unemployment. People might spend less because they’re uncertain, so business earnings go down. Manufacturing can decline because companies tighten spending, leading to job losses.

How Does a Recession Affect Mortgages and Interest Rates?

When consumers are spending less, there’s not as much of a money flow through the economy.

During a recession, it’s common for the Federal Reserve to make adjustments to interest rates to minimize economic disruptions. That can help stabilize the markets, and consumer confidence can go up, encouraging more spending.

Lenders then use the adjusted interest rate to set their loan and mortgage rates.

The problem is that people are less likely to

spend during a recession and would rather save, so loans aren’t in high demand.

Home prices during a recession will often decline.

What Happened During the Great Recession?

The Great Recession lasted from 2007 to 2009, and it was extremely impactful on mortgages and the housing market because of the housing crash that triggered it.

Home prices went down quickly throughout the U.S., and employment soared. Homeowners were finding themselves owing more on their mortgage than their home was worth. Many faced foreclosure.

That’s not always what happens during a recession, though. In most modern recessions, house price appreciation has stayed relatively steady, and year-over-year growth in home sales has only declined a bit.

Home prices and the sales of existing homes don’t inherently go down because there’s a recession.

What typically happens is that the housing market can benefit during a recession. Monetary policy is loosened to stimulate the economy, leading to lower mortgage rates. This increases

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homebuying power, and homes become more affordable if people are willing to spend You Could Refinance If there were a recession and mortgage rates went down because of it, in theory, if you had an existing mortgage, you could use it as an opportunity to refinance. Of course, to refinance you have to be approved by a lender.

That can be more difficult during a recession both because of economic factors and things happening in your personal finances.

What About Buying During a Recession?

While it can seem scary, buying a home during a recession can be a good long-term financial decision if you’re in the position to do it.

You may face less competition among buyers, lower housing prices, and lower interest rates.

Since there’s diminished consumer confidence during a recession, you’re not likely to face the bidding wars that homebuyers are dealing with.

Of course, you’d have to have a steady income and be confident that it would stay the same for the foreseeable future.

Adjustable-Rate Mortgages The type of mortgage that could be most directly affected by a recession is one that’s an adjustable-rate.

An adjustable-rate mortgage has a variable

interest rate. The initial rate is below the market rate for a comparable loan with a fixed rate.

Then, as time goes on, the rate goes up. If you have an adjustable-rate mortgage for long enough, the interest rate will go beyond the market rate for a fixed loan.

During the mid-2000s housing crash, borrowers with adjustable-rate mortgages couldn’t make their payments when they soared. Since then, there have been more government regulations, but it could still be an issue.

Some adjustable-rate mortgages are structured so the rate can more than double in just a few years.

If for some reason, you had an adjustable-rate mortgage and your rate quickly went up during a recession, and you were facing economic troubles or a job loss, you might not be able to make your payments.

Overall, if you’re currently a homeowner, a recession isn’t likely to directly impact your mortgage itself. It could theoretically affect your home’s value or income, however. A recession can, in some cases, create opportunities for refinancing or buying a home if you have a stable income.

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Local Market Expert Tami Humphrey helps clients find their dream homes in Playa Vista

BY SARA EDWARDS

R

eal estate has been a big part of Tami Humphrey’s life since she was a child. Her parents were real estate partners who owned a brokerage, and family conversations at the dinner table were often centered around new clients, interesting escrows and solving real estate problems.

Initially, Humphrey didn’t intend to follow in her family’s footsteps. She knew that she wanted to help people, but at the time she didn’t know what career path she wanted to pursue.

“I helped my parents along the way, but I never felt like I was going to work in real estate until I received my license at 24,” Humphrey says. “I fell in love with helping people on their real estate journeys and that set me on my path to where I am now.”

Humphrey has been a real estate agent in Playa Vista and its surrounding areas for over 16 years. She grew up in Thousand Oaks and moved to Playa Vista when she was 24. Humphrey truly knows and loves the area, and has watched it evolve over time. In 2015, she wrote “Your Guide to Buying, Selling and Living in Playa Vista,” a book that lays out everything potential buyers and renters need to know about the community from floor plans to shopping and amenities. She was also previously featured on an episode of the HGTV series “House Hunters” in 2013.

“One of the reasons I wanted to do the episode was because not everyone knew about the community, people would drive by and think it was just apartment complexes,” Humphrey says. “Playa Vista is so different from the rest of Los Angeles.”

Seven years ago, her husband, Chad Aronson, joined her in real estate and they officially started their team, Team Tami, with Palm Realty Boutique. Humphrey has since

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grown the team to nine people with an office manager, marketing manager, a leasing agent and four buyers agents, allowing the couple to focus on helping people sell their homes. During the Great Recession, much of Humphrey’s business consisted of short sales and helping people avoid foreclosure by negotiating with banks.

Now her business serves a much different purpose.

“Housing inventory is so low within the community,” Humphrey says. “Playa Vista is a special place and people are just out there waiting for that right property.”

Humphrey says it’s the trust she has established with the community plus her experience and repeat clientele that keeps her in Playa Vista. From helping people find their first home to working with savvy investors, she prides herself on educating her clients and helping them achieve their real estate goals.

She and her husband also give back to the community through sponsorships and community outreach like music in the park with ice cream sundaes or hosting a block party for everyone in the area.

“Playa Vista is where we do business, it’s where we’re trusted and we’re super grateful for that,” Humphrey says. “It’s great to see the communities grow and we love to give back as much as possible so we’re constantly looking for ways to continue doing that.”

When Humphrey sits down with new or returning clients looking to sell their homes or move to the area, she makes it a point to learn what their goals are and find out what’s most important to them. For buyers, she also shares what makes Playa Vista so unique and explains the different complexes and floor plans.

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sales and walks them through the process so that when the right house becomes available, they will be prepared and ready.

“We want buyers to feel more confident in their choices because there’s so little housing inventory right now,” Humphrey says. “We’ve had so many first-time buyers and first-time sellers, and we try to do as much as possible to make it an enjoyable experience.”

For people looking to buy or rent in the area, Humphrey says they should have a feel for what’s important to them, as well as what they want and don’t want in their new home.

“It’s such a huge milestone,” Humphrey says. “It’s amazing to be able to experience the excitement of our clients’ successes.”

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DEADLINE: Monday at 11am for Thursdays CALL ANN: 626-584-8747 or EMAIL: ann@argonautnews.com Lien Sales NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell personal property, household items, business goods and boxes of unknown content identified by Occupant name below, to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of the Business & Professions, section 2328 of the UCC, Section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code.

The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on Thursday May 05, 2022 at 11:30 AM on the premises where said property has been stored known as Stor-It Self Storage and located at 4068 Del Rey Avenue, Marina Del Rey, Ca. 90292, County of Los Angeles, State of California, the following: Purchases must be paid for at time of purchase in cash only. All purchased items are sold as is, where is and must be removed at the time of sale.

The sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between Owner and the obligated party.

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where is and must be removed at the time of sale.

The sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between Owner and the obligated party.

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Fic. Business Name FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022049517 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SPIRITUALLY ENHANCED. 2031 20th Street Apt. F Santa Monica, CA 90404.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Lauren Martin 2031 20th Street Apt. F Santa Monica, CA 90404. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/2021. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

(A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Lauren Martin.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 03, 2022. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 03/31/22, 04/07/22, 04/14/22, 04/21/22

to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Lauren Martin.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: March 03, 2022. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: Argonaut Newspaper. Dates : 03/31/22, 04/07/22, 04/14/22, 04/21/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022070487 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 7th WARD PRODUCTIONS, CONTEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN. 7855 W. Manchester Ave., #2 Playa del Rey, CA 90293.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Louis Santos Gagnier lll, 7855 W. Manchester Ave., #2 Playa del Rey, CA 90293.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual.

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/1985. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Louis Santos Gagnier lll.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 01, 2022. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 04/07/22, 04/14/22, 04/21/22, 04/28/22

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/1985. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Louis Santos Gagnier lll.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 01, 2022. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: Argonaut Newspaper. Dates : 04/07/22, 04/14/22, 04/21/22, 04/28/22

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Legal Notices IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA No: 354 of 2019-D AMANDA LYON, Plaintiff, vs.

DION LYONS, Defendant NOTICE If you wish to deny any of the statements set forth in this affidavit, you must file a counter-affidavit within twenty (20) days after this affidavit has been served on you or the statements will be admitted.

AFFIDAVIT UNDER SECTION 3301 (d) OF THE DIVORCE CODE. 1. The parties to this action separated in July 2018.

2. Check (a) or (b) __ (a) The date of separation was prior to December 5, 2016, and the parties have continued to live separate and apart for a period of at least two years xx (b) The date of separation was on or after December 5, 2016, and the parties have continued to live separate and apart for a period of one year.

3. The marriage of Plaintiff and Defendant is irretrievable broken.

4. I understand that I may lose rights concerning alimony, division of property, lawyer's fees or expenses if I do not claim them before a divorce is granted.

I verify that the statements made in this Affidavit are true and correct. I understand that false statements herein are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.A Section 4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.

Amanda Lyons Date: Jan. 13, 2022 Published: The Argonaut Newspaper 04/21/22

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ated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 05/10/2022. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 3 Room: 300. The address of the court is 150 West Commonwealth Ave. Alhambra, CA 91801. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles. Original filed: March 18, 2022. Robin Miller Sloan, Judge of the Superior Court.

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