Clue #69 - Rachel Blake Italy Post 03 & DJDan 7/05
Rachel made a new post this morning. Something about Mittelwerk and getting his blood replaced. Why? She follows Mittelwerk to The "Avlar Hanso Center for Advanced Medical Services" and gives us a link to audio hidden on the UK Channel 4 website. The clip is at the end of the "play now" clip on the front page. You just have to fastforward through all the other stuff to hear Rachel's audio. Probably easier just to follow our DIRECT LINK to the audio. MegaPrime33 gives us a great transcript near the top of the comments!
DJ Dan:
DJ Dan also has a new podcast up! Go to DJ Dan podcast page, in the Sublymonal ad type in anything and the word "pyramid" appears. Click on the pyramid icon at the bottom for DJ Dan's latest.
Or click our pyramid for a direct link!
Bonus:
We were also emailed a really nice map of the Lost universe and happenings by created by Jonah and first sent into us by Aaron, Check out this awesome Lost Map.
Comment away!
Thanks to Christine, MegaPrime33, DazzedElf, LeeLee2233, Aaron and the Duck for the first emails on this.
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Sorry for the lag gang. I think many of us in the states had 4th of July parties yesterday! Playing catch up at the moment...more to come!
wel, i am pretty certain, being in the medical feild, that he is headed to africa. you need all those shots there. also exchange transfusions are for newborn jaundice, sickle cell anemia( which only black people can get) and malaria. I believe TM has someone elses organs in him ie a black persons liver... and he is heading to africa to get a replacement since capetown seems the place for that.
2 theories.
1. alvar hanso and mittelwerk are the same person. he is just using hanso as a cover.
2. rachel's mother was some sort of patient at a hanso hospital, and died under one of their experiments.
djdan podcast was interesting too. how can he be at stonehenge and in sanremo at the same time.... guess pt is not djdan!
thrasher76, what do you think of my theory above? the one about the organs....
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Since there is so much buzz related to organ harvesting, I believe that the top execs at hanso could be at least some of the recipiants...
Christine - I think it is a very plausible idea...nice!
thanks thrasher76.
that wouldnt be a pic of optimus prime would it... he rocks!!!!
The BBC "THIS KNIFE" show clip featured some messed up audio. I played with it in Adobe Audition... I posted this in the last Comments section but thought it would be of some interest here.
Rachel Audio from THIS KNIFE video
Now the explanation from the last blog comments....
Okay so I've played with the audio a little. I haven't put it up yet but here's my guess. I beginning is somebody singing.... "I Fooled Around, I Need to Love." The second piece of the audio is after the beep. It's what I can only guess as Korean, it's reversed. Followed by some human voice forward but covered by static and beeping. I isolated the audio and flipped around the Korean, but I don't have a filter that removes echo, so I don't know what else to do.
Christine - Yes! Optimus Prime does indeed, Rock!!!
Still getting my head around everything this morning. If anyone has the DJ Dan transcript, that would be great!!
Peace & Namaste!
thanks for the heads up thrasher!
In response to DJDANS Podcast.....
SPOILER THEORY......------------
I'm sure the KARMA imperitive is the Darhma Inititive.... but this discussion of cults plays into a theory I've held for a while. I believe that the Darhma Inititive, was a fully funded experiment, the doctors, scientists, and subjects were all willing. But at some point everyone involved lost their way and now everyone involved are not working under the Hanso Foundation, or under the orinal ramification of the experiment. What started out as science is spun wildly out of control. Not unlike Phillip Zimbardo's Stamford Prison experiment. That got so out of control it was shut down two days into it. But what if it had been allowed to go on? Could the Darhma Initivite be a more mundane experiment gone out of control??
Passafist - It is very possible that DJ Dan cannot or will not talk directly about Hanso or Dharma at this stage...IMHO...nice theory though...
About DJ Dan, I'm still interested in your theories, is he Peter Thompson?
And he talks about cults this time, possibly a reference to the Others?
now we need a response from gidgetgirl telling rachel where to go.
Okay just got to say this -
Rachels new recording is so blatently recorded in a studio it's becomming a joke! It's in STEREO! Not just the kind of stereo you can get from a single stereo microphone either like you may get on a minidisc recorder (and I doubt you can get super discrete covert microphones that have any kind of real stereo field to them), it's quite distinct stereo too. I very much doubt you could get that quality while still maintaining any kind of covertness with the recording. Not to mention the fact that the rain and noir-esque sax solo (which I thought was cool btw) are blatently backing tracks added on later.
Come on production crew, this isn't rocket science to make this believable your just being downright sloppy! This is the kind of production I'd expect for a radio show, which is all well and good except for the fact this is an ARG not a radio show. It's actually like they've put effort into making it sleek and polished. I'm actually tempted to edit that audio to make it more believable as a covert recording. Seems pointless but I just want to time it and see how much effort it would have been for them to do it.
*sigh* Anyway, you never know it could add weight to the theory that Rachel is lying to us and faking the whole thing. Hence recruiting DJDan as well (I'm on that shortly btw).
As for the content. I'm starting to suspect the theory that Hanso somehow is Mittlewerk has some truth to it. Fresh blood because part of the side effects of his eternal youth process is leaking out heavy water? Perhaps those sideeffects are also the reason why Mittlewerk seems to have to live a somewhat healthy lifestyle (no meat?).
Lol my security word is "borqk" Borqk borqk borqk
Dazzledelf: I think he's Peter Thompson too, her are my thoughts about it:
My bet is too that Peter Thompson is DJDan. I just don't think that they would say: hey, we need some voices for a conversation, let's use the voices of DJDan and Tonya, no one will notice...
But there is something strange: DJDan has gotten a threat-phonecall from (who is believed to be) Peter Thompson. How could that be if he's Peter Thompson himself? On the other hand, it could be a great cover! If DJDan recorded that treat himself, the hanso foundation could be tricked into thinking he is definitely not Peter Thompson, and he secured himself because if he is attacked someday by the threatmaker, it's just a cover and the hanso foundation will not bother anymore. The only strange thing is that it has been a long while ago that the threat was made... I am actually sursprised that noone tried to hurt him yet (in both scenario's)
I hope you can still follow my thoughts, I wish I could explain it more clearly...
And about Tonya, maibe she is PT's secretary Irene (She could be heard answering calls on the Hanso voice mail system). But then again, why would a secretary be part of an important conversation and mission with the big boss?
I have two more things I hope you guys can answer for me:
Wizardry_eas mentioned TPTB, where does that stand for?
the other thing: has been suggested that the DJDan podcasts are being composited (is that a good english word? I'm from The Netherlands so I'm not sure...) out of old material, because his site history mentions a conspiraspy of the month, a month before he actually made him conspiraspy of the month. Is this just a mistake?
Who else loved RB's background music resembling those early 1940's detective movies? haha
But hey, now we know it IS because of Rachel's mother that this little mission of hers is so personal.
Sorry for the dubbelpost:
about the DJDan podcast: the caller comments that his grandmother (DeGroot?) has gone to 'the flame' or 'the fire' in the south facific in the early seventies.
So, I'm sure it's the lost Island, to the station 'the flame'
Actually thinking of that. The shotgun microphone recording is also in stereo. Now THAT is impressive!
TPTB = The Powers That Be or the people running this game
I love that theory!
well, remember he supossedly got Dharma initiative confused with Karma imperative. so mistaking flame and fire would be understandable.
@Megaprime333 and others:
if the Dharma initiative was really shut down, why then was there a new fooddrop? (in the Lost episodes)
Fenris - your avitar is creepy!!! But way cool!!
word verification = honzy
Maybe Hanso's nickname!! LMAO!!
no speakers at work, so will need transcript of podcasts......I am still freaking out over yesterdays recording between mittlewerk and peter thompson - that was definitely DJ Dan and Tonya talking to him as far as I am concerned.
At the beginning of DJ Dan's podcast, he mentions that it is the anniversary of the Heaven's Gate suicide which occured in late March of 1997. This supports Team Lena's theory that the podcasts are being given to us out of order.
Jen
so just a quick question..... what about fake henry gayle... he must be important... so who is he????
@Christine: There is a LOT of interesting info and theories about the fake Henry Gale at Lostpedia, here:
http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Henry_Gale
(also lostpedia will have a transcript of the DJ Dan podcast soon, I think. I'm not an English Native speaker, otherwise I would have maid a transcript.... can still try it if anyone wants it?
I will start, but it will be in peaces okay? It's good for my English anyway :P
Coming to you live from Stonehenge... DJDan. You're listening to DJDan, shutting down the man....
DJDan: Yup, I'm shutting down the man, that's the plan, so you don't know WHAT hit the van... so much for my hiphop career.
Tanya: c'mon Dan, you're old school.
DJDAN: Yup, hang a grandfather's clock around my neck, that's how oldschool I am. Speaking of... I call myself a DJ, but how often do you hear me play music? yeah, jump on that conspiraspies!
DJDAN: We're having a good time today, ladies and GMO's, we're in our blue tracksuits, we have our name brand white sneakers, that's right, whe're celebrating the anniversary of... Heaven's Gate! (crowd cheers)
Cults people! Whe are talking about cults, Tanya, do you have a favorite?
Tanya: Uh, what about those guys with the red scarves, you know, who just said the cloned their leader?
DJDan: gooood one, but you know, you know, I mean, I have a soft spot for the Heaven's Gaters,you know, the sheer ambition just gets to me, okay? They killed themselves to hitch a ride on a comet. It's kinda poetic! So my sweet conspiraspies, are you in a cult? Were you in a cult? Are you about to drink the coolade(?) ?. Are you MAKING the coolade? Call us first!
Here's the first page of the DJ Dan podcast. Transcribing the rest right now.
Voice over: Coming to you live from Stonehenge
Singers: DJ Dan!
Voice over: You’re listening to DJ Dan, shutting down the man
DJ Dan: Yep, we’re coming to you live. I’m shutting down the man, that’s the plan so you don’t know the what hit the fan. So much for my hip hop career.
Tanya: Come on, Dan, you’re old school.
DJ Dan: Yep, hang a grandfather clock around my neck that’s how old school I am. Speaking of, I call myself a DJ but how often do you ever hear me play music? Yeah, jump on that, Conspiraspies. *laughs* We’re having a good time today ladies and GMOs (?) we’re in our blue track suits. We have our name brand white sneakers. That’s right we’re celebrating the anniversary of Heaven’s Gate!
Cheering in the background
DJ Dan: Cults, people, we’re talking about cults. Tanya, you got a favorite?
Tanya: Uh, what about those guys with the red scarves you know, who just said they cloned their leader?
DJ Dan: Good one, but you know, you know I mean I have a soft spot for the Heaven’s Gaters, you know the sheer ambition just gets me, okay. They killed themselves to hitch a ride on a comet. It’s kind of poetic. So my sweet conspiraspies, are you in a cult? Were you in a cult? Are you about to drink the Kool-Aid? Are you making the Kool-Aid? Call us first, tell us all about it. Let’s take Mike from Texas. Suwee! Mike! Got a shotgun under the seat?
Mike: You betcha, DJ Dan.
DJ Dan: Don’t mess with Mikey. Mikey, what is your cult connection?
Mike: Well I’m listening to the Cult.
DJ Dan: That’s a band you dink. People, do I have to explain? No self-respecting cult calls itself a cult! The Cult itself is not a cult and even if it spawned a cult it certainly would not be a cult. SHUTDOWN! Bo (?) from Minnesota. Hear you spotted a cult in your home town.
Bo: Yes, sir. My nephew joined these bald chanting guys, you know dancing, handing out flowers in the street.
DJDan: tell us all about it! Let's take Mike from Texas. SWEEEET (?)! Mike! Got a shotgun under your seat?
Mike: You betya DJ dan!
DJDan: DOn't mess with Mikey! Mikey, what is your cult connection?
Mike: Well, um, I'm listening to the cult...
DJDan: That's a band, ya dink! PEOPLE! Do I have to explain? No selfrespecting cult cals itself a Cult! The cult itself is not a cult. And even if it sponned (?) a cult, it certainly would not BE a cult. SHUTDOWN!
hey guys check this out....
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/austspac.htm#vaccines
oh sorry... should I stop JB ?
Megaprime33: True, but I think it was placed in the serie to suggest that the hanso foundation still knows about it and is active with it. But you could be right, it could also just been placed there, but I don't think so :)
Second half of DJ Dan podcast transcript
DJ Dan: Chanting guys! Chanting guys! They’re not a cult! Everybody knows they’re a front for extra terrestrials! SHUTDOWN! Come on people, give me something real. Anthony from Petosky (?), Michigan. That in the thumb, Anthony?
Anthony: Um, more in the pinky finger? Anyways, DJ Dan, I think my grandma was in a cult.
DJ Dan: Grandma’s don’t join cults. SHUTDOWN! Just kidding. Continue, I’m captivated.
Anthony: Um, well she was getting her doctorate in, I think, Psych at the University of Michigan in the 60’s. And she joined this group, I guess, called the Karma Imperative or something.
DJ Dan: The Karma Imperative? Okay, now that sounds like a cult.
Anthony: Yeah! And um well, she told my mom about how she was going with uh the Karma Imperative to some place in the South Pacific.
DJ Dan: Uh, island, continent, cruise ship? What are we talking about here? Come on give me something.
Anthony: Um, she just said it was, I think, the Flame or the Fire?
DJ Dan: Moving on, moving on
Anthony: Well, they never heard from her after that! It was like, early 70s when she went. Nobody at the University heard about the Karma Imperative. And well, they had like a funeral for her and everything!
DJ Dan: Well, that is a tragedy. A human, real life tragedy. It makes me sick, Anthony. Sick! These repugnant, selfish, clannish, crony-ish, mystical, brain washing pieces of dung that take away our loved ones. Conspiraspies, you heard it. Anthony from Petosky has lost his grandmother to the Karma Imperative. You know what to do. You know who you are. I need some dirt on Karma so we can find Anthony’s granny and SHUTDOWN the man! Back after these messages.
Voice over: You’re listening to DJ Dan, shutting down the man.
I've said it before but if we can tell DJDans voice is apparently the same as Peters then no one at the Hanso Foundation that has heard both voices would miss that too. Plus they'd be way ahead of us on it because we've only just heard Pete. I'd also like to know why DJDan is playing thick again? I mean come on, how could he miss the Karma Imperitve/Dharma Initiative thing?
Okay I've done the frequency analysis. At least as well as I can do it, I'm not a speech expert but this seems to me closer then the Rachel/Persephone one, although once again inconclusive. If you were doing this for a court you'd have to get the suspect to say the same words in the same way and if possible with the same recording method, but obviously I'm working from audio clips (of them saying "Alvar Hanso") that are slightly different in both circumstances and expression. The main difference is the extra bass but listening to the Pete clip it's clear (to me) he's speaking close to the microphone (I know....*sigh*) which triggers the proximity effect where you get extra bass in your voice. A lot of vocalists use this effect to their benifit if they have fairly thin voices to start with. So I wouldn't put much weight in that difference alone. In my opinion I'd say it's an 85% chance it is the same voice actor. Make of that what you will. Before I did the analysis I was 95% so perhaps it's thrown a little doubt on it, but not much really.
If you want to look at it yourself I've put four files up.
THIS is a control frequency analysis between two occasions of DJDan saying "Alvar Hanso" on his podcasts
THIS is the full frequency comparison between the two DJDans and the Pete Thompson saying of "Alvar Hanso" Thomspon is in yellow.
THIS is the waveforms next to each other of DJDan and Pete Thomspon
and THIS is an audio file with DJDan on one side and Pete Thompson on the other saying "Alvar Hanso".
@Christine: so, he could be going to The South Pacific (as the site mentions), maibe Autralia....
interesting. I think it would be logically he's going to the (lost?) island he was talking about because the SPIDER PROTOCOL is about to happen...
by the way, I don't think Mittelwerk is Alvar Hanso... I think Mittelwerk hasn't a blood desease or something, but is just 'preparing his body for some sort of hell-on-earth conditions', like Rachel suspects.
Fenris - Awesome work! I was around 95% as well, but I am more like 75% now that they are one in the same...really interesting stuff...
Really nice Fenris :) What do you think about Tonya then?
O sorry about my last post by the way, I haven't read the whole post of Rachel when I posted it. She says exactle the same thing as my gues... so lame comment of me.... but anyway, so some people stille think he's going to Africa, and why?
Hey, I'm headed to Petosky for vacation in August - maybe I'll track Anthony down. :)
Although he may need to check his geography - Petosky's not really that close to the "pinky finger."
Mittelwerk recognized Rachel because she looks like her Mother -- and Mittelwerk knew her... from Dharma, perhaps?
could DJDan and peter thompson be 2 different people, but voiced by the same actor?
annebeth - I think people are thinking Africa because of all of the innoculations he just got, and the ties hanso has to the area. I think the island is more likely, though, since that's what they've been focusing on over the last couple of weeks.
The Mother of Walt died from a blood disorder by the way...
And didn't the others draw blood from Micheal?
maybe rachel's mother was on the plane. maybe shes been on the show.
good point!
Because she also says Goodnight Mrs. Callabas, wherever you are.
wherever you are.... maibe she's not sure her mother is dead?
Fenris, great work on that stuff.
But I think this is one of those instances where they have a limited number of actors / actresses and people are playing more than one part.
It sucks, I know... but I really think there are like 5 or 6 people doing everything.
Vexingmodstwo, I really don't think (hope) so! I mean, this project is worldwide, it would be so uncool and dissapointing if they made people play more than one part :(
And there are still some DJDan things that are weird.... like podcasts out of order (maibe)...
@Gorgeous junkie: would be cool, but the timelinee of the serie is like two years behind, sadly...
filmnerd - I think that site is from a few clues back, when the Hanso site was still active. Isn't that where there was a picture, and if you changed the colors or something, it said "conspira." It was part of a password.
annebeth - I think you're right about the podcasts being out of order. This one seems really early to me. And I'm curious to see how they will tie this game into the show, since the timelines are so far off.
@Melissa: thanks :) Isn't it strange that they celebrate the anniversary of Heaven's Gate while that happened in March? (someone noticed that).
I hope they will tie this game to the show, but maibe they won't... It's so weird. I thought it was said that the game wouldn't have consequences for the plotline in the serie.
But I mean, there are allready so many clues and things about Dharma and the island...
Does anyone else think TPTB want us to think we're going to THE island only to pull a bait and switch at the last minute? Isn't the game supposed to remain independent of the show. Did I hear/read that somewhere prior to this starting?
yeah, I heard that too...
but it would be really mean if they aren't going to the island, wouldn't it?
Since EVERYTHING in the various audios/videos needs to be examined as a potential clue, we should find out WHY DJ Dan specifically spoke about the Heaven's Gate cult, circa 1997. This cult believed that Comet Hale-Bopp was a UFO that would take them away; not physically (which is why they killed themselves en masse), but spiritually, i.e., the 'spirit' selves which dwell inside the flesh bodies. Apparently, flesh bodies cannot hitch a ride on the tail end of a comet! A spirit being can! Wild, huh?
Here’s info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_cult
The theory that Rachel and Mittlewerk will appear in Season 3 is not convincing to me. Remember, Season 3 would be in late 2004 (Thanksgiving? Christmas?) Assuming this game is happening in real time, then Rachel and Mittlewerk would end up arriving on the island 2 years later. Perhaps we'll see them *off* the island, interacting with Penelope Widmore.
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maybe in flashbacks.
where'd everyone go?
oxillini- I agree. I don't think that we're going to THE island. If we do, I'm scared that it will ruin the show just a little. Part of the mystique of the show (for me at least)is not quite knowing what is going on with the Losties, where they are, and what exactly the island is! I read this: "The game reaches back into 'Lost' history and looks forward to future episodes," said Mike Benson, senior vice president of marketing for ABC Entertainment. That makes me nervous!
Full Article here: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=1881142
Some reasons for complete blood transfusion:
Jaundice/alcohol liver disease, Rh disease (Dr. Alexander S. Wiener/Dr. Douglas Arnold -- done on infants), Viral Platelet Disease, high billiruben levels, leukemia (high white blood count), anemia-geophagia syndrome, and (for Marvel readers), of course, to cure one of vampirism.
So is Mittlewerk suffering from alcoholism, leukemia or vampirism?
He does work for a major world corporation ... my money's on vampirism. ;)
Songbird61
whatever it is, it's probably connected to his limp.
ange: i know what you mean. if they tell us too much about THE island then that defeats the stated purpose of the game (to keep us interested until the season opener)! They've already pulled a bait and switch once (although probably not intentionally) when they told us the islands in Lake Superior were not what we were looking for.
i dont think season 3 will start off in present day. it might move a lttle faster, and have the season 3 finale take place in present day.
seasons 1&2 took place over 65 days. now that we have already been introduced to the setting and characters, maybe each episode will take place over a week, or longer.
it's possible season 3 jumps to present day, i just don't think it's likely. It has taken 2 seasons to cover 60 some days and they'll jump two years in one episode? I think they just intend to fleshout the backstory a little more for the lost addicts. It can't be essential to the series, though because they don't want to alienate the non-hardcore viewers who don't research every little detail. In discussing things within this community, so much is common knowledge that is completely unknown (and unimportant) to the "average" viewer.
I don't know if we'll jump to present day, but I think that the game has to have some tie-in to the new season. As a marketing tool, the game will be most effective for ABC if they can have a big revelation at the end of the game and then say "find out more by tuning in for the season premiere..."
That Talib Kweli thing has been around forever, I don't think its related to the ARG, only sprite!!
Well, it is possible for Season 3 to skip ahead 2 years if they spend alot of the season having flashbacks to what had transpired during those 2 years. It would keep it current with the ARG and still "fill" us in as to what happened after the finale of Season 2.
Morning Belly - Hope you had a nice 4th...
I can see the ARG ending as a complete tie in to next season. How? I have no idea, but I could se it leading right up to the Lost intro screen...
It'll be interesting - they can't have the show depend on the game's plot, because they won't want to alienate the viewers who haven't played the game, but part of the idea of the game has to be to get people interested in the new season and the show in general. Who wants to bet there's a clue or something on the season 2 DVD set when it comes out?
Maybe this story will tie more in to the surprise in the finale than to the losties?
belly: what if the ARG finshes up with a "now you know what happens, tune in to the season premierer to find out what set the ball in motion!"? That keeps the show independent of the game (for the non-ARG addicts) but ties the show to the game for the players. TPTB could then basically keep including little nods to the players for the entire season (or show).
Annebeth - Nice call on Walt+Mum. This stuff really does tie into the game. If Mittlewerk has some special powers it could well come from his special infusions and perhaps the children of infused adults are particularly special.
Also the disease on the Lost Island could be the same one that Alvar Hanso had which is a side effect some (most?) develope after this blood infusion treatment?
This is where the experience remains cool, these little links with the series.
Btw, I can give Tonya a try but the woman in Rachels clip doesn't say a lot so I'll struggle to find any kind of similar phrase making comparing it so inacurate it won't tell us much one way or the other.
Belly: I agree with you that a lot would have had to happen if 2 years went by. But TV producers do crazy things sometimes (remember "it was all a dream" from "Dallas"?). They could open with a screenshot of: October 2006 and go from there. A lot of the backstories of the characters have already been done (with a lot of questions for us, of course), so this would give them a whole season of backstories of the last two years. I don't know. The 2004/2006 issue has always been a problem for me. This would be one way to solve it.
Betcha anything that someone is taking a trip to Zanzibar.
That yellow fever vaccination stings!
Thanks Crossfade!
Chatzy has been giving me fits today...I will try later...
Allow me to receive all critcism. But, haven't we all lost meaning to this struggle? Advertising and ridiculous Mittlewerk nonsense aside, isn't the true stuggle surrounded around the mysteries of Lost? A truly great story, and even greater characters; there is beauty in all of this. We are consumed by this foolish game. Just stop the insanity, and let's wait until Season 3 begins. I am sorry for intruding upon everyone's relentless clue-searching; but, the real answers will arrive in September.
Crossfade - It gives me a time out error, might be my network...
Quoted from Fenris: "Come on production crew, this isn't rocket science to make this believable your just being downright sloppy! This is the kind of production I'd expect for a radio show, which is all well and good except for the fact this is an ARG not a radio show. It's actually like they've put effort into making it sleek and polished. I'm actually tempted to edit that audio to make it more believable as a covert recording. Seems pointless but I just want to time it and see how much effort it would have been for them to do it."
I wonder if the bad 'production quality' is "in game". Perhaps they've captured Rachael and are using her to trick us. It's been shown that they are watching us (Gary Troup's incorrect plane down date/now corrected).
I suspect that there are and will continue to be more twists and turns.
Sorry, I don't post much, just a lurker with a theory.
On Flikr one of Manny's contacts JWH1972 posted Switzerland, 1973
What can we make of it?
Yes I am! I am trying to get her to wake up and talk to me about it...I guess I will just have to wait...
And I second that! Keep posting and interacting, many minds go into solving clues and building theories, it is the cornersotne of this site.
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I think that JWH pic could be a press conference of either Alvar Hanso or Enzo Valenzetti.
Marcus--
I agree, we are all in this together, but, I must point out that the true end to our struggle is the great story that is LOST. It seems that in this ARG (of which I am a huge fan, admittedly), we forget the great narrative that is LOST. Mittlewerk, Hanso, and Valenzetti aside, we really should be discussing LOST, and/or what the show is trying to tell us. If I am way off-base, please feel free to ridicule me; I'm just a Bizarro-fiction writer in Japan trying to make sense of it all. P.S. I love this blog and all the commenters! It passes the time between watching LOST on Winamp and teaching strange Japanese students!
Too bad his head is down and you can't get a look at the face...looks like someone we WANT to know....
thrasher: i thought his head was wrapped. maybe in a cast?
There is now a way to access the Hanso site pre-shuttdown...
The Hanso Foundation
Check it out!
yeah, looks like it is is wrapped to me too
I have a question re the link Rachel put in her post today: She shows the two pages from the Cape Town Inquisitor. However the dates have been changed from the previous ones we saw. And photos are different. Originally it was dated May 26, 2006 and had the "lung" picture. Now it's November 9, 2001 and has a photo of a syringe in a lab labelled "organ harvesting". The retraction page of May 29, 2006 is now November 12, 2001. There's now a pic of a happy hospital patient with a doctor and assit (no Dr. Amy Honale) and there's no Joop, just a pic of "African" bush. What gives? Another blooper?
great catch Maven!!!!
Thanks, noblelawyer. But I need to change the Timeline if this is what TPTB want us to know now, and they goofed in the previous hack!
maybe it has happened more than once? (although seems weird that the article would remain the same with only the pictures changing if that were the case.)
As far as I can tell, the articles are the same. Just the date and photos (seems photos were ones that were on THF website: the lung, Joop, and Dr. Amy Honale). Maybe they want to erase the link to the website. Although, I have seen that hack that lets us back into THF the other day.
I am going into the site that was emailed us and retracing the steps to get to that point to see if they changed them there...
maybe we just have to add both dates, the 2006 and 2001 to the timeline with an asterick or something noting possible conflict/mistake by TPTB
thrasher, your link to pre-hanso shutdown site doesn't seem to be working (at least not for me)
Great Idea, both are in question now...do they think we would not catch this? Nice job Maven!!!!
thrasher: have you tried figurehead in there? was it supposed to go in mittelwerk's login box?
Well, thrasher, what do you think I should do on the Timeline? May 2006 or Nov. 2001 for this info? It's a big difference! (Also, having a problem with blogger republishing my post. It just keeps repeating and nothing happens.)
http://thehansofoundation.org/adkahdskja2897429834ahjkncawuye32782374/hanso_noshutdown.swf
Here it is typed out, I had to reload it twice to work, I am in right now, using that link...
Oyasumi nasai.
thanks thrasher
Hanso site
Try again!
Yeah, crossfade, it has been acting up lately. It's a little frustrating at times. I just checked the Timeline. It seems to be uptodate for now. What do you think I should do about the update/correction(?)
on the Cape Town Inquisitor info?
Well, Matt, you're still saying Rachel is not Persephone?
due to the conflicting dates, and the previous discussions in these comments regarding time travel and MTPs comments - what if persephone was rachel's MOTHER? Rachel is pickup up where here mother left off? Would explain some things to me.
Be more specific, noblelawyer. It doesn't explain things for me.
my problem with RB=P has always been the radical change in MOD. P's clues/hacks had a certain sophistication to them, conversions from binary, ASCII, checking source codes etc... RB is all physical espi. And P's last clues (the creepy picture with the numbers backwords) well she was saying "Help," at least I heard it as part of the audio playing over the numbers. Then that was the last we ever heard from P until RB said she was P. But if P was RB's mother would explain RB's vendetta against HANSO, and provide a motive for why she is doing this - that is find her mother or what happened to her. RB is simply saying she is now P to carry on her mother's work. That is not to say I do not think RB could not be P, just that she may not be.
I agree with matt that something certainly doesn't sit right regarding Rachel=Persephone. My thing is, what if Rachel is supposed to be Persephone and TPTB have simply made so many blunders, they're having trouble selling us on that? They went so far as to have Rachel tell us she is Persephone on her blog. Whole thing sounds forced to me. Like TPTB are saying R=P, get over it and ignore the inconsistencies.
Definitely, something is not right here! It's like any link to THF website has been erased from these two versions. Maybe I'm just not as skeptical as you are, Matt, but my gut still tells me it was a blooper that TPTB finally got around to correcting. Of all the "hospitals" that THF supposedly have around the world why would Rachel give us an example of the one that was involved in the Inquisitor hack?
I do believe the Rachel's mother was somehow involved with THF, either as an employee or receipient of their evil doing. She could have died in that hospital in Cape Town? So this is a personal vendetta. It also leaves the question open as to who her father is? Alvar?
Hey everyone! I need a favor...
Who has podcast 6-30 transcript already up on a website? I know settrn transcibed it, but need a quick link to it for the blog.
And, when someone has the new podcast transcribed and up on the web, shot me that too!! I will give the kudos to everyone who helps.
Thanks
team lena
PS...sorry...in a hurry, got LOADS of stuff to do with research...not trying to be lazy :)
Lena, check the Timeline. It's on there.
here is way to reach me...
AIM: lostteamlena
yahoo: lenaw70
cool, thanks maven!
sorry maven, dont see any transcipt there...am i being dingy and missing it?
I agree with you Matt. There is a lot of fishy stuff going on now. I really don't trust Rachel and the fact is the only proof we have about her being Persephone is that she said so. If I told everyone that I was really Josh Holloway, I'm pretty sure people wouldn't just accept that. Okay, people may say "but the voices" but by that logic DJ Dan is Pete Thompson. That whole mess up means we have a lot less proof for that argument then we had before because voice similarity may now be irrelevent. Speaker seems to be talking as if it's fact, but that doesn't mean it is. If you take away the voice there is a lot of evidence saying that she isn't Persephone and only her say so that she is.
Add this to a lot of the questionable stuff she's been giving us, her funds that are both apparently running out and still healthy enough for plane tickets and bribes and the way she doesn't answer any of the difficult questions people give her. I'm starting to think she may not be our allie after all. Certainly I'm thinking her blog entries are full of...what's the expression? Oh yeah - short sentances.
Then again maybe that's just because of the slightly poor production and organisation of this act of the ARG. I don't know which one to be hoping for right now.
Belly: It was cypeRRunner at 4815162342.com. He always posts his hacks with SPOILER. What do you think the two versions of Inquisitor means, and which one should be on the Timeline?
JB said...
Here's the first page of the DJ Dan podcast. Transcribing the rest right now.
Voice over: Coming to you live from Stonehenge
Singers: DJ Dan!
Voice over: You’re listening to DJ Dan, shutting down the man
DJ Dan: Yep, we’re coming to you live. I’m shutting down the man, that’s the plan so you don’t know the what hit the fan. So much for my hip hop career.
Tanya: Come on, Dan, you’re old school.
DJ Dan: Yep, hang a grandfather clock around my neck that’s how old school I am. Speaking of, I call myself a DJ but how often do you ever hear me play music? Yeah, jump on that, Conspiraspies. *laughs* We’re having a good time today ladies and GMOs (?) we’re in our blue track suits. We have our name brand white sneakers. That’s right we’re celebrating the anniversary of Heaven’s Gate!
Cheering in the background
DJ Dan: Cults, people, we’re talking about cults. Tanya, you got a favorite?
Tanya: Uh, what about those guys with the red scarves you know, who just said they cloned their leader?
DJ Dan: Good one, but you know, you know I mean I have a soft spot for the Heaven’s Gaters, you know the sheer ambition just gets me, okay. They killed themselves to hitch a ride on a comet. It’s kind of poetic. So my sweet conspiraspies, are you in a cult? Were you in a cult? Are you about to drink the Kool-Aid? Are you making the Kool-Aid? Call us first, tell us all about it. Let’s take Mike from Texas. Suwee! Mike! Got a shotgun under the seat?
Mike: You betcha, DJ Dan.
DJ Dan: Don’t mess with Mikey. Mikey, what is your cult connection?
Mike: Well I’m listening to the Cult.
DJ Dan: That’s a band you dink. People, do I have to explain? No self-respecting cult calls itself a cult! The Cult itself is not a cult and even if it spawned a cult it certainly would not be a cult. SHUTDOWN! Bo (?) from Minnesota. Hear you spotted a cult in your home town.
Bo: Yes, sir. My nephew joined these bald chanting guys, you know dancing, handing out flowers in the street.
7/05/2006 09:57:56 AM
Lena: It's not a transcript. Just the audio. I think there is a transcript further up on these comments.
JB said...
Second half of DJ Dan podcast transcript
DJ Dan: Chanting guys! Chanting guys! They’re not a cult! Everybody knows they’re a front for extra terrestrials! SHUTDOWN! Come on people, give me something real. Anthony from Petosky (?), Michigan. That in the thumb, Anthony?
Anthony: Um, more in the pinky finger? Anyways, DJ Dan, I think my grandma was in a cult.
DJ Dan: Grandma’s don’t join cults. SHUTDOWN! Just kidding. Continue, I’m captivated.
Anthony: Um, well she was getting her doctorate in, I think, Psych at the University of Michigan in the 60’s. And she joined this group, I guess, called the Karma Imperative or something.
DJ Dan: The Karma Imperative? Okay, now that sounds like a cult.
Anthony: Yeah! And um well, she told my mom about how she was going with uh the Karma Imperative to some place in the South Pacific.
DJ Dan: Uh, island, continent, cruise ship? What are we talking about here? Come on give me something.
Anthony: Um, she just said it was, I think, the Flame or the Fire?
DJ Dan: Moving on, moving on
Anthony: Well, they never heard from her after that! It was like, early 70s when she went. Nobody at the University heard about the Karma Imperative. And well, they had like a funeral for her and everything!
DJ Dan: Well, that is a tragedy. A human, real life tragedy. It makes me sick, Anthony. Sick! These repugnant, selfish, clannish, crony-ish, mystical, brain washing pieces of dung that take away our loved ones. Conspiraspies, you heard it. Anthony from Petosky has lost his grandmother to the Karma Imperative. You know what to do. You know who you are. I need some dirt on Karma so we can find Anthony’s granny and SHUTDOWN the man! Back after these messages.
Voice over: You’re listening to DJ Dan, shutting down the man.
7/05/2006 10:12:01 AM
Guys, I jumped in on this story only about a few days ago... can anybody tell me... did persephony have a blog too?
About Persephony being Rachel Blake's mother: huh, but Rachel gives us info from 2001, and persephony gives us info from 2006. Wouldn't it be the other way around then?
there you go Lena, pre-posted JB's transcript for ya.
noblelawyer: thanks for that btw..
Does anyone have the two last transcripts on the web? NOT in download form? I really have hard time with geocities right now cuz I have to open different browser and it slows machine down BAD! LOL
I really need LINKS to someones already put on web transcripts!!
and I have another tiny question, about Persephony in a hospital gown... what did you guys think that was about? Why was she in a hospital gown?
Trash, thanks a lot for the hanso site!
I just joined the ARG a few days ago (because I live in the Netherlands, I allmost hasn't heard about it) and now I can see the things I missed :)
How did you find this link?
annebeth: There was no P blog.
There have been a lot of inconsistencies in this ARG so far. TPTB have made many errors. Look at the islands are in Lake Superior fiasco! I believe they were listening to us discussing whether or not R=P, and actually wanted to set the record straight and had Rachel come out and say I'm P. Get over it, let's move on! But they don't realize how skeptical some of us are. Some, like me, like to go with the flow, and follow the story the way TPTB want us to (even with the errors). Everything so far has been pretty straightforward storywise, I just guess TPTB didn't expect us to dissect everything to the nth degree! They have to throw in corrections, or explanations to move the story ahead. They don't want us to get bogged down in their mistakes or misconceptions. I may be naive when it comes to ARGs (it is my first time doing this), but all of the plot lines have been pre-determined a long time ago, things are playing out the way they intended (except when they have to make those darn corrections or to set us towards the correct paty.
Sorry for the vent.
Sorry: paty=path
maven - i also want to go with the flow, and for the sake of game progression will say that RB=P, however I remain skeptical and believe it is good to discuss this skepticism, but not to get bogged down in it, with others incase it pans out.
At the moment we seem to be between clues, no one seems to have any new ideas as to the significance of Mittlewerk's vaccinations and transfusions so while we wait for another clue, what can it hurt to examine rb=p debate particularly since RB has now made at least two references to her mother to indicate that her mother may be the reason RB is doing all this.
Okay, so then there is no real need for me to go over THF website to find it at this point, maybe for fun or as a refference...Thanks Matt, I like your site...good stuff there!
I also like to think that the ARG creators are as smart as the people playing it and wouldn't make so many mistakes - of course if I've learned anything in life it is to never underestimate humanity's capacity for stupidity.
I truly meantno disrespect to anyone discussing points. I enjoy that, too. Motivation for actions is very vital in figuring this out. Rachel's mother is an important ingredient in all of this and should be talked about and discussed. This all came about because of the 2 versions of the Inquisitor that came out today with Rachel's post. I just wanted clarification about why the change and what should I do about it on the Timeline.
maven - no disrepsect taken, at least not be me. :D
good luck crossfade!
watching the rain as it falls only on the westbank of the Mississippi river and not the east.
I have a goofy feeling about RB=P, too. As I mentioned before, it seems like Persephone was more in-the-know than Rachel is. Persephone knew more of the inner-workings of THF and Rachel is operating from square one. Didn't Persephone lead us to the hack that had pictures of the island? So presumably she either knew about it, or knew something about it.
So, basically, put me in the camp of those who thing the P=RB thing isn't solved. In case everyone was wondering where I stand. :^)
Marcusallencooper: That's what I think. The previous date in May 2006 seemed to recent to me when it was first discovered. I'm going to think about this some more, try to get some feedback from TLER team, and update the Timeline.
marcus true, maybe the game creators are not checking with the show creators as often as they should regarding some of these "minor" points.
Noblelawyer said: never underestimate humanity's capacity for stupidity.
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!
How true!!!
The thing that's curious for me about all the mistakes TPTB made:
they want us to find clues that are (most of the time) difficult to find. So it's logical that the players develop an eye for detail. Why then do they make so many tiny mistakes?
By the way, is it realy true that the islands in Lake Superior-thing was a mistake? Because why would they make maps than? Did they thought no-one would figure it out? This is exactly the type of game (because it is global and detailed and stuff) where these kind of mistakes may never occur...
Marcus, it could be that they want to tie in the things we discover. But the posts Rachel makes are still (and probably will remain) present-time. So that wouldn't make sense then, right? Or do I miss something? Could very well be ;)
Annebeth: Yeah, the island were a mistake. Some intern at ABC probably got in real trouble over that one. They though the could grab some google earth shots and say it THE island, not knowing one of us would actually find the maps at google earth! So they came up with a pretty lame coverup that Rachel actually had seen a pic of another island with 0 degrees latitutde that she didn't get a screenshot of!
annebeth: The Lake Superior islands thing never sat right with me. Not only did they take the lazy way out and pull maps of a real island which we were able to find. (Well, not me personally, but we as a community.) But then, the only cover story they provide is, "Oh, there were some other maps out of camera that showed the real island. Disregard what you ARG players found." Now it seems everything they provide I am skeptical of, expecting the next post to say, "Oops! Here's what we really wanted you to find. Run along children."
Made sense, Belly. I have to go out for a few hours, will probably change it when I get back. Til then...
Okay, wow, pfew...
I mean, Rachel SPECIFICALLY asked us to find out where the islands were. So then one can expect that people will do their very best to actually find it...
Disappointing man.... allthough I thought it fitted pretty well in the game (beside the lame direct coverup) because this is typically something to mislead us and take us time to uncover :)
By the way, why does Rachel Blake never talks about the Lost Serie? (I mean, Hugh McIntyre have seen some episodes, so she could have seen it too)
If she did, she could have made the same obvious guess that we do: the island they talk about could be the lost island... what do you guys think?
Ever think they, TPTB, could be testing us? To see how far they can push us and how hard to make things? Just a thought, not an opinion!
I thought about something like that too. Maibe they the original game-setup was fairly simple and plain forward, but now they discovered that people are really fanatic and interested so they are trying to make it more difficult now?
If they want us to live the past, does it make sense with the up-to-date posts? For instance, Rachel blake still posted on June 5...
well it is now raining on my side of the river - a perfectly gloriouslsy miserable day. The kind you just want ot spend up curled up on your sofa with your laptop playing TLE. :) Glad of the rain though. Louisiana has been in a drought. Yep, it doesn't rain but it pours here.
I bet TPTB are in The Pearl right now watching us! Creepy!
*Puts tinfoil hat on and looks over shoulder...
how do we know you are not one of TPTB oxillini??? Are you one of the good ones?
p.s. my verifications seem to be getting longer and longer and longer!
so are we going to have a research blog on blood transfusions and blood disease, since we now have at least three blood references that we know of - Hanso, MIttlewerk, Walt's mom, (and did we ever actually know what Rose had wrong with her?)
I thought it was said that she had (some sort of) cancer
Because noble, I'm the one who keeps insulting the producers as interns. If I was one of them, I'd say things like, "You should all cut TPTB some slack. They are just talented, witty, attractive interns trying to put on a game free of errors for next to no wages!"
Or something like that.
there are types of blood cancer - leukemia, being one.
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8096/8514.html
So here we are hanging out in limbo again...need a clue or something to get us going again!!
*knocking on monitor asking for TPTB to release a clue!
It's a little off topic, but something just struck me: What if Micheal isn't walts father??
SPOILER WHO HAVEN"T SEEN ALL THE EPISODE'S OF SEASON 2
I mean, there are many hints, the most important one is the question from Ms. Klugh if he was really Walts father. And that's why they took blood (maybe this has something to do with the blood disorder?)
Do you guys think the serie will reveal why the others thought Walt was 'more than they bargained for?'
again, sorry for the off topicness, but I'm really curious about this, and maibe it still has to do something with the ARG...
the apparent healing properties of the island, whatever they may be would be vital to HANSO's welllness/life extension project wouldn't it?
thrasher: i've found shaking your mouse while hitting f5 makes the clues appear faster.
That would be disappointing :(
Longtime lurker, rare poster, but....a thought....and this is realllllllyyyyyy reaching, but I want to believe that maybe somewhere there is a TPTB that has a plan...is there a clue in the changes in the newspaper clippings? I don't have Photoshop...is there something behind the pictures? I dunno, it just seems really weird that they wouldn't just repost the same articles they had before. Did they just lose the file and tell an intern to make new ones? Surely they wouldn't make such a colossal blunder???
*naively walks back to corner to await the arrival of Santa and the Easter Bunny*
didnt it say somewhere in season 1 that walt had strange powers? thats why the others probably wanted him so badly.
well, it may not be interns, but it is certainly a team of people. one of which probably got some sort of images initially with the intention of switching them out for altered ones in post-production, etc.
or at leat that is what i'm hoping, because i would be so diapoointed if they just figured the gamers wouldn't notice.
The gamers defenately wouldn't be THAT stupid... I really hope they don't underestimate us....
maibe it's the principle of: everything comes with pro's and con's ? (as in: the bigger the pro, the bigger the con?)
yako - chemo has healing properties and it is a poison
i dont think there was a disease there to begin with.
MtP, you should put that on the research blog.
About the Valenzetti Equation by the way... what if the solution of it is....108 ?!! (108 years before human extinction?)
I think that the equation has something to so with the numbers, don't you guys think so?
Hi all, I just caught up on comments.
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annebeth:
Correct me if I am wrong but was it not "We have done all we can do with Walt" or something like that (not he was more than they bargained for) that Miss Klue had said? And does anybody think this is significant? - maybe shouldnt discuss due to spoilers.
wizardry, maibe you're right, this isn't exactly the right place to discuss, I was just curious :)
The more than they bargained for-comment was made by Henry Gale, sorry, I should have been more clear :)
This is why I don't think they are making mistakes...we are pretty sure that they keep tabs on what we say and do, knowing that people like Matt and Evil and many others are pulling images, files, heck entire sites and putting them in other places for further scrutiny, why let someone make a mistake? Especially blatant ones such as these, I think the entire thing is planned and this is part of the plan. Keep us on our collective toes and insert some doubt. With the brain power we have collectively speaking, we could more than likely solve anything...IMHO of course!
annebeth:
108 years from when until extinction?
annebeth, i agree the valenzetti equation has something to do with the numbers, or 108. but 108 years from when?
and no problem annebeth. I had forgotten Henry Gale said that so thank for the info.
hmm... good question.... I really can't answer that.
Wild guess:
Maibe 108 years from the point that the equation was invented?
annebeth -
Surprisingly (and maybe I'm just not paying attention) you're the first person I've heard mention that. I'll bet you're right, though. Maybe each number signifies an important event in the timeline... ie - 4 years from the equation's invention something bad happened, 8 years after that, something worse, etc.
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the TLEC research blog.
i didnt know there was more than one.
but post it on the others too. why not?
oh. sorry, i misunderstood the question, mtp. i was talking about the arg flaws.
Noble:
Chemo DOES NOT have healing properties. It kills everything... and hopefully the cancer too.
They just 'pray to God' that there is enough of your imune system left to restart you. Seriously.
Love the idea of a rainy day though. It's been hot here in Minneapolis. Also find peace in the rain washing across the water. Great imagery.
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paul:
I have seen that channel4 thing. I thought it was really cool. It does give insight into the characters but I just thought it good fun to play around with. It has been there a while.
WHERE IS ANOTHER CLUE?!?!? IS THIS IT FOR TODAY!?!?!?
I hope not!!
LT - I don't recall Walt and the comic book fire. Can you elaborate?
Sigma, can you post a link to Dick Cheever's post?
I just know that as soon as I leave work, sometime in the 20 minutes it takes me to get home, that is whenthe next clue will post and then everyone will post comments like mad and it will take me an hour to catch up ;<
I am in the same boat with you Noblelawyer!!!
In fact I am heading out the door for the rat race home in 5...4...3...2...1....Later everyone! Hunt those clues down!!
Peace & Namaste
I thought the comic book was in spanish
good luck Thrasher
littletigerone:
I thought about that with regard to the polar bear turning up on the island (Walt created it that is) but then i realised that polar bear is on the blast door map so I just dont know now. But I am not denying the special powers. Appearing before Shannon and Sayid just to name one.
I think Walts gift is not to make things that do not exists, come into being, but to draw things he thinks of into happening. For instance, we were first aware of his gift when he was reading a book about australian birds, and then he got made about something and a bird crashed and/or dropped dead on their balcony. Then we saw how easily he was able to throw a knife. Locke said "visualize it" and Walt did and bam, perfect aim. Then he wanted to communicate to the losties and so an image of himself was projected to them.
experimental film.
I believe that what we are supposed to do is take the website shown in the clip you saw - www.channel4.com/lost - and find the hidden link from there to the correct audio file. Correct me if I am wrong. But to get the audio file you can just use the link on the main page or the many further up in the comments.
Thanks lostie. Saved me from looking again. I couldnt find it first glance.
And np experimentalfilm.
thanks for reminding me of lostpedia marcusallencooper. I have found many of your posts helpful but never really get the chance to say thanks because it is always me catching up on comments. So thanks again.
thrasher is en route to home, but I think some others found that link on the numbers site.
It seems that the Hanso Foundation also has an Adoption Agency under its purview.
Check out HansoAdoptions.org
There are articles about becoming a sponsor and touring the Hanso Facilities, but no contact information.
I think from previous comments that that site has been determined not to be in-game
Protean1: Good find. Maybe Troup's other non-fiction books were not published by Hyperion (who published "The Valenzetti Equation") so they don't want to mention them. Just a thought, but probably another error. You should let MattthePale know. He's compiling a list of inconsistencies and error in TLE.
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