Turning to goats to stop wildfires (Reuters)

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Turning the Tables - Can Kerry stop the
bleeding from his Wisconsin wound? By
William Saletan

Turning the Tables - Can Kerry stop the
bleeding from his Wisconsin wound? By
William Saletan 02/19/2004 08:05 AM
the favorite among crossover Republicans .. charts Edwards' success .. he’d rather be Kerry .. Edwards crossover appeal .. Slate’s William Saletan .. He's Alive!

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Sheep and goats turned into drug "mules"
(Reuters)

Sheep and goats turned into drug "mules"
(Reuters) 03/14/2005 06:13 PM
Reuters - Question: How do you turn a goat into a mule? Answer: Make it swallow several kilos of narcotics.

What's So Great About Goats Anyway? or
More Goats for K5

What's So Great About Goats Anyway? or
More Goats for K5 04/02/2005 11:03 PM
Goats are wonderful animals, not least because of their close alliance with Satan, all-powerful Lord of Darkness to whom we give all obeisance. With their amazing horns, fantastic hooves and spectacular goatees, goats really are strong contenders for being the greatest animals ever. Want a farmyard pet that butts into things? Get a goat. Want an animal reputed to eat tins though it probably doesn't really? Get a goat. Want an animal that bleats like a sheep yet knows its own mind? A goat is your ally, my friend, just like it is Satan's ally in all things. Within I have collected some of the foremost examples of goat-related pages from around the web, as well as some marvellous pictures of these truly awesome and delightful creatures in various attitudes of repose or non-repose. What more could you ask for?

AMD Turning the Heat Up on Rivalry with
Intel (Reuters)

AMD Turning the Heat Up on Rivalry with
Intel (Reuters) 02/15/2004 05:14 PM
Reuters - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD.N) is preparing to shake off its reputation as a seller of less-expensive clones of Intel computer chips with a re-energized marketing campaign and a new pricing structure that takes the emphasis off rock-bottom price tags.

Sewage turning British fish female
(Reuters)

Sewage turning British fish female
(Reuters) 07/09/2004 10:25 AM
Reuters - British fish are changing sex due to sewage in rivers that contains large amounts of female hormones, the Environment Agency says.

Gasoline Prices Turning Corner - Feds
(Reuters)

Gasoline Prices Turning Corner - Feds
(Reuters) 06/15/2004 02:56 PM
Reuters - U.S. gasoline prices have turned the corner and should gradually fall throughout the summer thanks to more oil from OPEC and lower crude costs, the government's top energy forecaster told Congress on Tuesday.

'Natural' Spas Caught Turning on the
Taps (Reuters)

'Natural' Spas Caught Turning on the
Taps (Reuters) 08/12/2004 08:02 AM
Reuters - A month after one of Japan's most famous natural spas got caught adding bath salts to its waters, the industry faces further embarrassment after two other spa resorts admitted their "spring" water came straight from the tap.

Israel's Sharon: No Turning Back on Gaza
Pullout (Reuters)

Israel's Sharon: No Turning Back on Gaza
Pullout (Reuters) 07/26/2004 07:24 AM
Reuters - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said there is no turning back on his Gaza withdrawal plan, even after 100,000 Israelis mounted the biggest mass protest against evacuating Jewish settlements in the territory.

Get more Goats

Get more Goats 05/21/2004 02:14 PM
If you were reading this blog earlier this year you may recall my recently kindled enthusiasm for the music of The Mountain Goats. This enthusiasm has not waned as I have explored the back catalog of this "band" of (mostly) one. It has, if anything, waxed.

As I wrote about my delight in this discovery I uncovered the existence of kindred spirits here at Salon, including our jack-of-all-trades editorial operations director Max Garrone, who swears by "The Coroner's Gambit," and our Renaissance-man IT support manager, Jim Fisher.

Perhaps you've read some of Jim's in-depth reportin g for Salon on technology and the environment, or some of his great poems that we've published. (I'm not the only one who thinks highly of his work; he has recently won a prestigious Stegner Fellowship at Stanford.)

Anyway, I learned that last year Jim had written an in-depth critical essay on the music and lyrics of the Mountain Goats and John Darnielle. For various reasons the essay never got published in Salon. It is perhaps of more interest to those already hooked on this work than those not yet familiar with it. But the piece deserves a home on the Web, so I've published it in this blogspace, here.

Jim's piece was written months ago, at the time of the Mountain Goats' release of "Tallahassee." Earlier this year saw the release of "We Shall All Be Healed." I'm not sure Jim agrees with me on this, but I think that album fulfills the prediction at the end of his essay of an "all-studio masterpiece" from this artist, much of whose previous work was recorded direct-to-boombox.

Erhm...goats?

Erhm...goats? 12/09/2003 08:39 PM
Things I should be doing right now would include my Media Studies project. 4th period lunch sucks like ass unless...

The Men Who Stare At Goats

The Men Who Stare At Goats 04/07/2005 10:17 PM
David Pescovitz: I just finished reading Jon Ronson's latest non-fiction book The Men Who Stare At Goats and it was brilliant, absurd, scary, deeply freaky, and lol funny. The cover of the book says it's a story "about what happened when a small group of men--highly placed within the United State military, the government, and the intelligence services--began believing in very strange things." Some of those odd beliefs include: psychic spying (aka "remote viewing"), Jedi powers, subliminal sound weapons, and the ability to kill an animal just by looking at it (hence the title). As demonstrated in his previous book, "Them: Adventures with Extremists," Ronson has an amazing talent for seeking out individuals on the fringes of reason and enchanting the reader with their (truthful?) tales of high weirdness. Forget any questionable conspiracy theories about the US military--the truth is far stranger. From the dust jacket:

In 1979 a secret unit was established by the most gifted minds within the US Army. Defying all known accepted military practice - and indeed, the laws of physics - they believed that a soldier could adopt the cloak of invisibility, pass cleanly through walls and, perhaps most chillingly, kill goats just by staring at them. Entrusted with defending America from all known adversaries, they were the First Earth Battalion. And they really weren't joking. What's more, they're back and fighting the War on Terror. 'The men who stare at goats' reveals extraordinary - and very nutty - national secrets at the core of George W Bush's War on Terror.

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The Goats Who Ate Christmas

The Goats Who Ate Christmas 01/16/2004 10:58 AM
"Soon after the first goat, another goat came, then another -- and soon a stampede of goats, shaped like a boats prow, was aiming at and ultimately engulfing the houses. The all-seeing, Sauron-like Goat-Mind soon located all of the houses -- and we truly had swarms." (01-12)

Zoo Wants Chimpanzee to Stop Smoking
(Reuters)

Zoo Wants Chimpanzee to Stop Smoking
(Reuters) 04/15/2005 09:51 AM
Reuters - A South African zoo is trying to persuade its star chimpanzee to kick a bad smoking habit.

Bid to stop F-word on U.S. airwaves
(Reuters)

Bid to stop F-word on U.S. airwaves
(Reuters) 01/16/2004 10:56 AM
Reuters - U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell has proposed barring the word "fuck" from most radio and broadcast television, regardless of the context, sources close to the issue have said.

Man Charged With Torturing His Goats
(AP)

Man Charged With Torturing His Goats
(AP) 01/17/2004 10:48 PM
AP - A prominent Wisconsin goat farmer has been charged with animal cruelty for allegedly slicing open a conscious mother goat giving birth and helping burn a goat alive.

Chimpanzee told to stop smoking
(Reuters)

Chimpanzee told to stop smoking
(Reuters) 04/14/2005 03:55 PM
Reuters - A South African zoo is trying to persuade its star chimpanzee to kick a bad smoking habit.

Italians told to stop moaning (Reuters)

Italians told to stop moaning (Reuters) 02/01/2005 09:23 PM
Reuters - Italy's transport minister has refused to take the blame for traffic chaos which has caused misery for hundreds of people stuck on snow-blocked motorways, and has told people to stop complaining.

Police Stop Skateboarder on Motorway
(Reuters)

Police Stop Skateboarder on Motorway
(Reuters) 07/23/2004 01:27 PM
Reuters - Shocked German motorists found themselves sharing a motorway with a Swedish vacationer traveling by skateboard until police prevailed upon him to seek safer passage home, authorities said Friday.

Last Stop for Teen's Tram Obsession
(Reuters)

Last Stop for Teen's Tram Obsession
(Reuters) 04/18/2005 10:14 AM
Reuters - An Australian teen-ager described by police as a good kid with an obsession for trams reached the end of the line Monday when he faced charges over the theft of two trolley cars in the southern city of Melbourne.

Stop sending us money says aid group
(Reuters)

Stop sending us money says aid group
(Reuters) 01/04/2005 11:19 AM
Reuters - The medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) has urged donors to stop sending it money for Asian tsunami victims, saying it had collected enough funds to manage its relief effort there.

Nev. Town Enlists Goats to Eat Weeds
(AP)

Nev. Town Enlists Goats to Eat Weeds
(AP) 06/07/2004 05:42 PM
AP - More than 100 goats have been enlisted to eat their way around the northern Nevada mining town of Ruth to rid it of weeds.

Helena to Lease Goats to Get Rid of
Weeds (AP)

Helena to Lease Goats to Get Rid of
Weeds (AP) 06/14/2004 01:05 PM
AP - This city is going decidedly low-tech get rid of its weed problem. Officials plan to spend $11,000 to lease 850 goats so they can eat the Dalmatian toadflax, leafy spurge and spotted knapweed that choke Mount Helena.

Sunbeams, Rare Goats Edition

Sunbeams, Rare Goats Edition 06/18/2004 05:41 PM
First up, a couple of posts on SunRays, from Jeff Dillon and John Clingan. They are indeed pretty neat, although when, earlier this week, I was at SunLabs in Massachusets, it took the little grey guy a couple of minutes to find my Sun desktop which lives in Santa Clara and render it the first time; but then it was fine and snappy. Danese Cooper has a straight forward explanation of why CEOs probably aren’t going to be blogging any time soon. On another note entirely, Jim Waldo writes about the impedence mismatch between how engineers view the world and how the world views engineers. And just to get out of geek mode, Richard Elling has notes on the word “war” and nice pictures of rare goats that he rescued.

Report: HP to Stop Using Intel Itanium
Chip (Reuters)

Report: HP to Stop Using Intel Itanium
Chip (Reuters) 09/26/2004 10:33 PM
Reuters - Printer and PC maker Hewlett-Packard Co. will stop offering desktop workstations based on Intel Corp.'s Itanium microprocessor, The Wall Street Journal reported on its online edition.

Wild boars stop Berlin traffic (Reuters)

Wild boars stop Berlin traffic (Reuters) 08/20/2004 12:18 PM
Reuters - Alarmed motorists in Berlin called police after a 28-strong pack of wild boar took to a quiet street in search of food.

Shoe glue banned to stop sniffers
(Reuters)

Shoe glue banned to stop sniffers
(Reuters) 12/24/2004 01:13 PM
Reuters - State legislators have banned the sale of shoe glue in Rio de Janeiro because too many people were sniffing it in the crime-ridden Brazilian city.

Last stop for Australian teen's tram
obsession (Reuters)

Last stop for Australian teen's tram
obsession (Reuters) 04/18/2005 12:12 AM
Reuters - An Australian teenager described by police as a good kid with an obsession for trams reached the end of the line on Monday when he faced charges over the theft of two trolley cars in the southern city of Melbourne.

Bush Says 'That Ad' Attacking Kerry
Should Stop (Reuters)

Bush Says 'That Ad' Attacking Kerry
Should Stop (Reuters) 08/23/2004 02:36 PM
Reuters - Under pressure from Democrats and Republican Sen. John McCain, President Bush on Monday called for ads attacking John Kerry's record in Vietnam to be stopped along with others run by independent groups, and said Kerry should be proud of his war service.

Rabbi Urges Pig Fat on Buses to Stop
Bombers (Reuters)

Rabbi Urges Pig Fat on Buses to Stop
Bombers (Reuters) 02/13/2004 09:19 AM
Reuters - A prominent Israeli rabbi has proposed hanging bags of pig fat in buses to deter Muslim suicide bombers who may want to avoid contact with an "unclean" animal, an Israeli official said on Thursday.

Police Stop Drunk Bulldozer Joyrider
(Reuters)

Police Stop Drunk Bulldozer Joyrider
(Reuters) 04/26/2004 09:02 AM
Reuters - German police stopped a 17-tonbulldozer weaving through Berlin's streets at 3 a.m. by jumping onto the excavator, smashing the window and spraying mace into the driver's face.

Firms employ nurses to stop "sickies"
(Reuters)

Firms employ nurses to stop "sickies"
(Reuters) 06/25/2004 10:33 AM
Reuters - Employees planning a sickie might think twice if they have to explain themselves to a nurse, according to a management firm.

Iraq Bomb Kills 50; U.S. Says Can't Stop
All Attacks (Reuters)

Iraq Bomb Kills 50; U.S. Says Can't Stop
All Attacks (Reuters) 02/10/2004 11:54 PM
Reuters - A car bomb killed about 50 people at a police station near Baghdad, one of the deadliest strikes on Iraqis working with U.S. forces, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said it was impossible to prevent all such attacks.

Company euthanizes genetically modified
goats

Company euthanizes genetically modified
goats 11/19/2003 10:28 PM
USA Today Nov 19 2003 9:47PM ET

Firms Use Nurses in Call Centers to Stop
'Sickies' (Reuters)

Firms Use Nurses in Call Centers to Stop
'Sickies' (Reuters) 06/28/2004 09:38 AM
Reuters - Employees planning a sickie might think twice if they have to explain themselves to a nurse, according to a British management firm.

Berlin police stop drunk bulldozer
joyrider (Reuters)

Berlin police stop drunk bulldozer
joyrider (Reuters) 04/26/2004 09:02 AM
Reuters - German police stopped a 17-tonne bulldozer weaving through Berlin's streets at 3 a.m. by jumping onto the excavator, smashing the window and spraying mace into the driver's face.

Pentagon Plans to Stop Funding Iraq's
Chalabi (Reuters)

Pentagon Plans to Stop Funding Iraq's
Chalabi (Reuters) 05/18/2004 10:38 AM
Reuters - The Pentagon plans to stop funding Ahmad Chalabi, the Iraqi exile it once hoped might help lead Iraq but whose intelligence reports and motives were doubted elsewhere in Washington, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

US Asked Falluja Insurgents to Stop
Firing -Bremer (Reuters)

US Asked Falluja Insurgents to Stop
Firing -Bremer (Reuters) 04/11/2004 10:49 AM
Reuters - U.S. authorities are hoping insurgents hold to a cease-fire in the volatile town of Falluja, but recent violence is not expected to delay the handover of the country's governance to Iraqis at the end of June, U.S. administrator Paul Bremer said on Sunday.

Kerry Makes Stop in Nevada, Dean Pushes
On (Reuters)

Kerry Makes Stop in Nevada, Dean Pushes
On (Reuters) 02/14/2004 04:05 PM
Reuters - Democratic presidential contender John Kerry rallied support in Nevada on Saturday, while rivals Howard Dean and John Edwards pushed for votes in what could be their final bid to halt Kerry's winning streak in Wisconsin.

Mitsubishi Elec to Stop Making Large LCD
Panels (Reuters)

Mitsubishi Elec to Stop Making Large LCD
Panels (Reuters) 09/20/2004 07:12 PM
Reuters - Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said on Tuesday it would gradually stop making liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for televisions and computers, instead focusing on smaller LCD panels.
Grok Description matches for Turning to goats to stop wildfires (Reuters)
GrokA matches for Turning to goats to stop wildfires (Reuters)

Apple Releases QuickTime 6 MPEG-2
Playback Component

Apple Releases QuickTime 6 MPEG-2
Playback Component 11/19/2003 11:36 PM
QuickTime 6 now has the ability to play back MPEG-2 content via the QuickTime 6 MPEG-2 Playback Component. It is available as an add-on to QuickTime 6 for $19.99 in the Apple Store online. (MacDailyNews via MyAppleMenu)

Fainting Fad Alarms Teachers in Maine
(AP)

Fainting Fad Alarms Teachers in Maine
(AP) 06/08/2004 03:34 PM
AP - Induced fainting by middle school students looking to experience a "rush" has set off alarm bells in Cape Elizabeth.

Weeds got yer goat? Try, uh, a goat
(USATODAY.com)

Weeds got yer goat? Try, uh, a goat
(USATODAY.com) 06/09/2004 05:51 AM
USATODAY.com - The perennial pepperweed is an attractive plant with dainty white flowers. But it chokes everything in its path, even trees. And in California, it grows everywhere. It may have one natural enemy - goats.

QuickTime MPEG-2 Component Expired

QuickTime MPEG-2 Component Expired 12/16/2003 02:53 PM
As reported by Mac FixIt, we have confirmed that QuickTime's MPEG-2 component (an additional purchase made by several users which allowed the playback of MPEG-2 files) expired on December 14th, 2003, leaving thousands of users without the ability to play MPEG-2 files. We have also confirmed that a re-install of the component has no effect.

Update: Repairing permissions has no effect.

Update: Several MacFixIt readers are reporting that the MPEG-2 component for QuickTime 6.3 is working properly. This problem may only be related to the new MPEG-2 component released for QuickTime 6.4.

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QuickTime MPEG-2 Component Working

QuickTime MPEG-2 Component Working 12/18/2003 10:38 AM
Continuing the coverage of this article, it appears that the component is now fixed. You can fix it via a reinstall from your apple store account, or Final Cut Pro 4 and DVD Studio Pro 2 users can download it here, providing their serial number. It is unclear whether this is a new version, or if another issue has crippled the installed component for a brief time span. The "updated" installer's creation date is listed as October 17, 2003.

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2003-12-19 Security Update and Quicktime
6 MPEG-2 Componenet

2003-12-19 Security Update and Quicktime
6 MPEG-2 Componenet 12/19/2003 09:56 PM
Apple has released a 2003-12-19 Security Update which is recommended for all Macintosh users: This update includes the following components: AFP Se...

Goat-see

Goat-see 02/01/2005 09:59 PM
Tennessee Fainting (or Myotonic) Goats.

How to Get a Tech CEO's Goat

How to Get a Tech CEO's Goat 05/11/2004 04:53 AM
Want to piss off a CEO? Point out that the company's tech products are turning into commodities. By Nicholas G. Carr from Wired magazine.

My Pet Goat: instant classic

My Pet Goat: instant classic 07/17/2004 10:02 AM
"I was stunned by its lyrical beauty and easy cadence. The tempo, the choice of words, and the layout on each page captured my imagination so much that it took me about seven minutes to recover my bearings." Am azon users review My Pet Goat. (via Sadly, No!)

Kerry on the pet goat dilemma

Kerry on the pet goat dilemma 08/05/2004 04:04 PM

The Year We Lived with a Goat

The Year We Lived with a Goat 02/13/2003 03:56 AM
Well, Chinese New Year is coming again, and it's back to Penang, my hometown to meet old friends, relatives, and get fat. For you guys and gals celebrating, Kung Hee Fat Choy! February 1st is the start of the Year of the Goat. Famous goats include Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Mira Sorvino and last but not least Billy Gates...

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School Bus Gets Vermont Farmer's Goat
(AP)

School Bus Gets Vermont Farmer's Goat
(AP) 05/30/2004 02:52 PM
AP - A goat farmer who converted his house into a barn to keep his animals warm during the winter has had another run-in with the law.

Goat Is a Popular Gift With Britons (AP)

Goat Is a Popular Gift With Britons (AP) 12/24/2004 01:13 PM
AP - It's hairy and smells and will butt you, given half a chance. But the humble goat is one of Britain's most popular Christmas presents, with several charities offering the chance to do something for others by buying one of the animals for an impoverished family in the developing world.

Customs Gets Tribeswoman's Goat
(Reuters)

Customs Gets Tribeswoman's Goat
(Reuters) 03/08/2004 11:25 PM
Reuters - A Gambian tribeswoman has been arrested at a London airport with her bags crammed with illegal snails, catfish and goat meat.

Goat Shrugs Off Shot From Stun Gun (AP)

Goat Shrugs Off Shot From Stun Gun (AP) 08/16/2004 08:06 PM
AP - A goat on the lam shrugged off a shot from a stun gun, but couldn't get past the Sandman.

Vt. Goat Farmer Goes on Hunger Strike
(AP)

Vt. Goat Farmer Goes on Hunger Strike
(AP) 06/25/2004 05:24 PM
AP - A goat farmer who is the subject of an animal cruelty investigation has gone on a hunger strike. Chris Weathersbee, 62, vowed he would risk death from starvation in order to find homes where his 250 goats could live out their lives.

Give a Goat for Christmas (Reuters)

Give a Goat for Christmas (Reuters) 12/24/2004 01:13 PM
Reuters - Looking for a last minute Christmas gift? Think goat!

Goat Enjoying Life After Escape From Pen
(AP)

Goat Enjoying Life After Escape From Pen
(AP) 07/28/2004 06:30 PM
AP - After escaping from a holding pen, flying ropes and failed lunges, Billy the goat has quietly made an independent life for himself near the very farm it fled in December.

Gatwick customs gets tribeswoman's goat
(Reuters)

Gatwick customs gets tribeswoman's goat
(Reuters) 03/08/2004 11:25 PM
Reuters - A Gambian tribeswoman has been arrested at Gatwick airport with her bags crammed with illegal snails, catfish and goat meat.

Rare-breeds foundation heralds birth of
goat

Rare-breeds foundation heralds birth of
goat 07/24/2004 01:19 AM
Usatoday.com - Fri Jul 23, 08:14 am GMT

McAfee's Trojan horse error gets
developer's goat

McAfee's Trojan horse error gets
developer's goat 09/10/2004 11:13 AM
A software developer whose program was accidentally labeled a threat is considering action against the antivirus company.

Elvis crowned at Irish goat festival
(Reuters)

Elvis crowned at Irish goat festival
(Reuters) 08/11/2004 03:47 PM
Reuters - A shaggy goat called Elvis has been crowned king of an Irish town at one of the country's oldest and most unusual street festivals.

Reader: Apple Quietly Patches MPEG-2
Component Bug

Reader: Apple Quietly Patches MPEG-2
Component Bug 12/17/2003 06:05 PM
(MacNN via MyAppleMenu)

Farm Life TV Show Gets Animal Lovers'
Goat (Reuters)

Farm Life TV Show Gets Animal Lovers'
Goat (Reuters) 07/28/2004 08:04 AM
Reuters - A German reality television show featuring stars wading in manure and cooking with animal guts will keep running despite criticism from animal lovers and media institutes, show producers said on Tuesday.

A late 19th century chastity belt for a
Welsh goat?

A late 19th century chastity belt for a
Welsh goat? 06/27/2004 03:20 AM
What is that thing?

RailPower Announces Winter Trial of
Hybrid Green Goat(R) Locomotive by CPR

RailPower Announces Winter Trial of
Hybrid Green Goat(R) Locomotive by CPR 12/29/2003 02:51 PM
BC Technology Dec 29 2003 1:43PM ET

'SONS OF FUCKING BITCH-ASS GODDAMNED
COCK SUCKING GOAT FUCKERS!', he
elaborated.

'SONS OF FUCKING BITCH-ASS GODDAMNED
COCK SUCKING GOAT FUCKERS!', he
elaborated. 05/22/2004 03:24 PM
Attacked By Thugs! - Maciej Ceglowski is accosted by young, dorky thugs in Warsaw. After flagging down a van full of police to report the incident, frenzied pursuit-driven hijinks ensue. Almost makes me want to move to Poland and become a cop. Anyone have any sort of similar, amusing, crazed police experience? (I realise there are plenty of non-amusing, crazed police stories out there too, unfortunately.)

EEYE: Apple QuickTime (QuickTime.qts)
Heap Overflow

EEYE: Apple QuickTime (QuickTime.qts)
Heap Overflow 05/03/2004 12:11 PM
Marc Maiffret (May 02 2004)

Turning to goats to stop wildfires (Reuters)

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