Telekinesis is a term used in parapsychology as either an alternate for psychokinesis or as the name of a specialty ability under the umbrella term of psychokinesis to refer to using the power of the mind to cause the movement of matter at a distance. It can also refer to Telekinesis band , an indie rock band based in Seattle, Washington. Telekinesis , the debut album of Telekinesis, the band. Telekinesis comics , a superhero from DC Comics. disambig ... more details
The Journal of Parapsychology is a semi annual peer reviewed ref cite url http www.rhine.org researchjournal.htm title Rhine Research Center Journal of Parapsychology accessdate 2010 08 27 ref publication devoted primarily to the original publication of experimental results and other research findings in extrasensory perception and psychokinesis . It also contains reviews of literature relevant to parapsychology , criticisms of published work, theoretical and philosophical discussions, and new methods of mathematical analysis. It was founded by Joseph Banks Rhine at Duke University Duke . The journal has been published since 1937 by the Parapsychology Press and is where work of the Parapsychological Association is published. References reflist External links http www.rhine.org researchjournal.htm Journal home page Parapsychology Category Duke University Category Parapsychology sci journal stub ... more details
about parapsychology parapsychological uses such as Psionics psionic abilities Psychokinesis fiction al uses, such as pyrokinesis List of comic book superpowers Unreferenced date August 2009 wiktionary kinesis kinesis , from Greek language Greek , movement, motion , is a Affix suffix that denotes movement. The word Kinesis itself similarly indicates movement, particularly in biology. Cytokinesis The step of cell division following telophase of mitosis , when the cytoplasm is divided into two of roughly equal proportion to the two new daughter cell biology cells . This ensures there will be enough organelle s for each of the new cells. wiktionary diakinesis Diakinesis The last stage of prophase , in which the nucleolus and nuclear envelope disappear, spindle fibers form, and the chromosome s shorten in preparation for anaphase . Interkinesis A pause between two phases of meiosis . Karyokinesis Refers specifically to the division and replication of the cell nucleus nucleus . Photokinesis A movement made in response to enabled by the presence of light See also Phototaxis DEFAULTSORT Kinesis Category Greek suffixes vocab stub lang stub de kinese es Quinesis Medicina uk ... more details
orphan date March 2010 One source date August 2011 The Thornton Road Poltergeist refers to stone throwing incidents in a residential area of Birmingham , England and the subsequent police investigation. History In 1981, Ward End residents at Thornton Road told police they could not locate the source of stones being thrown that were causing significant damage to windows and roof tiles. Chief Inspector Len Turley investigated, saying his team went to great lengths to catch the individual or individuals responsible. Officers camped outside overnight and reportedly employed night sights , image intensifiers and automatic cameras, but failed to find the source of the stone throwing, prompting some writers to ascribe the incident to a poltergeist . Literature Fairley, John & Welfare Simon 1984 Arthur C. Clarke s World of Strange Powers pages 31 34. ISBN 0002166798. Time Life Books 1989 Mind Over Matter pages 53 54. ISBN 0809463369. DEFAULTSORT Thornton Road Poltergeist Category Ghosts Category Psychokinesis ... more details
Mentalic is a term Isaac Asimov s Foundation series uses to cover a range of unusual psionic capabilities. Not precisely telepathic, the Second Foundation ers are able to sense and adjust the emotions of humans. ref Second Foundation 1953 http www.gotterdammerung.org books isaac asimov second foundation.html G tterdamerung.org ref Gaia Foundation universe Gaia , the group mind science fiction group mind of Foundation s Edge and Foundation and Earth , considers the Second Foundation an embryonic form of collective consciousness. Gaians are also described as mentalic, although they have the added abilities of adjusting non human life as well as converting usable energy into work through conscious will alone psychokinesis thermokinesis . It is implied that the Solarians use a special organ to turn heat into some manner of energy, but whether it psychokinetic or telepathic in origin, if not both, is not wholly specified. R. Daneel Olivaw , along with R. Giskard Reventlov , shared a robotic mentalic ability caused by errant programming by Vasilia Fastolfe. Giskard gained these abilities first, and then taught presumably transferred the programming the secret to Daneel. Both of their abilities were implied to be staggering and only limited by the First Law Daneel, for example, claimed to be able to nullify all of Gaia s psychic power, a claim that Bliss a native of Gaia took seriously. Daneel also manipulated galactic history for millennia, both during the Empire and Foundation eras. Notes references Foundation series Category Foundation universe ... more details
Project Nightmare is a science fiction short story by Robert A. Heinlein , first published in Amazing Stories , May 1953, and reprinted in various collections, including The Menace from Earth . ref http www.philsp.com homeville ISFAC s121.htm A2052.76 Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections ref Synopsis The story posits the reality of clairvoyance and psychokinesis telekinetic ability among a small number of people. In an opening scene, telekenetics are shown to be capable of causing a sub critical mass of uranium to explode as if it were a critical mass, simply by thinking about it. Conversely, they are able to prevent a critical mass from exploding. When the United States is held hostage with nuclear weapons planted around the nation by the Soviet Union , all known clairvoyants and telekinetic operators are gathered together and tasked with finding the bombs and preventing them from exploding. Each operator is given one city as time elapses and not all the bombs have been located, some of the operators lose their abilities through fatigue, and others are required to take on more than one city simultaneously. Eventually the bombs are found and disabled, with one exception in Cleveland . In the final scene, the President requests that the psychics turn the tables on those who threatened them, by locating and exploding bombs in Russia. References reflist Category 1953 short stories Category Short stories by Robert A. Heinlein Category Works originally published in Amazing Stories sf story stub ... more details
Unreferenced date June 2008 Neighbourhood Watch is a Horror fiction horror short story by the author Greg Egan . It was first published in the Australian sf magazine Aphelion in 1987 and reprinted in The Year s Best Horror Stories in 1988. Neighbourhood Watch is notable because it departs from Egan s usual high tech science fiction . Egan has written several horror short stories, including Scatter My Ashes and Mind Vampires , but no horror novels. These short stories are available to read online at Egan s website. Neighbourhood Watch is essentially a perverse fantasy twist to the legitimate neighborhood watch concept. The plot revolves around the attempt of a small town to fight crime by signing a contract with a demon . Plot summary The town council s contract states that the demon may only consume those who have broken the law after eleven o clock at night. The demon is created by the collective nightmares of the townspeople and their children. The demon takes the physical form of an ordinary man. However, he possesses demonic strength and is enormously hot. The heat is a physical manifestation of the demon s hunger for living flesh. To somewhat reduce that hunger, the demon is kept chained between slabs of Dry Ice dry ice underground in a fallout shelter . The council also feeds him raw meat which he manipulates Psychokinesis telekinetically . The demon is allowed to consume those who break the law after dark. The demon s real wish, however, is to consume the town s young children. Especially a young boy called David. External links http www.gregegan.net HORROR NEIGHBOUR Neighbour.html The full text of the story at Greg Egan s website . Category 1987 short stories Category Horror short stories Category Australian short stories Category Short stories by Greg Egan Category Works originally published in Australian magazines Category Works originally published in science fiction magazines ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2011 The Roots of Coincidence , written by Arthur Koestler , is an accessible introduction to theories of parapsychology , including extra sensory perception and psychokinesis . It postulates links between elements of quantum mechanics , such as the behaviour of neutrinos and their interaction with time , and these paranormal phenomena. It is influenced by Carl Jung Carl Jung s concept of synchronicity . Appearance in popular culture In Volume 7 of Alan Moore David Lloyd David Lloyd s V for Vendetta , Inspector Finch is seen reading The Roots of Coincidence . Koestler is referenced several times in the work. Koestler s ideas would also make their way into the Dr. Manhattan issues of Moore s and Dave Gibbons Dave Gibbons Watchmen . The musician Sting musician Sting was an avid reader of Koestler. Sting named The Police The Police s final studio album Synchronicity The Police album Synchronicity as a reference to The Roots of Coincidence . Sting had named The Police s previous album, Ghost in the Machine , after another of Koestler s books. The Roots of Coincidence is also the name of a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance 1990s Grammy Award winning song by Pat Metheny Group , featured on their 1997 album Imaginary Day . In the 2007 novel H sselby novel by Johan Harstad , the main character is strongly influenced by this work and make numerous references to it throughout the book. The youth fiction book Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett references this work in chapter 14. Publication data The Roots of Coincidence 1972 , Random House hardcover ISBN 0 394 48038 4 1973 Vintage paperback ISBN 0 394 71934 4 Arthur Koestler Parapsychology nonfiction book stub Category 1972 books Category Books by Arthur Koestler Category Synchronicity DEFAULTSORT Roots of Coincidence es Las ra ces de la coincidencia fr Les Racines du hasard ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 Infobox comics character Wikipedia WikiProject Comics image caption character name Psi publisher DC Comics debut Daring New Adventures of Supergirl 1 November 1982 creators Paul Kupperberg writer br Carmine Infantino artist alter ego Gayle Marsh full name species optional homeworld optional alliances Suicide Squad br Black Lantern Corps aliases optional actual identities the character uses, not nicknames supports powers Psychic Psi is a DC Comics DC character created by Paul Kupperberg and Carmine Infantino for Daring New Adventures of Supergirl 1 November 1982 . Fictional character biography Her real name is Gayle Marsh . At the age of twelve, she developed psychic powers, primarily psychokinesis . After her parents died she was raised by the scientist David Pendergast who was preparing to fight a new menace called the Decay. In college, she took the alias of Psi and fought Supergirl several times, thinking that Supergirl was the Decay. The truth was that David Pendergast was an extension of her own fears. Realizing that the Decay was David and herself, she put a stop to Pendergast and herself. Later she joined the Suicide Squad for a mission in Central America, but she was killed by the Rocket Red Brigade . Her allies, Mister 104, the Thinker and the Weasel do not survive the mission. ref Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad 1 1988 ref During the events of Blackest Night , Psi s corpse is reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps alongside several other fallen Suicide Squad members. ref Suicide Squad 67 January 2010 ref Psi is apparently destroyed by the Manhunters Manhunter s self destruct mechanism to unleashing an explosion of Green Lantern energy that eradicates the Black Lanterns. ref Secret Six vol. 3 18 February 2010 ref In the Crisis on Infinite Earths Post Crisis retcon , Supergirl was replaced by Power Girl . References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Psi Comics Category Comics characters introduced in 1982 Category DC Comics supervill ... more details
Infobox Film name Spontaneous Combustion image Poster of the movie Spontaneous Combustion.jpg caption screenplay Tobe Hooper br Howard Goldberg story Tobe Hooper starring Brad Dourif director Tobe Hooper producer Jim Rogers distributor released February 23, 1990 runtime 97 min. country USA language English language English budget 5,500,000 gross music Graeme Revell Spontaneous Combustion is a 1990 in film 1990 film directed by Tobe Hooper . ref name scarecrow cite book author The Staff and Friends of Scarecrow Video year 2004 title The Scarecrow Movie Guide pages 630&ndash 723 publisher Sasquatch Books location Seattle isbn 1570614156 ref The plot of this science fiction horror film revolves around a young man with Psychokinesis psychokinetic powers. Actor Brad Dourif plays the role of Sam, who learns that his parents were part of an atomic bomb experiment. As an adult, Sam discovers he has the power of pyrokinesis . He is able to control fire and electricity but with terrible consequences to his body afterwards. ref name IMDb synopsis http www.imdb.com title tt0098375 maindetails IMDb Spontaneous Combustion main details ref The cast includes actors Melinda Dillon and Cynthia Bain. Director Tobe Hooper was creator of the screenplay and story, with writer Howard Goldberg. Zachary Selig , a spiritist , was the consultant of paranormal phenomena for Hooper and the film. ref name IMDb http www.imdb.com title tt0098375 fullcredits cast IMDb Spontaneous Combustion full credits & cast ref It was nominated for best film in the 1991 Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Awards. ref name IMDb award http www.imdb.com title tt0098375 awards IMDb Spontaneous Combustion awards ref References reflist External links imdb title 0098375 Spontaneous Combustion 1990s horror film stub Tobe Hooper Films Category 1990 films Category 1990s horror films Category Independent films Category American films Category English language films de Fire Syndrome it I figli del fuoco pl Samozap on fil ... more details
Infobox Film name Scanner Cop image Poster of the movie Scanner Cop.jpg director Pierre David producer Pierre David writer Pierre David starring Daniel Quinn br Darlanne Fluegel br Richard Grove br Mark Rolston music Louis Febre cinematography Jacques Haitkin editing Julian Semilian distributor released Film date 1994 runtime 95 min. country FilmUS language English Scanner Cop is a 1994 Canadian film. It is the fourth film in the Scanners series and the first film in the Scanner Cop series. It was written, produced, and directed by Pierre David . Plot Sam Staziak played by Daniel Quinn actor Daniel Quinn , a rookie cop with the Los Angeles Police Department, is also a Scanner a person born with Telepathy telepathic and Psychokinesis telekinetic abilities . When a string of murders begins to decimate the police department, Sam faces sensory overload and possible insanity as he uses his powers to hunt the man responsible for the killings. Release The film was released on VHS by Republic Pictures . A DVD has been released in Canada, along with the sequel Scanners The Showdown . External links IMDb title 0111082 The Scanners Series Category Sequel films Category Scanners film series Category 1994 films Category Action horror films Category 1990s action films Category 1990s horror films Category Direct to video films de Scanner Cop es Scanner Cop hu Scanner Cop ru sv Scanner Cop ... more details
Multiple issues inappropriate tone August 2008 citecheck August 2008 refimprove August 2008 date June 2011 File Medium Eva Carriere 1912.jpg thumb Carri re photographed supposedly with a light manifestation between her hands and a materialization on her head. paranormal Eva Carri re born Marthe Beraud , was a prominent spiritualist and psychic mediumship medium in the 19th century. She was born in 1886 in France . Career Her skill was the alleged reproduction of a psychic material she dubbed Ectoplasm paranormal ectoplasm , ref name autogenerated1 http www.cicap.org new articolo.php?id 101009 Houdini and Conan Doyle the story of a strange friendship Skeptical Inquirer ref ref name autogenerated2 http muse.jhu.edu journals modernism modernity v005 5.2rainey.html Project MUSE Bot generated title ref which emanated from her mouth and from the orifices of her body such as her nose and ears. She conducted several s ance s under the auspices of the Society for Psychical Research SPR . ref name autogenerated1 Investigations Carri re s psychic performances were investigated by Arthur Conan Doyle , author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery series. ref http brightbytes.com collection spiritpc.html Jack and Beverly s Spirit Photographs Post Cards Bot generated title ref He believed that her performances were genuine and that she was not engaged in any deception. However, another psychic investigator of the time, Harry Houdini , observed one of her s ances and asserted that they were fraudulent. ref name autogenerated2 Houdini was never convinced by Carri re and likened her performance to a magicians trick, the Hindu needle trick. ref name autogenerated1 See also Mediumship Spiritualism Psychokinesis Ectoplasm paranormal Ectoplasm References reflist Spiritism and Spiritualism collapsed 1 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Carriere, Eva ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1886 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Carriere, Eva Catego ... more details
Superherobox image Telekinesis.JPG imagesize 200 converted y caption Telekinesis hovering character name Telekinesis real name publisher DC Comics debut Supergirl andf the Legion of Superheroes 28 May 2007 creators Mark Waid br Barry Kitson homeworld species alliances Wanderers comics Wanderers aliases powers Psychokinesis Telekinesis is a mysterious character who appeared in Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes 28, as a member of a rival team to the Legion, the Wanderers comics Wanderers . Fictional character biography Telekinesis is an alien who apparently lacks arms or legs, and moves by levitation. He was recruited by Lightning Lord Threeboot Mekt Ranzz to be a member of the Wanderers, a covert mercenary team of metahumans created by the Earthgov. Little is known about his history before joining, and he gives little away by talking, as he speaks very little. It was later revealed that he and the Wanderers have worked together with the Legion of Super Heroes to battle the Dominators . When the public got to know that the planet Dominion had been blown up on the demand of Cosmic Boy although the truth was that it was sent to the Phantom Zone , Brainiac 5 manipulated data from Vrax Gozzl so that they would suggest that it was Mekt Ranzz s idea to implode the Dominator homeworld, and that Titan Girl Jeyra Entinn Titan Girl then psionically planted the thought in Cosmic Boy s mind. When Mekt Ranzz was arrested, Telekinesis and the other Wanderers disappeared. Powers and abilities Telekinesis has psychokinetic powers which allow him to move solid objects with his mind. He can move an object roughly three times his own bodyweight without strain, anything higher and he cannot move it at all. He uses his power to levitate himself as he has no legs, and moves objects mentally in place of using his arms which he does not have Legion of Super Heroes Category Comics characters introduced in 2007 Category DC Comics aliens Category Extraterrestrial superheroes Category DC C ... more details
Primary sources date February 2012 Pok mon has 648 as of Pok mon Black and White Pok mon Black and White distinctive fictional species classified as the titular Pok mon. These creatures and entities reside throughout various locations of the fictional Pok mon universe and can be caught by humans designated as Pok mon Trainer s often using devices called Pok Ball s. These trainers use Pok mon for a variety of purposes, such as being pets and loyal companions and or being pitted against other trained Pok mon in competitive Pok mon battles. ref cite web url http www.epinions.com game review 5207 5039337 39D3BD67 prod1 title The Pok mon Craze An Analysis accessdate 11 June 2011 ref Pok mon are potentially super powered creatures that can employ a variety of talents such as Pyrokinesis generating fire or heat , martial arts , Psychokinesis telekinesis , and so on. Through experience, items, or trading, many of these species undergo a metamorphosis and transform into a similar but stronger species in a process referred to as Pok mon evolution . ref cite web url http pokemondb.net evolution title About Pok mon Evolution accessdate 6 July 2005 ref This article is an Easter egg containing a selected Pok mon species, arranged in accordance with the Pok dex National Pok dex registry. MissingNo. pokeinfoboxsmall number 000 type Flying Normal evolvesfrom None evolvesto None Main MissingNo. MissingNo. is a Pok mon created through a computer glitch in the Pok mon Red and Blue Generation 1 series. MissingNo. has no set form, but commonly appears as a backwards L . References reflist External links http bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net wiki Main Page Bulbapedia The Pok mon encyclopedia Pok mon directory Category Lists of Pok mon ... more details
pp move indef The following list is provided as an overview of and introduction to parapsychology Parapsychology &ndash field of research that studies a number of ostensible paranormal phenomena, including telepathy , precognition , clairvoyance , psychokinesis , near death experience s, reincarnation and apparitional experience s. Essence of parapsychology Main article Parapsychology Fringe science Paranormal Pseudoscience Psychology Psionics Psychic General parapsychology concepts Abacomancy Altered state of consciousness Anomalous cognition Anomalous operation Apparitional experience Apparitional experience Apparitions Astral body Aura paranormal Clairaudience Clairsentience Clairvoyance Cold reading Death warning Direct voice Displacement parapsychology Displacement Dowsing Ectoplasm paranormal Extra sensory perception ESP Exorcist Ganzfeld experiment Ghosts Global Consciousness Project Haunted house History of parapsychology Hot reading IANDS Journal of Parapsychology List of psychic abilities Materialization parapsychology Medical intuitive Medium spirituality Mediumship Mental Radio Metaphysical levitation Mind Body Intervention Morphic field National Laboratory of Psychical Research Near death experience Near death studies Oneirology Out of body experiences Paranormal Parapsychological Association Parapsychology Pauli effect Poltergeist Psi parapsychology Precognition Prescience Project Alpha Psychic reading Psychic Psychokinesis Psychometry paranormal Psychometry Pyrokinesis Radiesthesia Reincarnation research Remote Viewing Research results in parapsychology Retrocognition Rhine Research Center Scientific investigation of telepathy Survivalism life after death Stargate Project Telekinesis Telepathy Therapeutic touch Transliminality Transpersonal experience Unexplained Mysteries Veridical dream Zener card Parapsychology organizations American Society for Psychical Research IANDS International Association for Near Death Studies National Laboratory of Psychic ... more details
Stephen E. Braude is an United States American philosophy philosopher and parapsychology parapsychologist . He is a past president of the Parapsychological Association , Editor in Chief of the Journal of Scientific Exploration , and a professor of philosophy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County . He is also an accomplished jazz piano pianist and composer. Career Braude received his Phd. in philosophy from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1971. After working as a lecturer in the philosophy department at UMass Amherst, he found a permanent home at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County , working successively as an assistant, associate, and full professor. He served as the Chair of the Philosophy department between 1998 and 2005. He has received numerous fellowships, awards, and grants including but not limited to the National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship, numerous grants from the Parapsychology Foundation , and the Distinguished Achievement Award of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation . He has also received several Faculty Research Grants from UMBC. Writings In addition to writing numerous articles on Temporal Logic and the Philosophy of Mind , Braude has been an active contributor to the parapsychological community. He has written five books. His writings include Books 1979 Rev. Ed. 2002 ESP and Psychokinesis A Philosophical Examination 1986 Rev. Ed. 1997 The Limits of Influence Psychokinesis and the Philosophy of Science 1995 First Person Plural Multiple Personality and the Philosophy of Mind 2003 Immortal Remains The Evidence for Life after Death 2007 The Gold Leaf Lady and Other Parapsychological Investigations Articles Toward a Theory of Recurrence. No s 5 1971 191 197. Are Verbs Tensed or Tenseless? Philosophical Studies 25 1974 373 390. Tenses, Analyticity, and Time s Eternity. Philosophia 6 1976 39 48. On the Meaning of Paranormal . In Jan K. Ludwig ed. Philosophy and Parapsychology. New York P ... more details
space and time limitations defined in historic models. Psychokinesis Main Psychokinesis PEAR employed the use of random number generators RNG , to test for psychokinesis . In these experiments ... significance . A recent meta analysis on psychokinesis was published in Psychological Bulletin , along ... F, Boller E title Examining psychokinesis the interaction of human intention with random number generators&mdash ..., Y. Houtkooper, J. title Reexamining psychokinesis comment on B sch, Steinkamp, and Boller journal ... more details
Rae, M.D., Psy.D. year 2003 title The PK Zone A Cross Cultural review of Psychokinesis publisher iUniverse ... for Psychokinesis psychokinetic abilities by psychologist William Braud of the Mind Science Foundation ... more details
be classified as a macro psychokinesis psychokinetic phenomenon. Wolfgang Pauli was convinced that the effect ... Experimental physics Category Psychokinesis Category Parapsychology ca Efecte Pauli de Pauli Effekt ... more details
Infobox person name James Hydrick birth date Birth date and age 1959 02 28 df yes birth place New Ellenton, South Carolina , USA death date death place residence Wasco State Prison , California , USA occupation Martial arts performer, self proclaimed psychic James Alan Hydrick born February 28, 1959 in New Ellenton, South Carolina ref cite news url http articles.latimes.com 1989 01 07 local me 302 1 molest man denies date 1989 01 07 accessdate 2011 10 38 work Los Angeles Times first Carla last Rivera title Suspect With Many Images Man Denies Guilt in Molestations ref is a former American performer and self described parapsychology psychic . Hydrick claimed to be able to perform acts of telekinesis , such as his trademark trick involving the movement of a pencil resting at the edge of a table. Following a nationally televised demonstration of his abilities on That s Incredible , he was unable to prove his supernatural abilities on a subsequent show called That s My Line , and Hydrick subsequently confessed the fraud to an investigative reporter. Rise to fame By the early 1980s in Salt Lake City, Utah , Hydrick developed a cult like following. He claimed he was able to use psychokinesis to turn the pages of books and make pencils spin around while placed on the edge of a desk, among other feats. Hydrick had also set up martial arts classes and claimed he could pass on the gift of psychokinesis to youngsters through special training techniques. Hydrick rose to international attention through his demonstration of these skills on the American television show, That s Incredible . The episode originally aired in December 1980 and was later repeated in 1981. He performed the pencil spinning trick with the skeptical host s hand on his mouth to block possible air blowing after the host suggested that he could hear Hydrick blowing . However, Hydrick deliberately readjusted the pencil beforehand so that it was as precarious as possible and so would move with the slight disturba ... more details
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