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>> this is abc7 fuse. >> i am incredibly close to this team and i will forever appreciate that. >> the parting of ways with a handshake and a hug and the final gameball, it's official. 49ers head coach jim harbaugh is leaving the team. good evening. the team made it official today tweeting out the 49ers and jim harbaugh have mutually agreed to partways and we thank jim for bringing a tremendous competitive nature and a great passion for the game. make shumann with more on today's announce ept in. what say you? >> i say they are getting rid of a really good football coach. the 49ers put out a statement after the the game during harbaugh's press conference that they mutually decided to

partways. this was no surprise after a season of discontent and no playoff run. but it ends with his 49th victory. harbaugh knew he was done and made sure he enjoyed the final game. the players have a lot of respect for him whether they liked him or not. it had to be an emotional day for coach. they went to three straight title games. harbaugh would not confirm he is going to michigan but if so i am surprised he didn't play out the process and see what is available to him in the nfl. if the raiders' owner mark davis who wants to meet with harbaugh offers him $10 million a year would jim take it? michigan had that advantage to talk with harbaugh without tampering as they wanted to get the deal done for recruiting purposes. he gave thanks in his final press conference. >> i thought we accomplished great things. tremendous football. so many people worked so hard to construct where this football team is.

feel great to be a part of it. it has been a signature year in my life and i have much gratitude for everyone involved. >> much respect for him as a man and a coach. we will look ahead to potential replacements and hear from his players coming up in sports. as i mentioned, the players love him and unfortunately it didn't work out with the front office. in the long run they may be making a hiewmg mistake. >> our coverage continues with sergio who is live in santa clara with fan reaction. sergio? >> katie, this was supposed to be a great season for the 49ers. they ingnawing rated -- ingnawing rated levi stadium, but it didn't work out. now the fans are gone and so is jim harbaugh. the final talk on the field was with bruce aryans.

and during the post news conference the worst kept secret of the season was finally out. jim harbaugh is leaving. >> it is with the pleasure of the organization and it has come to a -- it has been a tremendous four years. >> he sidestepped questions on his next des anythings, but that is the second worst kept secret. as the sign says who has it better than us? michigan. some even showed up in the michigan team colors. >> it is a bittersweet moment as we enjoyed harbaugh during the days at michigan i welcome him back. >> during the game there was some hope that harbaugh wouldn't leave. the 49er faithful showed plenty of appreciation, but no one was sprayed when the final announcement came down. >> it is a sad day for 9er fans. >> very sad. good for him. he will be the highest paid coach in college. i am happy for him. >> i don't want harbaugh to leave, but he wears out his welcome wherever he goes.

>> why is that? >> because he coaches the players like they are college kids. a lot of the players like it and a lot of them don't. >> if the departure was the worst kept secret, his replacement is the best kept secret. >> michigan fans are excite betted prospect that harbaugh is heading there. check out this post on their blog. you can see the forecast of an 80% chance of harbaugh on tuesday. a slightly different forecast in the bay area. this is a live look outside from our exploratorium camera. there is a hazardous outlook. >> the hazardous outlook is for the temperatures tumbling over the next couple days. it was beautiful. plenty of sunshine and seasonal temperatures.

a high of 62 in oakland and 57 in san jose. the winds of change are coming. satellite and radar show a cold front approaching from the west, and it is what is behind the cold front that you will notice. we will talk more about that in the full accu-weather seven-day forecast in a bit. katie? >> drew, thank you. you can see what is showing up on live doppler 7hd with the abc news weather app. it is free on the apple app store or google play. we have more information at abc7news.com/apps. an east bay community is grieving over the loss of a popular school administrator. herman shum was killed while cycling in unincorporated contra costa county. we go live to the high school with more. >> the students are on winter break, but many stopped by to drop off flowers and candles. he was the school's vice president who had a way of

connecting with the kids. 40-year-old herman shum was a husband and father to two. but he was also their biggest motivator. it is not what you would expect from a vice principal whose job it was to discipline the kids. >> herman was loved in the ways that deans often are not. >> they say the school community is in shock after learning about his tragic death. he was riding with a large group near livermore when he slided with an on coming truck. he made have veered to the opposite lane jay his heart was in his work. it was not just about rules. it was about using discipline to help them grow. >> he would checkup on me. he would say how are you doing? >> he is a 2014 graduate who saw shum at any will you please my my -- at an alumni

event. he is the type of person where if a person felt insecure whether it was about academics or sports or anything you would walk to his office and walk away feeling incredibly confident. >> he was just named the principal and going to start the 2015-2016 school year. now his legacy will remain at saint mary's high school where they will hold a memorial in his honor. lilian kim, abc7 news. developing news now out of indonesia where officials think a missing plane crashed and is at the about the m to of the sea. >> family members of passengers on flight 8501 are nervously waiting for information. a massive search involving planes, ships and helicopters is underway off the coast. the flight to singapore had 162 people on board.

it hit bad weather and the pilot requested a change of course and the plane drpped off the radar. the head of indonesia's search and rescue says there was no distress signal when the plane disappeared over the sea. >> it is much too soon to do anything but widely speculate. the one thing that is here last night that was not present in the malaysia disappearance was bad weather. >> the malaysian flight disappeared in march and still not found. happening in italy, the first group of survivors trapped on a burning ferry just reached land. the 49 survivors are on a cargo ship and now docked at an italian port. more than 200 passengers and crew are trapped on the burning ferry. at least one is dead and two are hurt. the ferry left a greek port and headed to italy. a touching homecoming for

a mother who gave birth to her child while in a coma. and a shark attack on california's central coast. we'll show you what happened. and later, the changes in san francisco bay. how the once toxic water is

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a fresno mother who gave birth while in a coma is back at home. 39-year-old melissa carlton gave birth at ucsf earlier this year after she had a seizure. now, more on carlton's progress and her homecoming. >> the four and a half hour drive from the bay area is the longest trip melissa carlton has made in more than nine months. but this journey is short compared to the recovery process it took to get her home. carlton fell into a coma in march while pregnant with her

baby boy. she was hospitalized due to a seizure caused by a benign brain tumor, but carried the baby to fullterm. carlton delivered west to gnaw than y'all -- gnaw -- nathaniel. >> it has been a real challenge. you put on top of that the emotional challenge that you know your daughter is ill and will be ill for a longtime and the sadness you have to carry on a regular basis. >> it is the first time melissa has seen her baby in two months. and it is the first time in two months that her husband has been with the both of them. melissa's parents took west home to fresno while brian commuted between the bay area and fresno to spend time with his wife and son. >> i am thrilled i i don't have to have my family torn apart and 180 miles from one another and i have to keep making a choice between which person i care about and which person will i get to see. >> they say their insurance

provider didn't see the progress from melissa they were hoping so they told her husband she had to go home and recover. >> it was sudden and unexpected. we were left really scrambling to find a way to get her home as safely and quickly as possible. her health fluxuates easily and the possibility of entering a rehabilitation facility is a long way down the road. >> it is a horrible and tragic nature and it is devastating. and yet when you get to hold a baby like west and play with him and kiss on him and watch him laugh and smile and it is really something else. >> the family says it is amazing support from the community. a go fund me account has surpassed $120,000.

right now police in loss altos are asking for help finding a missing woman. the 87-year-old was found around 2:30 walking a small white dog in the area of south springer road and terrace court. if you see her or have any information you you can call loss altos police or 9-1-1. a surfer is recovering after a great white shark attack on the central coast. it happened in los-osos. the juvenile shark was eight to ten feet long. it bit him on the hip and a friend saw it happen. >> come up and hit him from below and the whole body just twisted and took him under the water. he pops up and then he peddles so fast out of there. >> so scary. a doctor happened to be on the beach and immediately took a look at him. the surfer went to the hospital. he is expected to be okay.

many folks enjoyed a last supper if you will at a popular chinese restaurant in palo alto. for the past 58 years generations of families have enjoyed the chinese chicken salad and other dishes at ming's. ming's closed tonight. >> it is sad that after all of these years and it has been open for so many years that it is closing. i am hoping that it will go on once it opens again. >> a lot of the business here had to do with receptions wedding receptions and anniversaries and birthdays and big celebrations. so people are coming back and sharing their stories about when they got married and when they had children. >> a hotel is being built at the site of the restaurant. a smaller version of ming's will open in the hotel in two years. something to look forward to. let's check on the forecast with abc7 news meteorologist drew touma as the temperatures dropped. drew? >> we are concluding 2014, katie, on a chilly note over

the next couple days. the temperatures are on a downward trend. live doppler 7hd shows a quiet scene on this sunday night. we will take you live outside over looking san francisco. the bright lights of oakland are in the background. we generally have clear skies overnight, but we are going to track a little fog developing. the forecast calls for fog in the bay and the inland valley locations. we are tracking a strong brisk wind on the way. the wind will bring widespread freezing temperatures to end 2014. we do have a spare the air in affect for monday specifically in the north bay and santa clara valley. over the next 24 hours, no wood burning is allowed of the chilly in fairfield and 37 and currently 50 in oakland. 52 in downtown san francisco. 54 in half moon bay. fremont is checking in at 50 degrees. satellite and radar will show high pressure in control over us. that's where we had the clear skies, but look off to the west, this cold front will

bring about some changes. it is not necessarily in the form of precipitation. it is a dry frontal passage. behind this front cool air lingers and so do gusty winds. we will show you tomorrow morning 6:00 around the bay and in the valley notice the fog is developing. it quickly burns off and by the afternoon wall to wall sunshine across the region. and then we will track the cold front early tuesday morning. perhaps a sprits or sprinkle and some patchy clouds. behind the front midday tuesday and into the afternoon the winds will be gusty. we have a high wind watch in affect for the north bay mountains and the the east bay hills for sustained winds of the the -- winds. the potential for gusts as high as 65 miles per hour. these winds are bringing in the cold air. look at santa rosa. overnight lows wednesday thursday and into friday. we are dipping below the freezing mark. urban locations will not be immune to the cold. into wednesday, thursday and friday bottoming out in the

midand upper 30s. in the bay area, we will see 35 overnight in santa rosa and 44 will bottom out in san francisco. 43 in oakland 41 in fremont and san jose dropping to 38 degrees. after some morning fog tomorrow tons of sunshine on the way. 56 in santa rosa. the same in san francisco. 57 in san jose. a high of 55 in oakland. here is the accu-weather seven-day forecast. sunshine tomorrow. turning wendy on tuesday with the warm front -- turning windy on tuesday. it is cold and breezy on wednesday for new year's eve. but that will be the bottom of the cold spell. by thursday it is bright and brisk, but by friday, saturday and sunday temperatures on the you swing. next weekend we are talking returning to the 60s. >> thank you drew. >> sure. >> over to shu and more niners talk. >> niners win their 49th game under jim harbaugh over the cardinals. but harbaugh and the team decided to mutually partways. we will have reaction from the

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>> the jim harbaugh era is over. they put out a statement that they have mutually decided to partways. at least jim goes out with a win ending a rollercoaster season of distractions for this entire team. the coach and his quarterback fire up one last time at levi stadium. kap was inspired. steps up in the pocket and finds bolden. the q does the rest. 76-yard touchdown. second longest in his career. ties the game at seven. lindley airs it out. lindley's second of the day.

it could be frank gore's last game and he ran for 144 yards and went over a thousand crardz for the eighth time in his career. a little tap dance touchdown and gives them the lead. he seals the deal. the niners win it 20-17. they get the gameball and a soaking. >> just leak anything else business is business. sometimes change is always good. either for him or for us we will both come out on top. >> we wanted to play well. we wanted to win for him. i believe the rest of the guys felt that way. if it was my decision he would be here but it is not my decision. >> with harbaugh gone three nfc title games a super bowl and 49 victories who is next in line to coach this franchise?

a few have been mentioned. he took over one game when single terry was fired. the team likes him but brings no pizaaz. an offensive mind is more likely with kaepernick about to become a force in this league. todd bolls is a highly sought after commodity. steve young and joe montana are lobbying for mike shanahan, the former bronco and redskin and head coach and 49er offensive coordinator. colin kaepernick talked about moving forward. >> my confidence is not going to change. i will go out to play and play to win. i think i am capable to get wins every sunday. what happens on the field is not going to changing what i think of my abilities and my teammates' abilities to go out and win games. >> there will be a press conference at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. they will be asked who they like moving forward. raiders end their season on a

sour note with a loss in denver, but a lot of positives. a

have to think tony spore -- sporano a run has come to an end. an 11-yard touchdown run. the raiders get on on the board and he bats down peyton manning's lateral. 10-7 denver. anderson with three td's and in the third breaks free. denver in control. carr wrapped up a solid rookie season. the raiders will have the fourth pick in the draft in the 47-14 loss. they end the year 3-13. the bears are hosting 2-10csu bakersfield road runners.

late second half and airing ton hits the baseline j. the last chance for cal down three. jordan matthews turns it over and cal loses to bakersfield at home 55-52. meanwhile the first ever college football playoff is on new year's day this thursday. number two oregon takes on florida state at the rose bowl. then at 5:30 alabama meets number four ohio state in the sugar bowl. it is all leading up to the national championship game on espn on january 12th at cowboy stadium in arlington. this abc7 sports report has been brought to you by ebay. coming up a tour around the nfl, who made the playoffs and who is playing who. >> just ahead, tens of millions of frustrated gamers are back on-line. the hack and what sony is saying. >> and cleaning up san francisco bay. the changes that experts say are paying off. we

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this is abc7 news. >> good evening. in tonight's headlines the san francisco 49ers are looking for a new head coach. jim harbaugh parted ways with the team right after a win this afternoon. a statement from the 49ers say it was a mutual decision. harbaugh would not confirm rumors where he will coach next. saint mary's college high school will hold a memorial for their vice principal. they identified herman shum as the motorcyclist who was killed. he is riding with a group of cyclists when he swerved into the path of a truck. >> leaks have been reported on the new eastern span of the bay bridge. the discovery comes after these recent rains. they are working to seal holes to protect the bridge from rust. nearly -- after nearly 13 years america's combat mission in afghanistan is over. the war came to a formal end

with a ceremony in kabul. >> the quiet lowering of the american flag signaled the end to 13 long and bloody years of the u.s. combat mission in afghanistan. a ceremony at the nato mission headquarterses in kabul mad the u.s. troops to afghan security forces. a small audience was on hand to commemorate the occasion. [inaudible]. >> in place of u.s. combat troops a peace keeping force of month more than 13,000 soldiers and 11,000 from the united states. beginning january 1st they will help members of afghanistan's military. president obama praised the move saying "we are safer and

our nation is more secure because of their service." a taliban spokesman calls it a defeat ceremony and vowed the insurgent fight would continue. >> more than 2200 service members have died in the war in afghanistan which started shortly after the attacks on 9/11. the united states has spent more than $1 trillion on that war. abc news, new york. police in ferguson, missouri suspended their spokesman after he called a memorial to michael brown a, quote, pile of trash. the comments came after a car hit the pell rail last week. the memorial last week. the spokesman originally denied he made the comment but then later admitted to misleading his bosses. brown died after being shot by by an officer during a struggle in office. the grand jury indicted the officer. dozens of protesters tried a new approach today interruptiing sunday brunch to spread their message about african-americans being killed by police.

protesters placed themselves among people eating and chanted slogans like i can't breathe. they called this march black brunch. >> we like to think those incidents are isolated in new york and also in st. louis missouri. there is an issue with police brutality here too. >> they want to be heard. >> an african-american dies every 28 hours at the hands of police, security guards or vigilantes. the mendocino girls high school team will sit out because of these t-shirts. it says "i can't breathe" which is eric garner's last words. they were uninvited from the tournament because they will thought agree to leave the shirts at home. fort bragg's principal believes the t-shirts could

spark violence. sony's playstation network is back on-line tonight. playstation and microsoft's xbox systems were hacked on christmas day causing a multi day outage. abc news reporter lyndsay janice has the latest. >> tens of millions of frustrated gamers are finally able to access sony's playstation network and microsoft xbox live for the first time since christmas day. sony acknowledging late saturday its internet service for popular games like destiny and grand theft auto was targeted by hackers. in a statement posted on its website, the video game giant saying services were attacked over the holidays and designed to disrupt connective tee and on-line game play. >> all of the people that got xboxs and playstations for christmas were unable to use their machines as intended. they were left with bricks under their tv's. >> cyber security say the attack by a group of attackers

who hit before. the lizard squad was much less sophisticated by the one brought by the north koreans. sony can't seem to catch a break. the latest attack coming as the company was starting to fate back. releasing its controversial film "the interview" on-line and in 300 theaters over christmas raking in the $2.8 million at the box office and 15 million on-line. this this weekend they slammed president obama over the movie's release. and accuse the u.s. government of taking down the country's internet for the second time in a week. abc news, new york. still to come, the sign of incredible recovery and the once toxic san francisco bay. >> we have become de desensitized. it has blended into the background of our lives.

>> and the social media environmental movement making a difference of the what one man is doing that is leading to a big change. >> and i am meteorologist drew touma. after a sun intoe and seasonal weekend we are tracking wends of change that will bring about cold conditions over the next couple days. the details and the full did you get chips for the party? nope. (ding) cheese plate? cheese plate. no, i made something better. you used the oven? boom. pillsbury crescents.

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a statewide ban on certain chemicals seems to have worked in cleaning up the bay. that's the conclusion of a 10-year study published today. the san francisco ease estuary found contamination in fish and birds. the local wildlife had some of the highest levels of toxic flame retardant chemicals. they banned the chemical used in electronics. the dust can wash into waste water treatment plants. >> from there it gets into the bay bought m to. bay bottoms. they are eaten by fish and birds. >> since 1994 the banned toxins have decreased 95%. a man in oakland started an environmental movement that has kept going.

jonathon bloom spleens it is all about cleaning up the planet one frf at a time. amid the rushing water and the lush greenery he sees something else. >> i see everything from little bits of glass to candy wrappers. >> it was in these very woods he first noticed the problems whale hiking with his family. >> my daughter noticed something had thrown a plastic tub of cat litter into this creek right here. >> the trash was a problem but the bigger problem he hadn't noticed it. >> we have become desensitized. >> it has literally blended into the background of our lives. >> the lipton iced tea can has been there for 20 years. >> he started taking pictures and posting them on instagram with the # literati and it took off. >> we crossed 90,000 pieces of litter the other day. right now the community is averaging about 1500 pieces a week. >> the way it works is

simple. >> find a piece of litter and photograph it and add the # literat expi throw out the recycled litter. >> they are doing more than cleaning up the planet. they are also gathering data and creating a litter profile for every community. >> these are five of the most common items we will see. a capri sun juice pouch, snickers wrapper swisher sweets starbucks and styrofoam. >> they know that's true in oakland because every photo is tagged with its location. they also know near a school in modesto this plastic straw wrapper was number one. the school cafeteria changed the straws and the problem went away. >> it can inform us to bring solutions. >> and it can inspire. the photos are collected on their website and an art exhibit that is touring the bay area. jonathon bloom abc7 news. >> in two days maryland and stanford will face each other

on the football field. today the teams united to fight hunger in san francisco. the terrapins and cardinals helped serve lunch at glide memorial church. the players are continuing a tradition that goes back to when the foster farms bowl was called the fight hunger bowl. this was the first year it will be played at levi stadium after a long run at at&t park. that's nice to see. let's send it back over to our meteorologist for another check of the forecast. >> we are tracking a quiet overnight with fog developing tomorrow morning. no issues in terms of rain. live doppler 7hd will give us the all clear. let's look at the nationwide map of weather a departing cold front is leaving showers, but they will see clearing skies and boston and new york will top out in the lower 40s. you notice some snow showers around salt lake and denver. a high of 3 and fargo a high of 2 dries. so the plains especially the

northern plains are mighty chilly this time of year. california will see temperatures in the 50s. 64 in los angeles and 53 in sacramento and 56 in monterey. 43 in reno, nevada. highs monday in the bay area. 54 in vallejo after fog is turning to sunshine. 56 in san francisco downtown. 57 in san jose and concord topping out at 55 degrees. the accu-weather seven-day forecast calling for early morning fog turning to sunshine. in the mid50s across the board. on tuesday a cold front moves through. perhaps a sprits early in the morning and then turning windy. the temperatures really drop off. by new year's eve we are talking a cold and breezy end to 2014. the inland locations are having a tough time. as we look at new year's day 2015 is bright and brisk and a rebound back in the the 60s next weekend. >> almost nothing to complain about. >> nothing. you will find something. >> no. my new year's resolution. shu -- first i almost

forgot. if you want something to do on new year's eve check out abc news.com. we have a list of fireworks shows and other events as well as important information on how to get to and from those celebration safely. if you have plans we all just realized we are working. >> why did you say shu -- >> i messed up. now shu bring us home with sports. >> the jim harbaugh era is over and perhaps tony sporano with the raiders. we will take a tour around the league as teams grab the final playoff spots

if you haven't heard the jim harbaugh era is over. it ended with his 40 nipth victory -- 49th victory. the coach and his hand-picked quarterback smacking pads one last time at levi. kap was fired up. anquan boldin over the middle. game tied at 7. cardinals take the lead in the second. linley to floyd and 41 yards for his second td pass. 17-13. frank gore maybe his last game in red and gold ran for 144 yards and over the thousand mark. it gave them a lead and the

interception late seals the deal. niners win it 20-17. harbaugh gets the gameball and a soaking as hay changes his red and -- as he changes the red and gold possibly to the blue of michigan. love him or hate him hay won football games. cj anderson had himself an afternoon. 10-0 denver and two minutes later raiders get on the board. bats down peyton manning's lateral. 10-7 denver. anderson 87 yards and three td's and breaks for 25 yards. denver in control with a 27-7 lead. carr wrapped up his rookie season with a td pass. raiders will have positives going into next year but with today's 47-14 loss they end it 3-13 and get the fourth overall pick in this year's draft. the 2014 nfl regular season is on the books. what a day it was around the league. records were broken, playoff schedules set. steelers hosting the bengals. winner nabs the afc north

crown. antonio brown made sure of it. he fields the punt. goes one way cuts it back. the throw and blockers out front. turns on the jets and he goes 71 yards. brown caught a td pass and steelers win it 27-17. bengals grab a wild card birth. seahawks have home field advantage with a win over the rams. tied at 6 over -- tied at 6 in the fourth. seattle up 13-6. seattle seals it with 10 minutes left and sean hill's pass deflected and irwin comes up with it and goes 49 yards. hawks win it and the road to the superbowl the nfc goes through seattle for the second straight year. packers hosting the lions in a battle of the nfc north. green bay quarterback aaron rodgers leaves the game with a calf injury and comes back in the third finding cob for the touchdown. they take the nfc north title for the the fourth year. lion rtz wild card.

nfc southed crown and final playoff spot goes to the winner of carolina and atlanta. matt ryan pibbed off -- picked off. falcons lay an egg at home and panthers win the game 34-3. they win the division with a 7-8-1 roared. ravens need a win to stay a you live and cleveland jumps out to the lead. in the fourth joe flacco over the top to smith. ravens win it and with a chargers loss baltimore grabs a spot in the afc. andrew luck made history. he ellipsed peyton manning eases eases -- manning's passing record. he pocketed 160 and two td's in the first half and the colts win it 27-10 and win the afc south. speaking of records two cowboys made history in washington. demarco murray with a 32-yard run in the first and passed

emmett smith for the most yards in a season as a cowboy. his teammate breaks terrell owens record. this catch gave him 16td receptions and the boys cruise to a 44-7 tan victory. 17 victory. jj watt was a beast all season. first player that had two 20 plus sack seasons. he has my vote for league mvp and oh yeah texans won it 23-17. wild card weekend the best weekend of the nl season and here is the afc and nfc match ups. plan your weekend. on saturday the playoffs kick off with the carolina panthers hosting the arizona cardinals and then the nightcap promises to be a smash mouth rival between baltimore and pittsburgh. bengals go to indianapolis to take on the colts while the lions and cowboys get together in dallas. that promises to be a shootout. seattle and green bay have

bye's in the nfc and patriots and broncos have bye's in the afc. this abc sports report is brought to you by ebay. it should be interesting tomorrow. i am a little surprised that both are willing to take on the media in this situation. they have disappeared all season. it will be interesting and we will have it at 4:00, 5:00 6:00. >> thank you all for watching. that's it for to neat. abc7 news continues tomorrow morning at 4:30. for mike shumann and drew touma, thanks for watching.

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