50-1063: Charles , Charlie , Charley or Chuck Jones may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Chuck Jones (1912–2002), American animator, director, and producer Charles Jones (c. 1889–1942), American actor better known as Buck Jones Charles Jones (photographer) (1866–1959), gardener and photographer Charles Jones (composer) (1910–1997), Canadian composer Charles Hollis Jones (born 1945), American artist and furniture designer Charlie Jones (actor) (born 1996), EastEnders actor Charlie Jones (musician) (born 1965), British bass-guitarist Charlie Jones (singer) (born 1999), singer of Stereo Kicks Sir Charles Jones (born 1973), American blues and Southern soul singer Julio Foolio (1998–2024), American rapper, born Charles Jones Politics, law, military [ edit ] Charles Alvin Jones (1887–1966), U.S. federal judge Charles E. Jones (judge) (1935–2018), chief justice of
100-455: A Who! (1970), but his main focus during this time was producing the feature film The Phantom Tollbooth , which did lukewarm business when MGM released it in 1970. Jones co-directed 1969's The Pogo Special Birthday Special , based on the Walt Kelly comic strip, and voiced the characters of Porky Pine and Bun Rab. It was at this point that he decided to start ST Incorporated. MGM closed
150-517: A Who! (1970). He later started his own studio, Chuck Jones Enterprises, where he directed and produced the film adaptation of Norton Juster 's The Phantom Tollbooth (1970). Jones's work along with the other animators was showcased in the documentary, Bugs Bunny: Superstar (1975). Jones directed the first feature-length animated Looney Tunes compilation film, The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979). In 1990 he wrote his memoir, Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist , which
200-447: A director (or "supervisor", the original title for an animation director in the studio) himself in 1938 when Frank Tashlin left the studio. The following year Jones created his first major character, Sniffles , a cute Disney-style mouse, who went on to star in twelve Warner Bros. cartoons. Jones initially struggled in terms of his directorial style. Unlike the other directors in the studio, Jones wanted to make cartoons that would rival
250-422: A few minutes, then turned over the meeting to his attorney. His insulting manner had a unifying effect on the staff. Jones gave a pep talk at the union headquarters. As negotiations broke down, the staff decided to go on strike. Schlesinger locked them out of the studio for a few days, before agreeing to sign the contract. A Labor-Management Committee was formed and Jones served as a moderator. Because of his role as
300-509: A janitor. After graduating from Chouinard Art Institute , Jones got a phone call from a friend named Fred Kopietz, who had been hired by the Ub Iwerks studio and offered him a job. He worked his way up in the animation industry, starting as a cel washer; "then I moved up to become a painter in black and white, some color. Then I went on to take animator's drawings and traced them onto the celluloid. Then I became what they call an in-betweener, which
350-412: A letter to Tex Avery , accusing Clampett of taking credit for ideas that were not his, and for characters created by other directors (notably Jones's Sniffles and Friz Freleng 's Yosemite Sam ). Their correspondence was never published in the media. It was forwarded to Michael Barrier , who conducted the interview with Clampett and was distributed by Jones to multiple people concerned with animation over
400-624: A new Schlesinger director, Tex Avery . There was no room for the new Avery unit in Schlesinger's small studio, so Avery, Jones, and fellow animators Bob Clampett , Virgil Ross , and Sid Sutherland were moved into a small adjacent building they dubbed "Termite Terrace". When Clampett was promoted to director in 1937, Jones was assigned to his unit; the Clampett unit was briefly assigned to work with Jones's old employer, Ub Iwerks , when Iwerks subcontracted four cartoons to Schlesinger in 1937. Jones became
450-570: A supervisor in the studio, he could not himself join the union. Jones created many of his lesser-known characters during this period, including Charlie Dog , Hubie and Bertie , and The Three Bears . During World War II , Jones worked closely with Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss , to create the Private Snafu series of Army educational cartoons (the character was created by director Frank Capra ). Jones later collaborated with Seuss on animated adaptations of Seuss' books, including How
500-586: A television adaptation of all Tom and Jerry theatricals produced to that date. This included major editing, including writing out the African-American maid, Mammy Two-Shoes , and replacing her with one of Irish descent voiced by June Foray . In 1964, Sib Tower 12 was absorbed by MGM and was renamed MGM Animation/Visual Arts . His animated short film, The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics , won
550-554: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Chuck Jones Charles Martin Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator , painter, voice actor and filmmaker, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of shorts. He wrote, produced, and/or directed many classic animated cartoon shorts starring Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , Wile E. Coyote and
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#1732858843048600-411: Is the guy that does the drawing between the drawings the animator makes". While at Iwerks, he met a cel painter named Dorothy Webster, who later became his first wife. Jones joined Leon Schlesinger Productions , the independent studio that produced Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies for Warner Bros. , in 1933 as an assistant animator. In 1935 he was promoted to animator and assigned to work with
650-606: The Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 DVD set. Jones received an Honorary Academy Award in 1996 by the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , for "the creation of classic cartoons and cartoon characters whose animated lives have brought joy to our real ones for more than half a century." At that year's awards show, Robin Williams , a self-confessed "Jones-aholic", presented
700-546: The Private Snafu (1943–1946) shorts which were shown to members of the United States military . After his career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, Jones started Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , including a new series of Tom and Jerry shorts (1963–1967) as well as the television adaptations of Dr. Seuss 's How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) and Horton Hears
750-811: The Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Special Project. In 1997, Jones was awarded the Edward MacDowell Medal . In 1999, he founded the non-profit Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, in Costa Mesa, California, an art education "gymnasium for the brain" dedicated to teaching creative skills, primarily to children and seniors, which is still in operation. In his later years, he recovered from skin cancer and received hip and ankle replacements. Jones died of congestive heart failure on February 22, 2002, at his home in Corona del Mar, Newport Beach at
800-531: The FA Charity Shield in 1931 and 1933 . Towards the end of his career his age was starting to catch up with him, and competition for midfield places was fierce; with players such as Bob John and Frank Hill in the Arsenal squad, Jones only played 16 matches in 1932–33. However his knowledge of the game and tactical sense were still appreciated by Arsenal managers Herbert Chapman and Joe Shaw ; this meant he
850-629: The Looney Tunes characters. Jones resumed working with Warner Bros. in 1976 with the animated TV adaptation of The Carnival of the Animals with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Jones also produced The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979), which was a compilation of Jones's best theatrical shorts, new Road Runner shorts for The Electric Company series and Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979). New shorts were made for Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over (1980). From 1977 to 1978, Jones wrote and drew
900-465: The 1920s. He recounted that his father would start every new business venture by purchasing new stationery and new pencils with the company name on them. When the business failed, his father would quietly turn the huge stacks of useless stationery and pencils over to his children, requiring them to use up all the material as fast as possible. The children drew frequently, owing to the abundance of high-quality paper and pencils. Later, in one art school class,
950-464: The 1942 short The Draft Horse . The cartoon that was generally considered his turning point was The Dover Boys . Released the same year, it noticeably featured quickly-timed gags and extensive use of limited animation . Despite this, Schlesinger and the studios heads were still dissatisfied and begun the process to fire him, but they were unable to find a replacement due to a labor shortage stemming from World War II , so Jones kept his position. He
1000-483: The 1950s, except for a brief period in 1953 when Warner closed the animation studio. During this interim, Jones found employment at Walt Disney Productions , where he teamed with Ward Kimball for a four-month period of uncredited work on Sleeping Beauty (1959). Upon the reopening of the Warner animation department, Jones was rehired and reunited with most of his unit. In the early 1960s, Jones and his wife Dorothy wrote
1050-522: The 1965 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film . Jones directed the classic animated short The Bear That Wasn't . As the Tom and Jerry series wound down (it was discontinued in 1967), Jones produced more for television. In 1966, he produced and directed the TV special How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! , featuring narration by Boris Karloff . Jones continued to work on other TV specials such as Horton Hears
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#17328588430481100-1369: The Arizona Supreme Court, 2002–2005 Charles W. Jones (1834–1897), U.S. Senator from Florida Charles Pinckney Jones (1845–1914), American politician in Virginia Charles G. Jones (1856–1911), American urban developer and politician Charles Jones (Victorian politician) (1828–1903), Australian politician Charles Jones (Australian politician) (1917–2003), Australian politician and government minister Charles Jones (Upper Canada politician) (1781–1840), Canadian merchant, politician Charles E. Jones (politician) (1881–1948), mayor of Vancouver Charles Jones (MP for Beaumaris) , Welsh MP between 1624 and 1640 Charles Jones, 5th Viscount Ranelagh (1761–1800), Irish peer and Royal Navy officer Sydney Jones (businessman) (Charles Sydney Jones, 1872–1947), English shipowner and Liberal Party politician Charles Phibbs Jones (1906–1988), British Army general J. Charles Jones (1937–2019), American civil rights leader and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee co-founder Charles Colcock Jones Jr. (1831–1893), Georgia politician, attorney, and author Charles M. Jones (Alaska politician) (1921–2002), Alaskan politician Charles M. Jones (Georgia politician) , member of
1150-662: The Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck animated sequences that bookend its sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990). Jones directed animated sequences for various features such as a lengthy sequence in the film Stay Tuned (1992) and a shorter one seen at the start of the Robin Williams vehicle Mrs. Doubtfire (1993). Also during the 1980s and 1990s, Jones served on the advisory board of the National Student Film Institute . Jones's final Looney Tunes cartoon
1200-3686: The Georgia House of Representatives Chuck Jones (politician) (born 1971), American politician in the South Dakota Senate Sports [ edit ] American football [ edit ] Charles "Yogi" Jones (born 1961), American football player and coach Charles Jones (tight end) (born 1996), American football player Charlie Jones (American football, born 1972) , American football wide receiver Charlie Jones (American football, born 1998) , American football wide receiver Association football [ edit ] Charlie Jones (footballer, born 1899) (1899–1966), Welsh international footballer Charlie Jones (footballer, born 1911) (1911–1985), Welsh-born footballer Charles Wilson Jones (footballer) (1914–1986), Welsh international football centre forward Charles Jones (footballer) (1888–?), English-born football outside left who played for Birmingham and Bristol Rovers Baseball [ edit ] Bumpus Jones (Charles Leander Jones, 1870–1938), 1890s baseball pitcher Charley Jones (1852–1911), American baseball outfielder Charlie Jones (infielder) (1861–1922), baseball infielder Charlie Jones (outfielder) (1876–1947), baseball outfielder Basketball [ edit ] Charles Jones (basketball, born 1957) , "Gadget" Jones, American basketball player with Washington Bullets (1985–93) and Houston Rockets Charles Jones (basketball, born 1962) , American basketball player with Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers and Washington Bullets (1988–89) Charles Jones (basketball, born 1975) , American basketball player with Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Clippers Cricket [ edit ] Charles Jones (Australian cricketer) (1870–1957), Australian cricketer Charles Jones (Lancashire cricketer) (1853–1904), English cricketer Charles Jones (West Indian cricketer) (1902–1959), West Indian cricketer Ian Jones (sportsman, born 1934) (born Charles Ian Jones in 1934), English cricketer and field hockey player Rugby union [ edit ] Charlie Jones (rugby union, born 1880) (1880–1908), South African rugby union international Charles Jones (rugby union, born 1893) (1893–1960), Wales international rugby union player Other sports [ edit ] Charlie Jones (Australian footballer) (1888–1946), Australian rules footballer Ian Jones (sportsman, born 1934) (Charles Ian McMillan Jones), British Olympic field hockey player Charlie Jones (sportscaster) (1930–2008), American sports announcer Deacon Jones (athlete) (Charles Nicholas Jones, 1934–2007), American steeplechase runner Other people [ edit ] Charles "Buffalo" Jones (1844–1919), American rancher and conservationist Charles Colcock Jones (1804–1863), Presbyterian clergyman, planter, and missionary to slaves Charles Edward Jones (1952–2001), American astronaut Charles Handfield Jones (1819–1890), English physician Charles Henry Jones (businessman) (1855–1933), American businessman and philanthropist Charles Henry Jones (editor) (1848–1913), American journalist, editor, and political figure Charles I. Jones , professor of economics at Stanford University Charles Jones (architect) (1830–1913), Ealing's first architect, engineer and surveyor Charles Jones (engineer) (fl. 1773 – c. 1796), English civil engineer Charles Larimore Jones (1932–2006), U.S. Air Force architect Charles Lloyd Jones (1878–1958), Australian businessman and patron of
1250-578: The Grinch Stole Christmas! in 1966. Jones directed such shorts as The Weakly Reporter , a 1944 short that related to shortages and rationing on the home front. During the same year, he directed Hell-Bent for Election , a campaign film for Franklin D. Roosevelt . Jones created characters through the late 1930s, late 1940s, and the 1950s, which include his collaborative help in co-creating Bugs Bunny and also included creating Claude Cat , Marc Antony and Pussyfoot , Charlie Dog , Michigan J. Frog , Gossamer , and his four most popular creations, Marvin
1300-458: The Gunners' 1930 FA Cup -winning side. However, Jones proved his versatility by moving to right half, and became known as a tenacious ball-winner and committed tackler in the Arsenal midfield. With Arsenal he won three First Division winners' medals (in 1930–31 , 1932–33 and 1933–34 ), and played in the 1931–32 FA Cup final (which Arsenal lost controversially to Newcastle United ). He also won
1350-656: The Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb in 1988. Jones was a historical authority as well as a major contributor to the development of animation throughout the 20th century. In 1990, Jones received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement . He received an honorary degree from Oglethorpe University in 1993. For his contribution to
1400-572: The Martian , Pepé Le Pew , Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner . Jones and writer Michael Maltese collaborated on the Road Runner cartoons, Duck Amuck , One Froggy Evening , and What's Opera, Doc? . Other staff at Unit A whom Jones collaborated with include layout artist, background designer, and co-director Maurice Noble ; animator and co-director Abe Levitow ; and animators Ken Harris and Ben Washam . Jones remained at Warner Bros. throughout
1450-609: The Road Runner , Pepé Le Pew , Marvin the Martian , and Porky Pig , among others. Jones started his career in 1933 alongside Tex Avery , Friz Freleng , Bob Clampett , and Robert McKimson at the Leon Schlesinger Production's Termite Terrace studio, the studio that made Warner Brothers cartoons, where they created and developed the Looney Tunes characters. During the Second World War , Jones directed many of
1500-627: The Tlingit people 1916–1944 Charlie Jones , character in Fireman Sam [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Jones&oldid=1255224043 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1550-427: The age of 89. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea. After his death, Cartoon Network aired a 20-second segment tracing Jones's portrait with the words "We'll miss you". Also, the Looney Tunes cartoon Daffy Duck for President , based on the book that Jones had written and using Jones's style for the characters, originally scheduled to be released in 2000, was released in 2004 as part of disc three of
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1600-933: The animation division in 1970, and Jones once again started his own studio, Chuck Jones Enterprises. He produced a Saturday morning children's TV series for the American Broadcasting Company called The Curiosity Shop in 1971. In 1973, he produced an animated version of the George Selden book The Cricket in Times Square and subsequently produced two sequels. Three of his works during this period were animated TV adaptations of short stories from Rudyard Kipling 's The Jungle Book : Mowgli's Brothers , The White Seal and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi . During this period, Jones began to experiment with more realistically designed characters, most of which had larger eyes, leaner bodies, and altered proportions, such as those of
1650-532: The animation industry. Film historian Leonard Maltin has praised Jones's work at Warner Bros., MGM and Chuck Jones Enterprises. In Jerry Beck 's The 50 Greatest Cartoons , a group of animation professionals ranked What's Opera, Doc? (1957) as the greatest cartoon of all time, with ten of the entries being directed by Jones including Duck Amuck (1953), Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953), One Froggy Evening (1955), Rabbit of Seville (1950), and Rabbit Seasoning (1952). Charles Martin Jones
1700-588: The arts Charles O. Jones (born 1931), scholar of American politics Charles Pickman Jones (1808–1883), founded a ceramics factory in Seville Charles Price Jones (1865–1949), minister and composer Charles Stansfeld Jones (1886–1950), occultist and ceremonial magician Charles W. Jones (medievalist) (1905–1989), medievalist scholar Charles Irving Jones III (born 1943), Episcopal prelate Sir Charles Ernest Jones , British colonial civil servant Charlie Jones, Chief Shakes VII of
1750-509: The club were relegated to the Second Division soon after he joined; Jones spent another two seasons with the Latics in the second flight, and then joined fellow Second Division side Nottingham Forest in the summer of 1925. Jones steadily made a name for himself as a talented left winger with Forest, making over 100 appearances for them in three years. It was also while there that he picked up
1800-499: The first of his eight caps for Wales , excelling in a 3–1 victory over England at Selhurst Park on 1 March 1926. In addition, he went on to captain his country several times. Jones was signed by Herbert Chapman for Arsenal in May 1928, and often played as one of the forwards as Chapman introduced the WM formation . He missed only three league games in 1929–30, although he was not selected for
1850-451: The honorary award to Jones, calling him "The Orson Welles of cartoons", and the audience gave Jones a standing ovation as he walked onto the stage. For himself, a flattered Jones wryly remarked in his acceptance speech, "Well, what can I say in the face of such humiliating evidence? I stand guilty before the world of directing over three hundred cartoons in the last fifty or sixty years. Hopefully, this means you've forgiven me." He received
1900-798: The motion picture industry, Jones has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7011 Hollywood Blvd . He was awarded the Inkpot Award in 1974. In 1996, Jones received an Honorary Oscar at the 68th Academy Awards. Three short films directed by Jones have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the United States Film Preservation Board : What's Opera, Doc? , inducted in 1992; Duck Amuck, inducted in 1999; and One Froggy Evening , inducted in 2003. Jones's life and legacy were celebrated on January 12, 2012, with
1950-551: The newspaper comic strip Crawford (also known as Crawford & Morgan ) for the Chicago Tribune-NY News Syndicate . In 2011 IDW Publishing collected Jones's strip as part of their Library of American Comic Strips. In 1978, Jones's wife Dorothy died. He married Marian Dern, the writer of the comic strip Rick O'Shay in 1981. On December 11, 1975, shortly after the release of Bugs Bunny: Superstar , which prominently featured Bob Clampett , Jones wrote
2000-497: The official grand opening of The Chuck Jones Experience at Circus Circus Las Vegas . Many of Jones's family welcomed celebrities, animation aficionados and visitors to the new attraction when they opened the attraction in an appropriate and unconventional way. Among those in attendance were Jones's widow, Marian Jones; daughter Linda Clough; and grandchildren Craig, Todd and Valerie Kausen. Charlie Jones (footballer, born 1899) Charles Jones (12 December 1899 – April 1966 )
2050-452: The professor gravely informed the students that they each had 100,000 bad drawings in them that they must first get past before they could possibly draw anything worthwhile. Jones recounted years later that this pronouncement came as a great relief to him, as he was well past the 200,000 mark, having used up all that stationery. Jones and several of his siblings went on to artistic careers. During his artistic education, he worked part-time as
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2100-507: The quality and design to that of ones made by Walt Disney Production . As a result, his cartoons suffered from sluggish pacing and a lack of clever gags, with Jones himself later admitting that his early conception of timing and dialog was "formed by watching the action in the La Brea Tar Pits ". Schlesinger and the studio heads were unsatisfied with his work and demanded that he make cartoons that were more funny. He responded by creating
2150-489: The screenplay for the animated feature Gay Purr-ee . The finished film featured the voices of Judy Garland , Robert Goulet and Red Buttons as cats in Paris, France. The feature was produced by UPA and directed by his former Warner Bros. collaborator, Abe Levitow. Jones moonlighted to work on the film since he had an exclusive contract with Warner Bros. UPA completed the film and made it available for distribution in 1962; it
2200-501: The years. Through the 1980s and 1990s, Jones was painting cartoon and parody art, sold through animation galleries by his daughter's company, Linda Jones Enterprises. Jones was the creative consultant and character designer for two Raggedy Ann animated specials and the first Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas special A Chipmunk Christmas . He made a cameo appearance in the film Gremlins (1984) and he wrote and directed
2250-506: Was From Hare to Eternity (1997), which starred Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam , with Greg Burson voicing Bugs. The cartoon was dedicated to Friz Freleng , who had died in 1995. Jones's final animation project was a series of 13 shorts starring a timber wolf character he had designed in the 1960s named Thomas Timber Wolf. The series was released online by Warner Bros. in 2000. From 2001 until 2004, Cartoon Network aired The Chuck Jones Show which features shorts directed by him. The show won
2300-598: Was a Welsh international footballer . Born in Troedyrhiw , Merthyr Tydfil , Jones started his career at Cardiff City , but was released in the summer of 1921 after just one appearance, a 1–0 defeat to Stoke City . He joined Stockport County , and in his first season at the club ( 1921–22 ) won a Third Division North medal and promotion to the Second Division . He moved in March 1923 to First Division Oldham Athletic , but
2350-433: Was actively involved in efforts to unionize the staff of Leon Schlesinger Studios . He was responsible for recruiting animators, layout men, and background people. Almost all animators joined, in reaction to salary cuts imposed by Leon Schlesinger . The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio had already signed a union contract, encouraging their counterparts under Schlesinger. In a meeting with his staff, Schlesinger talked for
2400-506: Was born on September 21, 1912, in Spokane, Washington , to Mabel McQuiddy (née Martin) (1882–1971) and Charles Adams Jones (1883–?). When he was six months old, he moved with his parents and three siblings to Los Angeles, California . In his autobiography, Chuck Amuck , Jones credits his artistic bent to circumstances surrounding his father, who was an unsuccessful businessman in California in
2450-705: Was made into a documentary film, Chuck Amuck (1991). He was also profiled in the American Masters documentary Chuck Jones: Extremes & Inbetweens – A Life in Animation (2000) which aired on PBS . Jones won three Academy Awards . The cartoons which he directed, For Scent-imental Reasons , So Much for So Little , and The Dot and the Line , won the Best Animated Short . Robin Williams presented Jones with an Honorary Academy Award in 1996 for his work in
2500-731: Was picked up by Warner Bros. When Warner Bros. discovered that Jones had violated his exclusive contract with them, they terminated him. Jones's former animation unit was laid off after completing the final cartoon in their pipeline, The Iceman Ducketh , and the rest of the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio was closed in early 1963. With business partner Les Goldman, Jones started an independent animation studio, Sib Tower 12 Productions, and brought on most of his unit from Warner Bros., including Maurice Noble and Michael Maltese. In 1963, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contracted with Sib Tower 12 to have Jones and his staff produce new Tom and Jerry cartoons as well as
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