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answers to pie Qs prove no qualifications/correctness of answer reqd

So give us the "correct" answer and we can update the records. Knowledge shared and all that.

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 02:57 (twenty-four years ago)

how do you prove in an application that you can find the answers?

You will undergo a test, answering 10 questions within a certain time limit.

do you need to have internet researchy type jobs prior?

You don't no. But I do!

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 02:59 (twenty-four years ago)

four years pass...

ok so i read about this a while back, and then saw an Advert and was Swayed by the Advert through Mind Control to try it out. basically you send in a "notes and queries" style question through sms and some wise guy sends back an answer after looking on google. it costs a quid, i wasted 2 quid testing, with a more direct and a more obtuse question that you couldnt really answer snappily. its here btw.

heres my questions and answers, im not that impressed (partly cos you could just look on google/wikipedia)

Q How do you calculate what historic prices are worth today? eg 10000 pounds in 1994 is worth how much in 2005?

A There are several methods- one is the (sic) by using the Retail Price Index. £10,000 from 1994 would be worth about £14,000 now, using that method

ok so you told me the answer to my hypothetical example, and the name of a technique, but not an easy formula or anything to do it. hmmm

Q Is it most useful to view conflict in the balkans over the centuries as religiously or ethnically motviated?

A Most historians prefer to base assumptions on the Balkan situation on religious conflict, however, there have been instances of ethical (sic) motivation

well, the answer is sort of invalidated by the fact that they have misread ethnic as ethic. unless they just missed out the n, i guess.

but overall its a bit redundant i guess. i remember the guy who set it up envisaged it as a tool for people who want to settle debates in the pub or something. ie not near a cmoputer. its quite fun thinking of someone sitting there reading yr text and then thinking about it and writing back i guess. so its good if yr lonely....

ever think about using it? anyone else tried?

― ambrose (ambrose), Sunday, 17 July 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

but "ethnical" isn't a word!!

are you sure this doesn't just start a thread in some far-flung part of ilx? ask a question about boobies and another question about pictures of kittens

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 17 July 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

Ask why Dave Matthews Band Is So Bad And Hated.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Sunday, 17 July 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

ILX should set up our own service.

― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Sunday, 17 July 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

Ask why Dave Matthews Band Is So Bad And Hated.

There wouldn't be a chance for random googlers here, so the answer would simply come back, "cos they're shit innit"

― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Sunday, 17 July 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)

"hi dere waht is it made?"

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 17 July 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

but if our thread is our answer-service then when random googlers find it and post, ambrose will get a txt sayin "dave mathews roxx ur all gay LOL"

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 17 July 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

whts mst unacceptable thng 2 cm out yr ass?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 17 July 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

HI DO YOU HAVE THE PHONE NUMBER FOR JOHN CENA?

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 17 July 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)

I wonder if they'll refund you the money if they can't answer the question

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 17 July 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)

A couple of months ago during a drunken night out, I asked them for Kylie's phone number. They said they weren't allowed to give out personal details but that according to her fan site, the best contact address was that of her management company (which they gave me). At the time I was hugely impressed. But like I say, I was drunk.

― JimD (JimD), Sunday, 17 July 2005 21:39 (twenty years ago)

Rest In Peace question mark. Wish we could say it's been nice having you around.

I like this. The WAR on QUESTIONS.

― Michael Philip Philip Philip Avoidant (Ferg), Sunday, 17 July 2005 21:41 (twenty years ago)

bbbbut ethnically is a word!

haha it is possible they just use ilx, the people who work there, it seems just work from home. i think it must be the best job (worst paid?) ever! you just sit there, some goon texts you with some question, you ask around here then mistype an answer back!

― ambrose (ambrose), Sunday, 17 July 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

Q How do you calculate what historic prices are worth today? eg 10000 pounds in 1994 is worth how much in 2005?

ok so you told me the answer to my hypothetical example, and the name of a technique, but not an easy formula or anything to do it. hmmm

Isn't it just a little optimistic to expect an in-depth answer to this in a single text message?

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Sunday, 17 July 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)

i dont know, i dont understand it, i was hoping there was a simple formula or some shit. stupid people like me need help....from AQA

― ambrose (ambrose), Sunday, 17 July 2005 22:03 (twenty years ago)

yo ucant anticipate what sort of answers a question will give, when you er....dont know the answer! and generally, if you dont know the answer, that might prompt you to...ask the question? ad infinitum

― ambrose (ambrose), Sunday, 17 July 2005 22:04 (twenty years ago)

Q: "can any equations of the form x^n + y^n = z^n (where n is any number greater than 2) be solved?"
A: "Cuius rei demonstrationem mirabilem sane detexi hanc txti exguitas non caperet"

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 17 July 2005 22:10 (twenty years ago)

Do you want to know anything?

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 18 July 2005 10:33 (twenty years ago)

but surely there is no simple formula for working out the Retail Price Index.. because it's a statistic the changes each year that involves the economic growth/inflation of each year?? it's not going to be like "every year it goes up by 2%" (you can estimate an average but i'd imagine it fluctuates a lot?)

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 18 July 2005 10:43 (twenty years ago)

they can only answer in 128 characters, or however many it is fit into a single text message, so a detailed answer to a question like how to work out equivalent monetary amounts wouldn't be possible (obv a formula would but i guess they didn't find one). it's people working from home wherever in the world they are whenever they have time/feel like it basically, yeah. they log on and choose a question to answer and they get paid about 28p for each one they answer. you can ask them philosophical questions or names of characters from 70s kids tv shows or whatever, and they'll do their best to come back with an answer that will help you. someone i was with asked them what was the music from a certain ad, but they didn't know. no idea if she got her cash back...

― emsk, Monday, 18 July 2005 10:50 (twenty years ago)

I wonder if they can tell me what a Badger Bag is.

― MIS Information (kate), Monday, 18 July 2005 10:50 (twenty years ago)

You don't work it out, Ken, the figures for each year are published so you just take them and do the maths.

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 18 July 2005 10:51 (twenty years ago)

I'm going to out myself here as an AQA researcher. It's such a fantastic job, I love it.

As mentioned above, the biggest skill (aside from the research itself) is condensing as much info as possible into 153 characters. Plus, of course, convincing yourself that 28p per question is good money, especially when some questions can take a while to answer.

But it is highly addictive - some of the questions people ask teeter on the edge of digusting, but mostly it's intellgent people, off their heads, wanting erudite answers.

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Monday, 18 July 2005 10:59 (twenty years ago)

Do you worry a lot about giving incorrect answers?
How's the pay?

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:07 (twenty years ago)

How do you become an AQA researcher?

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:11 (twenty years ago)

Doesn't "outing" yourself require you tell us your name?

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:13 (twenty years ago)

Or at least that you're gay.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:17 (twenty years ago)

Doesn't "outing" yourself require you tell us your name?

That's 28p, please.

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Monday, 18 July 2005 11:17 (twenty years ago)

How do you become an AQA researcher?

Go HERE and click on Vacancies.

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Monday, 18 July 2005 11:19 (twenty years ago)

In Portugal there were these ads for a txt message thingie where you called, played them a random choon for a few secs, and then you'd get a txt message back telling you what song it was. I was alawys tempted, but not quite tempted enough.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:19 (twenty years ago)

That's here in the UK - it's called SHAZAM. The number is 2580 ("straight down the middle of yer mobile" etc.)

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Monday, 18 July 2005 11:20 (twenty years ago)

Do you worry a lot about giving incorrect answers?

If you can't find the answer to a question, or you are unsure, you pass it on to the next researcher. I would say because of this system that an incorrect answer is incredibly rare.

How's the pay?
28p per question (at this time).

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Monday, 18 July 2005 11:21 (twenty years ago)

How's the pay?
28p per question (at this time).

Assuming 2.5 mins per question, that's £6.72ph, or £13,104 pro rata. Assuming you can just dive in whenever you fancy, that's not rubbish for a second job. Can you just dive in when you fancy, or do you have to do so many hours a week? Is there always a regular flow of questions so that you'll never be hanging around if you want to answer one? And if not, how do they decide who gets the choice slots - Monday and Saturday nights, I would guess.

― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:33 (twenty years ago)

You don't work it out, Ken, the figures for each year are published so you just take them and do the maths.
-- Markelby (boyincorduro...), July 18th, 2005 11:51 AM. (Mark C) (later)

yeah mark that's what i meant!

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:37 (twenty years ago)

i texted them one morning to ask them what time the sun was going to rise, and they texted back telling me the time 2 minutes after the sun had risen. useless.

― pete b. (pete b.), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:39 (twenty years ago)

"what is teabagging?"

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:39 (twenty years ago)

"what kind of pants are you wearing?"

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:40 (twenty years ago)

Is Cambridgeshire in East Anglia?

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:40 (twenty years ago)

To Come Back Johnny B:

There's no guaranteed regular flow of questions that would keep someone going from 9-5, for example. There are very busy periods (think: drinking times) such as Friday nights and Saturdays, and also any time AQA is mentioned on the radio, TV or in print.
As you're essentially self-employed, you can dip in and out when you want (within reason, i.e. don't leave it months). There's no such thing a slots.

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Monday, 18 July 2005 11:43 (twenty years ago)

So is it really just texting someone who has access to google?

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:43 (twenty years ago)

No - it's texting someone who knows how to use Google. Properly.

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Monday, 18 July 2005 11:45 (twenty years ago)

so how do you send back the answers? is there a system you access (web based?) i wonder if it's possible to do this whilst doing the daytime job...

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:48 (twenty years ago)

It is a web-based system yes. It's theoretically possible to moonlight*, depending on what the installation allowances are at your current place work (i.e. it requires Yahoo Instant Messenger etc).

(*Is there a word for moonlighting, but doing both jobs at the same time? Somebody text 63336.)

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Monday, 18 July 2005 11:52 (twenty years ago)

Can you make do with non-Yahoo but Yahoo-compatible IM programs like GAIM?

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:54 (twenty years ago)

i. is shepherds pie a pie?
ii. is a boiled egg a pie?
iii. is a pyramid (w.intact mummy therein) a pie?

warning: the answers shall determine whether AQA can be trusted with any less serious controversy

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:54 (twenty years ago)

Can you make do with non-Yahoo but Yahoo-compatible IM programs like GAIM?

As long as all the other researchers using YIM could talk to you via this, then I guess so.

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Monday, 18 July 2005 12:01 (twenty years ago)

oh, and i thought it was THIS aqa, http://www.aqa.org.uk/

― Britain's Jauntiest Shepherd (Alan), Monday, 18 July 2005 12:01 (twenty years ago)

aw i thought it was this AQA..

http://www.lenemusic.com

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 18 July 2005 12:04 (twenty years ago)

is there a guarenteed turnaround time for the questions asked on AQA? like you do with the Freedom of Information thing?

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 18 July 2005 12:05 (twenty years ago)

like you do with the Freedom of Information thing?

What's that?

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Monday, 18 July 2005 12:06 (twenty years ago)

i. is shepherds pie a pie?
ii. is a boiled egg a pie?
iii. is a pyramid (w.intact mummy therein) a pie?

A pie is a baked dish with a filling - hot or cold, savoury or sweet - topped with a crust of pastry or potato. Therefore only the Shepherd's Pie is a true pie.

(160 characters)

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Monday, 18 July 2005 12:12 (twenty years ago)

What's that?

YOU'RE the one who's supposed to know all the answers!

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Monday, 18 July 2005 12:17 (twenty years ago)

*crosses AQA off list of potential pie-wars allies*

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 18 July 2005 12:26 (twenty years ago)

and your stock 160-char reply to each of these?

"why are we here?"

"is there a god?"

"where can we go for more drink?"

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 18 July 2005 12:28 (twenty years ago)

Could an all powerful God create something which they could not destroy?

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Monday, 18 July 2005 12:32 (twenty years ago)

Do I have to declare this income?

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Monday, 18 July 2005 12:34 (twenty years ago)

I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, SECRET AQA MAN!

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 18 July 2005 12:42 (twenty years ago)

I want my 28ps worth.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:30 (twenty years ago)

and your stock 160-char reply to each of these?
"why are we here?"
"is there a god?"
"where can we go for more drink?"

There are stock answers, I'll post them in later.

Do I have to declare this income?
By law, all income - ALL INCOME - must be declared. By law. All freelancers must know this law and apply it every day.

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Monday, 18 July 2005 13:36 (twenty years ago)

I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, SECRET AQA MAN!

Rumbled.

― Derek Griffiths, Monday, 18 July 2005 13:36 (twenty years ago)

wow! aqa jobs seem to rock! how do you prove in an application that you can find the answers? do you need to have internet researchy type jobs prior?

― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 18 July 2005 16:09 (twenty years ago)

answers to pie Qs prove no qualifications/correctness of answer reqd

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 18 July 2005 17:06 (twenty years ago)

*Why* must you remain anonymous?

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Monday, 18 July 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

korrekt answers =
i. yes
ii. yes
iii. yes

Say this: a pie is a delicious filling wrapped in a crunchy wraparound shell, except sometimes when the shell is a. not wraparound and b. not crunchy

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 18 July 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

a pie is a delicious filling wrapped in a crunchy wraparound shell, except sometimes when the shell is a. not wraparound and b. not crunchy

Surely a pie does not have to be wraparound, vis a vis Shepherd's Pie, say, or perhaps Cottage Pie. Or any other pie that's not wraparound. It's wraparoundedness being no qualification of it's pieness, hence (ii) and (iii) are not true.

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Tuesday, 19 July 2005 08:21 (twenty years ago)

*Why* must you remain anonymous?

It all adds to the image that we're darkly obsessive researchers, lurking in dusty libraries in Cairo or perhaps Lisbon, ready to explode in sexual splendour at any moment by shaking down our brunette locks and kicking off our stock-issue librarian spectacles.

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Tuesday, 19 July 2005 08:24 (twenty years ago)

shit thats my profile exactly. i better sign up

― ambrose (ambrose), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 08:31 (twenty years ago)

you mean that's NOT TRUE???

All my dreams are shattered.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 08:42 (twenty years ago)

shepherds pie and cottage pie both come in bi-form shells viz crunchy potato above and crunchy ceramic (or enamelled metal) below - neither element of the shell is wraparound in itself, but being wrapped while cooked is in the nature of pie

exceptions which prove the rule by actually bein tarts =
i. lemon meringue pie (as the meringue is not always covering and sometimes more foamy than crunchy)
ii. key lime pie (possibly no "top" covering at all, though the surface of the "key lime" bit sometimes has a skin
iii. custard pie = in the uk we anyway just call this (korrektly) a custard

also a tart = pyramid on the rare occasions where the mummy is sat atop the pointy bit

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 09:06 (twenty years ago)

How do I get a job doing this?

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 09:08 (twenty years ago)

Ie what do I put in my email to get accepted?

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 09:11 (twenty years ago)

put it in a crunchy bi-form shell

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 09:24 (twenty years ago)

Hang on, some guy with a dirty hat and a bullwhip is kicking up a stink at the fines desk in the North Wing. I'll get back to you in a bit.

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Tuesday, 19 July 2005 09:25 (twenty years ago)

is that one of the standard 153 character answers?

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 09:53 (twenty years ago)

perhaps it's the answer to "is there a god".

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:24 (twenty years ago)

OK, here is a question.

If a male marries a woman with a title of the Peerage, does he also get a title?

I know that if a man marries a created Baronness, he does not get an honourific. But what about hereditary peerages where a female is last of the line? The title would pass to her children, but what of her husband?

(Don't ask me why I need to know these things. I just do. And not just because I am Baronness of Chester.)

― Rum, Sodomy and the LAN (kate), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:29 (twenty years ago)

No one knows the finer points of Salic law, do they? I am going to have to waste 28p on finding this out. What's the number I text?

― Rum, Sodomy and the LAN (kate), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:35 (twenty years ago)

A pound! Not even 28p. Blimey, I've not got that much money.

― Rum, Sodomy and the LAN (kate), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:38 (twenty years ago)

"if girls who are boys who like boys to be girls who do boys like they’re girls who do girls like they’re boys, should he or she always be someone you really love?"

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 12:39 (twenty years ago)

Is it true that with equestrian statues, one raised hoof means the horse was wounded in battle and two raised hooves mean it died in battle?

Kate, I'm pretty sure men who marry hereditary peers or their daughters don't get any title at all.

― beanz (beanz), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 12:52 (twenty years ago)

I was told once that the position of a horse's hooves on an equestrian statue indicates the way the person featured riding said horse died. This could be wrong.

― sgs (sgs), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 12:54 (twenty years ago)

Seriously I want this job I could do it while I do my current job.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 12:57 (twenty years ago)

Actually, I found the answer to my question on Wikipedia!

Great Britain and Spain, where also females are allowed to succeed, are today continuing this old model of succession law. In most medieval Western European feudal fiefs, females (such as daughters and sisters) were allowed to succeed, brothers failing, but usually the husband of the heiress became the real lord and most often also got title, iure uxoris.

― Rum, Sodomy and the LAN (kate), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 12:58 (twenty years ago)

Sgs - that would make more sense. I think I might call the College of Arms later.
Kate - Interesting. I think I might call Debrett's later.

― beanz (beanz), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 13:04 (twenty years ago)

How do I get a job doing this?

The details are in this thread somewhere. I know they're doing a big jobs drive in August, so now is a good time to apply. Just tell them you love typing and intermanet and shit.

But don't expect to make a living out of it.

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Tuesday, 19 July 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

but usually the husband of the heiress became the real lord and most often also got title, iure uxoris.

ilxoris??!!??!

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 13:23 (twenty years ago)

are you allowed to put hugs and kisses at the end of the texts??

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 13:23 (twenty years ago)

The fascinating thing, for me, is the whole 28p concept - a definable amount that the information given is actually worth.

It's a bit Philip K Dick - a direct exchange of a precise unit of currency (28 pence) for a precise amount of information (153 characters). It's, like, the future.

Lots of love, FWMRA xxxxxxx(post)

― For We Must Remain Anonymous, Tuesday, 19 July 2005 13:26 (twenty years ago)

four weeks pass...

they are recruiting!

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/BJ685.html

UK and Aus only though, for some reason...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 18 August 2005 12:16 (twenty years ago)

Er, any answer to the horse statue question???

― Rumpie, Thursday, 18 August 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

I could only find contradictory answers on the internet (web in lies shockah) and never did call anybody who might know irl.

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 18 August 2005 14:22 (twenty years ago)

i asked AQA about the origins of the placename "Intake" which appears in both Leeds and Sheffield (yes i was drunk in a bar on a friday night wit teachers from Intake school) and got my first AQA rejection. they just said they were unable to find out but guessed that it was somethign to do with watercourse

― ambrose (ambrose), Thursday, 18 August 2005 14:28 (twenty years ago)

That's not really an answer then - did it still cost you?

― Rumpie, Thursday, 18 August 2005 14:38 (twenty years ago)

Personally I'd have thought that Intake would be derived from or linked to the word 'wapentake'.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 18 August 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

the horse statue question - ie False apparently

― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 18 August 2005 14:48 (twenty years ago)

well i imagine that you get charged when you send the initial text, so once thats charged to you they would have to refund that, i dont think they would bother.

forest pines, thats great! id never heard that term before, it definately seems like a strrong contender, but toponymy is prettyy weird so who knows

― ambrose (ambrose), Thursday, 18 August 2005 14:56 (twenty years ago)

I read somewhere else (but where?) that it was true in the UK and colonies at the time though
xpost

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:00 (twenty years ago)

i thought premium txt can only charge you when THEY send you a txt. so it'd only cost £1 after they reply to you

(the txt you send to them is a subscription to their service)

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:07 (twenty years ago)

ok. THIS THING IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Who are the members of the band red bull dozers, from london?"

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:10 (twenty years ago)

AQA: 'Red Bull Dozers' consists of only one man, Ken Chu. Sometimes his friend M4rtyn, L1z D4plyn, Mar14nna, N4l & P4tr1ck join him to play as a band.

HOW DID THEY FIND THIS OUT?!??!?!

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:12 (twenty years ago)

― ambrose (ambrose), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:14 (twenty years ago)

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22Red+Bull+Dozers%22&btnG=Search&meta=

― theantmustdance (theantmustdance), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:26 (twenty years ago)

aha!!!!

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

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