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I figured I should have a website, because that’s what everybody was doing. – Dave Portnoy
I figured I should have a website, because that’s what everybody was doing.
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No matter what I do, I can’t help but feel that I’m under a microscope. Some of it is completely silly, and some of it is meant to be hurtful. For example, a website accumulated all of my music videos to point out perceived Illuminati images. I loved that one. Of course, it was all ridiculous but funny.
Steve Aoki

Whether you’re five or 50, life should be an adventure. The following quotes will inspire you to get out there and live your life on the edge.

You don’t need to be Indiana Jones to have an adventure. Just try to get outside of your comfort zone.

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Adventure Quotes

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Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry.
-Jack Kerouac

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We must take adventures in order to know where we truly belong.
-Unknown

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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
-George Eliot

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Have less. Do more. Be more.
-Unknown

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A man practices the art of adventure when he heroically faces up to life. When he has the daring to open doors to new experiences. When he is unafraid of new ideas, new theories and new philosophies. When he has the curiosity to experiment. When he breaks the chain of routine.
-Wilfred Peterson


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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
-Mark Twain

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Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures.
-Lovelle Drachman

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If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.
-Paulo Coelho

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What good is living the life you’ve been given if all you do is stand in one place?
-Lord Huron

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Always do what you are afraid to do.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!
-Friedrich Nietzsche

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But why think about that when all the golden lands ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you’re alive to see?
– Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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Take the long way home.
-Unknown

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Unexpected adventure makes for a better story.
-Lynn O’Rourke

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Adventure is worthwhile.
-Amelia Earhart

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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
-Helen Keller

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If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.
-Unknown

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Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.
-J.K. Rowling

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The one who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone, is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
-Albert Einstein

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May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.
-Trenton Lee Stewart

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We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
-Jawaharlal Nehru

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All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.
-Walt Disney

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One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.
-William Feather

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You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of shore.
-Christopher Columbus

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A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourists can in a hundred miles.
-Edward Abbey

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Adventure without risk is Disneyland.
-Doug Coupland

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If things seem under control, you are just not going fast enough.
-Mario Andretti

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The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
-Oprah Winfrey

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A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short.
-Bertrand Rusell

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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
-Henry David Thoreau

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You know you are truly alive when you’re living among lions.
-Karen Blixen

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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
-Gilbert K. Chesterton

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If you don’t take risks, you’ll have a wasted soul.
-Drew Barrymore

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Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.
-Alan Sachs

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Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.
-Cindy Ross

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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
-Henry David Thoreau

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Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
-Alexandre Dumas

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Somebody ought to tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit every minute of every day. Do it, I say, whatever you want to do, do it now.
-Michael Landon

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Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.
-Irving Wallace

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Life is a blank canvas, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can.
-Danny Kaye

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The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.
-Michael Althsuler

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To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one’s self…. And to venture in the highest is precisely to be conscious of one’s self.
-Søren Kierkegaard

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It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
-Thomas Alva Edison

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The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
-Joseph Campbell

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I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship.
-Louisa May Alcott

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Always remember, it’s simply not an adventure worth telling if there aren’t any dragons.
-Sarah Ban Breathnach

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50 Inspirational Quotes for When Your Mood Could Use a Boost
These short positive sayings can work wonders.

BY CAROLINE PICARD
Feb 19, 2021
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Put life in perspective with some short yet sage pieces of advice. These wise and beautiful words from your favorite positive thinkers will get you in the right mindset to tackle whatever obstacles lie ahead. Inspirational quotes from successful people like Oprah, Helen Keller, and Maya Angelou can help you reframe negative thoughts during tough times and change your attitude so you feel refreshed and motivated. Whether you’re hoping to achieve success at work, home, or life in general, establishing the right intentions can help you stay positive and optimistic during the challenges fate can throw your way.

If you’re short on time, there’s no need to dig through your favorite books for a little pick-me-up. These inspirational quotes for life and success will resonate (and fit on your Pinterest board). Authors, scientists, philosophers, and other famous celebrities have revealed the inner mantras that helped them achieve their goals, and these sayings could help you as well. Many focus on embracing what they can control and letting go of what they can’t — a helpful approach when you’re feeling anxious or overwhelmed. Others frame everything in terms of what they can give to others, which can put obstacles in perspective. Some people just try to celebrate the joys of life whenever they can — a reminder many of us could stand to hear more. No matter what you’re feeling or experiencing, here’s hoping these short inspirational quotes can help you get where you want to go.

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How Does the YouTube Algorithm Work? A Guide to Getting More Views
March 07, 2021
The YouTube algorithm decides what people watch on YouTube 70% of the time. And according to Pew Research Center, 81% of American YouTube users say they regularly watch videos recommended by the algorithm.

If you’re a creator working on getting more YouTube views, or a brand building out your YouTube marketing strategy, the platform’s recommendation algorithm counts for a lot. So how do you optimize your channel and videos to work with it, not against it?

YouTube usually isn’t known for being super transparent with creators or advertisers about how the proverbial sausage is made. So in this article we’re going to take a look at the history of YouTube’s priorities when it comes to helping viewers discover new videos. We’re going to lay out how the algorithm works, as well as all the latest YouTube algorithm changes for 2020.

A brief history of the YouTube algorithm
YouTube’s first video was uploaded in 2005. Fifteen years later, people are uploading 500 hours of video to the platform every minute.

How do 2 billion users find what they want to watch? The short answer is that it’s changed over the years. But here’s the long answer, too:

2005-2012: View count (a.k.a. clicks)
For the first seven years, YouTube rewarded videos that got clicks, rather than the ones that kept users engaged.

Obviously, this system had a tendency to show people a lot of clickbait: misleading titles and thumbnails proliferated. Users would click, but then feel tricked, probably a little annoyed, and then abandon videos partway through. Eventually, YouTube realized that their user experience was going down the drain and changed tacks.

2012: Watch time (a.k.a. view duration)
In 2012, the platform announced an update to the discovery system designed to identify the videos people actually want to watch. By prioritizing videos that hold attention throughout (as well as increasing the amount of time a user spends on the platform overall) YouTube could assure advertisers that it was providing a valuable, high-quality experience for people.

Meanwhile, YouTube was also encouraging creators to stop fussing with algorithm optimization (i.e., making videos shorter to get a higher retention rate, or making them longer in order to rack up more watch time).

Instead, as it still does today, YouTube encouraged people to just “make videos people want to watch.”

2016: Machine learning (a.k.a. the algorithm)
In 2016, YouTube released a whitepaper that made some waves. In it, product engineers described the role of deep neural networks and machine learning in the platform’s recommendation system.


YouTube neural networks and machine learning infographic

(Source: Deep Neural Networks for YouTube Recommendations, 2016)

Of course, for all the impressive jargon, this whitepaper wasn’t a tell-all. You can read it, but even if you understand it (or get your smart friend to explain it to you), it’s not the equivalent of Coca-Cola’s secret recipe. (It’s more like if Coca-Cola announced that the reason their beverage is so tasty is because it undergoes a carbonation process and also there is sugar in it.)

At this point, we still don’t know that many details about what’s under the YouTube algorithm’s hood. But we do know that it tracks viewers’ perceived satisfaction to create an addictive, personalized stream of recommendations.

2016-2020: Borderline content, demonetization and brand safety
For the past few years, YouTube has faced plenty of questions about the type of videos its algorithm surfaces and promotes (or doesn’t).

According to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, YouTube is taking its responsibilities seriously, and trying to balance a broad, fair range of opinions with making sure that outright dangerous information doesn’t spread. For instance, YouTube says that algorithm changes in early 2019 have led to 70% less watchtime for “borderline” content. (Borderline content is defined as content that doesn’t quite violate the platform’s community guidelines, but is harmful or misleading.)

It’s a complicated issue because it touches every issue: from white supremacy to the coronavirus. For instance, in March 2020, YouTube creators say the platform was demonetizing videos that so much as alluded to the existence of the coronavirus. YouTube’s position, meanwhile, is that it wants to support a diversity of opinions (i.e., how governments should respond to the coronavirus) but not the dangerous ones (i.e., videos saying the virus is a hoax, or that drinking hand sanitizer will cure it). Wojcicki announced that “when people come to YouTube searching for coronavirus topics, on average 94% of the videos they see in the top 10 results come from high-authority channels.”

Regardless of where you stand, the developments are ongoing, so this is an important discussion for both creators and advertisers to keep informed about.

If you’re a creator, remember that just because the algorithm is rewarding the content you make with high visibility and ad revenue doesn’t mean YouTube won’t turn around and demonetize your channel or video if your content crosses the line into something advertisers find objectionable.

Meanwhile, advertisers need to know that their sneaker ads aren’t funding anti-vaxxers or conspiracy theorists. The YouTube algorithm in its current form is designed to demonetize borderline content, mostly to protect brands. At the same time, YouTube says says it might never be able to guarantee 100% brand safety.

How does the YouTube algorithm work in 2020?
According to YouTube, the algorithm is basically a “real-time feedback loop that tailors videos to each viewer’s different interests.” It decides which videos will get suggested to individual users.

The algorithm’s goals are twofold: find the right video for each viewer, and get viewers to keep watching. Therefore, the algorithm is watching user behavior as closely as it watches video performance.

The two most important places the algorithm impacts are search results and recommendation streams.

How the YouTube algorithm influences search results
Unsurprisingly, the videos you get when you search “carnivorous house plants” will be different from the videos I get when I search “carnivorous house plants.” Search results are based on factors like:

Your video’s metadata (title, description, keywords) and how well those match the user’s query
Your video’s engagement (likes, comments, watch time)
How the YouTube algorithm influences recommended videos
The recommendation stream is a two-fold process for the algorithm.

First, it ranks videos by assigning them a score based on performance analytics data. (Scroll down for our list of all known factors.)

Second, it matches videos to people based on their watch history, and what similar people have watched.

The idea is not to identify “good” videos, but to match viewers with videos that they want to watch. The end goal is that they spend as much time as possible on the platform (and therefore see as many ads as possible.)

For the record, there are three other places the algorithm makes a big impact:

Your YouTube homepage
Trending videos
Your subscriptions
Your notifications
How YouTube determines the algorithm
While we don’t work at Google, here’s a running list of all the different factors that YouTube has mentioned in its various public discussions of the algorithm over the years.

When it ranks a video, the algorithm looks at performance:

Whether people click on a video (a.k.a. impressions vs. views: thumbnail, and title are important, here)
How much time people spend watching a video (watch time, or retention)
How many likes, dislikes, comments or shares a video gets (a.k.a. engagement)
How quickly a video’s popularity snowballs, or doesn’t (this is called view velocity, rate of growth)
How new a video is (new videos may get extra attention in order to give them a chance to snowball)
How often a channel uploads new videos
How much time people spend on the platform after watching a video (session time)
When it matches a video to a potential viewer, the algorithm looks at personalization:

Which channels and topics have they watched in the past?
What have they engaged with in the past?
How much time do they spend watching?
How many times has this video already been surfaced for this person?
What don’t they watch?
7 tips to improve your organic reach on YouTube
Here’s our list of tied and true methods for playing nice with the algorithm.

1. Optimize your video description text
Contrary to popular belief, that block of text underneath your video isn’t just a place to link to your socials (although you should definitely do that, too.) It also helps the algorithm surface your video when users are searching for your topic. So make sure you front-load the first sentence with a clear, keyword-focused description of your video

How does the YouTube algorithm work in 2020?
According to YouTube, the algorithm is basically a “real-time feedback loop that tailors videos to each viewer’s different interests.” It decides which videos will get suggested to individual users.

The algorithm’s goals are twofold: find the right video for each viewer, and get viewers to keep watching. Therefore, the algorithm is watching user behavior as closely as it watches video performance.

The two most important places the algorithm impacts are search results and recommendation streams.

How the YouTube algorithm influences search results
Unsurprisingly, the videos you get when you search “carnivorous house plants” will be different from the videos I get when I search “carnivorous house plants.” Search results are based on factors like:

Your video’s metadata (title, description, keywords) and how well those match the user’s query
Your video’s engagement (likes, comments, watch time)
How the YouTube algorithm influences recommended videos
The recommendation stream is a two-fold process for the algorithm.

First, it ranks videos by assigning them a score based on performance analytics data. (Scroll down for our list of all known factors.)

Second, it matches videos to people based on their watch history, and what similar people have watched.

The idea is not to identify “good” videos, but to match viewers with videos that they want to watch. The end goal is that they spend as much time as possible on the platform (and therefore see as many ads as possible.)

For the record, there are three other places the algorithm makes a big impact:

Your YouTube homepage
Trending videos
Your subscriptions
Your notifications
How YouTube determines the algorithm
While we don’t work at Google, here’s a running list of all the different factors that YouTube has mentioned in its various public discussions of the algorithm over the years.

When it ranks a video, the algorithm looks at performance:

Whether people click on a video (a.k.a. impressions vs. views: thumbnail, and title are important, here)
How much time people spend watching a video (watch time, or retention)
How many likes, dislikes, comments or shares a video gets (a.k.a. engagement)
How quickly a video’s popularity snowballs, or doesn’t (this is called view velocity, rate of growth)
How new a video is (new videos may get extra attention in order to give them a chance to snowball)
How often a channel uploads new videos
How much time people spend on the platform after watching a video (session time)
When it matches a video to a potential viewer, the algorithm looks at personalization:

Which channels and topics have they watched in the past?
What have they engaged with in the past?
How much time do they spend watching?
How many times has this video already been surfaced for this person?
What don’t they watch?
7 tips to improve your organic reach on YouTube
Here’s our list of tied and true methods for playing nice with the algorithm.

1. Optimize your video description text
Contrary to popular belief, that block of text underneath your video isn’t just a place to link to your socials (although you should definitely do that, too.) It also helps the algorithm surface your video when users are searching for your topic. So make sure you front-load the first sentence with a clear, keyword-focused description of your video.Use natural language, not keyword salad

Focus on one or two keywords and repeat them in both your description and title

For more detail, check out our complete guide to SEO-optimized YouTube descriptions, including tips on zeroing in on your keywords.



2. If something works, rinse and repeat

Building leverage on YouTube, as these five unexpectedly interesting YouTube channels have learned, requires paying attention to what your audience wants. That means paying attention to your analytics, but also your gut.



The YouTube algorithm wants to give people more of what they’ve liked in the past. Experiment skillfully, take feedback from your audience, give everyone time to adjust.





Dad How Do I YouTube pays attention to audience needs



(Source: Dad, How Do I?)



For instance, this local dad started a channel during the pandemic lockdown, and his premise—answering questions people might usually ask their dad, if, like him, they don’t have one—has racked up 2.4 million subscribers in two months. It’s a unique, earnest and emotional value offering, and it’s extra-impressive because this channel succeeded in a content vertical (that is, DIY how-to videos) that seemed pretty much saturated.



Also note that he reads picture books once a month, which leads us to conclude that the algorithm rewards those who make their viewers weep.)



3. Publish often

Quantity of videos, and frequency of upload, is an important factor for the algorithm, and YouTube’s home screen especially. (It’s that personalized list of new and interesting videos that’s kind of like Instagram’s Explore page).



If you can increase quantity without losing quality, go for it. The more videos you publish, the better chance you’ll have of hitting the right nerve. Maybe you can turn that one big hit into a series. Or you could introduce a new, low-effort weekly feature that fits into your brand’s established niche; like a Tuesday reaction video or a Wednesday study with me session or a Thursday Twitch stream.



4. Make your videos public when your audience is watching

Recency is an important ranking factor for every social media algorithm we can name (the Instagram algorithm, the Twitter algorithm, the Facebook algorithm), and YouTube is no exception.



YouTube’s notifications feature pings your subscribers when you upload a video, and it’s definitely most effective if that happens when they’re looking for something new to watch.



But on the whole, we recommend taking a look at your YouTube analytics to pick the optimal time of day or week to drop your newest masterpiece. In many cases, this also means scheduling your YouTube videos ahead of time.



5. Keep viewers engaged throughout the whole video

Another key performance metric for the algorithm is view duration. You might see advice that advocates for making your videos shorter or longer, but really, just make them as interesting and fun to watch as you possibly can.



For instance, this six-minute video of a bratty raven chatting at her best friend is solid across the board. Our educated guess is that not just clickability but retention (a.k.a. view duration) helped this video’s views skyrocket. (This was the channel’s breakout video, hitting 4 million views when their average is usually well under a million.)







(Source: FalconryandMe)



Once you’ve charmed people to watch through to the end, you can then go ahead and use end cards and/or playlists (See #6 in our list of ways to get more YouTube views) to suggest that they watch your next video. Because no one needs a recommendation algorithm if people trust your recommendations, right? Right.



6. Engage with your community

We’ll never stop saying this. Reply to your comments. Talk to your people. Just remember that the algorithm “knows” if you’re having meaningful conversations or just paying lip service to bump up your vanity metrics.



If you’re in the position of having too many people to respond to, you can always do an appreciation video. Like this video, where this illiterate fox gets to hear all the compliments people type to him.







(Source: SaveAFox)



If no one sends you tens of thousands of compliments every week about the cute noises you make, that’s ok too. You can skip the video and manage conversations for your channel using Hootsuite. Like so:







7. Turn viewers into subscribers

According to YouTube, your channel’s subscribers provide a bunch of important initial signals that help dictate the success of your video. In other words, these fans are the testing ground—if they love it, the algorithm is more likely to show the video to new eyeballs.



For more tips on how to get free YouTube subscribers, check out our list.



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