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  • alan-l
    Confirmed User
    • May 2003
    • 2477

    #51
    woj!

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    • Nismo
      Confirmed User
      • May 2002
      • 4977

      #52
      Programs rely on innovative webmasters to bring traffic from all sorts of sources.

      This will never change.
      i buy massive xxx dating traffic.

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      • cyber_ninja
        Twerk That Ass
        • Jul 2001
        • 2197

        #53
        i agree with damagex

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        • V_RocKs
          Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
          • Nov 2003
          • 32451

          #54
          Originally posted by DamageX
          You should REALLY take the time to read the entire thread...
          And you should learn why Apple doesn't make its own processors... Or why GM buys car parts from other people... Or why the greese in bearings isn't made by the people who fabricated the bearings... Or why book publishers don't make the glue that holds the books together... Or why GFY doesn't just post its own ads... and everyother affiliate doesn't just create its own board... or...

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          • DamageX
            Marketing & Strategy
            • Jun 2001
            • 14293

            #55
            Originally posted by V_RocKs
            I guess I am not school me... I am sure you will say something like, from a traffic source, that is actually an aggrigator of traffic from other sources...
            You're psychic, aren't you?

            Anyway, you mentioned affiliates, all types of adult sites, 404 traffic and search engines. You omitted purchased traffic, which I was referring to in the first place.
            Whitehat is for chumps

            If you don't do it, somebody else will - true story!

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            • mrthumbs
              salad tossing sig guy
              • Apr 2002
              • 11702

              #56
              A staff member can never replace a motivated affiliate. Never.

              And besides: im a fucking idiot.. nex to adwords i wouldnt have a clue where to pull traffic from. Every project i have running is based on affiliates as its engine.

              I would be lost!!

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              • V_RocKs
                Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
                • Nov 2003
                • 32451

                #57
                Right, and where do you think purchased traffic comes from? It is aggrigated from the afformentioned places I specified.

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                • DamageX
                  Marketing & Strategy
                  • Jun 2001
                  • 14293

                  #58
                  Originally posted by V_RocKs
                  And you should learn why Apple doesn't make its own processors... Or why GM buys car parts from other people... Or why the greese in bearings isn't made by the people who fabricated the bearings... Or why book publishers don't make the glue that holds the books together... Or why GFY doesn't just post its own ads... and everyother affiliate doesn't just create its own board... or...
                  There's a graph that illustrates the advantages of producing in-house versus buying, versus outsourcing. I'll try locating it. Simply, it deals with an economy-of-scale concept. However, it applies to most manufacturing industries and not the online adult industry.
                  Whitehat is for chumps

                  If you don't do it, somebody else will - true story!

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                  • DamageX
                    Marketing & Strategy
                    • Jun 2001
                    • 14293

                    #59
                    Originally posted by V_RocKs
                    Right, and where do you think purchased traffic comes from? It is aggrigated from the afformentioned places I specified.
                    See, I told you you were psychic.

                    Yes, it's aggregated from the abovementioned sources. You didn't get my point though, so I won't draw out this argument anymore.
                    Whitehat is for chumps

                    If you don't do it, somebody else will - true story!

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                    • Nismo
                      Confirmed User
                      • May 2002
                      • 4977

                      #60
                      Affiliate programs were opened for 1 main reason: make money off of affiliates.
                      i buy massive xxx dating traffic.

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                      • jovigirl
                        Confirmed User
                        • Apr 2003
                        • 1796

                        #61
                        DamageX contact me
                        We would probably be interested
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                        • DamageX
                          Marketing & Strategy
                          • Jun 2001
                          • 14293

                          #62
                          Originally posted by Nismo
                          Affiliate programs were opened for 1 main reason: make money off of affiliates.
                          Damn, that makes so much sense... Wonder why I never figured this out until now?
                          Whitehat is for chumps

                          If you don't do it, somebody else will - true story!

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                          • Theo
                            HAL 9000
                            • May 2001
                            • 34515

                            #63
                            lol

                            )))))))))))))

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                            • thewebgarage
                              Confirmed User
                              • Sep 2002
                              • 1002

                              #64
                              bottom line is 2257 should have no affect on non-us webmasters. And there are plenty of very good affiliate programs out there that are also not US owned.
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                              • DamageX
                                Marketing & Strategy
                                • Jun 2001
                                • 14293

                                #65
                                Originally posted by jovigirl
                                DamageX contact me
                                We would probably be interested
                                You've got mail.

                                Originally posted by thewebgarage
                                bottom line is 2257 should have no affect on non-us webmasters. And there are plenty of very good affiliate programs out there that are also not US owned.
                                This is mere speculation. As well as it's speculation to think that non-US affiliate programs may well be shut out of selling to the US. This can go either way, so I'd say your safest bet, in order to keep selling porn to US customers, would be to comply.
                                Whitehat is for chumps

                                If you don't do it, somebody else will - true story!

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                                • V_RocKs
                                  Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
                                  • Nov 2003
                                  • 32451

                                  #66
                                  You didn't get my point... If you don't have affiliates, you don't have TGP's either... or other sources for aggrigating traffic. You think theHun.net is going to host over 3 million hits a day in bandwidth for free?

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                                  • bhutocracy
                                    Not making A Comeback
                                    • Dec 2001
                                    • 10218

                                    #67
                                    affiliates are good.. inhouse people are good. Call me the fucking weaver but this either or argument is stupid... proggies aren't going to get rid of affiliates.. affiliates shouldn't make up 100% of your traffic. done.

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                                    • taibo
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • May 2005
                                      • 3720

                                      #68
                                      see sig.

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                                      • DamageX
                                        Marketing & Strategy
                                        • Jun 2001
                                        • 14293

                                        #69
                                        Originally posted by V_RocKs
                                        You didn't get my point... If you don't have affiliates, you don't have TGP's either...
                                        Not necessarily. However, I think I may have given the wrong impression here, as advocating cutting affiliates loose altogether. Wasn't my intention, of course doing something like that would be utterly stupid, if your current business model is based on affiliates promoting your paysites.

                                        Originally posted by bhutocracy
                                        affiliates are good.. inhouse people are good. Call me the fucking weaver but this either or argument is stupid... proggies aren't going to get rid of affiliates.. affiliates shouldn't make up 100% of your traffic. done.
                                        Spot on.
                                        Whitehat is for chumps

                                        If you don't do it, somebody else will - true story!

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                                        • DamageX
                                          Marketing & Strategy
                                          • Jun 2001
                                          • 14293

                                          #70
                                          Originally posted by taibo
                                          see sig.
                                          You got this whole sig spot thing all wrong. Bad sigwhore.
                                          Whitehat is for chumps

                                          If you don't do it, somebody else will - true story!

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                                          • V_RocKs
                                            Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
                                            • Nov 2003
                                            • 32451

                                            #71
                                            I think I am finally starting to see your point.. And I agree with it in part. But I guess the underlying fact is that the market will shape itself. Currently most affiliate programs became affiliate programs because they didn't want to do what affiliates do or to escape out of being an affiliate.

                                            Though, I guess with the power of suggesting, a lot of things can change. I am sure there are a lot of smaller spondors out there who'd like to increase their traffic flow and possibly even keep the affiliates around too.

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                                            • DamageX
                                              Marketing & Strategy
                                              • Jun 2001
                                              • 14293

                                              #72
                                              Originally posted by V_RocKs
                                              I think I am finally starting to see your point.. And I agree with it in part. But I guess the underlying fact is that the market will shape itself. Currently most affiliate programs became affiliate programs because they didn't want to do what affiliates do or to escape out of being an affiliate.

                                              Though, I guess with the power of suggesting, a lot of things can change. I am sure there are a lot of smaller spondors out there who'd like to increase their traffic flow and possibly even keep the affiliates around too.
                                              My point exactly. Lots of sponsors have, by now, quite a decent amount of freehosted galleries, either created by them as FHG's, or created by affiliates and freehosted by the sponsors themselves. Now, this would mean quite an amount of 404, which most sponsors sell to brokers or whatnot. Now, imagine you had a crew of 10 people, all working at shaping up trading sites, couldn't you put that 404 to better use?

                                              One of the reasons why I think many sponsors have done this yet is because doing this would mean either taking time off from what they're currently doing (namely managing the business) and teaching staff how to grow sites (many sponsors have histories of TGP-ing and CJ-ing), or hiring staff who already knows what to do. Most people who already know what they're doing won't come cheap. Taking time off from managing the business to train staff might end them up with a higher alternative cost. Basically, people like sticking to what they do best and makes them most money.

                                              What I'm thinking here is, has it ever occured to anyone that they could hire someone to train their staff?
                                              Whitehat is for chumps

                                              If you don't do it, somebody else will - true story!

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                                              • DamageX
                                                Marketing & Strategy
                                                • Jun 2001
                                                • 14293

                                                #73
                                                More opinions, please?
                                                Whitehat is for chumps

                                                If you don't do it, somebody else will - true story!

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                                                • devilspost
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Feb 2004
                                                  • 3980

                                                  #74
                                                  You ever tried to train a bunch of lazy morons? Workers that call in sick, steal etc.. Fuck that LOL

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                                                  • devilspost
                                                    Confirmed User
                                                    • Feb 2004
                                                    • 3980

                                                    #75
                                                    Oh I see, you would go in and do training seminars for a company get paid trying to teach thier workers how to get traffic?

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                                                    • Roald
                                                      SecretFriends.com
                                                      • May 2001
                                                      • 27910

                                                      #76
                                                      aren't quite some programs doing this allready next to having regular affiliates?


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                                                      • Rui
                                                        web
                                                        • Dec 2001
                                                        • 9533

                                                        #77
                                                        This is a flawed idea, what makes you think that the people that get results done (mind you with several sponsors) would want to downgrade to a monthly paycheck for much less money...

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                                                        • Pete-KT
                                                          Workin With The Devil
                                                          • Oct 2004
                                                          • 51532

                                                          #78
                                                          DamageX can you please contact me on icq

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                                                          • DamageX
                                                            Marketing & Strategy
                                                            • Jun 2001
                                                            • 14293

                                                            #79
                                                            Originally posted by devilspost
                                                            You ever tried to train a bunch of lazy morons? Workers that call in sick, steal etc.. Fuck that LOL
                                                            Yes, I have.

                                                            Originally posted by Rui
                                                            This is a flawed idea, what makes you think that the people that get results done (mind you with several sponsors) would want to downgrade to a monthly paycheck for much less money...
                                                            Someone's starting to use them greys.

                                                            Originally posted by Rui
                                                            This is a flawed idea, what makes you think that the people that get results done (mind you with several sponsors) would want to downgrade to a monthly paycheck for much less money...
                                                            Who said anything about people downgrading? Hire new staff and train them to do a job and do it well.
                                                            Whitehat is for chumps

                                                            If you don't do it, somebody else will - true story!

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                                                            • Nicky
                                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                              • Mar 2003
                                                              • 30071

                                                              #80
                                                              could work, but as an affiliate my self I rather not see it work

                                                              gfynicky @ gmail.com

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                                                              • DamageX
                                                                Marketing & Strategy
                                                                • Jun 2001
                                                                • 14293

                                                                #81
                                                                Originally posted by Pete-KT
                                                                DamageX can you please contact me on icq
                                                                Pete, sorry, I no longer use ICQ. It got to the point where I could no longer get anything done due to it interfering with my work all the time. Shoot me an e-mail to damagex at damagex dot com or leave me your e-mail here and I'll contact you. Sorry for the inconvenience.
                                                                Whitehat is for chumps

                                                                If you don't do it, somebody else will - true story!

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                                                                • Mpegmaster
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Nov 2002
                                                                  • 2300

                                                                  #82
                                                                  LOL what about the 6 months of orders you already have :P

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                                                                  • DamageX
                                                                    Marketing & Strategy
                                                                    • Jun 2001
                                                                    • 14293

                                                                    #83
                                                                    Originally posted by Nicky
                                                                    could work, but as an affiliate my self I rather not see it work
                                                                    Affiliate programs will never go away. They might just change shape, but they'll never go away altogether.
                                                                    Whitehat is for chumps

                                                                    If you don't do it, somebody else will - true story!

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                                                                    • Rui
                                                                      web
                                                                      • Dec 2001
                                                                      • 9533

                                                                      #84
                                                                      Originally posted by DamageX
                                                                      Who said anything about people downgrading? Hire new staff and train them to do a job and do it well.
                                                                      I was talking about hiring people that know what they are doing, don't tell me you actualy belive somebody "trained" can do as good as somebody with +5 years of experience...

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                                                                      • DamageX
                                                                        Marketing & Strategy
                                                                        • Jun 2001
                                                                        • 14293

                                                                        #85
                                                                        Originally posted by Rui
                                                                        I was talking about hiring people that know what they are doing, don't tell me you actualy belive somebody "trained" can do as good as somebody with +5 years of experience...
                                                                        There's no such thing as a stupid student, only stupid teachers whose methods stink.
                                                                        Whitehat is for chumps

                                                                        If you don't do it, somebody else will - true story!

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                                                                        • Quotealex
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Sep 2001
                                                                          • 6265

                                                                          #86
                                                                          Originally posted by DamageX
                                                                          My point exactly. Lots of sponsors have, by now, quite a decent amount of freehosted galleries, either created by them as FHG's, or created by affiliates and freehosted by the sponsors themselves. Now, this would mean quite an amount of 404, which most sponsors sell to brokers or whatnot. Now, imagine you had a crew of 10 people, all working at shaping up trading sites, couldn't you put that 404 to better use?

                                                                          One of the reasons why I think many sponsors have done this yet is because doing this would mean either taking time off from what they're currently doing (namely managing the business) and teaching staff how to grow sites (many sponsors have histories of TGP-ing and CJ-ing), or hiring staff who already knows what to do. Most people who already know what they're doing won't come cheap. Taking time off from managing the business to train staff might end them up with a higher alternative cost. Basically, people like sticking to what they do best and makes them most money.

                                                                          What I'm thinking here is, has it ever occured to anyone that they could hire someone to train their staff?

                                                                          And once you train these staff, don't you think the good ones will leave the company when they find out they can make more money on their own!

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                                                                          • DamageX
                                                                            Marketing & Strategy
                                                                            • Jun 2001
                                                                            • 14293

                                                                            #87
                                                                            Originally posted by Alex from Montreal
                                                                            And once you train these staff, don't you think the good ones will leave the company when they find out they can make more money on their own!
                                                                            How often do good salesmen leave the stores they work for, to make more on their own? Some people are never suited for being entrepreneurial, they'd rather see a solid paycheck come in every week. They're not cut out to take the risk of going on their own and no longer having the guarantee of making rent every month. Just because this industry is full of entrepreneurial type people doesn't mean that some wouldn't prefer a job instead.
                                                                            Whitehat is for chumps

                                                                            If you don't do it, somebody else will - true story!

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                                                                            • Rui
                                                                              web
                                                                              • Dec 2001
                                                                              • 9533

                                                                              #88
                                                                              Originally posted by DamageX
                                                                              There's no such thing as a stupid student, only stupid teachers whose methods stink.
                                                                              Thats wishfull thinking to say the least

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                                                                              • Pete-KT
                                                                                Workin With The Devil
                                                                                • Oct 2004
                                                                                • 51532

                                                                                #89
                                                                                Originally posted by DamageX
                                                                                Pete, sorry, I no longer use ICQ. It got to the point where I could no longer get anything done due to it interfering with my work all the time. Shoot me an e-mail to damagex at damagex dot com or leave me your e-mail here and I'll contact you. Sorry for the inconvenience.
                                                                                email me please PeteKT at samscash.com

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                                                                                • kuthi123
                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                  • Jan 2005
                                                                                  • 6478

                                                                                  #90
                                                                                  design nothing do with traffic, and your design work is worster than $65" designers

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                                                                                  • exportyourbiz-com
                                                                                    Confirmed User
                                                                                    • May 2005
                                                                                    • 141

                                                                                    #91
                                                                                    Originally posted by DamageX
                                                                                    Not necessarily. However, I think I may have given the wrong impression here, as advocating cutting affiliates loose altogether.
                                                                                    "So, isn't it about time you guys built your own traffic and lost the hassle
                                                                                    of dealing with every damn whining affiliate? Think about it, have a bunch of
                                                                                    people on your staff, building TGP's/MGP's/galleries/free sites, only for you.
                                                                                    You wouldn't have to rely on affiliates to get your signups."

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                                                                                    • exportyourbiz-com
                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                      • May 2005
                                                                                      • 141

                                                                                      #92
                                                                                      Originally posted by DamageX
                                                                                      There's no such thing as a stupid student, only stupid teachers whose methods stink.
                                                                                      If you actually knew enough about generating traffic to be able to teach Joe Blow off the street how to outperform the top affiliates in the industry you wouldn't be designing $300 TGP's.

                                                                                      Next.

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                                                                                      • Rui
                                                                                        web
                                                                                        • Dec 2001
                                                                                        • 9533

                                                                                        #93
                                                                                        Originally posted by exportyourbiz-com
                                                                                        If you actually knew enough about generating traffic to be able to teach Joe Blow off the street how to outperform the top affiliates in the industry you wouldn't be designing $300 TGP's.

                                                                                        Next.
                                                                                        While I disagree with most of his "ideas" on this subject I don't think he was impliying he would be the one teaching people

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                                                                                        • Series
                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                          • Jul 2004
                                                                                          • 946

                                                                                          #94
                                                                                          Originally posted by exportyourbiz-com
                                                                                          If you actually knew enough about generating traffic to be able to teach Joe Blow off the street how to outperform the top affiliates in the industry you wouldn't be designing $300 TGP's.

                                                                                          Next.
                                                                                          Heh... he does do a bit more than that

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                                                                                          • exportyourbiz-com
                                                                                            Confirmed User
                                                                                            • May 2005
                                                                                            • 141

                                                                                            #95
                                                                                            Originally posted by Rui
                                                                                            While I disagree with most of his "ideas" on this subject I don't think he was impliying he would be the one teaching people
                                                                                            Even if it's not him, what would posess somebody with the kind of knowledge to participate in something like this?

                                                                                            If you are at the top of the elite pile when it comes to any and all methods of generating traffic you won't want to be travelling around teaching your methods to others without a MASSIVE pay-off which would obviously have to be written by the sponsor... say bye-bye to your increased profit margins from canning affiliates.

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                                                                                            • exportyourbiz-com
                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                              • May 2005
                                                                                              • 141

                                                                                              #96
                                                                                              I've already been down this road before and it ends in an inescapable catch-22.

                                                                                              The sponsors that can afford the services don't need them.
                                                                                              The sponsors that need the services can't afford them.

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                                                                                              • Rui
                                                                                                web
                                                                                                • Dec 2001
                                                                                                • 9533

                                                                                                #97
                                                                                                Originally posted by exportyourbiz-com
                                                                                                I've already been down this road before and it ends in an inescapable catch-22.

                                                                                                The sponsors that can afford the services don't need them.
                                                                                                The sponsors that need the services can't afford them.
                                                                                                I also said something among those lines ;)

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                                                                                                • exportyourbiz-com
                                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                                  • May 2005
                                                                                                  • 141

                                                                                                  #98
                                                                                                  Traffic is also a zero-sum game.

                                                                                                  If you teach more and more people your methods the smaller the pie gets and the less people will be willing to pay you.

                                                                                                  Focusing on something like increasing member retention & cross sales gives you much more scalability.

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                                                                                                  • Pretty_Lara
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                                                                                                    • Oct 2002
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                                                                                                    #99
                                                                                                    it is impossible
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                                                                                                    • fireorange
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                                                                                                      • Jan 2005
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                                                                                                      #100

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