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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+<title>Status 503</title>
+<style>
+	body {
+		margin: 0 auto;
+		padding: 0;
+		width: 85%;
+		font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
+	}
+	</style>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+<h1>Bad timing!</h1>
+<p>Seems you're trying to access me during my daily backup window.  Don't worry though, I should be up and running again very soon.</p>
+<p>My average backup window duration is about 15 minutes during which time I'm
+quite busy encrypting and then copying your super-important files to my secure
+hiding place so they stay safe in case anything ever happens to me!</p>
+<h3><em>I'm really sorry for the delay.  Please try me again soon!</em></h3>
+</body>
+
+</html>
