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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def get_status_updates(self, startup_id):
 """ Get status updates of a startup """

    return _get_request(_STATUS_U.format(c_api=_C_API_BEGINNING,
                                                             api=_API_VERSION,
                                                             startup_id=startup_id,
                                                             at=self.access_token))