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Urgot Build
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Hello whippers and snappers. I am King Emonerd, but you may call me Emo, everybody calls me Emo. Today, we'll be getting to killin' with one of my favourite champions in the League. Before, he was overlooked, ugly, and no-one cared about him. Lately, he's been seeing a lot more use, and not in the solotop-role, as which he was doomed before. No no, as an AD bruiser on the botlane. Who?
Urgot, the Headsman's Pride
Urgly as hell, he really knows how to hold his lane. His abilities allow him to smack enemies from so far away, which more than makes up for his rediculously short auto-attack range - Morgana attacks from the same range.
Way I play Urgot, is as an AD and Mana-based bruiser. He relies more on his key ability, Acid Hunter, meaning he doesn't benefit from Atk.Spd. or Crit Chance, because Acid Hunter does not apply those. Instead, I build him as a bruiser with a lot of damage, focusing enemies down, and still taking kills when getting focused hard.
Please note though, that in this guide, I will show you how I play Urgot. This is by no means a core to playing him - I've played him differently before, and that worked out just as well - and if you have a different way of playing him, feel free. Also, I do not provide Alternate Items in this guide, for the simple reason that you know what to get when a b¡tch is fed, or when there's a CC-overload on the enemy team.
Pros vs Cons
Powerful ProsUrgot Urgot
+ Scales so hard into late game
+ Building CDR means you pin down hard
+ Really tanky with loads of damage still
+ Extremely long range with Acid Hunter
+ Ulti for repositioning and resists
+ Did I mention his long casting range?
+ Robot.
Crippling ConsUrgot Urgot
- Terrible early game due to squish
- Rediculously high manacosts early game
- No damage before Lv.3/Lv.5
- Shortest AA-range of all AD Carries
- No natural bulk in his kit
- Ultimate can get you OoP hard, bro
Each basic attack that Urgot lands reduces the damage his target takes by 15% for 2,5 seconds. Each renewed application refreshes the debuff duration, this does not stack upon itself.
It's a pretty straight-forward passive - as are most of them - and this one is actually pretty damn good. People who've read my AP Ezreal Guide know that some passives don't make sense, but this one is great. With Urgot having a teenie basic attacking range, enemies are often prone to target/focus you, or simply not walk away from 1v1's. This baby is a bliss at such times.
UrgotUrgot Urgot fires a physical damage nuke in a line, dealing damage to the first target it hits. This ability applies no on-hit effects, but it DOES apply Zaun-Touched Bolt Augmenter.
Arguably one of the best abilities in the game, even though it needs another one of Urgot's to carry this title. Once again, a pretty self-explanatory ability, but oh my. The damage it does is just immense. As a side note, its cooldown is exremely low, meaning it's an awesomely spammable ability.
About Acid Hunter...
Shroud of Darkness: Popped, and also blocks the application of Zaun-Touched Bolt Augmenter.
Spell Shield: See above.
Banshee's Veil: See above.
Black Shield: Will not block the damage.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter: Will apply a 15% diminished slow because of its cooldown.
Hextech Gunblade: Will apply no LifeSteal, but will apply the 33% diminished SpellVamp because of its low cooldown.
UrgotUrgot Urgot instantly forges a shield on himself for up to 7 seconds. During this time, his basic attacks and his Acid Hunter apply a non-stacking slow for 1,5 seconds.
This one is a bit less straight-forward, but basically, you'll want this to be up anytime you'll try to smack-a-b¡itch. The slow does not stack upon itself, and with it being a short-duration slow, it's best if you have a means of catching up - a Time Warp or a Whimsy - or to be in close range in the first place, making the slow harder to escape from.
About Terror Capacitor...
Shroud of Darkness: Popped via Acid Hunter, left intact via basic attacks.
Spell Shield: See above.
Banshee's Veil: See above.
Black Shield: Will be blocked regardless, but since its appliants are physical damage, no damage is blocked.
Additionally, it has no casting time, will not interrupt previous orders, and will affect projectiles currently in flight when Terror Capacitor is cast.
UrgotUrgot Urgot fires an explosive shell to target location, debuffing units struck. This debuff entrails a percentage Armor Reduction, a physical damage-over-time, and a unique feature: for as long as the debuff persists, Acid Hunter can be autolocked on an afflicted unit by having the cursor over/near them upon activating Acid Hunter.
Paired with Acid Hunter, best combo for harassing-out-of-lane and beyond. The Armor Reduction applies to its own damage as well - fµck yeah - and the autolock-feature has a range of 1500 as stated by Ezreal somewhere deep down in his posts on his own page, look it up if you don't believe. Point is, he can strike you hard under your tower, and ignore the tower itself if you don't cower in the Fog of War.
About Noxian Corrosive Charge...
Shroud of Darkness: Popped, and ignores the application of all DoT-ticks, the Armor Shred, and debuff.
Spell Shield: See above.
Banshee's Veil: See above.
Black Shield: Unaffected, since the damage is all physical and it contains no Crowd Control.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter: Procs the 15% diminished slow for all ticks, and lasts for 1,5 seconds after the last tick of damage.
Hextech Gunblade: Procs the 33% diminished SpellVamp effect on each tick of damage from all affected units.
R - Hyper-Kinetic Position Reverser
Dat ultimate. Feel like an enemy is going to flee? Swap a b¡tch. Feel like you want some bonus resists? Swap a b¡tch. Want your team to know who you want dead first? Swap a b¡tch! So many uses for this ultimate, and with the build we're using, it's not on that high a cooldown to begin with. Goodies allround, ladies, gentlemen and techmaturgically repaired warriors.
About Hyper-Kinetic Position Reverser...
Spell Shields will block the Suppression effect, but the target will still be swapped places with and will still be slowed. This also counts for remove-debuff effects like Unbreakable Will, Remove Scurvy and for Ragnarok goes that he is not suppressed, but will be moved regardless of him still carrying the Ragnarok-buff. This all only counts if Urgot actually completes the full 1-second channel time. Note that Cleanse cannot be used to counter this, meaning it's totally useless against Urgot unless you really dislike the slow from Terror Capacitor, and that Quicksilver Sash apparently also negates the swap... fu.
Greater Mark of Attack Damage
Greater Seal of Armor
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist
Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage
My rune setup is focused on giving me a good early game boost, enough oumph to last hit and harass, and manage to stay in my lane as long as possible. I take the following:
|Seals for Flat Armor. They are strong, especially Early Game, and late game... well, not as much, but they help the fragile early game. Other option would be Greater Seal of Replenishment, but that's only a small bonus. A bonus nonetheless, but a small one.
|Glyphs for Flat Magic Resist. I just like keeping safe from pesky mids outleveling you, and all of a sudden thinking it's a good idea to flip the fµck out on you. Or those stupid new-meta supports that deal damage, like Leona and Lux and those other b¡tches.
|Quints for Flat Attack Damage. Once again, it's just for that nice bit of extra oumph you'll want when you're dealing basic attack damage. Your Acid Hunter will scale better as the game progresses, really picking up at Lv.3 and Lv.5, meaning this is just... to 'keep up', so to speak.
Simple Mastery page, pretty standard for AD Carries. Note though that I skip the LifeSteal - we won't be charging in with basic attacks - and the Critical Strike Damage - Acid Hunter doesn't apply Critical Strikes. What I do take, is Flat Armor Penetration, Percentage Armor Penetration, Flat AD, AD per Lv., Percentage Increased Damage and Increased Minion Damage as my most notable Offensive Masteries. These to amplify my damage early-game, and to compensate for my rediculously short basic attacking range.
In Utility, I take a more standard route, in which I take Increased Mana and Mana Regeneration per 5 and Increased Neutral Buff Duration. Urgot works best when he's in a team that has a manaless mid - most notably Vladimir or Kennen or some sh¡t - in which he gets to take the Crest of the Ancient Golem , with which he gains 20% Cooldown Reduction - capping it at the spot - and massively increased Mana Regeneration, allowing for near-infinity spamming if the Tear of the Goddess has been purchased beforehand.
Summoner Spells
For Summoner Spells, I go with Exhaust and Flash:
|Flash because Urgot's early game is extremely frail. Squishy as hell, he can't stack up to a 3v2 gank. Not a single way in hell. This is purely a Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free card, but on an over-4-minute cooldown. Use it wisely, and use it properly. Those are my main tips to using Flash, but the more experienced LoL-player will know what those are. Hell, even I still fµck up a Flash every now and then: it's only human.
Why I don't take Heal: Urgot's early game is frail as hell, as I just stated. If someone wants you dead, hell, the b¡tch's gonna get you dead, no escaping. Maybe a Flash, but that's it, no escape tools. After Lv.3 or Lv.5, our damage picks up hardcore, meaning we get to lay some hard smackdown on a brotha... and they won't. Heal is only good in the first few levels where we're still squishier than our support - yay for exaggeration - and after that, we have enough bulk to overcome any hurt. Ergo: No Heal.
Urgot is, I believe, the only AD Carry that cannot start without a Meki Pendant unless he has a Soraka by his side. His basic attacking range is a big impediment, as stated before, and has to make up by spamming his abilities... which cost mana. Loads of it, especially in the early game. If we don't have a Soraka with her Infuse, we're out of mana in two spell rotations. Ergo: Meki Pendant.
If we do start with an Infuse-Soraka, we can afford to start with boots; however, I do find it useful to instead go for the Sapphire Crystal at that time, just because of it building into a Tear of the Goddess or a Glacial Shroud, and as I've stated before - hooray for repetition - if a mothafµcka wants you dead badly enough, you'll die. No boots, but still a viable choice if you desire it so.
Urgot Urgot
Tear of the Goddess is what you need to buy. If you go b and cannot afford this, you may never play Urgot again. Jk, but this is what you'll want to be able to buy on first b. Spamming picks up after Lv.3 or Lv.5, and this is the best opportunity to get as many stacks on your Tear as you can.
Boots are next. Yep, second. Sacrificing mobility for (later) damage and spammability? Yup. Don't ask questions, just do it.
If you're really having a good time bot, get a Glacial Shroud - or its ingredients - if you can. Botlane is dominated by AD Carries - dealing physical damage and sh¡t - meaning a Shroud screws them over hard, whilst giving you the advantage Urgot gusta: Cooldown Reduction, allowing for more Acid Hunters, more Terror Capacitors for when you get ganked, and best of all: more hyper-kinetic position reverseSwaps.
Urgot Urgot
Seeing as how we don't get into range for basic attacks - which would be like poking Baron in the eye with a toothpick - Berserker's Greaves are a no-go. Mercury's Treads are by far the best choice. Urgot's damage output tend to get him focused really fast, meaning CC is wasted, and with Treads: nullified.
Manamune is an item only bought by those who really have mana problems. I've seen Ezreals do it... and that's it. Bots tend to use it on Miss Fortune and Sivir, but Urgot is one on who I find it to be a dire necessity, due to him being an AD-based caster, rather than an IE-PD-BT AD Carry. Manamune to fit his mana needs.
Ohh, Frozen Heart. This baby is bliss in all its glorious forms. AD Carries are your primary target to kill. Armor to reduce their damage? Check. An aura to reduce their attacking rate? Check! Mad Mana is mad for the Mune? CHECK! 20% COOLDOWN REDUCTION FOR EVEN MORE SPAMMING? CHECKER-DO-CHECK! Item is a must-buy, really. I didn't believe in it at first, but I'm in love with it. So is Urgot... as far as techmaturgically repaired robots know 'love'.
Urgot Urgot
So now that we've obtained some bulkiness, let's get to town with some true pain. Granted, tanks won't think too much of our damage. Let's change that. How? Last Whisper, baby. 40% Armor Penetration, paired with 10% Armor Penetration gives us a total of 46% Armor Penetration, and after that, we take off 6 Flat ones. Yay xD. But nonetheless, this is one hellovanitem to have, as it destroys tanks a bit easier, but is most valuable on the ordinary AD Carry who lack the real Armor stat and still cower with 80~ Armor.
Urgot Urgot
Your main - and only, in fact - sustain item. You hit sh¡t for 300 per hit, meaning 20% LifeSteal hits hard enough. A VampScepter over the Sword, because we have enoug AD as-is, and the sustain is hard-needed. If you feel like being 'different', opt to go for a Hextech Gunblade instead. Not only will your basic attacks refuel your Health Bar, your Acid Hunters and Noxian Corrosive Charges will do the same - albeit at a slower rate. Works just as fine, it only provides a bit less AD, but hell.
Urgot Urgot
If the enemy AD Carry managed to get fed as fµck, you might want to consider purchasing a Guardian Angel. Not only does the item provide more than reasonable defensive stats in addition to what we already have, the swirling angel-particle-thingy discourages enemies to focus you/take you on. Good.
On the other hand, if mid's been feeding, or if the enemy mid's been getting fed, you might want to opt getting a Banshee's Veil. We get more health - survivability - and mana for damage, and some more-than-nice Magic Resistance, but best of all: we block the first enemy spell. Sion and his Cryptic Gaze? B¡tch pleaz.
Lane Enemies
Please note that this is a section currently, and ongoingly, in progress. I will update this section as I face champions, but after a while, I may end up having faced them all, and form my final opinion on them. Bare with me, and tell me your findings as well, yes they halp.
Her rediculous range advantage is really a big threat in this match-up. She can stand in a brush, hit minions, and smack you with a Headshot as it pleases her, and there's nothing you can do about it. Key here is to ONLY last hit, not push a single AA, and wait for the creep wave to come closer to your turret. Pushing out means you die, simple as that.
Urgot Urgot
Ezreal can trade relatively well with you, but if he uses his Arcane Shift the wrong way, he's extremely dead. His main damaging skill is on a same-ish low cooldown as yours, but he has no CC, and his Atk.Spd. drop... it doesn't affect us too hard. Only thing is that he gets Atk.Spd., which means hurt for us. Regardless, play passive until Lv.3, then hurt him badly.
Urgot Urgot
He can trade well, but there's something about Varus that makes him an all-out character. He can't hurt you like you can do him, but if he catches you off-guard, you're doomed, simple as that. If he picks off a minion... that's a 20% Bonus for him, a 20% advantage over you. Also, his Blighted Quiver hurts if he can continuously take them off, so burst him down before he can do you.
Urgot Urgot
So Kog'Maw... he's one piece of work. He can harass you from a pretty far range, and if he's built some AD - throuh Runes, mostly - he'll hurt hard, especially when he turns on his Bio-Arcane Barrage. Paired wtih his slow and Armor Shred, he's a right nasty bit of work. But as with most, he has no escape mechanism, meaning if you tag him with Noxian Corrosive Charge, you can take down half his health with ease, he can't retaliate.
Urgot Urgot
Her burst combo hurts, and her range advantage over you increases per level, which is a real pain. However, aside from her basic attacks, she either needs to put herself on your face to deal damage, or fire a cannonball in your face which pushes you away from her. She's on the disadvantage as far as ranged poke goes, as Acid Hunter>>Auto-Attack after like Rk.2 or 3, and she doesn't have that.
Lane Behaviour
|Early game, we simply don't have enough damage to stand toe-to-toe with enemy champions, most notably the enemy AD Carry. They'll be able to kite you better than you do them, and they will probably have a better damage output than you, especially Pre-Lv.5. As such, try to lay as low as possible and farm to the best of your ability. Farming is the best way to getting as much gold as you can possibly get, because your only virtue is harassing, which only takes off after Lv.3. At that point, if you manage to land a Noxian Corrosive Charge, follow up with as many Acid Hunters as you can, and get them off your case. This means to an end has the added benefit of 'striking fear', meaning they won't get as close to the minions as they would have otherwise.
|Mid game, your damage and and overall annoying-ness should pick up rapidly, most apparently after purchasing a Frozen Heart or Glacial Shroud. They Mana-aplenty, paired with low cooldowns and lowered cooldowns means that enemies genuinely have to fear you, which is a good thing. Your harassing-from-afar and your continuous slow means you'll have an easy way to either pop Flashes or get kills, depending on which they prefer. Support kills are also easy to achieve, or in the case of Alistar: to pop his Unbreakable Will. Urgot becomes an amazing threat in the mid game, and should manifest hismelf as such, through annoying the living fµck out of enemies, and proper use of his ulti and getting as many kills as you can.
|During the end game, or later stages of the game, you'll be even more annoying. Now not only to the enemy carries, but also to the enemy bulkers and tankers, thanks to 46% Armor Penetration. If you do get the Crest of the Ancient Golem from your jungler... hah, enemies will never escape you unless they pop Flash. You can either be that guy who pops Flashes, or you can be the semi-initiating guy who soaks a bit of damage, gets the enemy carry picked off, and then starts to fµck up some tanky b¡tches on the enemy team. Remember that a 20% Armor drop is no horse sh¡t, so always try to hit the tankiest motherfµckers on the enemy team to amplify all the physical damage they take. You findin' yourself in a world of hurt? Ulti for resists, and swap yourself out of harms way.
I didn't want to waste an entire section on this, so: Soraka is by far your most desired support, but supports with CC like Light Binding, Dazzle or Dredge Line will all work fine just as well. Make sure you get the support you feel like having along, as CC means Nocian Corrosive Charge becomes easier to land.
So a lot of work went into this guide, and I'd appreciate it if you'd read it all, and tell me if it all makes sense.
Also, try the build a few times before posting comments, they make the whole comment a lot more sensible.
Lastly, thanks for reading, and don't forget to comment and thumbs-me-up!


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I reply to Leonor's thread:
Has anyone seen it? I like musicals in theory but by the second act I'm getting restless and a little bored.
I saw something briefly about whether or not you should listen to the cast recording without seeing the musical. I listened anyway and had the songs stuck in my head.
This was all true. I've seen a few musicals at the Pantages in Hollywood. The most popular show was Wicked. I didn't love it. You think being a band geek I'd love show tunes. Nope. I got a bit of my dad's anti-musical attitude. He complains that they sing the same song for 20 minutes in The Sound of Music.
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October 3
I drive students to Syracuse for a conference. One of the students was already a Hamilton fan. She had seen the show at the Public in previews or at the Richard Rodgers on Broadway earlier that summer/fall. She asks if we can play the album on the way home. I agree. She sings to many of the songs and I just follow along because I don't have anything memorized. One other student riding with us is intrigued when we tell him the writer is Puerto Rican, just like him.
I become a little bit obsessed with listening to the album on Spotify, reading the notes on Genius, following Lin-Manuel Miranda on Twitter, etc. I play the album at home and have dance parties with Xavi.
October 21
I finally buy the Original Broadway Cast album on iTunes because I don't have enough data on my phone to stream through Spotify all the time. I need full and constant access.
October 24
During a visit to Long Island, we take a trip in to the city. We enter the Hamilton lottery on Saturday. There's no #ham4ham and it's super crowded. Neither Sean nor I win, but just being there and seeing Xavi recognize the logo made me excited.
Late October
I consider dressing Xavi up as Daveed Diggs/Thomas Jefferson/Marquis de Lafayette for Halloween. I tweet about it and geek out when Daveed Diggs either likes it or retweets it. (I wish I could find the proof.)
Ultimately, we don't dress him up as Thomas Jefferson because finding a little purple coat for him proved difficult.
I read more articles. I watch more televised Hamilton events like the cast performing at the White House (March) and the Tony's (June), which shows the amazing choreography. I listen to podcasts. Another Round kills it with their interviews of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Daveed Diggs. In the summer and fall I start listening to The Room Where It's Happening: A Hamilton Fan podcast. One of my favorite episodes features Alex Lacamoire, the music supervisor, arranger and orchestrator, discussing the nerdy and technical side of the music. It's super informative. I admire Code Switch's take which considers class and racial aspects of both the cast — primarily people of color — and the Broadway audience which is traditionally white and older.
I also try to tamper my jealousy when friends finally get to see the show. It's a little like being back in graduate school and celebrating your friend's dissertation defense. While you feel very happy, you're also jealous and wonder when it's going to happen for you.
February 14, 2016
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April 7, 2016
I find a way to plug a Hamilton song, "That Would Be Enough" in to my pregnancy announcement on social media. Because of course I would.
April 12, 2016
The Hamiltome (or, Hamilton: A Revolution) is released and the copy Sean pre-ordered for my Mother's Day gift arrives. I hug it. The book becomes part of our bedtime routine later in the spring and summer as Xavi loves looking at the pictures and pointing out Obama.
May 14, 2016
Sean, Xavi and I make another NYC trip. This time we are in Brooklyn for a baby shower for our good friends Derreck and Vanessa. We enter the online lottery again. No luck. Womp womp.
July 15, 2016
I get to see a musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda! In the Heights is playing at Ithaca's Hangar Theater. My colleague organizes a trip for our summer research students and I get to chaperone. Sean stays home with Xavi because we don't have babysitting. Our old Ithaca babysitter graduated and moved back to NYC.
August 8, 2016
I write about that immense feeling of pride when Xavi starts singing alone to "Dear Theodosia".
August 29, 2016
Archie is born! I know the possibility of seeing the musical is on hold for a while because priorities. Also, newborns eat ALL. THE. TIME.
August 31, 2016
My birthday present is Hamilton-themed.
November 11, 2016
New tracks are released from the Hamilton Mixtape. Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) makes me feel slightly less dejected in light of the election results. Kelly Clarkson's version of "It's Quiet Uptown" is there for me as I'm sad about Papa Chepe passing away.
December 14, 2016
A new mom friends get Archie his very own Hamilton gear in our mom group Secret Santa.
I'm still in to Hamilton but I listen less often. I've put aside that I'll be able to see the show any time soon. The cost, babysitting and needing to consider a baby who needs to eat every few hours are all part of it. Despite being close during our many visits to Long Island, we mainly stay out of Manhattan.
The possibility looms that we may be moving not locally. Read: out of New York and somewhere that would require a flight or really long road trip to make it back to NYC. But I have to wait to get news and that looms over all of May and in to early June. As we're unsure of the future, Sean suggests I finally go see Hamilton.
We have weddings on back-to-back weddings in the NJ/NYC area. Sean suggests I go on my own on the day after Jon and Andrea's wedding, which is on a Friday evening. We won't have babysitting for Saturday, so it can only be one of us. I check out tickets on StubHub. It's expensive, but since it's just me, I'm not that shocked at the sticker price.
Still, it feels selfish and I can't commit. I'd be going to see a musical Sean also likes during Father's Day weekend.
June 16
On our way to the wedding we spot the billboards for Hamilton just ahead of the Midtown Tunnel.
Sean brings up the topics again. "Are you going to go see it tomorrow?"
"I don't know."
"You should."
I look up tickets on StubHub again. The prices are similar to what I had seen and soon I'm purchasing one ticket for the rear mezzanine section, right, for Saturday's matinee. I knew I probably wouldn't be seeing the current lead, Javier Muñoz in the title role, but that was okay.
We have an amazing time at the wedding and tell our friends we can't go to the post-wedding brunch because I have important plans.
On the way home after the wedding, we stop by a 24-hour FedEx Kinko's to print out my electronic ticket. I print two copies just because.
June 17
We make plans in the morning. I'll take the train shortly after 12 pm and that will allow enough time to get to the Richard Rodgers Theater for the 2:00 pm curtain time.
Shortly after 12, I say goodbye to Xavi and my brother-in-law, Kenton. Archie is fast asleep. Sean drives to the Hicksville Long Island Railroad Station five minutes away. I've taken the LIRR to/from Manhattan once. It was the first time I met Sean's parents about seven years earlier. I ride the LIRR to Penn Station. I check my bag about fifty times to make sure I have the tickets.
At Penn Station I transfer to the A train and wait way too long. I get nervous, but know I gave myself plenty of time. The train is slow arriving, and I probably would've made it to Times Square faster if I walked. I make my way through Times Square towards 46th street. Despite the rain I still need to weave around slower tourists. The block or so around the theater is crowded like it was that first time we were there in October 2015. This time it's easier to get through the crowds since I don't have Xavi in a stroller. I stop outside the theater and quickly eat the snack I brought along, an apple before going in.
I hold my breath as I wait in line to enter. What if my ticket doesn't work?
My worries were for naught, it's all good. I wasn't swindled. Inside, the lobby is abuzz with theatergoers trying to go to the bathroom or get a snack before the 2:00 pm curtain. I get to my seat about 10 minutes before the 2:00 pm curtain time and had enough time to flip through my Playbill and post the requisite photo to social media. I don't quote "The Room Where It's Happening. Cece Peniston's "Finally" is more fitting.
As I wait, I look around. The mezzanine is full of people of all ages. Besides me a man sits with his tween-aged daughter.
A few minutes after two the house lights are turned down and the show starts.
It's absolutely incredible. For the next two and a half hours I laugh, cry (man, do I cry), tap my hands, try not to sing along and just enjoy the most amazing show. I try to catch it all, but there's so much going on in every corner of the set.
Here's the thing about Hamilton, I thought I knew the show. But I was all wrong. The cast album has almost every word spoken in the show, but there's moments that are left out that hit me. Somehow, I hadn't been spoiled despite all the articles and podcasts. Then there's the choreography, the lighting, the really cool rotating stage, and excellent use of a sparse stage and props. Seeing new actors in roles that felt familiar was interesting too. Donald Webber, Jr. plays Hamilton. He's excellent, but I'm thrown off that he doesn't look like Lin-Manuel or Javier. James Monroe Iglehart plays Lafayette/Jefferson. He's a bigger guy than Daveed Diggs and he's bald. But he still has the same swagger. Both Webber and Iglehart are excellent actors and singers and do an amazing job.
Some other thoughts I shared with Leonor who asked me the questions below (I've edited to remove "spoilers"):
1. Who was your favorite before and did that change after seeing it?
Lafayette was my favorite before. Brian d'Arcy James as King George was the actor/role I loved so much more after seeing it.
2. Same question, but re: songs?
I love "Satisfied" and was so ready to be amazed by the staging and choreography which I'd heard was incredible. I don't know if it wasn't everything, if the woman who played Angelica was no Renee or if I was distracted because an usher was showing a woman to her seat during that song (and the seat was next to me!) or if I just expected something different.
"Dear Theodosia" surprised me and made me love it more. Same with "It's Quiet Uptown." It really hits at that point. I had all the tears.
3. Was there anything you were surprised by?
Yes! I was surprised to see more of King George. The comic value and the role as a whole comes through way more than on the cast album. I also didn't expect for so much to be going on on stage the whole time. I liked the choreography at the end of "Right Hand Man" too.
It's a month later and I still feel incredibly lucky and like I need to see it again. Maybe then I'll be satisfied.


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Facebook is set to launch its own search engine to take on Google, it was claimed today.
The firm is due to make a major announcement tonight, asking journalists to attend its US HQ to 'see what we've been building'.
Online rumours have claimed everything from a mobile phone to an internet telephone service is set to be revealed – with the latest rumours claiming we will see 'Facebook Search' unveiled.
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Mr Miles also warned Facebook would need to tread carefully around privacy, but said: 'As long as Facebook doesn't touch settings, users will not be worried'.
The new feature is expected to be made available within hours of tonight's announcement.
Some experts also believe Facebook could reveal a mobile phone.
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Mr. William Henry Austin, 72, of Charlotte, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, April 19, 2017.
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Statistics show that at level 3B of lung cancer, a patient has from three to six moths to live. Yours is level four," the doctor told Berting. My husband and I just held on to each other that morning of August 8, 1995 in Davao where we lived. We would need each other's strength from then on.
Berting had to be confined in the hospital for more tests. While packing for the hospital stay. Berting and I avoided looking at each other, afraid of seeing the pain our eyes could not hide. When our eyes did meet, we clung to each other and cried together. "Lets us pray," I said, stiffling a sob.


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Saira Banu – Interview
Saira Banu – Interview
"Like Guddi, I was infatuated with a film star," was Saira Banu's cryptic comment on her life with Dilip. "I had pasted my room with pictures of Dilip Sahab and was crazy over him." Saira was speaking at her Pali Hill residence soon after her arrival from Mahabaleshwar. Although she has recovered from the shock (of the loss of her baby), she still looked a bit pale. It was agreed at the outset that I should not broach the subject of her recent bereavement. So instead we discussed other topics ranging from Dilip, Dharmendra to hot pants.
Contrary to the general impression in film circles, I find that the two are hitting it off very well. Dilip is a loving husband, says Saira. it would be more appropriate to say that he is a doting father.
Dilip treats her like a darling child. For while we were talking, he came in, stroked his wife's head, giving her a languishing look. And when he learnt that she had still not had her lunch (it was nearing two), he gave me a meaningful look as if to say: "Stop inflicting yourself on poor Saira. Clear out."
I asked her which aspect of Dilip impressed her most. She paused: "I think it is his discipline. Dilip Sahab is not only a perfectionist but also a disciplinarian."
"Playing opposite him is a real challenge. Not only will he reenact a scene a hundred times, if necessary, but he expects his heroine also to do the same in order to achieve perfection. As for dialogue, I have seen him sit up till four or five in the morning preparing it.
"One day I was late for the shooting of `Gopi'. I apologized to Dilip Sahab, but he wouldn't look up and kept on writing. Then I went and apologised to the camera-man. Back I came to Dilip Sahab and told him 'I am sorry for being late'. He just gave me a cold stare and called off the shooting.
"I wept that day and kicked up a row. I said 'you insulted me before others. Even when I apologized, you wouldn't look up.' Dilip Sahab then said, 'I don't care whether other heroines come in time or not. But I don't want my wife to be late and become the subject of comment.' "
As the conversation proceeds, a small boy, perhaps the gate-keeper's son, bursts in upon the scene. "Sairaji, ek faqir aya hai," ("a beggar has come") he announces. She looks at him, smiles and asks a servant to do the needful.
"How do you react," I ask her, "if you find Dilip and his leading lady in a passionate scene?"
"I wouldn't like it. But what can I do? It's part of the profession. He may have a hundred heroines, but he has only one wife."
However, Saira must also be getting Dilip's hackles up. Saira is conscious of her good figure which she has tried to cash in on by wearing mini-skirt as in "Purab aur Pacchim".
And in "Victoria No. 203," produced and directed by Brij, she has again displayed her curves. Saira is the daughter of a man who has been charged with murder. So that sets her off on the mission of tracing the murderers, who are diamond thieves. Disguised as a victoria driver, she pursues them and towards the end of the reel succeeds in nabbing the culprits. And a tense scene in which she is chased around in a bath towel by the villain, stretches for over ten minutes. Was it necessary?
Saira thinks so. She justifies sex if it is relevant to the theme of the picture. Answering a question as to what she would wear next after the mini sari in "Shagird" and mini skirt in "Purab aur Pacchim", she said: "Next is whatever my role demands. I have no objection to mini-skirts and hot pants provided they are really called for and in keeping with whatever role I have undertaken to play."
In fact, she loves mini dresses, particularly hot pants. "If I had my way, I would live in them right round the clock."
Has she been able to? "No," she replies. "My husband wants me to dress simply. He's against gorgeous dresses. And I think he's right. A film star's home life must be different, from that on the screen." .
Saira herself portrayed that simplicity. She was clad in a plain peach gharara and a matching shirt. There was no makeup whatsoever.
Though Saira has proclaimed her devotion to the screen, she has yet to prove her mettle as an outstanding actress. Barring "Purab aur Pacchim" and a few other films, her performance has not come up to one's expectation. "When will you act in a sensible film? someone asked her.
"I will act in a sensible film when there is a sensible audience to view such a film. Is there anything sensible in our country that we should single out films and make them the target of criticism."
"Are you prepared to sacrifice. your career for the sake of your husband?" I asked.
"Sure. My career is not as important to me as my husband. Now I have fourteen assignments on hand. Once they are completed, I'll not accept more than three a year. If, however, a choice has to be made, I will do anything for his sake."
She then goes through a flashback. "I was so crazy over Dilip Sahab that I used to make preparations sometimes six days in advance before I would meet him. I remember going for the premiere of `Ganga Jamna'. I had a sari specially made for the occasion. Finally we (she and Naseem Banu) went there, but only to find Dilip Sahab missing. Similarly, for the premiere of 'Mughal-e-Azam' I had made preparations three days in advance, I wanted to look my very best before him."
"Is there any incident involving you and your husband which comes uppermost in your mind?" "Plenty. But the one which is still green in my memory took place at Panhala, near Kolhapur, where we had gone for the shooting of 'Ram aur Shyam'. We were staying in an old house where there was not even lighting.
"I was fast asleep in my room when I felt somebody shaking me. I slept on. Again I felt the nudge. There was a soft whisper of 'Saira Saira' into my ears. When my eyes opened. I saw the silhouette of Dilip Sahab. He said, `Saira, get up. I am in trouble.' I said 'what's the matter?' And he explained. 'I can't go to the bathroom. There's a woman standing there. She's staring at me. Now how could I sleep after hearing this? My heart was beating faster. I thought the house was haunted'. She smiles. "You know, the Khans like to play practical jokes."
Replying to another question linking her with Dharmendra, she said,it was the business of the press to indulge in speculation. "On the set we get bored, sowe have to talk something. That is enough for journalists to link me with somebody, The so- called affair with Dharmendra is no different. Personally, I found him a nice person to talk to and simple in behavior."
"How is it that Indian film actors and actresses do not resort to divorces as often as their western counterparts do?"
"I think this has something to do with the difference in outlook of the people in India and the west. Here the Indian woman glorifies her husband to the level of God. She has that spirit of self-sacrifice which her counterpart in the west lacks. Small differences hardly matter to us. In the west they lead to divorce.
"The French actress Catherine lives with Marcello Mastroianni without getting married. She had already divorced her first husband. Catherine just believes in free love. Now such being the outlook on life, how do you expect marital harmony. It takes two to understand that marriage is an elastic relationship of give and take."(As told to Star & Style Magazine in 1972).


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I met Ellen and Sylvia for dinner this evening in Montclair -- Sylvia started art camp at the Montclair Art Museum today, where she is happily learning how to draw animals. In one of her classes they are doing a group project, a sculpture of Huckleberry Finn -- Sylvia has never read it, so while we were eating we decided to swing by our favorite bookstore and pick up a copy... of course it is hard to leave there without a bunch of books. Our haul:
posted evening of June 30th, 2008: Respond➳ More posts about The Cave
Sylvia has been absolutely absorbed with reading and listening to and watching the Harry Potter books and books-on-tape and movies for a couple of months now. This is my introduction to the series as well -- I am pretty familiar with the plots of books 1 and 6 now from hearing Sylvia's tapes repeatedly, and have a glancing knowledge of the rest of the series from her narration of the events. Somehow it's not really drawing me in to read them myself -- some interesting bits but the overall structure doesn't really appeal to me.
But I did recall having Pullman's His Dark Materials series recommended to me time and again, and that seemed like it would have enough points of similarity to Harry Potter to be generate interest quickly. So we've been starting to read that together over the last few days. Really nice language and plot, and Lyra's character is starting to come together. Sylvia's totally interested in the dæmons, what they are and what they do.
posted evening of October 23rd, 2008: Respond➳ More posts about Readings
Chapter 4 of The Golden Compass: Sylvia and I are both, separately, trying to figure out why the Master sends Lyra off with Mrs. Coulter, who is obviously a Bad Guy. Sylvia laid out her hypothesis to me:
Sylvia: Dad? What is that thing the Master gave Lyra? What did he say it could do?Me: The Alethiometer you mean? He said it was a machine that would tell her the truth.Sylvia: ...I think it's going to tell her that she's a Gobbler. He knows it and he wants it to tell her.Me: Hm, that sounds like it could be... (A minute later) If he knows though, why doesn't he just tell her?Sylvia: Because she would probably just refuse.
Sylvia: Dad? What is that thing the Master gave Lyra? What did he say it could do?
Me: The Alethiometer you mean? He said it was a machine that would tell her the truth.
Sylvia: ...I think it's going to tell her that she's a Gobbler. He knows it and he wants it to tell her.
Me: Hm, that sounds like it could be... (A minute later) If he knows though, why doesn't he just tell her?
Sylvia: Because she would probably just refuse.
posted evening of October 30th, 2008: Respond➳ More posts about Sylvia
Chapter 5 of The Golden Compass -- now things are starting to get really interesting. Sylvia and I are both on the edge of our seat.
I really like the way Pullman drops hints about what's going on -- very graceful, they are not so cryptic you can't easily pick up on them, but they are not hammered into your ears either. A bit like reading a good whodunit. And at the end of the cocktail party scene, the transition to Lyra fleeing from Mrs. Coulter's house was handled very well. This book just feels elegant.
(Note from an adult reading a kids' book -- it was such an eerie feeling I had, to be identifying with Mrs. Coulter as I read her cruel disciplinarian lines to Lyra before the party. I can't recall ever feeling this way though I've read many children's books with authoritarian adult figures in them.)
posted evening of November third, 2008: Respond
Chapter 7 of The Golden Compass is a trip. When Sylvia and I were reading it this afternoon there was a lot of talk back and forth -- "Oh, so that's what was happening!" "Oh, so that's why Lyra was at Jordan!" etc. This is a really nice trick -- there was a lot in the first part of the novel that we were just accepting on faith without really understanding, the exposition is placed so that you've just about gotten used to not being sure what's going on in the plot -- you're just reading and enjoying the characters and the action, and suddenly you turn a corner and much of the mystery is laid bare. (Not all -- there's still the central mystery of what the G.O.B. is using the kidnapped children for, and what's the city in the sky, and why is Asriel being held prisoner.)
posted evening of November 8th, 2008: Respond
Sylvia asked the question tonight that has been bugging me since we started reading The Golden Compass: "How do people get their dæmons when they are born?" I have no answer -- I said well, do you think the dæmons are born with the people, and she was like maybe...
posted evening of November 17th, 2008: Respond
Ellen tells me she has gotten me two books for Hanukkah, both featured on this year's reading list: What Can I Do When Everything's on Fire? by António Lobo Antunes, and The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman. Thanks El!
posted morning of December 18th, 2008: Respond➳ More posts about Ellen
Remember how Sylvia and I differed on the merits of the Despereaux movie as compared with its book? Well on the subject of The Golden Compass we're more in agreement -- the book is a gem, the movie not worth the time spent watching it. Sylvia's review: "Whoever directed that movie, they didn't make it good."
For about the first half of the movie, I was thinking about writing a long post detailing every divergence with the book and for each one, explaining how it was to the detriment of the movie. But better I think, to tell what these differences have in common: in every case, the mystery in the book is discarded and replaced with clear, dry explication. Ambiguities are absent. What I loved about the book was Lyra's development from total innocence -- here at every step of the story she connects the dots like she had been expecting the solution all her life.
And maybe the worst offense is not to show Lord Asriel's treachery -- the whole ending was trimmed off, I guess because the movie was running over-long -- without this the story doesn't go anywhere. It's funny in a way -- I guess I think of the merits of this movie as being about the same as the merits of Despereaux, a fun visual romp with some sentimentality, and nothing like greatness -- but I would never recommend it the way I would recommend the mouse movie. It ought to be a great movie, a majestic movie. Falling short of that, it is not worth bothering with.
posted evening of December 31st, 2008: Respond➳ More posts about The Movies
Sylvia and I are wrapped up in The Subtle Knife. Liking it! I am having a little trouble getting as completely into the world of the novel as I got into The Golden Compass, I think primarily because of the introduction of "dark matter", the attempt to tie the fantasy physics of the first book's world into our world's real physics. It's a nice idea but a significant piece of my mind is refusing to suspend disbelief. OTOH Dr. Malone seems like she's going to be a really nice addition to the cast of characters.
Lyra's character has changed in subtle ways -- she is no longer in any sense an ingenue, she knows exactly what's going on and what she needs to do. This is a quality that I disliked about the rendering of Lyra in the movie of The Golden Compass; here it is much more plausible and sensible.
posted evening of January 5th, 2009: Respond
It occurred to me while we were reading just now, that Will's role in this story is comparable in some ways to Lyra's in The Golden Compass. The parallel is not exact, obviously; but as I read about Will realizing that his father had found a dimensional window like the one Will found, I'm responding in a similar way to when I read e.g. about Lyra making the connection from the General Oblation Board to the "Gobblers."
Some nice idle free-associations from tonight's reading:
Lee had once seen a painting in which a saint of the Church was shown being attacked by assassins. While they bludgeoned his dying body, the saint's dæmon was borne upwards by cherubs and offered a spray of palm, the badge of a martyr.
"What happened to [Grumman]? Is he dead?""You ask me that, I have to say I don't know. So you never know the truth from me.""I see. So who can I ask?""You better ask his tribe. Better go to Yenisei, ask them.""His tribe... You mean the people who initiated him? Who drilled his skull?""Yes. You better ask them. Maybe he not dead, maybe he is. Maybe neither dead nor alive.""How can he be neither dead nor alive?""In spirit world. Maybe he in spirit world. Already I say too much. Say no more now."
"What happened to [Grumman]? Is he dead?"
"You ask me that, I have to say I don't know. So you never know the truth from me."
"I see. So who can I ask?"
"You better ask his tribe. Better go to Yenisei, ask them."
"His tribe... You mean the people who initiated him? Who drilled his skull?"
"Yes. You better ask them. Maybe he not dead, maybe he is. Maybe neither dead nor alive."
"How can he be neither dead nor alive?"
"In spirit world. Maybe he in spirit world. Already I say too much. Say no more now."
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08: Finally!
Finally made it to the hotel. I'm on my laptop again. The Inn has power, but who knows how long it will last? Someone said the Inn might have a generator, but we can't count on it. I'm charging everything chargeable while I can. At least I can tell my previous posts made it . . . if not always at the time I thought they would.
Miraculously, all the Viable Paradise participants made it here. Most before things got so bad. Someone quipped, "I'm not letting something trivial like the end of civilization stop me from attending." We all needed the laugh.
The whole island is now quarantined. No traffic in or out until further notice. So for good or ill, I'm stuck here. Might as well make the best of it.
Things are not as bad here as on the mainland. Not sure why. The media seems to think that the infection—whatever it is—can only travel so far. Maybe salt water kills it? Day of the Triffids, anyone?
According to the Inn staff, there haven't been many incidents, here. Everyone pretty much holed up at home as soon as the reports started coming in. The nasty weather doesn't hurt. Cold and rainy isn't encouraging for outdoor activities or congregating. The only thing moving are military vehicles that came over on the ferry, which is now grounded. Every once in a while, we hear gunshots. We all just look at one another. What can we do? Not a damned thing, that's what. Some of the Inn staff is armed.
I only hope none of us have been exposed. No one knows the gestation of this thing or how it passes. Newest reports—as you've no doubt heard—put the infection rate at upwards of 30%. So far it's 100% fatal, but mostly because the zombies have a tendency to take stupid risks that end up getting them killed, or getting shot by either the military or police or heavily armed citizenry. Our group here defies those odds. So far, at least.
I wasn't able to get through to my mother, yet, because she doesn't have a decent phone, but I did get a SMS message from my housemate. She's still alive, and she has joined some of our other friends at their better-defendable house. The cats . . . I don't know. She had to leave them at the house. Poor Lucy and Zena. I hope they'll be OK. She put plenty of food out for them both.
We plan to sleep in shifts and take four-hour watches, with teams of at least two looking in every direction. One armed person per team. I last fired a gun when I was eight, so…I'll be the "other one." They gave the "other ones" axes, hatchets, baseball bats, 2 x 4s, metal pipes…whatever was on hand. I have a nice hefty axe. I intend to sleep with it.
I'm exhausted. We all are. Gonna get what sleep I can now. More later, if everything comes out OK.
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Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant Guidlines
Proposals for Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants submitted to the Political Science Program must comply with or have information about the following bulleted items:
- Target Date: ABSOLUTE DEADLINE is January 15, 2007. The Political Science Program has only one competition per year for Doctoral Dissertation Research Support. Decisions about support or declines are made within six months of each target date.
- Project Duration: 12 months;
- Project Budget: Maximum of $12,000; Proposals with budgets that exceed $12,000 will be considered to be non-compliant and will be returned without review.
- Project Description: 10 single pages. The proposal must include a letter from the major professor who serves as the Principal Investigator. The letter should indicate his/her confidence in the scientific rigor and value of the proposed dissertation research project. The letter may be sent via regular mail to the Program Directors or via electronic submission with the FASTLANE application
- Proposal Title should read, "Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science: ....."
- List the dissertation advisor as Principal Investigator and the student as Co-Principal Investigator. It should be clear however that the proposal is written by, and the research conducted by, the student
- All proposals must be submitted electronically via Fastlane.
- Proposals that violate these regulations in an attempt to squeeze in more information antagonize reviewers and may be returned without consideration.
Both graduate students and advisors should feel free to contact the Program Directors: Brian Humes, email@example.com or Phil Paolino, firstname.lastname@example.com if there are questions or you wish to discuss proposed research.
Dissertation Advice to Students
Outstanding proposals specify how the knowledge to be created advances our theoretical understanding of the study situation, so that people interested in similar situations in different contexts will learn from the project's outcome. The key is to be explicit in showing how the general theory explains the local situation, and in showing how the new knowledge from the local situation will advance the theory.
Follow the proposal preparation guidelines in the Doctoral Dissertation Program Announcement, especially the instructions for spacing (single-spaced), length (10 pages for the project description), font size (12 point is best, no smaller than 15 characters/2.5 cm), CVs, and proposal summary. The summary must address in separate paragraphs the "intellectual merit" and the "broader impacts". (See the Grant Proposal Guide).
Use a clear and concise writing style. Reviewers will include scientists from a variety of specialty areas. It is possible that no specialist from your particular area of research will be on the panel. Defining key terms and keeping your proposal free of jargon will ensure that all reviewers will be able to understand your proposal and evaluate it fairly.
One of the areas in which the proposal will be evaluated is "Research Competence of the Student." You can provide information to reviewers in the body of the proposal as well as in your CV. Be sure to include any other information which can help reviewers evaluate how well prepared you are to conduct the research.
Do not attach any appendices unless you have received permission from the NSF program director. Proposals without explicit permission for appendices may be held up or returned without review. Remember that even if appendices are allowed, reviewers are not obligated to read them, so critically important information should be in the body of the proposal. Letters testifying to local institutional sponsorship need not be appended but definitely should be cited in the proposal.
The following are suggested allocations for the Project Description. These are not hard-and-fast rules, but indicate reviewers' interests:
- Statement of the research problem, specific aims, expectations, propositions or hypotheses
- Review of the literature and significance
- Preliminary studies by the student, if any
- Research Plan, Including:
- Research Design
- Research Site or source of data
- (References and citations are as important in your methods as in your theory section)
- Data analysis plans
- Research Schedule
The research plan should begin with an overview of the research design, relating it to the theory. This should be followed by a brief description of the research site. Data collection and analysis methods follow. Theories, setting and methods should be tightly linked: Readers should learn what the researcher is going to do and how the specific activities to be engaged in relate to both theory and setting. Note that a mere listing of a method is not enough to tell a reader what the researcher plans and why. The term "participant observation", for example, is extraordinarily general and should be unpacked into its specific components, each related to the information outcome that is then related to the research design and theory.
Sampling should be explicitly justified by discussing how data will generalize to a relevant population or theory. Each method, whether it generates qualitative or quantitative data, should be justified in terms of the research aims. The key issue is to impress reviewers that the new knowledge from your project will generalize to significant populations and theories.
Proposals also should include an analysis plan, although readers recognize that plans change in the process of fieldwork. Describe how you will use your data to answer your research questions and test your hypotheses. A mere listing of software programs will not demonstrate to reviewers that you have seriously considered all phases of the research process in designing your proposal. It should be possible for a reviewer to look back to your specific aims and understand why each kind of data is being collected, and why a particular analytic technique is planned.
If there are weaknesses in your design or analytical strategy, it is wise to recognize them and explain why the resulting product will nonetheless be of value. Reviewers are well aware that there are no perfect strategies for conducting research, but will be looking for evidence that you understand the strengths and weaknesses of the approach selected. In a competitive review process where only a subset of excellent proposals can be funded, reviewers need to be told how the new knowledge to be gained from your particular study will advance our theoretical understanding of the problem.
* Note: Students doing international research, having a formal affiliation with a foreign research institution, may be eligible for additional funding. Please contact the appropriate program in NSF's Office of International Science OISE.


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