✮✯✰✱✯✲✰✴❨✵ ✷✸✹❨ ✺✺✵ ✻✼✺✽
✾✿❀ ❁❂❃❀❄❅❀❄
●✪✫✬✮ ✫✯✰✮❖✱✰✳✴
❇✳✷✫✱ ✸✰✮❨ ✻✫✱✳✴✯
❚ ✁ ✂✁✄☎ ☎✆✝✁ ☎✞ ✟✁✠✡☛✁ ☎ ✁ ✟✆✄☞ ✞✌ ✍ ✂✆✎ ✏✆✑✠✒✟✁ ✆✓ ✔✍☞✁✟
❈✆☎✕✖✄ ✏✍☎✁✟✄ ✁✠ ✏✍✄ ❛✟✞✂✍✂✑✕ ✄✁✗✁✟✍✑ ✠✁☛✍✠✁✄ ✍✎✞✳
❲ ✆☛ ✆✄ ✓✞☎ ☎✞ ✄✍✕ ✆☎✖✄ ☎✞✞ ✑✍☎✁✳
❉✁✄❛✆☎✁ ☎ ✁ ✘✞✟✁✄☎ ♦✁✟✗✆☛✁✖✄ ✍✓✠✄s✞✌✌ ✍❛❛✟✞✍☛ ☎✞ ☎ ✁
✶✙✚✙✙✙ ✍☛✟✁✄ ✆✓ ☎ ✁ ✛✑☞ ✞✟✓ ✜✞✡✓☎✍✆✓✄ ☎ ✟✞✡✎ ✏ ✆☛ ☎ ✁
☛✆☎✕✖✄ ✠✟✆✓☞✆✓✎ ✏✍☎✁✟ ✢✞✏✄ ✣ ✓✞☎ ☎ ✍☎ ✍ ✁✍✗✕s ✍✓✠✁✠ ✍❛s
❛✟✞✍☛ ✏✞✡✑✠ ✂✁ ✍✓ ✆✝❛✟✞✗✁✝✁✓☎✚ ☎✞ ✂✁ ✄✡✟✁ ✣ ☎ ✁ ✏✍☎✁✟s
✄ ✁✠ ✍✄ ✍✗✞✆✠✁✠ ☎ ✁ ✒✁✟✕ ✠✆✄✍✄☎✁✟ ☎ ✍☎ ☛✞✡✑✠ ✑✁✍✗✁ ☎ ✁ ☛✆☎✕
✏✆☎ ✞✡☎ ✍ ✄✍✌✁ ✏✍☎✁✟ ✄✡❛❛✑✕✳
❆✓✠ ✍ ✂✆✑✑ ✑✆☞✁✑✕ ☎✞ ✁✤☛✁✁✠ ✥✶✦ ✝✆✑✑✆✞✓ ✞✟ ✥✧✙ ✝✆✑✑✆✞✓ ☎✞ ✒✤
☎ ✁ ❛✟✞✂✑✁✝✳
✜✍✓✍✎✆✓✎ ☎ ✁ ✏✍☎✁✟✄ ✁✠ ✆✄ ✍ ☛ ✍✑✑✁✓✎✁✳
■☎ ✆✄ ✓✞☎ ✍ ❛✑✍☛✁ ✏ ✁✟✁ ☛✞✓✗✁✓☎✆✞✓✍✑ ☛✞✝✝✁✟☛✆✍✑ ✌✞✟✁✄☎✟✕✚
✠✁✄✆✎✓✁✠ ☎✞ ✝✍✤✆✝✆❞✁ ☎ ✁ ❛✟✞✠✡☛☎✆✞✓ ✞✌ ✂✞✍✟✠s✌✁✁☎ ✞✌ ☎✆✝✂✁✟✚
✝✍☞✁✄ ✄✁✓✄✁✳ ★✓✁ ✟✁✍✄✞✓ ☎ ✁ ✄☎✟✁✍✝✄ ✍✓✠ ✄❛✟✆✓✎✄ ☛✞✓☎✆✓✡✁
☎✞ ❛✟✞✠✡☛✁ ☛✑✁✍✟ ✏✍☎✁✟ ✆✄ ☎ ✍☎ ☎ ✁ ✌✞✟✁✄☎✄ ✟✁✝✍✆✓ ✆✓☎✍☛☎✚ ✍✂✑✁
☎✞ ✍✂✄✞✟✂ ☎✞✟✟✁✓☎✆✍✑ ✟✍✆✓✄ ✍✓✠ ☎ ✁ ✄❛✟✆✓✎ ✟✡✓✞✌✌ ✏✆☎ ✞✡☎
☎✡✟✓✆✓✎ ✆✓☎✞ ✝✡✠✠✕ ☎✞✟✟✁✓☎✄ ✡✓✒☎ ✌✞✟ ✠✟✆✓☞✆✓✎ ✞✟ ✝✡☛ ✁✑✄✁✳
✔✡☎ ☎ ✞✄✁ ✌✞✟✁✄☎✄✚ ✍✄ ✌✞✟✁✄☎✄ ✆✓✁✗✆☎✍✂✑✕ ✏✆✑✑✚ ✍✗✁ ✍✎✁✠ ✍✓✠✚
✆✓ ❛✑✍☛✁✄✚✠✁☎✁✟✆✞✟✍☎✁✠✚ ☎ ✁ ✗✆☛☎✆✝✄ ✞✌ ✆✓✄✁☛☎✄ ✍✓✠ ✠✆✄✁✍✄✁ ✍✓✠
✠✟✞✡✎ ☎✳❆ ✄☎✡✠✕ ✆✓ ☎ ✁ ✶✩✩✙✄ ✂✕ ✒✟✁ ✁✤❛✁✟☎✄ ✌✞✡✓✠ ☎ ✍☎ ☎ ✁
✍✟✁✍ ❛✟✞✂✍✂✑✕ ✆✄ ✞✗✁✟✠✡✁✚ ✄☎✍☎✆✄☎✆☛✍✑✑✕✚ ✌✞✟ ✍ ✂✆✎ ✂✑✍❞✁✳
❲✁ ☛✍✓✖☎ ✁✑✆✝✆✓✍☎✁ ☎ ✍☎ ✟✆✄☞✚✞✌ ☛✞✡✟✄✁✳
✔✡☎ ✏✁ ☛✍✓ ✟✁✠✡☛✁ ✆☎ ✏✆☎ ✏✁✑✑s☛✞✓☛✁✆✗✁✠✚ ✍✓✠ ☛✍✟✁✌✡✑✑✕
✁✤✁☛✡☎✁✠✚ ☎ ✆✓✓✆✓✎ ✞✌ ✄✞✝✁ ✞✌ ☎ ✁ ✠✁✓✄✁✄☎✚ ✑✁✍✄☎ ✁✍✑☎ ✕ ✍✓✠
✝✞✄☎ ✒✟✁s❛✟✞✓✁ ❛✍✟☎✄ ✞✌ ☎ ✁ ✏✍☎✁✟✄ ✁✠✳
❆✓✠ ✆✓ ✞✓✁ ✄✁✓✄✁ ☎ ✆✄ ✝✆✎ ☎ ✂✁ ☎ ✁ ✆✠✁✍✑ ☎✆✝✁ ☎✞ ❛✡✟✄✡✁
☎ ✍☎ ✄☎✟✍☎✁✎✕✳
❈✞✓✎✟✁✄✄ ☎ ✆✄ ✄❛✟✆✓✎ ✍☎ ✑✞✓✎ ✑✍✄☎ ✁✓✠✁✠ ☎ ✁ ❛✟✍☛☎✆☛✁ ☞✓✞✏✓
✍✄ ➇✒✟✁ ✂✞✟✟✞✏✆✓✎✳➈❚ ✍☎ ✟✁✌✁✟✄ ☎✞ ☎ ✁ ✘✞✟✁✄☎ ♦✁✟✗✆☛✁ ✍✓✠
✞☎ ✁✟ ✌✁✠✁✟✍✑ ✍✎✁✓☛✆✁✄ ✠✆✗✁✟☎✆✓✎ ✝✞✓✁✕ ✁✍✟✝✍✟☞✁✠ ✌✞✟ ✞☎ ✁✟
✏✞✟☞ ✣ ✆✓☛✑✡✠✆✓✎ ☎ ✁ ✄✞✟☎✄ ✞✌ ☎ ✆✓✓✆✓✎ ❛✟✞❧✁☛☎✄ ✁✓✗✆✄✆✞✓✁✠
✌✞✟ ☎ ✁ ✏✍☎✁✟✄ ✁✠ ✣ ☎✞ ❛✍✕ ☎ ✁ ✂✆✑✑✆✞✓s✠✞✑✑✍✟ ✍✓✓✡✍✑ ☎✍✂✄ ☎✞
✒✎ ☎ ✏✆✑✠✒✟✁✄✳
❚✞ ❛✡☎ ✆☎ ✍✓✞☎ ✁✟ ✏✍✕✚ ✍✎✁✓☛✆✁✄ ✍✗✁ ✄☎✟✡✎✎✑✁✠ ☎✞ ✠✁✍✑ ✏✆☎
☎ ✁ ❛✟✞✂✑✁✝✄ ☎ ✍☎ ☛✞✓☎✟✆✂✡☎✁ ☎✞ ✝✍✄✄✆✗✁ ✂✑✍❞✁✄ ✂✁☛✍✡✄✁ ☎ ✁✕
✏✁✟✁ ☎✟✕✆✓✎ ☎✞ ❛✡☎ ✞✡☎✳✳✳✝✍✄✄✆✗✁ ✂✑✍❞✁✄✳
❚ ✁ ✂✆✑✑ ☎ ✍☎ ❛✍✄✄✁✠ ☎ ✆✄ ✕✁✍✟ ✏✞✓✖☎ ✆✝✝✁✠✆✍☎✁✑✕ ✒✤ ☎ ✁
❛✟✞✂✑✁✝✳✔✡☎ ✂✕ ✧✙✧✙ ☎ ✁ ✌✁✠✁✟✍✑ ✎✞✗✁✟✓✝✁✓☎ ✏✆✑✑ ✄✁☎ ✍✄✆✠✁
✥✧ ✂✆✑✑✆✞✓ ✍✓✓✡✍✑✑✕✚ ✍✄ ✍✓ ✁✝✁✟✎✁✓☛✕ ✌✡✓✠✚ ☎✞ ✒✎ ☎ ☎ ✁ ✂✆✎✎✁✟
✒✟✁✄✳■✓ ☎ ✁✞✟✕ ☎ ✍☎ ✄ ✞✡✑✠ ✝✍☞✁ ✝✞✟✁ ✝✞✓✁✕ ✍✗✍✆✑✍✂✑✁ ✌✞✟
☎ ✆✓✓✆✓✎ ❛✟✞❧✁☛☎✄✳
◆✞✟ ✆✄ ☎ ✍☎ ☎ ✁ ✞✓✑✕ ✏✍✕ ❈✞✓✎✟✁✄✄ ☛✍✓ ✁✑❛ ✆✓ ☎ ✆✄ ✁✓✠✁✍✗✞✟✳
★✟✁✎✞✓ ♦✁✓✳ ✪✞✓❲✕✠✁✓ ✍✓✠ ✪✁❛✳✫✟✁✎ ❲✍✑✠✁✓ ✑✍✄☎ ✏✁✁☞
✄✁✓☎ ✍ ✑✁☎☎✁✟ ☎✞ ☎ ✁ ✘✞✟✁✄☎ ♦✁✟✗✆☛✁✖✄ ✟✁✎✆✞✓✍✑ ✞✌✒☛✁ ✆✓ ✬✞✟☎✑✍✓✠
✍✠✗✞☛✍☎✆✓✎ ✌✞✟ ✔✍☞✁✟ ❈✆☎✕✖✄ ✏✍☎✁✟✄ ✁✠ ☎✞ ✂✁ ✍ ❛✟✆✞✟✆☎✕ ✌✞✟
✄✞✝✁ ✞✌ ☎ ✞✄✁ ✠✞✑✑✍✟✄✳
❚ ✁ ☎ ✟✁✍☎ ✌✍☛✆✓✎ ☎ ✁ ✏✍☎✁✟✄ ✁✠ ✆✄ ✍✟✠✑✕ ✞✌ ✟✁☛✁✓☎ ✞✟✆✎✆✓✳
■✓ ✶✩✩✭ ☎ ✁ ✘✞✟✁✄☎ ♦✁✟✗✆☛✁ ✍✓✠ ☛✆☎✕ ✄❛✞✓✄✞✟✁✠ ✍ ☎✞✡✟ ✞✌ ☎ ✁
✏✍☎✁✟✄ ✁✠ ✠✡✟✆✓✎ ✏ ✆☛ ✞✌✒☛✆✍✑✄ ☛✆☎✁✠ ☎ ✁ ✄✍✝✁ ☛✞✓☛✁✟✓✄
☎ ✍☎ ☎ ✁✆✟ ✄✡☛☛✁✄✄✞✟✄ ☎✍✑☞ ✍✂✞✡☎ ☎✞✠✍✕✳
❇●❍ ①r✈② ▲◗ ❜❡❍▼▲❭❱➆◗
❤▼❍❡▲❍▼ ❯▲❤❱▼❋▲◗❱❙ ❭❊❙◗❍▼❣
❘❱❋▲❊❙ ❱❙❑ ❱❭❭❍◗◗ ❤▼❊❬▼❱❡❥
▼❍▲❙❘❍◗❋▲❙❬ ❳❍❑❍▼❱❝ ❊❳❳◗●❊▼❍
❍❙❍▼❬❴ ▼❍❘❍❙❫❍◗ ▲❙❋❊ ❤❫❯❝▲❭
❝❱❙❑◗ ❱❙❑ ✇❱❋❍▼◗ ❋❊ ❍❙◗❫▼❍
❇❊ ❋●❍ ❏❑▲❋❊▼❖
P ◗❍▼❘❍ ❊❙ ❋●❍ ❯❊❱▼❑
❋●❱❋ ✇❍ ❱❝❝ ●❱❘❍ ❱❭❭❍◗◗
❋❊ ❋●❍ ❊❫❋❑❊❊▼◗♥ ✈❊❙❬▼❍◗◗
❊❳ ❋●❍ ❩▼❍❬❊❙ ❭●❱❤❋❍▼ ❊❳
❪❱❭❦❭❊❫❙❋▼❴ ❵❫❙❋❍▼◗ ❱❙❑ ❭▼❍❱❋❍❑ ❋●❍ ①r✈② ❡❊▼❍
❜❙❬❝❍▼◗ ❳▼❊❡ ❡❴ ●❊❡❍ ▲❙
❋●❱❙ ❱ ●❱❝❳❣❭❍❙❋❫▼❴ ❱❬❊ ❋❊
❙❊▼❋●❍❱◗❋ ❩▼❍❬❊❙♥ ❪❵❜ ▲◗ ❱ ❤▼❍◗❍▼❘❍ ❜❡❍▼▲❭❱➆◗ ❊❫❋❑❊❊▼
▼❍❭▼❍❱❋▲❊❙ ●❍▼▲❋❱❬❍♥ r●❍❋●❣
❙❱❋▲❊❙❱❝ ❙❊❙❤▼❊❢❋ ❊▼❬❱❣
❙▲✐❱❋▲❊❙❥ ❳❊▼❡❍❑ ▲❙ ♠♣♣q
❍▼ ❋●▼❊❫❬● ❤▼❊❘▲❑▲❙❬ ❳❫❙❑◗
❳❊▼ ❱ ❝❊❭❱❝ ❤❱▼❦ ❊▼ ❭❊❙◗❍▼❘❣
❱▼❊❫❙❑ ❱ ❭❱❡❤❢▼❍ ▼▲❬●❋
●❍▼❍ ▲❙ ❩▼❍❬❊❙❥ ❋●❱❋ ◗❍▼❘❍◗ ▲❙❬ ❊❫▼ ✇▲❝❑ ❯❱❭❦❭❊❫❙❋▼❴❥
❱◗ ❋●❍ ❘❊▲❭❍ ❳❊▼ ❊❫▼ ❢◗● ❱❙❑ ❋●❍ ①r✈② ❬❫❱▼❱❙❋❍❍◗
❋●❱❋ ❜❡❍▼▲❭❱➆◗ ③④④⑤ ❯▲❝❝▲❊❙
✇▲❝❑❝▲❳❍ ❱❙❑ ❤❫❯❝▲❭ ❝❱❙❑◗
❱❙❑ ✇❱❋❍▼◗♥
❊❫❋❑❊❊▼ ❍❭❊❙❊❡❴ ❭❊❙❋▲❙❫❍◗
❜❑❘❊❭❱❋▲❙❬ ❳❊▼ ❭❊❙◗❍▼❘❱❣ ❋❊ ◗❫◗❋❱▲❙ ❭❊❡❡❫❙▲❋▲❍◗
❋▲❊❙ ❱❙❑ ❤❫❯❝▲❭ ❱❭❭❍◗◗ ▲◗ ❱
❙❱❋▲❊❙✇▲❑❍♥ ❵❊✇❍❘❍▼❥
❑❍❍❤❣▼❊❊❋❍❑ ❤❱▼❋ ❊❳ ✇●❊ P
✇▲❋●❊❫❋ ❱❭❋▲❊❙ ❯❴ ✈❊❙❬▼❍◗◗❥
❱❡ ❱❙❑ ●❊✇ P ✇❱◗ ▼❱▲◗❍❑
❋●❍ ①r✈② ✇▲❝❝ ❍⑥❤▲▼❍ ❊❙
❱❙❑ ●❊✇ P ❱❡ ▼❱▲◗▲❙❬ ❡❴
⑦❍❤❋♥ ⑧♣♥
r●▲❝❍ ▲❙ ✉♥✈♥❥P ❡❍❋ ✇▲❋●
❦▲❑◗♥❜❳❋❍▼ ❯❍❭❊❡▲❙❬ ❱
❡❊❋●❍▼❥ P ▼❍❱❝▲✐❍❑ ❋●❍
▼❍❤▼❍◗❍❙❋❱❋▲❘❍◗ ❳▼❊❡ ❋●❍
▲❡❤❊▼❋❱❙❭❍ ❊❳ ❤▼❊❋❍❭❋▲❙❬
❊❳❢❭❍◗ ❊❳ ⑦❍❙♥⑨❊❙r❴❑❍❙
✇▲❝❑ ◗❤❱❭❍◗ ❳❊▼ ❳❫❋❫▼❍ ❬❍❙❣
❱❙❑ ⑨❍❤♥⑩▼❍❬r❱❝❑❍❙ ❱❙❑
❍▼❱❋▲❊❙◗♥ P ✇❱◗ ❝❫❭❦❴ ❍❙❊❫❬● ❑▲◗❭❫◗◗❍❑ ❋●❍ ▲❡❤❊▼❋❱❙❭❍
❋❊ ❯❍ ▲❙❘▲❋❍❑ ❋❊ t❊▲❙ ❪❵❜➆◗
❊❳ ❤❍▼❡❱❙❍❙❋❝❴ ▼❍❱❫❋●❊▼▲✐❣
❝❱▼❬❍◗❋ ❍❘❍▼ ❬▼❱◗◗▼❊❊❋◗ ❋▼▲❤ ▲❙❬ ❱❙❑ ❑❍❑▲❭❱❋▲❙❬ ❳❫❙❑▲❙❬
❳❊▼ ❋●❍ ①r✈②♥P ❱❝◗❊ ●❱❑
❋❊ r❱◗●▲❙❬❋❊❙❥ ✉♥✈♥❥ ❋❊
❱❑❘❊❭❱❋❍ ❳❊▼ ❋●❍ ①❱❙❑ ❱❙❑
❋●❍ ❤❝❍❱◗❫▼❍ ❊❳ ❡❍❍❋▲❙❬
r❱❋❍▼ ✈❊❙◗❍▼❘❱❋▲❊❙ ②❫❙❑♥
✇▲❋● ⑦❍❙♥❶❍❳❳ ❷❍▼❦❝❍❴ ❱❙❑
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✸❖❈✮✳✸✮❨❖✪✱ ✼✪❇✴✰✸ ❖✽✽✰✸✰✳✴✬
❙✾✿✾❀ ❙❀❁❂ ❃❄❅❅❄✿❆ ❙❂ ❉✿❁❊❀❅❅ ❋❍■✾❏
➇❄✾➔ ❱→ ➐✿ ➂▼✿❁❯❀❩ ➣❛↔❴❧ ❬♠❪❼❪
❑❄❊✾▼❄◆✾◗❘❀❁❯❅❀✾❱❁❳❩ ❬❛❭❪❫ ❴❵❜❞❪❢ ❣✐✐
❥❭❪❫❪❻♠❷q ❥❸♠↔ ➣❛❻❛❺❪❧ ③❴❶❪❧♠ ❬♠❧❴➊❪⑥ ➌♥②♥
❥❴❦❧♠ ❬♠♥ ♦♣♥q ❬rs✈①q ❬❛❭❪❫q ②③ ❣④①✐⑤⑥ ⑦✐①r ➍❴➎ ⑨④✐q ➒❛ ↕❧❛❻➓❪q ②③ ❣④⑧⑦✐⑥ ⑦s⑤r❣⑨✈r
❣⑧⑨r⑤④✈❣♥⑩❪❶❷❸♠❪❢ ❹❹❹♥❴❧❪❺❴❻❭❪❺❸❷❭❛♠❦❧❪♥ ⑤①✐❣⑥ ❵❛➎ ⑦s⑤r❣⑨①r①①①①♥
❺❴❼❽❾❛❻❷❪❭❭♥ ♣❫❛❸❭❢ ❷❪❻♥❶❸❭❭❾❛❻❷❪❭❭❿
➙❁❄❱❁ ➇❱➑❁✾➔ ➇❱❆❆❄❊❊❄❱❁❀▼❊❩ ➛❴❻❻❛
❴❧❪❺❴❻❭❪❺❸❷❭❛♠❦❧❪♥❺❴❼♥
➍❪❼❪❧❛❺❪q ❬♠❪❼❪ ➣❞❥❭❦❧❪ ❛❻➓ ➜❛❞➝ ➉❴❹❛❧➓⑥
❙✾✿✾❀ ➀❀➁❂ ➂▼❀➃ ➄✿▼▼❀✾❱ ❋➅➆✾❏ ❑❄❊✾▼❄◆✾◗
⑤⑤✐⑨ ➞➟❼❪♥q ➒❛ ↕❧❛❻➓❪q ②③ ❣④⑧⑦✐⑥ ⑦s⑤r❣⑨①r
➇❱➈❀❳❩❬❛❭❪❫❴❵❜❞❪❢❣✐✐❥❴❦❧♠❬♠♥♦♣♥q➉r①⑧sq ⑤✐✐⑤⑥ ❵❛➎ ⑦s⑤r❣⑨①r⑤✐④❣♥
❬❛❭❪❫q②③ ❣④①✐⑤⑥⑦✐①r❣⑧⑨r⑤s⑦⑧♥⑩❪❶❷❸♠❪❢
❃✿❅❅❱➠✿ ➇❱➑❁✾➔ ➇❱❆❆❄❊❊❄❱❁❀▼❊❩ ➌❛❦❭
❹❹❹♥❴❧❪❺❴❻❭❪❺❸❷❭❛♠❦❧❪♥❺❴❼❽❶❛❧❧❪♠❴♥♣❫❛❸❭❢
❥❛❷♠❸❭❭❪➡❛q➢❴➓➓ ♦❛❷❾ ❛❻➓ ❬❦❷❛❻ ③❴❶❪❧♠❷⑥
❧❪➊♥❺❧❪❺❶❛❧❧❪♠❴❿❴❧❪❺❴❻❭❪❺❸❷❭❛♠❦❧❪♥❺❴❼♥
⑤✐⑤ ❬♥ ③❸❼❪❧ ❬♠♥q ③❴❴❫ ✈✐✈q ♣❻♠❪❧➊❧❸❷❪q ②③
❣④⑧✈⑧⑥ ⑦s⑤rs✈⑨rs⑦s①q ❪➎♠♥ ⑤⑤⑥ ❵❛➎ ⑦s⑤rs✈⑨r
❙✾✿✾❀ ➀❀➁❂ ➂▼❀➃ ❙❆❄✾❏ ❋➅➋✾❏
❑❄❊✾▼❄◆✾❳❩ ❬❛❭❪❫ ❴❵❜❞❪❢ ❣✐✐ ❥❴❦❧♠ ❬♠♥ ♦♣♥q ✐⑦⑧✈♥
➉rs⑧✈q ❬❛❭❪❫q ②③q ❣④①✐⑤⑥ ⑦✐①r❣⑧⑨r⑤s⑦④♥
➤❅➃❄❁ ➇❄✾➔ ➇❱➑❁◆❄❅❱▼❊❩ ➣❛↔❴❧ ➟❭❭❛❻
➛❦❵❵↔q ⑦✐⑤ ♦ ⑤⑤♠❾ ❬♠♥q ⑦s⑤rs①④r⑤✐⑤⑨q
➉❪➊➊❻❪❧ ❴❵❜❞❪❢ ➌♥②♥ ➍❴➎ ✈⑤❣q ➉❪➊➊❻❪❧q
❫❛↔❴❧❿❞❸♠↔❴❵❪❭❺❸❻❴❧♥❴❧❺⑥ ➣❛❧↔⑩❪❷♠q ✈⑨✐
②③ ❣④⑧①⑨⑥ ⑦s⑤r⑨④⑨r⑦⑤⑦s⑥⑩❪❶❷❸♠❪❢ ❹❹❹♥
❴❧❪❺❴❻❭❪❺❸❷❭❛♠❦❧❪♥❺❴❼❽❷❫❸♠❾❺♥ ♣❫❛❸❭❢ ❧❪➊♥ ♦ ⑦♠❾ ➟❼❪♥q ⑦s⑤r⑧✐⑦r✐ss①q ❞❴❦❻❞❸❭❴❧①❿
❺❧❪❺❷❫❸♠❾❿❴❧❪❺❴❻❭❪❺❸❷❭❛♠❦❧❪♥❺❴❼♥
❞❸♠↔❴❵❪❭❺❸❻❴❧♥❴❧❺⑥ ➞❛♠❾↔⑩❛❧❧❪❻q ➌②
➏▼❀➃❱❁ ➐❀➃❄❊❅✿✾➑▼❀❩ ➒❪❺❸❷❭❛♠❸❼❪
➍❴➎ ⑨❣④q ⑦s⑤r④⑧⑨r❣⑨⑤⑤q ❞❴❦❻❞❸❭❴❧⑨❿
➓❴❞❦❫❪❻♠❷ ❛❻➓ ❸❻❵❴❧❫❛♠❸❴❻ ❛❧❪ ❛❼❛❸❭❛❶❭❪ ❞❸♠↔❴❵❪❭❺❸❻❴❧♥❴❧❺⑥ ❥❴❦❻❞❸❭❴❧➢❪❧❪❷❛
❴❻❭❸❻❪ ❛♠ ❹❹❹♥❭❪❺♥❷♠❛♠❪♥❴❧♥❦❷♥
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➯➟➠ ➠➲➳➯➫➥➵ ➸➠➯➯➠➥➤
➺➥➠ ➨➳➭➳➯➠➲ ➯➫ ➻➼➽
➧➫➥➲➤ ➺➾➲ ➭➚➤➯ ➢➠
➤➳➪➾➠➲ ➺➾➲ ➩➺➥➥➶ ➯➟➠
➺➚➯➟➫➥➹➤ ➺➲➲➥➠➤➤ ➺➾➲
➘➟➫➾➠ ➾➚➭➢➠➥ ➴➷➫➥
➦➠➥➳➬➩➺➯➳➫➾ ➘➚➥➘➫➤➠➤
➫➾➨➶➮➵
➱➭➺➳➨ ➶➫➚➥
➨➠➯➯➠➥➤ ➯➫ ➾➠➧➤✃
➨➺➪➥➺➾➲➠➫➢➤➠➥➦➠➥➵➩➫➭
➫➥ ➭➺➳➨ ➯➟➠➭ ➯➫ ➸➺
❐➥➺➾➲➠ ➡➢➤➠➥➦➠➥❒ ❮❰➽Ï
➼➯➟ Ð➯➵❒ ➸➺ ❐➥➺➾➲➠❒
➡➥➠➵❒ ÑÒÓ➼➽➵
➩❱❊❀➁❏ ➇❄✾➔ ➇❱➑❁◆❄❅❱▼❊❩ ➣❛↔❴❧ ➛❪❻❻❸❷
❬❛❻➓❷⑥ ➣❛❧♠❸❻ ➉❛❫❸❭♠❴❻⑥ ➞❛♠❾↔ ➍❸❻❺❾❛❫⑥
➢❛❻↔❛ ❥❴❭❭❸❪❧⑥ ➣❸❞❾❛❪❭ ➜ ➒❴❞➝❾❛❧♠ ⑦s⑤rs①✈r
①⑧①✈⑥ ➌♥②♥ ➍❴➎ ⑤⑦q ➜❴❷❪➊❾q ②❧❪❺❴❻ ❣④⑧s⑨⑥
✈✐⑤ ♦❴❧♠❾ ➣❛❸❻ ❬♠♥⑥ ❞❸♠↔❴❵➡❴❷❪➊❾❴❧❪❺❴❻❿
❺❫❛❸❭♥❞❴❫
➐✿ ➂▼✿❁❯❀ ➇❄✾➔ ➇❱➑❁◆❄❅❱▼❊❩ ➣❛↔❴❧
❬♠❪❼❪ ❥❭❪❫❪❻♠❷q ↕❛❧↔ ➒❸❭❭❛❧➓q ♦❸❞❴❭❪
➉❴❹❛❧➓q ❥❴❧❧❸❻❪ ➛❦♠♠❴q ➣❛❧↔➟❻❻ ➣❸❪❷❻❪❧q
➢❧❴↔ ➌❴❸❻♠❪❧q ➜❦❷♠❸❻ ③❴❞➝⑥ ♠❾❧❴❦❺❾ ♠❾❪ ❥❸♠↔
➣❛❻❛❺❪❧➫❷ ❴❵❜❞❪q ⑦s⑤r❣⑨✈r⑤①✐❣
➙❁❄❱❁ ➇❄✾➔ ➇❱➑❁◆❄❅❱▼❊❩ ➣❛↔❴❧ ➒❪❴❻❛❧➓
➭❭❸❻♠q ➒❪❴❻❛❧➓➭❭❸❻♠❿❞❸♠↔❴❵❦❻❸❴❻♥❞❴❫⑥ ➜❴❾❻
➭❛❧❫❪❧q ➡❴❾❻❵❛❧❫❪❧❿❞❸♠↔❴❵❦❻❸❴❻♥❞❴❫⑥
③❛❻➓↔ ➞❻❴➊q ❞❴❦❻❞❸❭❴❧➝❻❴➊❿❞❸♠↔❴❵❦❻❸❴❻♥
❞❴❫⑥ ❬❦❪ ➉❛❹➝❸❻❷q ❷❦❷❛❻❾❛❹➝❸❻❷❿
❞❸♠↔❴❵❦❻❸❴❻♥❞❴❫⑥ ➣❛♠♠ ➒❛♠❪❧q ❫❛♠♠❭❛♠❪❧❿
❞❸♠↔❴❵❦❻❸❴❻♥❞❴❫⑥ ➜❛↔ ➍❭❛❞➝❶❦❧❻q
➡❛↔❶❭❛❞➝❶❦❧❻❿❞❸♠↔❴❵❦❻❸❴❻♥❞❴❫⑥⑩❛❭♠
➍❧❴❴➝❷❾❸❧❪q ❹❛❭♠❶❧❴❴➝❷❾❸❧❪❿❞❸♠↔❴❵❦❻❸❴❻♥
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❏❱◗❋❍▼❙ ❩▼❍❬❊❙ ◗●❊❫❝❑
pride on the Fourth ❯❍ ❸⑨❩➄✉ ❊❳ ❵❱▲❙❍◗➆
of July
❱❙❙❫❱❝ ➅⑦❡❱❝❝ ❇❊✇❙➉ ➊❪▲❬
❵❍❱▼❋➋ ❱❋❡❊◗❤●❍▼❍➌
❇❊ ❋●❍ ❏❑▲❋❊▼❖
❪❫❋❭● ❪❊❍❋❋❭●❍▼❥ ②▼❍❑
➍➃❻➎ ➏❼❻➐➑❽
➒❾ ➓➃❾❿➎❻
❱❙❑ ❵❱✐❍❝ ❜❝❍⑥▲◗ ❤❱▼❋▲❭▲❣
⑨⑨①r⑨⑨⑨⑨q ❞❴❦❻❞❸❭❴❧⑦❿❞❸♠↔❴❵❪❭❺❸❻❴❧♥❴❧❺⑥
③❸❷❛ ➉❛❭❺❛❧♠❾q ➌② ➍❴➎ ⑦✈⑦q ⑦s⑤rs①④r❣s⑨✈q
❞❴❦❻❞❸❭❴❧✈❿❞❸♠↔❴❵❪❭❺❸❻❴❧♥❴❧❺⑥ ③❴❞➝↔
➍❦❧❺❪❷❷q ⑧✐✐ ♦ ⑤s♠❾ ❬♠♥q ➌♥②♥ ➍❴➎ ⑧⑦sq ⑦s⑤r
④⑧⑨r✈s⑤④q ❞❴❦❻❞❸❭❴❧⑤❿❞❸♠↔❴❵❪❭❺❸❻❴❧♥❴❧❺⑥
➛❛❼❸➓ ③❪❪➓q ⑤✐⑤⑤ ➛❪♠❧❴❸♠ ❬♠♥q ➌② ➍❴➎ ①⑨⑧⑥
⑦s⑤r❣④⑦r①①✐⑨q ❞❴❦❻❞❸❭❴❧s❿❞❸♠↔❴❵❪❭❺❸❻❴❧♥
❴❧❺⑥ ③↔❛❻ ➣❛❧♠❸❻
➤❁✾❀▼➁▼❄❊❀ ➇❄✾➔ ➇❱➑❁◆❄❅❱▼❊❩ ➣❛↔❴❧
❬♠❛❞❪↔ ➞❛❧❼❴❷➝❸q ❫❛↔❴❧❴❵❪❻♠❪❧➊❧❸❷❪❿
❺❫❛❸❭♥❞❴❫⑥ ➜❪❻❻❸⑩❴❧➓⑥ ➛❛❼❪ ♣❭❭❸❴♠♠⑥➟❷❾❭❪↔
❬❦❭❭❸❼❛❻⑥ ➣❸❞❛❾➟❺❻❪❹⑥ ➒❛❧❧↔ ❥❾❧❸❷♠❫❛❻⑥
❥❾❧❸❷ ➌❧❸♠❞❾❛❧➓⑥ ⑦s⑤rs✈⑨rs⑤❣⑨⑥ ❫❛❸❭ ♠❴ ❥❸♠↔ ❴❵
♣❻♠❪❧➊❧❸❷❪q ⑤✐⑧ ♦♥♣♥ ⑤❷♠ ❬♠❧❪❪♠q ♣❻♠❪❧➊❧❸❷❪q
②③ ❣④⑧✈⑧
➥❆➦❅❀▼ ➇❄✾➔ ➇❱➑❁◆❄❅❱▼❊❩ ➣❛↔❴❧ ➣❸➝❪
➣❞➒❪❛❻q ❥❴❧❧❸❻❪⑩❸❭❵❴❻❺q ➉❪❧❫❛❻
②❧♠❫❛❻❻q ➣❛❧➝ ➉❴❹❪❭❭q ③❸❞➝➧❸❞❪➝q ➜❴❛❻
➉❛❧➓❸❻❺q ➜❛❷❴❻ ➍❪❧❺❭❦❻➓⑥ ⑤⑧✐ ③❦❞➝❫❛❻
➟❼❪♥⑥ ➌♥②♥ ➍❴➎ s✐q ➨❫❶❭❪❧ ②③ ❣④⑧s⑤⑥ ⑦s⑤r⑦①sr
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◗❫❭❭❍◗◗❍◗ ❱❙❑ ▲❡❤❱❭❋◗ ❊❳
①r✈② ❤▼❊t❍❭❋◗ ◗❋❱❋❍✇▲❑❍
❱❙❑ ❱❬▼❍❍❑ ❋●❱❋ ❳❱▲❝❫▼❍ ❋❊ ▼❍❣
❱❫❋●❊▼▲✐❍ ❋●❍ ①r✈② ✇❊❫❝❑
●❱▼❡ ❋●❍ ❤❫❯❝▲❭ ❱❭❭❍◗◗ ❱❙❑
❊❤❤❊▼❋❫❙▲❋▲❍◗ ❋●❱❋ ◗❊ ❡❱❙❴
❊❳ ❫◗ ❘❱❝❫❍ ●❍▼❍ ▲❙ ❙❊▼❋●❍❱◗❋❣
❍▼❙ ❩▼❍❬❊❙♥
P ❭❱❙❙❊❋ ❋●❱❙❦ ❩▼❍❬❊❙➆◗
❝❍❬▲◗❝❱❋▲❘❍ ▼❍❤▼❍◗❍❙❋❱❋▲❘❍◗
❱❙❑ ◗❋❱❳❳ ❍❙❊❫❬● ❳❊▼ ❋❱❦❣
▲❙❬ ❋▲❡❍ ❋❊ ❡❍❍❋ ✇▲❋● ❡❍♥
❸❝❍❱◗❍ ◗❋❱❙❑ ✇▲❋● ❡❍ ▲❙
❱◗❦▲❙❬ ❊❫▼ ▼❍❤▼❍◗❍❙❋❱❋▲❘❍◗
▲❙ ✈❊❙❬▼❍◗◗ ❋❊ ❤❍▼❡❱❙❍❙❋❝❴
▼❍❱❫❋●❊▼▲✐❍ ❋●❍ ①❱❙❑ ❱❙❑
r❱❋❍▼ ✈❊❙◗❍▼❘❱❋▲❊❙ ②❫❙❑♥
❩❫▼ ✇▲❝❑❝▲❳❍ ●❱❯▲❋❱❋❥ ◗❫◗❣
❋❱▲❙❱❯❝❍ ✇▲❝❑ ❢◗●❍▼▲❍◗❥ ❱❙❑
●❫❙❋▲❙❬ ❱❙❑ ❢◗●▲❙❬ ❱❭❭❍◗◗
▼▲❬●❋◗ ❑❍❤❍❙❑ ❫❤❊❙ ▲❋♥
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