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The Observer
û➩ü➸➦ üý➳➦➤➫➳➧➲
➵➫➤þ ➦ÿü ü➧➸➦ ➤➫üû➤➥➳➧➥
Wishful thinking
hurting recycling
efforts
❲ ✁✂ ✄☎ ✆✝✞✁✟ ☎✝ ✠✁✆✡✆❧✄✂☛✱ ✥✠✁☛✝✂✄☞✂✟ ☞✈✁ ✌✁✁✂
❢✝✝❧✄✂☛ ☎ ✁✞✟✁❧✈✁✟ ❢✝✠ ✡✁☞✠✟✳
❲✁❡✈✁ ✌✁✁✂ ✍❧☞✆✄✂☛ ☞❧❧ ✟✝✠☎✟ ✝❢ ✄☎✁✞✟ ✄✂ ✆✎✠✌✟✄✏✁ ✠✁✲
✆✡✆❧✄✂☛ ✌✄✂✟✱ ☞✟✟✎✞✄✂☛ ☎ ☞☎ ✑☞✟ ☞✍✍✠✝✍✠✄☞☎✁ ✌✁✆☞✎✟✁✱
✑✁❧❧✱ ✄☎ ✟✁✁✞✟ ☞✟ ✄❢ ☎ ✁✡ ✟ ✝✎❧✏ ✌✁ ✠✁✆✡✆❧☞✌❧✁ ✒ ☛☞✠✲
✏✁✂ ✝✟✁✟✱ ✏✄☞✍✁✠✟✱ ✍✝☎✟ ☞✂✏ ✍☞✂✟✱ ✍❧☞✟☎✄✆ ✌☞☛✟✱ ✑✄✠✁
☞✂☛✁✠✟✱ ✆❧☞✞✟ ✁❧❧ ❢✝✝✏ ✆✝✂☎☞✄✂✁✠✟ ✒ ✁✈✁✂ ✌✝✑❧✄✂☛
✌☞❧❧✟✳
❍✝✑✁✈✁✠✱ ✟✎✆ ➇✑✄✟ ❢✎❧ ✠✁✆✡✆❧✄✂☛✓ ✆✝✂☎✄✂✎✁✟ ☎✝
✎✂✏✁✠✞✄✂✁ ☎ ✁ ✠✁✆✡✆❧✄✂☛ ✍✠✝✆✁✟✟ ✌✡ ☛✎✞✞✄✂☛ ✎✍ ☎ ✁
✟✝✠☎✄✂☛ ✞☞✆ ✄✂✁✟ ☞✂✏ ✆✠✁☞☎✄✂☛ ✞✝✠✁ ✑✝✠❤ ❢✝✠ ✆✠✁✑✟
✑ ✝ ☞✏ ☎✝ ☛✁☎ ✠✄✏ ✝❢ ☎ ✁ ✄☎✁✞✟✳ ✔✁☞✂✑ ✄❧✁✱ ✟✝✞✁
✂✝✂✲✠✁✆✡✆❧☞✌❧✁✟ ✟☎✄❧❧ ✞☞✏✁ ✄☎ ☎ ✠✝✎☛ ☎ ✁ ✠✁✆✡✆❧✄✂☛
✟☎✠✁☞✞✱ ✁✂✏✄✂☛ ✎✍ ✄✂ ✌☞❧✁✟ ✝❢ ✆☞✠✏✌✝☞✠✏✱ ✍☞✍✁✠ ✝✠
✟✝✠☎✁✏ ✍❧☞✟☎✄✆✟✳
❚ ☞☎ ✆✝✂☎☞✞✄✂☞☎✄✝✂ ✂✝ ❧✝✂☛✁✠ ✄✟ ☞✆✆✁✍☎☞✌❧✁ ☎✝ ☎ ✁
✑✝✠❧✏❡✟ ❧☞✠☛✁✟☎ ✞☞✠❤✁☎ ❢✝✠ ✠✁✆✡✆❧✄✂☛ ✍☞✍✁✠ ☞✂✏ ✍❧☞✟✲
☎✄✆✟t ✕ ✄✂☞✳
❆✟ ✝❢ ☎ ✄✟ ✡✁☞✠✱ ✕ ✄✂☞ ✄✟ ✠✁✖✁✆☎✄✂☛ ✄✞✍✝✠☎✟ ✝❢ ✟✝✠☎✁✏
✍☞✍✁✠ ☞✂✏ ✍✝✟☎✲✆✝✂✟✎✞✁✠ ✍❧☞✟☎✄✆✟ ☎ ☞☎ ✁♣✆✁✁✏ ✗✳✘
✍✁✠✆✁✂☎ ✆✝✂☎☞✞✄✂☞☎✄✝✂✳ ❚ ☞☎❡✟ ☞❧✞✝✟☎ ✄✞✍✝✟✟✄✌❧✁ ❢✝✠
✞✝✟☎ ✆✝✎✂☎✠✄✁✟ ☎✝ ✞✁✁☎✳ ✙✁✟✍✄☎✁ ✥✠✁☛✝✂✄☞✂✟❡ ✍☞✟✟✄✝✂
❢✝✠ ✠✁✆✡✆❧✄✂☛✱ ☎ ✁✄✠ ➇✑✄✟ ❢✎❧ ✠✁✆✡✆❧✄✂☛✓ ☞✟ ✠✁✟✎❧☎✁✏ ✄✂
☞ ✆✝✂☎☞✞✄✂☞☎✄✝✂ ✠☞☎✁ ☎ ☞☎ ☞✈✁✠☞☛✁✟ ❢✠✝✞ ✚ ✍✁✠✆✁✂☎ ☎✝
✶✛ ✍✁✠✆✁✂☎✱ ☞✆✆✝✠✏✄✂☛ ☎✝ ☎ ✁ ✟☎☞☎✁ ✙✁✍☞✠☎✞✁✂☎ ✝❢
❊✂✈✄✠✝✂✞✁✂☎☞❧ ✜✎☞❧✄☎✡✳
❚ ✁ ✙❊✜ ✟☞✄✏ ✑✄☎ ☎ ✁ ✕ ✄✂✁✟✁ ✞☞✠❤✁☎ ✂✝✑
✆❧✝✟✁✏✱ ✞✝✠✁ ☎ ☞✂ ✶✗✱✗✗✗ ☎✝✂✟ ✝❢ ✆✝✞✄✂☛❧✁✏ ✞☞☎✁✠✄☞❧✟
☞✈✁ ✑✝✎✂✏ ✎✍ ✄✂ ✥✠✁☛✝✂ ❧☞✂✏✢❧❧✟ ☎ ✄✟ ✡✁☞✠✳
❚ ☞☎ ✄✟ ❧✁✟✟ ☎ ☞✂ ✣ ✍✁✠✆✁✂☎ ✝❢ ☞❧❧ ✞☞☎✁✠✄☞❧ ✆✝❧❧✁✆☎✁✏
❢✝✠ ✠✁✆✡✆❧✄✂☛✳ ✤☎✄❧❧✱ ✥✠✁☛✝✂✄☞✂✟ ☞✈✁ ☎✝ ✆ ☞✂☛✁ ☎ ✁✄✠
✑☞✡✟✳
❏✎✠✄✟✏✄✆☎✄✝✂✟ ☎ ☞☎ ✝❢❢✁✠ ✆✎✠✌✟✄✏✁ ✠✁✆✡✆❧✄✂☛ ☞✠✁ ✂✝✑
❧✝✝❤✄✂☛ ☞☎ ✠☞✄✟✄✂☛ ✆✝❧❧✁✆☎✄✝✂ ❢✁✁✟✱ ✌✁✆☞✎✟✁ ☎ ✁✡ ✞✎✟☎
✍☞✡ ✆✝✞✍☞✂✄✁✟ ☎✝ ☞✆✆✁✍☎ ✆✁✠☎☞✄✂ ✠✁✆✡✆❧☞✌❧✁✟✳
P❧☞✟☎✄✆ ✄✟ ☞ ✍✠✄✞✁ ✆✝✂✆✁✠✂ ✌✁✆☞✎✟✁ ✏✄❢❢✁✠✁✂☎ ✍❧☞✟✲
☎✄✆✟ ✞✎✟☎ ✌✁ ✠✁✆✡✆❧✁✏ ✏✄❢❢✁✠✁✂☎❧✡ ✒ ✄❢ ☎ ✁✠✁ ✁✈✁✂ ✄✟
☞ ✞☞✠❤✁☎ ❢✝✠ ☎ ✁✞✳ ✦✝✠ ✁♣☞✞✍❧✁✱ ✍❧☞✟☎✄✆ ✌☞☛✟ ☞✠✁ ✠✁✲
✆✡✆❧☞✌❧✁✱ ✌✎☎ ✂✝☎ ✄✂ ✆✎✠✌✟✄✏✁ ✌✄✂✟ ✌✁✆☞✎✟✁ ☎ ✁✡ ✟✂☞✠❧
☎ ✁ ✟✝✠☎✄✂☛ ✞☞✆ ✄✂✁✠✡✳
✤✝ ✑ ☞☎ ✆☞✂ ✑✁ ✏✝❙
✧ P☞✡ ☞☎☎✁✂☎✄✝✂ ☎✝ ✍☞✆❤☞☛✄✂☛ ☞✂✏ ❧✄❢✁✟✍☞✂ ✑ ✁✂
✞☞❤✄✂☛ ✍✎✠✆ ☞✟✁✟✳ ✤☎✠✄✈✁ ☎✝ ✠✁✎✟✁ ✑ ✁✂✁✈✁✠ ✍✝✟✲
✟✄✌❧✁✱ ✄✂✟☎✁☞✏ ✝❢ ✏✄✟✆☞✠✏✄✂☛✳
✧ ✕☞✠✠✡ ✝✎✠ ✝✑✂ ✆✝✂☎☞✄✂✁✠✟ ❢✝✠ ✑☞☎✁✠✱ ✆✝❢❢✁✁ ☞✂✏
✝☎ ✁✠ ✌✁✈✁✠☞☛✁✟ ✄✂✟☎✁☞✏ ✝❢ ✎✟✄✂☛ ✏✄✟✍✝✟☞✌❧✁ ✆✎✍✟✳
✧ ▲✁☞✠✂ ✑ ✄✆ ✞☞☎✁✠✄☞❧✟ ✆☞✂ ✌✁ ✠✁✆✡✆❧✁✏ ☞☎ ✆✎✠✌✲
✟✄✏✁✳ ★✂✟☎✁☞✏ ✝❢ ☞✟✟✎✞✄✂☛ ✟✝✞✁☎ ✄✂☛ ✄✟ ✠✁✆✡✆❧☞✲
✌❧✁✱ ✑✁ ✂✁✁✏ ☎✝ ✌✁ ✠✁☞❧✄✟☎✄✆✳
✧ ❘✁✞✁✞✌✁✠ ☎ ☞☎ ✟✝✞✁ ✄☎✁✞✟ ✆☞✂ ✌✁ ☎☞❤✁✂ ☎✝ ✠✁✆✡✲
✆❧✄✂☛ ✏✁✍✝☎✟ ☎ ☞☎ ✍✝✍ ✎✍ ☞✠✝✎✂✏ ❊☞✟☎✁✠✂ ✥✠✁☛✝✂✳
❚ ✁✟✁ ✄✂✆❧✎✏✁ ✍❧☞✟☎✄✆ ✌☞☛✟✱ ✟ ✠✁✏✏✁✏ ✍☞✍✁✠ ☞✂✏
✆✁✠☎☞✄✂ ✞✁☎☞❧✟✳
✧ ✔☞❤✁ ✟✎✠✁ ☞❧❧ ✠✁✆✡✆❧☞✌❧✁✟✱ ✑ ✁☎ ✁✠ ✍✎☎ ✝✂ ☎ ✁
✆✎✠✌ ✝✠ ☎☞❤✁✂ ☎✝ ☞ ✏✁✍✝☎✱ ☞✠✁ ✆❧✁☞✂✳ ✦✝✠ ✁♣☞✞✍❧✁✱
✟ ✠✁✏✏✁✏ ✍☞✍✁✠ ☎☞❤✁✂ ☎✝ ☞ ✠✁✆✡✆❧✄✂☛ ✏✁✍✝☎ ✟ ✝✎❧✏
✂✝☎ ✄✂✆❧✎✏✁ ✟ ✠✁✏✏✁✏ ✍❧☞✟☎✄✆ ✆✠✁✏✄☎ ✆☞✠✏✟✳ ✩✁✄☎ ✁✠
✟ ✝✎❧✏ ❢✝✝✏ ✟✆✠☞✍✟ ✌✁ ✍✎☎ ✄✂ ✑✄☎ ✠✁✆✡✆❧✄✂☛✳
✔✁☞✂✑ ✄❧✁✱ ☞✟ ✄✂✏✄✈✄✏✎☞❧✟ ☞✂✏ ☞✟ ✝✠☛☞✂✄✪☞☎✄✝✂✟✱ ✑✁
✞✎✟☎ ✏✝ ☞❧❧ ✑✁ ✆☞✂ ☎✝ ✁✂✆✝✎✠☞☛✁ ✁♣✍☞✂✟✄✝✂ ✝❢ ❧✝✆☞❧✱
✠✁☛✄✝✂☞❧ ☞✂✏ r✳✤✳ ✞☞✠❤✁☎✟ ❢✝✠ ✠✁✆✡✆❧✁✏ ✞☞☎✁✠✄☞❧✟✳
❚ ☞☎ ✞✁☞✂✟ ✑✁ ✟ ✝✎❧✏ ✍✎✠✆ ☞✟✁ ✞✝✠✁ ✍✠✝✏✎✆☎✟ ✞☞✏✁
✑✄☎ ✠✁✆✡✆❧✁✏ ✞☞☎✁✠✄☞❧✟ ☞✂✏ ✟✎✍✍✝✠☎ ✆✝✠✍✝✠☞☎✄✝✂✟
✑ ✝ ☞✠✁ ✑✝✠❤✄✂☛ ☎✝ ✠✁✏✎✆✁ ✑☞✟☎✁✳
❚ ☞☎ ✄✟ ☞ ❧✝✂☛✲☎✁✠✞ ✍✠✝✆✁✟✟ ✌✎☎ ✎❧☎✄✞☞☎✁❧✡ ☞ ✌✁☎☎✁✠
✟✝❧✎☎✄✝✂ ☎ ☞✂ ✠✁❧✡✄✂☛ ✝✂ ✝☎ ✁✠ ✆✝✎✂☎✠✄✁✟ ☎✝ ✑✁❧✆✝✞✁
✝✎✠ ☛☞✠✌☞☛✁ ✑✄☎ ✝✍✁✂ ☞✠✞✟✳
Rep. Greg Walden rubber-stamps
Trump while he ignores Oregonians
➺➻➼➽ ➾➚➻➪ ➶➹➘➴➻➷➬ ➮➱✃ ➱➹❐➷❒❮ ➱➻➘➴
➹ ❮✃➮➷ ➱➹➘➘ ❰➷ Ï➹ ➾➚➹➷➴➻ Ð✃➚ Ñ➻➹➚❐➬
✃➷Ò➻ ➹➪➹❰➷ Ò➚➻➼❮ ❰➷❮✃ ❮✃➮➷ ➹➷➴ ➹❐
Ó❐Ó➹➘➬ ➮➻ ➘➻➹➚➷➻➴ ➹Ô✃Ó❮ ❰❮ ❮➱➻ ➷➻Õ❮
➴➹Ñ ❰➷ Ö➱➻ ×Ô❐➻➚Ø➻➚ ÙÚ➶➹➘➴➻➷ÛÖ➹Õ
ÒÓ❮❐ ❐❮✃Ü❰➷➪ ➻Ò✃➷✃Ý❰Ò Ô✃✃Ý➬Þ ßÓ➘Ñ àáâ➽
Ö➱❰❐ ❮❰Ý➻➬ ❰❮ ➮➹❐ ➹ ➼➱✃❮✃ ✃➼ ➮❰❮➱ Ð➻➘ã
➘✃➮ ➺➻➼ÓÔ➘❰Ò➹➷ ➾➚➻➪ ä➹➚➚➻❮✃ ➴Ó➚❰➷➪
➹ Ø❰❐❰❮ ❮✃ ❮➱➻ Ú➺➻➼ÓÔ➘❰Ò➹➷ ➻Ò➱✃ Ò➱➹Ýã
Ô➻➚Þ ➹❮ ä➹➚➚➻❮✃❒❐ Ð➹Ò❮✃➚Ñ➽ÖÑ➼❰Ò➹➘➘Ñ➬
➶➹➘➴➻➷ Ý➹➴➻ ➷✃ ➻ÐÐ✃➚❮ ❮✃ Ý➻➻❮ ➮❰❮➱
✃❮➱➻➚ Ø✃❮➻➚❐ ❰➷ ➱❰❐ ➴❰❐❮➚❰Ò❮➽
➶➹➘➴➻➷➬ ➮➱✃ Ô➹ÒÜ❐ å➚➻❐❰➴➻➷❮
Ö➚ÓÝ➼ ææ ➼➻➚Ò➻➷❮ ✃Ð ❮➱➻ ❮❰Ý➻➬ ❐➹Ñ❐
❮➱➻ ➺➻➼ÓÔ➘❰Ò➹➷ ❮➹Õ ➼➘➹➷ ➱➹❐ Ò➚➻➹❮➻➴
❐✃ Ý➹➷Ñ ➷➻➮ ç✃Ô❐ ❮➱➹❮ ÚÒ✃Ý➼➹➷❰➻❐
Ò➹➷➷✃❮ è➘➘ ➼✃❐❰❮❰✃➷❐ ➮❰❮➱ ➮✃➚Ü➻➚❐➽Þ
é✃➷➻❮➱➻➘➻❐❐➬➶➹➘➴➻➷ Ø✃❮➻➴ Ð✃➚ ❮➱➻
ä✃➚➴➻➚ ê➻ÒÓ➚❰❮Ñ ➹➷➴ ëÝÝ❰➪➚➹❮❰✃➷ ➺➻ã
Ð✃➚Ý ìÒ❮➬ ➮➱❰Ò➱ ➮✃Ó➘➴ ❐➻➻Ý ❮✃ Ý➹Ü➻
❰❮ ➴❰ÐèÒÓ➘❮ ❮✃ è➘➘ ➹➘➘ ❮➱➻❐➻ ➷➻➮ ç✃Ô❐➽
➶➱➻➷ ë ➹❐Ü➻➴ ➶➹➘➴➻➷ ❰Ð ❮➱➻ ➹Ò❮ ❰➷ã
Ò➘Ó➴➻➴ ÐÓ➷➴❰➷➪ Ð✃➚ ➹ Ô✃➚➴➻➚ ➮➹➘➘ ➮❰❮➱
í➻Õ❰Ò✃ ➹➷➴ Ð✃➚ ➱✃➮ ÝÓÒ➱➬ ➱➻ ➴❰➴➷❒❮
➹➷❐➮➻➚➬ ❐✃ ë ➮➻➷❮ ✃➷➘❰➷➻ ➹➷➴ Ð✃Ó➷➴
❮➱➹❮ ❮➱➻ Úîàï➬ïðñ➬òòò➬òòò ❐➱➹➘➘ Ô➻
Ð✃➚ ➹ Ô✃➚➴➻➚ ➮➹➘➘ ❐Ñ❐❮➻ÝÞ Ù➮➮➮➽
Ò✃➷➪➚➻❐❐➽➪✃Øâ➽Ö➱➹❮❒❐ Ý✃➚➻ ❮➱➹➷ àï
Ô❰➘➘❰✃➷ ➴✃➘➘➹➚❐➽ ê✃ ÝÓÒ➱ Ð✃➚ ➺➻➼ÓÔ➘❰ã
Ò➹➷❐ Ô➻❰➷➪ è❐Ò➹➘ Ò✃➷❐➻➚Ø➹❮❰Ø➻❐➽
Ö➱❰❐ ❐➹Ý➻ Ô❰➘➘ ❰❐ Ò✃➷➴➻Ý➷➻➴ ÔÑ
❮➱➻ ìÝ➻➚❰Ò➹➷ ìÒ➹➴➻ÝÑ ✃Ð å➻➴❰➹❮➚❰Ò❐➬
➹❐ ❰❮ Ú❐❮➚❰➼❐ Ò➱❰➘➴➚➻➷ ✃Ð ➼➚✃❮➻Ò❮❰✃➷❐
➴➻❐❰➪➷➻➴ Ð✃➚ ❮➱➻❰➚ ❐➹Ð➻❮Ñ ➹➷➴ ➮➻➘➘ã
Ô➻❰➷➪ ➹➷➴ ➻Õ➼✃❐➻❐ Ý✃➚➻ Ò➱❰➘➴➚➻➷➬
➷✃❮ Ð➻➮➻➚➬ ❮✃ ➴➻❮➻➷❮❰✃➷➬ ❰➷Ò➘Ó➴❰➷➪
➘✃➷➪ã❮➻➚Ý ➴➻❮➻➷❮❰✃➷Þ Ù➮➮➮➽➹➹➼➽✃➚➪â➽
Ö➱➻❐➻ ➼➻➴❰➹❮➚❰Ò❰➹➷❐ ➼✃❰➷❮ ✃Ó❮ ❮➱➹❮
❰➷ ➹➴➴❰❮❰✃➷ ❮✃ ❐➻➼➹➚➹❮❰➷➪ ❮➻➚➚❰è➻➴
Ò➱❰➘➴➚➻➷ Ð➚✃Ý ❮➱➻❰➚ Ð➹Ý❰➘❰➻❐➬ ÚÐ✃➚Ò❰➷➪
Ò➱❰➘➴➚➻➷ ❮✃ ❐➘➻➻➼ ✃➷ Ò➻Ý➻➷❮ ó✃✃➚❐➬
ÙÓ❐❰➷➪â ✃➼➻➷ ❮✃❰➘➻❮❐➬ Ò✃➷❐❮➹➷❮ ➘❰➪➱❮
➻Õ➼✃❐Ó➚➻➬ ❰➷❐ÓÐèÒ❰➻➷❮ Ð✃✃➴ ➹➷➴ ➮➹❮➻➚➬
➷✃ Ô➹❮➱❰➷➪ Ð➹Ò❰➘❰❮❰➻❐➬ ➹➷➴ ➻Õ❮➚➻Ý➻➘Ñ
Ò✃➘➴ ❮➻Ý➼➻➚➹❮Ó➚➻❐ ➹➚➻ ❮➚➹ÓÝ➹❮❰ô❰➷➪
Ð✃➚ Ò➱❰➘➴➚➻➷➽Þ ê✃ ÝÓÒ➱ Ð✃➚ ➺➻➼ÓÔ➘❰ã
Ò➹➷❐ Ô➻❰➷➪ ➼➚✃ãÐ➹Ý❰➘Ñ➽
×ÔØ❰✃Ó❐➘Ñ ➶➹➘➴➻➷ ❰❐ ➹Ð➚➹❰➴ ❮✃
Ý➻➻❮ ➮❰❮➱ ❮➱➻ Ø✃❮➻➚❐ ✃Ð ➱❰❐ ➴❰❐❮➚❰Ò❮➽
õ✃➮ Ò✃Ó➘➴ ➱➻ ➴➻Ð➻➷➴ ➱❰❐ ➻ÐÐ✃➚❮❐ ❮✃
➚➻Ý✃Ø➻ ➱➻➹➘❮➱ Ò➹➚➻ Ð✃➚ ðò ➼➻➚Ò➻➷❮
✃Ð ➱❰❐ Ò✃➷❐❮❰❮Ó➻➷❮❐ö ➶➱➻➷ ë ➹❮ã
❮➻Ý➼❮➻➴ ❮✃ ➻➷➪➹➪➻ ä➹➚➚➻❮✃ ✃➷➘❰➷➻
➮❰❮➱ ➴❰❐ÒÓ❐❐❰✃➷ ➹Ô✃Ó❮ ➹ÐÐ✃➚➴➹Ô➘➻
➱➻➹➘❮➱ Ò➹➚➻➬ ➱➻ ➹➘❐✃ ➹Ô➚Ó➼❮➘Ñ ÷Ó❰❮
❮➹➘Ü❰➷➪➽ ➶➱Ñ ➹➚➻ ❮➱➻❐➻ ➺➻➼ÓÔ➘❰Ò➹➷❐
❐✃ ➱➻❐❰❮➹➷❮ ❮✃ ➴❰❐ÒÓ❐❐ ❰❐❐Ó➻❐ ❐ÓÒ➱ ➹❐
➱➻➹➘❮➱ Ò➹➚➻➬ ❰ÝÝ❰➪➚➹❮❰✃➷ ✃➚ ❮➹Õ ➚➻ã
Ð✃➚Ý ➮❰❮➱ ➚➻❐❰➴➻➷❮❐ ✃Ð ❮➱➻❰➚ ➴❰❐❮➚❰Ò❮ö
ø✃Ó➘➴ ❰❮ Ô➻ Ô➻Ò➹Ó❐➻ ❮➱➻Ñ ➚➻➼➚➻❐➻➷❮
❮➱➻ Úà ➼➻➚Ò➻➷❮Þ ➹➷➴ ❮➱➻ ➘✃ÔÔÑ❰❐❮❐
Ð➚✃Ý Ô❰➪ ÔÓ❐❰➷➻❐❐ö
➶➹➘➴➻➷ ➱➹❐ Ý✃➚➻ ❮➱➹➷ îù Ý❰➘ã
➘❰✃➷ ✃Ð Ò➹❐➱ ❰➷ ➱➹➷➴ ❰➷ ➱❰❐ Ò➹Ýã
➼➹❰➪➷ Ò➱➻❐❮ Ù➮➮➮➽✃➼➻➷❐➻Ò➚➻❮❐➽✃➚➪â➬
îùïú➬òòò ✃Ð ➮➱❰Ò➱ Ò➹Ý➻ Ð➚✃Ý ❮➱➻
➼➱➹➚Ý➹Ò➻Ó❮❰Ò➹➘ ❰➷➴Ó❐❮➚Ñ➽ õ❰❐ Ô❰➘➘ã
Ô✃➹➚➴ ❐➹Ñ❐ Úë❒Ý ➮✃➚Ü❰➷➪ Ð✃➚ Ñ✃Ó➽Þ Ö➱➻
ÚÑ✃ÓÞ ❰❐ ✃ÔØ❰✃Ó❐➘Ñ ➴➚Ó➪ Ò✃Ý➼➹➷❰➻❐➬
➷✃❮ Ó❐➽
➶➹➘➴➻➷ ➱➹❐ Ô➻➻➷ ❰➷ ➶➹❐➱❰➷➪ã
❮✃➷ Ð✃➚ ❮✃✃ ➘✃➷➪➽ õ➻ ➚ÓÔÔ➻➚ã❐❮➹Ý➼❐
❈★✩✪ ✫✬ ✭✮ ✯✰✮✱✳✴✷ ▼✝✔✟☛ ❙✞✡✈✡ t☞✡✖✡✎✞✍s t✌✞✔ ▼✝✎✝♣✡☛
❘✟✛✡☛✞ ❙✞☛✟✠✡✸ ✺✓❝✓ ✻✟✦ ✤✼✢s ✏✝ ✑☛✝✎✒✡s ❝❘ ✾✼✥✜✢✸ ✜✹✶✵✾✤✽✵✶✲✢✾✸
✚✝✦ ✜✹✶✵✾✤✲✵✲✲✲✲✓
✂✱★✫✱ ❈✫✿✱✩✪ ❈✫❀❀★❁❁★✫✱✴✰❁✷ ❉✟✎✎✝ ✻✡✈✡☛✝♣✡s ❙✞✡✈✡
▼♦t☞✕☛✡ ✝✎✒ ❂✝♦❦ ❃✟✙✝☛✒✸ ✶✶✢✤ ❄✣✈✡✓s ✏✝ ✑☛✝✎✒✡s ❝❘ ✾✼✥✜✢✸
✜✹✶✵✾✤✲✵✶✢✢✶✸ ✚✝✦ ✜✹✶✵✾✤✲✵✶✢✼✾✓
❅✮❇❇✫✇✮ ❈✫✿✱✩✪ ❈✫❀❀★❁❁★✫✱✴✰❁✷ ✺✝✕☞ t✝✍✞✌☞☞✡❡✝s
❚✟✒✒ ❊✝✍✘ ✝✎✒ ❙✕✍✝✎ ❘✟✛✡☛✞✍✸ ✶✢✶ ❙✓ ❘✌✈✡☛ ❙✞✓s ❘✟✟✖ ✽✢✽s
❋✎✞✡☛✠☛✌✍✡s ❝❘ ✾✼✥✽✥✸ ✜✹✶✵✹✽✤✵✹✜✹✲s ✡✦✞✓ ✶✶✸ ✚✝✦ ✜✹✶✵✹✽✤✵✢✜✥✽✓
✆❇●★✱ ❈★✩✪ ❈✫✿✱❍★❇✫✰❁✷ ▼✝✔✟☛ ✣☞☞✝✎ ❉✕✚✚✔s ✜✢✶ ❊ ✶✶✞✘ ❙✞✓s
✜✹✶✵✹✲✼✵✶✢✶✤s ✖✝✔✟☛✧♦✌✞✔✟✚✡☞♣✌✎✟☛✓✟☛♣✸ ▼✝☛✔❲✡✍✞s ✽✤✢ ❊
✜✞✘✣✈✡✓s ✜✹✶✵✥✢✜✵✢✹✹✲s ♦✟✕✎♦✌☞✟☛✲✧♦✌✞✔✟✚✡☞♣✌✎✟☛✓✟☛♣✸ ❄✝✞✘✔
❲✝☛☛✡✎s ✺❝ ✻✟✦ ✤✾✼s ✜✹✶✵✼✥✤✵✾✤✶✶s ♦✟✕✎♦✌☞✟☛✤✧♦✌✞✔✟✚✡☞♣✌✎✟☛✓
✟☛♣✸ t✟✕✎♦✌☞✟☛❚✡☛✡✍✝ ❃✔☞✞✟✎✵❙✘✝✚✚✡☛s ✜✹✢ ❊✓ ✶✢✞✘ ✣✈✡✓s ✜✹✶✵✤✤✲✵
✤✤✤✤s ♦✟✕✎♦✌☞✟☛✜✧♦✌✞✔✟✚✡☞♣✌✎✟☛✓✟☛♣✸ ❘✌✍✝ ❃✝☞♣✝☛✞✘s ✺❝ ✻✟✦ ✜✽✜s
✜✹✶✵✹✲✼✵✾✹✤✽s ♦✟✕✎♦✌☞✟☛✽✧♦✌✞✔✟✚✡☞♣✌✎✟☛✓✟☛♣✸ ❘✟♦❦✔ ✻✕☛♣✡✍✍s ✥✢✢
❊ ✶✹✞✘ ❙✞✓s ✺✓❝✓ ✻✟✦ ✥✜✹s ✜✹✶✵✼✥✤✵✽✹✶✼s ♦✟✕✎♦✌☞✟☛✶✧♦✌✞✔✟✚✡☞♣✌✎✟☛✓
✟☛♣✸ ❉✝✈✌✒ ❘✡✡✒s ✶✢✶✶ ❉✡✞☛✟✌✞ ❙✞✓s ✺❝ ✻✟✦ ✲✤✥✸ ✜✹✶✵✾✼✜✵✲✲✢✤s
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