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    ❋ ✁✂❆❨✱ ❆❯✄❯☎❚ ✆✝✱ ✆✞✶✽
✟✠✡ ☛☞✌✡✍✎✡✍
➓❼ ❽ ➁➀❼➄➊❺ ➂➈ ❽ ➆❽❺❻➂➆❽➊
➑➂➊❻❺❻➅❽➊ ❽➆❾ ➃➀❾❻❽ ➑➄❼❿➛
➃➂❼❺ ➅❻❺❻Ù➀➆❼ ❽➁➀ ❽➒❽➁➀ ➂➈
❺❿➀ ➂➆➌➂❻➆➌ ➂➑❻➂❻❾ ➢➑❽❻➆➏❻➊➊↔
➀➁❼➛ ➈➀➆❺❽➆➇➊➛ ❿➀➁➂❻➆➨ ❽❾❾❻➅↔
❺❻➂➆ ➀➑❻❾➀➃❻➅➍➙❿❻➊➀ ❻❺ ❻❼
➄❼➄❽➊➊➇ ➑➁➀❼➀➆❺➀❾ ❻➆ ❺➀➁➃❼
➂➈ ➈➁❻➌❿❺➀➆❻➆➌ ❼❺❽❺❻❼❺❻➅❼
➢Þ➂➂➌➊➀ Ò➂➑❻➂❻❾ ➅➁❻❼❻❼Ó ❽➆❾
➇➂➄ ➒❻➊➊ ➌➀❺ ❽➆ ➀➇➀➈➄➊➨➛ ❹
➒➂➄➊❾ ➊❻➏➀ ❻➆❼❺➀❽❾ ❺➂ ❾❻❼➅➄❼❼
❼➂➃➀ ❾➀➀➑➀➁ ❻❼❼➄➀❼➍
➓➊➊ ➃❽➃➃❽➊❼ ➌➀❺ ❽❾❾❻➅❺➀❾
❺➂ ❺❿➀ ➀↕❽➅❺ ❼❽➃➀ ❾➁➄➌❼
❻➆➅➊➄❾❻➆➌ ❽➊➅➂❿➂➊➍➓➊➊ ➃❽➃↔
➃❽➊❼ ❿❽➋➀ ❺❿➀ ➀↕❽➅❺ ❼❽➃➀
❾➁➄➌ ➒❻❺❿❾➁❽➒❽➊ ❼➇➃➑❺➂➃❼➍
➓➊➊ ➃❽➃➃❽➊❼ ➀↕➑➀➁❻➀➆➅➀
❺❿➀ ❼❽➃➀ ➅➂➄➁❼➀ ➂➈ ➅➂➃↔
➑➄➊❼❻➋➀ ❾➁➄➌ ➄❼➀ ❽➆❾ ❺❿➀
❼❽➃➀ ➂➋➀➁➁❻❾➀ ➂➈ ❺❿➀ ➆❽❺➄➁❽➊
❻➆❼❺❻➆➅❺ ❺➂ ❼➄➁➋❻➋➀➍➙➀ ➏➆➂➒
➀↕❽➅❺➊➇ ➒❿➀➁➀ ❻➆ ❺❿➀ ❿➄➃❽➆
➉➁❽❻➆ ❽❾❾❻➅❺❻➂➆ ❾➀➋➀➊➂➑❼ ❽❼
❺❿❽❺ ➑❽➁❺ ➂➈ ❺❿➀ ➉➁❽❻➆ ➊❻➌❿❺❼
➄➑ ❻➆ ❽ ➋➀➁➇ ➑❽➁❺❻➅➄➊❽➁ ➒❽➇
➒❻❺❿ ➆➀➄➁➂❻➃❽➌❻➆➌➍➎❿❽❺
➑❽➁❺ ➂➈ ❺❿➀ ➉➁❽❻➆ ❻❼ ➆➀❽➁➊➇
❻❾➀➆❺❻➅❽➊ ❻➆ ❽➊➊ ➃❽➃➃❽➊❼
➀↕➑➊❽❻➆❻➆➌ ❺❿➀ ➐➆❾❻➆➌❼
üýþÿ ❏ ✁ þ
❯✂✄☎✂ ✆☎❯✂✝✞
P✟☎●✟✠✡✡✄☛✠✡☞
❉✠✌☎✆✟✍✝✡
❽➉➂➋➀➍➙➀ ❿❽➋➀ ➊➀❽➁➆➀❾ ❽ ➊➂❺
❽➉➂➄❺ ❽❾❾❻➅❺❻➂➆ ➈➁➂➃ ❼❺➄❾➇↔
❻➆➌ ❽➆❻➃❽➊❼ ➳➄❼❺ ❽❼ ➒➀ ❿❽➋➀
➊➀❽➁➆➀❾ ❽ ➊➂❺ ❽➉➂➄❺ ❾❻❽➉➀❺➀❼
➈➁➂➃ ❼❺➄❾➇❻➆➌ ❽➆❻➃❽➊❼➍➓❼
➒❻❺❿ ❾❻❽➉➀❺➀❼ ➒➀ ❿❽➋➀ ➆➂❺
➇➀❺ ➈➂➄➆❾ ❽ ➅➄➁➀➍
ß➁➄➌ ❽❾❾❻➅❺❻➂➆ ❽➆❾ ➎➇➑➀
➝ ❾❻❽➉➀❺➀❼ ❽➁➀ ➉➂❺❿ ➌➀➆➀❺❻➅➍
➎❿➀ ➃➂➁➀ ❼❺➁➂➆➌➊➇ ❻❺ ➁➄➆❼ ❻➆
➇➂➄➁ ➈❽➃❻➊➇➛ ❺❿➀ ➃➂➁➀ ➊❻➏➀➊➇
➇➂➄ ❽➁➀ ❺➂ ➌➀❺ ❻❺➍ ß➁➄➌ ❽❾❾❻➅↔
❺❻➂➆ ❽➆❾ ➎➇➑➀ ➝ ❾❻❽➉➀❺➀❼ ❽➁➀
❽➊❼➂ ➊❻➈➀❼❺➇➊➀ ❻➊➊➆➀❼❼➀❼➍ ➟↕↔
➅➀❼❼❻➋➀ ➅❽➊➂➁❻➅ ❻➆❺❽➏➀➛ ➑➂➂➁
❾❻➀❺ ❽➆❾ ❼➀❾➀➆❺❽➁➇ ➊❻➈➀❼❺➇➊➀
Ò❺➁❻➌➌➀➁Ó ❺❿➀ ➂➆❼➀❺ ➂➈ ➎➇➑➀
➝ ❾❻❽➉➀❺➀❼➍ ➟↕➅➀❼❼❻➋➀ ➁❻❼➏
❺❽➏❻➆➌ ❽➆❾ ➅➂➆❼➄➃➑❺❻➂➆ ➂➈
❾➁➄➌❼ Ò❺➁❻➌➌➀➁Ó ❺❿➀ ➂➆❼➀❺ ➂➈
❾➁➄➌ ❽❾❾❻➅❺❻➂➆➍ ➣➆➅➀ Ò❺➁❻➌↔
➌➀➁➀❾➛Ó ❺❿➀❼➀ ❾❻❼➀❽❼➀❼ ❽➁➀
➀❼❼➀➆❺❻❽➊➊➇ ➑➀➁➃❽➆➀➆❺➍ ➣➆➀
➅❽➆ ➊❻➋➀ ➈➁➄❻❺➈➄➊➊➇ ➒❻❺❿ ❺❿➀❼➀
❾❻❼➀❽❼➀❼ ➉➇ ❾➀❽➊❻➆➌ ➒❻❺❿
❺❿➀➃➛ ➉➄❺ ❺❿➀ ➅➂➆❼➀Ø➄➀➆➅➀❼
❽➁➀ ➂➈❺➀➆ ❾❻❼❽❼❺➁➂➄❼ ❻➈ ❺❿➀
❾❻❼➀❽❼➀ ❻❼ ➆➀➌➊➀➅❺➀❾➍
➙➀ ❽➁➀ ➅➄➁➁➀➆❺➊➇ ➀↕➑➀↔
➁❻➀➆➅❻➆➌ ❽➆ ➀➑❻❾➀➃❻➅ ➂➈
➎➇➑➀ ➝ ❾❻❽➉➀❺➀❼ ❾➄➀ ❺➂ ❺❿➀
➀↕➑➂❼➄➁➀ ➂➈ ➂➄➁ ➑➂➑➄➊❽↔
❺❻➂➆ ❺➂ ❻➃➑➁➂➑➀➁ ➆➄❺➁❻❺❻➂➆
➢Ò➳➄➆➏ ➈➂➂❾Ó ❾➀❼❻➌➆➀❾ ❺➂ ➉➀
❽❾❾❻➅❺❻➋➀ ➉➇ ❺❿➀ ➊❽➁➌➀ ➈➂➂❾
Ò➃❽➆➄➈❽➅❺➄➁➀➁❼Ó➨➍➙➀ ❽➁➀
➀↕➑➀➁❻➀➆➅❻➆➌ ❽➆ ➀➑❻❾➀➃❻➅ ➂➈
➂➑❻➂❻❾ ❽❾❾❻➅❺❻➂➆ ❾➄➀ ❺➂ ❺❿➀
➀↕➑➂❼➄➁➀ ➂➈ ➂➄➁ ➑➂➑➄➊❽❺❻➂➆
❺➂ ➑➁➀❼➅➁❻➉➀❾ ➑❽❻➆➏❻➊➊➀➁❼➍
➠❿➇❼❻➅❻❽➆❼ ❽➆❾ ➑➂➊❻❺❻➅❻❽➆❼
➒➀➁➀ ➃❽➆❻➑➄➊❽❺➀❾ ➉➇
➑❿❽➁➃❽➅➀➄❺❻➅❽➊ ➅➂➃➑❽➆❻➀❼
❻➆❺➂ ➉➀➊❻➀➋❻➆➌ ❺❿❽❺ ➃➂➁➀
➒❻❾➀❼➑➁➀❽❾ ➄❼➀ ➂➈ ➂➑❻❽❺➀
➑❽❻➆➏❻➊➊➀➁❼ ➒❽❼ ❼❽➈➀ ❽➆❾
➳➄❼❺❻➐➀❾➍➎❿➀ ➑➀➁➅➀➆❺❽➌➀ ➂➈
❺❿➀ ➑➂➑➄➊❽❺❻➂➆ ❺❽➏❻➆➌ ➂➑❻❽❺➀
❽➆❽➊➌➀❼❻❽ ❺➁❻➑➊➀❾ ➈➁➂➃ ➦àà➯
❺➂ ➝➥➦➝ ➒❿➀➆ ❻❺ ➁➀❽➅❿➀❾ ❽
❿❻➌❿ ➂➈ ➦➝ ➑➀➁➅➀➆❺➍ ➵➀➁➂❻➆
➄❼➀ ➌➁➀➒ ❾➁❽➃❽❺❻➅❽➊➊➇➛
➒❻❺❿ ➈➂➄➁ ➂➄❺ ➂➈ ➐➋➀ ❿➀➁➂❻➆
➄❼➀➁❼ ❼❺❽➁❺❻➆➌ ➒❻❺❿ ❽➉➄❼➀
Health care must focus
➆➂❺ ❻➆❼➄➁➀ ➑➀➂➑➊➀ ➒❿➂ ❽➁➀ ❼❻➅➏ ❽➆❾
on creating health, not on ➅➂❼❺ ❺❿➀ ➃➂❼❺ ➃➂➆➀➇➍
①③④⑤⑥⑦ ⑧⑨⑩❶❷❸
❹❺ ❻❼ ❼❽❾ ❺❿❽❺ ❺❿➀➁➀ ❻❼ ❼➂ ➃➄➅❿
❻➆❽➅➅➄➁❽➅➇ ❻➆ ❺❿➀ ❻➆➈➂➁➃❽❺❻➂➆
❽➉➂➄❺ ❿➀❽➊❺❿ ➅❽➁➀ ➅➂➋➀➁❽➌➀➍➎❿❻❼
➃❽➏➀❼ ❻❺ ❾❻➈➐➅➄➊❺ ➈➂➁ ➑➀➂➑➊➀ ❺➂
➃❽➏➀ ➒❻❼➀ ❾➀➅❻❼❻➂➆❼➍
❹ ➒➂➄➊❾ ❽➌➁➀➀ ❺❿❽❺ ❺❿➀ ➓➈➈➂➁❾❽➉➊➀
➔❽➁➀ ➓➅❺ ❻❼ ❻➃➑➀➁➈➀➅❺ → ❽❼ ❺❿➀
➃➂➁➀ ➑➀➁➈➀➅❺ ➋➀➁❼❻➂➆ ❾❻❾ ➆➂❺ ➑❽❼❼➍
➣➆➀ ➑➂❼❻❺❻➋➀ ➁➀❼➄➊❺ ➂➈ ❺❿➀
➓➈➈➂➁❾❽➉➊➀ ➔❽➁➀ ➓➅❺ ➒❽❼ ❺➂ ➂➈➈➀➁
➅➂➋➀➁❽➌➀ ❺➂ ➃➂➁➀ ➑➀➂➑➊➀ ➉➇ ➆➂❺
❽➊➊➂➒❻➆➌ ❻➆❼➄➁❽➆➅➀ ➅➂➃➑❽➆❻➀❼ ❺➂
❾➀➅➊❻➆➀ ❻➆❼➄➁❽➆➅➀ ❺➂ ❻➆❾❻➋❻❾➄❽➊❼
➒❻❺❿ ➑➁➀↔➀↕❻❼❺❻➆➌ ➅➂➆❾❻❺❻➂➆❼➍➙❿❻➊➀
❺❿❻❼ ➒❽❼ ➑➂❼❻❺❻➋➀➛ ➂➋➀➁❽➊➊ ❺❿➀
➑➊❽➆ ➒❽❼ ❽➆ ➄➆➒➂➁➏❽➉➊➀ ❼➂➊➄❺❻➂➆
➉➀➅❽➄❼➀ ❻❺ ❼❺❻➊➊ ➊➀➈❺ ❽ ❿➄➌➀ ❽➃➂➄➆❺
➂➈ ➃➂➆➀❺❽➁➇ ➁➀❼➂➄➁➅➀❼ ➌➂❻➆➌ ❺➂
❻➆❼➄➁❽➆➅➀ ❽➆❾ ➑❿❽➁➃❽➅➀➄❺❻➅❽➊
➅➂➃➑❽➆❻➀❼➍
➜➂➁➀ ❺❿❽➆ ➝➞ ➑➀➁➅➀➆❺ ➂➈ ➒❿❽❺
➒➀ ➑❽➇ ❼➄➑➑➂➁❺❼ ❺❿➂❼➀ ➊❽➁➌➀ ❿➀❽➊❺❿
➅❽➁➀ ➅➂➁➑➂➁❽❺❻➂➆❼ → ❺❿❽❺ ❻❼ ❽ ➊➂❺
➊➀❼❼ ➃➂➆➀➇ ❺➂ ❼➑➀➆❾ ➂➆ ➑❽❺❻➀➆❺❼➍ ❹❺
❻❼ ➆❽❺➄➁❽➊ ➈➂➁ ❽ ➊❽➁➌➀ ➅➂➁➑➂➁❽❺❻➂➆
❺➂ ➒❽➆❺ ❺➂ ➃❽➏➀ ➃➂➆➀➇➍ ❹➆ ➂➁❾➀➁
❺➂ ❾➂ ❺❿❽❺➛ ❺❿➀ ➉➀❼❺ ❺❿❻➆➌ ❺➂ ❾➂ ❻❼
➓ ➄➆❻➋➀➁❼❽➊ ➑➄➉➊❻➅➊➇ ➈➄➆❾➀❾
❿➀❽➊❺❿ ➅❽➁➀ ❼➇❼❺➀➃ ❿❽❼ ❺❿➀
➑➂❺➀➆❺❻❽➊ ❺➂ ❻➆❼➄➁➀ ➀➋➀➁➇➂➆➀ ➒❿❻➊➀
❼❽➋❻➆➌ ➃➂➆➀➇➍
➎❿➀ ➔➀➆❺➀➁❼ ➈➂➁ ➟➅➂➆➂➃❻➅❼
❽➆❾ ➠➂➊❻➅➇ ➡➀❼➀❽➁➅❿ ➢➤➀➉➁➄❽➁➇
➝➥➦➧➨ ➑➂❻➆❺ ➂➄❺ ❺❿❽❺ ❻➆❼➄➁❽➆➅➀
➅➂➃➑❽➆❻➀❼ ❼➑➀➆❾ ➂➆ ➂➋➀➁❿➀❽❾ ➒❽❼
➩➦➫➭ ➉❻➊➊❻➂➆ ❽ ➇➀❽➁ ➢❽➋➀➁❽➌➀❾ ➈➁➂➃
➝➥➦➦ ❺➂ ➝➥➦➯➨➍ ❹➈ ❺❿➀ ➑➁❻➋❽❺➀ ❼➀➅❺➂➁
➅➂➄➊❾ ➁➀❽➅❿ ❺❿➀ ❼❽➃➀ ➊➀➋➀➊ ➂➈
➀➈➐➅❻➀➆➅➇ ➂➈ ➜➀❾❻➅❽➁➀➛ ❺❿❻❼ ➒➂➄➊❾
➈❽➊➊ ❺➂ ➊➀❼❼ ❺❿❽➆ ➩➝➥ ➉❻➊➊❻➂➆ ❽ ➇➀❽➁➍
➎❿➀ ➅➂❼❺ ❼❽➋❻➆➌❼ ❽➁➀ ➑❿➀➆➂➃➀➆❽➊➍
❹ ❽➃ ❽ ➁➀❺❻➁➀❾ ❿➀❽➊❺❿ ➅❽➁➀
➑➁➂➋❻❾➀➁ ❽➆❾ ❽➃ ➒❻❺➆➀❼❼ ❺➂ ➑➀➂➑➊➀
➒❿➂ ❽➁➀ ❼➄➈➈➀➁❻➆➌ ➄➆➆➀➅➀❼❼❽➁❻➊➇➍
❹➆ ❺❿❻❼ ➅➂➄➆❺➁➇➛ ➯➥ ➑➀➁➅➀➆❺ ➂➈
➉❽➆➏➁➄➑❺➅❻➀❼ ❽➁➀ ➁➀➊❽❺➀❾ ❺➂ ❿➀❽➊❺❿
➑➁➂➉➊➀➃❼ ❺❿❽❺ ❿❽➋➀ ➒❻➑➀❾ ➂➄❺
❻➆❾❻➋❻❾➄❽➊❼➲ ➁➀❼➂➄➁➅➀❼➍
➜❽➆➇ ➒➂➁➏❻➆➌ ❻➆❾❻➋❻❾➄❽➊❼
➢❻➆➅➊➄❾❻➆➌ ➀➃➑➊➂➇➀❾ ❺➀❽➅❿➀➁❼
❽➆❾ ❿➀❽➊❺❿ ➅❽➁➀ ➑➁➂➈➀❼❼❻➂➆❽➊❼➨
❽➁➀ ➑❽➇❻➆➌ ➈➂➁ ❿➀❽➊❺❿ ❻➆❼➄➁❽➆➅➀
➉➄❺ ➆➀➋➀➁ ➄❼➀ ❻❺ ➉➀➅❽➄❼➀ ❺❿➀➇
❿❽➋➀ ➊❽➁➌➀ ❾➀❾➄➅❺❻➉➊➀❼ → ❽❼ ❻➆
➩➭➛➥➥➥↔➩➧➛➥➥➥➍ ➎❿➀➇ ❽➁➀ ➌➀❺❺❻➆➌
➂➈ ❽ ➑➁➀❼➅➁❻➑❺❻➂➆ ➂➑❻➂❻❾➍
➠❿❽➁➃❽➅➀➄❺❻➅❽➊ ➅➂➃➑❽➆❻➀❼
❽➁➀ ➆➂➒ ➄➆❾➀➁ ❺❿➀ ➑➁➀❼❼➄➁➀
➂➈ ➊❽➒❼➄❻❺❼ ➐➊➀❾ ➉➇ ➃❽➆➇
❼❺❽❺➀❼ ➢➣➁➀➌➂➆➲❼ ß➀➑❽➁❺↔
➃➀➆❺ ➂➈ Ñ➄❼❺❻➅➀ ❻❼ ➅➂➆❼❻❾➀➁↔
❻➆➌ ❽ ❼➀➅➂➆❾ ➊❽➒❼➄❻❺➨➛ ➉➄❺
❺❿❻❼ ➒❻➊➊ ➆➀➋➀➁ ➃❽➏➀ ➄➑ ➈➂➁
❺❿➀ ❾➀❽❺❿❼ ➂➈ ➌➁➀❽❺➀➁ ❺❿❽➆
➦➥➥➛➥➥➥ ❻➆❾❻➋❻❾➄❽➊❼ ➈➁➂➃
❺❿❻❼ ➀➑❻❾➀➃❻➅➍
➎➇➑➀ ➝ ❾❻❽➉➀❺➀❼ ➅❽➆ ➂➈❺➀➆
➉➀ ➀➈➈➀➅❺❻➋➀➊➇ ❺➁➀❽❺➀❾ ➒❻❺❿
➁❻➌➂➁➂➄❼ ➉➀❿❽➋❻➂➁ ➃➂❾❻➐➅❽↔
❺❻➂➆ ❻➆➅➊➄❾❻➆➌ ➒➀❻➌❿❺ ➊➂❼❼
❽➆❾ ❽ ❿➀❽➊❺❿➇ ❾❻➀❺ ➢❽ ➏➀❺➂↔
➌➀➆❻➅ ❾❻➀❺ ➒❽❼ ❺❿➀ ➊➀❽❾❻➆➌
❺➁➀❽❺➃➀➆❺ ➂➈ ❾❻❽➉➀❺➀❼ ➉➀➈➂➁➀
➃➀❾❻➅❽❺❻➂➆➨➍ß➁➄➌ ❽❾❾❻➅❺❻➂➆
➅❽➆ ➂➉➋❻➂➄❼➊➇ ➉➀ ❺➁➀❽❺➀❾ ➒❻❺❿
❽➉❼❺❻➆➀➆➅➀➍➎❿➀ ➑➁➂➉➊➀➃ ❻❼
❺❿❽❺ ➃➂❼❺ ➑❽❺❻➀➆❺❼ ❾➂ ➆➂❺
➃❽➏➀ ❺❿➀ ➆➀➅➀❼❼❽➁➇ ➊❻➈➀❼❺➇➊➀
➅❿❽➆➌➀❼ ❺➂ ➑➁➀➋➀➆❺ ❺❿➀ ➀➆❾
❼❺❽➌➀ ❼➇➃➑❺➂➃❼ ➂➈ ❺❿➀❻➁
❾❻❼➀❽❼➀➍➜❽➆➇ ➑❽❺❻➀➆❺❼ ➒❻❺❿
➎➇➑➀ ➝ ❾❻❽➉➀❺➀❼ ➏➀➀➑ ➀❽❺❻➆➌
➳➄➆➏ ➈➂➂❾ ❽➆❾ ➃❽➆➇ ➑❽❺❻➀➆❺❼
➒❻❺❿ ➣➑❻➂❻❾ ➸❼➀ ß❻❼➂➁❾➀➁
➏➀➀➑ ➄❼❻➆➌ ❺❿➀ ➂➑❻➂❻❾➍
➆➂ ➉➀➆➀➐❺ ➈➂➁ ❺❿➀ ➃➂➆➀➇ ❺❿➀➇ ➑❽➇
❻➆➍ ➣❺❿➀➁❼ ➊➂❼➀ ❻➆❼➄➁❽➆➅➀ ➉➀➅❽➄❼➀
❻❺ ❻❼ ➳➂➉ ❾➀➑➀➆❾➀➆❺➍ ➣❺❿➀➁❼
➅❽➆➆➂❺ ➉➀➌❻➆ ❺➂ ➑❽➇ ➃➂➁➀ ❺❿❽➆
➩➦➛➥➥➥ ❽ ➃➂➆❺❿ ➈➂➁ ➈❽➃❻➊➇ ❿➀❽➊❺❿
❻➆❼➄➁❽➆➅➀➍
➵➀❽➊❺❿ ➅❽➁➀ ➃➄❼❺ ➈➂➅➄❼ ➂➆
➅➁➀❽❺❻➆➌ ❿➀❽➊❺❿➛ ➆➂❺ ➂➆ ➃❽➏❻➆➌
➑➁➂➐❺❼➍➓ ➄➆❻➋➀➁❼❽➊ ➑➄➉➊❻➅➊➇ ➈➄➆❾➀❾
❼➇❼❺➀➃ ➒➂➁➏❼ ❻➆ ➂❺❿➀➁ ➅➂➄➆❺➁❻➀❼ →
➒❿➇ ➆➂❺ ❻➆ ❺❿➀ ➌➁➀❽❺ ➸➺➓➻
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❹➆ ❿❻❼ Ñ➄➊➇ ➦➭ Ò➣➆ ❺❿➀ ➤➀➆➅➀Ó
➅➂➊➄➃➆➛ ➜❻➏➀ Ô➄➁❺➂➆ ➌➂❺ ➂➆➀
❺❿❻➆➌ ➁❻➌❿❺➍ ➎❿➀ ➓➈➈➂➁❾❽➉➊➀ ➔❽➁➀
➓➅❺ ➢➓➔➓Õ➣➉❽➃❽➅❽➁➀➨ ❾❻❾ ➆➂❺
❼➂➊➋➀ ❺❿➀ ➸➍➺➍ ❿➀❽➊❺❿ ➅❽➁➀ ➅➁❻❼❻❼➍
Ô➀➈➂➁➀ ❺❿➀ ➓➔➓➛ ❺❿➀ ➸➍➺➍ ❿❽❾ ❺❿➀
➒➂➁➊❾➲❼ ➃➂❼❺ ➀↕➑➀➆❼❻➋➀ ❿➀❽➊❺❿
➅❽➁➀ ➒❻❺❿ ❺❿➀ ➤❻➁❼❺ ➙➂➁➊❾➲❼ ➒➂➁❼❺
➁➀❼➄➊❺❼➍
➓➈❺➀➁ ❺❿➀ ➓➔➓➛ ➊❻❺❺➊➀ ➅❿❽➆➌➀❾➍
➙➀ ❼❺❻➊➊ ➌➀❺ ❺❿➀ ➊➀❽❼❺ ➋❽➊➄➀ ➑➀➁
❾➂➊➊❽➁ ❼➑➀➆❺ ➂➈ ❽➆➇ ❿➀❽➊❺❿ ➅❽➁➀
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❽➆❼➒➀➁ ➉➀➈➂➁➀ ❺❿➀ ➓➔➓➍ ❹❺ ❻❼ ➆➂❺
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➁➄➊➀ ❻➆ ➉➄❼❻➆➀❼❼ ❼➅❿➂➂➊Ö ×➂ ❿➀❽➊❺❿
❻➆❼➄➁❽➆➅➀ ➅➂➃➑❽➆➇ ➅❽➆ ❼➄➁➋❻➋➀
❼➀➊➊❻➆➌ ➅➂➃➑➁➀❿➀➆❼❻➋➀ ➑➂➊❻➅❻➀❼ ❽❺
❽➈➈➂➁❾❽➉➊➀ ➑➁❻➅➀❼ ❺➂ ❼❻➅➏ ➑➀➂➑➊➀➍
➓➆❾ ❼➂ ❺❿➀➇ ❾➂➆➲❺➍ ➎❿➀➇ ➒❽➆❺
➑➀➂➑➊➀ ➒➀❽➊❺❿➇ ➀➆➂➄➌❿ ❺➂ ➑❽➇
➑➁➀➃❻➄➃❼ ❽➆❾ ❿➀❽➊❺❿➇ ➀➆➂➄➌❿
❺➂ ➁➀Ø➄❻➁➀ ➊❻❺❺➊➀ ➅❽➁➀➍ ➓➃➀➁❻➅❽➆❼
➒❿➂ ❽➁➀ ➆➂❺ ➒➀❽➊❺❿➇ ❽➆❾ ❿➀❽➊❺❿➇
❾❻➀ ➂➈ ❺➁➀❽❺❽➉➊➀ ➅➂➆❾❻❺❻➂➆❼ →
❽➉➂➄❺ ➫➥➛➥➥➥ ❽➆➆➄❽➊➊➇➍ ➎❿❻❼
➅❽➄❼➀ ➂➈ ❾➀❽❺❿ ❿❽➑➑➀➆❼ ➂➆➊➇ ❻➆
❺❿➀ ➸➍➺➍
➎❿➀ Ò❿➄➌➀ ➋➂➊➄➃➀ ➂➈ ❾❽❺❽Ó
➅➂➃➑❽➁❻➆➌ ➸➍➺➍ ❿➀❽➊❺❿ ➅❽➁➀ ➒❻❺❿
❺❿➀ ➁➀❼❺ ➂➈ ➒➂➁➊❾ ➄➆❽➆❻➃➂➄❼➊➇
➅➂➆➐➁➃❼ ➂➄➁ ➊❽❼❺↔➑➊❽➅➀ ❼❺❽➆❾❻➆➌➍
➟➋➀➁➇ ➂❺❿➀➁ ➅➂➄➆❺➁➇ ❻➆ ❺❿➀
❻➆❾➄❼❺➁❻❽➊❻Ù➀❾ ➒➂➁➊❾ ➑➁➂➋❻❾➀❼
➉➀❺❺➀➁ ➅❽➁➀ ❺➂ ➃➂➁➀ ➑➀➂➑➊➀ ❽❺ ➊➀❼❼
➅➂❼❺ ➑➀➁ ➑➀➁❼➂➆ ❺❿❽➆ ➒➀ ❾➂➍
➜➁➍Ô➄➁❺➂➆➲❼ ➁➀➊❻❽➆➅➀ ➂➆ ➈➁➀➀
➀➆❺➀➁➑➁❻❼➀ ❺➂ ❼➂➊➋➀ ❺❿❻❼ ❼➂➅❻❽➊
➅❽❺❽❼❺➁➂➑❿➀ ❻❼ ➉❽❼➀❾ ➂➆ ➈❽❻❺❿➛➆➂❺
➈❽➅❺❼➍➓➊➊ ➂➈ ➄❼➛❻➆➅➊➄❾❻➆➌ ➜➁➍Ô➄➁❺➂➆➛
➺➄➉➂↕➂➆➀➨ ➒❻❾➀➊➇ ❽➋❽❻➊❽➉➊➀➍
➎➂ ➃➇ ➏➆➂➒➊➀❾➌➀ ❺❿➀➁➀ ❻❼
➆➂❺ ❽ ❼❻➆➌➊➀ ❼❺➄❾➇ ❺❿❽❺ ➈❽❻➊➀❾
❺➂ ❾➀➃➂➆❼❺➁❽❺➀ ❾➁❽➃❽❺❻➅
❾➀➅➁➀❽❼➀ ❻➆ ➂➋➀➁❾➂❼➀ ➁❽❺➀❼
❽➆❾ ❻➃➑➁➂➋➀❾ ➂➄❺➅➂➃➀ ➒❻❺❿
➉➄➑➁➀➆➂➁➑❿❻➆➀ ❺➁➀❽❺➃➀➆❺➍
×❽➊➂↕➂➆➀ ➢×❽➁➅❽➆➨ ❻❼ ❽
➃➀❾❻➅❽❺❻➂➆ ❺❿❽❺ ➁➀➋➀➁❼➀❼
➂➋➀➁❾➂❼➀ ➂➆➅➀ ❻❺ ➂➅➅➄➁❼➍
❹❺ ➅❽➆ ➊❻❺➀➁❽➊➊➇ ❼❽➋➀ ❽ ➊❻➈➀
➒❻❺❿❻➆ ❼➀➅➂➆❾❼➍➎❿➀➁➀ ❻❼
❽ ➆❽❼❽➊ ❼➑➁❽➇ ➈➂➁➃ ❺❿❽❺ ❻❼
➀❽❼➇ ❺➂ ➄❼➀ ❽➆❾ ❼❿➂➄➊❾ ➉➀
❽➋❽❻➊❽➉➊➀ ❺➂ ➀➋➀➁➇➂➆➀ ➒❿➂
➁➄➆❼ ❽➆➇ ➅❿❽➆➅➀ ➂➈ ➅➂➃❻➆➌
❽➅➁➂❼❼ ❽➆ ❻➆❾❻➋❻❾➄❽➊ ➒❿➂
❿❽❼ ➂➋➀➁❾➂❼➀❾ ➒❻❺❿ ➂➑❻❽❺➀❼➍
➓➊➊ ➑❽❺❻➀➆❺❼ ➒❻❺❿ ➣➑❻➂❻❾ ➸❼➀
ß❻❼➂➁❾➀➁ ❽➆❾ ❺❿➀❻➁ ➈❽➃❻➊❻➀❼
❼❿➂➄➊❾ ❿❽➋➀ ❺❿❻❼ ❽➋❽❻➊❽➉➊➀➍
❹❺ ❻❼ ➑❽❻❾ ➈➂➁ ➉➇ ➣➵➠ ❽➆❾
➅❽➆ ➉➀ ➂➉❺❽❻➆➀❾ ➈➁➂➃ ❺❿➀
➑❿❽➁➃❽➅➇ ➒❻❺❿➂➄❺ ❽ ➑➁➀↔
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✭♠✚✭✤✙✖✙ ✤✫✢r♣✳
❲✖ ✖s✦❧ ✢✖❧❧✖✚✙ ✮✤✚ ✘✚✖✛✦❧r✱
✬✚❛✥✥❛✚✱ ❧❛✙❧✖ ❛✫s ✢✖✬❛✢
✚✖❛✙✤✫✙✳ ❲✖ s✤ ✫✤❧ ✮❛✣❧ ✣✕✖✣❦✳
❲✖ ✜✦✢✢ ✫✤❧ ✭✚✦✫❧ ✭✖✚✙✤✫❛✢
❛❧❧❛✣❦✙ ❛✬❛✦✫✙❧ ✭✚✦✛❛❧✖
✦✫s✦✛✦s♠❛✢✙✳❚✕❛✫❦✈r✤♠ ✢✖❧❧✖✚✙
❛✚✖ s✦✙✣✤♠✚❛✬✖s✳
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✤✫✖ ✢✖❧❧✖✚ ✖✛✖✚r ❧✜✤ ✜✖✖❦✙✳
✰✥❛✦✢ r✤♠✚ ✢✖❧❧✖✚✙ ❧✤ ✫✖✜✙✲
➅➂➄➊❾ ➊➀❽➁➆ ➈➁➂➃ ❺❿➀ ➀↕➑➀➁❻➀➆➅➀ ➂➈
❿➀❽➊❺❿ ➅❽➁➀ ❽➁➂➄➆❾ ❺❿➀ ➒➂➁➊❾➍
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✖♣✜✒❡ ✥✜✗✛ ✛♦✦❡ ✧❡✣✜✈❡♣②✳
❈✓✣✣ ✺★✩✲✪✫✬✲✬✩✫✩ ✗♦ ✕✑t✕✒♣✜t❡✳
❙✗♦✖✖❡✧ ✓✒✒♦✑✔✗ t✓✣✓✔✒❡✕ ✣❡✕✕ ✗✛✓✔ ✭✮ ✥✜✣✣
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➙❿❻➊➀ ➃➂❼❺ ➑❿➇❼❻➅❻❽➆❼
➒➂➄➊❾ ➁❽❺❿➀➁ ❼➀➀ ❺❿➀❻➁ ➎➇➑➀
➝ ❾❻❽➉➀❺❻➅❼ ➅❿❽➆➌➀ ❺❿➀❻➁
❾❻➀❺ ❽➆❾ ➆➂❺ ➆➀➀❾ ➃➀❾❻➅❽↔
❺❻➂➆➛ ❺❿➀➇ ❾➂ ➆➂❺ ➒❻❺❿❿➂➊❾
➃➀❾❻➅❽❺❻➂➆❼ ➒❽❻❺❻➆➌ ➈➂➁ ❺❿➀
➑❽❺❻➀➆❺❼ ❺➂ ➅❿❽➆➌➀ ❺❿➀❻➁
➉➀❿❽➋❻➂➁➛ ➉➀➅❽➄❼➀ ❺❿❻❼
➒➂➄➊❾ ❻➆➅➁➀❽❼➀ ❺❿➀ ➁❻❼➏ ➂➈
❺❿➀ ➑❽❺❻➀➆❺❼ ❾➀➋➀➊➂➑❻➆➌
➑➀➁➃❽➆➀➆❺ ➀➇➀ ➂➁ ➏❻❾➆➀➇
❾❽➃❽➌➀➍
➺❻➃❻➊❽➁➊➇➛ ❺❿➀➁➀ ❽➁➀ ➃➀❾❻↔
➅❽❺❻➂➆❼ ❼➄➅❿ ❽❼ ➺➄➉➂↕➂➆➀
➢➒❿❻➅❿ ❻❼ ❻❺❼➀➊➈ ❽❾❾❻➅❺❻➋➀
❽➆❾ ❿❽➁❾ ❺➂ Ø➄❻❺➨ ❺❿❽❺ ❺➁➀❽❺
❼➂➃➀ ➂➈ ❺❿➀ ➃➂❼❺ ❾❽➃❽➌↔
❻➆➌ ➀➈➈➀➅❺❼ ➂➈ ➣➑❻➂❻❾ ➸❼➀
ß❻❼➂➁❾➀➁➍ ➠❿➇❼❻➅❻❽➆❼ ❾➂
➆➂❺ ➒❻❺❿❿➂➊❾ ❼➄➅❿ ➃➀❾❻➅❽↔
❺❻➂➆❼ ➒❿❻➊➀ ➒❽❻❺❻➆➌ ➈➂➁ ❺❿➀
➑❽❺❻➀➆❺❼ ❺➂ ➅❿❽➆➌➀ ❺❿➀❻➁
➉➀❿❽➋❻➂➁➛ ➉➀➅❽➄❼➀ ❺❿❻❼ ➒➂➄➊❾
❻➆➅➁➀❽❼➀ ❺❿➀ ➁❻❼➏ ➂➈ ❾➀❽❺❿
➂➁ ❼➀➋➀➁➀ ➂➁➌❽➆ ❾❽➃❽➌➀➍
➺❺❽➁❺❻➆➌ ❻➆ ➦àà➞➛ ➤➁❽➆➅➀
➅➄❺ ❺❿➀❻➁ ➂➑❻➂❻❾ ➂➋➀➁❾➂❼➀
❾➀❽❺❿ ➁❽❺➀ ➉➇ ➧à ➑➀➁➅➀➆❺
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