➔→➣↔↕➙➛ ↔➜➝➜➔➞➜➟ ➠➡➛ ➢➡➠➤
The Observer
❶ ➭ ❷ ➻➨ ❷❸ ➸➨➦➯➸➩➵
➺➯➦ ❹ ➨ ❺❷ ➩➵➳➩➧➫
❸❷❹ ➦➥➯➩➨ ❻
❺❷ ➯➩➵ ❸
Giving voice to choices at life’s end
❖ ✁✂✄☎✆✝☎✞ ✝✟✟✁✝ ✠✄ ✡✁ ☛✝☞✆☎✂ ✟ ✄✂ ✁✞✞ ✆☎ ✝☎ ✝ ✁✝
✠t✝✠ ☛✄✞✠ ✄✌ ✍✞ ✎✆☞✁✎✏ ✑✄✍✎✒ ✟ ✁✌✁ ☎✄✠ ✠✄ ✠t✆☎☞ ✠✄✄ ☛✍✓t
✝✡✄✍✠❛ ✄✍ ☛✄ ✠✝✎✆✠✏✳
❆ ☎✁✑ ✞✠✍✒✏ ✔☎✒✞ ✠t✝✠ ✑✁✕ ✁ ✒✄✆☎✂ ✝ ✡✁✠✠✁ ✖✄✡ ✄✌ ☛✝☞✲
✆☎✂ ✆✠ ✓✎✁✝ ✑t✝✠ ✞✄ ✠ ✄✌ ☛✁✒✆✓✝✎ ✓✝ ✁ ✑✁ ✟ ✁✌✁ ✝✠ ✠t✁ ✁☎✒
✄✌ ✄✍ ✎✆♦✁✞✱ ✁♦✁☎ ✆☎ ✓✝✞✁✞ ✑t✁☎ ✑✁ ✝ ✁ ✍☎✝✡✎✁ ✠✄ ✝ ✠✆✓✍✎✝✠✁
✠t✄✞✁ ✌✄ ✄✍ ✞✁✎♦✁✞ ✡✁✓✝✍✞✁ ✄✌ ✞✄☛✁ ✞✄ ✠ ✄✌ ☛✁✒✆✓✝✎ ✁☛✁ ✲
✂✁☎✓✏✳
❚t✁ ☞✁✏ ✠✄✄✎ t✁ ✁ ✆✞ ✝ ✒✄✓✍☛✁☎✠ ✓✝✎✎✁✒ ✝ ✗t✏✞✆✓✆✝☎
❖ ✒✁ ✞ ✌✄ ✘✆✌✁✲✙✍✞✠✝✆☎✆☎✂ ❚ ✁✝✠☛✁☎✠ ✚✗❖✘✙❚✛✳ ✗✁✄✟✎✁
✓✝☎ ✍✞✁ ✠t✁ ✌✄ ☛✞ ✠✄ ✒✄✓✍☛✁☎✠ ✠t✁✆ ✟ ✁✌✁ ✁☎✓✁✞ ✁✂✝ ✒✆☎✂
✠t✁ ✍✞✁ ✄✌ ✎✆✌✁✲✞✍✞✠✝✆☎✆☎✂ ✠ ✁✝✠☛✁☎✠✳ ❚t✁ ✆✒✁✝ ✆✞ ✠t✝✠ ✠t✁
✒✄✓✍☛✁☎✠ ✓✝☎ ✝ ✠✆✓✍✎✝✠✁ ✏✄✍ ✑✆✞t✁✞ ✁♦✁☎ ✆✌ ✏✄✍ ✓✝☎☎✄✠✱ ✌✄
✑t✝✠✁♦✁
✁✝✞✄☎✳ ✥✒✁✝✎✎✏✱ ☛✁✒✆✓✝✎ ✟ ✄♦✆✒✁ ✞ t✝♦✁ ✝✓✓✁✞✞ ✠✄
✝ ✟✝✠✆✁☎✠✕✞ ✗❖✘✙❚ ✒✄✓✍☛✁☎✠✞ ✝☎✒ ✝✡✆✒✁ ✡✏ ✠t✁✆ ✆☎✞✠ ✍✓✲
✠✆✄☎✞✳
❨✄✍ ✑✝☎✠ ✏✄✍ ✟ ✄♦✆✒✁ ✠✄ ✠✝☞✁ ✁♦✁ ✏ ✟✄✞✞✆✡✎✁ ✎✆✌✁✞✝♦✆☎✂
☛✁✝✞✍ ✁ ✆☎ ✠t✁ ✁♦✁☎✠ ✄✌ ✝☎ ✁☛✁ ✂✁☎✓✏♠ ❨✄✍ ✓✝☎ ☛✝☞✁ ✞✍ ✁
✠t✝✠✕✞ ✑t✝✠ ✏✄✍ ✗❖✘✙❚ ✓✝✎✎✞ ✌✄ ✳ ✜✄✑✁♦✁ ✱ ✆✌ ✏✄✍ ✟ ✁✌✁
✠t✝✠ ☛✁✒✆✓✝✎ ✟ ✄♦✆✒✁ ✞ ✁✞✓t✁✑ ✁✎✝✡✄ ✝✠✁ ✎✆✌✁✞✝♦✆☎✂ ☛✁✝✲
✞✍ ✁✞✱ ✏✄✍ ✓✝☎ ✆☎✒✆✓✝✠✁ ✠t✝✠ ✝✞ ✑✁✎✎✳
❆ ✁✓✁☎✠ ✞✠✍✒✏ ✌ ✄☛ ✝ ✂ ✄✍✟ ✄✌ ❖ ✁✂✄☎ ✜✁✝✎✠t ✢ ✙✓✆✁☎✓✁
❯☎✆♦✁ ✞✆✠✏ ✁✞✁✝ ✓t✁ ✞✱ ✝✎✄☎✂ ✑✆✠t ✄☎✁ ✌ ✄☛ ✜✝ ♦✝ ✒✕✞
❉✝☎✝✲✣✝ ✡✁ ✤✝☎✓✁ ✥☎✞✠✆✠✍✠✁✱ ✌✄✍☎✒ ✝ ✞✍✡✞✠✝☎✠✆✝✎ ✖✍☛✟ ✆☎
✠t✁ ✟✁ ✓✁☎✠✝✂✁ ✄✌ ✞✠✝✠✁ ✁✞✆✒✁☎✠✞ ✑t✄ t✝✒ ✔✎✁✒ ✠t✁ ✗❖✘✙❚
✌✄ ☛✳ ❆ ✞✠✄ ✏ ✆☎ ❚t✁ ❖ ✁✂✄☎✆✝☎ ☎✁✑✞✟✝✟✁ ✝✡✄✍✠ ✠t✁
✞✠✍✒✏ ✁✟✄ ✠✁✒ ✄☎✁ ☞✁✏ ✔☎✒✆☎✂❛ ❆✡✄✍✠ ✦✧ ✟✁ ✓✁☎✠ ✄✌ ✟✁✄✟✎✁
✑t✄ ✒✆✁✒ ✌ ✄☛ ✇★✧★ ✠✄ ✇★✧✧ t✝✒ ✝ ✗❖✘✙❚ ✄☎ ✔✎✁ ✑✆✠t ✠t✁
✞✠✝✠✁✕✞ ✁✂✆✞✠ ✏✳ ✣✆♦✁ ✏✁✝ ✞ ✎✝✠✁ ✱ ✠t✝✠ ☎✍☛✡✁ t✝✒ ✖✍☛✟✁✒❛
❖✌ ✠t✁ ✟✁✄✟✎✁ ✑t✄ ✒✆✁✒ ✌ ✄☛ ✇★✧✩ ✠✄ ✇★✧✪✱ ✝✎☛✄✞✠ t✝✎✌ ✚✫✩
✟✁ ✓✁☎✠✛ t✝✒ ✝ ✗❖✘✙❚ ✄☎ ✔✎✁✳
❆✞ ✏✄✍ ☛✆✂t✠ ✆☛✝✂✆☎✁✱ ✄✎✒✁ ❖ ✁✂✄☎✆✝☎✞ ✝ ✁ ☛✄ ✁ ✎✆☞✁✎✏
✠t✝☎ ✠t✁✆ ✏✄✍☎✂✁ ✓✄✍☎✠✁ ✟✝ ✠✞ ✠✄ t✝♦✁ ✝ ✗❖✘✙❚ ✄☎ ✔✎✁❛
❚t✁ ☎✁✑✞✟✝✟✁ ✞✝✆✒ ✠t✝✠ ✄✌ ✟✁✄✟✎✁ ✬✩ ✝☎✒ ✄✎✒✁ ✱ ✝✎☛✄✞✠ ✪★
✟✁ ✓✁☎✠ t✝♦✁ ✝ ✌✄ ☛ ✄☎ ✔✎✁✱ ✝☎ ✆☎✓ ✁✝✞✁ ✄✌ ✭✦ ✟✁ ✓✁☎✠ ✄♦✁
✠t✁ ✎✝✞✠ ✔♦✁ ✏✁✝ ✞✳
❇✍✠ ✠t✁ ✗❖✘✙❚ ✁✮✁ ✓✆✞✁ ✆✞ ✓✝✠✓t✆☎✂ ✄☎ ✝☛✄☎✂ ✟✁✄✟✎✁ ✆☎
✠t✁✆ ✪★✞ ✝☎✒ ✯★✞ ✝✞ ✑✁✎✎❛ ❚t✁ ☎✍☛✡✁ ✄✌ ✟✁✄✟✎✁ ✡✁✠✑✁✁☎ ✪✩
✝☎✒ ✯✫ ✑t✄ t✝✒ ✝ ✗❖✘✙❚ ✄☎ ✔✎✁ ✑t✁☎ ✠t✁✏ ✒✆✁✒ ✖✍☛✟✁✒
✦✧ ✟✁ ✓✁☎✠ ✆☎ ✠t✁ ✔♦✁ ✏✁✝ ✞ ✡✁✠✑✁✁☎ ✇★✧★ ✝☎✒ ✇★✧✩✳
❨✄✍☎✂✁ ✟✁✄✟✎✁ ✑t✄ ✒✁✓✆✒✁ ✠✄ ✔✎✎ ✄✍✠ ✝ ✗❖✘✙❚ ✁✝ ✎✆✁
✝✠t✁ ✠t✝☎ ✎✝✠✁ ✞✄☛✁✠✆☛✁✞ ✒✁✓✆✒✁ ✠✄ ✓t✝☎✂✁ ✠t✁✆ ✑✆✞t✁✞
✝✡✄✍✠ ✑t✝✠ ☞✆☎✒ ✄✌ ✎✆✌✁✲✞✍✞✠✝✆☎✆☎✂ ✠ ✁✝✠☛✁☎✠ ✠t✁✏ ✟ ✁✌✁ ✱
✝☎✒ ✠t✝✠✕✞ ❖s❛ ✰✄✡✄✒✏ ✆✞ ✎✄✓☞✁✒ ✆☎✠✄ ✒✁✓✆✞✆✄☎✞ ✠t✁✏ t✝♦✁
☛✝✒✁ ✏✁✝ ✞ ✡✁✌✄ ✁✳ ❚t✁ ✆☛✟✄ ✠✝☎✠ ✠t✆☎✂ ✆✞ ✠✄ ✡✁ ✞✍ ✁ ✠t✝✠
✏✄✍ ✁✂✍✎✝ ✎✏ ✁♦✆✁✑ ✏✄✍ ☛✁✒✆✓✝✎ ✄ ✒✁ ✞ ✑✆✠t ✠t✁✆ ✟t✏✞✆✲
✓✆✝☎✞ ✝☎✒ ✑✆✠t ✌✝☛✆✎✏ ☛✁☛✡✁ ✞✳
❚t✁ ✞✠✍✒✏ ✝✎✞✄ ✍☎✓✄♦✁ ✁✒ ✝☎ ✆☎✠✁ ✁✞✠✆☎✂ ✠ ✁☎✒❛ ❖✌ ✝✎✎ ✠t✁
✟✁✄✟✎✁ ✑t✄ t✝✒ ✝ ✗❖✘✙❚ ✌✄ ☛ ✔✎✎✁✒ ✄✍✠ ✑t✁☎ ✠t✁✏ ✒✆✁✒
✆☎ ✇★✧✩ ✄ ✇★✧✪✱ ✧✦ ✟✁ ✓✁☎✠ ✁✴✍✁✞✠✁✒ ✠t✝✠ ✁♦✁ ✏ ✟✄✞✞✆✡✎✁
✎✆✌✁✞✝♦✆☎✂ ☛✁✝✞✍ ✁ ✡✁ ✠✝☞✁☎✈ ✠t✝✠ ✑✝✞ ✍✟ ✌ ✄☛ ✭ ✟✁ ✓✁☎✠
✔♦✁ ✏✁✝ ✞ ✝✂✄✳ ❚t✆✞ ✆✞ ✝ ✠ ✁☎✒ ✠t✝✠ ☛✝✏ ✡✁ ✑✄ ✠t ✝✒✒✆✠✆✄☎✝✎
✞✠✍✒✏✱ ✝✎✠t✄✍✂t ✄✍ ✂✍✁✞✞ ✆✞ ✠t✝✠✕✞ ✝ ☎✝✠✍ ✝✎ ✁✞✍✎✠ ✄✌ ✠t✁
✌✝✓✠ ✠t✝✠ ✏✄✍☎✂✁ ✟✁✄✟✎✁ ✝ ✁ ✞✠✝ ✠✆☎✂ ✠✄ ✔✎✁ ✗❖✘✙❚ ✌✄ ☛✞✈
✝✞ ✟✁✄✟✎✁ ✡✁✓✄☛✁ ✄✎✒✁ ✱ ✠t✁✏ ☛✝✏ ✡✁ ☛✄ ✁ ✎✆☞✁✎✏ ✠✄ ✄✟✠ ✌✄
✎✆☛✆✠✁✒ ✠ ✁✝✠☛✁☎✠ ✄ ✓✄☛✌✄ ✠ ✆✞✞✍✁✞ ✄☎✎✏✳
❖ ✁✂✄☎ t✝✞ ✝ ✎✄☎✂ ✝☎✒ ✟ ✄✍✒ ✠ ✝✒✆✠✆✄☎ ✄✌ ✎✁✝✒✆☎✂ ✠t✁
☎✝✠✆✄☎ ✆☎ ✠t✁✞✁ ✁☎✒✲✄✌✲✎✆✌✁ ✆☎✆✠✆✝✠✆♦✁✞✱ ✝☎✒ ✠t✁✞✁ ✗❖✘✙❚
✌✄ ☛✞ ✝ ✁☎✕✠ ✝☎ ✁✮✓✁✟✠✆✄☎❛ ❚t✁ ✞✠✝✠✁ ✎✁✝✒✞ ✠t✁ ✓✄✍☎✠ ✏ ✆☎
✠✁ ☛✞ ✄✌ t✄✑ ☛✝☎✏ ✟✁✄✟✎✁ t✝♦✁ ✝ ✗❖✘✙❚ ✌✄ ☛✳
❚t✁✞✁ ✗❖✘✙❚ ✌✄ ☛✞ ✓✝☎ ✡✁ ♦✝✎✍✝✡✎✁ ✠✄✄✎✞ ✠✄ ✁☎✞✍ ✁ ✠t✝✠
✄✍ ☛✁✒✆✓✝✎ ✑✆✞t✁✞ ✝ ✁ t✄☎✄ ✁✒ ✁♦✁☎ ✒✍ ✆☎✂ ☛✁✒✆✓✝✎ ✁☛✁ ✲
✂✁☎✓✆✁✞ ✑t✁☎ ✑✁ ☛✝✏ ☎✄✠ ✡✁ ✝✡✎✁ ✠✄ ✓✎✁✝ ✎✏ ✓✄☛☛✍☎✆✓✝✠✁
✑✆✠t ☛✁✒✆✓✝✎ ✟ ✄♦✆✒✁ ✞✳
❇✍✠ ✠t✁✏ ✝✎✞✄ ✓✝☎ ✡✁ ♦✝✎✍✝✡✎✁ ✝✞ ✝ ✞✠✝ ✠✆☎✂ ✟✄✆☎✠ ✌✄
✒✆✌✔✓✍✎✠ ✓✄☎♦✁ ✞✝✠✆✄☎✞ ✠t✝✠ ✝ ✁ ✁✝✞✏ ✠✄ ✟✍✠ ✄✌✌ ❞ ✝✌✠✁ ✝✎✎✱
✑t✄ ✎✆☞✁✞ ✠✄ ✠✝✎☞ ✝✡✄✍✠ ✒✁✝✠t♠ ❖✌ ✓✄✍ ✞✁✱ ☎✄✠ ✠✝✎☞✆☎✂ ✝✡✄✍✠
✆✠ ✒✄✁✞ ☎✄✠t✆☎✂ ✠✄ ☞✁✁✟ ✆✠ ✝✠ ✡✝✏✳ ❇✍✠ ✠✝✎☞✆☎✂ ✝✡✄✍✠ ✠t✁✞✁
✴✍✁✞✠✆✄☎✞ ☎✄✑ ✓✝☎ t✁✎✟ ✁☎✞✍ ✁ ✠t✝✠ ✑✁ ✓✝☎ ✒✆✁ ✄☎ ✄✍ ✄✑☎
✠✁ ☛✞✳
Clements: Success
of robotics
tournament due to
Croft
❚♦ ✘✙✚ ✛✜✢✘♦✣✤
✥✦✚ ♦✧ ✘✙✚ ★✩✦✪ ✘✙✢✦✫✬
■ ✩★ ♦✧✘✚✦ ✩✬✭✚✜ ✢✬ ➇✮✙✩✘
✢✬ ✘✙✚ ✐✢✘✪ ♦✧ ✯✩ ✰✣✩✦✜✚
✜♦✢✦✫ ✧♦✣ ✭✢✜✬❞✱ ❆✬✢✜✚
✧✣♦★ ✘✙✚ ✧✩❢✢✲✢✘✢✚✬ ✘✙✚ ❢✢✘✪
★✩✢✦✘✩✢✦✬✴ ✘✙✚ ✚✦✚✣✫✪
✩✦✜ ❢✣✚✩✘✢✶✢✘✪ ✦✚✚✜✚✜ ✘♦
✚✦✫✩✫✚ ✭✢✜✬ ❢♦★✚✬ ✧✣♦★
♣✚♦♣✲✚✴ ✶♦✲✸✦✘✚✚✣✬ ✮✙♦
✫✢✶✚ ✧✣✚✚✲✪ ✘♦ ✙✚✲♣ ✭✢✜✬✹
■✘ ✘✣✸✲✪ ✘✩✭✚✬ ✩ ✶✢✲✲✩✫✚✴
✩✦✜ ★♦✬✘ ✢★♣♦✣✘✩✦✘✴ ✘✙✚
❢✢✘✢❝✚✦✬ ♦✧ ✘✙✩✘ ✶✢✲✲✩✫✚✴ ✘♦
✣✩✢✬✚ ❢✙✢✲✜✣✚✦✹
❚✙✢✬ ✢✬ ✮✙✪ ■ ✮✩✦✘ ✘♦
✣✚❢♦✫✦✢❝✚ ✩✦ ✢✦✜✢✶✢✜✸✩✲✴
✮✙♦✴ ♦✸✘✬✢✜✚ ✘✙✚ ✩✸✬♣✢❢✚✬
♦✧ ✘✙✚ ❢✢✘✪✴ ✙✩✬ ✮♦✣✭✚✜ ✘♦
✚✦✫✩✫✚ ✭✢✜✬ ✮✢✘✙ ❢♦★♣✸✘✺
✚✣✬ ✩✦✜ ✣♦✻♦✘✢❢✬✼ ✘✙✩✘ ♣✚✣✺
✬♦✦ ✢✬ s✣✹ ✽✢❢✙✩✣✜ ✐✣♦✧✘✹
■ ✭✦♦✮ ✽✢❢✙✩✣✜ ✩✬ ✩ ❢♦✲✺
✲✚✩✫✸✚ ✩✘ ✛✩✬✘✚✣✦ ✥✣✚✫♦✦
❯✦✢✶✚✣✬✢✘✪ ✩✦✜ ✩ ✧✚✲✲♦✮
✩✲✸★✦✸✬ ♦✧ ✾✢✣✫✢✦✢✩ ❚✚❢✙✹
❆✘ ✩ ✘✢★✚ ✮✙✚✦ ✬❢✢✚✦❢✚✴
✘✚❢✙✦♦✲♦✫✪✴ ✚✦✫✢✦✚✚✣✢✦✫
✩✦✜ ★✩✘✙ ✩✣✚ ✚★♣✙✩✬✢❝✚✜
✩✘ ✩✲✲ ✫✣✩✜✚ ✲✚✶✚✲✬✴ ✽✢❢✙✩✣✜
✻✣♦✸✫✙✘ ✙✢✬ ✩❢✩✜✚★✢❢ ✩✦✜
♣✚✣✬♦✦✩✲ ✚✿♣✚✣✢✚✦❢✚ ✢✦
❢♦★♣✸✘✚✣ ✬❢✢✚✦❢✚ ✘♦ ✭✢✜✬
✘✙✣♦✸✫✙ ✘♦✸✣✦✩★✚✦✘✬ ✢✦
✣♦✻♦✘✢❢✬✹
❀✢✦❢✚ ❁❂❂❃✴ ✽✢❢✙✩✣✜
✙✩✬ ✜✢✣✚❢✘✚✜ ✘✙✚ ✩✦✦✸✩✲
✛✩✬✘✚✣✦ ✥✣✚✫♦✦ ✽♦✻♦✘✢❢✬
❚♦✸✣✦✩★✚✦✘✹ ❄✙✚✦ ✙✚
✬✘✩✣✘✚✜ ✢✦ ❁❂❂❃✴ ♦✸✣ ✣✚✫✢♦✦
✙✩✜ ✻✸✘ ♦✦✚ ✘✚✩★ ♦✧ ✭✢✜✬
✮♦✣✭✢✦✫ ✮✢✘✙ ✣♦✻♦✘✢❢✬✴ ✬♦
✽✢❢✙✩✣✜ ✻✚✫✩✦ ♦✸✘✣✚✩❢✙
✩✦✜ ✘✣✩✢✦✢✦✫✹ ❚✙✚ ✣✚✬✸✲✘✬❞
❚✙♦✸✬✩✦✜✬ ♦✧ ✭✢✜✬✴ ✩✫✚✬ ❅
✘♦ ❇❈ ✘✙✣♦✸✫✙♦✸✘ ✛✩✬✘✚✣✦
✥✣✚✫♦✦✴ ✙✩✶✚ ♣✩✣✘✢❢✢♣✩✘✚✜
✢✦ ✘♦✸✣✦✩★✚✦✘✬✹ ■✘ ✢✬ ✧✩✢✣
✘♦ ✬✩✪ ✽✢❢✙✩✣✜ ✫✣✚✮ ✘✙✚
✣♦✻♦✘✢❢✬ ✘♦✸✣✦✩★✚✦✘ ♣✣♦✺
✫✣✩★ ✢✦ ✛✩✬✘✚✣✦ ✥✣✚✫♦✦✹
■✦ ✩✜✜✢✘✢♦✦ ✘♦ ✫✣♦✮✢✦✫
✘✙✚ ✘♦✸✣✦✩★✚✦✘✴ ✽✢❢✙✩✣✜❊✬
✚✿♣✚✣✘✢✬✚ ✢✦ ✘♦✸✣✦✩★✚✦✘
♦♣✚✣✩✘✢♦✦✬✴ ✧✣♦★ ✣✚❢✣✸✢✘✢✦✫
✩✦✜ ✘✣✩✢✦✢✦✫ ✶♦✲✸✦✘✚✚✣✬
✘♦ ✜✚✶✚✲♦♣✢✦✫ ✩✦✜ ✩♣♣✲✪✺
✢✦✫ ✘♦✸✣✦✩★✚✦✘ ✣✸✲✚✬ ✩✦✜
✬❢♦✣✢✦✫✴ ✙✩✬ ★✩✜✚ ✙✢★ ✩✦
✢✦✶✩✲✸✩✻✲✚ ✩✬✬✚✘ ✘♦ ✘♦✸✣✦✩✺
★✚✦✘ ✜✢✣✚❢✘♦✣✬ ✩✦✜ ♦✣✫✩✺
✦✢❝✚✣✬ ✩✣♦✸✦✜ ✘✙✚ ✬✘✩✘✚✹
❍✢✬ ✮✢✲✲✢✦✫✦✚✬✬ ✩✦✜
❢♦★★✢✘★✚✦✘ ✙✚✲♣✚✜ ✘♦
✢★♣✣♦✶✚ ✩✦✜ ✚✿♣✩✦✜
✣♦✻♦✘✢❢✬ ✘♦✸✣✦✩★✚✦✘✬
✩✣♦✸✦✜ ✥✣✚✫♦✦ ✘✙✣♦✸✫✙
✙✢✬ ✢✦✶♦✲✶✚★✚✦✘ ✮✢✘✙
✘✙✚ ♦✣✫✩✦✢❝✩✘✢♦✦✴ ✥✣✚✫♦✦
✽♦✻♦✘✢❢ ❚♦✸✣✦✩★✚✦✘✬ ✩✦✜
✥✸✘✣✚✩❢✙ ❋✣♦✫✣✩★✹ ❀♦✴
✜✢✣✚❢✘✲✪ ✩✦✜ ✢✦✜✢✣✚❢✘✲✪✴
✽✢❢✙✩✣✜❊✬ ✢★♣✩❢✘ ♦✦ ✘✙✚
✪♦✸✦✫ ♣✚♦♣✲✚ ♦✧ ✘✙✢✬ ✬✘✩✘✚
✣✸✦✬✴ ♣✚✣✙✩♣✬✴ ✘♦ ✘✙✚ ✘✚✦✬
♦✧ ✘✙♦✸✬✩✦✜✬✹
❀✩✜✲✪✴ ✽✢❢✙✩✣✜ ✢✬ ✣✚✘✢✣✺
✢✦✫ ✩✬ ✜✢✣✚❢✘♦✣✴ ✻✸✘ ✘✙✚
✲✚✫✩❢✪ ✙✚ ✲✚✩✶✚✬ ✻✚✙✢✦✜
✮✢✲✲ ❢♦✦✘✢✦✸✚ ✘♦ ✢★♣✩❢✘
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❚♦ ✘✙✚ ✛✜✢✘♦✣✤
■ ✩★ ✫✣✩✘✚✧✸✲ ✧♦✣ ✚✶✚✣✪
♣✚✣✬♦✦ ✮✙♦ ✩✘✘✚✦✜✚✜ ✘✙✚
q✣✬✘ ✬✚✘ ♦✧ ★✚✚✘✢✦✫✬ ♦✦ ✘✙✚
r✲✸✚ ✉♦✸✦✘✩✢✦✬ ①♦✣✚✬✘
❋✲✩✦ ✽✚✶✢✬✢♦✦✹ ■✘ ✮✩✬ ✫✣✚✩✘
✘♦ ✬✚✚ ✚✶✚✣✪♦✦✚ ✮✙♦ ✙✩✜
✘✣✩✶✚✲✚✜ ✧✣♦★ ✩✣♦✸✦✜ ✘✙✚
❄✚✬✘ ✘♦ ✙✩✶✚ ✘✙✚✢✣ ♦✻❑✚❢✺
✘✢♦✦✬ ✙✚✩✣✜ ♦✣ ✘♦ ✬✸♣♣♦✣✘
✘✙♦✬✚ ✮✙♦ ✮✚✣✚ ✬♣✚✩✭✢✦✫
♦✸✘ ✩✻♦✸✘ ✘✙✚ ♣✲✩✦✹
■ ✮✩✬ ✢★♣✣✚✬✬✚✜ ✮✢✘✙
✘✙✚ ❢✩✣✚ ✚✩❢✙ ♦✧ ✪♦✸ ✘♦♦✭
✘♦ ♣✣✚✬✚✦✘ ✪♦✸✣ ♦✻❑✚❢✘✢♦✦✬
✘♦ ✉✣✹ ①✣✚✦❢✙ ✩✦✜ ✙✢✬
✘✚✩★✴ ✻✸✘ ✚✶✚✦ ★♦✣✚✴ ■ ✮✩✬
✩✮✚✬✘✣✸❢✭ ✩✘ ✘✙✚ ❢♦✦✘✣♦✲
✚✩❢✙ ♦✧ ✪♦✸ ✬✙♦✮✚✜ ✢✦ ✩
★✩✘✘✚✣ ✘✙✩✘ ✢✬ ✶✚✣✪ ✜✚✩✣
✘♦ ✚✩❢✙ ♦✧ ♦✸✣ ✙✚✩✣✘✬ ✩✦✜
✘✙✩✘ ✢★♣✩❢✘✬ ♦✸✣ ✩✻✢✲✢✘✪
✘♦ ✬✸✬✘✩✢✦ ♦✸✣ ✧✩★✢✲✢✚✬ ✢✦
②♦✣✘✙✚✩✬✘ ✥✣✚✫♦✦✹ ❄✙✢✲✚
♦♣✚✦ ✩❢❢✚✬✬ ✘♦ ♦✸✣ ★♦✸✦✺
✘✩✢✦✬ ✬✚✚★✬ ✘♦ ✻✚ ✬✸❢✙
✩ ✬✢★♣✲✚ ❢♦✦❢✚♣✘ ✮✙✚✦
✢✘ ❢♦★✚✬ ✘♦ ✬✸✻✬✢✬✘✚✦❢✚
✸✬✚✴ ✢✘ ✚✲✸✜✚✬ ✘✙♦✬✚ ✮✙♦
★✩✭✚ ✜✚❢✢✬✢♦✦✬ ✮✙♦ ✙✩✶✚
✦✚✶✚✣ ✙✩✜ ✘♦ ✮♦✣✣✪ ✩✻♦✸✘
✙✚✩✘✢✦✫ ✘✙✚✢✣ ✙♦★✚✬ ✮✢✘✙
q✣✚✮♦♦✜ ♦✣ ✘♦ ✚✿✘✣✩❢✘
✧♦♦✜ ✘✙✩✘ ✬✸♣♣✲✚★✚✦✘✬
♦✸✣ ✧✩★✢✲✢✚✬ ✘✙✣♦✸✫✙ ✘✙✚
✮✢✦✘✚✣✹
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