❖◗❘❱❳❩❬ ❱❭❪❭❖❫❭❴ ❵❛❬ ❵❞❣✐
The Observer
ðrñ⑦♠ ñò⑤♠❦s⑤♥④
Yes, Virginia,
there is a
Santa Claus
❤
öþü õ ❤ ö ✁ þ ô ✂❤
❤ ♦ óù÷ ✄ ø ❤ úüùúû üö ❛ úöø ùõ ☎❤ úü ❤ ùþ ýô ❤ ÷ ✆
óô õö÷÷öøùúû ÷ôüüôý ùþ ÿôýó ÿþ üóô
öõ
ÿ÷ô
▲✝✞✞✝✟ ✞✠ ✞✡✝ ✝☛☞✞✠✟
❚✡✝ ✌✝✍ ❨✠✟✎ ✏✑✒✓ ✥✔✕✖
❉✗✘✙ ✚✛✜✢✣✙✿
■ ✘✤ ✦ ✧✗✘✙s ✣★✛✩ ✪✣✤✗ ✣✫ ✤✧ ★✜✢✢★✗ ✫✙✜✗✬✛s s✘✧ ✢✭✗✙✗
✜s ✬✣ ✪✘✬✢✘ ✐★✘✮s✩✯✘✰✘ s✘✧s✱➇■✫ ✧✣✮ s✗✗ ✜✢ ✜✬ ✲✭✗
✪✮✬✱ ✜✢✳s s✣✩➈✯★✗✘s✗ ✢✗★★ ✤✗ ✢✭✗ ✢✙✮✢✭✱ ✜s ✢✭✗✙✗ ✘ ✪✘✬✢✘
✐★✘✮s❈
➋ ❱☞✟✴☞✒☞✵ ✶✷✸✵✒✹✠✒
✺✻✼✽✻✾✻❀❁
❂❃❄✼ ❅✻❆❆❅❇ ❊✼✻❇✾❋● ❀✼❇ ❍✼❃✾✽❏❑▼❇◆ ▼❀✈❇ ❖❇❇✾
❀❊❊❇P❆❇❋ ❖◆ ❆▼❇ ●◗❇❘❆✻P✻●❙ ❃❊ ❀ ●◗❇❘❆✻P❀❅ ❀✽❇❏❑▼❇◆
❋❃ ✾❃❆ ❖❇❅✻❇✈❇ ❇❞P❇❘❆ ❍▼❀❆ ❆▼❇◆ ●❇❇❏❑▼❇◆ ❆▼✻✾◗ ❆▼❀❆
✾❃❆▼✻✾✽ P❀✾ ❖❇ ❍▼✻P▼ ✻● ✾❃❆ P❃❙❘✼❇▼❇✾●✻❖❅❇ ❖◆ ❆▼❇✻✼
❅✻❆❆❅❇ ❙✻✾❋●❏❯❅❅ ❙✻✾❋●❲✺✻✼✽✻✾✻❀❲ ❍▼❇❆▼❇✼ ❆▼❇◆ ❖❇
❙❇✾♠● ❃✼ P▼✻❅❋✼❇✾♠●❲ ❀✼❇ ❅✻❆❆❅❇❏❳✾ ❆▼✻● ✽✼❇❀❆ ❄✾✻✈❇✼●❇
❃❊ ❃❄✼●❲ ❙❀✾ ✻● ❀ ❙❇✼❇ ✻✾●❇P❆❲ ❀✾ ❀✾❆❲ ✻✾ ▼✻● ✻✾❆❇❅❅❇P❆
❀● P❃❙❘❀✼❇❋ ❍✻❆▼ ❆▼❇ ❖❃❄✾❋❅❇●● ❍❃✼❅❋ ❀❖❃❄❆ ▼✻❙❲ ❀●
❙❇❀●❄✼❇❋ ❖◆ ❆▼❇ ✻✾❆❇❅❅✻✽❇✾P❇ P❀❘❀❖❅❇ ❃❊ ✽✼❀●❘✻✾✽ ❆▼❇
❍▼❃❅❇ ❃❊ ❆✼❄❆▼ ❀✾❋ ◗✾❃❍❅❇❋✽❇❏
❂❇●❲✺✻✼✽✻✾✻❀❲ ❆▼❇✼❇ ✻● ❀ ❩❀✾❆❀ ❬❅❀❄●❏❭❇ ❇❞✻●❆● ❀●
P❇✼❆❀✻✾❅◆ ❀● ❅❃✈❇ ❀✾❋ ✽❇✾❇✼❃●✻❆◆ ❀✾❋ ❋❇✈❃❆✻❃✾ ❇❞✻●❆❲
❀✾❋ ◆❃❄ ◗✾❃❍ ❆▼❀❆ ❆▼❇◆ ❀❖❃❄✾❋ ❀✾❋ ✽✻✈❇ ❆❃ ◆❃❄✼ ❅✻❊❇
✻❆● ▼✻✽▼❇●❆ ❖❇❀❄❆◆ ❀✾❋ ❪❃◆❏❯❅❀●❫ ▼❃❍ ❋✼❇❀✼◆ ❍❃❄❅❋ ❖❇
❆▼❇ ❍❃✼❅❋ ✻❊ ❆▼❇✼❇ ❍❇✼❇ ✾❃ ❩❀✾❆❀ ❬❅❀❄●❫ ❳❆ ❍❃❄❅❋ ❖❇
❀● ❋✼❇❀✼◆ ❀● ✻❊ ❆▼❇✼❇ ❍❇✼❇ ✾❃ ✺✻✼✽✻✾✻❀●❏❑▼❇✼❇ ❍❃❄❅❋
❖❇ ✾❃ P▼✻❅❋❅✻◗❇ ❊❀✻❆▼ ❆▼❇✾❲ ✾❃ ❘❃❇❆✼◆❲ ✾❃ ✼❃❙❀✾P❇ ❆❃
❙❀◗❇ ❆❃❅❇✼❀❖❅❇ ❆▼✻● ❇❞✻●❆❇✾P❇❏
❴❇ ●▼❃❄❅❋ ▼❀✈❇ ✾❃ ❇✾❪❃◆❙❇✾❆❲ ❇❞P❇❘❆ ✻✾ ●❇✾●❇ ❀✾❋
●✻✽▼❆❏❑▼❇ ❇❞❆❇✼✾❀❅ ❅✻✽▼❆ ❍✻❆▼ ❍▼✻P▼ P▼✻❅❋▼❃❃❋ ❵❅❅●
❆▼❇ ❍❃✼❅❋ ❍❃❄❅❋ ❖❇ ❇❞❆✻✾✽❄✻●▼❇❋❏
❜❃❆ ❖❇❅✻❇✈❇ ✻✾ ❩❀✾❆❀ ❬❅❀❄●❫ ❂❃❄ ❙✻✽▼❆ ❀● ❍❇❅❅
✾❃❆ ❖❇❅✻❇✈❇ ✻✾ ❊❀✻✼✻❇●❏ ❂❃❄ ❙✻✽▼❆ ✽❇❆ ◆❃❄✼ ❘❀❘❀ ❆❃
▼✻✼❇ ❙❇✾ ❆❃ ❍❀❆P▼ ✻✾ ❀❅❅ ❆▼❇ P▼✻❙✾❇◆● ❃✾ ❬▼✼✻●❆❝
❙❀● ❡✈❇ ❆❃ P❀❆P▼ ❩❀✾❆❀ ❬❅❀❄●❲ ❖❄❆ ❇✈❇✾ ✻❊ ◆❃❄ ❋✻❋
✾❃❆ ●❇❇ ❩❀✾❆❀ ❬❅❀❄● P❃❙✻✾✽ ❋❃❍✾❲ ❍▼❀❆ ❍❃❄❅❋
❆▼❀❆ ❘✼❃✈❇t ❜❃❖❃❋◆ ●❇❇● ❩❀✾❆❀ ❬❅❀❄●❲ ❖❄❆ ❆▼❀❆ ✻●
✾❃ ●✻✽✾ ❆▼❀❆ ❆▼❇✼❇ ✻● ✾❃ ❩❀✾❆❀ ❬❅❀❄●❏ ❑▼❇ ❙❃●❆ ✼❇❀❅
❆▼✻✾✽● ✻✾ ❆▼❇ ❍❃✼❅❋ ❀✼❇ ❆▼❃●❇ ❆▼❀❆ ✾❇✻❆▼❇✼ P▼✻❅❋✼❇✾
✾❃✼ ❙❇✾ P❀✾ ●❇❇❏ ❢✻❋ ◆❃❄ ❇✈❇✼ ●❇❇ ❊❀✻✼✻❇● ❋❀✾P✻✾✽
❃✾ ❆▼❇ ❅❀❍✾t ✇❊ P❃❄✼●❇ ✾❃❆❲ ❖❄❆ ❆▼❀❆♠● ✾❃ ❘✼❃❃❊ ❆▼❀❆
❆▼❇◆ ❀✼❇ ✾❃❆ ❆▼❇✼❇❏ ❜❃❖❃❋◆ P❀✾ P❃✾P❇✻✈❇ ❃✼ ✻❙❀✽❝
✻✾❇ ❀❅❅ ❆▼❇ ❍❃✾❋❇✼● ❆▼❇✼❇ ❀✼❇ ❄✾●❇❇✾ ❀✾❋ ❄✾●❇❇❝
❀❖❅❇ ✻✾ ❆▼❇ ❍❃✼❅❋❏
❂❃❄ ❆❇❀✼ ❀❘❀✼❆ ❆▼❇ ❖❀❖◆♠● ✼❀❆❆❅❇ ❀✾❋ ●❇❇ ❍▼❀❆
❙❀◗❇● ❆▼❇ ✾❃✻●❇ ✻✾●✻❋❇❲ ❖❄❆ ❆▼❇✼❇ ✻● ❀ ✈❇✻❅ P❃✈❇✼✻✾✽
❆▼❇ ❄✾●❇❇✾ ❍❃✼❅❋ ❍▼✻P▼ ✾❃❆ ❆▼❇ ●❆✼❃✾✽❇●❆ ❙❀✾❲ ✾❃✼
❇✈❇✾ ❆▼❇ ❄✾✻❆❇❋ ●❆✼❇✾✽❆▼ ❃❊ ❀❅❅ ❆▼❇ ●❆✼❃✾✽❇●❆ ❙❇✾
❆▼❀❆ ❇✈❇✼ ❅✻✈❇❋ P❃❄❅❋ ❆❇❀✼ ❀❘❀✼❆❏✇✾❅◆ ❊❀✻❆▼❲ ❘❃❇❆✼◆❲
❅❃✈❇❲ ✼❃❙❀✾P❇❲ P❀✾ ❘❄●▼ ❀●✻❋❇ ❆▼❀❆ P❄✼❆❀✻✾ ❀✾❋ ✈✻❇❍
❀✾❋ ❘✻P❆❄✼❇ ❆▼❇ ●❄❘❇✼✾❀❅ ❖❇❀❄❆◆ ❀✾❋ ✽❅❃✼◆ ❖❇◆❃✾❋❏
❳● ✻❆ ❀❅❅ ✼❇❀❅t ❯▼❲✺✻✼✽✻✾✻❀❲ ✻✾ ❀❅❅ ❆▼✻● ❍❃✼❅❋ ❆▼❇✼❇ ✻●
✾❃❆▼✻✾✽ ❇❅●❇ ✼❇❀❅ ❀✾❋ ❀❖✻❋✻✾✽❏
❜❃ ❩❀✾❆❀ ❬❅❀❄●❫❑▼❀✾◗ ❣❃❋❫ ❭❇ ❅✻✈❇● ❀✾❋ ❅✻✈❇●
❊❃✼❇✈❇✼❏❯ ❆▼❃❄●❀✾❋ ◆❇❀✼● ❊✼❃❙ ✾❃❍❲✺✻✼✽✻✾✻❀❲ ✾❀◆
❥❦ ❆✻❙❇● ❥❦❲❦❦❦ ◆❇❀✼● ❊✼❃❙ ✾❃❍❲ ▼❇ ❍✻❅❅ P❃✾❆✻✾❄❇ ❆❃
❙❀◗❇ ✽❅❀❋ ❆▼❇ ▼❇❀✼❆ ❃❊ P▼✻❅❋▼❃❃❋❏
⑤ ♠ ⑥ ñ ③ñ❧ò ③r④④ñ♠⑤❧
ðrñ⑦♠ ñò⑤♠❦s⑤♥④ ⑥s❦
Housing mandate plan is not a solution
✇✼❇✽❃✾ ▼❀● ❀✾ ❀❊❊❃✼❋❀❖❅❇ ▼❃❄●❝
✻✾✽ ❘✼❃❖❅❇❙❏ ❧❄❆ ❆▼❇ ❀✾●❍❇✼ ✻●
✾❃❆❲ ❀● ❅❀❍❙❀◗❇✼ ❑✻✾❀ ♥❃❆❇◗❲
❢❝♣❃✼❆❅❀✾❋❲ ❀❘❘❀✼❇✾❆❅◆ ❖❇❅✻❇✈❇●❲
❀ ●❆❀❆❇❍✻❋❇ ✼❇q❄✻✼❇❙❇✾❆ ❆❃ ❀❅❅❃❍
❊❃❄✼ ▼❃❙❇● ❃✾ ❍▼❀❆ ❀✼❇ ✾❃❍ ●✻✾✽❅❇❝
❊❀❙✻❅◆ ▼❃❄●✻✾✽ ❅❃❆● ✻✾ ❀❆ ❅❇❀●❆ r❥
✇✼❇✽❃✾ P✻❆✻❇●❏
♥❃❆❇◗❲ ●❘❇❀◗❇✼ ❃❊ ❆▼❇ ✇✼❇✽❃✾
❭❃❄●❇ ❃❊ ✉❇❘✼❇●❇✾❆❀❆✻✈❇●❲ ✻● ①❃❀❆❝
✻✾✽ ❆▼❇ ✻❋❇❀ ❃❊ ❇✾❋✻✾✽ ❆▼❇ P❃✾P❇❘❆ ❃❊
●✻✾✽❅❇❝❊❀❙✻❅◆ ②❃✾✻✾✽ ✻✾ ❀❅❅ P❃❙❙❄❝
✾✻❆✻❇● ❃❊ ❥❦❲❦❦❦ ❃✼ ❙❃✼❇❏❳✾ ❬❇✾❆✼❀❅
✇✼❇✽❃✾ ❆▼❀❆ ✻✾P❅❄❋❇● ❧❇✾❋❲ ✉❇❋❝
❙❃✾❋ ❀✾❋ ♣✼✻✾❇✈✻❅❅❇❏❯❅❅ ❃❊ ❄●❲ ❅✻◗❇
✻❆ ❃✼ ✾❃❆❲ ❍❃❄❅❋ ▼❀✈❇ ❆❃ ❀❅❅❃❍ ❊❃❄✼
▼❃❄●❇● ❘❇✼ ❅❃❆❏
✇✼ ❀❆ ❅❇❀●❆ ❙❃●❆ ❃❊ ❀❅❅ ❃❊ ❄● ✻✾
❆▼❃●❇ P❃❙❙❄✾✻❆✻❇● ❍❃❄❅❋ ❖❇ ●❄❖❪❇P❆
❆❃ ❆▼❇ P▼❀✾✽❇❏❭❃❙❇● ❘❄✼P▼❀●❇❋
✻✾ ●❃❙❇ ❘❅❀✾✾❇❋ ❋❇✈❇❅❃❘❙❇✾❆● ✻✾
❀❅❅ ❆▼✼❇❇ P❃❙❙❄✾✻❆✻❇● ❘✼❇●❄❙❀❖❅◆
❍❃❄❅❋ ❖❇ ✽❃✈❇✼✾❇❋❲ ❀● ❆▼❇◆ ❀✼❇ ✾❃❍❲
❖◆ ❅❇✽❀❅❅◆ ❖✻✾❋✻✾✽ P❃✈❇✾❀✾❆●❲ P❃✾❋✻❝
❆✻❃✾● ❀✾❋ ✼❇●❆✼✻P❆✻❃✾● ❇●❆❀❖❅✻●▼❇❋
❍▼❇✾ ❆▼❇ ✾❇✻✽▼❖❃✼▼❃❃❋● ❍❇✼❇
❋❇●✻✽✾❇❋❏
❳✾ ❀ ●❆❀❆❇ ❍❃✼✼✻❇❋ ❀❖❃❄❆ ❆▼❇ ✽✼❃❍❝
✻✾✽ ✽❀❘ ❖❇❆❍❇❇✾ ▼❀✈❇● ❀✾❋ ▼❀✈❇❝
✾❃❆●❲ ❍❇♠❋ ❖❇ ▼❀✼❋ ❘✼❇●●❇❋ ❆❃ ❵✾❋
❀ ❖❇❆❆❇✼ ❍❀◆ ❆❃ ❙❀◗❇ ❆▼❇ ❘✼❃❖❅❇❙
❍❃✼●❇❏
③❃✼ ✾❃❍❲ ❧❇✾❋ ✻● ✻✾ ❆▼❇ ❙✻❋●❆ ❃❊
❀❋❃❘❆✻✾✽ ●❃❙❇❆▼✻✾✽ ❀◗✻✾ ❆❃ ❍▼❀❆
♥❃❆❇◗ ❘✼❃❘❃●❇●❲ ❀● ✻❆ ●▼❃❄❅❋❏❭❃❄●❝
✻✾✽ ✻● ✻✾ ❘❀✼❆✻P❄❅❀✼❅◆ ●▼❃✼❆ ●❄❘❘❅◆
▼❇✼❇❲ ❀✾❋ ❃✾❇ P✻❆◆ ✼❇●❘❃✾●❇ ▼❀●
❖❇❇✾ ❆❃ ❍❃✼◗ ❆❃ P▼❀✾✽❇ ❆▼❇ ②❃✾✻✾✽
❅❀❍● ❆❃ ❀❅❅❃❍ ❋❄❘❅❇❞❇● ❀✾❋ ❆✼✻❘❅❇❞❇●
✻✾ ●✻✾✽❅❇❝❊❀❙✻❅◆ ✾❇✻✽▼❖❃✼▼❃❃❋●❏
❑▼❀❆♠● ❃❄✼ P▼❃✻P❇❲ ▼❃❍❇✈❇✼❲ ✾❃❆
❀ ✼❄❅❇ ❖❇✻✾✽ ✻❙❘❃●❇❋ ❊✼❃❙ ❩❀❅❇❙❏
④❃P❀❅ P❃❙❙❄✾✻❆✻❇●❲✾❃❆ ❆▼❇ ④❇✽✻●❅❀❝
❆❄✼❇❲ ◗✾❃❍ ❖❇●❆ ❀❖❃❄❆ ▼❃❍ ❆❃ ❆❀✻❅❃✼
▼❃❄●✻✾✽ ●❃❅❄❆✻❃✾● ❆❃ ❃❄✼
P❃❙❙❄✾✻❆✻❇●❏
❯● ❊❃✼ ❆▼❇ ④❇✽✻●❅❀❆❄✼❇❲ ✻❊ ✻❆●
❙❇❙❖❇✼● ❀✼❇ ❀● P❃✾P❇✼✾❇❋ ❀❖❃❄❆
✇✼❇✽❃✾♠● ▼❃❄●✻✾✽ ❘✼❃❖❅❇❙● ❀●
♥❃❆❇◗ ✻●❲ ❆▼❇✼❇♠● ❀✾ ❇❀●◆ ●❃❅❄❆✻❃✾ ❀❆
▼❀✾❋❏ ❣✻✈❇ P✻❆✻❇● ❙❃✼❇ ❊✼❇❇❋❃❙ ❆❃
❇❞❘❀✾❋ ❆▼❇✻✼ ❄✼❖❀✾ ✽✼❃❍❆▼ ❖❃❄✾❋❝
❀✼✻❇● q❄✻P◗❅◆❏
❑▼❀❆ ❍❃❄❅❋ ●❇✼✈❇ ❆❃ ❅❃❍❇✼ ▼❃❄●✻✾✽
P❃●❆● ❀✾❋ ❄❘ ▼❃❄●✻✾✽ ●❄❘❘❅✻❇● ❊❀✼
❙❃✼❇ ❇q❄✻❆❀❖❅◆ ❆▼❀✾ ❀ ●❆❀❆❇❝✻❙❘❃●❇❋
②❃✾✻✾✽ P▼❀✾✽❇ P❃❄❅❋ ❇✈❇✼ ❋❃❏
❥❦❧♠♥❥♠ q❦rs ①r③④⑤❥ ❦⑥⑥⑤❥⑤♥④⑦
⑧⑨⑩❶❷❸⑩❹❺ ❻❼❹❽❾❸❿⑨➀➁➂➃ ➄➅➆
➆➨↔➈→ Û➋➚➦➆➓➙➓➋➔➆➍❰➨↔➈→➙➅➋➌➍➆➙➛➋➣➙
➇➅➈➉➆ ➊➋➌➍➆➎ ➏➐➑➑ ➒➆➓➓➍➔→➣↔➓➈↔ ↕➣➆➙➎
➭➯➲➯ ❻⑩➂❽⑨❺➁⑩❹❺ ❼➵ ➳➀❶❺❷Ù⑩➃ Ü↔➈➓
➛➚➆➛➍➨➈➉➅❰➋➚➆➛➋➓→➆➛➈➍→↔➉➌➚➆➙➛➋➣➙
➇↔➍➅➈➓➛➉➋➓➎ ➜➙➝➙ ➞➑➟➑➑➠ ➞➑➞➡➢➟➐➡➏➢➏➢➠ ➤↔➥
➍➩➈➉➧➅➮➋↔➚➦➎ ➞➑➞➡➟➑➢➡➞➑➑➑➠ ➧➋➨➨➆➓➉ →➈➓➆➎
Ý⑨⑩Ö❼❹ î⑩Ö❷❶❾❽❺➀⑨⑩➃ Ò➆➛➈➍→↔➉➈➣➆
➞➑➞➡➢➟➐➡➞➢➐➏➠ ➉➋ ➍➆➓➦ ➧➋➨➨➆➓➉➍➎ ➛➋ ➉➋
➞➑➞➡➾➟➾➡➏➟➟➟➙
➦➋➧➌➨➆➓➉➍ ↔➓➦ ➈➓➤➋➚➨↔➉➈➋➓ ↔➚➆ ↔➣↔➈→↔➮→➆
➩➩➩➙➩➅➈➉➆➅➋➌➍➆➙➛➋➣➫➧➋➓➉↔➧➉➙
Ý⑨⑩Ö❼❹ Õ❼Þ➯ ß❽❺⑩ à⑨❼á❹➃ ➬➑➑ ➝➋➌➚➉ ➪➉➙
➋➓→➈➓➆ ↔➉ ➩➩➩➙→➆➛➙➍➉↔➉➆➙➋➚➙➌➍➙
ì❷❺➻ ❼➵ î❽ Õ⑨❽❹❸⑩➃ Ü↔➔➋➚ ➪➉➆➣➆
➋➚➆➛➋➓→➆➛➈➍→↔➉➌➚➆➙➛➋➣➫➍➨➈➉➅➛➙ ✃➨↔➈→➽ ➚➆Ñ➙
➭➯➲➯ ➲⑩❹➯ ➳⑩➵➵ ➸⑩⑨➺❾⑩➻➃ ➜➙➝➙ ➋➤➼➧➆➽ ➾➏➾
Ô➙✃➙➎ ➪↔→➆➨➎ ➶❐ ➬➘➾➑➏➠ ➟➑➾➡➾➘➷➡➢➟➷➞➙
➊↔➚➉ ➪➆➓↔➉➆ ➶➤➼➧➆ ➹➌➈→➦➈➓➛➎ ➇↔➍➅➈➓➛➉➋➓➎
Ý⑨⑩Ö❼❹ ➲⑩Ù⑨⑩❺❽⑨➻ ❼➵ ➲❺❽❺⑩ ❻⑩❹❹❷❶
➝→➆➨➆➓➉➍➎ ➝➈➉➔ Ü↔➓↔➛➆➚ ❐➋➮➆➚➉ ➪➉➚➋Ñ➆➠
➜➙➝➙ ➞➑➟➏➑➙ ➒➅➋➓➆➽ ➞➑➞➡➞➞➢➡➾➘➟➾➙ ➴↔➥➽
Ï❷Ùâ❽⑨❸❶❼❹➃ ➏➾➐ ➪➉↔➉➆ ➝↔Ñ➈➉➋→➙ ➪↔→➆➨ ➶❐
➒➙➶➙ ➹➋➥ ➐➘➑➎ Ò↔ Ó➚↔➓➦➆➎ ➶❐ ➬➘➷➟➑➠ ➟➢➏➡
➞➑➞➡➞➞➷➡➾➬➬➘➙ ➇➆➮➍➈➉➆➽ ➨➆➚➱→➆➔➙➍➆➓↔➉➆➙
➬➘➾➏➑➡➑➘➞➞➠ ➟➑➾➡➬➷➐➡➏➟➞➾➙
➬➐➞➡➏➾➑➬➠ ➤↔➥ ➟➢➏➡➬➐➾➡➾➾➾➾➙
➛➋➣➫➙ ✃➨↔➈→➽ ➨➆➚➱→➆➔➙➍➆➓↔➉➆➙➛➋➣➫➧➋➓➉↔➧➉➫➙
Ý⑨⑩Ö❼❹ ➲❺❽❺⑩❿⑨⑩❽❶➀⑨⑩⑨❿❼ã❷❽❶ Ï⑩⑩❸➃
➭❹❷❼❹ ì❼➀❹❺➻ ì❼➁➁❷❶❶❷❼❹⑩⑨❶➃
➒➋➚➉→↔➓➦ ➋➤➼➧➆➽ ➶➓➆ ➇➋➚→➦➄➚↔➦➆ ➝➆➓➉➆➚➎
➾➟➑ ➇➈➓➉➆➚ ➪➉➙ Ô➙✃➙➎ ➪➌➈➉➆ ➏➑➑➎ ➪↔→➆➨➎ ➶❐
➜➋➓➓↔ ➹➆➣➆➚↔➛➆➎ ➪➉➆➣➆ Ü➧➝→➌➚➆ ↔➓➦ æ↔➧➱
➏➞➏ ➪➙➇➙ ➪↔→➨➋➓ ➪➉➙ ➪➌➈➉➆ ➏➞➟➑➎ ➒➋➚➉→↔➓➦➎
➬➘➾➑➏➡➾➷➬➐➠ ➟➑➾➡➾➘➷➡➢➾➞➬➙
➊➋➩↔➚➦➠ ➏➏➑➐ ï ↕➣➆➙➎ Ò↔ Ó➚↔➓➦➆➎ ➶❐ ➬➘➷➟➑➠
➶❐ ➬➘➞➑➢➠ ➟➑➾➡➾➞➐➡➾➾➷➐➠ ➤↔➥ ➟➑➾➡➾➞➐➡➞➬➑➑➙
Ý⑨⑩Ö❼❹ ä❺❺❼⑨❹⑩➻ Õ⑩❹⑩⑨❽❾ å❾❾⑩❹
➟➢➏➡➬➐➾➡➏➑➑➏➠ ➤↔➥ ➟➢➏➡➬➐➾➡➏➑➘➬➙
➒➆➓➦→➆➉➋➓ ➋➤➼➧➆➽ ➾➏➑ ➪➙✃➙ ➪➆➧➋➓➦ ➪➉➙ ➪➌➈➉➆
Ï❼❶⑩❹ã❾➀➁➃ æ➌➍➉➈➧➆ ➹➌➈→➦➈➓➛➎ ➪↔→➆➨➎ ➶❐
Ð❽❾❾❼á❽ ì❼➀❹❺➻ ì❼➁➁❷❶❶❷❼❹⑩⑨❶➃ ➒↔➌→
➏➑➟➎ ➒➆➓➦→➆➉➋➓ ➬➘➷➑➏➠ ➟➢➏➡➞➘➷➡➏➏➞➬➠ ➆➨↔➈→
➬➘➾➑➏➡➢➑➬➐➠ ➟➑➾➡➾➘➷➡➢➢➑➑➙
➝↔➍➉➈→→➆Û↔➎➄➋➦➦ Ô↔➍➅ ↔➓➦ ➪➌➍↔➓ ❐➋➮➆➚➉➍➠ ➏➑➏
➆→➈❒↔➮➆➉➅❮➍➧➅➆➆→➆➚❰➨➆➚➱→➆➔➙➍➆➓↔➉➆➙➛➋➣➙
➲❺❽❺⑩ ➲⑩❹➯ Ð❷❾❾❷❽➁ ➲➯ ç❽❹❶⑩❾❾ ×Øè❺â
➪➙ ❐➈➣➆➚ ➪➉➙➎ ❐➋➋➨ ➞➑➞➎ ✃➓➉➆➚Ñ➚➈➍➆➎ ➶❐ ➬➘➷➞➷➠
➭➯➲➯ ➲⑩❹➯ Ï❼❹ Ð➻❸⑩❹➃ ➜➙➝➙ ➋➤➼➧➆➽
❻❷❶❺⑨❷Ù❺é⑧⑩❹❸❾⑩❺❼❹Ú➃ ➪↔→➆➨ ➋➤➼➧➆➽
➟➢➏➡➢➞➐➡➢➟➢➾➎ ➆➥➉➙ ➏➏➠ ➤↔➥ ➟➢➏➡➢➞➐➡➑➟➷➞➙
➞➞➏ ➜➈➚➱➍➆➓ ➪➆➓↔➉➆ ➶➤➼➧➆ ➹➌➈→➦➈➓➛➎
➬➑➑ ➝➋➌➚➉ ➪➉➙ Ô✃➙➎ ➪➡➢➞➾➎ ➪↔→➆➨➎ ➶❐
å❾Ö❷❹ ì❷❺➻ ì❼➀❹Ù❷❾❼⑨❶➃ Ü↔➔➋➚ ↕→→↔➓
➇↔➍➅➈➓➛➉➋➓➎ ➜➙➝➙ ➞➑➟➏➑➡➾➘➑➾➠ Ñ➅➋➓➆➽
➬➘➾➑➏➠ ➟➑➾➡➬➷➐➡➏➘➞➬➙ ➇➆➮➍➈➉➆➽ ➩➩➩➙
➜➌➤➤➔➎ ➟➑➏ Ô ➏➏➉➅ ➪➉➙➎ ➟➢➏➡➢➾➘➡➏➑➏➐➎ ➨↔➔➋➚❰
➞➑➞➡➞➞➢➡➟➞➢➢➠ ➤↔➥ ➞➑➞➡➞➞➷➡➞➘➏➘➙ ➇➆➮➍➈➉➆➽
➋➚➆➛➋➓→➆➛➈➍→↔➉➌➚➆➙➛➋➣➫➅↔➓➍➆→→➙ ✃➨↔➈→➽
➧➈➉➔➋➤➆→➛➈➓➋➚➙➋➚➛➠ Ü↔➚➔➇➆➍➉➎ ➞➐➑ Ô ➟➉➅ ↕➣➆➙➎
➩➔➦➆➓➙➍➆➓↔➉➆➙➛➋➣➙ ✃➨↔➈→➽ ➩➔➦➆➓➙➍➆➓↔➉➆➙
➍➆➓➙➮➈→→➅↔➓➍➆→→❰➋➚➆➛➋➓→➆➛➈➍→↔➉➌➚➆➙➛➋➣➙
➟➢➏➡➷➑➟➡➑➢➢➾➎ ➧➋➌➓➧➈→➋➚➾❰➧➈➉➔➋➤➆→➛➈➓➋➚➙➋➚➛➠
➛➋➣➫➧➋➓➉↔➧➉➫➙ Ò↔ Ó➚↔➓➦➆ ➋➤➼➧➆➽ ➏➑➟ ➴➈➚ ➪➉➙➎
➲❺❽❺⑩ Ï⑩➂➯ Õ⑨⑩Ö à❽⑨⑨⑩❺❼ ×êë❺â ❻❷❶❺⑨❷Ù❺é
ï↔➉➅➔➇↔➚➚➆➓➎ ➒➶ ➹➋➥ ➐➬➘➎ ➟➢➏➡➘➷➐➡➬➐➏➏➎
Ô➋➙ ➞➏➑➎ Ò↔ Ó➚↔➓➦➆➎ ➶❐ ➬➘➷➟➑➠ ➟➢➏➡➬➐➞➡
ì❼Þ⑩Ú➃ ➪↔→➆➨ ➋➤➼➧➆➽ ➬➑➑ ➝➋➌➚➉ ➪➉➙ Ô✃➙➎
➧➋➌➓➧➈→➋➚➐❰➧➈➉➔➋➤➆→➛➈➓➋➚➙➋➚➛➠ ➝➋➌➓➧➈→➋➚
➘➐➬➏➠ ➤↔➥➎ ➟➢➏➡➬➐➾➡➑➷➷➟➠ ➆➨↔➈→ ➱↔➉➅→➆➆➓❮
➊➡➾➷➢➎ ➪↔→➆➨➎ ➶❐ ➬➘➾➑➏➠ ➟➑➾➡➬➷➐➡➏➢➟➷➙
➄➆➚➆➍↔ ➊➔→➉➋➓➡➪➅↔➤➤➆➚➎ ➟➢➑ Ô➙ ➏➑➉➅ ↕➣➆➙➎
➧↔➉➅➆➔❰➩➔➦➆➓➙➍➆➓↔➉➆➙➛➋➣➙
➇➆➮➍➈➉➆➽ ➩➩➩➙➋➚➆➛➋➓→➆➛➈➍→↔➉➌➚➆➙➛➋➣➫➮↔➚➚➆➉➋➙
➟➢➏➡➐➐➾➡➐➐➐➐➎ ➧➋➌➓➧➈→➋➚➟❰➧➈➉➔➋➤➆→➛➈➓➋➚➙
➭➯➲➯ Ï⑩➂➯ Õ⑨⑩Ö Ð❽❾❸⑩❹ ×Ø❹❸ ❻❷❶❺⑨❷Ù❺Ú➃
✃➨↔➈→➽ ➚➆Ñ➙➛➚➆➛➮↔➚➚➆➉➋❰➋➚➆➛➋➓→➆➛➈➍→↔➉➌➚➆➙
➋➚➛➠ ❐➈➍↔ ➊↔→➛↔➚➉➅➎ ➒➶ ➹➋➥ ➟➞➟➎ ➟➢➏➡➢➾➘➡
➜➙➝➙ ➋➤➼➧➆➽ ➞➏➷➟ ❐↔➔➮➌➚➓ ➊➋➌➍➆ ➶➤➼➧➆
➛➋➣➙
➬➢➐➞➎ ➧➋➌➓➧➈→➋➚➞❰➧➈➉➔➋➤➆→➛➈➓➋➚➙➋➚➛➠ ❐➋➧➱➔
➹➌➈→➦➈➓➛➎ ➇↔➍➅➈➓➛➉➋➓➎ ➜➙➝➙ ➞➑➟➏➟➡➑➑➑➏➎ ➞➑➞➡
➲❺❽❺⑩ Ï⑩➂➯ Õ⑨⑩Ö ➲➁❷❺â ×êí❺â
➹➌➚➛➆➍➍➎ ➷➑➑ Ô ➏➢➉➅ ➪➉➙➎ ➒➙➶➙ ➹➋➥ ➷➟➢➎
➞➞➟➡➐➘➾➑➠ ➤↔➥ ➞➑➞➡➞➞➟➡➟➘➘➢➙➇➆➮➍➈➉➆➽ ➩↔→➦➆➓➙
❻❷❶❺⑨❷Ù❺Ú➃ ➪↔→➆➨ ➋➤➼➧➆➽ ➬➑➑ ➝➋➌➚➉ ➪➉➙ Ô✃➙➎
➟➢➏➡➘➷➐➡➞➢➏➘➎ ➧➋➌➓➧➈→➋➚➏❰➧➈➉➔➋➤➆→➛➈➓➋➚➙➋➚➛➠
➅➋➌➍➆➙➛➋➣➫➙ ✃➨↔➈→➽ ➩↔→➦➆➓➙➅➋➌➍➆➙➛➋➣➫➆➡➨↔➈→➡
➊➡➢➷➞➎ ➪↔→➆➨➎ ➶❐➎ ➬➘➾➑➏➠ ➟➑➾➡➬➷➐➡➏➢➟➘➙
➜↔➣➈➦ ❐➆➆➦➎ ➏➑➏➏ ➜➆➉➚➋➈➉ ➪➉➙➎ ➒➶ ➹➋➥ ➾➐➷➠
➛➚➆➛➙ Ò↔ Ó➚↔➓➦➆ ➋➤➼➧➆➽ ➏➞➏➏➇↔➍➅➈➓➛➉➋➓
➊➆ÑÑ➓➆➚ ➋➤➼➧➆➽ ➒➙➶➙ ➹➋➥ ➞➏➬➎ ➊➆ÑÑ➓➆➚➎
➟➢➏➡➬➘➟➡➾➾➑➐➎ ➧➋➌➓➧➈→➋➚➢❰➧➈➉➔➋➤➆→➛➈➓➋➚➙➋➚➛➠
↕➣➆➙➎ Ò↔ Ó➚↔➓➦➆➎ ➶❐ ➬➘➷➟➑➠ ➟➢➏➡➐➞➢➡➞➢➑➑➎
➶❐ ➬➘➷➾➐➠ ➟➢➏➡➐➘➐➡➟➏➟➢➠ ➇➆➮➍➈➉➆➽ ➩➩➩➙
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