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    OTKK@ H^TMJL^LKZWLCH\K^ MG ZB\TEH

    &BH\ ^M n[C\ 86> 6,

    L@KNL^KN NMJ[BKE^Z H LN K\LNKEJK MG KEOCLZF HEN YTK_JF MGGLJKTZ"

    &Gltz~ zktlkz,

    Y{dclzfkn d| $^fk Yktbheke~ D{tkh{ mg ~ f k ^{t`lzf Jmeotkzzh~ Ch{zheek%

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    d| ~fk hh`keleo mg ^{t`lzf lel~lh~lwk% L~ hz ~fk wke~leo mg~fk f k c y z thok mg ~fk bmemymclqktz hen {z{tktz# fmykckzzc|nulzymzzkzzkn m~ mg ~fklt me dkcmeoleoz# d{~ mg ~fklt hejlke~glkcnz mg jfkh~k>%

    # %1 % ^fk Fkcckelj h{~fmtl~lkz l~f ~fk ytmgm{en kvyktlkejk#%bh~ jfhthj~ktlzkz ~fkb le ~fk myytkzzlme hen kv~ktbleh~lme" -

    /mg ~ fk hcc{okekm{z ykmyckm fm fhwk ghccke le~m ~fklt jc{~jfkz##~"#&ldk'b#bbknlh~kc| n ~ k t ~fk mjj{yhBme# ~m y{~ le~m gmtjk/ % "%"hohle ~fklt gmtbkt loemdck z|z~kb fljf bk~ wl~f z{jf6! % Ck "%""/z{jjkzzle ~fk Bmtkh# le ^fkzzhc|# le Qyltk# %leJtk~k hen b""w ;"" %%% " /!jkh~c| hczm ae Bhjknmelh L~ jmezlz~z gltz~ mg n c le ym{tleo h# / %## ###01gcmmn mg ytmgkzzlmen dhenl~z# mg jtlb#lehcz mg fmb Otkkjk1110bmtk ~fhe b | m~fkt jm{e~t| ymzzkzzb ~fk bmemymc|# tlZI% /% $kwkt|1# jmtekt mg otm{en fktk h Fkcckelj zmcnlkt fhz zk~ gmm~%

    10"1 fk eh~lwk Otkk` zjm{entkcz htk hch|o tkhn| ~m cken ~fkb% 8 %"0z1~jh fkcyleo fhen hen he hj{~k yktlmn mg h ~ b l m ~|thee| dk of" j g h ~ mejk% _flck ~fk ghbm{k hokej| mg H~fkez# d| h ytmg{zlme1$"%"" +"mglkz hen zchenktz# mg ghczk hjjm{e~z mg ^{t`lzf h~tmjl~lkz#" %% ""!Hlwkt~z ~~ke~lme then ~ftmz h ~flj` wklc mwkt ~fk jtlbkz mgt C"# # %v"#=lu/enhtdz hen mg l~k yh~l`htkz# ~fk ch~~kt bmtk hen bmtk$ u 4 u k v j l u| ~fk ekzyhyktz# hzz{tkn mg lby{el~|# nm em~ zftle`

    1 "gtmb he| leghb|% ^{t`lzf wlcchokz d{teleo# wlmch~lmez0 bhzd>$#%1 % "1zhjtkh% yktyk~th~kn {yme ykhjkg{c ^{t``f lefhdl~he~z ,dkjmbk1~fk mtnkt mg +fknh|% ^fk {egmt~{eh~k ymy{ch~lme# yktzkj{~kn#

    4 c" 5/~kttlglkn# hz em cmeokt ~fk jm{thok ~m l~fz~hen z{jf h tk"#! $olbk 1 le h dmn| ~fk| ckhwk ~fklt fmbkz# ~fklt wlcchokz# ~fklt

    jtmyz# hdhenmeleo ~fklt gmt~{ek# ~fklt ymzzkzzlmez# kwkt|~fleo%/~m zhwk ~fklt clwkz hen ~fklt fmem{t% Hcc ~fkzk ymmt t{aekn gmcn#

    / mg~ke dktkhwkn mg ~fklt nkhtkz~ mekz# htk z~thenkn blzkthdc|le ~fk ememjj{ylkn yht~z mg ~fk Bm~fkt"jm{e~t|% Kwkt|fktk# ce ^{t`k| mek bkk~z ~fkzk ymmt Bm{fhnalb &kblothe~z,#! # Jtk~kz# Bmtkhez# Bhjknmelhez# Kyltlkez# ^fkzzhcmelhez hen% % m~fktz# {ytmm~kn# le x{kz~ mg hln mt ytm~kj~lme# hen fmzk" tholj gh~k hen hjjm{e~ mg ~fklt n z gmt~{ekz z~lt ~fk% enloe!

    / ~lme mg ~fk bmz~ Bhz'^fk wlzldck yktzkj{~lyez# ~fk z|~kbh~lj h~tmjl~lkz mec|

    jkhzk ~m olwk ychjk ~m ~fk z{d~ck kvhj~lmez mg ~fk hnblelz~"

    th~lwk h{~fmtl~lkz% _lzk myytkzzlme# ckhtekn nkzym~lKcb# hlbleobk~fmnljhcc| hzKc|' Tkjc{z# ~fk kbleke~ Gthejf okmothyfktdh|6# h~ ~fk nkothnh~lme mg ~fk hccmo'kz# lz hyyclkn l~f h" /wktl~hdck ht~# Hcc ~fh~ lz em~ Otkk` l le ghj~ m{~chkn% Emmyymt~{el~| lz cmz~ mg bh`leo ~fkb %gkkc ~fk zy{ttkn fkkc mg~fk myytkzzmt% Kwke le ~fk jm{t~z mg a{z~ljk fljf l e w n d c | #/ nkjlnk hohlez~ hcc fm htk em~ Otkk`( ^flz cl~~ck ykmyck# lb"d{kn wl~:8 otkh~ {etkhclzhdck hbdl~lmez lz mg h gktmjlm{z gheh" "

    / ~dlzb# he lejtknldck jt{kc~|# h jthg~lekzz# he {eyhthcckcknyktglnlm{zek ~mht' ~fmzk fm fhwk ~fk blzgmt~{ek ~m g h c c{enkt lY: nmbleh%~lme%

    Z{jf lz ~fk z|z~kb mg omwktebke~ hyyclkn ~m ~fk hccmokekz # 1le ~fk VV`f% jke~{t|# le ~fk jlwlclzkn Fkcckelj @leonmb0 z{jf % "C ~fk ykmyck ~fh~ hzyltkz ~m t{ck le ~fk Khz~ mwkt elflmez mgymy{ch~lmez mg hem~fkt thjk# mg hem~fkt tkclolme ~fhe l~z me% / %^m olwk mwkt h jm{e~t| ~m Otkkjk clz ~m nmmb l~z lefhdl~he~z u~m ~mt~{tk/ ~m nkymy{`~k l~# ~m jmenkbe l~ ~m bmthc hen bh"~ktlhc t{le# ! " %

    L~ whz ~f{z ~fh~ ~fk| hj~kn le ~fk Bmtkh /fljf fhn "~ftkk f{entkn ~fm{zhen B{zz{dhe lefhdl~he~z le 86:9# le %/ #^fkzzhc| fljf e{bdktkn h f{entkn hen glg~| ~fm{hen le " # "86?6# ne Jtk~k fljf ymzzkzzkn ;9%999 ^{t`lzf lefhdl~he~z % "le 86

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    L" >" /hcc lej{tzlme n{tleo glwk jke~{tckh% Mek mg ~fk t k ~~mych%e" # tmwlejkz me fmzk zmlc em glof~leo fhn dkke l~ekzzkn gmt %#/1 glwk f{entkn |khtz# fhz a{z~ dkke ~fk ~fkh~tk yg h flnkm{z! %# % lewhzlme fljf le h gk nh|z tkn{jI l~ ~m ~fk cl`kekzz mg ~fk%/ %yktyk~{hc dh~~cnlkcnz mg Bhjknmelh0 ~fk| fhwk ~thezgmtbkn% "# ~ffbbkccjt{z jm{e~t| le~m h w u ~kzkt~% Ekhtc| ;9%999 ^{t`z+hwk yktlzfkn ~fktk le ~fk bmz~ gtlof~g{c ~mtteke~k# flcz~%/ 1 % 99%999 m~fkt g{ol~lwkz hen' hdm{~ l~fm{~ bknljhbke~z#%1# %l_{~1zfkc~kt hen l~fm{~ "tkzm{tjk hcc tm{en ~fk qmek mg %%"/1 Otkk mjj{yh~lme fljf fhz dkjmbk h fkcc gmt ~fk Bw{cbhez %% % %""|" # 8%

    " j #/= " %1 H~ Zb|teh l~zkcg le ~fk otkh~ ymt~ mg ~fk% Hkokhe Zkh# S%"" {enkt ~fk wkt| k|kz mg lenloehe~ gmtkloekb# em fghb| fhz" " dkke zyhtkn ~fk ^{t`cdf ymy{ch~lme% ^fk #tkymt~z ~fh~ k fhwk

    " ##0y{dclzfkn ~m nh| ~ftm z{gglmlke~ clof~ me ~fk dhzkekzz n fkzk% %" hnwke~{tktz% D{~ ~m yht~z mg ~flg: ytmwclejk fktk ~fk jtlbkz

    dkjmbk mg h ~t{c| tk|mcdleo bhoel~{nk htk B`ekbke bn Hlnle%4 "/] Hcbmz~ ~fk fmck ^{t`lzf ymy{ch~lme mg BDekbke ktk

    % bhzzhjtkn l~fm{~ he| ytmwmjh~lme# l~fm{~ he| bm~lwk fljf/$kwke ~ fk kvlz~kejk mg nlz~{tdhejkz jm{cn a{z~lg|% Hh ~m ~fk% ~thokn| mg Hlnle# l~ kvjkknz +le%mttmt hcc ~fh~ jhe dk lbholekn%" "S+%% # ktm# le zk~~leo ltk ~m Tmbk# fhn em~ jmenkbekn ~fk ym"

    % % y{ch~lme ~m dk d{te~ hclwk le ~fklt nkccleoz% ^fh~ lz fmkwkt" 1fh~ ~fk Otk k` nln h~ Hlnle% Gtmb Zb|teh hz gh t hz Ehqlccl

    S"% hcc ~fk ~mez# wlcchok# fhbck~h htk em~fleo d{~ h fkhy mg"" % t{lez >bn hzfkz% Bmz~ mg ~fkb zjhtjkc| flnk hbmeoz~ ~fk ltz~lcc zbm`leo tkj`hok# ~fk jhtdmelzkn jmtyzkz# ~fk dckknleo" %

    # tkgehllez mg ~fm{zhenz mg ymmt leemjke~ ^{t`z# mg mte'# mg%jflcntke# mg mcn bke zhjtlgljkn ~m ~fk gktmjl~| mg ~fk Fkcckelj"6mtnktt%" Gtmb hcc ~flz nkwhz~h~kn tkolme# gmtbktc| mek mg ~fk

    %! #bmz~ ytmzyktm{z# h jt| mg gtlof~g{c nlz~tkzz htlzkz ~m"nh|%^fk Yktbheke~ D{tkh{ mg ~fk ^{t`lzf Jmeotkzz h~ Ch{"" zhbk lz hdck ~m y{dclzf ~mnh| |mbk nmj{bke~ dkhtleo l~"t/%%ekzz le ~fk bmz~ {ex{kz~lmehdck ghzflme ~m ~fk kv~ke~ hen

    0t1 bhoel~{nk mg ~fk Otkk` h~tmjl~lkz%~ "c $"1 !% L~ jheem~ zykhgnbc| le'' me ~fk tkhnleo mg z{jf hen u { j f

    + % 6 yhykt# hcc l~fm{~ kvjky~lme ytkzke~leo h nmj{bke~ht| bn %

    # % fljt~melj Le~ktkz~ mg ~fk flofkz~ abyht~hejk me he! ekvhbycknj n n ~ | ~fh~ he kttmt mg ymcl~ln hyyblh~lme fhz ck~ cmmzk Smwkt h yht~ mg m{t {efhyy| jm{e~t|% %

    Em~fleo mhe jmbyhtk l~f /~flz yl~lckzz 'dcmmn| fm" % 3{~cnleo nmwe mg ~fk ^{t`#fljf gtmb ~fk "lme mg Ke"

    % od f# Gtkejf# h'# L~hclhe l~ekzzkz jfhthj~ktdkh ~fk Otkk` u " +mjj{yh~lme hxn ~fk z|z~kbh~lj nkz~t{j~lme mg h{tnkht ytmwlejk%1 w'ke mg ~fk flof Otkkct zmjlk~|0 kckohe~ chnlkz mgZb|tb fhwk olwke ytmmg mg h @hggltcl`k dkzfcl~| ~h`leo "/nkclof~# kwke ~h`leo yht~ l~f zmeoz hen ch{of~kt le ~fk bmz~ %% " % %

    "# / hdakj~ {e{~lch~lmeh% % % + %"" y "% / D{ ~ dcmmnzfkn ch ekwkt gmtolwke hen O ~ ljk ml" h m{~ " % "%~

    # fkt kenz% $ "!w /[enkt fu~kw68tkolbk k bh| clwk h{% khn wlcc nh|k # /

    # fhwk h fmcn dwkt Fkcckelzb% " #% "! % /^fk wlm~mt| mg ~fk hcclkz jheem~ dk tkohtnkn h6 h wlj~mt| / $% # mg ~fk/ Jbkz mwkt ~fk Jtkzjkccl~% ^fk B{hz{cbhb fm gm{of~ % %

    le ~fk tht' mg ~fk hcclkh m{cn dk z{tytlzkn ~m ckhte ~fh~ ~fk| % "Lfhn zfkn ~fklt dcmmn le z{jf h jh{zk% X{l~k d~fktlzk ktk %# ~fk h g f h ~ l m e z hmckbec| bhnk ~m ~fkb fke ~fk| wktk le" %n~kn ketmc `kbzkcwkz~ {enkt ~fk dheekt mg ~fk Ke~ke~k% #

    "/8ek{dbl~~leo ~fkzk tkymt~h hen ~kz~lbmelkz ~m ~fk z{yktlmt% gthj~lme mg y{dclj mylelme fljf ytmgkzzktz ~fk zhbk f{bhel~! %tlhe le~ktkh~ ~m" ~fk myytkzzkn l~fm{~ u j n m eg H "thjk mt tkclolme# k hyykhc ~m ~fk lbyht~lhc mylelme mg K{tmyk %hen mg Hbktljh ~fh~ / {z~ljk em~fleo d{~ a{z~ljk""bh| dk u %

    # tkenktkn ~m ~fk 'f~h mg he mwktfkcbleo ^{t`lzf bhamtl~|% / "hen ~fh~ ~fk {t lzfytmwlejk mg Zb|bhbh| dk gmt kwkt jckhe" %#= zkn gtmb ~fk ymcc{~lme mg h b{c~l~{nk mg jtlblen hnwke~{tkb#

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    % 3 #% ] thezch~lme mg ~fk ck~~kt Em 8-4>;87# h~kn 47~f%% % t A{ek 8

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    jmbbl~~kn dkleo dtm{of~ ~m ~fklt `emcknok% L fhwk ~fke tk"# ? j b k ~n |m{t otkh~ okektmzl~|# fljf kwkt| nh| bhelgkz~z

    L ` c g hgtkzf# hen dko |m{# le mtnkt ~m ohwk b| {efhyy| eh~lme "1/ tmb ~fk {edkhthdck jhchbl~lkz {enkt fljf zfk d mwktfkc"% bkn ~m ymle~ m{~ ~fkzk jtlbkz ~m ~fk ymktg{c yktzmehokz fm%" fmcn le ~fklt fhenz ~fk nkz~lelkz mg ~fk mtcn h' ~m legmtb /H + " % l~fk jlw[kn {elwkbk ~fh~ ~fk ^{t`z hen ~fk B{zz{cbhez htk

    dkleo nh{of~ktkn cl k zfkky hen ~fh~ ~fklt kvlz~kejk# ~fklt/" %ytmykt~| hen ~fklt fmem{t htk dkleo heelflch~kn% L l %" S" " " \m{t jmbyhzzlmeh~k le~ktwke~lme lcc yktfhyz jme~tld{~k

    L %

    ~m y{~ he ken ~m ~fk lea{z~ljkz ~m fljf lz#kvymzkn he {efhyy|"%ykmyck fljf# cl`k kt| m~fkt eh~lme fhz h tlof~ ~m kvlz~kejk% ! +% #1" fm{of L hb h~ ~fk fkhn mg he mtohelzh~lme jfhtokn wl~f ~fk

    0LL% %" %ytm~kj~lme# ~fk [ k # fk fmem{t hen ~fk ytmykt~| mg ~fk ymy{ch"/% %" ~lme# L {efhyycl| nm em~ z{jjkkn le g{cglccleo ~flz blzzlme% ^f{d # % # "

    " %"1%L zlejktkc| ~t{z~# ~fh~ l~f |m{t flofc| f{bhel~htlhe zke~'L % % % bked |m{ %wl c c g{cc| zfhtk ~fk ytmgm{en otlkg ~fh~ L gkkc h~% / $leo ~fk leemjke~ dcmmn mg b| eh~lme zfkn kwkt| nh| hej~0" " ~fhd |m{ wlcc% tkjklwk b| zmcljl~h~lmez ghwm{thdc|%$ %%!/L ] % ^fk ^{e`lzf ykmyck fljf jfktlzfkz le l~z dckknleo fu

    """ h kcc gm{enkn fmyk le |m{# fljf hhl~z l~f lbyh~lkejk ~fk$L" /

    % ] # L %tkz{c~z mg ~fk z~kyz fljf |m{ lcc z{tkc| em~ ghlc ~m ~h`k gmt7 "!"

    / t " #% "l~z ytm~kj~lme hen ~fk nkgkejk mg l~ z a{z~ jh{zk# lz tkhn| ~m" " / l u d j t d kz : 1 le l~z ocmtlm{h flz~mt| ne ck~~ktz mg omcn |m{t wkekth~kn" 1% 3! ~chbk% %" =" " " " L ~h`k ~flz myymt~{el~| Zclt mg dkooleo |m{ ~m hjjky~ ~fk" # 5 kvytkzzlme mg b| oth~l~{nk% %

    ^fk Jmbbhenhe~ Ockektn mg ~fk Okenhtbktlk#" % # &zloekn, ^fk Jmcmekc H% VKBHC ZLTTL%% %

    # ^fk ^thokn| mg Zb|tehL %

    B K B M T L H CYtkzke~kn me ~fk 86~f mg n{ek 8

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    b ~ t | whz ~fk mjj{yh~lme# wl~f ytkbknl~h~kn zhwhokt|# mgZhe|bh #d| ~fk Fkcckelj ~tmmyz%"" #7 #! /%"! %"0%% ^flz mjj{yh~lme lz kggkj~kn l~f% ~fk hlb mg ytkyhtleo h%"!yl~l~lm{z otm{en# {enkt ~fk |m`k mg he {ezlohlgljhe~ Otkk`$blemtl~| fl! mek zkkbz nkjlnkn ~m z~tkeo~fke d| Fkcckelj%%L" 18yk66{tku,#mt h ymclj| mg thyln kv~ktbleh~lme mg ~fk kemtbm{z

    / 0=uz{cbhe bhamt~| lefhdl~leo ~fk Wlch|k~ mg Hlnle%#% # J$. "%%u";Kggkj~kn le nkgf jk mg ' eh~lmehc zkcg"tkzykj~ mg ~fk/"13"0tlof~ ~m kvlz~kejk hen mg ~fk zke~lbke~ mg ~fk ^{t`z# l~ fhzH % dtm{of~ m{~ l ~ /l z ~t{k# ~fk ytmgm{en nlggktkejk mg jmejky~lme//fljf zkyhth~kz %~fk M~~hbhe Zmwktkloe~| gtmb ~fk db~zc

    ,%h 1 Fkcckelj nubuleh~lme#{~ fhz a{z~c| yc{eokn ~fk fmck B{z11""t ~ e ymy{ch~lme '~m he hchtbleo hevlk~| hz ~m ~fklt {c~l"! %.;" l ~k zhgk~|# ^fk tmddktlkz# ylcchokz# m{~thokz# b{tnktz hen/ " dhtdhtl~lkz mg fljf Zb|teh he~~c fkt nkykenkejlh ktk# hen" " 'lcc htk ~fk ~fkh~tk zlejk ~flz gh~hc mjj{yh~lme# ktk ekwkt% " kvyktlkejkn gmt h zleock nh| {enkt ~fk M~~mbhe zmwktkloe~|%

    ^fk Otkk` htb| fhz em~ fkzl~h~kn ~m jmbbl~ hohlez~ ~fk B{"k{cbhez hj~z mg he loemble| ~f h~ m{cn fhwk dkke tky{oehe~" kwke ~m ~fk dhtdhtlhe fmtnkz mg he~lx{l~| jhtt|leo h ~me/d|%#/ ~mtb# h ~ ~fk" jmz~ mg fkhw| /hen dcmmn| zhjtlglkz%? q8J%"% ^fk eh~lwk Otkk`z fm fhwk clwkn gmt jke~{tlkz le ~the"!% x{lccl~| hen my{ckejk# ~fhe`z ~m ~fk dkekwmcke~ h~~l~{nk mg ~fk

    " " ^{t` hen ~m ~fk/ytlwlckokz ~fk| ktk othe~kn0 ~fkzk ykmyckfm bmtk ~fhx b | m~fktz fhwk ketljfkn ~fkbzkcwkz hen y d "gl~kn d| ~fk kjmemblj tkzm{tjkz mg ~fk Kbyltk flck ~fk ^{t"`lzf ykmyck zfkn l~z dcmmn gtkkc| le mtnkt ~m bhle~hle ~fk mtnkthen zkj{tl~| mg ~fk jm{e~t|0 ~fkzk ghczk dtm~fktz gmt fmzk# ytmzyktl~| hen nkwkcmybke~ k fhwk dkke nthlekn ~m ~fk {~"bmh~#ktk ~fk gltz~ ~m olwk ~fk dhn kvhbyck ~m ~fklt Fkcckelj"tkclolmelz~z%* ^fk {elgmtbz# gkq# ~{tdhez# kwke ~fk ylj~{tkz t~en mt`zmg ht ~ tkytkzke~leo eh~lmecn z{dakj~z ktk ~fk mdakj~ mg ~fknkz~t{j~lwk thok mg ~fk Otkk` zmcnlktz hen jlwlclhez% ^mnh| ~fkB{ mg ~fk mjj{ylkn ~kttl~mtlkz keam| em cldkt~| h~ hcc%^fk omwktebke~hc jmttkzymenkejk lz {enkt h zkwktk jme~tmc#

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    ^fk Bhzzhjtkz mg Dktohbmhen mg Bkekbke

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