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1d10 ^ĐŚĞŵĞ
ϭ zŽƵƌ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ŝƐ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ Ă ŶĞǁ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚĂů ďŝŶĚŝŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞLJ ŶĞĞĚ <ŚLJďĞƌ ĚƌĂŐŽŶƐŚĂƌĚƐͶ
ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ͘
Ϯ zŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŵLJƐƚĞƌŝŽƵƐ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ǁŚŽ ƐĞŶĚƐ LJŽƵ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ ǀŝĂ ƐĞŶĚŝŶŐ͖ ǁŚĞŶ LJŽƵ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƚŚĞŝƌ
ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƐ͕ LJŽƵ ŝŶǀĂƌŝĂďůLJ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ Ă ƌĞǁĂƌĚ͘
3 zŽƵ͛ǀĞ ĂĐƋƵŝƌĞĚ Ă ƉůŽƚ ŽĨ ůĂŶĚ ŝŶ yĞŶ͛ĚƌŝŬ͘ zŽƵ͛ǀĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ǀŝƐŝƚ ŝƚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ Ă
LJĞĂƌ͕ LJŽƵ͛ůů ůŽƐĞ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂŝŵ͘
ϰ ƵĞ ƚŽ ĂŶ ƵŶƵƐƵĂů ƚǁŝƐƚ ŽĨ dƌŝƵŵǀŝƌĂƚĞ ůĂǁ͕ LJŽƵ ƐŚĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŶĂŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŝů ĂŶĚ
LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ Ăůů ůĞŐĂůůLJ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ͘
ϱ zŽƵ͛ǀĞ ĂĐƋƵŝƌĞĚ Ă ƐƉĞůůƐŚĂƌĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶƐ Ă ǀĂƐƚ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƚĞdžƚ ŝŶ Ă ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůLJ ƵŶďƌĞĂŬĂďůĞ ĐŽĚĞ͘
6 zŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ǁĂƌ ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂů͘ tŝůů LJŽƵ ƚƵƌŶ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ͕ Žƌ ƚƌLJ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ
ĞdžĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵƌ ƐŝůĞŶĐĞ͍
7 zŽƵ͛ǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ ĨĂůƐĞ ƚƌĞĂƐƵƌĞ ŵĂƉƐ͘ Ƶƚ ŶŽǁ LJŽƵ͛ǀĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŽŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ďĞ ƌĞĂů͘
8 zŽƵ͛ǀĞ ĂĐƋƵŝƌĞĚ Ă ĐŽŶƚƌŽůůŝŶŐ ƐƚĂŬĞ ŝŶ Ă ĚŝƐƚĂŶƚ ĚƌĂŐŽŶƐŚĂƌĚ ŵŝŶĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶĞ ǁĂƐ ĂďĂŶĚŽŶĞĚ
ĐĞŶƚƵƌŝĞƐ ĂŐŽ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ͞ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ͘͟ <ŽďŽůĚƐ͍ ďĞƌƌĂƟŽŶƐ͍ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŽŶůLJ ŽŶĞ ǁĂLJ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƚ͘
9 zŽƵƌ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ŝƐ ĨĂĐŝŶŐ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ƌƵŝŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞLJ͛ǀĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ ŽƵƚ Ă ůƵĐƌĂƟǀĞ ůŝĨĞ ŝŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ ƉŽůŝĐLJ ŽŶ LJŽƵ͘ /ƚ
ŽŶůLJ ƉĂLJƐ ŽƵƚ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ĚŝĞ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƵŶƵƐƵĂů ĐŝƌĐƵŵƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞLJ͛ƌĞ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐŝŶŐ LJŽƵ ƚŽ ƐĞĞŬ ŽƵƚ ĞǀĞƌ
ŵŽƌĞ ĚĂŶŐĞƌŽƵƐ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐ͘
ϭϬ zŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƉĞĚĚůŝŶŐ Ă ůŝĨĞ ĞdžƚĞŶƐŝŽŶ ƐĐŚĞŵĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƉĞƚƌŝĮĞĚ ďLJ Ă ŵĞĚƵƐĂ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƌĞƐƚŽƌĞĚ
ĂŌĞƌ Ă ƉƌĞĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ͘

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