%PDF-1.7 1 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Outlines 2 0 R /Pages 3 0 R >> endobj 2 0 obj << /Type /Outlines /Count 0 >> endobj 3 0 obj << /Type /Pages /Kids [6 0 R 22 0 R 26 0 R ] /Count 3 /Resources << /ProcSet 4 0 R /Font << /F1 8 0 R /F2 9 0 R /F3 10 0 R /F4 11 0 R /F5 12 0 R /F6 28 0 R >> /XObject << /I1 14 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 19 0 R /GS2 20 0 R /GS3 24 0 R /GS4 25 0 R >> >> /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] >> endobj 4 0 obj [/PDF /Text /ImageC ] endobj 5 0 obj << /Producer (dompdf 3.1.0 + CPDF) /CreationDate (D:20251010221903+00'00') /ModDate (D:20251010221903+00'00') >> endobj 6 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Annots [ 15 0 R 17 0 R ] /Contents 7 0 R >> endobj 7 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 532 >> stream x}T]o0}WMjl1{kѭ&edCgS7VBHBs$ C޻2X!$$,@% a}mN֪Zߥ^ƴ.!7o:0E%%\Jh> endobj 9 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F2 /BaseFont /Times-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 10 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F3 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 11 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F4 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 12 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F5 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Oblique /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 13 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 14 0 obj << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 850 /Height 588 /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /Filter /DCTDecode /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 89579>> stream JFIFC    !'"#%%%),($+!$%$C   $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$LR" ᫖'"hbp" @h,M1@Ch,CH%sk)8@A%cdDe]Df 5h DU-\Xk+KP @"4 c fv'fIU'Y@J.weBb!h b4@4,FQ)堰EVXHK\l% YIl K'чtw跾Oq=͙r>ohEW}>}o_?:^_\/un瀗{czWq]|= ܋0q95&CzL0@4@ b@%(ˈb(/%~q[M~U^>f.STq{ ~^ۈyqrݰ:y 2qt?VqfUo7f<-^p w}y9 뽜'ѥ:G=nHXsNjL @0@ IJT4 dQN&R@Lqqtfw~Gs#3q5ǘQ.~KG]C9מ旮Ϣ\vߌOOQNo.Ͷ~~|A#Ay$4P1 4`F$eJ6Y "` a)#a=Tι -Q}[Vg`[^Y?c~~/logo^rpg'&]㟳7Z^3?W8,-qv_U}l2=zLLL{=_ox_9}rN{Z4@4 5bRH E; "H<}6PL;d7ѫ=[K8M&~akW& \V\ eseea%1S(nvl熧; MN49cۤ+ź 12L"HS&8ؤDMhh R5i~=\}My/jr6KMz/1)t|La˧d˩yOR<y/y#3Po [z:Oms{mVvN{Yv=o#g9۞;:rm 'I-L;Ưav>U[aQbb`FA4 ƁH"HIdffy/ϔ|9~#̭ig/c\ǣq]+OA r;ep5{Vn8cym9u;q{D^k2wz]ܾw}*~@/rw}׋;;]݆a-Z^^oks]L?1NdZ#"FHh$$( JIEP$eaQ,qyV8K׸ʺ.S{k5='Xtƫ]Ks:cr՜C6 w_.kcދIw 枛\W۝6$O37,\ *cAW>0!`Ƴ[j#idN,Sr9q|t=moM-mMmaʲJee " u"V.np-I AEPBB@ԁĕF<+Ҝ|^rӋ^iZKw&79UorIí BE} @ By#rN(s)IT'dmĉS@8٫)f6 &hm=򒌈W}UbXIs52ruW~Vs7 }=fKeYpoAKw U w-\5[۝M CQN^ngiPZ"^`aE0+$qUa`swzԡ6FXIIJTMA3IMFItڔַ "}7a9mrfѹ;qgUV}ktmS弩᝹}>C+*}5/WN>ǯRe灅f4oaE~Yf.Δ鮣gVޕVVeWq8Xscۘ8i82\} 9OqX/'3fY=YyY'[!k.:.p*9P;8U[%\1kuc&~vڝ-Ӝ}3ݮ.zvzz|iibyR:;yΞk;_6Oy]#YOQU Qe1`9kc%,ǯf4׍Dj=_[XYyF Tfd s|} ryN7SVv'tx4o|^wOdVN9kcLBֿgbYƣnXbC.Ǟl׫K&y˺U~eI߻}Ͼ~ӔgC|#W|$ug5a=cTrRfFZ/7$g&UmvMJ j2D!Y\嚆"tTT\l'DU԰v-2)JVUm%wt Y꺫9qDBhw))IZJẅ́q^ d«%v#хzd؄\A%ex#;k~^䥬֬ڕV偬&4ڊ,Fđ$(Y(BJPRQԢSz"TjeG[ӑ8'UGveqqY"#"Ngv> ޯ>jyݓ\Fa)[e{x"rXW"0TAzݲn6W.6oQU҄ɪSUQth.,7VNU2VMVDek'߹Ը˝2[!^ulz*_ VdzrψGҊEjr;}Pr8KY.S~ϕd)O~wO <ܬc՚LK:U4:\jo_5?;*е,.oֱ]NT  :! 2#k1gG]u|h腖PW V]O;[f*H^Nj8Y8d-bb03(9c=>]^?828Ls[taM>{uΆ<|׽gGz41YðG$kOSKe 6J8+bGYmIR1ȣ5d[Oy=*+dD2BdAIɠKR.J"qENBmRFU+# N{uϢz~ <5', dZ:/'Y:'eV]M\McdbI[E& ) "Tȍ+ޗ+OϦS֐6iQdB$ hmqK&в<Ÿq*dW(GU[y0˸%èhdC+S|}8o]t1pytY]/T]w1lIX:챳YVFI& dIX)XO3~K<PfF:tnE*/7+d!q,.VP!mQ,mrϢN0EI8J<>@;) "L#.`5b`DcCQj#챣:\RIEZ(2l,IUm 6hQFo}nn&eFtFΔEWF]_WEh8J(Sm6^DvM 5bR쎰M8M]lz+Y=6}oIJ,,S ,{DX Bșs`8V&.;'{H޸ΌcܞĆq ? H+?j] X$O0:^I!.]R2u^ȩDYx#XJ֠"\a 4y[ Ֆ¸%!*RuSng#~;^֘gA8-P;ڤrz\b8ny,k\JRYI9Ӕ0& :$NQ{$ҔqE]!qe#N6H!`Xpcb!Uh#y IG:46p}a)#?'yr?Gj_nJ.EIG9G SMqQ5 &0+Qhx-K YF$D q ST3T%vcDzO)~期fh7'@s]||=xG.+=^EJӪ}]"HB`4 Q)*Y,Ȓ90>>žhQe3Uk:ߏ8 8!u%Llz쌕QfͩQb+!S8;mvˬL6@00P9-j"RYy헮t./@ RIA8ܑ4숋/ɧ(@6`h&Qy; / !Vۮus;c_G 0Q00 Ops]IFNg/}[0;v1B-.b5r8L'$QLQ20 `q4CD"P˿3e]怠h` ` %` hhςk7rl.w{P>bhMX&c5`6DM[NQ( 12۴FB%4TA\GmƱ#p/z\J]E(Bmw:].ϭ鲖ϧn0~uNF;ލ[g{K܇oe묞֮56{[d ]3M"`H{V(|шӱ'Gt'c=_YrKc4!5xTzBݲt}UN`du6LȏqWiZHKT!/u2{pBx{tj 7Ȝv98:RX9urcEb*3oa#*LN6^$>8Mڛ8vYUwcS?ceu6l1Nھr ֐~ pnO{`Ue)M/% yjz>I}yVTu=Kn0#6C!LdTM#=#"5He/2bR빣hKMe14ŵѫ{MI >bj6tj%nrJԤlĀQ9۞ÉE;Mɥ3 6^D;_r)Y7kmfSq 7 ju:_I -2*49dպR5>kfõىڮu/9q;V냲wLU[bqrf!OT̖$\Vo _< N{w~LܞJU˝ ŋ4鈄ɁySnNsU/܉- Kr/:^PVɐhb[%< M.Fe.T{ml}ގkޱ\{s|:\=ąϹُ}^>h_Ͱ G{ |@Zjf%.:.tr4v/ (?.|Cs_x"8r%&zPd'kvoq5Jr8D Mr̟J5 *⶜gso~xx}o\ZW7JR߇ݎ"v =Y_|/eF<1Q*v.@a@Bq=Y9o&lػ7кQ(&&pzR̟J5pRƎ{|>3׻}4 GWƐbWs4ZNMrsKK;(CeOO}V~dIL/ ~4t괅BͻLv  Ya-WhqaZ`G 6Swljj-1wljj-->{=3)VQi%BVijE|r0$-hΘ<جj?MzOg[b52]eͻueH"[f,k`vwVwVYn'{M棩kcG[e?͠A^c\sȉ2^G*=RDJ\ym 况Srye\vlO!E |ccsZud*xpSnoǝ)n6x]h]}tZ17+; BqcΚM%5'ֱkT_ `e _ ?~|OQ:mMX@KᏯ4۲O4@u\-' h^??+L9e-v/GG-nnvK߽-Ɨ? "zNvI=QԵp&6pT{kGk5h?gcJqQGe>>dվ~|MkҤXvD+K |)?}^/>"EjOb_F*I>ߗmbڍC"s9ihM\4;~Kϲ ۤXQWh,YVU Rk!UMrck{vd>-V{t[mwn_U./|O|Bx;L}o}>!o濏_ _>IWf{,#1/G.H1w@6rL~p/ ċ"E \Xr_lKt/Ǥga/> 7Q% ^c-E%=@٣98Lۗ !N@Rܟ*C[sb h;yE[qM]P? Ύ\&;i Q Tò3IMefeƒvFkIHHC!P-!$`-,(N4m.WgnM##5]mٛr)96)M!JARҊZgn;tTZ ~$ihz^=g~[Sڶ'O)NeZړ$ѮsXΘ3A}1p<$ $%iZv&JFmwp) %55C)X5Qg&SP'6s:l0]a/.M{r=.ReCwXޫq^, k'|ʘi~f0Z \nFrn &KKĪ Q<]b3o$'—.I"3eEN-`8 Hb ;u3k}+ v'[F-']0ִTqM+t~j4X%ݮܱBq:rk[U[Њ[x +p· +p[e(X<ղLi 35roUvA`hZJk=6XƂXZ#LV+ziLV4QIN& MdM~xqVS\cEe/uKeG!LEj#͢szK1rYBд?IyyӮ%ԭ(n-*^8> cRfMc! E{I  cL #A7H9}(rE7G .Jij測V+(FM5|oQ=XҹO9~KsdڙDdwU8&I¥Ob31Ȝ&\qidI1ɂrʜڞ:hġ^"ik-iXRU";h᷏u22(E9u]h]k g:FB9 =4hmc}#ڒMdL^仲>[̗dNp,طw6Mu5\BN^_iV)gr)jJie ;CL[#(B;5 4Pҭqhh#/w{N%'"zHB^c8iHkS#_Z_-`BrSkƣ@(rO2%H/qO/?kqǝ-oG`#Mz2۵pkcݯ6R:D8b")/ACPl5Qb p7%q3sCwhkB$6k@\$_uHhx NjIv::II 55XB悍%eU㠜Ejb8өZp'#H4Ķ0ԉ?NGTzJd&V"<ˌ5DKq6?q?r9뺷u\UaG5iUg:5[kҊh wɬu>\rcsZ#7B:&Vn·F]NQE\e\='{KOWRSM!A/ŷbQRrӊUIjOi1RњSHӧ!B4&R\tT"$ƈ䄳)-rƾU𧓊V|<4Qza,^=P}hrs#&/4+BmEʚm.ˏ!Jb)ݍj߽/0IDt^XQG3#'l[qNw5qgIˎaj={T/yG[\$4`_NBWJSŕ/Hq"?-qʍPI6UYUx褨CqP FR!n( Gm+UC&tPaAÎTH# kh Cw'>F<'Ԟ .whj>dFŠA`k=h?nr ֣yri7dMyq'G3!M^REݾ 9%;F/(=?%>R( ͼQ(To 's- LwDh[ۉ-k8fާ7H[:\W%lF)jDklJ1MK"EmkwV] S9RB4:NsQ5ח Z{eGa&$[#"Tbpdž %n ]wSšsk'gͩ Vkq >_, Hhky>Vrn);AS:R Jm{+=)BE`RJ:ryHޥ$H0+4#=y\u=(Qj/qS!mՅ9^n9X8]%!YyO!hmd %zq Jx /.7,E~&:n|+mK/*Z.u sxTU]%-+4+cRGkzЮː)ÚfrS4Ko9&?s9O B\MŠlt?Vy U#U@"[a#Lin9Gc\|YZ@mJ)~Y@9өKMڜ27=lŧRBӵ?!Gsgx'W͑hA JV;#4U7LD[k1F1_=  !1 "02@AQ3q4BPaRC#5b?\0]Lom9 7F1X6ǀ j#hm ^i'=Q*sQ_FL}[ <GoÌ76x2Ĝ* <0}3tT2J4<+U=f:f# sL(mH;&Nu~ _VoXP(6p5#"E͞3((6kkBh(B׋"X gZX` H1CuGVGS8RbP%Y[7ǽjOpA ZYkhzbJ~FchSJhg'Tf6؍f idLslyZtaoIZUW)]DCNlt2dr(Mm?zYaW.//gyg.8wÓ{~` Ū7BE |?{G9i\Q-u:L- +N5cf&lPK„-ma}z~kL|54~nVpY6d3mm3x].s G:; ׽Bav;N1И:L~;An%jDV.)"vYU *k'ָ12"[5"iI x(5n)fJdqyUY-:]q);(lWsJ:dbLSoiL qCՉ݋L$VP*w%_(RG>.QM [8)D ܁by#tF1@sW KT=*W56yMnݖVZe+ze6׎NY2]mos dkZ-XTּU ,8sLe:yw%"1yjO0iaMiYieaG ̈́޿:L{a‰#|9CSZio50f 9:jdÚgM^maY|d:Ѩ4/2yLSYin»S³G}IIg)5~bs1fHo -*f*W,mx 3-L)b1+ˆH~to1ֳޘ@b Mj\X G煸ZZZZ[8|]J:$Yg߈d~M!m-)oZe:bEZ*9D+ϭϥ.PzHȣxO`ZaE%T #ibF"a5[+meWyLkN֨9Jz*r} :`𴞓WJ 6= B![C/U-fA2.𴚇4[ˢ8OW&a~}'+8fjaSF14mh_{Kp---؎$TKi(8Jו*S:W='UTif3sKB:6y&s7% 1S״h{4nQ;7Ԩa0ҺN \ @ƨLqAŻ 4 S:&!DFI;9lt1&pUpRciBm:lcdLhUm!-"-Us\hQѠU Tu5TKLm҆a3SKU j}dj;-b3g)>ʱ<ե[U_\6SK*,ʮV&Tz/ISlpOp,SFI0:Y?қ9W'dȽr#luУ2"@ 5 mt8QQSV GLU(U@$+ Оx!=2t3HOB0OJ.#DZ8 Z4=L8h5WCUD9V*~A;&w(;RZ/Z7'nzvɆ^*nzZ7tOJet0L{cQ')ϗ\Ls2FHA:@W3>']_iZL2d$ !\٘NuNW:{N|lI}辙2Z]sP}0n&OjkU _ʝ@C꣨BW*P*Ѫn:WB_}Vj^ߕp JeBw\?E)@P'@Ns1츯M8n`O\N~D+ts l:h(tAN_G M? 3)o&'3(D5CUEZ\h (iqTTק,)<a}K6B<p\v]bByAoS6DNᇅ)\&Q%jJ#JҪuC.V 1sB>ֲGS7KY (Pe9$9kgE7D&@49}*?f y.kC= l 38q2ݕJa } }b T괮 La*WNR`& ѲBuj0$&]]A*rTZ}++)ݲnM`n»nj;ʅ[usy)/iW9`_qNxzwj}Z`w;'sw 8£G=0G !1"AQ 02aqr#BR3@Pbs4`$SCpc?(+Iʝ d4ݪH֕tnڋmh⾽دc]#G2vx=dixͺq%}wJ)@md UWlㆻ*tOkwQK="O# h߁^f?zR?Q5㈮Mkw|T/xundԄls<2G\Epp>mov|dtPxi92XIʣ#=E?M6_\2 mn"6©vߚk#'f{kUP G99!޻ԭsw"YLXګx[=˓dSEV)Nl\58QF+wz6HH-5u>ۏmckPC%V_[m<5IXߒ?|J^Jvܽ0bYgW1/!+[xN]a3Ƹ9m4Lmg&|Q|L~1`58L{ђ9=yr]L2&d]Oo fa{kPS9g2mz&6JUPd>s z+gѶF]˹VeNgw4;X|Lc.)Tc\ɚ84ͱa{[ ~v<`ֺ@HpF'\+^,olE$fQ,Sk-Gc_~G(f#\֎.];}fVQ?sAF .<-E?uqXrLNN e-+(KimpײI8 Qk(0ecѢd}_<`"&=ԧr+[GI9ɢh27vZP;:TcP_?̤CQhdQm"&;ݫЇ7buͰú-_i?0Sx*/?(Mȋ b9eL;.!M1rw\2wtWb^k<o(|~s6è=#(ݞsy_MI h;IHdc727\U)̨42/4km83zd)iOnSЍR?JdUƉ_U4|r̴y=~`SfnSS!+m$sLrQyckײ6+w#OF/ź R00>컓#o8}DVDƞ`k,xiWGW&5È#k澢?&8y*rL,eTcGv%gD@0dxZB;b}VYDcnm,mEQ0CsF<soi TgFѮ7e\nӑunQ堸r:xͭ$ 6kCS­Qٹc@8R4jf,vdHQ+*P{4vmuS6,G'fJqFgF/ OFN[Ho 9_3iO_1Fx&{X#w0tM`v ٵwoRH)sXJn#$vP1W28s _Mt͵E\o5fN\LeG>*TAf~z!SiO?|Z?,Bo䴣2(> WZx9C V'dФͦRxTb蟋\>—~KHα V;[@q/ΥkO.Θ]YuO2gݛQִʎ7WI8Dd%FFk?틉׻:wwjeL ;X.ݪtX0C?x'A_:Sx|6U}AƘeyJ@ ~`;,C GSyi?U%,jz5&0슊c4d0ր7ZG@?V.Pg>YxU7T>bOCSOXeyv$jb@.b1CT*o&xmeզ5Zq@U.$Pk>aTξ/Ed8#2Ǟ#T{zw /N N6W3^)RL迺l tmպ:#ciZJ9x57|Pi ͦکg#r<>0Ey,m0FW%?>K?$_}2_P},p[\Qfv((œCQvIlw *m˯ZGʛ#Dc.#+[PiB3Bhqǽ6>9>Oe\aE]T=Q+C!L©Ӗ҂ahFq#G-ဴ5Yeܫmޯj}'`\ m 1i.Ǹt[mP);sdئ4$$45s y-o.ky!h]#Qѯ0I#+>7 qͤ-6"6mӎ#6U'&l#d8*nm*pi*qTUbiT=Yd`!o3ҍߑ+{V27fЧB5$icpk™X{]x){Ӷ_pE̜6.Ё=/sjѤGi%^jW; Go6]jȶ&մ;g٣c&ἴmv^ Jifx`)`;,P#ЩY_rՄۯͿ>d]ogk5Ϩ}mgckBq1u(* LZןخq QRKQgVefVefVj |:\>:Ist$8:ˋǘMdFA#i-ӡ@:h۸ָ6 5uv = xr& [%%pc(8bG.pmp㩍{]!A971ˡTX=4*-.+$@U:xet-ذʴܹs&5uc:Osⷉ+D?o ]}+\JG^|Bj*SC(p*PA~Uit9#}{ FOOc@lqLֻV:(e]jHvMB Ia+V뚅 }w0r=F1D维pZϏZKFHZӥ8aU}ޛs߾}|kXJ⇑Ew kSN,qSakE @ uw{ҝ6n)e|Gi9њFLo!?Hv.qv)&ur1zCs/zuLmcrh _Ba &mA5bˡo( OVVҔ?co{O˫Y`s(ʟP$ot^vAx' d jNJG2vI 1RH'eKB|*]Mlf]~-hҡhޔugU8-7F Q.2R3h{ӎU׎+AHJ $J_qŠK抩41}2; ,F=8[3ˆ>Z20UeD_wOtx/UKOjY\L -O8 h4)u&Ĕe`xmZ24Ok31R]%/lw4$K`}*q)%ᄒ4ĺ\JuK[>zNe'/F)Nd4>cAO& Xw[ޢ6I%qq6[mZ.vou\Ik?(O,NJ.앑j,6zyt]-٨5_ ?X)|?2*aN(KIfѱmF= 26;4gHPlw- 3. tU2$5ͯeiA6C݉Ba;6dux|r<6sQ&:}qR66\C뉢:0qmhu h9 @z7 4ҟ h4}MzS:)8Û_S5hX.x-) *Kv>a{fm".ͫqࠏixhmE$o #P\*65kׂdZϡ셖+2N]q#Vђ.VG%`©MSH!M -9(c:EJ16k 6&Dֿ|Bg :G)>6@BEdlq4o>'FӶZi ;[h=UJ#vm-0DCdn{bkQi6VoWn:!>--/sa*n4x5V![~}OwY^5*麽2DtyʑJQ Omf%:#v q3L q̬ǂơV=2XW[FT4 ivez4qT-eVK%]Lw4ЮGs\U)^[DMUXT䩯uߔE T -:,zu "NCwyN$>ãYN~W*x}uQUquޢo &XN RUJ+̭ &rR,Y\~ #Y+'|N.˾ 9̰%F*_ii)8K1%cU*m%„!S,><{sapȑѰd1[GH-[Uy;o7 _JU96QݡN]lÙBj5vݣ+Ci2JlnascŌ#GF|[K.v8s 6@]^ʦ csy9_#_.+knuj{/p'2iBZ)^V`_w;e!/zd_lQE;%CbcT[Qɼ{e<z`tÇX ӹcGrMsC#_KFw"]26]h*i]n[v HBlΫMacc(nk84֫LicZnᚒ& 2#/uI)y }ldcٹAEKI<ӃMi,ЃJvWgYp]+M+$<2ȶk9$kVb(ua੫5Y"Q7I΁=h ](Z #^;NriFi+cJoiޤXhtA^}+HwAjif4:utNcNX'8 u+WepDW%CGS+hs=%*:I*ުEMĦkOi _w2A|O\[W:4ÂVQUU>3Xj>AkWhdMtGJ5Ӿ+h]'Pp% {t⢋d,쟰:AZ4Pu:ێgOX95c>A[^2+#~ɳoYhmFO*kw5ۉVbҸ%AʧO3mr~һJ]۰]b@hퟂO` WcUHis |`czLN!n G ]FvQpt\G3Ju}~΍mq%{^HpLhIkR{}$ŤG14Êse}Rm42$dH'VSi`Xb~{Mp=oszOks! {nG$h֏#w3=F&'k}HZYlͣ>Fw\jYqf71r\_qZtĞ\P٣LmঽF=;afk=D 5G9@,7*N* ʠ= Z *?:9ŧQ] !:mA`*YTwJ,agҿ:r4gj9灞I9%̰.S>Dou2Ft8kV+v ~jEScfѮp6x!#98P\wEuVqa=Y'ѢEI7dQdRF־j3QGZ )nh+ Bb5`VeR!dKvܾ˶V:;JݏH;@9"\qˆ4ѫCiZ!ROw2T?%d5p8͉Э"KtzSXҢc20I{3EڿM! G^Ï -H$s_WtK&WnH:S952vDs2e;^ eV%xwaN8;-t4wUEi7oz Eiट\2Yu[q [Ħ2nڷ#&7ENp5s]o,\rdWdpBQ㊬qMg "ேGcJUGl-.N^{4ZK{8-Z.hi|66]q)BڵAkj0mXy4mJpR0DeiCJO/;Bõ$ؾn632IA>eU qux*u6ܟD17XpZDN$6ѽަ6<#Jk\ǍFG>ΫB,y4>G9*:9"]4qOtKE޻y$|0VE'tow, Zn!sM8 j0 ptN5^z \*r"9Uaw%fnC)f6!+un׺8t:9ʝ ME{T</۞]Tam]!dYW;d3h }ܞk=@k~jڴw*5oP4,g⮷}4j5TjC`"vmȬbҸ=VʠoWV W!Q:7vQg ]: 'W]e+z+*+?4-vN{wykQޛBq~NRֿd|5JcUӹWSA (5e+TC=ҷ~͗Y+O/\)R>;+ )W!{qx7dx]z{bW<պ>v\c\*mcMJ8c?zտ5~C/q4O޵PhX8%3]m}aM #%l=Dp?078Uvi֜*!1AQaq 0@P?!t_S37 oH2Ѹ,F$*25H-?#"T16+":A?TGNH?TI?5[{1&đ+B16b6X"">?LscF\a`9D咙JP6olc-Ԧx&'aڋ"&Jm >+i7P*3ls-A f2[{Ե&tk:2CWP}ccތRA$h6$d-p$"bIq椆Mw)d H/r];f Dit <fKµO?siPW}~-}ĨG鿡RlҲ.+ʕ i6uųy@X/Ȅ%k<e ΎUR}I-(\弞iKԐIΈ&4g<}U<'FD#$2L I  Xe0(m&픎QIrS Z0}?߂8 mџNmj)=}YTBѐ2rhRI5acj$e*W`cBJ[iS)~%nSzZ7mFIi}1IqrFZO`V?պМ< wr4EhQ'TDJ%S,)"S_b"חpq%a>*&Ȱc~D KQeB_uē^̩:fO->"P܏{홊d]׋u*at" 7łh= ^~$삑3yC 66{^kja?Mi9ԯJ4붋HB$Bdh;c;!2BIkډg#^~c+(v2dElO&%i?J"::CadB*K~2π} 6Z!i/)Ɔ?$m D<~ɧOM"#m",^ ̬%/BUEY);{b zބim!}Q|?cS(D#$A$(ٖ='DilJLXzU&G2&"XHhE QѬ77rؗPΘ1Ȃ%QiC7''({*[veb˕gwhV,!hy 5/ 5_7c e $PIX~ m9ǖM4?_6 FCcY7t;3H]Tx$o D+9S5TŽBu",W8ɧdnvO0VSKeH1y"ZGZ3A?JW׍1HW$vKHa*Uk>DH8N!m>( $ӗwD^ZؘKyLm#cQKl$qKIUQ. R(U -,'(AxJ0ʞvnZ,nTjcMƨ/GXqCP-$sBao~H'D.2z2#ن!`hdF\̟F'5ۑo8kkeURR\8q/}LXa!7CI슄ÔH^\.ěV蟪uZD I{V /,٢2G'7%34g UmǮ[+y&DXV(HM4׽I|W<<},JvP8Ma2,=C KC_!lї%#E?TQӟ:9Jt}XbɡG1?qG d-GG_0j^NXSB&C@UB>Gt-w_Х4o/xzotHdf &A$p@WJgrZݎcu[I.PM6IB/V%c,:sgEX*pV ,fD>cQ"!|zط/?W_ف8:u"["[ͽ? 1aV2ѽqoYiȥ_>u7 # ]}wVIhsI q9d8&?R FySDnK+ r 6}PʇQDN!XMM="(^iсUJ}tP%|ҟ9Sġ[Hi ^L~4c\q-U5%=seGjxc,?Y Es_h@N/bLFiO#UOQ˞T?D~X7a-KNQȗ[r'*{eqr&n<} FO?#mFr$I!(cCPC%sr`o4oFh4T6;rZTΐoel*xd#0L D-Ϲ+=e1dK0%Ci6K2YTp")i{ KAFlgBi`e\ BcF^^Rȕ stf,6e {~WR$WLؔI1*ؕ;2$JVdۑ-]*;Nݿ$̶ =ף((W)PBk5a94!S| O' LTsT D5Jqap'ŲM=:J~%'QlBO$KQeܦY-.D/_eZ8 DŰV&8pILf> F&_Н҉#'i !)؈5;;#t9lSֆcO`$TlN†o5fHnX݉-?O#1q4q5پ!oxv"<`7aK: )SG}/CBK~/޶EO'Go0_DaC۱8|"N'CoEK3G=ȱqo Mg].^þp4,8c,Hz?QȁO&&6Xx1a&<*6PCi/A2HZdQՕ&]B2܂ p+Or(n(ػH~ >ma%Y'8bDA&&qXChav)? ۨ7|6`*[Mq;&YIK%kGJGV*Q|n~t'_u:wBk|R}ZHAqKnxf#feĠyt$," D1cr?L!$Ju!"F֐H#TrZrCR].FΒoV3%0NĈP-8? j==70Q$$PAb<šv|GDV")/wX~ _#/rHɲ'NRS AGx8EB,~,;DOɔ̏\} fE ܊g4F[Q[78tD{ H91y?׆a?gx?D>_Fؘ॓D 2GdK W;nKwq`H3&H| j\O0D|pX2P5YtFduڞaOE%{D~磅ρKpF4CUzȾxBq:i4{!Va3-ohg!3)L+.rdch*g'IJ/sQɤ䑵2)HbRuBP^bLOE~5H%h`F3{ .^cb49>JFjJ웉&}Wq%*pv]]r0="OE9(Y(!bI|2 &+d$k><Geh׮UΌ!,='MNJۺAM°HXa%J<߮)0rW㝐Ɣ$g7WԱ ,aO!yn҅xDN,1R)&Y!%Bn]6''(*#wQ=Bv߱&JXqE1+L&^ zdzvr(6'PrcXȑ.8!$~jo-ȄK'6zlmodr!;LbR8PRōVDPڮ(vYg]ۜ}[PLm̥ZHP椮2'-K\2NUpdb/&22ۄ*n%!Bi?t1tD/K mL \UN"2 eV6o !_݉faNn+%OH%VZdtalzs\_$#R- EYea&IYds2 %8rO9^ ۈn8&#~o4--y3ggC@gD:[d$x%H9f'&Ų{!tʁJk5MDLCF`8+^HEЭFfLm [p3m(!‘̫qKEBCi'{7c:pՌ*|P\+AQ1ofJAF"YlRv؏@caP5n%bKSN}j<+P2MDD">KZ&rMĜ-"'l%z}J?T6IȶA*A+-න^HDGwx'Փ50<&0 ]d'8ipV]$ !TOb jY}cTxPI9_Qf!w 9 %lӂ]%FNhL[6 %J4'Bkj#'npм"jlGc)zfmGON4 <x!)T%s혾HC27 mYB?aI. &G8IT)!%'~^g,IndHyڋ4&8"[KxU"d ( l%EEY·ŒF)۩Eg>(Dɸ'oMF!Lj(wɃE\wkco us",W5؊0yD6I_-QPj\#(H?&54ьG{.~Wb]w&ir+ZIUpqSC۲;$!F>Ni]6:n LOG:95-NV/B~0"ibFqx5&tHX&0#TiؒGNFeyfB^_q_{ yYfX2&b'(R,(F'.ɓDEb!m "dPk; 7|4$(GQS?[% BF#E [fePi3F= d#BEjRK63$~OӅ6H|~nepdO,UNXlqM(ϴQiv+,[ѥa~T[r%`q. gB+y-Z1"r]5$*ZI++uSEX" 9Q*>cM:OD;t%R*|>JDc̔Jj _I3ab 36< -݂O((䔻P]Xr»2G2F[bLQ*ڵ_Wd!>*BܛePH 윋] KswSiyGD o"T-ԓPdBM$X< i#KkD2 \LsKa,"~"TALU/8I¶C-$Kė0VӱO,|i \ÍOelh dT/>؄ryHm4+gf7&/Jan;#q,-p$u;y+}1.煮HCDM6*uG[_"l’0ml0l.ĒLBȔt"TJa!dw&Cg6fGE ,[_!DEx\pIby7%# 0Qܫ?!bBHpߡ:Bp-#–U j6x&v6); kqe{ jݘBZpUiD- I8pe\] EnI_y"D$TnOo:J,tIC'Hѳ)|7"f_OB'd6lR|"4KmDք hSTibӲDN,[${,{65HF%rn09xv>품B,UeB} jm+`T_5Hܫpm)))vI"z~g 4N2=(\R]%wQ Dz-A0b\./nI!- y -\.KIUXm%R٤Z%8"Ӷm&)9sEyB*<ɝՠ& i)nSMpIBЭ¥(%ICj ؄{ BI^ g*jJ[1:Z @nu )G$YlJDa2t6bbIwCCگ{6lr/_aق,Dvn  SGѳc DNW&õb&/*|[Ȓ/ [/bI@\71L,V;DQB:l>7 NTq;Үn7B$} Y HCDm+le) A 6I is^zQma̠)䤆~0Z"ɴ -Jiȸ _9VFN u#}4XyHm#r`ퟰ! -"+)' ͨr蒡XRY+ TF%䓹)!n,mS&TMi.d-+h1_.x([!:woix&Jtml tRftoͯzvR^plۥB IhpqHZg7n/ IMTVĶlTB3GzDQ>5O 0aIX=U!Frr})>CJRhZ(* wobz"K1kɘs;K$lǼpOQR"ɜa,-7uHD[2|D+H8 PXxMɬ4,[?=d].L "RNɽƳ { h66L#?[ҥ2۔ q9/`3j?WIr3v'< $g]4NI M8i`C;=Vd9ALi3%e q$ڽuQڛ.FM=K!*-x><ƽ ^eч̋)q4H0kCu9\PxP\O!c$ jxysgC[w, =D/d-M'7vN~YN~p)N%W"t>t;m7*/`N짢tVji3Ǩ3&SGf/Q!&y˻ =I[s PS;XMǪiIe Tca2nI0%IKx2dݙ*-FN+b3ہ 2삶zfOtz;'<+ 52 -J-dhdjdIDI4> sHJ8轌$*X2$G$wi p9^!(\щSM=&oȔc"R&"P1'gJ΄]dvl][ n$=<U6Kzr$r %BnsV4Ӕ% +&pD $$L[hbb{ތ-rNA":S6ar7BEMV76Z QH94{S;a.iG.['EL"=dͽ$.D!i[;VC∗R8/;ȗZOוvybK} D&LlיJP"[Nx'I2#*["/[X3I!&pσ4w[F?(1F;SIYNX^oqF|)eNVVJ̠d"9b_|Io3+M09lP=ϷțCl"^ HY'{CGq((Œk$aYL<rHXF.7ɉMǏ݁'(r6 L{$cc:2cf!nvIH|rJN$Ql+L0AXH$ o n`jTX-VcOEQԤ;sɗp'ۧ#ջd6,#ZCe2d$a)9y2}rl+dCH1D'B*PaZ1d՛`NGk:6.f1\|" ~:rVUMU G(l0 N L'D\$T4nM'ɺS.Hmג ]}&H($)$(A7xqG&+_JmVeB!ТQlaϑ*i#V:)Fz7E Ώ@W ǒ- D|(% oe%E0b\z KfDᗍ~pt9g8R߄) .I܃;EnPv6'ȡbȆdO6`M3.Tfb S<$4Oh]qorI&(XSԧSi&%¤ג^ӑ 2SVؾ۴y>QnF#knw[a>D!jcEy< |4k"j"%PQ;"'Y-$x%2Br4"pG:Z,HFؚ)iP8tWE6^nQ;ρ*زȔv `['HEy6 )l;-g/'4MjĬ' H}a+הn{VE!+Ad nĢMgJ[K6D6jM,|"i\#y)L7&P'D{Z̧;3+I#sY&XD*LB ~djDsgTޠ'V|rkɜa+".$]<I"IRKm\YD*1bY(dgܣvd2: |Q# /Z4#oxIĚ-yٖDe<;wr_ Ve#Z,̪MEn>Wa*}Hq;faF=^|F H w3 2s;ȅFضG`v\bwbZC=+!*Cpm&Gz.ow=dElbsj#ɩ܋=:LxU-R޿w!Ύ2>$gXui-c:>ʃ yCCWcf͸nШJ=7ݝa|9Ͳ$6*p!I9=ȝW0 N6 J @MlՓeCN> r2'+ !] MO4 .Mm,L nē>R)e*HU\z > @ԑs (VӉ6Q e/RGR^ 1ϒD%W{Ɗ%1AH>d2W"q Bp(V~H%p#*$XP@mB[ 7:eUItl#4B_AL$m^lBĩ`“sSrvh\7$Sd*[9GXR\nd9nM Կ+IA) ”܈Yr 9NeK%hzĞ|͋gg'J&R(D>H$F8(bp;EޖZF㱝!^gqِς8n5\"Жod[$DaRe9-1HHZa$1[iDw([#@s$I60:Ώm`|nDBDԊ: B 5&v]17(>-_aZ@n]hNRT QjM?7>d.~ſЈ7|Ӓ) r&'0Xlv$.QC(b #i3Hot"Ѥm`0=Fg2)%'bY 3ehlDRpؓaog!%l=@B1M4r$q~FgFQtHH]"p4Iw_cl`6|I}"ZI!t$mZD"D${!Tu!+Lko%zlDT_lTEyɿt#:5,bh )I$D(r/&/.Kqz1>`BJ7ϰɩX([fLs\?C$*j܄UJX}B_Q'&pWiG$eȓ`\nUG%C K%ٴ>)"R3cD$kI>#wdScFԦvcEN#!83?f)rG2D>Ho#19P Vp+YY&14+"dr{T J8Eormq"nD';vb1We{hza͡B8蹑#a{ s*U,fy GdTlI&)" UR#I&Qiϝ"daEQ7 .%G%݉U+b ƛ( #Pc G#Bm- "E 7//cƒJaYۂc B={ ĝ$Y rdj_#-sKLJLS/{5T/a6F6#M r;L~gm!qcX벦=(l$I"Qca|Kyv,ɼ9 E{2'RY$Lnhv}F3c\2)'"eÑVO0 ܢ] 3iO&<*z)GtG8)-V% =:%~I/Q6];؄ Ӆ%аd>I)J"]<1)DZ"Gd*'~-A׃6)Pa6: ƆD6, {f;dW#Cr%$xoa $( ,ZqQd!s1&$7~bqc=R|=24yVYkmW ^.JKm 3n`\05]? u?0չm꙰o-SU%ym!J n,# Ft =sY,67S(JZIޢWHI!6ݨ7IC]YOb= cR? }22Cv{`gmsܱ^ruaވpQYF<DâkDPߢ(* W$$ߓむ,_خ R9\C#('*NQt]HzAf-+]ë'k#N8"m$dEMmwV p,](g2 ,1CDb캚X%V47T3;\!/-p?cc{{-ʌ*sKY,p5ޔ84^Y MJ?mIvb(ca贝byV{!t6ZȻ $Hyn|"6^CՊT<ʶ[Ke12 a'/oL"&٘c)cbIpom6Е(IOc}솬z<񢴂w`n&'QGDrNbc؋ |9p`OFĈd:6'hoQ)yB EG'I&&!74DȔXm$ho6ĝ 4lioتpb;}!Ȇߚ~Fsj24ŷp#nO`b~D:؂JֈܒorO=!7:&|.&X }[MT#1e"fOҕc#PenL-T~eu<_#o5J6&O$z$JCQ^͕<'(imobq n?I]HZp4;6No:Փ.1͑dڱ(VǒH}j-zn=[L&oM P~~dg,}1"8NO`E n7װLKK_K#I#L IGwf :l%!BF(Tasi'pv6⠉Mƥ!(;e;HKPX句D"9h]-R>~>b*54l$(G9i&}?J:B n54t`9 G}/5qlL+y攈|U6&io菥 $cUHWQ<팫$YX fjN_YԄ =H I=`zEiAA4Dh ܰ|$gPMwYtÜK64d e3%CsMMPSM4s 50N? (Ba$LU!i(u XT+n:y72 =w! jsED[Au&Ǐo634f!ƹy0k`q4G,7{M xzI~\n6G@IJ<(۱gT(_K O>m\rD[֎_灐`!$'i,m_ :37A\#CT- .>e{h:A*bѫE` FD!'5$ (q8 QM,8IaۿU$3C,ƒ*Vk x쐪ۊ Uso[l^|G 3N<&..XwًOc:<݈TUKC߸vDBM ngGkQdIt !=xPLoe UqM8 e{eڛhw`s:p%2Q:( ]Ջ(g+g'b Mow_4|5ZJG}$HYޅ9idbb1E0(M8S?O">򏽹B1~>Jg\BBcl7ùl1EۙVᖇd2P%e(Q{Qq8Wzj2=0OrP' mrakyUyYZjMYgl}N9E>;OO ll6 u!rKS&4?bCN+?ɴ ę]9}<(L%~|E͢UU{@<|qYIx.ٻ}L5:든7=nH#H$EΌ(˾~~Te$S*gM3YkO@;w~ꂤh#migti5YDy&{N ܲ]d}<垉?icA\` M38۹>YG?)!1AQa q0@?rr-17Yz^Em^Z|@Xh,)L{|KW b׳ TAȅ DWWX,buR/m/FLgԏ~F#x|O?xZ'}EqlۛxtJ܇m]?g3b v3.Ȉ7O\z7N+S\ezhfs˛eCM 6%\Y;Ħ>{%,_;ć*X7(pXbXIUU]f4@唺MND(6%OrG[Du0=!fˋ5CRwƃb,2o˱ WGAc;:;|B2vd5$1yb2mŬF0֡qm_LBru|B,B!^Vo-1zgȟf(87E!l|Qt7T^g?2 q0Yؔj O|48w2+{Ne 0ҭu]Mݭ#:}6ҫ<}c:~k*$  ЖS(k T/ޯ8& J1~>``# 5 ]-k8 )_eUVSewؽWm;<tmN kʎ7Yq`?P,s#[1"HS6[[fG8݃^u4An%7SNNy~ [zǢGm__K^ai; _[(R<9Ўq*oy?Lΐz)bCrncQKfmz}MyAY>!O?l3\|rm|,-nOψO3{TLj7Ӟb71+rcJr[DJiiQ%E%ı X?ʹ ?B(4QbX3ʫSo[f>P)ʑ(7 xeUVc>ݮ:cVa?Lti/53֥]!vLhK='?~I˦!`!b7e@$֫tefG0, rv!%Fe"g$FHPmrqajC;R%kgˁ._c4Vj'G29//k* §fvv{- *VKCSZm< <܄g KZz_pĂ9); B Z4ITA*史)bUWy\Q%@*TP eMoۑ 0^E\_MDeBvIDh0lLefuf Ʊgjo;læd-+ #x\PoUy6펦7#S6 P&n0Kl:=|N&K% ț|őP7wWIR"+BB.$q7idqv̸2wb" B#5; m pҥDdv?q rԤ/@QHdVmȔyof3_)L+v/Ӥ ^;fb10`-/cUK\8 agjo;%3s-8528H:<%/xW8̸(. gތojRJ.< Ci@o$XUrqw\B6UfJ`p._l*a Vݩsyzy*`agX*WGE+aM2'4~1t|[ ߕ.\h:T @¹@6;n :K Xܳkmr٘ߤYq*RLGL d4D]Xbv%<&6~#iw6HnV0!pV h3sr8K11.\z3^1K%n {baDMKa>o sm(m\pPiAfDUtLx ᅰDPfU ēG2A%ܾ7--KE`MrE [‘Ey_Um?aۏ]410vUU*-n.Qq h2R(UBʡ.-sŲ*^蒴M 8#$rsVbJb> Jm c)2l#tKeqL{GkK>߷F9qcMGZ楲']0qq蒥i7 5(DYehˎ?ipe,LѾ6"HXwt{J?FsE:LJEU0 nqz$.a\6D" MG!ڲ%t!QGTq1 \]zM!6d4]I1 P &qVsý.[~%C3GkL E^N!;c3qQemeA8ŃR\}vݩrEبGMhD*e,YZ:2(bO{;{:^m2X,V;2l._qY޺G&,zhRv@b-͢&bbV#BĠ,spu/E̹z\)ւ5j.:]<ŔA17%Teaqh *6-WY䙙g7]Eeŗq vڔgn67/EuubDNfҥ2te#Q#P̱Gup]WOO-N/x{OQg:\++^ˋP\oş9C&W7 ·Je32rȳ3:.W ƮPʎ;D%ɁJ .y, Uo{qE vcloAX緦+1w3 Vnǜ@_kR+JKvX:i \e[+WGBVq!)sGͬ~U3%E xOh~ sb,8I^ Xˆ"5ooCctxjAb=:W0PGEK;0kGQ#F_{э%{&o[> ʄ?xŋ:_Ԋ ~;^!66.^ĒFQ)nM\~~K/ T ZWn.~z*T*)!1AQaq 0@?5|Є> bҗZж"4ċx'}QhLh%xh 0]6EL?!D5ظVc1#Oa:X"}pQ$mODAJplJ;`鞬6OgR 6bL6#Ɔ0 0'CzlCbo{197Vz=>/_Ztn!<[E ߍo^5odF%^,4;OhM }b* nGIk-b0%(w7f󹈔q}pQa4!Ҩ4ƷK˶y=SEϤXQm0ykH1H<񙸅-@r1ĩ-<:VUEp̵n -WxWnrc6?_ߪnbcI0j~/ΞA QY@nLD)Qc @rMRP`g_Y5bXepDt&Дo(@ ()md"E?0q\E؆AG[C@@*+0܆,5Yk(I1qClDPD:v9RBr:B{Ò0\)w2G8[ fbLQ.ØG CtuAĩ;h‚] fM8̪̲Nxt}+{%@#L:"2S+7qQr'FXQ[Mksjݖ)%PPZLxB/( /o(qy{K1xEf[ƽj6q% KyB7!D]& B)A߼qB_Όfղ(M{f6F} h3Z .Yq2'09 9m~yRYnߩ^{Kc j 4#;) ym9pek;PxoU>+4JtBܪ_b~B*EKjäXˀxe Orʧ7slfqZ\JTfxh`6nBm2yoGJA-hA)bf;%a. j16}[qZ9޼Pxr?^Zf[-нHB:ȺⰊs.SW7_|=!EThq=LL[巪Zi_1:#pE . eGC67$@fZ-FR{F %MůAeomP|LokUbٿ*_>E4!b /L1Q+T{Kb}4Yz:, ;wCG$.Wtc L)ᢊk7 z(!1AQaq 0?cIP3|M-erʢW՗ɾcEEp\?h]=}cyeWS#/Vf ye|AL2+=KŗP-j]r[]% mrM % fWPAOijK L"PSE4C4(tH4ap̷sBq㟉wo23w'r~N7w2~Ng9Uflx/ p1!f;8}ꦧs7pWdgL DӛńGpQL;:ACc*.j 7~-MN7Y,*8D̅Q6|EL z%ѢP˸&̟U*Uj\GpnyP %nQ0m;ئ'*.̣?ԿMZA\Ŵk`W,7`[DQ~pTu<i {|D|SR|S]{$n*E;r}|CRI^ <3S3R~xhP t6=sgO xs`\;g3m1o)w>ļR4`Y0gTf(0G$qw %\`^AP.A"@˶ȭ  .|;`Akqho̥8 k(Zm.ԭPl~?V<8!>Si +LljQU*. )D1O+"n#M,x#,){AdrZW~ܟ(q'$=`?*VZ :*w[2ss?bY* ;Yi#P%f.R}ޖFJ[ܻ49@, ftg&0?htoT?+ >Z>fDL/v?hv^!.Y9L zƒd[0_&<҅,EMBK̻z?s^&| Q\СY:A 6=MtV fDY>b<ބ)~"#UMy_+x8izTrvyS1[lq 'e*\7qLV#Nų]E_Gs̻Eec3 ẖ/_D@7M0Saa+E6\@B;`iIVKQupX^F-y]ߵ= ko] D!0[;xC/]˖aU_.J43/uʁ%?h R;5+lApg9?/ `U/ PGfbٺ8ayf 舡(dhW%o~TEF=`stZq Tl=@2D $>DF9Z8̥ #J#)8hqbkYn*TWx0aR]M˾ Q,F)(w Ȩ^г5t e#XI#PͭI8 l1WP;?srfj9z|o.##67@/,9^UQAvJ{(lBI6LwAGrf"ͳwk!Ery._X.&`ۖ d P,HFbf%ˊB:B##5 mԺ.8%dJbSQmK4cDrc}E3l>!oqKN&3en1)[\FqW;Ò%ыit9<5YSg e.P wZ؁ 3%gr$|~jrά V( Re%C|n*U D(SAJLka|3*Yt]1ju ͦ1F#} +g5?rt99I6S{tb_aYjoP]`nh]Erf晬b%k2טv ryYYS.f YfZeX9h[ײ%(ܼUWu)sC ^Yd `B ̝A#Jc2v\~.W{sǔZl (8lwW )Xl=<zYa:ˁ Ơ{IV˗B|K{ĂynY 1oSs6szӅoGGbȀ>'ca>rC*OH_{]t!#l]6C쎪*K{b6gm!J +t_*/?BY\#e-:Zmz12+J֛2~y/$$;"e_GgpN0ŋ J=~\b,q0 7=—7*WmW7;BUŢgZKq w Ļ:O,2-<"n1 @\u65 W)\v +Ɲd3nk.j(14"60x=எ#Я|\Kʂ|nT@fO2qWj /R 6+f(os^@,:Nc4N_ª9Kr*ܱ3Ō%B|VRƎ qS'n-%633 {\+h\ZFNi*3I EmF(XE\S-ķpN^s9DԬD/DlW!Uܺ.nZ5G*k}\KdCJ|&'f]rP#l֏P5/PAk=:'RrV"NY=ľYY<1Ԩ1ku^O D\3RX%%jfX%Vq̪ #rOCJ9ZJ&aT5g1:z ~`v05@-bs4eB9Y/yj]Ӯ $ϔc&Վi U/e,lSP Z5eEoн]>PMȦ55dsT3֪͉nlRTPgW'L~#jHt"f y[rYܬ[-V K(/oYݠ_sl\R0+A PqV&qAka\{(lRsp t|G;>}7 }Yd_!V_?i\Dy-ýLu5|!M>\i51GdP:A 6w#K'%5ۀvqI4fBwwQBRqxXMKn*Bb򴗒 MX[ })Y\Vs;LmU2!zQxJ/(0 kS]Gc۸]oA~60N3& ^1w|Kflw'8\WQ 1Yj \ihiyn\DYc1ѥEDE3bBY7?`[D010"WPN뿈__\_0.T(^:!|`]m]b848OQ>gꑓ 0_7@ˇT} ࿼qWwJD|S'3/d6/.Tw:,n3~so0{Y{?*rU \s?R;-j GrxTe[̿OK.+^ab庳mL[፬?j,G̼ɀPL5x`()De̺6\#qpp!XqP4/+ԫH ^5,e DV9ǘuy!xZZ,*!+ЙbRIYt))FUU^\f~{QA)؟)t64g=87~f G84\@4Y_x3+iY?D u:~aG"|(q? 'P\'\}Wv]AI>&$y5R.?dmagc`L G$Q~ffW \~/MaG쎄1,Әz(?a_3n?S5(_S q`/kfnScU')$"zqG!01 /1GDCDh H? ՛80-?̇ /7EPh 8r2}lլd pKꌯkQC#x 'o8oݙ}Shk.W$5#<\Jr Fܤs5*Ġ4}$ ;?d"^t˙ZI;Ja ZtaҨ6{&.pR4ȗ .9UG4 E(j[qjlşۘ,543K\h@ [f ̣p_0,e'"<wUz-vT(<\_@Tu`05n̔8|ya7upvǹY*]2#XNB5N^f.!V}z:降)so䂕ie!2%+u**VcrO}Jƈ*]ŃE7FH3(!c^Rnbʩu4ܿ2٬u\ĸE7P fKM2eWZV!vq(Bo)j|xh4;Ǿ*ʳOUs-sΉUtQ2t<_`݁O*Ɋ<_ [+p-g<Ɖ~Ղr3W~a, u;'Ƃ.[r7 䉢- LqDԢ5Qq9^.2 _q} @V&0W "TiB1Ŀ32}w*/mjU^!͟Hl:Mlq.GO\Fܨg}Ja%Tiz8yPW NmS2 ܽ"%QE0 qP>ڂ!@,L(uAM⁓r!̀ΕWl,?LM jeZ1a=!*Ų ǸAa,,K>= H 7j'QQ۪ xG^ɗLh*/]*q(zk35ܹ%ٽW\(R(jTu7CP*r`a1; 9۟fK@WN@:YB Wnoq6Q Au+V{S uZ]R_; O8L"\N |鹐_fdӨz  NPnпG5YmQBEu:d|C/u{_ J{3VWz 'S+#0~駹yG&2|#8(33 "e \\>YJK};d>t(̭dS︁E%/f׋ƿ٘s%P_ !F`OSml%+l1l,q/NPnBP8fx!Fr~.#vf0 TGa8dlw(Vd{-j)2䡬UZE{+s8-v"ܱʚfuRy+XԠ/u. hظ; ѐ}Ce4wk0-8_^jswJ[%62Z(r9>O0T-5ʵ|g7{bKH[5@@6GIVR6+~QSӽM—F%D{D#`k&QsB':98cr…IK37"(i} ^1Ǚc'|1^ch64q0BQ^㶓@`5oYFӟ#yG-3}Ea)˶YԾWź/OK@vfx & [S&k Cx' n^e` :E]?7A,d-NogT5˂$ ƲDڜ?0 'P uqUj@J$ o;㆘.7`bç \pz 8xd5,ŬƀĪc(gsPxMl<  Vex>!5r2̢ 8Ӡ&}]eL,P[`i3 W*=J; `h?23xlo7 pj;SLfllgSmLI0YUzObJ Ua/@W}QiZq ٹP)p3|-٩\]9쳟pHٰ(Gl,&@\\VYvt6-7e$M oys԰Vq-Wpki.D Z09ct 4A_!"rEJMUzn&UalF'~Vs^()#ZAȪ3t:oo#gC]*̈́
+g dC%@Qf<Zķ~`ޥG\Ny}V]qFQR7m,p{"RfDp*.,T^kkuGr#BXlÀ)j%6P0:,aif0q-xojbUwl[lj,mQ+3hf @HΣpO$1ӔVnQO6i,8>8qUIpQ6,Ws< w<$hldh7Ѹ&mltP9fE{Ypej7ér:{ W;P*C]ݰ9 @]1Pol `w,EB2Ɋ+#rXom`W+uU^WPnfJ>'*w;:ڔÍEJkh(8Da7E[ Ztwb4EJi2n0amB)d.!QĥF*^auH'>08&CQ04`<@i`r )sEE9WڿdFp6sif%]`(p.5Q@_!LB#MnZ:x7jd"w xBT-?-gq ^%Y"A7"]9zb_be$+BSIR=9j1[k]sA!"=JxlE+n)n (zhL5&iA{=mo>+)?"%, [ʀ߂b e?+yٗ7D H¢R^,hoP98H^r+!!p6h Z:0WW"jTuK7*YdR:"Ctl^RH[#@ G Zw}cq` g{+Vm<cxf1&owD`KfeؚL,Ys 2#Ro,1ʀԭX&XJJ5+;n}`iq0f\s^yhbXAgĵP)dIT0k @Ne&?7RzBy9sp):U-p0 ]b"!C=8)A<1$.VCOMsQ!E>:,*|F] 9k#@BCkr k8EY/\"ݿ'“EPUEj,"'d%.K3,- HKN4X[f&p7X)-o?P/P5t{VbeTfwEuq) & >c l|/PPR;*T@@Ze uZRե[`ws*G0+,@v׺s&B\"O{ʊ@֟pߩ0۱x{Hd7"m%](̓xpTb( &q7b1bk̿uUl9@NXyEo tr, 5Wܬ[C*,Q`Tl&0JVrb$G{/J{+[k1Ig'g0cEZPNzI@b^}r<`T}|uXA2JH6i'(3jQᇈVfmy?1hb Nc(6wU/  Tn%R,(kڦO#o g >y~f1 . Cñyry @V2DJ=/fMjce|?1l U"2WZ|E\+Bo"sD^Cu?\ B7ky9E`CUp7)3-c zDnxw%DːJ[{6.4Gߒ ʕ/]>ok~|BTC1]c|ʂhJkԬi4C"G+V/f;Zgo"ۧIx(1U{OՔͽ䅰UK"c1Uax4K7Y$i\l2xR^|i@d* < < 6 Z z/Zq2.+ڄR*)1 01}/:֥̅^,]XpGVh <#6kllr[+ ]*Ɩ z7.!p4IKe4OAp+=\+rM"OZY.KA8QUChPMWa-28tF|ewɕ8jC P0#L;}E1[K1ܢb]Rpgd1ٲ(l4EJPr*Y52s bւ!V^7EqWi5f3* ,+ dXU˜(E(yoA!V \n*XEgJ8u*\qS [aOrƣx j+9hwRXL=n]_RUrB$ fc`bSzRģehi=pŵv-/,clb1YEF~cw@^+k0R!^fGjgB)hس7ń.j/ *Zq\\jr9Cѿ9g&~" v|%x?*5R|u.b.~iSۙ \:ή Ԭ|<AK9(is8&vOg1TspH?YcCe8,dN@]hl,+WgW_tȣ\7ĨUUn%1-2RCEj T]cC:LJȇJaZҢ( <h 5]fj 0R)ψ.mh4_0XjYo;Qa[`(R W06+M%Qx1X QC=Z](`S6܇U[7"XoK_,]_PeP:%x i),#y96 ^؍%[o?)B-/-dߖ*uC µlC3lf+֭^#%1d,ʙ6\3E[C9To" l꧔ SHQeW/R!;:bsRnVq9Y2[]5}yupRQ(+jTlQ 9h{UZ\0 #Z]E;VQزT۟.0EbUUXwW$%QGsU18nJ\1aRp@ pKF$a)ԫWRP\x:7yK 9|;1~HiNA/i)faG>`l.'0}c}M:37ATZԪ/9{Q>2Үag0z{ J,wk |@H19W0oֳk+yW.zwDj2{+ļdpW>&Mzj׻7p)lEhoBB)%WsPz Iٌry,_'pmVnYylug9vtֶ$7@`^,[`bJX%}EvG e@<\wrEۙ@4x)/ߏQ @}2& !5:593ax>!L*\0#mIMn$̪PlDm{`_3 }qsfKPf\ 7rcy"Um)u "`OP+oP|lgR|wAxqYTmv̀Gq~"ph`2qYPrY6dp/ ʭ :AY?olZ eBa.J[D@Q~ew|\[(\7(5cI"^FZ+m^L+"G;3. g~&+|7u р̡E+]:ȵK4du&+!BT~+艼*9L` VxO29` |Jn:!G"x)caSe3;0l=qպ%I0 UJA Qkmև~5m86[jD&AIJE{ 1<3p}Yb.9,H/ yNU"X VuSA#gf`ʣCw(1eʅF%U:0D yUĻYuCT`|9"K~Ǯ#GRBV-Bu-ĜX я&_dK!sTUҪ %5z/qET+t ׅT~}UKj4yWxy8bůVi_Ԏ/i0(yבf-&TyO0UZwzWd ŲP.[+wp<3, r`JQ<1WMVc*\Y59%gz0vߩD3-ivpFĠcVc E\vWQ)m#u.$Zph@+MW gܯ`5n6a&`_bs gb"]GOU, ZUul)_YlzfRZSp Qr/GGRĨ"вmvk#X14 ]gnŒ2]]y } W,TL6ZeG?̾ ɘ4?j -,;-waCXg NpcAVZ ;ErK]Y"#y끿qA9'H7FzB\/?,<]6"_ԥyګ`Jd3U W[/0U q*Rv8g\d̀Varp T"ko5͒Oc/p>]s#k7[ b#ޮʶ{KPh2u!DXV:hq B :?RH ^aqԧ$h\x10Э@GDL9#*Iݝ~@[vQ'j삪rɳ(^_ 1%;k-q=z9rDCWX1Fo7}ԯcUfecame@6(vsd:?pڰhpp)d(c##, /9X%gg+m@)!G,{IZf -6_J栥\!v{+>cr@ڋ ^/jj+n(Z=1ЕJ7n.__m0@P_A:X=bzi,ƲU `u.$W,:UopmYnW_pfQֺJ1hܸ6EҥRеmҿ4jV|D^E0Д/G"Wwvl@3]%:7;c(@̓]IEDn\:|AX9Yn],j'/1)@V RR 6.d`r?2AfAiD c$kxn1,CRl}5OSKpɼ~?}+oƂ.7]q?-L{Vʥl}(*X Ac*ؕ|QֱUqI@o1M)^rgXa4rూM EG F 615=bpV!w?%^`*+ed2P.crgX{>2|ݩ# *;GP peGh.+]Gyp] ;78+uh+%–0)ܲ93CK/ 2 ,\,W񈀶rS BT4u/ kfJw'G^H \hſmjktlu7o+aA2_ r6+2x6JDLu/iv-#򠠻nZHx[^%b0VQM\Xd"l"P#N;Dm a=Hªwm P&0"iX)eJhT>&֑,Ub9lGugeU-0@J*$>dl+.Bod4KZ1D3>*ڻңwl0!J2o6`h[LQ[Y}A LWSSCcI5f_2@Qxg0"#.)5]2XL%N+ZU@h!GMcyk}Cb : rȃL rY}=ͥKjF@SSd,/PE@@`XIȿ-^g8)5 y }QX7 !$y[J)0Z ՒEgĥf\].iQx^y#$0IJ; "g7SES;%Tm?6V> E)aVÇH^e i?}0q(An~Ua kX.Qƨdž-K Ees 4G;>gkjQW$BֽWܿV gnsRw}r~)4M4a<WJ]Žja LL > 4Neڔey.B!.g'(bɠρ;2:q-9Iʆ qW4O]p6Fj1`]~#q.ã_0)ʒ,cK猰p"'3 "mb|ښcx}IJŕ}"&2EP,70rb1+*P3.o\0YD8f&I-ZFEdKC7A](MyRB8o"zEaI G kd?`;4Ŀ/F#`~Ly_4ko3!2ZXcMU@0oYSvfRz[DӃ2lsL3ߨ+;g"!TkC776GQwQ;"UZ@\p$J/*8vHO2o/XEcw5՞塥׸**WPTA=qW/u.#.3VgՎ ĩ7h)F =:b2:4 EP<3xEF߈Q^ uG$1Y/qgÏ04.Z)JBgo>Se_& \TPDK ckO 2gͅ0*%PnYs7 /w0%5|KP!F%"A`@ip=L\w,V53᎑2 Q[\֚?-YaXwgtkW;_NEUK@OH*B)ưU0@הsp[:eMQ{+7'̷ZVD_22˰%@4?&_4RW@%n$lį%]NZAk[clIKZŲoqs垰?r.̈́N̵>98s9z Ve{+FZqZ [b*Q=:VfEHy&*^&VPW pif+s&VцUY=Mꫯ++ i]&-]wrۊV+%[ĭWE%nO(6+}JGnQHԪ鸵CnLY]"RagHn\̬A#^!pdw]w Sy/P lx}g:LlGO3ѣʾ{,P yo̤ip0l hR|wB\ch x%*̹Kk/!s/|1J(+YjM]\R(ԧas数K\xBSo"`8c(>8#abTE̲1kF;Y4goWe]7H+E?lkQc)GE 6  {Cg11iI Q]aE`.uln3yKqbZiLeS[& ՗1ʔyz;a?|]> PY?50n5(O3(4Nj>Eoe!YU{bKXk ?آw<\T*y;'~g9X$iuķzwߞb}E!,g+jX™VzeBRQH*lµ 2]G-/4X![u ME9vvloJy %#k9m=Fa u̓& \%yMxəbғP 49]sl(eF!b;H."(?uLՃX+ ıo L#T(V+q*00߸6PCuʹ"rR`xe-7j5ܤr*(2;=JhC ڂ> QNh+j"ZZA(GRZ*SgE#z'=xhs?Z_`~eUM#Fd~P޼q3MF%{U$Ś]eTy0( k3S,G>}#)h"똖+F]k%79B \K1.X)q4Dٯ#Qa[5QMNF{G+JZ1[Ut+טd@' `$7-D _uh2 >9V.\)p,C ȅ:LPcPiqg S!4X#XšNwTLZbi qMf(˦VlG"9kU[RdD4x5%2sq Fڗ+}'U p1^-yjy&opYs7>Ȯ8E/\iam Ķ9]K kʳ7x7pWgc bYi͒do[Xvd-ڭ8}ӘZC#WLh 6L+S|&ܷPk&ɱKykļ=?}D onVq_ow?Cu?\Kk9 yA8 P₱0!7+1lAVaBRPe ){PZ$Հ}eXjXmC\m\"neRw1^/g@ր7EH%J{Qg%)V䏇`Sy˓_hޅOAàUHo`/( }q/fZ\K@ny. 0Fn-z#E 9SLO )Xxw415EGq@=" d-)Iŵ+pCE̯_AZ[`hqGUOEv~/=L+~![A]2&3n;=;:UasR Qw(d}%.}9픔>&ԫ-,q,Ɲ%aR _p;t7|AD)wQ;Mcܵ%S^} V9L&`ڠv";z5O SK}EoQ*"YI |C#Y}">>eɢ/Du wd"1)"VxJ@F"L+ȇ,l#iPoTak])0n] FahC]*2}蹊R+^ p@w:v|tkĸX{ګRȥj^'SX&繗$c9T .'&aI4Bh'C(G;We50Zs/8djpNus tW_T6eDL-:+LiegN)KJp}!,޸+ eE棗X}vEEG]D9J\-9*-ptyfݔowd ®32|ͥɞ,HU Z'Wj{645ad5xqMMuk솄Čzp%XnU)pDAR4 w3Y0,Ne"\߰|oU5o-0v[,P^(-;n\+MRJK{K [3W_j˘ V YQlY]?}0ozW J0IyU<̺eP_1*,PQfEsvp|HPBXU5bB!R%r9 ܴ{Th s>%@<.8^m VwN+|US,d "ń_۸7Me[۹x͛rBͲo0K r;WAǙEOé1"99%~bJbS8 u(;1J^BQ /gx<:!afL=f -5^" j'.+QUP@EE{}ż fo[X^O\)~r87^r^*`a>Cw)OPUNALUl]{6ĮfWW=M&];Y7 M㘂eO C.ygMozNWs_J2bWP|G̬o"}u9.^j9w/7||Jx(,sĺ/10BbZ~~>%ap%ܿ{r˨|z 6Uo2$-|Nu8 f\q7/X}]jsr`x8>%u/%Thg|K꧲5%`p?2t27@B6g(* !nU".NG?kBVH c}%Y>W7-E߉LSr.j,f1V6:RŹjPTayc@D spG0 MgSq)bT*Nn}}rW/w*T 7* 5hT%XI5$.4qUƀP>s=췣+=GWL%|\q`&殣 TN|-~`Rb?rٹsm-\c Q*]Qi"M,r\NwRF[f-o,^oQn]s,T}8+|C_S?TE`t6Ve oPpgZ&f\b1љVu,O1-\7q/d_0f*u@RySy30fU"Nbai3Cx].q4 ļn\Nq /& oqx*"֕4]U_DlLJ|s>nU9JwP}n_W2~`o{WLBXɘxete)24Z* 0["/Doq>]{=wOeQJ M,#SO1X)y6ˢ )lTK̼?Ml81!dYx9%x@bgr޵75mlc`˘ʙvuW(}>BKc<_NwME&x7@UOѸGAT|G_~9j4GBmu:!{iˏV+;xk( s`UuƘ&!gǨ & v V!f z23z2Uf.1Vb-g2Xp3s ^"2+`szUeI5YcBU7(#3%C/RK}®YsSԻ™2^k.}5-[Tz\]>nPD7\XNa˙XůqVXYlQ,jŃ8=O|" ʳ)rLVsP1 *qs̼M}2+xR6]-+qZ;!òq^TC0$qRǸn{Q}Kn*ớrU{RJTdX̪.wfÙiLJ$-G#O>aK:b5GU`1c.^!nx%fu>P1e{ȼʇL2H%\bSjQWJw)GP'1'Z^ H S)9Rr!/5D*CШ`ʕS&dQvD`|5Y^ endstream endobj 15 0 obj << /Type /Annot /Subtype /Link /F 28 /A 16 0 R /Border [0 0 0] /H /I /Rect [ 425.8160 139.5344 531.8480 151.7444 ] >> endobj 16 0 obj << /Type /Action /S /URI /URI (https://www.americanbible.org/features/americas-most-bible-minded-cities) >> endobj 17 0 obj << /Type /Annot /Subtype /Link /F 28 /A 18 0 R /Border [0 0 0] /H /I /Rect [ 35.0000 124.8824 81.6800 137.0924 ] >> endobj 18 0 obj << /Type /Action /S /URI /URI (https://www.americanbible.org/features/americas-most-bible-minded-cities) >> endobj 19 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 0.3 >> endobj 20 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 0.3 >> endobj 21 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 22 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 23 0 R >> endobj 23 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1792 >> stream xuXˎ6Wp%Aڦh1EDIHBR6hg>R3l,[.s}sӧ5%]$ ˋc&<[oخbw?,xv5c}̷ cuZ0ҕ:j; J{xBVL /œå0l {g-*[E 6p9yUNu-Rҍ;{>iGcۯ6|^F(AZWZM]/v? 2?tGc~zXE "-!ŒYJ2!3mT ; hhٚIES|ʟ*WMzc΅ePz۹(S/C~Bp=|Я;ʄ1wkทFkN!1DO"R1(QBkh?: TI@{)8Ɋ$3Cz)k7~ S?w{'Ԍf"ICH*ۦ|ǐ;GhAGJBB3x%kxoF^5GZ4lx.k-Cod@(ʊW^`vF:Qyc#ANB|n5D@<" P(4=(m&ʠ^uшUuP C@= Lt2IPViQYcǞ\0N 7>\MaD<<:\r"\4BC4b(y!J1?68EbS4{s !OA32>8 nD1wVϣ (?S t{@$y71 >@`V&-gD>vߠЍY :6VJMCkAyϲ 0:Xl Xwy3{<#<֧0ٱeWߒ&xS )cd&[H$ϛ|> endobj 25 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 1 >> endobj 26 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 27 0 R >> endobj 27 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1078 >> stream x}Vێ6}Wc \/}km-ADD*$wH^;e rS̆ޙ{G,"~njiqĒ] w?',෯_ qChd?"X%oPr~ƣQ#eqYvoY${D JY 8 c(O |&[>\ِ ÑjpT©"VYNeOC>y$ xaqBc>zG%O i8RXu>(ͬguAIkVQ '8 5aG Z+4=QgTvT4!L3/%Or;Ɍ"N#-k+^"R >K@V ,GHK?W|S!Ӭ'e|^-[! '$-URV!]uZ]/]xuIM"w4JƜ'{ jiΔ JzeH~h’C,b!~qZf} vnZT6hV,CEgOn[wMA6n'%50gjpzoKC5 !ge̪($%ca o{A2EfK0 ?6-Z4rGʣoc2 u-Ka-YN-~T(4T(jE_(J*[_G$.:"tIsA{nD8h7!LH-vtgp=Yv9]VI\y4`ҴY\gTeRG6/> endobj xref 0 29 0000000000 65535 f 0000000009 00000 n 0000000074 00000 n 0000000120 00000 n 0000000435 00000 n 0000000472 00000 n 0000000621 00000 n 0000000750 00000 n 0000001354 00000 n 0000001461 00000 n 0000001569 00000 n 0000001679 00000 n 0000001792 00000 n 0000001908 00000 n 0000001937 00000 n 0000091685 00000 n 0000091819 00000 n 0000091943 00000 n 0000092075 00000 n 0000092199 00000 n 0000092258 00000 n 0000092317 00000 n 0000092346 00000 n 0000092451 00000 n 0000094317 00000 n 0000094374 00000 n 0000094431 00000 n 0000094536 00000 n 0000095688 00000 n trailer << /Size 29 /Root 1 0 R /Info 5 0 R /ID[] >> startxref 95808 %%EOF Study reveals most, least “Bible-minded” cities | Caring Magazine

Study reveals most, least “Bible-minded” cities

Listen to this article

Bible-mindedBy Laura Haas –

A report from the American Bible Society ranking 100 U.S. cities from the most to least “Bible-minded,” revealed the majority of highly “Bible-minded” cities are located in the South and the least in the Northeast and West.

For the purpose of the study, an individual was considered “Bible-minded” if he or she had read the Bible in the past seven days and considered the teachings of the Bible to be true.

Major Christine Poff, The Salvation Army’s national consultant for Christian education, said that the results were not surprising.

“The majority of the cities that were more Bible-minded fell within the Bible Belt,” Poff said. “In the Bible Belt evangelical Protestantism is a significant part of the culture and church attendance across the denominations is generally higher than other parts of the country.”

The study also found an inverse relationship between population size and “Bible-mindedness” meaning that larger cities were less likely to be “Bible-minded” than smaller cities and towns.

According to the American Bible Society, the ranking will help organizations engage in more effective ministry by understanding where people are coming from in their relationship with and understanding of the Bible.

The first doctrine of The Salvation Army affirms the Bible’s position as the central guide for the work and mission of the organization.

To ensure the continued interest in and engagement with the Bible, National Headquarters is in the process of updating current programs and developing new ways to share the Bible with those who come in contact with The Salvation Army.

“Many of the new curricula are incorporating more media-based learning,” Poff said. “We also need to use technology, apps, social media to promote the Word, to give opportunities for learning and for being connected in community.”

The Army has also partnered with the American Bible Society to develop a Bible-based reading instructional program for first-time learners and ESL students in the Eastern and Central Territories. It uses biblical stories and words to teach individuals about the Bible and how to read and write at the same time.

“This however, does not replace the coming together in physical community and developing relationships that provide support, encouragement and accountability,” Poff said, adding that all of these programs mean nothing without meaningful relationships and discipleship.

When Major Algerome Newsome, area commander in Chattanooga, the most “Bible-minded” city in the nation, first moved to the area, members of the community were quick to brag about the special status that the Christian faith holds in their town.

“When I arrived in Chattanooga just over two years ago, I was greeted with the phrase ‘Welcome to the Buckle of the Bible Belt,’” Newsome said. “They are proud of the self-proclaimed title.” Yet Newsome added that while the community is familiar with the Bible, there is still work to be done.

“Bible knowledge does not always equate to Bible action,” Newsome said. “The Bible has always been central to the mission of the Army. The Book of James reminds us that ‘faith without works is dead.’”

Knowledge of the Bible has not led to harmony in the community. It hasn’t even ensured harmony among believers. The large number of Christians in Chattanooga leads to more discussion and often, disagreement, about the needs of the community and how to go about meeting them.

“Unity in the common purpose of God evades the community,” Newsome said. “This is evident by the growing number of new churches popping up as well as the number of churches that are splitting and traditional churches that are dying.”

The study revealed an openness to the Bible in many communities and room to deepen relationship to it.

“It isn’t about all the programs we do, or the curriculum we produce, or the things we do for others,” Poff said. “It’s using those things to connect and develop relationships with our youth and the people we come into contact with through social services, women’s ministries, corps activities, and so on. Through those relationships we can teach the Word and minister to the soul issues.”

_________________________

Receive daily Bible messages on your phone from the American Bible Society. Text bibleintro202 to 72717.

You May Also Like