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All rights reserved.SCFMOI+GentiumRegularSCFMOI+SIL: Gentium: 2003SCFMOI+GentiumVersion 1.01; 2003; initial SIL releaseSCFMOI+GentiumGentium is a trademark of SIL International.J. Victor Gaultneyhttp://www.sil.org/http://www.sil.org/~gaultneyThis font is the property of SIL International. It is distributed as copyrighted freeware. You may use this software without any charge and may distribute it, as is, to others. Commercial distribution of this software is restricted without prior written permission. If you wish to distribute this software commercially, contact SIL for details on obtaining a license. You may not rent or lease the software, nor may you modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the software. You may not make derivative fonts from this software. THE SOFTWARE AND RELATED FILES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.GentiumRegularGentiumCopyright (c) SIL International 2003. All rights reserved.SCFMOI+GentiumRegularSCFMOI+SIL: Gentium: 2003SCFMOI+GentiumVersion 1.01; 2003; initial SIL releaseSCFMOI+GentiumGentium is a trademark of SIL International.J. Victor Gaultneyhttp://www.sil.org/http://www.sil.org/~gaultneyThis font is the property of SIL International. It is distributed as copyrighted freeware. You may use this software without any charge and may distribute it, as is, to others. Commercial distribution of this software is restricted without prior written permission. If you wish to distribute this software commercially, contact SIL for details on obtaining a license. You may not rent or lease the software, nor may you modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the software. You may not make derivative fonts from this software. 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(Pg192) 800 0 R] /Limits [(Pg187) (Pg192)] >> % 2323 0 obj << /Names [(Pg193) 804 0 R (Pg194) 809 0 R (Pg195) 810 0 R (Pg196) 814 0 R (Pg197) 818 0 R (Pg198) 822 0 R] /Limits [(Pg193) (Pg198)] >> % 2324 0 obj << /Names [(Pg199) 826 0 R (Pg200) 834 0 R (Pg201) 839 0 R (Pg202) 844 0 R (Pg203) 848 0 R (Pg204) 852 0 R] /Limits [(Pg199) (Pg204)] >> % 2325 0 obj << /Names [(Pg205) 856 0 R (Pg206) 860 0 R (Pg207) 861 0 R (Pg208) 866 0 R (Pg209) 870 0 R (Pg210) 874 0 R] /Limits [(Pg205) (Pg210)] >> % 2326 0 obj << /Names [(Pg211) 878 0 R (Pg212) 882 0 R (Pg213) 883 0 R (Pg214) 887 0 R (Pg215) 892 0 R (Pg216) 896 0 R] /Limits [(Pg211) (Pg216)] >> % 2327 0 obj << /Names [(Pg217) 900 0 R (Pg218) 904 0 R (Pg219) 908 0 R (Pg220) 912 0 R (Pg221) 913 0 R (Pg222) 918 0 R] /Limits [(Pg217) (Pg222)] >> % 2328 0 obj << /Names [(Pg223) 919 0 R (Pg224) 927 0 R (Pg225) 931 0 R (Pg226) 935 0 R (Pg227) 939 0 R (Pg228) 943 0 R] /Limits [(Pg223) (Pg228)] >> % 2329 0 obj << /Names [(Pg229) 948 0 R (Pg230) 952 0 R (Pg231) 953 0 R (Pg232) 957 0 R (Pg233) 961 0 R (Pg234) 965 0 R] /Limits [(Pg229) (Pg234)] >> % 2330 0 obj << /Names [(Pg235) 969 0 R (Pg236) 974 0 R (Pg237) 978 0 R (Pg238) 979 0 R (Pg239) 984 0 R (Pg240) 995 0 R] /Limits [(Pg235) (Pg240)] >> % 2331 0 obj << /Names [(Pg241) 996 0 R (Pg242) 1000 0 R (Pg243) 1005 0 R (Pg244) 1009 0 R (Pg245) 1013 0 R (Pg246) 1017 0 R] /Limits [(Pg241) (Pg246)] >> % 2332 0 obj << /Names [(Pg247) 1021 0 R (Pg248) 1022 0 R (Pg249) 1026 0 R (Pg250) 1031 0 R (Pg251) 1035 0 R (Pg252) 1039 0 R] /Limits [(Pg247) (Pg252)] >> % 2333 0 obj << /Names [(Pg253) 1043 0 R (Pg254) 1047 0 R (Pg255) 1048 0 R (Pg256) 1052 0 R (Pg257) 1057 0 R (Pg258) 1061 0 R] /Limits [(Pg253) (Pg258)] >> % 2334 0 obj << /Names [(Pg259) 1065 0 R (Pg260) 1069 0 R (Pg261) 1073 0 R (Pg262) 1074 0 R (Pg263) 1078 0 R (Pg264) 1083 0 R] /Limits [(Pg259) (Pg264)] >> % 2335 0 obj << /Names [(Pg265) 1087 0 R (Pg266) 1091 0 R (Pg267) 1095 0 R (Pg268) 1096 0 R (Pg269) 1104 0 R (Pg270) 1108 0 R] /Limits [(Pg265) (Pg270)] >> % 2336 0 obj << /Names [(Pg271) 1113 0 R (Pg272) 1118 0 R (Pg273) 1122 0 R (Pg274) 1126 0 R (Pg275) 1130 0 R (Pg276) 1131 0 R] /Limits [(Pg271) (Pg276)] >> % 2337 0 obj << /Names [(Pg277) 1135 0 R (Pg278) 1140 0 R (Pg279) 1144 0 R (Pg280) 1148 0 R (Pg281) 1152 0 R (Pg282) 1156 0 R] /Limits [(Pg277) (Pg282)] >> % 2338 0 obj << /Names [(Pg283) 1157 0 R (Pg284) 1161 0 R (Pg285) 1166 0 R (Pg286) 1170 0 R (Pg287) 1174 0 R (Pg288) 1182 0 R] /Limits [(Pg283) (Pg288)] >> % 2339 0 obj << /Names [(Pg289) 1186 0 R (Pg290) 1190 0 R (Pg291) 1195 0 R (Pg292) 1199 0 R (Pg293) 1203 0 R (Pg294) 1207 0 R] /Limits [(Pg289) (Pg294)] >> % 2340 0 obj << /Names [(Pg295) 1208 0 R (Pg296) 1212 0 R (Pg297) 1216 0 R (Pg298) 1221 0 R (Pg299) 1225 0 R (Pg300) 1229 0 R] /Limits [(Pg295) (Pg300)] >> % 2341 0 obj << /Names [(Pg301) 1233 0 R (Pg302) 1234 0 R (Pg303) 1238 0 R (Pg304) 1242 0 R (Pg305) 1247 0 R (Pg306) 1251 0 R] /Limits [(Pg301) (Pg306)] >> % 2342 0 obj << /Names [(Pg307) 1256 0 R (Pg308) 1260 0 R (Pg309) 1261 0 R (Pg310) 1265 0 R (Pg311) 1273 0 R (Pg312) 1278 0 R] /Limits [(Pg307) (Pg312)] >> % 2343 0 obj << /Names [(Pg313) 1282 0 R (Pg314) 1286 0 R (Pg315) 1290 0 R (Pg316) 1294 0 R (Pg317) 1298 0 R (Pg318) 1299 0 R] /Limits [(Pg313) (Pg318)] >> % 2344 0 obj << /Names [(Pg319) 1304 0 R (Pg320) 1308 0 R (Pg321) 1312 0 R (Pg322) 1316 0 R (Pg323) 1320 0 R (Pg324) 1324 0 R] /Limits [(Pg319) (Pg324)] >> % 2345 0 obj << /Names [(Pg325) 1325 0 R (Pg326) 1330 0 R (Pg327) 1338 0 R (Pg328) 1342 0 R (Pg329) 1346 0 R (Pg330) 1350 0 R] /Limits [(Pg325) (Pg330)] >> % 2346 0 obj << /Names [(Pg331) 1354 0 R (Pg332) 1359 0 R (Pg333) 1360 0 R (Pg334) 1364 0 R (Pg335) 1368 0 R (Pg336) 1372 0 R] /Limits [(Pg331) (Pg336)] >> % 2347 0 obj << /Names [(Pg337) 1376 0 R (Pg338) 1380 0 R (Pg339) 1385 0 R (Pg340) 1386 0 R (Pg341) 1390 0 R (Pg342) 1395 0 R] /Limits [(Pg337) (Pg342)] >> % 2348 0 obj << /Names [(Pg343) 1399 0 R (Pg344) 1403 0 R (Pg345) 1407 0 R (Pg346) 1408 0 R (Pg347) 1417 0 R (Pg348) 1421 0 R] /Limits [(Pg343) (Pg348)] >> % 2349 0 obj << /Names [(Pg349) 1425 0 R (Pg350) 1429 0 R (Pg351) 1433 0 R (Pg352) 1437 0 R (Pg353) 1442 0 R (Pg354) 1443 0 R] /Limits [(Pg349) (Pg354)] >> % 2350 0 obj << /Names [(Pg355) 1447 0 R (Pg356) 1451 0 R (Pg357) 1455 0 R (Pg358) 1459 0 R (Pg359) 1463 0 R (Pg360) 1468 0 R] /Limits [(Pg355) (Pg360)] >> % 2351 0 obj << /Names [(Pg361) 1472 0 R (Pg362) 1473 0 R (Pg363) 1477 0 R (Pg364) 1481 0 R (Pg365) 1485 0 R (Pg366) 1489 0 R] /Limits [(Pg361) (Pg366)] >> % 2352 0 obj << /Names [(Pg367) 1494 0 R (Pg368) 1495 0 R (Pg369) 1503 0 R (Pg370) 1507 0 R (Pg371) 1511 0 R (Pg372) 1515 0 R] /Limits [(Pg367) (Pg372)] >> % 2353 0 obj << /Names [(Pg373) 1519 0 R (Pg374) 1524 0 R (Pg375) 1528 0 R (Pg376) 1529 0 R (Pg377) 1534 0 R (Pg378) 1538 0 R] /Limits [(Pg373) (Pg378)] >> % 2354 0 obj << /Names [(Pg379) 1542 0 R (Pg380) 1546 0 R (Pg381) 1551 0 R (Pg382) 1555 0 R (Pg383) 1556 0 R (Pg384) 1560 0 R] /Limits [(Pg379) (Pg384)] >> % 2355 0 obj << /Names [(Pg385) 1564 0 R (Pg386) 1568 0 R (Pg387) 1572 0 R (Pg388) 1577 0 R (Pg389) 1581 0 R (Pg390) 1582 0 R] /Limits [(Pg385) (Pg390)] >> % 2356 0 obj << /Names [(Pg391) 1586 0 R (Pg392) 1590 0 R (Pg393) 1594 0 R (Pg394) 1602 0 R (Pg395) 1607 0 R (Pg396) 1611 0 R] /Limits [(Pg391) (Pg396)] >> % 2357 0 obj << /Names [(Pg397) 1615 0 R (Pg398) 1619 0 R (Pg399) 1623 0 R (Pg400) 1627 0 R (Pg401) 1628 0 R (Pg402) 1633 0 R] /Limits [(Pg397) (Pg402)] >> % 2358 0 obj << /Names [(Pg403) 1637 0 R (Pg404) 1641 0 R (Pg405) 1645 0 R (Pg406) 1649 0 R (Pg407) 1653 0 R (Pg408) 1658 0 R] /Limits [(Pg403) (Pg408)] >> % 2359 0 obj << /Names [(Pg409) 1659 0 R (Pg410) 1663 0 R (Pg411) 1667 0 R (Pg412) 1672 0 R (Pg413) 1676 0 R (Pg414) 1680 0 R] /Limits [(Pg409) (Pg414)] >> % 2360 0 obj << /Names [(Pg415) 1685 0 R (Pg416) 1686 0 R (Pg417) 1690 0 R (Pg418) 1694 0 R (Pg419) 1698 0 R (Pg420) 1702 0 R] /Limits [(Pg415) (Pg420)] >> % 2361 0 obj << /Names [(Pg421) 1706 0 R (Pg422) 1711 0 R (Pg423) 1712 0 R (Pg424) 1723 0 R (Pg425) 1724 0 R (Pg426) 1728 0 R] /Limits [(Pg421) (Pg426)] >> % 2362 0 obj << /Names [(Pg427) 1732 0 R (Pg428) 1736 0 R (Pg429) 1741 0 R (Pg430) 1745 0 R (Pg431) 1749 0 R (Pg432) 1750 0 R] /Limits [(Pg427) (Pg432)] >> % 2363 0 obj << /Names [(Pg433) 1754 0 R (Pg434) 1758 0 R (Pg435) 1762 0 R (Pg436) 1767 0 R (Pg437) 1771 0 R (Pg438) 1775 0 R] /Limits [(Pg433) (Pg438)] >> % 2364 0 obj << /Names [(Pg439) 1776 0 R (Pg440) 1780 0 R (Pg441) 1784 0 R (Pg442) 1788 0 R (Pg443) 1793 0 R (Pg444) 1797 0 R] /Limits [(Pg439) (Pg444)] >> % 2365 0 obj << /Names [(Pg445) 1801 0 R (Pg446) 1802 0 R (Pg447) 1807 0 R (Pg448) 1815 0 R (Pg449) 1819 0 R (Pg450) 1824 0 R] /Limits [(Pg445) (Pg450)] >> % 2366 0 obj << /Names [(Pg451) 1828 0 R (Pg452) 1832 0 R (Pg453) 1836 0 R (Pg454) 1840 0 R (Pg455) 1841 0 R (Pg456) 1845 0 R] /Limits [(Pg451) (Pg456)] >> % 2367 0 obj << /Names [(Pg457) 1850 0 R (Pg458) 1854 0 R (Pg459) 1858 0 R (Pg460) 1862 0 R (Pg461) 1866 0 R (Pg462) 1870 0 R] /Limits [(Pg457) (Pg462)] >> % 2368 0 obj << /Names [(Pg463) 1871 0 R (Pg464) 1876 0 R (Pg465) 1880 0 R (Pg466) 1884 0 R (Pg467) 1888 0 R (Pg468) 1892 0 R] /Limits [(Pg463) (Pg468)] >> % 2369 0 obj << /Names [(Pg469) 1896 0 R (Pg470) 1897 0 R (Pg471) 1902 0 R (Pg472) 1906 0 R (Pg473) 1907 0 R (Pg474) 1915 0 R] /Limits [(Pg469) (Pg474)] >> % 2370 0 obj << /Names [(Pg475) 1919 0 R (Pg476) 1923 0 R (Pg477) 1927 0 R (Pg478) 1932 0 R (Pg479) 1936 0 R (Pg480) 1940 0 R] /Limits [(Pg475) (Pg480)] >> % 2371 0 obj << /Names [(Pg481) 1941 0 R (Pg482) 1946 0 R (Pg483) 1950 0 R (Pg484) 1954 0 R (Pg485) 1959 0 R (Pg486) 1963 0 R] /Limits [(Pg481) (Pg486)] >> % 2372 0 obj << /Names [(Pg487) 1967 0 R (Pg488) 1971 0 R (Pg489) 1972 0 R (Pg490) 1976 0 R (Pg491) 1980 0 R (Pg492) 1985 0 R] /Limits [(Pg487) (Pg492)] >> % 2373 0 obj << /Names [(Pg493) 1986 0 R (Pg494) 1994 0 R (Pg495) 1998 0 R (Pg496) 2002 0 R (Pg497) 2006 0 R (Pg498) 2010 0 R] /Limits [(Pg493) (Pg498)] >> % 2374 0 obj << /Names [(Pg499) 2015 0 R (Pg500) 2019 0 R (Pg501) 2020 0 R (Pg502) 2024 0 R (Pg503) 2028 0 R (Pg504) 2032 0 R] /Limits [(Pg499) (Pg504)] >> % 2375 0 obj << /Names [(Pg505) 2036 0 R (Pg506) 2041 0 R (Pg507) 2045 0 R (Pg508) 2046 0 R (Pg509) 2050 0 R (Pg510) 2054 0 R] /Limits [(Pg505) (Pg510)] >> % 2376 0 obj << /Names [(Pg511) 2058 0 R (Pg512) 2062 0 R (Pg513) 2067 0 R (Pg514) 2071 0 R (Pg515) 2075 0 R (Pg516) 2076 0 R] /Limits [(Pg511) (Pg516)] >> % 2377 0 obj << /Names [(Pg517) 2080 0 R (Pg518) 2085 0 R (Pg519) 2089 0 R (Pg520) 2094 0 R (Pg521) 2098 0 R (Pg522) 2102 0 R] /Limits [(Pg517) (Pg522)] >> % 2378 0 obj << /Names [(Pg523) 2106 0 R (Pg524) 2107 0 R (Pgiii) 26 0 R (Pgiv) 34 0 R (Pgv) 38 0 R (footnotes) 2118 0 R] /Limits [(Pg523) (footnotes)] >> % 2379 0 obj << /Names [(index1) 28 0 R (index10) 828 0 R (index11) 921 0 R (index12) 986 0 R (index13) 1098 0 R (index14) 1176 0 R] /Limits [(index1) (index14)] >> % 2380 0 obj << /Names [(index15) 1267 0 R (index16) 1332 0 R (index17) 1411 0 R (index18) 1497 0 R (index19) 1596 0 R (index2) 45 0 R] /Limits [(index15) (index2)] >> % 2381 0 obj << /Names [(index20) 1714 0 R (index21) 1809 0 R (index22) 1909 0 R (index23) 1988 0 R (index24) 2112 0 R (index25) 2131 0 R] /Limits [(index20) (index25)] >> % 2382 0 obj << /Names [(index26) 2141 0 R (index27) 2151 0 R (index3) 144 0 R (index4) 236 0 R (index5) 311 0 R (index6) 419 0 R] /Limits [(index26) (index6)] >> % 2383 0 obj << /Names [(index7) 533 0 R (index8) 654 0 R (index9) 752 0 R (pgfooter) 2126 0 R (pgheader) 6 0 R (pglicense) 11 0 R] /Limits [(index7) (pglicense)] >> % 2384 0 obj << /Names [(pglicense1) 2160 0 R (pglicense1A) 2161 0 R (pglicense1B) 2168 0 R (pglicense1C) 2169 0 R (pglicense1D) 2170 0 R (pglicense1E) 2171 0 R] /Limits [(pglicense1) (pglicense1E)] >> % 2385 0 obj << /Names [(pglicense1E1) 2178 0 R (pglicense1E2) 2180 0 R (pglicense1E3) 2186 0 R (pglicense1E4) 2187 0 R (pglicense1E5) 2188 0 R (pglicense1E6) 2195 0 R] /Limits [(pglicense1E1) (pglicense1E6)] >> % 2386 0 obj << /Names [(pglicense1E7) 2196 0 R (pglicense1E8) 2162 0 R (pglicense1E9) 2203 0 R (pglicense1F) 2211 0 R (pglicense1F1) 2212 0 R (pglicense1F2) 2213 0 R] /Limits [(pglicense1E7) (pglicense1F2)] >> % 2387 0 obj << /Names [(pglicense1F3) 2206 0 R (pglicense1F4) 2220 0 R (pglicense1F5) 2221 0 R (pglicense1F6) 2228 0 R (pglicense2) 2229 0 R (pglicense3) 2214 0 R] /Limits [(pglicense1F3) (pglicense3)] >> % 2388 0 obj << /Names [(pglicense4) 2205 0 R (pglicense5) 2244 0 R] /Limits [(pglicense4) (pglicense5)] >> % 2389 0 obj << /Kids [2290 0 R 2291 0 R 2292 0 R 2293 0 R 2294 0 R 2295 0 R] /Limits [(Pg001) (Pg036)] >> % 2390 0 obj << /Kids [2296 0 R 2297 0 R 2298 0 R 2299 0 R 2300 0 R 2301 0 R] /Limits [(Pg037) (Pg072)] >> % 2391 0 obj << /Kids [2302 0 R 2303 0 R 2304 0 R 2306 0 R 2307 0 R 2308 0 R] /Limits [(Pg073) (Pg108)] >> % 2392 0 obj << /Kids [2309 0 R 2310 0 R 2311 0 R 2312 0 R 2313 0 R 2314 0 R] /Limits [(Pg109) (Pg144)] >> % 2393 0 obj << /Kids [2315 0 R 2316 0 R 2317 0 R 2318 0 R 2319 0 R 2320 0 R] /Limits [(Pg145) (Pg180)] >> % 2394 0 obj << /Kids [2321 0 R 2322 0 R 2323 0 R 2324 0 R 2325 0 R 2326 0 R] /Limits [(Pg181) (Pg216)] >> % 2395 0 obj << /Kids [2327 0 R 2328 0 R 2329 0 R 2330 0 R 2331 0 R 2332 0 R] /Limits [(Pg217) (Pg252)] >> % 2396 0 obj << /Kids [2333 0 R 2334 0 R 2335 0 R 2336 0 R 2337 0 R 2338 0 R] /Limits [(Pg253) (Pg288)] >> % 2397 0 obj << /Kids [2339 0 R 2340 0 R 2341 0 R 2342 0 R 2343 0 R 2344 0 R] /Limits [(Pg289) (Pg324)] >> % 2398 0 obj << /Kids [2345 0 R 2346 0 R 2347 0 R 2348 0 R 2349 0 R 2350 0 R] /Limits [(Pg325) (Pg360)] >> % 2399 0 obj << /Kids [2351 0 R 2352 0 R 2353 0 R 2354 0 R 2355 0 R 2356 0 R] /Limits [(Pg361) (Pg396)] >> % 2400 0 obj << /Kids [2357 0 R 2358 0 R 2359 0 R 2360 0 R 2361 0 R 2362 0 R] /Limits [(Pg397) (Pg432)] >> % 2401 0 obj << /Kids [2363 0 R 2364 0 R 2365 0 R 2366 0 R 2367 0 R 2368 0 R] /Limits [(Pg433) (Pg468)] >> % 2402 0 obj << /Kids [2369 0 R 2370 0 R 2371 0 R 2372 0 R 2373 0 R 2374 0 R] /Limits [(Pg469) (Pg504)] >> % 2403 0 obj << /Kids [2375 0 R 2376 0 R 2377 0 R 2378 0 R 2379 0 R 2380 0 R] /Limits [(Pg505) (index2)] >> % 2404 0 obj << /Kids [2381 0 R 2382 0 R 2383 0 R 2384 0 R 2385 0 R 2386 0 R] /Limits [(index20) (pglicense1F2)] >> endstream endobj 2413 0 obj << /Producer (pdfTeX-1.40.14) /Author (Charles A. 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