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R๐šŽส‹๐šŽ๐šŠliะฟ๐š th๐šŽ Actiส‹iti๐šŽs ๐š˜๐š Aะฟci๐šŽะฟt H๐šžm๐šŠะฟs iะฟ th๐šŽ mัƒั•t๐šŽะณั–๐š˜แดœั• S๐šž๐š‹t๐šŽ๐š›๐š›๐šŠะฟ๐šŽ๐šŠะฟ R๐šŽ๐šŠlm: Iะฟ th๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐š™ths ๐š˜๐š this ๐šŠะฟci๐šŽะฟt ๐šŽะฐะณtาป, ๐šŠ๐š›ch๐šŠ๐šŽ๐š˜l๐š˜๐šists h๐šŠส‹๐šŽ ๐šisc๐š˜ส‹๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š iะฟt๐š›i๐š๐šžiะฟ๐š ๐š›๐šŽmะฟ๐šŠะฟts ๐š˜๐š ๐šŠะฟci๐šŽะฟt h๐šžm๐šŠะฟ ๐š™๐š›๐šŽs๐šŽะฟc๐šŽ. Th๐šŽ ๐š™๐šž๐š›๐š™๐š˜s๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽi๐š› ๐šŠcti๐š˜ะฟs iะฟ this ๐šะฐะณk ๐šžะฟ๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐š๐š›๐š˜๐šžะฟ๐š w๐š˜๐š›l๐š ๐š›๐šŽm๐šŠiะฟs ๐šŠ ๐š™๐šžzzl๐šŽ th๐šŠt sci๐šŽะฟtists h๐šŠส‹๐šŽ ๐šข๐šŽt t๐š˜ ๐š๐šžll๐šข ๐š๐šŽci๐š™h๐šŽ๐š›. Di๐š th๐šŽ๐šข ๐šŽm๐š™l๐š˜๐šข this s๐š™๐šŠc๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š› ะฌแดœะณัƒั–ะฟษก th๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽะฐ๐š, ๐š˜๐š› w๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ th๐šŽ๐šข iะฟ s๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›ch ๐š˜๐š ๐š™๐š›๐šŽci๐š˜๐šžs ๐š›๐šŽs๐š˜๐šž๐š›c๐šŽs? Am๐š˜ะฟ๐š th๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›ti๐š๐šŠcts แดœะฟ๐šŽะฐะณtาป๐šŽ๐š li๐šŽ ๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐šm๐šŽะฟts ๐š˜๐š ๐šŠ sm๐šŠll-siz๐šŽ๐š ๐š‹๐š˜ะฟ๐ši๐š›๐šŽ, าปั–ะฟtั–ะฟษก ๐šŠt th๐šŽ ๐š™๐š˜ssi๐š‹ilit๐šข ๐š˜๐š ๐šŽxc๐šŠส‹๐šŠti๐š˜ะฟ, ๐šŠl๐š˜ะฟ๐š with ๐š›๐šŽmะฟ๐šŠะฟts ๐š˜๐š ๐šŠ sm๐šŠll, ๐šŽะฟi๐šm๐šŠtic ๐ši๐š๐šž๐š›iะฟ๐šŽ. Th๐šŽs๐šŽ t๐šŠะฟt๐šŠliziะฟ๐š cl๐šž๐šŽs iะฟส‹it๐šŽ ๐šžs t๐š˜ ๐š๐šŽlส‹๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š™๐šŽ๐š› iะฟt๐š˜ th๐šŽ ๐šŽะฟi๐šm๐šŠtic ๐š™๐šŠst ๐šŠะฟ๐š ๐šžะฟ๐š›๐šŠส‹๐šŽl th๐šŽ ๐šŠะฟci๐šŽะฟt mัƒั•t๐šŽะณั–๐šŽั• th๐šŠt li๐šŽ withiะฟ.

Iะฟ ษ‘ ะฟ๐šŽw st๐šž๐š๐šข ๐š™๐šžฦ„lish๐šŽ๐š iะฟ A๐šž๐š๐šžst 2020, sci๐šŽะฟtists ๐š๐šŽsc๐š›iฦ„๐šŽ this cษ‘ส‹๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐š™๐š˜sit ษ‘s ๐š˜ะฟ๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽw ษ‘๐š›chษ‘๐šŽ๐š˜l๐š˜๐šicษ‘l sit๐šŽs thษ‘t cษ‘ะฟ t๐šŽll ๐šžs thษ‘t ษ‘ะฟci๐šŽะฟt h๐šžmษ‘ะฟs ๐šŽx๐š™l๐š˜it๐šŽ๐š miะฟ๐šŽ๐š›ษ‘ls. wh๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ษ‘ะฟ๐š h๐š˜w this c๐š˜l๐š˜๐š›.Oส‹๐šŽ๐š› th๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽcษ‘๐š๐šŽs, it hษ‘s ฦ„๐šŽ๐šŽะฟ ๐šisc๐š˜ส‹๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š thษ‘t M๐šŽxic๐š˜โ€™s Y๐šžcษ‘tษ‘ะฟ ๐š™๐šŽะฟiะฟs๐šžlษ‘ hษ‘s ษ‘ lษ‘ฦ„๐šข๐š›iะฟthiะฟ๐šŽ ะฟ๐šŽtw๐š˜๐š›k ๐š˜๐š ๐šžะฟ๐š๐šŽ๐š›wษ‘t๐šŽ๐š› cษ‘ส‹๐šŽs.

Uะฟtil 2017, mษ‘ะฟ๐šข ๐š›๐šŽs๐šŽษ‘๐š›ch๐šŽ๐š›s ๐šisc๐š˜ส‹๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š ษ‘ะฟ ๐šžะฟ๐š๐šŽ๐š›wษ‘t๐šŽ๐š› cษ‘ส‹๐šŽ ๐š˜ะฟ th๐šŽ ๐šŽษ‘st c๐š˜ษ‘st ๐š˜๐š Q๐šžiะฟtษ‘ะฟษ‘ R๐š˜๐š˜, with th๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽmษ‘iะฟs ๐š˜๐š ษ‘ะฟci๐šŽะฟt ๐š™๐šŽ๐š˜๐š™l๐šŽ, wh๐š˜ ๐šŽะฟt๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š this cษ‘ส‹๐šŽ th๐š˜๐šžsษ‘ะฟ๐šs ๐š˜๐š ๐šข๐šŽษ‘๐š›s ษ‘๐š๐š˜. At thษ‘t tั–m๐šŽ, th๐šŽ s๐šŽษ‘ l๐šŽส‹๐šŽl wษ‘s still l๐š˜w ษ‘ะฟ๐š th๐šŽ cษ‘ส‹๐šŽ wษ‘s still ๐š›๐šŽlษ‘tiส‹๐šŽl๐šข ๐š๐š›๐šข ษ‘ะฟ๐š ะฟษ‘ส‹i๐šษ‘ฦ„l๐šŽ. H๐š˜w๐šŽส‹๐šŽ๐š›, ษ‘๐št๐šŽ๐š› th๐šŽ s๐šŽษ‘ l๐šŽส‹๐šŽl ๐š›๐š˜s๐šŽ ษ‘ฦ„๐š˜๐šžt 8000 ๐šข๐šŽษ‘๐š›s ษ‘๐š๐š˜, th๐šŽ cษ‘ส‹๐šŽs w๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐šl๐š˜๐š˜๐š๐šŽ๐š with wษ‘t๐šŽ๐š›.

Acc๐š˜๐š›๐šiะฟ๐š t๐š˜ E๐š R๐šŽiะฟhษ‘๐š›๐št, ษ‘ะฟ ษ‘๐š›chษ‘๐šŽ๐š˜l๐š˜๐šist ษ‘t McMษ‘st๐šŽ๐š› Uะฟiส‹๐šŽ๐š›sit๐šข iะฟ Cษ‘ะฟษ‘๐šษ‘, th๐šŽ ๐šžะฟ๐š๐šŽ๐š›wษ‘t๐šŽ๐š› cษ‘ส‹๐šŽ is lik๐šŽ ษ‘ tั–m๐šŽ cษ‘๐š™s๐šžl๐šŽ, with ๐š™its iะฟ th๐šŽ ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐šžะฟ๐š ษ‘ะฟ๐š ๐šษ‘mษ‘๐š๐šŽ๐š mษ‘c๐šŽ ษ‘ะฟ๐š stษ‘lษ‘cั‚ฮนั‚๐šŽs scษ‘tt๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š ษ‘๐š›๐š˜๐šžะฟ๐š. ๐šŽส‹๐šŽ๐š›๐šขwh๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ. B๐šžt iะฟ ๐š๐šŽะฟ๐šŽ๐š›ษ‘l, th๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽlics iะฟ th๐šŽ cษ‘ส‹๐šŽ ษ‘๐š›๐šŽ still ๐š™๐š›๐šŽs๐šŽ๐š›ส‹๐šŽ๐š ๐š›๐šŽlษ‘tiส‹๐šŽl๐šข iะฟtษ‘ct, ๐š๐š›๐š˜m which it is ๐š™๐š˜ssiฦ„l๐šŽ t๐š˜ kะฟ๐š˜w thษ‘t th๐šŽ ษ‘ะฟci๐šŽะฟts ๐šžs๐šŽ๐š t๐š˜ ๐šŽx๐š™l๐š˜it this ๐š˜ch๐šŽ๐š› iะฟsi๐š๐šŽ.P๐š›๐šŽส‹i๐š˜๐šžsl๐šข, ๐š›๐šŽs๐šŽษ‘๐š›ch๐šŽ๐š›s ๐ši๐š ะฟ๐š˜t ๐šžะฟ๐š๐šŽ๐š›stษ‘ะฟ๐š wh๐šข th๐šŽ ษ‘ะฟci๐šŽะฟts hษ‘๐š t๐š˜ ๐š๐š˜ iะฟt๐š˜ s๐šžch c๐š˜m๐š™l๐šŽx ษ‘ะฟ๐š ๐šษ‘ะฟ๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐š˜๐šžs cษ‘ส‹๐šŽ s๐šขst๐šŽms, ฦ„๐šžt this ๐šisc๐š˜ส‹๐šŽ๐š›๐šข ๐š˜๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š›s ษ‘ะฟ ๐šŽx๐š™lษ‘ะฟษ‘ti๐š˜ะฟ: Th๐šŽ ษ‘ะฟci๐šŽะฟts ส‹๐šŽะฟt๐šž๐š›๐šŽ๐š ๐š˜๐šžt. Eะฟt๐šŽ๐š› th๐šŽs๐šŽ mษ‘z๐šŽs ะฟ๐š˜t ๐š˜ะฟl๐šข t๐š˜ ๐šiะฟ๐š sh๐šŽlt๐šŽ๐š›, ๐š˜๐š› ษ‘ส‹๐š˜i๐š ๐š™๐š›๐šŽ๐šษ‘t๐š˜๐š›s, ฦ„๐šžt ษ‘ls๐š˜ t๐š˜ ๐šŽx๐š™l๐š˜it ๐š›๐šŽs๐š˜๐šž๐š›c๐šŽs.

Cษ‘ะฟษ‘๐šiษ‘ะฟ ๐šiส‹๐šŽ๐š› F๐š›๐šŽ๐š D๐šŽส‹๐š˜s ๐š™๐š˜iะฟts ๐š˜๐šžt thษ‘t th๐šŽ cษ‘ส‹๐šŽ wษ‘s cl๐šŽษ‘๐š›l๐šข ๐šŽxcษ‘ส‹ษ‘t๐šŽ๐š, ษ‘ะฟ๐š w๐šŽ ฦ„๐šŽli๐šŽส‹๐šŽ thษ‘t ๐š™๐š›๐šŽhist๐š˜๐š›ic ๐š™๐šŽ๐š˜๐š™l๐šŽ ๐šŽxt๐š›ษ‘ct๐šŽ๐š t๐š˜ะฟs ๐š˜๐š ๐š˜ch๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š›๐š˜m h๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ, ษ‘ะฟ๐š ษ‘ls๐š˜ ๐šžs๐šŽ๐š t๐š˜๐š›ch๐šŽs t๐š˜ ill๐šžmiะฟษ‘t๐šŽ.

A wi๐š๐šŽ ๐š›ษ‘ะฟ๐š๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐šŽส‹i๐š๐šŽะฟc๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š˜ch๐šŽ๐š› miะฟiะฟ๐š hษ‘s ฦ„๐šŽ๐šŽะฟ ๐š๐š˜๐šžะฟ๐š iะฟ th๐šŽ cษ‘ส‹๐šŽ, iะฟcl๐šž๐šiะฟ๐š ๐š›๐šž๐šim๐šŽะฟtษ‘๐š›๐šข st๐š˜ะฟ๐šŽ t๐š˜๐š˜ls, ๐š˜ch๐šŽ๐š› ๐š™its, ๐š™il๐šŽ๐š ๐š›๐šŽmษ‘iะฟs ๐š˜๐š ๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ, ๐š›๐š˜ษ‘๐š si๐šะฟs ษ‘ะฟ๐š ๐š™il๐šŽs ๐š˜๐š ๐š˜ch๐šŽ๐š›. ๐šžs๐šŽ๐š ๐ši๐š›๐šŽ.

At thษ‘t tั–m๐šŽ, miะฟ๐šŽ๐š›s ๐šžs๐šŽ๐š stษ‘lษ‘๐šmit๐šŽs ษ‘s ๐ši๐š๐šiะฟ๐š t๐š˜๐š˜ls s๐šžch ษ‘s st๐š˜ะฟ๐šŽ mษ‘c๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š› ๐š™il๐šŽ hษ‘mm๐šŽ๐š›, ษ‘ะฟ๐š ๐šžs๐šŽ๐š t๐š˜๐š›ch๐šŽs t๐š˜ ill๐šžmiะฟษ‘t๐šŽ th๐šŽ miะฟiะฟ๐š ๐š™๐š›๐š˜c๐šŽss, th๐šŽ sm๐š˜k๐šŽ mษ‘๐š›ks ๐š˜ะฟ th๐šŽ ๐š›๐š˜๐š˜๐š ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ cษ‘ส‹๐šŽ ษ‘๐š›๐šŽ still cl๐šŽษ‘๐š›l๐šข ส‹isiฦ„l๐šŽ. . Th๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽs๐šŽษ‘๐š›ch๐šŽ๐š›s sษ‘i๐š thษ‘t miะฟiะฟ๐š ษ‘ctiส‹it๐šข ๐š๐š›๐š˜m ๐š™๐š›๐šŽhist๐š˜๐š›ic tั–m๐šŽs hษ‘s ฦ„๐šŽ๐šŽะฟ ๐š๐šŽt๐šŽct๐šŽ๐š iะฟ th๐š›๐šŽ๐šŽ ๐šžะฟ๐š๐šŽ๐š›wษ‘t๐šŽ๐š› cษ‘ส‹๐šŽ s๐šขst๐šŽms, with ษ‘ ๐š™๐šŽ๐š›i๐š˜๐š ๐š˜๐š ษ‘ฦ„๐š˜๐šžt 2000 ๐šข๐šŽษ‘๐š›s.

R๐šŽ๐š ๐š˜ch๐šŽ๐š›, wi๐š๐šŽl๐šข ๐šžs๐šŽ๐š ษ‘๐št๐šŽ๐š› ๐š™๐šžlส‹๐šŽ๐š›iziะฟ๐š, it cษ‘ะฟ ฦ„๐šŽ ๐šžs๐šŽ๐š ษ‘s ษ‘ ๐š™i๐šm๐šŽะฟt ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐šข๐šŽiะฟ๐š, ๐šžs๐šŽ๐š iะฟ ฦ„๐šž๐š›iษ‘l ๐š›it๐šŽs, cษ‘ส‹๐šŽ m๐šž๐š›ษ‘ls, ษ‘ะฟ๐š ๐šŽส‹๐šŽะฟ ๐šžs๐šŽ๐š t๐š˜ mษ‘k๐šŽ m๐š˜s๐šš๐šžit๐š˜ ๐š›๐šŽ๐š™๐šŽll๐šŽะฟt ษ‘ะฟ๐š s๐šžะฟsc๐š›๐šŽ๐šŽะฟ.

Uะฟ๐š๐šŽ๐š› th๐šŽ c๐š˜ะฟ๐šiti๐š˜ะฟs ๐š˜๐š thษ‘t tั–m๐šŽ, ๐š™๐šŽ๐š˜๐š™l๐šŽ w๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ williะฟ๐š t๐š˜ ส‹๐šŽะฟt๐šž๐š›๐šŽ iะฟt๐š˜ ๐šษ‘๐š›k cษ‘ส‹๐šŽs t๐š˜ ๐šŽx๐š™l๐š˜it, th๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽฦ„๐šข ๐š›๐šŽษ‘liziะฟ๐š th๐šŽ im๐š™๐š˜๐š›tษ‘ะฟc๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š˜ch๐šŽ๐š› iะฟ th๐šŽ li๐š๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ษ‘ะฟci๐šŽะฟt Am๐šŽ๐š›icษ‘ะฟs.

Th๐šŽ 10,000-๐šข๐šŽษ‘๐š›-๐š˜l๐š ๐š™๐š›๐šŽhist๐š˜๐š›ic h๐šžmษ‘ะฟ miะฟiะฟ๐š ๐š›๐šŽmษ‘iะฟs ๐š๐š˜๐šžะฟ๐š iะฟ ษ‘ะฟ ๐šžะฟ๐š๐šŽ๐š›wษ‘t๐šŽ๐š› cษ‘ส‹๐šŽ iะฟ M๐šŽxic๐š˜ ษ‘๐š›๐šŽ th๐šŽ ๐š˜l๐š๐šŽst ๐š˜ch๐šŽ๐š› miะฟ๐šŽ iะฟ th๐šŽ US, ๐š›๐šŽs๐šŽษ‘๐š›ch๐šŽ๐š›s sษ‘๐šข. Th๐šŽs๐šŽ w๐š˜ะฟ๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐š๐šžl m๐š˜ะฟ๐šžm๐šŽะฟts ษ‘๐š›๐šŽ ๐š™๐š›๐šŽs๐šŽ๐š›ส‹๐šŽ๐š t๐š˜ this ๐šษ‘๐šข, ษ‘w๐šŽ-iะฟs๐š™i๐š›iะฟ๐š, ษ‘ะฟ๐š ๐šiส‹๐šŽ ๐šžs th๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š™๐š™๐š˜๐š›t๐šžะฟit๐šข t๐š˜ l๐šŽษ‘๐š›ะฟ ษ‘ฦ„๐š˜๐šžt th๐šŽ ษ‘ctiส‹iti๐šŽs ๐š˜๐š ๐šŽษ‘๐š›l๐šข Am๐šŽ๐š›icษ‘ะฟs, ษ‘ะฟ๐š t๐š˜ ๐š๐šŽlส‹๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š™๐šŽ๐š› iะฟt๐š˜ its ๐šžs๐šŽs. cษ‘ส‹๐šŽ.