{"id":1388,"date":"2013-05-14T20:07:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T00:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icic.com\/site\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2019-07-09T22:03:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T02:33:28","slug":"pnc-financial-services-pnc-under-ceo-william-demchak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icic.com\/?p=1388","title":{"rendered":"PNC Financial Services (PNC) under CEO William Demchak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PNC Financial Services (PNC) under CEO William Demchak<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\">PNC Financial Services (PNC) under CEO William Demchak<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"MsoNormalTable\" style=\"line-height: normal; border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 4.8pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;\" width=\"383\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 16.2pt; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;\">\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">6<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">H<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">H<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">T<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">8<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 16.2pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;\">\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">T<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">T<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">T<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">6<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 16.2pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;\">\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">4<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">H<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">H<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">T<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">8<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 16.2pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;\">\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 16.2pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;\">\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">H<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">T<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">T<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 16.2pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;\">\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">H<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">T<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">T<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 16.2pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\">\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">T<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">T<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"25\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">T<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"23\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">6<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; background: #bfbfbf; padding-top: 0in;\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"38\" height=\"27\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\">Hexagram 46 \u2013 Sheng &#8211; Pushing Upward<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Above<span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>K&#8217;UN<span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Below<span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>SUN<span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>THE GENTLE, WIND, WOOD<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">The lower trigram, Sun, represents wood, and the upper, K&#8217;un, means the earth.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Linked with this is the idea that wood in the earth grows upward.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>In contrast to the meaning of Chin, PROGRESS (35), <\/span><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt;\">this pushing upward is associated with effort, just as a plant needs energy for pushing upward through the earth.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>That is why this hexagram, although it is connected with success, is associated with effort of the will.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>In PROGRESS the emphasis is on expansion; PUSHING UPWARD indicates rather a vertical ascent &#8211; direct rise from obscurity and lowliness to power and influence.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">THE JUDGMENT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">PUSHING UPWARD <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">has supreme success.<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">One must see the great man. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Fear not. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Departure toward the south <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Brings good fortune.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">The pushing upward of the good elements encounters no obstruction and is therefore accompanied by great success.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>The pushing upward is made possible not by violence but by modesty and adaptability.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Since the individual is borne along by the propitiousness of the time, he advances.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>He must go to see authoritative people.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>He need not be afraid to do this, because success is assured.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>But he must set to work, for activity (this is the meaning of &#8220;the south&#8221;) brings good fortune.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">THE IMAGE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Within the earth, wood grows: The image of PUSHING UPWARD. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Thus the superior man of devoted character <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Heaps up small things <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">In order to achieve something high and great.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Adapting itself to obstacles and bending around them, wood in the earth grows upward without haste and without rest.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Thus too the superior man is devoted in character and never pauses in his progress.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">THE LINES<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Six at the beginning means: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Pushing upward that meets with confidence <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Brings great good fortune.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">This is the situation at the beginning of ascent.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Just as wood draws strength for its upward push from the root, which in itself is in the lowest place, so the power to rise comes from this low and obscure station.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>But there is a spiritual affinity with the rulers above, and this solidarity creates the confidence needed to accomplish something.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Six in the fifth place means: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Perseverance brings good fortune.<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">One pushes upward by steps.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat; background-position: 0% 0%; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-highlight: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">When a man is advancing farther and farther, it is important for him not to become intoxicated by success.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Precisely when he experiences great success it is necessary to remain sober and not to try to skip any stages; he must go on slowly, step by step, as though hesitant.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Only such calm, steady progress, overleaping nothing, leads to the goal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">HEXAGRAM 05 \u2013 Hsu &#8211; Waiting (Nourishment)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Above<span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>K&#8217;AN<span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>THE ABYSMAL, WATER<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Below<span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>CH\u2019IEN<span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\">\u00a0 <\/span>THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">All beings have need of nourishment from above.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>But the gift of food comes in its own time, and for this one must wait.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>This hexagram shows the clouds in the heavens, giving rain to refresh all that grows and to provide mankind with food and drink.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>The rain will come in its own time.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>We cannot make it come; we have to wait for it.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>The idea of waiting is further suggested by the attributes of the two trigrams &#8211; strength within, danger in front. 2 Strength in the face of danger does not plunge ahead but bides its time, whereas weakness in the face of danger grows agitated and has not the patience to wait.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">THE JUDGMENT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">WAITING.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>If you are sincere, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">You have light and success. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Perseverance brings good fortune. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">It furthers one to cross the great water.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Waiting is not mere empty hoping.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>It has the inner certainty of reaching the goal.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Such certainty alone gives that light which leads to success.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>This leads to the perseverance that brings good fortune and bestows power to cross the great water.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">One is faced with a danger that has to be overcome.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Weakness and impatience can do nothing.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Only a strong man can stand up to his fate, for his inner security enables him to endure to the end.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>This strength shows itself in uncompromising truthfulness (with himself).<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are, without any sort of self-deception or illusion, that a light will develop out of events, by which the path to success may be recognized.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>This recognition must be followed by resolute and persevering action.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>For only the man who goes to meet his fate resolutely is equipped to deal with it adequately.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Then he will be able to cross the great water &#8211; that is to say, he will be capable of making the necessary decision and of surmounting the danger.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">THE IMAGE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Clouds rise up to heaven: The image of WAITING. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;\">Thus the superior man eats and drinks, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: en-us;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Is joyous and of good cheer.<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; 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