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The ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ Boston-based quintet found the middle ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ ground between the menace of the ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ Rolling Stones and the campy, sleazy ▀█████████ ▀▀██▄ flamboyance of the New York Dolls, ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ developing a lean, dirty riff-oriented ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌ ▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ boogie that was loose and swinging and ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀ ▐███▌▄█████▀ as hard as a diamond. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▄ ▄███▄█████▀ In the meantime, they developed a ▀█████▄ ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ prototype for power ballads with "Dream ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ On," a piano ballad that was ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ orchestrated with strings and ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ distorted guitars. Aerosmith's ability ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ to pull off both ballads and rock & roll ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ made them extremely popular during the ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄ ▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ mid-'70s, when they had a string of gold ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████ ▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ and platinum albums. By the early '80s, ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀ ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ the group's audience had declined as the ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▀▀███▀▄█████▀ band fell prey to drug and alcohol abuse. ▀█████▄ ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ However, their career was far from over ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ in the late '80s, Aerosmith pulled off ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ one of the most remarkable comebacks ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ in rock history, returning to the top ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ of the charts with a group of albums ▀█████████ ▀▀██▄ that equalled, if not surpassed, the ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ popularity of their '70s albums. ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌ ▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀ ▐███▌▄█████▀ In 1970, the first incarnation of ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▄ ▄███▄█████▀ Aerosmith formed when vocalist Steven ▀█████▄ ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Tyler met guitarist Joe Perry while ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ working at a Sunapee, NH, ice-cream ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ parlor. Tyler, who originally was a ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ drummer, and Perry decided to form a ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ power trio with bassist Tom Hamilton. ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ The group soon expanded to a quartet, ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄ ▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ adding a second guitarist called Ray ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████ ▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Tabano; he was quickly replaced by Brad ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀ ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Whitford, a former member of Earth Inc. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▀▀███▀▄█████▀ With the addition of drummer Joey Kramer, ▀█████▄ ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ Tyler became the full-time lead singer ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ by the end of year. Aerosmith relocated ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ to Boston at the end of 1970. ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ After playing clubs in the Massachusetts ▀█████████ ▀▀██▄ and New York areas for two years, the ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ group landed a record contract with ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌ ▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ Columbia Records in 1972. Aerosmith's ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀ ▐███▌▄█████▀ self-titled debut album was released in ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▄ ▄███▄█████▀ the fall of 1973, climbing to number 166. ▀█████▄ ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ "Dream On" was released as the first ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ single and it was a minor hit, reaching ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ number 59. For the next year, the band ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ built a fan base by touring America, ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ supporting groups as diverse as the ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ Kinks, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Sha Na Na, ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄ ▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ and Mott the Hoople. The performance of ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████ ▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Get Your Wings (1974), the group's ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀ ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ second album and the first produced by ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Jack Douglas, benefited from their ▀█████▄ ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ constant touring, spending a total of 86 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ weeks on the chart. ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Aerosmith's third record, 1975's Toys ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ in the Attic, was their breakthrough ▀█████████ ▀▀██▄ album both commercially and artistically. ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ By the time it was recorded, the band's ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌ ▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ sound had developed into a sleek, ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀ ▐███▌▄█████▀ hard-driving hard rock powered by ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▄ ▄███▄█████▀ simple, almost brutal, blues-based riffs. ▀█████▄ ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Many critics at the time labeled the ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ group as punk rockers, and it's easy to ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ see why instead of adhering to the ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ world-music pretentions of Led Zeppelin ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ or the prolonged gloomy mysticism of ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ Black Sabbath, Aerosmith stripped heavy ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄ ▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ metal to its basic core, spitting out ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████ ▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ spare riffs that not only rocked, but ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀ ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ rolled. Steven Tyler's lyrics were ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▀▀███▀▄█████▀ filled with double entendres and clever ▀█████▄ ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ jokes and the entire band had a ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ streetwise charisma that separated them ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ from the heavy, lumbering arena ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ rockers of the era. Toys in the Attic ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ captured the essence of the newly ▀█████████ ▀▀██▄ invigorated Aerosmith. "Sweet Emotion," ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ the first single from Toys in the Attic, ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌ ▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ broke into the Top 40 in the summer of ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀ ▐███▌▄█████▀ 1975, with the album reaching number 11 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▄ ▄███▄█████▀ shortly afterward. Its success prompted ▀█████▄ ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ the re-release of the power \ballad ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ "Dream On," which shot into the Top Ten ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ in early 1976. Both Aerosmith and Get ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Your Wings climbed back up the charts ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ in the wake of Toys in the Attic. "Walk ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ This Way," the final single from Toys in ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄ ▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ the Attic, was released around the time ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████ ▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ of the group's new 1976 album, Rocks. ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀ ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Although it didn't feature a Top Ten hit ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▀▀███▀▄█████▀ like "Walk This Way," Rocks went platinum ▀█████▄ ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ quickly, peaking at number three. ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ In early 1977, Aerosmith took a break ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ and prepared material for their fifth ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ album. Released late in 1977, Draw the ▀█████████ ▀▀██▄ Line was another hit, climbing to number ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ 11 on the U.S. charts, but it showed ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌ ▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ signs of exhaustion. In addition to ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀ ▐███▌▄█████▀ another tour in 1978, the band appeared ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▄ ▄███▄█████▀ in the movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts ▀█████▄ ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Club Band, performing "Come Together," ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ which eventually became a number 23 ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ hit. Live! Bootleg appeared late in ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ 1978 and became another success, ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ reaching number 13. Aerosmith recorded ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ Night in the Ruts in 1979, releasing the ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄ ▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ record at the end of the year. By the ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████ ▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ time of its release, Joe Perry had left ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀ ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ the band to form the Joe Perry Project. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Night in the Ruts performed respectably, ▀█████▄ ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ climbing to number 14 and going gold, ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ yet it was the least successful ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ Aerosmith record to date. Brad ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Whitford left the group in early 1980, ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ forming the Whitsford-St. Holmes Band ▀█████████ ▀▀██▄ with former Ted Nugent guitarist Derek ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ St. Holmes. ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌ ▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀ ▐███▌▄█████▀ As Aerosmith regrouped with new ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▄ ▄███▄█████▀ guitarists Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay, ▀█████▄ ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ the band released Aerosmith's Greatest ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ Hits in late 1980; the record would ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ eventually sell over six million ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ copies. The new lineup of Aerosmith ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ released Rock in a Hard Place in 1982. ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ Peaking at number 32, it failed to match ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄ ▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ the performance of Night in the Ruts. ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████ ▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Perry and Whitford returned to the band ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀ ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ in 1984 and the group began a reunion ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▀▀███▀▄█████▀ tour dubbed Back in the Saddle. Early in ▀█████▄ ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ the tour, Tyler collapsed on stage, ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ offering proof that the band hadn't ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ conquered their notorious drug and ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ alcohol addictions. The following year, ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ Aerosmith released Done with Mirrors, ▀█████████ ▀▀██▄ the original lineup's first record since ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ 1979 and their first for Geffen Records. ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌ ▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ Although it didn't perform as well as ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀ ▐███▌▄█████▀ Rock in a Hard Place, the album showed ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▄ ▄███▄█████▀ that the band was revitalized. ▀█████▄ ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ After the release of Done with Mirrors, ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ Tyler and Perry completed ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ rehabilitation programs. In 1986, the ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ pair appeared on Run D.M.C.'s cover of ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ "Walk This Way," along with appearing in ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄ ▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ the video. "Walk This Way" became a hit, ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████ ▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ reaching number four and receiving ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀ ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ saturation airplay on MTV. "Walk This ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Way" set the stage for the band's ▀█████▄ ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ full-scale comeback effort, the Bruce ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ Fairburn-produced Permanent Vacation ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ (1987). Tyler and Perry collaborated ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ with professional hard rock songwriters ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ like Holly Knight and Desmond Child, ▀█████████ ▀▀██▄ resulting in the hits "Dude (Looks Like a ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ Lady)," "Rag Doll" and "Angel." ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌ ▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ Permanent Vacation peaked at number 11 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀ ▐███▌▄█████▀ and sold over three million copies. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▄ ▄███▄█████▀ ▀█████▄ ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Pump, released in 1989, continued the ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ band's winning streak, reaching number ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ five, selling over four million ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ copies, and spawning the Top Ten ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ singles "Love in an Elevator," "Janie's ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ Got a Gun," and "What It Takes." ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄ ▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ Aerosmith released Get a Grip in 1993. ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████ ▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Like Permanent Vacation and Pump, Get a ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀ ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Grip was produced by Bruce Fairburn and ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▀▀███▀▄█████▀ featured significant contributions by ▀█████▄ ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ professional songwriters. The album was ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ as successful as the band's previous ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ two records, featuring the hit singles ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ "Livin' on the Edge," "Cryin'," and ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ "Amazing." In 1994, Aerosmith released ▀█████████ ▀▀██▄ Big Ones, a compilation of hits from ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ their Geffen years which fulfilled their ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌ ▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ contract with the label; it went double ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀ ▐███▌▄█████▀ platinum shortly after its release. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▄ ▄███▄█████▀ ▀█████▄ ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ While Aerosmith was at the height of its ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ revitalized popularity in the early ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ '90s, the group signed a lucrative ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ multi-million dollar contract with ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ Columbia Records, even though they still ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ owed Geffen two albums. It wasn't until ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄ ▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 1995 that the band was able to begin ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████ ▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ working on their first record under the ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀ ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ new contract nearly five years after ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▀▀███▀▄█████▀ the contract was signed. The making of ▀█████▄ ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ Aerosmith albums usually had been ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ difficult affairs, but the recording of ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ Nine Lives was plagued with bad luck. ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ The band went through a number of ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ producers and songwriters before ▀█████████ ▀▀██▄ settling on Kevin Shirley in 1996. More ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ damaging, however, was the dismissal of ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌ ▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ the band's manager Tim Collins, who had ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀ ▐███▌▄█████▀ been responsible for bringing the band ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▄ ▄███▄█████▀ from the brink of addiction. Upon his ▀█████▄ ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ firing, Collins insinuated that Steven ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ Tyler was using hard drugs again, an ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ allegation that Aerosmith adamantly ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ denied. Under such circumstances, ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ recording became quite difficult, and ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ when Nine Lives finally appeared in the ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄ ▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ spring of 1997, it was greeted with ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████ ▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ great anticipation, yet the initial ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀ ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ reviews were mixed and even though album ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▀▀███▀▄█████▀ debuted at number one, it quickly fell ▀█████▄ ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ down the charts. The live A Little South ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ of Sanity followed in 1998. Three years ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ later, Aerosmith strutted their stuff ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ on the halftime special on CBS with the ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ likes of Mary J. Blige, Nelly, *N Sync, ▀█████████ ▀▀██▄ and Britney Spears, just prior to issuing ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ their heart stomping Just Push Play in ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌ ▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ March 2001. ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀ ▐███▌▄█████▀ ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀ ▄ ▄███▄█████▀ yea, new aerosmith, blues style! ▀█████▄ ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ Enjoy ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▓██▓ ▓██▓ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ ▀███████▀▀ ▄█████▀ ▀█████▄ ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄ ▐█████ ▐█▓ ▓█▌ █████▌ █████▌ ███▌ ▐███ ▐█████ ▀█████▄ ▄▓██▓ ▄███▓▓▄▄ ▄▄▓▓███▄ ▓██▓▄ ▄█████▀ ▀▀███████▀ ▄▄██▀ ▀██▄ ▄██▀ ▀██▄▄ ▀███████▀▀ ▄███▀█▄██▀▀ ▄██▀▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▀██▄ ▀▀██▄█▀███▄ ▄████████▀▀▓▓▓▄▄▄█████▓██▀▀▀▀██▄ ▄▄██▀▀▀▀██▓█████▄▄▄▓▓▓▀▀████████▄ ▄█████▀▄██▌ ▀▀▀▀▀███▄ ▀████▀ ▄███▀▀▀▀▀ ▐██▄▀█████▄ ▄█████▌▐████▄ ▄▄▄███▀▀██▄▄▄███▀████▄▄▄██▀▀███▄▄▄ ▄████▌▐█████▄ ██████▌ ▀█████▄▄▄█████▀ ███▀▀ ▀▀███ ▀█████▄▄▄█████▀ ▐██████ ▀▀████▄▄ ▀▀███████▀▀ ▄▄█▀▀ ▀▀█▄▄ ▀▀███████▀▀ ▄▄████▀▀ ▀▀███▄▄▄ ▄▄▄█▓▀▀ ▀▀▓█▄▄▄ ▄▄▄███▀▀ ███▌ ▐█▌ ▄▄█▀ █ ▀█▄▄ ▐█▌ ▐███ ▀██▄ ▄█▀ ▄▄▄██▀▀ ███ ▀▀██▄▄▄ ▀█▄ ▄██▀ ▀▀██▄██████▀▀▀ ▓████ ▀▀▀██████▄██▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▐██████ ▀▀▀▀ ████████ █████▄███▌ ▐█████▌▐███ ██████▄████▌ █████▌▐█████ █████▌▓█████ ▀█▓▀▄▄▄▄▄ █████░██████ ▀▓▓████████▄▄ ▐▓███░██████ ▄▄▄▄▄▀▓█▀ ▀███████▀▀███▄▄ ▓██████████ ▄▄████████▓▓▀ ▀████████▄█▀▀██▄▄ ▀███▌▐███▓▌ ▄▄███▀▀███████▀ ▀███████████▀███▄ ▓██▌▐██▓▓ ▄▄██▀▀█▄████████▀ ▀██████████▄▄▀▀█▄ ▓██ █▓▓▌ ███▀███████████▀ ▀███████████▀██ ▓▓ ▓▓▄██▀▄▄██████████▀ ▀▀█████████▄█▌▐▓█▓▌█▓▓██████████▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀▀█████▄ ██▓▓█▄█████████▀▀ ▄▄▄▄███████████████████▄▄▄▓▓▀▓▄████▄█████▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄██████████▀▀▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▓▓▓█████████▓▓▓▄▓▀▓▓▄▄▄███████████████████▄▄▄▄ ▀███▓▓▓████████▓▓▓████████▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀█▀█▄▄██▀█▀▓▓▓▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀▀▀█▀██████▄▄ ▀▀▀▓▓▓███████▓▓▓▓███████▀▀▀ ▄▄▀▄██████▄▀█▄▄ ▀▀▀████████████████████▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▄▄██▀███▀▀███▀█▄▀████▄▄ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▄████████ ███ ██▄▀█████▄ ▄███████▀ ██▌ ▀████████▄ ████▀▀▀ ▐██▌ ▀▀▀████ ▐███ ██▓ ▐█▓▌ ▀▓█▄ ▀▀