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&%%~~.....                ~~@    @~~                .....~~%%&
&&&%~~~...              ~~@  LIFE  @~~              ...~~~%&&&
##@¶@%†~^.                ~~@    @~~                .^~†%@¶@##
#@¶&@%†~^.                  ~~¶@~~                  .^~†%@&¶@#
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@¶@†^^.... ~ ~ @  A MULTITUDE OF DEFINITIONS @ ~  ~ ....^^†@¶@
##¶&@%†~^. ~   @   DOES   NOT   HELP.    WE   @   ~ .^~†%@&¶##
#@¶&@%†~^. @     CAN     SAY     "LIFE     IS     @ .^~†%@&¶@#
##@¶&@†~^. ~   @    WHAT   WE   ARE,    AND   @   ~ .^~†@&¶@##
@&%††~^^^. ~  ~  @  WHAT  THINGS  LIKE  US  @  ~  ~ .^^^~††%&@
#@¶&@%†~^. ~   @   ARE",   BUT    THEN   WE   @   ~ .^~†%@&¶@#
#@¶&@%†~^. @    MUST    ALSO    DEFINE    WHAT    @ .^~†%@&¶@#
@¶&&@%†~^. ~  @  "THINGS  LIKE  US"  ACTUALLY  @  ~ .^~†%@&&¶@
#@¶&@%†~^. ~  ~  @ ENTAILS, HOW  IT  SHOULD  @ ~  ~ .^~†%@&¶@#
&@†^...... ~   @   BE   MEASURED,  WHO   OR   @   ~ ......^†@&
&&%†††~^^. @     WHAT    IS    THE    ARBITER,    @ .^^~†††%&&
##@¶&%†~^. ~  @   AND  SO   INSTEAD   THERE   @   ~ .^~†%&¶@##
@&%~~~.... ~   ~   @   IS    THIS   INTERNATIONALLY ....~~~%&@
¶@†~...... SANCTIONED      LIST     @      ~      ~ ......~†@¶
¶&%†~^.... ~  ~  ~ ~  @  OF  CRITERIA  @ ~  ~  ~  ~ ....^~†%&¶
##@&@%†~^.                                          .^~†%@&@##
@&@@%~^^.. - LIFE MUST PRODUCE OR CONSUME MILK      ..^^~%@@&@
#@¶&@%†~^. - LIFE MUST HAVE A BEGINNING AND AN END  .^~†%@&¶@#
##@¶@%†~^. - LIFE CAN HAVE DREAMS AND CAN INTERACT  .^~†%@¶@##
&&&&@%†~^. - LIFE CAN STEAL                         .^~†%@&&&&
#@¶&@%†~^. - LIFE CAN BE CURSED                     .^~†%@&¶@#
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