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PE retiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766924705045392225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032773034697507397.post-39685327126602664782018-07-12T01:52:00.000-07:002018-07-12T02:02:15.515-07:00the rest of the story<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I discovered standing water in our crawl space first; but, it was our (widow) "roofmate" who contacted county building code enforcement first. she was coming up on the end of her 1 yr. guarantee and hired a private home inspector. he found water in her crawl space and she contacted BCE. they came and inspected her crawl space first, then ours. the county BCE official told us both that there were code violations and the builder would have to fix them. then two days later he told us that the county attorney (a private attorney living and working in the next county contracted by shenandoah county to represent shenandoah county) had decided that "they" were not going to issue a notice of violation to the builder.<br /><br />I was ready "to throw in the towel". Jenny & I have been married for 51.5 years. after the disastrous 3rd house that we owned in SC, I said that we would never own another house again. for the next 5 years we rented. we moved 6 times in 5 years. finally, last november, when our landlord refused to fix a hole in the driveway caused by lightning, I gave up. I can't live in an unsafe house. at 71 we got a 30-yr. VA loan and we bought our 4th house.<br /><br />Jenny and I are in our "4th quarter". we just want to live out our last quarter in peace. when BCE told us that they were dropping the code violation, I gave up. "you can't fight city hall." then, 24 hours later, I got back into the fray--not because of water in the crawl space, but because we were getting jerked around--time to play hardball (I don't like being jerked around). had "they" decided not to issue the building code violation, then I was prepared to go to the newspaper--just like I did in SC.<br /><br />I don't know how long that we'll be here--if we're lucky and our health holds out, etc., maybe 10 years--maybe not. sometimes we have to remind ourselves that we're in the 4th quarter and that our "treasure" isn't in a house.</span><br />
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PE retiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766924705045392225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032773034697507397.post-83244508664762817582018-07-07T00:32:00.002-07:002018-07-11T07:17:08.928-07:00shenandoah county virginia building code violation <div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">under section 401.3 of the virginia residential building code (<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://codes.iccsafe.org/public/document/VRC2012/chapter-4-foundations&source=gmail&ust=1530762947247000&usg=AFQjCNEDfTG0MMjck9TzsAUndWy-a9KOCQ" href="https://codes.iccsafe.org/public/document/VRC2012/chapter-4-foundations" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://codes.iccsafe.org/pub<wbr></wbr>lic/document/VRC2012/chapter-<wbr></wbr>4-foundations</a>) and paragraph 6 of section 19.2-8 of the code of virginia (<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title19.2/chapter1/section19.2-8/&source=gmail&ust=1530762947247000&usg=AFQjCNH6pYoJLFr0IxKoqrQ3YJILAG7O8w" href="https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title19.2/chapter1/section19.2-8/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://law.lis.virginia.gov/<wbr></wbr>vacode/title19.2/chapter1/sect<wbr></wbr>ion19.2-8/</a>), I am submitting my formal complaint of violation of the virginia building code. Specifically, section 401.3 of the virginia residential building code states "<span style="color: black;"><i>Surface drainage shall be diverted to a storm sewer conveyance or other approved point of collection that does not create a hazard to the dwelling unit. Lots shall be graded to drain surface water away from foundation walls. The grade shall fall a minimum of 6 inches (152 mm) within the first 10 feet (3048 mm).</i>" </span>The grading at our house, located at 148 daniel ct., strasburg, does not slope away from the foundation walls as required. This has resulted in several inches of standing water in our crawl space. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our certificate of use & occupancy is attached. Please note that our house meets the time requirements set forth in paragraph 6 of section 19.2-8.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Should you reject my formal complaint, then I request a meeting at county offices with you and other county personnel or outside consultants involved in the decision not to issue a notice of violation of the building code to the builder for this violation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ray Koenig</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the ground slopes 15% towards Koenig’s house. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">at 5% for 10 feet (the 2”x4” on the ground is 10 feet long). </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">in several inches of standing water in Koenig’s crawl space. </span></div>
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<br />PE retiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766924705045392225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032773034697507397.post-54574097739289083642018-06-15T05:50:00.002-07:002018-06-18T23:56:57.294-07:00are your roof, walls, windows, doors, garage door, etc. capable of withstanding a category 4 hurricane?<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">many state building codes require that houses in coastal areas be capable of withstanding a category 4 hurricane with winds from 130 to 156 mph. </span><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Saffir–Simpson scale - Wikipedia</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">pressure P (psf) = 0.00256 times wind velocity V (mph) squared. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for V = 130 mph, P = 43.3 pounds per square foot (psf)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">or 1 ton (2,000 pounds) per 6.8 ft. by 6.8 ft. of </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">surface area</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">or 4,330 pounds (2.2 tons) per 100 sq. ft. of surface area </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for V = 156 mph, P = 62.3 psf</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">or 1 ton per 5.67 ft. by 5.67 ft. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of surface area</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">or 6,230 pounds (3.1 </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tons) per 100 sq. ft. of surface area</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">are your roof, walls, windows, doors, garage door, etc. capable of withstanding a category 4 hurricane? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">if the answer is no, then blame government building inspectors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">are the states' poor performance in enforcing building codes partly responsible for the fact that the quality of construction over the last 50 years has <u>declined</u> while the quality of goods and services in other industries has <u>increased</u> more than <u>200%</u> over the last five decades? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>PE retiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766924705045392225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032773034697507397.post-42658959372024345762018-04-26T00:31:00.000-07:002018-06-05T03:37:52.993-07:00the sad state of home construction in the US <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">many who bought new houses in the past 50 years know what this chart shows:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">that the quality of construction of new houses over the past 50 years is poor when compared to the quality of homes built 50 years ago. basic systems, e.g. structure, roof, floors, windows, weather protection, HVAC, appliances, etc., are less reliable in many new houses today than those built 50 years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">62,264 views from 2007 when I started this blog. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">most of my posts these days are to my blog <a href="http://peretiredgoodbadugly.blogspot.com/">peretiredgoodbadugly.blogspot.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'd love to hear from you; </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">contact me through any of my blogs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ian MacLaren, a noted Scotsman, author of “Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush,” cared deeply about those around him. His oft-quoted words offer wise counsel: <i>“Be kind. Everyone you meet is carrying a heavy burden.”</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ian MacLaren was the pseudonym or pen name of Rev. John Watson. Wikipedia has an entry for MacLaren. His book “Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush” was a best seller in the 1890s. In 1965 in the Chicago Tribune the words attributed to Ian MacLaren are a close match to the quotation we are tracing [CTM]:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"Most of us are acutely aware of our own struggles and we are preoccupied with our own problems. We sympathize with ourselves because we see our own difficulties so clearly. But Ian MacLaren noted wisely, “Let us be kind to one another, for most of us are fighting a hard battle.”</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I feel deeply for the people of Ellicott City who got hammered by the flood. We, including government, should do everything possible to make those who suffered losses whole again. IMHO, the government should condemn the property along Main Street, purchase it from the owners, and return it to it's natural state (natural drainageway), extending to the flood zone limits. No construction of any kind should be ever permitted again within the limits of the flood zone.</span><br />
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<br />PE retiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766924705045392225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032773034697507397.post-19539740201554270652015-11-15T23:59:00.000-08:002016-07-21T03:42:03.624-07:00comments from Hondo<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" removedlink__63ec5759-631e-442f-9692-98b512fe8833__href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/01030487042890551507" style="background-color: white; color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Hondo</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> has left a new comment on your post "</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" removedlink__63ec5759-631e-442f-9692-98b512fe8833__href="http://citizensrevoltagainstpulte.blogspot.com/2014/02/silver-spring-transit-center.html" style="background-color: white; color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Silver Spring Transit Center</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">": </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">I lived in Sun City Hilton Head from 2008 to 2013. My stucco house was built in 2005. I started to address the cracks in the stucco in 2011 having an infrared study done by a resident in Sun City. It passed the initial home inspection. The first year was ok but with sections on the border of failure. In 2012 the test revealed a failure and Pulte had to replace one side. The problem here is that they did not change the location of the expansion joints around the windows and set up another failure in the future and the other sides were headed for failure. Pulte did not charge me anything because they want to mitigate the class action suit but there is no guarantee that they will continue to fix stucco problems free of charge. Infrared test costs are paid by the homeowner and have to be done once a year or once every two years at a cost of @ $200. Furthermore, I had cracks in the foundation, and the overall quality of the house for being built in 2005 was poor. The HVAC system and roof were going to need replacement earlier than one would expect. I had cracked tiles and window leaks. All things that you would think I would have seen or read about in the home inspection when I bought the house. But you get caught up with the allure of Sun City and a house on a lagoon that you put the practical side on the back burner. The major reason I moved back north was that I felt that within 10 years I would be spending a chunk of my retirement savings to maintain a house that was fairly new.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Plus, Sun City was not the best fit for me. Politically, it is tea party conservative and I felt I was living in a large nursing home at times because there is a large segment of the population who have owned there for twenty years and are now in their 80s. Also the expense of having three golf courses would increase the POA at some point. This is just my opinion and I also felt that a large segment of the residents felt self-entitled. I worked for the management company there in a customer service position for 5 years which added to my perception. I guess the bottom line is that I am highly suspect over the construction quality of all the homes built there (even the new section) and would recommend that perspective buyers look at the overall fit of moving into a large, and aging senior community. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>When I was working, I was a civil engineer. </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Now that I'm retired, I'm a taxpayer and a consumer, </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I started this blog in 2007 when I discovered that Pulte Homes was putting out false information about the nails that they substituted for hurricane clips in the house that I owned, and THOUSANDS of other houses, at Sun City Hilton Head in Okatie, SC. (SCHH is located near the coast where the SC building code requires that houses be capable of withstanding a 130 mph wind gust from a hurricane.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In late 2011 we put our Pulte house at SCHH on the market; it finally sold in mid-2013. We are now part of a VERY large group: FORMER owners of Pulte homes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unfortunately, Pulte Homes, or Pulte Group, or whatever they're calling themselves these days, isn't the only bad builder; and, unfortunately, shoddy construction isn't limited to private construction. Check out <a href="http://silverspringtransitcenter.blogspot.com/">http://silverspringtransitcenter.blogspot.com/</a> . Not only is government failing to protect us from shoddy construction in the houses that we buy; but also, government is taking <u style="font-weight: bold;">OUR</u> money (taxes) and using it to fund shoddy public works' projects.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">...........</span>Pulte Homes' propaganda team pushes Pulte's shoddy houses<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Take it from someone who knows construction, and who made the mistake of entering into a contract with Pulte to build a new house. * </span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pulte builds shoddy houses and treats their customers poorly. Pulte Homes is dishonest, reckless, and arrogant.</span></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">* <span style="font-size: small;">The sales contract, which includes a binding arbitration clause, is based on a lot selected by the purchaser and a house "description". Detailed construction plans are NOT made available by Pulte to the purchaser--ONLY a "sales-type" description of the house and schematic "floor plans". The house that Pulte built for me (under contract) was different from the model home.</span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;"></span>PE retiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766924705045392225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032773034697507397.post-37920093300151868832015-11-06T02:56:00.000-08:002015-11-12T13:00:40.541-08:00Pulte Homes' mantra<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><strong>When problems occur with Pulte Homes' houses (they do regularly), Pulte Homes always says: <span style="color: red;"><em>"Pulte Homes is fully committed to customer satisfaction and quality."</em></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><strong>If that’s the case, then why did Pulte Homes deliberately build thousands of houses with unreinforced concrete foundations on expansive soils in Arizona in the early 2000s, and then do the same thing in Texas years later, leaving customers in Arizona and Texas to deal with devastating consequences of failed foundations? Why did Pulte Homes deliberately substitute nails for hurricane clips in thousands of houses in coastal South Carolina? Why did Pulte Homes install defective stucco in thousands of houses at the same location? </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><strong>There are widespread problems with Pulte Homes' houses at many other locations. Pulte Homes’ mantra is always the same: <span style="color: red;"><em>"Pulte Homes is fully committed to customer satisfaction and quality."</em></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial";">· Pulte installed hurricane clips at these connections <strong><span style="color: red;">BEFORE</span></strong> 2004 and <strong><span style="color: red;">AFTER</span></strong> 2007 </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial";">· <strong><u><span style="color: red;">TWO THIRDS</span></u></strong> of the truss-to-truss connections in houses built between 2004 and 2007 that <em>The Island Packet</em> inspected had either one nail or <strong><span style="color: red;"><u>NO</u></span></strong> nails or the substitute two nails were short, driven in split wood, or missed their target <strong><span style="color: red;">COMPLETELY</span></strong> </span></div>
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· Dishonest, reckless and arrogant Pulte Homes <strong><span style="color: red;">CONTINUES</span></strong> their SOP to “<strong><span style="color: red;">DENY, DENY, DENY</span></strong>” (see Rasmussen article, pg 12A, <em>The Island Packet</em>, 4/28/20 and <a href="http://peretired.blogspot.com/2010/04/kewpie.html">http://peretired.blogspot.com/2010/04/kewpie.html</a> )<br />
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PE retiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766924705045392225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032773034697507397.post-20564468385847053372015-11-01T12:00:00.000-08:002015-11-12T13:05:02.637-08:00Pulte floors<span style="color: rgb(255 , 255 , 255);">.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwOv18lFDe-BcVVPNt091RTylnaHx_qHyogKd19OdHRTU3pIrP79CGwImiRFKpnZ5N8AYVwEguXLTdFa0pYkvY_KPTmKX5CbS7AmJhpfYvCWEYZAsRB2ibz7SsQMhXh6Fi-RVXxhgu9p8/s1600-h/P1170005.JPG"><span style="color: rgb(255 , 255 , 255);"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441298141881791602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwOv18lFDe-BcVVPNt091RTylnaHx_qHyogKd19OdHRTU3pIrP79CGwImiRFKpnZ5N8AYVwEguXLTdFa0pYkvY_KPTmKX5CbS7AmJhpfYvCWEYZAsRB2ibz7SsQMhXh6Fi-RVXxhgu9p8/s400/P1170005.JPG" style="float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;" /></span></a><span style="color: rgb(255 , 255 , 255);"><br /></span><br />
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PE retiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766924705045392225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032773034697507397.post-9971781279909064072015-10-31T12:00:00.000-07:002015-11-12T13:05:47.038-08:00Pulte (leaking) roof<span style="color: rgb(255 , 255 , 255);">.</span><br />
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PE retiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766924705045392225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032773034697507397.post-17632802865274413372015-10-30T12:00:00.000-07:002015-11-12T13:06:23.692-08:00spalled & cracked concrete at the front door (SHODDY)<span style="color: rgb(255 , 255 , 255);">.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEji6v1YGv0d4vZ0NC1-h0Hb2WiTO8fOv5HfceyUwTJgrOb_rMREbDDN4x1tFeDQ1XuAnLU83EtWQXuNYQUreIx7Df81ZxEVEUQ6IaXzBlX1cYV1DULe5-P2X74EV6CgIIWIdxUgm8DKBY/s1600/P5060006.JPG"><span style="color: rgb(255 , 255 , 255);"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468166543219864290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEji6v1YGv0d4vZ0NC1-h0Hb2WiTO8fOv5HfceyUwTJgrOb_rMREbDDN4x1tFeDQ1XuAnLU83EtWQXuNYQUreIx7Df81ZxEVEUQ6IaXzBlX1cYV1DULe5-P2X74EV6CgIIWIdxUgm8DKBY/s400/P5060006.JPG" style="float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;" /></span></a><br />
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