{"id":130669,"date":"2025-03-13T12:12:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T12:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/african-music\/africoriginal-ricardo-lemvo\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T12:12:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T12:12:25","slug":"africoriginal-ricardo-lemvo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=130669","title":{"rendered":"AfricOriginal: Ricardo Lemvo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-4223285173262607566\" itemprop=\"description articleBody\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiDD46QQ3eGvmWfqECse1d4fVsRmrT1-Ux9XJ7eFe2EwIYWamaX_HFX94oMohB5L4Cql4eF9IT04M1achprrDUUlk7CP2GI9asP_LwiL-dRFE-anfE3J4THSaCzz4wbnMagKwA8TwgoS0I\/s1600\/collage.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"739\" data-original-width=\"1189\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiDD46QQ3eGvmWfqECse1d4fVsRmrT1-Ux9XJ7eFe2EwIYWamaX_HFX94oMohB5L4Cql4eF9IT04M1achprrDUUlk7CP2GI9asP_LwiL-dRFE-anfE3J4THSaCzz4wbnMagKwA8TwgoS0I\/s640\/collage.png\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span face=\"&quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif\"><span face=\"&quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif\"><span face=\"&quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;\">Ricardo Lemvo<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;\"> was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His roots reach all the way to San Salvador in northern Angola where his grandfathers, <span face=\"&quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif\">Don <span style=\"line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;\">Jo<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;\">\u00e3<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;\">o Matantu N\u2019lemvo and Andrade Andr<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;\">\u00e9<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span face=\"&quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif\">, were born. He was eight years old when he first realised that he wanted to persue a musical career. In Kinshasa the capital of the Congo, he lived next to a <em>buvette <\/em>(bar). Bombarded day and night with Congolese <em>rumbas <\/em>and Cuban music from the bar&#8217;s loudspeakers, he memorised all of the songs and their melodies, imagining himself in front of an orchestra. He didn&#8217;t tell his mother of his dreams because music was not a &#8216;real&#8217; profession.\u00a0\ufeff<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<span face=\"&quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif\"><span face=\"&quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif\"><span face=\"&quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif\"><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span face=\"&quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif\"><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjAPaiTLKVHC0qkAgMdQU21WV4Hk-wlHHQvjSyNEfKMmbeSUV78i0VQhAX1P_bjWhSihypsl6xmueB3UsVbTJLsrisR2eOgjSYM9OXj4Q-TC9fmCQEt7XJt7OrZ0Ijdtv-Vzyfgjsp3PWU\/s1600\/african+jazz.png\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"593\" data-original-width=\"786\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjAPaiTLKVHC0qkAgMdQU21WV4Hk-wlHHQvjSyNEfKMmbeSUV78i0VQhAX1P_bjWhSihypsl6xmueB3UsVbTJLsrisR2eOgjSYM9OXj4Q-TC9fmCQEt7XJt7OrZ0Ijdtv-Vzyfgjsp3PWU\/s640\/african+jazz.png\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><span id=\"goog_314922629\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/\"\/><span id=\"goog_314922630\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>AFRICAN JAZZ<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span face=\"&quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif\"><span face=\"&quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif\"><span face=\"&quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif\"><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span face=\"&quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\nAt the age of 12, Lemvo was sent to a Catholic boarding school in Gombe Matadi, 120 miles south of Kinshasa. Gombe was a &#8216;college town&#8217; with four schools by Congolese and Belgian priests. It was a place where parents sent their children to keep them away from the temptation of the big city.\u00a0Although exposed to Cuban music since childhood, his formal introductian took place during one of the school breaks. His cousin, Hetman Ne-Kongo, had a huge record collection. He spent hours listening to Orquesta Aragon, Arsenio Rodriguez, Sonera Matancera and Abelardo Barroso. At the time he did not understand the lyrics, but the rhythms, the melody and the spirit of the music touched him deeply.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\ufeff\ufeff<\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjqLeivlrtroqaDt2NutLEyie0NiBkoGgVpfUzlI21I6hJfOSnSt_fsiDNMV7fgCBW9-lokxyeCi7Sz5ME38cSatrFnswa1oaFv_wPxgVJ_Bp6aGIEdoU-CIKjghyphenhyphenGuANlLkaejGsNUjZk\/s1600\/arsenio.png\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"530\" data-original-width=\"772\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjqLeivlrtroqaDt2NutLEyie0NiBkoGgVpfUzlI21I6hJfOSnSt_fsiDNMV7fgCBW9-lokxyeCi7Sz5ME38cSatrFnswa1oaFv_wPxgVJ_Bp6aGIEdoU-CIKjghyphenhyphenGuANlLkaejGsNUjZk\/s640\/arsenio.png\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span face=\"&quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif\"><em><strong>ARSENIO RODRIQUEZ Y SU CONJUNTO<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;\"><span face=\"&quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif\"><span face=\"&quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif\"><span>Another cousin, Jose Bipock, helped him to get his first job as a singer in a band called Mira Mira. This was a garage band of 13 and 14 year old kids trying to be hip. The oldest was the 17 years old bandleader, who went by the name of Laghos El Dorado\u00a0Le Sentimental. Laghos was a guitarist who walked with a limp and played mean solo licks. <\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>Mira Mira hired Lemvo as a rock\/rhythm &amp; blues singer. His cousin told Laghos that he was perfect for the job because he spoke fluent English. Nothing could have been further from the truth. He spoke some English but it was certainly not fluent. he was assigned two songs: James Brown&#8217;s &#8216;Papa&#8217;s got a brand new back&#8217; and Otis Redding&#8217;s &#8216;Direct me&#8217;, which he sang in phonetic English, but what he really wanted to sing was Afro-Cuban music. Mira Mira performed only Congolese <em>rumba<\/em> and American soul music, and his brief career ended when he went back to school.<br \/>He joined his father in the United States in the summer of 1972. In college he began collecting Cuban records and met many French-speaking Africans who shared his passion for Cuban music. Most were &#8216;purists&#8217; who did not like the <em>salsa<\/em> from New York, unless it was Johnny Pacheco. To many African aficionados of Cuban music Pacheco was a god because he played the <em>son montuno <\/em>and <em>charanga <\/em>style that is revered through the continent. The influence of Cuban music in Africa is immeasurable. When Cuban music travelled back to Africa it was instantly recognized and embraced.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjy-65CKZ_1EyNCjRqi763BiTj6egX1tOKixatvmcRXiuNLvAP9xj0Mk3BXdCnZIU1-LOuIN0QDSTMk3irrRbLDK4jSe6o1x5p-t61pvI8xzA0_G6PGMT6zNQgKyAiW3yXeERII_Nrb1rw\/s1600\/pacheco.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"414\" data-original-width=\"399\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjy-65CKZ_1EyNCjRqi763BiTj6egX1tOKixatvmcRXiuNLvAP9xj0Mk3BXdCnZIU1-LOuIN0QDSTMk3irrRbLDK4jSe6o1x5p-t61pvI8xzA0_G6PGMT6zNQgKyAiW3yXeERII_Nrb1rw\/s400\/pacheco.png\" width=\"385\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\nDuring the early eighties Lemvo discovered and also felt in love with, Mexican <em>rancheras. <\/em>He even participated in singing contests backed by <em>mariachi <\/em>bands. In the beginning he encountered many obstacles. He had a nine-to-five job while persuing a degree in political science and dreaming of becoming an international lawyer. The music was still a hobby. However, the closer he got to graduation the more disillusioned he became about law school. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\nThe Los Angeles <em>salsa <\/em>scene of the 1980&#8217;s was vibrant. There were many local bands performing at venues such as\u00a0Candilejas Night Club and Riviera. The most prominent group was Orquesta Versailles featuring two excellent Cuban musicians: Rodolfo &#8216;Fito&#8217; Foster and\u00a0<span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">Jes<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">\u00fa<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">s Alejandro P<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">\u00e9<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">rez \u2018Ni<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">\u0148<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">o Jes<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">\u00fa<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">s\u2019<\/span>. He was awestruck by\u00a0<span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">Ni<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">\u0148<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">o Jes<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">\u00fa<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">s\u00a0<\/span>versatility. He not only sang, but played the flute,\u00a0<em>tres <\/em>guitar and was an accomplished arranger. They soon became friends and\u00a0<span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">Ni<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">\u0148<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">o Jes<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">\u00fa<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">s\u00a0<\/span>played\u00a0an important role in Lemvo&#8217;s musical development. In 1982 Ricardo Lemvo recorded his first &#8211; almost forgotten &#8211; 45 rpm single <em>&#8216;Amor de Juventud&#8217; <\/em>with the help of his new<em> <\/em>Cuban friends\u00a0<span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><em>Fito <\/em><\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">and <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">El Ni<\/i><\/span><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">\u0148<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">o Jesus<\/span><\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEil2DhBKAhgzK-PePAf9MlTBbZBG99eqW2gaRBsYfq33J0aSPH6rvlZbHxvonnfkkSNWBwJHD6RLPA0DUnpaJkir9-s-nsJYwGk0UMADNxAQ7wqVODJ-oZhQvXGgbd3aohtJaSNFzRUq9A\/s1600\/1982a+MDC+1936+-+kopie.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1598\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEil2DhBKAhgzK-PePAf9MlTBbZBG99eqW2gaRBsYfq33J0aSPH6rvlZbHxvonnfkkSNWBwJHD6RLPA0DUnpaJkir9-s-nsJYwGk0UMADNxAQ7wqVODJ-oZhQvXGgbd3aohtJaSNFzRUq9A\/s400\/1982a+MDC+1936+-+kopie.JPG\" width=\"398\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\nIn 1990 Ricardo Lemvo formed <em>Makina Loca <\/em>in order to combine the two schools of music he adores: Congolese <em>rumba <\/em>and Cuban <em>Son Montuno<\/em>. This idea was not new. The foundation had been laid by the founding fathers of Congolese <em>rumba\u00a0<\/em><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">Grand Kall<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">\u00e9<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">\u00a0<\/span>&amp; African Jazz, Tabu Ley, Dr. Nico Kasanda and Franco&#8217;s T.P.O.K. Jazz<em>. <\/em>In the 1950&#8217;s and 1960&#8217;s,<em> <\/em>Congolese bands were performing Cuban songs in phonetic Spanish as well as adapting the arrangements to fit Congolese languages. This is how Congolese <em>rumba <\/em>and <em>soukous <\/em>came to be. When Lemvo recorded his first album <em>Tata Masamba <\/em>in 1996, he asked\u00a0<span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">\u2018El Ni<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">\u0148<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">o Jes<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">\u00fa<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">s\u2019\u00a0<\/span>to take care of the musical arrangements. He also\u00a0 participated by writing a song for the cd, playing keyboards, bass, flute, tres guitar, and singing background vocals.\u00a0The album created a strong underground-buzz among latin and world music aficionades. After the success of this first album Lemvo signed with Putumayo Artists and released two albums on this labels: Mambo Yo Yo in 1998 and S\u00e3o Salvador in 2000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\nLemvo has since toured Europe several times and performed in some of the most prestigious venues in North America including Lincoln Center in New York and Los Angeles&#8217; Hollywood Bowl. He shared stage with some of the greatest names in Latin and African music, including Sam Mangwana, <span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"color: black; line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Papa No\u00ebl, Chucho Vald\u00e9s, Willy Colon, Israel<br \/>\n\u201cCachao\u201d Lopez, Celia Cruz, Oscar D\u2019Leon<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and Elvis Crespo.\u00a0His songs have been performed and recorded by susch artists as Colombia&#8217;s Joe Arroyo, Orquesta\u00a0<span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">Rev<\/span><span face=\"&quot;calibri&quot; , sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\">\u00e9<\/span>\u00a0from Cuba and the Russian band Tres Muchachos.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhAzGuezU-3pLJpC_Tniv9LWOiSo0MGMsKHv3HARQJva3TO70B2sok1tvtTacpQHkbSRoqDF5QHC0puWD1_N6buJR7Fkilehreplxtmw4PprgmvIte4RirHIa_Vc1ih3uTnlFtFS7cfEeI\/s1600\/ricardo_banner.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"347\" data-original-width=\"597\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhAzGuezU-3pLJpC_Tniv9LWOiSo0MGMsKHv3HARQJva3TO70B2sok1tvtTacpQHkbSRoqDF5QHC0puWD1_N6buJR7Fkilehreplxtmw4PprgmvIte4RirHIa_Vc1ih3uTnlFtFS7cfEeI\/s640\/ricardo_banner.jpg\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<strong><span style=\"color: red;\">\u00a0DISCOGRAPHY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhx6msj-p9oDhYPTerT_eSyA6ad7qyXRLD5bWYLy8EziPs6FjabQn5IhDT7eRzft9mmMn3JRidsun0xKA-oPrLmC3Mfs9bjTYQlsgoBbfDNuLqhLA8pFsxlCV3vzwUSnqJjoKlZqyyRRJA\/s1600\/2.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"519\" data-original-width=\"1152\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhx6msj-p9oDhYPTerT_eSyA6ad7qyXRLD5bWYLy8EziPs6FjabQn5IhDT7eRzft9mmMn3JRidsun0xKA-oPrLmC3Mfs9bjTYQlsgoBbfDNuLqhLA8pFsxlCV3vzwUSnqJjoKlZqyyRRJA\/s640\/2.png\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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