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<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt"><b>June 30, 2013</b></font></td>
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<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt"><b>December 31, 2012</b></font></td></tr>
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<td style="width: 81%"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Building</font></td>
<td style="width: 1%"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">15,984</font></td>
<td style="width: 1%"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">15,746</font></td></tr>
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<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">Automobile</font></td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">1,199,840</font></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">1,181,987</font></td></tr>
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<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">Office equipment & Furniture</font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">582,065</font></td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">562,240</font></td></tr>
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<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">1,797,889</font></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">1,759,973</font></td></tr>
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<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">Accumulated depreciation</font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">(1,563,146)</font></td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">(1,530,913)</font></td></tr>
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<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">Property and equipment, net</font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">234,743</font></td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">229,061</font></td></tr>
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