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      &lt;b&gt;NOTE 14 EARNINGS PER SHARE&lt;/b&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p align="justify" style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The following table is a reconciliation of the net income and the weighted average shares used in the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the two years presented:&lt;/p&gt;
              &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-color: black; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 10pt; font-family: times new roman,times,serif;" width="100%"&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" colspan="4" width="23%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;For the Three Months&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" colspan="4" width="23%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;For the Six Months&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" colspan="4" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="23%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;Ended June 30,&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" colspan="4" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="23%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;Ended June 30,&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;2013&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;2012&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;2013&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="center" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                &lt;b&gt;2012&lt;/b&gt;
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;Income available to common stockholders:&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff"&gt;- Net income&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                5,962,809
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                4,901,033
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                9,377,493
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                7,850,611
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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              &lt;td align="left"&gt;Less: Preferred stock dividend&lt;/td&gt;
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              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                (56,854
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                (73,730
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                (112,246
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                (138,874
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff"&gt;Income available to common stockholders (Basic)&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                5,905,955
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                4,827,303
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                9,265,247
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                7,711,737
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;Add: Preferred stock dividend&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                56,854
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                73,730
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                112,246
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                138,874
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff"&gt;Income available to common shareholders (Diluted)&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                5,962,809
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                4,901,033
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                9,377,493
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                7,850,611
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;Weighted average number of shares:&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff"&gt;
                -
                Basic
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                15,863,826
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                15,384,180
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                15,863,826
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;
                15,370,851
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;- Effect of dilutive preferred stock&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" width="10%"&gt;
                1,130,100
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" width="10%"&gt;
                1,133,519
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" width="10%"&gt;
                1,130,100
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" width="10%"&gt;
                1,143,101
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff"&gt;- Effect of dilutive restricted stock units&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                -
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                -
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                -
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="10%"&gt;
                -
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;
                -
                Diluted
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                16,993,926
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                16,517,699
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                16,993,926
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                16,513,952
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff"&gt;Net income per share&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
              &lt;td align="left"&gt;
                -
                Basic
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                0.37
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                0.31
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                0.58
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                0.50
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;/tr&gt;
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              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff"&gt;
                -
                Diluted
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                0.35
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                0.30
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                0.55
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#e6efff" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" width="10%"&gt;
                0.48
              &lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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    &lt;p align="justify" style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Diluted earnings per share is calculated by adjusting the weighted average number of common shares outstanding to assume the issuance of all dilutive potential common shares upon conversion.&lt;/p&gt;
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      The diluted earnings per share calculation for the six months ended June 30, 2013 did not include the warrants, management options and restricted shares to purchase up to
      1,005,992
      shares,
      150,000
      shares and
      125,000
      shares of common stock, respectively, because their effect was anti-dilutive.
    &lt;/p&gt;
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      924,389
      shares,
      150,000
      shares and
      125,000
      shares of common stock, respectively, because their effect was anti-dilutive.
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