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<div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><b>Note Q. </b><b><i>Other current liabilities</i></b>
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<div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">        The following table provides the components of the Company’s other current liabilities at
December 31, 2010 and 2009:
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<td width="8%"> </td>
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<td width="8%"> </td>
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<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="7" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>December 31,</b></td>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>  (in thousands)</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>2010</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>2009</b></td>
<td> </td>
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<td colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
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<div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"> 
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<td> </td>
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<div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"><b><i>Other current liabilities:</i></b>
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<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
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<td> </td>
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<div style="margin-left:35px; text-indent:-15px">Accrued production costs
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<td> </td>
<td align="left">  $</td>
<td align="right">31,149</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">  $</td>
<td align="right">24,128</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:35px; text-indent:-15px">Payroll related matters
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">13,790</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">14,490</td>
<td> </td>
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<td>
<div style="margin-left:35px; text-indent:-15px">Accrued interest
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">15,494</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">10,055</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:35px; text-indent:-15px">Asset retirement obligations
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">7,378</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">3,262</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:35px; text-indent:-15px">Other
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">15,464</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">8,160</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="3" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="3" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:50px; text-indent:-15px">Other current liabilities
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">  $</td>
<td align="right">83,275</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">  $</td>
<td align="right">60,095</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="3" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="3" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td>
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