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text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="7" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">June 30, 2013</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="7" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">December 31, 2012</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; width: 362px; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; font-style: italic; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;"> </div></td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 96px; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Input Level</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Carrying Amount</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Fair Value</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Carrying Amount</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Fair Value</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 362px; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Investments</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: center; background-color: #cceeff; width: 96px; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">3,408</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">3,408</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">3,213</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">3,213</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 362px; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Long-term debt</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; width: 96px; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">2</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">134,324</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">134,324</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">135,133</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">135,133</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 362px; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Interest rate swaps</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: center; background-color: #cceeff; width: 96px; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">1,838</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; 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