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            &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;4,275&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="white"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Deferred  income tax provision&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#cceeff"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Federal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;9,782&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;4,785&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;3,994&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="white"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 19pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;State&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;1,925&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;230&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;573&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#cceeff"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 4%; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Total  deferred income tax provision&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;11,707&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;5,015&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;4,567&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="white"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Total  provision for income taxes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;12,963&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;12,335&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;8,842&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;       &lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;The  following table is a reconciliation of our income tax provision for the periods  indicated:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div&gt;         &lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt; &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td colspan="10" valign="bottom"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Years  Ended December 31,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;2009&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;2007&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td colspan="10" valign="bottom"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;(Thousands  of dollars)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#cceeff"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Income  before income taxes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;447,667&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;638,392&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;417,005&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="white"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Less: Net  income attributable to noncontrolling interests&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;348&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;441&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;416&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#cceeff"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Income  attributable to ONEOK Partners, L.P.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="white"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 4%"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;before  income taxes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;447,319&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;637,951&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;416,589&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#cceeff"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 2%; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Federal  statutory income tax rate&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;35.0%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; 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            &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;223,283&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; 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FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td colspan="6" valign="bottom"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Years  Ended December 31,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;2009&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; 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FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td colspan="6" valign="bottom"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;(Thousands  of dollars)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Deferred  tax assets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td colspan="2" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td colspan="2" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#cceeff"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Net  operating loss carryforward&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;2,559&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;4,226&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="white"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 446pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 1pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;                 &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Other&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;               &lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;688&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;44&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#cceeff"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 4%; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Total  deferred tax assets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;3,247&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;4,270&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="white"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Deferred  tax liabilities&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#cceeff"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Excess of  tax over book depreciation and depletion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;20,020&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;9,660&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="white"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Regulatory  assets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;3,722&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;3,733&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#cceeff"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 19pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Other&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;6&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;1,613&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="white"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="76%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 4%; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Total  deferred tax liabilities&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;23,748&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; 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