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&lt;b&gt;Note 19. Taxes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" align="justify"&gt;For the six months ended June&amp;#xA0;30, 2013 and
2012, we recognized a provision for income taxes of $14 million and
less than $1 million, respectively. The following is a
reconciliation of the statutory federal and state tax rates to our
projected annual effective rate at June&amp;#xA0;30, 2013 and 2012.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Reconciliation of Statutory Tax Rate to Effective Tax
Rate&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
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&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;
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Federal statutory rate&lt;/p&gt;
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State statutory rate, net of Federal tax effect&lt;/p&gt;
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Differences in taxable (loss) income from GAAP income&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(20.5)&amp;#xA0;%&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(17.4)&amp;#xA0;%&lt;/td&gt;
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Dividends paid deduction&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(10.7)&amp;#xA0;%&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(22.6)&amp;#xA0;%&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Effective Tax Rate&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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years (Federal&amp;#xA0;&amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;years 2009 to 2012,
State&amp;#xA0;&amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;years 2008 to 2012) and, at June&amp;#xA0;30,
2013 and December&amp;#xA0;31, 2012, concluded that we had no uncertain
tax positions that resulted in material unrecognized tax
benefits.&lt;/p&gt;
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