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          &lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;

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          &lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;

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          &lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;

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            &lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;December

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            &lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2012&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

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          &lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;

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        &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 62%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top"&gt;

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          &amp;#160;

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          $

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          597,740

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          &amp;#160;

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          &amp;#160;

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          $

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          563,275

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          &amp;#160;

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          &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt" id="PARA4691"&gt;

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            vehicles&lt;/font&gt;

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          &amp;#160;

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          &amp;#160;

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          &amp;#160;

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          &amp;#160;

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          &amp;#160;

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          &amp;#160;

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            and accessories&lt;/font&gt;

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          &amp;#160;

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          &amp;#160;

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          &amp;#160;

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          &amp;#160;

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          &amp;#160;

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          &amp;#160;

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          &amp;#160;

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          $

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          &amp;#160;

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          &amp;#160;

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          $

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          &amp;#160;

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