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data-prc-v-col=\"3\">2<\/td><td style=\"width:100px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:50px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">2006<\/td><td style=\"width:100px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">11<\/td><td style=\"width:100px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">16<\/td><td style=\"width:100px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">2<\/td><td style=\"width:100px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:50px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">2008<\/td><td style=\"width:100px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">24<\/td><td style=\"width:100px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">8<\/td><td style=\"width:100px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">3<\/td><td style=\"width:100px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:50px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">2010<\/td><td style=\"width:100px\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">19<\/td><td style=\"width:100px\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">17<\/td><td style=\"width:100px\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">4<\/td><td style=\"width:100px\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:50px\" 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