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Peter Baranay - When I talk about the challenges of our business, and daily receivables finance, I think that every American company's got that challenge. If you're an American company and you're doing sales into Ohio and Michigan, it's relatively easy to get your bank to address against those receivables. But when you go in with a portfolio of receivables that are entirely international, most bankers turn a subtle shade of white or ashen and make a run for the exits. With the Export-Import bank guarantee it's much easier. Not only do we sell globally, we sell into areas of the world that have historically been considered challenged. Our single largest market place is Nigeria. Ghana's in our top ten. We sell literally into the entire African continent, currently, with the exception of Sudan. We're looking forward to selling to southern Sudan pretty soon. But those are markets that most companies hesitate because of the risk they feel is associated with those receivables, and I'm proud to say the years that we've been working with Export-Import bank, since 2002, they've probably guaranteed in excess of $500 million of our receivables, and there's never been an issue of collection. There's never been a write-off. It's been entirely a win-win situation for us and Ex-Im Bank, and for our distributors.