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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the Balance
Sheet and statement of operations found on pages 2, 3 and 4 of the company's
form 10-QSB for the year-to-date, and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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