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               This schedule  contains summary financial  information  extracted
               from  the  Condensed   Consolidated   Balance  Sheet,   Condensed
               Consolidated  Statements of Operations and Condensed Consolidated
               Statements of Cash Flows, and is qualified in its entirety by
               reference to such financial statements.


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