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<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary financial  information  extracted from
the consolidated  balance sheets and  consolidated  statements of operation
found on pages 3 and 4 of the Company's Form 10-Q for the year-to-date, and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.

</LEGEND>
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