<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
                             FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE

This schedule  contains  summary  financial  information  extracted from Balance
Sheet,  Statement  of  Operations,  Statement  of Cash  Flows and Notes  thereto
incorporated  in Part 1, Item 1, of this Form  10-QSB  and is  qualified  in its
entirety by reference to such financial statements.

</LEGEND> 
       
                                                             
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