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<LEGEND>
      This schedule contains summary  financial data information  extracted from
the condensed consolidated balance sheet for the period ended September 30, 2000
and the condensed  consolidated statement of operations for the nine months then
ended,  and  is  qualified  in its  entirety  by  reference  to  such  financial
statements.
</LEGEND>
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