<ARTICLE>                          5

<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE OCTOBER
31, 1999 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AND CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR
THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1999, AS RESTATED TO REFLECT THE
EFFECTS OF DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY
REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE FOOTNOTES THERETO.
</LEGEND>


                                                     
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