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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED OCTOBER 5, 1998.
All of the Shares currently offered hereby have been acquired by the Selling
Stockholder upon the exercise of certain Options described herein. See "The
Advisory Agreement." To date, the Selling Stockholder has exercised Options to
purchase an aggregate of 50,000 Shares, at an exercise price of $2.50 per Share.
The Selling Stockholder has previously sold all of the Initial Shares pursuant
to this Prospectus.
The date of this Prospectus Supplement is January 8, 1999.
