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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary Financial information extracted from the
Company's Consolidated Balance sheets and Consolidated Statements of Operations
found on pages 3,4 and 5 of the Company's Form 10-Q for the year-to-date of each
period and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial
information.
</LEGEND>
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0
0
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