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<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
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<STREET1>PO BOX 4383
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<CONFORMED-NAME>MARTIN JAMES T
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 5
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        <footnote id="F1">As part of the Issuer's Chapter 11 plan of reorganization, on 12/14/00, the Reporting Person, who had been a creditor of the Issuer, was issued 6,270,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Immediate.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>James T. Martin</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-04-14</signatureDate>
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