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            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 300</rptOwnerStreet2>
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            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: L. Bruce Mills, Jr., Power of Attoney  For: Corey Alan Seale</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-01-27</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

