EXHIBIT 1 AGREEMENT REGARDING JOINT FILING The undersigned, Jess M. Ravich and James B. Upchurch, hereby agree and acknowledge that the statement containing the information required by Schedule 13D, to which this Agreement is attached as an exhibit,...

                                    EXHIBIT 1
                        AGREEMENT REGARDING JOINT FILING

         The undersigned, Xxxx X. Xxxxxx and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, hereby agree and
acknowledge that the statement containing the information required by Schedule
13D, to which this Agreement is attached as an exhibit, is filed on behalf of
each of them. The undersigned further agree that any amendments or supplements
thereto shall also be filed on behalf of each of them.

Dated:  January 8, 2001


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