Joint Filing Agreement

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                                    Exhibit 1

                             Joint Filing Agreement

         The undersigned hereby agree that this statement is filed on behalf of
each of them.

         Dated: August 17, 2000

                                       PROFUTURES SPECIAL EQUITIES FUND, L.P.

                                       By: ProFutures Fund Management, Inc.,
                                           authorized agent

                                       By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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                                           Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, President



                                       /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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                                           Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx