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_XC5000</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.crestatech.com/products/xc5000.html">http://www.crestatech.com/products/xc5000.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.crestatech.com/products/x7.html">http://www.crestatech.com/products/x7.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.crestatech.com/pdf/x7_brief.pdf">http://www.crestatech.com/pdf/x7_brief.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.crestatech.com/pdf/ctv_product_brief.pdf">http://www.crestatech.com/pdf/ctv_product_brief.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jay Salsburg<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>