**EXHIBIT      10.8**

**THIRD      AMENDMENT TO**

**EXECUTIVE      EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT**

**RECITALS**

|   | A. | The                parties entered into an executive employment agreement dated                January 2, 1996 (the                "Agreement"); |
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|   | B. | The                parties entered into the First Amendment to the Agreement as of                June 25, 1997 (the "First                Amendment"); |
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|   | C. | The                parties entered into the Second Amendment to the Agreement as of                July 26, 2001 (the "Second                Amendment"); |
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|   | D. | The                issues relative to the First and Second amendments are no longer                pertinent                to the original Agreement between the                parties. |
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**AGREEMENT**

|   | 1. | The                First Amendment and Second Amendment to the Agreement are hereby                rescinded                in their entirety. |
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|   | 2. | The                second sentence of Section 3 of the Agreement reading "As such, he is                presently serving in the capacity of President, Chairman of the Board                of                Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Employer ("Corporate Position")",                is hereby inserted and the following sentence which was previously                inserted pursuant to the Second Amendment to the Agreement is deleted:                "Executive is presently serving in the capacity of Chairman of the                Board                of Directors ("Corporate Position")."  The effective date of                this change is the actual date on which Executive was elected to                the title                of "President, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive                Officer." |
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|   | 3. | All                other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and                effect. |
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|   | 4. | The                effective date of this Third Amendment to the Agreement shall be                the date                indicated in the second paragraph of this Third Amendment, notwithstanding                the actual date of execution by any                party. |
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|   | IN                WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Third Amendment                as of the date first above written. |
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