Exhibit 3(a)

                         ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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                                    OF
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                          ETS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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                       (As in effect March 31, 1998)


                             ARTICLE I - NAME
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      The name of the Corporation is ETS International, Inc.

                           ARTICLE II - PURPOSE
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      The purpose of this Corporation is to transact any or all lawful
business not required to be specifically stated in these Articles of
Incorporation for which corporations may be incorporated under the Virginia
Stock Corporation Act.

                      ARTICLE III - AUTHORIZED STOCK

           (a)   The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation is
authorized to issue is as follows:

                 Class      Number of Shares   Par Value
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                 Common     30,000,000         No Par Value
                 Preferred  5,000,000          No Par Value

           (b)   The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the "Board of
Directors") may, by amending these Articles of Incorporation (the "Articles")
by filing Articles of Amendment with the Virginia State Corporation
Commission, fix in whole or in part the preferences, limitations and rights,
within the limits set by law, of (i) any class of shares, before the issuance
of any shares of that class, or (ii) one or more series within a class,
before the issuance of any shares within that series.

           (c)   The preferred stock (including any shares of preferred
stock restored to the status of authorized but unissued preferred stock
undesignated as to series pursuant to this Article III(c)) may be divided
into one or more series and issued from time to time with such preferences,
privileges, limitations, and relative rights as shall be fixed and determined
by the Board of Directors.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to the fullest extent
permitted from time to time by law to fix:

                 (i)   the distinctive serial designations and the division
of shares of preferred stock into one or more series and the number of shares
of a particular series, which may be increased or decreased (but not below
the number of shares thereof then outstanding);
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                 (ii)  the rate or amount (or the method of determining the
rate or amount) and times at which, the form in which, and the preferences
and conditions under which, dividends shall be payable on shares of a
particular series, the status of such dividends as cumulative, partially
cumulative, or noncumulative, the date or dates from which dividends, if
cumulative, shall accumulate, and the status of such series as participating
or nonparticipating with shares of other classes or series;

                 (iii) the price or prices at which, the consideration for
which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions, if
any, upon which the shares of a particular series may be redeemed, in whole
or in part, at the option of the Corporation or otherwise;

                 (iv)  the amount or amounts and rights and preferences, if
any, to which the holders of shares of a particular series are entitled or
shall have upon any involuntary or voluntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Corporation;

                 (v)   the rights and preferences over or otherwise in
relation to any other class or series (including other series of preferred
stock), as to the right to receive dividends and/or the right to receive
payments out of the net assets of the Corporation upon any involuntary or
voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation;

                 (vi)  the right, if any, of the holders of a particular
series, the Corporation or another person to convert or cause conversion of
shares of such series into shares of other classes or series or into other
securities, cash, indebtedness or other property, or to exchange or cause
exchange of such shares for shares of other classes or series or other
securities, cash, indebtedness or other property, and the terms and
conditions, if any, including the price or prices or the rate or rates of
conversion and exchange, and the terms and conditions or adjustments, if any,
at which such conversion or exchange may be made or caused;

                 (vii) the obligation, if any, of the Corporation to redeem,
purchase or otherwise acquire, in whole or in part, shares of a particular
series for a sinking fund or otherwise, the terms and conditions thereof, if
any, including the price or prices and the nature of the consideration
payable for such shares so redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired;

                 (viii) the voting rights, if any, including special,
conditional or limited voting rights, of the shares of a particular series in
addition to those required by law, including the number of votes per share
and any requirement for the approval by the holders of shares of all series
of preferred stock, or of the shares of one or more series thereof, or of
both, in an amount greater than a majority up to such amount as is in
accordance with applicable law or these Articles, as a condition to specified
corporate action or amendments to the Articles; and

                 (ix)  any other preferences, limitations and relative
rights which may be so determined by resolution or resolutions of the Board
of Directors.  Shares of preferred stock shall rank prior or superior to the
common stock in respect of the right to receive dividends and/or the right to
receive payments out of the net assets of the Corporation upon any
involuntary or voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation.  All shares of preferred stock redeemed, purchased or otherwise
acquired by the Corporation (including shares surrendered for conversion or
exchange) shall be canceled and thereupon restored to the status of
authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock undesignated as to series.
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           (d)   The holders of common stock, to the exclusion of any other
class of stock of the Corporation, have sole power to vote for the election
of directors except as (i) otherwise expressly provided in the serial
designation of any series of preferred stock, (ii) otherwise expressly
provided in these Articles and (iii) otherwise expressly provided by the then
existing laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.  The holders of common stock
will have one vote for each share of common stock held by them.

           (e)   No holder of shares of stock of any class of the
Corporation will have any preemptive or preferential right of subscription to
any shares of any class of stock of the Corporation, whether now or hereafter
authorized, or to any obligations of the Corporation convertible into stock
of the Corporation, issued or sold, nor any right of subscription to any
thereof.

          ARTICLE IV - INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
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      A.   Each Director and Officer who is or was a party to any proceeding
(including a proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation) shall be
indemnified by the Corporation against any liability imposed upon or asserted
against him (including amounts paid in settlement) arising out of conduct in
his official capacity with the Corporation or otherwise by reason of the fact
that he is or was such a Director or Officer or is or was serving at the
request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan
or other enterprise, except there shall be no indemnification in relation to
matters as to which he shall have been finally adjudged to be liable by
reason of having been guilty of (i) willful misconduct or (ii) a knowing
violation of criminal law in the performance of his duty as such Director or
Officer.

      B.   In addition to the indemnification provided under Section A, to
the full extent permitted by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act and any other
applicable law, as they exist on the date hereof or may hereafter be amended,
the Corporation shall indemnify a Director or Officer of the Corporation who
is or was a party to any proceeding (including a proceeding by or in the
right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was such a
Director or Officer or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as
a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.

      C.   The Corporation is empowered to contract in advance to indemnify
any Director or Officer to the extent indemnification is granted under
Sections A and B.  The Board of Directors is also empowered to cause the
Corporation to indemnify or contract in advance to indemnify any other person
not covered by Sections A and B who was or is a party to any proceeding, by
reason of the fact that he is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise to the same extent
as if such person were specified as one to whom indemnification is granted
under Sections A and B. 

      D.   The Corporation may advance, pay for and/or reimburse the
reasonable expenses incurred by an Officer or Director who is a party to any
proceeding in advance of the final disposition thereof if (i) the Officer or
Director furnishes the Corporation a written statement of his good faith
belief that he has met the standard of conduct described in Sections A and/or
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B above, (ii) the Officer or Director furnishes the corporation a written
undertaking, executed personally or on his behalf, to repay the advance if it
is ultimately determined that he did not meet the standard of conduct, and
(iii) a determination is made that the facts then known to those making the
determination would not preclude indemnification under this Article.  The
 undertaking required by clause (ii) above shall be an unlimited general
obligation of the Officer or Director but need not be secured and may be
accepted without reference to financial ability to make repayment.

      E.   All determinations as to indemnification and advances of expenses
(including contracts with respect thereto) shall be made by a majority vote
of a quorum of disinterested Directors.  In the event a quorum of
disinterested Directors cannot be obtained to make any determination as to
indemnification and advancement of expenses with respect to any claim for
indemnification made pursuant to this Article, such determinations shall be
made by special legal counsel agreed upon by the Board of Directors and the
proposed indemnitee.  If the Board of Directors and the proposed indemnitee
are unable to agree upon such special legal counsel, the Board of Directors
and the proposed indemnitee each shall select a nominee, and the nominees
shall select such special legal counsel.

      F.   The foregoing provisions are intended to provide indemnification
with respect to those monetary damages for which the Virginia Stock
Corporation Act permits the limitation or elimination of liability. In
addition, to the full extent that the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, as it
exists on the date hereof or may hereafter be amended, permits the limitation
or elimination of the liability of directors, a Director of the Corporation
shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary
damages arising out of a single transaction, occurrence or course of conduct
in excess of the amount of cash consideration received by the Directors from
the Corporation for services as a Director during the twelve months
immediately preceding the act or omission for which liability was imposed.

      G.   The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to indemnify
it against the whole or any portion of the liability assumed by it in
accordance with this Article and may also procure insurance, in such amounts
as the Board of Directors may determine, on behalf of any person who is or
was a Director, Officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against or
incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising from his status as
such, whether or not the Corporation would have power to indemnify him
against such liability under the provision of this Article.

      H.   The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to all
actions, claims, suits or proceedings commenced after the adoption hereof,
whether arising from any action taken or failure to act before or after such
adoption.  No amendment, modification or repeal of this Article shall
diminish the rights provided hereby or diminish the right to indemnification
with respect to any claim, issue or matter in any then pending or subsequent
proceeding that is based in any material respect on any alleged action or
failure to act prior to such amendment, modification or repeal.

      I.   Except to the extent inconsistent with this Article, terms used
herein shall have the same meanings assigned them in the Indemnification
Article of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act as now in effect or hereafter
amended.  Without limitation, it is expressly understood that reference
herein to Directors, Officers, employees or agents shall include former
Directors, Officers, employees and agents and their respective heirs,
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