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                                                                   Exhibit 10.73

                             Lifeline Systems, Inc.

                        2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
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1.   Purpose

     The purpose of this 2000 Employee Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") of
Lifeline Systems, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the "Company"), is to
advance the interests of the Company's stockholders by enhancing the Company's
ability to attract, retain and motivate persons who make (or are expected to
make) important contributions to the Company by providing such persons with
equity ownership opportunities and performance-based incentives and thereby
better aligning the interests of such persons with those of the Company's
stockholders. Except where the context otherwise requires, the term "Company"
shall include any of the Company's present or future subsidiary corporations as
defined in Section 424(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
any regulations promulgated thereunder (the "Code").

2.   Eligibility
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     All of the Company's employees, officers, directors, consultants and
advisors (and any individuals who have accepted an offer for employment) are
eligible to be granted options (an "Award") under the Plan. Each person who has
been granted an Award under the Plan shall be deemed a "Participant."
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the number of options which may be granted to
officers and directors of the Company under the Plan may not exceed 25,000 in
the aggregate.

3.   Administration, Delegation
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     (a) Administration by Board of Directors.  The Plan will be administered
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by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"). The Board shall have
authority to grant Awards and to adopt, amend and repeal such administrative
rules, guidelines and practices relating to the Plan as it shall deem advisable.
The Board may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any
inconsistency in the Plan or any Award in the manner and to the extent it shall
deem expedient to carry the Plan into effect and it shall be the sole and final
judge of such expediency. All decisions by the Board shall be made in the
Board's sole discretion and shall be final and binding on all persons having or
claiming any interest in the Plan or in any Award. No director or person acting
pursuant to the authority delegated by the Board shall be liable for any action
or determination relating to or under the Plan made in good faith.

     (b) Delegation to Executive Officers.  To the extent permitted by
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applicable law, the Board may delegate to one or more executive officers of the
Company the power to make Awards and exercise such other powers under the Plan
as the Board may determine, provided

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that the Board shall fix the maximum number of shares subject to Awards and the
maximum number of shares for any one Participant to be made by such executive
officers.

     (c) Appointment of Committees. To the extent permitted by applicable
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law, the Board may delegate any or all of its powers under the Plan to one or
more committees or subcommittees of the Board (a "Committee").  All references
in the Plan to the "Board" shall mean the Board or a Committee of the Board or
the executive officer referred to in Section 3(b) to the extent that the Board's
powers or authority under the Plan have been delegated to such Committee or
executive officer.

4.   Stock Available for Awards.  Subject to adjustment under Section 6, Awards
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may be made under the Plan for up to 150,000 shares of common stock, $0.02 par
value per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock").  If any Award expires or
is terminated, surrendered or canceled without having been fully exercised or is
forfeited in whole or in part or results in any Common Stock not being issued,
the unused Common Stock covered by such Award shall again be available for the
grant of Awards under the Plan.  Shares issued under the Plan may consist in
whole or in part of authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares.

5.   Stock Options
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     (a) General.  The Board may grant options to purchase Common Stock
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(each, an "Option") and determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be
covered by each Option, the exercise price of each Option and the conditions and
limitations applicable to the exercise of each Option, including conditions
relating to applicable federal or state securities laws, as it considers
necessary or advisable.  All Options shall be deemed to be non-statutory options
and shall not qualify as incentive stock options under Section 422 of the
Internal Revenue Code.

     (b) Exercise Price. The Board shall establish the exercise price at
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the time each Option is granted and specify it in the applicable option
agreement.

     (c) Duration of Options. Each Option shall be exercisable at such
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times and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may specify in the
applicable option agreement provided, however, that no Option will be granted
for a term in excess of 10 years.

     (d) Exercise of Option.  Options may be exercised by delivery to the
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Company of a written notice of exercise signed by the proper person or by any
other form of notice (including electronic notice) approved by the Board
together with payment in full as specified in Section 5(e) for the number of
shares for which the Option is exercised.

     (e) Payment Upon Exercise.  Common Stock purchased upon the exercise
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of an Option granted under the Plan shall be paid for as follows:

         (1) in cash or by check, payable to the order of the Company;

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         (2) except as the Board may, in its sole discretion, otherwise provide
in an option agreement, by (i) delivery of an irrevocable and unconditional
undertaking by a creditworthy broker to deliver promptly to the Company
sufficient funds to pay the exercise price or (ii) delivery by the Participant
to the Company of a copy of irrevocable and unconditional instructions to a
creditworthy broker to deliver promptly to the Company cash or a check
sufficient to pay the exercise price;

         (3) provided that the Common Stock is registered under the Exchange
Act, by delivery of shares of Common Stock owned by the Participant valued at
their fair market value as determined by (or in a manner approved by) the Board
in good faith ("Fair Market Value"), provided (i) such method of payment is then
permitted under applicable law and (ii) such Common Stock was owned by the
Participant at least six months prior to such delivery;

         (4) to the extent permitted by the Board, in its sole discretion by
(i) delivery of a promissory note of the Participant to the Company on terms
determined by the Board, provided that the Participant pays at least the par
value of the stock in cash or other property or by check or (ii) payment of such
other lawful consideration as the Board may determine; or

         (5) by any combination of the above permitted forms of payment.

6.   Adjustments for Changes in Common Stock and Certain Other Events
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     (a) Changes in Capitalization.  In the event of any stock split, reverse
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stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares,
reclassification of shares, spin-off or other similar change in capitalization
or event, or any distribution to holders of Common Stock other than a normal
cash dividend, (i) the number and class of securities available under this Plan,
(ii) the number and class of securities and exercise price per share subject to
each outstanding Option, and (iii) the terms of each other outstanding Award
shall be appropriately adjusted by the Company (or substituted Awards may be
made, if applicable) to the extent the Board shall determine, in good faith,
that such an adjustment (or substitution) is necessary and appropriate. If this
Section 6(a) applies and Section 6(c) also applies to any event, Section 6(c)
shall apply to such event, and this Section 6(a) shall not apply.

     (b) Liquidation or Dissolution.  In the event of a proposed liquidation or
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dissolution of the Company, the Board shall, upon written notice to the
Participants, provide that all then unexercised Options will (i) become
exercisable in full as of a specified time at least 10 business days prior to
the effective date of such liquidation or dissolution and (ii) terminate
effective upon such liquidation or dissolution, except to the extent exercised
before such effective date.

     (c) Acquisition and Change in Control Events
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         (1)  Definitions
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              (a)   An "Acquisition Event" shall mean:

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                    (i)  any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into
                         another entity as a result of which the Common Stock is
                         converted into or exchanged for the right to receive
                         cash, securities or other property; or

                    (ii) any exchange of shares of the Company for cash,
                         securities or other property pursuant to a statutory
                         share exchange transaction.

              (b)   A "Change in Control Event" shall mean:

                    (i)  the acquisition by an individual, entity or group
                         (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of
                         the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
                         "Exchange Act")) (a "Person") of beneficial ownership
                         of any capital stock of the Company if, after such
                         acquisition, such Person beneficially owns (within the
                         meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange
                         Act) 30% or more of either (x) the then-outstanding
                         shares of common stock of the Company (the "Outstanding
                         Company Common Stock") or (y) the combined voting power
                         of the then-outstanding securities of the Company
                         entitled to vote generally in the election of directors
                         (the "Outstanding Company Voting Securities");
                         provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection
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                         (i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a
                         Change in Control Event: (A) any acquisition directly
                         from the Company (excluding an acquisition pursuant to
                         the exercise, conversion or exchange of any security
                         exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for
                         common stock or voting securities of the Company,
                         unless the Person exercising, converting or exchanging
                         such security acquired such security directly from the
                         Company or an underwriter or agent of the Company), (B)
                         any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or
                         related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company
                         or any corporation controlled by the Company, or (C)
                         any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a
                         Business Combination (as defined below) which complies
                         with clauses (x) and (y)  of subsection (iii) of this
                         definition; or

                    (ii) such time as the Continuing Directors (as defined
                         below) do not constitute a majority of the Board (or,
                         if applicable, the Board of Directors of a successor
                         corporation to the

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                          Company), where the term "Continuing Director" means
                          at any date a member of the Board (x) who was a member
                          of the Board on the date of the initial adoption of
                          this Plan by the Board or (y) who was nominated or
                          elected subsequent to such date by at least a majority
                          of the directors who were Continuing Directors at the
                          time of such nomination or election or whose election
                          to the Board was recommended or endorsed by at least a
                          majority of the directors who were Continuing
                          Directors at the time of such nomination or election;
                          provided, however, that there shall be excluded from
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                          this clause (y) any individual whose initial
                          assumption of office occurred as a result of an actual
                          or threatened election contest with respect to the
                          election or removal of directors or other actual or
                          threatened solicitation of proxies or consents, by or
                          on behalf of a person other than the Board; or

                    (iii) the consummation of a merger, consolidation,
                          reorganization, recapitalization or statutory share
                          exchange involving the Company or a sale or other
                          disposition of all or substantially all of the assets
                          of the Company (a "Business Combination"), unless,
                          immediately following such Business Combination, each
                          of the following two conditions is satisfied: (x) all
                          or substantially all of the individuals and entities
                          who were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding
                          Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting
                          Securities immediately prior to such Business
                          Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly,
                          more than 50% of the then-outstanding shares of common
                          stock and the combined voting power of the then-
                          outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in
                          the election of directors, respectively, of the
                          resulting or acquiring corporation in such Business
                          Combination (which shall include, without limitation,
                          a corporation which as a result of such transaction
                          owns the Company or substantially all of the Company's
                          assets either directly or through one or more
                          subsidiaries) (such resulting or acquiring corporation
                          is referred to herein as the "Acquiring Corporation")
                          in substantially the same proportions as their
                          ownership of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and
                          Outstanding Company Voting Securities, respectively,
                          immediately prior to such Business Combination and (y)
                          no Person (excluding the Acquiring Corporation or any
                          employee benefit plan (or

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                          related trust) maintained or sponsored by the Company
                          or by the Acquiring Corporation) beneficially owns,
                          directly or indirectly, 30% or more of the then-
                          outstanding shares of common stock of the Acquiring
                          Corporation, or of the combined voting power of the
                          then-outstanding securities of such corporation
                          entitled to vote generally in the election of
                          directors (except to the extent that such ownership
                          existed prior to the Business Combination).

         (2)  Effect on Options
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              (a)   Acquisition Event.  Upon the occurrence of an Acquisition
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                    Event (regardless of whether such event also constitutes a
                    Change in Control Event), or the execution by the Company of
                    any agreement with respect to an Acquisition Event
                    (regardless of whether such event will result in a Change in
                    Control Event), the Board shall provide that all outstanding
                    Options shall be assumed, or equivalent options shall be
                    substituted, by the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or
                    an affiliate thereof); provided that if such Acquisition
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                    Event also constitutes a Change in Control Event, except to
                    the extent specifically provided to the contrary in the
                    instrument evidencing any Option or any other agreement
                    between a Participant and the Company, such assumed or
                    substituted options shall be immediately exercisable in full
                    upon the occurrence of such Acquisition Event.  For purposes
                    hereof, an Option shall be considered to be assumed if,
                    following consummation of the Acquisition Event, the Option
                    confers the right to purchase, for each share of Common
                    Stock subject to the Option immediately prior to the
                    consummation of the Acquisition Event, the consideration
                    (whether cash, securities or other property) received as a
                    result of the Acquisition Event by holders of Common Stock
                    for each share of Common Stock held immediately prior to the
                    consummation of the Acquisition Event (and if holders were
                    offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration
                    chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding
                    shares of Common Stock); provided, however, that if the
                    consideration received as a result of the Acquisition Event
                    is not solely common stock of the acquiring or succeeding
                    corporation (or an affiliate thereof), the Company may, with
                    the consent of the acquiring or succeeding corporation,
                    provide for the consideration to be received upon the
                    exercise of Options to consist solely of common stock of the
                    acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate
                    thereof) equivalent in fair market value

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                    to the per share consideration received by holders of
                    outstanding shares of Common Stock as a result of the
                    Acquisition Event.

                         Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the acquiring or
                    succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof) does not
                    agree to assume, or substitute for, such Options, then the
                    Board shall, upon written notice to the Participants,
                    provide that all then unexercised Options will become
                    exercisable in full as of a specified time prior to the
                    Acquisition Event and will terminate immediately prior to
                    the consummation of such Acquisition Event, except to the
                    extent exercised by the Participants before the consummation
                    of such Acquisition Event; provided, however, in the event
                    of an Acquisition Event under the terms of which holders of
                    Common Stock will receive upon consummation thereof a cash
                    payment for each share of Common Stock surrendered pursuant
                    to such Acquisition Event (the "Acquisition Price"), then
                    the Board may instead provide that all outstanding Options
                    shall terminate upon consummation of such Acquisition Event
                    and that each Participant shall receive, in exchange
                    therefor, a cash payment equal to the amount (if any) by
                    which (A) the Acquisition Price multiplied by the number of
                    shares of Common Stock subject to such outstanding Options
                    (whether or not then exercisable), exceeds (B) the aggregate
                    exercise price of such Options.

              (b)  Change in Control Event that is not an Acquisition Event.
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                    Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control Event that does
                    not also constitute an Acquisition Event, except to the
                    extent specifically provided to the contrary in the
                    instrument evidencing any Option or any other agreement
                    between a Participant and the Company, all Options then-
                    outstanding shall automatically become immediately
                    exercisable in full.

         (5)  Limitations.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
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              Section 6(c), if the Change in Control Event is intended to be
              accounted for as a "pooling of interests" for financial accounting
              purposes, and if the acceleration to be effected by the foregoing
              provisions of this Section 6(c) would preclude accounting for the
              Change in Control Event as a "pooling of interests" for financial
              accounting purposes, then no such acceleration shall occur upon
              the Change in Control Event.

7.  General Provisions Applicable to Awards
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     (a) Transferability of Awards.  Except as the Board may otherwise determine
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or provide in an Award, Awards shall not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged
or otherwise encumbered by the person to whom they are granted, either
voluntarily or by operation of law, except by will or the laws of descent and
distribution, and, during the life of the Participant, shall be exercisable only
by the Participant. References to a Participant, to the extent relevant in the
context, shall include references to authorized transferees.

     (b) Documentation.  Each Award shall be evidenced by a written instrument
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in such form as the Board shall determine. Each Award may contain
terms and conditions in addition to those set forth in the Plan.

     (c) Board Discretion.  Except as otherwise provided by the Plan, each
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Award may be made alone or in addition or in relation to any other Award.  The
terms of each Award need not be identical, and the Board need not treat
Participants uniformly.

     (d) Termination of Status.  The Board shall determine the effect on an
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Award of the disability, death, retirement, authorized leave of absence or other
change in the employment or other status of a Participant and the extent to
which, and the period during which, the Participant, the Participant's legal
representative, conservator or guardian or the person designated to receive
amounts due to the Participant or to exercise the rights of the Participant in
the event of the Participant's death (or, in the absence of such a designation,
the Participant's estate) (the "Designated Beneficiary") may exercise rights
under the Award.

     (e) Withholding.  Each Participant shall pay to the Company, or make
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provision satisfactory to the Board for payment of, any taxes required by law to
be withheld in connection with Awards to such Participant no later than the date
of the event creating the tax liability.  Except as the Board may otherwise
provide in an Award, Participants may, to the extent then permitted under
applicable law, satisfy such tax obligations in whole or in part by delivery of
shares of Common Stock, including shares retained from the Award creating the
tax obligation, valued at their Fair Market Value. The Company may, to the
extent permitted by law, deduct any such tax obligations from any payment of any
kind otherwise due to a Participant.

     (f) Amendment of Award.  The Board may amend, modify or terminate any
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outstanding Award, including but not limited to, substituting therefor another
Award of the same or a different type, and changing the date of exercise or
realization, provided that the Participant's consent to such action shall be
required unless the Board determines that the action, taking into account any
related action, would not materially and adversely affect the Participant.

     (g) Conditions on Delivery of Stock.  The Company will not be obligated to
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deliver any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Plan until (i) all conditions
of the Award have been met or removed to the satisfaction of the Company, (ii)
in the opinion of the Company's counsel, all other legal matters in connection
with the issuance and delivery of such shares have been satisfied, including any
applicable securities laws and any applicable stock exchange or stock market
rules and regulations, and (iii) the Participant has executed and delivered to
the Company

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such representations or agreements as the Company may consider appropriate to
satisfy the requirements of any applicable laws, rules or regulations.

     (h) Acceleration.  The Board may at any time provide that any Options
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shall become immediately exercisable in full or in part.

8.   Miscellaneous
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     (a) No Right To Employment or Other Status.  No person shall have any
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claim or right to be granted an Award, and the grant of an Award shall not be
construed as giving a Participant the right to continued employment or any other
relationship with the Company.  The Company expressly reserves the right at any
time to dismiss or otherwise terminate its relationship with a Participant free
from any liability or claim under the Plan, except as expressly provided in the
applicable Award.

     (b) No Rights As Stockholder.  Subject to the provisions of the
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applicable Award, no Participant or Designated Beneficiary shall have any rights
as a stockholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock to be distributed
with respect to an Award until becoming the record holder of such shares.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Company effects a split of the
Common Stock by means of a stock dividend and the exercise price of and the
number of shares subject to such Option are adjusted as of the date of the
distribution of the dividend (rather than as of the record date for such
dividend), then an optionee who exercises an Option between the record date and
the distribution date for such stock dividend shall be entitled to receive, on
the distribution date, the stock dividend with respect to the shares of Common
Stock acquired upon such Option exercise, notwithstanding the fact that such
shares were not outstanding as of the close of business on the record date for
such stock dividend.

     (c) Effective Date and Term of Plan.  The Plan shall become effective
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on the date on which it is adopted by the Board.  No Awards shall be granted
under the Plan after the completion of ten years from the date on which the Plan
was adopted by the Board, but Awards previously granted may extend beyond that
date.

     (d) Amendment of Plan.  The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the
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Plan or any portion thereof at any time.

     (e) Governing Law.  The provisions of the Plan and all Awards made
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hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to any applicable conflicts of
law.

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              CAMBRIDGE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS (MASSACHUSETTS), INC.

                  AMENDED AND RESTATED 1991 STOCK OPTION PLAN

                      (as amended through June 20, 2000)

1.   PURPOSE

     The name of this plan is the Cambridge Technology Partners (Massachusetts),
Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). The purpose of the Plan is to
promote the long-term success of Cambridge Technology Partners (Massachusetts),
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), by providing financial
incentives to the officers, employees, directors and consultants of the Company
who are in positions to make significant contributions toward such success. The
Plan is designed to attract individuals of outstanding ability to become or to
continue as officers, employees, directors or consultants of the Company, to
enable such individuals to acquire or increase proprietary interests in the
Company through the ownership of shares of Common Stock of the Company, and to
render superior performance during their associations with the Company. The
Company intends that this purpose will be effected by the granting pursuant to
the Plan of options for shares of the Company's Common Stock (hereinafter
referred to as "Options") that either do meet the definition of "incentive
stock options" ("Incentive Options") in Section 422(b) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or do not meet such definition
("Nonqualified Options").

     References herein to "the Company" shall include any successor
corporation to the Company and also any subsidiary of the Company (such that, if
the Company has one or more subsidiaries, individuals who are officers or key
employees thereof are eligible to be granted Options under the Plan).

2.   OPTIONS TO BE GRANTED AND ADMINISTRATION

     (a)  Options granted under the Plan may be either Incentive Options or
Nonqualified Options. An Option shall not be considered to be an Incentive
Option unless designated as such at the time of grant or in the option agreement
relating to such option, and any option that is not so designated (or even if so
designated fails to meet the definition of "incentive stock option" under
Section 422(b) of the Code) shall be a Nonqualified Option. Unless otherwise
specified in a particular grant, Options granted under the Plan are intended to
qualify as performance-based compensation to the extent required under Section
162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

     (b)  The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the
Company (the "Board") or, in the discretion of the Board, by a committee of not
less than two members of the Board selected by and from the members of the Board
in accordance with the provisions of the Company's By-Laws relating to the
appointment of Committees (the administrator of the Plan being referred to
herein as the "Option Committee");
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provided, however, that the Plan shall be administered so that Options granted
under the Plan will qualify for the benefits provided by Rule 16b-3 (or any
successor rule to the same effect) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
by Section 162(m) of the Code (or any successor provision to the same effect)
and the applicable regulations thereunder. Subject to the provisions of this
Plan, if a committee has been directed by the Board to administer the Plan, such
committee shall exercise all powers under the Plan, unless and until other
action is taken by the Board. Action by the Option Committee shall require the
affirmative vote of a majority of all its members.

     (c)  Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Option Committee
shall have the power:

          (i)    To grant Options to eligible persons under the Plan, and to
     prescribe the terms and provisions (which need not be identical) of each
     Option granted under the Plan to such persons;

          (ii)   To construe and interpret the Plan and Options granted
     thereunder and to establish, amend, and revoke rules and regulations for
     administration of the Plan. In this connection, the Option Committee may
     correct any defect or supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency
     in the Plan, or in any option agreement, in the manner and to the extent it
     shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective. All
     decisions and determinations by the Option Committee shall be final and
     binding upon the Company and all optionees; and

          (iii)  Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as
     are deemed necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the
     Company with respect to the Plan.

     (d)  No issued and outstanding Option shall be repriced to a lower purchase
price per share at any time during the term of such Option, without the prior
affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock of the Company present at
a stockholders' meeting in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon. Any
amendment or repeal of this Section 2, clause (d), shall require the affirmative
vote of a majority of shares of stock of the Company present at a stockholders'
meeting in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon.

3.   STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

     (a)  The stock subject to the Options granted under the Plan shall be
shares of the Company's authorized but unissued common stock, par value $.01 per
share (the "Common Stock"), or previously issued shares of Common Stock that
have been reacquired and reserved by the Board for resale upon exercise of
Options granted under the Plan. The total number of shares of Common Stock that
may be issued pursuant to Options granted under the Plan shall not exceed an
aggregate of 23,000,000 shares of
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Common Stock. Such number shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section
9 hereof.

     (b)  Whenever any outstanding Option under the Plan expires, is canceled or
is otherwise terminated (other than by exercise), the shares of Common Stock
allocable to the unexercised portion of such Option may again be the subject of
Options under the Plan.

     (c)  No employee of the Company may be granted Options to acquire, in the
aggregate, more than 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan. If any
Option granted under the Plan shall expire or terminate for any reason without
having been exercised in full or shall cease for any reason to be exercisable in
whole or in part, the unpurchased shares subject to such Option shall be
included in the determination of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock
deemed to have been granted to such employee under the Plan.

4.  STOCK OPTION GRANTS

     (a)  Incentive Options may be granted only to persons who are employees of
the Company, including members of the Board who are also employees of the
Company. Nonqualified Options may be granted to officers and employees of the
Company, to directors of the Company, whether or not they are also employees of
the Company, to consultants to the Company who are not employees, and to such
other persons as the Option Committee shall select from time to time. The
determination of the persons eligible to receive grants, the number of shares of
Common Stock for which Options are granted and the determination of whether an
Option shall be an Incentive Option or a Nonqualified Option shall be made by
the Option Committee.

     (b)  No person shall be eligible to receive any Incentive Option under the
Plan if at the date of grant such person beneficially owns (or would own upon
the exercise of any Options held, or which upon such grant would be held, by
such person) in excess of ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock, unless (i) the exercise price is at least 110% of the fair market value
(determined as provided in Section 5(c) hereof at the time the Incentive Option
is granted) of the shares of Common Stock subject to the Option and (ii) such
Option by its terms is not exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years
from the date such Option is granted.

     (c)  The aggregate fair market value (determined as provided in Section
5(c) hereof at the time the Incentive Option is granted) of shares of Common
Stock with respect to which any Incentive Option is exercisable for the first
time by the optionee during any calendar year (plus the value of any other such
shares of Common Stock first purchasable in such year under any other Option
under the Plan or any other plan of the Company or any parent or subsidiary
thereof intended to be an "incentive stock option" under Section 422 of the
Code) shall not exceed $100,000, and no person shall be eligible to receive an
Incentive Option for shares of Common Stock in excess of such limitation.
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5.   TERMS OF THE OPTION AGREEMENTS

     Each option agreement for Options granted under the Plan (each, an "Option
Agreement") shall contain such provisions as the Option Committee shall from
time to time deem appropriate. Option agreements need not be identical, but each
option agreement by appropriate language, or by reference to this Section 5 of
the Plan, shall include the substance of all of the following provisions:

     (a) Expiration. Each Option shall expire on the date specified in the
option agreement, which date shall not be later than the tenth anniversary of
the date on which the Option was granted. Each Incentive Option shall in any
event expire not later than three months after the optionee is for any reason no
longer employed by the Company, except (i) if such termination of employment
results from optionee's disability (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of
the Code), an Option may be exercised within twelve months thereafter, whether
or not exercisable at the time of such termination, and (ii) if such termination
of employment results from the optionee's death, an Option may be exercised by
his executors or administrators within twenty-four months thereafter, whether or
not exercisable at the time of such termination.

     (b) Exercise. Unless the Option Committee shall otherwise determine at
the time an Option is granted or except as set forth in the form of Option
Agreement, each Option shall become vested and exercisable with respect to 25%
of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Option as of the first anniversary
of the date of grant and, thereafter, with respect to an additional 2.083% of
the shares subject to such Option as of the same day (or the immediately
preceding day if a month does not have such day) of each calendar month
thereafter, so that such Option shall be exercisable in full as of the fourth
anniversary of the date of grant. Unless otherwise provided in the vote of the
Option Committee, for this purpose the date of the grant of an Option shall be
the date on which the Option Committee approves the grant. To the extent not
exercised, vested installments shall accumulate and be exercisable in whole or
in part at any time after becoming exercisable, but not later than the date the
Option expires or terminates.

     (c)  Purchase Price. Unless the Option Committee shall otherwise determine
at the time the Option is granted, the purchase price per share of Common Stock
under each Option shall be not less than the fair market value of a share of
Common Stock on the date the Option is granted. For the purposes of the Plan,
the fair market value as of the date of grant (i) shall be determined as of the
last business day for which such prices or quotes are available prior to the
date of grant and shall mean (A) the last reported sale price (on that date) of
the Common Stock on the principal national securities exchange on which the
Common Stock is traded, if the Common
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Stock is then traded on a national securities exchange; or (B) the last reported
sale price (on that date) of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market (or
successor trading system), if the Common Stock is not then traded on a national
securities exchange; or (ii) shall be determined by the Option Committee if
neither (i)(A) or (i)(B) above are applicable.

6.   LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF OPTIONEES

     (a)  Transferability of Options. Except as set forth below, (i) no Option
shall be transferable by any optionee other than by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution and (ii) Options may be exercised during the optionee's
lifetime only by the optionee (or, if the optionee is disabled and so long as
the Option remains exercisable, by the optionee's duly appointed guardian or
other legal representative). However, the Committee may, in its discretion,
permit a Nonqualified Option holder to transfer the Nonqualified Option to
family members or other persons for estate planning purposes. In connection with
permitting transfers, the Committee may require that (i) no consideration be
given or payment made for any such transfer, (ii) the stock option agreement
pursuant to which such Option is granted must be approved by the Committee, and
must expressly provide for transferability at the date of grant in a manner
consistent with the Plan, and (iii) subsequent transfers of the transferred
Option shall be prohibited except those in accordance with the first sentence of
this Section. Following any such transfer, any such Options shall continue to be
subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to
transfer, provided that for purposes of Sections 2(c)(ii), 6(b), 6(c), 7, 8, 9
and 12 hereof the term "optionee" shall be deemed to refer to the transferee.
The events and consequences of termination of employment set forth in an
optionee's option agreement shall continue to be applied and triggered with
reference to the original optionee, following which the Options shall be
exercisable by the transferee only to the extent and for the periods specified
in such option agreement.

     (b)  No Shareholder Rights. No optionee shall be deemed for any purpose to
be the owner of any shares of Common Stock subject to any Option unless and
until (i) the Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms thereof,
(ii) the Company shall have issued and delivered the shares to the optionee, and
(iii) the optionee's name shall have been entered as a shareholder of record on
the books of the Company. Thereupon, the optionee shall have full voting,
dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such shares of Common Stock.

     (c)  No Employment Rights. Neither the Plan nor the grant of any Option
thereunder shall be deemed to confer upon any optionee any rights of employment
with the Company, including without limitation any right to continue in the
employ of the Company, or affect the right of the Company to terminate the
employment of an optionee at any time, with or without cause.

     (d)  Authority of Company. The existence of the Options shall not affect:
the right or power of the Company or its shareholders to make adjustments,
recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's capital
structure or its business; any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior
preference stock affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof; the
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or sale or
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transfer of any part of its assets or business; or any other act, whether of a
similar character or otherwise.

7.   METHOD OF EXERCISE; PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE

     (a)  Notice of Exercise. Any Option granted under the Plan may be exercised
by the optionee by delivering to the Chief Financial Officer of the Company (or
such other representative of the Company as the Option Committee may designate)
on any business day a written notice specifying the number (which shall be
consistent with the provisions of Section 5(b) hereof) of shares of Common Stock
the optionee then desires to purchase (the "Notice").

     (b) Payment.  Payment for the shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to
the exercise of an Option shall be made either (i) in cash or by check
representing good funds in an amount equal to the option price for the number of
shares of Common Stock specified in the Notice (the "Total Option Price"), or
(ii) if authorized by the applicable option agreement, by the valid and properly
completed transfer to the Company of a number of shares of Common Stock that
have been held by the optionee for at least six months having a fair market
value, determined as provided in Section 5(c) hereof, equal to or less than the
Total Option Price, plus cash or check in an amount equal to the excess, if any,
of the Total Option Price over the fair market value of such shares of Common
Stock.

8.   NOTICE OF DISPOSITION; WITHHOLDING; ESCROW

     An optionee shall immediately notify the Company in writing of any sale,
transfer, assignment or other disposition (or action constituting a
disqualifying disposition within the meaning of Section 421 of the Code) of any
shares of Common Stock acquired through exercise of an Incentive Option, within
two (2) years after the grant of such Incentive Option or within one (1) year
after the acquisition of such shares of Common Stock, setting forth the date and
manner of disposition, the number of shares of Common Stock disposed of and the
price at which such shares of Common Stock were disposed of. The Company shall
be entitled to withhold from any compensation or other payments then or
thereafter due to the optionee such amounts as may be necessary to satisfy any
withholding requirements of federal or state law or regulation and, further, to
collect from the optionee any additional amounts which may be required for such
purpose as a condition of delivering the shares of Common Stock acquired
pursuant to an Option.

9.   ADJUSTMENT UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION.

     (a)  Events for Adjusting Number and Price. In the event of any stock
dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization affecting
the outstanding shares of Common Stock, an appropriate and proportionate
adjustment shall be made in the number and kind of shares of Common Stock
subject to the Plan and in the number, kind, and per share exercise price of
shares of Common Stock subject to unexercised Options or
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portions thereof granted prior to any such change. In the event of any such
adjustment in an outstanding Option, the optionee thereafter shall have the
right to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock under such Option at the
per share price, as so adjusted, which the optionee could purchase at the total
purchase price applicable to the Option immediately prior to such adjustment.

     (b)  Option Committee and Board Action. Adjustments under this Section 9
shall be determined by the Option Committee and such determinations shall be
conclusive. The Option Committee shall have the discretion, and power in any
such event to determine and to make effective provision for acceleration of the
time or times at which any Option or portion thereof shall become exercisable.
No fractional interests shall be issued under the Plan on account of any
adjustment specified above.

10.  AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN.

     The Board may modify, revise or terminate this Plan at any time and from
time to time, except that, other than as provided in Section 9 hereof, no
amendment shall be effective unless approved by the stockholders of the Company
in accordance with applicable law and regulations at an annual or special
meeting held within twelve (12) months before or after the date of adoption of
such amendment, where such amendment will:

     (a)  increase the number of shares of Common Stock as to which Options may
          be granted under the Plan;

     (b)  change in substance Section 4 hereof relating to eligibility to
          participate in the Plan;

     (c)  change the minimum purchase price of Incentive Options to be granted
          under the Plan;

     (d)  increase the maximum term of Options provided herein; or

     (e)  otherwise materially increase the benefits accruing to participants
          under the Plan.

     Except as provided in Section 9 hereof, rights and obligations under any
Option granted before any amendment of the Plan shall not be altered or impaired
by such amendment, except with the consent of the optionee.

11.  EFFECTIVE DATE; NONEXCLUSIVITY

     (a)  Effective Date. This Plan will be deemed to have been adopted and to
be effective when approved by the stockholders of the Company in compliance with
Temporary Regulation (S)14a-422A-2 under the Code.
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     (b)  Nonexclusivity. The adoption of the Plan shall not be construed as
creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive
arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the
granting of options otherwise than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be
either applicable generally or only in specific cases.

12.  GOVERNMENT AND OTHER REGULATIONS; GOVERNING LAW

     (a)  Securities Laws. If in the opinion of legal counsel for the Company
the issuance or sale of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of
an Option would not be lawful for any reason, including without limitation the
inability of the Company to obtain from any governmental authority or regulatory
body having jurisdiction the authority deemed by such counsel to be necessary to
such issuance or sale, the Company shall not be obligated to issue or sell any
shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of an Option to an Optionee or
any other authorized person unless a registration statement that complies with
the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Act") in
respect of such shares of Common Stock is in effect at the time thereof, or
other appropriate action has been taken under and pursuant to the terms and
provisions of the Act, or the Company receives evidence satisfactory to such
counsel that the issuance and sale of such shares of Common Stock, in the
absence of an effective registration statement or other appropriate action,
would not constitute a violation of the Act or any applicable state securities
law. The Company is in no event obligated to register any such shares of Common
Stock, to comply with any exemption from registration requirements or to take
any other action which may be required in order to permit, or to remedy or
remove any prohibition or limitation on, the issuance or sale of such shares of
Common Stock of any optionee or other authorized person.

     (b)  Withholding Taxes. As a condition of exercise of an Option, the
Company may, in its sole discretion, withhold or require the optionee to pay or
reimburse the Company for any taxes which the Company determines are required to
be withheld in connection with the grant or any exercise of an Option.

     (c)  Governing Law. The Plan shall be interpreted such that all options
hereunder intended to be Incentive Options shall meet the requirements therefor
set forth in Section 422 of the Code (and any applicable regulations, rulings or
judicial decisions interpreting said Section). Otherwise, the Plan shall be
governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of Delaware.

13.  TERMINATION OF GRANTING OF OPTIONS UNDER THE PLAN

     No Option may be granted under the Plan after the tenth anniversary of the
effective date of the Plan.

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