|   | a) | Designed      such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such disclosure controls      and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that      material information relating to the registrant, including its      consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those      entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is      being prepared; |
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|   | b) | Designed      such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal      control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to      provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial      reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external      purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting      principles; |
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|   | c) | Evaluated      the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures      as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report ; and      presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness      of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period      covered by this report based on such evaluation;  and |
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|   | d) | Disclosed      in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over      financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent      fiscal quarter (the registrant’s first fiscal quarter in the case of an      quarterly report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to      materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial      reporting; |
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|   | 5. | The      registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our      most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to      the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of      directors (or persons performing the equivalent  function): |
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|   | a) | All      significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or      operation of internal control over financial reporting which are      reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,      process, summarize and report financial information;  and |
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|   | b) | Any      fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other      employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal      controls over financial reporting. |
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| Dated:      November 16, 2009   |   | /s/ James      L. Mandel |   |
|                                      |   | /s/      James L. Mandel      |   |
|                                      |   | Chief      Executive Officer  |   |

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