|                                                                                                                      |   | 2004   |    |   | 2005   |   |    | 2006   |   |   | 2007    |   |   | 2008   |    |
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| Ratio      of Earnings to Fixed Charges:                                                                                  |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |
| Income      before provision for income taxes, discontinued operations and cumulative      effect of accounting change(c) |   |   | (33,557 | )      |   |   | (34,783 | )      |   |   | (47,673 | )      |   |   | (77,747 | ) |   |   | (58,633 | ) |
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| Fixed      Charges                                                                                                        |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                                                                                      |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |
| Interest      Expense                                                                                                     |   |   | 48,194  |   |   |   | 59,328  |   |   |   | 65,787  |   |   |   | 61,772  |   |   |   | 44,747 |   |
| Amortization      of Deferred Financing Costs                                                                             |   |   | 2,937   |   |   |   | 3,579   |   |   |   | 3,381   |   |   |   | 3,423   |   |   |   | 3,298 |   |
| Preferred      Stock Accretion & dividends                                                                            |   |   | 2,735   |   |   |   | 3,048   |   |   |   | 3,334   |   |   |   | 2,182   |   |   |   | — |   |
| Interest      portion of rental expense (a)                                                                               |   |   | 218     |   |   |   | 238     |   |   |   | 258     |   |   |   | 271     |   |   |   | 248 |   |
| Total      Fixed Charges                                                                                                  |   |   | 54,084  |   |   |   | 66,193  |   |   |   | 72,760  |   |   |   | 67,648  |   |   |   | 48,293 |   |
| Total      Earnings                                                                                                       |   |   | 20,527  |   |   |   | 31,410  |   |   |   | 25,087  |   |   |   | 145,395 |   |   |   | (10,340 | ) |
| Ratio      — Earnings to Fixed Charges                                                                              |   |   | 0.38    |   |   |   | 0.47    |   |   |   | 0.34    |   |   |   | 2.15    |   |   |   | (0.21 | ) |
| Ratio      Coverage Deficiency (b),(c)                                                                                    |   |   | (33,557 | )      |   |   | (34,783 | )      |   |   | (47,673 | )      |   |   | — |   |   |   | (58,633 | ) |

| (a) | Includes      approximately 21% of rent expense for each period presented as deemed by      management to be the interest component of such  rentals. |
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| (b) | Due      to the loss from operations for the year ended December 31, 2004, 2005,      2006 and 2008, there were insufficient earnings of $33.6 million, $34.8      million, $24.3 million, $47.7 million and $58.6 million, respectively, to      cover fixed charges. |
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| (c) | Earnings      for the year ended December 31, 2007 included a $115.5 million gain on      troubled debt restructuring. Excluding the impact of this gain, earning      would have been insufficient to cover fixed charged by $37.8      million. |
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