Exhibit 12.1

Advanstar Communications Inc.  Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges/Deficiency  In the Coverage of Fixed Charges by Earnings Before Fixed Charges

|                                                                             |                                                                             | Predecessor                          |         | Advanstar |       
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|Earnings before fixed charges:                                               |                                                                             |                                      |         |           |       
|                                                                             | Income (loss) before income taxes, extraordinary item and accounting change |                                      | $       | (27,172   | )     
|                                                                             | Portion of rents representative of interest factor                          |                                      |         | 1,368     |       
|                                                                             | Interest on indebtedness                                                    |                                      |         | 27,862    |       
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|                                                                             |                                                                             | Earnings (loss) before fixed charges |         |           | 2,058 
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|Fixed charges:                                                               |                                                                             |                                      |         |           |       
|                                                                             | Portion of rents representative of interest factor                          |                                      |         | 1,368     |       
|                                                                             | Interest on indebtedness                                                    |                                      |         | 27,862    |       
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|                                                                             |                                                                             | Total fixed charges                  |         |           | 29,230
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|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                                           |                                                                             |                                      |        |           |       
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|Deficiency in the coverage of fixed charges by earnings before fixed charges |                                                                             | $                                    | (27,172 | )         | $     
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