**EXHIBIT        31**

**CERTIFICATION        OF PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER **

**PURSUANT        TO THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, **

**RULES        13a-14 AND 15d-14 **

**AS        ADOPTED PURSUANT TO **

**SECTION        302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 **

| 1. | I                  have reviewed this Report;                       |
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| 2. | Based                  on my knowledge, this Report does not contain any untrue statement                  of a                  material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make                  the                  statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such                  statements                  were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by                  this                  Report;                       |
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| 3. | Based                  on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial                  information                  included in this Report, fairly present in all material respects                  the                  financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the                  Company,                  as of, and for, the periods presented in this Report;                       |
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| 4. | I                  am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls                  and                  procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))                  for                  the Company and have:                       |
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|  | (a) | Designed                  such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure                  controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to                  ensure                  that material information relating to the Company, including any                  consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within                  those                  entities, particularly during the period in which this Report is                  being                  prepared; |
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|  | (b) | Evaluated                  the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures                  and                  presented in this Report my 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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|  | (c) | Disclosed                  in this Report any change in the Company’s internal control over financial                  reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter                  (the Company’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that                  has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially                  affect, the                  Company’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
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| 5. | I                  have disclosed, based on my evaluation of internal control over                  financial                  reporting, to the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (or                  persons performing the equivalent functions):                       |
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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 Company'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 Company's internal                  control                  over financial reporting. |
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