EXHIBIT31.1

Chief Executive Officer Certification

Required by Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934, as amended

I, David E. Hershberg,certify that:

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| 1.  | I have reviewed thisquarterly report on Form 10-Q; |

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| 2.  | Based on my knowledge, this quarterlyreport does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitto state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterlyreport; |

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| 3.  | Based on my knowledge, thefinancial statements, and other financial information included in thisquarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant asof, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report; |

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| 4.  | The Registrant's other certifyingofficers and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-14 and 15d-14) for the Registrant, and we have: |

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| a)  | designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to bedesigned under our supervision, to ensure that material informationrelating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, ismade known to us by others within those entities, particularly duringthe period in which this quarterly report is being prepared; |

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| b)  | evaluated the effectiveness of theRegistrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented inthis quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period coveredby this quarterly report based on such evaluation; |

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| c)  | disclosed in this quarterly report anychange in the Registrant's internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the Registrant's most recentfiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the Registrant's internal control overfinancial reporting; and |

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| 5.  | TheRegistrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed,based on our most recent evaluation, to the Registrant's auditorsand the audit committee of Registrant's board of directors: |

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| a)  | all significant deficiencies in thedesign or operation of internal control over financial report which arereasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant's ability torecord, 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 rolein the Registrant's internal control over financialreporting. |

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|                 Date:February 13, 2004 |  | By: /s/ DAVID E.HERSHBERG |
|                                                                                                                   |  | David E.Hershberg         |
|                                                                                                                   |  | Chairman of the Boardand  |
|                                                                                                                   |  | Chief ExecutiveOfficer    |
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