EXHIBIT 12.1



Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges



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|                                                                                                         |  | For the year ended December 31, |        
|                                                                                                         |  | 2004                            |         |   | 2003 |   |        | 2002 |  |   | 2001   |   |  | 2000 |       
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|Earnings:                                                                                                |  |                                 |         |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |        |  
|Income (loss) before income taxes, minority interest, and cumulative effect of accounting change         |  | $                               | (16,139 | ) |      | $ | (1,496 | )    |  | $ | 11,268 |   |  | $    | (4,639 | ) |  | $ | 411    |  
|Add (less): Equity earnings (loss)                                                                       |  |                                 | 267     |   |      |   | (789   | )    |  |   | (2,403 | ) |  |      | (3,131 | ) |  |   | (3060  | )
|Add: Dividends                                                                                           |  |                                 |        |   |      |   | 150    |      |  |   | 2,828  |   |  |      | 1,054  |   |  |   | 750    |  
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|Sub-total:                                                                                               |  |                                 | (15,872 | ) |      |   | (2,135 | )    |  |   | 11,693 |   |  |      | (6,716 | ) |  |   | (1,899 | )
|Add: Total fixed charges (per below)                                                                     |  |                                 | 31,638  |   |      |   | 17,945 |      |  |   | 11,255 |   |  |      | 12,581 |   |  |   | 19,954 |  
|Less: Interest capitalized                                                                               |  |                                 | 436     |   |      |   | 152    |      |  |   | 212    |   |  |      | 336    |   |  |   | 1,067  |  
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|Total earnings (loss) before income taxes, minority interest, and cumulative effect of accounting change |  |                                 | 15,330  |   |      |   | 15,658 |      |  |   | 22,736 |   |  |      | 5,529  |   |  |   | 16,988 |  
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|Fixed Charges:                                                                                           |  |                                 |         |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |        |  
|Interest expense, including interest capitalized                                                         |  |                                 | 29,226  |   |      |   | 15,958 |      |  |   | 9,939  |   |  |      | 11,374 |   |  |   | 18,557 |  
|Portion of rental expense representative of the interest factor                                          |  |                                 | 2,412   |   |      |   | 1,987  |      |  |   | 1,316  |   |  |      | 1,207  |   |  |   | 1,397  |  
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|Total fixed charges                                                                                      |  |                                 | 31,638  |   |      |   | 17,945 |      |  |   | 11,255 |   |  |      | 12,581 |   |  |   | 19,954 |  
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|Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges                                                                       |  |                                 | (a      | ) |      |   | (a     | )    |  |   | 2.0    |   |  |      | (a     | ) |  |   | 3.0    |  
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|(a) | For fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2001 earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $16,308, $2,287 and $7,052, respectively.
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