|   | a) | Designed such disclosure controls      and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be      designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information      relating to the issuer, including its 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) | Designed such internal control      over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial      reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable      assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the      preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance      with generally accepted accounting  principles; |
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|   | c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of      the issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this      report our 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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|   | d) | Disclosed in this report any      change in the issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that      occurred during the issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (the issuer’s      fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially      affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s      internal control over financial reporting;  and |
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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      issuer’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 issuer’s internal controls over financial      reporting. |
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| /s/  PETER  GROSS                |
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| Peter      Gross                           |
| President      and Chief Executive Officer |

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