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Exhibit 12.1

Computation of Ratio of Earnings To Fixed
Charges

|                                   |                                    |                                  |        |        |  |      |        |        |  |      |        |        |  |  |         |       |  |  |        |     | 
|---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------ | ------ |  | ---- | ------ | ------ |  | ---- | ------ | ------ |  |  | ------- | ----- |  |  | ------ | --- | 
|                                   |                                    |                                 
|                                   |                                    | For the Years Ended December 31,
|                                   |                                    |                                 
|                                   |                                    | 2001                             |        | 2000   |  | 1999 |        | 1998   |  | 1997
|                                   |                                    |                                  |        |        |  |      |        |        |  |     
|Net income (loss) before Taxes     |                                    |                                  | 13,032 |        |  |      | 10,845 |        |  |      | 3,320  |        |  |  | (34,924 | )     |  |  | 10,140 |    
|Fixed Charges:                     |                                    |                                  |        |        |  |      |        |        |  |      |        |        |  |  |         |       |  |  |        |    
|                                   | Interest Expense                   |                                  |        | 13,015 |  |      |        | 14,084 |  |      |        | 14,566 |  |  |         | 3,545 |  |  |        |    | 
|                                   | Interest Factor of Operating Rents |                                  |        | 316    |  |      |        | 320    |  |      |        | 281    |  |  |         | 182   |  |  |        | 171 | 
|                                   |                                    |                                  |        |        |  |      |        |        |  |      |        |        |  |  |         |       |  |  |        |    
|                                   | Total Fixed Charges                |                                  |        | 13,331 |  |      |        | 14,404 |  |      |        | 14,847 |  |  |         | 3,727 |  |  |        | 171 | 
|                                   |                                    |                                  |        |        |  |      |        |        |  |      |        |        |  |  |         |       |  |  |        |    
|Adjusted Earnings                  |                                    |                                  | 26,363 |        |  |      | 25,249 |        |  |      | 18,167 |        |  |  | (31,197 | )     |  |  | 10,311 |    
|                                   |                                    |                                  |        |        |  |      |        |        |  |      |        |        |  |  |         |       |  |  |        |    
|Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges |                                    |                                  | 2.0    |        |  |      | 1.8    |        |  |      | 1.2    |        |  |  | (a)     |       |  |  | (b)    |    



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|     |                                                                         
|---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(a): | Earnings were not sufficient to cover fixed
	charges by $34,924 in 1998.



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|---- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(b): | The ratio of earning to fixed charges has been
	excluded for the year ended December 31, 1997 as fixed
	charges were less than $200 in that year.