Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I,
Thomas J. Putman, certify that:

1.     I have reviewed this report of the Company on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006;

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;

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 registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.     The registrants other certifying
officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

| | (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 registrant, 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) | [Intentionally Omitted];
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| | (c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures based 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 registrants internal control
over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial
reporting; and
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5.     The registrants other certifying officers
and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the
registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

| | (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 registrant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 registrants internal control over
financial reporting.
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Date: May 12, 2006

| | /s/ Thomas J. Putman
       Thomas J. Putman
       President, Chief Executive
       Officer and Director
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