|   | 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 small business                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 my 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 small business 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 small business issuer's internal                control                over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered                by this                report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially                affect, the small business issuer's internal control over financial                reporting. |
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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 small business 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 small business issuer's                internal control over financial reporting. |
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