Exhibit 12.1



Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(Dollars in millions, except ratios)



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|                                                                                                                                                                        |  | Year Ended November 30, |      |   | Nine MonthsEndedAugust 31, 2005 |  
|                                                                                                                                                                        |  | 2000                    |      |   | 2001                            |   |       | 2002 |  |   | 2003 |   |  | 2004 |       |  
|Pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations                                                                                                                        |  | $                       | 7.3  |   |                                 | $ | (10.9 | )    |  | $ | 7.5  |   |  | $    | (84.4 | ) |  | $ | (24.7 | ) |  | $ | (5.9 | )
|Adjustment for income or loss from equity investees                                                                                                                     |  |                         | (.6  | ) |                                 |   | (1.0  | )    |  |   | (1.0 | ) |  |      | .8    |   |  |   | .6    |   |  |   | .1   |  
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|Pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations before adjustment for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries or income or loss from
equity investees          |  | $                       | 6.7  |   |                                 | $ | (11.9 | )    |  | $ | 6.5  |   |  | $    | (83.6 | ) |  | $ | (24.1 | ) |  | $ | (5.8 | )
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|Distributed income equity investees                                                                                                                                     |  |                         |     |   |                                 |   |      |      |  |   |     |   |  |      | .5    |   |  |   |      |   |  |   |     |  
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|Less: Capitalized interest                                                                                                                                              |  |                         | (.4  | ) |                                 |   | (.4   | )    |  |   |     |   |  |      |      |   |  |   |      |   |  |   |     |  
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|Amortization of interest previously capitalized                                                                                                                         |  |                         |     |   |                                 |   |      |      |  |   | .1   |   |  |      | .1    |   |  |   | .1    |   |  |   |     |  
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|Adjusted pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations before adjustment for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries or income or
loss from equity investees |  | $                       | 6.3  |   |                                 | $ | (12.3 | )    |  | $ | 6.6  |   |  | $    | (83.0 | ) |  | $ | (24.0 | ) |  | $ | (5.8 | )
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|Fixed Charges:                                                                                                                                                          |  |                         |      |   |                                 |   |       |      |  |   |      |   |  |      |       |   |  |   |       |   |  |   |      |  
|Interest expense                                                                                                                                                        |  | $                       | 14.7 |   |                                 | $ | 14.0  |      |  | $ | 8.1  |   |  | $    | 15.3  |   |  | $ | 20.7  |   |  | $ | 16.1 |  
|Interest capitalized during the period                                                                                                                                  |  |                         | 0.4  |   |                                 |   | 0.4   |      |  |   |     |   |  |      |      |   |  |   |      |   |  |   |     |  
|Amortization of debt issuance costs                                                                                                                                     |  |                         | 0.3  |   |                                 |   | 0.6   |      |  |   | 1.0  |   |  |      | 4.8   |   |  |   | 1.7   |   |  |   | 1.0  |  
|Imputed interest portion of rent expense                                                                                                                                |  |                         | 2.3  |   |                                 |   | 2.8   |      |  |   | 2.7  |   |  |      | 2.9   |   |  |   | 2.5   |   |  |   | 1.9  |  
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|Total Fixed Charges                                                                                                                                                     |  | $                       | 17.7 |   |                                 | $ | 17.8  |      |  | $ | 11.8 |   |  | $    | 23.0  |   |  | $ | 24.9  |   |  | $ | 19.0 |  
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|Pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations before adjustment for income from equity investees plus fixed charges                                                  |  | $                       | 24.0 |   |                                 | $ | 5.5   |      |  | $ | 18.4 |   |  | $    | (60.0 | ) |  | $ | .9    |   |  | $ | 13.2 |  
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|Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges  (a)                                                                                                                                |  |                         | 1.4  |   |                                 |   |      |      |  |   | 1.6  |   |  |      |      |   |  |   |      |   |  |   |     |  
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|(a) | For the nine months ended August 31, 2005, the ratio was less than 1.0x and was deficient by $5.8 million. For fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2001, the ratio was less than 1.0x
and was deficient by $24.0 million, $83.0 million and $12.3 million, respectively.
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