Exhibit 12.1

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(Dollars in millions, except ratios)



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|                                                                                                                                                                         |  | Year Ended November 30, |      |   | Three MonthsEndedFebruary 28, 2005 |  
|                                                                                                                                                                         |  | 2000                    |      |   | 2001                               |   |       | 2002 |  |   | 2003 |   |  | 2004 |       |  
|Pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations                                                                                                                         |  | $                       | 7.3  |   |                                    | $ | (10.9 | )    |  | $ | 7.5  |   |  | $    | (84.4 | ) |  | $ | (24.7 | ) |  | $ | (10.9 | )
|Adjustment for income or loss from equity investees                                                                                                                      |  |                         | (0.6 | ) |                                    |   | (1.0  | )    |  |   | (1.0 | ) |  |      | 0.8   |   |  |   | 0.6   |   |  |   | 0.4   |  
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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 | ) |  | $ | (10.5 | )
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|Distributed income equity investees                                                                                                                                      |  |                         |     |   |                                    |   |      |      |  |   |     |   |  |      | 0.5   |   |  |   |      |   |  |   |      |  
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|Less: Capitalized interest                                                                                                                                               |  |                         | (0.4 | ) |                                    |   | (0.4  | )    |  |   |     |   |  |      |      |   |  |   |      |   |  |   |      |  
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|Amortization of interest previously capitalized                                                                                                                          |  |                         |     |   |                                    |   |      |      |  |   | 0.1  |   |  |      | 0.1   |   |  |   | 0.1   |   |  |   |      |  
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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 invesetees |  | $                       | 6.3  |   |                                    | $ | (12.3 | )    |  | $ | 6.6  |   |  | $    | (83.0 | ) |  | $ | (24.0 | ) |  | $ | (10.5 | )
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|Fixed Charges:                                                                                                                                                           |  |                         |      |   |                                    |   |       |      |  |   |      |   |  |      |       |   |  |   |       |   |  |   |       |  
|Interest expense                                                                                                                                                         |  | $                       | 14.7 |   |                                    | $ | 14.0  |      |  | $ | 8.1  |   |  | $    | 15.3  |   |  | $ | 20.7  |   |  | $ | 5.4   |  
|Interest capitalized during the period                                                                                                                                   |  |                         | 0.4  |   |                                    |   | 0.4   |      |  |   |     |   |  |      |      |   |  |   |      |   |  |   |      |  
|Amortization of debt issuance costs                                                                                                                                      |  |                         | 0.3  |   |                                    |   | 0.6   |      |  |   | 1.0  |   |  |      | 4.8   |   |  |   | 1.7   |   |  |   | 0.4   |  
|Imputed interest portion of rent expense                                                                                                                                 |  |                         | 2.3  |   |                                    |   | 2.8   |      |  |   | 2.7  |   |  |      | 2.9   |   |  |   | 2.5   |   |  |   | 0.6   |  
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|Total Fixed Charges                                                                                                                                                      |  | $                       | 17.7 |   |                                    | $ | 17.8  |      |  | $ | 11.8 |   |  | $    | 23.0  |   |  | $ | 24.9  |   |  | $ | 6.4   |  
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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 | ) |  | $ | 0.9   |   |  | $ | (4.1  | )
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|Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges - a                                                                                                                                   |  |                         | 1.4  |   |                                    |   |      |      |  |   | 1.6  |   |  |      |      |   |  |   |      |   |  |   |      |  
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|a | For the three months ended February 28, 2005, the ratio was less than 1.0x and was deficient by $10.5 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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