Exhibit 12.1

(in thousands)

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,									For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2005					2004				2005				2004
Fixed Charges Computation:
Preferred stock dividend	$			976		$	740			$		1,854		$	1,512
Interest expense, including amortization of debt issuance costs	1,245					1,299				3,777				2,431
Total fixed charges and preferred dividends	$			2,221		$	2,039			$		5,631		$	3,943
Earnings Computation:
Earnings before income taxes, equity in income (loss) of investees and minority interests	$		12,672			$	10,004			$		29,786		$	26,656
Less:
Preferred stock dividend			(976		)		(740		)			(1,854	)		(1,512		)
Minority interests			(473		)		(13		)			(659	)		(13		)
Add:
Fixed charges	2,221					2,039				5,631				3,943
Earnings as adjusted	$	13,444				$		11,290		$	32,904			$		29,074
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges	10.8x					8.7x				8.7x				12.0x
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred dividends	6.1x					5.5x				5.8x				7.4x