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Exhibit 12.1

Calculation of Earnings to Fixed Charges

	Year Ended December 31,													Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005
	1999		2000		2001		2002		2003		2004
Fixed Charges	$	1,941	$	1,897	$	1,507	$	1,619	$	4,438	$	16,209		$	17,192
Earnings
Add:
(a) Pre-tax income from continuing operations	$	4,302	$	14,474	$	4,210	$	4,486	$	4,759	$	10,026		$	5,547
(b) Fixed charges		1,941		1,897		1,507		1,619		4,438		16,209			17,192
(c) Amortization of capitalized interest		—		—		—		—		—		2			25
(d) Distributed income of equity investees		—		—		—		—		—		—			—
(e) Share of pre-tax losses of equity investees		—		—		—		—		—		—			—
Subtract:
(a) Interest capitalized		—		—		—		—		—		(793	)		(1,324	)
(b) Preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries		—		—		—		—		—		—			—
(c) Minority interest in pre-tax income of subsidiaries that have not incurred fixed charges		—		—		—		—		—		—			—
Equals Earnings	$	6,243	$	16,371	$	5,717	$	6,105	$	9,197	$	25,444		$	21,440
Ratio		3.22		8.63		3.79		3.77		2.07		1.57			1.25

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