EX-99 2 ex-a.htm EXHIBIT A - POWER OF ATTORNEY ex-a.htm
 
Exhibit A
Power of Attorney

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below revokes all prior Power of Attorney and appoints Denis J. Kiely to act severally as attorney-in-fact for the undersigned solely for the purpose of executing reports required under Sections 13 and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and filing the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission thereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Signed:
 
/s/ Alphonse Fletcher Jr.
 
   
Alphonse Fletcher Jr.
 

Dated:  February 14, 2001