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EXHIBIT 31.1


CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CERTIFICATION

I, Myron W. Wentz, certify that:


Date: March 13, 2008   /s/  MYRON W. WENTZ      
Myron W. Wentz, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)



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