exhibit2.htm
Exhibit
2
POWER
OF
ATTORNEY
FOR
CERTAIN FILINGS
UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
I, David E. Shaw, hereby
make, constitute, and appoint each of:
Anne
Dinning,
Rochelle
Elias,
Julius
Gaudio,
John
Liftin,
Louis
Salkind,
Stuart
Steckler,
Maximilian Stone, and
Eric
Wepsic,
acting individually,
as
my agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for the purpose
of, from time to time, executing in my name and/or my capacity as President
of
D. E. Shaw & Co. II, Inc. (acting for itself or as the managing member
of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C. and general partner, managing member, or manager
of other entities, any of which in turn may be acting for itself or other
entities) all documents, certificates, instruments, statements, other filings,
and amendments to the foregoing (collectively, “documents”) determined by such
person to be necessary or appropriate to comply with ownership or control-person
reporting requirements imposed by any United States or non-United States
governmental or regulatory authority, including without limitation Forms 3,
4,
5, and 13F and Schedules 13D and 13G required to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission; and delivering, furnishing, or filing any such
documents to or with the appropriate governmental or regulatory authority.
Any such determination shall be conclusively evidenced by such person’s
execution, delivery, furnishing, and/or filing of the applicable document.
This power of attorney
shall be valid from the date hereof and replaces the power granted on February
24, 2004, which is hereby cancelled.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, I
have
executed this instrument as of the date set forth below.
Date: October 24,
2007
DAVID E. SHAW, as
President of
D. E. Shaw & Co. II, Inc.
/s/David E. Shaw
New York, New York