EX-24

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
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     The  undersigned  does hereby  appoint Roger S.  Begelman,  Edward T. Joel,
Saskia  Brookfield  Martin and Susan P. Goddard  (and any other  employee of The
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. or one of its affiliates  designated in writing by one
of the  attorneys-in-fact)  his lawful attorneys,  and each of them his true and
lawful  attorney,  with power to act without  the other,  and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute and file for him and in his name any
Statement of Changes in Beneficial  Ownership on Form 4 and any Annual Statement
of Changes in Beneficial  Ownership on Form 5, or any similar or successor form,
which  may be  required  to be filed by him with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission  pursuant to Section 16 of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as
amended and any and all instruments  necessary or incidental  therewith,  hereby
granting unto said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and
perform  in the  name  and on  behalf  of the  undersigned,  and in any  and all
capacities,  every act and thing whatsoever  required or necessary to be done in
and  about  the  premises,  as fully  and to all  intents  and  purposes  as the
undersigned might or could do in person,  hereby ratifying and approving the act
of said attorneys and each of them.

This power of attorney  shall not be affected by the  subsequent  disability  or
incompetence of the principal. This power of attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until either revoked in writing by the undersigned or until such time
as the  person or  persons to whom power of  attorney  has been  hereby  granted
cease(s)  to be an  employee  of The  Goldman  Sachs  Group,  Inc. or one of its
affiliates.

     IN WITNESS thereof the  undersigned  hereunto signed his name this 31st day
of January 2003.



                                              /s/ James A. Johnson
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                                                  James A. Johnson

EX-99

                   DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT
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     Reference  is made to the Power of  Attorney,  dated  January 31, 2003 (the
"POA"),  pursuant to which James A. Johnson (the "Reporting  Person")  appointed
the undersigned,  as well as Saskia Brookfield Martin (and any other employee of
The Goldman Sachs Group,  Inc. or one of its affiliates (the "Firm")  designated
in  writing  by one of the  attorneys-in-fact),  one of the  Reporting  Person's
lawful  attorneys  with power to act without  the other,  and with full power of
substitution and  resubstitution,  to, among other things,  execute and file for
the Reporting Person and in the Reporting Person's name any Statement of Changes
in  Beneficial  Ownership  on Form 4 and any  Annual  Statement  of  Changes  in
Beneficial  Ownership on Form 5, or any similar or successor form,  which may be
required  to be filed by the  Reporting  Person  with  the U.S.  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission  pursuant to Section 16 of the  Securities  Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.

     Pursuant to the  authority  set forth in the POA,  the  undersigned  hereby
designates  Kenneth L. Josselyn,  Beverly L. O'Toole and Benjamin J. Rader, each
employees of the Firm, as additional  attorneys-in-fact  under the POA, with the
same  authority  to  act as  was  provided  to the  undersigned  and  the  other
attorneys-in-fact in the POA.

     This Designation of Additional Attorneys-in-Fact (this "Designation") shall
not affect the continued power of the undersigned and Sakia Brookfield Martin to
act under the POA to the full extent permitted thereby. Neither the POA nor this
Designation  shall be affected by the subsequent  disability or  incompetence of
the Reporting  Person.  This  Designation  shall remain in full force and effect
until either it or the POA is revoked in writing by the Reporting  Person or The
Goldman  Sachs  Group,  Inc.  or until such time as all persons to whom power of
attorney has been granted pursuant to this Designation  cease to be employees of
the Firm.

     IN WITNESS thereof the  undersigned  hereunto signed his name this 22nd day
of September 2005.



                                                 /s/ Roger S. Begelman
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                                                     Roger S. Begelman