Exhibit 3.1(aa)(i)




     


                         ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                     OF
                       PACIFIC RING ENTERPRISES, INC.

               The undersigned desiring to form a corporation under
     the laws of the State of California declares:

               1.   The name of this corporation is: PACIFIC RING
                    ENTERPRISES, INC.

               2.   The purpose of this corporation is to engage in
                    any lawful act or activity for which a corporation
                    may be organized under the General Corporation Law
                    of the State of California, other than the banking
                    business, the trust company business or the
                    practice of a profession permitted to be
                    incorporated by the California Corporations' Code.

               3.   The name and address in this state of this
                    corporation's initial agent for service of process
                    is:

                         ARNOLD L. ROSS, ESQ.
                         9665 Wilshire Boulevard
                         Eighth Floor
                         Beverly Hills, California  90212

               4.   The corporation is authorized to issue 100,000
                    shares of capital stock all of one class to be
                    designated "common stock."






     

               5.   Before being offered to ANYONE ELSE, ANY shares,
                    options or securities having conversion or option
                    rights issued BY the Board of Directors of this
                    corporation must first be offered to the
                    shareholders or the one class of capital stock
                    issued by this corporation designated "common
                    stock".

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles
     of Incorporation this 25th day of March  1983.

                                   /s/ Barry Leigh Weissman       
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                                   BARRY LEIGH WEISSMAN

     I hereby declare that I am the person that executed the foregoing
     Article of PACIFIC RING ENTERPRISES, INC., and that said Articles
     of Incorporation are my own act and deed.

     Executed at Beverly Hills, California, this 25th day of March,
     1983.

                                   /s/ Barry Leigh Weissman       
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                                   BARRY LEIGH WEISSMAN



     
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