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URIAH HEEP, RIOT, EUROPE and FORBIDDEN are among the first confirmed bands for next year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesborg, Sweden.

Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO) and Tony Montana (GREAT WHITE) will guest on Diana DeVille's KNAC.COM '80s hair metal specialty program WildSide today (Saturday, November 22) at 4:00 p.m.

pSo, we have a new book out, a href="http://thepitchfork500.com/"strongemThe Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present/em/strong/a, published by the Simon amp; Schuster imprint Fireside Books. It explores our 500 favorite songs from 1977-2006-- interspersed with sidebars on the most vital subgenres from electro to grime to riot grrrl-- to construct an alternate history of the past three decades of popular music. In the coming weeks we'll be posting streams of tracks from the book here in Forkcast and giving you a sneak peek at some of the entries.nbsp;/p pIf you're in Brooklyn, please come out for the strongema href="http://thepitchfork500.com/"strongemThe Pitchfork 500/em/strong/a/em/strong launch party on Wednesday, November 26. Dance and bowl (yes, bowl) to selections from the book at a href="http://www.thegutterbrooklyn.com/"strongThe Gutter Bar/strong/a, located at 200 N. 14th St. (between Wythe and Berry) in Williamsburg. We'll be there from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., there's no cover, and there will be books for sale. For a complete rundown of events, check a href="http://thepitchfork500.com/"strongwww.thepitchfork500.com/strong/a./p pemThe Pitchfork 500/em is available in your local bookstore right now (a href="http://www.quimbys.com/product_info.php?products_id=21880" target="_blank"strongQuimby/strong/a's is the shop in our Chicago neighborhood). Or you can order it via stronga href="http://www.amazon.com/Pitchfork-500-Guide-Greatest-Present/dp/1416562028/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8amp;s=booksamp;qid=1223394242amp;sr=8-1"Amazon/a/strong, stronga href="http://www.bn.com/pitchfork"Barnes amp; Noble/a/strong, stronga href="http://www.borders.com/online/store/SearchResults?keyword=pitchfork+500amp;type=0amp;simple=1"Borders/a/strong, strongspan style="color: #551a8b;"a href="http://www.insound.com/Pitchfork_The_Pitchfork_500%3A_Our_Guide_to_the_Greatest_Songs_from_Punk_to_the_Present__PRE-ORDER_Book/productmain/p/INS50216/" target="_blank" title="Insound"Insound/a/span/strong, stronga href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781416562023-0"Powells/a/strong, or stronga href="http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1amp;pid=628435amp;app=buy_now"Simon amp; Schuster/a/strong./p pAnd now, here's Mark Richardson on Panda Bear's "Bros", with a stream (good for one free play every 24 hours, via a href="http://www.lala.com/" target="_blank"strongLala/strong/a) below the text./p pimg src="/sites/default/files/brosblurb.jpg" border="0" //p p object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="300" height="254" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" param name="id" value="W48f4e8b6f7fe2a4349271d72e0ceb6aa" / param name="wmode" value="transparent" / param name="allowNetworking" value="all" / param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" / param name="src" value="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/48f4e8b6f7fe2a43/49271d72e0ceb6aa/48f4e8b6706ccf78/ccb35821/-cpid/b0ee5e3d5fe1165b" /embed id="W48f4e8b6f7fe2a4349271d72e0ceb6aa" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="254" src="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/48f4e8b6f7fe2a43/49271d72e0ceb6aa/48f4e8b6706ccf78/ccb35821/-cpid/b0ee5e3d5fe1165b" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" wmode="transparent"/embed /object /p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/uNVaGEISUpjwpg61M2LRzJtEtc0/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/uNVaGEISUpjwpg61M2LRzJtEtc0/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pitchfork/today/~4/eo7iRscECGM" height="1" width="1"/

pSo, we have a new book out, a href=http://thepitchfork500.com/strongemThe Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present/em/strong/a, published by the Simon amp; Schuster imprint Fireside Books. It explores our 500 favorite songs from 1977-2006-- interspersed with sidebars on the most vital subgenres from electro to grime to riot grrrl-- to construct an alternate history of the past three decades of popular music. In the coming weeks we'll be posting streams of tracks from the book here in Forkcast and giving you a sneak peek at some of the entries.nbsp;/p pIf you're in Brooklyn, please come out for the strongema href=http://thepitchfork500.com/strongemThe Pitchfork 500/em/strong/a/em/strong launch party on Wednesday, November 26. Dance and bowl (yes, bowl) to selections from the book at a href=http://www.thegutterbrooklyn.com/strongThe Gutter Bar/strong/a, located at 200 N. 14th St. (between Wythe and Berry) in Williamsburg. We'll be there from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., there's no cover, and there will be books for sale. For a complete rundown of events, check a href=http://thepitchfork500.com/strongwww.thepitchfork500.com/strong/a./p pemThe Pitchfork 500/em is available in your local bookstore right now (a href=http://www.quimbys.com/product_info.php?products_id=21880 target=_blankstrongQuimby/strong/a's is the shop in our Chicago neighborhood). Or you can order it via stronga href=http://www.amazon.com/Pitchfork-500-Guide-Greatest-Present/dp/1416562028/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8amp;s=booksamp;qid=1223394242amp;sr=8-1Amazon/a/strong, stronga href=http://www.bn.com/pitchforkBarnes amp; Noble/a/strong, stronga href=http://www.borders.com/online/store/SearchResults?keyword=pitchfork+500amp;type=0amp;simple=1Borders/a/strong, strongspan style=color: #551a8b;a href=http://www.insound.com/Pitchfork_The_Pitchfork_500%3A_Our_Guide_to_the_Greatest_Songs_from_Punk_to_the_Present__PRE-ORDER_Book/productmain/p/INS50216/ target=_blank title=InsoundInsound/a/span/strong, stronga href=http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781416562023-0Powells/a/strong, or stronga href=http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1amp;pid=628435amp;app=buy_nowSimon amp; Schuster/a/strong./p pAnd now, here's Mark Richardson on Panda Bear's Bros, with a stream (good for one free play every 24 hours, via a href=http://www.lala.com/ target=_blankstrongLala/strong/a) below the text./p pimg src=/sites/default/files/brosblurb.jpg border=0 //p p object classid=clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000 width=300 height=254 codebase=http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0 param name=id value=W48f4e8b6f7fe2a4349271d72e0ceb6aa / param name=wmode value=transparent / param name=allowNetworking value=all / param name=allowScriptAccess value=always / param name=src value=http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/48f4e8b6f7fe2a43/49271d72e0ceb6aa/48f4e8b6706ccf78/ccb35821/-cpid/b0ee5e3d5fe1165b /embed id=W48f4e8b6f7fe2a4349271d72e0ceb6aa type=application/x-shockwave-flash width=300 height=254 src=http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/48f4e8b6f7fe2a43/49271d72e0ceb6aa/48f4e8b6706ccf78/ccb35821/-cpid/b0ee5e3d5fe1165b allowscriptaccess=always allownetworking=all wmode=transparent/embed /object /p

As we reported yesterday, Shaquille O’Neal is on Twitter, and it’s definitely the real Shaq. But two days ago as a few people started discovering The Big Aristotle’s account, not everyone was convinced.

Bryant Blount (aka lord_b) was one of the doubters after first hearing about @THE_REAL_SHAQ on a sports website. The back and forth between the two ultimately lead to an unforgettable phone call for a sports fan, and perhaps proves once and for all that Shaq is the coolest star athlete on the planet.

After first hearing about Shaq’s presence on Twitter, Blount decided to follow him. A few hours later, much to Blount’s surprise, Shaq followed him back. Skeptical, Blount tweeted “shaq has requested to follow me…boy is he gonna be disappointed.”

A bit later, he added “still 30% skeptical about shaq tweeting…will continue to investigate and report back with any new findings.” Low and behold, Shaq responded at 1am (the guy doesn’t appear to sleep based on his tweets), “LORD B, DNT B SKEPTICAL, ITS ME GIMME A NUMBER I WILL CALL U.”

The Call

Since Blount’s Twitter account is private, he decided to go ahead and post his phone number. Blount explained to me what happened the next day at work. “I was just doing some stuff at work and tweeted ‘waiting for the big Aristotle to enlighten me’. Then a blocked number came up on my phone and I answered. It definitely sounded like Shaq,” he told me. A bit starstruck, the two chatted for “3 or 4 minutes” about Twitter, the “fake” Shaq, and Blount’s hometown – New Haven, CT – where Shaq apparently used to play basketball with some people.

Is Shaq Really That Cool?

After the conversation, Shaq tweeted “I just talk to my good friend lord b, hes cool, im a invite him to a game , him and his family.” Of course, all of this was simply amazing to Blount, who tweeted, “@THE_REAL_SHAQ Big ups to shaq for making my life with that call. you can see why the big fella needs so many nicknames–he’s mad cool.”

Expanding beyond 140 characters, Blount told me “I just thought it was amazing that Shaq was tweeting and really direct. A lot of [athletes] have blogs, MySpace, and Facebook, but Shaq on Twitter is pretty crazy because a lot of people are hearing him. I was never a huge Shaq fan, but one of the things he said was ‘I’m a regular guy just like you.’ I think he’s a great guy and a great person, you can just tell.”

What’s Next For Shaq on Twitter?

Kathleen Hessert, who manages Shaq’s online marketing, commented on our post yesterday: “Shaq is a joyful person and a riot to be around. He not only gets attention but actually attracts people - he’s magnetic and genuine. That’s why I recommended that he twitter. Frankly it suits him and he’s one of a select few who actually do care about his fans. He’s learning twitter on the run and tomorrow I’m showing him how to respond@ to a fan.”

Sure enough, today saw Shaq make his first reply to a follower. The big man is clearly enjoying himself on the service, and while it might be more of a testament to his personality than the virtues of Twitter, it’s remarkable to watch.

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Dee Snider (TWISTED SISTER), Bruce Kulick (KISS) and Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO) are among the musicians who will take part in the first Monster Circus performance in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Masquerade Showroom at the Rio Suite Hotel Casino on December 9.

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A few weeks we told you about Todd Rodgers' indie pic, APPARITION, now we've got some bloody behind-the-scenes pics.Every town has one. The place you warn your kids about, the place where unexplained things happen, the place thats haunted. This east Texas town is no different. Southbrook hospital sits empty and has been that way since the riot in 1986. With the sale of the property pending, the buyers want peace of mind. Enter Eradication, Inc. Damon (Josh Pack), Jared (Joe Moore), Rowan (Eva Marcus), Kristin (Survivors Natalie Bolton) and Ellie (Sydney Fergerson) are the most sought after Ghost Hunters in Texas and are about to enter Southbrook.Is Southbrook all legend or is there a darker evil lurking in the halls?

divimg alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.15.1/41393?ns=guardianpageName=Business%3A+Bargains+galore+as+Christmas+comes+early+for+shoppersch=Businessc3=The+Guardianc4=Retail+industry+%28Business%29%2CChristmas+%28Life+and+style%29%2CBusiness%2CCredit+crunch+%28Business%29c5=Unclassified%2CCredit+Crunch%2CBusiness+Marketsc6=Julia+Finch%2CMartin+Wainwright%2CPatrick+Barkhamc7=2008_11_21c8=1121628c9=articlec10=GUc11=Businessc12=Retail+industryc13=c14=h2=GU%2FBusiness%2FRetail+industry" width="1" height="1" //divpShoppers were lured back on to the high street yesterday as stores slashed prices in an attempt to kickstart the vital Christmas trading period and shift unsold stock./ppIn the annual game of chicken between consumers and stores, the retailers have blinked first. There may still be 34 shopping days until Christmas, but over the past three weeks sales have fallen off a cliff for many retailers. Faced with what some analysts have warned could be the worst Christmas for 30 years as a result of falling house prices, rising unemployment and rock-bottom confidence, retailers have already resorted to price cuts and promotions./ppIt was Marks Spencer's decision to hold a one-day 20% off "spectacular"- for the first time in four years - that prised many reluctant shoppers out of their homes and offices. /ppBut the shop windows in the West End of London were plastered with posters promising bargains. Debenhams was in the middle of a three-day 25% off sale and there were sale signs up in Jane Norman, Mexx, Clarks, H Samuel, and Sir Philip Green's Arcadia Group chains, including Burton, Dorothy Perkins and Bhs./ppNew figures from the Office for National Statistics suggested retail sales were proving unexpectedly resilient. The ONS said sales dropped by just 0.1% in October, leaving them 1.9% higher than last year. This was way ahead of forecasts in the City, where analysts had been predicting a slump of 0.9%./ppBut in recent months economists and retailers have repeatedly questioned the accuracy of the ONS figures. Even the Bank of England has suggested the data should be treated with caution./ppDavid Tinsley, an economist with nabCapital, predicted the official figures would soon catch up with reality: "The figure will probably crash around November or December."/ppSurprise sales can anger shoppers who have bought items at full price and yesterday some MS customers were certainly planning revenge. One woman, who asked to remain nameless, said several of her friends were buying items at 20% off which they had already purchased and planned to return with their original items another day to get a full refund./ppNevertheless, MS boss Sir Stuart Rose insisted the discounts had given the UK's biggest clothing retailer a much-needed boost: "It seems to have touched the spot. It's a riot."/ppShopper Judith Limbert, who had travelled to Oxford Street from Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire for the MS sale, said consumers were waiting for bargains: "In the runup to Christmas I suspect people are going to hang on and hang on, waiting for sales." /ppLimbert had been planning to buy Christmas presents in MS but had been waiting to see if it would offer reductions. She said her family would definitely spend less this year and would look for bargains on the internet. "We've got less money in that our utility bills are higher and food bills are dearer."/ppA survey yesterday said that 80% of consumers plan to spend less this year and there was more gloom from credit rating agency Moodys, whose chief international economist, Ruth Stroppiana, warned: "Britain's retailing sector is expected to come under increasing pressure in coming quarters as the country's highly indebted households continue to rein in expenditure." /ppOver at the new Westfield shopping centre in west London, in the basement food hall of MS's vast store, trolleys were clattering through the tills./ppWith a recession around the corner, it was clearly time to stock up on champagne. A couple from Dorset were piloting a trolley laden with MS bubbly. They bought 36 bottles - and saved nearly pound;450 on the shelf price. /ppThe champagne was a triple bargain. On top of the 20% off was another 10% discount and a pound;5-a-bottle reduction for buying more than 12 bottles. The result was a pound;26 ticket price slashed to just pound;13 a bottle./ppIsabelle Marsh bought 36 bottles for just under pound;500, compared with the pound;936 full price./ppMarsh runs Bournemouth-based Viva Las Vegas, a fun casino business for private parties, and the champagne will be used as prizes. /ppAt the next till her friends Kay and Roger Brahams, from Surrey, who are also in the casino business, were doing exactly the same. They also had a collection of blue spotted bow ties and waistcoats for their croupiers - four waistcoats, four bow ties and two pairs of black trousers for pound;124, down from pound;155 for one day only. "It's for the business," said Roger Brahams. "It is too good to miss." /ppOn the clothing floor, however, there were many shoppers who had used the discount day to bring forward purchases they were planning to make anyway. Mark, a BBC employee, had popped in to buy an pound;80 coat he had his eye on. "My wife rang me this morning to tell me about the sale," he explained. He paid pound;64 and walked away very pleased. /ppIn Sheffield city centre, Carolyn Bowler had nipped out in her lunch break to buy a box of Christmas crackers, but by the time she had heaved her way out of MS she had three of them, plus a new dressing gown./pp"You've to shop carefully these days," she said, as three women marched past with purple Debenhams balloons and leaflets promising "25% off plus look inside for half-price bonus deals"./pp"These offers are bringing people out, no question," said another lunchtime shopper called Marion - "please don't print my surname in case my children read the paper and it spoils their Christmas surprise". The surprise is that Marion is making them clothes herself this year, instead of buying new ones./pp"You've got to cut back at times like these," she said. "We certainly have anyway, because my husband's not had a job since the summer. No one knows what the future holds any more."/ppIt was all music to the ears of Ian Fleming, who was supervising Debenhams balloon women. Enticing punters with the likes of a shimmer bow back dress reduced to pound;37.50 from pound;75, he said: "Shoppers will never get tired of good value and a bargain. This is working. It's even better out at the Meadowhall shopping centre."/ppThat, however, was impossible to check: reporters were barred from doing interviews in the sprawling complex beside the M1 because of the current spate of gloomy stories./ph2Key tactics for shoppers to cash in on stores' price war/h2pIt is the year of the tactical shopper, according to one retail expert, with yesterday's "flash" or "guerilla" sales at MS and Debenhams marking the start of what is likely to be a long and protracted war between high street stores. But for the savvy shopper hoping to secure the ultimate bargain, where and when is the time to strike? /ppIn order to secure the best bargain this Christmas, shoppers should look around and keep an eye out for promotional vouchers, said Lauretta Roberts, editor of Drapers magazine. /pp"My advice to shoppers is shop late. It's a buyers market out there and it is not going to be too difficult to find a bargain."/ppAnother way of saving money is to hit the shops before the official sale. "Even though they don't advertise the fact, many of the big department stores like Selfridges or Harvey Nichols discount their products from December 24. You get the best choice, unlike post-Christmas, when there often little left."/ppA further wave of price cuts can be expected from Boxing Day onwards, with January sales slashing 50% off many products immediately, she said. There are lots of other ways for shoppers to maximise their funds over the festive period. But it requires commitment and tactical thinking, said Martin Lewis, founder of moneysavingexpert.com. /pp"This is the year of the targeted and tactical shopper. As well as promotional sales we are seeing a rash of big discount shopping vouchers," he said. Vouchers currently featured on the website include 30% off at Gap, 40% off at Threshers and 20% off Shudoo, who sell Ugg boots, set to be a Christmas favourite. /ppAnother way of getting the best deal is to use price comparison websites, such as shopping.com, kelkoo.co.uk and pricerunner.co.uk, he said. For example, one Christmas must-have, a Wii Console + Sports Pack, costs pound;184.99 at Dixons, but on tdgstore.co.uk can be found for pound;179.99./pp"Different comparison websites are better for different products," said Lewis, who recommended find-dvd.co.uk for dvds and bookbrain.co.uk for books. /ppOnce the cheapest product has been identified, shoppers should try to buy it through a cash-back website, such as topcashback.co.uk, he added. "Cashback websites are paid 5% for sending you to a particular site, but instead of pocketing that cash they share the proceeds with their users by discounting products further."/ppHe also advises shoppers to use cash-back credit cards, such as American Express, which offers 5% back on purchases for three months. Using a credit card for expensive purchases also protects buyers, he added./ppIn 2007 the average British family spent pound;840 on Christmas. Choosing carefully this year, they could save 5% to 50%, said Lewis. /ppDoesn't all this calculating detract from the joy of the impulse buy? No way, he said. /pp"We are entering a recession, and there are two ways you can deal with it. 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pSo, we have a new book out, a href="http://thepitchfork500.com/"strongemThe Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present/em/strong/a, published by the Simon amp; Schuster imprint Fireside Books. It explores our 500 favorite songs from 1977-2006-- interspersed with sidebars on the most vital subgenres from electro to grime to riot grrrl-- to construct an alternate history of the past three decades of popular music. In the coming weeks we'll be posting streams of tracks from the book here in Forkcast and giving you a sneak peek at some of the entries.nbsp;/p pIf you're in Brooklyn, please come out for the strongema href="http://thepitchfork500.com/"strongemThe Pitchfork 500/em/strong/a/em/strong launch party on Wednesday, November 26. Dance and bowl (yes, bowl) to selections from the book at a href="http://www.thegutterbrooklyn.com/"strongThe Gutter Bar/strong/a, located at 200 N. 14th St. (between Wythe and Berry) in Williamsburg. We'll be there from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., there's no cover, and there will be books for sale. For a complete rundown of events, check a href="http://thepitchfork500.com/"strongwww.thepitchfork500.com/strong/a./p pemThe Pitchfork 500/em is available in your local bookstore right now (a href="http://www.quimbys.com/product_info.php?products_id=21880" target="_blank"strongQuimby/strong/a's is the shop in our Chicago neighborhood). Or you can order it via stronga href="http://www.amazon.com/Pitchfork-500-Guide-Greatest-Present/dp/1416562028/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8amp;s=booksamp;qid=1223394242amp;sr=8-1"Amazon/a/strong, stronga href="http://www.bn.com/pitchfork"Barnes amp; Noble/a/strong, stronga href="http://www.borders.com/online/store/SearchResults?keyword=pitchfork+500amp;type=0amp;simple=1"Borders/a/strong, strongspan style="color: #551a8b;"a href="http://www.insound.com/Pitchfork_The_Pitchfork_500%3A_Our_Guide_to_the_Greatest_Songs_from_Punk_to_the_Present__PRE-ORDER_Book/productmain/p/INS50216/" target="_blank" title="Insound"Insound/a/span/strong, stronga href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781416562023-0"Powells/a/strong, or stronga href="http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1amp;pid=628435amp;app=buy_now"Simon amp; Schuster/a/strong./p pAnd now, here'snbsp;Stephen Trousseacute; on Orange Juice's "Blue Boy", with a stream (good for one free play every 24 hours, via a href="http://www.lala.com/" target="_blank"strongLala/strong/a) below the text./p pimg src="/sites/default/files/blueboyblurb_0.jpg" border="0" / object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="300" height="254" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" param name="id" value="W48f4e8b6f7fe2a434924994847f5f8af" / param name="wmode" value="transparent" / param name="allowNetworking" value="all" / param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" / param name="src" value="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/48f4e8b6f7fe2a43/4924994847f5f8af/48f4e8b6706ccf78/9852f4ab/-cpid/b0ee5e3d98481900" /embed id="W48f4e8b6f7fe2a434924994847f5f8af" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="254" src="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/48f4e8b6f7fe2a43/4924994847f5f8af/48f4e8b6706ccf78/9852f4ab/-cpid/b0ee5e3d98481900" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" wmode="transparent"/embed /object /p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/K1KBm3xG6DO4IUZ-fStJVHb3HVE/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/K1KBm3xG6DO4IUZ-fStJVHb3HVE/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pitchfork/today/~4/NI8aEUkPEmE" height="1" width="1"/