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SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Educators:</B></FONT><B> </B>As a former elementary teacher, award winning songwriter, and widely published poet for kids, I would look forward to visiting your school during the 2011/2012 year. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > <A HREF="music_and_poetry_programs_for_schools.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Author Visits for Schools"><U>Here is more information...</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Award Winning Songwriter * Widely Published Poet * Former Elementary Teacher</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="741" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#444444" BORDERCOLORDARK="#444444" FRAME="HSIDES" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 150 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="catalog_when_you_smile.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U><IMG SRC="f2a90820.jpg" border=0 width="144" height="130" ALT="when you smile album cover" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="569"><div> <B>Poems from "When You Smile"</B></div> <div> In addition to eleven songs, my CD "When You Smile" includes these three school poems, recorded with everything from drums and guitars to slide whistles and kazoos. Enjoy! (<A HREF="catalog_when_you_smile.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U>Click here to learn about purchasing the album</U></A>.)</div> <div> (<A HREF="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission."><U>Please read this</U></A> to learn about reprinting or otherwise using these poems.)</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="419" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#000066" BORDERCOLORDARK="#0000CC" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF99 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 40 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="soggy_sneaker.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Soggy Sneaker Parade"><U><B>Soggy Sneaker Parade</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="farmer.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="I Could Have Been the Farmer"><U><B>I Could Have Been the Farmer</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="loretta.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Loretta Lost a Tooth poem"><U><B>Loretta Lost a Tooth at Lunch</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 169 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="catalog_i_love_my_shoes__cd_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U><IMG SRC="136590820.jpg" border=0 width="144" height="130" ALT="I Love My Shoes CD cover" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="569"><div> <B>Poems from "I Love My Shoes"</B></div> <div> "I Love My Shoes" includes these three wonderfully goofy poems including the big and sudsy favorite "An Elephant is Sitting in My Bathtub". Enjoy! (<A HREF="catalog_i_love_my_shoes__cd_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U>Click here to learn about purchasing the album</U></A>.)</div> <div> (<A HREF="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission."><U>Please read this</U></A> to learn about reprinting or otherwise using these poems.)</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="419" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#000066" BORDERCOLORDARK="#0000CC" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF99 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 59 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="elephant_poem.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="An Elephant is Sitting in My Bathtub"><U><B>An Elephant is Sitting in My Bathtub</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="hiccups.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How to Cure the Hiccups poem"><U><B>How to Cure the Hiccups</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="camel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Camel Met a Turtle poem"><U><B>A Camel Met a Turtle</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 183 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="14e39ba10.jpg" border=0 width="155" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="569"><div> <B> <A NAME="anti_bullying_poems"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Anti-Bullying Poems</B></div> <div> Bullying hurts everyone. These poems can be found on the newly released CD <B>"</B><A HREF="http://allaboutbulliesbigandsmall.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://allaboutbulliesbigandsmall.com/"><U><B>All About Bullies... Big and Small</B></U></A><B>."</B> GRAMMY Nominated for Best Children's Album 2012.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" > (</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >Produced by Cool Beans Music. All profits from the sale of this CD are donated to the Pacer Center's National Bullying Prevention Center)</FONT></div> <div> (<A HREF="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission."><U>Please read this</U></A> to learn about reprinting or otherwise using these poems.)</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="350" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#000066" BORDERCOLORDARK="#0000CC" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF99 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 59 WIDTH="163"><div> <A HREF="labels_poem.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Labels"><U><B>Labels</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="168"><div> <A HREF="chin_up_poem.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Keep Your Chin Up"><U><B>Keep Your Chin Up </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="chin_up_poem.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Keep Your Chin Up"><U><B>(A poem to read chorally)</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 159 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="14d493930.jpg" border=0 width="147" height="147" ALT="gross poems" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="disgusting_poems"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Disgusting</B><B> Poems</B></div> <div> Are you ready for a handful of yucky, gross poems? 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Well, only if you're sure.</div> <div> (<A HREF="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission."><U>Please read this</U></A> to learn about reprinting or otherwise using these poems.)</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="557" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#0000CC" BORDERCOLORDARK="#0000FF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF99 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 40 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="belching_poem.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Belching Quartet"><U><B>The Belching Quartet</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="poem_seymour.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Someone Said Seymour"><U><B>Someone Said Seymour</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="earthworm_poem.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="I Will Not Eat That Earthworm"><U><B>I Will Not Eat That Earthworm</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="ball_is_a_cabbage_poem.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Ball is a Cabbage"><U><B>Our Ball is a Cabbage</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 150 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="11f985760.jpg" border=0 width="133" height="118" ALT="school poems" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="569"><div> <B> <A NAME="school_poems_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>School Poems </B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000080" FACE="Arial" >Here are four school poems. You can find many more in the Meadowbrook Press anthologies </FONT><A HREF="catalog_if_kids_ruled_the_school.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U>"If Kids Ruled the School</U></A>," <A HREF="catalog_i_ve_been_burping_in_the_classroom_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U>"I've Been Burping in the Classroom,"</U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000080" FACE="Arial" > and </FONT><A HREF="catalog_my_teacher_s_in_detention_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U>"My Teacher's in Detention."</U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" > I have several poems in these collections.</FONT></div> <div> (<A HREF="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission."><U>Please read this</U></A> to learn about reprinting or otherwise using these poems.)</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="557" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#0000CC" BORDERCOLORDARK="#0000FF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF99 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 40 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="poem_letter_c.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Letter C"><U><B>Letter C</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="principal_poem.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Invincible Principal"><U><B>Invincible Principal</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="book_report_poem.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Book Report"><U><B>My Book Report</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="poem_tetherball.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="tetherball poem"><U><B>The Tetherball Battle</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 153 WIDTH="164"><div> <IMG SRC="d6654640.gif" border=0 width="84" height="100" ALT="surprise poem link" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="569"><div> <B>Surprise Poems!</B></div> <div> Do you like surprises?  Do you like poems? Then I bet you'll like a surprise poem! Click on the button below.  You never know which poem will turn up!</div> <div> (<A HREF="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission."><U>Please read this</U></A> to learn about reprinting or otherwise using these poems.)</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <HEAD> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">    </SCRIPT>  <BODY> <CENTER> <FORM NAME="myForm"> <INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="myButton" VALUE="Surprise Me With a Poem!" onClick="rand_link()"> </FORM> </CENTER>   </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="745" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 151 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="catalog_when_you_re_a_pirate_dog_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U><IMG SRC="150874910.jpg" border=0 width="116" height="145" ALT="When You're a Pirate Dog cover" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>And even more poems!</B></div> <div> <I><B>When You're a Pirate Dog and Other Pirate Poems</B></I></div> <div> Hilarity on the high seas! Poems written by Eric Ode, illustrated by Jim Harris</div> <div> Published by Pelican Publishing</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="catalog_when_you_re_a_pirate_dog_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U>Click here for more information.</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 148 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="catalog_tall_tales_of_the_wild_west__and_a_few.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U><IMG SRC="ccc718e0.jpg" border=0 width="113" height="142" ALT="tall tales of the wild west poems" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> <I><B>Tall Tales of the Wild West (And a Few Short Ones)</B></I><I>, </I></div> <div> A collection of cowboy poems and songs by <B>Eric Ode</B>, illustrated by <B>Ben Crane</B></div> <div> Published by Meadowbrook Press</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="catalog_tall_tales_of_the_wild_west__and_a_few.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U>Click here for more information.</U></A></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> <B>Need more poems?</B> Here are a handful you might enjoy! </div> <div> Not all of these poems are meant to be funny. I hope you enjoy them just the same.</div> <div> (<A HREF="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission."><U>Please read this</U></A> to learn about reprinting or otherwise using these poems.)</div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="719" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#262626" BORDERCOLORDARK="#000000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF99 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 40 WIDTH="95"><div> <A HREF="poem_late_night_movie.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Late Night Movie"><U><B>Late Night Movie</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="95"><div> <A HREF="poem_beans.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="beans"><U><B>Beans</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="95"><div> <A HREF="poem_cocoon.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="cocoon"><U><B>Cocoon</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="poem_fiddlehead.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="fiddlehead"><U><B>Fiddlehead</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="poem_blackberries.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="blackberries"><U><B>Blackberries</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="poem_buzzard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Buzzard"><U><B>The Buzzard</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="95"><div> <A HREF="cattail_poem.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cattail poem"><U><B>Cattail</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Poetry books for your classroom:</B> </div> <div> I have poems in many wonderful anthologies. They'd each make terrific additions to your classroom library. </div> <div> Take a look at...<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="catalog_what_i_did_on_my_summer_vacation.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">What I Did on My Summer Vacation</B></U></A> (Poetry fun in the summer sun! - Meadowbrook Press)</div> <div> <A HREF="catalog_i_hope_i_don_t_strike_out_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">I Hope I Don't Strike Out!</B></U></A> (A home run collection of sports poems - Meadowbrook Press)</div> <div> <A HREF="catalog_oh_my_darling_porcupine_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Oh My Darling, Porcupine</B></U></A> (A laugh-out-loud sing-along songbook - Meadowbrook Press) </div> <div> <A HREF="catalog_i_ve_been_burping_in_the_classroom_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">I've Been Burping in the Classroom</B></U></A> (Another sing-along, laugh-along songbook - Meadowbrook Press)</div> <div> <A HREF="catalog_rolling_in_the_aisles.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Rolling in the Aisles</B></U></A> (A fat collection of very funny poems - Meadowbrook Press) </div> <div> <A HREF="catalog_miles_of_smiles.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Miles of Smiles</B></U></A> (Another great laugh-out-loud collection - Meadowbrook Press) </div> <div> <A HREF="catalog_if_kids_ruled_the_school.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">If Kids Ruled the School</B></U></A> (Super silly school poems - Meadowbrook Press) </div> <div> <A HREF="catalog_my_teacher_s_in_detention_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">My Teacher's in Detention</B></U></A><B> </B>(Each school poem a guaranteed giggler - Meadowbrook Press) </div> <div> <A HREF="catalog_dinosaur_poems_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Dinosaur Poems: The Anthology</B></U></A> (Prehistoric hysterics - Scholastic UK collection)</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF99 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 WIDTH="722"><div> <B> <A NAME="using_eric_s_poems"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Using Eric's Poems</B></div> <div> <B>Students, Educators, and Anthologists:</B> If you are interested in reprinting or in some other <A HREF="catalog_trash_can__cd__.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U>way</U></A> <A HREF="catalog_grandpa_s_truck__cd__.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Music and Poetry"><U>putting</U></A> these poems to use, please <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="poems_permission.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poems permission"><U>read the following</U></A></FONT>:</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div>   <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var sc_project=1514202; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=13; var sc_security="0070a524"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/frames.js"></script><noscript><a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c14.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=1514202&java=0&security=0070a524&invisible=1" alt="free invisible hit counter" border="0"></a> </noscript>   </div> </td> </tr></table></body>