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Breakdown: Standing at the makeshift starting line at the edge of Norwood Park last night—a day before the true full moon, race directors readily acknowledged—preparing for the kickoff of the fourth annual Chicago Full Moon Run, I marveled at the peaceful suburban neighborhood streets around me (had I really just parked my car for free only a block from the race?). Only I wasn't in the suburbs. I was in the far northwest corner of Chicago, where parking is plentiful and you can run a foot race on the streets as long as you have a few volunteers directing traffic.
And that's the way this race runs. Coupled with a mile race (billed as the "1 Mile Lunar Orbit"), this neighborhood event managed to draw in almost 200 participants this year with its cheap entry fee and charity mission (proceeds going to "benefit the battle against Multiple Sclerosis"). The 5K course is a double loop around Norwood Park and the surrounding neighborhoods, a quick, flat course through tree-lined streets on a perfectly-temperatured evening that led to a lot of quick running. Read the rest of this entry »


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applied to fantasized violence against women (for a glaring example of this, see Auerbach 1982). Rather than congratulate ourselves, we must bear in mind the disparity between the reality of women's historical power and the size of the shackles historically placed upon it.
Like the pornographic model, the cross-sex fantasy model offers no exit from gender hierarchy. The female is still the site of violence, no matter what the location of the subject. Even if the magician and the lady change places, he is still taking her place.
Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris.
[It is proper to human nature to hate one whom you have hurt.]
-- Tacitus Agricola 42.3
We need a political model that will both describe the magician's act and suggest a way to end it. Let me postulate that the problem is not gender but hierarchy: within hierarchy, violence is a right, and the control of violence diminishes liberty. An anarchic system is thus a precondition for the deletion of the pornographic. Though escape from hierarchy has seemed impossible, I would postulate that there are some "open" discourses that permit it: theory, mathematics, nonrepresentational art, music. Other, "closed" systems--humor, fantasy, narratives, film, and representational art--all interrelated, form the bars around hierarchy.
The structure of these closed discourses is political, and they have four main characteristics: (1) They contain a cue that says any item is untrue, creating what I call the "Archie Bunker fallacy" ("It's just a joke!"). Ovid actually asserted this in his poems from exile (e.g., Tristia 2.491-96). (2) Content follows function and is not arbitrary. (3) The relation between each item and reality depends on the status of the users; these discourses maintain the status quo. (4) Historically, though perhaps not necessarily, the hierarchy has been gendered. The position at the bottom, so often a woman's, has never been pleasant; something in it "exposes the meatiness of human flesh" ( Carter 1978: 140; see Kappeler 1986: 63-81; Rabinowitz, Parker, Brown in this volume).
Where does this leave us? On the one hand, history weighs heavy, and closed discourse is more comfortable than open. Revolutionary discourse is intrinsically unamusing. How ephemeral, how dry this essay is compared with Ovid's poetry! And insofar as it amuses, it fails. On the other hand, when we see problems of discourse as systemic, we can gauge our task. The female can no longer be by definition the site of violence--nothing can. What happens if we say, as Kappeler does (221), "Art will have to go"? Maybe there is something else. Meanwhile we must use what exists to show what is wrong.
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Kemble; Virginia, Miss Foole. After >;hich (also by particular desire), the Comic Piece of MATRIMONY. jDelsral (lecond and last time), Mr. Macready; Clara, Miss � Foots. In which Character she will introduce a most popular I Sonffand Waltz. ; In the course of the Evening, selected songs, by Miss Faton and I Miss M. Tree. , The whole to conclude with a revived and very favourite M ELO-[ � DRAMA. .The principal Characters by Mr. W. Farrcn, !Hr. ' Abbott, Mrs. Vinmg, Mr. Farley, and Aliss Foote. With the very celebrated Dance from the grand Romance of Cherry and Fair Star. Private Boxes, Places for the Boxes, and Tickets, to be had of Miss Foote, at 34, Keppell-street, Russell-squrje, and of Mr. Brandon, at the Bos .Office. ) THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. MISS F. H. KELLY has the honour of announcing to tbe Friends and the Public, that her BENEFIT i> N fixed for SATURDAY, 7th June, when will be performed the ' Tragedy of VENICE PRESERVED. JaSer, Mr. C. Kemble; Pierre, Mr. Macready; Bdvidaa, ^ Miss F. H. Kelly. After which, the Petit Comedy of THREE WEEKS AFTER MARRIAGE, r Charles Racket, M?. Jones ; Lady Racket, Miss F. H. Kelly. To conclude with a Musical Entertainment. Particulars in future bills. I Tickets may he had of Mr. Brandon, at the Bc>'.c.oi�ce; and of ftfiss F. BT. Kelly, 31, Newman-street. OLYMPIC THEATRE. \ NEWCASTLE-STREET, STRAND. Vrwrn EVENING, SATURDAY, May 24, Mens. ii. ALEXANDRE will present his new Performance, in Three lets, written expressly for him, and calculated to display his pecu-W powers 01 VENTRILOQUISM, and other astonishing con-ivuuccii of the human voice, under die tifle of NICK AND THE DEVIL; Or, ASMODEUS IN LONDON, MTiich will be recited, acted, sang and gesticulated, by Monsieur .ALEXANDRE, widioutany assistance, collusion, confederacy, wECCompaniment; and having only his own voice in lus favour, le hopes to prove himself most industrioudy anxious to merit and ebtain the Voice of the Public . To begin at half-past Seven-Second Prite a quarter before Places fot die Boxes to be taken at the Boz-Office. Boxes 4s; Pit 2s. GaL Is. ADELPHS THEATRE, STRAND. .iemat popularity of Messrs. WILKINSON and 3. REEVE'S JVEW ENTERTAINMENT renders it necessaiy to extend their Performances t� EVERY EVENING. I^HIS and EVERY EVENING, Mr. WILKINSON . aad Mr. J. REEVE will repeat their EntfiitMnment of TRIFLES LIGHT AS AIR, And BACHELOR'S fORMENTS. ~ In the course of the Evening the following naw Comic Songs :- ! My Grandmother's Advice'-" The Chutchw�rdeBs' Dinner"- 'AChapterof Accidents"-"The Election."-�Mr^. Xi-" ."A 'Aip to Richmond"-"Oh 1 Mighty Lo>e!"-"Hyde far'.: on � Sunday"-" Tlie Pleasures ofSociety"-" "i'k a Folly ;ti)tdk of Lire's Troubles,""-and a new E�traT�';oxia, "First ividdt ffi-ace ertraordinaire."" T!i:i,hdle to conclude lath Mr. 3. Retre's sduired IMITATION'S of the principal London Perfdrmera. I Doors open at Half-past Seven, and begin at Eight. SUPERFINE BEAVER HATS. RICHARD KITCHEN, Hat-Maker, resnectfuUy begs to -EflJidt the attention of his friends and the public to �n elegant and estensire assortment of Gentlemen's Superfine Beaver Hats, sf the 'ocst possible manufacture and approved shapes, �rhich he is now ready \a submit to thdr inspection, on the most reasonable terms. Also, a great variety of Ladies' and Children's Leghorn, Straw, Chip, and^xncy Hats and Bonnets, trimmed in the most fashionable Btvle. No. SB, E5n�.street, comer of New-street, Covent-gaiden, TO SAIL ON OR ABOUT THE FIRST OF JUNE, FOR BENGAL, the Teak Ship SUSAN, A h then 870 Tons, WILLIAM HAMILTON, tJommander (of the Honourable Cmnpany's Service); has excellent accommodation for Passengers, and carries a Surgeon ; lying in the City For Freight or Passage apply to the Commander,.at the Jem salem Coffeehouse, or to �iem uonee ^^^^ faIBLIJI, BONHAM,and Co. Broad-street-buildmgs. BACKLER'S GRJEAT window of the l-AST SUPPER, for the Altar of Hereford Cathedral, trom the grand Picture by \rest, the property of his Majesty, wiU :;be EXHIBITED THIS DAY, at his GaUery, Newman .Atreet. Open from Ten till Dusk.-Admittance One Shilling. . BRITISH FIRE OFFICE. -m.^^r,,^.r. . . London,.May22,1823. [VrOTICE IS hereby given, that a GENERAL COURT X'^ of PROPRIETORS WiU be holden at their Office, in the Smnd,on WEDNESDAY NEXT, at Twelve o'Clo^at Noon! whena Dividend will be declared for the Half-year ending at Lady The Chair will be taken at One o'Clock precisely. _JOHN HELPS, SeereUry. OFFICE OF THE OAS LIGHT AND COKE COJMPANV Bridge-street, Blaekfriars, 22d May, 1823. XDO hereby give Notice, that the following, PROPRIETORS, viz. .- JOSEPH COOPER, Esq. BENJAMIN COOPER, Esq, and MATTHEW KEMP, Esq. JOSEPH DOANE, Esq. and WM. HENBV?,POR'i?fiR, Esq. , have, pursilahtto the BighA Bxrhiw of this Company, severally given me Notice of theirmtentioa to stand for the Office of a Director at the Election which will take place on the oth Day of JUNE next. Bv Order, RICHARD GUDE, Secretary. Directors. Proprietors, ^ SUPERB BEAVEK HATS. r^ALGN'S NEW BEAVER HAT combines every VX requisite a Gentleman coidd desire. It is of matclriess beauty, resists all weather, neither spotting nor softesing with ram; it retains its shape to the last, and is of unexampled dfttti-bihty, in all respecta equalling any two made in the usual way Price 28s. Manufactured by Galon and Co. Patentees, 424, Strand, corner of Bedford-street, London; and No. 10, Coliege-green, Dublin. SUPERB LACE DRESSES. "PRISON, "WILLSON, and Ca have just finished se--L/ vera! entire new patterns m Crfonade and Flounced Dresses, which for correctness of design and beauty of work have never been equalled in British Manufacture. They have likewise received from theur MRni;faCtory at Brussels a ne* Collection ^ Point and Bn^s sels Sprigged Veils, Scarft, iSquftrea, itc, at unusually low prices. Valenciennes and MechUn Laces in great variety.-No. 237, Regent-street, exactly facing the Arg^ Rooms. JUPP, HATTER, REMOVED. 2 JUPP most respectfully beg* leave to inform the �J Nobaity, Gentry, his Friends, and thfe Public, that he has removed ftwm Old Bond-street to No. 222, REGENT-STREET, opposite Maddoxistteet, wiiere he solidts a continuance of their favours, and to mspect a large, assortment of LADIES' LEGHORN, FANCY STRAW, and SILK BONNETS, of every description; LADIES' RIDING HATS, &c; GENTLEMEN'S MILITARY and NAVAL HATS, plain and trimmed, for their inspection. Thirty net Ceftt. under Prime Cost MARBLE CHIMNEY PIECES, MONUMENTS, MORTARS, &C. EGIFPIN, Statuary, respectfully announces to the Nobility and Gentlemen in the building and ornamenting of Mansions, that he has for sale a neat assortment of Veined Blach, Dcve, Black and Gold, and Fancy MARBLE CHIMNEY PIECES, and Ornaments for Drawing-ro'jms, from Five to Fifty Guineas .each; large Black Chimney Columns, Monument and Wall-Pieces, with every article of Statuary, for ready money. N.B. Packed carefully, and sent to any part of the coiintey. Manufactory at No. 37, Warwick-street, Golden-square'; Warehouse, No. 147, Regent-street, betweenSurlmgton-street and VigO- GENUINE WINES. . GEORGE BLUNDELL, WINE MERCHANT, No. 29, Chancery-lane, London, apprises hisjrieuds, that in consequence of the contempt the trade is brought.into by. Adver-dsing Wine Dealers, he dfeems it necessary to' stale, that any Wines delivered from his Va'ults, and ndt approved of, will be taken back free of Carriage. His Stock of Old Wmes consists of Port, Viatage 181S and 1817, from 483. to 60s. per dozen. Old Dry Pale and Brown Sherry, 453. to 58s. Cape .Vladeira, matured in flavour by age, a choice Table Wine, 24s. to 303. With a capital Stock of other Wines and Proof. Spirits, at Dock Prices. Vaults, No. 29, Chancery-lane,adjoining Messrs. Brookes s Bank lEFL'GE FOR THE DESTITUTE, HACKNEY ROAD AND HOXTON. -Instituted ih 180S. AT the SIXTEENTH ANNIVERSARY of this fl. INSTITUTION, holden at the City of London Tavern, lie 10* day of May, 1823, the Treasurer and Committee have *e satufscuon to acknowledge the following Donations Rt. Hon. Earl of Liverpool . -30 0 lord Vise. Sidmouth - 10 10 Kight Hon. Lord Kenyon 21 0 Rilht Hon. Field Mar. ihal Earl Harcourt . 10 0 Kt. Hon. and Rt. Rev. Bishop of London - 10 10 nn. H. G. Bennet, M.P. 2 0 Ikos. Coattsnay Warner, Esq. - - 5 6 Miss Ward, of Iver, Bucks, the produce of penny subscriptions, ' DeiBg the 7th donation 15 0 ^ lady Hampson .11 �>.'m. 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Mr. Samuel Sapswortb -Mr. John Kiddle Mr. Justice Best Mr. - Nettlefield J. A. Clarke, Esq, Rev. Daniel WiUiams -Richard Clark, Esq. The Committee would also be allowed to make their thankfu' �snowledgments for the foUovring sums paid to tlieir Bankers :- ^- E. at Messrs. WhiU jOore aiid Co.'s . 30 Messrs. �. t. Charles Moore, Esq. at Messrs. Hoares - 5 C. and A. W. at ditto 3 E. S. at ditto 1 \h. L. �aSamar/taDjBtditto . S (To be continued.) imn � ^'''"88 is supported by Voluntary Contributions; and the iportance of it cannot escape the disciuninating eye, nor be unfelt "7 .*e generous heart of the British PubUc. � - o-"-."�o ucart 01 ine J______________ n,,."n>phlet, containing a short account of the Refuge for the of lifi^' "Sybeliad, gratis, at Lloyd's Coffechbuse, and City KnT^-?,T Tavern; of Mr, Aspeme,.CbrnhiU; Mr. flatchard, Mr. PhilUps, . A Gentleman by Cheek on liitBaDker . 1 0 0 10 0 10 1 0 9 0 I 0 9 0 EAST INDIA HOUSE, May 21, 1823. , THE court of .diregtors of the united COMPANY of MERCHANTS of England trading to the JJast Indies do hereby give notice. That the Comiuittee of Buying and Warehouses will "be ready to receive Proposals in writing, sealed up, on or before Wednesday, the llth June, 1823, tcom such Persons as may be willing to supply the Company with HORSE ARTILLERY HARNESS, and the Conditions of the .Contract may be seen on application to the Clerk of the said Commiftee, with whom the proposals must be left before Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon of the said i 1th day of June, after which hour the' Committee will not receive any tender. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. MR. JOHN. MASTERMAN having announced his intention of proceeding to the Ballot on the next Vacancy which shdl occur in the East India Direction, the attaidance of his Friends, and of such Proprietors of East India Stock as propose to honour him with their support, is inoiit earnestly requested at a MEETING, which will take place at tiie City of London Tavern, on .TUESDAY NEXT, the27th instant, at One o'clock precisely. I J. Smith, Mansion- R. G. Bazett James Alexander, house.place Robert Williams Devonshire-square G. W. Wentworth Beiyamin Barnard Lewes I>oyd James BailUe ' . .... John fllattin William Bumie Robert P6"dihdre �tVilliam Rfemjngton Peter Vere N. M. BothschUd George Carr Glynn John Thomson Isaac Currie Thomas Weeding William Morgan A. J. Nash John Canceller J. T. Daubuz Robert Shedden George Grote May 22,1823. J. C. WegiteUn James Innea A.A. MieviUe Thomas C.Waniit Andrew ,Loughnaa S. Maijoribanks Hcnry_P�er� Joseph Timperon Felix Ladbroke Michael W. Troy Robert Christie George Ward Samue IScottj B. Sanderson John Auldjo John Woolley Edward R. Tunno R. Borradaile J. Baker. Richards Tir ANTED fa) PURCHASE, SHARES in the WEST-r^kW^'^^^^ SOUTH LONDON,.and IMPERIAL GAS LIGHT COMPANIES.-Apply to Mr. Helps, 9, Firich-lane, Cornhill. -r . j LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. TS/^ANTED. an ACTUARY for this Society, Gentle TT men offering themselves as Candidates for the Situation are requested to send their Testnnoniala to the Secretary, Mr. AndCTixro, Qiiality-court, ChanceryJane, on or before Friday next, the 3(Jtii Instant, by T*dre o'clock at Noon. JAMES ANDERTON, Secretary. HOLL'S HOTEL, WHITE BEAR INN AND TAV:^RN, PICCADILLY, LONDON. 'J' HpLL jespectfuliy Acquaints Gentlemen, Fami- lies, and l';havellefSi that he has opened theabove Hbuse, witii a capital stock of old Wines and Spirits. A Larder well supph'ed with best provisions Snd at eeonoiBieal charges-Wdi-aitett Beds. The airy superiority'rtJf the situation and its fashtortable Deigh- bourhood, render it.of.^e first consequence to sojoufiiersftiiilSe country, being but^iW ntinutea' walk from the Parks aad-'Sie Theatres. ' Superior Stabling and lock-up Coach Hdases.-Caache8 to and from every part of the United Kingdom and the Continent. OME-BREWED ALE AND BEER.-NEED- TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. Ladies and Gentlemen, Allow me to solicit your attention to the accompanying Resolutions, wliich were passed at a numerous and most respectable Meeting this day, at the City of London Tavern. After the very flattering sentiments conveyed in these Resolutions, I teel that any expressions of my own would only weaken their force; I will not therefore presume to add a word on the sabjectof my pretensions : but should tbey be favourably received, I pledge myself the most faithful and zealous exertions for the in-terests of the East India Company. I have the honour to be. Most respectfully. Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful and obliged Servant, J. PETTY MU9PRATT. Ne* BrOad^lreet, May 23, 1823. ^- -^-_ At a numerous and roost respectable Meeting of Proprietors of East India Stork, held at the City of London Tavern, on Friday, the 23d May, 1023, The Right Hon. Lord Viscoiint EXMOUTH, G.C.B. in the � Chair, It was proposed by Su- Charles Flower, Bart., seconded by David Inglis, Esq., and resolved unanimously-. That,' with a view to the most efficient pdministration of the East India Company's affairs, it has been frequentiy iirged, and admitted, that the Court of Directors should be composed of a due proportion of their Civil, Military, and Naval Servants ; and, i�s the Company is essentially commercial, being, in truth, " the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies," it is, in the opinion of this Meeting, equ^y necessary, and of the first importance to the interests of the Proprietors, that the Court of Directors should also contain a due proportion of Merchants of acknowledged talents, integrity, and experience. 2dly. It was proposed by Sir Charles CockereU, Bart, M.P., seconded by Charles Forbes, Esq., M.P., and resolved unanimously, That this Meeting consider John Petty Muspratt, Esq. weU qualified for a seat in the direction of the Company's Affairs, not only from his long mercantile experience, but from his industrious habits and general acquirements as a practical man of busine.^s. Upon these grounds they strongly recommend .Mr. Muspratt to the favourable consideration of the Proprietors, and they are the more confirmed in the expediency of this recommendation, when they advert to the Cornpany's having been, in the last few years, deprived of several mercantile members of their executive body. Sdly. It was proposed by Joseph Hume, Esq. M.P., seconded by John Blades, Esq., and resolved unanimoasly. That, upon the principles of the foregoing resolutions, this Meeting do collectively and individually pledge themselves to support, a5d. to exert then: influence in favour of Mr. Muspratt's well-tounded pretensions to a seat in the direction ; and tliat they will usfe their best endeavours to promote his election upon a ftimre vacancy. . , � , � � EXMOUTH, Chairman.' Charles Forbes, Esq. M.P. having subsequendy taken tbe Chair, it was proposed by the Honourable Basil Cochrane, seconded by Sir John �. Harrington, Bart., and resolved unanimously. That the thanks of mis Meeting be given to the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Exmouth, for his able conduct in the chair. SCOTT'S Fashionable DYES to colour SILK STOCKINGS, &�.; MUSLINS, LINENS, COTTONS, SILKS, RIBBANDS, &c. 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TODE begs to inform the Nobility and Gentry, _ r� that at hb Manufactory, 248, Rcgent-street, adjoining the Argyll-rooms, he has amost excellent selection of ornamental, musical, spring, bracket, and long clocks, ladies' dress and wearing watcnes ;� gentiemen's gold and silver ditto, which assortment consists of musical, repeating, duplex, horizontal, and vertical wiitches; likewise a capital assortment of ladies' and gentiemen's gold cliains, seaU, keys, rings, brooches, pins, and other dress orna-ments. G. P. Tode begs to inform his friends and the public, that he is determined to manufacture none but the very best of articles, all of which, being manufactured under his own inspection, enables him to warrant and offer them to the public at reduced prices, for ready money onljr. G. P. Tode likewise repairs all sorts of clocks, watches and jewellery. Country orders executed with despatch and accuracy. H ING The . . , . _______,------------ economy, begs to call the attention of the public to the great ad. vantage and comfort derived from the possession of genuine home-brewed Ale and Beer, produced in the highest perfection by this machine, at less than half the brewer's charge, and in quality, flavour, and soundness for keeping, superior to that'brcwed frtKb the same quantity of malt and hops ny any other process. is economical in time, labour, and fuel; and, with the printed directions given, may be used successfully without any previous knowledge of brewing: it is also applicable to various other domestic and culinary purposes. The machine is made of various sizes, warranted to answer, price eight ipounds and upwards. Sold (only) at 203, Piccadilly, where also may he ha,, .... HUISH BEE-HIVE, from which the Combs are extracted without killing the Bees. 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It was just an 11-cent gain last week for our eagle.
But that small gain represented a 15.3 percent boost to the low-priced (current 83 cents) shares of Syntroleum Corp., the Tulsa-based company that is seeking to successfully commercialize its proprietary method in turning things other than petroleum products into synthetic fuel to power cars, trucks and jets.
While 83 cents may not sound like much, it's the highest closing price for the stock since May.
On Friday, the company announced some good news: The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office granted Syntroleum's request for a re-examination of a patent related to the composition of diesel fuel. The patent is related to a lawsuit filed in May by a Finnish oil refining and marketing company.
Syntroleum said it will vigorously defend against the complaint and "is confident that its position will be vindicated."
We've seen a fair amount of wobbling among some of our state-based public companies in this low-volume period that typically closes the summer on Wall Street.
Another example is this week's beagle, Tulsa-based Matrix Service Co., which slipped 6.9 percent last week to close Friday at $10.93.
Two weeks ago, Matrix also found itself as the worst-performing state-based stock. But in between these two sour weeks, MTRX shares gained a healthy 11.8 percent.
That earlier dip also came amid fairly strong trading, which is more reflective of a possible trend developing. That was not the case over the past five trading days.
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I give you a part of the mail I just received to obtain a ticket to the Photokina. They don't speak about Pro model:
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No matter what your photographic needs or ambitions are, Olympus presents a host of new products at this year's photokina in Cologne, Germany , that are certain to attract attention. From solutions for ambitious hobby photographers, through compact and durable stylish models, to especially easy-to-use types and those allowing free reign to creative impulses – Olympus provides the answer. Of course do not miss the latest E- System product information and update yourself at our boost.
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9/6/15 – BAMACROSS – Dirt Crit presented by Cahaba Cycles – 1 mile criterium course (Brookside, AL)
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5 Things Marketers Must Know About Prerecorded Phone Messages
One of the amendments made last August to the Federal Trade Commission's Telemarketing Sales Rule goes into effect on Sept. 1, leaving marketers that use the telephone to communicate with consumers who have not opted out of such contact roughly two months to obtain the necessary written consent to send prerecorded sales calls to this group.
To help its members prepare for compliance, the Direct Marketing Association's Corporate & Social Responsibility department synthesized the amendment's features into the following set of guidelines:
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• Agreements must include the consumers' phone numbers that may be contacted and their signatures.
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Customers Stand By Product, for Now
Many See Mishap as Aberration and Praise the Carmaker for Its Reaction to the Accelerator Problem
EL MONTE, Calif.—At Longo Toyota, the biggest Toyota dealership in the country, customers were surprisingly positive about the company's recall Wednesday
"There's not another company in the world that would stop production and stop selling to get it right," said Rob Miller, a 65-year-old Toyota owner waiting with a friend and fellow owner in the dealership's Starbucks coffee shop.
Added his friend, Gene Graham: "You wouldn't see Ford do this, or GM. This is a big financial hit. It takes a lot. It show's Toyota's character." Both men said they had owned Toyotas for 30 years and had never been let down. Their vehicles aren't part of the recall.
That response reflected the trust Toyota has worked hard to gain in the U.S. over many decades. The question now is whether that trust is enough to see the automaker through its painful recall.
In 2009, Toyota was ranked the eight-most-valuable brand in the world, according to Interbrand, a branding firm owned by Omnicom Group Inc., and the company has spent heavily to promote an image of "dependability," "safety" and "quality." In 2008, it spent more than $1 billion on U.S. ads and spent more than $755.6 million during the first nine months of 2009, according to a WPP research company.
"Toyota has a reputation for superior safety and quality and a move like this, stopping sales, is consistent with that," said Harlan Loeb, director of crisis and issue management at Edelman, a public relations firm. "Consumers will give them enormous credit for acting quickly,"
Dealers across the country didn't report chaos Wednesday. There were a lot of telephone calls from confused Toyota drivers, questions from some employees and a lot of frustrated customers. The coming days will test drivers, particularly if it takes service centers a long time to repair vehicles that were part of the recall, which relates to problems with the accelerator. Rival General Motors, for once, smelled opportunity as it offered incentives to lure Toyota customers.
Not every customer was upbeat. Duc Boily, an auto-parts worker who stopped by a dealership in downtown Toronto, complained that the battery on his 2006 Matrix had died twice and now the engine light is on. The accelerator pedal hasn't been an issue, he said. Still, when he buys his next car, Mr. Boily said, it isn't likely to be a Toyota. "Maybe a Honda."
Still, calm prevailed on the showroom floor. "It's not a deal breaker," said Martin Reid, who was looking for a Sienna, which isn't among the affected cars. Mr. Reid did concede he would think twice about buying one of the affected cars. "That would change things."
At Hudson Toyota in Jersey City, N.J., employees had already fielded a couple of hundred phone calls from customers by mid afternoon.
The advice was varied: Some told customers to wait for Toyota to contact them, but in the meantime, to stow the driver's side mat in the trunk. Another said if the car experienced sudden acceleration, to put the car in neutral and pull over.
Some buyers were undeterred. Ted Giovanniello, operations manager at the dealership, said that the company actually signed deals for some of the cars named in the recall, though customers would have to wait until after the resolution to complete the sale. "Everything's pending the outcome," Mr. Giovanniello said.
At a south Houston dealership, Mr. Lupe Garcia, 62, waited to find out when his car will be fixed. He brought in his 2009 Camry on Saturday after he and his wife heard the recall news. He says he would buy a Toyota again, calling his old Toyota "dependable."
Longo managers were getting ready to meet to figure out contingency plans in case sales halt dragged on for weeks. Managers said they had no plans to lay off any of the 70 sales people.
"We're convinced this is just a temporary setback," said Tom Rudnai, president of Longo Toyota. "We know Toyota will do the right thing."
Mr. Rudnai said he had not heard back from Toyota officials since late yesterday afternoon, when he received a call telling him to suspend sales of certain vehicles. "It was a surprise, definitely," he said.
—Suzanne Vranica, Stuart Weinberg, Susan Daker and Paul Ziobro contributed to this article
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Just keep trying, I had even more trouble getting it but in the end even I made it. I tried it over a hundred times if not more. If I remember correctly you should be getting out of the hairpin by around 40 seconds, first gate after hairpin 44 secs and last hard right corner by 49/50 secs. I had the gearratio set to shortest, but to be honest I have no idea if it does anything or is a help. At least I didn't notice a significant change in my times. I have seen others doing the same and also increasing the downforce.
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My Rocksmith cable just randomly stopped working about a week and a half ago. My guitar works just fine with my amp, so I have no problems with my guitar.
I've had the cable and the game since Christmas. Now doesn't work with my 360 or my laptop anymore.
The only time it does anything on my laptop is when I plug it in my amp's output and turn the volume up; but then it's very staticy and cuts in and out; I doubt the game would easily work with that signal.
My guitar's volume and tone knobs are turned to max, and the jack has been tightened twice.
I just need to know if I can fix the real tone cable before I go out and buy a new one, thanks for reading.


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Wonderful, a day before my end of the school year party and I'm all fucking depressed. Eh hopefully I can cheer up before I become my alter ego. So whats shaking PD?
Wonderful, a day before my end of the school year party and I'm all fucking depressed. Eh hopefully I can cheer up before I become my alter ego. So whats shaking PD?
Shity grades, been off my game lately (soulcal and tekken), don't feel like another cares, yadda yadda emo shit
Ah. Oh, no the world of Tekken needs you, ya better stop being so emo!
Ah yes, me too but that was 4 months ago then my Xbox live ran out.
Feel better. I had the end of school year blues but not anymore.
"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it."
- Guatama Buddha
Why is everyone leaving school already? It's fcuking May, dammit!
Late June, after finals.
You must not live in the greatest country known to man, AMERICA.
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I dont finish until... 10th of june. then im doneeeeeeee
"I prefer a sane world where you are rewarded by providing people with something they want. Not arbitrarily rewarded in a status game that reminds me of chimpanzees." - nazgulnarsil
Here I am with my empire
Ill bring you to your knees
Ebb and flow with my desire
Cause its all that youve been taught to be
it was weird, for the first two weeks after school ended i was extremely depressed. no idea why really, as high school being over was like my lifelong dream. but then after those two weeks it was awesome and the best time of my life.
"I'll go," said Chagataev. "But what will I do there? Build socialism?"
"What else?" said the secretary.
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Tt was quite a weekend for pop music fans in Las Vegas as the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival rolled into town on Saturday (September 20).
"Black Widow" rapper Iggy Azalea took the stage at the MGM Grand Resort and Casino to wow the crowd with her lyrical flow while Taylor Swift brought her super cute persona and plenty of hit songs.
He has a lot on his plate these days, and Nick Jonas combined his 22nd birthday festivities with some promotional duties last night (September 16) in New York City.
The "Who I Am" hunk dropped by the South Street Seaport to blow out the candles on his birthday cake before debuting the music video for his brand new single "Jealous."
Checking out some of the hottest upcoming styles, Joe and Nick Jonas showed up at the Todd Snyder Spring 2015 presentation at Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week on Thursday (September 4).
The "Burnin Up" rockers were in good spirits as they sat front row at The Pavilion at Lincoln Center near fellow heartthrob Darren Criss.
Looking to get their swerve on, Nick Jonas and Olivia Culpo showed up at Craig's in West Hollywood following the MTV Video Music Awards last night (August 24).
The "Who I Am" singer and his super-hot lady were both dressed to impress, with Nick sporting a navy blue striped suit while Olivia opted for a black and white gown.
There's something about celebrities and little people, and Joe Jonas got quite the welcome when he arrived at Beacher's Madhouse in Las Vegas on Friday (August 15) to celebrate his 25th birthday.
The "See No More" singer smiled as a pair of little women came up and began grinding on him as he sat on a chair at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino nightclub.
He spent years as one third of the Jonas Brothers and now Nick Jonas is getting ready to drop another album with the help of his good friend Demi Lovato.
The "Who I Am" crooner told E! News that he's thrilled to have the "Heart Attack" hottie on one of his forthcoming tracks.
Ready to launch into his solo career, Nick Jonas dropped his new single "Chains" on Thursday afternoon (July 24).
The former Jonas Brother sings, "Gave you my heart, but you took my soul. You got me in chains, you got me in chains for your love."
Treating his beautiful gal to an evening out on the town, Nick Jonas led Olivia Culpo to the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood on Tuesday night (April 8).
The "Who I Am" rocker expertly navigated his way through the swarm of shutterbugs as they later made their departure, complete with another gal pal in tow.


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Born in Hope Valley, Rhode Island, with his parents Mr. & Mrs. William Gilman Jr., Gilman first received notice as a performer at age seven, attracting the attention of a local vocal coach, Angela Bacari, who later became his manager. Eventually he met with Ray Benson (of Asleep at the Wheel) who helped him record demos, including "Roly Poly". Two months later he was signed by Sony Music Nashville.
His 2000 debut album, One Voice, had a very widely-played single that crossed over well into top 40 airplay. The album reached multi-platinum status, and earned a Grammy nomination. Generally touted as a child prodigy, Gilman appeared on various talk shows. Classic Christmas (which was certified gold) was released later in the year.
He released Dare to Dream (certified gold) on Sony BMG Music Entertainment/Epic Records in 2001, and in 2003 released Music Through Heartsongs, an album inspired by the poetry of Mattie Stepanek. Later in 2003, he performed at a benefit for The Station nightclub fire. In May 2005, he released Everything and More, his first album since his voice changed.
Billy's latest album, self-titled, was released in September 2006 on the Image Entertainment label. The first single off the upcoming album, Southern Star, heralds a return to his country music roots. Billy is scheduled to begin working on his next album with Eddie Galan and Andrew Lane of Trilogy Productions. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-59f8a2ad-450c-4b6d-a1ff-25d9523d2af9 The Performance Perspectives Blog - Tags - scorecards A blog about business analytics, business intelligence and performance management using IBM Cognos and IBM SPSS software. 2 2013-08-01T13:16:03-04:00 IBM Connections - Blogs urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-52d4c866-9403-4c97-98ac-6f44814feb9b Five principles of performance management: Insights from performance champion Bob Paladino Delaney Turner email@example.com 270002T14M active Comment Entries application/atom+xml;type=entry Likes 2010-07-26T11:55:35-04:00 2010-07-28T09:46:52-04:00 Today's feature article features insights from performance management champion Bob Paladino, delivered this spring at the IBM Cognos Government Executive Roundtable in Ottawa.

 In his best-selling business book, Five Key Principles of Performance Management, Bob Paladino tells us that nine out of ten companies fail to implement their strategies. Nine out of ten fail.

What makes that ten percent succeed? Paladino believes what they have in common is strategic self-knowledge: they set goals, understand their own performance against them, and can act on this insight. The author should know—he's worked for and consulted with loads of organizations that understand performance management analytics, and have the awards to show for it. His new book, Innovative Corporate Performance Management (to be released this fall), examines the DNA common to performance powerhouses.

Both Paladino's books and presentations offer a practical field guide to analytics grounded in real-world experience. His stories and tips cover best practice examples and executive insight from award-winning organizations. Below, Paladino's principles and stories create a kind of how-to guide for using business analytics to become a high-performing organization.

Why so many organizations fail to reach strategic goals

Paladino cites four reasons:

1.Only 5% of workforces understand the strategy

2.Only 15% of executives spend more than an hour a month discussing strategy

3.Only 25% of managers have incentives linked to strategy

4.Only 40% of organizations link budgets to strategy.

The attributes of high-performing organizations

First, they set strategy and rally around it. You can't be a strategy-focused organization without all employees knowing how they're performing against strategy at all times. High performers also appoint a leader responsible for performance management (PM), someone with a direct line to the executive level. And they engage employees in PM, get their input on what to measure and ensure everyone knows how they are contributing to strategy.

Why you need analytics and performance management

Many organizations have spent the last few years in survival mode. With revenue pressures in both public and private sectors, who has time to take on a new project such as analytics? On the other hand, perhaps we should be asking: Why do the organizations that implement analytics win awards and consistently outperform their peers? Could there be a correlation?

 Whether your goals be shareholder value, the liveability of your city, higher revenues or better service to your constituents, becoming one of those fact-based, performance-driven organizations will help you reach your goals without burning out your people. Business analytics can help you cut cycle time, get constituents onto e-channels and ensure your budget is supporting your goals.

How to roll it out

Paladino describes the move to a PM-based organization as a two- or three-year process. You may start with only one person and one scorecard, then build the family. Here are his five key principles of getting PM in place:

Principle 1: Establish and Deploy a CPM Office and Officer

Principle 2: Refresh and Communicate Strategy

Principle 3: Cascade and Manage Strategy

Principle 4: Improve Performance

Principle 5: Manage and Leverage Knowledge

None of these principles is novel in itself. They all cleave to standard management practice. But they represent a strategic ideal, and given so few organizations do either strategy or performance management well, it's worth highlighting some key points under each category.

Establish an officer: Leaders required

For Paladino, the first order of business is the leader, the CPM officer. Nothing will happen without a leader who has the ear of the CEO and is willing to log the air miles to roll it out.

Says Paladino: "As a CPM officer or Chief Performance Officer or whatever your title, you have to ask yourself: "When I call a meeting, will people show up? When I ask for work to be done, will they submit it on time?" Executive sponsorship ensures this. You can't be two levels down from the CEO."

Establish an office: PM specialists

The PM group brings PM to the people. They must be senior employees with deep experience in the organization who understand the political topography. They can see how PM fits into the organization, and they want to learn and expand their skill set. PM specialists may be loaned across different offices as the wave travels through.

"It's like fielding an infield. You need to have someone on quality, someone on measurement, someone on balanced scorecard, and so on."

A typical day may include

Talking with the CEO about an acquisition

Meeting with HR to get the pulse on employee satisfaction

Meeting with executives to roll out a balanced scorecard.

Refresh strategy: How often?

Referencing Charles H. Fine's book Clockspeed, Paladino advises to follow the clock speed of your industry when refreshing strategy and plans. In the dynamic telco market, budgets are out of date in two months. In the alternative energy industry, technology is evolving so fast that once a year planning might be not enough. Should you review plans and budgets monthly? Strategy bi-annually? Your industry's clock speed will guide you.

Cascade strategy: Engage employees

To quote Paladino in Five Key Principles:

"Most enterprises fail to effectively translate their strategies to operations, and communicate their strategies to employees ... Most employees are neither conversant with nor comprehend their role in driving the organization's strategy."

Setting up performance analytics naturally includes deciding what to measure. "The best ideas come from the field, from the people doing the work. To get their insight on what to measure, you must engage and involve them. This becomes cyclical and symbiotic: their insight informs measurement and their involvement helps them see their role in strategy."

Once the measures are agreed on, people need to own them, in whole or in part. Your HR department will recognize that there will be a transition. "Some people will be happy to take on the responsibility. Some will leave. And some will like PM so much, they'll want to move into a leadership role. So you're building future leaders."

Of course job descriptions must reflect expectations. And compensation should be tied to performance—just not in the first year. Awards should reinforce behavior on a sliding scale (50% to 150% of goal), not in a circuit-breaker fashion. But Paladino has found non-monetary rewards to be more motivating. "One organization gave out Olympic medals, days off and parties to the winners, which created a lot of energy. All measures went up between 10 and 400%."

Improve performance: Focus on success

Taking on too many projects hurts employee satisfaction, service levels, operations and revenue. Use analytics on project and financial data to trim down and focus projects, saving those with the highest return on effort.

Plot projects on a matrix of impact versus complexity. High impact, low complexity projects are quick wins. High complexity, low impact projects should clearly be avoided. Only choose projects that contribute to goals. Are there seven projects that share the goal of helping customers? Are customers getting seven calls from you? Collapse them into one.

Improve performance: How to run a meeting

In one of Paladino's companies, management meetings dragged on for days every month and centered around large binders full of data. "They weren't meetings, they were beatings. Data is not the meeting. Solving issues and replicating successes should be. "

Now with scorecards, the execs deal with data on an exception basis. Meetings are two hours a month. The data points out the issues. "Where should we fish? We can't fish the whole river."

Scorecards help you recognize patterns. "When all agencies are red on the same measure, it's a systemic issue. If there's variation, how can Indianapolis help Chicago improve this measure? A one-hour meeting should have at least two strategic outcomes."

Improve performance: How to make a right turn

Your organization needs to make a right turn. You may need to respond to a changing marketplace and appeal to a growing population segment. You may need to change the ingredients of all of your consumer products to respond to customers' increased health consciousness. "To get to the new paradigm you need a strategy map. And you need to track your progress on that map. Along the way you work out the most efficient way of reaching those goals."

Improve performance: How to create a liveable city

A southern U.S. city uses a scorecard to track important metrics such as crime, fire stats, transportation and development. They are so confident in their data that the city manager sends it monthly to every citizen. Once a low performer, the city is now recognized as being vibrant and liveable. It has won numerous awards over the years, including "Best Place to Live in America" by relocate-America.com, based on factors such as employment opportunities, crime rates and affordability.

Leverage knowledge: How to improve processes

Process improvement comes in small steps. In one organization, it took 25 days to close the books. The general ledger owner self-targeted to reduce cycle time by one day per month. "It took two years, but he got it down to five days."

Nor can processes be reformed in the same way across the boards. In one legal department, the contract turnaround time was too long because a custom document was created every time. This was warranted for higher value contracts, but not for lower. The measures evolved to account for cycle time based on contract value.

Leverage knowledge: How to get the measures right

Getting the measures wrong is more common than you'd think. One company set up awards for the best accounts receivable balances. The first award went to the office with no sales. Thereafter, they changed the measure to DSO (days sales outstanding).

Another example is IT measuring system uptime. Everyone who uses the system assumes it'll be up. What users care about is latency or server time. "The trick is to ask the customers what they want from IT. That's the measure."

Sometimes measures work against one another. "Sales is measured on deals, but when you're selling like crazy, legal may not be able to meet their service level agreement." In a real estate company, the CFO incented sales to get long-term, 20-year leases. The result was big deposits, but lower monthly payments. "The unintended consequence was that income fluctuated wildly. So they changed sales incentives to reward long-term steady income instead of big deposits."

Faster process is a common PM goal, but this goal isn't effective in some cases. Public sector procurement departments, for example, are measured on how they deal with risk through the appropriate authorizations. In procurement, the best measures should vary with the purchase amount, allowing the time to gain approvals at higher levels for bigger contracts.

"In one company, of our initial 25 measures, only four survived. We changed that many. It's best to constantly ask your employees if you're measuring the right things."

About the presenter

Thought leader and implementation practitioner in Corporate Performance Management (CPM), Bob Paladino focuses on "Implementing for Results." His professional service firm, Bob Paladino & Associates, offers CPM services for implementing and integrating the Balanced Scorecard, six sigma, knowledge management, activity based management (ABM) and customer survey programs to drive breakthrough results.

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 Today's feature article features insights from performance management champion Bob Paladino, delivered this spring at the IBM Cognos Government Executive Roundtable in Ottawa. In his best-selling business book, Five Key Principles of Performance Management ,... 0 0 11341 urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-59f8a2ad-450c-4b6d-a1ff-25d9523d2af9 The Performance Perspectives Blog 2013-08-01T13:16:03-04:00 urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-5427b339-73bd-41e6-b361-c83c91584835 World Cup Week Two: 3 ways keepers are like executives Delaney Turner firstname.lastname@example.com 270002T14M active Comment Entries application/atom+xml;type=entry Likes 2010-06-16T13:52:58-04:00 2010-06-17T13:27:08-04:00 The Globe and Mail's John Doyle had a great column today about keepers. If you've ever played the position, you know it can be a uniquely terrifying experience. And if you saw any of the headlines following Robert Green's disastrous fumble (my favorite was "Hand of Clod"), you'll know there's much more than the score riding on the outcome. I've been playing the position for various teams for the past five years, so I found Doyle's description particularly apt:

It's like hockey, only worse. In a sport wherein a 0-0 draw can salvage a point and mean salvation, or a single goal can mean disaster, the goalkeeper is among the most richly symbolic figures in the culture of soccer countries. He's the last defender, in a role that represents the awfulness of life in a nutshell – anyone can go from hero to villain in seconds. Alienated, under pressure and safe-keeper of more than a goalmouth, the keeper is feared, exalted, sometimes despised and always alone.

The column also got me thinking that the position would probably be a great training ground for the C-suite. Sure, there's the obvious - many executives are also "feared, exalted, despised and alone." But there's more than that. For example:

Keepers are the only players with a full-field perspective. If you're a midfielder like Ghana's Michael Essien, your job is to move the ball forward and set up the the offense. If you're a striker like England's Wayne Rooney, your job is stay on-side and score. Naturally, your perspective on the action and your response to it is always in flux. Keepers, on the other hand, are relatively stationary and have complete visibility into the game. They can read defensive formations, see attacks brewing and set plays forming. Executives - through scorecards, dashboards or other reports - need that same visibility into their business.

Keepers are the on-field generals. The measure of a good keeper is how well he communicates with his defense, whether to alert them to onrushing forwards or to arrange them during a free kick or set play. Italy's Gianluigi Buffon, now injured, is a master at this. Germany's Oliver Kahn was famous for the on-field profanity he directed at his defenders. In business, executives must communicate with their teams to ensure the right response to competitive threats and emerging opportunities.

Keepers make few decisions, but any one of them can change the course of the game. Soccer is such a low-scoring game that in many cases one goal is all it takes to win. Greece, for example, won the 2006 European Cup with a single shot on goal - a set play from a corner kick. The real test, though is the penalty kick, which overwhelmingly favors the shooter. Some coaches will say you can predict whether the ball is going left or right, high or low by where the shooter plants his foot. But skilled players like England's Frank Lampard and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo are so adept at hiding their intentions that even on replays it's difficult to see their plans. In business, the C-level executive is rarely involved in operational or day-to-day decisions. But the decisions they do make - about strategy, investments, markets and products - can either move their organization forward or set it back, sometimes irreparably.

Doyle also highlighted a literary connection between keepers and writers, which I also appreciated:

The soccer keeper has also been a figure from which writers extrapolate meaning. Camus, a Nobel Prize winner, wrote (for France Football magazine) "All I know about morality and the obligations of men, I owe to football." Austrian writer Peter Handke wrote perhaps the definitive serious work of fiction - "The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty," which was filmed in 1971 by Wim Wenders. Both book and movie use the soccer goalie as the basis for analyzing contemporary human alienation. A goalkeeper is sent off during a game for committing a foul. Then he commits murder but barely attempts to evade the police.

At one key moment he watches a game and explains the terrible dilemma that faces a goalkeeper at the moment of a penalty kick. The impossibility of anticipating the kicker's action. The futility of diving to the left or right and guessing the direction of the ball. This, it seems, is the wretchedness of life encapsulated.

What about you? Do you see life lessons in the 18-yard box? Parallels between the c-suite and the pitch? Drop me a line or let me know on Twitter.

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 The Globe and Mail's John Doyle had a great column today about keepers . If you've ever played the position, you know it can be a uniquely terrifying experience. And if you saw any of the headlines following Robert Green's disastrous fumble (my favorite was... 0 0 2298 urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-59f8a2ad-450c-4b6d-a1ff-25d9523d2af9 The Performance Perspectives Blog 2013-08-01T13:16:03-04:00