
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">I saw swastikas in India often.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>More from Wikipedia.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="thumb tright" style="clear: right; float: right; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em; width: auto; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); padding: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); font-size: 13.15999984741211px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; width: 227px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Four-swastika_collage_(transparent).png" class="image" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><img alt="" decoding="async" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Four-swastika_collage_%28transparent%29.png/338px-Four-swastika_collage_%28transparent%29.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Four-swastika_collage_%28transparent%29.png/450px-Four-swastika_collage_%28transparent%29.png 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="4096" style="border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" apple-inline="yes" id="8F95F6C8-C260-4B55-BB54-DE54C8BADE39" src="cid:5F4DFEE6-9CFA-4F01-8EC3-57087FC311FD@Home"></a><div class="thumbcaption" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; font-size: 12.370400428771973px; text-align: left;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Four-swastika_collage_(transparent).png" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2215%22 height=%2211%22 viewBox=%220 0 11 15%22%3E %3Cg id=%22magnify-clip%22 fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%23000%22%3E %3Cpath id=%22bigbox%22 d=%22M1.509 1.865h10.99v7.919H1.509z%22/%3E %3Cpath id=%22smallbox%22 d=%22M-1.499 6.868h5.943v4.904h-5.943z%22/%3E %3C/g%3E %3C/svg%3E"); display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; -webkit-user-select: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"></a></div>A <i class="">swastika</i> is a symbol found in many cultures, with different meanings, drawn in different styles.</div></div></div><div class="thumb tright" style="clear: right; float: right; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em; width: auto; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); padding: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); font-size: 13.15999984741211px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; width: 222px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thirthankara_Suparshvanath_Museum_Rietberg_RVI_306.jpg" class="image" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><img alt="" decoding="async" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Thirthankara_Suparshvanath_Museum_Rietberg_RVI_306.jpg/330px-Thirthankara_Suparshvanath_Museum_Rietberg_RVI_306.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Thirthankara_Suparshvanath_Museum_Rietberg_RVI_306.jpg/440px-Thirthankara_Suparshvanath_Museum_Rietberg_RVI_306.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2152" data-file-height="2403" style="border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" apple-inline="yes" id="F7E0E7D0-1797-4C19-8157-8E09A8FFD02E" src="cid:31EB0A93-8778-4113-B2AB-88A31F8E1B9D@Home"></a><div class="thumbcaption" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; font-size: 12.370400428771973px; text-align: left;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thirthankara_Suparshvanath_Museum_Rietberg_RVI_306.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2215%22 height=%2211%22 viewBox=%220 0 11 15%22%3E %3Cg id=%22magnify-clip%22 fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%23000%22%3E %3Cpath id=%22bigbox%22 d=%22M1.509 1.865h10.99v7.919H1.509z%22/%3E %3Cpath id=%22smallbox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position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-snodgrass82_2-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-snodgrass82-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cort_2001_17_3-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-Cort_2001_17-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-p.97_4-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-p.97-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">[4]</a></sup> In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Western world</a>, it was a symbol of auspiciousness and good luck until the 1930s, when it became a feature of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_symbolism" title="Nazi symbolism" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Nazi symbolism</a> as an emblem of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_race" title="Aryan race" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Aryan race</a>identity and, as a result, was stigmatized by association with ideas of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism" title="Racism" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">racism</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism" title="Antisemitism" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">antisemitism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-holocaust2009_5-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-holocaust2009-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wiener463_6-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-wiener463-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">[6]</a></sup></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif;" class="">The name <i class="">swastika</i> comes from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Sanskrit</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari" title="Devanagari" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Devanagari</a>: <span lang="sa" title="Sanskrit language text" class=""><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95" class="extiw" title="wikt:स्वस्तिक" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">स्वस्तिक</a></span>) meaning 'conducive to well being' or 'auspicious'.<sup id="cite_ref-etymology_7-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-etymology-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-britswast_8-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-britswast-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">[8]</a></sup> In Hinduism, the symbol with arms pointing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clockwise" title="Clockwise" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">clockwise</a> is called <i lang="sa-Latn" title="Sanskrit language text" class="">swastika</i>, symbolizing <i lang="sa-Latn" title="Sanskrit language text" class=""><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya" title="Surya" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">surya</a></i> (sun), prosperity and good luck, while the counterclockwise symbol is called <i lang="sa-Latn" title="Sanskrit language text" class=""><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauvastika" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauvastika" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">sauvastika</a></i>, symbolizing night or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantra" title="Tantra" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">tantric</a> aspects of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali" title="Kali" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Kali</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-britswast_8-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-britswast-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">[8]</a></sup> In Jainism, a swastika is the symbol for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suparshvanatha" title="Suparshvanatha" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Suparshvanatha</a>—the seventh of 24 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Tirthankaras</a> (spiritual teachers and saviours), while in Buddhism it symbolizes the auspicious footprints of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddha" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Buddha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-britswast_8-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-britswast-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">[8]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-silverblatt109_9-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-silverblatt109-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">[9]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">[10]</a></sup> In several major <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_languages" title="Indo-European languages" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Indo-European</a> religions the swastika symbolizes lightning bolts representing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_god" class="mw-redirect" title="Thunder god" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">thunder god</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_gods" class="mw-redirect" title="King of the gods" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">king of the gods</a> such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra" title="Indra" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Indra</a> in the Indus Valley religion, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Zeus</a> in ancient Greek religion, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(god)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jupiter (god)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jupiter</a> in Roman religion, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor" title="Thor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Thor</a> in ancient Germanic religion.<sup id="cite_ref-Greg_11-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-Greg-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">[1 1]</a></sup></div><div style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif;" class="">The swastika is an icon widely found in human history and the modern world.<sup id="cite_ref-p.97_4-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-p.97-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">[4</a></sup></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 10, 2019, at 6:32 PM, Bill Schlesinger via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Reversed and tipped.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>OE [<a href="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Jann McGuire via OE<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, March 10, 2019 12:40 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Order Ecumenical Community <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Jann McGuire <<a href="mailto:jannmcguire@gmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">jannmcguire@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Oe List ...] Fw: [earthrise] Re-discovering the Fat Lady<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-s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ed to the building was finished in 1935 and has swastikas carved into the ceiling! Big clue about some hidden values ...<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">OE mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br class=""><a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></blockquote></div></div><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class="">CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: This transmission may contain confidential information belonging to the sender that is legally privileged and proprietary and may be subject to protection under the law, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are prohibited from sharing, copying, or otherwise using or disclosing its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments without reading, forwarding or saving them. Thank you</span></font><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">OE mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-te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