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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#990066" TEXT="#080000" background="01ed4c00dkbmot.png"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>Gratitude</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="155" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#000000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#990033" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFCC80 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 93 WIDTH="143"><div> <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dec 04"><U><B>December 2005</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Manifestations</B></div> <div> <B> will be published again in fall 2006</B></div> </tD> </tR> 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WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="benefactors and donations"><U><B>Donations</B></U></A></div> <div> This site is underwritten by volunteers, as is the administration of <A HREF="chanting_press.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chanting Press"><U>Chanting Press</U></A>. We must pay certain expenses for typesetting and layout. If you wish to support Fourth Order outreach through a  grassroots press which  publishes fine works of heart and spirit, go now to the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990066" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="benefactors and donations"><U><B>Benefactors Page</B></U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#CC9980" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="0874e490.png" border=0 width="78" height="73" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> The Fourth Order of Francis and Clare</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>"God has made of me a new kind of fool in this world" </B></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I> Francis of Assisi</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="June 2005"><U><IMG SRC="0797d5d0.jpg" border=0 width="381" height="349" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Intertribal</B><B> fools,</B></div> <div> <B>   </B><B>madmen,</B></div> <div> <B> clowns  </B><B>and</B></div> <div> <B>  wandering </B><B>mystics</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="150" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#000000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#990033" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#990033 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 27 ><NOBR><div> <B> </B><B>Welcome Home</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> "Buddha with an Attitude" <A HREF="http://www.artstribe.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.artstribe.org"><U>courtesy of Michael Green</U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>