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Contact List for Pagans: Real Life and the Electronic Frontier
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Version: 1.2
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Last-Modified: Mon Feb 8 19:01:40 GMT 1993
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Here are some contact address's for various organisations I have come
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across in my travels upon the wyrd way. :-)
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The only one I can comment upon in any depth is the Pagan Federation,
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as that's the one I have seen the most of (and hopefully will soon
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join).
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DISCLAIMER: These are a pretty random selection, and there is no
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intended endorsment of any of these over any other,
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mentioned or not.
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Pagan Federation
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Contact: The Pagan Federation
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BM 7097
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London,
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WC1N 3XX
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Mainly a Wiccan orientated group, though they describe themselves thus:
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"The Pagan Federation is a National and International association of
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Pagans established in London in 1971. It is a worldwide forum of
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discussion between the various branches of the Europe's Old Religions.
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It offers a focus of contact for those who might find rapport with the
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Old Ways, and servers to promote the unified face of Paganism against
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its enemies and detractors".
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An additional point I'd like to make to those concerned with the
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statement "the unified face of Paganism" is that there has been a recent
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discussion about 'accreditation' of Pagan priestesses/priests, and the
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outcome that struck me was that most were against it, on the grounds
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that (a) who set the standards, and more importantly, (b) this would be
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a move towards homogenisation.
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Produce:
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The Wiccan: The Journal of the Pagan Federation
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Regular sections include an Anti-Defamation section,
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Wally's Guide to Wicca (hilarious, IMHO), letters, articles on
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various pagan paths and general news of interest to all pagans.
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Generally UK/Europe-centered, although there is an international
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membership, and the Samhain edition carried an article
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on Wicca in Japan, written by a Japanese Witch.
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Published: 4 times a year, for the fire festivals (Beltane etc).
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Price: 6 pounds sterling for UK
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8 pounds sterling for European Community countries
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10 pounds (or local currency) for the rest of the world.
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From: Wiccan Publications at the above address.
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The Witchcraft Information Pack:
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Intended as guidance for schools etc and as a PR pack
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for the media, as a follow on from their Halloween campaign
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to combat and inform against scaremongering about Paganism.
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Price: 2.50 sterling for members, 5.00 sterling for non-members.
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Something Out of Nothing:
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Expoding the myth of ritual abuse, especially concerning the
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Orkneys child abuse case (last I heard the parents were going
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to the European Court on Human rights for justice on this one).
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It was written for social workers and the police, and explains
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in simple terms what Wicca and Paganism really are.
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Price: 2.50 from the Pagan Federation at the above address.
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Paganlink
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Contact: Write with SAE to:
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John Male
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25, East Hill,
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Dartford, Kent,
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UK.
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Intended to provide a network for pagan contacts, seems quite
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organised and has posted articles to the alt.pagan USENET
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newsgroup. I have a copy of one of their postings to alt.pagan
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if people want to contact me for it (mail address in signature
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at bottom).
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Produce an Information pack, price 1 pound sterling, from
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the National Clearing House which is at the address above.
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They also have a list of organisations which I will aquire
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as soon as possible, and probably nick some of the address
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to add to this list. Send them a SAE (or IRC coupons from
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outside the UK) along with a few pennies to cover admin
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costs for this.
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E-MAIL:
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You can contact K.M.Hetherington@bradford.ac.uk if you want
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more details about the network.
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Pagan Hospice and Funeral Trust
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Contact: PHFT, BM BOX 3337,
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London, UK
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WC1N 3XX
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The PHFT produce a newsletter which costs 5 pounds sterling a
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year (2.50 sterling to the unwaged) and will also provide advice
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on Pagans rights under the new Patients Charter now operating
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in UK hospitals.
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The Cauldron : Pagan Journal of the Old Religion
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This is a journal, and not an organisation, but I included
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it as an example of what is advertised in the UK, and because
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it's from Wales, I must admit. :-)
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Price: 4 pounds sterling a year.
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Contact: Mike Howard
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Caemorgan Cottage,
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Cardigan, Dyfed,
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WALES
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SA43 1QU
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The Group for the Preservation of Ancient Heritage
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[This is culled from Paganlink's posting to alt.pagan mentioned above]
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A meeting of the Group for the Preservation of Ancient Heritage was held
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in August. Present were representatives from Paganlink, the Dragon
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Project, the Ley Hunter, Robin's Greenwood Gang, the Council of British
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Druid Orders and the Pagan Federation. It is hoped more organisations
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will become involved as the Group becomes known.
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The aims of the group are:
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* to raise funds for the purchase of the the Rollright Stone
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Circle, together with such associated sites as may become available.
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* subsequently, or in the event of this site not becoming
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available, or of there being insufficient funds for its purchase, to use
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the funds for the purchase of other pre- and protohistoric ceremonial
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monuments and sites.
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* to arrange management of the Rollright Circle, to ensure its
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continuing guardianship and preservation, and to ensure access to the
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public and specialist interest groups.
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* to seek the views of all interested parties with a view to
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incorporating these into the sites management where possible.
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* to promote interest in, and disseminate information on this and
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other ancient ceremonial sites.
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* to set up a Trust and/or Limited Company to enable these aims to
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be achieved.
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Electronic Discussion Forums
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USENET news groups:
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Here is a quick list of various USENET news groups that may be
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of interest, be arned though that sites reserve the right not to carry
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certain groups, or even entire heirarchies, so many of these may not be
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available. For those of you who believe there may be a place in the
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alt.* hierarchy for a group about your path, then please read my posting
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to alt.config, news.groups, alt.answers and news.answers called
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'Creating a new "alt" group -- guidelines'. This is also available from
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pit-manager.mit.edu [18.172.1.27] in /pub/usenet/news.answers.
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alt.pagan -- discussions about paganism and religion
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soc.culture.celtic -- group about celts (*not* basketball!)
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alt.magick -- discussion of magick and related arts and sciences
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talk.religion.newage -- esoteric and minority religions and philosophies
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alt.native -- news and issues re native peoples (esp. in the Americas)
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alt.paranormal -- phenomena which are not scientifically explainable
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alt.slack -- posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius
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alt.mythology -- the understanding of human nature thro' discussion
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of Mythology
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alt.religion.all-worlds -- grokking the Church of All Worlds from Heinlein's
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book (v.pagan, publish "Green Egg" in US)
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alt.divination -- divination techniques (eg I Ching, tarot, runes)
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alt.satanism -- not such a bad dude once you get to know him
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alt.religion.sabaean -- discussions about the Sabaean religious order
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sci.philosophy.meta -- discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy"
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sci.skeptic -- skeptics discussing pseudo-science
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talk.religion.misc -- religious, ethical and moral implications
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alt.astrology -- twinkle, twinkle little planet
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alt.folklore.ghost-stories -- ghost story folklore, personal experiences etc
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alt.oobe -- out of body experiences
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alt.out-of-body -- ditto
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alt.horror.cthulhu -- Cthulhu, Cthulu, Ctulhu, Ctulu, and the rest
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alt.necronomicon -- ?
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alt.hypnosis -- discussion of hypnosis, hypnotism, trance states etc
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On top of this little lot, there are groups for anarchists, alternative
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medicine etc.
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FTP sites:
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There are three occult archives that I know of, one run by the
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same person who runs the 'bot on IRC mentioned below, which is at
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seismo.soar.cs.cmu.edu, and another at slopoke.mlb.semi.harris.com. The
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alt.astrology FAQ is archived at hilbert.maths.utas.edu.au in the
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directory /pub/astrology, along with other material. Don't forget that
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you can use the archie servers and gopher clients to augment your
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searches as well, if you know what you are after.
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Internet Relay Chat:
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There is a #Wicca channel, which normally has a few people on
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it, as well as a bot (Occultsrv) which can provide information and some
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messaging services. Also, I am told there is a Wicca teaching session
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on the IRC channel #Wicca101 on Tuesdays at 10pm EST. Unfortunately that
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makes it Wednesdays at 3am GMT, so I've never been able to look in and
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see what goes on.
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MUD:
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There is a Pagan-orientated MUD at seismo.soar.cs.cmu.edu 9393,
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called "Divination Web" which is (again) run by OccultSrv's creator,
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and is open to the public.
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That is all for the moment, if anyone else has any address's of
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organisations that they know off, and can recommend, then I would be
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interested to hear from you. I would especially like to get hold of the
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address and details of the Pan-Pacific Pagan Alliance, if anyone could
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help.
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Merry meet, merry part and merry meet again!
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Chris
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Christopher Samuel
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RFC: ccs@aber.ac.uk UUCP: *!mcsun!uknet!aber!ccs JNT: ccs@uk.ac.aber
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