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INFO please - Calendar related	Calendar related table: Information that can be tied to a particular date or day of the year. E.g., if it says John Brown, I would like to receive significant dates associated with his life. Sending me a URL or list of URLs is kind, but remember that I can also go to www.google.com and google up a word. It's the time to search the pages that's hardest to find. That's why I really appreciate snippets like the sample in the box above. If you can provide a web URL (address) or other reference, to confirm and to check copyrights, that would be appreciated too. Info that can be directly slotted into my database of dates is great. Comments
Noche Triste and the Festival of Tóxcatl ***	Since I wrote my piece on Cortes, I've been trying to find the date/s of Noche Triste and the (ten-day?) Festival of Tóxcatl to the god Huitzilopochtli when Aztec/Spanish massacres occurred in 1520 at Tenochtitlán, Mexico. Books and websites I've been searching have given me a variety of dates, from June 30 to July 12 (one site even has June 31!!) I would appreciate any help with this, and any information about the fiesta and its place in the calendar. Thanx, folks.
From the Diggers and Levellers to Findhorn ***	Dates for these two early anarchist-style groups in England. Also the Diggers of San Francisco, 1960s please. Other communities like the Hog Farm, The Farm, New Alchemy Institute, Findhorn etc.
Nimbin ***	Dates in the (alternative/hippie) chronology of Nimbin, Australia.
Bill Mollison **	The Permaculture man; birthday/other dates.
Martin Sharp **	Australian artist; I'm after his birthday/other dates.
The Human Fly *	Harry 'The Human Fly' Gardiner      http://www.hpl.hamilton.on.ca/Collections/downtown/bnkham.htm and http://www.detnews.com/history/fly/fly.htm also http://www.michiganhistorymagazine.com/detroit/pdf/so99lee.pdf  ... I'm after his date of birth, other significant dates and events in his life, date of death. Any images not on the three websites above.
Peace heroes **	Dates in the lives of people remembered for their stand for peace and against war.
Dates mentioned in literature **	Like these: So long had life together been that now The second of January fell again On Tuesday ... Joseph Brodsky, Six Years Later Now I suffer from vertigo, and today, 23rd of January, 1862, I have received a singular warning. I have felt the wind of the wing of madness pass over me. Charles Baudelaire, Intimate Journals On the ninth of January, now four days ago, I received by the evening delivery a registered envelope, addressed in the hand of my colleague and old school-companion, Henry Jekyll.  Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Aborigines ****	It's hard to put Gregorian (Western) calendar dates to times in the year of indigenous peoples from around the world, such as Australia's Aborigines. Can you help?

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Miscellaneous please	Comments
Boring but easy: inviting websites to webring ****	Peace Planet Webring: can someone give me a hand inviting websites to join? It's dead easy, as Webrings does the mailing, but we need to type in one email address at a time, then click Send. Someone who is prepared to locate the webmaster's email from the list of websites I already have. Thank you, it would be a great help!
Peace website addresses: indexing ***	See Our BIG directory of 1,000+ peace-related URLs -- this is a valuable resource and available for personal use and free of charge to groups or individuals who wish to use it on their website. It is arranged alphabetically, but requires indexing by themes. Is this up your alley? The sooner, the better due to the urgency of the war situation.
Peace Planet Webring ***	We now have our own webring. Could you ask a few webmasters to join? They have to have peace/environment or appropriate sites. All they have to do is click the Scriptorium homepage http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com and scroll down to the dove, then join. It's free and simple, like me. Please join up yourself, and tell other webmasters the benefits of our sites joining together.
Buy a Wilson's Almanac mug and T-shirt *****	http://www.cafeshops.com/cafe_diem
Quotations **	Quotes on peace, alternatives, self-reliance and self-determination; other subjects as promoted in the Almanac and Almost Prophetic Quotations. As with other Ongo-Bongos, I'm grateful if you save them up and send in batches, to save correspondence work for us both. Thank you.
Young readers *****	As I'm sure you know, one of the main raisons d'être of the Almy is to help change the world and promote peace, etc. I have little faith or interest in trying to change the minds of older people. I'm passionate about reaching under-30s. And I'm really very keen to get your ideas and support so that our positive messages can reach young people.
Indymedia *****	There are Indymedia websites for dozens of places in the world. See the list on the left of the page of the main site, http://www.indymedia.org  You are allowed to upload original material at these sites. I do political cartoons, animations and articles. I could use a hand posting these at Indymedia sites. It's easy to do, and I can show you how in a minute. I'd need to provide you with whatever it is I want uploaded at present. STOP PRESS, Feb 7: The article "Myths of the 'War on Terrorism'" ... I have uploaded some to indys, but would LOVE lots of help to do more. This article is a very comprehensive list of myths about the war, and should get out soon. Some of its info will age with time. Can you spare an hour?
Quotes editing **	This is a pretty big job. Too damn big for me. I'm up to my ears in inspirational, progressive quotes -- thousands of them, which I share in the Almy and, with J-9, in APQ. Lordy, lordy, but they need indexing by someone with some skills!!
Do a column **	If someone would like to do a small, regular column in the Almanac (much as Almaniac Jeannine Wilson in USA does Daily Planet News, and Teresa Ford's F Files), I am open to suggestions. Naturally, I can't take just anyone on - I would have to be persuaded of its worth and reliability. however, I'd love to widen the Almy in this way. A couple of suggestion: seasonal changes in Nature in your part of the world, or even your backyard; website reviews; simple pagan/esoteric rituals that can go with certain days of the year. (I have several now, from several continents, but still want columns from Africa, Asia and South America.) A column could be more or less regular than weekly, but weekly might be a good start. Space is short; so should the column be. Write to me.
Wanted for Planet Directory *****	Unpaid, unsung part-time help with the Planet Directory would be very much appreciated. There are more than 3,700 websites in this directory, and over 284 link partners. If you can combine diplomacy with a feel for alternative websites, I'm busting to make the PD the best progressive directory on the Net, and would love your help, just for a short while. The task would include writing reviews of about 15 words each, and asking link partners to update the link URL as some of them still have the old one. Maybe some reader who digs the PD has some free time; I wish I had some myself but other almanac duties have me tied up. Thanx.
Awards ***	I'm not into self-nominating for awards for this site ... mainly because I'm flat out like a lizard drinking, with everything else that needs doing. However, I am always grateful if members nominate Wilson's Almanac for awards, online or otherwise, and it helps promote the work.
Directories *****	Looking for online directories in which I can list Wilson's Almanac for free. Eg, http://www.ugrin.com/ , www.fun-lists.com
Promo ********** ********** **********	Any good ideas for promoting the almanac to vast numbers of people at absolutely no expense?

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