Archive-name: backrubs/faq/part5
Last-modified: 13 December 1995

  Section 5 -- Other Network Sources of Information

        This posting contains information about the following:
    5.1) Other Frequent Postings to alt.backrubs
      5.1.1) The backrubs exchange
      5.1.2) The alt.backrubs archive
    5.2) Other Network Resources
      5.2.1) Reference: Frequent postings to other newsgroups
      5.2.2) Reference: Other archives and collections
      5.2.3) Reference: World Wide Web Sites
      5.2.4) Discussion: Newsgroups, mailing-lists and gateways
      5.2.5) Discussion: Other groups (not Usenet, not mailing-lists)
      5.2.6) Miscellaneous: Network resources
      5.2.7) Miscellaneous: Major lists of Internet and Usenet resources

        Each question begins with `Subject:' on a line of its own.  Users
with suitably equipped newsreaders can automatically skip to the start of
the next question, e.g. trn will display the start of the question when you
press ^G (control-G).  Of course if your newsreader doesn't do this
automatically, you can still use a search command to find the next question.
        To find the answer to question 5.2 search for a line beginning with
`Q5.2)', there will be only one.

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        Your suggestions for changes to these articles are welcome.  Please
see section 0 (entitled Administrivia and Acknowledgements) in the earlier
posting for information about whom to contact and what changes are planned.

        The questions are divided into the following general sections.
Questions from each section are answered in articles of their own.  A list
of all questions appears in the first article (section 0).
        Section 0  Administrivia and Acknowledgements
        Section 1  General Questions
        Section 2  Basics of Massage
        Section 3  Novice Questions
        Section 4  Professional Massage
        Section 5  Other Sources of Information

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Section 5 -- Other Network Sources of Information
        If you are unfamiliar with network basics see question 1.4 in the
section 1 article.

Subject: Other Frequent Postings to alt.backrubs
Q5.1)    

Subject: The backrubs exchange
Q5.1.1)  The new backrubs exchange programme is a list of people from around
the globe willing to exchange backrubs.  The list maintainer has written
that the list will be posted on or about the first of every month.
        There are two files in the archive (see question 5.1.2) about the
backrubs exchange programme: the announcement, `exchange.prog', and the
most current update, `exchange.update'.
        If you want to be added to the list: please read the announcement
before sending mail to Paul Selkirk <paul@ftp.com>.  
        The archive also contains information about other exchanges held in
Chicago (`exchange.chicago') and Seattle (`exchange.seattle').  There was
once another backrubs exchange programme but it disappeared without a trace
long ago.  Paul Selkirk is the third person to maintain the new list.

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Subject: The alt.backrubs archive
Q5.1.2)  There is an FTP- and WWW-accessible archive of alt.backrubs
postings organized by topic.  Full details can be found in the archive
announcement (posted to the newsgroup every 10 days and archived at the
rtfm.mit.edu FTP site, see question 5.2.1).
        Before you post a question to alt.backrubs you are advised to check
in the archive to see if it has already been answered.  You might be
pleasantly surprised by the breadth of topics and depth of detail.

        The archive is cross-referenced and crudely indexed.  You can read
the details in both the archive announcement and the archive's `00README'
file.  The files are in mailbox format (so you can read them as ordinary
text files or use any standard mail reader to treat them as a list of mail
messages).
        The file Archive.Index is an easily searched list of 20 categories
and filenames.  The index doesn't include all files or categories.  The
`Abstracts' file is a list of brief descriptions of all the files which the
maintainer uses to decide where postings should be archived.  Here is the
current list of categories in the `Archive.Index' file:
   Archive                          Back Pain/Knots/Pain
   Certification/Exam/Registration  Clothed
   Exchange/Partners                General
   Getting Started                  Massage Tables
   Oils/Scents/Aromatherapy         Problems
   Professional                     Psychological Aspects
   References                       Self Massage
   Sex & Massage                    Sexual Massage/Foreplay
   Specific Problem/Body Part       Technique
   Tools/Devices                    Usenet-related/Newsgroup         

        Essential details about the archive follow.  Copies of the
alt.backrubs archive are kept at two anonymous FTP sites: a main site and a
mirror site.  The main site is ftp.csd.UWO.ca, which has IP address
129.100.11.252.  Please connect during off-peak hours, i.e. between 7pm and
7am Eastern time, the server is 5 hours behind GMT during standard time (it
is in Ontario, Canada).  The files are in the directory
`pub/news/alt.backrubs'.
        The archive is mirrored at the sunsite.unc.edu anonymous FTP site
which has IP address 198.86.40.81.  The sunsite copy of the archive is in
directory
`pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs'.

        Most of the files in the archive have been compressed by the Free
Software Foundation's (`the GNU people') gzip program.  The compressed
files all have `.gz' at the end of their names.  The ftp.csd.uwo.ca FTP
site provides a method to decode files as they are being sent.  For
information about the special transfer features (including automatic
decoding) at ftp.csd.uwo.ca read the file ~ftp/pub/README at that site --
the file is only at that site because it is not part of the alt.backrubs
archive.
        If you want to transfer the compressed versions of the files to
your site for decoding, the transfer must be in binary form and you'll need
to use a decoding program (often called an uncompress program) before you
can read the files normally.  The GNU unzip, `gunzip', works fine.  The
file `00README' in the archive contains information about where you can
obtain an uncompress program.  It is the only file in the archive that is
not compressed or solely for indexing.

        World Wide Web access to the archive is available from either of
the addresses below.  The file `alt.backrubs.archive.info.html' contains a
version of the archive announcement as first posted in mid-August 1995.
Currently the WWW interface consists of hypertext versions of the category
index and the file abstracts.  Hopefully a version of this FAQL will be
included by the end of 1995.

  WWW: ftp://ftp.csd.uwo.ca/pub/news/alt.backrubs/WWW/
  WWW: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/
        massage-therapy/alt.backrubs/WWW/

        The archive is maintained by J. Blustein <jamie@uwo.ca>.  

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Subject: Other Network Resources
Q5.2)   Please note that this list is almost certainly not complete and
none of the materials listed here are maintained by the person responsible
for this document.  If you have any corrections or possible additions to
this list please send mail to the FAQL maintainer.
        If you are new to the Usenet then you will probably find question
5.2.6 the most useful.

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        These lists in the following sections do not include the entire
subject line for many of the newsgroup postings to which they refer, since
the postings appear in many parts.  The notation `[etc.]' appears at the
point where the subject lines were truncated to help you use the rest to
search for the postings.
        The Archive-name can be used to find the files at the rtfm.mit.edu
FTP site.  Files are stored in directories corresponding to the newsgroups
they are posted in (pub/usenet-by-group/ and pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/) and
archive-name (pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/).  Archive-names that end
with `*' are directories that contain the multi-part postings.
        For example, the alt.backrubs archive announcement (which has
Archive-name `backrubs/archive', Subject `[alt.backrubs] FTP archive site'
and is posted to the following newsgroups: alt.backrubs, alt.answers and
news.answers) is stored in the following files at the rtfm.mit.edu site:
   pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/backrubs/archive
   pub/usenet-by-group/alt.answers/backrubs/archive
   pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/news/answers/backrubs/archive
   pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/alt/answers/backrubs/archive
   pub/usenet-by-group/alt.backrubs/[alt.backrubs]_FTP_archive_site
   pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/alt/backrubs/[alt.backrubs]_FTP_archive_site
It is a single part posting.
        If you can't use FTP but can send and receive mail, you can use a
mail server to retrieve the files.  To learn about the news.answers mail
server send an e-mail message to <mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu> with the word
help on a line of its own in the body (not the Subject) of the message.
There is some information about other FTP mail servers in the alt.backrubs
archive announcement and still more information about how to retrieve
networked resources by mail is available from the Internet by E-Mail FAQL
(see question 5.2.6 e).
        Hypertext versions of many of the FAQLs stored at the rtfm.mit.edu
site are available for browsing within the world wide web (WWW) at URLs:
  http://www.smartpages.com/faqs/
  http://www.cs.ruu.nl/cgi-bin/faqwais
  http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/internet/news/faq/
N.B.: this doesn't mean these hypertext versions are necessarily as good
as, or better than, the posted version.

        A hypertext version of this document should be available at 
  http://www.ii.uib.no/~kjartan/budofaq/backrubfaq/
but it was out-of-date the last time I checked.  Kjartan Clausen
<kjartan@ii.uib.no> is preparing a HTML document about massage which will
include a version of the FAQL.

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Subject: Reference: Frequent postings to other newsgroups
Q5.2.1)  

        The entries in this section are in the format described in question
5.2.  If you don't understand the format then read the example above before
reading this section.

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a) List of Medical FAQLs
   Subject: List of Medical FAQ Postings
   Newsgroups: sci.med, sci.answers, news.answers
   Archive-name: medicine/med-faq-list

        According to version 2.0 of the document, posted on 1 September
1995, it is posted approximately once a month.  The description below is
part of the document.
        In message <med-faq-list-0109951257160001@cybertas.demon.co.uk>
med-faq-list@cybertas.demon.co.uk (Bruce C McKenzie) wrote:
>----------------
>About This File:
>----------------
>
>     This file is a list of 'Frequently Asked Questions' and other
>     periodical documents on medicine/health-related topics posted to
>     UseNet Newsgroups on the Internet. FAQ-type documents elsewhere
>     (such as on the WWW) are also included. These medical/
>     health-related FAQs are of value to both patients and health
>     professionals, as they highlight the most common concerns held by
>     sufferers, and help to fill the health information void. Some are
>     qenuinely frequently asked questions from Usenet discussions;
>     others represent the efforts of individuals to share information
>     they have collected. Please remember that the information found in
>     these FAQs may not represent general medical opinion, and should
>     not be a substitute for consulting your doctor or other healthcare
>     professional.
        [This entry was added on 1 September 1995.]

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b) Stretching and Flexibility FAQL
   Subject: Stretching and Flexibility FAQ  [etc.]
   Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts, misc.fitness.misc, misc.fitness.aerobic,
     misc.fitness.weights, rec.arts.dance, alt.arts.ballet, rec.sport.misc,
     alt.answers, rec.answers, misc.answers, news.answers   
   Archive-name: stretching/*
   FTP-site: cs.huji.ac.il:/pub/doc/faq/rec/martial.arts
   WWW: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/papers/rma/stretching_toc.html
   N.B.: The archive's `self.mas' file has information about stretching. 
   [This entry was updated on 19 September 1995.]

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c) Typing Injuries FAQL
   Subject: FAQ: Typing Injuries [etc.]
   Newsgroups: sci.med, sci.med.occupational, comp.human-factors,
     comp.answers, sci.answers, news.answers 
   Archive-name: typing-injury-faq/*

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Subject: Reference: Other archives and collections
Q5.2.2)
a) Sunsite Alternative Healthcare Collection 
Lots of information about network resources for `alternative healthcare' as
well as about Sun microsystems computing products, sustainable agriculture
and `alternative energy'.  Sunsite maintains archives for many mailing-
lists and newsgroups.  There is far too much at Sunsite to list here.
   Mail: send mail to info@sunsite.unc.edu to automatically receive a
         help file (about 500 lines long).
   Telnet: sunsite.unc.edu 
        Connect with telnet to use: a WWW browser, WAIS, or a gopher
        client
   FTP: sunSITE.unc.edu 
        directory pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare 
   WWW: http://sunsite.unc.edu/
        gopher://sunsite.unc.edu
   Gopher Bookmark (medicine):
        Type=1
        Name=medicine [...]
        Path=1/../.pub/academic/medicine
        Host=president.oit.unc.edu
        Port=70

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b) Internet/Bitnet Health Sciences Resources
Lee Hancock <Le07144@Ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu> has compiled an extensive
list of network resources about health.  It is available in ZIPped form for
FTP from ftp2.cc.ukans.edu in the pub/hmatrix directory with filename
medlstXX.zip, where the XX portion is the month of the latest update.  A
non-compressed version is also available at medlstXX.txt.
        The ftp.sura.net FTP site may also have a copy of the file in the
pub/nic directory with filename medical.resources.XX-XX where the XX-XX
portion are the version identifier assigned by the FTP administration at
SURANet.  At the time of this writing (2 February 1995) the most recent
version is 3-26-94 and the filename is `medical.resources.3-94'.

   FTP: ftp2.cc.ukans.edu : file pub/hmatrix/medlst*    [see note above]
        ftp.sura.net : file pub/nic/medical-resources.* [see note above]

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c) Internet Resources on Alternative Medicine
John Makulowich <makulow@trainer.com> has written a short (229 lines) list
of references to network resources about alternative medicine. 

   FTP: ftp.clark.net
        file pub/journalism/altmed.txt

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d) Acu-Ki Institute
In an article in the archive's `acupres.pt' file,
tarr@mercury.interpath.net (TARR Volunteers) wrote that the Acu-Ki
Institute is a non-profit organization that provides individuals with
information about how to use acupressure to treat medical conditions,
e.g. arthritis, cancer, chronic pain.
        Note that they do not diagnose or treat.  They provide information,
tools, others' results, research data and offer to assist people with
painful conditions in various ways through an introduction to acupressure.
        They will send information by e-mail.  Send your information
request to mnc@mhc.edu (Monte Cunningham) or by postal mail to Acu-Ki
Institute, Rt. 2, Box 292-BB, Mars Hill, NC. 28754, USA.

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Subject: Reference: World Wide Web Sites
Q5.2.3)  

     The `w3.sites' and `WWW/other-sites.html' files in the archive may
contain references to some WWW sites not listed here.  Details about the
archive appear in question 5.1.2.

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a) Massage Therapy
        Mark Sincock <mas18@cornell.edu> maintains a WWW document about
massage. Of particular interest are the full texts of some articles about
massage and massage therapy.
        WWW: http://glasshead.cit.cornell.edu/massage.html

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b) A basic guide to Aromatherapy
Graham Sorenson created and maintains a basic guide to Aromatherapy and
massage oils.  It includes a guide to how to use oils and detailed
information about some oils.
   WWW: WWW: http://www.demon.co.uk/murderon/fragrant/index.html
   [This entry updated on 24 Oct. 1995.]

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c) Australian Tea Tree Oil
        Tyler G. Nally has a large document about the history and uses of
Tea Tree Oil as part of a commercial enterprise.  This may be of interest
to you.

        WWW: http://netmar.com/~back2nat/TTOIndex.html

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d) The Reiki page
     David Herron, Reiki Master, CMT maintains `the Reiki page'.  Here
is an excerpt from the page retrieved on 15 October 1995: `[t]his page
is intended to be a resource collecting lots of information about
Reiki, its practice, benefits (both proven and otherwise), and
anything else which people wish to have here. I am the collector,
convenor, organizer, instigator, and contributor. However if this is
to be a Net Resource then it must be a group effort. If you have
something to offer please contact me at David Herron
<davidh@crl.com>.'

        WWW: http://www.crl.com/~davidh/reiki/

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e) Spirit-WWW: spiritual consciousness on the WWW
I don't know who the author of this comprehensive document is.  It contains
information about Reiki and Shiatsu as well as many other related areas.

   WWW: http://www.protree.com/Spirit.html            [site in USA]
   WWW: http://zeta.cs.adfa.oz.au/Spirit/healing.html [site in Australia]

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f) AMR'TA sites about natural medicine
In [misc.health.alternative] article
<mitch-0803950023040001@ip-pdx3-18.teleport.com> Mitch Stargrove
<mitch@teleport.com> wrote: 
>        AMR'TA, a pioneering organization that two years ago released
>the most comprehensive data-base software package available in the
>natural medicine field, has just opened three new health information
>services on the Internet.
>        The medical research and teaching organization now offers two
>home pages on the World Wide Web providing a broad array of
>information on natural medicine for both general and professional
>audiences.  In addition, a new mailing list opens a fresh forum for
>discussion among health professionals.
>        The first website, "Natural Medicine, Complementary Health
>Care and Alternative Therapies,"  is a place to access health
>information as well as reference health organizations, medical
>institutions and other health resources available on Internet.  The
>site's Internet address is http://www.teleport.com:80/~amrta.
>        The second website provides introductory information on the
>pioneering AMR'TA software program, IBIS, the Interactive
>BodyMind Information System.  That Internet home page can be
>reached at http://www.teleport.com:80/~ibis.
[...]
<        AMR'TA, the Alchemical Medicine Research and Teaching
<Association, is a nonprofit institution formed by a group of health
<professionals in 1987 to investigate natural medicine and provide
<education integrating a wide range of therapies. In 1993  the
<organization released the IBIS software package.  More than 100
<medical professionals spent four years compiling and editing IBIS.
        Information about the mailing-list is in question 5.2.4 b).  The
complete posting is in the archive's `w3.sites' file.  The archive is the
subject of question 5.1.2.

   WWW: http://www.teleport.com:80/~amrta
   WWW: http://www.teleport.com:80/~ibis

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g) Alternative Health World
In article <3aajl0$cf2@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> ebert@mail.utexas.edu
(Priscilla L. Ebert) wrote: 
>This is a new place -- under development. Participation is encouraged.
[...]
>Think of it as a layered concept, ie:
>
>                    Alternative Health World
>                                \/
>        Food World      Body Therapies          Mind Therapies
>           \/                   \/                      \/
>Vegetarian Delights    Rolfing     Massage          Reichian
>           \/              \/        \/                 \/
>    Vegie Recipes         practitioners            practitioners
>
>Read the Web World instructions, 
>                consider the topic area,
>                        understand how you can be a part,
>                                                then participate!
>
>email to me questions, comments, etc.

   WWW: http://sailfish.peregrine.com/wb/ww/m(90,160)

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h) Complementary Medicine WWW Page
In article <pbower-0903950923190001@lanrover1-gilmer-a2.acc.virginia.edu>
pbower@virginia.edu (Peter J. Bower, M.D.) wrote
>For those interested, I have begun to link the information available on
>all forms of complementary medicine topics onto a www page.
>
>If for no other reason then to check out the diversity of topics please
>point your browser at :
>
>http://galen.med.virginia.edu/~pjb3s/ComplementaryHomePage.html

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i) Aesclepian Chronicles
        The Chronicles are an electronic journal published using the WWW.
Here is an expert from the journal as it appeared on 30 April 1995:
     The editorial policy of Aesclepian Chronicles is to publish
     informative and inspirational articles about the many new
     complementary and allopathic treatment modalities that are
     emerging.  These modalities may be approached from both a
     personal and a clinical perspective.  The editorial goal of
     Aesclepian Chronicles is to critically evaluate the role,
     usefulness and applicability of complementary alternatives within
     the mainstream of medicine.  We are interested in both the
     clinical and philosophical implications of the interaction of
     complementary and allopathic medicine.  Equally of interest are
     the structural and economic issues as they relate to the attempts
     to reform the national [U.S.A.'s] health system.

        WWW: http://www.forthrt.com/~chronicl/homepage.html

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j) The OrMed Mailing List WWW Page
        According to the 22 April 1995 version of this document: `OrMed is
a mailing list dedicated to the discussion of Oriental Medicine in all its
forms, including acupuncture, herbs, massage, breathwork, exercise and
more! We now have over 200 subscribers to the OrMed mailing list, from 11
countries and are growing all the time.'  The document is meant to make it
access to the list message archives, FAQs, etc. easier for WWW users.
Norman Kraft <nkraft@bkhouse.cts.com> is the maintainer.
        WWW: ftp://ftp.cts.com/pub/nkraft/ormed.html

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k) The Chiropractic Page
        According to the 3 August 1995 version of this document: `This
World Wide Web page has been created primarily as a pointer to health 
related subjects with a focus on information for chiropractors, students,
other health care practitioners and interested laypersons. As with most
sites The Chiropractic Page is continually under construction.  The Page is
organized into sites and documents related specifically to chiropractic
and, further, into sites of general interest to the health care
practitioner.'
        John Wiens, DC <jwiens@mbnet.mb.ca> is the contact person.
        WWW: http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/~jwiens/chiro.html

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l) Vital Energy
On 29 Oct 1995 seraph@metronet.com wrote:
>Check out new web site with emphasis on Vital Energy. Url is:
>
>     http://www.vitalenergy.com   or   http://vitalenergy.com 
>
>This site is hosted by The Seraph Foundation - which stands for
>Subtle Energy Research and Physical Health. This site was established
>to provide a real scientific site for professional organizations that
>know that Chi or Prana Energy can be studied in a western scientific manner.
>This site hosts web site for other qualified orgnaizations and has index of
>pointers to other web sites on related topics. Please send us additional
>information and URL pointers. 


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m) Where is the archive for newsgroup X?
        See question 5.2.6 d).

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Subject: Discussion: Newsgroups, mailing-lists and gateways
Q5.2.4)
a) misc.health.alternative newsgroup
        The misc.health.alternative newsgroup sometimes carries
discussions of the same or similar topics to those discussed in
alt.backrubs.  Its charter includes discussions of Aromatherapy for
example.  The charter can be found in the `control.messages' file in the
archive (see question 5.1.2).  Sunsite (see question 5.2.2) has collections
of many postings to the newsgroup.

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b) PARACELSUS mailing-list
        In [misc.health.alternative] article
<mitch-0803950023040001@ip-pdx3-18.teleport.com> Mitch Stargrove
<mitch@teleport.com> wrote that  
   PARACELSUS, is a mailing list aimed at promoting communication,
   cooperation and exploration among health care
   professionals. Subscription is limited to practitioners, educators,
   researchers and students in alternative and conventional medical
   fields. The list is intended to focus on interesting cases,
   practical clinical pearls, recent publications, useful anecdotes
   and medical news.
        "We all have unique experiences, different perspectives and
   valid insights. No one has all the answers," commented Dr. Mitchell
   Stargrove, Research and Education Coordinator of AMR'TA.    "We can
   serve our patients best and advance the evolution of the  healing
   arts and medical science best by working together, sharing ideas
   and being willing to learn," the naturopathic physician continued. 
        Those wishing to participate in PARACELSUS should send a
   e-mail message to <Majordomo@teleport.com>, reading "subscribe
   paracelsus". As part of the subscription approval process, send a
   biographical note indicating training, practice and interests to
   <paracelsus@teleport.com>. 
        The entire article is in the archive's `w3.sites' file.  See
question 5.1.2 for details about the archive.  Other AMR'TA information
sources are listed in question 5.2.3 a).

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c) pdax.services.massage newsgroup
        According to a report that appears in the archive's `group.split'
file, the pdax.services.massage newsgroup is for the discussion of 
professional massage by professionals.  (The archive is the subject of
question 5.1.2.)  The pdax newsgroup hierarchy has a small distribution so
most people can't read it.  Repostings of significant postings from that
newsgroup to alt.backrubs would probably be appreciated.

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d) alt.med.fibromyalgia newsgroup / FIBROM-L mailing-list
        The alt.med.fibromyalgia newsgroup is a gated version of the
FIBROM-L mailing-list.  Jim McIntosh <jim@american.edu> wrote in article
<94179.153614JIM@auvm.american.edu>: 
>FIBROM-L is a discussion forum for the disease/syndrome known as
>fibromyalgia / fibrositis. It is an opportunity for patients, family and
>friends of patients, physicians and researchers, and other interested
>persons to discuss this condition.
That article is in the archive's `fibromyalgia' file.

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e) tuite mailing-list
        The tuite mailing-list is `[t]o discuss the theories of traditional
chinese medicine as it relates to the martial arts.  Pressure points, KO's,
revivals, massage techniques will all be discussed.'  [This is according to
the 18 Dec 1994 version of the Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists list, see
question 5.2.7 c)] 
        To have your address added to the list send mail to
  owner-tuite@virginia.edu
with the line:
  "subscribe [address]"
in the body.

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f) aromatherapy mailing-list
        Steven Katz <steven@metron.com> told the FAQL maintainer: to
subscribe to the Aromatherapy List, send mail to listserv@idma.com with no
subject and `subscribe aromatherapy' (without quotes) in the body of the
message.
        This is the second address for the list (as of 13 Dec 1995).
Articles announcing and describing the list are in the archive's
`oil.scent' file.  Please note that this is the second incarnation of the
list.  The first one was accidentally lost.  For archival reasons, the
announcement of the first list is in the archive too.  Take care not to
confuse them.

[This part last updated on 13 Dec 1995]

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g) alt.folklore.herbs newsgroup
        You might be able to have specific questions about herbs (for use
with oils), Aromatherapy, etc. answered in the alt.folklore.herbs
newsgroup.  It would be nice if summaries of information thus obtained were
posted to alt.backrubs.

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h) alt.aromatherapy newsgroup
        The alt.aromatherapy newsgroup doesn't exist in many parts of the
Usenet because of the way it was made.  My site didn't even receive the
message that the group had been created!  (See the `control.messages' file
in the archive.)  Discussions of Aromatherapy also occur in the mailing
list and in other newsgroups listed above.  A collection of postings to the 
newsgroup is available from Sunsite (see question 5.2.2).

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i) SOREHAND mailing-list
     The SOREHAND mailing-list is `for the discussion of Typing injuries,
Repetitive Stress Injuries/Disorder, Cumulative Trauma Disorder, Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome, etc.' [according to the Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists
list, see question 5.2.7 c)].
     To have your address added to the list send mail to
listserv@ucsfvm.ucsf.edu with the line:
  subscribe sorehand your-name 
in the body.

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j) iu610-L   Revolutionary Health/Health Care Workers Info Clearinghouse 
     A mailing-list for news, information about and discussion of  
       - working in the health care industry 
       - union organizing as health service workers
       - self-health maintenance and protection
       - health and safety in the workplace 
       - building a new health industry for life on earth
     The mailing-list was created by the San Francisco Bay branch of the 
   Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

   Subscribe by sending e-mail to: iu610-l-request@iww.org
                 Post messages to: iu610-l@iww.org

   [This entry was added on 24 September 1995, with help from Lee Murray.]

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k) More lists
     More mailing list information is available in question 5.2.7 c).

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Subject: Discussion: Other groups (not Usenet, not mailing-lists)
Q5.2.5)
a)     The archive file `fidonet.echo' contains some information about a
FidoNet echo named BODYWORK.  For information about the archive see question
5.1.2.

   Sam Waring <waring@ima.infomail.com> sent this excerpt from the July
1995 Fidonet Echolist:
<echotag>      BODYWORK
<description>  Bodywork & Massage Therapy Forum
               A forum for both the layperson and the bodywork professional
               to discuss various modalities of "healing" touch.  Demysti-
               ying human touch and educating about the body.  Recent de-
               velopments in the field.  What's new in the "National Cer-
               tification" debate. (Began 8/91)
       Origin:
 Distribution: Fidonet Backbone, ADAnet, DharmaNet
     Gateways:     ADAnet via 1:3602/24, DharmaNet via 1:125/33
      # Nodes:          Volume: 30/Week
        Flags:
   Moderators: Barry Kapke, barry.kapke@f33.n125.z1.fidonet.org
               Craig Denega, craig.denega@f939.n273.z1.fidonet.org
 Last changed: 27-Feb-95 by Barry Kapke, 1:125/33

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b)      Compuserve has a `massage and bodywork' forum.  If you would like
to add information about the forum please contact the FAQL maintainer.
(See question 0.2 or send mail to <jamie@uwo.ca>.)

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Subject: Miscellaneous: Network resources
Q5.2.6)

        The same format is used here as in question 5.2.1.  An example is
given in section 5.2

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a) How to find the right place to post FAQL
   Subject: How to find the right place to post (FAQ)
   Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers, news.groups.questions,
     news.groups.reviews, news.groups, news.newusers.questions, alt.config,
     alt.answers, news.answers 
   Summary: This article gives some general hints to help you find an
     appropriate place to post on a given topic, and gives pointers to some
     available resources.  A few other new-user topics are also addressed,
     mostly through pointers to other FAQs.
   Archive-name:  finding-groups/general

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b) news.groups.questions
   In article <Cn0uDy.Bo2@uunet.uu.net> tale@uunet.uu.net (David C
  Lawrence) wrote:
  >  The unmoderated group news.groups.questions is an appropriate place to
  >  ask (and answer) questions about newsgroups, such as which topics are
  >  discussed where, and how to start, find or create groups or mailing
  >  lists for specific interests.

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c) Usenet Info Center [sic] (formerly the `Bible of Usenet')
   For serious information about newsgroups (as opposed to the sloppy lists
  found in many books and the short, often misleading, descriptions posted
  in news.lists) check out the `Usenet Info Center'.  Kevin Atkinson
  <kevina@clark.net> has been putting together this monumental work with
  help from many people across the Usenet.  He is committed not to charge
  anyone to redistribute the list.
   The list is intended to include the following information about every
  newsgroup: 
      a one line description of the group; 
      a longer description of the group;
      a list of FAQLs that are posted to the group;
      the moderator's name and e-mail address (for moderated groups only);
      where and how the group is archived, if at all (not implemented yet);
      the average volume of postings to the group;
      the average number of readers;
      a list of mailing-lists gated to or from the newsgroup.

   Here's a reference to the frequently asked questions about that
  document: 
      Subject: Usenet Info Center FAQ
      Newsgroups: alt.internet.services, news.misc, news.admin.misc,
        news.groups, news.answers, alt.answers
      Archive-name: usenet/info-center-faq
      Posting-Frequency: every 25 days

   Here's an excerpt from the 22 February 1995 version of that FAQL:
>  ------------------------------------------------------------------
><> Where can I get it?                                              <>
>  ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>As far as the Newsgroups Info Center goes, an abbreviated version is
>available under "ftp.clark.net:/pub/usenet-bible/report/" (currently
>over 700K).  This is the only version I plan on making available
>at my home site.  All other versions of the Newsgroups Info Center are
>only available at the mirror sites or on the WWW, in order to avoid the
>load on my system.  Currently they are two additional versions of this
>Info Center available at my mirror site, and several version on the WWW.
>The versions at my mirror sites are:
>        "ul-abriv.txt", an Ultra Abbreviated version (text, almost 600K)
>        "full.txt",     the Full & Complete version (text, over 1.7 Megs)
>and more are to come.  So, Let me know what you think of them; comments
>and suggestions are always welcome.
> 
>The two sites mirroring my files are:
>        usenet.eel.ufl.edu:/usenet/info-center
>        sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/docs/about-the-net/usenet-info-center
> 
>The WWW home pages are:
>        http://www.clark.net/pub/usenet-b/www/home.html and
>        http://sunsite.unc.edu/usenet-i/home.html
>The 2nd site is where all action is and where the WWW version is located.
>You can expect many more WWW versions in the near future.
> 
>As for as the Usenet Info Center goes, it is available on the WWW, at
>the second site listed.  A collection of these documents is available
>under the dir "starter" at my mirror sites.

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d) Where is the archive for newsgroup X?
   Cameron Laird <claird@neosoft.com> maintains a WWW document that
  includes a list of Usenet archives.  The address below is new as of 4 
  February 1995.

     WWW: 
     http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/news.lists/newsgroup_archives.html

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e) The Internet by E-mail FAQL
        If you do not have access to the 'net by any method other than
e-mail then you should read `Doctor Bob's Guide to Offline Internet Access'
which is posted weekly by BobRankin@Delphi.Com (Doctor Bob).  [This entry
was added on 1 September 1995.]

   Subject: Accessing the Internet by E-Mail FAQ
   Newsgroups: alt.internet.services, alt.online-service, alt.bbs.internet,
     alt.answers, comp.mail.misc, comp.answers, news.newusers.questions,
     news.answers 
   Summary: This guide will show you how to retrieve files from FTP sites,
     explore the Internet via Gopher, search for information with
     Archie, Veronica, Netfind, or WAIS, tap into the World-Wide Web,
     and even access Usenet newsgroups using E-MAIL AS YOUR ONLY TOOL.
   Archive-name: internet-services/access-via-email

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Subject: Miscellaneous: Major lists of Internet and Usenet resources
Q5.2.7)  This section lists only the most modern, major and general lists of
network resources.  It serves as a catch-all for anything that was missed
above.  Be sure to also read about `How to find the right place to post'
FAQL, the news.groups.questions newsgroup and how to use the 'net if all
you have is e-mail in question 5.2.6.

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a) Subject: Updated Internet Services List
   Newsgroups: alt.internet.services, comp.misc, biz.comp.services,
     alt.bbs.internet, news.answers  
   Archive-name: internet-services/list
   FTP-Site: ftp.csd.uwm.edu:/pub/inet.services.txt
   Gopher:   gopher.csd.uwm.edu (select Remote Information Services...)
   Mail:     bbslist@aug3.augsburg.edu  (Auto-replies with lists)
   WWW:      http://www.uwm.edu/Mirror/inet.services.html
   Note: compiled by Scott Yanoff

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b) Subject: List of Periodic Informational Postings, [etc.]
   Newsgroups: news.lists, news.answers
   Archive-name: periodic-postings/*

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c) Subject: Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists, Part [etc.]
   Newsgroups: news.lists, news.answers
   Archive-name: mail/mailing-lists/*

        The Indiana University Support Center maintains a mailing list
searching service for the UCS Knowledge Base.  The service can be used at
WWW: http://scwww.ucs.indiana.edu/mlarchive/
        They ask that mail with questions and comments about the service be
sent to <scfaq@indiana.edu>.
[The information about the searching service was added on 13 October 1995.]
--
Jamie Blustein                                                    <jamie@uwo.ca>
                  No trees were destroyed to create this post.
                 The disclaimer is the subject of question 0.6
    This document is archived in ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/alt.backrubs/