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           .                                                |___|psh.
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           |                   well, here we are!                   |
           !                                                        !
          the summer holidays have finished, but the group still rests
           :           and members' activity is very low.           :
       however, at the same time, there is a good news also - a new member
           :                   has joined secular!                  :
           :    his name's phuzzzle (phz) and he is from poland.    :
          he is a very productive one, he makes newschool, colored and
           :              a little of oldschool ascii.              :
       also he set about to reviev our old project - our group's web-site.
           !                                                        !
           :    as-d and zmej begin to organise a fresh-conceived   :
        "textmode art virtual party", which is to awaken an ascii-scene.
         the rules of the party soon will be available on ascii-oriented
           .       news-sites or in the next Secular artpack.       .
           !                                                        !
           pasha with zero and tangerine/the sands^t-rex^looker house
    are making an artpack, consisting of works released under secular label.
           :  you'll be able to see this pack on amiga or winuae... :
           :  it is going to be released in the next secular pack,  :
           :              that is 19th october of 2000.             :
           .                                                        .
           !                                                        !
           :    if you haven't  noted,  we have a special viewer    :
   program included (a-view.com),  which allows you to observe all asciis w/o
      loading special fonts. it loads them itself. thanks to helios acidum.
           :                                                        :
           !                                                        !
                                  ___members__
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           |               as-d        ns          as               |
           !               dizz        ns os cl    d2               !
           :               meph!sto    os          mph              :
           :               pasha       os as       psh              :
           :               phuzzzle    ns os cl    phz              :
           :               podo        ba          pod              :
           :               slash       ns          sl               :
           :               xaoc        ns          xc               :
           :               zero        ba ns       zro              :
           :               zeroix      ns          zix              :
           :               zmej        os as       zj               :
           .                                                        .
           !                                                        !
           :            ns = new school, os = old school            :
           :           as = amiga style, ba = block ascii           :
           :                      cl = colored                      :
           !                                                        !
                                  ___contact__
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           |           our official e-mail is psh_@mail.ru          |
           !                                                        !
           :     send any wishes, requests, comments and fucks.     :
           :     also you can request any other member's e-mail     :
           .             sending a message to this one.             .
           !                                                        !
           :     new members are always welcome send your asciis    :
           .             to the above specified e-mail.             .
           !                                                        !
           :               guests, you're welcome too!              :
           .                                                        .
           !                                                        !
           :                                                        :

           :  layout and text by pasha, awful english by dizz. %-)  :
         p.s. to jashiin: your mind is the only place we've died in! :-Q
           !                                                        !
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