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+# Babel
+Babel is a work in progress package manager for Nimrod.
+
+## Contribution
+If you would like to help, feel free to fork and make any additions you see 
+fit and then send a pull request.
+If you have any questions about the project you can ask me directly on github, 
+ask on the nimrod [forum](http://force7.de/heimdall), or ask on Freenode in
+the #nimrod channel.