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Issue number ninety-six
(December 2008) in a series of Signposts sent by the U3A International
Group UK and U3AOnline Australia, once a month, to any and all U3A members
anywhere in the world.
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Vennela
vennela@holloways.org
11th March 2009
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Congratulations to
U3A Online Australia for a major award by the Federal Government of Australia
as part of a consortium to deliver services for Seniors. See http://worldu3a.org |
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When it eventually
opens later in December, Europeana - the Digital Cultural Library - will
be a massive collection of art and literature resources from many world-class
libraries. For a taste of things to come - see http://dev.europeana.eu |
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A gift in the true
spirit of Christmas. Why not spend a few pounds to give an Indian 'dalit'
child a year at school? Many are kept from school to work to support their
family. This scheme is fully supported by U3A Banjara Hills, India. See
http://msfoundationschool.org
for more information. |
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Oxford University are
now making hundreds of lectures by top-flight experts available as PODCASTS.
You will need to install iTunes to see/hear them. Go to http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ |
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Language classes will
appreciate these free online translation dictionaries. The site also contains
excellent forums where you can ask questions about finer definitions, colloquial
usage, etc., and native speakers from around the world give you their advice.
http://www.wordreference.com/
Similarly, logophiles will be gobsmacked by http://www.worldwidewords.org
(Thank you Claire Eglinton- Lower North U3A, South Australia). |
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TECHNICAL TOPICS Tucows
continues to provide free software for many major computer platforms including
Windows, Linux and Macintosh, and even older versions of Windows. There
is an interesting review of shareware sites at Gismo's Best Windows Download
Sites: http://www.techsupportalert.com/
best_shareware_sites.htm (Thank you Max Potter - U3A Witney, UK). |
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Like to try free phone
and video calls around the world but don't know how? A brief commercial
video explains how in two minutes. http://www.oprah.com/ads/skype/
skype_main.html |
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