Issue number eighty-five (January 2008) in a series of Signposts

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	http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CaringForSomeone/MoneyMatters/DG_10037637 will help you find out the range of benefits, tax credits and other financial support that you may be able to receive as a carer. It is only a general guide.You may be able to claim Carer's Allowance if you spend at least 35 hours a week caring for someone.
	You can enter what you're reading or your whole library into http://www.librarything.com — it's an easy, library-quality catalog. LibraryThing also connects you with people who read the same things. A sort of world-wide fan club for books and their authors and readers.
	International travellers: SERVAS is an international, non-profit and non-governmental organization that seeks to provide opportunities for meaningful personal contacts between people of diverse cultures and backgrounds. It is a co-operative network of over 13,000 hosts and travellers who all share the goals of building world peace, goodwill, understanding, and mutual tolerance. http://www.servas.org http://www.servas.org
	Bibliophiles and Librarians: are recommended to read this article on the perils of digitisation at http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/11/05/071105fa_fact_grafton An excellent discussion document for book-groups too
	Feeling geeky? Think you know about Web 2.0? Over-used buzzwords tend to lose their meaning over time and Web 2.0 is one such. http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci1242486,00.html to be sure

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