Issue number seventyone (September 2006) 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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	U3A International UK announce a project based on PARO, a Therapeutic Robot Pet, designed for help with those suffering from dementia. The website at http://paro.jp/english/ explains further, and you are invited to send your thoughts and experiences to jean.thompson@pop3.hiway.co.uk who will collate them and publish them later. Paro will be present at the Chester U3A Conference, with Dr Wada of Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.
	A second Worldwide U3A project is now starting; 'The Place Where I Grew Up' is at http://u3a-growingup.pbwiki.com and the password is growingup - have a look now......
	The National Library of Scotland at http://www.nls.uk/community is a gigantic and comprehensive resource website for Scots and the wider community of the Scottish diaspora.
	Sci/Tech and Current Affairs Groups (and indeed anyone interested in the future our grandchildren will inherit) will find definitive and interesting discussions and articles at http://www.theoildrum.com/
	The U3A Sunraysia Short Story competition for U3A members anywhere is open until 1st November. For details please clickon http://www.u3asunraysia.org.au/ (Thank you Meryl Nickels - U3A Sunraysia, Victoria.)
	Creative Writing Groups might find Ablemuse useful. It's a journal of metrical poetry, prose and art published quarterly online at: http://www.ablemuse.com
	TECHNICAL SUPPORT It is known that Windows keeps hidden files, not normally seen when you start Windows Explorer. It also keeps 'superhidden' files, unseen even if you ask to reveal your hidden files. See http://sillydog.org/mshidden.php and specifically for XP see http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1838913,00.asp
	www.ubuntu.com appears to be an attractive and comprehensive Linux-based system. You can read a review of it at http://www.itreviews.co.uk/software/s384.htm and some members of our U3A Technical Support list are already using it - see http://worldu3a.org/resources

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