Issue number seventyfive (January 2007) 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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	Research: Worldcat - http://www.worldcat.org - is the world's largest network of library content and services, enabling you to search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world. Try it.
	History groups will find many interesting articles and plenty of speculation at http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/ - among them, a pithy explanation of how the Celtic festival of Samhain has been hijacked and turned into the consumer-driven charade known as 'Halloween'.
	Current events: For an alternative view of current news clickon http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ You may even add your own comments on the contents for others to read. (Thank you Peter Leith - U3A Australia).
	Admirers of Terry Pratchett's books (is it possible that there are some amongst us who are not?) can find suitably frivolous games at http://www.lspace.org/games
	European Studies/Current Affairs: A full news service is available from the website of the Council of Europe - http://www.coe.int/ -including Activities, full texts of legislation, Campaigns, Projects, Newsletters, and Press Releases.
	If you have concerns about the potential for lack of confidentiality or misuse of the NHS data base of patient information, you can opt out. See http://www.nhsconfidentiality.org/
	TECHNICAL SUPPORT The SHAREWARE industry has now matured - higher standards, better post-purchase support, still plenty of 'freeware'; it remains a popular way for innovative startup companies to sell without too many overheads. See http://tucows.com and check some of the excellent programmes awarded all five cows