Issue
number one hundred and seven (November 2009) in a series of Signposts
from WorldU3A Inter-national Group and U3AOnline Australia, sent once
a month, to any and all U3A members anywhere in the world.
Please send snippets of possible interest to one of the editors.
Feel free to copy
this information in your newsletters.
Web manager
Vennela
vennela@holloways.org
29th August 2009
Congratulations
to U3A West bridgford. Their very interesting 8-minute video clip of the
many activities of their U3A group can be seen on Youtube. Music, fitness,
history, poetry, theatre visits, art, yoga, cooking, dancing, politics,
word games, computing, creative writing, walking, something for everyone.
This is strongly recommended viewing for people hoping to join a local group, but not exactly sure what sort of things we do. Just click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkF-kZORqs4&feature=related
An
extract found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric can kill off cancer
cells, scientists have shown.
The chemical - curcumin - has long been thought to have healing powers and is already being tested as a treatment for arthritis and even dementia. Now tests by a team at the Cork Cancer Research Centre show it can destroy gullet cancer cells in the lab. For more details click on http://www.ccrc.ie/news-and-awards/140?task=view
TED
is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out
(in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds:
Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever
broader.
Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine -- a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury, using a process that can signal the body to rebuild itself.
In the fight against disease, defect and injury, Alan Russell has a novel argument: Why not engineer new tissue and organs to replace sick ones? Click-on http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/alan_russell_on_regenerating_our_bodies.html
WorldU3A
Conference News
The Delhi Welcome Committee has now been formed and all foreign delegates
will be met on arrival at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Those arriving early and wishing to stay with an Indian family (U3A member)
will find a wonderful welcome. Dreamz Travel have been appointed for Hotel
and Tour arrangements.
The Committee are (back row from left)....
Commander Jaggi Malhotra - Chairman of Welcome Committee
Jitin Batra - Manager of Dreamz Travel - info@dreamztravel.net
J R Gupta - President of Delhi U3A Seniors
L R Garg - Delhi U3A - Managing Hosting scheme - garglr@yahoo.com
(Front left) Devika Marchanda - Director of Dreamz Travel
Jayashree Manglik - India U3A Communications - jayumanglik@gmail.com
Painting:
John Duffield of Rugby U3A, Warks wrote to say.... "you asked me
to investigate free on-line painting courses, and I have been trawling
the web. Generally there appear to be none that don't require a subscription.
One exception, however, is :
http://www.loydallgallery.co.uk/
which does
offer good instruction in building a watercolour or oil painting. I do
have to confess an interest, since Kim Loydall is an ex-student of mine,
but I can really recommend his free courses to U3A painting groups. I
hope this is useful".
Yes it certainly is, and thank you.
