"In 1973, the first graphical user interface was built at PARC,
using the desktop as a metaphor. The UI introduced windows,
icons, menus, file management, and tool palettes. Looking back
at the first screenshots of this first GUI, the designs feel
familiar even now. In 1974 PARC developed a What-You-See-Is-
What-You-Get cut & paste interface, and in 1975 the demonstrated
pop-up menus. The desktop concept was pushed quite a bit further
by 1981 in the commercial Xerox Star PC interface, which was an
important influence for the PC UI's created at Microsoft, Apple,
NeXT, and Sun Microsystems in the 80's and 90's." (Mike
Kruzeniski, 17 February 2011) "The University of the Third Age
(U3A) is a highly successful adult education movement providing
opportunities for older adults to enjoy a range of activities
associated with well-being in later life. Two substantially
different approaches, the original French approach, and the
British approach which evolved a few years later, have become
the dominant U3A models adopte