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Potter native Wendall Gaston to run for Legislature
Wendall Gaston, a former three-term Sidney mayor and long-time pharmacist from Sidney, recently announced that he will be a candidate for the open seat of the 47th District of the Nebraska Legislature in 2016.
Gaston is currently serving his fourth term on the Sidney City Council and has been involved in numerous local, state and national organizations. He will be traveling the district over the next three months on a "listening tour" to gather information about the needs and concerns of the citizens of the 47th District.
He was born and raised in the 47th District in Potter, where his...
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Our 2014 Solar Water Heating Pump Controller with LCD is one of our best selling products. We recently receive an original request for a modified version of this controller for use with a solar heated swimming pool in France. This particular system has a 12V powered submersible pump which has a maximum duty cycle of 15 minutes – i.e. if the pump is run for longer than 15 minutes continuously it could be damaged.
In general the pump in such a system will not run for that long, but it is likely to happen from time to time – particularly in the spring when the pool is cool, but the panel is getting well heated in the middle of the day. Therefore something needs to be added to the controller to protect it from this eventuality. Also, this controller has a manual override to force the pump to run, and this could be forgotten and left on for hours burning out a vulnerable pump if there is no protection.
Pictured above is controller board we made – this time with a relay to switch the current to the pump rather than the standard MOSFET 2A 12V output. We also added waterproof temperature sensors to make the device suitable for pool use.
To the standard user programming options we added the ability to set the maximum number of minutes the pump may run continuously, and the number of minutes the pump must then be left off before it can be turned on again. These values can be set to anything from 1-60 minutes each to give flexibility should the pump need to be changed in the future. The user of this controller intends to set a 12 minute maximum run time and a 3 minute forced off time. (As the 2014 controller is Arduino based, we used the millis() function to keep track of time while the pump is running).
If you need any kind of solar water heating pump controller, please email details of your exact requirements to firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Three injured in explosion near North Walkden Primary School as industrial pressure washer catches fire
Three injured in explosion near North Walkden Primary School as industrial pressure washer catches fire
By Suraj Radia
An explosion near a Walkden primary school has left three people injured and fire crews still tackling the blaze.
A call was made to Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) just after 2pm today when a diesel-powered industrial pressure washer caught fire on Harcourt Street, near North Walkden Primary School.
Three people are reported to have suffered injuries – a 54-year-old male suffered facial burns while a 31-year-old male suffered burns to the face and chest.
Both men have been taken to Wythenshawe Hospital by Air Ambulance, while another man has been taken to Salford Royal Hospital.
Four fire crews attended the scene – three fire engines, from Farnworth and Bolton Central fire stations, and a support unit.
Incident commander for the fire Paul Smitham said: "We hope that the people injured make a speedy recovery from this.
"Our crews worked hard at the scene to bring the fire under control and with the help of partners we were able to minimise disruption to the community.
"We will be looking into what caused the fire."
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Thank you for sharing your passion, enthusiasm, and desire to advocate for health and fitness. It's through your generosity of time, talent, and treasure, that our 2017 events will empower our community to achieve optimal well-being.
We are proud to be sanctioned by the National Gym Association (NGA), "Drug Free Athletes of America". Our vision is to reach a new level of excellence in promoting and presenting natural bodybuilding, and showcasing athletes who dedicate themselves to high standards in training and contest preparation. In addition to the Saturday contest, you and all our vendors will have other opportunities to network and build relationships with all our athletes, fitness enthusiasts, create strategic partnerships with our promoter and team, present your products and services, and receive a contact list of all registered competitors and attendees.
Thank you for your generosity, collaboration in community, and passion to serve others. Again, we are proud to be affiliated with the National Gym Association (nationalgym.com), and will be operating under their non-profit status. This simply means that your sponsorship of our event may be a tax deductible expense. (Please discuss with your tax advisors.)
Net proceeds will be donated to Univera Serve First®, a public charity dedicated to addressing the nutritional needs of at-risk children in our local area and worldwide.
This will be an exciting opportunity to elevate our advocacy for health and fitness. Through our partnership and collaborative efforts, Physiques Northwest events and other venues that promote health and fitness, we can each make a difference in the quality of life for so many!
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Enjoy "Martinica" yarn from Katia, from its earthy tones to its bright hues of a Caribbean cruise! Made in Spain, its 100% cotton plies have a terrific "painted-on" look where the color is dyed on one side of the white base strand but not all the way through. The result is superb knitted & crocheted tops, pullovers, cardigans & accessories for your spring & summer wardrobe.
Ball Weight: 50g
Yardage: 109 yds.
Knit Gauge: 20
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Needle Size: 5-6 U.S. (3.5-4mm)
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Remnants is a series about recollection and remembrance. Each 'remnant' in the series is composed of three found photos–each from a different point in the subject's life–that have been cut into strips and woven together to form a portrait of a person who has passed away.
Remnants uses cloth as a metaphor for memory. As Peter Stallybrass writes in Worn Worlds, "The magic of cloth is that it receives us: receives our smells, our sweat, our shape even." This is one of the marvels of memory as well: we perceive each moment in our lives; these are eventually woven together to form our memory. Each piece in this series creates a likeness of an individual that–rather than depicting an accurate visual representation of that person at any given time–presents a recollected coalescence of that person's appearances throughout his or her life.
This great project was made by Greg Sand : http://gregsand.net/
Alexandru is the co-owner of TopDesignMag. "If it looks easy, it's hard. If it looks hard, it's impossible. If it looks impossible, it's due tomorrow. At 8 A.M."


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Port Fairy becomes latest BSL member to join Bi-Rite
By Matthew Henry
PORT FAIRY: A small electrical store located at Port Fairy on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, has become the latest Betta Stores Limited (BSL) member to join Queensland-based Narta member, Bi-Rite Electrical.
The store has ceased trading as a BSL member, and will now trade as Port Fairy HomElectrix as a franchisee in the Bi-Rite group.
Current.com.au spoke to Port Fairy Betta Electrical proprietors, Ken and June Brookes, who confirmed the move but would not comment further.
The Port Fairy store joins several former BSL members in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland who have joined the Bi-Rite Electrical group in recent months.
Bi-Rite Electrical is owned by Abdul Sacur, who operates a franchise business with central accounting, offering retailers the choice of two brands – Bi-Rite Electrical and HomElectrix.
Following the recent growth in its membership, Bi-Rite Electrical has become the fastest growing retail group in the country and may acquire up to 20 new stores in 2006.
The business has grown to over 30 stores this year, up from 20 at the end of 2005.


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These oddball fish make interesting aquarium inhabitants. Here's what you need to know before you bring an African butterfly fish home.
True to their name, African butterfly fish (Pantodon buchholzi) resemble flying insects more than they do fish. Their insect-like pectoral fins help camouflage them in nature, making them resemble dead leaves floating on the water. It is this strange appearance that usually entices an aquarist to purchase this fish in the first place. These fish have been in the hobby for at least 90 years, with some speculation that they could have been kept in bowls as long as 4000 years ago! People all throughout history have found the butterfly an interesting enough fish to keep as a pet.
These butterfly fish can grow to be 10 cm (4″) long. Mottled brown in appearance, African butterflies stay primarily at the surface of the water, rarely venturing to the lower depths of the tank. They have been known to live up to 5 years in captivity.
Water Parameters
African butterfly fish are fairly hardy and easy to care for. They prefer temperatures from 23-30ª C (73-86ª F) and softer water with a ph value of 6 – 6.5. These fish come from still waters, so the filtration should not be overly strong.
As they stay primarily at the top of a fish tank, the length and width of the aquarium is more important than how many gallons or liters it is. As such, the tank should be at least 90 x 30 cm (usually a 30 gal. or 80 L aquarium), but the wider the better. A piece of driftwood and some plants that reach to the surface of the water will make the African butterfly fish feel at home, as these decorations will make the fish feel as if it is camouflaged.
Make sure the lid of the aquarium fits tightly. The African butterfly fish uses its long tail fin to propel itself right out of the water and then glides on its pectoral fins to surprising distances. If you leave the tank uncovered, you will almost certainly find your African dried up on the floor.
The mouth of an African Butterflyfish is huge. It is like a trapdoor that sucks up anything that will fit in it. In its natural habitat, the fish is carnivorous, eating insects at the surface of the water. Crickets and mealworms from the pet store will be eaten with relish, as will a spider or moth you catch in your home. These fish are not that picky though and will eat flake and floating pellets. Feeding them frozen bloodworms and brine shrimp is good for them as well.
The large mouth of the African means that it will eat small fish. Except with other surface dwellers, the African is quite peaceful, so only add fish that stay at the middle or bottom of the tank. Fish that are boisterous and tend to nip cannot resist the long fins of the butterfly, so only keep it with very peaceful fish of similar size.
Interesting Facts
There are actually two different species of African butterfly fish, yet they look identical. The 2 different species come from different parts of Africa. Scientists found that there is a 15% genetic variance between these 2 species, which is astounding, because usually there is only a 2% to 3% genetic variance amongst species, as in humans and chimpanzees. Even though the 2 species look identical, they probably could not breed with one another.
Scientists found that the 2 species split from each other about 57 million years ago. They refer to the African butterfly fish as a "living fossil," much like the coelacanth and other prehistoric fish. So if you decide to keep this fish, you are not just adding a cool looking fish to your tank, but a piece of natural history!
Riehl, Dr. Rüdiger, and Hans A. Baensch. Aquarium Atlas. Germany: MERGUS 2001.
Sandford, Gina. An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aquarium Fish. London: New Burlington Books 2005.


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Australia's devastating fires are still burning. Here's how you can help!
Please keep an eye out for suspicious events and if you see something-please SAY something to the local authorities. If we can stop more potential arsonists from creating damage, we can allow our incredible fire fighters the time and resources to handle more pressing issues around the County.
If you SEE something -please SAY something.
Get the Firesafe App NOW
Thousands of wildfires strike California each year.
Prepare your family, home and property in advance of a fire with CAL FIRE's Ready, Set, GO! guide.
This includes easy-to-follow checklists for maintaining Defensible Space, hardening your home, creating a wildfire action plan, assembling an emergency supply kit, and evacuation information. Also, get signed-up custom wildfire alerts when an incident is reported in your area.
Don't Be Shy
"The Scripps Ranch Fire Safe Council was organized to protect our residents, their homes, communities and environment from wildfires".
The Scripps Ranch Fire Safe Council started as The Chimney Canyon Fire Safe Council,established following the devastating Cedar wildfire that swept into San Diego on October 26, 2003. 312 homes were destroyed in Scripps Ranch. We were extremely fortunate. Firefighters stopped the fire within 70 feet of entering our canyon. The name Chimney Canyon came from a local fireman who, three days after the fire, told us that had the fire entered our canyon 200 more homes would likely have been destroyed.
How we grew
Determined to find a way to reduce the fire danger we were living with, we formed the first urban chapter of the California Fire Safe Council in San Diego County. Our initial mission was to remove the volatile ground fuel and create a firebreak for our neighborhood. Early in 2004 we incorporated as a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation. This qualified us for Federal fire prevention grants and to employ the services of the California Conservation Corps – a State youth organization formed to train Junior Foresters and first responders for disasters such as wildfires, floods, and earthquakes. In August 2004 we were awarded two U.S. Forest grants to assist in providing our neighborhood with a 100-foot firebreak.
Where we are today
In January 2005 we teamed with the Scripps Ranch Civic Association, changed our name, and extended our mission to the entire 12,000 home Scripps Ranch community. In July 2005, we formed an Alliance with 12 Federal, State, and Civic organizations to promote fire prevention in Scripps Ranch. There are now 20 neighborhood chapters and we have established firebreaks for over 900 homes. In addition, we have opened six overgrown recreational trails, removed 340 dangerous trees, and planted 165 new trees. Contributions to the FSC are tax deductible at both the Federal and State levels.
What is a Fire Safe Council?
Wildfires in San Diego are serious business, but we don't want to miss out on the chance to have a little fun. The Scripps Ranch Fire Safe Council is sponsoring our 11th Annual Golf Tournament at The Vineyard in Escondido. Click HERE for more information, and sign up now.


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Labour leader, Ed Miliband is set to announce how his party intends to fund plans to cut the £9,000 university tuition fees by a third.
According to a BBC report, he will reveal how a Labour government would pay for such a reduction – which could include reducing tax relief on pensions for high earners.
The rising level of student debt has been a "disaster", he will say.
A Conservative spokesman said under the current system, the numbers of students from disadvantaged backgrounds were at their "highest ever level".
Business Secretary Vince Cable said cutting fees would be "completely financially illiterate".
Universities UK has warned that limiting the fees to £6,000 per year would create a £10bn funding gap over the next five years, threatening "significant damage" to the higher education system.
In a speech in Leeds, Mr Miliband will explain how cutting fees would be funded.
This could include reducing tax relief on pensions for high earners, which would be used to provide funds for universities to bridge the gap from reduced fees.
It is also expected that the Labour leader will promise more support for students' living costs. There have been concerns that young people from middle-income families do not have access to sufficient student loans.
The announcement of Labour's policy on fees has been much delayed, with reports of disagreements between senior party figures over whether cutting tuition fees should be a priority for investment.


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I wasted 30 minutes yesterday driving to and from Time Warner Cable's office trying to get the cable bill transferred to my name, as I've been paying it for the last 2 years. Unfortunately, they don't do that anymore, and my only recourse is to cancel the current cable service, return all equipment and start over. This is quit unacceptable, but yelling at the guys at that office won't do me any good. I left and went over to Camarillo and got the rest of the gym shorts I had wanted to buy. At least I'm stocked in that regard.
In my quest for the single bottle apple juice that someone at the office want me to buy, I finally found them at Van Nuys Costco. The woman at the check out counter claimed that they've always have it in stock, so at least one of the mysteries in the universe is solved. I'm not drinking them, but the person at the office will not go with out them for long.
This week isn't spectacular in terms of weight loss. I actually spend most of the week correcting the gains between last Sunday and Monday. Fortunately, it work off for the best. Next week has the long weekend, but I don't have any particular plans.
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Self-aligned flexible organic thin-film transistors with gates patterned by nano-imprint lithography
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Mag. Dr. Herbert Gold, DIin Dr.in Anja Haase, DI Alexander Fian, Christine Prietl (Karenz), BSc, B. Striedinger, F. Zanella, N. Marjanovic, R. Ferrini, J. Ring, K. D. Lee, R. Jiawook, A. Drost, M. Konig, R. Muller, K. Myny, J. Genoe, U. Kleb, H. Hirshy, R. Pretot, J. Kraxner, R. Schmied, Mag.a Dr.in Barbara Stadlober
Many applications that rely on organic electronic circuits still suffer from the limited switching speed of their basic elements – the organic thin film transistor (OTFT). For a given set of materials the OTFT speed scales inversely with the square of the channel length, the parasitic gate overlap capacitance, and the contact resistance. For maximising speed we pattern transistor channels with lengths from 10 um down to the sub-micrometre regime by industrially scalable UV-nanoimprint lithography. The reduction of the overlap capacitance is achieved by minimising the source–drain to gate overlap lengths to values as low as 0.2 ?m by self-aligned electrode definition using substrate reverse side exposure. Pentacene based organic thin film transistors with an exceptionally low line edge roughness <20 nm of the channels, a mobility of 0.1 cm2/Vs, and an on–off ratio of 104, are fabricated on 4" × 4" flexible substrates in a carrier-free process scheme. The stability and spatial distribution of the transistor channel lengths are assessed in detail with standard deviations of L ranging from 185 to 28 nm. Such high-performing self-aligned organic thin film transistors enabled a ring-oscillator circuit with an average stage delay below 4 us at an operation voltage of 7.5 V.


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NorCal-born turned SoCal-transplant Nesta! is a woman of many things. Singer, songwriter, wellness coach, nonprofit founder, surfer, etc. – the list goes on and on.
While the talented musician seems to hold many passions in life, music is perhaps her greatest calling, as evidenced by the upcoming release of her 3rd album: Surrender.
Celebrating her newest work with the Surrender album release party in Venice, California on Friday, October 16 – Nesta! (as always, it would appear) isn't content with the status quo.
Instead of keeping the profits from the Surrender album release, the proceeds from the event will go to her own nonprofit organization, Let Love Rule, which focuses on saving animals from high kill environments.
That's something that we can all support.
Available via SoundCloud, iTunes, Beatport, and YouTube – fans can easily tune in to catch a glimpse of the singer/songwriter's eclectic sound. Early highlights include the dark and brooding "Gods" and the upbeat "Better Now" with its high-energy house sound.
Judging from our listens, Surrender promises to encompass a surprising breadth with one of the more eclectic overall sounds that we've heard this year.
Touching on trippy ambient, electro house, disco-infused new wave, tribal tones, and more – Surrender makes for an interesting listen with more than one would expect.
Listen to Nesta!'s Surrender below.
For more of the freshest sounds, exclusive guest mixes, dope playlists, and everything electronic music, stop depriving your ears and follow us on SoundCloud today.
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348 Kensington Dr, Maple Bluff
Starting at $525,000.House plans custom designed for each buyer. New develop. in the beautiful Cherokee Parks neighborhood.These exclusive home sites have the best of both worlds. Privacy and convenience! Close to everything! 10 mins to downtown Madison, 10 mins. to the west & east side of Madison, Waunakee School District, Golf Course/club house amenities. 1/2 of the lots in this dev are on the golf course & the other 1/2 have breathtaking views of Cherokee Marsh. All lots have walkout or partial exposure for the best use of the lower level areas. Plans have been develop. for these lots as a place holder. All homes are custom designed & built to suit owner. Golf course & tennis are within steps of your home. 5000+ acre nature preserve. Must build with Cherokee Parks preferred builder.
5209 Perfect Dr is a Single Family property for sale. The current price is $525,000. Built in 2020 this 3 room, 2.00 bath Madison property has been listed on www.madisonneighborhoods.com for 298 days.
Cherokee Park Inc.
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Amtrak to improve project management following OIG audit of Washington Union Station projectsWritten by Mischa Wanek-Libman, editor
Amtrak will improve its project management processes concerning a series of projects at Washington Union Station following an audit by the Amtrak Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that the projects were at risk of delays and cost overruns.
The Amtrak OIG audit warned a series of 10 near-term projects, which are part of the larger Washington Union Station's 2nd Century Plan, could be at risk of delays and cost overruns due to what the audit called "weaknesses in their scheduling, cost estimating and project management practices."
According to Amtrak's Northeast Corridor website, the Washington Union Station projects are designed to triple passenger capacity and double train capacity over a 20-year period at the railroad's second busiest station. The series of projects are estimated to cost $296 million of which Amtrak will fund $201 million, federal grants and loans will fund $86.5 million and other sources will fund $8.5 million.
The Amtrak OIG recommended that Amtrak use its Enterprise Program Management Office standards and other commonly accepted project management standards such as project charters, an integrated master schedule, well-supported cost estimates and risk mitigation plans.
In response to a draft of the audit, Amtrak agreed with the recommendations and outlined a schedule to address them. Amtrak's timeline for the implementation ranges from August 2018 to January 2019 depending on the task.
For more information, see the Amtrak OIG's audit report.


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The Elephant Hotel
Fortitude Valley
The Valley's historic Elephant Hotel has shed its wheelbarrow and backpackers to become a stampede-worthy gastro pub with funky graffiti-art beer garden out back.
The main food action at The Elephant, which started life in 1888 as the Prince Consort Hotel, revolves around the beer garden emblazoned by stunning artwork (including words and a wall by infamous artist Sofles) and featuring a central bar and outdoor kitchen with wood fire oven and spit roast.
Here punters can tuck into wood-fired pizza and spit roasted goat, pig or lamb sliders, accompanied by boutique beers, Oz and Spanish wines or house cocktails like a refreshing summer Pimms Cup or Pineapple Margerita until the wee hours.
Otherwise there's a delicious a la carte menu for lunch and dinner – choose from 'smalls' like buttermilk fried chicken wings or szechuan pepper calamari, or salads such as roast pumpkin and chickpea or roast kipfler potato and baby beet.
Otherwise there are burgers or sandwiches or charcoal grill dishes such as wood fire oven baked salmon, char grilled vege stack or 12 hour slow cooked rib fillet.
In the evenings The Elephant hosts live music acts, with soloists Thu-Fri in the beer garden and DJ's on Saturday night.
Nice to know: The Elephant has also retained its casual English pub style bar – The Main Bar - at street level downstairs.
Need to know: Opening hours for dining and drinking vary.
The Elephant Hotel
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Fortitude Valley
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Before we start chatting about Boundless, let's acknowledge the enormous elephant in the room. That elephant is Minecraft, and this awkward pachyderm is so big it's blocking out the sun. Even a cursory glance indicates that Boundless is a shameless Minecraft ripoff ['Homage' shurely - ed], right down to the hunger meter.
Like Minecraft, Boundless has spent a long period gestating in Early Access — four years, in fact. But the game finally breaks out of beta on 11th September when it officially launches on PC and PS4, with Square Enix handling PC publishing duties (weirdly the developers Wonderstruck will be self-publishing on PS4, seems odd that Square didn't step in there too.) Wonderstruck is based in the development hotbed of Guildford in Surrey, home to Media Molecule, Criterion, Hello Games and numerous other classy outfits, and was formed in 2012 by a cabal of coders from (among others) Lionhead, EA and Sony. With so much talent behind it, not to mention Squeenix taking an interest, the expectations for Boundless are sky-high. The question is whether it's different enough to what already exists to stand on its own.
You can pick anywhere on a planet to set up your initial home.
The biggest difference between Minecraft and Boundless is the gaudy MMOG coat that the latter is swathed in. Boundless is Minecraft but in a persistent shared world, where players are encouraged to build cities together and craft resources to sell in shops that, naturally, players build themselves. And it's not just one world, either — look up, and the heavens are dotted with other planets to be explored, from benign Level 1 worlds, with friendly creatures and pleasantly breathable atmospheres, right up to Level 5 worlds, which are host to hostile lifeforms and toxic hazards. The more extreme the planet, the rarer the materials that are found within it, providing players with incentives to explore harsh landscapes. So if you want to make a house out of pure titanium, you'd better craft yourself a very big stick first in order to see off the horrors that lurk on those resource-rich terror planets.
I was invited to try out Boundless ahead of its official launch, though my initial impressions were underwhelming. To begin with, the character creation tool seems incredibly limited. In any MMOG there's a natural desire to make your character stand out, yet the options available essentially boil down to changing the colour of your little goblin character and giving it a different hairstyle. It's bizarre that in a game where you can build entire cities, you can't even give your avatar clothes.
I hope you like nappies, because Boundless has a lot of them.
The lacklustre character creation leads to one of the most boring and charmless tutorials I've ever had the misfortune to experience. Needy text in the top corner commands the player collect X of that and craft Y of t'other, while dragging them through endless menu screens of skill points, crafting recipes and god knows what else. After an hour, all I had to show for my efforts was a crafting table and a campfire, alongside a steadily declining will to keep playing. I even found myself longing for Peter Dinklage to float in and bumble out a few lines of tutorial to spice things up a bit.
This opening seriously needs sorting out, because it's a confusing mess, no fun at all, and does more to make you dislike the game than explain it. It could easily be improved by simply giving players a few building blocks to play around with at the start — enough to build a small house, say, so at least they can achieve something fast. Chucking players into the wider crafting system immediately only means they think the game is about hacking down endless trees for little reward.
The disappointing fruits of my labour — plus a Beacon I built later.
Feeling dispirited, I abandoned my unfinished house and decided to do a bit of sightseeing instead — and that's when Boundless suddenly got interesting. A Steam friend beamed into the game and, noting his position a couple of kilometres away, I set off to meet up with him. It was on the way that I saw my first other player. LIFE! I rushed over to greet them but, just as I got there, they were mauled by a wild animal and died. Perhaps there's some sort of lesson there, but I have no idea what it is.
Zhed's dead, baby. Zhed's dead.
Just then my friend gave an excited shout: "Oh my god come and look at this!" I scampered over a ridge to his location, and I was taken aback to find a vast city. "How long did it take to build that?" I stammered out, ashamed of my own meagre hovel. The name of the metropolis flashed up on screen: The Sunken City, the mayor of which was apparently a chap by the name of HarryHotpants. We set off to explore.
The Sunken City — goddamned skyscrapers putting my dirt hut to shame.
Cities like this one are formed when players lay out plots of land near to one another, causing the game to recognise them as a settlement. Then the player with the most prestige — i.e. the best — becomes the mayor and can choose a name for the conurbation. We strolled through the streets of The Sunken City in the hope of glimpsing Mayor Hotpants, but it was eerily quiet — we guessed that the inhabitants might be US players and hence still at work as we pootled about in the early UK evening. Still, there was plenty to admire — enormous, strangely shaped towers and beautifully laid out buildings, my favourite of which was a Swiss Family Robinson-style treehouse.
Hey, the tower lights up at night!
Eventually we came across HarryHotpants in what looked like a James Bond-esque lair, complete with several underground levels and a 12-foot metal door that was presumably guarding Harry's Most Precious Things. You can generally wander through anyone's home in Boundless, but there's an option to restrict access to certain areas, and other players can't build, mine or take anything within the perimeter of your Beacon. Speaking of Beacons, these have to be refuelled every month or so — if you don't log in to refuel, your land is no longer protected, so anyone could just come and grab your stuff.
Mayor Hotpants tinkers with his basement.
I complimented Mayor Hotpants on his impressive lair through text chat, which elicited a cheery 'thx!!', but he seemed keen to carry on tinkering with his enormous underground vault — pausing only to eye us suspiciously as we went near his Big Door. We spotted one other player running a shop a bit further down the street, but again he didn't seem interested in chatting, scurrying off upstairs as we approached. I guess when you've got a city this big, there's too much work to spend all day chinwagging.
HarryHotpants' Bond-style lair.
It did make me wonder how social Boundless will be. That is, after all, kind of important in whether this works as an experience or not. Will everyone be too busy working on their own creations to interact with other players? These fears may be unfounded — I noticed The Sunken City had a billboard advertising its own Discord channel, so clearly there's an effort to collaborate in creating the city. And the game also offers meteorite hunts which can be tackled in groups (take down the waves of enemies surrounding the meteorite and claim the rare loot within).
A shop, yesterday.
Boundless gets off to a terrible start, but eventually blossoms into what feels like an exciting take on Minecraft, albeit more of an iteration than a next step. There's scope here to make some phenomenal constructions in collaboration with other players, and elsewhere on the internet you can find images of grand metropolises that dwarf the impressive Sunken City. But like any MMOG Boundless also demands an awful lot of your time, and exacerbates this with busywork like the need to log in and refuel your beacons every now and then. As might be expected there are microtransactions that can speed up the grind — the game's currency can be bought in various sums, the most expensive of which costs over £80, and this can be spent on things like larger plots. None of this is necessary to play the game, but given this is also a pay-upfront experience that's the least you'd expect.
Look at all those worlds to explore...
Having looked at the magnificent blocky creations displayed on this page, you're likely thinking one of two things: "Wow I want to build something like that!" or "My god, how do people have the time to do all this?" If you're in the former camp, Boundless will cost £32.99/$39.99/€39.99 and is out on PC and PS4 (with crossplay!) on 11th September. As a knackered parent and frazzled freelancer I'm very much in the latter camp — just looking at the magnificent Sunken City was enough for me, while the thought of what it would take to build something similar was exhausting. This may be an experience with endless potential, but that's only the case if your free time is boundless too. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to stop a toddler eating LEGO.
Lewis Packwood is a freelance writer and chief editor of A Most Agreeable Pastime.


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SCHLAMM – Ulu Braun
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth […] he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam". […] So he went and washed and came back seeing. (John, 9)
Relief projections, videocollages and sculptures – specially created for the exhibition – were presented in an ambitious mixed media installation for the very first time. The show was the official start of a new production cycle by Ulu Braun.
From April 28th, a large sludge slide has flooded the rosalux art space and mutated the White Cube into a psychogrammatic cave where the insatiable need to know and understand everything and the blind law of "business as usual" was temporarily neutralized.
Ulu Braun (born in 1976) is a German visual artist and filmmaker. His video collages and films are situated along the boundary between contemporary art and film d'auteur. Last shows: Welcome to the Jungle, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; 12×12, Ulu Braun, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin 2015; Vidéo-collages, Prospectif Cinéma, Centre Pompidou, Paris 2016.
Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis in Gold 2013; Berlin Art Prize 2014; best film, German Competition, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany, 2017; ARTE short film award, Internationales KurzFilmFestival Hamburg, Germany, 2017; Berlin Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards, Berlinale 2018


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Dungeons and Drag Kings – November!
Join us November 30th for the next installment of Dungeons & Drag Kings, a new monthly cabaret and trivia night produced by Anja Keister (D20 Burlesque, Totally 90's Trivia) and Lee Valone (BEEF Show, Grit!).
This evening will be a mix of kink demos, drag, burlesque, and trivia themed around nerdy and sexy topics. Trivia winners will receive themed prizes and free drinks!
Trivia hosted by Anja Keister
Performances by
Lee VaLone Drag
Munroe Lilly
Tiny D
and Agent Wednesday
plus stage helper Miss Rose Quartz keeping us in line!
8pm Doors
8:30 Footh Fetish Talk
9pm Trivia and show begin!
J.J. Sparks at the door
DJ Cheesecake on the sound board!
Each drink you buy gets you a point towards trivia! And don't forget, Talon Bar has a mouth watering menu of available food and treats, so come hungry!
TICKETS: DND1130. eventbrite.com
$15 front row presale (with thank you gift)
$10 general admission presales (with thank you gift)
$10 general admission at the door
21+ event
220 Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237 Ticket purchase info coming soon.


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You just knew that Julius Malema's first EFF press briefing after the elections was going to be blockbuster entertainment. With an increased share of the vote and a stronger mandate than ever before, Juju was primed to purr like a Chesire Cat, and he wasted no time in getting his claws out.
After a brief confrontation with a French journalist, Malema also showed he could be an economic freedom lover as well as an Economic Freedom Fighter when he reached out to Trevor Noah. The politician and the comedian ended up in a war of words last week, but the EFF leader says he has love for the Soweto superstar.
He was less kind to Cyril Ramaphosa though, and predicted the end would be nigh for the president. Here are the highlights of the address from Gauteng on Thursday:
Julius Malema quotes from the EFF press briefing, Thursday 16 May
"Cyril is worse than Zuma"
"Mainstream media is not in touch in with reality. If it was up to them, ANC would have got 80% and EFF would have been reduced dramatically. International media tries to impose Ramaphosa on South Africa today. Despite being called the best of the best, he performed worst than Jacob Zuma."
Julius Malema is targeting the slackers in his party
"We have received endless complaints about some EFF councillors who never participated in advancing the work of the elections. In fact, some have long been absent from organisational work, including refusing to buy bakkies. If you don't participate in building the EFF, you can't represent it in any council, legislature or parliament."
Juju's also got love for Herman Mashaba
"We have leaders in Tshwane. Let us lead there. We aren't doing a motion of no confidence. We will take power in a non-disruptive manner. I'm reluctant to remove Mashaba in Johannesburg because the ANC hate him. He's traumatising the ANC and anyone who does that is my hero."
Julius Malema tells French journalist "your country is burning"
"There are no tensions in South Africa but there are in France. France is burning. No-one from here ever came to your country. You are living an imaginary life. You are imagining these tensions. You are dreaming of this. We've never perpetuated hatred."
"SAHRC have already cleared us hate speech. We are robust, but there is no tension and instigation of violence. We've been speaking this language for five years and there's no language. We are the ones who go into communities and diffuse the tensions."
Making the comfortable feel "uncomfortable"
"Our people will engage you on white superiority. We are making the comfortable feel uncomfortable. We don't apologise for that, we want to collapse white supremacy in South Africa."
Cyril may be on borrowed time
"The land question isn't difficult. The ANC has a resolution that says land must be expropriated without compensation. Cyril will have a problem trying to impress his foreign investors – and this will give his enemies a weapon to hit him with. He is caught between a rock and a hard place."
Wait, Cyril is "definitely" on borrowed time…
"Cyril cannot deny there's a plan to remove him. He has reduced the ANC vote. 57%? The man has cost the ANC and it's worse than what Zuma did to the ANC. There's a well-oiled faction ready to attack him."
Julius Malema isn't a fan of Bathabile Dlamini
"If Bathabile comes back, it's clear: It's not a new dawn – it's an old vaseline. No-one can help him with this, the man is in crisis."
He's been shithousing the media, too
"Your heart is sore and you are pained by the EFF success. You can't do anything about it and you cannot compare our 2014 budget to our 2019 budget – we were eight months old, you can answer that yourself."
That sounds like war talk
"With 44 members, Parliament will need more bouncers! We are going to war. We are fighting for black children."
"Gauteng was a fraudulent win" – Julius Malema
"The ANC did not get 50% in Gauteng and they will govern that province through fraud. They know that. But as a peace-loving organisation, we believe in our people. We will soon decisively remove them. 50% for what?"
Juju encourages FF+ growth. No, really…
"I am happy white people are taking a position. Their voting for VF+ is making it clear that they are racist. They take Verwoerd's grandson because they do not apologize for apartheid, you're the ones who are apologetic. But ours is to liberate the mind of the black child and we are slowing achieving that."
No scrubs in the EFF, according to Julius Malema
"We do not want fanatics in the EFF, we thrive through superior logic. Don't come and create an impression that votes were stolen. We said to you fighters, this elephant will be eaten bit by bit."


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There can be little doubt that we need a skills revolution.
Whether it's the very real threat of skills shortages and gaps, whether it's the significant lag in productivity the UK has experienced in the last 10 years or whether it's the fact that the economy is facing the most significant change in a generation as a result of technology, automation and the growth of artificial intelligence – we need to increase and improve participation in the UK's skills system.
The fact is there has been a monumental decline in either individual or employer investment in skills. There are reasons for that – employers are pre-occupied by political and economic uncertainty around Brexit and, it appears, struggling to cope with the introduction of the Apprentice Levy. In the absence of a robust lifelong learning culture workers have not bought into the government's shift from publicly funded FE to 'career loans', as well as suffering for the decline in employer investment.
While demand has fallen – need has not. The government's Industrial Strategy says 90 per cent of all jobs will require some digital skills capacity within the next 20 years. Employers in many sectors are already anxious about not being able to attract or develop the skilled workforce needed to meet demand. And while there are legitimate criticisms about the quality of work and hours, the official unemployment rate would show that there isn't a huge unoccupied labour force just waiting for a call from potential employers.
In the face of all the negatives, unions continue to encourage, support and enable workers to access training and develop their skills, especially those with the fewest or no qualifications. Every year unions, with the support of unionlearn, help a quarter of a million workers to progress their learning, everything from English and maths to high level apprenticeships and CPD.
No other organisation enables working people to get on at work better, with amazing results. Workers with union support to learn are 2.7 times more likely to get a pay rise, 5.7 times more likely to gain a promotion and 80 per cent develop transferable skills. What's more is that unions embed this success by securing learning agreements with employers, the closest thing we have to establishing a lifelong learning culture.
There is more we need to do, of course. It remains the case that those most likely to need to develop their skills, those closest to the impact of technological and AI (Artificial Intelligence) changes are least likely to be engaging in skills development. And if you're older, or female, or black, or disabled, then the inequality seen in pay, quality and seniority of employment also applies to your learning and development experience.
This is where we see a clear case of the value of social partnership, where the voice of workers and employers working together in policy development, in the operational delivery of that policy, and in ensuring quality really makes a massive difference. Both the OECD (The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and the ILO (International Labour Organisation) have identified social partnership in skills as essential criteria for effective skills systems – and the evidence of union learning in the UK would suggest that's evidently the case.


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Sahera Hotel
- Free full breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking
- Great for families
- Collect stamps
Pour le prix, l'hôtel est très bien . Cependant, dans ma chambre ( 02 ) , la salle de…
It was a very relaxed atmosphere and it was a very good deal for the money
Sahera Hotelfrom €18
- Deluxe Double or Twin Room, 1 Bedroom, Garden View, Garden Area
- Superior Double Room, 1 King Bed, Mountain View, Sea Facing
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What's around Sahera Hotel
- Jemeluk Beach - 1 min walk
- Amed Beach - 5 min walk
- Amed - 18 min walk
- Lipah Beach - 2.5 mi / 4 km
- Amed Japanese Shipwreck - 4.5 mi / 7.3 km
- Tulamben Beach - 7.7 mi / 12.3 km
- Pura Dalem Desa Adat Batudawa - 8.5 mi / 13.7 km
- Water Palace of Tirtagangga - 9.9 mi / 16 km
Getting around
- Denpasar (DPS-Ngurah Rai Intl.) - 94 min drive
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 12 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 3 floors
- Check-in time noon-midnight
- Check-out time is noon
24-hour airport shuttle service is available on request. Fees may apply. Contact the property in advance to make arrangements.
Required at check-in
- Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
- Government-issued photo ID may be required
Travelling with others
- Up to 2 children stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding, but may not be eligible for free breakfast
- No cribs (infant beds)
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available 24 hours) *
- Free self parking (limited)
- Free nearby parking
Payment types at the property
In the hotel
- Free full breakfast daily
- 2 restaurants
- 2 bars/lounges
- Poolside bar
- Room service
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Fishing on site
- Playground on site
- Scooter/moped rentals on site
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
- Year Built - 2016
- Rooftop terrace
- Garden
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Wheelchair-accessible parking
- English
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Premium bedding
- Balcony or patio
- Separate sitting area
- Private bathroom
- Shower only
- Free toiletries
- Flat-screen TV
- Cable TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Access via exterior corridors
Recommended hotels
Special features
On Site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Fishing on site
- Playground on site
- Scooter/moped rentals on site
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
Sahera Hotel's small print
Also known as
- Sahera Hotel Karangasem
- Sahera Karangasem
- Sahera Hotel Resort
- Sahera Hotel Karangasem
- Sahera Hotel Resort Karangasem
For transfers, guests must contact the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Optional extras
Credit card charges are subject to an extra charge
Rollaway beds are available for IDR 150 per stay
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of IDR 550000 per vehicle (one way)
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
FAQs for Sahera Hotel
Is there a pool at Sahera Hotel? Yes, there's an outdoor pool and a children's pool. Are pets allowed at Sahera Hotel? Sorry, pets aren't allowed. Is parking offered at Sahera Hotel? Yes, there's free self parking. Parking spots may be limited. Is airport shuttle service offered by Sahera Hotel? Yes, an airport shuttle is available. The charge is IDR 550000 per vehicle one way. What are the check-in and check-out times at Sahera Hotel? You can check in from noon to midnight. Check-out time is noon. Are there restaurants at or near Sahera Hotel? Yes, there are 2 onsite restaurants.
Recent reviews
Very Good 8.4 From 42 reviews
A pleasant stay, nice quiet and fairly new rooms, AC worked really well, plenty of hot water. Clean and pretty pool area and good breakfast. Staff all very friendly and eager to help. Only nuisance were the many mosquitoes. Easily solved though: the shop next door had an electric mosquito killer for just 12k IDR. If the hotel wants to improve something: supply one of them for each room :-) Note: the location on the map is shown wrong. If you have your own transport like us, no problem, otherwise you might want something more central.
The actual room and overall hotel are quite nice. Has everything you want (A/C, fridge, TV, pool etc). Surroundings are really beautiful (especially behind the pool). Staff is friendly. My only complaint is that the hotel isn't located where it shows on the Hotel's.com app and website. It's actually 2.6 km East of that spot in a more rural area (and a 50,000 r cab ride away as I soon discovered). There are still restaurants and dive shops in walking distance, just not as many. Although I was mad at bring duped at first, overall it's still a great hotel and good value for the money). There's a convenience store right beside it which also helped.
The place was as advertised. You will get a truly Balinese home stay experience. We were 4 people so they gave us the topmost suite. The suite had vintage furtnure which we really liked as it gave us a very different field. However, there are some things that we didn't enjoy like the fact that there was just 1 power outlet in the unit and it was in the kitchen! The bathroom wasn't clean when we arrived. The staff are amazing. They took care of the cleanliness issue as soon as we told them. They were also kind to us and offered scooters at a nominal rate. The location is also very good. Just a 5 minute walk and you are in the heart of Ubud.
Sure the hotel was great 10 or 20 years ago but looks old and "tired" now... a lot of things could be fixed and have a better look.. People were working on a building next door so pretty noisy.. the restaurant is soooo expensive, we took the included breakfast (hopefully because 150.000r/person, it's not our budget, 74.000 for a Bintang + taxes either by the way lol) and it was huge and great ! Very kind staff, 3 swimming pools.. sea view but unfortunately no sand just rocks so you don't want to go outside for a swim :-/ we had the feeling to be alone in the big hotel which was pretty sad..
My goal was to do nothing and work on a few personal projects. The hotel was perfect for that. (In fact I stayed one week longer than planned). Good food and selection for breakfast. Lots of convenience stores and restaurants nearby. Staff was attentive and accommodating. Internet connection was spotty at times.(but then, I was using it a lot)..
We spent a few days here and were very impressed with the service. All the staff from the front desk to the cleaners and waiters were so friendly and helpful. After staying in the Kuta beach area this was a very nice escape, mich quieter and relaxing. Great snorkeling and diving options are nearby and the staff can set you up with whatever you need.
We enjoyed our one night stay on our travels. The staff were friendly and the pool was lovely. Our room was an excellent price and included breakfast.
Sparkling clean with embroidered pillows and all new furniture, it's a place that's trying way too hard to be upscale and glamorous when what the area really needs is chill, understated and hip.
This is a newer property, with big, well appointed rooms. Very clean, with outstanding service. Staff arranged motorbike rental (and even gas when I run out!). Great views of the mountains (under-marketed in the description of the property). Very nice pool with towels, shade, lounges, etc. Breakfast next to pool in the morning was very peaceful and great way to start the day! Balconies and patios very nice. I would recommend paying the few extra IDR for the second floor rooms. Wifi is great all over the property. Takeaways: not in the heart of Amed, AC is sufficient when on MAX the whole time. No refrigerator, this would be a welcomed addition for water and soft drinks. I would definitely stay there again, IMO a GREAT value.
New hotel, comfortable stay & helpful staff
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June 5th, 1989
South of France
Ben had to be at work first thing this morning so I slept late but still felt groggy when I finally woke up. Ben popped in and out a few times throughout the day and after yesterday's bombshell I did what I do best; acted like nothing had changed and denied any acknowledgement of what is actually happening. That has occasionally worked in the past but this time I know something is really shifting between us and I know I need to try and get my head around it.
I was sunbathing with my headphones on, listening to Simply Red on my Walkman and opened my eyes when I sensed a cloud passing, only to find Ben standing over me. I slipped off the headphones.
"Whatcha listening to?" he asked.
"It's Only Love."
He gave me a questioning look.
"Simply Red," I said. "Are you done for the day?" I asked, sitting up.
"Yeah, until tonight."
"You have to work tonight?"
"Unfortunately I do but if you want, you can come with me."
"It's an excursion to a place called the School House. It's basically a restaurant. We'll be having dinner there and afterwards a couple of the reps and I will do a few skits. It's usually a good laugh. You wanna come?"
"Of course."
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"Sorry, what?" I asked, confused.
"Do you get jealous watching your boyfriend up there?" She gestured to the makeshift stage.
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The only way to step forward is to look back — in this case, Sonic Youth, comprising Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo, commemorate their fifth studio album Daydream Nation's 30th anniversary, reaffirming their influence and reign over underground, alternative music.
Populated with both cultish and casual fans, music unapologetically divides itself into many scenes and genres that jockey themselves with certain words, feelings and vibes. Indie, shoegaze, art punk and college rock are all associated with particular individuals, albums and aesthetics, but what Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation did for the 1988 scene of underground music unified and defined the alternative for those pushing for a teenage riot.
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This year, Sonic Youth plans to screen unreleased footage and showcase live recordings at "30 Years of Daydream Nation," which is coming to a number of major cities this November. Some, like the Nov. 19 event in Brooklyn, New York, feature speakers like Sonic Youth's very own Ranaldo and photographer Michael Lavine.
What does it say about us — that we're still "looking for the stormy weather?" Daydream Nation's relevance, even after 30 years, pushes us to acknowledge the album's landmark influence on American counterculture. The mise-en-scene of Sonic Youth's sheets of sound defines the bounds of guitar playing, and the album's flaming subversiveness shines even today. Daydream Nation oscillates between dreamy mysticism and epic, sprawling riffs. This characterizes the so-called teenage riot that Sonic Youth so perfectly captures; it's the unconventional, aggressive sonic force doubled with relaxed energy. Daydream Nation translates the murky, exciting evasiveness of youth — it celebrates the scruffy, pimply side of life.


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We have a 2.5 year old daughter and speak Turkish at home. Recently we moved to Cheyenne Wyoming. I'm feeling concerned a bit about the future. What I have observed in my friends who grew up here is that their use of oral language is perfect, but writing is almost always a problem.
I am curious about how to deal with reading and writing. I know it's too early, but I see that here children are already beginning to learn the alphabet. I've looked at homeschooling options, and I feel perplexed for two reasons: I don't feel competent enough to do it and there are no resources in Turkish as far as I know (there is no homeschooling in Turkey). I was planning to have playdates but we seem to have moved to a city where there are no other Turks (which is unbelievable to me).
Thanks, Leman
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Reading and writing are skills that you don't learn unless you are specifically taught, like maths. This means two things: that these skills do not come naturally to people, and that you need to be mature enough to learn them.
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A 2.5-year-old child like yours is too young for either, so I agree with you that thinking about literacy skills at this age is (way) too early. You can of course teach toddlers to associate printed marks with speech but toddlers are too young to be taught to read and write. In Scandinavian countries, for example, literacy is taught first from age 7. Younger children have no need for this.
I cannot help you about the lack of Turkish resources where you live, unfortunately, but I may have a suggestion, in case you don't want to feel left out of the circle of people you see alphabetising their children, as you say, for your sake, and just for fun, for your child's sake. Can you get hold of a Turkish magnetic alphabet set, those plastic coloured letters that you can have on your fridge? An English set might do too, to which you can add/remove umlauts, cedillas and/or dots. You can play school, or play alphabet with your girl in this way, if you so wish. But do keep in mind that that's all you'll be doing: playing with letters.
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Date Published: 26 September 2007
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 6677, Earth Observing Systems XII, 66770J (26 September 2007); doi: 10.1117/12.733455
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Earth Observing Systems XII
James J. Butler; Jack Xiong, Editor(s)
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Proc. SPIE 6677, Earth Observing Systems XII, 66770J (26 September 2007); doi: 10.1117/12.733455
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Lucas J. Scharenbroich, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
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Earth Observing Systems XII
James J. Butler; Jack Xiong, Editor(s)
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