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Only one member of the teenage gang that brutally bashed up an Indian student and blinded him in one eye was on Wednesday given a suspended jail term with community work, while the others escaped custodial sentences.
Handing down the sentence, County court Judge Susan Cohen said the accused, Majang Ngor, had worked hard since the incident to distance himself from a bad crowd and to reform himself, the Herald Sun newspaper reported.
Judge Cohen imposed an eight-month jail term suspended for 15 months and a community based-order with 40 hours of work for Ngor (20), saying the community would benefit most from his rehabilitation.
She said it was to the credit of Ngor, a Sudanese refugee, that he finished Year 12, found a stable job and stopped binge-drinking with other teenagers. Ngor came to Australia in 2005 and had to learn English.
Judge Cohen added that violence around railway stations was a major concern for the community.
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It was also cited that Ngor — who pleaded guilty to recklessly causing serious injury, intentionally causing injury, robbery and attempted robbery — did not cause the worst injuries but had helped those who did.
"For the rest to join in was both cowardly and senseless and reflected a pack reaction," Judge Cohen said, adding that the matter was "less serious" than if weapons had been used.
She said that sending Ngor to prison for the four years as urged by the prosecution would give him an unjust sentence compared with the co-offenders who played more serious roles.
The others, all aged under 18 at the time, were recently sentenced in the Children's Court and given nine-month supervision orders, which is being appealed by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The court heard the Indian student had walked his friend to Sunshine train station to meet the friend's wife as she arrived home from work in March 2008.
As they approached, a member of Ngor's group, aged 17, demanded a dollar before hitting the student in the face. Others joined in as the victim was kicked and punched while lying helpless on the ground.
Someone rifled through the victim's pockets before they turned on his friend, who had come to his aid. The friend was also punched and kicked to the ground.
The student suffered a fractured eye socket, broken nose and an injured right eye that will never recover its sight.
His friend was knocked unconscious and suffered a bloodied nose and minor injuries, and his phone and wallet were stolen. The incident was captured on CCTV and the police tracked down Ngor almost a year later. He told them that one member of the group had suggested they go "hustling" after drinking at a party. The court heard that the youth did not instigate the attack.
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I made a bastardized bitter, Too much amber, single hopped with willamette
8# 2-row
2# Amber malt
1# crystal 60l
0.5# carapils
1 oz Willamette - FWH
1oz Willamette - 30
1 oz willamette - 15
1 oz willamette - FO
2 oz Willamette - Dry hop.
It sat in the fermenter for a month, I tasted it after a week in the bottle.
People say amber malt is an intense flavor, IS IT EVER.
It starts with this in your face toasted flavor almost like coffee but the dry hops adds an interesting earthy fruitiness that cuts it at the end.
Still deciding whether I like it or not.. Have to give it more time in the bottle I guess.
I guess this is a good way to learn the taste of specialty malts,
anybody else got experience with using too much specialty malts?
What was your OG and FG? What temp did you mash at? Might be an issue related to those.....
Hm, I doubt it.. OG was 1.052 FG was 1.012. Mash temp was ~150-153
From what I know OG and FG would be a matter of sweetness issue and attenuation.
I've heard that even a half pound is very noticeable with amber malt so it's absolutely no mystery to me why it's an intense contribution to the flavor!
India Pale Porter?
I used too much biscuit malt in a bitter once, it was out of balance with the other flavors and made the beer hard to drink. Also rauchmalt. That stuff is intense. While I occasionally like intensely smoked beers an entire 5g of it was hard for me to wash down.


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Sam Kutesa, the Foreign Minister of Uganda, begins his tenure this week as president of the United Nations General Assembly, just four months after that country enacted the widely denounced Anti-Homosexuality Act.
The legislation was ratified by the Ugandan parliament last December and signed into force by President Yoweri Museveni in February. The law authorizes life imprisonment for "aggravated homosexuality"; a seven-year sentence on "aiding and abetting" homosexuality; and five years in prison for "promotion of homosexuality".
Kutesa, as the right-hand of President Museveni in promoting the law, charged that homosexuality was connected to Western imperialism and defended the law in the face of international condemnation. He claimed that a "majority of the Africans abhor" the practice of homosexuality and "we shall not accept promotion and exhibition, because we think that is wrong for our young people and it offends out culture."
Since the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act in Uganda, the condition for LGBT individuals has deteriorated. According to a report released by the advocacy group Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), the recorded incidents of violence and torture against LGBT community have increased tenfold. In May, Kim Mukisa and Jackson Mukasa, his trans partner, had been arrested under the old colonial-era anti-sodomy law and were tried under the new anti-LGBT law. Many LGBT Ugandans have fled Uganda and are seeking asylum in neighboring Kenya and Rwanda.
Just few hours after President Museveni signed the law, UN Secretary General had called on Uganda to repeal the law. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights also warned that the act could encourage harassment and violence against LGBT community.
HRC believes that Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa's upcoming tenure as the UN General Assembly President will leave a black mark on the United Nations' commitment to protect the human rights of all individuals. It's deeply disturbing that a man who calls LGBT people "disgusting" and played such a critical role in the promotion and passage of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act is assuming this post.
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text: PolyU IR Collection: http://hdl.handle.net/10397/898 2015-03-27T15:57:19Z Miniature fiber-tip Fabry-Perot interferometric sensors for pressure and acoustic detection http://hdl.handle.net/10397/7136 Title: Miniature fiber-tip Fabry-Perot interferometric sensors for pressure and acoustic detection Authors: Ma, Jun Abstract: Pressure/acoustic detection has widespread applications in automobile, bio-medical, and oil/gas industries. Compared with their electro-mechanical counterparts, optical fiber pressure sensors (OFPSs) offer a number of advantages such as remote detection capability, light weight, electromagnetic immunity and corrosion resistance. Fabry-Perot interferometers (FPIs) with a deflectable diaphragm attached to a hollow-cavity at the end of a single mode fiber (SMF) represent an important class of OFPSs. These OFPSs are expected to have superior performance in terms of size and weight, detection sensitivity and bandwidth, and immunity to polarization fading. The objective of this dissertation is to improve the performance of the diaphragm-based OFPSs. Various types of OFPSs are reviewed and the emphasis is placed on the diaphragm based FPI sensors. Basic theories of FPIs, as well as the mechanical response of the diaphragm subjected to static and dynamic pressures, are outlined. These theories form the foundation of the diaphragm-based FPIs for pressure measurement and provide the guideline for evaluating the sensor performance in terms of pressure sensitivity, frequency response, and noise equivalent pressure level. A simple and low-cost technique for fabricating all-silica micro-cavities at the fiber end is developed. The technique involves splicing a hollow silica capillary to one end of a SMF and then melting the capillary to form a micro-cavity at the fiber end by using a fusion splicer. Experimental tests show that the micro-cavity has good mechanical strength and can sustain high temperature up to 1000 °C. With a pressure-assisted tapering process, the silica wall-thickness of the micro-cavity can be controlled and micro-cavities with the wall thickness from tens of micrometers to 2.2 μm have been practically made. The micro-cavity with the wall-thickness of 2.2 μm demonstrates a pressure sensitivity of ~315 pm/MPa, a low temperature sensitivity of 1.55 pm/°C, and a maximum working pressure up to 40 MPa.; Ultra-sensitive fibre-optic FPI-based pressure/acoustic sensors with graphene diaphragms are developed. Graphene is the thinnest and strongest material known to us and it would represent the ultimate limit for two-dimensional diaphragm-based pressure sensors. A technique for transferring such thin graphene films is developed and used to build FPI sensors at the end of SMFs. With ~1 nm-thick and ~25 μm-diameter graphene as the diaphragm, a sensor demonstrates a pressure sensitivity of ~40 nm/kPa. This is a highly sensitive device considering the small size of the diaphragm, and the sensitivity is actually limited by the pre-stress in the diaphragm rather than the diaphragm thickness. With a larger (~125 μm in diameter) multiple-layer graphene film (~100 nm in thickness), the sensor demonstrates a pressure (acoustic) sensitivity up to 1100 nm/kPa, and this, to my knowledge, is the highest value reported to date for the same type of sensors with similar diaphragm sizes. The sensor exhibits a flat frequency response from 0.2 to 22 kHz and a noise equivalent acoustic pressure level of ~60 μ Pa/Hz1/2 at the frequency of 10 kHz. A fiber-tip pressure sensor based on the mechanical resonance of the graphene diaphragm is demonstrated for the first time to my knowledge. A poly(methyl methacrylate)-assisted graphene transferring technique is developed and the technique might be also useful for building other graphene based optical fiber devices. The resonator is excited and interrogated optically by using an all-fiber system and this type of sensors would have potential applications in mass, pressure and force detection. For pressure detection, a miniature micro-resonator with a beam-shape diaphragm demonstrates a pressure sensitivity of over an order of magnitude higher than that of a silicon cantilever. An additional advantage of the resonance detection scheme is that it needs no sealed cavity, making this type of pressure sensors inherently more immune to possible diaphragm fatigue. Description: xix, 155 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.; PolyU Library Call No.: [THS] LG51 .H577P EE 2014 Ma 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Investigation of high frequency DC to AC conversion and control techniques for high frequency power distribution http://hdl.handle.net/10397/6865 Title: Investigation of high frequency DC to AC conversion and control techniques for high frequency power distribution Authors: Liu, Junfeng Abstract: The continual increasing capacity and performance of power distribution system presents severe challenges in modern energy industry. The traditional power distribution contains DC and AC. The existing DC power distribution confronts low efficiency and poor transient response, while low frequency AC power distribution suffers from lower power density, and slow dynamic performance. Hence, the conventional power distribution is far from enough in many power applications, such as aerospace, telecommunication, and computer system. High frequency AC power distribution system is to deliver the power with multi-kHz to mega-Hz, which has attracted the attentions from both industry and academia. This thesis highlights the high frequency power distribution from power source perspective. From the distribution architecture viewpoint, the power source feeds high frequency voltage and current to the AC transmission track, and load side converts the bus voltage to a specific low DC voltage or low frequency operational voltage. To obtain a power source with high efficiency and large power capacity, numerous works have been done in this thesis, which mainly focuses on the circuitry topology, modulation strategy, advance control algorithm, and system integration. Although the design of the high frequency inverter topology and corresponding control scheme is a challenging task, the achievements of this thesis partly solve large power capacity, parallel connection, and better control performance, which are significant for high frequency power source.; Firstly, a novel switched-capacitor based cascaded multilevel inverter was presented to provide high frequency voltage output with lower output harmonics. Compared with conventional cascaded H-bridge inverter, the proposed inverter can greatly decrease the number of switching devices. Secondly, a unified phase-shifted modulation was presented to integrate the regulations of magnitude and phase. A controlled phase integrated with magnitude control can cut down the circulation current that is inevitable in parallel resonant inverters caused by component tolerance and parameter discrepancy. Thirdly, a {471}-based controller was presented for single stage LCLC resonant inverter. Performance weights, as well as the perturbations from component tolerance and load variations are regarded as structure uncertainty. Lastly, a modified input-parallel output-series topology was presented to resolve synchronization issue. The transmission loss can be cut down via the lower transmission current and the higher transmission voltage. A power sharing controller with correlation control compensation was addressed to provide high quality output, flexible power capacity, and wide operation range. In this thesis, both simulation and experimental results are obtained from the prototype circuit to evaluate the effectiveness. This thesis contributes to the improvements of high frequency power source from different perspective. The aim is to propel high frequency system into the applications with high distance distribution and large power capacity, such as EV and Microgrid. Description: xvii, 166 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.; PolyU Library Call No.: [THS] LG51 .H577P EE 2014 Liu 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Suspended-core photonic microcells made by post-processing micro-structured optical fibers http://hdl.handle.net/10397/6798 Title: Suspended-core photonic microcells made by post-processing micro-structured optical fibers Authors: Wang, Chao Abstract: Micro-structured Optical Fibers (MOFs) have attracted plenty of research interests for their unusual properties such as endlessly single mode operation, high birefringence, high non-linearity, and novel dispersion. The MOFs with holey structure also provides degrees of freedom to modify their properties by post-processing techniques. In this dissertation, a novel technique has been demonstrated for fabricating in-line suspended-core (SC) photonic microcells by post-processing holey MOFs. The technique is highly flexible in making SC microcells with various cross-sectional shapes. These microcells may find versatile applications in photonic sensors and devices. The technique involves opening of selected air-hole at the end of a MOF, pressurization of the air-holes, and tapering the MOF at selected locations. The outcome is a photonic microcell with a SC section with reduced core dimension and significantly inflated air-holes. The microcells possess the unique properties of the SC fibers (SCFs), but avoid the problem of large connection loss with standard single mode fibers. The insertion loss resulted from the adiabatic transitions between the SC region and the MOF pigtails are typically less than ~0.2 dB at 1550 nm. This makes the microcells easier to be integrated into standard fiber optic systems. The air-holes surrounding the SC of a microcell can be made significantly larger and hence the outer cladding walls thinner than those of a typical SCF, making it easier to fill fluidic materials into the holes transversely through side holes, or fabricate micro/nano structures on the SC by, for example, using a focused femtosecond (fs) laser to scan across the fiber from side. Six types of SC microcells with different core-shape and core-number have been made by the novel post-processing technique. Numerical models based on the finite element method (FEM) have been developed to study the mode properties of three types of the microcells, namely the 6-, 4-, and 3-hole microcells made by inflating the innermost ring of holes of the PCF. As examples of applications, in-fiber accelerometers, refractive index (RI) sensors, optical gain cells, and long period gratings (LPGs) are made based on these cells.; Based on a photonic microcell with a hexagon-like SC surrounded by six air-holes, a robust micro-cantilever accelerometer within the microcell was made by use of an fs laser micromachining system. The device demonstrated a linear response to acceleration with sensitivity ~2.5 mV/g and a flat frequency response up to 2.5 kHz. A photonic microcell with a rhombus-like SC and four surrounding holes exhibits a very high group birefringence of about 5 x10³. By filling RI oil into the holes and testing the microcell within a Sagnac loop, it is shown that the birefringence of the SC is highly sensitive to RI. With an oil-filled microcell, a temperature sensor with sensitivity ~3.04 nm/°C (corresponding to RI sensitivity ~9.1 x10³ nm/RIU) is demonstrated. Based on the RI change of gas under pressure, a pressure sensor with a sensitivity of ~0.31 nm/Bar (corresponding to RI sensitivity ~1.5 x10³ nm/RIU) is implemented. By use of a photonic microcell with a triangular-like SC and three surrounding holes, an optical gain cell was made by drilling holes from the side-walls of microcell and circulating the ethylene glycol solution of rhodamine 6G in the air-columns. A net optical gain of ~ 2.04 dB was experimentally demonstrated at 633 nm with a 1 cm-long microcell side-pumped by a continuous 100mW 532 nm green laser. LPGs in the SCs of 3-hole microcells were also made by use of an fs laser and a point-by-point inscription technique. Description: xxi, 154 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.; PolyU Library Call No.: [THS] LG51 .H577P EE 2014 Wang 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Modeling and design of wireless magnetic-resonant power transfer system for a deep brain stimulation device http://hdl.handle.net/10397/6414 Title: Modeling and design of wireless magnetic-resonant power transfer system for a deep brain stimulation device Authors: Zhang, Xiu Abstract: According to a news report, implanted devices are gammg more and more attentions among global medical professionals, because these devices can help to extend and improve the patients' quality of life. However, replacing a battery can be rather traumatic for patients. To address these issues, the wireless power transfer (WPT) technology will provide an effective platform to recharge rechargeable batteries without any surgery which can greatly alleviate the trauma of patients. The most important step in analyzing the WPT system is to obtain the resonant frequency of the system. For systems constructed with distributive inductance and distributive capacitance, the finite element method (FEM) is a powerful tool for the numerical simulation of such systems. It is worth noting that in general, the displacement current is always being ignored in time-domain in low frequency analysis. In this system, however, the displacement current plays a key role to realize resonating operation. Thus, the A-φ formulations which include eddy current and displacement current are deduced and implemented using C++ code in this thesis. Based on the above program, a novel and general method to obtain quickly the frequency-domain solutions based on one or a few time-domain solutions is presented. No frequency sweeping, which is required in conventional studies, is necessary in the proposed algorithm. The time-domain FEM is firstly used to obtain a solution for step function excitations by taking into account all the necessary initial conditions. Then, based on time-domain convolution theorem and the principle of integration by parts, a numerical algorithm to find the solutions of any excitations, without additional FEM computation, is deduced. The numerical experiments show that the computing time of the proposed time-domain FEM is about 10.13% of that required when using conventional frequency-domain 3-D FEM. Furthermore, it is shown in this study that the proposed method can reduce the computing time effectively and readily as it is easy to adjust the time step size in time-domain FEM.; The FEM can be used readily and conveniently in analyzing the WPT system which is constructed with distributive inductance and distributive capacitance. For the WPT system which is constructed with lumped inductance and lumped capacitance, the equivalent circuit method is however more suitable in analyzing and designing of the system. In order to reduce the AC resistance, Litz wires are used to design the external transmitter part in the WPT system. Based on the equivalent circuit method, the optimization method is used to find the optimal design parameters which are governed by the initial constraints. In the optimization process, the optimal results should guarantee that the current and induced voltage in the load loop will be large enough to recharge the implanted rechargeable battery. The experiment results of the proposed design show that the diameter of the implanted receiver is less than 10 mm, and the output current and voltage are large enough to recharge a 3.6 V rechargeable battery with a separation distance of 30 mm. From the specific absorption rate (SAR) simulation results, it can be seen the designed system is safe for the patients when it is implanted into the skull of the patients. 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When is enough?
Started by Rubyduck , Feb 01 2013 04:45 PM
43 replies to this topic
Posted 01 February 2013 - 04:45 PM
When it comes to a child having a tantrum in public?
While out shopping today I thought I would have a look in the local Kmart while walking towards the section I was interested in I could hear a child screaming obviously it was coming from where I wanted to go as it was getting louder and louder and by louder I mean hysterical ear piercing type screams the instant headache type! As I rounded the corner I could see a little girl roughly 4 yrs old laying on the isle floor kicking and screaming naturally she was exactly where I wanted to be and as I got closer I could see her little face bright red, tears, snot the whole bit. For a moment I thought she was lost maybe thats why the hysteria so I stepped towards her, as I did a woman popped out from the next isle and told me just to leave her she's having a tantrum hmmm ok fair enough only while she's saying this the little girl starts vomiting and not a little vomit either it was just pouring out of the poor kid whose now kicking, screaming, vomiting and half choking and the part that's left me even more stunned is that the woman still insisted on leaving her to continue and headed back into the next isle to continue shopping!
Due to the vomit there's just no way I was going near the little girl (I have a weak stomach for vomit and was struggling not to vomit at the sight/sound of it to start with) so I grabbed a Kmart employee to deal with it who had to tell the mother to attend to her child and call for a mop and bucket to clean up.
Now I'm all for not giving into kids just because your in public, mine have had the odd tantrum here and there when they were small but I was always pretty mindful of not to let their tantrums be overly disruptive to other shoppers/store owners/employees. To me what this woman was doing was just awful and disgusting she should have calmed the child or even left the store well before the vomit starts.
So what's your cut off point? When do you stop the tantrum?
Would you leave the store?
Do you think the woman was teaching this child anything by letting it go to the extreme??
Posted 01 February 2013 - 04:53 PM
No, this is not something i would have done as a parent.
The vomiting sounds like acute distress.
Do you think the woman was teaching this child anything by letting it go to the extreme??
Yes, how to hate her mother.
Edited by katpaws, 01 February 2013 - 04:59 PM.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 04:58 PM
Some kids do vomit if they get themselves worked up - but then there are lots of kids that would get worked up as much as this little girl, and would not vomit. Is it just the vomiting that upset you, or the fact she was having a tantrum?
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To me what this woman was doing was just awful and disgusting she should have calmed the child or even left the store well before the vomit starts.
It might not even have been a tantrum like what you've experienced with your own kids. It could have been a meltdown that you were witnessing.
I have a child that could throw massive tantrums. I've since learnt they were probably meltdowns, as she was later diagnosed with an ASD.
I could never calm her down. My 'trying' just made things so much worse, and also prolonged the tantrums.
I couldn't pick her up either - she had that knack of making her body go limp and it was impossible to pick her up safely.
I've also realised, when looking back, that she was suffering from sensory overload - with the lights in the shops, people, noise, smell etc.
I have other kids that have never thrown tantrums like that in public, so when I witness another mum going through it with their child, I try not to judge their parenting and try to have compassion for what the mum and child are currently going through.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 05:00 PM
I would have hauled my kid out of there before it got to that point. Vomit? That's just foul. To leave your kid there in it, on the floor for others to have to deal with/step over and clean up just isn't something I would do, no matter what the situation.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 05:08 PM
I can't imagine seeing a child vomit would be pleasant experience but I don't think you can say bad cruel mother either. Vomiting doesn't equal extreme distress. My older child will become snotty red faced in a matter of seconds but would never vomit even after going for over an hour.. My younger child will vomit at the drop of a hat.
I try to remove my kids if they are having a tantrum because its better for them (and me) but some kids aren't portable they k ick they scream, they punch and its not safe to pick them up .
Posted 01 February 2013 - 05:08 PM
I would never let my kids get to that stage.
However, sometimes kids get out of control easily when they're not well.
I would be horrified if my kid was vomiting in Kmart and I wasn't paying attention either way......
Posted 01 February 2013 - 05:12 PM
I very much doubt the mother was calmly shopping in the next aisle while this was going on. She was probably feeling very distressed and mortified and trying not to escalate the situation. Perhaps she has been advised by professionals not to react to the vomiting. Perhaps there was nothing she could do to prevent it escalating to the vomiting. Who knows. I just feel sorry for both of them tbh.
Perhaps she would have notified staff once she'd cleaned her child up and calmed her down.
Edited by Kay1, 01 February 2013 - 05:15 PM.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 05:27 PM
My first instinct is to leave the child alone, I am sure the parent knows their child well enough to leave their child in a tantrum. The kid could have wanted a toy or something and was told no and the tantrum ensued. Although unpleasant I am sure the parent was mightily embarrassed and probably wanted to crawl in the corner. Some kids like that want to milk it for all it is worth and some children vomit for attention after all getting worked up.
You did the right thing in calling for the shop attendant to have the spew cleaned up. I would have done that to prevent an accident and for infection control.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 05:30 PM
If she let her child vomit in a public place and then expected the poor staff to clean it up - she's feral and has no consideration for anyone else.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 05:40 PM
There could be more to the story. The child may have. Few issues. It's unusual for a 4 year old to do that in my opinion. I have two tantrum throwers but by 4 they know better in public.
I would assume something was wrong rather than judge
Posted 01 February 2013 - 05:45 PM
My nephew used to vomit mid-tantrum simply because he didn't get his own way. His mother dealt with it by not taking him out shopping until he outgrew it. She felt it was too disgusting for other shoppers or shop assistants to have to deal with it.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 05:50 PM
Assuming the child has no specific problems, I think I'd have to intervene before the vomiting stage simply because of the issues it causes for others. If it were a regular pattern I'd arrange it so that I didn't have to take my child to the shops until they have outgrown the stage.
I certainly have stood by while my child had a writhing-on-the-floor screaming tantrum mid-shopping, but only once or twice.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 06:27 PM
The mother was not distressed at all and she was still shopping if anything seemed to think she would be fast tracked through the checkout as she had to attend to the child.
It really was horrible to watch and I am aware there are many disabilities and disorders out there nowadays I do have some sympathy but for this case not really it was disturbing for other customers and clearly distressing for the child. She could have apologized to the staff something, anything really other than seem annoyed at having to look after her own kid.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 06:55 PM
For a moment I thought you were talking about my DD who is four and had a massive meltdown in K Mart last Sunday. But there was no vomit involved (I think anyway .)
Wasn't in Ringwood was it?
My DS is 8 and has never had that sort of meltdown. My DD has been overly sensitive since she was born (5 weeks prem) and we've always tried to accommodate her needs. Keep the stimulation down to a minimum, etc. She does not have special needs as such, but is just a really sensitive child.
So yes, she has massive meltdowns at the shops and unfortunately sometimes I can't do anything about it. Initially I start trying to calm her down and sometimes it works, but sometimes I just have to ride it through because the alternative is I manhandle a very distressed and rather fighty little girl which really would just escalate the problem. So I may have appeared to be calmly shopping down the isle, but the I was actually rather distressed about the situation and just trying to handle it as best I could. If I went near her she would try to pinch and kick and scolding her DOES NOT WORK OR HELP THE SITUATION.
Sorry I'm using caps, but I want people whose kids behaviour is more inline with that of my DS's to understand that when some kids have these meltdowns, even God himself isn't going to calm the situation until they are ready to move on. After half an hour of distress, my DD flipped the switch, became calm, we made up and she was fine. And I tried to make her as comfortable emotionally as possible.
It sucks, and she has had a meltdown in so many places over the years. One time when she was about two I ended up crying at DS's schools Christmas Carols because I couldn't do anything but let her roll around on the ground crying hysterically. Thankfully they're occurring far less frequently.
OP, as distressed as you may have been I'd be inclined to suggest that the mother may have felt far worse whether she was showing it or not. I can assure you that if it was my child, you would have been far more distressed by seeing me manhandle her out of the store.
In regards to the vomit, yeah, she should have tried to clean up or at least ask staff for assistance, but who knows what was going on in her head at the point.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 07:33 PM
The mother was not distressed at all and she was still shopping if anything seemed to think she would be fast tracked through the checkout as she had to attend to the child.
Ignoring tantrums and showing your child that you are going to continue to do what you are doing, regardless of their tantrum, was the best way I found to deal with it - for both my ASD and non ASD kiddies.
Just because the mother didn't look distressed on the outside, doesn't mean she wasn't distressed on the inside.
She could have apologized to the staff something, anything really other than seem annoyed at having to look after her own kid.
She might have been annoyed at someone interfering in her parenting, and at not being given the chance to clean up the vomit herself or to alert staff that there was a mess - she was probably waiting for the tantrum to finish before doing that.
It really was horrible to watch and I am aware there are many disabilities and disorders out there nowadays I do have some sympathy but for this case not really it was disturbing for other customers and clearly distressing for the child.If you were that disturbed over watching a child having a tantrum, then you should count yourself lucky that your kids haven't put you through this.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 09:55 PM
I'd be disturbed too OP. Sometimes kids get so over stimulated or worked up the best thing to do is just try and distract them or remove them from the cause.
I'm not one for public tantrums. My kids have always been removed straight to the car. I don't think its respectful to other shoppers either. OP couldn't access the part of the shop she required.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 10:25 PM
QUOTE (Excentrique @ 01/02/2013, 09:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'd be disturbed too OP. Sometimes kids get so over stimulated or worked up the best thing to do is just try and distract them or remove them from the cause.
That is a nice theory but I fail to see how I would put that in practice. Maybe a toddler can be distracted from a tantrum sometimes but by four, short of setting off some fireworks in the near vicinity, I don't think I could just make my child just snap out of it. As for physically removing them from the situation, again by four I don't know that I would be able to do it. Yes, I am stronger than a four year old but not that much stronger that I would be able carry mine through a shopping centre with the combination of screaming, writhing, kicking, hitting etc, not to mention also getting my toddler to the car safely along with any shopping I might be carrying.
I have a lot of sympathy for the mother because I am sure that, like you, she thinks that it is completely disrespectful for other shoppers to behave like that.
Thankfully my son was never much of a tantrum thrower, though we had a doozy the day before yesterday and I really did not know how to deal with it. My daughter has a lot more tantrums than he ever did at this age but thankfully she is still small enough to control. Here's hoping that they stop by four!
Edited by with the goo goose, 01 February 2013 - 10:36 PM.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 10:40 PM
One of the common "side effects" of having a child with SNs is that you become far less judgmental about many things -- including other people's children who are having a tantrum (or perhaps it was a full fledged meltdown).
Posted 01 February 2013 - 10:46 PM
QUOTE (dynamitee @ 01/02/2013, 07:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
...Sorry I'm using caps, but I want people whose kids behaviour is more inline with that of my DS's to understand that when some kids have these meltdowns, even God himself isn't going to calm the situation until they are ready to move on. After half an hour of distress, my DD flipped the switch, became calm, we made up and she was fine. And I tried to make her as comfortable emotionally as possible.
...OP, as distressed as you may have been I'd be inclined to suggest that the mother may have felt far worse whether she was showing it or not. I can assure you that if it was my child, you would have been far more distressed by seeing me manhandle her out of the store.
In regards to the vomit, yeah, she should have tried to clean up or at least ask staff for assistance, but who knows what was going on in her head at the point.
DS had a killer tantrum in Target the other week and as per the above quote, once he gets that far there is nothing that will bring him back. To other shoppers I probably looked like I really didn't care that he was screaming the place down, but this is the only effective way I've found to deal with that type of meltdown. I may have looked like I didn't care, but I was actually incredibly distressed and embarassed.
QUOTE (Excentrique @ 01/02/2013, 10:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'd be disturbed too OP. Sometimes kids get so over stimulated or worked up the best thing to do is just try and distract them or remove them from the cause.
I'm not one for public tantrums. My kids have always been removed straight to the car. I don't think its respectful to other shoppers either. OP couldn't access the part of the shop she required.
As pp's have said, it's not always possible to remove them. At 30 weeks pregnant with existing back issues, it is beyond unsafe for me to try and lift a kicking, screaming, floppy toddler to get him out of the way to avoid being an incovenience to other shoppers. I would hope anyone looking on would think 'oh that poor woman/poor kid' rather than judging me for being disrespectful and not moving my brat out of the way. Bloody hell, go and look at something else for five minutes!
Posted 01 February 2013 - 10:51 PM
At the end of the day, you don't know what was going on there. It really is that simple. While I agree it would have been hard to witness, I believe that the mother would have been feeling embarrassed and distressed herself even though she wasn't showing it.
I had an incident today, (thankfully minus the vomiting, but DS3 has gone that far in the past.) I was in line at the checkout, packed supermarket and DS3 went from happily sitting in the trolley to thrashing about, screaming, bright red the lot! He hates to be touched and reacts violently so removing him was out of the question and I don't care what anyone says, you CAN'T reason or distract an almost 4yo mid meltdown.
Not to mention I had masters 6 and 9 with me and had to keep them calm, safe and supervised. So I did the only thing I could do - I braced myself against to end of the trolley opposite DS so he couldn't tip it, and continued to chat to the other two until I was served.
I did however give the poor man who had to serve me a quick apology and thankfully he was lovely and understanding. I was even lucky enough to have a young woman offer to help me walk the kids and trolley with a still screeching DS to the car - I was so grateful for the understanding smile and an offer of help.
My point is, please don't be so quick to judge, most of us are doing the best we can and some days all it takes is a look from someone witnessing what we already feel is a failing on our part to either make or break us.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 11:13 PM
Oh God, I fail again.
DS has been able to make himself vomit when he is upset for... Um... Since around 5 months? I think with his reflux he saw how him vomiting got me to pick him up (so I could clean up) and then he figured it out, and yeah, he still does it. He will look at me and go "Urgh, Urgh" and start bringing it up, usually I step in at that point but it's not always practical. I have learned to accommodate most of the things that set him off, but you sometimes just can't help it.
Some kids do the vomit thing, it's not because they are so traumatised, it's just a really effective part of their repertoire.
Just not take them out in public?? How?? Why?? So that a mum with a high needs kid can go more crazy??
So yeah, I do respond to it, because DS is a baby, but I don't have a four year old yet so it would probably be different by then...
I do clean up after him too. I bring lots of face washers, baby wipes and hand sanitizer everywhere I go. I've been places where they say "don't, we will clean because we have to do it xyz way" and I apologise.
If I saw that scenario I'd be feeling for the mum
Posted 01 February 2013 - 11:18 PM
QUOTE (ZombieMum @ 01/02/2013, 08:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Just because the mother didn't look distressed on the outside, doesn't mean she wasn't distressed on the inside.
In fact, for me the point where I go stony faced is the point I have completely lost it. If I seem upset, I'm still feeling things could get better. If I go stony faced, I'm quietly plotting how to fake my own death and flee to Russia.
Just kidding.
Sort of.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 11:53 PM
I agree with alot of comments here. I understand that this would have been very hard for the mother. We do not have the entire picture so do not know what factors are involved.
In saying that though if it were my child and they have done this before I would either arrange somehow to do shopping while they in the surrounds of their own environment (leaving them home)
go shopping with help (someone to assist if a meltdown/tantrum occurs)
I do understand that the child has the right to be out in public and needs these experiences to learn.
No parent is perfect and children are unpredictable, anything could set them off. It is better to offer assistance if appropriate or just go the other way.
You haven't walked in that persons shoes so you just don't know.
(edit for stupid computer)
Edited by Minxybug, 02 February 2013 - 12:01 AM.
Posted 02 February 2013 - 01:25 AM
The worst public tantrum we have had was laying down in the aisle whinging. When I offered the choice of following me or us just leaving, she chose to get up and follow.
So I havent had to deal with a severe meltdown.
I do try to avoid them at all costs, usually bribing with some deli polony or a squeeze yoghurt, and Im lightening fast in the shops if I think the kids are having a bad day.
I never walk off and leave my child out of sight, as there has been a few attempted abductions in our town in the last few weeks.
Posted 02 February 2013 - 10:01 AM
I feel really sorry for both the child and mother.
The mother was not distressed at all and she was still shopping if anything seemed to think she would be fast tracked through the checkout as she had to attend to the child.
When DD2 throws tantrums in public, I can seem quite relaxed and unfazed on the outside, only because if I don't, I know I'm going to lose my sh*t. I can push her pram with her screaming and red in the face, and act completely oblivious to her tantrum, because if I don't, I know I'll probably cry and join her.
I'd love to know how to just 'stop' a tantrum in public. Absolutely nothing stops my DD2. I often have to pick her up (while getting bitten and scratched) and force her in to the pram and let her scream the whole way home. I've tried distractions, cuddles, shhing, none of it works for her.
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Satyed at the Millennium Gloucester. Had a wonderful stay. Very nice spacious rooms. Great location. Would recommend it to anyone.
Millenium Gloucester Hotel
We bid on a 4* hotel in Kensington area on Priceline and were lucky enough to receive the Millenium Gloucester Hotel. It is right around the corner from the Gloucester Road tube stop and within walking distance of Kensington Palace, museums, Hyde Park and Notting Hill. We asked to upgrade to a club room (read someone else's review and took their advice) and were given a wonderful room at no extra charge in the club section. It was very clean and comfortable and the service was great.
Well Located and Comfortable but a bit Boring
I recently had an extended stay at this hotel while touring with my parents who had never been to Europe. For our purposes, the hotel was quite good and I nearly rated it above average. The air-conditioned rooms were very large with king beds, irons, safes, minibars and close to 25 television channels; they compare favorably with American standards. The room d�cor could use an update but it was simply average as opposed to ugly. Service was good and the concierge showed amazing patience with my father who seemed to be at his desk once an hour.
There is a nice selection of food and beverage outlet in the hotel.
This is an extremely large hotel by London standards and hosts many groups and flight crews. The rate we paid given the location and standard of the hotel could not be beat. The tube, a large grocery and chemist are in the next block. There are a wide variety of restaurants in the neighborhood as well as a few good pubs (try the Hereford for food). This hotel was perfect for this trip but if you want to be in the center of it all or want a hotel with an English feel, you should stay elsewhere.
So So
The location close to the Tube is the best asset for this hotel. I lugged 3 bags over to the hotel and was not offered any help by the bellstaff nor the check-in receptionist. The room is dark and badly needs a refurbishing. Dusty lamps, stained carpets. The staff at breakfast, however, is super. But I would not stay at this hotel again.
I paid $90 per night plus tax and bf.
Best hotel ever
the hotel was awesome, my girlfriend now wife and i stayed there for 3 days jan 02 and we had a ball. right across the street is the tube and u can catch th picadilly line there straight to heathrow airport. the klondon part of our trip was the last leg of our italy/german tour and we had no idea what to expect from london. the concierge was great, he helped us book tours and went out of his way i think to find us the best deal. right across the street there is a fish and chips sit down place where they had a super special for only 4 pounds with tea or coffee, and they have little shops and markets where u can shop for things. the room we had was very spacious and very neat. the bathroom was black marble and was pretty large. our room had a writing desk with a nice large wood/leather comfy chair. my wife and i are going back to london in sept and we are staying 7 nights at the gloucester. i wrote the hotel telling them that this was our honeymoon trip and the nice lady picked a huge corner room with a king size bed met all my needs for the room. she also offered to have champagne and flowers in the room for our arrival. i have no complaints about this wonderful hotel. if you plan on staying in london then the gloucester is the place to be
Great hotel & location- staff a bit dippy.
Ugly 70's concrete exterior, inside grand marble lobby (2 levels) with small "club like" pannelled bar off (with sports cable) and restaurant / coffee shop (also pannelled) overlooking street. 8 level building in a letter "H" design. Business club room(although on holiday) large & nicely done in half blond wood pannelling with big curved desk, pannelled tapestry behind bed (comfy) and those horrible automatically charging minibars (dont touch anything in the bar as its charges without removing anything going by the number of times I had to ring reception and other guests I encountered). Heated towel rail in bathroom, safe and trouser press in robe. Small opening window - a/c worked okay. Quiet room. Small fitness room, no pool. Club lounge small with continental breakfast (fruits, cereal and danishs with some breakfast meats) and little else during day (only coffee/ tea and water plus some small danishs available all day). Evening cocktails consisted of one free drink down in the bar (and didn't that make you feel good just asking for it - not). Lounge not really worth it apart from the upgraded accomodation. Great location - across from Gloucester road tube (with a shopping centre with Boots chemist and a Waitrose supermarket) plus other shopping area with pub, restaurants and small stores. Other hotels around include Holiday Inn (x 2), Raddison Edwardian and a Rydges. This hotel is part of a small convention centre and has a large business clientele weekdays (also connected to another Millenium hotel - The Baileys - which you have co-siging rights to facilities). Good rates obtained via Last minute.com (GBP110 for Club Room against rack rate of approx GBP250) and other websites. Staff a bit slow (intelligence wise) but otherwise recommend hotel
Mixed Feelings
Summary: Room Rate = Good Standard Room = Poor (3 Star at best) Staff = Excellent Location = Excellent Details: Unfortunately, I saw the other reviews for this hotel after I had already booked it. We went along hoping for the best but were disappointed to find the reviews all too accurate. The entrance & lobby of the hotel are very smart and the staff were very polite and efficient. However the corridor to our room was dimly lit and vaguely musty. Our room itself was of good size but very dimly lit even once all the lights were on (Not adequate if you need to do any sort work at the desk). The carpet was worn and stained (rather than dirty if that distinction makes sense). The standard of cleaning in the bathroom was also not really up to scratch. However, being English, we didn't think it was worth complaining about. It was still an OK room and we had got it at a good rate. Incidentlaly, the Minibar prices are exorbitant! The deli / grocers just across the street definitely warrants a visit in order to stock up on anything you need by way of refreshments. The location of the hotel is excellent - right next to the Tube (metro) Station. 5 minutes walk from the Natural History, Science, Geological, and Victoria & Albert Museums. Hundreds of nearby Bars and Restaurants. 10 Minutes walk to Knightsbridge (Harrods etc). 10 Minute cab ride to West End Theatres etc. We had an amazing time overall. We did not regret our stay, but will probably try a different hotel next time.
Terrific London Home Base
We transferred to the Gloucester from its sister property next door (Bailey's) and were thrilled with our stay.
They upgraded us to their Business Club room because we were there for the holidays, and it was very large, modern and rather posh.
The location can't be beat...right next to the Gloucester Tube station serving three lines. London's underground is very simple to use and we got a week long travel card and used it all the time. The hotel is near a 24-hour grocery store, drug store, Starbucks, Burger King, and lots of conveniences.
It's is no trouble to get anywhere by walking or tube. A great place to base your trip.
The hotel did a great job for us, only ask the concierge to double check any information you request. We did get some bad information from the concierge about when museum times and days they were open or not that caused some inconveniences. Otherwise, no complaints.
Have fun!!
Standard rooms disappoint
The previous review is right on for the regular rooms. My brother and I booked 2 rooms for three nights in December 2002. We arrived late and as they were running low on rooms, one of us was upgraded to the club level. The standard room did not have adequate lighting and the carpet was stained. The carpets in the hallway were patched with tape. Upon complaining to the desk we were both upgraded. Everything at the hotel is overpriced. They charge 15 pounds for an English breakfast. Across the street at Dino's you get a full breakfast including juice and hot drink for 4.75. The location is excellent and the public facilities are first rate. The rooms on the club level were very nice and are configured for business people with desk space,
Terrible Experience
We had 4 nights booked at the Millenium Gloucester this September, but checked out after one night. The room was filthy. The carpet had huge stains all over and had not been cleaned recently. The dust ruffle on the bed was no longer pink, but a sick shade of dirt and pink mixed. The curtains had dark stains at the bottom as well. The room looked like it had not been cleaned in several months. The carpet in hallway was ripped and there was duct tape holding some of the tears together. I would not recommend this hotel to anyone.
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Ratings based on 639 Verified Reviews
They paid and stayed. We double-checked.
4.7 Room cleanliness
4.5 Service & staff
4.6 Room comfort
4.5 Hotel condition
They paid and stayed.
We double-checked.
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for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom Chicago, IL
Close to downtown Boston.Posted Mar 10, 2015
Staff was courteous and room was clean and comfortable.
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom Jericho Center, VT
Nice hotel, affordable, good dining roomPosted Jan 20, 2015
Pros: Location, quality/cleanliness of accommodations, great staff, and restaurant.
Cons: Cannot think of a thing.
Location: Burlington Mall, Pheasant Lane Mall, Merrimack Premium Outlets, all things Boston.
We found this by accident over 5 years ago. It's very nicely located to the Boston area and to several great shopping areas outside Boston. The restaurant was an unexpected surprise. My wife has fallen deeply in love with their steel-cut Irish oatmeal, served with lots of cinnamon, golden raisins, and melted brown sugar. We now purposely select this hotel (among others in the vicinity) BECAUSE of their oatmeal. (BTW...the staff is also great as are other items on the menu for breakfast and dinner).
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Posted Jan 20, 2015
Pros: Roomy and clean
Cons: Instruction for connecting online.
The staff are very helpful. The IT help is very fast and care about little details.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Great place for resting...Posted Jan 19, 2015
It a great place for resting. But the logo at the front of the entrance should be bigger n lid up at night so it can be easily spotted.
for Familiesby Sheila
Posted Dec 30, 2014 on Hotels.com
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom falls church, va
very comfortable and cleanPosted Dec 29, 2014
thought this hotel is another hotel I have stayed in past, it turned out to be the best one in the same price range , very impressive.
for Familiesby A verified traveler
Hotel reviewPosted Dec 8, 2014 on Hotels.com
We love to stay at this hotel when we visit family. Restaurant food is great; service is great; pool and workout areas are great. Snow was even immediately plowed from the parking lot. Our only disappointment is that the beds were not that comfortable this time. They need to be turned or flipped or replaced. Firm on one side and weak on the other. Overall, we would recommend the hotel, however.
Comment from Hotel Management
Dec 15, 2014 by Kerrie, Hotel Management
Thanks for the great review! I'm sorry you had to experience the first storm of the season but I'm glad snow removal was quick and you were able to safely depart. I will make note of the saggy mattress with our Housekeeping Manager. We hope to see you again!
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom Northern VT
Black Friday weekend near BostonPosted Dec 1, 2014
Pros: Location, toiletries, parking, staff service, room features.
Cons: More choices of cable channels like STARZ, CINEMAX, etc.
Location: Burlington Mall, downtown Boston, Lexington, Middlesex Premium Outlets, many restaurant choices, convenient to highway.
We stay at this hotel about twice each year because of its proximity to Boston and the Burlington Mall. We have also become fans of their weekend breakfast, esp. (for my wife) the steel cut oatmeal with fresh cinnamon and golden raisins (which is different when ordered fresh vs. prepared from the buffet). Rooms are a nice size, staff is very accomodating, parking is convenient, and there are lots of restaurants to choose from within 15min drive.
Comment from Hotel Management
Dec 16, 2014 by Kerrie, Hotel Management
Doug, what a great review, thank you! The shopping is great in this area and we're so glad you and your wife choose our hotel to stay at. We look forward to seeing you again next year. Enjoy the season!
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom boston
Nice hotel and staff.Posted Nov 25, 2014
Nice hotel with reasonable price in Boston. It takes about 10-15 mins to
Comment from Hotel Management
Dec 15, 2014 by Kerrie, Hotel Management
Thank you for staying with us!
for Familiesby Sidneyfrom NEW YORK
MY BEST CHRISTMAS OPENING FOR MY FAMILY.Posted Nov 25, 2014 on Hotels.com
Excellent room service and FRIENDLY staff. My BEST investment in the last two years, specially that I have to take my 4 years old grand child with us.
Comment from Hotel Management
Dec 15, 2014 by Kerrie, Hotel Management
Sidney, thank you for staying with us, and for the wonderful review. Hopefully you were able to enjoy our pool with the little one. We hope to see you again!


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