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A visit! A visit! Even before Zeke's mom has been to court and gotten her case plan, they are arranging for a visit!
My DH is kind of hoping that they just give this lady her kids back and not torture her for six months, but I think that's unlikely. She hasn't lawyered up AFAIK, and the worker is inclined to pursue the "standard" six-month foster placement, even on the younger kids who were not involved in the primary reason for the removal. Better safe than sorry etc.
This morning, in the car:
Zeke: "Mom, are you happy to me?"
Me: "I am very happy to you! I love having you around! Are you happy to me?"
Zeke: "Yup!"
.. so he's doing OK, I think, and will do OK even if his separation from his Mom stretches out for months.
Question: what to send along on a visit when you really want to do everything you can to facilitate RU, but have to remain anonymous?
I got a disposable camera, so the worker can take pictures of mom and siblings all together. I am typing out a very generic note (he's doing well, such a good boy, likes his new school etc.).
What else?
What about something he made for her, like a picture or a card or some craft you do with him? If he goes to school, maybe one of his "projects" from there (not sure how old he is, but there must be something he brings home like paintings or stories) so she can see what he's doing in school.
I would keep it simple for the first meeting : ) I do like the idea of sending an art project. Whenever my daughter visits her birthmother, we bring a project to all do together. We love Oriental Trading Company, they have broken the ice for many awkward visits! If it is a picture frame, we take a picture that day and then I send her the photo in the frame.
Thanks for the suggestions! Unfortunately, all of the art projects Ike has brought home from school so far identify us by religious group, and given how tiny and distinctive the group is around here, that won't work for anonymity.
I do have a Melissa and Doug "paint your own piggy bank" kit that I could send along. Maybe I'll do that.
He didn't want to go with the worker. Now they're late returning.
He's back! A great visit, apparently. Lots of photos and personal effects. Social worker was very impressed by mom's demeanor. Another visit in two weeks!
That's great! Glad it went well.
That is great
This kid is not potty-trained for poop. He's 5.
At first, I thought it was constipation, or the classic I'm-holding in-my-poop-because-I-had-a-hard-poop-once-and-now-I'm-scared thing that's so common at this age. But stool softeners didn't help, and an enema didn't help (although the trauma of it may have brought us closer). I am taking Zeke to the doctor this coming week to make sure there's no impacted fecal mass higher up in his colon, but I think it's purely a training issue. I think he went to school in the morning, came home in the afternoon, and pooped his pants everysingleday. Maybe she put him in a Pull-Up when he got home?
Anyhow, beyond saying "you need to poop in the potty," how do I train a 5-year-old to poop in the potty?
Just offering hugs. That sounds pretty serious. Glad you are taking him to the Dr. I can't imagine a five year old having usch a problem with out a deeper issue. How does he respond when he does poop in his pants? Does he tell you or try to hide it?
Having taught Pre-K, I can say that it's not entirely uncommon, especially with children from at-risk families. It might have been lack of opportunity. It might be from stress or having been punished for something bathroom related. It might be because he doesn't like the way the water splashes on his bottom when the bowel movement hits the water (I know a child who squats on the toilet seat for that reason.) There are a multitude of reasons that may, or may not, be physical.
It's good that you are taking him to the doctor. But, I would keep trying to figure out the "why." I would likely offer the toilet but also a pull up (or diaper) if he doesn't want to give the toilet a try.
I'm betting that bathroom issues are pretty common in foster kids, and even non-foster kids of that age. Pooping in the potty takes longer for some kids. Is he a young five or an older five? If he is in kindergarten this year then maybe he was in preK last year, and alot of kids in preK are still in pullups i bet. My kids will be four in Jan and Feb and they JUST now got pottytrained.
One additional thought: This may be one of the only things he is able to control in his life right now. In my experience, it is not uncommon for children in foster care to begin this at time of removal due to their lack of control over their life.
Thanks for all the poop feedback. The doctor can't find any physical problem, and when he had an accident at visitation, his mom was not surprised at all and dealt with it appropriately. So I think he was just not trained, and that this issue can be addressed with time and patience.
The worker is willing to apply for an slightly higher board rate due to "enhanced level of care," and I think we'll do that, unless Zeke and his sisters move to a fictive kinship placement that has just passed their SLED check. The GAL, who was just assigned, is hoping to check it out over the holiday weekend.
I really, really support RU of the siblings in this case, and I think RU with mom is going to happen and going to be successful after a case plan is worked. But I'm nervous about 3 kids being placed with two working parents who already have kids, and those working parents not having access to any kind of compensation (no board rate, no daycare vouchers, nada zip zilch). I feel like there will be tremendous pressure to use the oldest child for childcare, which is one of the reasons that they family had a meltdown in the first place.
Anyhow, Happy Thanksgiving!
Here, a child over 4 (i think it is) who needs diapers can get extra funding for that, i can't remember if that falls under the higher level of care, or if its a thing medicaid can pay for.
Its great that it looks like he may be back with relatives soon, if its an appropriate placement. If they are lower/moderate income (and having a bunch of kids certain pushes most people further down into the lower income bracket since it goes by family size!) the kids should qualify for things like free lunch, WIC (if age eligible), food stamps, medicaid, daycare vouchers (if available) etc. Head Start or other preschool etc.
Also, i dont know how it is there, but here even when relatives were not required to be licensed (i think they are now? cant remember) and did not receive a board rate, the child was STILL considered "a foster child" (had a worker, the judge was involved, there was a case plan etc) and so the child would STILL be eligible for all of the things listed above that a foster child pretty much automatically gets due to having no income. The FP getting a board rate or not would not impact that. Even kinship. Dont know if things are different where you are.
Same here. A child over four who isn't potty trained can get significant subsidies. We had no idea, until we went to finalize. The money has been a huge help when our stress level was high. Good luck Smithie. I hope that everthing works out for the best, but that is such a moving target with fostering : )
"Also, i dont know how it is there, but here even when relatives were not required to be licensed (i think they are now? cant remember) and did not receive a board rate, the child was STILL considered "a foster child" (had a worker, the judge was involved, there was a case plan etc) and so the child would STILL be eligible for all of the things listed above that a foster child pretty much automatically gets due to having no income."
These are not relatives. But in my state, because they are choosing not to get licensed, they will get nothing except Medicaid. Not even daycare subsidy. It's horrible.
DH and I have decided to go to court and listen to the proceedings, and express our concerns if it seems appropriate. Zeke should not be punted to his sister to take care of - she's a kid, she has school, time enough for her to change poopy pants multiple times per day when she has her OWN baby.
If the family's income qualifies with the extra children, they will qualify for child care subsidy. They need to get in touch with their local child care resource and referral agency and see what they need to do. Here, ours has a separate stream of funding for child care subsidy, apart from that that DSS gives out. The children's risk factors will bump them up on the subsidy scoring criteria. There may not be subsidy available right now, but they do need to start the process.
I will mention that, thanks. I have the transfer-of-provider paperwork to send with him if he goes, so they can TRY to get money from the same pot we are right now, and it's possible that the number of kids in the house will make them poor enough to get DSS coverage.
Court went well. Older sister will remain in therapeutic foster care where she belongs, and the fictive kinship placement will take the two little ones. I think all three will ultimately RU with mom.
Zeke is mildly angsty about the transition, and I'm a little worried that his new foster parents are going to take a belt to him in an attempt to resolve the pants pooping, but as I cannot control it I am trying not to freak out about it. I don't think they are bad people - but uneducated and very old-school, yes. The kids will see their mother every day, however, and that's the most important thing.
I'm glad court went well. But ugh about the handling of the pants pooping.... Is there any way you can provide "advice" under the guise of co-parenting/aiding the transition where you can say something like, "The doctor said punishment will definitely not help... This is what we have been doing.... xyz seems to be starting to work...." So that maybe they WON'T go the way of the belt? And would they really do that if they're a certified foster family? I mean, I know it's not all perfection, but here (and I thought most places) corporal punishment of any kind is simply not acceptable. Even the "harmless" spanking of a toddler's hand when they try to touch something or smacking a child's lips to get them to stop biting people. Or is that not the case where you are? (Sorry, I know you know what you are talking about, I just don't want to think you could be right about that!!)
"And would they really do that if they're a certified foster family?"
They're a fictive kinship placement. They've passed a criminal background check, but have had no training and (more importantly IMO) have had no chance to go through the emotional and intellectual process of deciding to foster, really thinking about what in meant in a no-pressure hypothetical way, and then choosing to pursue it. This situation got dumped on them .
I expressed my concerns to the worker, her supervisor, the clinical social worker and the GAL. That's pretty much all I can do, since we do not want to break our anonymity (we're an adoptive resource if RU doesn't work out, and we are not interested in open adoption). The GAL promised to stay on top of the issue and make it very clear, in the language the new foster parents speak best, that corporal punishment for any reason will lead to removal of the children. The GAL thinks that the foster parents are, despite their age and upbringing, very laid-back individuals who are unlikely to lose their patience to the extent of hitting, even if they wind up cleaning up poop five times a day for a while.
Zeke went to his new placement yesterday. I miss him.
Have they said or done anything that would lead you to believe they WOULD hit him for this?
As far as foster parents or kinship placements spanking, my friends were in pre-adoptive visitation with a sib group of three, they had them off and on all summer for up to ten days at a time, and once the older boy (six years old i think?) casually mentioned that the FPs (who had them for years) "whooped" them with a BELT. They were due to go back to the FH that night, and my friends didnt know what to do. I told them to call the agency and report it, in the end, it was determined that it was a "training" issue, not an abuse issue, and not only did the kids have to go back to the foster home, but my friends were "punished" by not being able to see the kids for like two or three weeks. Ultimately, it was decided by the agency (after SIX MONTHS of preplacement visits with three young children and just days before official placement papers were to be filed) that my friends complained too much, and they didnt get the kids. It was crazy. So yeah...at this point, i think ANYTHING is possible in foster care, and many many workers/agencies are willing to look the other way. When my friends met with the CPS investigator she brushed that off as old school discipline, and when my friends spoke with the children's GAL she said "these are good foster parents, they've been doing it for years, and you just dont know how hard it is to parent kids like this, its just a discipline choice." It was made very clear that keeping this particular foster family was more important than anything else. My daughter says she was hit in foster homes. So it happens unfortunately.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sexually abused children are at increased risk of developing schizophrenia later in life, Australian researchers have found.
Although child abuse has been firmly tied to other mental health problems -- including depression, anxiety and suicide -- the link to psychotic illnesses has long been a subject of debate.
The new study shows sexual assaults more than doubled the odds that a child would develop schizophrenia as an adult -- from less than 1 in 100 (0.7 percent) in the general population to nearly 2 in 100 (1.9 percent) among the abuse victims.
The risk was higher still if the assault involved penetration or multiple perpetrators, or took place in the early teenage years.
Nearly one in five adults who had been raped by more than one person between ages 13 and 15 developed schizophrenia or another psychotic illness, Margaret Cutajar, of Monash University in Victoria, and colleagues found.
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That design makes the study stand out, because the intersection between mental health problems and childhood abuse is a difficult area to investigate, said Mark Shevlin, a professor of psychology at the University of Ulster in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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Introduction: We remember the commercial that declared when a certain financial investment company spoke, the world stopped to listen. In Psalm 19:1-14, the Psalmist declared that God spoke and revealed His person and purpose. For this message we shall make an examination of vv. 7-14 which reveal the purpose of God and the response of those who experience His reliable revelation.
I. Revelation of Reality of Life - vv. 7-9
Explanation: All expressions used to communicate the revelation of God's will relate to life.
Law, or torah - refreshes life
Testimony - foundations life
Statutes - give direction to life
Commandments - give light to life
Fear - gives reverence to life
Judgments - give morality to life
When the Psalmist looked at the revelation of God in Scripture, he saw life!
Explanation: Scripture directs to Life, cf. John 5:39-40. They point to Jesus!
Application: They communicate the way into life. The Way into life eternal is Jesus. The way to Jesus is through Scripture!
Explanation: Scriptures give direction to life, they prescribe life, cf. 2 Timothy 3:16-17.
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Explanation: The law is perfect - without flaw
The testimony is sure - reliable
The statutes are right - straight
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The fear is clear - without vile
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[BMA] BA11 (9-12) 13: Utilize research results to analyze new and emerging business technology applications software.Digital Tool Description: www.makebeliefscomix.com is a quick and easy-to-use comic strip creator. No login is required. Students may choose from a variety of characters and poses, backgrounds, and thought/word balloons to get across the message.
This exercise will be done prior to beginning a Standard-based lesson that requires Internet research.. Students will create a comic strip explaining how Boolean operators will increase search efficiency.
The teacher will provide four scenarios (project on screen, or write on board) where Boolean operators would enhance research results. Using a four-fram comic, students will use characters and word balloons to provide the best Boolean search input for the scenarios.
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The theme for the iChallenge for the 2015-2016 school year is "Thinking like a ...". With that theme in mind, my students thought it was important to think outside the box and instead of thinking like a specific career such as an accountant or a doctor, my students decided to "Think like a...Dreamer!" Thinking like a dreamer, to us, means that if you can dream it, then you can be it! So just use your creativity and imagination and make your dream into a reality. With that in mind, my students decided to create a video that shows a younger child thinking about the future, a teenager working toward that goal, and finally as an adult making that dream a reality. Standard(s):
[BMA] BA02 (9-12) 12: Utilize research results to determine career and entrepreneurial opportunities, responsibilities, and educational and credentialing requirements in commerce and information technology.
Title: Career Research
This podcast was created to demonstrate researching a career using an online resource. Suggested facts to look for when researching a career are what the job involves, educational requirements and certifications, salary range and how to explore the career. Using an online resource can make the research easier and faster. Standard(s):
[IT] IT11 (9-12) 14: Determine career and entrepreneurial opportunities, responsibilities, and educational and credentialing requirements in the Java programming field.
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This podcast was created to define and explain resume's. Five types of resume's are discussed, with a display of examples. Tips for writing resume's are also discussed. Standard(s):
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Summary The ingredients industry is becoming increasingly concentrated, as the large multinationals meet the needs of the food and drinks market, and build their size accordingly. However, there are many small companies operating in niche markets, often with a strong scientific or research background. This report profiles some of these innovative pioneers and examines their products and technologies. Synopsis - Understand the latest innovations being developed by small-medium sized companies in the ingredients sector. - In-depth interviews with company insiders offer insight and unique perspective. - Understand the product development models of some of the more innovative companies and how the larger players are starting to capitalize on this. - Examine the key products and technologies that are supporting the emergence of the selected companies. Reasons To Buy - Which companies are particularly innovative in the ingredients sector? - What are the key trends driving change in the global food and drinks ingredients industry? - How is the evolution of the ingredients industry encouraging the emergence of small innovative pioneers? - What is the market potential of these emerging companies? - What products and technologies are driving the emergence of particular companies? Key Highlights UK-based Eminate has proprietary technology to create salt crystals that are a fraction of the size of normal salt crystals but retain an intense flavor. This enables the reduction of salt without sacrificing taste profile. Tate andamp; Lyle has already licensed Eminate's Soda-Lo product and is rolling it out in over 100 markets. Malaysia's PureCircle is showing exceptional growth due to its dominant position in the supply of the natural sweetener stevia. Although setiva is not without its problems, both Coca-Cola and Pepsi have agreed long term supply deals with PureCircle. With over 80% of the global market, revenues will spike over the next decade for PureCircle . US-based Accera has developed Axona, the only medical food available in the US that is positioned for treating Alzheimer's disease. The total yearly spend for neurodegenerative disorders in the US is between $157bn-$215bn, according to the New England Medical Journal, higher than both heart disease and cancer.


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Fantastic FourDirector: Tim Story
Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans
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A handful of heroes become superheroes under unlikely circumstances in this action drama adapted from the long-running Marvel comic-book series. Four astronauts are on a mission aboard a new experimental spacecraft when they are unexpectedly exposed to a massive dose of gamma rays. The accident causes strange and unexpected transformations in all four. Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd), top scientist and leader of the mission, can now stretch his body like elastic and is dubbed Mr. Fantastic. His partner and sweetheart, Sue Storm (Jessica Alba), develops the ability to become invisible at will, and becomes known as The Invisible Girl. Her younger brother, Johnny Storm (Chris Evans), is renamed The Human Torch for his new talent of being able to summon up fire from his body when he chooses. And Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis), pilot for the journey, mutates into a monstrous creature with superhuman strength and muscles like stone, known as The Thing. Together, the travelers become known as the Fantastic Four, and they set out to use their unusual skills to fight crime, quickly gaining a nemesis in another altered hero who uses his talents for evil, Doctor Doom (Julian McMahon). A long-gestating project that had been talked about by a number of filmmakers since the early '90s, Fantastic Four was previously the basis for a pair of animated television serials, and was made into a feature film in 1994 by producer Roger Corman, though that film was never officially released. (Fantastic Four creator Stan Lee has said the 1994 film was made only so that the producers could hold on to the rights to the characters, and that it was never intended to be distributed to the public.)
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- 12/06/2005
- 0024543196037
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|Ioan Gruffudd
|Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic
|Jessica Alba
|Susan Storm/The Invisible Girl
|Chris Evans
|Johnny Storm/The Human Torch
|Michael Chiklis
|Ben Grimm/The Thing
|Julian McMahon
|Dr. Victor Von Doom
|Hamish Linklater
|Kerry Washington
|Alicia Masters
|Laurie Holden
|Debbie McIlvane
|David Parker
|Kevin McNulty
|Jimmy O'Hoolihan
|Maria Menounos
|Sexy Nurse
|Andrew Airlie
|Compound Doctor
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|Tim Story
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1. A Deal With Von Doom [5:06]
2. Uneasy Alliance [2:51]
3. Nine Hours to Contact [2:37]
4. The Cosmic Storm [3:59]
5. Quarantine [2:37]
6. Running Hot [2:05]
7. Man On Fire [2:05]
8. Metamorphosis [6:53]
9. Thing [2:31]
10. Panic On the Brooklyn Bridge [8:48]
11. The Fantastic Four [3:08]
12. Back to the Baxter Building [2:47]
13. Victor's Visit [2:33]
14. Tests [3:39]
15. Terrible News [3:01]
16. Reed's Plan [2:20]
17. Vengeance of Von Doom [2:05]
18. The Torch Breaks Out [3:36]
19. This Is Who We Are [3:28]
20. Alicia [3:28]
21. Take Charge [1:50]
22. Seeds of Doubt [4:20]
23. More Power [1:42]
24. To Be Ben Grimm Again [3:48]
25. A Better, Stronger Being [2:55]
26. Flame On! [2:12]
27. Call Me Doom [1:23]
28. It's Clobberin' Time! [2:31]
29. Doomsday [4:00]
30. Celebration [2:44]
31. The End? [:59]
32. End Titles [7:33]
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The critics tore "Fantastic 4" apart when it was released,but they missed the point.This is nothing more than a good old-fashioned action movie,and on that level it works wonderfully.It's got a good story,fast-paced direction,solid production values,and terrific special effects.And thanks to great performances,it's also got some depth and humor to the characters.Jessica Alba,Michael Chiklis,and Julian McMahon are wonderful, and Ioan Gruffdd is good.But Chris Evans steals the movie in a rousing and delightful performance,and he's the best thing in the movie.The whole thing is a lot of fun!Sit back and enjoy!
I watched this mostly because of Ioan Gruffudd and Julian McMahon. After discovering them in the Hornblower films and Profiler, respectively, I really wanted to see more of their work, and since a lot of their other stuff isn't quite my cuppa tea, I thought Fantastic Four would be a perfect opportunity. In a way it was: I liked them both in their roles, and I certainly enjoyed looking at them. But I didn't really like the movie. The action sequences were a lot of fun, but the characters seemed flat, their development disjointed and awkward. And while I understood why the characters were at odds, I didn't feel as invested in the resolution as I wanted to be. I'll probably still watch the sequel, but this isn't one of my favorite comic-book adaptations.
Many critics didn't give this superhero movie the time of day, but it's not the typical superhero movie. Fantastic Four is the exact opposite of all the rest, with some comical and flashy moments, and some dark scenes to break up the comedy. Those who follow the orginal series of the Fantastic Four knows that you really can't take the superhero stuff too seriously, other wise it's no fun, and that's what this verson was all about. Fantastic Four is a funny, exciting, light hearted approch to many dark superhero movies already out there.
I enjoyed seeing my favorite superheroes coming to life on the big screen. It's full of action, laughs and...love. I am looking forward to seeing a series of sequels.
The first part of this movie is a little skimpy on character development, but as it goes on the relationships evolved to my satisfaction. The special effects are second to none. Give this movie a spin.
This movie had some genuinely exciting and funny scenes, but suffered from a somewhat inferior script. Invisble Woman was great and so was Mr. Fantastic. Recommended!
Now, while Marvel has put out some phenomal dramas and in-depth (messed up) heroes, you can only see a certain side of the comic book story. Fantastic Four finally chose to do what comic movies were probably meant to do - a quick, in-and-out movie that made you laugh and enjoy the action, but didn't really impact you. It was meant to be enjoyable, and I loved the humor (particulary the Torch who else?) It tries valiantly at a deeper plot, but still retains an interesting comical innocence. The humor was humorous, the acting was good, the action and special effects phenomenal, and the soundtrack wasn't bad either. While it may not be on-par with the X-Men movies, I still enjoy it enough to watch it as a quick action-drama-comedy. All hail to comic movies that remain true to their origins.
This is a great action-packed show.It has humor,romance and lotsa action.It's way better then the sequel.A definite must watch!
This is not a good movie in general, and you can practically feel the cash-in on the idea. They mishandled the characters in some respects and it just feels empty. Watch the sequel involving the Silver Surfer- it's a better movie by far.
Fantastic Four fails and I knew it would: Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffud, Chris Evans did really good acting, and I was very, very bored. It felt like 45 minutes, and was slow and boring. My grade: 4 D+ *
It's been a long time waiting for this comic book team of heroes to hit the big screen, and it was worth it! I loved this movie.
This film's utterly idiotic mishandling of Dr. Dooms character with it's needless origin changes, added powers, and doofy explanation for his trademark facemask is enough of a travesty by itself. Factoring in the obnoxious Mountain Dew ad take on Johnny Storm combined with a totally emascualted Reed Richards and blandtastic Sue Storm it joins the ranks of Schumachers last Batman outing. Ben Grimm "The Thing" fares slightly better. Seems to be the only aspect of the film where anything about the core concept made it from the comic page to the screen though the same can't be said for the characters look.


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restuarant and restaurant staff were ok, close to channel tunnel there was suppose to be a bottle of wine in the room as special offer, I was told it would be there by reception staff but it wasnt, rang reception but they didnt seem interested and never got the wine, also reception very slow with long waits in which time I saw and heard a lot disatisfied customers, poor reception staff and porters seems to the main problem
Happy hour was very good and so was the food= the creation of the xmas atmosphere was excellent
The hotel is a little out of date, in need of a refurb..
Excellent value. Food and accomodation excellent for the rate paid. Very little room in the car park for the amount of guest staying at the hotel.
sea view from balcony, Decent hot water from shower. Nostalgic visit as last time was 32 years ago old fashioned decor/ceilings, was run like a very touristic hotel in spain, without the weather or spanish waiters. Bar area was big but resembled a bingo hall, no atmosphere, felt cold.
very run down, very poor quality food. Shabby rooms and decoration
Large room, Good value for money. Just what we needed for an overnight stop before catching an early morning ferry. Bathroom needed revamping.
Value for Money and the food was excellant Outside noise at 3.30am caused by yobba's shouting and swearing
Run down hotel, poorly maintined Nothing, I will never return!
cheep and breakfast was good
Cheap & convenient for the ferry to France following morning.. We were 'upgraded' to a premier room as the first 3 rooms we were sent to already had people in them! Needs updating & a good clean.
Clean, quiet and convenient. We had booked a twin room, but were given a double - and were too tired and already dressed for bed to call and complain by the time we realized the mistake. Your "double" beds are really far too small and bouncy for two people to sleep comfortably (with only only cover to boot). Your clerk should have been more alert.
Comfortable, spacious room, helpful staff, very convenient for Eurotunnel, Cooked breakfast, very good value. No dislikes
Brand new hotel. Excellent impression. Very helpful staff. Shower would not heat up.
Good location near the channel tunnel. Modern and comfortable hotel and a good self serve breakfast. Could not get the room warm enough at night time (very cold temperatures outside) and no hot water for a shower in the morning - just not good enough for a modern hotel. Also we had a dog and the charge of £15 I thought was very high.
Comfortable bed. The food was very poor, shower blocked, toilet seat loose, no gritting on road/carpark. hotel has no atmosphere.one night was more than enough.
The hotel was brand new & not busy. Very clean, nice decor. The evening meal was so bad that the hotel did not charge us. The four of us (we were with sister & brother in law) ordered soup which was cold so had to go back & steak that was so rare & gristly, running with blood. We are not normally complainers but waiter was embarrassed & manager apologised in the morning. We also spotted chef smoking outside kitchen doors from the car park in the morning as we were leaving which didn't look good.
The room was very clean and comfortable. The beds were also not too soft and not too hard. When I made the reservation over the phone I asked the girl to book an early morning call for 3am. When we arrived the lady on the desk didnt know anything about it so she said she would sort the early morning call.. We did not get the early morning call and I woke at 3.55am. We had to be at the eurotunnel for 4.30am...we had no time to shower and had to try and rush our 6 year old. The girl at the desk said she had it down for 4am (she did ring at that time) But the man on the desk did apologise as we were rushing to check out and said they had FORGOT....It was lucky that I did wake.
The hotel was clean and the staff very helpful. The room was bright and modern. Food on offer was limited and expensive. Water leak from toilet should have been spotted by staff and fixed before our arrival.
Very good hotel, value for money excellent
Conveinient and for a budget stay very comfortable and clean.
Convenient to central Folkestone Rooms shabby and in poor decorative condition. Wash and shower facilities archaic. No car parking available. Screaming seagulls all night!
The location of the hotel is excellent for the event at the Leas Cliffe Hall which we were attending. Breakfast was good, and the hotel staff very courteous and kind. The shower and bathroom facilities were a bit modest, and there was no provision to be near a mirror if one wanted to use a hair dryer.
location and accessability to town yes the washing facilities were in the bedroom
breakfast the bed was very uncomfortable, shower was shabby and took 10 min for hot water to come through. TV was was very poor. Poor curtains and nets.
very good breakfast......quick check in and out.....good position on sea front clifftop no shower or similar attachment in bathroom....no remote for tv.....noisy seagulls but could not close the window...had to park car about 400 yards away.....small rooftop room but probably due to availability and late booking
It was for only one night The lift kept breaking down and I was on the fourth floor
Leaving Total lack of cleanliness. The shower hadn´t been cleaned in months.
Clean helpfull staff good sea view very quite hotel Curtains and bed spread a little old flush toilet not quite good windows not very clean
Excellent location
flexibility. They accommodated my need for an early breakfast on departure day Clean, tidy, easy reach of rest of Folkestone. everything was absolutely fine and good value for money
The hotel is good value if you can get a deal, like we did. The staff were helpful and the room although compact, was nice and clean.
Our room was really lovely. And all the staff were so helpful with our baby, going out of their way to make her happy! Our room was opposite one of the function suites, and on our first night there was a function on. It was very loud and carried on til quite late, and the noise kept waking the baby up.
Easy access good location choice of restaurant bar meals and as a motorcyle traveller in room hairdryer was good. Limited parking
Excellent friendly staff & service,especially the young lady on the bar down stairs on the night of the 16th sept an asset to the hotel. None
Very good service & accommodation. Clean & reassuring. None
Comfortable stay, rooms clean and tidy Restaurant food not the best, steak tough. Very dark in restaurant.
Convenient location Restaurant food quality poor
I particularly liked the 'traditional' feel of the Hotel which was welcoming, very well maintained and extremely spacious. It has a certain 'charm' that one doesn't feel very often - and I stay in various Hotels on a weekly basis.
The room was a great size We called to confirm our reservation and the morning staff changed it to next day arrival. So on arrival it took an extra 15 min to get us sorted out. This was after a 3 hour drive and 8pm at night. Then after they sorted out a room demanded payment before we got the keys.
Limited facilities and felt a little bit unclean
Did'nt stay in it long enough to really enjoy anything. We were out and about exploring Folkestone Breakfast
Nice but very old hotel in need of restauration. The bathroom
Convenient situation for local amenities Would have liked a hairdryer in room
Only stayed overnight on route to France. But found it ideal for a one night stop.
the efficiency of the staff, and the location Unfortunately the shower head was cracked and there were no shower gels supplied... ( bad planning on my part ) AND those damn SEAGULLS.... ear plugs next time....
Our room was very clean and the downstairs bar had a warm and welcoming atmosphere. The en-suite bathroom, although well appointed, the workmanship of the fitters was poor which gave it a rather shabby appearance, The spacious bedroom had minimal heating and the wind through the closed sash windows blew the curtains. I would not want to stay there in cold weather.
conveniently situated for attending leas cliff room / hotel in general could do with updating / redecorating
The friendly staff and "old world" victorian setting. N?A
The proprietor was kind and helpful.The room was very quiet. The hotel is a bit run down. The coffee was awful.
Nothing particularly Very tired and jaded - though we got a large room there were many niggly unsatisfactory items - broken shower curtain - unstuck wallpaper - windows that were nailed shut - really the list is endless
Friendly service. Excellent breakfast. Offroad parking, good location No ensuite facility
Room was very clean, Bed very comfortable and shower works well. Heating not on in room when we arrived - room was quite cold and took a while to warm up.
Handy for purpose of visit
friendly staff, good breakfast, free wifi Top floor room with an electric heater which took a while to make the room comfortable, cold bathroom, no chair in room. Musty smell in hallways (no smell in room, though)
Clean and Friendly
Hosts made us very welcome including the dog. Clean and comfortable. Excellent breakfast. Shower difficult to regulate. Needed andother chair in the room.
nothing everything
The hotel was comfortable and clean and the staff were very friendly and helpful....
We only stayed for one night - but the staff were very helpful and friendly Only thing I would say is that our bed was not very comfortable - as we rolled into the bed, so we didn't have a great night's sleep.
Friendly efficient staff, freshly cooked food. Wi Fi did not reach the upper floors, no lift
The staff were so friendly and the hotel was spotless. It was like having all the comforts of home with a very high standard of elegance, style and class. I love the idea of the kitchen with fresh drinks and homemade cake that we could use as often as we like and the breakfast was also fantastic. I would definately recommend anyone to stay in this hotel.
Very good friendly excellent service really could not fault it. Could do with a lift and parking was a problem
Hospitality from Chris and Sarah Free drinks, DVDs, wireless, etc. Breakfast was very good Parking was a bit tricky but the hotel has 2 private parking places down the road.
Excellent stay! The Relish was wonderful and we will definately be returning next year. Rooms were beautiful, very clean and stylish. Cake and coffee was great too. Only down side was the pillows were too soft!.
The helpfulness and warm welcome, lush comfortable room with fantastic shower.
frendly no
The location was perfect for the 40th wedding anniversary party we attended at the Leas Cliff Hall and also to access the beach the following morning for a lovely stroll towards Sandgate and back through the nature park/trail. We will bring our bikes next time as perfect for leisure cycle. Complimentary beverages (alcoholic and non alcoholic) and cakes very nice touch and delicious tasting too! The breakfast was also very good. We stayed in the Cliff top room and had a fabulous view of the white cliffs of Dover, just as it said we would on the website. No bad points to report as our experience was very good.
Very friendly staff. None
The room was beautifully decorated, excellent facilities throughout the hotel including a coffee machine downstairs where you could help yourself anytime.
Nicely decorated and furnished. Friendly staff. Very clean. The cooked breakfast was lukewarm and we didn't feel that the bacon had been cooked enough.
it was just a very good value hotel and we both like it
Quit Hotel Restaurant/bar was closed at 22:00, however these facilities were the reason I booked there.
Fairly good value, comfy bed, good breakfast Room not that clean, 1st morning had a cold shower, second morning had a scalding shower, found that the cold tap did nothing,
The bed was comfortable, the room big. Staff were surly, not very welcoming. We were not told to help ourselves to fruit juice/cereals at breakfast, just asked what we wanted. Halfway through eating breakfast fruit juices were whisked away, the waitress did not smile once! Coffee was so strong it was undrinkable, I asked for some hot water (to make the coffee weaker) and was brought some in a glass! The hotel looked very 'tired'.
The friendliness of the staff. The cleanliness of the room, dust was gathering on the lamps. And the car park to the rear needs some attention, it didn't felt secure to leave my car there!
the beds and lining was clean the hotel needs up dateing .There were electric sockets hanging of the walls.Breakfast was poor and a damp smell in hotel
Large room, comfortable bed
Pleasant staff no, however, bed ws abit hard.
Breakfast was delicious! The room was on the 2nd floor but there is no lift. The hotel is a good 15 minutes walk from the shops but I they did not offer a morning newspaper which I would have happily paid for. Within 15 minutes of checking into my room and unpacking, I was asked to change my room because there was apparently a leak from my room into the floor below. The new room was much bigger but the furniture and decor was very tired,the bath was chipped and several wall tiles were cracked. That evening there was a bad storm. When I went to turn off the TV, I felt water dripping down on my head! In the morning, the water was not very hot but when I telephoned down to reception, they were not particulary concerned about either that or the leak.
None Old small TVs in rooms. Keys to parents room fitted lock in childrens room and visa versa Heating system not working. Luke warm water for washing.
Very economical Wake up service - one hour early!
Clean and comfortable, very friendly hostess. The toast had mould on the crust-very unexpected. The car had to be parked on the road and this is not indicated in the details of the hotel. Very tight parking on a busy road.
we had a wedding to go to and the lady who run the BB lets us in early so we could get change after a long joruney, she was very kind , would go back.
Owner was extremely welcoming and courteous - nothing was too much trouble. The room was quite small but this was fairly reflected in the price and as such was good value for money. It was clean and had all the facilties.
the room and hotel was very clean. The ensuite was very small and my partner had problems using it as he is 6ft 6" tall, I also had problems and I am only 5ft 6". The lack of parking we didnt know until we go there that we could have reserved a space. I also didnt like the £1 charge for paying by debit card.
Spotlessly clean room and en suite shower room.
Pleasant management The en-suite was a bit small and cupboard like. Ok for 1 night but would not recommend for a long stay.
Had to leave early morning and they gave us breakfast in a cooler box - very nice idea. Needed to rush out and with the confusion I forgot my ring - owner went out of his way and posted it - much appreciated !
The owner was very helpful and accomodating organising our breakfast the night before as we had to leave the hotel at 6am the next morning for the channel tunnel crossing.
Easy to find, Proprietor very helpful
Very clean, fresh, well presented. Spotless !. breakfast very good - First class overall ! Top floor room with cases -a little difficult but not a critisisum
Receptionist was very helpful, the hotel was clean & fresh feeling Restaurant closed at 8pm (I know it was boxing day but booked the hotel as it had a restaurant) and didn't know until arrived
Easy to find in good location close to Channel Tunnel. Apart from attached Pub there were no other bars or restaurants close by.
My stay was comfortable, the food was good & the staff were polite & professional.
Overall facilties are very good. Friendly efficient check in, an attractive hospitable bar and a very cost effective restaurant with a good range of choices giving excellent value. Best of all, cheerful, helpful staff. None that I noticed.
Friendly staff, good location for requirements. Don't like the key system for doors. Needs modernisation I think.
overall we found the hotel very good, we will stay with you again.the location was good for us.
Having resturant on site, good access to channel tunnel, staff made a good recommendation as to park nearby
Creditcard facilities.
Convenient access to the Channel Tunnel for travel.
Welcoming atmosphere - spacious clean and tidy room - good eating facilities - helpful reception None!
The staff were very friendly and helpful, breakfast was really good and good value.Bedding and towels vert clean. The decor was dated. Rooms could do with updating.
Staff were helpful Food was not great and the dining room needed major refurbishment
Good location
near channel tunnel for onward journey.Clean bedding. Way too pricey for accomodation level......more like a b&b.Very basic decor and furniture which added to the cheap feel.We went on to stay in a hotel in Dusseldorf for more or less the same price per night,and there really was no comparison.
Great position on the sea front If I am being honest the decor and furnishings let the hotel down. Very old, a smell of damp in the corridors and the bedroom furniture and fittings in need of replacement.
hotel staff was very nice and helpfull
Room clean, staff fairly friendly, close to sea and handy for the town Small shower room, lack of bath, poor dining room, bland decor in dining room, lay out of tables, chairs,etc gave the dining aera a feel of a school dining hall of the 1940's, plus it being below street level also gave it a drab atmosphere with very little natural light. Staff would also look better in some sort of uniform/suits, than the casual clothes they wore
Very well positioned as we attended a wedding reception at the Channel Suite. Breakfast was awful. Hotel in need of some refurbishment. Noisy room, can hear people's conversation in other rooms.
Cheap, free parking nearby, clean and handy to the Eurotunnel and Dover ferry port The windows were a little drafty but the heating was very good.
convient to the venue we were visiting decor very tired as is the furniture, drunk staff friends at the bar
The hotel is quaint, off the international tourist track but still well located. The mattress was very soft; a bit too soft for any person with back issues.
The View from our room was excellent. It was clean. It did not provide breakfast as part of the cost. The decor was dated and uncoordinated in the rooms. Although the rooms were clean there were signs of wear and tear. There was no night bar and everything appeared to be extra to the price. We did not feel as if we had got a good deal. Although the staff were pleasant
Everything about this hotel was excellent. We wanted a relaxing stay doing a bit of touring. Used the bus services -excellent. Just what we wanted.
View of the sea! Lack of parking.
No car park. Very difficult to find anywhere to park close to Hotel. Will not use again because of this. It is a pity as hotel is good, service and food good.
Very efficient staff,clean and comfortable
Enjoyable weekend stay with minimum of fuss. Staff were pleasant and helpful. Location ideal. Will come again !
very near to Leas Cliff Halls which was the purpose of our stay, nice staff and the best breakfast we have had in folkestone! very dated, however this seems to sum up the majority of hotels in Folkestone and a very uncomfortable bed. Asked what time the bar shut and was advised to go over to the Portland!
As we only stayed for one night it would be difficult, but overall I found the staff friendly and efficient and had a hassle free stay. Just two things, we found the rooms to be too hot and it was a shame that we could only order drinks from the mini bar instead of the main bar after midnight.
Very good position, rooms very comfortable and the staff friendly.. The bar prices were very good for a hotel!
We found our stay very relaxing and comfortable. Your staff where all very accommodating and we shall visit again soon. Thank you. L&R Having to leave to go back to work!
Excellent and enthusiastic attentive staff Food pretty good The bar is drab and lacks atmosphere. The room had an extra charge for the sea view but it was difficult to see the sea because of the scaffolding!!! The room rate should have been reduced to basic.
Excellent breakfast, very friendly staff.
Great size room with fabulous sea view. Very helpful and friendly staff who went out of their way to find us another equally good room when we decided to stay another night (newlywed couple had booked our room for their 1st night of honeymoon) and then to top it off - seeing a dolphin swimming close to to the beach Bed was a bit too hard
Food, grounds, locallity, lovely room but tired decor
The fantastic pool
The service in general was good and the staff were extremely helpful. Swimming pool is great fun for children. I love having tea and coffee in the hotel room. Lovely sea view. They forgot to provide us with the extra bed and our reminder did not seem to work, so as we were too tired to persit we ended up sleeping altogether in the same bed! A bit of a squeeze and the bed wobbled. The hotel rooms do not appear to have been refurbished in years. It is like going back in time. Could not open the windows.
The breakfast confusion with credit card when left
The restaurant meal was excellent and the Manager of the Restaurant was very professional and looked after us. Our first room number 218 was very disappointing - However, we complained and was moved to room 217 which was so much nicer and from then one we were very happy with our accommodation.
The friendly staff and the huge choice at breakfast.
High standard of customer service.Excellent restaurant. Great sea views.First class rooms with attention to detail, everything you need. Good location.
The room was spacious, comfortable, very well equipped and spotlessly clean. Great sea view. Excellent breakfast and lovely cozy pub with very friendly landlady and staff. The hotel wi-fi does not work in the room- but this was only a minor irritation.
Staff were friendly and accommodating. The room was of a very high standard for the price, and it's in a great location.
Very friendly owners, beautiful well appointed room. Very convenient for Channel Tunnel.
Clean, cosy,comfortable None
Room was gorgeous, huge windows, amazing sea view, comfy bed, BIG flat screen telly, nice decor, soft bedding. Very clean. Owners Stewart and Wendy were lovely. And Dave the dolphin put in a great performance for us on Sunday morning. Absolutely nothing.
Room was very clean and comfortable All ok but first impressions of bar area let it down
friendlyness & helpfullness of the staff nice restaurant good food very comfortable bed shame the weather was not better
We enjoyed wonderful sea view in luxury large room with all facilities and enjoyed Sandgate and the Beach as accommodation is facing right on sea front
Friendly staff and lovely room with all mod cons. Breakfast was excellent aswell. Pub is a bit scruffy - but nevertheless has bags of character.


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14 June 1959, New York City, New York, USA. Taking up the electric bass in his teens, Millers early musical experience came from the New York soul scene. Flautist Bobbi Humphrey gave him his first serious work in the jazz idiom in 1977, which was quickly followed by a tour with Lenny Whites group. Becoming competent on an impressive number of instruments, Millers reputation grew in the New York studio world. By 1980, he had recorded for Bob James, Grover Washington Jnr. , Roberta Flack, and Aretha Franklin. In 1980, he joined Miles Davis, but left after two years for the financial lure of session work, producing and playing on several albums for David Sanborn. The second and more important period of Millers relationship with Davis began in 1986, when he played almost every instrument and wrote most of the music for Tutu, Davis first album for Warner Brothers Records. Davis had never before given away so much artistic control, but must...
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That summer was the worst summer of my entire life. It was the summer before I started my freshman year of high school and my mom was in and out of the hospital. Eventually, she went in and that was it. She showed some signs of getting better but then they'd be diminished. One visit I was finally told that she would probably die within the day. I still can't explain how surreal it was and how much pain I was feeling.
By the time she passed, she had been practically a vegetable for 2 days and I didn't want to hold on anymore. I still feel guilty for wishing it would just be over. Seeing her and knowing she couldn't speak to me or hear me was torture, but I hate myself for not wanting her to linger a little longer.
It was the time when I was becoming a woman, and I was trying to figure myself out. It was my teenage years. I had lost my mother about two weeks before my 14th birthday.
Now it's been two years and I've progressed tremendously and I'm usually fine, but when I think about her I break down. I want her guidance so badly. When I was younger/awkward, I pushed her away. Now I'm dying to know if she'd like how I've become. I want to know if I'm like how she was when she was my age. I want to know what she thinks about everything in my life right now.
The scariest part is feeling memories of her slip away. I've gotten so good at living life without her that I've adjusted my mind to her being gone. And with that, I feel like I remember her more vaguely.
All I can really say is I miss her more than she will ever know.
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For me I have 5 resident distractions - my kids. All their schools are out for the summer and they are keeping me busy. I wouldn't change a thing though. Okay, maybe a bit bigger of a house since I'm supposed to be working on edits that are due on Tuesday. Sigh.
Glad you had fun.
Five kids? Wow, Violet--how fun and, yes, how distracting! I used to manage somehow when my two sons were little and, of course, living with us, but since my grandkids are far away I'm not used to working them into my schedule. Of course school being out for the summer must change all your regular routines.
Linda, I'm sure you will be able to make up for any lost time. It sounds like a special visit.
It was definitely a special visit, Betty--absolutely worth the loss of time.
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Nuclear knight by HeroDeesWatch
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War never changes. A little inspiration from Fallout.
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war never changes, but the cancer she's getting will.
Rules of the wasteland
1. Never travel alone
2. Stay aware
3. Never bring a sword to a gun fight
nice work though
1. Never travel alone
2. Stay aware
3. Never bring a sword to a gun fight
nice work though
beautiful !
Great job
Very good work! I love her shield
Excellent work my friend!
Superb, love the Starbucks shield!
omg i absolutely love this picture i favourited like MONTHS ago XD and now that new TV series 'Revolution' came out and it made me think of this picture again! it would be awesome to think that it could have inspired it somehow XD lol anyways that's my little babble >_> LOL
very nice work come to my
beautiful mind
so realistic oO thats wonderful <3
How long did this take?
Dokonalé, ty vlasy a barvy... A jen devět hodin!
So what's she listening to - a little Two Steps From Hell, maybe some Apocalyptica and AC/DC for fight music?
HA! to think starbucks would last till the apocalypse ... and then still frinkin' be around!!! XD lol
It's beautiful though, and very creative :3
It's beautiful though, and very creative :3
HAhah frack'N creative Keep em coming!
Beautiful work. Very well done.
Very well done
This is so full of awesomeness! I just love the starbucks shield haha!
That's the old Starbucks image, though. They don't use it anymore. Just fyi. But it's a cool concept!! Her eyebrow is pretty cool. (Not big on the sexified look that has no purpose, though...) GREAT perspective and lights.
Absolutely stunning. The mood of the drawing makes me thing of Enslaved Oddysey to the West.
I wonder how can she find Shoulder Pads in this age
Very nice piece, nonetheless.
Very nice piece, nonetheless.
This is awestrikingly beautiful. I wonder why something like this is never heard of?
Starbucks! xD
I like the concept as well as the details of this painting Very nice work .
This is creative! I like the Starbucks shield. The girl seems really young though...
awesome art love the style!
A fascinating concept executed beautifully!
lol! the starbucks shield!!
an awesome piece, I am awed by the detail you have put into her clothes, as well as the thought in the environment, good job
But war, war never changes.
I love the way everything in this flows. Her hair, the way she's standing, her body shape, all of it. The wonder of a warrior's grace <3
Ah-freakin-mazing, seriously!! Wow.
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I like this very much
This is pretty awesome. Love the Starbucks shield.
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Enough offbeat roles! Raima Sen is ready to show another side.
Actress Raima Sen, known for experimental and offbeat roles in Chokher Bali and Antar Mahal, says she now wants to show her glamorous avatar on the big screen.
"Yes, why not. I'm all for glamour and I would love to portray a glamorous character," said Sen, who showcased her talents in both Hindi as well as regional movies.
The 30-year-old, who made her debut with Godmother in 1999, followed by Rituparno Ghosh's Chokher Bali and Pradeep Sarkar's Parineeta, denied being typecast to a specific genre.
"No, it's not a conscious decision at all. Like I said, I end up choosing the best of what I get. So if a great commercial movie comes my way, I'll grab it. I want to work with different directors and experiment with different, interesting roles — ranging from out and out commercial to offbeat."
Sen thinks she has been fortunate enough with her line-up of films when she looks back and feels lucky regarding her achievements.
"I've learnt a lot, experiences that cannot be measured in words and sentences and feelings that cannot be captured in a gist. But overall it's been a fun experience.
"I cherish all the movies I've done so far and I've been lucky to have many opportunities to work with great co-stars and directors. "
Her recent release is The Japanese Wife (left). Talking about the challenges she faced while playing a mother of an eight-year-old child, she said: "It was definitely the most challenging task, because I had to get under the skin of a mother and behave like one — a role to which I have no connection with as Raima Sen."
The actress says more than roles, the script and director hold more importance while agreeing to do a film.
"If I like the story and I'm confident about the director, I end up taking the role, irrespective of its length," said Sen.


text: Interest expense for the third quarter totaled $32 million, compared to $37 million in the prior year period, reflecting lower debt levels.Tax expense for the third quarter was $52 million, representing an effective tax rate of approximately 15%, compared to $87 million, or an effective tax rate of 24%, in the prior year period, reflecting the impacts of the geographic mix of pretax earnings and tax planning initiatives. The Company generated net cash flow from operating activities of $414 million in the third quarter, compared to $410 million in the prior year period. Cash flow before financing totaled $254 million compared to $274 million in the prior year period. Year-to-Date 2012 Results For the nine month period ended September 30, 2012, the Company reported revenue of $11.8 billion, an increase of 1.9% over the first nine months of 2011, adjusting for currency exchange, commodity movements and divestitures. The increase in adjusted revenue reflects growth of 11% in Asia and 6% in North America, partially offset by a 2% decline in Europe and a 10% decline in South America. For the 2012 year-to-date period, net income totaled $941 million, or $2.89 per diluted share, which includes a $0.13 impact from the increased expense of the variable 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan, compared to net income of $855 million, or $1.89 per diluted share, in the prior year period (refer to footnote 2 for determination of weighted average shares outstanding and earnings per share calculations). EBITDA for the first nine months of 2012 totaled $1,639 million, compared to $1,589 million in the prior year period, an increase of 3.1%. EBITDA margin was 13.9% for year-to-date 2012, compared to 13.1% in the prior year period. The improvement in EBITDA reflects strong performance in the Electrical/Electronic Architecture and Powertrain segments. Partially offsetting these improvements were lower earnings in our Thermal business segment, the unfavorable impacts of currency exchange, and $53 million of increased expense resulting from the variable accounting impacts related to the Company's 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan. Excluding the variable impacts of the 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan, EBITDA margin for the first nine months of 2012 was 14.4%.


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entivore replied to JBourrie's topic in GDNet LoungeQuote:Of course, the critical difference is that it's much, much, much easier to make a working version of Press Your Luck and Wheel of Fortune than a MMORPG I think part of it is the nagging "would someone want to play this?" factor. Sure you could make another tetris or jeopardy clone, but all it'd be good for is showing off to people "hey I made a tetris clone." I agree that an RPG is hard (in the sense that it takes so much time, art, etc.) but even a primitive one with a system the style of dragon warrior or final fantasy can be fun. Perhaps the problem is not so much people wanting to make RPGs as it is standards being set too high when making an rpg. An rpg can work with minimal graphics, animations, and sound (remember castle of the winds anyone?)
entivore replied to entivore's topic in GDNet LoungeAh, so much better. Now I can take a look around without destroying my retinas. Danke
entivore posted a topic in GDNet LoungeIt's been almost a year since I last looked and boy has it changed. I distinctly remember gamedev having a dark background... so shock and surprise... it's all bright now. What a shock to the system.
entivore replied to benutne's topic in GDNet LoungeYeah, practice makes perfect as the old saying goes. One thing to try, is maybe make an entire program in psuedocode. See if you can describe every important little detail. Then try to convert into code. You should see which spots your thinking is too vague on and be able to improve them.
entivore posted a topic in GDNet LoungeI think it would be interesting to hear the stories of everyone of how they came across/joined gamedev's community. As for myself... I was looking for places to spa.... er I mean advertise... my need of a sprite artist. Never did get one that way. Almost, but they always lost interest. So be it :P. I stick around because it's nice being able to post when you're totally stumped on some code problem. (like the time I learned F10 is a system key)
entivore replied to mlw22481's topic in For BeginnersI also use borland c++ builder. You can use it as a standard plain vanilla cpp compiler, or you can take advantage of the drag-and-drop visual-basic like stuff which is really helpful for making certain types of programs (like data editors and things who you don't want to waste time designing interfaces for) The only thing though... (I'm using version 5.0, so they may have fixed this) there's this annoying "code insight" thing that gives you info on anything your mouse highlights, and you can only partially turn it off. Occasionally while I'm scrolling my code it'll lag for a second as it searches through the files for related info. Of course I code on my old computers and do everything else on my new ones so I'm not sure if it would stall on a reasonably fast machine. (Difference is Like 2 GHZ win XP vs 400 MHZ win 98)
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Danielle Bradbery Flawlessly Covers Faith Hill's 'Breathe' [Watch]
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Danielle Bradbery's Request Line is open, and this time, she's covering a country song. The young singer gives Faith Hill's 'Breathe' a go, and the results are … breathtaking.
Bradbery has delivered on everything from powerhouse Adele to the smash hit 'Say Something.' However, she's bringing it back home to the genre she's most comfy in this week, thanks to a request from Amy in New York.
"I absolutely love your single 'Young in America,'" Amy says at the beginning of the Request Line clip. "I would love to hear you sing 'Breathe' by Faith Hill. I think you would be absolutely amazing. Love you Danielle, have a good day."
Amy was spot-on — Bradbery's rendition is "absolutely amazing." Her Request Line renditions are stripped down, simple versions of songs, and this one is no different. Still, it's her most powerful yet. The 18-year-old singer opts to shoot in black and white so viewers can focus on her vocals. From start to finish, Bradbery's sound adds a little extra sugar to the sweet love song, and the chorus allows her strong voice to really shine.
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Disability Areas
Significant Learning Disability (SLD)
Specific Learning Disabilities means a severe learning problem due to a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in acquiring, organizing, or expressing information that manifests itself in school as an impaired ability to listen, reason, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations or reasoning, despite appropriate instruction in the general education curriculum.
Cognitive Disabilities (CD)
Cognitive Disability refers to sub-average general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficiencies in adaptive behavior and that adversely affects educational performance. Must meet criteria in all three areas:
Intellectual functioning
Adaptive functioning
Academic functioning
Emotional Behavioral Disability (EBD)
Emotional Behavioral disability means social, emotional, or behavioral functioning that so departs from generally accepted, age appropriate ethnic or cultural norms that adversely affects a child's academic progress, social relationships, personal adjustment, classroom adjustment, self-care or vocational skills. Behavior concerns must be severe, chronic, and frequent and evident in school and one other setting (home or community).
Other Health Impairment (OHI)
Other Health Impaired means having limited strength, vitality or alertness due to chronic or acute health problems and which adversely affects a child's educational performance. Some examples are: asthma, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, epilepsy, diabetes, heart conditions, lead poisoning, tuberculosis, etc.
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Traumatic Brain Injury means an acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psycho-social impairment, or both, that adversely affects a child's educational performance.
Autism (A)
A student can have a medical diagnosis or qualify through the criteria. Focus is on 3 criteria:
Significant difficulty in interacting with people and/or events
Social communication is significantly delayed/disordered
Demonstrates at least one of the following characteristics: abnormal development patterns in acquisition of motor, sensory, social or learning skills abnormalities in thinking process and ability to generalize learning, abnormal response to sensory input, demonstrates significant distress over change, a need for routine &/or preoccupation with objects.
Hearing Impairment (HI)
Hearing Impairment, including deafness, means a significant impairment in hearing that adversely affects a child's educational performance including academic performance, speech perception and production, or language and communication skills.
Visual Impairment (VI)
A visual impairment means that, even after correction, a child's visual functioning significantly affects his or her educational performance.
Orthopedic Impairment (OI)
Orthopedic impairment means a severe orthopedic impairment that adversely affects a child's educational performance.
Speech and Language (SpL)
Speech or language impairment means an impairment or speech or sound production, voice, fluency, or language that significantly affects educational performance or social, emotional or vocational development. Also, the student must meet at least one of the following:
Significant deficiency in conversational intelligibility
One or more phonological patterns are at least 40% disordered
Voice impairment over time
Fluency disorder demonstrated
Significant inadequacy of primary mode of communication
Significant Developmental Disability (SDD)
Significant development delay applies to children ages 3-5 who are experiencing significant delays in the areas of physical, cognitive, communication, social-emotional, or adaptive development. This category is being changed by extending the age. Focus is on a broad-based, general pattern of delay which does not fit into any of the 10 specific impairment categories.


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CRANFORD -The Taekwon-Do Center, a traditional martial arts school, has become a member of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF).
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Casino Bus Trip Supports Scholarship Fund
CLARK – The Gran Centurion Scholarship Fund is sponsoring a bus trip to the new Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Pa. on Monday, Sept. 27.
Playhouse Launches Online Video Contest To Promote Hairspray
MILLBURN — Paper Mill Playhouse has launched an online video contest entitled Hairspray's Dance Invention to promote the first show of its 2010-2011 season, Hairspray, opening in September.
Joan Rivers, Alice In Wonderland On Weekend Schedule
METUCHEN – This weekend, you can see Joan Rivers and Alice in Wonderland at The Forum Theatre Arts Center in Metuchen.
Clark Synagogue Offers Free Crash Course In Reading Hebrew
CLARK– With the Jewish High Holidays fast approaching, Temple Beth O'r/Beth Torah of Clark is offering a free five week crash course designed to allow one to read the prayers in the machzor, the special High Holiday prayer book, in the original Hebrew.
New Study Links Skin Cancers On Left Side With Driving
NEW YORK, N.Y. — A recent study from the St. Louis University Medical School revealed that nearly 53 percent of skin cancers in the US occur on the left, or drivers' side of the body.
The Kitchen Garden Comeback
HOBART, N.Y. – From the White House to your neighbor's backyard, it seems like everyone is planting a traditional kitchen garden these days.
Six Reasons to Play Golf
Golf is a strange game, particularly, to those who don't understand it. One must ask why so many people want so desperately to play the game as often as possible.
Atlantic City Bus Trip
RAHWAY — Rahway's AARP chapter will hold its monthly trip to Atlantic City's Showboat Casino on Thursday, Aug. 5.
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As we all know by now, the holidays are quickly approaching, and like I've said before, setting a budget for them is absolutely necessary to help keep your spending in check.
If you're anything like me, you tend to get more and more excited the closer it gets to Christmas. While there's nothing wrong with being excited for Christmas and giving gifts to your loved ones, this usually translates into me spending more than I anticipated on gifts for my friends and family. Plus, it's inevitable that I usually forget at least one person and end up having to spend more money on gifts after I thought I was done shopping.
In order to be better prepared, and hopefully avoid any budget overages, I've been thinking about my gift-giving list a little more carefully and conservatively this year. Here is my list of who I'm giving to and how much I'm planning on spending.
Dad – I've already purchased his gifts. I don't plan on spending any more on him this year. Total spent: about $40
Mom – I need to pick up one more thing for my mom this year. I'm not sure what, but I plan on spending no more than about $15-20 on it. Total spent (including what I still need to get): about $40
Brother – I've already purchased his gifts. I don't plan on spending any more on him this year. Total spent: about $60
Grandma – I haven't even thought about this much yet. Total (planned) spent: about $15-20
BFF ("D" and her hubby) – I've already purchased her gift. I just need to finish making it! Total spent: about $30 + my time
Friend "S" (and her hubby) – I've already purchased her gift. I just need to finish making it too. Total spent: about $30 + my time
Boss @ PT job – We usually do a group gift and each spend $5. Total spent: $5
Cleaning Lady – Usually a candle and box of candies. Total spent: $8-10
Donation to Angel Tree for Kids – Something off their wish lists. Total spent: $20
Just in Case I Forgot Someone – Total spent: $40
TOTAL Christmas Gift Giving this Year: about $295
As Christmas approaches, I'll keep you updated if anything in my plan changes, but I don't anticipate many differences. I'm hoping I'll be able to stick to my budget for the most part, especially since I've already purchases gifts for several people on this list!
What's your planned gift budget for Christmas this year?