I've also had the experience of overhearing people say things like widescreen DVDs cut off part of the picture.. That is just wrong. In fact, the opposite is true. For those of you who don't know, here's a crash course on the difference between widescreen and full screen. Movie screens are rectangular. TV screens are square. (Or at least most of them are; HDTVs are changing this rapidly.) When you transfer a rectangular image to a square TV set, it doesn't fit.
Foster care: Licensed foster care is made up of individuals or families who have requested to be able to take dependent children into their home. Foster homes are licensed and inspected regularly, and foster parents go through a rigorous interview process before being approved.
Foster parents do not pay. Foster care subsidies are available for children in state custody. Although there are exceptions, intensive foster care parents receive daily stipends of $50, and regular foster parents receive about $20-$25 daily.Quarterly clothing funds (from $185 - $282), medical and dental insurance coverage, and financial help for birthdays and holidays are also provided.Federal and state statistics put the number of Massachusetts children in foster care at 9,650 compared with about 400,000 children nationwide. Local kids in need of foster care, up to age 22, are in the custody of the state Department of Children and Families (DCF) and Department of Youth Services.