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133 pounds
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|First appearance
Ming (明) was born on Kyoshi Island in the year 148 AG to Lien and Bu Xin, although her mother died in childbirth, and her father died soon afterwards. She was placed under care of another family, until they realised her skill at defensive fighting. After that, she was placed under the care of Ty Lee, a master chi-blocker. As she grew up, she began training with the other Kyoshi Warriors. She was a prodigy at chi-blocking, and was asked to be the leader of the Warriors. However, when she was twelve, Ty Lee passed away due to grief, after learning that her friend, Mai had succumbed to Pentapox. Ming was left with no-one to look after her, and no-one on Kyoshi Island was willing to look after her anymore. So, she packed up what little of her belongings remained after officials seized them due to unpaid 'taxes', and left for Ba Sing Se. She had heard from Ty Lee that the old leader of the Warriors, Suki, had set up a Chi-blocking school in the Upper Ring.
Ming travelled to Ba Sing Se as fast as she could, although it still took over three months. When she arrived at the capital, though, the guards would not allow her to enter the Upper Ring. She had no credentials, no proof she was from Kyoshi Island. She couldn't even make an appointment to see Suki. So, she turned around and began the long trek back home.
About halfway home, she came across a home and a barn that had been destroyed by a fire. She was hungry, and so she decided to have a look, to see if there was anything worth taking. She decided to look in the house first, as the occupants would have kept their food there. She couldn't see anything, and so left the building. Ming was about to check the barn, when she heard a noise. Curious, she followed the sound towards an apple tree. There, underneath, was a small child, about two or three years younger than herself, crying. She was going to ask what was wrong, but saw quickly the reason. He was sitting in front of three crudely made gravestones.
He must have heard her, because he stood up and ran back towards a water trough. She tried to talk to him, but he just kept backing away. So, she gave up. She yelled towards him and told him that she was leaving to go to Kyoshi Island, and he was welcome to join her. She left the property and walked several hundred metres away, where she sat under a small tree and made a crude tent. By the time she had a fire going, he was approaching her, but wary of the fire. He still didn't speak a word, and she now knew why. His face was horribly burnt, half his nose was gone. But he didn't cry or whimper. Ming didn't even know if he knew. All she knew was that he probably needed a friend. And so, she shared her food and warmth, and he shared his sadness. It practically poured from him over her. As they travelled together, sometimes his grief would overcome her so much, she could not move of pain and suffering.
Ming learnt his name was Aten, bringer of the Light. She saw the irony, and felt sad. On their journeys, she began teaching him to Chi-block. His face healed slowly over time, although the scar was massive, and he would not allow a healer to have a look at it. One day, as they were sparring, an older man came up to them. He told Ming that she was very graceful, and would be honoured if she would join his circus. He told her he would pay a fair sum, and even more to Aten if he would become the main attraction for his freak show. She agreed to join, but would not allow him to use Aten as an attraction. They began to travel with the circus, and she never did go back to Kyoshi Island
Ming is a Master Chi-blocker, second only to Ty Lee herself. Ming is also very good at surviving in the wild, as Mai had taught her all about which plants were good to eat and which ones where poisonous. She also knows how to use the Kyoshi Fans, but doesn't like using them as they restrict her movements.
Ming is a serious person, especially around Aten. She finds it difficult to talk to people due to her prowess as a warrior, and she finds it difficult to converse with people whose lives don't revolve around fighting.
Ming assumes a motherly personality around Aten. This way, she knows she can protect him, and can show love for him. This is also a problem, as she doesn't fully understand her feelings for him. This is because she is so close to him, but is still several years older.
Ty Lee (Master)(deceased)
Lien (Mother)(deceased)
Bu Xin (Father)(deceased)
Aten (Best Friend)
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For the collective works of Fruipit, go here. For The Origin of Despair, go here.


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Attempting to portray a screen legend like Marilyn Monroe seems like the kind of thankless task for which a director would need to find an inexperienced actress who didn't know any better — but fortunately for Simon Curtis, whose My Week with Marilyn adapts a pair of Colin Clark memoirs inspired by his time on the set of Monroe's The Prince and the Showgirl, Michelle Williams was ready and willing to take the job. And while the events that unfold in the movie amount to little more than a footnote in Monroe's story, her empathetic work in the role helped lift My Week above rote biopic material — as did the reliably solid performances turned in by an ace supporting cast that included Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond, and Eddie Redmayne. As Stephen Whitty put it for the Newark Star-Ledger, "No other actress has quite understood the frustrated, maternal side of Monroe that informed so many of her performances. Or quite recaptured that absolutely luminous quality she had on film."Show full description
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To think NHS do gooders need to realise that the patient is not always right(647 Posts)
I've had a right few weeks of it. I'm an auxilliary nurse and my morning normally starts by taking breakfasts around the ward. Picture the scene if you will - a trolley full of cereal, bowls and milk and a pot of hot porridge.
I walk into room one = "would you like breakfast this morning?" patient (full mental capacity) says "well before all that I'd like you to fix my TV. I cant get the channel to turn over." I say "well I'll see to that after breakfast, would you like some cereal?" he says "not until my TV is fixed ... can't you just do it, it will only take a minute (so everyone else should wait until YOUR TV is functioning before they get their breakfast and you don't see that as selfish at all?) I don't say this - I remain professional.
Imagine a few more patients who decide that their TV/Slippers/Laptop chargers etc are more important and then the unfortunate patients who receive cold porridge as a result -
Next I take a tray of hot toast around = One patient demands "I want it buttering and cutting into thin strips." I explain that she will either have to press the buzzer for someone else to come and do it or wait until I have finished delivering toast before it gets cold. "But I want it NOW!" she demands. Ok, so it's fine that everyone else will receive cold toast? that's ok with you is it?
Imagine more of the same throughout the day
"I can't get my phone working!" = well I'm taking care of a rather ill patient at the moment, it will have to wait." "that's it!! I'm making a complaint!!"
"I want you to wash me." = "I will help you but you have to wash what you can yourself." = "why?? its what you get paid for!!!" no actually - I get paid to help people back to independence and to care for those who genuinely can't do it themselves ... " - "Ive had no sleep!! I want you to wash me! I can barely move I'm in so much pain!!" (well walking down the stairs for a fag 10 minutes ago must have been agony then eh?)
I'm sorry, but could it not be said that sometimes, just sometimes certain patients are not always right and that as staff members we should not live in fear of one of these people complaining that we're not jumping through hoops to keep them happy? And no I've never had a complaint against me - I do that nursey thing of taking the abuse and maintaining a smile. Just lately I can't quite shake the notion that the NHS (and Britain in general) is so bothered about political correctness and ultimate customer satisfaction that it's actually counter productive. Why are we all so polite??!
Totally agree that for some, a working TV is important but it's so bloody frustrating to have a tray of toast in hand, buzzers going off right left and center and a patient screaming at you "never mind the toast, fix my TV!" - then 5 minutes later "you expect me to eat this??? it's cold!! how does it take so long to go around with toast???" and then "you promised me 5 minutes ago to give me my tablets!!!" replied with "no I didn't, I can't give medication, you need a staff nurse for that" - "well where is she???" - "I don't know, probably with another one of her 16 patients but I'll look for her and tell her you want her" - "don't bother, it's too late now!"
Jesus, Mary and Joseph. You just can't win. Fix the TV, let the porridge go cold, Mavis won't eat cold porridge which is unfortunate as she has been given cold porridge for the past 3 days. But hey, as long as the TV is working eh.
I've just had a really, really shit few weeks and I'm fed up. Of course it's not the patient's faults, it's the way the NHS is "run". But if I was in hospital I can't imagine asking the nurse with a tray full of toast or two hands full of medications to fix my TV. It's common sense when someone is busy, surely? But then yes, I can imagine it's frustrating to be sat there for hours on end without a tv because everyone is busy. God I don't know what the answer is. Ive just had enough I think.
Also, I'd never leave someone without a bed pan. Even in the case of:
"I need a bed pan." 5 mins later "I don't think I do actually." - just as I'm walking out of the room "oh yes I do! bring it back." - a few seconds later "no, I can't go on this, I need you to take me to toilet." ... in the meantime "you nurse have been faffing in that room for nearly half an hour!! I asked for a cup of tea ages ago! it's disgusting!"
This is a situation of two auxilliaries on a ward of 33 patients so maybe my judgement is clouded.
OP, do you work on a private ward? Those patients who pay are much more 'entitled'. We have housekeepers on our ward who give out the food so I am fairly lucky there. I agree with what you say about the smokers. It amazes me how many people maintain how very poorly they are but manage to nip out for a fag every hour. I love it when they miss the doctors' rounds, and the docs discharge them when they find out the patient is outside smoking. Love, love, love it. And if a patient is well enough to watch TV, they can bloody well go home and free up the bed for someone who is actually ill. It isn't the bloody Ritz. YANBU.
I don't see why your awkward patients who ask unreasonable things have anything at all to do with NHS do-gooders who try to ensure that patients do not die from dehydration or wet themselves for lack of a bedpan.
Or is it really changing TV channels that the do-gooders worry about?
MIL believes that FIL's death was hastened by dehydration and malnutrition; the nurse used to just dump his jug on the table- FIL was deaf and blind and wouldn't have known it was there, let alone been able to reach it. MIL herself was being treated for cancer and couldn't sit with him all the time.
Are you saying do-gooders shouldn't worry about this situation because you have unreasonable patients who grumble about the TV channels?
hazelnutlatte is spot on: patients don't know who is supposed to do what.
This is what happens in any sector who are working with the 'general public'.
I'm a nurse but don't feel that people should be grateful for whatever they get on the NHS despite me knowing precisely what is going on 'behind the scenes' in terms of low staffing, lack of resources etc.
I have seen ridiculous complaints investigated. One particular sticks in my mind of a gentleman complaining his personal property was confiscated on an acute MH ward. His personal property being a knife which was returned to him on his discharge (because it WAS his property which had to be returned).
These complaints do take up time and resources but we HAVE to have a system where complaints are taken seriously and investigated.
I have sadly seen shockingly bad care and events at times which have led me to almost beg service users or carers to make official complaints and they have declined to do so.
Unfortunately in a very stretched service with limited resources (MH services particularly suffer) it is often only through complaints that senior management will take notice and effect change.
I see some posts on MN where people are talking about MH services 'refusing' to admit someone to hospital. I don't know the individual case that they're talking about so it may be that that individuals care team don't think admission is appropriate but I do know that sometimes there are literally NO mental health beds in the entire UK!.
I was seriously physically attacked by a service user last year who felt I was ' withholding' a hospital admission. I was not. That day there were no beds anywhere and that includes in private hospitals who will hold NHS patients at a cost for the local NHS trust of thousands of pounds a week.
The short-sightedness of hospital trusts closing NHS beds over the last 3 decades and building new hospitals with less beds but at enormous cost through PFI has led to this.
People complaining is the only possible way that things MIGHT change. If we have to waste time on 'non complaints' while doing so; so be it.
I don't quite understand. You don't have to think or act as if 'the customer is always right' in this role, you do have to be calm and polite while you get on with your job, as you are being.
Where has the idea in your mind, that 'the customer is right' applies in this situation, come from?
If your bosses have told you that this is the case and indulging people's whims while ignoring medical priorities is what you should do and what your performance is being measured against, then there is a problem.
If not and you and your bosses are clear on your job role and priorities, complaints won't be a problem, as silly ones will be dismissed for the nonsense they are.
So yes, people can be selfish and demanding, especially when they feel powerless and uncomfortable. Grin and bear it while getting on with job. Yes, it must get very wearing some days, for that, sympathy.
But railing against political correctness is meaningless nonsense in this situation. Political correctness in real life = acting with consideration and lack of prejudice = good manners. What you are complaining about but haven't made a case for, is the idea that the NHS management has made a decision to prioritise indulging patients' whims over treating them. I don't think I believe you.
I've spent a lot of time in Nhs hospitals over the last few years. I think you are underestimating just how totally terrifying being "cared" for by some nurses is. Some people are mean and thoughtless. I've met many fantastic nurses, but also some frankly terrifying ones.
The lady who needed her food cut up, was presumabley not able to eat it unless you helped. So you thought it was a good idea for her to sit and look at it going cold while you ensured everyone else could tuck in to a nice hot slice? At best she could hope to sit and wait till someone came back to enable her to eat her cold toast.
Surely changeing the channel wouldn't have taken more than pressing the right button for him.
I don't know what a DO GOODER is in this context, but most people get judged on there performance at work. Most people put up with criticism.
You sound utterly lacking in the will to make your patients comfortable.
if a patient is well enough to watch TV, they can bloody well go home
How well do you need to be to watch TV though? It's certainly easier than reading a magazine, doing puzzles or chatting- all of those require you to do something, whereas with TV you can be passive and just lie there. It's boring in hospital, you need something to pass the time even if you don't remember anything about the programme you just watched. Watching TV is something I only really do when I'm not well and can't be bothered with any sort of interaction!
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
In my 15 years I've learnt what I can do will never be good enough until someone enforces adequate staffing levels.
Watching TV is infinitely preferable to listening to the ailments of the other patients
Just lately I can't quite shake the notion that the NHS (and Britain in general) is so bothered about political correctness and ultimate customer satisfaction that it's actually counter productive. Why are we all so polite?
I think this is the nub of your post - why the NHS service culture has not moved on since the War and acknowledged that some people aren't needy gratefuls, they are greedy ungratefuls.
It's YOUR NHS. You, as a worker, need to sort this out, tell your bosses, tell whoever you need to to get this to change.
I recently sat in a renowned hospital while a surgeon spent hours to-ing and fro-ing between a child who had no consent from his parents to have the operation and the 'back office'. Why didn't they just say sorry - come back when you have signature and parental ID. No. They sat there chattering politely making jokes with his carers who thought they could swan in and over-ride all the protocol because of their 'exceptional circumstances'. It must have cost the taxpayer hundreds if not thousands of pounds and wasted a hospital bed.
If the NHS didn't waste so much money on health tourism and fraud perhaps you, dear nurse, would be a little more willing and able to butter someone's toast for them and fix their telly. I can't stand this pseudo martyrdom that the NHS feigns, when they are perfectly capable of changing things.
The amount of times I've had people say 'your dd isn't poorly enough, there are many more worse off than her' etc etc and use that as an excuse not to provide support. 'It's terrible, there just aren't the resources to go round'. Well make sure there are then but please don't turn round and tell me you won't help my child, whose care has been paid for by generations of her family paying national insurance for decades.
Hahaha, I'm a nurse, I know exactly what you mean.
I usually say to the really unreasonable patients something along the lines of "well I guess you won't be coming to this hotel again, will you?" (nicely and with a laugh - no need to be rude or nasty, even if they are!)
A lot of people don't understand that a hospital is not a fucking hotel.
It can be. If you are willing to pay.
Understaffing is the reason why I spend my days at the hospital when DD is relapsing. When relapsing she is often immobile from the neck down, so unable to do most things for herself. The ward staff are often too busy to help and in some cases they couldn't give a shit. If I am not there to help then her only choice is to lie flat on her back looking up at a ceiling until someone can spare the time to help her.
YANBU - I'm astonished by how rude and entitled some people are. I think worst example I saw was the time I was in A&E with DS, everyone got bumped back because of a major road accident, yet a woman with a broken finger made a complaint because she wasn't considered a priority.
You sound overworked. It is the nature of things that some people are bad patients, but they still need loving care and attention, unfortunately there are just not enough nurses, etc. to go round.
You see OP, you will never get your point across on MN. There will always be posters justifying bad behaviour of service users, even when they know nothing about that patient, because, you know, they've seen evidence of poor care so the patient must have too.
Didn't you know the TV is your fault? If you report it or fix it yourself, your doing a good job.
You should cut up that piece of toast, because, you know, someones relative didn't have their toast cut up. Even if the patient you're referring to was doing a crossword 5 minutes ago, her hands must be too painful to cut it up herself.
Do you know, that you, yes you can change the whole culture of the NHS all by yourself if you just tell your ward manager?
Why didn't anyone think of that before?
I know exactly what you're talking about OP, but this thread will not end well for you, because you must be doing something wrong in some peoples eyes.
I still think the NHS can do a lot lot better at saving resources. There could be a lot better preventative healthcare for instance, more therapies. Mental healthcare is abysmal and crises could easily be prevented by better more timely care.
And all the faff about A&E. Give people a GP then, if they need help they need help, they can't wait for two weeks while the GPs shuffle their waiting lists to meet targets.
And please don't fill childrens wards with TVs (and no headphones) so nobody gets any rest. And why bother with TVs at all? We're not all going to suffer some kind of brain failure if we don't have a screen in front of us.
OP there are awkward buggers in every walk of life, and they don't get any less awkward because they are ill (probs more).
It's not very politically correct to say but I think being ill gives everybody the mindset of a 5 year old and nurse is "mummy". They are tired, hungry in pain and frightened and that tv/phone/toast IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD. They aren't aware of the other patients needs / your workload and so don't consider it.
All you can do is apologise for how busy you are and say you will be back as soon as you can.
As for meal times our ward has a 40 min meal service (no ward hostess), you have to pass out, help feed and collect in at this time. If there is one of you and you have 4 -6 people to feed - someone's getting cold porridge aren't they?
On another note people who ask for cups of tea / extra blankets/ a breakdown of auntie Mabel's day during another patients CPR (true story and not just the once). I'm afraid they can sod right off and the complaint they put in against me for (politely) telling them so was thrown out.
YABU to suggest that this is anything to do with "political correctness". What is political about any of this?
I am only a hospital cleaner < hides we always gets the blame>
I see stressed out nurses and NA who try their best but juggling everything they need to do, people do have to wait.
I suspect that part of the problem is that (at least in our local hospitals) patients are charged to have TV facilities -- £3 a day at ours. And if they are paying for a service they expect to get it, and it's not at all clear who they ought to be asking in order to get it fixed. Pretty much any time you see anyone official on a hospital ward they are in the middle of doing another job, so if there's a fault with your TV then in order to get the service that you are paying for you need to interrupt someone who's doing something that is, in the grand scheme of things, more important than your television service. If there were no televisions or we went back to the days of free TV then patients wouldn't care as much.
"if a patient is well enough to watch TV, they can bloody well go home" -- being able to open your eyes and point your head in a particular direction is a pretty low bar, but it's encouraging to hear that the awesome power of television can apparently heal wounds, clear up infections, perform diagnostic tests and monitor O2 sats, among a host of other things. The last relative of mine who was watching TV in hospital was suffering from terminal multiple organ failure, but it's interesting to hear that he was actually well enough to go home. Perhaps someone should have told them that before they cremated him?
So because you get patients not knowing or understanding why something isn't possible then and there (bearing in mind at home they would be able to just do something so being dependent on someone else can be a shock and they don't necessarily know the correct channel to get the assistance they require), you think they are just arseholes?
By mentioning 'NHS dogooders' you are very much suggesting that people who complain or are fighting to improve services don't have good reason to and the culture should be to ignore patient requests as they are simply too demanding or rude.
That attitude is not constructive in encouraging legitimate and important complaints. In fact it encourages a put up, shut up and be grateful for what you get culture. Its not healthy and this is what people are fighting to change because legitimate complaints have been found to be systematically ignored.
Nor are you employing even the slightly ounce of empathy at why patients may be frustrated or whether there may be something more to why they are asking for certain things which you should do before you go round bitching about patients on a public forum.
I very seriously question, if you are in the right job, if you can not cope with these requests and can not appreciate that your comparison between patients who may be rude has nothing whatsoever to do with people who are trying to improve the service and ensure that basic levels of care, respect and dignity are being met.
You MAY have a case to say that some patients are being over demanding, but the problem is you loose your argument by also throwing the 'NHS dogooders' comment into your debate, as its is belittling to those who should complain.
Patients don't have to be private to be like this.
I remember 10 years ago when i was an auxillary i was helping a lady to the toilet and a man came to the door demanding that i fix the phone for him at his bed. I politly told him i would be there as soon as i had assisted this lady to be told 'I fought in the way for people like you and you don't even want to help me now do you?' and stood and watched and glared at me the whole time i was assisting another patient. When you have worked on a ward with 4 auxillaries to 3 staff nurses in a 36 bedded ward dealing with mainly elderly you understand.
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STARRING: Tawny Roberts as Tawny, Eric Masterson, Holly Hollywood, Nicole Sheridan, Evan Stone, Randy Spears, Voodoo, Rich, Chris Cannon, Cher Main, David Stanley, and Agent Aeon
CREDITS: Written and Directed by David Stanley
SCENE 1: "Sharing A Taxi Cab" (Holly Hollywood, Tawny Roberts, Evan Stone and Eric Masterson)
This is supposed to be a touching love story between a porn star and a lonely guy. But it ends up to be a surreal and uneven mishmash of sex scenes and period pieces trying to follow a hokey storyline. Writer/director Stanley also seems to be showing the innately passive aggressive nature of marriage. Socio- psychosexual messages aside; I sometimes feel that the producers don't seem to know what they want out of this movie.
After a nighttime bender, a goofy Ryan (Evan Stone) is ushered out of the club by his buddy Ben (a relatively chaste and in "leading man" mode Eric Masterson). As they try to hail a taxi, they literally run smack into blonde beauties Tawny (a rather uninspired Tawny Roberts) and Paulette (a skanky Holly Hollywood). They eventually decide to share taxis. During the trip, the foursome develops into separate couples: with Ben teaming up with Tawny, and Ryan going with Paulette.
At their apartment, Ryan and Paulette decide to fool around in Ryan's room as the other two spend an evening of bonding and romance (in other words boring). In Ryan's bedroom, a hot encounter ensues. The two frolic in bed as Ryan slaps Paulette's pussy before eating it. Meanwhile Ben gives Tawny a tour of their digs. It's like a scene from "Sideways" where the drunken friends start fucking away in the other room while the other two try to be civil in the living room. In this case instead of wine they talk about porn, which precipitated after Ben finds out that Tawny is a porn starlet. Hardly the topic of a romantic evening. The scene moves from the living room to the bedroom. Ryan is busy munching on Paulette's muff, eating her clit and finger fucking her. All the while, they are getting rowdy. Evan howls while Paulette can only moan loudly. After tasting his pussy soaked fingers, the two perform a 69. Soon, Paulette does a mean twirling-the-head-while-stroking-the-cock method. Sex later begins with a bouncy cowgirl and a mish. Our blonde vixen whose top shirt consists of loose black threads, takes it off.
SCENE 2: "What They Saw" (Tawny Roberts, Randy Spears and Eric Masterson)
While this is all happening, Tawny and Ben go to the sofa. Tawny starts holding his cock underneath his pants and caresses it. This is started when they pop a DVD and watched one of her opuses. In the movie, Tawny is busy cleaning someone's pipes in an outdoor verandah. The pipe belongs to Randy Spears. What a lucky guy he is as Tawny has proven herself a cocksucking pro. After a cock stabbing oral, the duo maneuvers to a butt-slapping standing doggy. She sure enjoys it when she gets into more sexual skirmishes with a lusty RC. Tawny slides herself down into Randy's love muscle, getting herself thoroughly skewered. Then cut to a mish on the sofa. In it, Randy starts pumping away. Tawny finds the next erogenous spot as she plays footsy on Randy's cock as she rubs it. Randy starts jerking off till he shoots his gooey creamy load on her feet. Tawny then eats the cum.
We go back to find Eric reacting dramatically to Tawny's manual ministrations. In the other room, Evan finally shoots his load onto Holly's boobs. Eric, on the other hand, is just filled with awe while Tawny gives him a satisfying hand job, though we don't really see it. Then in a momentum killing moment, Eric and Tawny have a lengthy heart-to-heart. Though they seem into the conversation, I can barely listen to what they're saying! They seem to be in some romantic interlude. They kiss romantically before the scene ends. At this time, my attention is already elsewhere.
Minutes later, we see the two lovebirds now about to get married. The wedding is officiated by a freaky-looking priest. The guest list also looks freaky. In her bedroom, Tawny waits nervously while Eric is in the bathroom, worried. Then while in a pregnant moment, maid-of-honor Holly suddenly kisses the bride. Tawny fends off her advances. There's more hokey dramatic tension but it proves to be immaterial. As the wedding commences, there's a funny moment where Tawny The Bride is being given away by Randy Spears, the guy she had a sex scene with previously. Later, the groom leaves the bride on the church, too chicken to commit. Eric then goes inside the limo to contemplate on what he had done. This scene has the dramatic impact of a guy picking his nose.
SCENE 3: "Inside the Limo" (Tawny Roberts and Holly Hollywood)
Cut to the insides of the limo where two blondes – Tawny and Holly -- are frolicking as Eric watches and David Stanley looking like a freaky porn director wannabe. This is supposed to be Eric's unconscious at work. How this scene serves on the story's internal logic is beyond me. By this time, I don't really care anymore. Holly starts eating Tawny's shaved pussy. But her cunni abilities aren't well developed. I liked the lighting and the dance floor-like interiors of the limo though. Holly starts licking her female costars cunt, mercilessly tonguing her clit. But we all know Tawny is just overreacting. The muff munching goes on indefinitely. Soon Tawny is sitting on Eric's lap (Eric looks away, in guilt) while Holly is plugging a weird looking purple sex toy with rotating tube into Tawny's twat. It's a bit shameful that the sex toy had more effect on Tawny than her female co-star. As David blurts out directions like he just took crack, the two girls change positions as Tawny gets gets her own two fingers inside Holly's crim. She then attacks Holly's clit with more tonguing, which elicits more groans. Holly bumps and grinds to meet with Tawny's mouth and fingers. Then Holly puts out all the stops as she pumps her mouth and fingers into Holly's pussy.
Cut to the (un) dramatic scene where Tawny, Holly, Randy and Evan are in the living room. Randy tries to console Tawny, who looks like she just spilled red wine into her favorite dress instead of looking truly devastated. Then Tawny has a weird look on her face as a sexual fantasy asserts itself in her head.
SCENE 4: "Stealing A Hot Moment" (Nicole Sheridan and Voodoo)
Voodoo and Nicole are one of the wedding guests. When these two get horny, they don't care where they do the deed. Somewhere inside the reception area, they manage to find a couch where the husband-and-wife team shows us what they're really made off. Voodoo takes off her top to reveal her augmented creamy white boobs, while a stupid laugh track is heard. Her pussy and ass gets some special attention as Voodoo slaps them. Nicole then starts sucking his schlong while she exchanges spit with him. He soon face fucks her then makes her spreads her pussy on the sofa for a charming spread eagle. She jerks herself off before Voodoo sucks her fingers. The haymaking begins with a slow, but momentum-building mish. Nicole stricken with Tourette's tongue lashes out to Voodoo as he slip slides on her love canal ride. The slow fucking continues with a spooning. At this time, Voodoo's already slick, humongous love wand drives her to a quick succession of mish, bouncy cowgirl, augmented with more bumping and grinding. We see the cute belt that she has on that spells SEXY as she receives a mish. She starts shouting and moaning as she comes internally. She then kneels down and gives him a hand job till he drips his cum out. We see her drooping boobs as she cleans herself from cum.
As the party continues, we get more unnecessary chatter between Randy and a shorthaired blonde (which is wasted because the audio is too low). They start making out. One by one, it seems everyone is getting sexed up. Then we shift to a black and white short where Tawny is made to eat some hors d'oeuvres by Eric, which she disapproves. Eric then gives him champagne. That moment is completely lost to me, as I don't know what the hell it means!
SCENE 5: "Marital Bliss After Threesomes And Food Sex" (Tawny Roberts, Rich and Chris Cannon)
More romantic interludes occur, before moving to a split screen where Tawny gets frisky with the best men, Rich and Chris. She spreads her legs while the ornery guys massage her thighs. Slowly the two studs are undressing her. They seem oblivious to other guests just beside. Minutes later, Tawny is now topless and is busy making out with her courtesans. It looks like it's a dream. She soon unzips Rich's pants and liberates his sleeping Junior. She then sucks his boner like it's the best delicacy ever! Chris makes himself useful by burying his head between her butt cheeks and hungrily dines on her privates. Chris apparently is in pussy heaven. As can be expected in threesomes, the three soon engage in finger cuffing as Rich introduces an insistent spooning on her twat while her mouth is kept busy sucking Chris' dong. Rich's cocksmanship is sure and hard, distracting Tawny from the sucking at hand. Unscathed by this coital attack, Tawny leans on a table, bends over and receives a doggy. She raises her legs to reveal white stockings as her vag gets stuffed with kielbasa. Rich pumps her good and hard. Afterwards, she turns for a mish finger cuff as cock is shoved into her mouth. But Rich soon gets his cock down to get her full attention. Tawny then sees the wedding cake nearby and claws it. She then smears the icing into her boobs and onto the other guy's cock. Chris expresses his appreciation as he clubs her clitoris. Soon the two guys are jerking off on her as they shoot cum on her mouth and boobs. Interestingly enough, our resourceful cunt mixes the icing and they're cum together as a lotion.
After the sex, Eric suddenly comes into view and stares at a defiled Tawny. In a corny sequence, he approaches her. He hands her a flower, which she throws on the floor and steps on. She then slaps him on the face, and then kisses him on the lips. I take it that the two still wants to get hitched. Oh-kay! Things may seem to look swell up until the honeymoon where the two didn't seem to it off. A rather confusing ending that made my head hurt rather than my cock.


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Weight Watchers digital scale, amazingly accurate & easy to use!
I bought the **Weight Watchers Bathroom Scale** over two years ago. Of all the scales I've ever owned I can finally reccomend one. *It's amazingly* *accurate*, *easy to...Read complete review
I bought the **Weight Watchers Bathroom Scale** over two years ago. Of all the scales I've ever owned I can finally reccomend one. *It's amazingly* *accurate*, *easy to u*se, *and the* *digital numbers are easy to read*. I love the *slim design* and that it has a *handle* so I can store it easily under the vanity cabinet. The battery life is still going strong. If your looking for *practical and ease of use* then this if the bathroom scale for you!
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The Weight Watchers Digital Glass Scale Is Not Worth the Wait
The multiple readings and malfunctions tips this scale toward the junkyard! The Conair Weight Watchers Digital Glass Scale #WW42D was a big disappointment.
Honestly, I really tried to like this...Read complete review
The multiple readings and malfunctions tips this scale toward the junkyard! The Conair Weight Watchers Digital Glass Scale #WW42D was a big disappointment.
Honestly, I really tried to like this scale as I am a big fan of many of the Weight Watchers products(especially the food-Yum!). The scale just failed to perform the simple tasks it was made for.
**Strike One: **The first problem I had with this scale is how to turn it on! According to the instructions, you are supposed to tap your toe on the center area of the glass top to switch the power on. Great feature- if it worked! No matter how many times I tapped my big toe on the middle part of the glass, no dice(I don't even think sasquatch's huge toe could get this thing to power on properly!) I had to life the scale off the floor with my foot to get it to work. Pain in the kazoo!
**Strike Two: **The next issue I had with this scale is in it's weight measurements. Now, I'm not walking on the moon or carrying tapeworms, but this scale showed 10 completely different weights in 10 tries only seconds apart! How can this thing show pounds off just seconds between measurements? Who knows.
**Strike Three: **I was apprehensive about the glass surface of this Weight Watcher's scale, because I wasconcerned about the look and durabilty of it. That was fine, but the scale picks up dirt and grime and shows it off way too much.
With that being said, this is not a good scale to own. You can find better for the money.
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Comments about Conair Weight Watchers Digital Glass Scale #WW42D:
I LOVE THIS SCALE. It's so easy to use and you can save your weight and 4 people can save theirs.
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Overall, I like the features that this scale has, especially for the price of it. It is durable, fairly stylish and easy to read your weight. It also seemed to work whether you were standing on carpet or on tile or lineolium. It is a nice product to have at home if you are on a weight loss journey and want to keep tracking your progress.
This one is ranked where it is because of the fluctuations that it has. If you always weight yourself in the exact same spot, it seems to be fine. But if you move the scale a few feet one way or change the surface that it is on, your weight will be different. I've seen up to a seven pound difference depending on where I weighed myself. I think there would be less of an issue on a more expensive sale.
This scale survived a move, has been dropped and withstood bathroom humidity all while performing fairly well.
I like the sleek look of the scale and the fact that it is small and portable and easy to keep out of view.
Because of the variations between weights depending on where you use it, I have no real idea of how accurate this scale is in comparison to one that is calibrated on a regular basis.
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I really like this scale but it must be cleaned quite often due to the fact it's glass and prints are everywhere. For the cost, it's a great buy.
The scale is pretty much spot on all of the time. It weighs down to the tenth of a pound so any fluctuation in your weight the scale will pick up.
It seems very durable as long as it's not lifted and dropped, it should be fine. I've only had this scale for 6 months so I'll know more as time goes on. Up to now it seems very durable.
I actually really like the design and being clear, it goes well with the decor. it does need to be cleaned a bit more than a standard scale because it's clear.
Ease of Use
It's actually pretty simple. You tap the scale with your foot to activate it and once the reading shows 00 you get on it and it weighs you. Simply step off and it tuns off automatically.
It actually seems to be very accurate as I get the identical reading when going to the doctors office and the supermarket which uses very good and accurate scales.
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I wanted a stylish looking scale that would match the design of my bathroom. This scale caught my eye because of the sleek glass surface and metallic touches. It looks great in my bathroom. It is super easy to use, I just step on it and it detects the weight and gives you a digital weight. To my knowledge, the reading is accurate. I have had this scale for about a year now and no problems whatsoever thus far. The only caveat is the glass surface, while pretty to look at, needs to be cleaned a lot to keep the nice look.
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This is a very handy scale to have around and extremely accurate. I have compared it numerous times to the weight taken at a doctors office and it is always right on the mark. it is also really cool looking in my bathroom, I love the design! The price is very affordable as well.
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We have had this scale for a little over a year now, and I'm very pleased with it. It gives consistent readings and is accurate, and is easy to use. It looks nice too, which sounds funny since it is a scale, but i appreciate that it is so nice looking. It has some cool features that I really enjoy using and is reasonably priced.
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I like the conair products, I've always purchased them over the years. I'm so happy with this scale. I'm satisfied with the price, and it gives me an accurate weight.
Great scale. Love the glass, and digital aspects of it.
Strong long lasting scale.
I like the way it looks, so cute, and stylish.
Ease of Use
My weight tends to go up and down, this scale really helps to determine my immediate pounds.
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I love this scale. I think the design of this scale is so unique and cool. I use this glass scale so often I'm surprised it hasn't broken. The scale is still very accurate and extremely durable. The overall performance of this scale is superb. Worth the money.
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I bought my scale 2 weeks ago from BIG LOTS. It was quite appealing to the eye in design and the price wasn't too bad. I stepped on the scale and recorded my weight to be 194.6 an hour before showing up to my annual Dr.'s appt. Once on the Dr.'s freestanding scale, I weighed in at 186.5. My Conair scale was off by 8.1 POUNDS! Not good. I was so discouraged at seeing 194.6 and was prepared to request my doctor help me take drastic steps to reduce my weight before it spiraled out of control. I had started my plea of desperation, when she interrupted me and said, "Actually your weight is down 5 pounds from last year." OH MAN! WHAT? REALLY? And suddenly I went from sliding down hill -- QUICK -- to experiencing an awesome ascent, though no thanks to my affordable Conair scale. Today I shop for a new scale.
It just doesn't work properly. It's only function is to weigh accurately. The ConAir CN2010 modes DOES NOT weigh accurately (from day 1).
The parts are all perfectly in tact, but the scale still doesn't weigh accurately at all.
It's very aesthetically appealing, smooth and sleek.
Ease of Use
The instructions yield you to tap the face of the scale to turn it on, but that feature has NOT EVER worked for me. I have to lift the scale off of the floor and sit it back down, to get the 0.00 to come up.
The ConAir CN2010 is always +8 - +10 pounds off. If you don't know your weight prior to standing on it, you may be subjecting yourself to depression if it's inaccurate.
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Bought this scale to try to keep a handle on my weight. I weigh myself right before going to doctors office and each time weight is right on. Super accurate compared to doctors office. Also like the ease of cleaning. Clear glass no grooves to collect dust and dirt. Can also switch to weight in kg. Great feature for cheaper model
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"A great deal of political attention at international, regional and national levels has been focused on the question of marketing and advertising foods and beverages to children. The food and beverage industry...is making significant progress in both expanding and strengthening advertising self-regulatory processes globally...we recognize that, where it is not already the case, we should apply our individual marketing and advertising commitments on a global basis."
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- The European Advertising Standards Alliance: The European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA) has conducted pan-annual European monitoring exercises since 2003 for the food and non-alcoholic beverage industry to verify compliance with the ICC Consolidated Code on Advertising and Marketing Communication Practice (2006) and the ICC Framework for Responsible Food and Non-alcoholic Beverage Marketing Communications (2006) and national self-regulatory provisions and laws. In 2012, EASA was commissioned by the World Federation of Advertisers and the EU Pledge Secretariat to review food and beverage brand websites belonging to EU Pledge member companies to determine compliance with the EU Pledge commitment on company-owned websites. A consumer-oriented approach was adopted and conducted by seven European self-regulatory organizations (Czech Republic (CRPR), France (ARPP), Germany (DW), Poland (RR), Spain (Autocontrol), Sweden (Ro) and the UK (ASA)), who reviewed national brand websites of EU Pledge members in order to assess the appeal of marketer-owned websites to children under the age of 12 years. Some of the elements analyzed to determine "appeal" include games, toys , animations as well as ease of language and navigation. In total, 210 national brand websites were reviewed of which 41 were considered as appealing to children younger than 12 years. Of these 42 websites, 11 were found not to comply with EU Pledge criteria as they promoted products to children, which did not meet the nutritional criteria of the companies.To read the full report, click here.
- The Union of European Soft Drink Associations UNESDA: In 2012/2013, UNESDA appointed the independent monitoring company and broadcast expert, Ebiquity, to audit compliance with its commitments on marketing to children to the European Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health. The five largest EU markets (representing approximately 65% of the EU population) were monitored in 2012: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. UNESDA members were found to be 99.35% compliant on their commitment to not advertise in television programmes where 35%+ of the audience comprise children under 12 years. This is consistent with the independent audits of 2006 and 2010 which each recorded compliance rates of 99%. Members were 100% compliant in print media (consistent with the 100% compliance level in 2010 and the 99.72% compliance level in 2006); 100% compliant in online media (consistent with the 100% compliance level achieved in 2006 and 2010); 100% compliant with its commitment not to target children under the age of 12 years in the digisphere; and 95.11% compliant on company-owned websites.
To read the full report, click here
- Australia:The Responsible Children's Marketing Initiative (RCMI) and Quick Service Restaurant Initiative for Responsible Advertising and Marketing to Children (QSRI): The Australian Food and Grocery Council's report for 2014 involves two monitoring components: an external audit and complaint adjudications by the Advertising Standards Board (ASB). Overall, compliance with the RCMI and the QSRI core principles during their sixth year of operation was very high, with 99.7% (RCMI) and 99.5% (QSRI) of signatory advertising being compliant with their commitment under the initiatives. This compliance rate exceeds that recorded in the 2013 Annual Compliance Report (99.5% and 99.2% for the RCMI and QSRI respectively). Results of the external audit found there were some foods that did not meet the signatories' nutrition criteria advertised during children's television programs. These occurrences were found to be mainly inadvertent, resulting from either the provision of bonus airtime by the television network or the late scheduling (or change in scheduling) of programmes and were not undertaken at the direction of the signatories. The audit also found that over 60% of breaches occurred on one channel, demonstrating particular need for communication and diligence with this network.
To read the full report, click here
- The Australian Food & Grocery Council — Research Report : In May, 2012 the AFGC released the results of an independent study undertaken in 2011 which indicated that RCMI was having a positive effect on reducing children's exposure to high fat, sugar and salt food and beverage (non-core) advertising. The study found that advertisements for non-core foods had fallen to 1.6% of all food and beverage advertisements targeted to children under the age of 12 years on children's television in Australia across eight channels and 0.7% across three channels. According to Australian advertising information service Commercial Monitors, this represented a 60% decrease compared with 2010.
To read the full report, click here
- Susannah Tymms Independent Review of RCMI (2012): The AFGC commissioned an independent review of the industry's advertising to children self-regulatory initiatives (RCMI and QSRI) by Susannah Tymms, an expert in agriculture, food and biotechnology policy. The review found a "unanimous, emphatic and enduring commitment to ratification of these Australian codes that limit marketing activity and opportunity" and that these codes have "effected significant changes in marketing principles and strategies within signatory businesses." Furthermore, the review found that the Advertising Standards Bureau performed its functions in a manner which represents an international best practice model for complaint resolution.
To read the full report, click here
- The Canadian Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative: In September 2016, Advertising Standards Canada (ASC) released the 2015 compliance report. The report confirms continuing high levels of compliance by the 17 participating companies in meeting the programme commitments. ASC also reports that the category-specific uniform nutrition criteria that came into effect at the end of 2015 (to replace company-specific nutrition criteria) have resulted in improvements to many foods advertised to children through the reduction of sugar, sodium, and saturated fats. ASC also conducts an annual spot check of children's television advertising. In 2015, the spot check covered 60 hours of programming during which 1,468 commercial were aired. The analysis showed that the majority of television advertising directed to children was for toys, games, DVDs, in-theatre movies and attractions. In 2015 food and beverage commercial accounted for 9% of commecials aired, representing a 25% reduction from 2014, and all were for CAI-approved products.
To read the full report, click here
- The U.S. Children's Food and Beverage Marketing Initiative: In December 2016, the Council of Better Business Bureaus published the compliance and progress report for 2015 for the Children's Food & Beverage Initiative (CFBAI). The report noted that overall pledge compliance was "excellent" and that participants in the initiative, which represent the majority of food advertising on children's television programming, have "made measureable progress in improving the nutritional quality of the foods they advertise to children." To read the full report, click here