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A Trial of Booklet Based Self Management of Dizziness
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|Behavioral: Self-treatment booklet Behavioral: Remote telephone support
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Evaluation of the Cost-effectiveness of Booklet-based Self-management of Dizziness in Primary Care, With and Without Expert Telephone Support
- Self-reported measures of dizziness [ Time Frame: Measured at beseline, 12 weeks and 1 year. ]
- Quality of life effects of dizziness [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline, 12 weeks and 1 year. ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
No Intervention: Routine Care
Participants will receive routine care.
Active Comparator: Booklet
Participants will receive self-treatment booklets, but no expert telephone support.
Behavioral: Self-treatment booklet
A booklet outlining vestibular rehabilitation exercises
Active Comparator: Booklet &Therapist Support
Participants will receive self-treatment booklets, and up to an hour's expert telephone support.
Behavioral: Self-treatment booklet
A booklet outlining vestibular rehabilitation exercisesBehavioral: Remote telephone support
Up to an hour's remote support from an expert vestibular therapist
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Chronic dizziness has a prevalence of up to 25% in the community, and 1 in 10 working age adults and 1 in 5 older people report some degree of handicap due to dizziness. Dizziness can lead to reduced quality of life, anxiety and emotional distress, loss of fitness, unsteadiness and vulnerability to falling. Reviews of the management of dizziness have concluded that no medication has well-established value or is suitable for long-term use, and vestibular rehabilitation (VR) is now recommended as the treatment of choice. Professor Lucy Yardley has carried out trials showing that chronic dizziness can be treated effectively using a self-help booklet to teach patients vestibular rehabilitation exercises that promote neurological adaptation and skill and confidence in balance. These exercises are carried out for 10 minutes twice daily at home, and involve gently increasing the speed of making normal head movements. However, brief support from a trained nurse was provided in these trials, and this model of managing dizzy patients has not been taken up due to a lack of skills and resources in primary care.
We have received funding to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of two new models of delivery of vestibular rehabilitation. Our primary aim is to test the hypothesis that provision of the self-help booklet teaching vestibular rehabilitation exercises, with up to one hour of remote telephone support from an expert vestibular therapist, will be more effective than routine care in reducing symptoms (and therefore also disability and handicap) in dizzy patients in primary care. We will also explore the extent to which patients may benefit from provision of the self-help booklet without support. We will determine whether these models of delivery are less costly than routine care of dizzy patients, as they should reduce the number of patients seeking referral to secondary care for unnecessary assessments.
This trial involves patients taking part in either a 12 week self-treatment programme (with or without telephone support from an expert vestibular therapist) or routine care, and completing questionnaires before and after the self-treatment, and also one year later. We will recruit 330 participants with dizziness who are registered with 30 general practices around Southampton and Berkshire. The trial will be carried out approximately between June 2008 and June 2011.
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|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Be 18 years or over
- Be registered with a participating GP
- Must have visited their GP for dizziness in the last 2 years
- Must complete the consent form, and baseline questionaire indicating they are still suffering from dizziness and that quick head movements make them dizzy.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Non-Labyrinthe cause of dizziness identified by GP
- Medical contraindications from making normal head movements
- Serious co-morbidity
- Moved away from practice
- Recently deceased
- Non-English speakers, and unable to read/write in English.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00732797
|United Kingdom
|Hampshire PCT and Berkshire PCT
|Southampton, United Kingdom
|Principal Investigator:
|Lucy Yardley
|University of Sothampton
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|Responsible Party:
|Prof Lucy Yardley, University of Southampton
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00732797 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|August 7, 2008
|Last Updated:
|August 11, 2011
Keywords provided by University of Southampton:
vestibular rehabilitation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Sensation Disorders
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Vestibular Diseases
Labyrinth Diseases
Ear Diseases
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
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What are dreams? Where do they come from? Why do we have them? These three questions are ones I would like to know the answer to, because I want to know why I have to go through these nightmares all of the time. The following dreams are ones that I can remember.
One dream that I had was when I went to a grave yard with my best friend, and suddenly, a large woman (like Miss Trunchbull out of Matilda) wielding a pair of giant shears, jumped out of nowhere, and sliced my best friend's head off. I then ran for my life, looking behind me and seeing the "woman" running after me. Anyway, the dream then ended.
Another terrifiying dream that I have had is the one when I was kidnapped by a masked man. I tried to fight but he shoved this foamy stuff down my mouth so I could not speak or cry for help. He just stood there, giving an evil smile, when he grabbed hold of me, repeatedly smacking my head off the floor. Not funny!
Just last night (and this provided the inspiration for me to write this) I had a dream about a terrorist attack. It was when I had some of my family round, and my aunt's phone said it detected a bomb inside the room (don't ask me how) and we had to move very slowly in case we disturbed the sensors and set them off. Then the phone told us that it was inside the dog! The dog then got up and walked around, and everyone was hysterical, terrified that it might set it off! I cannot remember what happened after that.
The final nightmare which I had (and also last night) was one where I was mixing a few drinks, like vodka, gin, tonic etc to taste it. When I took a sip, there was an explosion, and I could not
hear anything except for a ringing sound. I shouted but I could not hear myself shout!
To conclude, I think I need help in understanding where these things come from! Anyway, feel free to post your comments on what you think.
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i have a repetitive dream ... as a child over and over, a loud humming the feeling of being chased it terrified me then someone told me if you told someone about your dream you won't dream it again. so you know that is totally untrue and I still dream it ,though now its not as terrifying perhaps after you spilling out your dreams here they may lose there effectiveness
Wow, those dreams would be horrible to have :( I am sorry. I am lucky I suppose, I hardly ever dream, or I don't remember my dreams. But despite all of your nightmares this piece is well written. I hope you check out my poem "Freedom at last" and share your thoughts on it in the near future.
Isn't it funny how as you're dreaming something outlandish, at the time you're dreaming, it all seems logical. I very seldom remember my dreams, and it's a good thing I don't; I'm already messed up!
Wow, you really hit a nerve. I've had twisted and scary dreams my whole life, and I have always wished that there was a pill that I could take to make my dreams go away. The main character in my novel CAN'T dream, and never has (long story), but this plot development was inspired by my frustration at the sick nocturnal journeys that my subconscious mind takes each night. (And I thought I was the only one!) Nice post! Thanks.
It is funny how we are attacked by our own imaginations as we sleep. I don't know what your dreams mean, but you obviously have a very interesting imagination. Oh, and Your last dream would make for one hell of a scary anti drinking ad! I actually only had one nightmare until the age one 19, and then I had one almost every night for two years. I still have them to this day but not as often, and they're not as severe as they used to be.
wow, what horrible dreams, i will now think myself lucky that i dont often dream xxx
Dreams are like soap operas. The scenes hop from one episode to another with no particular ending. You may be chased down a hall by a maniac and the next thing you know you're jumping from a cliff and bolt straight up in bed. Holy Toledo that was fun, can we do it again? Yeah right, once was enough on that ride and I shouldn't have ridden it the first time.
I think sometimes what you are going through in your waking life...gets carried over in your unconscious life..like the dream world...but idk :)...liked the read though!!!!
I love dreams, but I now understand where you get all of your novel ideas from! From your dreams of course! You should definitely makes a novel out of some of those! :D
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I've always been fascinated by dreams, and yours are very interesting, so I have a short list of what your dreams including explosions/explosives could mean.(I'm not saying I'm an expert on dreams, I actually have a dream dictionary) A bomb in one's dream could symbolize an explosive situation, events producing anxiety, your own aggression, fear of death, social bombshells, etc. An explosion could symbolize anger, a dramatic release of energy in making changes in self-expression, social upheaval, etc. I'm just taking these out of the book, I don't know if any of this would have any actual relevance to you, so I hope this isn't offensive. I know somewhere in here it also says
if you are able to connect your dreams to an origin in
your life you stop having them. I don't know if this is true. Hope this helped a bit!
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Cute idea, I like the concept you came up with and especially that you gave him goggles.
As for critique, I think what it lacks to be one of these enchanting dreamy night scenes is, above all, contrast. You used dark and desaturated colors, which makes sense cause it's night, but you need light to make other parts appear dark and you need some saturation to make the shadows appear misty. Otherwise they just appear dull to the viewers eye. If you'd google 'night scene' for example you'd instantly see what I mean.
So what is this babbling about? I'd recommend adding some hightlights, a moon maybe or at least make those stars 'pop' a bit more and and some blues or purples in the mix. The cloud needs some defining too, this is again due to the lack of contrast. The shadows are only slightly darker than the midtones and highlights are basically non-existant.
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20. Jan 2012, 06:02 AM
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A flaw in McAfee's security suite has allowed users computers to be hijacked and enrolled into a botnet. Saddest thing for the customer highlighted here is their own email address has now been blacklisted by McAfee as a spam agent so they can't contact them
IMO McAfee has always been one of the poorest performers out there and yet folks still dish out their hard earned dosh to install it.
Yup...I visited one of my relatives a couple of weeks ago..He told me that he had purchased a new laptop and had paid for a one year McAfee subscription for Rs (INR) 2,100 bucks or so...
(he works for the IT sector, BTW and I'm just an arts graduate who is interested in computers).......
Being the "nice" guy that I am gently told him that Microsoft had a free antivirus package which was quite good and there are also lots of freebies in the market......
His reply: He prefers "paid" stuff???
Yes, signature based solutions (all antivirus packages) will get things wrong...AVG, Avast, even MSE (I think they flagged Google Chrome as a virus recently). Norton et al. are improving, but it is too late, since:
1. MSE is really really better.
2. In built OS defenses have improved a lot (UAC, ASLR, DEP, LUA, etc...)
3. Browsers now come with a lot of defences
But of course, there is always human stupidity....
Jokes apart, speaking of McAfee.....
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Browns await free agent frenzy
At this point it's all immaterial. The Browns have $45 million in salary cap room and they either can't, won't or were told not to expend any of it on a veteran leader.
Where will the money go?
Well, some will go to a kicker and a punter to replace Reggie Hodges. Need would point to a cornerback opposite Joe Haden (Chris Gamble anyone?) and 3-4 outside linebackers.
Lots of rumors have the Browns interested in Baltimore outside pass rusher Paul Kruger. The rumors make sense, given it's a need and it would weaken a division rival.
The name of Detroit defensive end Cliff Avril has surfaced, but Avril is a 4-3 end and the Browns are playing a 3-4 system.
The team wants to bring in a quarterback to compete with Brandon Weeden, but the trade of Alex Smith to Kansas City and the Dolphins re-signing of Matt Moore leaves the free agent choices slim, at best. Guys like Chase Daniel, Brian Hoyer (a restricted free agent) or Jason Campbell are among the better options, which pretty much indicates the rumored trade for Ryan Mallett of New England won't go away any time soon.
How the Browns operate in free agency will be fascinating to watch, and will provide a blueprint for the Jimmy Haslam-Joe Banner era.
Cleveland's excess of cap space has most predicting it will spend lavishly. That has rarely worked in Cleveland, or elsewhere, but the fact it doesn't work never stops teams from doing it.
Conversely, new owner Jimmy Haslam has downplayed a spending spree, stating repeatedly that the team will build through the draft.
It's a logical approach that has been proven in places like Pittsburgh, Baltimore and most recently Cincinnati.
Free agency and the draft always prove to be the most exciting and interesting time of the year for Browns fans.
Which unfortunately sums up their reality as the NFL news cycle marches on.
Late night discussions begin at midnight.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With experience in the business, education, accounting and legal industries, the Haney family thinks they have what it takes to make some cash in real estate by "buying, fixing and selling" houses, said Austin Haney, 29, of True Blue Developers LLC.
"We were watching too much HGTV," said family patriarch David Haney, who owns and operates E&H Manufacturing — a member of the Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia.
"Investing in real estate was always an intriguing idea, but we hadn't taken it seriously."
That is, until he attended a free three-day investment seminar in South Charleston. It was associated with A&E's popular television series "Flip This House."
David and his wife, Brigid, a curriculum specialist for Kanawha County Schools, knew it wasn't a get-rich-quick scheme, but they "saw potential and were excited," David said. "I called Austin, who worked for Enterprise Rental Cars in North Carolina, to see what he thought about coming home and starting a business."
Austin was an accounting supervisor but felt the position was too low-key.
"Accounting was mentally challenging, but boring," he said. "So I decided to give flipping a shot."
The family attended another seminar the next month. This time there was an expense involved.
They were provided with "access to a ton of information, documents, instructional videos, templates, coaching and support calls and more," Austin continued.
"So within three months, we had our business license."
With Austin on board to manage the numbers, adding 26-year-old Katelin to the mix was the final piece of the puzzle.
Her legal training from Florida Coastal School of Law would give the family business an extra edge.
Since she hasn't sat for the bar exam yet, she is acting as a consultant and operations manager.
So far the best thing about TBD is, "We are all back in Charleston," David said.
"Long term, this allows us to be financially comfortable and build up a retirement income."
In the 18 months since starting their business, the Haneys have bought, rehabilitated and either flipped or held four local houses for a net income of $88,000.
"There is a learning curve, and we started out with one project at a time," Austin said.
"Now that we are more confident, we are expanding operations and taking on more projects," David said. "We actually made an offer on a house today."
Flipping houses is not easy, they agreed. There are financing considerations, building codes, real-estate market ups and downs, economic concerns, getting the right contractor for the job and more to consider.
"We have a set of guidelines to factor into whether a property has good potential or not," Austin said. "But every property is different."
David added that they generally look for "distressed or outdated property in a neighborhood that will support the sale," once the repairs and updates have been completed. Turning a project into cash can take some time and it depends on many variables.
"Our time frame really ranges," Austin said. "Our goal is to keep improving these time frames as we go along and get more familiar with what we are doing."
Case in point: A 1,100-square-foot, three-bedroom, one-bathroom house on Bard Avenue in St. Albans — just listed for sale — was purchased at a cost of $30,500 only two months ago.
The Haneys made extensive renovations at a cost of $34,000. TBD put on a new roof, updated the electrical system, put in central heat and air, completely remodeled the kitchen and put in new appliances, new floors, a chain-link fence and railing on the front porch.
"We aren't do-it-yourselfers and always use licensed contractors on every job," Austin said. "Buyers want to know things were done correctly and contractors usually know about current code specs."
They are asking $92,000 for the property, which would produce a return on their investment of about $28,000.
The Haneys don't always "rehab and resell." The 2,300-square-foot duplex on Lancaster Avenue in Kanawha City — with both a one-bedroom and a two-bedroom unit — is being held. That means they are renting the apartments. It took about seven months to purchase, renovate and rent.
"We really don't want to focus time on property management, but the income potential increases over time with rental units," Austin said.
The purchase price for the duplex was $65,000 and renovations totaled $53,000 — a total investment of $118,000. Since the property appraised for $170,000, TBD has a net gain of $52,000.
Another way to make money flipping real estate is wholesaling, which amounts to being paid a finder's fee. "We got a hot lead on a house on Virginia Street," he said. "We didn't do a full rehab, just paid utilities, interest and made minor repairs before selling it."
They cleared $2,100 in about five months.
But it isn't all fun and games. It's business. And with every business, there are risks.
While TBD hasn't actually lost money on a deal yet, that reality is always in the back of their minds.
For that reason, David and Brigid haven't quit their day jobs. And that's a good thing.
The Haneys bought a big 3,600-square-foot, four-bedroom, 3½-bath house in Putnam County's Fox Run subdivision at auction for $165,000 over a year ago.
"We moved too quickly on this one without doing all of our homework," Austin said.
The rehab cost was another $89,000.
"I figured it was a better deal than it actually was, and we have learned a lot on this one," he continued. "We joke and call it an expensive lesson."
David agrees, "Sometimes it smells like a rose, but it's not so sweet."
The house listed for just $5,900 above the total investment.
Austin said what is most important is that all the issues cited in the home inspection were addressed as requested and the house is in tiptop shape now, just waiting for the right family to call it home.
Funding commercial real-estate investments is not the same as a typical home loan with a 10 or 20 percent down payment.
"Commercial loans have a completely different set of guidelines," Austin said.
But TBD uses private loans. "For us, it all depends on the private money or hard-money lender terms to which we have negotiated and agree," he explained.
"We borrow the entire purchase price and estimated rehab costs for each job and then pay it all back at the end when the house sells, including all accrued interest."
While the Haneys are experiencing success flipping houses, "Everyone defines 'success' differently," Austin said. "In a business like this, there is an equal mix of short-term and long-term success. We are still working on the long term goals all the time, but day to day, we measure our success by our results on each project," he continued.
Austin believes TBD is set apart from similar businesses because their "combination of varying skills and mindsets — from four completely different career paths — have come together to make an awesome team."
While there is a learning curve and lots of room for error, "The goal is to learn from the mistakes and grow without feeling defeated," he said.
The Better Business Bureau has a warning for folks who attend flipping seminars like the one the Haneys were inspired by. "Be prepared to read contracts thoroughly, look for hidden fees, and know exactly what you are signing up for," it said in a recent news release. "Get all promises and earning claims guaranteed in writing."
The Haneys are active in the establishment of an association of real-estate investors where they hope to "network professionals, share knowledge and share opportunities." Anyone interested in joining may contact TBD at 304-343-9999.


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List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: CORBY CASTLE
List entry Number: 1087717
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County: Cumbria
District: Carlisle
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Wetheral
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Grade: I
Date first listed: 01-Apr-1957
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15/137 Corby Castle
1. 4.57. I Castle. C13 tower house encased in later buildings: additions c1630 and c1690, with present facade built between April 1812 and September 1817, by Peter Nicholson for Henry Howard. Red sandstone ashlar, slate roofs. 3 storeys, 5 bays to south front, which has tetrastyle Greek Doric porch, flanked by arcaded loggia above which is a central tripartite window and a Diocletian window on 2nd floor. West face of 3 storeys, 7 bays, has open Greek Doric loggia connected to central recessed bays: both facades have cornice surmounted by the Corby lion (heraldic device of the Howard family). Interior includes; Grecian entrance hall with moulded plasterwork to ceilings and niches; 1720's main staircase of 3 flights, with twisted balusters and ramped handrail; medieval spiral staircase in original tower; mural paintings of Alpine scenes by Matthew Nutter of Carlisle, in bedrooms. Set in grounds laid-out between 1708 and 1729 by Thomas Howard, incorporating many buildings and features listed separately. See Country Life, 7 January 1954, p.32-35, 14 January, p.92-95.
Listing NGR: NY4708954201
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21St Birthday Cake
This was one of those 'surprise ending' cakes. Requested it to serve 55, wanted metallic silver and mardi-gras purple, with guest of honor's nickname on cake... still haven't figured that one out! I practically used up a whole jar of luster dust on that star layer! Oooo - just realized how loose my foil was. How tacky! LOL


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Forced to Try
For my Lil' Love, Lily
"Eeeew," my best friend Liz said, "you actually lick Rose's pussy?"
"Well, sure. She likes it, it's fun, and I love the way she tastes.
You said yourself you like licking Mandy, so what's the difference?"
"She's your SISTER! And besides that, she's not even a year old yet!
She still wears diapers... I mean, what if ... what if she peed?"
My friends Gwen and Kate gave Briana a look that said it all.
"Grow up" I said "it's not that bad when she does. And she can't help it."
"When did you first do it?" my friend Gwen asked.
"Right after she was born of course. Mom had her here in the house instead of the hospital so we both could."
"I wish I could've been there to see it," said Kate.
"We have it all on tape, we can watch it sometime if you want to."
"That would be so cool!" Kate answered excitedly, but Gwen had an even better idea.
"I'd rather watch you do it right now!"
My friends all looked at me as if I'd been given the dare of the century. Of course, to me it was no big deal.
"Sure. I'll go get her," I said, and went to my mom's bedroom where Rose still slept in a crib in the corner. She had her eyes closed now, but she didn't seem to be asleep, she was moving around some. I brought her back into my room, and laid her down in the middle of the room, where my friends and I formed a circle around the 6-month old infant.
"What if your mom comes in?" Briana asked.
"It's OK, she likes it when I show Rose attention and love. Sometimes she joins in too."
"Gross." Briana said. "She's old." I was wondering if inviting her to my 6th birthday party sleepover was a good idea after all. At this rate, I didn't even know if I could trust her not to tell people, but it was too late to go back now.
"She's not THAT old, Briana." Said Gwen. "She's still a teenager you know. Some people don't even start having sex until they're teens." My mom had gotten pregnant with me when she was only 12 years old. She actually seduced her younger brother Mike thinking he was too young to get her pregnant at only 11, but she was wrong. The inside joke was still that Rose would always be her favorite mistake.
"I couldn't imagine not having sex again till then," said Kate. "I don't even like going a day without it."
I began to take off little baby Rose's diaper, which would leave her totally naked on the hardwood floor. "Some people just don't think it's right for some reason. They think you're supposed to wait until you're 18."
Gwen said, "And yet, they don't stop fucking when they turn 30... if you can fuck after 18, why not before?"
Kate nodded her agreement, her eyes never leaving little naked Rose.
I decided to make a show for my friends. I knew none of them had ever seen such a perfect tiny little cuntlet like my sister had. I knelt at her head and used one hand to spread her tiny little pussy lips apart lewdly. "Doesn't she look delicious?" I asked my friends.
They all nodded, and I saw Kate's hand trail inside her panties and I could tell she was slowly and gently rubbing her own pussy in excitement.
I bent my head down and gave Rose a slow long lick that made her tiny cunt glisten and shine wetly. I sucked her tiny little clit into my mouth and nursed on it like a nipple a bit, before driving my tongue deeply into her baby-hole. I made a few thrusts like I was fucking her with my tongue, and then spit directly on her cunny to make it all wet and slippery. I rubbed my spit in with one hand, and even scooped some thick saliva up and gently pushed it inside her tiny body. Then I went back to sucking and kissing her most delicious body. It made her toes curl, just like my mom's do when I eat her out, and she smiled and cooed in delight.
"Wow, she really does like it," Gwen said, and I nodded.
Gwen and Kate both got naked, and both were stroking themselves. Kate was still moving slowly as she could, but now with increased pressure, and she was starting to moan. Gwen had a different method, she was hard and rough with her body, pinching her nipples and pulling on her pussy lips, stretching them. She pinched her clit between her finger and thumb and pushed hard on it, and rolled it between her fingers. I thought I saw some thick white moisture beginning to ooze from between her legs.
Briana seemed more interested in my other friends than the naughty act I was performing on my baby sister. I was determined to get her more involved.
"Briana, do you wanna try it? It's real easy, and fun. You can see she really likes it, and she tastes amazing too."
"Nah, I'm having fun watching." She said. She wasn't liking it. She'd been brought up different than the rest of us and couldn't allow herself to enjoy it.
"Could I lick her Jen?' Gwen said. "I wanna lick her too!" cried Kate.
"OK you two. Gwen, you asked first, so you can have first crack at her. Kate, why don't you give her a kiss?"
"Can I?" She asked astonished. The idea of kissing the infant seemed more foreign to her than licking her pretty little twat.
"Sure. She's not great at it yet, but she's getting better, and it's almost as much fun as eating her out. Then you two can switch off when you're ready."
They began doing as I'd suggested, and both began moaning loudly. They took turns kissing, licking, and sucking every inch of my newborn sister's body, and looked like they were in heaven.
Meanwhile, I started talking dirty to Briana, trying to get her as hot as the rest of us were. "Look at those two, the way they're devouring Rose's body with their tongues. Have you ever seen anything so hot and sexy before? Wouldn't you like to taste her, just a little? She's going to be a little baby-slut. Mom says when she has her clients over, they'll all want to not only fuck me but they'll all want to play with her too. I can't wait til she has her first taste of hot sperm – I want to see her covered in thick gooey globs of it all over... mmmm, wouldn't that be fun to lick up? When it happens, I'll make sure we get it on tape so you can see. I'll want to watch it all the time anyway..."
She was politely ignoring me. Here I was, her best friend, offering her the opportunity to lick and kiss and caress and just... enjoy my little baby sister, and she didn't want any of it. Partly, I felt bad because she wasn't able to enjoy it, and partly, I knew that if she really didn't like it, she might not keep it quiet forever. A plan began to develop in my mind.
Meanwhile, my other friends were doing all kinds of things. They had sucked Rose's nipples, they'd both run their fingers through her tiny baby-slit, and they'd both drank lots and lots of her little baby-juices. Now, Kate and Gwen were on opposite sides of Rose, each with one of her tiny hands in theirs, guiding it towards their own cunts. This was hot – little baby Rose was about to fist fuck both of my first grade friends!
Her tiny hands were able to easily slide in and out of my friends' well-worn pussies. They'd both been sexually active before, and both took their own virginity with household objects – Kate with the handle of a hairbrush, and Gwen with a big fat pen with a cartoon cat on the end.
As Kate and Gwen both neared their climaxes, I was surprised to see them dismount my sister. Gwen squatted over Rose's face and pinched her nose closed so her mouth would open to breathe. Instead of air, she got a mouthful of 6-year-old cunt. Kate faced the other way, back to back with Gwen, and her pussy rubbed across baby Rose's tummy. Kate we all knew was a squirter, even at 6. Sure enough, she ended up gushing and shooting her clear cum all over the baby's chest and belly.
I whispered to Kate and Gwen when they had finished cumming, and told them of my wicked plan. They nodded emphatically and giggled a little.
I took Rose up in my arms as Kate and Gwen teased Briana with their fragrant flowing cunnies, waving them in her face. "You don't wanna lick Rose, but you still wanna play with us, right?" Gwen sounded like a true nympho.
The girls pinned Briana down by kneeling on her, each trapping an arm under them. Their pussies were both right in her face. They was all she could see and all she could smell. Soon, they was all she could taste. Finally she was having some fun.
That's when I took her ankles and spread her legs apart. She probably thought I was about to go down on her as she went down on my friends. It would have been fun, and I was tempted, but this time, it was Rose's turn. I placed the baby between Briana's legs and guided her mouth to Briana's clitoris. She probably thought it was a strange nipple of sorts, and she began to latch on and try to milk my friend's juices.
Despite herself, she began making mewling noises when that began, and I knew I had her. We all kept this up a little while, but eventually, it was time for the final stage of the plan. Keeping her arms pinned down beneath their legs, they reached down and picked up Rose, placing Rose's pussy right on Briana's face. She squirmed and fought. She didn't want this at all. She tried to get up, but couldn't. As Gwen held the baby in place, rubbing it's soaking wet cunny over Briana's lips, Kate pinched her nose and made her open her mouth if she wanted to breathe.
Briana fought as long as she could, but then I made it even harder. I started licking her pussy roughly, like she craved. I jammed my tongue up inside her deeply, and fingered her vulva as I did. She cried out in heat, but made no sound because of Rose's pussy there. Finally, she had been forced to eat my baby sister out. After just a few seconds, she resigned herself to her fate, and gradually, we could all tell she was getting really into it.
Soon, she was eating pussy with gusto. She was licking hard and fast, she was sucking not only the baby's clitoris into her mouth, but I think she was trying to suck her tiny cunny inside out. She began thrashing in ecstasy and I was starting to get flooded with Briana's thick gooey cum, and that sent me over the top. Soon, we were all cumming at once.
It must've been about that time that my eighteen year old mom came in to see me licking out Briana as Briana tried to get as many fingers as possible up Kate and Gwen's six year old cunnies as they kissed each other deeply and to top it all off, Briana was now thoroughly enjoying the 6-month old pussy she'd been forced to taste.
The sleepover was going to get really interesting I thought, knowing that mom could never pass up an opportunity such as this. Even better, King, our great dane was with her...


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Fed Focus
Today the Fed will be wrapping up a two-day policy meeting and will announce its latest interest rate policy this afternoon. This is expected to remain unchanged, but what will change is that for the first time ever, the Federal Reserve will include an outlook on interest rates in its policy announcement. We should see the market react strongly intraday following the news with wider swings like we had seen in past years when rates were more subject to change.
The typical Fed reaction is usually in two sets of three reactionary waves on two time frames. The first is on the 1-2 minute time frames with an initial reaction, a secondary reaction, and then a third counter move. It is not uncommon to see the second reaction play out more strongly than the first. This entire set of three waves then creates the first wave of a larger set on the 5 minute time frame. This larger set is easier to trade, particularly the second and third waves, because by that time things have started to slow down a bit.
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Battlefield 4 Multiplayer Hands-On
Skyscrapers come crashing down and Commander Mode returns as we sample the multiplayer side of Battlefield 4.
Commander Mode is back. The holy grail of Battlefield multiplayer, not seen since Battlefield 2142, is returning after an absence of three games, and following some persistent lobbying from fans. DICE felt the time was right with Battlefield 4.
If you weren't around back then, or if you've only played Battlefield on console, you may wonder what this is all about. Don't worry; we'll get to that. For now all you need to know is that Commander Mode is just one of the pillars of Battlefield 4 multiplayer. The other one is a skyscraper.
We paid a visit to the Stockholm offices of DICE to learn more and be among the first in the world to test the multiplayer of Battlefield. We were re-introduced to Commander Mode and the significantly improved Battlelog, and given a brief demo - after that we were invited to sit down and try it out for ourselves.
The map we sampled is called Siege of Shanghai, and according to creative director Lars Gustavsson, it's based on an idea the developers have had for some time, but only now get to realise. It's a Conquest map for up to 64 players with five control points set in central Shanghai. It offers a varied urban environment, and more vertical action than any previous Battlefield map.
Tanks and lighter vehicles make their presence known as they thunder down the streets, while helicopters chase eachother in between the high rises. There is a lot of variation with control points positioned in diverse locations. One of them is found in open terrain, another one in a parking garage, a third one in a metro station. The most central point is located on top of the aforementioned skyscraper, placed on a small peninsula in the centre of the horseshoe-shaped map. It's so tall that the only way of reaching the top is via helicopter or elevator, and once you're on top you can easily base jump to any of the other four points. Holding this position is of vital importance.
One of the areas DICE has focused on with Battlefield 4 is something they refer to as "levelution". Simply put this is the concept of player actions influencing the layout of the map. If you're familiar with the most recent entries in the series, you may have picked up on slightly toned down options for tearing down buildings and blowing up scenery in Battlefield 3, when compared to what was possible in the Bad Company games. Battlefield 4 is a return to form. For instance, you will be able to blow up supporting pillars in the metrostation, and in doing so opening up a hole in the road above potentially trapping vehicles, while also providing you with a new exit out of the station.
And then there's the skyscraper. What do you do when the enemy is positioned on top of the building and dominating the match from above? Well, you take out the heavy artillery - C4, rocket launchers and tanks - and focus your fire on supports on the south side of the building. As these supports fall, the building begins to crumble, glass shatters and falls from the sky and before anyone can yell out "Timber!" the whole thing comes crashing down. The skyscraper pretty much disintegrates as the floors collapse on top of each other. The end result is a massive cloud of dust and debree that more than doubles the size of the peninsula where the building once stood. The once hard to reach control point has fallen from the sky.
It's an impressive sight to say the least. My jaw literally drops the first time we see the building tumble down. It happens three more times during our play session and I can't help but grin each time. I've never seen anything like it. It's the sort of thing that has previously been reserved for scripted cutscenes and major story points. You can stand on top of the building and follow it down to what amounts to Ground Zero.
DICE casually mentions that the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Battlefield 4 will support 64 players much like the PC version, and they will run at 60 frames per second.
Time has come for Commander Mode. It was first introduced in Battlefield 2, but disappeared as the series transitioned to consoles with Bad Company. The basic idea is that one player on each team has a tactical overview and is able to issue commands to the players on the battlefield. The commander is also able to make use of tactical aids such as deploying drones, jamming the enemy scanners in a certain area, supply drops, and more. The Commander also gains new abilities - or assets as they're called - depending on what points his team is currently in control of. This category of abilities include Tomahawk missiles, calling on AC-130 gunships or airdropping vehicles (the game picks suitable options depending on the location, so there's no risk of dropping tanks in the ocean).
The commands you issue can be as simple as directing your team towards a certain target, but the Commander can also choose to speak to individual squad leaders through voice chat. The squads have internal voice chat set to default, a feature many felt was missing in Battlefield 3. The squad sizes have been increased to five instead of four this time around.
In Battlefield 4 the Commander is not seen on the actual battlefield, unlike previous games in the series. There is no risk of getting stabbed in the back by an enemy while you're trying to direct missiles to their targets. This also means that the Commander isn't included in the 64 player cap.
We should mention something about Battlelog at this point. Previously this interface could only be accessed through a web browser, but now it's an integrated part of the game. All features, from stats to the option of jumping into a friend's game, can be reach through the in-game menu. Or you can pick up the tablet App that will be made available on both iPad and Android. You can make adjustments to your load out as the game loads a map, while you're on the bus, at work or anywhere you want. And if you're not able to play the game you can also play as a Commander on your tablet.
There is so much to say about Battlefield 4 that I simply cannot fit into this text. For instance, DICE have given battles at sea more focus with new wave phsyics, far more boats and the options of diving under the water surface, to name a few improvements. The game engine itself has been given countless small improvements and adjustments, that makes for noticeably improved controls. In short Battlefield 4 appears to the game fans have been dreaming of, but never quite thought was possible. Well, if you're dreaming of skyscrapers that come crashing down that is.


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LITTLETON, Colo. - Unless you're a technology guru, the term "communications" can be boring and often ignored – until your cell phone or laptop quit operating unexpectedly.
However, when practicing a mass-scale scenario in which multiple communications systems go down at once, the ability to use technology to talk is taken very seriously by the professionals charged with keeping the systems operational.
To that end, more than 200 personnel, including first responders, federal agencies, and local military assets from a total of 14 agencies, gathered at the Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Facility in here May 16 to test communication capabilities necessary for emergency response efforts.
Sponsored by U.S. Northern Command in conjunction with the Colorado Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management, the agencies combined efforts to ensure military and civilian video, telecommunication, and data signals could inter-operate effortlessly.
The exercise, dubbed Vital Connection 2013, was designed to establish a learning environment that gave emergency response officials, military personnel, and other players and observers the information necessary to focus on the respective participants' emergency response plans.
"The main theme of this exercise is to demonstrate how civilian teams can get outside connectivity using National Guard assets," said Paul Garvey, communications unit leader for the Jefferson County Incident Management Team.
With today's technology rapidly advancing, it might be taken for granted by the average Colorado citizen that, when a crisis strikes, we all speak the same language, Miller said.
Therefore, at the incident level, incident site communications capability and voice interoperability between the National Guard and other emergency responders is a necessity.
Chief Master Sgt. Mark Waibel of the Colorado Air National Guard's 140th Communications Flight explained how, using a Joint Incident Site Communication Capabilities kit, the National Guard has the ability to use military communication assets to give civilian parties the capability to interact via phone and internet.
The JISCC kit itself is a mobile set of commercial and government off-the-shelf communications hardware designed to provide onsite and reach-back communications capabilities, a link for enhanced command and control, and shared situational awareness among first responders and state and federal command authorities.
"We have fully self-contained kits that include generators, air conditioners, tents, and communications equipment – including video telecommunications capabilities – packed into a trailer," said Waibel. "We are a highly deployable unit, whether to a city or the middle of the desert."
The JISCC can interconnect any audio device including cellphones, UHF, VHF, 700 megahertz and 800 MHz mobile radios, satellite phones, and the military's Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System, and is fully compliant with all police, fire, and emergency medical services.
"With technology, things change every day," said Colorado Army National Guard Col. Gregory Miller, chief information officer and Vital Connection co-director. "We must test this equipment and be focused and detailed in our execution to fulfill the requirement expected from the National Guard Bureau, our civilian partners, and the citizens of Colorado when a disaster strikes."
"The military is extremely mobile," said Miller. "Our civilian counterparts have advanced communications capabilities, but their mobility is limited. We can deploy JISCC kits and personnel by air or ground."
Further, this system enables the user to establish a private, enterprise communications network, which is vital during major disasters and deployed operations – and any event that requires discrete and robust communications.
This operational ability was key in 2005 when Colorado's National Guard Communications Element deployed in support of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, allowing the Guardsmen to effectively establish a communications "bubble" over an area several miles wide.
At the time, only a few of the JISCC kits had been fielded by the military.
Since then, the Colorado National Guard's JISCC kit has also seen service following the 2008 tornado in Windsor, Colo., and the High Park fire in 2012, in northern Colorado, and for a number of training exercises designed to keep the kit's operators proficient.
Ultimately, Miller said Vital Connection 2013 proved that when communications networks go down during an emergency, as a team, the civilian-military partnership has the capabilities and knowledge to bring them back online.
"It was the first time we have conducted this kind of exercise and it was the largest communications exercise in the history of Colorado," Miller said, noting that the exercise was also intended to identify areas for improvement and policy refinement in order for the agencies to provide the best possible communications services during disasters or large-scale emergencies.
"We now have a baseline of knowledge of what we bring to an all-hazards event and can move forward into additional plans to support all-hazards events," Miller said.
Less than a month after this story was originally published, Colorado National Guard JISCC kits and personnel maintained a continuous presence in support of incident commanders at the Black Forest fire, the East Peak fire and the West Fork Complex fire.
For Exercise Vigilant Guard, JISCCs represented the Utah National Guard, the Wyoming National Guard and the U.S. Air Force Reserve's 302nd Air Wing from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.


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Reporting to the UK Sales Manager, your duties would include:
Carrying out an extensive programme of visits to educational institutions and leading bookshops within the region to promote our catalogue titles
Working as part of a highly-motivated team to achieve sales targets and increase Macmillan�s ELT sales within the UK & Ireland
Presenting Macmillan Education�s print and digital materials to groups of students and/or teachers
Reporting feedback from customers and keeping up-to-date with changes in the region
Attending industry exhibitions, author events and conferences.
This role involves a great deal of travel and you will need to be highly organised, flexible and able to work using your own initiative. You will be liaising with schools, universities and colleges to arrange visits so first class communication skills are essential. You will also need to demonstrate excellent inter-personal and presentation skills since you will be promoting Macmillan Education�s print and digital materials, and giving workshops where required.
The ideal candidate will have previous ELT teaching experience in the UK and previous sales experience is an advantage. Applicants must be in possession of a full valid driving licence and must have an existing right to live and work in the United Kingdom.
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T.G.I.F.! OK, it's only Monday, but Katy Perry's new '80s-inspired music video for "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" will make you either long for the upcoming weekend, or a John Hughes teen movie marathon!
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Although I would typically get a little antsy while sitting through an eight-minute video clip of anything on the Web, Katy's vid is definitely worth watching as the pop singer gets to show off her goofy side while portraying her geeky 13-year-old alter ego, Kathy Beth Terry, who wakes up the day after throwing a crazy house party ... she can't remember. Not only do viewers get to see the typically sexy "I Kissed a Girl" singer sporting dorky glasses, braces, and yes, even headgear, but they are also treated to a slew of celebrity cameos, including "Glee" stars Darren Criss and Kevin McHale, "Friday" singer Rebecca Black -- who plays Kathy's cool BFF -- and even saxophonist Kenny G, who rocks out with Hanson -- one of Kathy's favorite bands according to her Facebook page -- at the big bash. To top things off, Kathy's parents are portrayed by '80s teen heartthrobs Corey Feldman and Debbie Gibson. It's sure to give you a laugh!
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Spain's troubles deepen The political stalemate in Greece remains the focus of the euro crisis today, but don't lose sight of Spain.
Spanish bond yields have been climbing, and its jobless rate, at almost one-quarter of the work force, is the worst among Europe's major economies. The government has also been forced yet again to try to fix its hobbled banking system, seizing control of Bankia, the fourth-largest lender in the country.
A bailout for Spain, of course, would take the euro crisis to an entirely new level, which is what markets have feared.
"Europe continues to keep investors on the back foot today with Spain now vying with Greece in keeping markets nervous," said senior analyst Michael Hewson of CMC Markets in London.
"In Madrid fears about Spain's banks were manifested in a sharp rise in Spanish bond yields to dangerous levels yesterday, which reflect market concern about the solvency of the Spanish banking system," he added. "In an attempt to restore confidence the Spanish government last night took a 45-per-cent stake in Bankia, by way of its bank bailout fund."
The situation in Spain looks bleak on its own, but its troubles really come into focus when compared to Germany, as research by Sal Guatieri of BMO Nesbitt Burns shows.
"News of rising bank loan losses in Spain, alongside the usual chaos in Greece, drove Germany's 10-year borrowing costs to a record-low 1.5 per cent," Mr. Guatieri said.
"Lower rates beget lower unemployment, with the current rate already at a two-decade trough of 5.6 per cent. By contrast, Spain's yields jumped to 6 per cent up one percentage point since early March, which means its jobless rate, already sky-high at 24.1 per cent, hasn't peaked. The divergent situation is untenable in a monetary union."
(For Mr. Guatieri's research, see the accompanying infographic or click here.)
Spain's problems aren't quite the same as those in Greece, with the banking sector in the crosshairs, though its books are a mess. And many still see a default in the works, though a costly rescue would be the more likely scenario. Any way you cut it, Spain spells more trouble for the 17-member euro monetary union.
"Spain has a significant fiscal problem, with a forecasted fiscal deficit of 6 per cent of GDP this year (IMF); however in relative terms they do not have a debt problem, boasting a gross debt of 79 per cent of GDP," said senior currency strategist Camilla Sutton of Scotia Capital.
"The biggest problems (and we admit these are serious) are the large exposures the banking sector has to real estate, a lack of growth, unemployment, and increasingly important is dwindling investor confidence ... A crisis of confidence could well become Spain's (and the EMU's) biggest problem."
In Athens, the political stalemate after Sunday's elections continued, making a second vote likely in June. And, for her part, Angela Merkel held firm in demanding austerity measures not take a back seat.
- Spain takes over Bankia to steady ailing sector
- Merkel stresses need for austerity
- Simon Avery's Market Blog: Spain is becoming the new Greece
Cineplex boosts dividend I found it funny at the time that, along with everyone else in the theatre, I was hoovering up popcorn during a movie called The Hunger Games. Clearly, I did my bit for Cineplex Inc. and its shareholders.
As The Globe and Mail's Steve Ladurantaye reports today, Cineplex hiked its dividend by 4.6 per cent to $1.35 annually as it swung to a profit of $15-million and posted a 12-per-cent gain in revenue in its first quarter.
It was the theatre chain's strongest first quarter ever for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, due to the success of the blockbuster film about kids killing each other.
Concession revenue climbed 18 per cent.
Bombardier profit slips Bombardier Inc. posted a 16-per-cent decline in first-quarter profit today, along with a dip in revenue, but cited "momentum" in orders for jets.
The plane and train manufacturer earned $190-million (U.S.) or 10 cents a share in the quarter, down from $220-million or 12 cents a year earlier, The Globe and Mail's Bertrand Marotte reports.
Revenue fell to $3.51-billion from $4.7-billion.
"We had a solid level of new orders in business jets and we're starting to see momentum in commercial aircraft orders which led to an increased backlog of $23.3-billion," said chief executive officer Pierre Beaudoin.
Analyst Benoit Poirier of Desjardins said the results were disappointing, but noted that "regional aircraft order momentum is improving and development of the CSeries and Learjet 85, which is key for Bombardier's future, are both on track."
Sun Life profit climbs Canada's Sun Life Financial Inc. reported first-quarter profits of $686-million Thursday, up from $438-million a year ago.
Rising stock markets and interest rates, especially in the United States, contributed roughly half the earnings, which amounted to $1.15 per share, compared to 73 cents per share in the same period last year, The Globe and Mail's Tara Perkins reports.
Interest rates led to a gain of $95-million, while new appraisals of Sun Life's real estate holdings led to a gain of $22-million.
Magna breaks through Magna International Inc. has made a breakthrough with Japanese auto makers, signing an agreement with Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. to assemble a vehicle for that company's Infiniti brand, The Globe and Mail's Greg Keenan writes.
Magna did not disclose where the Infiniti model would be built.
The Canadian auto parts giant also posted a stronger first-quarter profit of $343-million or $1.46 a share compared with $322 million or $1.30 a share.
Revenue increased by 6.6 per cent to $7.67-billion.
Trade surplus widens Canadian exports fell in March for the third month in row, all because of a dip in shipments to the United States. But that was eclipsed by a decline in imports, leaving Canada with a slightly wider trade surplus of $351-million, Statistics Canada said today.
And signs from the U.S. market are certainly pointing up, something in Canada's favour.
Canadian exports dipped only slightly, by 0.4 per cent, while imports slipped by 0.6 per cent. Export prices slipped 1.3 per cent, and those for imports 2.3 per cent. The drop in exports was largely due to lower crude prices and volumes.
It's the U.S. market that was notable in March. Exports to south of the border declined 2.1 per cent, while those to other countries climbed 4.5 per cent.
"The fall in two-way trade suggests that even after soft activity in February, there wasn't much of a 'snap' back in trade in March," CIBC World Markets economist Emanuella Enenajor said of the overall numbers.
"The fall in exports was led by energy, driven by prices and to a lesser extent, volumes. Auto exports were down by 0.7 per cent, boding poorly for those hoping for a bounce back in shipments from car factories, after the prior month's weak reading in that sector."
The overall U.S. trade deficit, meanwhile, widened in March despite record export levels. That was due largely to oil imports and trade with China. Indeed, America's trade deficit with China surged almost 12 per cent.
Going forward, though, it's the 5.8-per-cent jump in imports to the United States that are worthy of attention.
"The ramp-up in U.S. imports suggest that demand in the world's largest economy remains healthy, a positive not just for Canadian exporters but for global growth as a whole," said senior economist Krishen Rangasamy of National Bank Financial.
China also reported trade numbers today, though for April, showing that the year-over-year increase in exports slipped to 4.9 per cent, well down from the March pace of 8.9 per cent. But its the drop in growth of imports - to just 0.3 per cent from 5.3 per cent - that has investors concerned.
"The apparent weakness of domestic demand is the most disheartening aspect of today's figures," said Mark Williams and Qinwei Wang of Capital Economics.
"On balance, March's data had suggested that the economy was stirring back into life at the end of a weak first quarter. April's [purchasing managers indexes]were broadly consistent with that view. Today's import data don't entirely undermine the story but they do raise questions."
- Kevin Carmichael's Economy Lab: How China's drive to lower its surplus went awry
- Barrie McKenna: Why we shouldn't fret over March trade numbers
- U.S. trade gap widens as imports surge
- Imports, exports fall but trade surplus rises
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Washington, Jan 21 : Singer Norah Jones was barred from taking acting classes for her debut movie.
The 28-year-old singer, wanted to take lessons ahead of her debut in 'My Blueberry Nights' but director Kar Wai Wong banned her from doing so, fearing that she would not be 'natural'.
"I found an acting coach and took a couple of lessons, and then I asked Kar Wai what I should start working on - you know, because I knew nothing about this character. And he said 'No, don't take acting lessons. I want you to be natural.' So I said, 'Are you sure? Are you crazy? You've never seen me act," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.
The Grammy award winner was also seen doing a cameo in 2002 in a film 'Two Weeks Notice' where she was seen at the piano, singing for a charity benefit.


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Estrutura produtiva, de consumo e de formação de renda brasileira: uma análise de insumo-produto para o ano de 2008
[Productive structure, consumption and Brazilian income formation: an analysis of input-output for the year 2008]
The production of a country is associated both with their linkages between productive sectors as the linkages of this structure to the formation of income and consumption patterns of the families. The used model, Leontief-Miyazawa, seeks to take into account all these relations to analyze an economy. From input-output matrices for Brazil in 2008 and surveys as POF, PNAD and PME conducted by IBGE it has been estimated the proposed model. As a result it was found that an example of effective policy to generate income for the poorest (families with monthly income of up to three minimum wages in January, 2009) would be the stimulus for sectors such as Ethanol and Wood Products - sectors that have their potential untapped in the economy, according to the linkages indices. It was found also that shocks in the income of middle class families have greater potential to generate income in the economy and that the growth in family income leads to a less concentrated pattern of consumption of basic goods and more concentrated in services general.
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Fyfe 'shouldn't have copped red card'
Adelaide United defender Iain Fyfe has escaped suspension after the A-League's match review panel found he was incorrectly shown a red card in Tuesday night's loss to Perth.
Fyfe was sent off in the 61st minute of the match at Hindmarsh Stadium for impeding Socceroos striker Mile Sterjovski while the home side was leading 2-0.
The send off changed the game dramatically with Glory captain Jacob Burns scoring from the ensuing freekick and Perth going on to win 3-2.
The panel found referee Ben Williams made an error in sending off Fyfe for "denying the opposing team a clear goal-scoring opportunity" and overturned the red card.
It means Fyfe will not have to serve the mandatory one-match suspension and is free to play in Saturday night's match against Melbourne at Etihad Stadium.
But that will serve as little consolation to Aurelio Vidmar's last-placed side, which had badly needed a win against the Glory to revive their hopes of making the finals.
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