April 6: And What Goes Around Read Free

trade regulators accused Australia of dumping
graphene coated glassy metal foil on the market below cost. Australian trade
ministers in turn accused the USNA of doing the same with diamond whiskers and
DW composites. April still didn't see how anybody thought subsidizing an
industry was an advantage. It was like the old joke about selling at a loss but
making it up on volume. The first time she'd heard that one she hadn't thought
it funny. She still didn't.
     Designs by Daniel had to rethink their decision to
display his rack line on a robotic mannequin in front of the fashion house. NYC
police called to the address on reports of a woman acting strangely ordered the
mannequin to the sidewalk and when she didn't respond to commands shot the 1.6
Million dollar machine to junk. "She didn't comply when ordered," the
department spox insisted.
    Natural
clover honey reached an average wholesale price of $150USNA/lb, aided by a ban
on imported honey due to persistent adulteration and contamination. Indoor
producers of honey from human supplied sugar  feed stocks and flavorings were
heavily promoting its consistency, lack of pollens and pesticides and much
lower cost in targeted advertising.  The traditional producers held that the
pollen was an advantage not a defect and claimed their flavor was superior.
They had a strong advantage in a trademarked bee mascot that the public
recognized positively.
    April made a note in her collection of things to research
to see if that industrial sort of honey production would be suitable for
tunnels in the moon. She hadn't realized bees would make honey from anything
but flowers.
    Permit fees for photographing various government
buildings, monuments and government property  such as the reflecting pool in
Washington DC were consolidated into a single day pass for the entire Federal
district with a graduated fee structure for students, residents, tourists,
professional photographers and news journalists. Virginia declined to join the
program for historic sites and battlefields outside the district.
    The city of Berkeley California raised the bond necessary
to license a dog or cat to $200,000USNA because of the increases in medical costs
and insurance for companion animals. The ordinance was also changed to require
the naming of three willing custodians in the event of death or inability to
care for the animal. The use of the word pet was discouraged before, but the
new ordinance made its use grounds for refusing a license application. Objections
to the word animal were put aside for now due to lack of agreement on a
suitable substitute. Companion animals with any gene modification beyond traditional
breeding selection were strictly prohibited.
    Proposals to return aspirin to the prescription drug list
by regulation in the USNA were defeated by a bill run through both House and
Senate in record time before the regulation could take effect.
    An artificial fiber with microscopic barbs that mimicked
the felting behavior of wool and displayed the same insulating characteristics
was being marketed as NuWool by a German company. It was totally unattractive
to moths and other insects. Besides being about one tenth the cost of the
natural fiber it could be made significantly stronger and permanently colored.
The cost of clothing made with it was expected to go down considerably, but the
price of lamb and mutton to increase as a consequence. April was pretty sure
she'd never tasted mutton.
    China continued to export little nuclear fuel due to
internal conflict and the higher safety standards imposed before their civil
war. Legacy fission systems declined everywhere as fusion generating systems
improved and decentralized generation reduced distribution complexity. England
had not suffered a significant power outage in three years.
    Hans Holderman, 23 years old, won the World Championship
of Magic: The Gathering. He collected a purse of Fifty Million EuroMarks and
other prizes, retired to Switzerland, and