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It was almost 10 years ago that Tim Hobby thought he would turn down a request by some parents to give golf lessons to their 8-year-old daughter.
"I told them, 'Thanks, but I really don't teach many 8-year-olds,'" Hobby remembers saying. But before he could recommend someone else, the parents made a push for Hobby to reconsider.
Marijosse Navarro (left) finished off the NCAA Women's Golf Championship with a pair of sub-70 rounds and accepted the congratulations of her Texas A&M teammates in May (AP photo).
"They told me, 'No, we think you might want to take a look at this one,'" Hobby said.
So Hobby watched a young girl from Mexico named Marijosse Navarro absolutely stripe a ball straight away from the practice tee. When the thought 'Surely, that was an accident,' crossed Hobby's mind, Navarro hit another one. And another. And long before the little girl reached the bottom of the practice bucket, Hobby's mind flitted in another direction.
Marijosse Navarro moved away from the practice tee that day and has kept hitting them straight. Now a 17-year-old freshman at Texas A&M, Navarro recently finished sixth in the NCAA Women's Golf Championship in Tulsa. She was even-par for 72 holes, including her final two rounds of 68-66 (6-under-par).
"She's a ball-hitting machine," Hobby said.
Navarro last week was named to the NCAA Division I All-American second team by the Women's Golf Coaches Association. Alison Lee of UCLA (the Bruins finished third in the team standings at NCAAs) was a first-team selection and was chosen ahead of Navarro as Freshman of the Year.
Navarro has been successful in the Mexico National Team program before hitting the radar in this country with play in AJGA events. As a freshman at Reagan High School, Navarro was third in the 2012 UIL State Class 5A Tournament with a final-round 68. That came after two rounds in the 60s while winning her district tournament and a pair of 72s landed her in the playoff for the regional title.
She left Reagan and finished her college entrants requirements at Blessed Hope Academy on San Antonio's Northwest side and enrolled at Texas A&M in December.
While in Mexico City, Navarro's family lived next to a golf course. By age five, Navarro's senses drew her to the green space next door.
If the push for Navarro to play professionally continues, she'll stay at Texas A&M one more school year. Once done with the academic year next May, the first stage of LPGA qualifying typically begins in August, with two more stages through December 2015.
The Aggies are getting a quick return while she's in College Station. She's played in four college tournaments and has finished in the top 12 in each, including a win at the Battle at the Valley in South Carolina (74-70, even par for a four-stroke margin) and a second at the SunTrust Gator Invitational in Florida (71-69-65, 5-over to miss a playoff by a shot).
Her role model is no surprise for someone from Mexico. It's major champion winner Lorena Ochoa.
She's not one to talk about her results. And that fits in with what Hobby remembers about Navarro.
They've spoken volumes so far.


Uterus transplants have been given the go-ahead in the UK. From next year, 10 women will receive a donated uterus as part of a clinical trial, following the success of a similar trial in Sweden.
Ethical approval for the trial was granted by the NHS Health Research Authority, and although team leader Richard Smith is based at the Imperial College Healthcare Trust in London, it isn't yet known where the transplant surgeries will take place.
Who will receive the uterus transplants?
The treatment was developed for women who want to get pregnant but don't have a functioning uterus. Around 1 in 5000 women are born without a uterus, while others can have theirs removed for medical reasons. The UK trial will be open to women aged between 24 and 38 who are in long-term relationships and who have healthy ovaries and are able to use their own eggs. Women up to the age of 40 will also be considered if they froze their eggs before they turned 38.
How will the women with transplanted uteruses get pregnant?
Smith and his team will leave the transplanted uteruses to heal for about a year before using IVF to help the recipients get pregnant. This will involve fertilising the women's eggs with their partner's sperm in the lab, and then implanting the resulting embryo in the new uterus.
Are uterus transplants likely to result in pregnancy?
A team in Sweden was the first to have success with the procedure in 2013. Mats Brännström at the University of Gothenburg and his colleagues have so far performed womb transplants in nine women. The transplanted uterus was rejected in two of the women, but four became pregnant, and the team reported their first birth in 2014.
The babies are born by C-section.
Where do the donated uteruses come from?
The use of an older uterus doesn't hamper a woman's chances of getting pregnant. The first successful pregnancy resulted from the transplant of a uterus donated by a 61-year-old. It is the age of the eggs that matters, which is why doctors are placing an age limit on trial participants.
The UK team plan to use uteruses from women who are brain dead but whose hearts are still beating.
How long will the women keep the uteruses?


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Cover Reveal!! Landlocked by Tiffany Duane!
Check out the cover of Landlocked, the second book in the Surface Series!!
As if staying focused in trigonometry wasn't hard enough....Eerie visions are plaguing Theia's mind, driving her insane. Someone or something is reaching out to her, dragging her into a dark underwater world. And, to add to her metal delirium, she has no control over her newly awakened Siren senses. She thinks she can hear her cat's thoughts, she wants to pummel Sarah Collins, and she's trying to keep it together so she doesn't lose her scholarship. She needs someone who understands—someone bound to the ocean water she craves—she needs Luc. But contacting him is risky, and returning to the water a death sentence. She must find a way to harness her Siren senses even though the waves are calling to her. Denying her intended destiny may be the only way to stay alive.
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Wal-Mart plans to build its first smaller Neighborhood Market store in the Myrtle Beach area off U.S. 17 Business across the street from Ocean Lakes Family Campground.
The Neighborhood Market stores are much smaller than the massive Wal-Mart Supercenters which are 182,000-square-feet and the aim of the Neighborhood Market stores are to make it more convenient for shoppers to snag some groceries that includes organic and even natural items, or pick up prescriptions at the pharmacy.
The Neighborhood Market store that is planned for the Myrtle Beach Area is roughly 46,000-square-foot and is aimed to opened in the summer of 2014, according to Wal-Mart spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg.
Horry County has already approved the site work for the Neighborhood Market which will be located on the corner of S.C. 544 and U.S. 17 Business, but no building permits have been issued yet according to a planner in Horry County's Planning & Zoning department.
The Neighborhood Market stores will average about 95 workers and will feature a a pharmacy and a grocery area that will offer fresh produce, meats, dairy products and even bakery and deli items.The store also sells household supplies and health and beauty products.
Head over to The Sun News or WBTW for the entire scoop.


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Ask The Doctor Q4 2016
By Richard Furman, MD
Can you explain IVIG therapy, when should it be used and for how long? Also, what are the side effects?
IVIG (=intravenous immunoglobulin) are antibodies (immunoglobulins) pooled from healthy blood donors that can be used to augment the immune system of patients with hypogammaglobulinemia. These antibodies are collected and treated in order to remove any infectious particles.
In CLL patients who have recurrent infections and are hypogammaglobulinemic (have low antibody levels), benefit from receiving IVIG by developing fewer infections.
My question pertains to neutropenia. What steps can I take as my wife's caregiver to help her maintain her amazingly good health despite the fact that she has CLL? We know about avoiding buffets, sick people, washing hands thoroughly, and washing vegetables and fruits –is there anything else we should be doing or not doing?
It is unclear from your question why you are concerned about neutropenia. Very few CLL patients have neutropenia. Often, when present, as long as it is not associated with chemotherapy, it is very well tolerated. The most important step to take to prevent getting sick is just good handwashing. The others are usually not necessary.
My biggest concern is what is the right diet for a person diagnosed with CLL?
I read about all plant based diet and many testimonies, yet they come from people who have tumor cancers. There is the ketogenic diet, but I haven't heard any testimonies of CLL patients being helped with this type of diet. Is it better to take a balanced approach while eliminating processed sugars and fake foods, rotating protein sources as to get all types of nutrients and vitamins?
There is no particular diet that benefits a CLL patient beyond a well-rounded, balanced diet. There are no data that any of the diets describe help treat cancers of any type. There are diets that have been shown to help decrease the risk of certain cancers, but none for CLL. There are laboratory data supporting green tea, flavonoids, curcumin, resveratrol, but no clinical data has supported the use of these agents. Many things work in the laboratory and have no impact clinically.
I was wondering if getting a massage would be okay, as long as it didn't involve a deep tissue or a trigger point massage. Would that contribute to the release of more white cells from the lymph nodes into the blood?
There is absolutely no concern regarding CLL patients receiving massages. The massage itself does not release WBCs into the blood or induce any disease progression.
I was on the idelalisib/rituximab trial that was stopped due a toxicity problem. The trial worked for my CLL and I have been in remission for 7 months without treatment. One of the side effects seems to have been an autoimmune response affecting most of my joints. I have no previous history of any type of arthritis. My question: Is this symptom transient or is it going to be an ongoing problem?
Everyone is different and it is not possible to know. Most patient's joint aches related to idelalisib stop when the idelalisib is stopped.
I have been on ibrutinib for 2 years and have had a great response. My blood work is now normal. I have gotten through many side effects and have noticed that many have subsided. The one side effect that has not improved is muscle and joint pain. Is there any data about when this should subside? I go to a pain clinic and that helps, but would like to not depend on that treatment. Also, if and when this drug stops working, is it more difficult to respond to other treatment? I definitely have a love-hate relationship with ibrutinib but it beats the chemo I had.
Muscle and joint aches associated with ibrutinib typically resolve after a period of time. It is unclear what to expect this far out. Regarding other treatments, there are several that are available if the ibrutinib does stop working.
With all the advances we are making in CLL in the United States, are we learning anything from research from other countries that are applied to CLL treatments? Do patients from other countries have options we don't?
All of the recent advances in CLL have been approved in the U.S. before elsewhere and the vast majority of the studies were done in the U.S. It is safe to say that the access to novel therapies in the U.S. far surpasses that of anywhere else.
After 3 1/2 years on ibrutinib, I continue to do well. Looking to the future, I know that with high-risk CLL (-11q and unmutated status) my benefit will not continue forever. I wonder if I should look to combine ibrutinib with venetoclax sooner rather than later which might prolong my survival with quality of life.
The important concept that if you are responding to a treatment, there is no need to try anything different. We do know that after five years, almost one-half of the 11q patients are in remission on ibrutinib.
What do you do if you have a chronic shingles virus infection? Who are the experts that may be able to help with continued health problems related to the shingles virus?
All shingles virus infections are chronic. There is no means for ridding the body of the virus. Acyclovir or valacyclovir can suppress the virus and prevent a reactivation from occurring, but cannot clear the infection.
What is the recommended dose for ibrutinib? Is there a relationship to a patient's weight and the appropriate number of pills?
The approved dose for ibrutinib is 420 mg daily. We have some data suggesting it be necessary to have a dose of at least 2.5 mg/kg/day. Some toxicities do appear to be dose related, so it is possible in smaller patients to decrease the dose and diminish the toxicities, without losing efficacy.
How many CLL/SLL patients are there in the US? My understanding is that even though they are the same cancer cell, most are diagnosed with one or the other, and not both.
CLL and SLL are the same disease and are considered one entity, CLL/SLL. The government's statistics do separate them, but patients can present with one form and relapse with the other. Overall there are approximately 20,000 new cases of CLL/SLL in the United States each year.
I am taking ibrutinib and am doing very well. Is cosmetic surgery safe for me to consider? Also, are cosmetic fillers safe? I know that Botox is contraindicated for me because I also have Myasthenia Gravis, but will other fillers cause a problem?
Since ibrutinib does affect platelet function, it is necessary to hold the ibrutinib prior to and after any surgical procedures. Otherwise, there is no problem with cosmetic surgery.
Has the relevance of prognostic markers (e.g. FISH, IgHV) changed with the advent of new therapeutic approaches?
Yes, markedly. Many of the prognostic markers still predict time to treatment, but the response rates to the novel agents are not impacted by any prognostic marker. There are some prognostic markers that demonstrate differences with progression free survival with ibrutinib though, like deletion 17p.
With CLL cells occurring in various parts of the body, why is FCR, particularly, so hard on the bone marrow especially ('myelosuppressive')?
FCR is particularly hard on the bone marrow, because the bone marrow and CLL cells are very similar biologically. Therefore, the biology that enables FCR to work so well on CLL cells is present in the bone marrow cells and results in them being sensitive.
After having all the usual tests for CLL, including IgHV mutated versus unmutated, followed by a FISH test; why is it then necessary to have a bone marrow biopsy? What exact extra information could be provided that would determine the type of treatment?
It is often not necessary to have a bone marrow biopsy. The only reason to perform a bone marrow biopsy would be if it were able to provide any information that would change clinical decision-making. At diagnosis, this is unlikely, but when treatment is required, it may help differentiate causes of low blood counts.
Richard Furman, MD is Director of the CLL Research Center at Weill Cornell Medical College and a member of the Lymphoma/Myeloma Service in the Division of Hematology/Oncology. He is a member of the Medical Advisory Board for the CLL Society.
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Amanda Price (left) at a badge-pinning ceremony on Jan. 22, 2019. Alaska State Troopers photo.
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Gov. Mike Dunleavy's pick to lead the state Department of Public Safety is set to face lawmakers for one last time before her nomination is voted on by a joint session of the Legislature Wednesday.
Members of the House State Affairs Committee want to ask additional questions of Amanda Price after last week hearing differing accounts of her work ethic from former supervisors.
Price was an adviser to former Gov. Bill Walker. Scott Kendall, who was a chief of staff to Walker, told lawmakers he gave Price the choice to resign or be fired and said she suffered from chronic absenteeism.
Jim Whitaker, Kendall's predecessor, and Marcia Davis, a former deputy chief of staff to Walker, have defended Price.
Judge denies motion for an expedited hearing for a lawsuit against Juneau special session location
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I think the internet has changed the way people interact.
If you need to be mean, just know that the longer you stay on this page, the more you help us. I could swear this has been closed for a couple of months now. Hopefully cupids is next, all it sells is poor quality novelty crap. Week of Feb 13, Chicago Event Calendar. Chicago, IL - Sunday, May 4, the owner of Gay Mart placed brown paper in the store front windows, locked the doors and told customers to visit their Facebook page for more information.


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Henry Han, PhD
Assistant Professor of Management, The College of New Jersey; Senior Fellow, Management Department, The Wharton School
About Henry
Xu Han ("Henry") is an assistant professor at the College of New Jersey and an adjunct assistant professor in the Management Department at the Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania. Henry earned his bachelor's in international law from China Foreign Affairs University and a PhD in management (strategy) from Guanghua School of Management at Peking University.
Henry's broad research interest lies in understanding how firms create value and sustained competitive advantage through corporate entrepreneurship and business model innovation. He is particularly interested in firms in finance and renewable energy sectors. Henry's research has been published in influential academic and practitioner-oriented journals (e.g., Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, PKU Business Review) and presented in multiple international conferences (e.g., annual conferences of Academy of Management and Strategic Management Society). He received "Best Empirical Paper Award" from the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management. He is also a member of the editorial board of Management and Organization Review.
Henry's teaching is focused on a diverse set of strategy and entrepreneurship related topics (e.g., business model innovation, venture capital, and corporate entrepreneurship) in undergraduate, MBA, and Executive Education programs. He also writes teaching cases on business model innovation and venture capital investments, which have been published at the Wharton School and Harvard Business School. In 2017, Henry co-founded and runs a U.S. CleanTech startup company which has been funded by National Science Foundation and Department of Energy. He also advises firms in both U.S. and China on various strategy and entrepreneurship issues.


Our prayer for today is that our love will increase in knowledge and discernment.
We need an understanding heart to descern between good and evil.
We pray that the Lord will give us a wise heart to discern both time and judgment.
We pray that God will pour on us His Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.
We pray that we will strive after the things that are excellent, and that we may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ.
We pray that we will be filled with the fruits of righteousness through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
I pray Gods Will be done on earth as it is in heaven, amen.


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A Correlated History of Earth is a full-color educational wallchart documenting 4.5 billion years of Earth's past as never before. Each column is a correlated timeline from ancient times to recent. Included are plate tectonic maps, mountain building events (orogenies), major volcanic episodes, glacial epochs, all known craters from asteroid and comet impacts, over 100 classic fossil localities from around the world, fossil ranges of plants, invertebrates and vertebrate lifeforms, and major extinction events as revealed by the fossil record. Also evident on this chart are the Cambrian "explosion" of animal phyla and the juxtaposition of reptiles and mammals across the Cretaceous/Tertiary(K/T) boundary. Hundreds of illustrations add a striking visual dimension to the data.
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Category: Free Markets
Roger Koppl Offers Advance Praise for Openness to Creative Destruction
Diamond shows us that entrepreneurial innovation is not just the best way to make a better world. It is the only way. If we care about our fellow humans, then we had better do what we can to enable entrepreneurial innovation. Diamond shows with an unusual depth and breadth of scholarship that the most important thing we can do to promote innovation is to let entrepreneurs test their impossible ideas in the free market. Diamond's book is a gem. Grab it, read it, learn from it.
Roger Koppl, Professor of Finance, Syracuse University. Author of Expert Failure and other works.
Koppl's advance praise is for:
Author Art DiamondPosted on March 15, 2019 Categories Economic Growth, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Free Markets, Openness to C. D. BookLeave a comment on Roger Koppl Offers Advance Praise for Openness to Creative Destruction
"Protectionist Trade Policies Can Backfire" on Those They Are Intended to Protect
(p. B1) You may not have appreciated it at the time — golden eras have a habit of coming and going like that — but a five-year stretch that started in 2013 was a pretty great time to buy a washing machine.
Inflation for home laundry equipment, as measured by the Labor Department, fell steadily during that time, which meant you could buy the same washer your neighbor bought last year for less money. Or you could buy a better one at the same price. Great news for your clothes, though maybe bad news for your friendship, if your neighbor was the covetous type.
That stretch of laundry deflation ended last year, shortly after President Trump imposed tariffs, starting at 20 percent, on imported washers. The move was a response to a complaint filed by Whirlpool, a Michigan-based manufacturer.
A year after Mr. Trump announced the tariffs, washing machine prices were up, as many analysts had expected. But that has not been a boon to the makers of washers because fewer Ameri-(p. B4)cans are investing in new laundry equipment, exposing how protectionist trade policies can backfire on the very companies they are meant to safeguard.
Tariffs of two varieties have pushed prices up
The washer-specific tariffs raised costs for importers like LG and Samsung. But another tariff issued by Mr. Trump, on imported steel, raised costs for some domestic manufacturers like Whirlpool, which took those companies by surprise.
Many manufacturers passed those higher costs on to consumers. Once stores worked their way through models that had been imported before tariffs hit, deflation gave way to sharp price increases.
After years of steady growth, sales reversed in 2018
A basic rule of economics is that when the price of something goes up, people buy less of it. That's just what happened to washing machines.
For the full story, see:
Jim Tankersley. "Tariffs Tossed a Market Right Into a Spin Cycle." The New York Times (Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019): B1 & B4.
(Note: ellipsis added; bold and larger font in original.)
(Note: the online version of the story has the date Jan. 25, 2019, and has the title "'How Tariffs Stained the Washing Machine Market.")
Author Art DiamondPosted on March 8, 2019 Categories Economics, Free MarketsLeave a comment on "Protectionist Trade Policies Can Backfire" on Those They Are Intended to Protect
Tariffs Evaded by Misclassification and Transshipment
(p. A1) One day in June [2018] , seven months after the U.S. imposed stiff tariffs on plywood from China, a wood importer in Oregon got a call from a supplier asking if he would like to get some Chinese plywood tariff-free.
How would that work, asked importer David Visse. The products carry an identification code that is checked by U.S. Customs agents.
"Don't worry about it," Mr. Visse says the supplier told him. The plywood would be stripped of its Chinese markings, and "we'll ship it under some other code."
Every product imported into the U.S. carries a 10-digit designation called an HTS code, of which there are 18,927 in all. Like a taxonomic version of Noah's Ark, the code provides a common language to bridge disparate markets and identify products in all their variety.
In a world of increasing tariffs, the code has another function: evading those levies. The business of code-fudging is expanding in step with tariff increases, undermining U.S. efforts to shield American business from foreign competition, according to importers, customs officials, trade attorneys and shipping brokers.
As trade conflict grows between the two largest economies, these professionals say, code misclassification is starting to compete (p. A10) with transshipment–the rerouting of goods through third countries–as a way to duck tariffs.
Chuin-Wei Yap. "Trade Fight Spurs Tariff Dodges, With 18,927 Options." The Wall Street Journal (Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018): A1 & A10.
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(Note: the online version of the story has the date Oct. 8, 2018, and has the title "The U.S.-China Trade Battle Spawns a New Era of Tariff Dodges.")
Author Art DiamondPosted on February 25, 2019 Categories China, Economics, Free Markets, RegulationsLeave a comment on Tariffs Evaded by Misclassification and Transshipment
Benjamin Powell Offers Advance Praise for Openness to Creative Destruction
Productive entrepreneurship is not automatic. Art Diamond's new book brilliantly illustrates how free markets allow entrepreneurs to innovate in ways that disrupt economy activity and, crucially and contrary to popular fears, ultimately reorganize production in ways that allow us to live longer, richer, and more flourishing lives.
Benjamin Powell, Professor of Business Economics, Texas Tech University. Author of Out of Poverty, and other works.
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James Dyson Pursued a Slow Hunch by Trial and Error
(p. 6) Mr. Dyson discovered his passion for design at an early age, and eventually began work on his signature product, the bagless vacuum cleaner. It took several years, but he brought the product to market, founding Dyson Ltd. in 1991. Soon, Dyson was expanding internationally and developing new products, including washing machines, fans, heaters, air purifiers, hand dryers and hair dryers. It is now at work on an electric car.
And what was so different about your vacuums?
I saw the problem, and I saw a possible solution, which was the huge cyclones outside cement plants and timber yards that collect dust all day long. So I started building various versions of that technology. As it happens, it didn't work. I had to spend four or five years coming up with different types of cyclonic separation devices in order to make it work.
It took a lot of empirical work. I had to build the prototypes, one or two a day, which sounds tedious, but actually it was fascinating. I'm still doing it today. It always is a wonderful adventure of excitement and disappointment. Almost everything you do is a failure, until you get the one success that works..
How did you pay for all that research and development before you had a product to sell?
I was borrowing it all from the bank. Going deeper and deeper into debt. By the time I launched the vacuum cleaner, I was two million pounds in debt. I think the bank got in a bit deeper than they intended to, but I had an interesting bank manager. I asked him why he lent me the money, and he said, "I went home to my wife and said, 'What do you think about vacuum bags and vacuum cleaners?' And she said, 'Dreadful, dreadful.'"
Why are you in favor of Brexit?
I think we should be independent. Europe has become more and more of a unified society where all the laws are made in Brussels. I don't believe it's ever been right for Britain.
Britain has always been a globally facing country, with our empire, if I dare mention that, covering half the globe. We have a pioneering and global outlook. There's no room for us in Europe.
What about the prospect of economic disruption to England
All cars coming into England from America have a 10 percent duty on them, and most of that goes to Brussels. Europe is a protectionist setup designed to keep competitors out. It's not a good thing to be in. We believe in free trade. And if any bankers are leaving London, it's got nothing to do with Brexit. It was the right decision for Britain.
David Gelles, interviewer. "'Follow the Design, Not the Market." The New York Times, SundayBusiness Section (Sunday, Dec. 6, 2018): 6.
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(Note: the online version of the interview has the date Dec. 5, 2018, and has the title "CORNER OFFICE; James Dyson: 'The Public Wants to Buy Strange Things'." The first quoted paragraph, and the bold questions, are by David Gelles. The answers are by James Dyson.)
Author Art DiamondPosted on January 28, 2019 Categories Entrepreneurship, Free MarketsLeave a comment on James Dyson Pursued a Slow Hunch by Trial and Error
Young Back Choi Offers Advance Praise for Openness to Creative Destruction
In this excellent book, Arthur Diamond offers a spirited defense of open and free market system, saying that much of the complaints against capitalism is based on (1) mistakenly conflating free market competition with cronyism, and (2) grossly under-appreciating the innovative entrepreneur's ability to solve problems in all sorts of areas–in the past and in the future. One of the central claims of the author, based on his understanding of the epistemology of innovation, namely, the necessity of self-funding of all breakthrough entrepreneurs, underlines the need for open and competitive markets if we are to enjoy in the future benefits of innovative dynamism, as we have in the past.
Young Back Choi, Professor of Economics and Finance, St. John's University. Author of Paradigms and Conventions: Uncertainty, Decision Making, and Entrepreneurship.
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Chinese Entrepreneurs Anxious Over Growing Government Control of Private Enterprise
(p. A15) HONG KONG — The comments were couched in careful language, but the warning about China's direction was clear.
China grew to prosperity in part by embracing market forces, said Wu Jinglian, the 88-year-old dean of pro-market Chinese economists, at a forum last month. Then he turned to the top politician in the room, Liu He, China's economic czar, and said "unharmonious voices" were now condemning private enterprise.
"The phenomenon," Mr. Wu said, "is worth noting."
Mr. Wu gave rare official voice to a growing worry among Chinese entrepreneurs, economists and even some government officials: China may be stepping back from the free-market, pro-business policies that transformed it into the world's No. 2 economy. For 40 years, China has swung between authoritarian Communist control and a freewheeling capitalism where almost anything could happen — and some see the pendulum swinging back toward the government.
China's leadership turned to entrepreneurs in the late 1970s, after the government had led the economy to the brink of collapse. Officials gave them special economic zones where they could open factories with fewer government rules and attract foreign investors. The experiment was an unparalleled success. When extended to the rest of the country, it created a growth machine that helped make China second only to the United States in terms of economic heft.
Today, the private sector contributes nearly two-thirds of the country's growth and nine-tenths of new jobs, according to the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, an official business group. So pressures on private businesses could create serious ripples.
"The private sector is experiencing great difficulties right now," wrote Mr. Hu, the retired minister, who as the son of a former top Communist Party leader is often a voice for reform in China, in an essay posted online last Thursday. "We should try our best not to replicate the nationalization of private enterprise in the 1950s and the state capitalism."
Private entrepreneurs are loath to speak out for fear of attracting official condemnation. But signs of distress aren't hard to find.
Last month, Chen Shouhong, the founder of an investment research firm, asked a group of executive M.B.A. students — many of whom already owned publicly listed companies — to choose between panic and anxiety to describe how they feel about the economy. An overwhelming majority chose panic, according to a transcript. Mr. Chen declined to be interviewed.
Xiao Han, an associate law professor in Beijing, cited one of Aesop's fables, of a man trying and failing to stop a donkey from going over a cliff.
"Before long," Mr. Xiao said, "we'll probably find a body of a China donkey under the cliff."
Li Yuan. "China Muscles In on Its Free-Market Prosperity."The New York Times (Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018): A1 & A12.
(Note: the online version of the story has the date Oct. 3, 2018, and has the title "Private Businesses Built Modern China. Now the Government Is Pushing Back.")
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Free Trade Benefits Harley-Riding Econometricians (and All Other Consumers Too)
Roughly 40 years ago, I completed a very useful econometrics course at the University of Chicago taught by the author of the commentary quoted below. Life is hard to predict, with or without econometrics. Who could have predicted that Eddie Lazear would end up on a Harley?
(p. A15) When I served in the George W. Bush administration, a group of Harley-Davidson -riding cabinet members and White House principals led the 2008 Memorial Day Rolling Thunder motorcycle parade. I own a 100th Anniversary Year Road King Classic. I am disappointed to see President Trump singling out the iconic American motorcycle company for harassment–a precedent that could inflict long-run damage on the U.S. economy.
Mr. Trump may genuinely believe his trade tactics will pressure other countries to reduce their tariffs, resulting in freer trade overall. This is unlikely. In the meantime his policies impose steep costs on American firms, like Harley-Davidson, and the people who want to buy from them. The best way to get others to buy American is to produce high-quality goods inexpensively. Those American products that do well abroad, Harley-Davidson motorcycles among them, succeed because consumers value them, not because tariffs and trade-war threats force them to buy American.
Edward Lazear. "Keep Your Tariffs off My Harley." The Wall Street Journal (Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018): A15.
(Note: the online version of the commentary has the date Aug. 27, 2018.)
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Anthony Bourdain "Let the Locals Shine"
(p. A15) People are mourning celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain all over the world–from Kurdistan to South Africa, from Gaza to Mexico. That may surprise American social-justice warriors who have turned food into a battlefield for what they call "cultural appropriation."
"When you're cooking a country's dish for other people," an Oberlin College student wrote last year, "you're also representing the meaning of the dish as well as its culture. So if people not from that heritage take food, modify it and serve it as 'authentic,' it is appropriative." This was prompted by a dining-hall menu that included sushi and banh mi. Celebrity alumna Lena Dunham weighed in on the side of the social-justice warriors.
Bourdain was a frequent target of similar criticism. When he declared Filipino food the next big thing, a writer for London's Independent newspaper complained that his "well-meaning" comments were "the latest from a Western (usually white) celebrity chef or food critic to take a once scoffed at cuisine, legitimize it and call it a trend."
Bourdain took it in stride. Asked on his CNN show, "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown," what he thought about culinary cultural appropriation, he said: "Look, the story of food is the story of appropriation, of invasion and mixed marriages and war and, you know . . . it constantly changes. You know, what's authentic anyway?"
When Bourdain took us to places like Libya and Venezuela and West Virginia, he let the locals shine. His vocation was about more than food. It was about people–understanding their cultures and their lives, lifting them up and making their dishes.
Elisha Maldonado. "Bourdain vs. the Social-Justice Warriors; The celebrity chef scoffed at the notion of opposing 'cultural appropriation.'" The Wall Street Journal (Tuesday, June 12, 2018): A15.
(Note: the online version of the commentary has the date June 11, 2018.)
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Firms Transship to Avoid Tariffs
(p. B1) SHANGHAI — Want to avoid American tariffs? In China, a company called Settle Logistics says it knows a way.
Specifically, that way goes through Malaysia — a 4,600-mile diversion compared with sending a shipping container from China straight across the Pacific to the United States. But when those Chinese products arrive at an American port, they will look as if they had come from Malaysia, according to the company, and will be spared tariffs aimed at Chinese goods.
"For those unfair trade barriers targeting our industries from certain countries," Settle Logistics says on its website, "we can adopt other approaches to bypass those trade tariffs in order to expand markets."
Such zigzagging routes are called transshipments, and President Trump has used them to justify the trade fight he has picked with a number of countries. They could also take on new relevance should the United States and China carry out their threats to levy a total of more than $200 billion in tariffs against each other.
(p. B6) Stamping out such transshipments could prove difficult. The United States made a big effort in the late 1990s to address the relabeling in Hong Kong of garments that had been made in mainland China, said Patrick Conway, a textiles trade specialist.
But after American officials gathered enough evidence to put companies on a watch list, the companies quickly disappeared, said Mr. Conway, who is the chairman of the economics department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Some of the same people involved emerged later, but at other companies.
"We can anticipate a game of Whac-a-Mole," Mr. Conway said.
Keith Bradsher. "Dodging Tariffs With a Handy Detour." The New York Times (Monday, April 23, 2018): B1 & B6.
(Note: the online version of the story has the date April 22, 2018, and has the title "Tariff Dodgers Stand to Profit Off U.S.-China Trade Dispute.")
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North Amercian Release Date: March 7, 2006.
Date reviewed: September 17, 2006.
Overall: There are good games and then there are really good games. Of course, there are the select great games. Few truly fit into the latter category. I think it is safe to say that this game, affectionately known as GRAW, fits into the great category easily. I cannot find fault in this game. I enjoyed it from beginning to end. I enjoy the multiplayer, I enjoyed everything. It is the best the 360 has out right now. BAR NONE.
Gameplay: GRAW is about outdoor combat at it's finest. It's realism is only surpassed by the graphics. I remember getting shot and actually feeling it in reality. I would duck behind cover because it really was the safe place to be. No run and gunning here, the AI will put twelve in your !&%$@#* quick! Throughout the game you get to really feel like a hero saving a whole country in the process. Flying overhead in your chopper and you get to see the awesome task at hand. It is a thing of legends, it is greatness personified.
Graphics: The game is the most impressive of the 360 offerings visually. The view of the city is awesome. Breathtaking, just breathtaking.
Sound: Very realistic, the bullets humming, the yells from the AI as they set up shop to flank, shoot, and murder you and your team.
Suggestions: None. The Ugly Truth: Best. 360. Game. Ever.
Date reviewed: September 4, 2006.
Suggestions: don't really see any point in limiting the weapon choice so much. Many of my favorites have been cut. I would like to have seen a Springfield Socom 2(modern and compact M14 assualt rifle), since that is what I heard the military is going back to since the 5*56 round just doesn't cut it in killing power. Needs more guns, possibly some submachine guns and tactical shotguns(spec op and reg army use them anyway why not the ghosts) and change the infrared beergoggles to actual night vision goggles.
Date reviewed: July 6, 2006.
Overall: Very good action game. Will be great for single player and multiplayer. I've had alot of fun with this game.
Gameplay: The squad combat is handled very well. Once you get into this game, you're completely immersed. Very good.
Graphics: Very lifelike. Environments are great. Character models are great. Very next-gen. perferct.
Sound: Get a surround sound system and prepare to be amazed. The music is great. The exploseions are AMAZING. Beyond immersive.
Suggestions: Get some more games out on the 360.
Sound: The voice-overs are very good and the in-game sound is amazing, really immerses you into the game. The weapons and explosion sounds are very realistic.
Date reviewed: March 24, 2006.
Overall: Finally! It's here! After the failure of the anticipated November 2005 launch, it was announced in February 2006 that we can expect to get our hands on this gem the following March. Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter or G.R.A.W., as it is almost more well-known as, is the latest from Ubisoft and the third installment of the Ghost Recon series. From the graphics to the game play, G.R.A.W. has ?next-gen? written all over it and is, arguably, the best strategy shooter... offers an extensive Campaign and a multi-player mode with a plethora of configurations to tailor the game to your liking. Featured on XBox Live, G.R.A.W. offers both unranked and ranked games fully customizable should you decide to host the game from 2-16 soldiers. It's notable to mention that this is the first game that allows for 16-player Co-op and playing through the Mission mode setting against enemy A.I. Of course, included are the favorite Ghost Recon classics such as Team Elimination and Siege, as well as other modes to keep the longevity going for months to come.
How about the story? Taken place in the enormous Mexico City, Mexico, G.R.A.W. has us taking on the command of Captain Scott Mitchell including a squad of three other ghosts. Without giving up too much of the story, let's just say that the President and Vice-President of Mexico are missing and the Prime Minister of Canada was assassinated! Obviously, this is a job for the Ghosts! Fortunately, Mitchell's resources don't just limit him to three other squad members, but rather, include sophisticated combat gear, an arsenal of weapons to choose from, and communications gear that allow you to give commands to ghosts that are in tanks and helicopters.
Gameplay: So, what is your forte? Are you a Rifleman, Automatic Rifleman, Marksman, or a Grenadier? You'll be able to get a feel very quickly and decide which weaponry to use on certain maps and certain situations. Accompanied with your primary weaponry includes a sophisticated helmet and visor that boasts a Cross-Com and Nar-Com video and audio system. The Cross-Com, specifically, is a very key component in that it allows you, Mitchell, to view through the, almost literal, eyes of your squad members and other members of your task force in tanks or helicopters. There is also a UAV Cypher, which is a video camera that you can control and hover over different parts of a map and will help you identify enemies even if they are on the other side of buildings, rocks, or other barriers...it's quite literally like having a half dozen more eyes! Enemies will appear as a red diamond symbol or a red outline if your cross-hairs are focused anywhere on their body. The viewing area for the Cross-Com is on the top left of your screen. The Nar-Com system represents an occasional video and audio message that will show up on the top right of your screen which often dictates Mitchell's next objective or receiving a news briefing.
Like previous Ghost Recon games, you are able to control your squad quite nicely and they come in quite handy during those "Holy ****!" moments. They can be commanded to be aggressive or passive and they do a very nice job in assisting you without taking away any of the well-deserved leadership Mitchell gets as Captain.
While playing, you'll have a choice whether to play in a traditional first-person view or in an "over the shoulder" view which allows you to see Mitchell while maintaining the integrity of first-person playability. The "over the shoulder" view, in my opinion, is more preferable because you can see your placement as you lean up against walls (simply walk up to the wall), ducking (press down on the left analog stick), or on your stomach (hold down the left analog stick) much easier. For any first-person traditionalist, the "over the shoulder" view should be an extremely easy transition since it still maintains the same feel as a normal FPS.
Using the B button allows you to switch between your primary weapon to your secondary weapon or grenades. By holding it down, it allows you to choose the specific weapon by scrolling through them for a quick selection. Grenades include an intensity meter for a lesser or further throwing distance.
You will enjoy a dozen missions with a variety of objectives. I have already played the game all the way through on Normal mode and it took me approximately 10 incredible hours to complete. Never did it feel redundant since the objectives were diverse enough. There are a couple instances where you, as Mitchell, perch down at the gun turret in the Blackhawk helicopter and spray enemy soldiers and vehicles for a wild ride of absolute and utter carnage. Be careful not to keep the trigger locked down the entire time; otherwise your turret will overheat and will bog down like a Ford Pinto climbing a mountain road.
Graphics: Not only does G.R.A.W. set a new benchmark for squad-based shooters, it sets a new benchmark in the graphical department and has "next-gen" written all over it. If you're fortunate enough to be playing in hi-definition, the game looks incredible in 720p and 1080i. The level of detail regarding soldier uniforms is remarkable with every crease. The details of the landscape almost trick your eyes since it is rendered with superb realism. Glass and any other type of reflective objects do exactly that, they reflect...and very appropriately as well. The lighting effects are incredible providing some of the most advanced lighting effects in a single game that I have ever seen. Since Mexico City is a very hot place, the lighting is obviously kept in mind with the current setting and you can almost feel your clothes getting warm as you're playing the game. It's truly fantastic and something to behold.
Sound: While the sounds of footsteps change, whether in sand, wood, concrete, or on wet surfaces, this amazing detail is almost forgotten when the sound struggles through messages specifically coming from your Nar-Com system. Again, this is the system in which you receive video and audio for objectives and news briefings. Often times, the sound is drowned out by the in-game music or other sound effects such as a Blackhawk cruising over the city or on the ground. The storyline takes a minor dip since it's a struggle to hear what is being said while moving the story along. Admittingly, it's not all of the time, but rather, in certain situations of other sounds happening at the same time. This is truly the only shortcoming of the game, in my opinion, but included are some well-thought sound effects that give the game a natural feel.
There is a nice variety of sounds for the variety of weapons, kick !&%$@#* explosion sounds that are louder if you are closer and fainter if you are further away. Ricochet sounds are in full effect which gives the game a very nice military feel as if you're standing on the battlefield.
Suggestions: With all of the advanced video and audio technology available to the ghosts, could you hook the brother up with a volume control for the Nar-Com?
Everything else is fantastic and I highly recommend any fan of shooters to pick this game up, if you haven't already. Don't rent...just buy...now go!
Date reviewed: March 14, 2006.
Overall: Take the Lead as Captain Scott Mitchell and lead your Ghosts in Mexico to recover the VIPs, Run and gun and blow stuff up, Oh My!
Gameplay: Button layout is worked well. Customizing the controls is nice and presetting online characters is good. I cant give this a 5 and for one reason, my AI is a bunch of IDIOTS!. If I tell them to stay and hide, HIDE, dont cut infront of me and get shot.
Graphics: AWESOME! HDTV is the way to go. I popped it in and I was amazed, although I didnt get much time to drool because I got hit up with 5 requests to play online. When I went to the single campaign I was amazed. I was thinking the pre-rendered videos wouldnt be close, but I was wrong. The use of lighting, the sun on the game and how it moves and changes the environment is cool. The "Predator" type night vision is not a good idea, IMO.
Sound: The dolby digital surround is awesome!
Date reviewed: March 12, 2006.
Sound: The audio in this great is simply amazing.
Red Storm, the team behind Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2, is set to bring America's Army: True Soldiers exclusively to Xbox 360 this September.
This year, Xbox 360 owners will be given a taste of Naruto for the first time. Developed exclusively for the Xbox 360 by Ubisoft Montreal, Naruto: Rise of a Ninja will allow gamers to experience Naruto's epic tale from the series' beginning.
Olivier Dauba, content producer of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, says rival Xbox 360 shooter Gears of Wear is only worth playing for ten minutes.
Ubi title gets Best Game and Technical Achievement trophies.
Ubisoft has some cool downloadable content in the pipeline. Expect full details soon.
The Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter developers will be online on February 2 for a chat about the Xbox 360 version of the game.
3 new in-game images of the Xbox 360 version of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter are available for your viewing pleasure. Who is this mysterious character? There will be more to learn as the story unfolds.
New 360 Game Play trailer!!
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter™ – Official Website Updated / Brand New Gameplay Trailer Revealed!!!
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So now your sewing room is organised and you can see what's in there – now I know the joy is in the journey not the destination BUT your job for today is to unearth your UFOs – all of them! Now I'm not talking about the magazine pages you marked with little Post-it notes while you were reading and decided to make-that-when-I-get-a-chance (or is that just me?).
I'm talking about the unopened kits that you bought at the last four Craft Shows – the ones in the basket under the spare bed (just me again?). Also the half-done quilt tops, tablerunners, bags and other major works buried at the back of the cupboard, in the to-be-done bag or in their own dedicated plastic tub (you know who you are).
Today get them all out and make a list – maybe it's a big list – even better. Maybe you'll have new projects that you don't yet know about (even though you promised yourself you weren't buying anything else from the Craft Show until you finished what you had). They won't be on your list now but we can always add a supplementary list for newcomers.
I like the AllPeopleQuilt challenge here but there is only space for twelve projects and I might need more or maybe less. This challenge only works if there's twelve exactly. So I'd like to be a little more flexible than that.
As I see it we should be celebrating every time we finish a UFO – even if it hasn't yet been identified as unidentified! Sounds a bit existential doesn't it? This is why I like to add your projects to the Gallery and mine too – so we can all celebrate when things are DONE.
Why don't you just make a list of all your projects from the itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny to the oh-my-God-is-that-even-possible with the option of extending the aforementioned list should subsequent projects identify themselves during the course of the year? Much simpler. Then we can have a celebration at the end of the year. Maybe we should have an end-of-year prize for the most UFO's – or maybe we just all give ourselves a pat on the back for finishing what we can?
So rifle through that organised sewing space of yours – right now – and get out your UFO's. Make a list with the details of each UFO and where it's up to then send me a copy too (send it to kaye@apatchyquilting.com.au). Use this 2015 UFO Challenge form if it helps. We'll keep a tally of the number of projects my clever Apatchy people finish during 2015.
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Will do , looking forward to the year ahead, wont be doing Wed night but all the other times.Sorting my ufo's right now!!!!!!!!!
Great inspiration, Butttttt this is going to be a scarey exercise. Not sure the shops have enough storage boxes for all my UFO's. The main prob is where to start. It's good to have u back.
Thanks for your organisational ideas.
Aghhh I am having so much trouble returning to Fiesta Mexico. I am enjoying just playing at the moment. lol..


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Christchurch has a plentiful supply of hill properties – whether you're looking at new subdivisions on the hills around Sumner, Redcliffs or Kennedys Bush, or buying a section or house in an established neighbourhood such as Cashmere, Huntsbury or Mount Pleasant, you'll have plenty of choices when it comes to finding the perfect location for your new home.
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What should you think about when buying a section or existing house on the hill?
Views are obviously important, and in some locations such as Scarborough Hill people are willing to go to great expense to perch houses on difficult sites just to enjoy the spectacular view of Sumner, Christchurch City and the Southern Alps.
First think about the environmental conditions on the site – when will you lose the sun, and in which directions will you be most exposed to the wind? In Christchurch the choicest hill properties are usually those facing slightly to the west – you can enjoy afternoon sun whilst being sheltered from the easterly breeze.
Secondly consider how easy it will be to build on your chosen section – how steep is it, and is there good vehicle access? Buying the cheapest site may be false economy if you end up sinking a significant portion of your budget into the driveway, foundations, and retaining walls. Often it's worth spending a little more for a site with a gentle slope and good access, as it can make every aspect of the build much easier and save you money in the long run.
The location of outdoor living is key – think about when you'll be spending most of your time outdoors, and what parts of the site will be best at different times of the day.
Don't just take a house designed for a flat site and form a flat platform to sit it on. Successful hill house designs will work with the contours of the landscape, with the home carefully positioned to provide good access between indoor and outdoor areas. Careful selection of materials and a well-chosen roof style will ensure your home look like it belongs on the site.
Solar control – it can be tempting to make it all about the view by putting floor to ceiling windows everywhere. However too much glass can lead to overheating in summer and higher heating costs in winter, often for no real benefit. Carefully-placed windows will allow you to appreciate the views from each space without causing overheating.
Controlling water is critical – groundwater, surface water, when you're on the hill there's nowhere to hide, and once your structure is buried in the ground you'll never get a chance to get behind the house to fix waterproofing problems. Careful detailing and specification of appropriate waterproofing and tanking membranes, combined with drains to remove groundwater and surface water, are essential to protect your investment.
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Short stories about reversible assassinations as practical jokes
I'm looking for two short stories and I could have sworn they were called "Pamela's Profession" and "Pamela's Pursuit" but searching for these has come up with nothing. I've tried different women's names beginning with P, too, because my brain's not perfect.
The stories were about a woman who had the job of killing people for money, for rich people's entertainment - a sort of ha-ha practical joke. Those people would then be revived by future medical technology. She starts by shooting someone at a party.
There's a bit of a spoiler I remember, too:
She's being paid to "accidentally" shoot her victim in the head so he can't be revived. The second story is about her going on the run.
While I only remember these two stories, there may have been more. I would most likely have read them in the early 1990s and think they would have been written around then. I thought they were in a couple of editions of Interzone, but can't find a reference.
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I believe you may be thinking of Kim Newman's The Original Doctor Shade and other Stories. It includes both a story named "Pamela's Pursuit" and one named "Patricia's Profession", and the Google Books excerpt that I can access from where it showed up in The Night Mayor seems to indicate that Pamela is indeed an assassin for hire in something called The Game. It's apparently set in the dreamscape of a criminal in a world of artificial realities, where people are routinely resurrected which would fit in with the idea of "reversible" assassinations.
Part of her strategy had been to feign, first indifference, then reluctance. It bought Pamela time to sharpen up. While Robin amassed filmy brochures and solicited testimonials from satisfied friends, she put up a deceptive resistance. She spent her lunch hours at the weapons library. Her reactions were fine, but her accuracy needed work. Once, she let a stranger pick her up on the range and sessioned with him. He had willingly paid the registration fee and looked devastated when she remaindered him with her first slug. She didn't need to finish him, she had brought him definitively down, but she had filled his heart all the same. She had always had a healthy interest in killing. Besides, he had been a feeler and she didn't like feelers.
After three years, Pamela and RObin could still hurt each other as deeply as they had when they first started going together. She had completely changed his face, eroding the fleshy pockets under his chin and cheekbones with her talons. With the aid of popular manuals, he had diligently mapped all the response centres of her body. He was persistent but not terribly inventive. Robin was always imagining he had new ideas but it was Pamela who was forever trying to expand the envelope of their marriage. She had been subtly manoeuvring him towards The Game for several months. As always, she needed to let him think it was his idea. But she had been the one to think of inviting the Raiths over and nudged them into enthusing. Ted Raith was a squidge and his wife could be above at her worst; they were Robin's associates. But they had experimented, she knew, with The Game. Robin had kept up a stream of excited question. She knew that, again, she had him.
In this world, the popular entertainment media consists of Dreams, the world seems to be run by an artificial intelligence known as Yggdrasil, and people can be "resurrected."
This Google books excerpt indicates that "Patricia's Profession" (ISFDB link) and "Pamela's Pursuit" are indeed linked, although again, there's limited pages available to read. Here's a quote from Kim Newman in the forward for "Patricia's Profession":
"A sequel, 'Pamela's Pursuit', appeared in the anthology Arrows of Eros and I reserve the right to do 'Pandora's Predilection' in the future."
I found this by doing an ISFDB title search for stories that started with "Pamela" and then doing subsequent searches for Kim Newman and that title. I'm not certain how, or if, to change the ISFDB entry to indicate that "Patricia's Profession" shows up as a chapter in The Night Mayor.
FuzzyBootsFuzzyBoots
This sounds promising - I have one of the books the first Newman story is in at home somewhere, I'll check it out tonight.
– moopet
Would it be possible for you to add a summary of what you've found or what these stories are about? It helps for people who maybe can't access those links or won't be able to in the future due to link rot or information changing on those pages.
– Pleiades
5 years before Kurt Vonnegut's "God Bless You Dr. Kevorkian" as well, which is what I instantly thought of when I read the question.
– RJ Cuthbertson
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South Sudan Spoilers, Corroborators, and Post-war Recovery
Right to left: Gen. Taban Deng, Dr. Riek Machar, President Salva Kiir and Dr. James Wani Igga | Photo: File
Opinion | By Nhial K. Wicleek
The nascent nation had and continues to experience stuttering journey that shaped the history of its past starting from June 12th and 13th 1947 Juba conference to its present day 2021. Such a journey, in a chronological sequence, played a series dramatic shift in both negative and positive way in a very unimaginable manner. The birth of the Republic of South Sudan in its entirety is reminiscent of such journey, though the aftermath of social and political breakdown, which originated from the December 15, 2013, violent conflict that resulted into systematic extermination of the innocent Nuer civilians before it expanded to the rest of tribes in South Sudan, has its fundamental backing from that experience.
Ironically, it could be argued that the path to a greater future is unimaginably predictable given the nature of political development and its changing inclinations. However, time and space intertwine in unpredictably controllable manner, and this would play out in a way that set the recorded time that identified the current spoilers of social and political fabric, corroborators of such mischief and how to foster a comprehensive postwar recovery to achieve a viable nation reflective of social and political accountability.
In a move that shook the young nation, the spoilers of social and political fabric began their dirty tactics of dividing the nation well beyond the 2005 CPA signed in Naivasha in a very negative way to achieve their selfish political objective. The identities of these people are salient to South Sudanese common men and women on street as their deeds relentlessly prevail on streets for the obvious reasons the people of South Sudan know. Through deception and outwitting, such personalities assumed superiority over others without objectively identifying what would appear to be the weakness of their social and political calculation.
As John Garang braced for unification of the Sudan as one Republic State, he then worked on brainwashing few elements to assume superiority over their ordinary colleagues without definitive charisma the society requires. Such assumption made these individuals victim of their political conscience, whether in a positive or not negative way. The failure of Anya Nya I movement led by Samuel Gach Tut had its direct result from these rogues' hidden agenda. The emergent of the chaotic situation leading to the death of Gaajaak Nuer and the rest of South Sudanese starting from 1985 to 1987 was a direct result of these assassins. The occurrence of the SPLM/A 1991 split was a direct result of these people's faulty play. The political wrangling between the party leaders during and after 2008 convention has its fundamental roots from their selfish miscalculation.
The classification of tribes, some being viewed as second class citizens and some claiming the ownership as liberators of others, was a direct result of their work. The staging of a political protest held on December 6, 2013, prior to the outbreak of the civil war, in a nutshell, was also a direct result of their savagery. All these are evidenced on social media and human rights organizations accountable for recording and keeping of such records as these are not fabrications. In their words, but reframed to fit the content, they have been saying all along to the people of South Sudan that they are the SPLM/A; they are the liberators; they are savior of the nation; they should be the ones to profit; that their honor should remain above all odds; that if not recognized should timely detract South Sudan from achieving her dream; that they will fit tribes against each other; that nobody else should deserve right to leadership accept them; that they will be praised as lords and embezzle money whenever they want and deserve no investigation; and that they would set the country ablaze.
All these characteristics are found in the personalities of antidevelopment individuals hiding under the shadow of a black hut and the associates, the principal representatives of the Republic of South Sudan. Who are the associates, whether by social and political association or any person that does not seek answer to any political breakdown, or exempting the leadership from being held accountable to this failure, are the ones we called black hut's associates? The down spiraling of activities, which originated from their work, drained South Sudan down the rabbit hole with which correcting it would be very hard if strategic care is not considered.
Another group to blame are the corroborators of social and political mischief that has taken shape in South Sudan. This social and political mischief has been boldened by both the opposition groups and the IG together with regional and international allies, which played a disproportionate role of a great importance resulting in the death of the system, sub-institutions, and the basic delivery of services to the rightful beneficiaries at the grassroot level. History may recall the "animal farm" and its ironic plays as it stood out in all the political developments and thier twists and turns.
People may recall, the holocaust, the Rwanda genocide, and all the "fall of empires" from East to West, North to South and the outcome realized across the world that the consequences were far reaching and debilitating to both victims and perpetuators. Successes in bringing the perpetuators to book across the world were entirely influenced by the direct involvement of the international community that was willfully disagreeing with people violating human rights across the world. However, in the case of Republic of South Sudan, the region together with allies, have become the sole corroborators who, with the act of intent, solidify their support to the incumbent administration in Juba to coerce her people.
The corroborators, because of their socioeconomic and geopolitical affiliations interestingly played cat and mouse game in a way that put them on spotlights due to their participation in genocidal act committed against innocent civilians in Juba by the regime in question. Their bipartisan relationship made them to cover up the evidence and allegedly side with the culprit even when they should easily correct the mistake saliently at play before their very watch. Look at the regional leaders in the like of Museveni, Uhuru Kenyatta, Egypt, and their hidden agenda against the people of South Sudan. The cover up of evidence and the fault mediation they have been facilitating in an interest none other than theirs for over 7 years is a direct betrayal to the rule of law, justice, and accountability in South Sudan.
Look at Africa Union and the international collaborators doing the underground works in the interest of peace yet are testifying in the name of peace when in fact the benefit of such peace is not being realized by the common person on the street. Such corroborators' works made South Sudan a police state to ensure that their economic gain is boisterously bolstered, and to ensure that the intended act of ethnic cleansing would successfully meet its due course to the best of the incumbent leadership's ability.
If regional leaders that supposed to protect vulnerable population are the very people betraying such trust, the Napoleon of South Sudan in his black hut would notoriously continue to spray South Sudanese with Museveni of Uganda's cluster bomb that was used against the white army during 2014 in Jonglie State. The famous quote "money is the root of all evils" significantly fits the personality of the Jieng Council of Elders (JCE) who spoiled the good name of Jieng by turning South Sudan tribes against the Jieng community. The first paragraph squarely hosts this group for their dirty politics.
Thanks goodness, the Jieng intellectuals are becoming vocal to account their voice as it has been silenced for quite sometimes. Has it not been for hosted shows that voiced their disapproval of the JCE as their mouthpiece, they would equally remain the representation of the 1.5million Jieng community that has nothing to do with their selfish benefit? Let not be blinded by the other corroborators that are crying wolves for decamping the SPLM-IO with the hope of being able to earn the Napoleon, the great of South Sudan's trust, but miserably failed to, at last, earn such trust. In George Orwell's argument that some animals betrayed the rebellion and joined up with the King to bolster his power represents the disgruntled opposition groups that pledged allegiance to the black hut Napoleon of South Sudan. Their hurtful intension was painstakingly unbearable and have equally played the role of ethnic cleansing.
However, it is apparent that we should not only give due attention to the spoilers' and corroborators' misdeeds, but also the postwar recovery as the parties in agreement gear up, yet for undoing a complete cessation of hostility. This means that the unpredictable experience that detoured the to be good and compelling history of South Sudan will need to be erased and jointly foster a new South Sudan order that favors a viable system, unlike thievery manifested by bigotry. In fact, fostering a Comprehensive postwar recovery is not an easy task, rather requires utmost commitment and a great deal of accountability. It is doable if care and strategic approaches are considered. Peace by its people from grassroot level (bottom-up process) could change the way things manifested before the very watch of every individual South Sudanese. This can be done by impowering the grassroot communities, the technocrats and institutional accountability.
Consolidating and harmonizing the revenue and raising the nation's GDP could change and transform the country for better. There are multiple resources untapped in South Sudan and these should be utilized to ensure prosperity of the country. Mandating the anti-grab department to compartmentalize corruption would also bolster such change required as people that were accused of stealing from government coffers get sanctioned and caged to reduce the flow of such embezzlement initiated at the higher level. Direct or indirect restitution of all the victims would encourage far reaching healing and recovery and so the reconciliation processes. Opening free and transparent trade relationship with neighbors would boost the capacity of revenue collection for the benefit of both countries in each border point.
In conclusion, time and space have told us that there was a faulty start, and this should be corrected if due attention is strongly encouraged. Elimination of selfish interest can be the core aspect of changing the social and political perception being implemented by the spoilers and corroborators of injustice. The republic of South Sudan is very rich in human and financial capital and all it requires is a set system that can set things in order. Empowering the institutions to account for the welfare of the nation, its people and resources is the baseline for which no objection would be warranted. Spoilers and corroborators have done so much damage and loosely encouraged people to continue wracking havoc the Republic of South Sudan.
The Great Napoleon of South Sudan has grown horns because of their unthinkable strategies, which could have, otherwise, been stopped from getting to this level. Since it went undetected, our postwar recovery strategy should play a role in fostering unity and this should be achieved through consolidating the manpower and resources to ensure prosperity, which can be realized by the people at large. With time and space, the Republic of South Sudan would be better off without the spoilers and corroborators that are still working against the postwar recovery under the Museveni's disciple of the Republic of South Sudan.
Nhial K. Wicleek, a concern citizen of South Sudan. He is reachable at korow1st@yahoo.ca
The views expressed in this "Opinion Section" belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of The South Sudan Herald. Should you wish to submit your opinion piece or analysis, kindly contact us at: thessherald@gmail.com


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