I notice with interest the increased contributions of poetry to Bonzer! of late.
This one was written in 1966 for a Boarding School in Kent, England, called Bethany.
Alan Wheatley and I attended this school, separated by about 7 years. I have previously written about my time there in these pages. Close after the occasion of the 100th edition of Bonzer!, I should like to dedicate this borrowed work to Alan’s magnificent contributions, we have all shared over the last number of years.
There are beginning signs of a slowdown in the economic and trade recovery, following the Global Financial Crisis. Europe has not helped by revealing massive debt problems, and questions whether the Euro can survive. Dark clouds are gathering for the next round. Not surprisingly, this is creating enormous US pressures, heightened by coming political battles, [...]
I spent a sunny Saturday at Calgary Zoo in May, and was truly inspired. ‘Caring for the Watershed’ is a local initiative between a major international corporation, with a commitment to community responsibility, and many local not-for-profits, to raise awareness and seek solutions to our stressed water based resources.
While in California and Florida recently, on business, I took some local time off, finding a few cruises at the last minute. This turned educational, as I noticed the differences this year from previous US coastal cruises.
Back in the 60s, I preferred the ideals of EFTA (European Free Trade Association) over those of Treaty of Rome proposals. Scandinavian countries and Britain were the main EFTA members, while Germany and France were the dominant members of what grew to the present-day EU. The problem was always that those two wanted to totally run affairs with their partners – almost a cabal. This was always going to lead to trouble!
“Have you any recollections of any great public events about
this time ?”
“The most important I remember was the return of Leichhardt
after an absence of nearly two years on his exploring
expedition to Port Essington. His safety had been despaired of,
and his return was the cause of great public enthusiasm.
New Year is a time to reflect and plan. This one more than most – we’re on the cusp of major worldwide changes and challenges, in uncertain times, given the economic situation and environmental and political state of affairs. So what sort of future do we face?
Here we are not much more than a year after the biggest US bank bailouts in history, and we have to ask ourselves what actually happened. Those taxpayers in the US who are footing the bill now, and for the lives of countless generations to come, have a right to an investigation to uncover the real, full facts, and hopefully why it was handled as it was.
SYDNEY STREETS IN 1830.
“Your memory seems to be so good, Mr. Macintosh – that you
can doubtless remember the many important changes that took
place in the city from time to time?’
The Limited Company is the mainstay of the Western Economic system and the main component of the stock markets. Their growth, and hence support from investors, is based on their quarterly and annual results, that are based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in their local, quoting market. For more than a century, those standards have been set locally by accounting bodies and boards, for and on behalf of their own Governments. This is about to change.