Reframing the India-NZ Relationship
Reframing the India-NZ Relationship Thursday, May 13, 2021 Suzannah Jessep
The Asia New Zealand Foundation s Suzannah Jessep suggests that it is time to think big to bring the two countries closer together.
In 1980, Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon famously observed that New Zealand’s foreign policy is trade policy.
While Sir Robert may have had his shortcomings, on this point it is hard to fault him.
Trade has been at the core of New Zealand’s foreign policy for the past several decades and as international trade has grown aided considerably by New Zealand’s free trade agreement with China it has become the central prism through which many other aspects of New Zealand foreign policy are valued and assessed.
Netherlands to Issue 2021 Gold Ducats by Reservation Only
Dutch Gold Ducat and
Double Gold Ducat are appearing in another variation of their traditional, classic design for their 2021 issue from the
Royal Dutch Mint. The first Gold Ducat with the legendary standing knight was struck in
Holland under the
Friesland in 1612. The
Dutch Kingdom continued the practice.
The coin has always had the same basic obverse of a standing knight accompanied by an ornately inscribed tablet on the reverse. The only variations reflect artistic liberties taken by mint engravers. The coins are based on the design of the engraver
Johan Willem Marmé, the die cutter at the
JANESVILLE
When was the last time that a granddad and his grandkid could head to downtown Janesville and get a candy bar, jellybeans and a handmade ice cream float at a genuine soda fountainâall inside one storefront?
Itâs been years, certainly.
In April, Courtney Perakis is bringing back a slice of old-timey sweetness with The Sugar Exchange, a new candy shop and classic ice cream and soda parlor at 119 N. Main St.
Perakis, a former financial adviser with a love of lemon-flavored Jolly Rancher candies and vivid memories of visiting candy stores with her grandfather, is revamping a shop space at the Bodacious Shops of Block 42 that will become a throwback candy shop.
The Most Powerful Corporation In History Shutterstock
By Richard Milner/March 3, 2021 10:26 am EDT
Imagine that your friendly neighborhood Amazon (the online retailer, not the dwindling rainforest) ruled half the Northern Hemisphere of Earth, openly aided in their conquests by the U.S. government. They invaded places under the guise of economic expansion, and set up military outposts. And they were the world s premiere seller of narcotics, and no one cared. Also, they operated a worldwide slave dealing network. And they could legally declare war, and capitalized on false flag events to do so. Basically, a global imperialist warmongering drug cartel of human traffickers operating under the support of the world s largest economic and political superpower.
Early Explorers: Ferdinand Magellan & Antonio Pigafetta
Portuguese-born, Spanish-crown-commissioned captain Ferdinand Magellan may be the most renowned of all early explorers. His circumnavigation of the globe was the first in recorded history and is arguably the greatest sea voyage in the Age of Discovery . Between 1519 and 1522 AD the intrepid crew of the carrack, aptly named “The Victoria,” rounded the southern tip of South America. They named this land
Patagones, the Spanish
pata meaning foot hence this name means “the land of the bigfeet.” According to the official chronicles, painstakingly recorded by Antonio Pigafetta, as they approached the shore of this strange land, they witnessed a giant, naked man dancing and anointing himself with powder. A crew member was sent ashore to make contact and did so by imitating the giant’s gestures.