When I was a small child we were always allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve to watch the ball fall at Times Square in New York on TV, accompanied by Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians playing Auld Lang Syne, and then open the front door to go out in the yard and bang on pots 'n' pans! And with that nostalgic image I wish everyone here a Happy New Year with a hope for peace, within and without, and a thanks for the warmth of friendship this board has ferried my way.