On Dec. 7, 2014 a group of 11 children were outside singing Christmas carols in front of a bonfire in Enarotali when two Indonesian soldiers on a motorbike broke through the gloom.

The fact is, is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century it was actually mummified, skin and all but in a fit of space saving zeal, they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet and they burned the rest in a bonfire.

Although the French government, unlike its Spanish and Italian counterparts, has not yet had any difficulty financing itself at low interest rates, currency appreciation as the economy slides into recession is like fuel poured onto an unlit bonfire. Unless growth is restored, France s already large public debt will expand unsustainably, heightening the risk that investors will shun French government bonds.