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Bucky makes his positive case that the Broncos might have got their puzzle in order. Granted his contentions are the same ones we've seen in these forums here and there, and to me -- he makes a good case. If you agree with him you kind of have to give Elway some credit getting us at least where it looks like the team could do something. You never know how a team will come together. On paper though, the Broncos 'puzzle' pieces are starting to look like they fit right rather than jammed into place despite their shapes. If the team intangible ends up equaling more than the sum of it's parts, with what's on paper could mean the Broncos will be better than anyone thinks they will be.
As Bucky mentioned in the article "hope springs eternal during this time of year". Things could be worse for the Broncos (cough Jokeland cough) -- Look only 6-8 months ago. Broncos have dug themselves a hole -- but it does look like they're trying to get back in the black.
~The O Line can never be strong enough can it. If our receivers do well this year I'd like to see a significant investment on the OL during the next big effort to bring guys in whenever/however that is (draft or trades).By Bucky Brooks
NFL.com Analyst
Published: Sept. 6, 2019 at 02:58 p.m.
Updated: Sept. 6, 2019 at 03:54 p.m.
Raise your hand if you really believe Joe Flacco is a Super Bowl-caliber quarterback.
For the majority of the 12th-year pro's career, I would've kept my hand in my pocket when asked that question, but there's something brewing in Denver that has swayed my opinion in recent months. The former Super Bowl MVP has not only joined a team with a defense that should emerge as a dominant unit, but he is also playing in an offensive system that suits his skills as a passer better than the one in Baltimore did. Plus, he's surrounded by a more talented collection of pass catchers on the perimeter.
Now, I know hope springs eternal during this time of year, but I believe the Broncos have the pieces in place to make a legitimate run in the AFC in 2019. The defense has a pair of disruptive pass rushers (Von Miller and Bradley Chubb) and a premier cover corner (Chris Harris Jr.) playing in a system that's designed to routinely create negative plays (sacks, tackles for loss and turnovers). Although the rest of the unit is comprised mostly of unheralded playmakers, we've seen the combination of first-year head coach Vic Fangio's system and productive role players produce spectacular results in the past.
Offensively, the Broncos have returned to a zone-based rushing attack and complementary play-action passing game with roots in the Mike Shanahan scheme that helped pave the way for back-to-back Super Bowl wins in the late 1990s. I believe this offense is a perfect match for Flacco. The veteran passer enjoyed the best statistical season of his career working with Gary Kubiak in a similar scheme in 2014, and new Broncos OC Rich Scangarello's system should enhance the strengths of Flacco's game.
Just to refresh your memory, Flacco completed 62.1 percent of his passes for 3,986 yards with a 27:12 touchdown-to-interception ratio in '14. The 27 TDs were a career-high, and he posted a passer rating of 91.0 (second-highest of his career). He looked like a high-end starter directing an offense that featured an assortment of stretch-bootleg concepts prominently in the game plan, and the Ravens won 10 games, advancing to the playoffs as a wild-card team.
The memory of that season might have played a key role in prompting Broncos president of football operations John Elway to acquire the veteran from Baltimore for a fourth-round pick in February. The Hall of Fame quarterback-turned-executive suggested in March that Flacco was still in his prime, and he has continued to pump up his new QB1 throughout the offseason.
"I think there's more value that he brings and for what we need than people think," Elway told The Athletic in July. "Everyone wants to sit there and look at his numbers and what's done the last few years. To me, he hasn't had a great system and he hasn't had great people around him. So he can have success when you have people around him and he's in the right system, which I think he is because this is the system he's had success in. But he's also had kind of a calming (effect) at that position because guys respect that he's been there, he's won a Super Bowl, he knows what it takes. Whether they think he's great or good, he's solid."
The thought of just solid quarterback play leading to wins might draw some raised eyebrows, but it falls in line with the style of play embraced by Fangio. The grizzled, defensive-minded coach wants to lean on the running game and play complementary football, with the three phases (offense, defense, special teams) tying together.
Offensively, the offseason arrival of O-line coach Mike Munchak should fortify things up front and enable the running game to thrive, with Phillip Lindsay and Royce Freeman sharing the load. Munchak, a Hall of Fame offensive lineman, transformed the Pittsburgh Steelers' O-line into arguably the best front five in football during his five seasons (2014-18) with the squad.
Given Munchak's impeccable resume (it's worth noting that the Steelers gave up the second-fewest sacks in the NFL during his tenure), I believe it's only a matter of time before the Broncos' running game and aerial attack find rhythm under Flacco's direction.
With Scangarello putting Flacco in his comfort zone as a play-action passer throwing a handful of bootlegs, the Broncos' new QB1 should put up solid numbers while throwing to wide receivers Emmanuel Sanders and Courtland Sutton. This approach is similar to how Scangarello -- who previously served as the 49ers' QB coach -- and San Francisco coaxed impressive production from undrafted QB Nick Mullens last season when injuries created an opportunity for the third-stringer. The formula should help No. 5 find his stride as the leader of the offense.
Most importantly, the recipe should help the Broncos emerge as dark-horse contenders in the AFC.
~I still think we need one big piece at MLB .... and that probably wont happen this season.
Even then it's not that simple because year to year guys leave for reasons beyond the club's control. Cost of contract, injuries, CBA stuff etc. Elway needs to keep a finger on the pulse of how things could come together 2-3 years out every year.


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It's that time of the year where my favorite shops fill up with faux fur – and with celebrities like Victoria Beckham and Kim Kardashian regularly stepping out in fur, it's no wonder why. It's comfortable, warm and ideal for transforming an outfit from day to night – but to get it right, make sure you steer clear of novelty items and dodgy prints, and opt for chic and elegant pieces instead. Want to get it right in a flash? Here's how to wear faux fur the right way.
1. Get Gloved
Everyone has a selection of thick tights and wooly jumpers for cool days, and these often look great teamed with faux fur! Adding some fur gloves to your look is a really easy way to keep yourself warmer, and stay looking good. Plain black gloves are a timeless choice that will go with anything, or opt for gloves featuring a monochrome pattern to make them eye-catching.

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Advocacy is a Journey, Not a Destination
by Jessica Powell, CCVO Policy Analyst
Nonprofits Vote: Albertans go to the Polls in 2019
As noted in a previous post, CCVO is rolling out an election toolkit to provide nonprofits with resources, tools and information to engage in policy advocacy in the upcoming provincial election. The date of the election is not yet released but will need to be called by the end of May 2019. The full toolkit will be published in the new year. Please follow the CCVO blog as we release installments of the toolkit to help you engage in the provincial election.
Consider this: advocacy is a journey, not a destination. An election period may be a great time to reinforce policy advocacy for nonprofits, but advocacy is a long-term commitment that requires persistence and dedication to work towards your desired outcome throughout election cycles. Here are some tips to keep you on track and motivated throughout your advocacy journey.
Preparing for the Long Game
When a nonprofit organization sets out advocating for policy change, they might believe it is possible to achieve in a short period of time. Unfortunately, this is not usually the case, and it can take years for policy change to be realized. It is important to recognize that advocacy is an ongoing process, marked with both milestones and setbacks on the path to reaching your ultimate goal. However, each step taken, even one that may seem to counter your efforts, is a step towards your nonprofit's end goal. Given that the rewards of your work are not always immediately realized, it's important to be committed to your goal and ensure that everyone involved in your advocacy efforts has the same expectations from the outset. This will take planning, organizing, patience and persistence. Remember, change does not happen overnight.
There's No One Way to Reach the Goal
Policy advocacy, especially reinforced during an election period, is important. The election is a time when real change can occur for nonprofits, and is an opportunity for advancing your nonprofit's policy agenda through a strategic engagement strategy. Bringing up a completely new issue during an election period may not be the best way to capture the attention of political candidates and parties, but you can seek commitment on issues that you have been consistently advocating for, at a time when candidates are listening to the wants of their constituents. This can be done by demonstrating strength in numbers, influence and impact, or through communicating the risks involved in losing support for the important work nonprofits do.
Policies and regulations can be created and undone during an election cycle – they can be eliminated by a determined opposition party, refocused political attention, or a change of government. The attention of legislators and policymakers can be quite short, often spanning only the time between elections. A change of government may bring to power politicians who know little or nothing about your issue, or do not see its value. Public attention also ebbs and flows – your nonprofit's issue might be the focal point of public attention today, but tomorrow you may find the public has moved on to other issues, leading to a loss of public support and setting back advocacy efforts. But don't let this discourage you – these ebbs and flows are a natural part of democracy, and a necessary reality for nonprofits performing advocacy work – reinforcing why nonprofits must continue policy advocacy beyond election periods.
To reach your nonprofit's advocacy goals, you should be open and adaptive to trying different approaches. Consider, what you are comfortable compromising, and which issues you will advocate for at all costs. Advocacy is often about dialogue and negotiation, and it can be helpful to identify a "fall back" position that will allow you to still achieve an acceptable outcome, even if it is not perfect.
Tracking Your Success
Monitoring and evaluation are valuable tools to use throughout your advocacy efforts. During the planning and execution of an advocacy strategy, be sure to track progress towards your desired objectives. By monitoring what is working well and what is not, you'll better be able to stay on track to achieving your end goal. Be prepared to change your advocacy strategy if your monitoring shows that you are off course.
Evaluation, the measurement of the impacts of an advocacy project, examines the entire advocacy cycle. An effective evaluation focuses on the overall achievements of the project, and also measures the intended or unintended outcomes. Evaluation is all about proving and improving – proving the success of your advocacy efforts, and improving in areas that didn't yield your desired outcomes.
Questions to ask in evaluating the impact of your advocacy efforts include:
Have you achieved your objectives?
What worked well and what did not?
Who were the decision-makers or influencers consulted? What were the outcomes?
Is the situation better or worse than before your advocacy efforts? How?
How did the external environment impact the outcomes of your work?
If no policy change has occurred, how can you change your advocacy initiatives? (This may be time to revisit your engagement strategy.)
Are your stakeholders happy with the results of your advocacy efforts and the way your work was implemented?
Successful advocacy often depends on the current political environment, and the strategy that you are using, neither of which are easily measured. It requires a redefinition of what it means to succeed, and what it means to fail. Advocacy success does not necessarily mean that your ultimate goal is realized - you can also celebrate the small wins on the journey. For example, meeting with a Cabinet Minister to discuss your issue is a measurable objective to be celebrated along the journey towards a goal of changing a policy.
Policy advocacy should not be treated as an end destination. Your efforts should continue beyond election periods, with a continued focus on achieving your goal. And don't feel the weight of your advocacy strategy is on your shoulders alone – your advocacy work will continue even beyond your own efforts, building on the collective success of sector participants and policymakers.


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A Study Of Neratinib (HKI-272) And Capecitabine In Japanese With Solid Tumor
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01128842
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : May 24, 2010
Results First Posted : December 19, 2018
Last Update Posted : December 19, 2018
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|Condition or disease
|Advanced Malignant Solid Tumors
|Drug: Neratinib Drug: Capecitabine
|Phase 1
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|7 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase 1, Open-Label Study Of Neratinib (HKI-272) In Combination With Capecitabine In Japanese Subject With Solid Tumors
|Actual Study Start Date :
|April 2010
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|March 2011
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|March 2011
Experimental: Neratinib + Capecitabine
Neratinib + Capecitabine
Drug: Neratinib
240 mg once daily by mouth.
Drug: Capecitabine
1500 mg/m^2 twice daily by mouth.
- Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT) - Percentage of Participants With DLT Events [ Time Frame: From first dose date to day 21. ]DLT was defined as 1. Grade 3 or 4 non-hematologic toxicity (exceptions listed below as a.-c.), a. Grade 3 asthenia was NOT considered to be a DLT UNLESS it lasted >3 days. b. Grade 3 nausea or vomiting was NOT considered to be a DLT UNLESS the subject was already receiving optimal medical therapy. c. Grade 3 or 4 infection was NOT considered to be a DLT UNLESS it is associated with grade 3 or 4 neutropenia. 2. Grade 3 diarrhea that lasted >2 days while the subject was on optimal medical therapy or that was associated with fever (greater than or equal 38.0 ºC) or grade 3 dehydration. 3. Grade 4 neutropenia lasting ≥3 days or grade 4 febrile neutropenia. 4. Grade 4 thrombocytopenia lasting ≥3 days or complicated with bleeding or requiring platelet transfusion. 5. Delayed recovery (to National Cancer Institute [NCI] grade 1 or less, or baseline) from any of the toxicities listed above (items 1-4), that was related to study drug, and that delayed the next dose by more than 3 weeks.
- Tolerated Dose [ Time Frame: From first dose date to day 21. ]
Six subjects will be initially enrolled (neratinib 240 mg/day; capecitabine 1500 mg/m²/day on days 1 through 14). AEs and DLTs will be assessed from the first dose of investigational product through day 21. Based on the DLT rate in these first 6 subjects, dose tolerability will be confirmed as follows:
If ≤1 of the first 6 evaluable subjects experience a DLT by day 21, then this dose is considered tolerable, and enrollment will stop.
If ≥3 of the first 6 evaluable subjects experience a DLT by day 21, this dose is considered intolerable.
If 2 of the first 6 evaluable subjects experience a DLT by day 21, then an additional 4 subjects will be enrolled at the same dose level.
If a total of 10 subjects are enrolled, then the tolerability will be confirmed as follows:
If ≤3 of the total 10 subjects experience a DLT by day 21, then this dose will be considered tolerable.
If ≥4 of the total 10 subjects experience a DLT by day 21, then the dose will be considered intolerable.
- Best Overall Response [ Time Frame: From first dose date to progression or last tumor assessment, up to 41 weeks. ]Number of participants with Partial Response (PR) or Complete Response (CR) per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST) (v1.0) criteria. CR: Disappearance of all lesions; PR: at least a 30% decrease in the sum of longest diameters (SLD) of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline SLD; Progressive Disease (PD): at least a 20% increase in the SLD of target lesions, taking as reference the nadir longest diameter, meaning the smallest SLDs recorded since the treatment started, or the appearance of 1 or more new lesions, or unequivocal progression of existing nontarget lesions; and stable disease is neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD, taking as reference the smallest SLD since treatment started.
- Objective Response Rate [ Time Frame: From first dose date to progression or last tumor assessment, up to 41 weeks. ]Percentage of participants with partial response (PR) or complete response (CR) per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST) v.1.0: CR, disappearance of all target lesions; PR, >=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; and Non Progressive Disease (PD) for non-target lesions, and no new lesions.
- Progression Free Survival [ Time Frame: From first dose date to PD or death, up to 41 weeks. ]Number of weeks between the date of the first dose of test article and the first date of disease recurrence or disease progression (PD), or death due to any cause, was documented, censored at the last evaluation, investigator assessment. Progression is defined using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Criteria (v1.0), as at least a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameters (LD) of target lesions, taking as reference the nadir LD, meaning the smallest sum of the LDs recorded since the treatment started; or unequivocal progression of existing nontarget lesions; or the appearance of any new lesions.
- Area Under the Curve (AUC) of Neratinib in Combination With Capecitabine [ Time Frame: At 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 21-24 hours after dose on day 14. ]AUC of Neratinib at day 14 following Administration of Neratinib 240 mg in combination with Capecitabine 1500 mg/m^2 per day to Japanese Subjects with Cancer.
- Maximum Plasma Concentration of Neratinib in Combination With Capecitabine [ Time Frame: Measured at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 21-24 hours after dose on day 14. ]Maximum plasma concentration (nanograms/milliliter) of Neratinib at day 14 following Administration of Neratinib 240 mg in combination with Capecitabine 1500 mg/m^2 per day to Japanese Subjects with Cancer.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male and female subjects 20 years and older
- Confirmed pathologic diagnosis of a solid tumor not curable with currently available therapies, for which neratinib plus capecitabine is a reasonable treatment option.
- At least 1 measurable lesion as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria (Please note: ascites, pleural or pericardial effusion, osteoblastic bone metastases, and carcinomatous lymphangitis of the lung will not be considered measurable lesions).
- Subjects with skin lesions that are measurable by computed tomography (CT) scans or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the only site of measurable disease are allowed.
- Recovery from all clinically significant adverse events (AEs) related to prior therapies (excluding alopecia).
- Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) within institutional range of normal as measured by multi-gated acquisition (MUGA) or echocardiogram (ECHO).
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2 (not declining within 2 weeks before signing the informed consent form [ICF]).
Screening lab values within the following parameters: Absolute neutrophil count (ANC): 1.5×109/L (1500/mm3) Platelet count: 100×109/L (100,000/mm3) Hemoglobin: 9.0 g/dL (90 g/L) Serum creatinine: 01.5×upper limit of normal (ULN) Total bilirubin: 1.5×ULN (<3 ULN if Gilbert's disease) Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT): 2.5×ULN (=5×ULN if liver metastases are present)
- For women of childbearing potential, a negative urine or serum pregnancy test result before study entry.
- All subjects who are biologically capable of having children must agree and commit to the use of a reliable method of birth control for the duration of the study and for 28 days after the last dose of investigational product. A subject is biologically capable of having children if he or she is using contraceptives or if his or her sexual partner is sterile or using contraceptives.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior treatment with anthracyclines with a cumulative dose of doxorubicin >400 mg/m², or of epirubicin >800 mg/m², or the equivalent dose for other anthracyclines or derivatives.
- Major surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, any investigational agents, or other cancer therapy within at least 2 weeks before administration of the first dose of investigational product.
- Bone as the ONLY site of disease .
- Active central nervous system (CNS) metastases, as indicated by clinical symptoms, cerebral edema, and/or progressive growth (subjects with a history of CNS metastases or cord compression are permitted if they have been definitively treated and are off anticonvulsants and steroids for at least 4 weeks before cycle 1 day 1).
QT (corrected QT (QTc)) interval >0.47seconds or a known history of QTc prolongation or torsades de pointes.
- Presence of clinically significant or uncontrolled cardiac disease, including congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association [NYHA] functional classification of 02), angina requiring treatment, myocardial infarction within the past 12 months, or any clinically significant supraventricular arrhythmia or ventricular arrhythmia requiring treatment or intervention.
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
- Significant chronic or recent acute gastrointestinal disorder with diarrhea as a major symptom (eg, Crohn's disease, malabsorption, or grade 2 or higher diarrhea of any etiology at baseline).
- Inability or unwillingness to swallow tablets (neratinib and capecitabine).
- Subjects with active or uncontrolled renal insufficiency, in whom medication dose adjustments are indicated.
- Subject known to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositive and/or have acute or chronic hepatitis B infection (hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] positive) or hepatitis C infection (anti-HCV positive).
- Known history of hypersensitivity to capecitabine or any of it components, including 5-FU.
- Any other cancer within 5 years prior to screening with the exception of contralateral breast carcinoma, adequately treated cervical carcinoma in situ, or adequately treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
- Clinically significant ongoing or recent infection within 2 weeks before administration of the first dose of investigational product.
- Evidence of significant medical illness or abnormal laboratory findings that in the investigator's judgment will substantially increase the risk associated with the subject's participation in and completion of the study, or preclude the evaluation of the subject's response. Examples include, but are not limited to, serious active infection, (ie, requiring intravenous antibiotic or antiviral agent) or uncontrolled major seizure disorder, significant pulmonary disorder (eg, interstitial pneumonitis, pulmonary hypertension), or psychiatric disorder that would interfere with subject safety or informed consent.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01128842
|Investigational Site
|Shizuoka, Japan
|Investigational Site
|Tokyo, Japan
|Study Director:
|Responsible Party:
|Puma Biotechnology, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01128842 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|May 24, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|December 19, 2018
|Last Update Posted:
|December 19, 2018
|Last Verified:
|December 2018
Solid Tumor
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
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Commander Shepard: The New Flat Stanley
If you've gone through elementary school, chances are you are familiar with Flat Stanley, a character who kids send around the world for silly photo ops. Walls 360, a company that specializes in stickers high grade, large scale, self adhesive art, has unveiled a massive line of Mass Effect 3 wall graphics that may have inadvertently supplanted Mr. Stanley.
Walls 360 has posted a gallery of images showing a life-size Commander Shepard wall graphic out in the wild. He's on fences, brick walls, and even crashing other peoples' art. If you want to be an unauthorized member of EA's street team and hang up Commander Shepards of your own, you can purchase him/her right here. The life-size version will run you $112. In addition to the Shepards, Walls 360 offers a large number of amazing Mass Effect 3 concept art wall graphics. Take a look at the gallery and, if you do happen to purchase a life-size Shep, send us your pictures!


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Make it easy for your customers to find your business. If you don't have a Google My Business account set up for your business, you could be missing out on new customers. Don't waste any more time.
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- To manage how your information appears across Google
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You are encouraged to bring a laptop. If you do not have a laptop available Do Space has chromebook available to check out at no cost.
Please bring the login details for your Google (Gmail) account. If you do not have a Google account, please be sure to set one up before the day of the workshop via this link https://accounts.google.com/SignUp (a Google account is free).
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Profile image – 250 x 250 pixels (minimum 120 x 120; maximum 5200 x 5300)
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American Modern Poets
Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Disease
While spoon-feeding him with one hand
she holds his hand with her other hand,
or rather lets it rest on top of his,
which is permanently clenched shut.
When he turns...
The Brother
The Brother
Dropping a canape in my beaujolais
At some reception, opening or launch,
I recall briefly the brother I never had
Presiding at less worldly rituals:
The only man at my wedding...
Don't be afraid, old son, it's only me,
though not as I've appeared before,
on the battlements of your signature,
or margin of a book you can't throw out,
or darkened shop front where your face...
The Excuse
The Excuse
Please hang up... I try again
"My father's sudden death has shocked us all"
Even me, and I've just made it up,
Like the puncture, the cheque in the post,
Or my realistic cough....
Siren Song
Siren Song
This is the one song everyone
would like to learn: the song
that is irresistible:
the song that forces men
to leap overboard in squadrons
even though they see the...
The Widow's Lament in Springtime
The Widow's Lament in Springtime
Sorrow is my own yard
where the new grass
flames as it has flamed
often before but not
with the cold fire
that closes round me this year.
The Dance
The Dance
In Breughel's great picture, The Kermess,
the dancers go round, they go round and
around, the squeal and the blare and the
tweedle of bagpipes, a bugle and fiddles
tipping their...
The Yachts
The Yachts
contend in a sea which the land partly encloses
shielding them from the too heavy blows
of an ungoverned ocean which when it chooses
tortures the biggest hulls, the best man knows...


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A month has gone by since the last earnings report for Sealed Air (SEE - Free Report) . Shares have lost about 7.3% in that time frame, underperforming the S&P 500.
Will the recent negative trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is Sealed Air due for a breakout? Before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late, let's take a quick look at its most recent earnings report in order to get a better handle on the important drivers.
Sealed Air Q1 Earnings Top Estimates, Revenues Miss
Sealed Air delivered first-quarter 2019 adjusted earnings per share of 59 cents surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 57 cents and improving 16% year over year. Results can be attributed to productivity and cost savings from the company's Reinvent SEE strategy which had been introduced in December 2018 to drive growth and earnings power.
Including special items, the company reported net earnings per share of 41 cents against the year-quarter's loss of $1.25.
Total revenues decreased 1.6% year over year on a reported basis to 1,113 million in the reported quarter. The figure also fell short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1,131 million. Unfavorable currency impact lowered total net sales by $53 million or 5%.
Cost and Margins
Cost of sales fell 1.3% year over year to $748 million. Gross profit dropped 2.4% to $365 million. Gross margin contracted 30 bps to 32.8% in the first quarter of 2019.
SG&A expenses rose 9% to $212 million from the prior-year quarter's figure. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) were $216 million in the quarter compared with $205 million reported in the prior-year quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 19% compared with 18% in the prior-year quarter, driven by the company's productivity improvement initiatives and lower input costs, partially offset by higher operating costs and decline in volume.
Segment Performance
Food Care: Net sales declined 2% year over year to $680 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. Adjusted EBITDA increased 6% year over year to $143 million.
Product Care: The segment reported net sales of $433 million in the reported quarter compared with $435 million in the prior-year quarter. Adjusted EBITDA declined 4% to $75 million.
Financial Updates
Cash and cash equivalents were $236 million as of Mar 31, 2019, down from $272 million as of Dec 31, 2018. Cash flow from operating activities was around $65 million in the first quarter of 2019 compared with an outflow of $34 million in the prior-year quarter.
As of Mar 31, 2019, Sealed Air's net debt came in at $3.3 billion, up from $3.2 billion as of Dec 31, 2018. In the first quarter of 2019, the company repurchased around 406,000 million shares for $18 million and paid dividends worth $25 million.
Sealed Air also announced an agreement to acquire Automated Packaging Systems, Inc. ("APS") for $510 million. The acquisition will strengthen portfolio to drive growth in e-commerce, fulfillment and food packaging markets. Automated Packaging Systems is a leading manufacturer of high-reliability, automated bagging systems. Sealed Air will make a payment of $510 million for the acquisition, which is expected to close early in the third quarter of 2019. The transaction is expected to be accretive to adjusted EBITDA in 2019.
Sealed Air maintained adjusted earnings per share guidance at $2.65-$2.75 for fiscal 2019. Net sales growth is projected to be approximately 2% on reported basis and 5% in constant dollars. Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations is expected to lie between $925 and $945 million. Currency is anticipated to have an unfavorable impact of approximately $130 million on net sales and $25 million on adjusted EBITDA.
How Have Estimates Been Moving Since Then?
In the past month, investors have witnessed an upward trend in fresh estimates.
VGM Scores
At this time, Sealed Air has an average Growth Score of C, though it is lagging a bit on the Momentum Score front with a D. Charting a somewhat similar path, the stock was allocated a grade of C on the value side, putting it in the middle 20% for this investment strategy.
Overall, the stock has an aggregate VGM Score of C. If you aren't focused on one strategy, this score is the one you should be interested in.
Estimates have been broadly trending upward for the stock, and the magnitude of these revisions looks promising. Notably, Sealed Air has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). We expect an in-line return from the stock in the next few months.


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History: Bede's Historians Visit Hampton Court
Year 7 study the Tudors in History and it is always a great opportunity for the children to experience first-hand, what it must have been like for the people we are learning about by visiting their actual homes.
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Henry set about turning it into a lavish showcase of a palace, so that he could show off to visiting dignitaries. One of our first visits was to the great kitchens, which in Henry's day turned out over a thousand meals a day. As you can see from the photos some of our year 7 had a chance at being a 'spit turner' (not the coolest job to have had in 34oC!
Our guide in the Royal Chapel gave us lots of useful information, as you can see from the picture our Year 7 are checking out if Jane Seymour's, third wife of King Henry VIII, heart was still buried under the altar.
As we wound our way through to the Great Hall, two of our students had the opportunity to try out the Royal Dais, where Henry and his wife at the time would have resided over court meals.
After a picnic lunch and a cooling ice-cream, we made the long return to School, not without the obligatory visit to the gift shop first!


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Neurotic New Yorker Bruce (Jeff Goldblum) is a manic bisexual who enjoys a good cry. Equally insecure Prudence (Julie Hagerty) is the uptight writer he meets through the personal ads. Bob Christopher (Christopher Guest) is Bruce's roommate and former lover who is insanely jealous of Prudence. Prudence is also sleeping with her lecherous therapist Stuart (Tom Conti), while Bruce's therapist Charlotte (Glenda Jackson) may be crazier than any of her patients. Drawn into the mix are Bob's overprotective mother, Zizi, and the entire waitstaff of a very odd French restaurant. Adapted by Christopher Durang from his own successful off-Broadway play, and directed by the iconic Robert Altman, together with its brilliant cast and razor-sharp wit, it all comes together in a hilarious, provocative romantic comedy.
Region Code: 4
Rating: M
Time: 95 minutes
Original Theatrical Release : 1987 DVD Release Date : 2012
Presentation: Colour, PAL, 16:9 Aspect Ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0
Language: English, NO Subtitles
DVD Extras: None
Author: Julie Hagerty, Jeff Goldblum, Glenda Jackson, Tom Conti, Christopher Guest, Robert Altman (Dir.)


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Poisonous chemical in north Kashmir stream kills over 15k trout fish
Langate, Feb 02: Authorities in North Kashmir on Friday issued an advisory asking people to refrain from consuming water from Nallah's and lift pumps.
The advisory came after thousands of Trout fish were found dead this morning at a farm in Langate area of North Kashmir's Kupwara district.
An official said that more than 15,000 trout fish have been found dead. "The cause of the death on such a large scale is being ascertained but prima facie it seems the handiwork of the mischevious elements who might have sprayed some poisonous chemicals into the Mawar Nallah," he said.
He added that investigation has been launched by police as they have even picked up the samples from the Nallah.
Showkat Ahmad, Additional Director Fisheries Kupwara, as per news agency CNS, said the lethal effect of the chemical sprayed into the stream could be gauged from the fact that within few minutes over 15,000 trout fish died while some of them were overweight.
In the advisory issued by authorities people from at least 24 villages have been asked not to consume water from the stream till it is cleaned. People have also been asked not to consume water from lift pumps including Sherhama, Pohrupet and Panditpura.
A team of experts from Srinagar rushed to spot to examine the poisonous water and help determine the exact cause of mortality of fish, said an official. (With inputs from CNS)
I love Kashmir and its love for football: David Robertson
Srinagar: For those who label Kashmir as "dangerous place", this should serve as an eye-opener.
Famed Scottish footballer and Real Kashmir FC coach David Robertson on Thursday said Kashmir is one of the safest places in world.
"I have been here for three years now and I enjoyed being with the people of Kashmir. People are great here.I love Kashmiris and their love for football," he said.
Robertson said it was the secure atmosphere of the valley that prompted him to convince foreign players to play for Real Kashmir FC.
"I brought my family including my son, wife and daughter here. Even we have two coaches Jimmy and Jonathan now. If I feared for my safety then I wouldn't havebrought them here. I lived here during strikes, internet shutdown. But I never feared for the safety of my life. This is lovely and great place," he said.
Robertson poured his heart out at a time when Real Kashmir FC popularly known as snow leopards is bracing up for second season in prestigious I- League. The team, which has added new players to the squad, is practising hard in Srinagar to take up new challenges in the coming season.
Robertson said experienced players have signed-up for the squad this season."Now there is more depth in our squad. Last season we had a good defensive side but we could score goals. We created chances but couldn't utilise them effectively. Now we got some very experienced players including Kellam from England, Chesterpaul and Subhash Singh," he said
Real Kashmir FC coach said the upcoming season will be equally challenging since all the teams have signed experienced players.
Asked about the atmosphere in the camp, Robertson said his team was fully prepared to take up the challenge.
"The players were fascinated during Kolkata, Mumbai, Jamshedpur and Goa tours. It is important that our players are robust. That is what makes us a strong team," he said.
Ahead of I –league, the Snow Leopards displayed spectacular performances against Indian Super League teams in outside state tours.
Real Kashmir FC defeated Kerala blasters, held draw with Jamshedpur FC, Goa FC and Mumbai City FC.
This season, the team signed up ace English striker Kallum Michael Higgeinbotham, former Pune city winger ChesterpaulLyngdoh and former ShillongLajjong FC goalkeeper PhurbaTempalachenpa and others.
Road Accident Victim Fund created for accident cases
SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 17: Advisors to Governor, K Skandan and K Vijay Kumar, co-chaired the 6th State Road Safety Council meeting here today.
The meeting was attended by Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education, Principal Secretary Transport Department, Transport Commissioner, Secretary Higher Education, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Inspector General Police of Traffic, J&K, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Director School Education Kashmir, Commissioner SMC, and representatives of Finance, Planning, Home, Housing and Urban Development Departments.
The meeting was also attended by all Deputy Commissioners besides other concerned officials via video conference.
The meeting was informed that Road Accident Victim Fund has been created for passengers and private vehicles with ex-gratia ranging from Rs 10000 to Rs 100000. It was also informed that the State Government approved an incentive of Rs 5 lakh per vehicle to replace 500 old buses of 15 years-of-age and above with new buses, besides 40 electric-buses in twin capitals of Srinagar and Jammu and 36 new buses for Chenab Valley were procured by JKSRTC.
Principal Secretary Transport, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon presented a detailed overview of functioning of the Transport Department besides initiatives taken for the modernization of transport sector to cater to the changing needs. To arrest the trend of the frequent accidents, he said, that with the funding of the Central Government, work on various Inspection Certification Centres (ICC) is in progress.
It was given out that ICC and Institute of Driving and Training Research is coming up at Samba at a cost of Rs 14.40 crore and 17 crore respectively. Similarly, 50 kanals of land have been identified at Harwan in Srinagar for establishing ICC besides an IDTR would be established in Budgam at a cost of Rs 17.42 crore.
While reviewing road accidents data management system, the Advisors stressed on using the data for reducing accidents due to increasing policing and improving road construction management for reducing black spots.
The Principal Secretary informed the meeting that Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways (MoRTH) provided funds for procurement of 136 ambulances. He told the meeting that 80 ambulances deployed are being used for Basic Life Support (BLS) both at Jammu and Kashmir division while 50 ambulances have kept for retrofitting and are being used for Advance Life Support (ALS) primarily designed to transport patients of critical care, trauma and accident victims.
It was also given out that 102/108 helpline service would be started very soon with 300 ordinary ambulances at disposal out of which 100 can be made critical care ambulances.
Regarding the establishing of Trauma centres, the Advisors were informed that Health and Medical Education Department has established 10 trauma centres out of which seven are functional while the rest would be made operational soon.
On Intelligent Transport System (ITS), the Advisors directed SMC and JMC to complete the process at the earliest. In Srinagar, out of 33 junctions, 20 junctions are working, while work on remaining junctions is in progress, the meeting was told.
On the occasion, Advisor Skandan directed the Deputy Commissioners to complete the district action plan within one month and asked for identification of accident prone areas in their district jurisdictions to reduce accidents.
Director School Education Kashmir informed the meeting that 855 Road Safety Clubs in higher secondary schools have been created with 280 in Kashmir division and 575 in Jammu division.
The Advisors directed the concerned officials to implement Ribbon Development Act at the earliest.
3 militants killed in Anantnag gunfight
SRINAGAR: Three militants were killed on Wednesday in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, officials said.
The encounter broke out at Pazalpora area in Anantnag on a specific intelligence provided by the district police.


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Semi-truck cab in driveway Archived58 Huber Ave Meriden, CT - Meriden
There is a NY plate semi-truck cab parked in the driveway of a house. For 2 days the trucks' noise has waken me up, and I'm down the street.
Aren't there zoning laws about where these things can be parked??
Excessive dog barking Archived28 Huber Avenue And Sunset Avenue Meriden, CT, CT - Meriden
Dog barks all day -sometimes into the night.
It's unfair to this neighborhood to have to endure hearing this.
Owners- take your dog inside!!
212 Murray Street 2nd Floor Meriden, CT - Meriden
The people who lived upstairs used their apartment as a dump. There is at least 3-4months worth of rotting trash up there.
We have mice, flies, and it smells in the first floor apartment now.
The landlord stated he has to wait 30 days.
The police were called, and they referred me to The Department of Health.
Department of Health can't help because the trash is inside the apartment, called housing who also said there is nothing they can do
Entrance ramp sign is broken ArchivedEast Main Street Meriden, CT - MeridenEntrance sign to 91 and the parkway was hit.
One of the beams is bent- doesn't took too secure.
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I would really like to see some of these issues fixed.
Residents went out of their way to go on this website with the HOPE that someone in an official capacity would start fixing things.
An email goes to numerous people/associations when an issue is reported- but who is reading these emails/alerts? Are they just going into a spam folder and forgotten about??
The issues we want fixed are not unreasonable- they just a bunch of little issues that would make the City of Meriden a nicer city to live in- a city to be proud of.
Maybe a call to a local reporter is in order to see why these things are not being corrected..and where exactly our tax dollars are being wasted.
We pay our taxes, now step up Meriden officials and starting cleaning up our city!
Anyone looking at these issues? ArchivedMeriden CT, Meriden, CT 06450, USA - MeridenI am curious to know if any city official is looking at these issues and are taking steps to correct them.
We pay taxes (very high ones at that) and it seems the city is just left to crumble.
I would REALLY like to see these problems corrected!
We aren't asking for a Stew Leonards..we're just asking for all the little things to be corrected to make Meriden a nicer place to live and a city to be proud of!
Welcome to Meriden sign? ArchivedEast Main Street + Bee St Meriden, CT 06450, USA - Meriden
With so much traffic coming in & out from this exit- why not have a nice wooden sign and some flowers?
Many other towns have them.
It would really make this area more appealing.
Police presence needed ArchivedHuber Avenue+Williams St Meriden, CT - MeridenGroup of teens in black hooded sweatshirts (in this weather?) sitting in red cutlass(plate # 473 XXZ) seen numerous times, parking in dark spots on Huber Ave & Williams St. Seen running through yards on Sunset and Huber. When confronted by resident about recent neighborhood break-ins, the car speeds off. Police have been notified, but state these teenagers are doing nothing illegal or suspicious. Recently-truck on Huber broken into- GPS stolen and Rx sunglasses. On Williams, back of house broken into at 3am.
Please Meriden PD make this area a priority!!
Murray Street Huber Avenue, Williams Street, Meriden, CT 06450, USA - Meriden
Speeding occurs everyday up and down Huber Avenue.
There are several small children on this street who could potentially get hit.
On several occasions, people drive up the hill and throw full drinks out of their windows, or other garbage.
The police DO drive through this area- but they too- speed up and down the hill.


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The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success
Albert László Barabási
Little, Brown and Company (2018)
Following the five laws doesn't guarantee success but ignoring them usually guarantees failure
Albert László Barabási explains why people succeed or fail. He focuses on five "laws" and devotes a separate chapter to each.
1. Performance drives success, but when performance can't be measured, networks drive success.
2. Performance is bounded, but success is unbounded.
3. Previous success x fitness [high potential]= future success.
4. While team success requires diversity and balance, a single individual will receive credit for the group's achievements.
5. With persistence success can come at any time.
These are among Barabási's observations of greatest interest and value to me in the first two chapters:
o As he and his research associates put their heads together, "we were suddenly seeing a series of recurring patterns that drive success in most areas of human performance.
"Because the patterns that began to emerge were so universal, we started to call them the Laws of Success. Given that scientific laws are immutable, doing so probably seemed brash to outside researchers. But the more we explored and tested them, the more solid and general they appeared…These laws are what separate the best seller from the bargain bin and the billionaires from the bankrupt." (Pages 11 and 15)
o Success is a collective measure, "capturing how people respond to our performance. In other words, if we want to measure our success or figure out how we will ultimately be rewarded, we can't look at our performances or accomplishments in isolation. Instead, we need to study our community and examine its response to our contributions. It's this clear distinction between success and performance that helped us in the lab to identify the universal patterns represented by each of the laws shared in this book."
"Our new definition of success is foundational to the rest of the book. It tells us that success is a collective phenomenon rather than an individual one." (25 and 26)
o Historically, Boston Latin students have performed better on the SAT test than their counterparts at most other schools, locally and nationally "because high achievers continue to excel no matter what education a school offers. The Boston Latin students have that superior collective SAT score at graduation because the entrance exam selected the top performers to begin with…In other words, Boston Latin doesn't make your daughter a better student. It's your daughter who makes Boston Latin into the elite school it is. (49)
o Moreover, if individual performance drives collective success, the single determinant "was derived from the best college a kid [begin italics] merely applied to [end italics], even if she didn't get in [because] it's performance and ambition — where she thinks she belongs — that determines your daughter's success." (50-51)
In Chapter 7, Barabási explains how quality defies social influence. He examines the results of experiments conducted by the MusicLab at Yahoo to answer this question: "How does popularity influence success?" About 14,000 young people (from grades 1-6) participated. The experiments were conducted at the Oak School, an elementary school in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in San Francisco.
Details of the experiments — including results — are best revealed within the narrative, in context, but there's no need for a spoiler alert when I suggest that success can — as can failure — become a self-fulfilling prophecy. At Oak Hill, teachers knew which of their students were identified as high potential so they encouraged brilliance. "The children responded by producing brilliance."
According to Barabási, "Self-fulfilling prophecies suggest that, under the right circumstances, the weakest [whatever] can land at the top. But can a false belief in a person or a product's value lead to lasting success? Or are we bound to notice, sooner or later, that the emperor has no clothes? Two years after the original experiment, the MusicLab went back to the drawing board, hoping to address this precise question." Stray tuned.
No brief commentary such as mind could possibly do full justice to the value of the information, insights that Albert László Barabási provides in abundance. However, I hope I have at least indicated why I think so highly of his book. He and his research associates are to be commended on their determination to identify not only the universal laws of success but also to suggest the potential relevance of each to failure as well.
Having been a classroom teacher of private school and public college students for almost thirty years, I can personally attest to the significance of the self-fulfilling prophecy, for better or worse. As Henry Ford suggested long ago, "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're probably right."


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Rough Island Story
Rupert Croft-Cooke
Except for purely literary purposes, people are not often cast away on desert islands. Yet that is exactly what happened to Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins. They were on their way to some port in British Guiana. Or was it farther south? Somewhere quite remote and tropical, where Mr. Jenkins was to take over a branch of the bank by which he had been employed in England. And for motives of economy they had booked their passage on a small cargo steamer. Unfortunately, Mr. Jenkins had not taken the precaution of inquiring whether the company which owned her was solvent or not. He did not know that the ship was fully insured and no longer very useful. So that he was quite surprised when the Captain, whom he had always considered a most pleasant man, though by no means English, called him aside one evening and pointed to a rather small island nearby.
"See that?" said the Captain.
"What?" said Mr. Jenkins.
"That island," said the Captain.
"Why, yes. Charming, isn't it?" smiled Mr. Jenkins, who had been enjoying the trip and thought the tropics were very nice.
"I'm glad you think so," grunted the Captain rather rudely, "because that's where you're going."
"Oh, no," smiled Mr. Jenkins quite good-natured and patient with the Captain, although the latter was being rather obtuse. "I'm going to R——," and he mentioned the port where his new post was.
"You're going yonder," said the Captain, nodding across the water, "and think yourself lucky I don't send you down with the ship. Can you row?"
"I can paddle," said Mr. Jenkins, "and I can punt. I've never tried rowing. It looks quite easy, though. Why? Is there much of that sort of thing at?" and once more he mentioned the port for which he was bound.
The Captain walked away, but at nightfall Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins were placed in a small boat and told to row for the shore.
Mr. Jenkins, who was a member of a tennis club in Leamington, where he had lived, prided himself on not being namby-pamby, and soon learnt to move the small boat in little jerks towards the island. He was a grey-haired man, with a pointed moustache and glasses with thick lenses. He dressed neatly, as a rule, and now unbuttoned his jacket for the effort of rowing.
"Rucks it up under the armpits," he explained with a smile to his wife, who sat opposite him.
"You do it very nicely, dear," she said amiably. She was a stout, complacent woman, very devoted to Mr. Jenkins, and fond of cooking. "But why are we in this small and inconvenient boat?"
Mr. Jenkins smiled encouragingly. "Oh, it is the sort of thing that frequently happens in these extremely foreign places," he replied. "Those sailors intend to scuttle the ship, and will receive their share of the insurance money. They did not want us to be witnesses, of course."
Mrs. Jenkins took her knitting from her bag. "I see," she said, "and will it delay us much, do you think?"
"That remains to be seen," said Mr. Jenkins. "If this island is inhabited we shall soon be able to communicate with the mainland. If uninhabited, the usual thing is to light a fire in a high place and attract the attention of a passing steamer."
Mrs. Jenkins nodded. "Quite exciting, isn't it?" she said, quickly manipulating two plain and one purl.
"Well," replied Mr. Jenkins, who had read a great deal, "Mr. Conrad has related far more stirring events. But it will provide some variation from banking. I'm quite enjoying this exercise, after being cooped up on board."
They drew the boat up on a sandy beach, and Mrs. Jenkins, who had a louder voice than her husband, called "Oo-oo!" to attract the inhabitants. But there was no response.
"We will explore in the morning," said Mr. Jenkins. "In the meantime, my dear, let us see what supplies have been given to us."
They were disappointed to find that the only food in their boat was a large quantity of ship's biscuits. "Well, well," said Mr. Jenkins, showing, for the first time, a little irritability, "these will have to serve until to-morrow." And they ate heartily of them.
Mrs. Jenkins had brought a travelling-rug, so they laid this on the soft dry sand and prepared to sleep. "It reminds me," Mrs. Jenkins said, "of that time, just after the war, when we went to Hastings and couldn't find accommodation. Do you remember, Edgar?"
"Yes, dear," said Mr. Jenkins rather curtly.
"Only then we had a breakwater to shelter us. I wonder if we could find one farther along the beach? We never thought of looking, did we?"
But Mr. Jenkins, exhausted by the effort of rowing, was already asleep.
In the morning, after they had eaten some more biscuits, they set out to explore the island. Mrs. Jenkins had thoughtfully brought her parasol and Mr. Jenkins wore a sun-helmet. They found that the island consisted of two hills, and not very much more. They walked along the beach for about two and a half hours, but found neither breakwater nor pier, as Mrs. Jenkins seemed to expect.
"It's a very quiet little place," she said with some disappointment, for in England she had always chosen the more populous resorts. "Not a soul in sight"
The island, in fact, was uninhabited, even, it seemed, by birds. But they found a stream of fresh water running lackadaisically seawards and were glad to stoop and refresh themselves.
Another half-hour's walk brought them within sight of a boat, lying high and dry on the beach. They were very pleased at this until they approached it and found that it was their own. They had made a complete circuit of the island and returned to their landing-place.
"Really," said Mr. Jenkins quite peevishly, "it's very vexing. There seems to be no one on this island at all." He drew out his watch. "Lunch-time," he added sharply. So they ate some more biscuits.
In the afternoon they explored what Mr. Jenkins jocularly called the 'hinterland'. Mrs. Jenkins went first, with her parasol, and Mr. Jenkins followed. There was the semblance of a valley crossing the island, but even between the hills the ground rose to a considerable height, and they found walking rather slow and painful.
"I like the country," Mrs. Jenkins said, "but I always say you can have too much of it. Oh, look at that yellow and black creature, Edgar! It reminds one of the reptile house at the Zoo!"
"Best not to prod it, dear," said Mr. Jenkins, "it might have a sting. You never know. Let's sit on this rock for a little while and enjoy the view."
"It's really very lucky," said Mrs. Jenkins, complying heavily, "that there are no savages or wild beasts here. We at least have no danger from anything of that sort."
"No. On the other hand there is the question of food. It is going to be very awkward when the biscuits are finished."
"I hadn't thought of that," said Mrs. Jenkins.
"Well, I don't think you need, dear. We will light a fire on this eminence to-night and no doubt some passing ship will send out a boat to take us on board."
Suddenly Mrs. Jenkins looked disturbed. "But, Edgar!" she exclaimed almost fearfully. "Suppose the ship were going THE OTHER WAY? It might be weeks before we got to R——."
"So it might. But don't let us anticipate trouble. And now, dear, if you're rested, we had better be getting back. It must be tea-time."
They started their descent. "In a case like that," said Mrs. Jenkins presently over her shoulder, "who would bear the cost of the second passage, Edgar?"
"I really scarcely know, dear," said Mr. Jenkins. "But cannot see that I should be liable, having paid it once."
"I should think not!" said Mrs. Jenkins as they sat down to more biscuits.
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A week passed and brought great changes, for Mrs. Jenkins ran out of the brown wool with which she was knitting a pull-over and Mr. Jenkins got more tired of biscuits. But they found no means of replenishing their supplies. Mrs. Jenkins said with resignation that she supposed she would not be able to get any more wool until they reached R——.
She explained that this was of a special colour which had cost her some trouble to find in Leamington, and she hoped there would be no difficulty about matching it when they arrived. And although Mr. Jenkins made one or two attempts to catch fish with a bent hairpin they were not successful.
Every evening he climbed towards the summit of the hill and lit a large fire to attract the notice of a passing ship, and one of Mrs. Jenkins's garments was hung on a pole as a signal in the daytime. She was at first a little unwilling about this. She reminded Mr. Jenkins that she had never allowed the servants to hang the more intimate portions of their laundry on the clothes-line at home, and wondered what the sailors of their relief ship would say about it. But Mr. Jenkins explained that it really could be considered an emergency, and the sailors would understand this. So she gave way at last and helped him to hoist their distress signal.
But still there was no sign of relief, and the monotony of their diet began to tell on Mr. Jenkins's nerves. "Really!" he said, "it's too bad!" And on the eighth day, "I don't feel that I can eat these much longer." On the morning of the ninth day he said savagely that if he didn't have something else to eat soon he didn't know what he would do, and on the tenth he told Mrs. Jenkins that he was getting desperate.
It was the morning of their eleventh day ashore that Mrs. Jenkins noticed something very strange in her husband's demeanour. "Didn't you sleep well, Edgar?" she asked.
"I slept quite well, thank you, dear," he returned sharply.
He was eyeing her fixedly. His eyes travelled over her ample contours with a new interest.
"Whatever's the matter, Edgar?" asked Mrs. Jenkins. "Really, you make me feel quite jumpy!"
"It's these biscuits," said Mr. Jenkins.
I know it's trying," said Mrs. Jenkins placidly.
For a moment he was silent. Then he said: "My dear, I'm very sorry, but there is only one thing for it. This island provides no other food. I'm afraid, I'm very much afraid, that I shall have to have a change of diet. And you will have to provide it."
"Well, Edgar, I should be only too glad to cook anything you please. But I don't see what there is. I can't catch fish."
"I wasn't referring to fish," said Mr. Jenkins, "but meat."
"Meat, Edgar?" asked his wife, for the first time growing nervous. "What meat?"
"There is only one kind of meat on this island," said Mr. Jenkins drily.
"Edgar, you . . . cannot be proposing to turn cannibal?"
Mr. Jenkins shifted uneasily. "Of course, it is all very unfortunate," he observed, "and the Captain was greatly to blame for his inadequate supplies. But there you are."
Mrs. Jenkins began to cry softly while her husband continued. "I think it rather selfish of you," he said, "to make things more difficult than they are by those tears. The situation is trying enough as it is. And I shall envy you for being out of it."
"It's . . . not that," sobbed Mrs. Jenkins.
"Then what is it?"
"I think . . . you might have waited until the biscuits ran out, Edgar!"
It was on the thirteenth day that Mr. Jenkins's patience was finally exhausted.
"It's no good, my dear," he said resolutely, laying down his breakfast biscuit. "I can eat no more of these."
Mrs. Jenkins nibbled on. "I don't know how you'll manage alone, Edgar," she said rather sentimentally.
"Nor I. But I see no help for it. There is one suggestion, however, which I might make. Since we are likely to be relieved shortly, it would be a pity to be unnecessarily premature. I mean, we might start with a leg, perhaps, and in that case you yourself would benefit also in some measure . . .".
Mrs. Jenkins shuddered slightly. "No, dear," she said, "I should prefer to leave the whole matter to you."
"Just as you wish," returned Mr. Jenkins with a conciliatory smile. "Then, if you are quite ready?"
Mrs. Jenkins rose to her feet. "It's quite an important step to take, isn't it?" she said hesitatingly. It would be kinder perhaps to Mrs. Jenkins and also more delicate to leave unexplained the method chosen by Mr. Jenkins to achieve his unwilling object. Suffice it to say that the method was both simple and humane. On this point he gave his wife the most earnest assurances before he began tactfully and cheerfully to distract her attention by more general conversation as they crossed the island. But when they reached the appointed place, and the prearranged moment, he hesitated. A sudden doubt had occurred to him, and in order to remove it he was forced to return to the subject which he had been avoiding.
"My dear," he said after clearing his throat uncomfortably. "Er . . . how long does one give it to cook?"
The housewife rose bravely in Mrs. Jenkins's bosom.
"Twenty minutes to the pound, dear," she said. And those were her last words.
Mr. Jenkins lives a few doors down the road from me and is a pleasant neighbour. We often walk to the station together in the morning. It appears that he was picked up by a passing steamer some three days after the incidents described, and feeling that he had seen enough of the tropics, he returned to the service of his bank in England.
He has married again, and is very happy with his wife, who rarely speaks of the past. Only once has she shown any curiosity about the cause of the first Mrs. Jenkins's decease, and her husband was quick to satisfy her.
"Oh, she died of consumption," he said briskly, and, in a way, of course, it was true.