This isn't a very exciting story. Promising jam tomorrow won't work after all the changes they've had at the top recently.

Are you going to give a speech?' she asked gaily.

He gave a choked laugh. 'Of course not,' he said. 'Not for ages.'

'My cousin Davey gave one on his very first day!' ...

'In the Lords, I remember. It was about how he didn't like strawberry jam.'

'Be nice, Charles! It was a speech about fruit importation, which I admit devolved into something of a tirade.' She couldn't help but laugh. 'Still, you could talk about something more important.'

'Than jam? Impossible. We mustn't set the bar too high, Jane.

All I can think of is, what's next? ... That's what's so exciting - how do we top this?

There's a fount about to stream, There's a light about to beam, There's a warmth about to glow, There's a flower about to blow; There's a midnight blackness changing Into gray; Men of thought and men of action, Clear the way.

There's still a very exciting story to tell in Snowmass. The renaissance of Snowmass is underway. There's still something like $28 million in development projects currently going on in town without including Base Village.

What is the strategic vision for JLT going forward? What they're effectively saying is that 2006 isn't going to be a turning point in terms of profitability, so perhaps they should forget about 2006 and get the business and the strategy right going forward.