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Torpedo Run is a 1958 American war film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Glenn Ford as a World War II submarine commander in the Pacific who is obsessed with sinking a particular Japanese aircraft carrier. The film's working title was Hell Below. It was filmed in CinemaScope and Metrocolor.

A. Arnold Gillespie and Harold Humbrock were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

Plot
In October 1942, ComSubPac directs the American submarine Greyfish, under Commander Barney Doyle, to a Japanese convoy that includes the Shinaru, one of the Japanese aircraft carriers that led the attack on Pearl Harbor. Doyle also learns the target's escort includes a transport ship carrying American prisoners from an internment camp in the Philippines where his wife and child were being held. Doyle's second-in-command, Lieutenant Archer Sloan, tries to talk his friend into letting him handle the torpedo run, sparing Doyle direct responsibility for his family's possible death. In the end, the transport is so close to the carrier that Sloan begs Doyle to abort the attack. Doyle fires his torpedoes, hoping to miss the Yoshida Maru and hit the target. Carefully counting the seconds, they realize one of their torpedoes has hit the transport. Hoping to lure the sub to the surface, the Japanese make no attempt to rescue the survivors. Through the periscope, Doyle can see women and children grasping for pieces of floating wreckage. So as not to endanger his crew, he is forced to leave the prisoners to die.

Doyle follows the Shinaru into Tokyo Bay, but fails to sink it. After surviving a relentless bombardment of depth charges, the Greyfish returns to base at Pearl Harbor. While there, Sloan meets alone with Admiral Setton, who accepts Sloan's assessment that, despite experiencing intense guilt for the civilian transport's destruction, Doyle is still fit for command. Setton then agrees to give the Greyfish "one more trip" to try to sink the Shinaru. But when his sub is assigned a quiet, out-of-the-way patrol area off the Alaskan coast, Doyle thinks he has been betrayed by both Setton and Sloan. Then word comes that the Shinaru is heading for Japanese-occupied Kiska Harbor. The Greyfish proceeds to the harbor.

An initial encounter with the Shinaru results in the submarine's periscope being disabled and the radio antenna destroyed. Nonetheless, Doyle plans a second attack, a "blind" one with little chance of success. After firing torpedoes, the Greyfist is forced to the ocean floor by a depth-charge attack. The crewmen use Momsen lungs to escape their doomed submarine. When they reach the surface, they are taken aboard another American submarine, the Bluefin. Doyle asks the Bluefins captain for confirmation that they hit the Shinaru. The Bluefins captain looks through the periscope, shares the view briefly with Doyle and Sloan, and then, over the intercom, describes the carrier's sinking for Doyle's crew.

Cast
 Glenn Ford as Lieutenant Commander / Commander Barney Doyle
 Diane Brewster as Jane Doyle
 Ernest Borgnine as Lieutenant / Lieutenant Commander Archer "Archie" Sloan
 Philip Ober as Vice Admiral Samuel Setton
 Richard Carlyle as Commander Don Adams
 Dean Jones as Lieutenant Jake "Fuzz" Foley
 Robert Hardy as Lieutenant Redley (R.N.)
 Paul Picerni as Lieutenant Burt Fisher
 Don Keefer as Ensign Ron Milligan
 L. Q. Jones as "Hash" Benson
 Fredd Wayne as Orville "Goldy" Goldstein

Reception
Bosley Crowther of The New York Times was unimpressed, writing, "Stereotypes of pig-boat [submarine] fighting that were stale in Destination Tokyo are played and replayed in this picture as if they were freshly inspired. ...  it is also played in a highly hackneyed fashion and often faked with preposterous miniatures."

According to MGM records, the film made $1,145,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $1,435,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $195,000.

Home media
The film has been released on VHS and DVD, the latter in Warner's Archive Collection.

See also
 List of American films of 1958

References

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1958 films
1958 war films
American war films
1950s English-language films
World War II submarine films
Films directed by Joseph Pevney
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
CinemaScope films
Pacific War films
Films set in Alaska
Films set in Japan
Japan in non-Japanese culture
Films about the United States Navy
1950s American films


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The main Stock Exchanges started closed during the first days of the new year, after Christmas celebrations, such as United States, Japan, China and United Kingdom.
However, some Stock Exchanges in places like Mexico, Asia, Lima, and Europe started their activities with uneven movements. In some of these places, the starting was positive, in others was a bit slower, while in some of them reflected losses on their numbers during the first days of 2017.
At the same time, the majority of the entities are waiting for results that the economy will show on the world market, once that the new President of the United States, Donald Trump assumes his responsibilities in an event stipulated on January 20th.
Since, after he faced his election, the Stock Exchanges registered radical movements. At the moment of his victory, big falls were registered, to register later an important rise that was kept for a considerable time. This was once he is proclaimed president, different situations may occur, adding to this the different measures he takes that may impact on the world economy without any doubt.
Experts points out that there is a lot of nervousness on markets from countries such as Japan and China due to the measures he may take, because he has said that he wants to impose a 40%-tax for Chinese products, and 20% in other sectors.
The Mexican Stock Exchange, and the Mexican Peso started with timid movements this year. They do not represent important loses, but they do not represent an important rising either. The Mexican currency lost 0.08, while the Mexican Stock Exchange gained 0.11%.
On national level, the stock market reported a 0.11% rise thanks to Quote and Price Index (QPI) with the rising of 45,674.16 units, and the rising of 31.25. on the other hand, the Mexican Peso was quoted in 20.78 for each U.S Dollar.
On the other hand, the Peruvian Stock Exchange started its first journey of the year with an excellent start, presenting the most representative general BLV index. The rise registered was 0.04 per cent, that it was possible thanks to the rise from 15.566 to 15.573 points.
Due to the general picture of the Peruvian Stock Exchange, gold drew back, which was not the case of copper, that advanced in its position on the metal market of this country. On the other hand, the Selective Stock Index registered a rise of 0.05 percent, rising from 406.35 to 406.54 in points.
For European Stock Exchanges the starting was bittersweet, because it is full of ups and downs. Even though the main Stock Exchanges in European countries opened for initiating their labor activities in 2017. The results in percentages, as well as the position on the market were diverse and varied.
Meanwhile, the London Stock Market remained closed due to Christmas celebrations, the rest of the Stock Exchanges faced the new year reality. In the oil sector, the Brent crude barrel was set in $55, while the West Texas barrel was set on $53.55.


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My daughter turned 2 this weekend. Today, I'm turning 39. My husband asked us both what we wanted for our respective birthdays. My daughter asked for more toys, wrapped in pretty paper. Me?
Time to write. Time to sing. Time to cook. Even just time to check my watch. The last thing I want?
Toys, wrapped in pretty paper.
Don't get me wrong: I loved getting toys as a kid. But as an adult, I really don't like receiving packages. While I can appreciate a friend taking the time to put an item in a box for me, I'd much rather just enjoy a night with a friend.
Everybody wants what they don't have.
As a kid, I'd want a toy. My parents would get one for me, and I'd play with it until it lost its luster, and then I'd want something else I didn't have. As an adult, I want time. Eventually, I'll have it, and I'll enjoy it until I get bored, and then I'll want something else I don't have.
Enjoy what you've got while you've got it.
Reader, life moves quickly. I don't know that we'll ever be truly happy with the exact lot we're given, but I do know that the more we take time to appreciate the gifts we've got, the less we'll make time to long for what we don't have. Today, this birthday lady is grateful for her family, her music, her restaurant, and her friends. Whatever it is you've got, I hope you're figuring out how to love it for as long as you've got it.


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Make your own vegetable garden growing in big cities is now possible, even if you live in a flat !
I will deal here with a topic which take more and more place in our cities : shared vegetable gardens. They are often implanted on a public or private space that some people share.
Most of the time, it's inhabitants of the neighbourhood who take care of the garden.
They use it in mainly different ways : sometimes it's next to some social buildings in order to help people who don't have so much money. It is also used in a pedagogic way, when schools create educative activities for children. A lot of them are used by a neighbourhood association but sometimes it's also just temporary, on a wild land space.
I am pretty sure you heard a lot of talk about the vegetarian diet by now?
You think is just the new fashion and it will be over soon?
I am happy to say to you, it is not the case.
It is necessary to understand the initiative behind the concept to stop to eat meat and animals products. If you want to know why, I invite you to follow me in this article I have written specially for you. Yes, because not long time ago, I was like you, I ate meat without knowing the impact of my nutrition. I hope to answer your questions and open your mind to approach people who criticize without know the sense.
For as long as I can remember I am veg. I cannont count how many crisis happened dur ing lunch time because i didn't want to eat my meat when i was a child.
Everything disgusted me, the taste, the bloody color, the texture and the most important thing was how I was socked to eat another living being as if it was normal to have pets and to eat others.
When I was arround 6 I asked What is the rules ? Who decide which animals we eat or not ? The only answer that I ha dis : « It is like that do not try to win time and deal with me eat your meat now » !
Some of you know how it is hard to be the only veg when you are young in a family, to convince that is not a child's whim. Of course it was easier when you grown up to impose your opinion.
But in my small city to be veg meant you are an alien, all the time you have to explain whay you decided to do it ?
In my case it wasn't a decision it was impossible to eat meat.
Then I realised also how meat industry treat animals and how the meat that you can buy are polluted. I mean when you go to supermarkets to buy your steak most of the time you eat poison. The mains companies don't follow the animals and antipollution ethics, and thanks to the industry who produce a lot but bad quality (so cheap meat) the butcher in your street cannot practice the same prices, he has to close and leave the monopoly to the big companies.
This is for all these reasons and more that to be vegetarian is a questions of responsability.
This Friday, the world celebrates Food Day! The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United ations was founded on this day in 1945. This year is especially important for the organization because the new Sustainable Developments Goals have been adopted recently.


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Friends co-creator hints at possible reunion
Marta Kauffman, the series' co-creator, remains unsure if a reunion of the show is necessary
Nika ShakhnazarovaCelebrity & Showbiz Reporter
A Friends reunion has not been completely crossed out by co-creator Marta Kauffman after she revealed the series's potential plans.
Marta wrote the beloved comedy series with David Crane and watched as it became one of the most popular shows in the history of television.
Friends starred Jennifer Aniston , Courteney Cox , Lisa Kudrow , David Schwimmer , Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry as twenty-somethings struggling with life and love in New York City.
But Marta has now said she is unsure if a reunion of the show will ever happen, however has not said no to the idea altogether.
Co-creator Marta Kauffman remains unsure if a reunion of the show is necessary (Image: SIPA USA/PA Images)
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Speaking at an event in Los Angeles, she said: "I don't know. That is the honest answer, I don't know.
"People are talking about it, but I don't know if it's actually going to happen."
The hit series ran for 10 seasons from 1994 and remains a cultural phenomenon.
Marta, speaking at the Producers Guild Awards where she was receiving the Norman Lear Achievement Award, appeared to cast doubt over whether a reunion was necessary.
Friends starred Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox and Matt LeBlanc (Image: Sky One)
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She added: "The show lived its life. It was ready, it was time for it to be done.
"It's about that time in your life when your friends are your family. And once they start having family it moves past that."
She also added that she felt a sense of "closure" after Friends ended.
It comes as HBO Max's chief content officer Kevin Reilly addressed the show's return on Wednesday as he gave a presentation at the Television Critics' Association winter press tour.
The hit series ran for 10 seasons from 1994 and remains a cultural phenomenon
Jennifer Aniston snubs Critics Choice Awards for dinner with Courtney Cox and Lisa Kudrow
According to Fox News , he said: "There's interest all the way around, and yet we can't seem to quite get that interest all aligned to push the button on it.
"So today, unfortunately, it's still a maybe."
Jennifer got fans super excited last year when she posed up with Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow, Matt Leblanc and David Schwimmer as the old gang got together for dinner.
It's said they're all on board for a new project, as are the show's creators David Crane and Marta Kauffman.
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It marked its 25th anniversary last year, and Jennifer also got people buzzing when she told pal Ellen DeGeneres during an appearance on her chat show that she and her fellow cast members would love to reunite on screen.
She said: "We would love for there to be something but we don't know what that something is. So we're just trying. We're working together on something."
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Will Obamacare Website Be Able To Transfer Medicaid Enrollment Data?
Politico raises questions about whether the transfer of Medicaid enrollment data to 36 states participating in the federal exchange will go smoothly Nov. 1 when it's slated to begin. The Los Angeles Times looks at how Ohio Gov. John Kasich's decision to pursue Medicaid expansion in defiance of the right wing of his party may affect his political future.
A new phase of the Obamacare launch is coming, this one involving Medicaid. And it could be déjà vu all over again. On Nov. 1, the health law's malfunctioning enrollment system is supposed to send reams of data to states so they can begin placing thousands of people into Medicaid. But state officials say that transfer system has barely been tested and could be vulnerable to technical failures like those that have crippled the broader Obamacare sign-up process (Cheney, 10/24).
It is the center of the political universe in presidential contests. And now the war over the nation's new healthcare program has come to Ohio as well, with potential repercussions for the short- and long-term future of the state's governor, John Kasich (Decker, 10/23).


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Australia defeat England in Ashes clash and go one up in the five test series
Overview of ground of the Brisbane test that Australia won. (Image credit screenshot YouTube-cricedge highlights)
England's preparation came to nought as they failed to capitalize on their winning the toss and batting first.
by MG Singh (article) and Milos Kitanovic (video)
The Ashes series between England and Australia is of great interest to the cricket world. This time the English team toured down under and the first test was played at the famous "Gabba" at Brisbane. The English team had arrived in Australia a month earlier to acclimatize and make preparations for this important tour. Unfortunately, all their preparations failed and they lost the first test. It was a comprehensive win for Australia, who went one up in the five test match series. The Guardian has given an excellent account of the Australian victory.
England bat
Englands captain Joe Root won the toss and elected to bat.
The old saying that winning the toss is winning half the battle did not come true, as England managed just 302, which was not a match-winning score. The English bowled well and had the Aussies on the mat when they reduced them to 76 for 4 but captain Steve Smith played a sterling knock of 141 not out and led Australia to a crucial 26 run lead. This was a match-winning inning and Smith showed determination, as he put his failures in India a season back, out of his mind.
England now batted in the second innings but inexplicably collapsed for a score of less than 200. Only the captain showed any resolve with a knock of 51, but all others did precision little. The damage was done by Nathan Lyon a classical spinner, who reminded one of the great Indian legend Bishen Singh Bedi.
Nathan made good use of the responsive track and tied the English batsmen in knots. Australia came in to bat and Dave Warner was into his stride as they ended the day with 114 for no loss, needing just 56 for a win.
Listless batting
England had thrown the game away by listless batting in the second innings. Nathan Lyon was good, but not unplayable and yet the English failed against him.
Australia duly knocked off the remaining runs next day to record a comprehensive victory. Steve Smith was declared the man of the match for his innings of 141 not out. Star sports has brought out that he batted for 526 minutes and faced 326 balls. He just hit 14 boundaries in his innings as he kept vigil at the wicket.
England will now have to regroup for the next test that will be played at Adelaide.
This sports a turning wicket and England will have to counter the Aussie spinners again. Joe Root will be hoping that his star batsman AN Cook will do better. He failed as an opener in both innings of this test and opened the gates to the Aussies. The series has generated a lot of interest but England will have to perform better to make a comeback. Their defeat by 10 wickets will have an effect on their morale.
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How I'm feeling...my reading mood is just in the pits right now, I literally haven't picked up a book in about two weeks. #readerslife #notinthemood #fuckthisshitImout
I've been lazy in visiting blogs too, but I do plan on fixing that situation this weekend. Anyhoo's have a great week beautiful people and I'll talk to you soon.
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#EarlyReview : Max by Sawyer Bennett
Source: Net Galley
Series: Cold Fury Hockey #6
Author: Sawyer Bennett
Heat: Yes, there is Sex
Available: Amazon | Goodreads
♥My Review♥
Max is the sixth book in the Cold Fury Hockey series by Sawyer Bennett. I started reading these books around 4 or 5 months ago and have been hooked. I do love a good hockey sports romance book and this is a pretty decent series in this sub-genre. This installment while not my favorite was pretty solid. I enjoyed it and it was pretty heartwarming. Not a whole lot of conflict except schedules and a bit of fear on Jules end. It was pretty refreshing that the male was the one that was looking for a relationship and had no fear of commitment. Jules sister's kids were pretty cute. I'm not usually a fan of kids in a book but they didn't overpower the story line so in this case it was fine. We got to revisit a bunch of the previous couples in the series. It's always nice to catch up with past characters. One complaint I think I have with this book, was there wasn't much hockey in it. It was mostly just mentioned in passing like after a game. But other than that, it was a good book.
ARC was provided through NetGalley for an honest review. No other compensation was provided.
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#GuestReview by @sophiarose1816:The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes, Narrated by Kirby Heybourne
The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred the Vampire Accountant
by Drew Hayes, Narrated by Kirby Heybourne
#1 Fred the Vampire Accountant
Published: 2.24.15
Time: 7 hours 2 minutes
Flames: 2
Source: Self
Sellers: Amazon | Audible | Barnes & Noble | +Google
GoodReads Blurb:
Some people are born boring. Some live boring. Some even die boring. Fred managed to do all three, and when he woke up as a vampire, he did so as a boring one. Timid, socially awkward, and plagued by self-esteem issues, Fred has never been the adventurous sort.
One fateful night – different from the night he died, which was more inconvenient than fateful – Fred reconnects with an old friend at his high school reunion. This rekindled relationship sets off a chain of events thrusting him right into the chaos that is the parahuman world, a world with chipper zombies, truck driver wereponies, maniacal necromancers, ancient dragons, and now one undead accountant trying his best to "survive." Because even after it's over, life can still be a downright bloody mess.
If the title didn't already snag my attention then the droll humor Fred as the narrator of his own adventures does pull me in. This is a series of novellas all highlighting a vampire named Fred's adventures.
Fred was killed and made vampire and left to figure it all out for himself. Fred first figures out that being a vampire is nothing like the movies or the books though he does have a sun allergy and must have his liquid diet. He's stronger and his senses are enhanced though he didn't suddenly become a hottie and fascinating to others or have a personality alteration. Instead of his life suddenly becoming mysterious and glamorous, it stays the same and he doesn't mind. Fred is an accountant and continues with his staid, sometimes lonely existence while curious about how the other half lives even while he has no desire for a crazy, dangerous life.
Fred is the least likely person to have adventures and his undead life doesn't change that perspective. Only, he does- have adventures that is. Fred seems to be something of a trouble magnet for all that he works hard to stay out of situations where he'll encounter danger. A simple high school reunion, a trip to Vegas for Thanksgiving, a late night date, helping out a friend, and an interrupted Christmas Party all become something so much more by the time things get going.
With each adventure, Fred discovers the world is full of paranormal races and situations that he never expected- shifters, zombies, mages, dragons, and a whole secret government structure. Life becomes interesting and exciting with a tough as nails gorgeous girlfriend who polices the paranormal groups and a new motley group of friends. In the end, Fred learns why he was turned and that even an average guy can be a reluctant hero. I loved Fred and his friends. There is a ton of humor, but a touching and sweet quality to Fred. He embraces who and what he is and that is why he ends up with the relationships he could only dream about as the awkward and bullied geek he was before.
I experienced this book in audio format and absolutely loved Kirby Heybourne's narration. I will always hear his voice as 'Fred' even if I switch to get the rest of the series in written format. He told a good story with tone, pace, emotion, and variety of characters so well.
All in all, I think fans of paranormal and Urban Fantasy stories who like a bit of humor and some excitement should give Fred's adventures a try.
Many thanks to Sophia for stopping by BnB Reviews!
About Sophia:
Sophia is a quiet though curious gal who dabbles in cooking, book reviewing, and gardening. Encouraged and supported by an incredible man and loving family. A Northern Californian transplant to the Great Lakes Region of the US. Lover of Jane Austen, Baseball, Cats, Scooby Doo, and Chocolate. Associate Reviewer for Delighted Reader blog
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Book Thoughts: The Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love
Format: ebook (NOOK)
Series: NA
Author: Abiola Abrams
Genre: Self Help, Spiritually, Health, Mind & Body
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I've never been one to read self-help books or any type of books where folk feel like they have to give another advise on how to get where they're at. I've always felt like, who are you to tell me what I should or shouldn't be doing. I've always felt like, I should be doing things on my own and for the most part I've have. Buuutttt, I'm also they type of person who lives inside her own head too much especially when things don't work out how I expected them to. I've also felt like you know just because something worked for the person who wrote that book...doesn't mean it's to going to work for me? What if I fudge it all up? Then I would be back where I was wondering what the hell happened.
So what changed you ask? Well, it goes back to that little thing I said earlier about me being inside my head too much and I do...still do at times. I have this very bad habit of worrying about what folk think, you know? Why didn't that relationship work out? Why doesn't that person like me? If I only had been this way, would it had worked out different, things like that. So I felt like I had to do something, like something for me...in me had to change.
I came across Abiola Abrams via Instagram. A co-worker of mines recommended that I follow her and I must say, it has been a wonderful experience. Abiola is a life/spirit coach and motivational speaker. Following her on Instagram and eventually Youtube, she's very much into meditation and healing your soul and mainly getting women back to loving themselves. I came across her book The Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love while visiting her website one day. I being the skeptical person that I can be at times decided to give it a go and you know what? I'm glad I did.
This book has helped me to look inside of myself and to also get out of my head. To stop worrying so much about what others think or say for that matter and mainly that life moves along no matter what the outcome of some situations in your life may be. There's a lot of exercises in the book as well. From mediation to breathing exercises, there is a bit of it all to help you to get back to loving YOU. She also interviews many other spiritual coaches who offer some of their meditations and website links as well. We sometimes especially us women allow people into our lives who at times have good intentions and at times some who don't...we allow people to manifest their own self loathing onto to us and if we're dealing with our own mess, it can be catastrophic at times. Everything can and will be affected and I'm telling ya'll that was and is sometimes me. But going through this handbook, doing the exercises has really helped me come into a different space in my life. I still have my moments of self doubt BUT I'm getting so much better at letting things go. Prayer and meditation has become a big thing in my life.
If you're looking for a book that offers true suggestions on ways you can let things go and move forward...ways for you to get back to loving you...ways to becoming the sexy sacred bombshell your are meant to be then give The Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love a try. I also highly suggest following her via her social media sites, especially YouTube. You can do the meditation and breathing exercises with her ;)
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#CoverReveal: Ares by Felicity Heaton
It's time for the cover reveal of Ares, book one in the Guardians of Hades series by New York Times best-selling author Felicity Heaton.
Step into a brand new paranormal romance world featuring sexy Greek god heroes on a mission from the Underworld to prevent our world and theirs from colliding in a calamity foreseen by the fates themselves and engineered by a group of deadly daemons. These powerful and passionate sons of Hades are sure to capture your imaginations and your hearts as they face down the rising threat against the two worlds and stop at nothing to claim the women who steal their hearts along the way.
Here's more about the first book in the series, due for release on November 26th!
Ares (Guardians of Hades Series Book 1)
Felicity Heaton
Prince of the Underworld and Lord of Fire, Ares was banished from his home by his father, Hades, two centuries ago and given a new duty and purpose—to keep our world and his from colliding in a calamity foreseen by the Moirai.
Together with his six brothers, he fights to defend the gates to the Underworld from daemons bent on breaching them and gaining entrance to that forbidden land, striving to protect his home from their dark influence. Caged by the manifestation of his power, held apart from those he loves by his own fire and starved of physical contact, Ares lives a cold existence driven by duty and the desire to return to his world.
Until his world collides with a daemon who steals his power and a mortal female who shatters the ice around his heart and awakens the true fire within him—a soul-stirring passion both dangerous and seductive.
Megan has wandered far from her home, driven from everyone she loves by the devastating realisation that she is different to them all. Unsure who to trust in the world, she keeps to herself, until a fateful stormy night brings a temptingly handsome warrior crashing into her life and into her heart—a warrior who seems to hold powers more frightening and marvellous than her own.
When the New York gate comes under threat, and Ares is put to the test, will he choose his duty and regain the power he needs in order to save his world or will he choose the desires of his heart and sacrifice his fire so he can be with the woman becoming his whole world?
Pre-order available soon. Find out more at: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/guardians-of-hades-ares-paranormal-romance-book.php
Ares is due for release in ebook and paperback on November 26th 2016 and will be available from all major online book retailers on that day, but it will be available for pre-order on Amazon Kindle, Kobo Books, Apple iBooks and Google Play stores in the week before release.
Join Felicity's mailing list to receive a notification when Ares is released, PLUS a sneak preview of the first 4 chapters of the book and chances to win a signed paperback copy: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk/newsletter.php
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Books in the Guardians of Hades paranormal romance series:
Book 1: Ares
Book 2: Valen – Coming in 2017
Felicity Heaton is a New York Times and USA Today international best-selling author writing passionate paranormal romance books. In her books, she creates detailed worlds, twisting plots, mind-blowing action, intense emotion and heart-stopping romances with leading men that vary from dark deadly vampires to sexy shape-shifters and wicked werewolves, to sinful angels and hot demons! If you're a fan of paranormal romance authors Lara Adrian, J R Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Gena Showalter and Christine Feehan then you will enjoy her books too.
If you love your angels a little dark and wicked, her best-selling Her Angel romance series is for you. If you like strong, powerful, and dark vampires then try the Vampires Realm romance series or any of her stand alone vampire romance books. If you're looking for vampire romances that are sinful, passionate and erotic then try her Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series. Or if you like hot-blooded alpha heroes who will let nothing stand in the way of them claiming their destined woman then try her Eternal Mates series. It's packed with sexy heroes in a world populated by elves, vampires, fae, demons, shifters, and more. If sexy Greek gods with incredible powers battling to save our world and their home in the Underworld are more your thing, then be sure to step into the world of Guardians of Hades.
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DNF: Queen Sugar by Natalie Baszile
Format: Audio Book (Audible)
Genre: African American Fiction
Heat: None
Author: Natalie Baszile
I really wanted to like this book but couldn't bring myself to finish it. I feel like the author missed out some key issues in Queen Sugar. Now I know the book itself was going to be different from the TV show that was picked up by OWN and several things are vastly different here. Nova, the older sister from the show is not a character in the book. Charley and Ralph Angel are the only children of Ernest Bordelon. Blue, Ralph Angel's son is in the book and Micah is a teenage girl. Charley inherits the sugar cane farm after Ernest passes away. Ralph Angel gets nothing, there is friction between father and son and this leads to a troublesome relationship between Ralph Angel and his family. Also Ernest Bordelon wasn't the staple figure he was on the show, which again I didn't think the book would be the same but IMO Ernest could have been a better father to his son. I strongly felt he abandoned Ralph Angel at very key moments in his life and also left him with a mother who was battling mental illness. The author never explained why Ernest wasn't as close as he was to Ralph Angel as he was to Charley and I got all the way up to Chapter 19 before I decided to quit. Ernest's life never really was explained, I mean there was some reflection of his childhood and how he grew up, when he left Louisiana but why leave your child behind especially with a co-parent who was dealing with her own issues? He also knew Ralph Angel wanted to be with him and by the time he decided to bring his son out to his new family in LA, it was too late. Ralph Angel: Ralph Angel is made out to be a bully and asshole in Queen Sugar and he was. But Ralph Angel clearly had abandonment issues and I suspect some his mother's mental illness, he was IMO bipolar. Ralph Angel battled drug addiction, the lost of his wife and is now raising his son Blue alone. It seemed Ralph Angel was always alone and the Bordelon family instead of helping him blamed him for his problems. His only saving grace was Blue, which he adored and at times his grandmother Ms. Honey, the family matriarch. But Ms. Honey tended to coddle Ralph Angel and this led to at times a difficult relationship. Ralph Angel loved his grandmother dearly but because his coping skills were pretty much non-existent, he didn't know who to deal with things. He at times handled situations with anger which led to him doing some terrible things and his family resented him for them. Charley: Charley had her own set of issues but the Bordelon family was the least of them. Moving to a new state, dealing with a teenager who is having a hard time adjusting and taking on a business she knows nothing about is wearing her down. And although I liked her determination not to quit (because her mother and the other sugar cane farmers were just ready for her to fail), Charley at times was her own worst enemy. Her relationships with some folks in the book was headache inducing for me. From her issues with dealing with farm, her relationship with her daughter was shaky and that IMO was her failure to have a proper mother-daughter relationship with Micah. I feel at times she wanted to be friends with her daughter but then when she wanted to discipline her, Micah rebelled. Also, her inability to deal with Ralph Angel grinded my gears. If I had not seen my brother since I was 10 years old, bet believe I would have worked a little harder in having some type of relationship with him even if he was being a asshole. But Charley instantly sided with the bulk of her family and deemed Ralph Angel a problem and that I just could not understand. She intentionally left him out of the farm and she never looked at it as a problem. She never tried to understand that maybe her brother might feel some type of way because their father had already left him out of his will. She IMO didn't want to see that maybe there was some justification to Ralph Angel's feelings. She was truly annoying at times. Bottom Line: I listened all the way up to chapter 19 and I just feel like the author didn't do enough explaining of things. I mean up to that point, we should have known why Ernest felt the need to leave Louisiana, why he and Ralph Angel didn't have a normal father/son relationship. Ralph Angel's mother was his high school sweetheart and I understand falling out of love with people, trust me I do but what does your son have to do with a failed marriage? Why did he take to Charley more than he did Ralph Angel? Was it because Charley was the child he felt he didn't fail? His marriage to her mother didn't last either? So? I get this book was Charley's story but too much time was spent on things that to me didn't matter especially giving at times we got Ralph Angel's POV during the book. Yes, I wanted to know what was going on with the farm and how Charley was adjusting and learning but it was overkill at times. There wasn't enough time spent on mending the relationship between Charley and Ralph Angel, they both suffered a lost. Why not give the readers a working relationship between brother and sister especially giving the deep rift that was between them. It seemed Charley wanted to work on her relationships with everyone else, but Ralph Angel? Nope. Also, I mean what family so easily dismisses another like the way the Bordelon's did with Ralph Angel? They all knew his mother had issues and I know they knew Ernest was not father of the year. Yes Ralph Angel had anger issues but it seemed this family did not want to touch upon the reasons as to why Ralph Angel was the way he was. By chapter 19, we should have gotten more than we did instead of me listening to Charley self destruct in on herself. I'm sure maybe they moved forward with things as the book progressed, but at 19 chapters in...I truly didn't care anymore. The situation with Ralph Angel made me feel some type of way and I had to stop. Because this man was gentle with his son, he couldn't have been all that bad. I see that this book has gotten wonderful reviews but for me, it was meh. If you purchased it...give it a go. You might feel differently.
#AnimeReview: Tokyo Ghoul
Anime, Animation, Horror, Drama
Manga: Sui Ishida
TV Series: Funimation
Season 1; 12 Episodes
Tokyo Ghoul revolves around MC Kaneki Ken who is lives in a world of humans and ghouls.
Tokyo is broken into Wards in this anime and when we come into the story, there is a outbreak of ghouls who are attacking humans. Ghouls are also policed by an agency called the CCG.
Anywhoo's Kaneki, a first year college student lives in Ward 20 (which hasn't had any incidents yet) is attacked by a young woman he likes. This woman of course is a ghoul and is also called a "voracious eater". To save his life after the attack, his doctor transplants some of the organs of the now dead ghoul into his body. This process changes Kaneki's life forever, it also start him into a half human/half ghoul.
As Kaneki struggles during his transition, he finds out that ghouls can't eat human food and ol boy is about to lose his mind in the process. He also doesn't want his best friend Hide to find out about his new transformation. Kaneki does however find new friends in the ghoul community and they help him navigate the ghoul world. He also learns that not all ghouls are flesh eating monsters that the CCG has made them out to be. As humans want to live their personal lives without fear so do ghouls. But a war is brewing between the CCG/ghouls and good ghouls/bad ghouls. Kaneki discovers that he is the center of it all.
Well, I must say this was a most interesting anime to watch. It's probably one of the bloodiest and goriest ones I've watch as well, so if those two things aren't your cup of tea, then I don't know if this one if for you. However, Tokyo Ghoul has a fascinating story under all the gore fest. In S1 we pretty much get to know who will be some of our main characters throughout the story. But everyone has a reason that they are fighting for in Tokyo Ghoul. Whether you are human or ghoul, you've lost someone you care about. Humans fear ghouls and Ghouls fear human and because of this, a deep mistrust has development between the two.
Kaneki throughout this first season as I've said is struggling to adjust to his new world but lawd on high, he was a crier. I was irritated with him throughout many of the episodes (and it's only 12….). The only time I felt bad about his crying was when he was being tortured and quiet honestly I would have been screaming like a nut too. Kaneki however, must choose by the end of S1 if he wants to keep his human soul or allow his ghoul half to take fully over. And boy I tell ya'll he is fighting it...until the end...after his torture. The kid pretty much becomes strong and a ghoul to be reckoned with but loses his best friend and new family in the process. I'm not sure why Kaneki decided to go to the side of the bad ghouls but I don't think he lost his human soul completely. I think he now realizes that he can't be weak in a world where pretty much everybody is trying to kill you. Also, to curb their hunger somewhat...ghouls drink coffee and Kaneki still drinks coffee but he is struggling big time.
I'm moving onto S2 now, well actually...I watched the first two episodes. We have new characters that come into play and there is a big bad boss Ghoul who the baddies are following. I'm trying to figure out who the heck he is...which is hard and my teenager won't tell me. Says he doesn't remember but I just think he just doesn't want me to know. This is one anime he watched before me so he likes having the one up, lols. Anyolhoo's, it's going to get pretty dang on exciting and probably more gory and morbid but I'm dying to see what all of this fighting is going to lead up too.
Oh and besides the gore, there is immense action in Tokyo Ghoul. As I've said there is fighting and some Ghouls have come into their powers very well. They're also able to form a weapon with their blood….or I think that's what it is. But their weapons are called a "Kagune" and it's shaped different once produced to each Ghoul. Oh! And Oh, some Ghouls also where masks, it keeps their identities from being discovered. There are some very cool and badass masks in this anime, gotta say I love Kaneki's the most.
Kanike in his Mask (his hair is black at the start of S1, it turns white after he goes full Ghoul)
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Tokyo Ghoul is teenage appropriate, I would say 15 & up. My teenager is 15 and I didn't have a problem with him watching it. But with some of the scenes being quite gruesome, I would be careful of anyone under 15 watching this one.
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Retail inflation in March fell to a six-month low of 4.83 per cent on account of cheaper food articles such as vegetables and pulses. The retail inflation, measured on Consumer Price Index (CPI), in February was revised upwards to 5.26 per cent from 5.18. Consumer inflation was seen below this level at 4.41 per cent in September 2015. Food inflation for March too softened at 5.21 per cent, showed the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). In February, food inflation was at 5.30 per cent. The rate of price rise in vegetables was at 0.54 per cent, oils and fats 4.85 per cent, milk and products 3.33 per cent, while fruit prices deflated further at (-)1.10 per cent in March. Pulses too turned cheaper, as the inflation print came in at 34.15 per cent during the month. However, inflation in sugar and confectionery shot up at 3.92 per cent in March (from 0.51 per cent in February). And for pan tobacco and intoxicants, the inflation stood at 8.51 per cent (over 8.39 per cent). Retail price rise of cereals and products rose to 2.43 per cent and that for meat and fish category, it moved up slightly with an inflation print of 7.74 per cent. Likewise, prices of eggs shot up further during the month with inflation standing at 6.68 per cent. The inflation rate, based on CPI for rural areas, stood at 5.70 per cent, while that for urban areas was at 3.95 per cent. The prices are collected by the government from selected towns by the Field Operations Division of National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) and from selected villages by the Department of Posts.


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Premier Denis Napthine has called for up-and-coming innovators in the health and medical research sector to apply for the 2014 Premier's Award for Health and Medical Research (PAHMR).
Celebrating its 20th year in 2014, the PAHMR recognises the exceptional achievements of Victoria's early career medical researchers and is being administered by veski in conjunction with the Department of State Development, Business and Innovation.
"Early career researchers bring new ideas and a fresh approach that will make a vital contribution to the livelihood of medical research in Victoria," Dr Napthine said.
The Premier's Award for Health and Medical Research includes $40,000 in prize money, with PAHMR recipient receiving $16,000, and the three commendees $8,000 to further their post-graduate research studies.
Dr Napthine said the Victorian Coalition Government was committed to supporting the future of Victorian health and medical research.
"Since its inception by the Kennett Government in 1995, the Premier's Award has honoured more than 70 individuals across a variety of fields including public health, health services, and clinical research," Dr Napthine said.
The inaugural recipient of the Premier's Award, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australia Fellow, Professor Shaun Jackson, went on to co-found the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases at Monash University.
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Beginning an online marketing project can be intimidating for a business owner who isn't familiar of the ins and outs of promoting his or her company on the internet. Not all marketing firms can be trusted to do what is best for your business, rather than taking advantage of your lack of understanding of the industry. Fortunately, there are ways to weed out the reputable companies from the sketchy ones.
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A good company will tell you they cannot guarantee rankings. An excellent company will also tell you rankings should never be a priority, and remind you that the real reason you came to them is to get more business. The best online marketing, web design and SEO companies focus on making sure a website will drive more traffic, rather than settling for only increasing online visibility.
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What is <insert industry jargon>?
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SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 4 September 2017 – Aso College Group (Japan) has partnered with Kydon Group (Singapore), to launch a fully-online manga and anime drawing certification program. Registration for the program will commence at CHARA Expo 2017, from 9th to 10th September 2017.
With globalization and widespread adoption of digital technologies bringing increased exposure to foreign media, Japanese comics and animation (manga and anime, respectively) have found dedicated fanbases outside of Japan.
Alluding to these trends, Mr. Takeshi Aso, CEO of Aso College Group, notes that digitizing educational content would enable Japanese education to reach a worldwide audience. Aso boasts almost 80 years of experience in the Japanese education scene — to harness this knowledge, Aso has partnered Kydon
Group, bringing the intricate hand-drawn techniques of manga and anime to your digital screens.
Following the tremendous success of their pilot course last year, Mr. David Yeo, CEO of Kydon Group, highlighted, "The 3-month pilot program attracted more than 2,000 active learners from 14 countries. We saw them collaborate actively online to learn, with some even forming groups to meet outside the virtual world to exchange ideas. We are really excited about working with Japan's most established vocational institute to bring this widely popular course to the region as a start, and look forward to launching courses infused with strong expertise from Japan to empower new workforce development in the future. "
The Certification in Japanese Manga and Animation (Fundamentals)
Hosted on Kydon's Parenthexis platform, Certification in Japanese Manga and Animation (Fundamentals) program will be Aso's first online venture overseas. This compelled the collaboration with Kydon, which engineered the contents' transformation from traditional classroom learning into interactive, easy-to-digest digital lessons. Apart from online community spaces, the course also offers feedback on assignments and video-based learning modules, providing a refreshing and enjoyable e-learning experience suited for the new generation of learners.
The Certification in Japanese Manga and Animation (Fundamentals) is priced at USD 375 (approx. SGD 525). The program can also be purchased with an optional three-day intensive workshop at a premium price of USD 1,350 (approx. SGD 1,890).
Manga and anime enthusiasts have the option of paying on a modular basis, at USD 50 (approx. SGD 70) per module. Participants stand a chance to win a sponsored cultural trip to Japan.
For more information and registration, please visit: https://parenthexisacad.edu.sg/aso-pa/manga-animation/ .
About Aso College Group and Kydon Group
Aso College Group is an Education Division of Aso Group in Japan, which has undergirded Japan's industry for 140 years in the fields of infrastructure, medical and healthcare and education and training, among others. Aso College Group has been established for 80 years and is one of the top vocational colleges in Japan providing high quality, skills-based education and training for various sectors in the country. It comprises 12 vocational colleges offering 80 programs and 100 courses in specialties ranging from nursing and rehabilitation to business computer, architecture and design, and automotive engineering and technology.
Kydon Group is the leading provider of learning technologies and technology-enhanced learning solutions in Singapore and Asia with a mission to harness the power of learning technologies and create new learning environments for a new generation of learners. Kydon Group comprise several companies that participated in this project:
Kydon Learning Systems Institute transforms classroom lessons to an online learning experience. Parenthexis is a free mobile learning networking, course building and e-commerce service. Parenthexis Academy will market and operate the education experience with Aso.
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Posted on 28th February 2012 by Penny
"I don't want to comment on that"
This is a guest article by Peter Delow of HS2 and the Environment: it was originally published at HS2 and the Environment.
Put yourself into the position that Justine Greening MP, Secretary of State for Transport, found herself in on Tuesday 10th January 2012.
It must be very hard to stand at the dispatch box in the House of Commons and try to sell a pup to that distinguished gathering, even when the assembled MPs appear to be extremely willing to be gulled. The boss says that you have to do it, but you're intelligent enough to know that the proposition doesn't really make much sense.
You may also be slightly embarrassed by memories of your own very vocal opposition to Ministers doing exactly what you are about to do.
How do you tackle this unpalatable task?
Well you could adopt the technique that I have seen in past Common's examples of bowing your head over your written speech and delivering it in a monotone and at an almost imperceptible volume. Or you can do it the way that Ms Greening did; devouring the dish in front of her with gusto, sampling the edible bits with relish and hiding the bits of gristle in her napkin.
So why don't we take a look into that napkin and try and identify some of the inedible bits of Ms Greening's meal that she tried to keep from our view?
I have, in my blog Was it all worth it? (posted 16 Jan 2012), already given one such example, which is the inconvenient results of the public consultation.
Another morsel of gristle was the recommendations made by the Commons Transport Select Committee (TSC) in its report about HS2, some of which I discussed in Beware of Greeks bearing gifts (posted 21 Nov 2011). The TSC advised the Secretary of State that there were a number of issues that should be examined with more care before a final decision on HS2 was made. So did Ms Greening acknowledge the TSC report and its contents in her statement? Not a jot!
An intervention that is even more remarkable than this convenient attack of amnesia by the Transport Secretary came when Louise Ellman MP was called by Mr Speaker. Mrs Ellman is the Labour Chair of the TSC, so you would have thought that she might have asked about the reservations that her committee had expressed. Not a bit of it. In what appeared to be a Lab/Con pact of silence, what she said was:
"It is essential that the UK has a high-speed rail network, and I welcome today's statement as it helps to achieve that. The Secretary of State said that she was considering how to include in the hybrid Bill a commitment to the whole of the Y network. Will she tell us more about that? Will she assure us that the money that goes to funding the very important high-speed rail network will not be at the expense of essential investment in the existing classic line to develop both passenger and freight services?"
It was left to Dan Byles, member for North Warwickshire and HS2 opponent, to refer to this particular elephant in the room (sorry, that should be "Chamber"):
"The Transport Committee's detailed report raised a number of serious questions about the business case and the technical assumptions behind HS2. It also made the clear recommendation that the Secretary of State should not make a decision on HS2 until she had addressed those questions. Can she explain why she has chosen to ignore that clear recommendation?"
Ms Greening played with a straight bat:
"I think my hon. Friend would be the first person to agree that the Transport Committee's overall comment on HS2 was that it was a good value-for-money project. The engineers have looked in detail at every aspect of HS2. I encourage my hon. Friend to look at the plethora of reports that we have put out today, many of them giving technical detail. I hope that will provide him with the confidence that he needs."
If the Secretary of State was so sure that the points raised by the TSC had been addressed and adequately dealt with, then why didn't she cover this important aspect in her announcement? She was pretty safe in referring MPs to the "plethora of reports" to check for themselves; I doubt that many of them will have the stamina to do this.
I plan to continue this examination of the contents of the Transport Secretary's napkin in my next blog.
PS: The Hansard transcript of the announcement and subsequent questions by MPs may be found here.
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Fiction, Literature September 26, 2014
Heart of Poppies by Sonja Dimovska
By Robert Earle
The gathering darkness fell like a soft rain joining the earth and the sky. You might think you could scoop up the summer evening with your hands and drink it. By straining his eyes, Jay saw swooping bats. Along came the fireflies. Chittering crickets drowned the sound of the plashing stream where he'd caught two trout that morning. They stopped biting when Eleanor joined him. He knew her orange sweater would spook the trout. He waded out of the stream because she'd brought him coffee. Fishing over.
"Lorrie still asleep?" she had asked.
"She sleeps until eight."
"I couldn't ever do that." She looked as though she hadn't slept in years, her face a sculptor's clay mock-up of crevasses and life-bruises and mud-slide flesh.
It was one of the first straightforward things she'd ever said to him about herself. Most of her remarks were ironic distractions and unintelligible grumbles. When she said "Oh, cherry pie! I love cherry pie!" it meant she hated cherry pie. When she said, "Yes, let's go to the store down the road and see what they have," it meant she hated the country store with its tin-patched wood floor and racks of bandanas and cans of beans and tins of chewing tobacco and stacks of stale peanut butter crackers. But the fact that she couldn't sleep was really her.
She pretended to be interested in his two trout. "What are you going to do with them?"
"Fry them for breakfast."
"I'll bet Steve would eat one. On vacation he does all this stuff he'd never do."
"But you wouldn't?"
Her smile furrowed her well-plowed cheeks and made the wrinkled skin on her forehead tighten up to her red hairline. "I like my trout raw. Chewier that way."
"Why couldn't you sleep?"
"Too many visions of snakes under the bed. Ugh, Vermont. Shouldn't you be hiking through brambles and risking your life on some muddy river bank to get your fish?"
"Not if you pay three thousand dollars rent a week. Then you fish out your back door."
"God a'mighty it's boring out here."
"Steve like it?"
"When Steve spends money doing something, he likes it whether he likes it or not. He'll eat one of those trout and hate every bite of it and smile as he swallows."
"What do you like?"
"Lorrie and I are going antiquing if she ever gets up."
He had lain awake in the darkness between three and four-thirty himself. He had wanted to get so tired the day before that he would sleep well, but the bike ride with Steve had failed. Steve couldn't peddle up the endless Vermont hills.
"I'm too old for this. Isn't there a bar anywhere around here?"
Jay felt like a trout trapped between two rocks, the wine he didn't want and Steve's company.
"There's a winery." Jay pointed toward the next hill. They walked up it and coasted down to the winery where they got loaded on reds, cheeses, and bread. The women had to come drive them back. Then they both slept as the women cooked dinner, and after dinner Jay stumbled to bed, awakening at three unaware that Eleanor was just as awake as him down the hall.
He helped her off her boulder and went to the $3,000 per week house where he lay his fish on the back stoop and gutted them. Inside she gave him more coffee and said, "I'm keeping my distance," as he fried the fish and some potatoes and onions in a large cast iron skillet.
Steve came in wearing the sheep head's costume that had become his white hair and beard. "Hey, fish!"
"You hate fish," Eleanor said.
"What do you mean I hate fish? I do out of the supermarket, not the water." He groaned, stretching. "No biking for me today."
"Want to walk some instead?" Jay asked.
"What a novel idea," Eleanor said.
"Maybe I'll follow the girls around antiquing," Steve said, always eager to spend time in Lorrie's company.
"Not if you value your life," Eleanor said.
Jay sat on the porch in the evening, reflecting on how the day had unfolded after that. He'd lain on a very soft, velour-covered sofa in the library reading an ancient volume of 'The World as Will and Idea' by Schopenhauer, one of those inexplicable books cached on the shelves of high-priced vacation rentals all over America. Steve brought in two glasses of wine. 10am. The aging men toasted one another. Jay tried to return to his book, but Steve wanted to talk real estate. Jay asked who needed more money.
Steve brushed him off. "Come on, man, it's a game. What could we buy around here that would make money? Don't think this house makes money?"
Jay felt like a trout trapped between two rocks, the wine he didn't want and Steve's company. He didn't answer. He had no idea what they could buy in Vermont that would make money.
"All right, you understand stuff like that?" Steve asked, meaning Schopenhauer.
"Barely. Forty years since I read him in college. The great pessimist, all of us driven by a Will we can't affect or understand."
They'd been freshmen roommates, Jay feeling he was finished with life, Steve eager to get started.
"I have to make some calls," Steve said. "Okay if I do it here?"
Jay said, "Sure, I'll listen."
"That wasn't what I meant. Keep reading, professor."
Jay listened, though. Steve spoke to his lawyer, stock broker, and a guy selling a vintage Mustang. He made deals in each case, though unable to to persuade Jay to go in halves on the Mustang, which they could share, six months on the east coast, six on the west, a great delivery drive in between. Steve opened another bottle of wine.
"What 's kept us friends so long?" he asked, giving Jay no chance to answer. "I think it's never crossing wires. We're complementary. I'm high, you're low. You don't care and I never stop caring. Tell Schopenhauer there's willpower for you."
"I will next time I see him."
Steve liked it when Jay sounded like Eleanor. Acerbic. Sharing a house in Vermont had been his idea. Eleanor had done summer stock in Vermont years ago. Steve was a stagehand. He began to talk about how empty he'd feel without her. Jay asked if something was wrong.
Steve said, "No, but we're getting old."
Jay put the Schopenhauer on the table and swung his legs off the sofa. "There's a place where we can fly falcons. Let's go."
"We don't have the car."
"We'll bike."
Steve said, "I'm sixty-eight! I'm loaded! I'm going to take a nap."
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