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Flawed House Rule: "Realistic" Sneak Attack
Back in July I wrote about a flawed "house rule" or DM's variant of double-rolling hit dice, something which seemed great on the surface but upon closer inspection affected the game in unexpected, negative ways. Here's another one of those house rules.
I've encountered several DMs who won't let a rogue sneak attack more than once per round or even once per combat. The reasoning here is that once a character has been struck, he's no longer oblivious to the rogue's presence, and won't fall for the same mistake twice. For realism's sake, the DM rules that only the rogue's first attack can deal sneak attack damage, or perhaps only the first round of combat.
This is a nasty rule. To begin with, the character's ability is being reduced in power from what the designers intended. The rogue is already weaker in combat than the fighter, with lower base attack, hit points, weapon proficiencies and combat abilities, and frequently also lower Strength. Cut out his sneak attack, and he's a wholly suboptimal combat class. The rogue's boon is that he stands to deal significant bonus damage when he can sneak attack. This means that the rogue's power is rated entirely on when, and in what circumstances, he can perform his 'backstab'.
However, if we turn to the Favorable and Unfavorable Conditions chart and consider when the defender loses his Dexterity to AC, what we see is that the rogue frequently can only attack on the first round, as realism dictates. Your sneak attack most frequently kicks in against surprised opponents, which includes a surprise round (sensibly enough), the first round (when you go before your oppponent) and when you're invisible or hidden. Attacking, even from a distance, requires you to 'de-cloak', just like in Star Trek. We also have a few less common cases, such as a stunned or blinded opponent, but these are generally less common.
There is, however, one major situation in which the rogue doesn't even need to take his opponent by surprise: flanking. A holdover from when you had to stab someone in the back (and D&D accomodated this with strict facing rules), flanking simply requires you to be in melee combat with an ally on the opposite side. Full-time sneak attack, and you don't even need to be sneaky about it. That said, it's not as easy to achieve as you might think. Even spending numerous feats on feats Weapon Finesse and the Two-Weapon Fighting tree, rogues are weak in melee combat and take a risk by entering it. The Tumble skill is also necessary to move around without provoking Attacks of Opportunity, which you risk by moving within any opponent's threatened area.
Thus, while you can flank to deal hefty sneak attack damage, a rogue is not the sort of character who can take toe-to-toe combat lightly. He has barely more hit points than a wizard, sub-fighter combat ability, and around the same armour class as the fighter - it should be lower, except that shields were never popular in 3e and the game was playtested assuming that 15 was a high Dexerity score. The rogue thus accepts a greater risk than the fighter in melee, at the benefit of increased damage output. Not terribly rogueish, perhaps, but a valid choice nonetheless.
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If you ask me, prohibiting sneak attack on flanking is the unrealistic ruling. As you've outlined, sneak attack is important to the rogue class.
The opponent's vulnerability and attack power has to be taken into account too. A fighter might be able to stand an entire round of attacks against a dragon, while a rogue of the same level might be done with just the bite attack. And the first sneak attack is very ineffective if the target has a medium-to-high AC and high hit points.
Yes, maybe 5d6 extra damage 'seems' unfair, but the rogue's attacks hit about 30% less AND he's dependent upon someone else in order to reliably get that sneak attack damage.
+5d6 isn't unfair at all. I do it all the time as a paladin. I cast Divine Sacrifice and give up 10 of my 176 HP. Add that to my Evil Bane longsword at level 16, and that's a grand total of +13d6 damage per round. If I Surge it, that's another +12d6. So what we have available to us vs. Rogue's base Sneak Attack? There should be no house rule interfering with it.
I'm a big fan of a rogue's sneak attack and i'm always looking for ways to make character combos. If you read on sneak attacks it clearly states that it is granted whenever a rogue catches his opponent flat footed. Flat footed is whenever an opponent loses his or her or its dexterity. There fore if a rogue was to feint via bluff skill(feinting in combat) then the rogue can basically catch his or her opponent flat footed practically every round. If a player focuses their character around this then i'm pretty sure a rogue can be quite powerful. And with the right feats you can avoid attacks of opportunitys and such and make your rogue even deadlier.
I only let my rogues in my compaigns (I'm DM) use sneak attack once per round, and not only do I not find it flawed, my players accept my judgement without any reservations. You number-crunchers seem not to realize that there is more to the game than combat, and in every non-combat situation, the rogue outclasses the fighter by volumes. Maybe my game just has more skill checks than most, who knows.
In epic compaigns, the rogue is truly without a doubt the fighter's superior even in combat, as feat progression slows for the fighter and all classes gain access to more bonus feats. Additionally, combat-minded rogues will likely have branched to assassin and can simply chill in defense in between death attacks (+5 defenders, total defense, combat expertise), and only rogues have access to the Epic Dodge feat, possibly the best feat in the game.
Let's see…
Rogue. At 5d6 sneak damage…that means level 9. We can assume that his dexterity is at least 18, if not even 20 (gloves of dexterity +2), so modifier +4/+5, with Weapon Finesse (let's say Rapier). Now, base attack bonus: if I remember right, it should be +6. And moreover, if you're taking it by surprise or feinting, the defender loses his dexterity modifier to AC. So, the rougue takes a +11 modifier to hit an AC that, with no dex mod, it's around 18. So, the rogue hits with a 7 or higher, dealing 6d6+sumfin' damage. I think that's really good: and one Sneak attack per round is more than enough. At the same level, a fighter might deal 4d6+sumfin' at max, assumin that he uses a greatsword and he hits two times.
At Renthar and Kasrakhan. What CR 9-14 monster has 18 AC without their dex bonus?
Young Adult - Mature Adult Black Dragon
The story is different with a hydra, or air elemental, but all tank monsters will have a very high AC. So assuming 18-19 is flawed.
Second, to say that your players are ok with your ruling is like saying that the people of puerto rico didn't complain about a new law put into place. Its a new law, there's really no point in arguing it. If it doesn't make a Ton of people unhappy, then theres no reason to discuss it, just so long as the group can keep going (oh that law effects maybe one player). Plus, if being a skill heavy character is more rewarding than not in a game, then you're less likely to hear complaints from someone who has the option of focusing on skills or focusing on combat.
Level 9 warrior with specializations, focuses, greaters in this and that, dual-wielding or not, amulet of nat armor, ROP, heavy armor, twice as many HP (likely due to con/con gear), combat oriented gear, and whatever forgotten n-body things that may exist, will have a far superior advantage than someone who has to perform those split roles of anti-traps/social/sneaking/stealing/sensing things. If a rogue focuses on battle, he'll be decent at output while not being good at taking hits, this'll put him into being mediocre at his other roles.
"If you ask me, prohibiting sneak attack on flanking is the unrealistic ruling. As you've outlined, sneak attack is important to the rogue class."
Just because it is important to the rogue class doesn't make it realistic. It does make the game more balanced though.
I don't have a problem with the rule, but I understand why other people don't like it.
The idea of flanking someone to get better shots at them makes a lot of sense…the unrealistic part is that warrior classes can't do it as well…especially fighters. A professional soldier can't figure out a pretty good place to stab someone to do more damage and end the fight quickly but a burglar can?
This is how we discovered that rogues can become very easily broken with sneak attack. As someone outlined before… you get sneak attack when you catch your opponent denied their dex to AC. Enter… the ring of blinking. You now have a 50% miss chance against you and a 20% miss chance against you opponent and your opponent is denied their dex to AC.
Be an elf with 30 dex (20 dex + 4 stat levels + 6 item) and 16 strength (+4 Str item) Mix 16 levels of rogue with of fighter specialized towards two-weapon combat. Add a Ring of Blinking, Boots of Speed, and 2 +2 Brilliant Energy Kukris (Weapon Focus, Weapon Spec, Imp Crit, Weapon Finesse) and for 10 rounds a day you get a guy that has a full round attack of +30/30/30/25/25/20/20/15 vs guys with no dex/armor/shield (which against a full defense fighter would be a loss of as much as 23 AC) with a 15-20 critical range doing 1d4+7+8d6 per main hand and 1d4+5+8d6 per off hand. That's 37.5/hit or 35.5/hit… before criticals. If they all hit that's 294 damage on average. If they were to do max damage… 584 damage. All that… with a possible AC of (10 + 10 dex + 8 bracers + 5 RoP + 5 Am Nat + 1 Haste = 39 AC + 50% miss chance)
Rogues are the path to complete and utter annihilation of anything in their path… That's why we limited sneak attack to once with each weapon per round.
Your sitting at your computer focusing on this post and WHACK! someone hits you in the back of the head.
Do you ignore this attack?
…2 seconds passes(the lentgh of 1 round)..
Do you forget that you just got hit in the head?
Not likely…
If a rogue fients in combat he can use sneak attack again. Otherwise once you hit someone in combat they know your there.
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Your example is poor, because it doesnt take into account a flanking situation. If I am fighting someone, and someone is to my back, they are at my back, period. The person at my back can attack me in vital points that I cannot defend against. My weapons are in front of me, making parrying impossible, my eyes are in front, so I can't dodge it.
It is not unfair, because proper tactics would dictate that the defender, that KNOWS the rogue is there, should NOT leave the rogue at his back. He should turn and face the rogue, and leave a less deadly adversary at his back. Additionally, it doubly makes sense to use that tactic, because the rogue is likely easier to kill than his original oponent.
I say if the enemy leaves a rogue at its back, and does nothing to stop it or mitigate the situation, then he deserves the sneak attack every round against him.
The reason I stumbled on this page was looking to see if rogues get SA on every attack, or if it's once per round (per 3.5 rules). On with my search!
The assumption that the sneak attack should work once for "realism" would require that sneak attacks are open to everyone (if you are caught off guard, there is no reason why being slashed unexpectedly with a great sword would be less of a threat than being stabbed in teh back with a knife), instead the rogue's sneak attack represents a greater expertise at using advantage, and through that, there is no reason why a rogue would only be a better expert in a first flank attack, and then forget everything he knows in followup sneak attacks.
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Google Search: The Reunion13 11 2013
This Indian ad from Google is REALLY good. Parts of it are in Hindi but you won't have any trouble understanding what's going on provided you're familiar with India's partition.
This is a fantastically emotive subject, but I think Google treat it with respect here. And as a brand integration case study it's fabulous. Google has a good track record for making emotionally resonant ads, Dear Hollie perhaps being the best known example. But for me, they've often tried to cram too much in, tried too hard to say WE'RE GOOGLE AND WE DO EVERYTING – gmail, Youtube, Chrome, search etc. This makes the ads feel crowded and you're not really sure what they're for or what they're trying to say about why each tool is important to your life. In focussing on search here there is much greater clarity around the brand's involvement in the story and, perhaps paradoxically, by talking about one thing rather than everything that idea of Google penetrating all aspects of our lives comes through much more cleanly.
Google search is absolutely integral to the story here. In my day job, we have always said that if you can describe what happens in the ad in a sentence without mentioning the brand then it is probably not well branded. I think you'd struggle to do that here.
Of course, it's 3 and a half minutes long so there's plenty of space for the story here and perhaps it seems odd to be congratulating such a long ad on its focus. But it also had a big subject to deal with in a respectful way. It achieves that rare thing of being a powerful film in its own right, but still having the brand at its heart in a way that does nothing to cheapen the subject matter.
I'm also certain shorter versions are possible and that this story can be developed across a longer campaign – perhaps bringing in other elements of Google's portfolio as they go.
I believe Ogilvy India are the people to whom the credit belongs.
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David Bailey on Advertising11 09 2013
Over on my new blog, Life Lessons from Desert Island Discs, I have just written my second proper entry on the photographer David Bailey. Bailey has also successfully directed a number of ads, including the classic one for Greenpeace shown above. In his Desert Island Discs, he also reflects a little on advertising. So to cross promote two of my blogs and also because what he says is interesting but not really an important lesson on life, I thought I'd share what he says about ads (specifically, how directing them is different from shooting stills) with you all here.
In a way it's a luxury. Most of my life has been spent trying to tell a story in a 125th of a second so 30 seconds is quite a luxury and 60 seconds feels like War and Peace to me. Being a still photographer is a bit like being a sniper up a tree, all alone, very lonely. Being a director is a bit like being a General – with all the people around you as catalysts trying to bring things together.
So, next time you think you're having a hard time squeezing it all into 30 seconds, think of that lonely sniper in a tree, trying to squeeze the trigger on the right 125th of a second.
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Big Mac – Think with your mouth6 06 2013
I'm a Burger King man myself, I hate Big Macs, disgusting sauce. I was quite partial to a Chicken Maharajah Mac during my spell in the colonies, but I didn't have Burger King to fall back on there. I was recently rather critical of one of their recent UK efforts so by way of redressing the balance I'd like to say that I really like these new Big Mac ads from over in that America.
An iconic product given the treatment it deserves – space to speak for itself and be the hero. You don't need to make claims about something like the Big Mac (if you do about very much at all.) You just need to celebrate it in an interesting way. Also, 15 seconds each. Brilliant. You don't need 90 seconds to make interesting ads. Don't let anyone tell you that you do. Not to say, of course, that you can't also make blinding long ads. Horses for courses (beef/horse substitution pun entirely intended.)
They put me in mind of MTV idents from back in the days when the 'M' in MTV actually meant something. A cynic might add that 'Think with your mouth' is a sensible way for McDonald's to go given that thinking with anything else would lead you to avoid Big Macs altogether, but obviously I would never say such a thing.
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The murder of a 16 year old girl8 03 2013
The murder of a 16 year old girl, apparently unprovoked, should be equally affecting regardless of the circumstance. The truth is, that's not the case. Today was a stark reminder to me of how locally our lives are lived. Regardless of how worldly you believe your outlook to be, how well travelled you believe you are – events near home, in places you have lived your own life, shake you in a way that any number of horrors elsewhere in the world do not. This isn't to say horrors further afield are not upsetting, tragic or infuriating, they very often are, but they are necessarily more abstract than events occuring in your immediate frame of experience. Emotionally distant as much as geographically.
Today, Christina Edkins was stabbed to death on a number 9 bus on the Hagley Road near the centre of Birmingham. I did not know her, but I feel strangely like I did.
I grew up in Halesowen. The number 9 was my bus route. Into Halesowen from our house on the Abbeyfields or up Manor Lane to friends houses at first. As I got older into and out of Birmingham for work and for play. I must have ridden this bus route hundreds of times and I would have ridden it most frequently when I was Christine's age. We all know there are bus routes best avoided (if you are fortunate enough to have the choice), whilst it has its share of unusual characters as all routes do, the 9 is not one of them. Sadness for those close to Christina was mixed with no little shock.
Later the news emerged that Christina was on her way to school at Leasowes High School. Leasowes was my school. I am now too far removed from the school and the community around it to know her, her friends or her family. But 15 years ago I would have done. 15 years ago she would have been my classmate. We may not have been friends, but we would have been classmates. I can't begin to imagine what it must be like to see a young life of your acquaintance snatched away so viciously when you too are so very young. I think back to my classmates, I imagine how each would have reacted to a death of one of us, how each would have coped. Some would pretend they weren't but I can't think of anyone who would not have been affected. Many would have been affected so deeply that their whole life's course may change.
The school made statements of condolence to the family and talked of support offered to the pupils. Eloquently leading the school response was the Head Teacher, Neil Shaw. Mr Shaw was my English teacher. If you are a regular reader of this blog you presumably believe there is at least some small merit in my writing. That is due, in no small measure, to Mr Shaw's teaching. He was my favourite and best teacher. No Head Teacher should have to deal with this but few could be better equipped to do so. It is a strange and moving thing to see a man who so inspired you in the words of Heaney and Shakespeare delivering, with calm solemnity, such simple but difficult words of condolence.
I don't visit Halesowen much these days. My parents have moved away. But by coincidence I was going there today to visit a friend, a former classmate, who was recently run off his bike not all that far from the school. I drove there in the pounding rain listening to the latest news. The suspected killer had been arrested. To get to my friends house I had to drive up Kent Road past the school. The rain still poured as I drove past the huddle of young figures stood in the dark outside the firmly-closed school gates, hoods up to protect from the rain and shield from the world's harshness. Leaving flowers, messages, reading what others had written, comforting each other. 15 years ago, we could have been stood there.
I'm not sure why I'm writing this really. I'm certainly not trying to make this about me. I think what I'm trying to say is that every young person who is stabbed, assaulted, shot, glassed, bottled, raped – whatever, is on somebody's childhood bus route. Somebody's English teacher is now the Head and has to try and comfort the family and the kids. And of course, most important of all, they are somebody's daughter, sister, niece, granddaughter. They will never have the chance to be someone's mother or grandmother.
Whilst it might not be possible to feel as deeply about deaths such as this when they are further from home, we should at the very least try and remember that every single one is close to home for somebody. Indeed, for many.
My thoughts tonight are with all those who knew Christine and will miss her.
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The Andrex Puppy wants to know how you wipe your arse7 02 2013
So, there's this. An ad about how people wipe their arses in which you are asked to submit a vote to a cuddly advertising icon stating how you, the viewer, prefer to wipe your own arse. My initial reaction to this was the same combination of shock and despair that you are probably feeling now if it's the first time you have seen it - this excellent take down in The Vice about sums most of that up. But, for me, this ad was also revelatory. I hadn't the slightest conception that anyone would ever do anything other than fold. If an Englishman's home is his castle, his toilet is the Keep, where none shall surely pass except in the very gravest of circumstances. Our reservedness ensures that we keep life's great pleasures such as having a lovely poo tightly locked away from any conversation. For the most part, that's probably for the best but it has meant that I have spent my 31 years and some months entirely in the dark about "scrunching". Scrunchies are 90s female hair accessories, not bum-wiping material.
I am a scruffy man. I do not iron my clothes, my house is fairly untidy – but I cannot imagine for a moment wiping my arse with a randomly scrunched up ball of toilet paper. The uneven surface, the variable thickness and the lack of a uniform size and shape seem to carry with them all kinds of risks that I prefer not to even countenance, let alone bring into play.
In the uncomfortable afterglow of this revelatory experience I thought I would open The Keep to my colleagues and explore further (I don't mean I actually invited them into my bog, I just decided to discuss it with them.) The findings were really quite interesting (and of course entirely unscientific.) There does not seem to be a gender bias – at first it seemed girls were (unexpectedly? I don't know) more likely to scrunch, but the more we asked it seemed to be about 50/50. More of my male colleagues were folders, but not to a degree sufficient to deduce a genuine skew given the sample size involved. Personality and outward physical appearance also seemed to be poor indicators. You might expect the scruffy buggers such as I (there are plenty of us in the Global team, we don't get let out in public much so we can let ourselves go) to over-index on scrunching but they were as likely to be neat, tidy folders in the privacy of the smallest room in the house as anyone. Those with pristine, matching houses who iron their bed linen could very well be untidy (disgusting and risky in my view) scrunchers. There were some mad bastards who would do either, apparently willy-nilly with no clear criteria as to when they would change tack.
I was greatly relieved to discover that my wonderful girlfriend is also a folder, hopefully guaranteeing that our future children will also fold. But is there any guarantee? There seems to be no gender or personality pattern to all this. Who's to say whether there's anything genetic? But I can only hope that the combination of nature and nurture will see my unborn children right.
So, on reflection, maybe Kimberley Clark are on to something here. Maybe they will breakthrough our reticence to talk about wiping turd from our anuses and get us all debating the relative merits of the two leading approaches. Maybe people will vote in their droves. Maybe folders will ally with folders and seek to bring down the despicable practice of scrunching? Maybe all these years of toilet roll being a dull, low-interest category are over. I think there is more to talk about – optimum number of sheets, softness, quilted versus smooth, that tracing paper stuff from primary school. LET'S ALL ENGAGE AT INTERACT ON THE SUBJECT OF BOG ROLL.
Or, you know, maybe not.
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"Nah, yer alright", McDonald's6 02 2013
I don't have a TV in my house, or at least not one connected to any TV service, so it's usually via twitter or some other means that I come across new ads. That does tend to mean that I only see ads that are either brilliant or terrible as these tend to be the ones people tweet about online. Last night, however, I tuned in to some live TV on TVCatchup, the UK's live streaming service for all free-to-air channels. Between the endless re-runs of Big Bang Theory I came across this ad for McDonald's which doesn't really fall into either of those categories. It certainly isn't terrible, but it did annoy me (in fairness to McDonald's, this isn't hard to achieve.)
Having never seen it before I didn't know what brand it was for to begin with. I think the narrative is good, the family dynamic portrayed is familiar to many and the rainy northern setting is well observed. The family members are all portrayed well. You get a good feel for the friction. From the perspective of advertising craft it is all very nicely put together.
Then we come to McDonald's role in all of this. This is the point at which I get annoyed. The idea of McDonald's bringing people together is a perfectly reasonable one, not an especially original platform for a brand, but reasonable nonetheless. But what this ad boils down to to me is, if you're having family problems, buy your kids a Big Mac and everything will be ok. That is, of course, an over simplification but it's certainly what's at the nub. You don't need to actually tackle difficult family tensions, you can just bribe your kids' (or step-kids') into your affections by taking them to McDonald's. Really, McDonald's? REALLY? That's the best way you could come up with of demonstrating that McDonald's is a universal bringer of happiness that we all have in common?
Am I being too harsh? It just feels wrong to me to use this kind of family tension in this way.
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I enjoy teaching music and inspiring students. As a vocal coach and piano instructor, I tailor lessons to fit students' particular needs to develop skills as they prepare for auditions, musical careers or music for personal enjoyment. Lessons move at a pace that is comfortable for, and challenging to, students. I aim to strengthen musical intuition and insure steady and thorough progress.
I offer In-Home training, allowing students to take private lessons at their convenience in their homes.
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Lucian W is an alumnus of Berklee College of Music in Boston and former faculty member of the Hartford Conservatory. His vocal studies have been with Jacqueline Jarrett and David Baker in Connecticut, Jane Ellison at Loyola University in Montreal, noted operatic tenor Carmine Gagliardi in New York City, and Gina Moretta (whose students have included Gloria Estefan and Jon Secada) in Miami. He studied privately with world famous jazz guitarists George Benson and Chuck Wayne and has had a full time performing career of several decades as a guitarist, pianist, vocalist, bassist, arranger and orchestra leader.
Lucian believes that by sharing his enjoyment of making music with his students, he can give them confidence in other areas. That is because, in order to make music, they must go through a process of physical discovery through practice. They are then empowered by experiencing the connections between inspiration, work, and pleasure.
He performs, as a solo entertainer, an unusually wide ranging repertoire because of his versatility on guitar, piano, and vocals. Being an accomplished arranger with a vast library of charts also allows him to lead a ten piece orchestra as competently as a trio or quartet. He has performed extensively in New York, Chicago, Cape Cod, and Florida.
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I always try to make lessons as comfortable and enjoyable as possible yet challenging enough to maintain interest. I build lessons around the student's individual interests (specific songs or styles) so that he or she can learn the technical fundamentals in a relevant context.
My own curriculum is supplemented by the following:
Guitar: Hal Leonard Guitar Method, Aaron Shearer Classical Guitar Method
Piano: Alfred's Basic Piano Course , John W. Schaum Piano Course
Voice: Jeffrey Allen's Secrets of Singing, Nicola Vaccai Practical Method
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Hardman baby grand acoustic piano
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- Singing lesson time is generally divided 50/50 between voice building and repertoire. I accompany vocalists on both piano and guitar, teaching the melody notes as they are sung along with the piano. Then, once the melody is learned, I often switch to the guitar with just chordal backing. The acoustic guitar is also softer than the piano and allows the singer hear their own voice better. For voice building, I use my own concepts plus approaches of famous voice teachers like Jeffrey Allen, Seth Riggs, and Anthony Frissel.
- I am very experienced performing all styles of guitar and can cater to the student's specific area of interest, whether it be rock, folk, classical, or jazz.
- With piano, I work on fundamentals of reading and technique. Learning basic harmony and chord construction starting with triads (3 note chords), the student can soon read single stave lead sheets (a form of music notation widely utilized by professional musicians) as well as the grand staff. This approach trains the ear and makes learning how to play popular songs much easier.
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Born to a musical family and having studied in the National Conservatory of Music in Montevideo, Uruguay gave way to a exciting career that expands performances in three continents. For the past 20 years, I have been performing in every season of the Florida Grand Opera in Miami.
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Car Problem Reports
Pontiac G6 ENGINE MISS
Pontiac G6 Problem
Model Years Affected: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Engines Affected: 2.4L 4 Cylinder, 3.5L V6, 3.6L V6
Average Mileage: 71,325 mi (34,000 mi - 135,000 mi)
Pontiac2007, 2007 Pontiac G6, 3.5L V6, 61,000 miRookie
Ive noticed that my car while sitting rather at a redlight or in park in the driveway has a miss yet no check engine light the ac was not running took to dealership at 26,000 and they even said it had a miss but since its not logging a code (light) its not worth fooling with yest it does however concern me and its still doing it
Visitor, 2007 Pontiac G6, 2.4L 4 Cylinder, 65,000 mi
cylinder 3 misfire
Visitor, 2007 Pontiac G6, 3.6L V6, 34,000 mi
my g6 also had a misfire problem on cylinder 1 and 3 with the 3.6v6 VVT engine, hey changed spark plugs and the ignition caps. i actually found the problem online. its not a 'G6" problem its a cadillac problem its there engine and its due to poor timing chains. if you let your oil change go past the 5000km mark even though ur display says 65% oil life remaining the chains expand with heat and throw the engine timing off. once it gets it half inch out ur engine light will come on. there are 3 chains in that engine. get it done before the crank gets ripped up
Visitor, 2009 Pontiac G6, 2.4L 4 Cylinder, 43,000 mi
G6 has a miss or sputters at a stop.Had fuel line cleaned & tune up with spark plugs replaced.Still happening.Very frustrating.
Visitor, 2009 Pontiac G6, 2.4L 4 Cylinder, 135,000 mi
Started missing when you come to stop at a signal light. Very annoying. Took the auto repair shop.Hooked up too computer but not showing anything wrong. Did tuneup, didn't work. Next changed the throttle body. That didn't work. Checked gas tank, had some sludge and a little water. So took it off an cleaned and also cleaned the fuel lines. That still didn't work. Finally someone came from a dealership to the shop. Said he thinks he knows what it is. Had some kind of computer system from the dealership. Hooked it up. Showing it had a bad coil wire. Computer knows which one. So only had that one replaced for now. Guess what, it's working right now. So for now I very pleased.
Visitor, 2008 Pontiac G6, 3.6L V6
Jerking when you first press down in the gas.. Trying to pick up speed
Visitor, 2008 Pontiac G6
I experience the same thing.
Visitor, 2009 Pontiac G6, 2.4L 4 Cylinder, 70,000 mi
All of these people with this same problem, clearly it is something general motors is doing wrong along with the other things(recalls) but you think they will fix it? No, why? because they are rich people who DONT CARE about anything except making millions. They make their products to fail, so that you have to spend money to fix it and they continue to make money!!! So here i am stuck with a 14,000 dollar car that i had for 1 week before it started acting up, and needs a new motor because it cost more to fix the piston! 14,000 dollars for a care that needs a new motor!!! My advice, NEVER buy from them!!! Wish i never got this stupid car!!!!
Bill725, 2009 Pontiac G6, 2.4L 4 Cylinder, 62,000 miRookie
Car misses on acceleration. Two or three times and then it runs smooth until car is slowed and you speed up again. I took it to a dealer and he said the mechanic cleaned out the throttle body. I am not a mechanic and I don't know what he cleaned out. The car still has the same problem. Service engine light does not come on.
Visitor, 2007 Pontiac G6, 3.5L V6, 81,000 mi
#2 cylinder misfire...P0302.replaced plugs,wire,coil pack,swapped injectors.found compression 30 psi lower than neighboring cylinders.Oil in plugs hole didn't raise it but since oil pan needed to come off to reseal,rings were put on #2 piston.Sent head out and had valve job done.Was driving nice but after sitting at idle for awhile ses lamp came back on and vehicle started to miss.Have to check cam closer now.This car is a toilet.I've been repairing cars for many years and never run into such a mess.The car is fine not idling but have it sit and idle for a bit and it starts to act up.I've tried to be very logical in my approach.Everyone I've asked about it hasn't got a clue.I guess I'm wondering how common worn cams are on this 3.5L engine.I guess I'll try and find out tommorrow!


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The Philadelphia Eagles face a tough matchup this Sunday as the surging Arizona Cardinals visit Lincoln Financial Field. Arizona boasts a four game win streak and most recently destroyed the Indianapolis Colts 40-11 while outgaining them 410-239 yards. Arizona is finding ways to win, and in this league that is what matters most.
While the Cardinals certainly look to be on a winning tear in the highly competitive NFC-West division, they also have some weaknesses on offense which the Philadelphia Eagles defense can exploit.
Capitalize on an Inconsistent Carson Palmer
Former University of Southern California quarterback Carson Palmer has been anything but consistent this year. He has thrown for 2,887 yards but has 16 touchdowns to 15 interceptions ratio which could mean a big interception game for the Eagles secondary. Both Philadelphia defensive ends Fletcher Cox and Cedric Thornton should be able to apply pressure to Palmer forcing him into bad decisions with the ball.
Snuff the Cardinals Below-Average Running Attack
Arizona ranks 25th in the NFL with just 976 rushing yards and 28th with a low 3.7 yards per average run. They brought in Rashard Mendenhall to be their workhorse back, but he has a terrible 3.0 yards per carry average and has been losing carries every game to rookie Andre Ellington. While the Eagles run defense has not been stellar this year ranking 20th allowing 1296 yards on the ground, they should be able to stop a very weak Cardinals running game thus placing most of the burden on the afore mentioned susceptible arm of Carson Palmer.
Shut Down Larry Fitzgerald
Throughout his career, Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald has been one of the most dynamic playmakers in the league and many see him as a sure-fire future Hall-of-Famer. However, this season Fitzgerald has been somewhat overshadowed by Arizona second year wideout Michael Floyd. Fitzgerald has a lower than normal 50 catches for 606 yards and will be shadowed by Eagles standout cornerback Cary Williams. Williams has the size, speed, and athleticism to match up well with Fitzgerald.
Fresh off the bye week and, according to Eagles coach Chip Kelly, having 52 of 53 players healthy against the Cardinals should be a huge advantage. The Eagles high powered offense led by quarterback Nick Foles (152.8 QB rating ranks highest ever in the month of November) and NFL leading rusher LeSean McCoy will push the Cardinals. If the Eagles defense can capitalize on the opportunities Arizona's offensive weaknesses provide; this game should be a Philadelphia win.
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Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in public areas. The property has designated areas for smoking.
165 air-conditioned guestrooms at Motel 8 Laramie feature blackout drapes/curtains and complimentary toiletries. Rooms are all accessible via exterior corridors. Balconies offer city views. These individually furnished and decorated rooms include desks. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations. Partially open bathrooms are available in select guestrooms. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. Guestrooms offer phones with voice mail. Televisions have premium cable channels. Rooms also include clock radios. Guests may request irons/ironing boards and hair dryers. Housekeeping is available daily.
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Exploring America and beyond in your motorhome is always time well spent, especially when it means being in the company of family and friends. But as much as there is to see and enjoy in this magnificent country of ours, there are often hundreds of miles that separate one destination from the next. So to help keep you and your passengers entertained this summer, we've compiled a list of travel games and activities riders of all ages are sure to enjoy.
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Offaly County Council
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Charleville Road
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Phone: 057 9346839
Fax: 057 9346868
If so, register with the Offaly heritage office for email reminders. You can also get regular updates from Offaly Heritage on facebook and twitter.
The brochure for Offaly Heritage Week 2014 is now available. For more information on Offaly events or for events outside of the county see www.heritageweek.ie.
Dowload a copy of the 2014 Offaly Naturalists' Field Club programme here or pick up a copy in the library or email email@example.com for a hard copy. Please note that the summer school with John Feehan is booked out.
This book retailing at €10.00, is available in bookshops in County Offaly. It features 100 selected, quirky aspects of the county with a brief text and illustration for each one.
. . . one of Ireland's last public hangings took place at Tullamore Gaol . . . Croghan Hill is a volcano . . . Offaly has some of the finest eskers in Europe . . . letterboxes are more political than you thought . . . the first All-Ireland Hurling Final took place in Birr . . . an ancient Pilgrims' Road leads to Clonmacnoise . . . a railway line once ran from Clara to Banagher
View Irish Times Review by Rosita Boland January 2014
Monday 17 February, Caimin O'Brien on Living the Dream - life in the medieval castles in Offaly
Monday 24 March, Ciaran Reilly, Uncovering pre-Famine Offaly using the Morpeth Roll.
Monday 14 April Con Manning Pre-Norman churches in Ireland with special reference to Co. Offaly.
Monday 12 May, National Library of Ireland Collections by Elizabeth M. Kirwan of NLI
June Visit to Athlone Castle and Library
July Visit to Armagh over Saturday and Sunday
August Heritage Week/ Four speakers on topics of Offaly interest
September Dr David Doyle On the Delaney and Kirwan executions.
Monday 20 October 2014 James Scully The Grand Canal in Offaly 1794 - 1804. 2014-15 is the bicentenary of the connection from the Liffey with the Shannon.
Monday 17 November Margaret Hogan on the third earl of Rosse (died 1867)
Friday 5 December Harman Murtagh President of the Military History Society of Ireland on Ireland and the First World War
Please note all lectures will take place in the Edenderry Parish Centre (behind St Mary's RC Church) at 8pm. All welcome. Admission €2.
Friday 21 February Mary O'Connor, Edenderry: The town I love so well
Friday 21 March Damian Shiels, Midlands men in the American Civil War
Friday 25 April Fintan Lane, 'Knight of the Plough: Benjamin Pelin of Edenderry and social radicalism, 1852-1934'
Friday 23 May Declan O'Connor, 'Marquees, Mineral Bars and Romance'..a little history of the Edenderry and Offaly Show bands
AUGUST Heritage Weeks events to be confirmed
Friday 26 September Edmund Joyce, 'The Irish country house'
Friday 24 October Ida Milne, 'The quiet corner back: The role of Protestants in the GAA in the 26 counties'
Friday 21 November Fidelma Byrne, 'From the wilds of Wicklow to the backwoods of Upper Canada': the human experience of nineteenth century landlord assisted emigration.
Monday10th March 2014 Patricia Shelley The Siege of Birr.
Monday 28th April 2014 Michael Byrne The Great War and Offaly
Monday May 19th 2014 Margaret Hogan The Third Earl of Rosse in Birr, 1800-1867
Monday 4th August at 8pm Commemorating the anniversary of the start of World War 1On the 100th anniversary of the day the war began, Birr Historical Society will commemorate the event with a special meetingSpeakers will include: Brian Kennedy. 'Reasons men went to war in 1914', Teresa Ryan-Feehan. 'The story of It's a Long Way to Tipperary', Jimmy Shortt.' Review of Birr Newpapers of 1914' and Lord Rosse.' Reflections on his grandfather (the 5th Earl) who died as a result of war wounds'.Birr people with relatives who fought in the Great War are especially welcome to share their memories. Please bring any medals or memorabilia along on the night.Slieve Bloom Walks
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Amy Winehouse sang at Mtv's 45th at Night series, an intimate gig which has been rarely seen. But due to the singers death MTV have decided to dust off the tape and air it in celebration of her life and her glorious music career.
The gig features the Dap Kings, the backing band for her infamous single Back to Black, and also includes many of her well known hits such as Rehab and You Know I'm No Good'
The performance will be shown on MTV America tonight at 6:30 pm… We are sure this will be a programme no-one will want to miss.


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Soulandjazz.com Presents:
Talking Jazz with Ben Sidran
Episode 3: Don Cherry
Musical Selection & Additional Production by J. Scott Fugate
Here's the story:
Back in the mid-80's on National Public Radio (NPR) in America, a show ran called Sidran On Record. Presented by Ben Sidran, a musician, author, lecturer and journalist, the show featured interviews with the great and the good from the world of Jazz. Miles, Dizzy, Herbie and Grover were amongst 60 interviews that ran over the course of 5 years. Many of the legends featured are sadly no longer with us, but the recordings are, and several years back Ben released these as part of a wonderful, 24 CD box set called Talking Jazzbringing to life a golden period of entertainment and understanding as we learn about the masters, their thoughts and their works. Whilst this may seem like an advert for this prestigious box set, it isn't really. Promise. We've been in touch with Ben and asked for his permission to use these interviews and create our own shows based on his works. Ben gave it two thumbs up and we're delighted to present to you Talking Jazz with Ben Sidran, our most ambitious project to date.
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Episode 3 features Don Cherry, a complex man, whose playing not necessarily always made for comfortable listening, yet who continually pushed the boundaries of Jazz with both his philosophy and unique use of both the cornet and pocket trumpet. It is believed that no known recordings exist of Don Cherry playing a standard trumpet. Certainly one of life's true individuals and a compelling interviewee shines through in conversation with Ben. It's a dialogue that Scott Fugate has further enhanced in his intricate production with seventeen tracks interwoven into this fifty- three minute show. Truly fascinating. If you fancy buying the essential box set, which includes the full sixty interviews, then here's where you need to go: talkingjazz.com
The other two episodes that we've previously remixed and released featuring Miles Davis & Dizzy Gillespie are available on our website: soulandjazz.com
Here's the PLAYLIST: Talking Jazz with Ben Sidran
Episode 3: Don Cherry
Ornette Coleman & Don CherryRamblin' (partial)Change of the Century 1960
Charlie ParkerHot House (partial)Burnin' Bird
Ornette Coleman & Don CherryBlues Connotation (partial)This Is Our Music 1961
Ornette Coleman & Don CherryMonk & The Nun (partial)Twins
Ornette Coleman & Don CherryCongeniality (partial)The Shape of Jazz To Come -1959
Ornette Coleman & Don CherryThe Alchemy of Scott Lafaro (partial)The Art of the Improvisers
Ornette Coleman & Don CherryPeace (partial)The Shape of Jazz To Come 1959
Don Cherry & John ColtraneThe Blessing (partial)The Avant-Garde
John ColtraneNaima (partial)Giant Steps
Sonny Rollins & Don Cherry QuartetWithout A Song (partial)Sonny Rollins Quartet Live In Paris
Sonny Rollins & Don Cherry QuartetDearly Beloved (partial)Sonny Rollins Quartet Live In Paris
Sonny RollinsAnnouncement by Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins Quartet Live In Paris
Sonny Rollins & Don Cherry Quartet㬰nd Street Theme (partial) Sonny Rollins Quartet Live In Paris
Don Cherry, Nana Vasconcelos & Collin WalcottCodona (partial)The Codona Trilogy
Don Cherry Barnako Love (partial)Home Boy
Don CherryRappin Recipe (partial)Home Boy
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'659 new administrative units in Jammu and Kashmir'
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Saturday the state cabinet had accepted the recommendations of its sub-committee on forming 659 new administrative units in the state.
He was addressing a media conference at his Wazarat Road residence in winter capital Jammu Saturday.
"The recommendations have been accepted by the state cabinet that met here today (Saturday). These have now been sent to the state planning and finance department to work out a roadmap so these recommendations are implemented", the chief minister said.
Omar Abdullah termed the decision to form new administrative units, including new sub-divisions, tehsils, block development offices, naib-tehsil offices, etc. as "historic".
Asked whether his party's relations with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) were now back on an even keel, the chief minister said, "We had never left the UPA. The present coalition government in the state is stronger than the previous one."
Once implemented, Jammu and Kashmir would have 35 new sub-divisions, 135 tehsils and 177 blocks and 301 naiyabats (naib tehsildar offices) and other new administrative units.
Political circles remained abuzz this week with media speculations of an imminent parting of ways between the ruling National Conference (NC) and the Congress parties following a stalemate over the formation of new administrative units in the state.
Omar Abdullah had told the meeting of the cabinet sub-committee Jan 24 that he would have the new administrative units cleared by his government whatever be the cost.
The chief minister had given a week's time, ending Jan 31, to the sub-committee to present its recommendations to the state cabinet.
Congress ministers who are members of the sub-committee had been asserting that the formation of the administrative units was politically motivated since it would come handy for the NC in Muslim majority Valley while the Congress stood to lose in the Jammu and Ladakh regions of the state.
Following intervention by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi, the state Congress was asked to include its own areas of political influence in the list of new administrative units.
With today's acceptance of the recommendations presented before it by the cabinet sub-committee, the stalemate over the contentious issue has finally been resolved.
(Posted on 01-02-2014)
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Delaware Aqueduct
The Delaware Aqueduct is the newest of the New York City aqueducts. It takes water from the Rondout Reservoir through the Chelsea Pump Station, the West Branch Reservoir, and the Kensico Reservoir, ending at the Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers, New York.
The aqueduct was constructed between 1939 and 1945, and carries approximately half of the New York City water supply of 1.3 billion US gallons (4,900,000 m3) per day. The Delaware Aqueduct leaks up to 36 million US gallons (140,000 m3) per day.[1] A $1 billion project to repair the leaking is scheduled to begin in January 2013. [2]
At 85 miles (137 km) long and 13.5 feet (4.1 m) wide, the Delaware Aqueduct is the world's longest tunnel.
Since the late 1970s, the New York Department of Environmental Protection has been monitoring two leaks in the Delaware Aqueduct that collectively release between 10 and 36 million US gallons (38,000 and 136,000 m3) of water per day.[3] These leaks have caused many problems with flooding and drinking water contamination, particularly for residents of Wawarsing, New York.[4] And not just in the town of Wawarsing. In the town of Newburgh, 35 miles southeast, residents thought that a stream bubbling out of a wetlands was a natural artesian well. In reality, the water was coming out of a 36-square-foot tunnel carved out by the force of water blasting from a crack in the aqueduct buried 650 feet underground. Combined with the leak in Wawarsing, New York City's Department of Environmental Protection admitted in the early 1990s that the aqueduct was leaking at a rate of up to 35 million gallons a day. That's enough water to supply nearly half a million people a day.The department will begin site preparation for the 2.5-mile Rondout-West Branch Bypass Tunnel, which will allow it to address the leak problem.
"The number's going to be $1.5 billion to do the entire program to make the fix," said Paul Rush, deputy commissioner of the DEP. "About two-thirds of it, $1 billion, will actually go into construction a bypass tunnel around the location with the most significant leakage in Roseton, and to do additional concrete grouting in the Wawarsing section."[5]
New York bypass[edit]
The city is constructing a bypass around the location with the most significant leakage, which at some point will require the entire aqueduct to be shut down for eight months.[citation needed]
The new bypass tunnel will be one of the most complicated undertakings in the agency's history. Bored deep beneath the Hudson, it will create a bypass around the worst of the leaks.[citation needed]
Construction began last November and is expected to be finished sometime in 2021. At that time, the entire aqueduct will be shut down to allow the bypass to be connected, and it will be dewatered so that the leaks in Wawarsing can be fixed. Since that will deprive New York City of nearly half its water supply, the DEP is currently in the process of making improvements to other parts of the system to make up for the reduced water. The city is making improvements to Catskill Aqueduct, will bring the Croton watershed back online, tap into wells in Queens, and is pushing New Yorkers to use less water during the repairs.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
- ^ "Bypass Planned for Leaky New York Aqueduct". New York Times. November 19, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-20. "The tunnel, to be built under the Hudson River and parts of Dutchess and Orange Counties, will address a problem that has daunted the city since leaks were first discovered in the Delaware Aqueduct in 1988: some 15 to 35 million US gallons (57,000 to 132,000 m3) of water, coming down from the Catskills, have been escaping daily through cracks."
- ^ http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Work-Begins-1-Billion-Repair-Aqueduct-Tunnel-187652541.html
- ^ "Preparation Underway to Fix Leak in Delaware Aqueduct" (Press release). NYC Department of Environmental Protection. March 6, 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "Hinchey Urges New York City Dept. of Environmental Protection To Comprehensively Address The Impact Of Leaking Delaware Aqueduct On Wawarsing" (Press release). Congressman Maurice Hinchey. July 11, 2008. Retrieved Oct 16, 2010.
- ^ "Why New Yorkers should be worried about their water supply". August 6, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
Further reading[edit]
- Ascher, Kate (2005). The Works: Anatomy of a City. Canada: Penguin Group. ISBN 1-59420-071-8.
External links[edit]
- "Giant Tube To Supply Water For Ten Millions" Popular Mechanics, August 1937 -- detailed article with drawings and maps on proposed Delaware Aqueduct
- "Why New Yorkers should be worried about their water supply" Al Jazeera, August 4, 2014
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Tears will happen in a bit. Little brother is moving away. He won't be just 10 minutes away anymore.
Ugh this "stupid problem".
I have a pair of TOMS that my brother gave me for Christmas and I don't know what to wear them with. I mean yeah skinny jeans would be fine but I feel really awkward.
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Fighting with my brother on Facebook about opening a door in the heat.
Ugh whatever. Lately it's really the only communicating we do. Kind of sad…
I sometimes wear my brother's clothes.
Well the full story of him sleeping in his bathroom happened like this:
At 5:30am my mom is waking up for work when she hears retching downstairs. She goes and finds my brother head first in the toilet. She was concerned and kept asking if he was okay. He replies with "Yeah baby I'm drunk". My mom and my dad clean him up and leave him there on the floor passed out.
This only adds more ammo for my parents in their assumptions about him. Mom thinks he's an alcoholic. He's not an alcoholic. I told her he is a kindergartner compared to how much a partying college student can drink. He just made a bad choice and at least he was at home.
I haven't talked to him today and I don't feel like talking to him.
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Dwight smiled to himself, pulling his tie through the final loop and tugging on the end, straightning it. He ran a comb through his hair, desperately trying to flatten it down, growling in response when it didn't. Sighing, he stood up, pushing his phone into his pocket and pulling his jacket off the back of his chair. It was their anniversary, he had to make sure he looked good.
Walking down the stairs, he mumbled to himself a list of the things he needed to bring. "Roses!" he exclaimed aloud, "have to pick up some roses. Yes," he nodded, with a satisfied smile, picking up the keys as they clattered against each other in his hand.
Ten years they had been married and neither one had ever strayed. It had never been a problem for Dwight. Every girl who even fluttered an eyelash at him, he would wave his wedding ring and walk away. For Ethan though. Dwight always thought Ethan was way out of his league. His hair and eyes, so perfect for such a perfect face. His body, always so perfect. And yet, no matter who threw themselves at him, he would shake his head polietly, never regretting the ring that rested on his finger.
Dwight bit his lip at the flower store, almost about to point to the roses when something caught his eye. A bunch of flowers, the type was irrelevant, with almost the perfect blue to match Ethan's eyes. Piercing yet telling a story. He'd never seen such a flower before and he knew in that moment they were perfect. Ethan would love them.
He smiled cheerfully at the people he passed. The place really was beautiful. They couldn't of chosen a better place to meet. The grass was a beautiful lush green and flowers peeked through as though they were about to say hello but they weren't quite there yet. He spotted Ethan beneath a tree. The gorgeous oak tree he'd come to love. The way it shaded them when they sat there, letting the sun only get a glimpse at them.
Walking over to him, he set the flowers down next to him, fiddling with his wedding band, "hey Ethan. I'm sorry I'm late." When he didn't respond Dwight knelt down, his hand resting on the cold cement of the headstone, "I'm still so sorry I was late, I'm so so sorry." He collapsed beside him, his forehead pressed against the stone.
"Dwight!" Ethan chuckled, pressing his phone to his shoulder to hold it in place as he closed the umbrella to step into car, "really?"
"It's raining Ethan," he replied stubbornly, and Ethan could almost see Dwight jutting out his jaw indignatly."
"So?" he teased lightly in response giggling at Dwight's exasperated sigh.
"I know we agreed to meet up at the restaurant since we haven't had dinner together in a week but I'm trapped. I don't want to get wet- stop snickering! - could you pretty please pick me up?" he paused before adding an afterthought seductivly, "I'll make it up to you…before we leave."
"Be right there! See you soon!" he hung up in a haste, throwing the phone down on the chair next to him, pulling out into the traffic.
Dwight blinked, about to tell Ethan he loved him when the phone hung up. Chuckling he shook his head. Ethan had been working late the past week and they hadn't had the chance to had dinner together let alone- well, that. He wasn't surprised he was rushing.
Dwight wiped a tear away from his cheek and smiled a watery smile, "why did I have to be running late? If I hadn't of, we would of met at the restaurant and I would of got to say I love you again and again. I'm so sorry." He traced Ethan's name with his finger tip, Ethan Houston-Brightman, "why did you hang up before I could tell you I loved- love- you? I love you so much," he choked back a sob, wrapping his arms around the headstone.
"Why did you leave me?" he whispered, his fingers tracing the words still, 1993-2020, "you were so young. Twenty seven years old. We'd been married nine years. The nine best years of my life. You put me back together again Ethan." Loving husband, brother and son, "I know it's been nine months but sometimes I still wake up and turn over to see if you're there. To hold you and press kisses to your neck like you loved. And then I wake up and realise I can't do that anymore.
"Evan's ok," Dwight laughed softly, "your brother is a tough one you know that. He and Wes visited the other day. Is it weird when I look at him I don't see you? Everyone else does. Evan even said your mother called him Ethan once. She felt horrible. But he's never you. You've always been different. You were always the special one Ethan Houston-Brightman. And I'll never see you when I look at him."
He sighed softly, his fingers tracing over the last line, I am still painting flowers for you, "I brought you flowers. They're blue, like your eyes. I didn't paint them though, I'm not creative like you. I also brought you something to read. Do you mind if I read to you? It's Wuthering Heights. Do you remember you read that to me one time I was sick?" He smiled, flicking to the first page and settling himself down next to the grave, beginning to read.
He read the first three chapters, pausing to instinctivly look for Ethan's reaction; a tear rolling down his cheek everytime he didn't get one. He closed the book and leaned against the headstone, his cheek resting against the cold stone. His eyes fluttered shut and he drifted off into a peaceful sleep. Dwight's sleeps had changed so dramatically over the past year. At first they were full of denial, and then the burning hatred for the person who hit him. He'd dreamt about killing the bastard who'd done them. Then they'd turned to depression, days where he wouldn't eat anything, his dreams creating a small black hole in his life.
But now he dreamt of peace. He dreamt of one day being reunited with Ethan. It was a happy and light dream. The sunlight slowly faded but the faint smile on Dwight's thin lips remained. It never disappeared that smile. Not until they found him the next morning, his corpse cold. Poison, was the given reason for death. A slow killing poison. Dwight had known when he was going to die. He died by his husband's side.
It's ironic really, that he didn't take his life for nine months. He didn't commit the act when he was anger, or empty. Nor when he was depressed or lonely. He committed the act when he'd come to terms with his death. When he was finally peaceful.
Somewhere inside he knew that Ethan would of wanted Dwight to move on. And he did move on. He moved on from this world to the next, to be with Ethan. Because for Dwight there was no one else.
There was never anyone else.
pfft. i only have a…a..tree in my eye…
Oh, no, it's okay, it's not like I'm crying or anything. it's just raining on my face ok


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