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Illustration of a man counting backwards from 10, as in a DWI Field Sobriety Test.
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I saw the following ad on FaceBook:
Get Your Ex Back
I know right, it sucks seeing your ex with someone else. Constantly looking at their profile? Get them back with mind control!
What an innovative approach to relationships. In any case, after hours and hours of practice all I got was a headache, the compulsion to use Hurley's cursed numbers from Lost and a lot of people saying, "These aren't the 'droids we're looking for. Move along."
Tried to use it to get out of a speeding ticket, but all I got for my trouble was a field sobriety test.
I am forced to conclude that the woman I was thinking of is impervious to mind control. The villainous minx!
On reflection though, when I think about it, it's not really her that I want back. It is a feeling more than anything. A feeling of two well oiled gears meshing, cogs in the machinery of life. A creative synergy that had us finishing what the other started. A feeling of being accepted and wanted despite my flaws. A feeling of having shared visions of adventure, future and the taste of gin under the stars. A feeling of hope.
In those three short months I ceased to doubt myself. THAT is what I want back more than anything else.
“Drunken antics led man to suicide”
Drunken antics, coupled with serious depression, were of growing concern to his family and prompted at least one doctor to advocate for complete sobriety.
But Arthur Dempsey struggled to go without and continued to drink himself into a series of unfortunate situations.
His obvious problems with the bottle kept him away from basic day to day duties including overall maintenance of the Arch Hill Hotel where he was licensee.
Authorities grew increasingly concerned at the state of the building and ordered him to make necessary repairs.
Things reached a head on July 17, 1901, when police were called to a disturbance at the premises and found Dempsey in the midst of a drunken melt down.
The 46 year-old had pushed his wife Jessie out of the pub and was accusing her of immoral behaviour.
Attending officers included details of the evening's events in a subsequent report to a committee set up to consider liquor licensing renewal applications.
References were made to the "filthy language" used by Dempsey during the incident and his failure to do any of the repair work previously ordered.
The entire saga was reported in daily newspapers and a mortified Dempsey responded by apologising to his wife through the public notices of next available editions.
It was all too much for his employer, brewery company Hancock & Co, whose directors had already aired their concerns about his drinking habits.
Manager Ernest Davis, who would later be Mayor of Auckland, summoned Dempsey to his office and told him his days at the hotel were over.
Davis feared it was just a matter of time before his troubled employee would lose his license and hoped to avoid the obvious problems such a development would bring.
Dempsey's response did not seem unusual for a man who's working days were numbered:
"Send me up three casks of beer," he said. "It's the last order I will ever give you."
But it soon became clear that his words had sinister overtones.
Dempsey's body was found floating face down under the bow of a scow berthed at the end of Albert Street in the city on the morning of September 4.
It was a harbour board employee who made the grisly discovery and summoned police who transferred the corpse to the Auckland morgue.
An inquest was held at the Criterion Hotel a day later where Dempsey's doctor and employer were among those called in to comment.
The cause of death, coroner Thomas Gresham ruled, was suicide.
But the last word came from Dempsey in a letter that arrived in Ernest Davis's letterbox.
"Dear Sir," it said, "You always treated me kindly and I thank you for it. Be kind enough to treat my wife and children in a gentlemanly manner."
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Plot 110: Arthur Dempsey (46) 1901 – Hotel Keeper – Drowning
In Loving Memory
of
ARTHUR DEMPSEY
dearly beloved husband of
Jessie Dempsey
died September 4th 1901
aged 49 years.
Deeply regretted
Farewell dear wife, farewell
Adieu to thee, adieu
And you my dearly dearly loved ones all
Farewell farewell to you.
Made the mistake of letting him go out last night with my drunken friends. Two years of sobriety down the drain.
One of two drawings about alcoholism/alcohol abuse and sobriety
Developed on my evening/morning commutes on the Metra Rock Island line and lunches/work breaks overnight this week
Prismacolor Premier Verithin, Crayola, Derwent, and Progresso colored pencils; #2 pencil, Derwent grade HB soft graphite pencil, Blick Studio art markers, Blick Studio art markers, Super Sharpie permanent marker, Prismacolor Premier illustration marker
Moleskine Two Go red raspberry sketchbook/journal
6″ x 8″
2018
"All God's children need travelling shoes
Drive your problems from here
All good people read good books
Now your conscience is clear
I hear you talk girl
Now your conscience is clear
In the morning I wipe my brow
Wipe the miles away
I like to think I can be so willed
And never do what you say
I'll never hear you
And never do what you say
(CHORUS)
Look my eyes are just holograms
Look your love has drawn red from my hands
From my hands you know you'll never be
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
We just poked a little pie
For the fun people had at night
Late at night don't need hostility
The timid smile and pause to free
I don't care about their different thoughts
Different thoughts are good for me
Up in arms and chaste and whole
All God's children took their toll
Repeat CHORUS
Cup of tea, take time to think, yea
Time to risk a life, a life, a life
Sweet and handsome
Soft and porky
You pig out 'til you've seen the light
Pig out 'til you've seen the light
Half the people read the papers
Read them good and well
Pretty people, nervous people
People have got to sell
News you have to sell
Repeat CHORUS
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety"
Tanita Tikaram ~ 1996
This song haunts me. The singer's voice, the lyrics (opening line is from a poem by Maya Angelou, incidentally), the single cover (see last image), just about everything about Twist In My Sobriety is just compelling.
Far too compelling to ignore, Twist In My Sobriety the earrings came to be. Deceptively simple but extremely time-intensive, these staples are true labors of love.
Triple wrapped Fine 999 Silver in hair-thin gauges of 22, 26 and 30 Gauge to crawl and slither across hammered curvaceous hoops.
Oxidized au naturel twice over to achieve that, you said it, haunting look.
Cocaine withdrawal and sobriety - what it's like to quit.
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As in a DWI sobriety test, a man is shown stretching his arms out wide.
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The Cistercian Route is an expression that identifies a particular territory consists of the counties of Alt Camp, Conca de Barberà and Urgell and its 65 municipalities.
Its name comes from the artistic and cultural heritage of each of these counties has a Cistercian monastery: Santes Creus, Poblet and Vallbona de les Monges. The three Cistercian monasteries are the bait of the Cistercian Route but the brand goes beyond the monasteries, their monumentality and sobriety, as he discovered some counties with traditions, a wealth of landscapes ....
Santes Creus
Of the three Cistercian monasteries Santes Creus is the most faithfully reproduces the construction plan Bernard.
One of the largest and best preserved Cistercian monastic ensembles that we can visit today. Founded in 1168, protected by kings and nobility, became a center for spiritual studies and colonization of the territory. The monastic life is held continuously until 1835.
The church, sober and stunning architecture, has the royal tombs of Peter the Great and of James II and his wife Blanca of Anjou, as well as the great admiral Roger de Llúria. We can also admire the stained glass windows and Gothic Cistercian and a Baroque altarpiece of Joseph Tremulles.
Also highlight the chapter house, the escriptorium the great monks' dormitory and cloister Gothic (fourteenth century) attributed to the English Reinart December Fennel, with an elegant carved decoration.
Source & more info: www.larutadelcister.info
Thursday April 26, 2012
BRATTLEBORO -- A head-on collision on Route 30 under the Interstate 91 overpass sent three people to the hospital, one with serious injuries.
According to police, Dustin W. North, 32, of Putney, was traveling toward Brattleboro in a 2005 Audi S4 when he struck head on a 2003 Volkswagen Jetta at about 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday.
North was given a roadside sobriety test while the Brattleboro Fire Department used the Jaws of Life to extricate a man from the Jetta. It took about an hour to extricate the man, who was conscious as he was wheeled on a gurney into the back of a Rescue Inc. ambulance.
North left the scene in the back seat of a police cruiser and was later cited for driving under the influence of drugs resulting in serious injury and grossly negligent operation of a vehicle, also resulting in serious injury.
He was ordered to appear in court on May 8.
The names and conditions of the three people taken to the hospital have not yet been released.
A witness who was driving to Brattleboro on his way to work said he pulled to the side of the road to make room for an oncoming emergency vehicle with lights flashing and siren blaring. To the witness' amazement, a car split the gap between him and the ambulance.
The witness told the Reformer he watched as the driver of the Audi weaved back and forth, crossing the white and yellow lines at least 15 times.
"Before the accident he passed two cars in front of me," said the witness, who asked that his name not be released. "He floored it. It looked like (the cars he was passing) were standing still."
The witness did not see the actual accident but as he was rounding the corner at the future West River Park he saw the two cars spinning in the middle of Route 30 following the impact.
He said as he arrived on the scene, the passenger in the Audi opened his door and fell out onto the pavement, leading to the initial but erroneous report that one person had been ejected during the crash.
The witness said he would have called police, but his mobile phone didn't have a signal.
He was visibly upset by what he had seen.
"You don't know what you are going to see in terms of the hurt," he said. "You feel the sadness and frustration of knowing that you saw someone not driving responsibly ... and causing an accident."
Route 30 was closed from about 11:45 p.m. to 6 p.m. as Brattleboro police, assisted by the Vermont State Police, conducted an investigation. Traffic was diverted onto Upper Dummerston Road during that time period.
The Brattleboro Fire Department was assisted by emergency responders from Rescue Inc.
According to police, no additional arrests are expected.
Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Nick White conducts a field sobriety test on E.V.H.S. senior Isaac Robare during a mock DUI accident demonstration. (April 13, 2012)
Please notice the difference betweem the sobriety of the West-German military oath (on the left panel) and the rather demagogical East-German one (on the right panel). This kind of writing or speaking we call in Romanian “the wooden language” or just “eating shit”.
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A se vedea diferenţa dintre sobrietatea jurǎmântului militar vest-german şi demagogia care irumpe din cel est-german. Pe la noi asta se cheamǎ “limba de lemn” sau, mai simplu, “a mânca cǎcat”.
Sober since 99 and smoke-free for a few years now I'm your archetypal reformed dude. Photography and rambles will hopefully keep me alive to spin vinyl for a while longer.
Illustration of a man during a DWI sobriety test.
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Today marks the 100th day of my sobriety. No easy task but I can see the future again. It has been an interesting journey, but well worth all of the hard work.
Admitting to having an addiction problem can be tough. Drug Treatment Centers New Brunswick, understand that addiction can alter the brain’s chemistry in ways that make sobriety seem like an unobtainable goal. Today, the staff at various drug treatment centers in New Brunswick wants to give you the hope and strength it takes to beat this dangerous disease. It is never too late to overcome an addiction, as long as you have the proper tools and support.
Drug treatment centers the New Brunswick area can provide you or a loved one with the addiction knowledge necessary to motivate you to become a success story. Contrary to certain beliefs, acknowledging the reality of your addiction is not a sign of weakness; it is a sign of strength. As long as you can find the determination it takes to begin the road to recovery, we will be there to help. Don’t let substance abuse steal even one more of your days. Call drug treatment facilities in New Brunswick now and let us help you find a recovery center.
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Sometimes you worry too much. Sometimes you try to please too many people at the same time. Sometimes you need to take a good look at yourself, sober up and see the simplicity of things and just say - This is me. And I like me. I can only hope you like me too.
Sometimes… all you can be is you.
Added note - I've just realized the colour changes dramatically depending on your monitor settings. But the colour is a rich, saturated raspberry red. Like a dark magenta. :)
Officer Paul Engebretson conducts a field sobriety test with a Soldier, Feb. 8. Engebretson, along with Spc. Spencer Rozell, 148th Military Police Detachment, 759th Military Police Battalion, earned a nomination for the Ken Jordan Award for Excellence in Driving Under the Influence Enforcement.
In a television interview a few years ago, an Academy Award-winning actor reflected on his life as a recovering alcoholic. He noted he had always struggled with emotional stability, and despite sobriety, this recovery phase of his life had not quite satisfied his quest for living on sure ground. Then he gave an odd account of a man he had encountered who seemed to have what he was looking for. The problem was, he related, he could not quite put his finger on what this man had that gave him such stability. All he could point to was his "certainty." The actor stared away from the camera as if looking at this man before him. Pointing a thumb at the imaginary image, he said something to the effect: "He was so sure of things, so unblinkingly certain." I thought, "I wish I could be that certain." What a wonderful thing it must be to just know.
In today’s world of prevailing relativism, those who claim to have certainty of anything will probably elicit more than a few raised eyebrows. However, like the actor, if we listen carefully to them, we might detect an element of peace of mind in these individuals. We may even envy this peace even if we do not agree with the sentiments. If their peace is grounded in sentiments based on truth, they are to be envied indeed, for truth is the closest thing to God we have.
The apparent conundrum between faith and reason is not what you'd call a sexy topic, but it seems to me it is important to that little thing called the Big Picture of Life.
Joseph Ratzinger, now our pope, has been in the business of thinking deeply and soberly on this thorny subject for decades. We all should be, actually. Back in the days of his doctoral thesis, he rediscovered an important element connecting faith and reason--the simple motive of love. Faith is motivated by love to understand that to which it consents. In other words, love seeks understanding, a concept he gleaned from a 13th century Franciscan friar named St. Bonaventure. He even went so far as to say that the quest for intelligence may even be an "inner requirement" of love. Love and truth are inseparable! Who knew?
I think those involved in the serious business of love -- not the vapid examples of our cultural icons, but real love -- understand this connection. Who cannot get enough of one's beloved? It is not surprising that the search can bring us to the doorstep of the Catholic Church which has for two millennia presented to us wonderful models--real-life people--who drank liberally from the font of knowledge gained in their touches with God. This radical exposure has resulted in breathtaking examples of human self sacrifice and service to others; this radical exposure to God that the Catholic Church offers--especially in the intimacy of the Eucharist--is what jazzes me.
Nothing sparkles here. You don't see bling-bling or cheap flashing neon. It is very plain and simple and pure and peaceful. This is most definitely not cool, and, of course, it is not politically correct. But it is real.
I work in advertising, for heaven's sake. I need this. That is why I took to pondering this subject on my own several years ago when I took a look around me and asked, with Peggy Lee, "Is that all there is?"
Cynics will point to the hypocrisy and irrelevancy of the Catholic Church today. I, on the other hand, look at its footprints left in human history. Here we see that from time to time the Catholic Church must shrink to the core mass of its constituency who take seriously this business of love seeking understanding. Pope Benedict has acknowledged this inevitable Church of the future in smaller numbers, yes, but with a concentrated vibrant core. In time, history reveals, this core emerges as leaven for the world because love cannot be contained nor constrained. That is the train that I am riding.
[In the photo, my husband (in the blue t-shirt) is one of the canopy bearers in our parish's Corpus Christi procession which I helped to orchestrate along with our pastor.]
Mind. Body. Spirit. All are important to a full recovery, which makes our fitness center perfect for getting the body into balance during treatment.
The Tollytots China Girl 14'' Doll goes through a portion of the roadside driver sobriety test by touching her nose with the pointer finger of her right hand, then her left. In order for her to be able to do this, her forearms may have to be rotated 180 degrees, so they can bend more. She is free standing while going through these poses.
By Tollytots, a division of Jakks Pacific
Based on a character in Disney's Oz The Great and Powerful
Released by Target online February 5, 2013
Purchased from Target online on February 6, 2013
Received on February 14, 2013
Following product information from the US Target website
Tollytots China Doll - 14''
$19.99
Magic and wonder await your child with a China Girl doll. Based on the character from the Oz: The Great and Powerful film, this doll comes in a pretty bright blue dress. The 14'' China Girl doll is fully articulated for realistic play and posable display. Your child can act out favorite moments from the film or create entirely new adventures with this beautiful doll.