Text of the Bill of Rights

Preamble
Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine
THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent starts of its institution.
RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz.
ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution.[6]
Amendments

First Amendment – Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause; freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly; right to petition
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Second Amendment – Militia (United States), Sovereign state, Right to keep and bear arms.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. [7]

Third Amendment – Protection from quartering of troops.
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Fourth Amendment – Protection from unreasonable search and seizure.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Fifth Amendment – due process, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, eminent domain.
No person shall be held to answer for any capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Sixth Amendment – Trial by jury and rights of the accused; Confrontation Clause, speedy trial, public trial, right to counsel
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district where in the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.

Seventh Amendment – Civil trial by jury.
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Eighth Amendment – Prohibition of excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Ninth Amendment – Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Constitution.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Tenth Amendment – Powers of States and people.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Korea: Re-cap summary

Many of the Korean words/names I have put phonetically, although I know even those aren’t entirely accurate.

Arrived Friday, 6/19: Mr. Kim picked me up at the airport (w/ wife). We weren't exactly sure how we were going to meet up. Kelly said he might be holding a sign with my name on it... Anyway, I didn't see him anywhere. Went to wash hands in the bathroom, and a Korean man was drying his own. He asked me a few questions, and then we realized that HE was Mr. Kim, and I was Kelly’s friend, Jesse! Drove to Changwon and met Kelly and Hyo-song. Walked to someplace and sat outside and shared a pitcher and some chicken. Walked to WA Bar and had a beer and talked for a while. Took cab to the lake. Went into a convenience store and then shared some Gimbop while sitting at the lake for a while. Walked to Kelly’s car and drove home.

Saturday, 6/20: Rented a car. Road trip. Lunch @ a little old-fashioned place with private dining rooms. Ate “bo som” and tofu. Stopped at a couple of rest stops. Spent the night at a Minbahk (little cabin).

Sunday, 6/21: Road trip. East Sea shore. Skipped rocks, watched windsurfers. Waded. Kept driving back to Changwon. Met up with Justin at a little restaurant. Walked around the city. Bought a beer at a convenience store and sat down out in front of it and drank our beer and talked.

Monday, 6/22: Lots of rain. Turned rental car back in. Walked around town, going into different stores and looking around. Coffee, cinnamon roll. Walk around more. Sat in on Kelly’s 6:30, 7:30, and 8:30 classes.

Tuesday, 6/23: met up with Liz and hiked at Jinhae. We all went to RottiBoy after. Went to City Seven and ate at Quizno’s. While Kelly taught the 6:30 class, I walked around the local area and browsed. Bought a beer and a candy bar (Crunky) at a GS25 store. Sat in on 7:30 and 8:30 classes.

Wednesday, 6/24: tennis. Market. Ate at restaurant Hwong Jon Goon (“General Hwong”). Hung out with Minsoo (while Kelly was teaching): shopped, walked around: E-mart, Lotte. Went to Minsoo’s house (he drove), met his mother. Sat on living room floor and was served water, apples, and plums. Minsoo and I went to City Seven and ate at Quizno’s (his mom paid for), then played a game of Tekken 6 at an arcade. Brought Kelly a sandwich. Sat in on 8:30 class. Jennie gave Kelly a rose and me 2 caramels. I gave her a candy bar. After class, gave a caramel to Cindy and a caramel to Hee-Jin (at front desk). Played basketball (outdoor) with Minsoo, his brother, friend and another guy. Came home and went to bed.

Thursday, 6/25: after Kelly’s morning classes, we drove to Masan, which involved driving over the highest bridge in the world (according to a Korean Kelly knew, but it was misinformation). Walked around, went into shops. Ate at “Buffalo Chicken”. Ice cream. More walking around, looking at things. Drove to Jinhae Ru. Had a beer and snack while sitting by the beach. Windy. Evening classes. Low-key night at Kelly’s.

Friday, 6/26: After a.m. classes, went down to the lake, walked around town. Chicken soup lunch. Drove to the academy. Evening classes. Went out with the “Nuclear Boys” (Chuck, Jason, and “Dragon”) and brought Min-Soo and Hyo-Song. Hee-Jin and Hya-Na met up with us, too. BBQ pork, beer, soju. Sans nuclear boys, we all walked to “I.P.”, which has more western rock music. Min-Soo’s brother arrived. Hung out. Took taxis to a Noray-Bahng, where you get a private room for your group to do karaoke. Very nice. Group dissipated. Kelly and Hyo-Song and I had a long walk back to Kelly’s. Hyo-Song continued on to his own home. Bed.

Saturday, 6/27: Slept in. Taxi to bus station, bus to Busan. Subway to appropriate area. Walked around street markets. Ate street market food. More walking/browsing. Went in to a place to eat snow crab and other things. Subway to area by the beachfront. Walked along beach. Walked on a boardwalk that went up and down and through trees, over to a lighthouse on the point. Two awesome views of two different areas of Busan. Walked back to beach, and then to subway. Subway to other area of Busan. Walked around small area of city. Got a hot dog from a street vendor. A beer from convenience store. We were on the lookout for a bar with live music, but live music is extremely rare in Korea for some reason. Met 3 other white guys (San Diego; West-of-Sussex (England); and Scotland). All went to “Ol’ 55”, but didn’t stay too long. The two Europeans were pretty funny. K and I then went to “Vinyl Underground”, and they went elsewhere. Met a Canadian from Edmonton (AB). Interesting fellow. Took taxi to cheap motel. Bed.

Sunday, 6/28: Rode subway. Walked around, browsing. Subway again, to bus station. Took bus back to Changwon. Went to City-7 and ate Quizno’s with Justin, Mini (Min-Hee), JJ (1.5 yrs old), and Krista. Went to arcade briefly. K, Justin, and I then met up with Hyo-Song and went to the university to play Jokku (combination of soccer and volleyball). We all played Jokku for a couple hours with some guys we met near the court.

Monday, 6/29: After a.m. classes, relaxed, Kelly starting packing, more relaxing, listening to music. Later, we went out with some of Kelly’s adult students (included going to “I.P.”, walking, and a Noray-Bahng).

Tuesday, 6/30: Fly out @ 11:30am. Arrive in SeaTac a 9:20am (still on Tuesday!).

Some Korean words/phrases learned:

Utto-kay: what will I do??? / Woe is me

Cahmsahm-nee-dah: Thank you

Go-mopsim-nee-dah: Thank you

Bah-lee-joo-say-yo: Hurry please

Mo-lah-yo: I don’t know / I don’t understand

Gee-up-duh: cute

Yo-gee-yo: here (or just “yo-gee”)

Cho-gee: there

The follwing “ding” terms are kind of slang:

Cho-ding: Elementary student

Joong-ding: Middle School student

Go-ding: HS student

Day-ding: College student

Ah-guh-shee: Younger, unmarried woman

Ah-juh-shee: Man

Ah-joo-mah: Woman over 40 or so

Thus concludes the blog entries about my trip to Korea to visit Kelly. + Jesse +

Korea 5: Felix

Felix in the airport in Japan, w/ their Yellow Pages. I don't know why he's covering his eyes. He's a strange fox.

On a structure @ the entrance to the place with the tombs/mounds.

Felix posing (disrespectively) on a tombstone. We had a talk about this after.

He wanted to ride on my shoulders.

We went into this place, but it wasn't what we had in mind, so we left.

Bail was ridiculously low. All we had to do was wash some dishes, and they let us out.
Actually, this was a big portcullis-like gate in front of an old tunnel. One section had been bent/expanded, to allow us to get through. It was at a random "rest-stop" type place on a country road going through the hills during our rode trip.

He is such a ham...

Felix liked this map/sign that was on our hike in Jinhae.

Korea 4

Jesse, Kelly, and Kelly's friend Hyo-Sahn (Hyo-Song?)

Kelly and Jesse, whilst on road trip

Kelly, in the rafters, during our hike in Jinhae

One of Kelly's friends (Liz). She went on the hike with us.

Very tasty meal in Masan

Kelly and I with one of his adult students (Alex)

Korea 3

These are some of the signs that we got a kick out of...

Please don't drive your car into the water...

What happened to dignity?

This one's okay - I've seen women like this :)

They don't use spell-check for a lot of their English words/signs. These examples were widely available.

This is a "shopping shop", if you didn't notice... I hear it's a good store.
This was in the airport.

Korea 2

Ancient tombs

Encountered on our road trip

Countryside; road trip

Same, but looking left.

A troll's cave. There were lots of bones outside the entrance, but you can't tell from the picture.
This was right by a place where groups were coming and going, renting rafts to float the river in.

Valley; road trip

Beach in Masan

Looking back at the same beach, after walking out to a point via a really neat boardwalk that went through the rocks and trees along the water.

Korea 1

There will be a day-to-day summary of events posted on here soon. There will also be a series of pictures: 1) structures and/or terrain (those are shown below). The other sets of pictures will be in the following categories (but not necessarily in this order: 2) more terrain and/or structures; 3) people; 4) a small sample of signage; 5) [to be revealed later]; 6) [not sure if there will be a sixth set].

1st night

They like their neon signs...

Day after I arrived - On our road trip

4th day - During our hike in Jinhae (Kelly, Liz, and I)

Some nice tennis facilities in Changwon. Very hot this day (after hike).

7th day - in Masan

8th day - in Changwon

10th day - in Busan (2nd largest city in Korea)

11th day - Subway in Busan - about to go back to Changwon

Thus concludes the 1st installment.

Chase and I at the Beach

In the 1st week of May, Chase and I went to Fox Island (right by the bridge) to have some fun on the beach. We walked around, looked at rocks, plants, and creatures, explored a little, waded out to a little "island" while the tide was coming in, and played in the sand, making tunnels and roads, and mountains and valleys. We had a jolly good time. Here are 3 pictures from that day, even though they don't come close to capturing our time together that day...

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Behind: Rainier, Tanglewood Island (w/ lodge & lighthouse), and Fox Island.

Behind: The bridge and the mainland

Inside some old cement tubes on the beach, which get filled/covered when the tide comes in.

Korea!

I'm getting close to the point where I will be posting a lot of content from Korea. Don't hold your breath, though...

Sparks, Nevada

I recently spent a week in Sparks/Reno visiting Jaime, Joe, Cole, Chase, and Lucy (the dog). It was very nice to be there for that long, especially since it had been a couple months since I’d last seen them (they moved there in January). Good times were had by all. Here are a few pictures from Nevada – one is especially for Suzanne…

Who knew?

Looking out at Reno at night.

Then the liquid-hot magma came in and destroyed the city... brutal.

Chase and I, in front of a shoe store.

DEL TACO??!!??? -For Suz-