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Investing in Our Staff
At Carewest, we believe offering excellent care to our clients and residents starts with our staff. We've worked hard – and continue to work hard – to be an employer of choice. We're good at what we do because great care requires great staff. Carewest's belief in and commitment to staff is reflected in some of our core values:
- Opportunities for staff to utilize their full skill set;
- Investment in staff through opportunities for ongoing learning and development;
- Comprehensive and committed employee occupational health and safety program;
- Opportunity for employees to create their own career path within a large and diverse organization;
- Team-focused environment.
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Carewest has developed a new recognition program in an effort to align the program with overall corporate/portfolio goals, that better reflects our frame of reference.
Program elements include:
- 1. Thank You Cards
- 2. Farewell Awards
- 3. Staff Appreciation Week
- 4. Service Awards
- 1. Thank-you cards are available on-site and can be utilized by staff, families, residents and volunteers to say thanks for going the extra mile.
- 2. Farewell Awards are given to any employee retiring from Carewest with greater than 6 years of service.
- 3. Staff Appreciation Week. Carewest recognizes the contribution of all employees by providing a breakfast and fun team-building activity each year in June.
- 4. Service recognition is given to all employees who reach an hourly or yearly milestone. Employees will receive a giftcode, congratulatory letter and invited to attend a reception in either November or May.
Staff Surveys
We think it's important to hear from staff first-hand about how we as an employer, are doing, what they like about Carewest and the areas in which we can improve. That's why every two years we perform a comprehensive staff survey where we seek feedback from staff. We take the results to heart and take concrete steps to improve the areas that need work while ensuring we continue to perform in the areas in which we're doing well.
Alberta's Top Employers and Best Workplaces:
Carewest was recognized with a spot on Alberta's Top Employer's list for 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 and three honourary mentions in Alberta Venture magazine's Alberta's Best Workplaces competition in 2010, 2012 and 2015. We received recognition in the categories of Best Workplaces Overall (over 750 employees), Best Workplaces for Health and Safety and Best Workplaces for Training and Development. And in 2012, we were thrilled to be recognized with the title of Canada's Safest Employer – a recognition earned by only five organizations in the country.


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Jamie Lithgow & Brian Damage
In 'This Week in Wrestling' Jamie shares what Raw taught him this week and Brian has all the week's best viral content. All that and much much more in the latest edition of This Week in Wrestling…
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In 'This Week in Wrestling' Jamie shares what Raw taught him this week and Brian has all the week's best viral content. All that and much much more in the latest edition of This Week in Wrestling…
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The world of wrestling has been bettered by the ideas of some of the many creative minds that have been part of it and have helped it evolve to what it is today. Today we look at one of those creative geniuses but is less known than the likes of Vince McMahon, Eddie Gilbert or Dusty Rhodes. Namely: Phil "Buck" Robley. Continue reading
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Perhaps you could argue that we are a bit glass half empty when it comes to the world of wrestling on this blog. We are committed to changing that today with this latest Top Five seeing us list the things we love about wrestling in this day and age. Continue reading
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Fun Fact: Renegade's fondness for loincloths – as seen in his introductory promo with Hulk Hogan and his latter matches in WCW – can be traced back to his pre-WCW gimmick of Rio; Lord of The Jungle.
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For many the halcyon days of WWE were the much vaunted Attitude Era when a whole host of superstars became household names as some 20million watch wrestling week in week out. What is less remembered is the era that followed it: the Ruthless Aggression Era. Today we look at that era and the superstars it created.
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Steve Lombardi had a run with the WWE, under various guises, that lasted over 30 years. From the Brooklyn Brawler to Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz via stints as Doink the Clown and Kim Chee, today we look at 'The Many Faces Of' Steve Lombardi over his many years as an employee of the WWE. Continue reading
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Tonight the WWE hosts its annual Hell in a Cell event. This year its headlined by Brock Lesnar taking on The Undertaking inside the cell. The other cell match pits Roman Reigns against Bray Wyatt. Elsewhere, Seth Rollins defends his title against Kane and more. Continue reading

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Justice Binta Nyako dismissed the counts for lack of proof of evidence.
The charges dismissed include charges three, five, seven, nine and eleven.
Specifically in count eleven she said claims by the prosecution that the defendants are researching how to make improvised explosive devices cannot hold waters, because there is no proof that they were doing it.
On count five which bothers on belonging to an illegal organization, Justice Nyako also ruled that nothing was placed before the court to indicate that it is an illegal organisation.
On count seven which bothers on importation of radio transmission equipment ,Justice Nyako also says that the prosecution did not furnish the court with any proof to suggest that the importation was illegal She however retained five other counts bothering on treason, terrorism and possession of arms.
The accused persons are being re-arraigned again in the remaining charges. This is the fifth time Nnamdi Kanu and his co-defendants are being re-arraigned. On the prevention of journalist from covering the trial, Justice Nyako says she will report to the chief judge of the federal high court because she never gave such orders to the security agencies.


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As John H. Richardson points out in a post for Esquire, Obama has actually accomplished quite a few things. (No, he hasn't accomplished everything he said he would. But just because you may not like all the choices he's made, it doesn't mean he hasn't actually done anything.)
If you're still not sold you can read Richardson's list of Obama's accomplishments here, but I thought the ending of his post was the most poignant:
Liberals are upset because Obama didn't shut down Guantánamo or stop the wiretapping program or end all wars or support gay marriage and kill Don't Ask Don't Tell. Conservatives are pissed off because they hate health-care reform, family planning, ending any war at all, organic gardening at the White House, and government in general.
What's worse, both sides are so angry and righteous that they can't even begin to give credit where it is due. When was the last time you heard a conservative cheer about that $288 billion tax cut? Or credit Obama for the centrism it took to appoint McChrystal, Panetta, and Gates? And how many liberals choose to be understanding about the practical difficulties of shutting down Guantánamo, achieving equal rights for gays, or tapping Al Qaeda's phones?
And where, on either side, can you find a scrap of humility about the staggeringly complex challenge of Afghanistan and Pakistan? Or a scrap of gratitude at having escaped global financial doom?
So the question, a year since we elected him, isn't how much Obama has accomplished. The question is why we've turned so small and mean that we only see half of it — the half we happen to agree with.
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Michael Cohen's partner, Evgeny Freidman, has agreed to assist state and federal investigators as a witness in exchange for no jail time, the New York Times reports.
Why it matters: This is more bad news for Cohen, and potentially for President Trump. As Axios' Jonathan Swan and Mike Allen reported, Cohen "is potentially more perilous to President Trump than anybody else." Per the Times, this plea deal could result in added pressure on Cohen to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller.


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From DesignTechnica News this morning:
ESPN.com will soon expand its podcast offerings, to include daily excerpts from Mike & Mike in the Morning, Dan Patrick, Colin Cowherd, Eric Kuselias and more radio commentaries. It will also have a regular rotation featuring, among others, Eric Karabell on fantasy games; commentary from Howie Schwab, Dan Shanoff, Gene Wojciechowski; a selection of Page 2 writers, Voice of the Fan, the Pulse and more.
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So much fun to be at the Swedish championships in Kläppen. Gonna be fun to meet all my friends again and socialize with all the good people that come here during this awesome event. I will enjoy it to the fullest and shred with my homies.
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"This house looks exactly the same, it has your personality." Said my friend who visited me the first time, after I moved into my new rented place.
I was lucky that I was able to find a completely empty house. That meant that I could bring my furniture, my personal possessions and jigsaw them to fit them all in proper position. The only difference was that this house was smaller than the previous one; hence I got rid of all the extra furniture.
In my new abode, the living room has the same set up, with same artwork decorating the walls. The kitchen has the same cabinets, arranged in the similar pattern, same beds, same mattresses, same wardrobes and the same dressing table. There is not much difference between my old house and the new one. The colors and the tones are also similar. Yes, I agree, it suits my personality.
But still, I am yet to find a new comfort corner.
I miss the balcony of my old home.
Nine feet by four feet balcony was the area where I would spend most of my evenings. As the sun slumped across the horizon, its golden rays filtered though the tall trees spreading its warmth over me. I sat in my balcony with a cup of tea on the ledge and a mobile in my hand. Many evenings were spent sipping tea and surfing through my 'WatsApp' messages. Sometimes I would listen to the music and sometimes watch videos on its tiny screen. Then there would be chats on social media, forward messages to read or the missed phone call to be answered.
Balcony appeared to float above a large open space between wing A and wing B defying gravity. It was a structural masterpiece as well as architectural one. Fancy cars sparkled under daylight and occupied most of the building compound, but the area between the parked cars was large enough for children to play outdoor games. On weekends and on holidays, children and their friends from neighboring buildings played various outdoor games that included cricket and football. Younger children played running and hopping games. Babies sat in their pram chewing on fingers. Old men walked carelessly, lost in their own world, distant.
A group of senior women sat on wide, rectangular platform, built over the water tank. They met every evening for endless conversations dissecting the TV serials, or discussing the news that they had collected during the day from their maids who were the carrier of tales. The distance from the tank to my balcony was not much, two floors upstairs their murmur was audible. The news that I collected while surfing the net seemed pale against their juicy gossip. At regular intervals, they would glance up to acknowledge my presence.
My relationship with balcony is deep seated. During my growing up days, I was a loner. I tagged along with my mom wherever she went, but I was a child of minute importance, everybody ignored me. I was different, somebody to be left alone. I found solace in balcony. Most of my childhood has been spend in balcony, counting car on a busy road, differentiating vibrant colors on the street, reading ads on the moving buses, it's the little game I played on my own. I didn't need friends to sit with me in the balcony. I was happy when left alone.
One question I always pondered. If one is in balcony, is one inside or outside the house? The fresh wind stays outside, but the warm glow is inside the house.
Many evenings I sat in my balcony, on a stone bench, cross-legged, with my back against the cool wall. Through the grill cage, I watched the sky change its hues from pink to red to blue to dark blue. I sat there immersed in my own thoughts, the sounds in the building fading away slowly, leaving the silence behind. On other days, I would cuddle up with few soft cushions flung careless against me, and be engrossed in an interesting book.
My balcony was also my rendezvous, a place to entertain my friends. We sat in the balcony, munching on snack and sipping coffee. The fresh air lifted our spirit. Laughter and happiness filled the crevices of the walls. Even on sleepless night, balcony was my refuge. Suspended mid-air between heaven and earth, I could solve the undeniable inner conflicts, I would sit under stars, watching the moon till the eyes drooped.
I miss my balcony. There is none in my new house. There are just windows that have been covered with long curtains. I feel claustrophobic sitting inside four walls.
After I moved from my old house, I revisited the lane to have a look at my balcony that I had loved so dearly. The grills and doors of my balcony had vanished. It was bare, with its mouth wide open; it looked like an old man without its dentures. I heard it complain that I had abandoned it. I could not bear to look at it.
Last week I went back again. The balcony had met its death. A big crane occupied most of the ground. Huge trucks transported the debris. There was no compound, no rectangular platform over the water tank. The golden rays still filtered through the trees but they reflected on the pile of stones and mud.
The beautiful memories of the time spend in my balcony are buried now deep under the sand.


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An interview with musician Andy Busuttil…
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Andy Busuttil is a highly sought-after musician and recording producer based in the Blue Mountains. After listening to a recent CD recording involving Andy, LMNC Manager, Peta Williams, invited Andy to respond to some of her questions. Here is the outcome of that interview, which took place in August 2012.
Peta: I understand you have recently returned from launching a new CD, The Bridge Project, in Tel Aviv, and that you only met the other musicians involved in the recording at this launch. Can you tell us how this project started, and how it was actually recorded?
Andy: The project started about two years ago. I'm a member of a group of software testers for a leading music software development and distribution company called Waves Audio that is based in Tel Aviv. The quality assurance co-ordinator, Ittai Shaked, wrote to me saying that he was unhappy about the break-up of his band. I asked him if he wanted to form another band. He said he was. I put a message out to the testing forum, which is made up of audio engineers, many of whom are musicians, and asked if anyone was interested. Umit Ceyhan, a Turkish refugee living in Toulouse, France responded and said he was keen to be involved. Thus The Bridge Project was born. We decided to record a CD together using data transfer over the Internet. We would each compose and record in our own studio and send files via dropbox to the others in the band and each would add his little bit of magic to the mix. Ittai, who has done some remixes for Peter Gabriel, did the mixing in Tel Aviv and I did the mastering here in Australia.
Peta: What made you interested in developing a CD of this kind?
Andy: It was a synchronous movement really. The CD evolved and as it took shape we started to realise that we had something really special here. What made the music even more special were the origins of the members. I was raised Christian, Ittai is Jewish and Umit was raised Moslem. We thought it was pretty unusual that this religious blend could seem to get together to create something other than a battlefield! This one created a thing of beauty which was, first and foremost our friendship, secondly our capacity to collaborate so easily in the formation of a work of art and thirdly the quality of the music which seemed to so easily draw from Israeli, Turkish and transcultural Australian influences. All of them are evident in the music yet not one of them emerges on its own. They all fold and blend together in the way that people all around the World ought to be able to do. It's what people could really be 'about' without the rage that sometimes gathers when people regard difference as being more important than sameness.
Peta: What were the highlights for you in creating the music, recording and launching the CD? I'm guessing that new friendships were formed out of the process….
Andy: The highlight for me was definitely going to Israel to meet up with Ittai. Umit, unfortunately, got tangled up in bureaucratic red tape in France and because of his refugee status and his consequent political lack of power he wasn't able to get a 'Titre de Voyage' in time to travel. This document is what is given to refugees in place of a passport. It would have been absolutely marvellous to have met both of them there and Ittai and I had to get over the grief of not having Umit with us before we could get on with the job at hand and bring the guest musicians that Ittai had assembled in Israel up to speed to perform with us. The spirit of The Bridge prevailed and in a performance in Tel Aviv, which was attended by Andrea Faulkner, the Australian Ambassador to Israel and a representative from the Israeli Department of Foreign Affairs, we had Umit with us on skype with his 6-year-old daughter Amelie. It was great to see them both bopping to the music and having a great time being able to be part of the gig. Israel and Turkey are at loggerheads at the moment so the launch and the relationship both shared and demonstrated by Ittai and Umit reflect what The Bridge Project is really all about: it's about bridging between these three major religions, three cultures, three continents and three different musical backgrounds. It was also really edifying being in Israel and becoming aware of the liberal mindedness of the people I met; many of whom wanted to see a resolution of the conflict in the Middle East and all of whom were committed to the need for a Jewish homeland. Both of these of course appear, at this point in history, diametrically opposite each other. However, both of them are also in my opinion essential to global wellbeing. A visit to Yad Vashem – the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem- confirmed in my mind the importance for Jews to have a place that they can call their own and the dangers inherent in a Jewish Diaspora. The other highlight for me was the homous! Talk about mind-blowing in the nicest possible way.
Peta: We had the pleasure of you performing, with your colleagues Mara and Llew Kiek, at our Harmony Day concert at the Lower Mountains Neighbourhood Centre in March this year. Do you think we will always need such reminders that cultural (and political) difference exists, and that we should all aim to embrace difference and live as harmoniously as possible with each other?
Andy: Sorry Peta but this is going to be a long answer!
I don't think we need much of a reminder that difference exists. It's unfortunately pushed into our faces too often and too violently. The extent to which difference generates a reaction in Australia, for example, is in the fear that is created in the minds of our citizens by the asylum seeker issue. It is almost impossible for me to believe but some people, who I imagine and deeply hope are in the minority, actually feel some sense of justification and almost pleasure when asylum seekers drown on their way over here. If these were asylum seekers from an English speaking country I'm sure we would be flying them out here rather than attempting to block their entry. It's because we consider these people to be different that we can dismiss their humanity so easily. Yet they are not different; they are the same. You only have to see the enormity and gut wrenching sorrow of their expressions of grief when their loved men, women and children drown. Love, grief, sorrow, joy are all the same expressions resident in all people around the World. They are what ought to unite us. I truly believe that the embracing of difference can only occur when we negate those things that separate us. In Australia, in the majority of instances, we do live well together. It's only in those isolated instances that are often blown up in the media or through political gamesmanship and seeking of electoral advantage that difference is amplified.
Cultural diversity on the other hand and the enormous gifts it brings to this community are another matter. Long may they survive and be celebrated through events such as Harmony Day that are a monument to our attempts to unite and be as one. Events like Harmony Day are precisely what bring people together in all of their colour and culture and bring with them a sense of curiosity about the other rather than fear of them. Any time I can perform at events like these I am truly delighted.
What we do find is that when people make genuine contact with each other, it is only those who are strongly indoctrinated that fail to see the other's humanity. In one of the songs I composed and sang in Israel, I sing a line in Maltese (my mother tongue) which is: "we need to hold the babies of the World in our arms and clutch them to our hearts." I firmly believe it is only then that our sameness will truly be embraced and human difference negated. Our experience in the community of Hazelbrook clearly demonstrated this recently when one of our very loved and prized community members, formerly a refugee, Zahra Mohammed Farag, died of breast cancer a year ago. The celebration of her life was held in Hazelbrook Primary School Hall and it was overflowing with local residents who wanted to come and pay their respects to Zahra and show support for her children. Zahra used to run a take-away shop in Hazelbrook. I often went and spent time with her there while she taught me Arabic pronunciations for some songs I was learning. You wouldn't believe the number of homeless people who used to come to her shop for food. She never turned them away. She never charged them a cent. Her mantra was "if I don't feed them who will??". My wife and I loved Zahra enormously. She was a gigantic asset to this community. She was tiny in stature but huge in intellect, affection for her fellow human and in her generosity of spirit. She was from Iraq, just like many of those who drown in the Coral sea in their attempt to come here for a better life or to escape violence in their homeland.
Peta: Are there any plans to bring the other musicians involved in The Bridge Project to Australia?
Andy: There are indeed. I'm hoping to have the band accepted by a major Australian festival next year and once that is achieved I will be booking some other concerts for us. Ittai and Umit will be joining me here with some very special guests including my friends from Skorba (my Maltese band) John Robinson and Bertie McMahon and percussionists Tunji Beier or Peter Kennard. This will be a super hot combo and we will be organising a special concert for Mountains residents as part of the tour.
Peta: Is there anything else you would like to share with our readers about this special project?
Andy: I think I've probably said enough Peta! I would hate to out-stay my welcome.
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RICHMOND, Va. – With a 15th consecutive sellout imminent on Saturday, the true passion of Ram Nation is being shown on a nightly basis at the Verizon Wireless Arena at the Stuart C. Siegel Center.
That passion has been supporting the Rams since the beginning and Saturday night will be a celebration of VCU Basketball history with nearly 50 former players in attendance for what hopes to become an annual event with the VCU Basketball alumni reception.
VCU Athletics is encouraging fans to arrive early on Saturday with all the former Rams scheduled to be recognized prior to tipoff. Each decade of VCU basketball will be represented with players such as Edd Tatum, Edmund Sherrod, Kendrick Warren (pictured right), Michael Brown, Calvin Duncan, Ren Watson, Patrick Lee, Lionel Bacon, Michael Doles, Ed Nixon and many, many more.
The game is already sold out so please arrive early and remember to be decked out in white as the Rams take on a tough squad in the Northeastern Huskies.
So remember, get there early, decked out in white and be ready to go crazy for the Homecoming celebrations and to cheer on the Rams. Tip-off at the Verizon Wireless Arena at the Stuart C. Siegel Center is set for 7 p.m. with fans encouraged to be in their seat by 6:45.


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[Of the parralels between the railways and the church] both had their heyday in the mid-nineteenth century; both own a great deal of Gothic-style architecture which is expensive to maintain; both are regularly assailed by critics; and both are firmly convinced that they are the best means of getting man to his ultimate destination. – Rev. Wilbert Awdry who was born on this day in 1911.
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What a great quote from the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine.
It was a joke Paranormal – its very Anglocentric and Anglican though but that's ok because that's the target audience
Yes I appreciated the irony along with the turn of phrase Andrei. Particularly from a train buff AND a reverend.
So what would the Rev. Awdry think of this piece of 21st century English culture I wonder.
Apparently we are about to have this inflicted upon us courtesy off our State Owned TV company!


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The Velcro Blazer Lux is available at exclusive retailers across the country on January 17th, 2009.
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Gearbox Software released a massive gameplay video from Aliens: Colonial Marines this weekend. It shows an uninterrupted, ten-minute stretch of footage from the game.
The video starts with a squad of marines investigated the ruined colony of Hadley's Hope. They're ambushed by xenomorphs and driven outside. Here they run into a new species of alien called the Crusher. The Crusher is sort of like a triceratops, with a wide, armored head. His hide is too thick for bullets to penetrate so the team runs for shelter.
The building they enter soon comes under attack. The player uses a pulse rifle and a placeable sentry turret to defend the lower level but soon the marines are overrun. The player flees to a vehicle bay with the few survivors. We see another marine using a power loader with a flame thrower tearing through aliens - will we get to do that too?
Colonial Marines will hit the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC in Spring 2012.


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connecting 'we-think' with 'gotta-think'
Scott Karp is definitely onto something with What The Newspaper Industry Could Learn About Do Or Die Innovation From General Motors.
There is no doubt that new approaches and ways of thinking in corporate corridors are vital. As Charles Leadbeater discusses in his book We-Think 'this closed model of leadership is increasingly ill-equipped to cope with the demands faced by large organisations'.
There may be nothing particularly innovative about the Volt and it may well become a glorious failure, but it's the fact that after so many years of the closed model of leadership, GM has recognised that its only future lies in a far more alert, open and participative approach to business and innovation. And of course it is correct to compare this to the dilemmas facing the offline print media industry (and particularly the newspaper industry).
Sticking ones head in the sand is ultimately not a long-term strategy. Print media may well excuse that they have so much to lose but as is becoming more obvious they're likely to lose anyway – if they don't shake off the shackles of tradition.


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Subway Surfers is now available for Windows 10 Mobile. Earlier this week, Kiloo Games announced that Subway Surfers for Windows Phone 8(.1) will not be supported any longer but now they have introduced a new version of the endless runner game for Windows 10 Mobile.
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- The Subway Surfers are traveling to the beautiful Subway of Singapore
- Get Jia, the street skater, on your Surfer team
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- Pick up colorful orchids to earn great Weekly Hunt prizes
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Street Food Tasting, Gwangjang Market
Gwangjang Market is the nation's first market and nowadays becomes a popular tourist spot. The market is where the locals shops for silk, fabric, bedding, hanbok, clothes, home furnishings, and goods for future brides and grooms. When the shops close in the evening, that's where more people coming here to have their company dinner or night snacks.
Although most of the market shops are close, but not for the food market. As the night gets deeper, the market gets livelier. As I entered the market, I saw a big hall of food stalls selling different type of food. Bibimbap 비빔밥 (mixed rice), bindaetteok 빈대떡, tteokbokki 떡뻑이 (rice cake), soondae 순대 (pig blood sausage roll), japchae 잡채 (stir-fried glass noodle), mayak kimbap 마약김밥 ('addictive' rice rolls, smaller than the normal ones), and etc. I could not wait to taste all the food.
The traditional market is also famous for its bindaetteok 빈대떡. What is bindaetteok 빈대떡? It is a pancake-like made from mung bean batter, mixed with meat and vegetables, and deep fried until it is crispy. Not only it is delicious, it doesn't cost a lot. One piece of bindaetteok 빈대떡 is costs less that 4,000KRW!
The biggest and most popular bindaetteok 빈대떡 stall is "Sunhwane Bindaetteok 순화네 빈대떡". The snacks seems to be the speciality of the market itself. People coming here just to eat the bindaetteok 빈대떡. There are 2 food carts in the middle of the market. But the seats are limited. So the ahjumma told us to go to the shops around the corner which has more seats. You may have to queue for a while.
As it is in the market, the shop is lack in cleanliness, but it's not that bad. Since the shop is not huge, it is a bit stuffy. Perhaps because the tables and chairs are put close to another. But, once the bindaetteok 빈대떡 was served, we forgot about the packed crowd. They are crunchy outside but soft inside. If you dip the bindaetteok 빈대떡 into the soy sauce, it is very delicious.
As we still wanted to try the rest of the food outside, we only ordered 1 piece for meat and veggie version each. The veggie version is in the size of a small pizza and the meat one is smaller. They will cut one piece into 4 for sharing. Similar to pajeon 파전, it's best to enjoy together with makgeolli rice wine. We ordered the bottled makgeoli but it did taste as nice as the fresh makgeoli one.
The best food here are manyak kimbab 마약김밥 and bindaetteok 빈대떡. It was good that there were a few of us, so we could share the portions together. I will definitely come back here again to have a real street food with a good taste and price. It is the place where you can taste all kind of Korea street food in the cheapest price!
Opening hours: 9am-10pm (for normal stores), 8.30am-11pm (for food stalls)
How to go there:
Take subway to Jongno(5)-ga Station (line 1, dark blue line) and take exit #9 or #10 (nearest to the food market).


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Pope Francis started a landmark, three-day visit to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, becoming the first pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church to visit the Arabian Peninsula.
The visit offers a rare note of hope for Christians in the Middle East, who in recent decades have come under intense pressure in the region where their faith has its roots. Many have been persecuted, killed or forced to flee.
[Read more: A 'Historic' Gulf Tour Amid Yemen Crisis and Christian Repression]
The pope's presence in the Gulf — an area where religious freedom has traditionally been highly restricted — will shine a light on the broader role of Christianity in the Middle East. Before his plane took off, the pope also addressed the situation in Yemen, where a dire humanitarian crisis is unfolding — a pointed intervention because his Emirati hosts are among the war's leading belligerents.
Christianity has been threatened, particularly in the Gulf.
Wars, jihadist violence and sectarian tensions have reduced the proportion of Christians in the Middle East to about 4 percent of the population today, from about 20 percent before World War I, according to the Vatican.
In ultraconservative Saudi Arabia, which has an estimated 1.4 million Christians, churches are banned and public display of Christian symbols is prohibited. Christians worship at underground services, or not at all.
In Yemen, which has a rich history of religious diversity, small Christian communities were established after missionaries arrived in the 19th century. But the conflict that has devastated Yemen since 2015, when Saudi Arabia sent troops to oust Houthi rebels, has forced many Christians into hiding.
Churches have been vandalized or burned to the ground, and many Christians fear persecution as religious extremists grow stronger on every side of the war.
Hundreds of thousands of Christians fled Iraq during the sectarian bloodshed that followed the American invasion in 2003, or were pushed out of northern Iraq and Syria as the Islamic State spread across the region starting in 2014 and imposed an extreme form of Islam on local populations.
In Egypt, where Christians account for about 10 percent of the country's 98 million people, Islamic State militants have bombed churches and gunned down Christian pilgrims on their way to remote desert monasteries.
Pope Francis has warned that Christians could eventually disappear from the region altogether amid "murderous indifference" to their plight.
Why the United Arab Emirates, and why now?
The Gulf countries, which include the United Arab Emirates, are among the few in the Middle East where Christian numbers are rising, despite their history of restricting religious freedom.
An influx of migrant workers from the Philippines, India and other Asian countries has brought several million Christians to countries like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, though their ability to worship varies greatly.
In the United Arab Emirates, Christians, Hindus and Jews can worship openly.
Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi, one of the country's seven emirates, invited the pope to visit after they met in the Vatican in 2016. His government's Ministry of Tolerance has hosted events for Christian leaders, including one in 2017 at the site of an early Christian monastery on an Abu Dhabi island.
The United Arab Emirates is home to more than one million Christians, according to the Pew Research Center, about 13 percent of the population. Many are immigrants.
Pope Francis has called the country a "land that tries to be a model of coexistence" and began a video message about the trip last week with the Arabic salutation "Salaam alaikum" ("Peace be with you").
"I am happy for this occasion the Lord has given me to write, on your dear land, a new page in the history of relations between religions," he said in the video.
He added, "Faith in God unites and does not divide, it draws us closer despite differences, it distances us from hostilities and aversion."
Though rulers in the United Arab Emirates have called 2019 the "Year of Tolerance," the country restricts freedom of religion in significant ways. Conversion to Islam is promoted, while conversion from Islam to another religion is illegal. Blasphemy and apostasy still carry potential death sentences.
What is Pope Francis trying to achieve?
In January, Francis told ambassadors to the Holy See that his visit to the United Arab Emirates and a subsequent trip to Morocco in March were opportunities to improve understanding and relations between the faiths.
The theme of the pope's visit comes from the opening words of the Prayer of St. Francis, his namesake: "Make me a channel of your peace."
One of the pope's main goals in his visit, church officials said, is to continue working with Muslim leaders in the hopes of making the Middle East and the Muslim world safer and more hospitable for Christians. In some ways, his message is aimed beyond the United Arab Emirates at countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran.
But a major part of his trip to the United Arab Emirates is also visiting the country's vibrant Catholic community of foreign workers, and another of the pope's goals is to encourage and support them in this peripheral part of the church.
The pope also made a public appeal on Sunday for the end of Yemen's humanitarian crisis, fueled by a war that has pushed millions to the brink of starvation. Making his regular address in St. Peter's Square, he urged all sides to respect international agreements and to ensure food reached suffering Yemenis.
The United Arab Emirates is Saudi Arabia's main military partner in its war against Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen, which is supported by the United States.


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Archive for Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Springdale News
February 7, 2012
The Springdale Friends Church board met Jan. 25 for soup and dessert at the church, followed by a business and planning meeting.
The sausage and pancake supper is planned for March 22.
Herbert and Genevieve Schwinn, Evelyn Schwinn, Mary Barbara Allen, Carolyn Thomas, Myron and Jody Schwinn met at Montana Mike's in Lawrence to have lunch and celebrate Herbert's 80th birthday.
The Schwinn brothers, Dan, John and Bill, have all recently celebrated their birthdays, becoming 53, 45 and 61. Congratulations, boys!
The area farmers are now working on the fields for the coming spring planting. What great weather we are having.
Jan and Orie Newlson, Wayne and Anabel Knapp attended the Farmers and Bankers Awards Banquet on Jan. 28 at the Lansing Community Center.
Kirk and Austin Knapp arrived Jan. 27 at Kirk's parents and stayed all night. James Allen, a friend of Kirk's, came to help cut wood. They had two pick-up loads.
Wayne and Anabel Knapp called Anabel's sister on Jan. 31. Her sister, Myrtice Fuqua, turned 85 in Hesston.
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In today's USA Today, Hollywood icon and comic book fan Samuel L. Jackson laid out some information about the upcoming Captain America sequel and about working as part of the MCU
Without giving too much away, the man behind the eye patch discusses working with Robert Redford, who Jackson reveals is a part of the World Security Council we saw in Avengers, working with Joss Whedon and reveals some details about Fury's relationships with other characters in the film.
The relationship with Redford promises to be one of interest. The Winter Soldier is described as being a political thriller and, in the article, Jackson reveals he is doing some desk work in this film and working under Redford's character, Alexander Pierce. The character of Pierce was pulled from the pages of the comics, however, the comic version is much younger and fills a different role, working alongside Fury battling Hydra. Marvel has shown no concern in altering roles and stories to fit their MCU and, it seems, this will be another case. In an interview with the Straits Life Times, published on May 8, 2013, Redford revealed that he will be a villain in this film, sparking speculation that Pierce is just an alias perhaps for Aleksander Lukin, the Russian general who utilizes The Winter Soldier for his ends and who just so happens, at one point, to have his body inhabited by the mind of The Red Skull.
The interview goes on to discuss more about the sequel and other Marvel bits. Head to USA Today to read it all in their Sunday Geekersation column.


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John Cherry, Hertfordshire farmer and director of Groundswell farming conference.
Our job as farmers is not to feed the world, despite what the 'yield is king' lobby might tell you. Our job is to feed our families, make a profit and produce food people want to eat.
Will Michael Gove's recent decision to back a full ban on neonicotinoids make it harder for us to do this? I do not think so.
If you ask the average punter whether they like the idea of farmers using neonicotinoid seed dressings on our wheat which can get into the wider environment and potentially harm bees and other pollinators, the normal response is they would rather we did not. Which begs the question why we would want to use these dressings.
Our soil is not some inert medium for growing plants in. It is, in addition to the physical make-up of sand, silt and clay, a hugely complicated ecosystem comprising of billions of bacteria, fungi and higher creatures, all working away to make our lives easier. If we let them.
It has been calculated the 'good' bugs outnumber the 'bad' bugs by a factor of 1,700:1. So the chances are collateral damage by insecticides will take out a lot of the guys looking after our wheat and controlling potential pests.
Many farmers now find they are routinely applying slug pellets. Could it be they would be better off allowing ground beetles to control them? It may be coincidence, but on our farm we have found since we stopped using insecticides on wheat, our need to pellet for slugs has all but disappeared. We have not been ravaged by barley yellow dwarf virus either. Maybe we are just lucky.
We converted to 100 per cent no-till on our arable land seven years ago, after 30 years of trying to beat the land into submission. What started out as a straightforward cost saving exercise soon morphed into an obsession with our soil. This, it seems, is a common side-effect of 'going no-till'.
We started the Groundswell event last year to cater for the groundswell of farmers who want to make their ground well, but lack independent advice on how to do it. Talking to a lot of them, we realised this soil obsession is a nationwide, even worldwide, new guiding principle of farming. Except it is not new, but the ability to farm no-till is.
We are now finding the longer we have left the soil alone, the better it gets and the less we have to spend on our crops to get a decent yield. We have had to change our rotations a bit and our mindsets a lot, but it feels like we are now farming properly.
Someone told me the other day farming should be a conversation with nature, not a battle against it, as it is certainly a very valuable ally. Introducing neonicotinoids into our farms is unnecessary, expensive and damaging. There is another way.


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Not for the first time this week, a former United legend and club captain has strengthened his squad with an acquisition from his former club. This time the parties involved are Steve Bruce, Fraizer Campbell and Sunderland, with the 21-year old Reds forward moving to the Black Cats for an initial fee of £3.5m.
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United's reserve side had performed impressively for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in recent weeks, but their four-game unbeaten run – the most recent three of those victories – was always going to be put sternly to the test against table-topping Sunderland, and so it proved. The Reds started brightly and seemed to be enjoying the rare opportunity to play in a Premier League venue like the Stadium of Light, but Jordan Cook's goal against the run of play gave the Black Cats the lead just before the break, and Northern Irish 'keeper Trevor Carson performed heroics to keep Solskjaer's side at bay and see his team through to a win that was essentially confirmed ten minutes from time when two bookings in the space of as many minutes saw Ritchie de Laet given his marching orders and United reduced to ten men.
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text: I had the privilege of attending one of the first nights of service at Faith & Flower during a night of Friends & Family. There was a backing up of reservations that occurred at the middle of the night and they ran out of a few things, like Milk Punch and Stuffed Quail, but that's what a test night like last is meant for. Besides, we got a chance to get really acquainted with a good third of the stellar cocktail menu by Michael Lay.


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This project took two existing units within the Trump Place Tower and combined them into one unit. The combined apartment included a kitchen dining room, living room, study, mater bedroom, two guest bedrooms, three full baths and one half bath. The material palette took a tone on tone approach applied to traditional materials, ensuring it would be market ready once complete. Walnut floors, Carrara stone, and polished nickel Lefroy Brooks fixtures accentuate the clean white backdrop of the traditional apartment with modern details.
We collaborate with our affiliated architecture firm, Hill West to create holistic buildings that are as thoughtfully designed on the exterior as they are on the interior.


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Bois d'Arc Realty lists and sells North Texas Land and Homes. Bois d'Arc Realty's offices are located in beautiful historic downtown Whitewright, Texas about 55 miles northeast of downtown Dallas. Whether you're looking for a neat old farmhouse on acres, farm or ranch land, small acreage or a home in one of the area's small towns, we can help. Country Property Is Our Business! The links to the left will take you to our company's listings and the pages will include maps, graphics and lots of pictures. You'll also find important links to all other listings in the area as well as lenders and other resources. While websites are a great tool, they don't take the place of real human contact. We will welcome your call or visit to talk about any of our properties or country property in general. We'll always be more than happy to visit with you or set an appointment to show you property at your convenience. Also, please call or email us to confirm property availability before taking a trip to see a specific property as the listing status of a property can change very quickly and may not be accurately reflected on the website.
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Bois d'Arc Realty was founded in September of 1990. Over time, Bois d'Arc Realty has grown to become one of the preeminent brokers of land, farms and ranches, homes on land and rural residential properties in the north Texas area. Our firm has brokered residential property in Whitewright, Trenton, Bells, Sherman, Denison, Bonham, Tom Bean, Howe, Van Alstyne, Leonard, Melissa, Anna, Blue Ridge, Gunter, Savoy, Celina, Farmersville, Ector, Pottsboro, Honey Grove, Dodd City and beyond. Bois d'Arc Realty has brokered many hundreds of land transactions in numerous Texas counties including Grayson County, Fannin County, Collin County, Hunt County, Cooke County and Kaufman County.
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Consumer confidence has seen its sharpest drop in more than 20 years since the Brexit vote, with a third of shoppers believing prices will increase rapidly in the next year.
Some 60% of consumers expect the general economic situation to worsen in the next 12 months, up from 46% in June, while just 20% expect it to improve, down from 27% last month, a one-off GfK Consumer Confidence Barometer survey taken after the referendum found.
The proportion of people who believe prices will increase rapidly in the next 12 months has jumped 20 percentage points from 13% to 33%.
The core index has fallen eight points to minus 9, and all key measures used to calculate it have fallen.
The survey, dating from 1974, has not seen a sharper drop since December 1994.
GfK head of market dynamics Joe Staton said: "During this period of uncertainty we've seen a very significant drop in confidence, as is clear from the fact that every one of our key measures has fallen, with the biggest decrease occurring in the outlook for the general economic situation in the next 12 months."
The poll revealed distinct regional differences with confidence dropping 19 points in the north of England and 11 points in Scotland.
In the south, including London, there has been a two point drop.
Confidence among 16 to 29-year-olds has dropped 13 points, but the group remains the most optimistic of all age groups.
The biggest dip in confidence from a household income perspective is among those earning between £25,000 and £49,999, who registered a 16 point drop.
Meanwhile, figures released by BDO's monthly High Street Sales Tracker (HSST) show the Brexit vote had an immediate impact on the high street, which suffered its worst June in more than 10 years.
A strong start saw overall sales grow 3.8% year-on-year in the first week, but the 'Brexit effect' hit retailers with increasing severity as the month wore on.
Sales saw a 3.1% drop in week two and by the end - two days after the Brexit vote - overall year-on-year sales had plummeted 8.1%.
Sophie Michael, head of retail and wholesale at BDO LLP, said; "Many retailers may have hedged against the falling pound for the short term, but if sterling stays at these levels, the cost of importing goods and further erosion to margin may need to be passed onto the consumer."


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Setting it up in the first place was a challenge in itself, with passwords and "memorable words" and mother's maiden name etc. I'm surprised they didn't ask for my Grandfather's inside leg measurement.
I wish I had stuck with the paper statements, though I suspect they weren't lost in the post at all - it was just a ploy to save the bank money. If I forget to log in each month I can't check on every movement, and do you know why? Because this modern technology apparently can't cope with storing my statement details for longer than four weeks. What a load of cobblers! When I worked in a bank fifty years ago, the ledgers went back decades.
"While we wait for your details to come up on my computer, madam - how has your day been so far?"
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Public Access
Tours of Stationers' Hall and the Church of St Martin-within-Ludgate
Stationers' Hall is open for public tours, by prior appointment.
Members of the public are most welcome to visit our unique and historic Hall and learn more about the work of this ancient City of London Livery Company and its pivotal role in the history of the book trade over the past six centuries. School trips are especially welcome.
- Access will be through guided tours at set times, by prior arrangement
- Places on these tours MUST be booked in advance and each tour will be limited to 40 people.
- Tours will start at the church of St Martin-within-Ludgate (40 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7DE) and will include the Hall, the garden, the archive and the church (with some variations, depending on our other commitments). Please enter through the main door on Ludgate Hill.
- Light refreshments of tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided in the church at the end of the tour.
- Tours will last for approximately 75 minutes.
- We ask for a donation of £10.00 per person to the Hall Charity. There will be a discount of £5.00 for anyone under the age of 25.
- Donations should be paid in cash / card on arrival.
- All proceeds will go to the Stationers' Hall Charity (registered charity number 1169753).
- Because of the age of the building, disabled access is only available through the use of a stair climber
- Photography is allowed, so long as it is not for commercial purposes.
- Please book your place(s) on tours by email at email@example.com
Group tours are welcome, subject to availability. In some cases, we may be able to offer group tours the option of a sandwich lunch before or after the tour. Payment for group tours should be made at least one week in advance. Please email email@example.com if you wish to organise such a tour.
Dates available in 2020:
Friday, 17th January 11am slot available
Monday, 27th January 11am slot available
Friday, 14 February 11am and 2pm slots available
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Disclaimer: We reserve the right to cancel a tour booking. If you have made a booking and we need to cancel, we will let you know in advance and you will not be charged.
The Church of St Martin-within-Ludgate
The church is open to the public every Thursday and Friday and at other advertised times, but without guided tours.
The opening times are advertised on the church website (http://www.stmartin-within-ludgate.org.uk/) and on the noticeboard outside the church.
Other Opportunities to Visit the Hall
The Hall is also open to the public on the Sunday of the Open House London Weekend and for the London Parks & Gardens Trust's Open Garden Squares Sunday.


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Lisa Dickinson, a sweet page featturing the June Papercrafting Kit. If you look very closely you'll find some popular washi tape hiding out here!
Briana Johnson's layout. Stars and "Stripes" Forever indeed! And have you caught on to the fact that we're showcasing Jenni's new release, "Wren," this month? Just wait till the full reveal on the 31st at midnight. I think you will be amazed at how versatile and perfectly suited to summer that this line is.
Corrie Jones we have this brilliant design featuring the June Mini-Album Kit. I can pretty much guarantee that this baby's going to fly off the shelves quickly again this month. I mean, just LOOK at all those HAPPY little bits on there! I can't wait to see more! How about you?


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Masetti is founded in 1960 by Romano Masetti, an entrepreneur who always considered fundamental the use of glass in the furniture industry. Thanks to the constant search for quality and resistance, both essential requirements for the glass processing, and the use of the most innovative technologies, today Masetti is a main glassworks company at European level, dealing in many processing sectors. The company premises occupy an area of 10,000 square meters (107,639 sq.ft.), where about 40 people are employed, both as qualified technicians and staff team. This reality continues with Masetti Glass sas di Miem Srl & C
In the last few years, the JUST IN TIME service has been consolidated by means of technical resources and a dedicated production plant. The constant attention to our customers' exigencies and the development of a continuous partnership, allowed us to offer with success, since more than 10 years, the PICKING warehouse management and the proper packing solutions


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Claude Bolling Big Band: First Class (0)
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UPC/Barcode: 3561302400280
Released: 5th November 2003
Release type: Retail Only
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Catalogue No: DVDFA4002
Category: Music, Big Band
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The Constitution of the State of Arkansas is the governing document of the U.S. state of Arkansas. It was adopted in 1874, shortly after the Brooks-Baxter War replacing the 1868 constitution that had allowed Arkansas to rejoin the Union after the conclusion of the American Civil War; the new constitution and the Brooks-Baxter war marked the end of Reconstruction in Arkansas, two years before the disputed 1876 presidential election ended it completely.
Adopted toward the end of Reconstruction, the new constitution provided a transition period between it and its predecessor.
The Arkansas Constitution Preamble reads:
Defines the physical boundaries of the State.
Source: Arkansas Constitution
1. Source of Power.
All political power is inherent in the people and government is instituted for their protection, security and benefit; and they have the right to alter, reform or abolish the same, in such manner as they may think proper.
2. Freedom and Independence.
All men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and inalienable rights; amongst which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; of acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and reputation; and of pursuing their own happiness. To secure these rights governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
3. Equality before the law.
The equality of all persons before the law is recognized, and shall ever remain inviolate; nor shall any citizen ever be deprived of any right, privilege or immunity; nor exempted from any burden or duty, on account of race, color or previous condition.
4. Right of assembly and of petition.
The right of the people peaceably to assemble, to consult for the common good; and to petition, by address or remonstrance, the government, or any department thereof, shall never be abridged.
5. Right to bear arms.
The citizens of this State shall have the right to keep and bear arms, for their common defense.
6. Liberty of the press and of speech - Libel.
The liberty of the press shall forever remain inviolate. The free communication of thoughts and opinions, is one of the invaluable rights of man; and all persons may freely write and publish their sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of such right. In all criminal prosecutions for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and, if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party charged shall be acquitted.
7. Jury trial - Right to - Waiver - Civil cases - Nine jurors agreeing.
The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate, and shall extend to all cases at law, without regard to the amount in controversy; but a jury trial may be waived by the parties in all cases in the manner prescribed by law; and in all jury trials in civil cases, where as many as nine of the jurors agree upon a verdict, the verdict so agreed upon shall be returned as the verdict of such jury, provided, however, that where a verdict is returned by less than twelve jurors all the jurors consenting to such verdict shall sign the same.
Amended by Amendment 16. The amendment was proposed by the General Assembly at the 1927 regular session and adopted at the general election on Nov. 6, 1928, by a vote of 101,890 for and 52,147 against.
8. Criminal charges - Self-incrimination - Due process - Double jeopardy - Bail.
No person shall be held to answer a criminal charge unless on the presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases of impeachment or cases such as the General Assembly shall make cognizable by justices of the peace, and courts of similar jurisdiction; or cases arising in the army and navy of the United States; or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; and no person, for the same offense, shall be twice put in jeopardy of life or liberty; but if, in any criminal prosecution, the jury be divided in opinion, the court before which the trial shall be had, may, in its discretion, discharge the jury, and commit or bail the accused for trial, at the same or the next term of said court; nor shall any person 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. All persons shall, before conviction, be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses, when the proof is evident or the presumption great.
9. Excessive bail or punishment prohibited - Witnesses - Detention.
10. Right of accused enumerated - Change of venue.
11. Habeas corpus.
The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended; except by the General Assembly, in case of rebellion, insurrection or invasion, when the public safety may require it.
12. Suspension of laws.
No power of suspending or setting aside the law or laws of the State, shall ever be exercised, except by the General Assembly.
13. Redress of wrongs.
Every person is entitled to a certain remedy in the laws for all injuries or wrongs he may receive in his person, property or character; he ought to obtain justice freely, and without purchase; completely, and without denial; promptly and without delay; conformably to the laws.
14. Treason.
Treason against the State shall only consist in levying and making war against the same, or in adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
15. Unreasonable searches and seizures.
The right of the people of this State to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrant shall issue, except upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the person or thing to be seized.
16. Imprisonment for debt.
No person shall be imprisoned for debt in any civil action, on mesne or final process, unless in cases of fraud.
17. Attainder - Ex post facto laws.
No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts shall ever be passed; and no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate.
18. Privileges and immunities - Equality.
The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens.
19. Perpetuities and monopolies.
Perpetuities and monopolies are contrary to the genius of a republic, and shall not be allowed; nor shall any hereditary emoluments, privileges or honors ever be granted or conferred in this State.
20. Resident aliens - Descent of property.
No distinction shall ever be made by law, between resident aliens and citizens, in regard to the possession, enjoyment or descent of property.
21. Life, liberty and property - Banishment prohibited.
No person shall be taken, or imprisoned, or disseized of his estate, freehold, liberties or privileges; or outlawed, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty or property; except by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land; nor shall any person, under any circumstances, be exiled from the State.
22. Property rights - Taking without just compensation prohibited.
The right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction; and private property shall not be taken, appropriated or damaged for public use, without just compensation thereof.
23. Eminent domain and taxation.
The State's ancient right of eminent domain and of taxation, is herein fully and expressly conceded; and the General Assembly may delegate the taxing power, with the necessary restriction, to the State's subordinate political and municipal corporations, to the extent of providing for their existence, maintenance and well being, but no further.
24. Religious liberty.
All men have a natural and indefensible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; no man can, of right, be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship; or to maintain any ministry against his consent. No human authority can, in any case or manner whatsoever, control or interfere with the right of conscience; and no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishment, denomination or mode of worship, above any other.
25. Protection of religion.
Religion, morality and knowledge being essential to good government, the General Assembly shall enact suitable laws to protect every religious denomination in the peaceable enjoyment of its own mode of public worship.
26. Religious tests.
No religious test shall ever be required of any person as a qualification to vote or hold office; nor shall any person be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his religious belief; but nothing herein shall be construed to dispense with oaths or affirmations.
27. Slavery - Standing armies - Military subordinate to civil power.
There shall be no slavery in this State, nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime. No standing army shall be kept in time of peace; the military shall, at all times, be in strict subordination to the civil power; and no soldier shall be quartered in any house, or on any premises, without the consent of the owner, in time of peace; nor in time of war, except in a manner prescribed by law.
28. Tenure of lands.
All lands in this State are declared to be allodial; and feudal tenures of every description, with all their incidents, are prohibited.
29. Enumeration of rights of people not exclusive of other rights - Protection against encroachment.
This enumeration of rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people; and to guard against any encroachments on the rights herein retained, or any transgression of any of the higher powers herein delegated, we declare that everything in this article is excepted out of the general powers of the government; and shall forever remain inviolate; and that all laws contrary thereto, or to the other provisions herein contained, shall be void.
This section discusses the operations of the Arkansas General Assembly. It provides that the Assembly shall meet biennially (Section 5) and limits these meetings to 60 days unless approved by two-thirds of both houses (Section 17). Section 4 sets the qualifications for members.
Section 1 allows for passage of laws or constitutional amendments by initiative. Petitions require signatures equal to eight percent of registered voters to appear on the ballot for a law, or ten percent for a constitutional amendment (see below). Section 1 also allows, by six percent of voters placing a petition, for a statewide referendum on any law or any part of a law. The petition must be filed no later than 90 days after final adjournment of the Assembly. The law is suspended until it is voted on in the next election; if part of a law, the portion subject to referendum is suspended while all other provisions remain in effect.
It also includes highly restrictive provisions regarding appropriations:
The most recent example of how the restrictions can wreak havoc was in 1989. The general appropriations bill (which exceeded $2.5 million) failed to gain the required three-fourths majority, but was declared passed by the General Assembly under the "just debts of the State" exemption, and all subsequent special appropriations bills were passed thereafter. However, the Arkansas Supreme Court disagreed with the Assembly's use of the just debts provision. As a result, it declared every single appropriations bill of the session unconstitutional — the general bill did not receive the votes needed to pass under Section 39, and under Section 40 all other appropriations bills were invalid since the general bill must be passed first — requiring the Assembly to return in special session to reenact them.
Ironically, though, appropriations are not really the state budget in Arkansas; that is enacted near the end of the session, when the Revenue Stabilization Law, which provides the mechanism for distributing the state's revenue (even general revenues), is amended to reflect the actual budget. Any appropriation not funded by the Revenue Stabilization Law is essentially null and void.
This article authorizes the Assembly to pass laws supporting Arkansas's agriculture, mining, and manufacturing (including a seven-year abatement of all taxes on capital investment in such).
1. Persons liable to military duty.
The militia shall consist of all able-bodied male persons, residents of the State, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years; except such as may be exempted by the laws of the United States, or this State; and shall be organized, officered, [sic] armed and equipped and trained in such manner as may be provided by law.
2. Volunteer companies.
Volunteer Companies of Infantry, Cavalry or Artillery may be formed in such manner and with such restrictions as may be provided by law.
3. Privilege of members from arrest.
The volunteer and militia forces shall in all cases (except treason, felony and breach of the peace) be privileged from arrest during their attendance at muster and the election of officers, and in going to and returning from the same.
4. Authority to call out volunteers or militia.
The Governor shall, when the General Assembly is not in session, have power to call out the Volunteers or Militia, or both, to execute the laws, repel invasion, repress insurrection and preserve the public peace; in such manner as may be authorized by law.
Section one, titled "Atheists disqualified from holding office or testifying as witness", states: "No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as a witness in any court."
However, there are no known cases of this article being enforced in modern times. It is commonly held that Article Six of the United States Constitution bans such qualifications when it states, "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." Current precedent holds that this is binding on the states as well under the liberty clause of the 14th Amendment to the federal constitution. Additionally, the First Amendment to the federal constitution establishes freedom of religion as a constitutional right. While the wording of this amendment specifically bars Congress from restricting freedom of religion, current precedent holds that this amendment and the rest of the United States Bill of Rights are binding on the states by the the liberty clause of the 14th Amendment. As a result, it is understood that this section would almost certainly be thrown out if challenged in court.
Section 13 originally set the state's usury limit at 10%; it was amended in the early 1980s to 5% above the Federal Reserve discount rate, but falling interest rates and poorly-worded provisions made the amended version even more onerous than the original. For example, a clause in the 1980s amendment appears to set a 17% limit for consumer loans; but since they weren't exempted from the main "5% above discount rate" provision, the courts ruled that the limit for consumer loans was the lesser of the two clauses, usually the 5% rule. Also, other language in the amendment applying the usury limit "at the time of the contract" made floating-rate loans extremely difficult, even though the usury limit itself was a floating rate. Even worse, neither the original nor amended provisions allowed the legislature to make any exceptions to the general usury law, as happened in other states. The Arkansas legislature tried to permit payday loans anyway, but after two adverse decisions in 2008 the Attorney General ordered all payday lenders in the state to shut down.[1]
Eventually, after out-of-state banks took over most lending in Arkansas thanks to the Marquette decision and the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994,[2] Arkansas banks received special relief from the usury law through Section 731 of the Federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in 1999. Also in that year, an Arkansas Supreme Court decision allowed out-of-state auto finance companies to engage in subprime lending through Arkansas dealerships without violating the usury law.[3] Today, only a handful of loans made to Arkansans are still subject to this law, mainly private-party lending and some prime auto loans from companies like GMAC and Ford Credit.
This highly unusual article (added by Amendment 1) prohibits the General Assembly from making appropriations for payment of principal and interest on several bond issues from 1869-1871, commonly referenced as Holford bonds, which were passed during Reconstruction by a Union-dominated General Assembly, some of which refinanced disputed debt from shortly after Arkansas' statehood in 1836. These bonds had been central to the Brooks-Baxter War.
In addition to the 20 Articles listed above, several amendments (84 as of March, 2007) have been added. Though some amendments have been physically incorporated into the text of the Constitution (e.g. Amendment 1, adding Article 20), others remain physically separate from the text.
Notable amendments shown separately include:
The current Constitution allows for two methods of amendment. However, each method is shown in a separate section.
Under Section 22 of Article 19, either house of the General Assembly may propose amendments. The amendment requires majority approval of both houses in a recorded vote, publication in at least one newspaper in each county for six months prior to the next election of the Assembly, and majority approval of the voters.
However, the Section places further restrictions on legislative amendments, requiring each amendment to appear separately on the ballot and limiting the number per ballot to three.
Under Section 1 of Article 5 (as amended by Amendment 7), ten percent of legal voters may propose an amendment by initiative, requiring majority approval of the voters. The proposed amendment must be filed with the Arkansas Secretary of State not less than four months before the election, and 30 days prior to the election the petitioners (at their own expense) must publish the amendment "in some paper of general circulation". Unlike legislative amendments, there are no limits on the number of amendments by initiative that may be proposed on any one ballot.


text: Share: Comments Print December 31, 2013 at 11:23 AM 2013 Date Night Dining Awards Posted by Providence Cicero Amuse bouche at Epulo Bistro. Courtesy: ELD Images Last week, as I was putting the finishing puns on my own "Best Bites of 2013," the third annual "Date Night Dining Awards" arrived in my inbox, courtesy of Eric and Diana Denson, a pair of avid and discerning eaters (and Seattle Times readers), just regular folks who happen to eat out almost as often as I do. I first heard from Eric Denson at the end of 2011, the year he and his wife began a tradition of weekly date nights. "The sole purpose of Date Night is to eat our way across the greater Seattle area, focusing on different restaurants than our old favorites," he explained. For fun, they decided to hand out awards, which they shared with me. That began a correspondence wherein I eventually learned that the Densons have been married for 30 years. (Evidently date nights work!) From their South Snohomish County home, he commutes to work in Bellingham, she to Seattle. Besides food, they share a passion for belly-dancing, burlesque and baseball. Since 1998, they've had weekend season tickets to the Mariners so breakfast or brunch pinch hit for date nights during baseball season . She collects cookbooks and (says he) is a fantastic cook. He (says she) is a grill master. Both are keen for new dining experiences but aren't without issues: she is deathly allergic to seafood and no-reservations is a deal breaker for both. "The last thing we want to do after a long work week is drive someplace where we have to sit around hoping to get a table before we nod off." "I'd say we are both foodies but Diana is the one who loves dissecting the dishes," said Eric. "I focus more on the emotional aspects of the experience, while she is the food scientist. It all fits because she is a scientist by trade and I'm a psychotherapist." He also takes pretty swell pix as you'll see. I get a kick out of the Denson's Date Night Dining Awards and thought you might too. They've given me permission to share. Happy New Year! The 2013 Date Night Dining Awards Amuse bouche with foie gras from Book Bindery. Courtesy: ELD Images Restaurant of the Year: Book Bindery If Date Night had to choose a venue for its Last Supper, it would be here. Understated, casual elegance with absolutely perfect food every time. Favorite Head of the House: Jill Kinney, Book Bindery Always takes great care of us. Love her. Favorite Bartender: Tyler Kingdon, LloydMartin His Old Fashioned is always letter-perfect, but he also encourages trying new spirits and his choices are uncanny. Clearly loves what he does. Favorite Chef: Sam Crannell, LloydMartin The Prince of Pork does more with less kitchen than anybody we've seen. Down to earth, unpretentious, and always honest and approachable about his food. Rookie of the Year: Derek Ronspies, Le Petit Cochon Le Petit Cochon faced stiff competition from mkt. and Roux, but won by a snout's length. Fabulous space, excellent service and amazing pork and pork accessories. Phat Ass Pork Chop at Le Petit Cochon. Courtesy: ELD Images We Should Have Gone Here Much Sooner: Lark We have no idea why it took us so long to get here. Food is well worth the parking nightmare. Restaurant Deserving Wider Recognition: Eva Lovely, unpretentious space and food. It was amazing that next to no one was there on Valentine's weekend. Epulo Bistro's Old Fashioned.Courtesy: ELD Images Surprise, Surprise: Epulo Bistro Never expected to find anything this good in SnoCo. A great option for a week night Date Night. Most Fun: Café Nordo: Modern American Chicken II Somewhat skeptical going in, Date Night was treated to delicious food and outrageous entertainment. So much fun, the normally antisocial Date Night even played well with others. Date Night can't wait for the next Café Nordo adventure. Double Date Night: Staple & Fancy Mercantile On the rare occasions that Date Night doubles up, this always seems to be the venue of choice. It sets up ideally for combining the flexibility of shareable small plates with individual entrees. The space isn't too intimate and the energy level isn't overpowering. Bon Voyage: Sunday Supper at Heyday Farms on Bainbridge Island This November VUDE event (Velvet Underground Dining Experience), featuring Mike Easton of Il Corvo, more than made up for the springtime disappointment we experienced at Hitchcock in Winslow. We went to a lot trouble to get to Hitchcock and wanted to try the tasting menu but there was no willingness to even discuss accommodating Diana's seafood allergy, unlike Book Bindery or Art of the Table or The Herbfarm, where the attitude was: "bring it on, let's do it." Mike Easton plating tajarin with shmaltz and fresh sorrel at Heyday Farm's VUDE event. Courtesy: ELD Images Tasting Menu of the Year: Art of the Table By reputation, The Herbfarm is the gold standard for tasting menus. Date Night has determined that the food at Art of the Table is every bit as good, possibly more creative, and far more reasonably priced. Summer tomato salad with chevre croquette at Art of the Table. Courtesy: ELD Images Meal of the Year: (Tie) Art of the Table; Crush Date Night ate well in 2013, and there were many fine experiences that did not make the awards list (The Herbfarm, mkt., Roux, Marjorie, to name a few). In the end, Art of the Table and Crush made Date Night's two single favorite meals. Comments | Topics: Art of the Table, Book Bindery, Cafe Nordo