The case against state Rep. Derrick Smith might have seemed like a slam dunk since he was caught on undercover recordings accepting a $7,000 kickback, admitted to the FBI that he took the bribe and even showed them where he'd stashed some of the cash under his bed.
But as jurors debated the evidence over parts of two days before convicting him Tuesday, the panel struggled with what some considered the "sleazy" tactics the FBI used to go after Smith, a freshman legislator who was desperately trying to win the 2012 Democratic primary, one juror said in a telephone interview.
Jason Carter, 29, said the jury's reservations included the FBI's use of an undercover informant and two-time felon -- a man identified at trial only as "Pete" -- who repeatedly pushed the West Side legislator on a plan to extort a day care operator who needed a letter of support for a state grant. The scheme was a ruse concocted by federal agents.
"It didn't feel right to us," Carter said. "It's not like he went to a day care and shook them down. He went to an FBI day care...but that was not to be considered by us."
Finally, after four hours of sometimes-heated deliberations, the jury was able to use the judge's legal instructions to come to a unanimous verdict on each count of bribery and extortion, Carter said.
"It was rough," said Carter, a forklift driver from southwest suburban Romeoville. "Everybody in there was really splitting hairs because of the way the evidence came out."
Carter said jurors regarded Pete -- who did not testify at trial -- as "a slippery and disgusting character." For a time, the jury's foreman -- not Carter -- was strongly opposed to convicting Smith.
But in the end, it was Smith who convicted himself with his own words, caught on undercover recordings talking about "cheddar" and "seven stacks" of cash and insisting on hiding any paper trail of the kickback, according to Carter.
"He never said, 'Hey, listen Pete, I do these letters all the time and they are to help my constituents, not for my own personal gain,'" Carter said.
Dressed in a dark brown suit and glasses, Smith kept his hands folded on the defense table and remained stoic as the verdict was announced in U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman's courtroom. In the courthouse lobby later, his eyes appeared to well up as he thanked constituents who had stood by him.
"We gave it a good fight," Smith told reporters. "It's God's will. God knows the truth about it all. The jurors just didn't see what God saw."
At a news conference, First Deputy U.S. Attorney Gary Shapiro, a federal prosecutor for decades, was asked if Smith's conviction would send a message to politicians that it wasn't worth using their office for personal gain.
"You know, I'd like to say that I'm convinced that they have gotten the message," Shapiro said wryly. "But I'd be lying."
Shapiro defended the tactics of the investigation, saying federal authorities would be "grossly negligent" if they didn't follow up on tips, collect evidence and "let a jury decide whether or not this was the government overreaching and trying to entrap some poor innocent."
"We did just that...and the jury decided that he was a corrupt public official," Shapiro said.
Shapiro also defended the decision not to publicly release the identity of the informant, an unusual move for a public corruption trial. He said the U.S. Attorney's Office always tries to protect the identities of confidential sources if possible, in part because it encourages others to come forward. Smith's defense team was given detailed information on Pete, he said.
"They knew exactly who he was, how to get a hold of him," Shapiro said. "They talked to his lawyer. They knew that he was subpoenaed for trial if they chose to put him on the stand. So that's what's important."
Attorney Thomas Leinenweber, who represents Pete, confirmed to the Tribune that he'd spoken to attorneys for Smith, but he declined to elaborate.
Smith's 10-day trial centered on the dozens of telephone and face-to-face conversations secretly recorded by Pete, who led Smith to think a day care operator would pay him a $7,000 bribe in return for an official letter of support to obtain a $50,000 state grant.
Smith was captured on the recordings referring to the bribe money as "cheddar" and talking about the best way to collect the kickback without leaving a paper trail.
A little more than a week after Smith signed a letter of support on his official state letterhead, the informant secretly recorded a meeting in the legislator's car, where Pete counted out seven wads of $1,000 cash each and handed the money to Smith in a white envelope.
"One, two, three, four, five. Damn, stuck together. Six, seven," Pete said in the recording played at trial.
"His name is going to be in the history books now," Carter said.


South Sudanese Christian beheaded by Islamic State killer.
According to European Union's special enjoy Jay Figel, the persecution of Christians is getting worse and up to 75 percent of the world's population now lives without religious freedom.
According to Open Doors, a Christian persecution watchdog group, more than 7,000 Christians were killed for their faith between November 1, 2014 and October 31, 2015. They also found that 3,000 more Christians were killed for "faith-related reasons" during its reporting period for its 2016 World Watch List than it found during the reporting period for the 2015 list.
Over 2,400 churches were attacked, damaged or destroyed worldwide during the 2016 reporting period, which is more than double the number from the year before.
The increase of Christian persecution is due to the rise of Islamist extremist groups like the Islamic State, Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab in the Middle East and Africa.
"The data shows that the Islamic State caliphate has effectively carried out genocide against Yazidis and Christians in Syria and Iraq, pushing hundreds of thousands of Christians into refugee camps in North Iraq and other countries," Open Doors USA President David Curry said earlier.
Religious Freedom Coalition sponsors two programs specifically for helping Christians facing persecution in the Middle East.


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City council land use committee: Mixed-use development with 344 bedrooms, 19K square feet of commercial space needs second meeting
Dave Askins	Bloomington, City Council, Local Government	 January 19, 2020 January 20, 2020 5 Minutes
City of Bloomington with inset for area of Curry Urban Properties PUD proposal.
The orange area is the parcel where Curry Urban Properties is proposing a planned unit development.
Last Wednesday, the Bloomington city council's four-member land use committee met to review a planned unit development (PUD) proposed for the empty lot on the north side of the Longview Avenue, between Pete Ellis Drive and 7th Street.
The zoning proposal from Curry Urban Properties would allow for construction of a single four-story building with 344 bedrooms and 19,000 square feet of commercial space, enclosing two interior courtyards on the east and west sides of a structured parking garage with a total of 306 parking spaces.
Of the 264 dwelling units, 15 percent of them would have rents keyed to either the same as the area median income (AMI) or no more than 120 percent of AMI.
After hearing from planning staff, the petitioner Tyler Curry, and neighbors, the land use committee decided to hold a second meeting on the proposal, scheduled for Jan. 29 at 5:45 p.m.
In early November, on a 6–0 vote, the city's plan commission recommended the change in zoning needed by Curry's PUD.
It's now in front of the city council, because a zoning change means a change in local law—so the city council has a chance approve it or reject it. It was at its regular meeting on Jan. 8 that the council referred the matter to its land use committee. [.pdf of Curry Urban Properties primary materials]
The land use committee consists of Kate Rosenbarger, Isabel Piedmont-Smith, Steve Volan, and Matt Flaherty. Sitting in the audience on Wednesday was councilmember Ron Smith, who represents District 3, where the proposed PUD is located.
The full council has 90 days to act, starting from Nov. 14, 2019, when the plan commission's recommendation was certified to the city council. That gives the city council until mid-February to act. No action by the council by the 90-day deadline would mean the PUD is automatically enacted.
The rezoning reflected in any PUD is in some sense "custom zoning" specific to a site. That is, PUD zoning is inherently a departure from the specifications of any other zoning district in the city code.
In the case of the Curry Urban Properties proposal, the zoning that's in place is commercial limited (CL), which includes residential uses as one of its allowable uses. But residential use in a CL district is supposed to be limited to floors above the street level. So one of the points of departure from CL zoning for the PUD is to allow first-floor residential uses.
Another constraint on residential uses in CL districts is a maximum density of 15 dwelling units per acre. The 344 bedrooms distributed across 264 units work out to 29 units per acre, almost twice the allowable density. The PUD proposal is to define the zoning as allowing a maximum of 30 units per acre.
Another point of departure from CL zoning for Curry's PUD is the building height limit of 40 feet. The PUD would allow a building up to 57 feet tall.
Generally, a PUD is subject to minimum size of 5 acres. Curry's PUD asks that the minimum 5-acre requirement be waived for the 3.2-acre site.
First on the enumerated list of considerations the city council is supposed to weigh when deciding to approve or reject a PUD proposal is whether the proposed PUD meets the requirement of the zoning code for PUD districts. And a key requirement for a PUD district is that it "provide a public benefit that would not occur without deviation from the standards of the unified development ordinance."
Among the project's attributes that are pitched as meeting the public benefit requirement is a 99-year commitment to affordable housing. Specifically the proposal is to make 10 percent of the bedrooms available to tenants earning 100 percent of AMI ($51,700) and 5 percent of the bedrooms for tenants with income no more than 120% of AMI. Apartments keyed to this level of AMI are commonly called "workforce" housing.
The plan commission and staff's report cite the inclusion of workforce housing, proximity to the new hospital, and the effort to mitigate the bulk and height of the building by modulating the facades as reasons to support the rezoning.
On Wednesday, initial reaction on the four-member committee appeared generally positive, but was not without some concerns.
The idea of including affordable housing on site, instead of making a contribution to the city's housing development fund, was seen as a clear benefit. (The version of the UDO approved by the city council late last year, eliminates payment-in-lieu as an option. The updated UDO is not yet effective.)
One feature of the project that resonated with councilmember Matt Flaherty was the decoupling of rent from fees for a parking space. Tenants who don't use parking won't have to pay for it.
Flaherty said he hoped to see an updated shadow study by the time of the next committee meeting. Such a study should help clarify how much of the time neighboring properties will be shaded by the proposed new building. An analysis of building shadows is something that should be available by the time of committee's next meeting on Jan. 29.
Something that won't be available by then, because it would take longer than two weeks to do, is a traffic study. Development services manager Jackie Scanlan provided some basic information about traffic speeds and volumes in the area, but that's not the same as a traffic study.
Councilmember Isabel Piedmont-Smith said she didn't understand why no traffic study was required before the project got to this stage.
Such a study is supposed to be done by the time a site plan is submitted for approval—what's currently in front of the council is the change in zoning.
In a back and forth between Volan and Curry, they established that there was a risk in over-building the amount parking. (Volan's effort to amend the UDO late last year to make parking allowances smaller was not successful.) Volan asked Curry if he'd be willing to build less parking if it meant he could build more residential units.
When Curry's response indicated agreement with Volan's general position that it is a risk to build too much parking, Volan said he would stop talking, because Curry was making Volan's point for him.
Besides the structured parking inside the building, there are 15-spaces on the west side of Pete Ellis Drive that would be added by the PUD. The spaces would expand the existing right of way onto the owner's property. The spaces are proposed to be back-in spaces. At Wednesday's committee meeting, Steve Brehob, with Smith Brehob and Associates, Curry's site-planning consultant, touted the benefits of back-in angled parking.
At Wednesday's meeting, a 20-minute presentation from neighbors of the project highlighted some concerns that are central to the proposal: density and building height. By their calculations, Bloomington's average density is 3,600 people per square mile. In the general area of the proposed PUD, the density is already 7,475 people per square mile, they calculated, and this PUD would add to that. [.pdf of emails sent by neighbors opposing the Curry Urban Properties PUD]
Neighbors were also skeptical about of couple of the claimed public benefits of the proposal, because of potential noise. One is a "jam session" room, which is described this way by the developer:
…public music room/studio will be included for use by area musicians, music scholars, etc. for "plug-in and play" sessions to create, share and explore musical interests of those within the community looking to "pick up" instruments and create with others.
Another source of potential noise identified by neighbors is an amphitheater for live music or other performances, free to the public.
The committee scheduled the land use committee meeting for 5:45 p.m. on Jan. 29, ahead of the city council's special meeting, now set for 8 p.m.
Piedmont-Smith chaired the proceedings on Wednesday after being chosen as the new chair of the committee, taking the gavel from last year's chair, Steve Volan.
Councilmembers Steve Volan, last year's chair of the city council's four-member land use committee and councilmember Isabel Piedmont-Smith.
Councilmember Isabel Piedmont-Smith adds the chair's tab to her nameplate after being chosen to lead the city council's land use committee at its Jan. 15, 2020 meeting.
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Delivered in June of 2019, and located at the intersection of Main Street and Riverside Avenue in downtown Bristol, the 62,000 square foot Medical Care Center is occupied by Bristol Health's Multi-Specialty Group, providing the community with a range of crucial services including endocrinology, rheumatology, urology, cardiology, and a diabetic center, for the first time under one roof.
In addition to providing affordable and accessible healthcare to the community, the project takes an important step in the renaissance of downtown Bristol, and will give forth to future development as the Medical Care Center attracts residents and generates renewed interest in selecting the area as the site for new retail and residential projects. Working with the Hospital and the City of Bristol to fully understand their vision, Rendina collaborated on a design that blends medical and retail architectural elements, represented by the glass and brick facade and use of natural light throughout, creating an inviting atmosphere that includes a cafe in the two-story atrium.
"Rendina has been outstanding to work with," said Bristol Mayor Ken Cockayne while speaking at a news conference in Bristol. "This has been nothing but a positive experience."
Kurt Barwis, CEO of Bristol Health added "We, as a community and healthcare provider, are grateful to Rendina. At a time in our history when other developers turned away, Rendina stuck with us and together we have created a first class facility for first class healthcare."
Richard Rendina, Chairman and CEO of Rendina Healthcare Real Estate, sees the project as a chance to build a lasting relationship with Bristol Hospital. "We are honored to have the opportunity to partner with Bristol Health and provide the community a modern healing facility," said Rendina. "The hospital collaborated with our design team to come up with something that's not only patient-centered and efficient, but is true to the city's vision for a new downtown Bristol.


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Hung jury in Kirsten Dunst stolen purse case
A jury deadlocked Friday on the most serious charge against a mechanic who said he was misled into taking part in the theft of Kirsten Dunst's $2,000 handbag during a Manhattan movie shoot.James Jimenez was convicted of a misdemeanor count of criminal trespass. But jurors deadlocked on burglary and other charges in the case, which included testimony from the "Spider-Man" star and her one-tim
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A jury deadlocked Friday on the most serious charge against a mechanic who said he was misled into taking part in the theft of Kirsten Dunst's $2,000 handbag during a Manhattan movie shoot.
James Jimenez was convicted of a misdemeanor count of criminal trespass. But jurors deadlocked on burglary and other charges in the case, which included testimony from the "Spider-Man" star and her one-time co-star Simon Pegg.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the 35-year-old would be retried on the burglary charge in the August 2007 theft. It came while the 2008 comedy "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" was being filmed at the SoHo Grand Hotel.
For now, he remains free on $50,000 bail at least until his Nov. 13 sentencing date on the criminal trespass count. It could send Jimenez, 35, to jail for up to a year. A burglary conviction carries as much as 15 years in prison.
"I feel pretty good," he said as he left court holding a Bible. "I never gave up my faith in the Lord."
There was no immediate response from representatives for Dunst and Pegg, whose cell phone and other items also were taken.
Jimenez told jurors he thought he was helping run an errand for co-defendant Jarrod Beinerman's mother when the two men slipped into a penthouse suite at the hotel around 4 a.m. on Aug. 9, while the movie was being filmed downstairs. Dunst and Pegg had left some belongings in the suite, which they had used to relax between takes.
Dunst told the jury last week that she returned to find her $2,000 Balenciaga bag missing, along with the $2,000 inside. Pegg testified that his phone, camera and iPod also disappeared.
Some of the items, including Dunst's purse, eventually were returned.
Jimenez testified that Beinerman took the items. Jimenez carried them out of the hotel in a shopping bag but said he didn't realize what was in it.
Beinerman was sentenced last September to 4 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted burglary.


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Love it or hate it the internet is here to stay. Broadband is slowly edging its way into our towns. Radio Broadband is on the increase making it available in even some smaller villages. The internet is not all bad – in fact there are some sites which are very good and can help your child develop those all important computer skills. Here are our top three recommended sites for children.
A fantastic site for toddlers to get started and develop their skills is www.boohbah.tv. Some of the activities do not need clicking with the mouse, they only need to move the mouse around. There are no instructions but it will not take long for the little ones to work it out and remember where their favourite bits are.
The BBC has a vast web site. It has a well thought out education section www.bbc.co.uk/education. It has revision topics for exam age children but bear in mind this will be catering for the UK syllabuses and these may differ from here. Also, the CBeebies site www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies is full of lots of activities for the younger children. My Secret Garden is a particular favourite of my 3 year old – find it in the alphabetical listing.
Have your children ever read any of the Charlie and Lola books? These are great books about a young girl who has the sweetest big brother. They get up to all sorts of adventures and the website www.charlieandlola.com compliments the books really well. The website is aimed at children up to the age of 13 and has lots of fun and games to enjoy. In the 'fun stuff' section the Music Game encourages keyboard use and the Flip Flop game is very amusing!
If you have more than one child a great way of sharing the computer is to use a kitchen timer. When the first one starts, set the timer for, say, 10 minutes. When it beeps they need to swap, and the other one has their 10 minute turn. Give it a go and see what happens.


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Resistance bands are a great tool to utilize for the lower body and help intensify workouts. The use of bands engages glute muscles that may be under-stimulated by basic exercises. They are lightweight, cheap and you can take them with you to the gym or when you travel.
There are different types and resistance grades. When using the traditional loop band, the light grades are used for warm-ups and glute activation. Heavy grades are great to wear during heavier lifts and supersets and they are a great to incorporate with other exercises such as squats, deadlifts and hip thrusts.
It is important that you are pushing the resistance with full motion and are feeling the contraction of the muscle. Let's take a basic squat, for example: when you are performing a squat with a heavier resistance band, the important part of this exercise is to make sure you are going down to a full 90 degrees while simultaneously avoiding the knees from caving in.
The use of a heavier grade band is important to make sure the glutes are forced to press backward and have a challenge at the top. Make sure you are really squeezing at the top of the kick to get full activation. These exercises can be used as a superset right after a weighted glute exercise.
A medium-grade band will be ideal for this exercise to make sure form is proper and the knees are still lined up to the shins. The force of the band will stimulate the glutes and make the workout challenging.
A heavy to medium-grade band is great for this exercise. When elevating the legs against the wall and pressing the knees out at the top, the gluteus medius and maximus are engaged.


Four participants from three continents: the new voestalpine high mobility pool is more international than ever.
Brazil, China, Canada, and Mexico: these are the countries of origin of those participants for whom a new phase of their life began in January. André Padilha Penteado (Brazil), Xingxie Wu (China), Irene Coughlin (Canada), and José Samuel Ramirez Torres (Mexico) qualified from among more than 500 applicants from around the world to participate in the High Mobility Pool Program 2013 (HMP). In the next two years, the new HMP members will be assisting voestalpine companies worldwide within the scope of various projects.
The greeting of the participants at the first "Homecoming Days" in late May in Linz by Wolfgang Eder, CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of voestalpine, emphasized how important the program is for voestalpine.
"As part of the Group's internationalization strategy, the search for participants was once again expanded geographically. After focusing on Europe in 2011, we searched for suitable candidates in close cooperation with local Group companies in China, Brazil, North America, and Europe, which provided major assistance," said Uta Stockbauer-Schröder, who is responsible for the high mobility pool. Managers and divisional HR staff chose the new participants in a selection process that went through multiple stages.
The objective of the HMP program is that the participants get to know the great diversity of the voestalpine Group before they take a permanent position in a Group company after the end of the program. That is why the participants will be working not only at different locations but will be dealing with various topics, tasks, and responsibilities. "The high mobility pool is a fantastic resource for the company. The participants are highly qualified, already have international experience, and are extremely motivated to do outstanding work during the six-month-long projects," Stockbauer-Schröder emphasized. Due to the joint recruiting process, there was a positive secondary effect for the voestalpine companies, as some applicants who did not get into the program were interesting candidates for other positions and companies.


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Q: Compiler Optimization, Thread Safe? I have a question regarding optimizations the compiler can potentially do.
The below code will speak for itself (this is an example):
typedef struct  test
{
  short i;
}               s_test;

int function1(char *bin)
{
  s_test foo;

  lock(gmutex);
  foo.i = *(int*)bin * 8;
  unlock(gmutex);

  sleep(5);
  //
  // Here anything can happen to *bin in another thread
  // an inline example here could be: *(volatile int *)bin = 42;
  //

  int b = foo.i + sizeof(char*);

  return (b > 1000);
}

Could the compiler ever replace the last lines with
return ((*(int*)bin * 8 + sizeof(char*)) > 1000);

It did not seem to be the case using -O2 or -O3 with gcc 4.4 but could it be the case with other compilers and with other compilation flags?

A: I don't think compiler will do such kind of optimization.
unlock(gmutex)

this is function, the compiler can't assume that value pointed by bin will be changed in unlock function or not.
for example, maybe bin comes from a globe. So optimization for bin can't cross the function call.

A: Your example is unnecessarily complicated because you are reading bin through a different type than it is declared. Aliasing rules are quite complicated, char is even special, I wouldn't comment on that.
Supposing your declaration would be int* bin (and so you wouldn't have to cast the pointer) a compiler would not have the right to reorder statements across function calls, they form so-called sequence points. The value of *bin before and after the call to unlock could be different, so it has to load the value after the call.
Edit: as noted by slartibartfast, for this argument it is essential that unlock is (or contains) a function call and isn't just a macro that resolves to a sequence of operations by the compiler.

A: As I said in the direct reply: your mutex isn't protecting anything IMHO. The char array which *bin points into can get modified during the int-access so depending on your machine you won't even get a consistent view on the memory you wanted to access.
Back to your question: a compiler will not transform the source code to the sequence which you envisioned BUT it may very well produce machine language which in effect will behave the way your source code does. If it is able to inspect the functions lock, unlock and sleep (which seem to be macros anyway) and can deduce that there is no side effect to the involved memory locations AND there is no implementation defined meaning to calls to e.g. sleep() which would render temporary ("cached" although the standard doesn't use this term) values invalid then it is entitled to produce an instruction sequence like the one you gave. C (up to C99) is inherently single-threaded and the compiler can employ any optimization strategy it wants as long as the code behaves "as if" it would run on the ideal hypothetical C machine. The sequence points which Jens mentioned don't affect the correctness under single threaded conditions: the compiler could hold foo in a register during the whole function or it could even alias foo.i with the memory location pointed to by *bin, so this code is inherently dangerous (alhtough I think it will not exhibit this behaviour on most compilers).

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S.C. Same-sex marriage ban to end Thursday
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson's' bid to stop gay couples from getting married, and such unions will become legal as of Thursday in the state, if the U.S. Supreme Court doesn't intervene.
S.C.'s Gay marriage ban overuled by federal judge
U.S. District Judge Richard Mark Gergel said South Carolina's Constitutional ban on same-sex marriages could not continue. But the ruling is stayed until November 20, giving a chance for appeals to be heard by the Fourth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme...
2:02 pm on Wednesday October 15, 2014
Gay couple sues S.C. over marriage license
Charleston County councilwoman Colleen Condon and her partner have filed sued to over their marriage license application.
5:41 am on Thursday October 9, 2014
S.C. Gay marriage licenses are in a race against time
With Charleston County now granting same-sex marriage licenses, the 24 hour wait period before they go into effect has resulted in a race to the S.C. Supreme Court.
4:17 pm on Wednesday October 8, 2014
Horry County Probate Court won't issue marriage licenses to gay couples yet
Horry County's probate court will not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite a Charleston County judge's decision to do so Wednesday. Deirdre W. Edmonds, who oversees Horry's probate court, said she will continue to follow the state's...
9:45 am on Thursday July 31, 2014
Same-sex couples denied SC marriage licenses; petition drive begins
via WBTW.com Several same-sex couples tried to get marriage licenses in Greenville Wednesday but were denied because of the state's ban on gay marriages. They were part of Campaign for Southern Equality's "We Do" campaign. Supporters of gay marriage...
10:23 am on Wednesday February 26, 2014
Freedom to Marry launches $1 million campaign across South
Freedom to Marry, a pro-gay marriage organization out of New York is funding the "Southerners for the Freedom to Marry" campaign which is co-chaired by U.S. Rep Jim Clyburn (D-Columbia). via The Washington Post "the campaign will push to grow...
Could South Carolina ruling on same-sex tax filing be catalyst for change?
Just in time for Valentine's Day the South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) issued its decree that it will not allow legally married same-sex couples - i.e. those who were wed in a state where its legal, but now reside in South Carolina - to...
9:02 am on Tuesday September 3, 2013
Columbia couple challenging SC's gay marriage ban
A Highway Patrol Trooper and her partner will be the first South Carolinians to challenge the state's constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and civil unions.
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Marriage equality topic of CCU ethics lecture on Thursday
You can't be on Facebook without encoutering a sea of profile pictures consisting of a red equal sign in support of marriage equality. Coastal Carolina University will host a lecture on the topic given by visiting ethicist Russ Shafer-Landau;on...


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This year, the awards have had a bit of a makeover. Returning host Ed Byrne sat down to talk you through the changes.
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Much has been said about Sachin Tendulkar's failure as a captain, but the batting maestro in his book has sensationally revealed that Kapil Dev as coach wasn't much of a help.
In fact, Tendulkar says the legendary all-rounder did not involve himself in strategic discussions and failed to contribute to the team's cause.
In his autobiography, Playing It My Way, Tendulkar has been critical in his assessment of Kapil as coach. Tendulkar writes that he had expected a lot from Kapil but was left disappointed as he had little to offer and left everything on the captain.
"During my second stint as captain, we had Kapil Dev as our coach. He is one of the finest cricketers to have played for India and one of the best allrounders of all time, and I had great expectations of him in Australia," Tendulkar wrote in the chapter - Tumultuous Times: India in Australia, November 1999 - January 2000.
Tendulkar writes that Kapil's coaching skills were limited and India's first World Cup-winning skipper did not involve himself in discussing strategies.
"I have always maintained that the coach's job is an important one, for he is in a position to play a key role in formulating team strategy. Who better than Kapil to come up with options for me during a tough tour of Australia?
"However, his method of involvement and his thought process was limited to leaving the running of the team to the captain, and hence he did not involve himself in strategic discussions that would help us on the field," Tendulkar writes.
The maestro also shared the humiliation he went through after he was unceremoniously removed as captain of the team in 1997.
Tendulkar, 41, wrote that the manner in which he was removed did disappoint him, but also strengthened his resolve to play better.
"I was actually with my friends in Sahitya Sahawas. I felt extremely humiliated to hear this, but the manner in which the whole thing was handled strengthened my resolve to be a better cricketer in the years to come.
"I told myself that the BCCI mandarins might be able to take the captaincy away from me, but no one could do the same as far as my own cricket was concerned.
Tendulkar, who retired on November 16 last year, also recalled his experience when he joined the team soon after he was removed from captaincy.
"During my tenure as captain some of the players used to call me 'skip', so when one of the players shouted out 'skipper' in our next engagement in Dhaka, I automatically turned around to answer the call. That's when it really hit me that I was no longer the captain of the Indian cricket team.
"Now I simply had to focus on my batting and win some matches for the team. So that's what I did," Tendulkar wrote.


The first time I had Garrett was back in 2007. I was in Chicago for work and my hotel happened to be about 5 minutes away from their shop. While I was walking around hunting for dinner, I got a whiff of this amazing caramel butter smell in the air.
Trusting my nose, I continue to sniff my way to their shop. Hahaha… I was with a colleague then and she thought I was crazy. Anyway, we finally locate this cute popcorn shop and was surprise to see a queue there just to buy popcorn. Without hesitation, I join the queue.
I was cautious and only bought a small bag to try with my colleague. Both of us was hooked ! We went back there several times during our stay in Chicago. And bought back Big tins of them to Malaysia. hahaha… it was so funny when the custom stop us and ask us what we bought. We open to show them…and, it was popcorn. (YES – they raised their eyebrow).
Unfortunately, it was abit of a disappointment. It was definitely not as great as the ones I had in Chicago.. But then again, it is much better than the ones we currently have in Malaysia. Oh well.. Better than nothing – i guess.


Meditation is the practice of mindfulness which enables you to turn off your auto-pilot state of mind which becomes the gateway to the conscious awareness of how your thoughts, feelings and behaviours affect your well-being.
Mindfulness is when you purposely bring your attention to what you are currently experiencing via your senses; sight, sound, taste and touch as well as your thoughts and emotions.
For many years, I was against meditating; I did not have the time, I did not understand what it would entail and I associated it with naked hippies running through fields with flowers in their hair whilst chanting. Then I met an educated, successful businessman who had spent the last few years of his life reading various books on the subject; he committed to daily meditation and as a result, rid himself of past emotional wounds, changed his response to circumstances outwith his control and obtained various other positive adjustments to his mindset.
I must admit that after listening to a few 'guided meditations' I had received from him via email, I could not help but laugh at myself for sitting in a room, in silence, whilst in some sort of 'lotus position' that was mostly an uncomfortable experience and not at all relaxing, as the reviews on google lead me to believe. I would also like to note, that this was all happening, whilst battling the urge to scratch, move and trying to prevent myself from getting carried away by useless thoughts. It felt forced and unnatural, therefore, it took me about 3o minutes to complete a 15-minute session; fail. Needless to say, I began searching online for guides, information and anything relevant to the topic of meditation which resulted in my discovery of an entire world I knew absolutely nothing about.
I spent various evenings thereafter, watching interviews with 'gurus', spiritual teachers, philosophers, doctors and multiple religious scholars who all concluded that there is a mind-body connection and through the practice of meditation; a life-long practice enables us to not only remodel the physical structure of our brain but become connected to and in control of, our emotional responses to life. Why is this important? Ultimately, those who are not acting mindfully, are therefore allowing their emotions, thoughts and behaviours to dictate the state and or impact they have on our bodies and further, our lives…good or bad.
Through my own private study of meditation over several years, I can say for sure that for all we cannot prevent bad situations from arising out with our control it has allowed me to live a happier, healthier and richer life. The more I meditate, the more I understand the importance of learning this skill as early in life as possible and sometimes feel frustrated with the lack of emotional education we receive when it is just as important as mathematics, literacy and speech.
I have compiled a meditation starter kit if you will, along with useful links and scientific based talks on the subject that will dive deeper into this subject, for your own learning. It also includes helpful tips, myth busters and what to expect during your first session.
Ultimately, meditation is a practice that only works with consistency, it is a commitment you make to yourself that will forever change the way you think, behave and feel.
It will allow you the freedom of choice, to heal, perspective, create your desired life and above all, gain inner peace and love, regardless of your surroundings. It is a practice you will love and enjoy and gain strength from and does not interfere with any current religious beliefs.
1.Ask yourself how much time you are going to commit to meditating daily? This is important because this is the amount of time you are dedicating to yourself. You must make the time to help yourself, you are of no use to anyone if your own mind is a mess. I started with fifteen minutes; it was about all I could manage because I also kept falling asleep but fifteen minutes is a good place to start.
3. Set an intention for every meditation, one that is not harmful to yourself or others. Ask yourself, what do you want to achieve from this session? Is it happiness, love, more friends, abundance? Then simply, commit to the intention of saying it within your mind.
Tip: You do not have to sit in some sort of position in order to meditate. Preferably you want your spine to be as straight as possible and your body relaxed so that you can allow energy to flow easily, like good blood circulation. I now meditate lying down but for beginners, I recommend finding a comfortable chair so you do not fall asleep.
3. Do not cross your legs during meditation; find a space where you can sit or lay down, with your hands resting either by your side or on your thighs, with palms facing upwards.
4. The mind becomes quieter when you focus on your breathing which is why this is important to learn when practising meditation. Close your eyes and start by inhaling through your nose to the count of four and exhaling through your nose or mouth to the count of six. After three minutes or so, resume your normal breath and in doing so, you will feel with every exhale, your body sinking deeper into a state of relaxation. The objective is to have your body be in a sleep-like state whilst your mind is wide awake.
Tip: Thoughts will come into your mind, just observe them and let them go, do not allow them to distract you for long and do not try to force your mind to be silent either. With patience, these thoughts will become less frequent.
5. Once you have generated a calmer, deeper breathing cycle that feels relaxing and natural, take the time to just observe your breath. There is no need for you to manipulate your breath like we did in the previous step, your sole responsibility is to simply pay attention to how you are breathing; the depth or shallowness of each breath, your stomach rising and falling, feel the air coming into your body. Start to become aware of everything about your natural breathing rhythm.
Breathing is important because it will immediately tell you whether your mind is calm or agitated. It also activates the parasympathetic nervous system that slows our heart rate down and relaxes the sphincter muscles. In particular, one of the most important sphincter muscles is called the sphincter pylori; the thickening of the middle layer of stomach muscle around the pylorus (opening into the small intestine) that holds food in the stomach until it is thoroughly mixed with gastric juices.
Tip: If counting your inhale and exhale of breath is not for you then there is a particular language that is used throughout various forms of meditation of which I shall go on to explain later in this blog.
A "mantra" (/ˈmæntrÉ™, ˈmɑːn-, ˈmÊŒn-/ (Sanskrit: मंत्र);) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words in Sanskrit believed by practitioners to have psychological and spiritual powers. Mantra meditation helps to induce an altered state of consciousness.
There are both ancient and modern mantras that people use to not only deepen their connection within the mind and or with 'God' but has enabled me to really connect to my body; the 'awareness of self'Â feeling is indescribable.
I find modern mantras more applicable to daily life, for example, repeating 'I can change my thoughts. I can change my life' in the mirror or in the shower or whilst performing everyday tasks is best.
Below is a list of the most well-known mantras in both Sanskrit and English. As stated above, if counting is not sitting well with you whilst you breathe, reciting any of the below can help you achieve a deeper meditative state. For example, the Sanskrit mantra 'Aum' when meditating is in practice, separated to follow the flow of your breath, repeat mentally 'A' as you inhale and 'UM' as you exhale.
"Om" is the sacred sound of Hinduism and is said to mean, variously: It Is, Will Be or To Become.
Originating from Tibet translates to "Hail the Jewel in the Lotus." The jewel, in this case, is the Buddha of Compassion.
This is one of the Hebrew Torah's most famous lines, and it was God's answer to Moses when Moses asked for his name.
There are a lot of myths regarding the art of meditating that some of you may have been discouraged by, therefore I have compiled a list so as to reinforce this new way of life.
Meditation involves listening and observing and for some of us, we find it difficult not to exercise control and often try too hard to get it right the first time. Meditation teaches us patience in the beginning as well as learning to enjoy time alone in stillness. It is only different from what we are used to or in the habit of doing but it is not difficult. There is no ending to your practice, it is about the journey, similarly to life, therefore if you find yourself forcing your mind into silence, you are only demonstrating your lack of willingness to give up control. It takes time so do not allow frustration to put you off.
The fastest way to create more stress is by forcing your mind to do something it hasn't done naturally. If you are becoming frustrated or put off with meditation because of this then you are not alone, many have assumed that this is what it is all about but in fact, they are wrong. Meditation is a skill that you can only acquire if you are ready to again, release control and take time for yourself, only then will you find the peace that already exists within your mind. It is not about silencing your thoughts, it is about listening and observing what is taking up so much space in your mind and thus releasing anything that no longer serves your well-being. It involves facing some inner truths and getting rid of the clutter. Stillness will be achieved with ease over time. You will reap the benefits as soon as you start, even with a busy mind so do not give up.
Meditation does not require a spiritual or religious set of beliefs; it is often said that we are all spiritual beings having a human experience, nevertheless, it is ultimately up to you as to whether you wish to be guided by your faith during meditation as a form of communication with your higher power. Meditation has been used for centuries within various religions and 'is an extension of 'prayer'; the stillness of the mind allows us to hear the guidance within. Sanskrit mantras, repeated within our minds, can be replaced by Christian, Muslim or any other faiths terminology, for example, Ahmen instead of So-ham meaning 'I Am'.


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The Men Behind The Shield
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By Kevin McVicker
With the recent (8 hours ago as of writing this) announcement on the Colbert Report that Sam Wilson was taking over the mantle of Captain America after the extraction of his super soldier serum in issue 21 there has not surprisingly been an already large amount of people crying "foul," but the real response people should be having is "okay, that seems right." Why would I say that seems right? Well, it is because unless you have just currently started reading comics you would understand that the mantle and shield have been passed down to now six other men besides Steve Rogers in the history of the character.
William Nasland was originally The Spirit of 76, a secondary patriotic character who took his inspiration from Captain America. Post the disappearance and presumed death of Captain America and Bucky during WWII, Truman asked Nasland to take on the mantle of Captain America (as he is seen in the latest All-New Invaders #7). While this history was a retcon it is vitally important to remember that Steve Rogers being frozen in ice was also a retcon to bring the character into the Silver Age of comics by Stan Lee which was the first and could be easily considered most important retcon in comic continuity.
Jeffery Mace was a Yancy Street native who grew up to become a reporter and masked crime fighter called The Patriot. He was not imbued with any super abilities, but still worked his way into part of the All-Star Squadron post WWII (although he was fighting as the Patriot during WWII). During a battle with Adam II (an android built by the Human Torches' creator, but this one went bad) William Nasland under the mantle of Captain America was killed as they tried to save JFK. Jeffery Mace took an extra Cap costume, put it on and helped defeat Adam II. Because of this, JFK officially passed the mantle of Captain America down to him.
William Burnside (who changed his name to Steven Rogers) was a bright man who discovered the super soldier formula right as Jeffery Mace was retiring from being Captain America. Burnside presented it to the United States on the condition that he would get to be the next Captain America. With the Korean War going on the American government needed a new Cap, so they granted his request. He changed his name at this point which is when he discovered another avid Captain America fan in Jack Monroe who he made his Bucky. The two eventually went insane and were put on ice. When they came to later they both had gone so far off the deep end that they believed they were actually Captain America and Bucky. By this point in time the real Captain America had been thawed, and he and Falcon took down the two insane imposters (Captain America & the Falcon 155 – 156).
John Walker received his powers through the Power Broker in order to become a professional wrestler, but was then encouraged to become a superhero. Originally he took up the alter ego of The Super Patriot, all the while he was publicly being a jerk to Captain America. Shortly after that, the Red Skull learned Steve Rogers' identity and Rogers ended up abandoning the Captain America title. At this time John Walker took over as Captain America and became less of a jerk until the Watchdogs found out his identity and killed his parents. He murdered most of that group and was confronted by The Captain (shhh… don't tell anyone that it was really Steve Rogers). Because of his actions John Walker gave up the mantle of Captain America and became the US Agent. Later for a short stint with the Invaders he would pick back up the Captain America costume, but has predominately stayed US Agent even though he is currently working out of Canada.
James "Bucky" Barnes was the original sidekick to Captain America, and what became possibly the second greatest retcon of all comic history he also became the Winter Soldier. Presumed dead, he was brain washed, given a type of super soldier serum, and fought for the Soviets during the Cold War until he became a literal sleeper agent frozen until the highest bidder thawed him out as told during Ed Brubaker's quintessential run on Captain America. Bucky eventually broke free of his brainwashing and became an ally for Steve Rogers again. After the superhero Civil War, Captain America was shot and killed (presumably). At this point in time the mantle was passed to Bucky who became an all-new and shiny Captain America. This lasted until he was killed (presumably) during the Fear Itself fiasco and Steve Rogers took back over the mantle.
This brings us to Sam Wilson aka the Falcon, who has been a vital companion and ally of Captain America since 1969. Although he may technically not have the super strength and speed that most (not all) of Captain America's replacements have had, he has still through the course of the storylines proved he's an invaluable asset to Captain America and several incarnations of the Avengers. While some may look at this decision to change Captain America as simply a choice for diversity over story, I think it could be easily argued that even more so than even Bucky Sam Wilson has earned the right to be the successor to Steve Rogers. One, he has fought along his side longer than anyone, and two, he has the most similar heroic morality to Steve which is why they have stayed such close companions and friends. I strongly think in terms of continuity if this is the direction the story goes this is the best call possible.
Time will tell how long this upcoming transition to the mantle lasts, but if the past has anything to say this will most likely last for no more than a year at which time Steve Rogers will somehow gain back his mantle. Ten years from now (maybe less time) another writer and editor will come along and do this again with yet another character. This is a typical cycle in the ongoing narrative of Captain America. And to those of you who are worried when they say this is a permanent change, remember the fervent proclamations that Peter Parker was dead and never coming back just a year ago at SDCC? As much as things change they stay the same.
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Sunday Review|Please Prove You're Not a Robot
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Please Prove You're Not a Robot
By Tim Wu
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When science fiction writers first imagined robot invasions, the idea was that bots would become smart and powerful enough to take over the world by force, whether on their own or as directed by some evildoer. In reality, something only slightly less scary is happening. Robots are getting better, every day, at impersonating humans. When directed by opportunists, malefactors and sometimes even nation-states, they pose a particular threat to democratic societies, which are premised on being open to the people.
Robots posing as people have become a menace. For popular Broadway shows (need we say "Hamilton"?), it is actually bots, not humans, who do much and maybe most of the ticket buying. Shows sell out immediately, and the middlemen (quite literally, evil robot masters) reap millions in ill-gotten gains.
Philip Howard, who runs the Computational Propaganda Research Project at Oxford, studied the deployment of propaganda bots during voting on Brexit, and the recent American and French presidential elections. Twitter is particularly distorted by its millions of robot accounts; during the French election, it was principally Twitter robots who were trying to make #MacronLeaks into a scandal. Facebook has admitted it was essentially hacked during the American election in November. In Michigan, Mr. Howard notes, "junk news was shared just as widely as professional news in the days leading up to the election."
Robots are also being used to attack the democratic features of the administrative state. This spring, the Federal Communications Commission put its proposed revocation of net neutrality up for public comment. In previous years such proceedings attracted millions of (human) commentators. This time, someone with an agenda but no actual public support unleashed robots who impersonated (via stolen identities) hundreds of thousands of people, flooding the system with fake comments against federal net neutrality rules.
To be sure, today's impersonation-bots are different from the robots imagined in science fiction: They aren't sentient, don't carry weapons and don't have physical bodies. Instead, fake humans just have whatever is necessary to make them seem human enough to "pass": a name, perhaps a virtual appearance, a credit-card number and, if necessary, a profession, birthday and home address. They are brought to life by programs or scripts that give one person the power to imitate thousands.
The problem is almost certain to get worse, spreading to even more areas of life as bots are trained to become better at mimicking humans. Given the degree to which product reviews have been swamped by robots (which tend to hand out five stars with abandon), commercial sabotage in the form of negative bot reviews is not hard to predict. In coming years, campaign finance limits will be (and maybe already are) evaded by robot armies posing as "small" donors. And actual voting is another obvious target — perhaps the ultimate target.
So far, we've been content to leave the problem to the tech industry, where the focus has been on building defenses, usually in the form of Captchas ("completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart"), those annoying "type this" tests to prove you are not a robot. But leaving it all to industry is not a long-term solution. For one thing, the defenses don't actually deter impersonation bots, but perversely reward whoever can beat them. And perhaps the greatest problem for a democracy is that companies like Facebook and Twitter lack a serious financial incentive to do anything about matters of public concern, like the millions of fake users who are corrupting the democratic process. Twitter estimates at least 27 million probably fake accounts; researchers suggest the real number is closer to 48 million, yet the company does little about the problem.
The problem is a public as well as private one, and impersonation robots should be considered what the law calls "hostis humani generis": enemies of mankind, like pirates and other outlaws. That would allow for a better offensive strategy: bringing the power of the state to bear on the people deploying the robot armies to attack commerce or democracy.
The ideal anti-robot campaign would employ a mixed technological and legal approach. Improved robot detection might help us find the robot masters or potentially help national security unleash counterattacks, which can be necessary when attacks come from overseas. There may be room for deputizing private parties to hunt down bad robots. A simple legal remedy would be a " Blade Runner" law that makes it illegal to deploy any program that hides its real identity to pose as a human. Automated processes should be required to state, "I am a robot." When dealing with a fake human, it would be nice to know.
Using robots to fake support, steal tickets or crash democracy really is the kind of evil that science fiction writers were warning about. The use of robots takes advantage of the fact that political campaigns, elections and even open markets make humanistic assumptions, trusting that there is wisdom or at least legitimacy in crowds and value in public debate. But when support and opinion can be manufactured, bad or unpopular arguments can win not by logic but by a novel, dangerous form of force — the ultimate threat to every democracy.
Tim Wu, the author of "The Attention Merchants: The Epic Struggle to Get Inside Our Heads," is a professor at Columbia Law School and a contributing opinion writer.
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Launch Fiddler by pressing the Windows key, typing "Fiddler" and pressing "Return."
Chose "Tools, " and then click "Fiddler Options...." Choose the "Connections" tab. Make sure the "Allow remote computers to connect option is selected." Note the port number in the "Fiddler listens on the port" text box. It's usually 8888.
Find the IP address of your PC. Open a command-line interface window by pressing the Windows key, typing "cmd" and then pressing "Enter." At the prompt, type "ipconfig" and press "Enter." Note the IP address of your PC, which will be displayed by the ipconfig command. Look for the entry labeled "IPv4 Address."
Open the Settings app on your iPad and choose Wi-Fi. Tap the blue arrow next to the name of your wireless network.
Near the bottom of the screen under "HTTP Proxy" tap "Manual" and the proxy setup appears.
Type the IP address of the Windows PC and the port for the machine that is running Fiddler. Now whenever you use an app on your iPad that connects to the Internet on port 80, Fiddler will capture the traffic on the PC.
Fiddler only captures HTTP traffic, so if the app you're monitoring (the Mail app, for example) uses a different port you won't see the traffic.
Make sure that Fiddler capturing is turned on by choosing "File" and verifying there is a check mark next to "Capture Traffic."
When you're done capturing traffic, make sure you turn off the HTTP proxy on your iPad.
Make sure that the Windows Firewall isn't blocking traffic on the port that Fiddler uses to proxy external traffic.
You can capture HTTPS traffic by enabling HTTPS decoding from the HTTPS tab on the "Fiddler Options" dialog box. Note that this uses man-in-the middle decryption, which will cause some apps -- notably App Store -- to fail.
Erik Larsen spent nine years at Microsoft as a technical writer. He has a master's degree in economics from Clemson University, where he wrote an award-winning thesis on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
Larsen, Erik. "How to Use Fiddler to Proxy iPad Traffic." Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/use-fiddler-proxy-ipad-traffic-63126.html. Accessed 24 April 2019.


After attending high school at North Carolina School of The Arts in the mid 1980's, David LaChapelle began showing in New York City galleries. Soon after, he was offered a job by Andy Warhol to work at Interview Magazine.
Over the past thirty years, LaChapelle's prolific body of work has established the artist as a fixture in contemporary art. His portrait, stage and music video and film works have become iconic archetypes of America in the 21st Century.
In 2018, LaChapelle created visual campaigns for Travis Scott's AstroWorld campaign as well as Elton John's farewell tour.
In this past year, LaChapelle released the most extensive book project of his career to date. Lost & Found and Good News For Modern Man mark the final volumes of a five-book anthology, which began with LaChapelle Land (1996), and continued with Hotel LaChapelle (1999) and Heaven to Hell (2006).
2018 introduces significant fine art exhibitions at National Portrait Gallery (London), Groninger Museum (The Netherlands), Pearl Lam Galleries (Singapore), Geuer X Geuer Art (Dusseldorf), Galerie Templon (Paris) and Stary Browar (Poland).
Previous Exhibitions of note include Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Palazzo Reale (Milanese dx), MOCA Taipei, Monnaie de Paris, Victoria and Albert (London), Ara Modern Art (Seoul), and Casa dei Tre Oci (Venice).