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I had a cousin who spent a few years at GDCP. I went to visit a couple of times and it was so weird to see the death row visitation section. It was (still is?) segregated from the rest of the visitation area but behind a big glass door where you could still see the people in there.

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Most band names came from random lines in books, phrases someone said off hand, or any number of random inspirations

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And some change names (often more than once) before landing on the name that they break out under.

Lonestar was Texassee; Great White was Dante Fox; The Allman Brothers went through how many names before becoming ABB?

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration (BSBA) Information Systems Management.

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Hopefully he's got a shitton of cousins to spread the benefit of the doubt around

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Hopefully not that many that killed pregnant women.

Denver is beautiful. Downtown you have the US mint, state capitol (with 1 mile above sea level marked on one of the steps) and you might catch the Rockies in town. If you rent a car it's a short drive to Golden and Boulder which are both nice in their own right. Weed is 100% legal and you will smell it out in public most places that you go.

Charlotte is nice. If you are a NASCAR fan the hall of fame is downtown and well done. A short drive up to/around Concord puts you by most of the major team shops. Also a short drive to King's Mountain and a couple of other Revolutionary War sites.

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I prefer Middleton. Absolutely beautiful place

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Middleton is gorgeous. We are drawn to Magnolia because of the wildlife - in especially the rookeries in the old rice fields. The sheer number and varieties of camellias and azaleas in bloom in the spring are amazing as well.

A few quick notes from our trip to Charleston/Folly Beach for spring break two weeks ago.

First time staying at Folly Beach. Definitely a different vibe than what we are used to at Isle of Palms, but a cool funky place. We stayed well up the beach from the heart of the island. We rented from Carolina One - found a great 4 bedroom oceanfront house called Slow M'Ocean and were able to rent it for the week for right at $5,000. Our last spring break trip to IOP (2018) we spent easily 2/3rds that much for a 3 bedroom condo.

One thing we learned...double check addresses. At points along the island there are A and B addresses; this is where two houses are built on the same piece of land with A being on the roadside side of the property and B being beachfront. Luckily we were a B, and after walking across the dunes were maybe 20 feet from the high tide line.

It was cool and windy so it limited our time on the beach, but we did take one afternoon and walked down to the north/east end of the island where we could see the Morris Island lighthouse.

We took one afternoon to go into downtown Charleston. Walked through the market then ate a late lunch at Fleet Landing (shrimp & grits were ok, but have had better in the area; waterfront dining view was great) then to Carmella's for dessert (strawberry gelato was amazing) and the pineapple fountain to walk along the water. There was a busker playing trombone by the fountain and my 3 year old loved it. Kinda reminded me of the guys playing in Jackson Square in NOLA.

The next day we went to Magnolia Plantation & Gardens. They have gone from a general admission ticket with multiple add-on options to an all inclusive with the only add-ons being the house or boat tour. It's great for pricing/budgeting but we felt like the nature tram ride has been really shortened both in time and amount of the property you see.

We left Magnolia and had dinner at Bowen's Island. The atmosphere reminded me of The Wreck over in Mt. Pleasant. Food was really good, loved the low country boil. Views over the marsh were great. Wish we had gone later to be there during sunset.

We did take-out from Coconut Joe's one night. The baja fish tacos and shrimp tacos were good. The grouper bites were amazing.

Several places we wanted to try - Rita's, Chico Feo's, Lost Dog, The Washout - we just didn't have time for or weren't sure how the kids would do in some of the places with live music.

Charleston (at least for the most part)? Some of the attractions have added new things to interpret the experience of the enslaved, but most of the war era forts are either preserved or at least memorialized with markers. The crew of the Hundley sub are buried in a well marked grave within Magnolia Cemetery.

Not anything directly but I had a cousin that coded during hip replacement surgery.

She said she was floating in the room looking down on herself and the medical team working on her, trying to revive her. She said it registered with her that she was dead and wondered who would take care of her husband (he was paralyzed after a series of strokes).

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In other words, they're no longer claiming (confirming visual evidence) that the call was correct, just that it still will be enforced?

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That's my take. Doesn't matter if video evidence shows that it was the right call or just not enough to say one way or the other. Either way it is upheld.