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Have you ever taken a walk around your neighborhood, passed by a store, and thought that there must be more to it than meets the eye? That perhaps it's not quite what it appears? No? Not really? Alright, I have to confess that's not happened to me, either, but that is the case with one store. The Boring Store. What, precisely, is The Boring Store you ask? Why, it's a undercover secret agent supply store of course! What did you think it was with a name like that? But beyond that -- and this is super-secret, so you can't tell anyone -- it houses 826 Chicago ( www.826chi.org), a non-profit writing and tutoring center for kids ages 6 to 18. Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Patrick Shaffner, Outreach Director at 826 Chicago, in which they discussed how the center came about, the programs they offer (and how to enroll a student in one of them), upcoming events, how you can volunteer or donate to help support the organization, The Boring Store, and more.
Andrew DeCanniere:
For those who have not heard of your organization before, how would you describe it? How did it come to be? What is its mission?
Patrick Shaffner:
We are a creative writing and tutoring center for students in Chicago, a place where they can come in and work one-on-one with some amazing writers, artists, and geniuses in their own right, in order to explore each student's creative voice and, depending on their program, also to get their homework done and done well.
So, that's sort of our mission. We opened in 2005, and last year we worked with about 4,000 different students, primarily from the Chicago Public School system. Students come to our center in Wicker Park to work on their new books, and then leave with a copy of their published work. We also go into the schools to alleviate the craziness that a teacher faces when there is one teacher, 40 students. Each one of those students has their own unique voice. It takes a lot of time for that one teacher to make the rounds and give each student the attention that they would like. After school we become a tutoring emporium, and we'll pair a student up with a volunteer, so that they are able to accomplish their homework for that day.
I think that's great -- particularly the in-school program. I went to a public school for three of the four years I was in high school, and there certainly is a need for that additional support, based on what I've seen.
That's why we do what we do, and it's such a great thing. There's power in the students' voices and they haven't recognized that power yet. We're hoping that we can tip them off to it. We go into the classroom and show them, from an outsider's perspective -- aside from their teacher, aside from their parents -- there are lots of other people who care about these students, who care about what they're doing with their lives, and the stories that they have to tell.
I know that 826 Chicago offers a bunch of different programs. What sorts of programs do you
primarily offer, and what age range would they be geared toward? When do they take place?
The age range for all of these programs is roughly 6 to 18 years old. Three times a week, here at the center, a classroom is bussed in. A group of 20 to 40 kids comes in and they're charged with creating one original story. We usually pair up a Chicago Public School teacher in order for them to bring the whole class in here. We work with them to do that thing they've already been working on in the classroom, with regards to writing or storymaking, and push it a little forward so that when they leave here they can continue on. You know, 'We already wrote that story, let's keep it going,' that sort of idea.
One of the hallmarks of our programming -- what we really strive to do is get the students words on paper, get them from their imaginations to a thing that can be communicated with, a book. These field trips then result in the publication of a book that we do in-house. By the time they leave, they get to leave with that book in their hands. Our workshops range from memoir writing to just crazy storymaking to cutting out pictures from National Geographic and weaving the pictures through a new story.
We also do in-school programs. A teacher will be like 'I'm doing a poetry unit. It would be good if I could have some more eyes on these papers,' and we'll come into the classroom. We also go into the classrooms on our own. We're looking to publish a professionally-bound book, and we want to get a lot of these voices in there, we go into the classroom with a lesson plan and lead the kids through it. With the after-school programs we do homework. Any student can show up. It's on a drop-in basis. We're centrally located within a mile radius of 16 different schools, so we draw from them, but we've also had students take public transportation down here.
Then, on the evenings and weekends we do our workshops. We'll bring in local writers, artists, people that are passionate about something that might not necessarily be tied in with writing. They come in and do a workshop where, in fact, they do tie it into writing. For example, we had some folks from a very nice chocolate factory come in to the center. They'll teach the students all about chocolate. 'Chocolate comes from such-and-such country,' and 'If you were visiting that country, what would you do?'
It's the same with Lego. 'Hey students, make this cool building out of Lego.' They'll make a cool structure out of Lego. Then it's 'Tell me a story. Who lives inside the building?' We're able to draw students in, get them interested. Sometimes writing is not at the top of the list of things kids love to do. We try to look for ways to unleash their voices.
It's that idea of making writing more accessible. Our space is painted green and yellow and orange. It's a totally different environment than the light of some fluorescents in a dilapidated classroom, where the students are just like 'Ugh, writing?! No!' They'll go 'Writing can be colorful?,' that's just something that slips by every now and then.
What if someone wants to enroll their child in a program? Is there some sort of enrollment process?
With the workshop programs, we'll take any students who sign up with us. We do all of the registrations through our website. For the after-school program, it's all pretty much done on a drop-in basis, once a child's parents have attended the orientations. It's not an immediate thing where a kid gets dropped off one day. We make sure the whole family is with us on what we're trying to do, there are a few parent orientations that must be attended, and then the student can take part in the program. Again, it's open to all, and all of that is on our site. If someone doesn't have access to the Internet, we're happy to accommodate them here at the center. When it comes to the in-schools and the field trips, they're really arranged with the teachers themselves.
And if someone wants to help, either by donating or by volunteering their time, how do they go about doing so?
All of our volunteering applications, information on orientations for that, it's all through our website right now. If they have any specific questions, they can certainly contact me at
[email protected] . We just relaunched our site last summer, so we tried to make it as intuitive as possible.
We also have events throughout the year, to keep the awareness up and keep the money for the programs coming in for the students. All the programs are free. Among these are our big annual dance that used to have a prom theme. This year we've bumped it up out of prom season, so it's
going to be a sock hop. Again, these are for our volunteers and the older community, as alcohol
is involved. Last year was Prom Hanks, where you could dress up as a person from a Tom Hanks movie. Tom Hanks even got wind of it and donated some stuff. It was really fun. In the fall
we had our 'Scrabble for Cheaters' tournament. There are all sorts of fun opportunities to
get out there and meet some folks who think that education is a pretty important thing, and want to have some fun with it too.
AD: And then of course there's The Boring Store. Tell me a little more about that.
The whole lore of the store follows from 826 Valencia. When they were opening up, their landlord said that they are zoned for commercial business. They had to sell something to be in compliance with city code. So, they said 'Fine, we'll sell pirate supplies.' That same method
was applied to each center as they opened up thereafter. Our store generates revenue for the space. It also is this great community outreach tool.
In our shop we sell the things that spies need on their missions, but we also keep an eye on what a spy would need in their home life. It's our feeling that a spy, when at home, still wants to be surrounded by deceptive things. The notepad on their desk will not look like a notepad. It will perhaps be disguised as a pear or an apple. The pencil that they're writing with won't actually
be a pencil. If you look at it very closely, it's a pen, but it's made of wood and has an eraser, and it looks just like a pencil.
And now for the most important question of all... What is your favorite item?
The kids' books. Their latest book, I should say.
There are also rearview sunglasses, which have mirrors embedded in them. You can see behind you at all times, while also having sunglasses on. With them you're protected not only from what's behind you, but from the sun as well.
For additional information about 826 Chicago, visit their website, www.826chi.org. You can also access The Boring Store's website directly by visiting www.826chi.org/shop. Proceeds from the sales of products at The Boring Store benefit the non-profit. For those of you inclined to check out either the store or the writing and tutoring center in person, 826 Chicago is located at 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago. Their telephone number is 773-772-8108, or if you so choose, you can contact them via e-Mail: [email protected].
Photos: Gail Reich, Patrick Shaffner, Mara O'Brien, Sarah Ji & Zach Duffy


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The Case for Konqueror
SearchOpenSource.com has a short interview with David Brickner, author of Test Driving Linux: From Windows to Linux in 60 Seconds, about Konqueror. Brickner, who writes extensively about Konqueror in his new book, says malware, spyware and viruses have virtually no chance of penetrating machines through the open source browser and file manager. He talks about the security, multi-protocol support and comfort level that Konqueror provides for those coming over from Windows.
Re: Konqui rendering
Funny. I've read other posts complaining that konqi's rendering is blazingly fast but not always good.
By cm at Thu, 2005/10/27 - 5:00am
Re: Konqui rendering
By mcosta at Thu, 2005/10/27 - 5:00am
Re: Konqui rendering
He's right. I kept hearing people say Konqueror is fast, but always thought it was really really slow. So eventually I tried turning javascript off. It does indeed make a large difference to the speed and general responsiveness (eg hovering over links).
By Tim at Thu, 2005/10/27 - 5:00am
speed konqui 3.2 faster than konqui 3.5
Konqeror 3.2 (Gnome) 13.90 2.85 0.80 1.54 107 2.44 41
By gerd at Thu, 2005/10/27 - 5:00am
Re: speed konqui 3.2 faster than konqui 3.5
... or not. Stop trolling for a while and go check the figures for real.
As for application startup, this is so dependant on compile time options, fontconfig bugs, plugins configuration, prelinking, gcc with visibility or not... bah.
By SP at Fri, 2005/10/28 - 5:00am
Re: speed konqui 3.2 faster than konqui 3.5
So when has KDE 3.5 been released after all? Yeah, right: currently it's still at beta2 stage. And the Author doesn't even mention which beta-version or snapshot he is using and how he got the binaries. Depending on that his results can only get better (Debug-mode? Compile-options? Optimizations?). So if you do a reality check and realize that many of the numbers surpass Konqueror 3.2 already you might come to the conclusion that Konqueror 3.5 will be a magnificent browser!
By Torsten Rahn at Sun, 2005/10/30 - 5:00am
k is also for kernel
By anonymous user at Wed, 2005/10/26 - 5:00am
Thank you for promoting Konqueror. It is the most pleasing browser that I have used. A different (and beautiful) UI may be configured each day.~~~
By Icyfeet at Thu, 2005/10/27 - 5:00am
I'm the only one
I guess I'm the only that doesn't like Konq for browsing or file management. I much prefer the Mozilla rendering engine.
By Mike at Fri, 2005/10/28 - 5:00am
Konq freezes while rendering
I'll take the liberty of doing so many others as soon as a Konq story pops up - whining about my Konq pet peeve. Feel free to ignore me like I do myself with similar posts. ;)
I switched to Firefox after having used Konq for a couple of years, because I became gradually more annoyed that Konq freezes while loading a webpage. Middle-clicking on a link to bring it up in a tab in the background is very convenient, but only if the page I'm viewing doesn't freeze waiting for the new page to be rendered.
Does anyone else have this problem? I'm using Gentoo.
By ac at Fri, 2005/10/28 - 5:00am
Re: Konq freezes while rendering
that's "doing _like_ so many others" of course
By ac at Fri, 2005/10/28 - 5:00am
Re: Konq freezes while rendering
Nope, works just fine here. Well it actually happens sometimes with links to single jpg's, guess it has to do with what displays it.
By Morty at Fri, 2005/10/28 - 5:00am
Re: Konq freezes while rendering
No, it works fine for me.
I use Konqueror everyday, with 10-40 tabs, 99% of my browsing activities, and for me it is quite stable. I only use firefox for my online banking website - but in Windows of course I use firefox, at least until KHTML is ported to Win32. I like Konq because it is very fast, integrated with my KDE desktop (you can middle click link a pdf file to open it in new tab, very useful for me ;)
Btw, maybe we need to create Konq's fans club or something like spreadfirefox? Anyone interested? :D
By fyanardi at Fri, 2005/10/28 - 5:00am
Not Secure enough for online Banking.
If Konqueror is so secure, then why are banks like NAT WEST not prepared to allow it to access their Online Banking Systems. Firefox Yes Konqueror No.
By Gerard at Fri, 2005/10/28 - 5:00am
Re: Not Secure enough for online Banking.
How does that have anything to do with security? Does NAT WEST not want their site to be able to exploit the web browser accessing the site?
I believe the reason NAT WEST doesn't support Konqueror is because Konqueror's market share is FAR smaller than Firefox's.
If NAT WEST supports IE then it OBVIOUSLY has nothing to do with security.
By Corbin at Fri, 2005/10/28 - 5:00am

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Model 99™/95™ Armorer
This one-day (8 hr) course is geared toward gun owners, gunsmiths, law enforcement and military personnel. It covers everything needed to keep Barrett bolt action rifles in top operating condition. Taught by seasoned Barrett armorers, the course covers operational theory, troubleshooting and in-depth maintenance procedures for the Model 95 and Model 99™ rifles. Upon successful completion of the course, each student is presented with a certification which is valid for three years.
Tuition: $350
Course topics include:
• Disassembly/reassembly of rifles
• Cleaning and lubrication
• Rifle function and troubleshooting
• Field maintenance
• Gauging techniques
• Practical final exercise
Class begins at 8:30 a.m. and generally lasts until 5:30 p.m. (If you plan to travel home by air afterward, please be prepared to stay until the end of the course.) Rifles and other tools are provided by Barrett for use during the course.
Equipment List:
• Note-taking materials
• Eye protection
As with all our training, you can also contract Barrett to hold courses at your facility. Private and custom courses are also available for military/police entities. For more information, contact email@example.com.
|June 2020
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|28th - 28th
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General Training FAQ:
What is the location of Barrett's courses?
Barrett armorer courses are held at Barrett's Murfreesboro, TN, facility, about 30 miles from Nashville International Airport (BNA).
Barrett shooting courses are held at NRA Whittington Center in Raton, NM. Raton is about a four hour drive from Denver International Airport (DEN).
Courses are also conducted at American International Marksmanship (AIM) Academy in Blakely, GA. The training facility is located approximately 4 hours drive from Atlanta International Airport. (ATL)
Is Barrett training open to individual foreign citizens?
No. All Barrett training courses are ITAR compliant. ITAR regulations only allow Barrett to provide training to foreign citizens with US State Department approval.
Barrett training courses are open to US Citizens, US Law Enforcement, US Military.
Foreign Governments, Militaries and/or Police organizations should contact Barrett training at firstname.lastname@example.com.
What do I need to bring to class?
See gear list for the course you are attending. If you need further clarification for any items on the list, please contact the training department at email@example.com.
Is there an age requirement to take a class?
All courses require that the participant be at least 18 years of age by the start date.
Cancelation / Refund Policy
If cancellation is made 30 days or more prior to the course start date, a full refund of tuition will be made.
If cancellation is made 15-29 days prior to the course start date, a 50% refund of tuition will be made.
If cancellation is made 1-14 days prior to the course start date, tuition is non-refundable.
Barrett strongly recommends that students obtain Travel Insurance when registering for a course.
Barrett reserves the right to cancel any course at any time. Full tuition refunds will be made within 30 days of cancellation. Barrett will NOT be held responsible for any expenses incurred by the student due to any course cancelled.
No refunds for no-shows or drops from training.
For Cancellations or Rescheduling, please contact the training department at email@example.com or 615.896.2938.
Armorer Course FAQ:
How do I get to Barrett's facility?
Barrett Firearms Mfg. Inc. is located in Murfreesboro, TN. Detailed directions will be provided after you register for the course. The facility is located about 30 miles from Nashville International Airport (BNA).
Where should I stay?
A local hotel list will be provided upon registration. There are multiple hotels within 20 minutes of the facility.
Shooting Course FAQ:
What brand of rifles are allowed in Barrett shooting courses?
Barrett large-caliber rifles.
LR1 & LR2: .50 BMG, .416 Barrett, .338 Lapua Magnum, .338 Norma Magnum
LR1 only: .300 Winchester Magnum, .300 Norma Magnum
Does tuition include ammunition?
No, tuition does not include ammunition, however ammunition is included with rental rifles, which will be issued at the beginning of the course. Students own all ammunition issued to them. Students wishing to ship their brass home may do so at their own expense.
Does tuition include food?
Tuition includes 2 meals per class day: breakfast and lunch. (NOTE: This is for shooting courses only.)
How do I get to Raton?
Barrett recommends flying into Denver International Airport (DEN) because of its convenient and cost-effective flights. A wide selection of rental car companies is available at the Denver Airport, and Raton is 4-5 hours by car.
Students may also fly into Colorado Springs (COS) or Albuquerque (ABQ). We find that Denver offers the best flight times and rates. Please check and see which airport will be best for you.
Where should I stay in Raton?
NRA Whittington Center
34025 Hwy 64 W
Raton, NM 87740
Cabins are available on the Whittington Center property. Please contact NRA Whittington Center for details in reservations. 800-494-4853.
Students who wish to stay in a hotel are advised to stay in the Microtel in Raton. This hotel is about 15 minutes from the range.
Microtel Inn
1640 Cedar Street
Raton, NM 87740
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Raton
101 Card Avenue
Raton, NM 87740
What is the weather like in Raton?
Monthly Average Temperatures for Raton, NM
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 45 48 54 60 69 79 83 80 74 65 53 46 18 21 25 32 42 51 55 54 47 37 27 20
Weather in Raton can vary greatly. The altitude is approx. 6700 ft ASL. Students taking classes in the spring and fall may encounter snow and wind. It is recommended that you check the weather up to the day you leave for the course. Be prepared to spend most of the day outdoors and dress appropriately. If you have any questions regarding suitable apparel please contact training at firstname.lastname@example.com.
How do I get to Moyock?
Barrett recommends flying into Norfolk International Airport (ORF). ACADEMI is about 45 minutes drive south from the airport. A wide selection of rental car companies is available at the Norfolk Airport. Detailed directions will be provided after registration for the course.
Where should I stay in Moyock?
Barrett recommends the Black Bear Inn on the ACADEMI property. The inn is in close proximity to the cafeteria, classroom and range.
For more information about the Black Bear Inn and other lodging options, please visit http://www.academi.com/pages/about-us/facilities/moyock-nc/lodging/black-bear-inn-1
What is the weather like in Moyock?
Monthly Average Temperatures for Moyock, NC
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How do I get to Blakely?
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport? (ATL) in Atlanta, GA. AIM is approximately 3 hours drive south from the airport. A wide selection of rental car companies is available at the Atlanta Airport.
Smaller regional airports such as Dothan Regional Airport (DHN) in Dothan, AL. AIM is approximately 1 hour drive east from the airport and Columbus Airport (CSG) in Columbus, GA. AIM is approximately 1 hour 40 minutes drive south from the airport.
Where should I stay in Blakely?
We typically stay in cabins on the ARENA Training Facility property. Students who wish to stay in a hotel are advised to stay in the Days Inn in Blakely. This hotel is about 15 minutes from the range. Barrett is not affiliated with Days Inn Blakely and receives nothing in return if you choose to stay there.
Days Inn Blakely
Arlington Avenue
Blakely, GA 39823
What is the weather like in Blakely?
Monthly Average Temperatures for Blakely, GA
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What time does class begin?
All courses begin at 0830 on the morning of the first day. Information on the location will be sent after registration.
Does Barrett rent rifles?
Yes. Students may choose from any Barrett .50 cal model (82A1, 95, or 99). The price is $600 for the duration of the course. Students may also rent the Barrett MRAD or the model 98B (both in .338 LM). The price is $700 for the .338LM calibers. The rifle rental also includes ammunition for the course. The way classes are conducted, students cannot switch rifles in the middle of class. It is recommended that you pick the rifle you want to shoot and stick with it. All rental rifles are equipped with a bipod, monopod (If applicable), rifle scope, shooting mat, and cleaning equipment. Model 82A1 (.416 caliber) and Model 99 (.416 caliber) rifles are not available for rental at this time.
May I bring my BORS to training courses?
Yes. Barrett strongly recommends being familiar with your BORS prior to attending class. It is also a very good idea to zero your scope at 100 yards before coming to class. However, if you are unable to zero your BORS-equipped rifle prior to class, it can be done during class.
The reason it is requested that you zero your BORS-equipped rifle prior to class is that 300 yards is the closest-distance shot in class. Since the BORS unit requires a 100-yard zero, a custom cartridge table must be made in order to zero the BORS unit at 300 yards.
Can I ship my rifle to NRA Whittington Center?
Yes. Shipping your rifle is not required. You may travel with your rifle if you like. Please visit TSA's website for instructions on how to travel by air with firearms. Also check with your airline about checking firearms in your luggage.
Shipping your rifle to NRA Whittington Center:
Fed Ex:
NRA Whittington Center — Barrett Training
Attn: [Yourself]
34025 Hwy 64 W
Raton, NM 87740
NRA Whittington Center — Barrett Training
Attn: Yourself
10 Miles S/ SW on Hwy 64
Raton, NM 87740
Shipping your rifle to ARENA TRAINING FACILITY:
Due to the nature of this facility, shipping instructions will be sent to you in a confirmation email upon completion of registration.
Shipping your rifle to Arena Training Facility:
Attn: — Barrett Course
200 Sherman Road
Blakely, GA 39823


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1785 Bocage Map of Attica, Megaris and Euboea, Ancient GreeceMegaris-bocage-1791
1785 Bocage Map of Attica, Megaris and Euboea, Ancient GreeceMegaris-bocage-1791
1785 (dated) 8 x 12 in (20.32 x 30.48 cm)
Anacharsis was a Scythian philosopher who travelled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th century BCe. Apparently he made a great impression on the Greeks, who considered him a forthright, outspoken 'barbarian. He is considered a forerunner of the Cynics.
Jean Denis Barbie du Bocage (1760 - 1825) and his son Jean-Guillaume Barbie du Bocage (1795 - 1848) were French cartographers and cosmographers active in Paris during late 18th and early 19th centuries. The elder Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis, was trained as a cartographer and engraver in the workshops of mapmaking legend J. B. B. d'Anville. At some point Jean Denis held the post of Royal Librarian of France and it was through is associations with d'Anville that the d'Anville collection of nearly 9000 maps was acquired by French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The younger Barbie du Bocage, Jean-Guillaume, acquired a position shortly afterwards at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, in time, became its head, with the title of Geographe du Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres.


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Lawyer told case could not go to jury trial due to "secrecy reasons" over "national security" Paul Joseph Watson
Friday, November 4, 2011
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura said he would now refer to the country of his birth as the "Fascist States of America" after a judge dismissed his case challenging airport pat downs, adding that his only recourse now would be to run for President.
"Ventura made his comments outside the federal courthouse in St. Paul, where in January he sued to challenge the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) airport security procedures," reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "The suit was thrown out because Congress set up the law so that all such challenges must be brought directly in Circuit Courts of Appeals, wrote U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson."
"They said they don't have jurisdiction," Ventura told reporters. "Well my question is if the federal courts don't have jurisdiction over a constitutional question then who the hell does?"
A further detail that Ventura revealed on the Alex Jones Show which has not been picked up by mainstream media reports is the fact that Ventura's lawyer was told the case could not go to a jury trial due to "secrecy reasons" related to national security.
"You cannot know what's legal for the TSA to do or not, it's considered national security, so there's no way to know if you're being abused or not," said Ventura, adding, "The judge said it in the ruling, it's secret and we have no way of knowing whether the Governor was abused or not."
Speaking to the Alex Jones Show today, Ventura spoke of his fury about how an American citizen was not even allowed to go to court to defend the Bill of Rights, adding that from now on he would refer to the U.S. as the "Fascist States of America" and would refuse to stand for the national anthem.
Vowing to "never fly commercial" again, Ventura gave a passionate press conference today, expressing his anger at TSA grope down procedures that force people like himself with metal implants to go through humiliating pat downs every time they pass through airport security.
"I want a trial by jury. They tell me I can have a jury decide my fate!" Ventura said, refering to the judge who dismissed the case as a "coward". "If given a jury, I will win," he added.
Ventura said the fact that he would have to go to the lengths of becoming President simply to have his day in court with the TSA was ridiculous. Asked by a reporter whether he was planning to run, Ventura responded, "I'm thinking about it."
"I will not, in a free country, be treated like a criminal," said Ventura, adding that he and his wife intended to apply for Mexican citizenship.
Referring to 9/11, Ventura questioned the reasoning behind the whole war on terror. "George Bush said we were attacked because they were jealous of our freedoms. So we take away our freedoms so they won't be jealous anymore?" he said. "I think they're winning."
During his interview on the Alex Jones Show, Ventura put out a 'come and get me' plea to the Libertarian Party, indicating that he will run for President if they approach him. Ventura has also said he would seriously consider being Ron Paul's Vice-President pick if the Congressman was successful in the Republican nomination or if Paul ran as the Libertarian Party candidate.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Ventura Decries "Fascist" America After Judge Tosses TSA Case
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WHEN DAVID Burzillo's students arrived for his high school class this September, they started talking about the big bang. Then they moved onto the formation of the stars polka-dotting the night sky. These are not topics students were used to covering in a typical history class.
Then again, nothing about Burzillo's course — part of the groundbreaking Big History Project — is typical. The curriculum reaches further back than any course of its kind, covering everything from the formation of Earth to the evolution of life to the Industrial Revolution to the modern day.
Of course, that's a considerable span for students to cover in one school year — 13.7 billion years, more or less — a feat made possible by a largely historical, rather than scientific, focus. "We're taking the best evidence from physics and the best evidence from chemistry and biology, and we're weaving it together into a story," explains Burzillo, who teaches at the private Rivers School in Weston. "They're not going to learn how to balance [chemical] equations, but they're going to learn how the chemical elements came out of the death of stars, and that's really interesting."
The history of the Big History Project goes back only about two decades. That's when an Australian expert in Russian history, David Christian, decided that budding historians needed a broader context to make sense of their individual specialties. He knew a big picture existed but that it was often overlooked by academia.
"There ought to be a whole of history somewhere, but no one really teaches it or talks about it," Christian says today. So he developed a college-level course covering it all — from the first blast of energy that started the universe to the skyscrapers lining our city streets. "If you say to [students], 'Let's have a go at taking an overview of the whole damn thing,' as crazy as that sounds," he says, "they're going to have a road map, they're going to see how everything fits together."
Christian's lectures eventually caught the attention of Bill Gates, who approached him with the idea of introducing a similar course in high schools. Planning started 2½ years ago, and last year the program was piloted at eight schools — including the Rivers School with Burzillo. This year, more than 3,000 kids in roughly 50 high schools worldwide are participating in the pilot's second phase.
In Big History classes, students engage with the course content through an interactive, video-heavy website; no textbook required. Burzillo believes this sort of approach lets students learn, rather than simply memorize facts. They understand why stars can power themselves for billions of years or why the agricultural revolution allowed for our modern society.
Big History promotes examining evidence, thinking critically about how we know what we know, and looking at problems from an interdisciplinary perspective — valuable skills for a generation growing up in a world of climate change, disease, and global economies.
"All the interesting questions that need to be answered — or that people want to answer — about life, the future, whatever, are going to involve collaboration between different disciplines," says Burzillo. "This course . . . shows how that collaboration can take place."
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FOR THREE YEARS in a row, 100 percent of the seniors graduating from Cristo Rey Boston were accepted to four-year colleges, even though a majority of its students qualify for free or reduced-price federal lunches, two-thirds are being raised by single parents, and the average family income among students is just $26,000 per year. Part of a network of 25 Catholic high schools across the country, Cristo Rey's work-study program, which begins freshman year, gives children from lower economic rungs opportunities similar to those of their better-off peers by cutting the $10,300 cost of tuition by 60 percent; private funding covers another 30 percent, so parents end up paying $1,130 a year.
Cristo Rey students work five days a month in a corporate environment. "Most of these kids have never been in an office," says Jeff Thielman, the Dorchester school's president. "The work-study program motivates them to stay in high school and go on to college, because they're interacting with all sorts of professionals who have degrees. They're seeing these people work and saying, 'I don't want to be the person doing the filing the rest of my life.' "
It worked for Phillip Benevides, who was valedictorian of his class at Cristo Rey in 2011 and is now a sophomore at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. When he started in the medical records department at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge his freshman year, he thought he wanted to work in theater — but now he's changed his mind. "After three or four weeks I just fell in love with it," he says of his hospital work. Benevides has to declare his major at the end of this academic year, and he's now seriously considering the medical field — possibly a career in pharmacy, nursing, or psychology. But even more than achieving the considerable goal of giving him career options, Cristo Rey's work-study program helped Benevides grow up. "The first day I went in to Mount Auburn," he recalls, "I was this scared little freshman who had no idea what I was doing, no idea what to expect. By the time I left, I was like 'OK, interviews are not that hard; having meetings for work — piece of cake.' And if I wanted to find another job, I just needed to have the confidence to go out into the world."
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THOUGH KIDS might feel like they spend half their lives in the classroom, the fact is that over the course of a year, school takes up only 20 percent of the hours children are awake. For kids from well-off families, especially those with college-educated parents, homework plus arts programs, learning-based summer camps, tutors, and town-sponsored sports teams supplement the three R's, advocates say. The vast majority of children at or below the poverty line, however, have difficulty completing their homework, according to the Center for Public Education, and have less access to structured extracurricular activities. Studies have shown that both increase learning and lower dropout rates.
"By far the biggest difference in the lives of kids from these two groups is what's happening outside of school, not inside," says Chris Gabrieli, founder of Mass 2020, an initiative that aims to extend educational and economic opportunities for Massachusetts children and families.
If disadvantaged students' lives outside the classroom aren't as well rounded, Gabrieli reasoned, why not give them enrichment during the school day? His organization is leading an effort to add up to 50 percent more school time to the average kid's day — say, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, along with 18 Saturdays a year and a month in the summer. Nineteen schools in Massachusetts have adopted at least part of the program, and more are adopting it nationwide.
Kids who need help in a certain area are given extra time with an instructor, and all kids take electives, from sports to drama club.
A DIGITAL REVOLUTION is coming soon — to your child's backpack. Boston-based Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), which publishes about half of the textbooks in the country, in August teamed up with Kno, a software company in Santa Clara, California, that creates interactive digital textbooks for college students, to bring the idea to parents in the K-through-12 market. The 200,000 or so titles now available in subjects ranging from philosophy to calculus to French offer interactivity, cross-platform use, and enhanced content like video simulations, 3-D renderings, annotations, bookmarks, and ad-free links, at a cost of $5 to $125 per book, depending on the text.
Besides that content, the big plus, says HMH's executive vice president for strategy and alliances, Tim Cannon, is access. Because a given book's data are held in The Cloud, a student can leave his textbook at school and still pick up reading where he left off on his iPad during the trip home in the car, switch to his mother's smartphone while waiting for dinner, and then finish his assignment on the desktop in his bedroom. "You can see everything you've done with the previous two devices," Cannon points out.
An added benefit is that kids don't have to lug a huge pile of books back and forth between home and school. "I weighed my fifth-grade daughter's backpack, and it was 27 pounds," says Kno CEO and cofounder Osman Rashid. "She weighs 60." Even if their children's schools have not gone digital, parents may be able to get digital versions of the books their kids are using in class; leaving the textbook at school completely eliminates the backpack. "The people who are going to hate us the most," says Rashid, "are chiropractors."
ONE OF THE BIGGEST differences in learning between children from privileged backgrounds and those who are disadvantaged doesn't take place during the school year at all. Students in the former category might spend their summers taking karate, visiting the library with a parent or sitter, and learning about history during family vacations. Kids in the latter category often miss out, and studies have shown that ignoring skills learned in the school year comes at a price. Students can lose up to three months of skills before school starts again in September, and once they're behind, they tend to stay behind.
Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL), a national nonprofit founded 20 years ago and based in Boston, has figured out a way to change that. It gives the highest-needs kids from the highest-needs schools six weeks of project-based academics with a district's best teachers in the morning, along with enrichment activities in the afternoon and field trips on Fridays.
Does it work? BELL's standardized evaluation tests revealed that during BELL Summer, kids across the country increased an average of 10 percentile points in both reading and math, significantly shrinking the gap between their academic performance and their peers'.
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Correction: Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this story mischaracterized part of the Big History Project curriculum. The high-school course spans the Big Bang to modern day, but does not cover the European debt crisis.


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According to the SEC's complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, James Davis Risher of Sanibel was responsible for handling the fund's trading operations, and Daniel Joseph Sebastian of Lakeland distributed offering materials and solicited investors for the fund. Risher boasted to investors that he had substantial experience in trading equities and providing wealth and asset management services. In reality, Risher had no such experience but rather a lengthy criminal history, spending 11 of the last 21 years in jail instead of growing a thriving retail brokerage business as he claimed.
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"Risher, who masqueraded as a highly successful equity trader, teamed up with Sebastian to tout sophisticated trading strategies they claimed would generate substantial profits for investors. Instead, Risher and Sebastian used investors' life savings and retirement nest eggs to line their own pockets," said Eric Bustillo, Director of the SEC's Miami Regional Office.
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The consumer group is pushing for greater legislation of lead in cosmetics. At least some sectors of the medical community are backing it up, noting that the lead we can take in our lipstick can build up and cause problems over time. Perhaps not surprisingly, the cosmetics industry doesn't think there's a problem.
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Late in June, the Austin City Council endorsed Austin Urban Rail, a $1.4 billion proposal to build a light-rail line through downtown along the city's East Side. The council's unanimous vote clears the way for a bond measure to appear on the ballot in the November election. This is the closest Austin has come to light rail since 2000, when voters defeated a light-rail proposal by a narrow vote.
Not every transit advocate is elated by the news. In fact, some of them are madder than all hell. A number of groups that support smart growth in Austin appear every bit as devoted to stopping Austin Urban Rail as the people who don't want to fund public transit, period. The project may even unite those groups—who otherwise do not share interests—in common cause.
What's at stake is not just the future of the Austin Urban Rail line. The November vote will go a long way in determining whether Austin—one of the fastest growing cities, and regions, in the country—will ditch its dependence on cars.
At the heart of the issue is whether the East Side corridor is the best candidate for Austin Urban Rail. In this respect, pro-transit groups may be making the perfect the enemy of the good. A my-way-or-the-highway approach to supporting light rail in the Texas capital is only going to win transit advocates the highway: specifically, Interstate 35.
Austin Urban Rail is the centerpiece of Project Connect, a partnership between Central Texas transportation agencies. Project Connect aims to boost transit in Austin and the region through commuter rail, bus rapid transit, light rail, and even express lanes. The 9.5-mile Austin Urban Rail track would be the first leg in the light-rail scheme; this route would connect East Riverside Drive in the south to the Austin Community College District at the former site of Highland Mall in the north, with stops at the Austin Convention Center, the Capitol, and the University of Texas at Austin along the way.
In an editorial for the Austin American-Statesman, Marcus Denton calls the Riverside-Highland route the "wrong route, selected for the wrong reasons." Denton is the urban rail committee co-chair of Austinites for Urban Rail Action (AURA), a relatively new grassroots organization devoted to smart transit and land-use policy in Austin. Like many other public transportation advocates in the city, Denton would overwhelmingly prefer to see light rail take another route—along the city's West Side.
Opponents of the Austin Urban Rail plan are of two stripes. First and foremost are those who don't want to see any rail built whatsoever. Jim Skaggs, a director of the Coalition of Sustainable Transportation, is a devoted road advocate who was critical in the effort to defeat the (much larger) light-rail system proposed back in 2000. Skaggs is joined by countless Texan skeptics (and drivers). On the other hand are newer pro-transit efforts, like AURA and Our Rail, as well as longtime public transit proponents such as Lyndon Henry, all of whom suddenly find themselves lining up with the opposition now that a viable light-rail project is on the table.
The folks who support light rail—but not this light rail—overwhelmingly prefer an alternative line running along the Guadalupe-Lamar corridor on the West Side. A denser part of the city, characterized by some new multi-family developments (even a residential tower or two), the West Side is currently served by a bus-rapid transit system and will be brought into the light-rail system, eventually. West Side advocates say building light rail where people already live is crucial to its success. Meanwhile, the East Side route is characterized by projected growth.
"Economic development is the wrong reason to build a rail route," Denton writes in his editorial. "Central Austin does not need help from rail in order to develop economically."
No doubt he's right about growth in Central Texas. (Austin, the nation's capital for population growth, is surrounded by some of the fastest-growing suburbs in the nation, including San Marcos, Cedar Park, and Georgetown. The larger goal of Project Connect is to knit together all these emerging communities.) But crucially, a light-rail line along the East Side would encourage this inevitable growth to take the shape of transit-oriented development.
The outcome governed by inertia is bound to be more of the same: single-family structures, strip-mall developments, and more and more surface parking lots. In arguing for the Guadalupe-Lamar corridor or nothing, the ostensible friends of transit not only guarantee that the developing parts of Austin follow the old, bad patterns, they may doom Austin to nothing—no light rail now or maybe even in the foreseeable future.
In lining up against Austin Urban Rail on the East Side, transit advocates are demonstrating a narrow agenda that's near-sighted in three ways. The biggest myopia concerns funding. Austin is seeking grants from the Federal Transportation Administration to cover half the project's $1.4 billion cost (with the remaining $700 million funded mostly, but not entirely, through new city mobility funds). According to Kyle Keahey, head of Project Connect, the Guadalupe-Lamar corridor—where a bus-rapid transit system is being implemented with FTA support—isn't eligible for this level of federal funding.
"Fact is, Lamar has always been part of the system plan," Keahey says in an email. "We firmly believe that Lamar can produce a successful fixed-guideway application in the future. However, with a FTA Very Small Starts Grant that is only half-implemented, we don't think the timing is at all right to pursue another, significantly larger grant in the same corridor."
Bus rapid transit is another cataract obscuring a clear vision for Austin transit. Plainly, Austinites haven't fallen for the city's MetroRapid system, which Capital Metro launched in January. The buses travel in mixed-traffic for most of the route. Lyndon Henry, who edits the blog Austin Rail Now, argues that bus rapid transit is only acceptable as a precursor to light rail. "It's the same as sitting in traffic, but now you're sitting in traffic stopping at a lot of places with a lot of other people," one Austin resident told NPR.
In other words, Austin's bus rapid transit isn't true bus rapid transit. At least not yet. Despite a roll-out that could be fairly described as disastrous, there's nothing barring Austin from improving MetroRapid so it operates more like the model lines it was designed to emulate, including Cleveland's HealthLine or Emerald Express in Eugene, Oregon.
Finally—and here is where the critics stand on firmest ground—the Austin City Council will in all likelihood bundle the bond measure for Austin Urban Rail with bonds for roads. Next month, the council will decide on some number of highway projects totaling around $480 million to put on the November ballot. Most of these are improvements for I-35, the bête noire of any Austin transit supporter (or driver, really). That makes for a bitter pill for light-rail supporters like the Sierra Club and Bike Texas to swallow.
The council appears to think that tacking on as much as $400 million in road funding will make it easier for voters (for drivers, really) to accept a $600 million bond vote for urban rail. That may be right: A poll conducted last year by the Downtown Austin Alliance found that registered voters opposed rail by a slim majority—51 percent—if it meant paying higher property taxes (on the order of $180 per year). Politics makes strange bedfellows. Hell, light-rail purists may find themselves working alongside highway advocates to beat Austin Urban Rail at the ballot.
There are things that Austin Urban Rail skeptics get plain wrong. Obsessing over the relatively small sums that Project Connect and pro-rail groups are spending on marketing is ticky-tack foul calling. But they're right that the official Austin apparatus deserves greater scrutiny for building dedicated transit applications only on roads that are already free of traffic, whether for bus rapid transit or Austin Urban Rail. That's one way to keep right-of-way costs down—and capping those costs was a driving concern in selecting Austin's light-rail line, Keahey tells me.
"Applying this same approach to the Guadalupe-Lamar corridor is problematic, as it would suggest that either two lanes of this busy street would be eliminated or the acquisition of the many businesses along the street would be required," he says.
At some point, Austin is going to have to choose to take cars off the road. That's not going to be fun or easy. What voters need to decide between now and November is whether a light-rail project with some flaws—relatively high per-mile costs for a starter line and potentially low ridership to start off; a "path of least resistance," as Jace Deloney puts it—is better than the alternative. Federal funding isn't going to be available forever. The alternative may well be sitting in traffic on I-35 for another generation.
Correction: The 2014 Austin Strategic Mobility Report recommends a total of $400 million in road projects, not $250 million. The same report recommends a $600 million bond for light rail, not a $700 million bond, with the source of $100 million in funding left unspecified. These figures will be finalized if and when the Council takes further action in June. Also, the post incorrectly referred to Austin's mobility funds as the Central Texas Regional Mobility fund.
This article is part of 'The Future of Transportation,' a CityLab series made possible with support from The Rockefeller Foundation.
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What is a Student-Athlete Advisory Committee? (SAAC)
A student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC) is a committee made up of student-athletes assembled to provide insight on the student-athlete experience. The SAAC also offers input on the rules, regulations and polices that affect student-athletes' lives on NCAA member institution campuses.
Presently, there are separate national SAACs for NCAA Divisions I, II and III. NCAA legislation mandates that all member institutions have SAACs on their respective campuses. Further, NCAA legislation requires that all member conferences have SAACs.
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The mission of the NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is to enhance the total student-athlete experience by promoting opportunity for all student-athletes; protecting student-athlete welfare; and fostering a positive student-athlete image.
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The Division II SAAC will be guided by the following principles: ethics, integrity, fairness and respect for diversity, which shall include attention to gender, race, ethnicity and sport.
Governing Rule
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People are taking this steroid stuff too seriously, we think. We're in the midst of reading "Game Of Shadows" right now, and even though it's damning and impeccably sourced and all those Big Serious Important Things, we're also finding it awfully funny. We love Victor Conte, with his stoner musician roots and sudden eureka moment when he decides, "Hey, you know what? Now I'm going to pretend I'm a doctor!"
Anyway, if you feel like the word "steroids" is fraying your funny bone, take heart: McSweeney's Ben Greenman — also an editor at The New Yorker has weighed in with one of his classic news-event-as-Broadway-musical routines, this time setting the saga of Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, et al, to music. How it starts:
MARK McGWIRE:
I'm skinny.
I'm scrawny.
I'd rather be brawny.
But bulking up is such hard labor.
I won't do It without
An easier route.
Maybe I'll go ask my neighbor.
(McGWIRE trots next door, where he finds his friend, JOSE CANSECO.)
All kinds of goofy silliness, enough to cheer a fellow even in the midst of roid rage. Well, except Bonds. He only laughs while in drag.
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Saint Catherine's College has as its first aim the espousal and exposition of Christian values; it offers its pupils the opportunity and expertise to realise their moral potential; it encourages service to others and the exercise of charity in all senses of the word.
Religious Education is compulsory for all pupils. The approach combines both information and formation. The Christian ethos of the school is celebrated at liturgies, assemblies, prayer services and retreats. The uniqueness of Saint Catherine's College Christian ethos is strongly reflected in the Sacred Heart philosophy. The Director of Chaplaincy plays an important role in the pursuit of the aims of Sacred Heart education.
The Prayer Room provides an ambience of peace and calm, away from the pressures of our busy modern world. Students are free to visit the Prayer Room at lunch time under the guidance of members of the school ethos committee.
Faith in Action lies at the heart of what Religious Education in St Catherine's College represents. Pupils have the opportunity to enjoy a living relationship with God through their care for others.
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The Air Force commander who overturned a jury's guilty verdict in a sexual assault case - enraging members of Congress and prompting talk of military justice reform - explained his case in a letter to a top Pentagon official, saying he found the accused officer and his wife more believable than the alleged victim.
In a detailed six page letter to Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin lays out why he decided to reverse the verdict - a widely criticized move that led to the Defense Department proposing that commanders be largely stripped of their ability to reverse criminal convictions of service members. The letter was obtained by The Associated Press.
The woman accused Lt. Col. James Wilkerson of sexually assaulting her after a party at his house. Wilkerson and his wife denied the charges but said the woman stayed at their house that night.
A jury convicted Wilkerson, a former inspector general at Aviano Air Base in Italy, Nov. 2 on charges of abusive sexual contact, aggravated sexual assault and three instances of conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman. Wilkerson was sentenced to a year in prison and dismissal from the service, but Franklin overturned the jury's verdict and dismissed the charges.
Franklin, commander of the 3rd Air Force at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, said a host of details led to his decision, including that the victim turned down offers to be driven home from the party, didn't accurately describe the house layout and gave a version of events that he did not find credible. He said Wilkerson was a doting father with a good career and it would be "incongruent" for him to leave his wife in bed, go downstairs and assault a sleeping woman he'd only met earlier that evening.
He acknowledged that Wilkerson didn't pass a polygraph test and that there were some differences between the colonel's version of events and his wife's. Franklin said he took into account Wilkerson's willingness to submit to the lie-detector test as well as additional testimony from others that was ruled inadmissible in the actual court proceedings.
Franklin's letter - which was not previously made public - was met with incredulity by at least one member of Congress, who questioned how Franklin could take evidence deemed not credible by the court and base part of his decision on it.
"Franklin clearly substituted his own independent judgment for that of the convened fact-finding panel," said Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio. "He took some information that was outside of the proceeding and not deemed credible and used his own judgment of what to accept. In the end he concludes that he fully believes Colonel Wilkerson's statement of events, even though the colonel refused to testify and failed a polygraph."
In the letter, Franklin said he was providing the detailed defense of his decision because of the ongoing controversy in the "court of public opinion." But he worried in the letter that providing such a defense could set a dangerous precedent.
As part of the Pentagon recommendations this week, however, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said commanders will still be able to reduce sentences in criminal cases, but said they should be required to defend any such changes in writing.
Franklin's memo lists 18 separate points that led to his decision to overturn the guilty verdict, saying he struggled with the difficult case and spent three weeks reviewing tapes, testimony and dozens of letters submitted in support of Wilkerson.
In the end, he said, "I could not in good conscience let stand the finding of guilty."
Among the problems he found with the verdict, Franklin said:
- The victim turned down three offers of a ride and seemed to have differing reasons why she wanted to stay
- The victim had trouble identifying and describing parts of the house, didn't remember the attacker's mustache and didn't correctly describe her path out of the house
- Wilkerson's wife's account of the events differed in some details from her husband's, but Franklin said the conflicts suggested that the two didn't collude on a manufactured story.
- Testimony from the friend who took the alleged victim to the hospital the next day was not admissible in court, but Franklin said it indicated there could be a reason the woman might be less than candid.
Turner said the letter simply underscores the belief that there is a culture in the military that does not see sexual assault as a serious crime, and that there is a sense that victim is the one at fault. He said Congress is working to address the issue, but in the meantime the Pentagon should set clear standards on how commanders with no legal expertise should handle these types of reviews.
Franklin said he takes sexual assault cases very seriously and reviews all matters fairly.
And he said he concluded that, as a result of his review, he had a "genuine and reasonable doubt" that Wilkerson committed the sexual assault.
"It would have been exceedingly less volatile for the Air Force and for me professionally to have simply approved the finding of guilty," he said. "This would have been an act of cowardice on my part and a breach of my integrity."


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text: There's A Place song There, there's a place, Where I can go, When I feel low, When I feel blue, And it's my mind, And there's no time, When I'm alone. I think of you, And things you do, Go round my head, The things you've said, Like I love only you. In my mind there's no sorrow, Don't you know that it's so, There'll be no sad tomorrow, Don't you know that it's so. There, there's a place, Where I can go, When I feel low, When I feel blue, And it's my mind, And there's no time, When I'm alone. There, there's a place, There's a place. "There's a Place" Song by the Beatles from the album Please Please Me Released 22 March 1963 Recorded 11 February 1963,EMI Studios, London Genre Rock and roll Length 1:49 Label Parlophone Writer McCartney–Lennon Producer George Martin Please Please Me track listing 14 tracks Side one "I Saw Her Standing There" "Misery" "Anna (Go to Him)" "Chains" "Boys" "Ask Me Why" "Please Please Me" Side two "Love Me Do" "P.S. I Love You" "Baby It's You" "Do You Want to Know a Secret" "A Taste of Honey" "There's a Place" "Twist and Shout" "There's a Place" Single by the Beatles A-side "Twist and Shout" Released 2 March 1964 (US) Recorded 11 February 1963 Genre Rock and roll Length 1:49 Label Tollie 9001 Writer(s) McCartney–Lennon Producer George Martin the Beatles singles chronology "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (1963) — "Movie Medley" (1982) "Twist and Shout" (US-1964) — "Twist and Shout" (reissue-1986) "Can't Buy Me Love" (1964) — "Baby It's You" (1995)" "There's a Place" is a song composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and was first released as a track on the Beatles' debut LP, Please Please Me. Lennon and McCartney share lead vocals, with George Harrison providing backing vocals. Please note the text from Wikipedia is imported without editing or authentication. There's A Place (PPM) ©1964 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.


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