George Mason University

Spurs up Gamecocks, most of them.

And then I served as director of clinic at GMU for Skinny Minute and at FMU.

And wearing that hat, it was beautiful to see.

But It came with so many challenges that I didn't anticipate.

We'll talk more about what that really means as we go on.

Chris started his career at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and went on to be executive director of the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State.

Chris, great to have you with me.

Thank

Located further north than most body farms, they study, in particular, bodies left out in cooler weather.

the forensic investigation research station or furs at colorado mesa university meanwhile studies bodies in an elevated arid environment the facility is located almost 5 000 feet above sea level and gets less than 10 inches of rain annually the facility for outdoor research and training or fought at the university of south florida studies bodies in almost the polar opposite environment subtropical close to sea level with swamps and wetlands and a whole lot of rain usually contributing to more rapid body decomposition Finally, covering the Mid-Atlantic region is the Forensic Science Research and Training Lab at George Mason University in Virginia.

While this facility doesn't have a catchy acronym like many of the others , what it does have is the closest proximity to the FBI laboratory in Quantico, which explains why it is a major training ground for FBI investigators as well as other law enforcement.

training offered at george mason includes locating and forensically examining human remains determining time of death and in-depth studies of human skeletons lest you think this is a distinctly american activity though body farms have been opened in other nations as well the australian facility for taphaphonic experimental research or after was opened in 2016 just outside of sydney followed in 2018 by the site for research on experimental and social thanatology or rest in quebec canada Interestingly, both facilities were founded by the same scientist, Dr. Shari Forbes.

We'll turn now to the opinion page of the Quad City Times, and I will read the opinion written by Charles Blahouse, B-L-A-H-O-U-S.

He is the chair and senior research strategist at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a former public trustee for Social Security and Medicare.

And also there is a photograph that sort of applies to this opinion just above it.

It is a person speeding by on a bicycle in front of a big billboard that says the national debt is thirty nine trillion dollars and growing.

Spurs up Gamecocks, most of them.

And then I served as director of clinic at GMU for Skinny Minute and at FMU.

And wearing that hat, it was beautiful to see.

But It came with so many challenges that I didn't anticipate.

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joining me now in addition to Cybersecurity Forensics Program Director and Professor at George Mason University, Dr. Jim Jones.

First to you, Lynn Shaw, Founder and Executive Director, Lynn's Warriors.

She's the host of Lynn's Warriors on YouTube.

to Dr. Jim Jones joining us.

And I want to hear from him and Gunaris on this.

Jones, cybersecurity digital forensics expert, digital forensics program director, professor, George Mason University.

Dr. Jones, thank you for being with us.

The venues were beautiful.

Man, I told you off the air, I don't think people realize how big George Mason University is.

It's big.

It's huge.

Zion Turner got the started quarterback.

He says it was an emotional win after losses at GMU and to Coastal Carolina.

To get this opportunity tonight and what I did tonight and what we did, not what I did, what we did.

As a team, man, it feels so good to watch us sacrifice for each other and make those plays and just pick up one another, lift one another, and basically fix everything that's been going on wrong this season, man.