FROM: NASA
Landing Event
On August 5, 2012 thousands of NASA enthusiasts turned out to support the
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) event at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett
Field, Calif. Photo Credit: NASA Ames Research Center / Eric James
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
CURIOSITY HAS LANDED: LETS PARTY
FROM: NASA
Landing Event
On August 5, 2012 thousands of NASA enthusiasts turned out to support the
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) event at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett
Field, Calif. Photo Credit: NASA Ames Research Center / Eric James
U.S. CONTRIBUTES $41 MILLION TO UN FOR REFUGEES
FROM: U.S. STATE DEPARTMENTState Department Contributes Additional $41 Million to the United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesMedia Note
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
August 7, 2012
The United States is pleased to announce its third contribution this fiscal year toward the 2012 operations of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). With this contribution of more than $41 million, the United States is providing to-date approximately $720 million to the organization, including more than $100 million toward emergency appeals for vulnerable populations from Syria, Sudan, and Mali. These contributions are funded through the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, and help advance UNHCR initiatives worldwide.
U.S. funding will support protection and life-saving assistance as well as refugee repatriation, local integration, and resettlement. U.S. funding supports the provision of water, shelter, food, healthcare, and education to refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and other persons under UNHCR’s care and protection in countries such as South Sudan, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Chad, Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon.
The most recent contribution will support UNHCR’s Annual and Supplementary Program activities listed below:
AFRICA $25 MILLION, SYRIA REGIONAL $9.6 MILLION, GLOBAL OPERATIONS $1.5 MILLION, HEADQUARTERS $2.8 MILLION AND, ASIA/PACIFIC $1.9 MILLION
We continue to salute the vital work of UNHCR, its many partner non-governmental organizations (NGO), and refugee-hosting countries in providing protection to displaced populations around the world.
LIBERTARIAN LEADER CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL WARNS OF WAR WITH SYRIA
FROM: CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL'S WEBSITEMoving toward War in Syria
Last week the House passed yet another bill placing sanctions on Iran and Syria, bringing us closer to another war in the Middle East. We are told that ever harsher sanctions finally will force the targeted nations to bend to our will. Yet the ineffectiveness of previous sanctions teaches us nothing; in truth sanctions lead to war more than they prevent war.
Until last year, Libyan sanctions were touted as a great success story. The regime would change its behavior. Yet NATO bombed the country anyway.
Last week we learned that President Obama signed an intelligence "finding" directing the CIA to covertly assist rebels in Syria. The administration seems determined to fight yet another war in Syria that has nothing to do with American national interests.
We already know that a similar "finding" was signed under the latest Bush administration directing US intelligence to undermine the Iranian government and promote regime change there. Neoconservatives have long demanded that we overthrow the Syrian government before moving on to war against Iran. This bellicosity continues regardless of which party is in the White House.
In Syria we see once again we see how our interventionist policies backfire and make us less secure. Recent news reports point to ties between the Syrian opposition and al-Qaeda (and other extremist groups). A recent article in the Guardian, a British newspaper, exclaimed that, "Al-Qaida turns tide for rebels in battle for eastern Syria." The article quotes an al-Qaeda leader in Syria saying that he meets with the main US-backed Syrian rebel organization, the Free Syrian Army, "almost every day." So by promoting civil war in Syria we end up fueling al-Qaeda.
According to another recent press report, German intelligence services estimate that nearly 100 terrorist attacks have been committed by al-Qaeda or related organizations in Syria over the past six months. Last month a suicide bomber in Syria killed a defense minister and several top government officials. The US government, which has been fighting a "War on Terror" for more than a decade now, refused to condemn that act of terrorism.
This raises the question of whether the US administration is supporting the same people in Syria that we have been fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed these same concerns earlier this year when asked whether the US has been reluctant to arm the Syrian rebels. She answered, "To whom are you delivering them? We know al-Qaida. Zawahiri is supporting the opposition in Syria. Are we supporting al-Qaida in Syria?"
That is a very good question. It clearly demonstrates that the United States has no business at all being involved in the Syrian civil war. In the 1980s we supported a resistance movement in Afghanistan that later gave birth to elements of al-Qaeda and the Taliban. When will we learn our lesson and stop intervening in conflicts we don’t truly understand, conflicts that have nothing to do with American national interests?
SECRETARY OF HHS SEBELIUS GIVES SPEECH ON BULLYING PREVENTION
FROM: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention Summit
August 6, 2012Washington, DC
Thank you for that warm welcome – but more importantly for your commitment to giving our young people the safety and support they need to grow and thrive.
Two years ago we came together for the first-ever National Bullying Summit with 150 state, local, civic and corporate leaders. And we began to map out a comprehensive national plan to end bullying.
There had been efforts in the past to confront bullying. At the Department of Health and Human Services, our Health Resources and Services Administration launched an educational campaign that reached young people everywhere from elementary and middle schools to Boys and Girls Clubs and 4-H clubs. The Department of Justice conducted outreach through its Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and fought to protect bullied students’ civil rights in the courtroom.
The Department of Education worked with state departments of education and local school boards to collect better data and develop anti-bullying policies. And we saw private campaigns and non-profit institutions step up like PACER’s National Center for Bullying Prevention.
All of these efforts were making an impact and reaching young people in need. Yet, we also recognized that despite such a wide array of programs and campaigns, bullying still wasn’t being treated as a national priority.
So we convened the first Summit two years ago where we said, for the first time, that bullying was a serious national challenge requiring a true national response.
Around the same time, our nation faced a number of tragic incidents involving children and teenagers who, having been bullied, felt like they had nowhere to turn and took their own lives. It seized the nation’s attention. And for many, it was a wakeup call. Bullying is not just a harmless rite of passage, or an inevitable part of growing up. It threatens the health and well-being of our young people. It’s destructive to our communities and devastating to our future.
Spurred by these incidents and a new national focus, cities and states began taking aggressive action against bullying. School districts adopted broad anti-bullying resolutions that called on staff to intervene when they witness harassment or teasing. State legislatures passed new anti-bullying laws and strengthened existing ones. In 2009 and 2010 alone, 36 state anti-bullying laws were enacted or amended.
Outside of government, organizations from the National Education Association and Parent Teacher Association to the Cartoon Network launched their own anti-bullying campaigns. And brave young people began stepping up to be leaders, protecting one another in their own communities. I know some of you are here today and I want to thank you for your leadership.
All of this momentum is encouraging. But we also know that our work has only just begun.
Today, one out of five high school students reports being bullied on school property. And as youth spend more of their time on Facebook, email, and text messages, there are more opportunities to bully each other, while hiding it from teachers and parents.
In too many communities bullying is still the norm. More adults may be stepping in to stop it, and more young leaders have stepped up. These actions are important and they can make powerful and lasting impressions. But if we’re going to prevent bullying on a national scale, we must take our efforts deeper still, and work systematically to prevent bullying as early as possible.
We know that the federal government cannot solve these problems on its own. But there are some steps it can take to give you the tools -- especially at this pivotal moment -- to translate today’s unprecedented awareness into action. Let me tell you about some of the ways we’re working to do exactly that.
First, we recognize that there is still a lot more to learn about bullying.
For many years, our understanding was limited to anecdotal evidence, and a scattering of state and local surveys. But we have had very few rigorous scientific studies about the specific factors that put youth at risk for bullying or the specific steps that can protect them.
But that is changing. Our Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have incorporated bullying to its Youth Risk Behavior Survey, the agency’s biennial survey of schools across the country about student health behavior. With new questions in the survey, we have a national picture of how many young people experience bullying and its connection to other risk factors. As the survey is repeated every two years we will be able to measure our progress.
Now as we go forward, we also want to make sure we’re speaking the same language as all of our partners. So we’re working closely with the Department of Education to develop a standard definition of bullying, to get a more accurate and consistent picture of bullying’s prevalence and connection to other health risks. We hope to finalize this effort before the end of the year.
Second, we’re giving people the support to become bullying prevention leaders in their own communities.
Over the years, experts from our Health Resources and Services Administration have gone out to communities where they have trained school staff, coaches, parents and youth about the best practices of bullying prevention.
But we were limited in how many people we could reach directly. We knew that bullying was taking place in nearly every community in America, and we didn’t have the resources to go everywhere.
We do however have the tools to empower community leaders with the best information and expertise to train and lead their own colleagues and neighbors. That’s the idea behind the new Training Module we’re making available for the first time today on Stopbullying.gov.
Over and over again we’ve heard from local leaders who say ‘I want to establish a bullying prevention plan for my community, but I don’t know where to begin.’ Now, they have a great place to begin. They can download this research-based training right from the website, adapt it to their own needs and deliver it at their own trainings and community events. The training module is also paired with a Community Action Toolkit that leaders can use to develop and roll out more comprehensive prevention strategies tailored to their own communities’ needs.
This is just the latest terrific resource available on stopbullying.gov, which has become the country’s one-stop shop for bullying prevention tools. Its resource database includes more than 100 proven tool-kits, fact sheets, articles and program directories.
And it’s not just for policy makers like us: Stopbullying.gov is a great starting point for young adults, teens, parents, and anyone who works with young people. There is a revamped section for kids. And for young people who might be thinking about hurting themselves, the website shows them where they can get immediate help.
Now, we’ve also been focusing on the media. For many reporters and producers, bullying is a new topic. Some are still informed by outdated notions that bullying may be harmless or unavoidable. Others may see the tragedy of the single child victimized by a bully, but fail to recognize its far deeper impact on public health and public safety.
So our Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has launched a task force of both journalists and experts in bullying prevention. They’re working together to create background material, guidelines and other resources for journalists, bloggers, producers, and writers who cover bullying. Our goal is to help them provide accurate information so that Americans can understand what is truly going on among our youth, and learn how they can make a difference.
I want to close by thanking all of you again for your leadership and your partnership. This may be only our 3rd Annual Summit, but I know many of you have been working on these issues for many years. Bullying is not new. These are behaviors that have been around a long time. They are attitudes that have been handed down from one generation to the next.
What we need now are not just stronger programs and more persuasive campaigns – although they are critical. We also need to continue changing a culture that too often says, "It’s not my responsibility."
We must do more. Building safe neighborhoods and schools where young people can thrive is a job for all of us -- not just government or schools or parents. We are all responsible. And no one can afford to be a bystander.
As a mother, I have seen the awful power of bullying on young people. And I know that any parent would move heaven and earth to defend her child from the pain and fear a bully might cause. Together, we can build a nation, where every single child, no matter who she is or where he lives, gets that same protection and support.
Thank you.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WORKING TO COMBAT CHILD LABOR IN CAMBODIA
FROM: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABORUS Department of Labor announces $10 million competitive solicitation for cooperative agreements to combat child labor in Cambodia
WASHINGTON —The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs today announced a $10 million competitive solicitation for cooperative agreements to combat child labor in Cambodia's agriculture, fishing and fisheries/aquaculture, and domestic service sectors.
Projects funded under the solicitation will focus on reducing social exclusion and promoting economic opportunities for Cambodian households with children who are vulnerable to child labor. Eligible applicants should address ways to combat child labor by increasing children's access to quality education and vocational/skills training; promoting sustainable livelihoods for affected households; increasing beneficiaries' access to national social protection programs that help households overcome dependence on child labor to meet basic needs; and increasing access to decent jobs for young people of legal working age.
Applicants must respond to the entire scope of work outlined in the solicitation and demonstrate a proven ability to manage complex projects designed to improve the lives of children.
Applications must be submitted by Oct. 2 at 5 p.m. EDT electronically via http://www.grants.gov or as hard copies mailed to the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Procurement Services, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Room S-4307, Washington, D.C. 20210, Attention: Brenda White and James Kinslow.
Congress has appropriated funds for ILAB to conduct technical cooperation projects to combat child labor internationally. Projects funded by ILAB include targeted action programs in specific sectors of work and comprehensive programs that support national efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor as defined by International Labor Organization Convention 182. ILAB grants help rescue children from exploitative labor through the provision of education and other services. ILAB supports the collection of reliable data on child labor and helps strengthen the capacity of governments to address child labor in a sustainable way.
DEFENSE SECRETARY PANETTA BELIEVES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY ESSENTIAL
FROM: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSEPanetta: DOD-Community Partnerships Essential in AusterityBy Amaani Lyle
American Forces Press Service
MONTEREY, Calif., Aug. 6, 2012 - Partnerships between the Defense Department and civilian communities always have been important, but are essential in a challenging fiscal environment, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said here today.
In a keynote address at the Association of Defense Communities conference, Panetta announced that two communities will receive grants under a $300 million congressional appropriation for transportation infrastructure improvements in communities affected by the 2005 round of base realignments and closures.
One grant will provide the city of Lakewood, Wash., with $5.7 million for improvements to the Freedom Bridge overpass near Madigan Army Medical Center. Montgomery County, Md., will receive $40 million for improvements to pedestrian, bicycle and public transportation access around the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Panetta said the grants represent a commitment to working with communities affected by base realignments and closures.
In his 16 years in Congress, the secretary said, he became deeply familiar with the full range of issues affecting defense communities. When Fort Ord, Calif., was designated for closure in 1991, he added, it presented the most difficult challenge of his career in Congress. He credited collaboration between the military and local communities with finding an appropriate reuse of the land that once represented 25 percent of the community's jobs. The effort overcame "incredible, complicated, and sometimes nonsensical bureaucracy," he said.
"Out of crisis, this community developed an opportunity to allow our area to succeed in the face of this difficult challenge," he added.
Proposals ran the gamut from theme parks to prisons, Panetta said, but military and civilian leaders ultimately agreed on the site's fate.
"All of us felt that probably the best centerpiece we could have for the reuse of that area was to be able to locate a campus of the university system there," Panetta said, adding that the site is now home to California State University Monterey Bay. The Fort Ord Dunes State Park, residential subdivisions, a veterans' transition center and a nature preserve also occupy the area today. In April, President Barack Obama signed a proclamation designating a 14,651-acre portion of the former post as the Fort Ord National Monument.
The Fort Ord experience, Panetta said, serves as an appropriate backdrop to the "very real fiscal crisis" facing the Defense Department and defense communities as the nation emerges from a decade of war only to face severe budget cuts. Regardless of whether more realignments and closures are forthcoming, he said, the Defense Department is going to have to look at basing infrastructure as it seeks to reduce overhead costs.
The first four BRAC rounds, Panetta said, are producing $8 billion in annual savings, and a comparable figure from the 2005 BRAC round is $4 billion. He acknowledged that unfinished business remains from previous BRAC rounds, and pledged to work to resolve remaining concerns.
Meanwhile, the Defense Department must continue to seek innovative ways to work with communities to advance shared interests, Panetta said, particularly when that cooperation can reduce costs.
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LEON PANETTA'S MESSAGE ON THE "ARAB SPRING"
FROM: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSETrip Message: "Arab Spring" - Challenge and Opportunity
As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, The Pentagon, Tuesday, August 07, 2012
To All Department of Defense Personnel:
Last week, I took a four-day trip to the Middle East and North Africa – my 13th international TDY as a Secretary of Defense. Now that I am back in Washington, I wanted to share some of my experiences from the trip with you.
My visit to Tunisia, Egypt, Israel and Jordan took place during a critical moment for the region. Amidst a great deal of turmoil, a real confluence of challenges and opportunities is emerging. We've seen peaceful democratic transitions in Tunisia and Egypt, brutal violence in Syria, and a continued threat to regional stability posed by Iran and violent extremism.
As we left Washington on the way to Tunisia, it was clear that this trip would encompass many of these challenges and opportunities. Our first stop was Tunis, the capital of Tunisia and the site of the ancient city of Carthage. Tunisia was the birthplace of the Arab Spring, and one of the main purposes of the visit was to commend Tunisia's leaders, and the people of Tunisia, on the success of their revolution. In meetings with President Marzouki, Prime Minister Jebali and Minister of Defense Zbidi I told them that the United States strongly supported Tunisia's democratic transition. We all agreed that Tunisia's emergence as a democracy provides an opportunity to build an expanded relationship across a range of issues – including economic and security cooperation.
After a series of bilateral meetings, I had the opportunity to pay my respects at the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial in Carthage, where nearly 7,000 U.S. personnel who were killed or missing during the North Africa campaign in World War II are memorialized. It was an incredibly moving experience to lay a wreath at the cemetery, which is immaculately maintained thanks to the dedication of the American Battle Monuments Commission. I paused beside the grave of Foy Draper, an American gold medalist who ran with Jesse Owens during the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Draper was killed in the battle of Kasserine Pass in 1943. Like thousands of others who perished during that campaign, he will never be forgotten.
After visiting the cemetery, we made a brief stop to see the ruins of the old forum at Carthage, situated atop Byrsa Hill overlooking the blue waters of the Mediterranean. During a brief tour of the Carthage National Museum, I paused to look at beautiful, ancient mosaics – testament to the rich culture and history of the region.
My visit to Tunisia ended with an Iftar dinner graciously hosted by Minister of Defense Zbidi. It was an honor to break the Ramadan fast with the Minister and Tunisia's senior military leaders, who have played a very positive role in the revolution. Tunisia still faces a number of challenges as it continues its democratic consolidation, but I came away from my time their impressed with its leaders courage and vision, and pleased to be able to assure them that the United States supports Tunisia's democratic change.
Our next stop on this trip was Cairo. Egypt is also undergoing a peaceful democratic transition, and the main purpose of this visit was to meet with their newly elected leader, President Morsi, and with Field Marshal Tantawi, who has been instrumental in leading the historic transition to democratic, civilian rule. The U.S.-Egypt security relationship has been the bedrock of regional stability for more than 30 years. President Morsi affirmed his commitment to that partnership. In private and in public, my message to Egypt's leadership and the Egyptian people was simple: the United States strongly supports Egypt's democratic future through an orderly, peaceful and legitimate transition to a democratic system of government.
From Cairo I took a quick flight aboard a C-17 to Tel Aviv for my second visit to Israel as Secretary of Defense – and my fifth since joining the Obama administration in 2009. I have built a strong working relationship with my counterpart, Minister of Defense Ehud Barak, and he joined me at my hotel in Jerusalem for a private dinner soon after I arrived. Our conversation focused on the range of pressing security challenges confronting Israel and the United States in the region – most notably Iran's nuclear ambitions and the violence being perpetrated by the Assad regime in Syria, on Israel's northern border. The challenges facing the U.S. and Israel are significant, but in the face of those challenges we have reached what Minister Barak has called the strongest levels of defense cooperation in our history.
One tangible sign of that cooperation is the $275 million we have provided Israel to acquire the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system. During my time in Israel, Minister Barak and I had the opportunity to travel to the outskirts of Ashkelon – about 45 minutes south of Tel Aviv – to tour an Iron Dome battery. Iron Dome has had a better than 80 percent success rate at hitting rockets fired from Gaza into Israeli population centers, and it has successfully intercepted more than 100 rockets. We can be proud of this system's record of saving lives and preventing wider conflict in that region.
At the Iron Dome battery, I spoke publicly of the United States's rock solid commitment to Israel's security, which extends to dealing with the threat posed by Iran. The United States shares Israel's commitment to preventing a nuclear-armed Iran, and I carried that message to President Peres and Prime Minister Netanyahu. While we are focused on increasing diplomatic pressure on Iran through sanctions, I also made clear, publicly and privately, that all options are on the table.
From Israel, I made the short trip to Amman, Jordan, to consult with King Abdullah. This was my first trip to Jordan as Secretary of Defense. The situation in Syria, and its impact on Jordan, dominated our discussion. I told the King we appreciate Jordan's efforts to keep his country's borders open to those fleeing the violence in Syria, and that we will work closely with the Government of Jordan to provide humanitarian assistance in support of those affected by the violence in Syria. We both agreed that strong international pressure needs to be sustained to make clear that Assad must go, and that the Syrian people deserve to determine their own future.
After my meeting with the King, I returned to the airport and boarded the Air Force E4-B for the twelve and a half hour flight back to Washington. On the flight, I reflected on the many challenges and opportunities that are facing the region.
In each country, there was a clear desire for closer partnership with our military, and once again I was struck by the deep respect foreign leaders have for our Department of Defense. That is a tribute to you – the millions of men and women who support our mission of protecting the country, and advancing U.S. security interests around the globe. In a time of challenge and turmoil, your efforts are helping American play a positive role in supporting change throughout the region.
You will always have my gratitude, and the gratitude of the American people, for your work in helping us achieve a safer and more secure future.
MAKING A LASER FROM TOY PIECES?
FROM: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE "ARMED WITH SCIENCE"LEGO LASER!
By jtozer
For his day time job, William Adams works in the Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence at the Naval Research Laboratory, supporting research in human-robot interaction, sensing, and autonomy. He manages the resources of the Center’s robot lab, and keeps the Center’s Mobile, Dexterous, Social (MDS) robots – Octavia, Isaac, and Lucas – operating and configured to meet research needs.
It was in April of 2012 that NRL opened the brand-new Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research facility. The building and opening of that one-of-a-kind facility sparked an idea in William’s mind that led to a LEGO model. For those of us who enjoyed simple LEGO projects as children or with our children, the scope of this project is beyond our imagination.
Here’s how William describes the project:
How long did it take you to build the LEGO model of LASR?It took approximately 120 hours, working a few evenings a week, over the course of 3 months. It also took seven trips to the three local Lego stores to buy additional bricks.
Do you know how many pieces are used in the model?It wasn’t practical to keep an accurate tally during construction, but I have made a rather detailed post-construction estimate of 13,400 pieces.
Tell us about the details from inside some of the LASR rooms. Were you able to build all of the actual LASR environments in your LEGO model?Limitations on time and brick (the community’s collective term for LEGO pieces) prevented a complete interior, but I tried to represent most of the spaces. The Reconfigurable Prototyping High Bay, Littoral High Bay, Desert High Bay,Tropical High Bay, Power and Energy Lab, two Human-System Interaction Labs, the Machine Shop, Electrical Shop, and changing room all have full interiors.
What sparked the idea for you to attempt making this model?LEGO recently released a line of architectural kits, all in a very small scale. I had some aging LEGO models in my office that needed replacing and figured that I could build a model of the LASR building. Then I thought about the larger models sometimes seen on display and decided to build it larger for the opening of the LASR facility (a deadline which I ended up missing). Building to a larger scale, approximately 1:60, allowed for detailed interiors while keeping it slightly under LEGO figure ("minifig") scale, approximately 1:48, cut the brick demands in half and kept it transportable.
Have you built other models of this scale and complexity?Not really. When we were kids my siblings and I would build custom castles on the dining room table and lay siege,
according to a well thought out set of rules inspired by various board games. My brother and I built a model of the National Cathedral that rose with different color strata as we exhausted our brick supply of each.
Several years ago I built a set of detailed models with the theme of a medieval shipyard, each showing a particular trade or technology, but those models were much smaller and could have all fit within the LASR model’s large high bay.
Where is the model located now? Will you keep it as a permanent model?The model is on display in the front area of the LASR facility, where it will stay until either the LASR Director needs the space, or I need the brick for recycling into a new model. It will probably be there through the holidays this year.
How and when did you start working with LEGOS?I remember a pre-existing butter-tub of LEGOS from way back. Things really got moving when I was 5, in 1975, and my father took us to the toy store and bought us the moon landing kit; that’s #565 for the AFOLs. Since it kept us kids occupied, LEGO became standard fare for birthday and Christmas presents. After a high school and college hiatus, I picked up the habit again, although now we "kids" never really get the time to build together.
(Editor’s note: "AFOL" refers to "Adult Fan of LEGO" and describes those adult hobbyists who build or collect LEGO.)
Have you started a new LEGO project yet?I don’t have any specific plans for another LEGO project. I’ll be adding to the LASR model to keep it up to date and keep it interesting.
We look forward to seeing the updates on the LASR model … or William’s next big LEGO project.
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