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On my way home from teaching, I pass an empty lot in the middle of my town's business district. The local funeral home rents the space and posts one of those Clever-Saying signs that usually adorn the parking lots of evangelical churches in my area. This week the slogan read: Love people to life. Don't judge them to death.
After my brain performed its automatic hatchet job on the structure of the couplet, reversing the two sentiments for clarity, it settled down long enough to reflect on the message. Needless to say, the couplet put me in mind of the oft quoted Biblical verse, "Judge not that ye be not judged" (Matthew 7:10). I suppose that was the point.
Am I the only person who has a scripture as a pet peeve? Because Matthew 7:10 just strikes me as wrong. Well, maybe not wrong, but off. Incomplete. Like someone left something out. My life experience simply doesn't support the verse because every day I am required to make a myriad of important, practical, and often spiritual or ethical judgments as I strive to follow the Lord. In my efforts to be a decent parent, I must teach my children to judge between good and evil behaviors. Part of doing this requires me to sometimes point to the things people do, even to who they have become, and verbally express what amounts to a judgment: "Don't do that. Don't become that. It's not the best way." The Lord himself advises us to choose everyday whom we will serve. In my eyes, that commandment is as much about making judgments as about making a decision.
To demonstrate my point, consider our experiences within our fledgling Mormon literary community. We are all judges, all critics of one type or another, and critical thought is founded on the ability to analyze, to evaluate, to judge. Some of us are tasked with the job of editing and, within that realm, must judge between works of literature, offering publication to some, rejecting others. No one reasonably expects the editor or the critic to refrain from judging a writer's talent, skill, and execution; no one would expect readers to refrain from judging the stories they consume; and no one would ask the writer to please write stories in which judgments are not made, either by the characters or by the readers. Judging is how the world–including the literary world–functions.
We have to do back flips to harmonize "Judge not that ye be not judged" with the requirements of daily living. Or so I've always felt. But as I drove the rest of the way home, reflecting for the zillionth time on this troublesome New Testament verse, I had an epiphany. It was like I'd highlighted the word "judge" in my thoughts, right clicked on a mental mouse, and selected "Synonyms" from the drop-down. The word "condemn" appeared in my consciousness as a substitute for "judge."
Condemn not that ye be not condemned (Lisa 1:1).
Yeah. I like that. Okay, sure. "Condemn" may not be, in most cases, a perfect synonym for "judge." And I have no idea if "condemn" is a derivative of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, or Latin word that has been translated as "judge." But I do know that this edited verse fits well with my understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Judging isn't the problem. The problem is when we issue a final verdict.
Again, we are expected to judge between good and evil–even shades of good and evil–but not to condemn our fellow man, not to issue an edict on his value, or worth, or redemptive potential; we must never cease believing in a person's ability to improve, repent, to work good in spite of failings. We should lift up, encourage and never condemn. If we move beyond the judgment of right vs wrong and into casting about our condemnations of others, we merit condemnation ourselves, considering we are no more perfected than our brothers and sisters. If they stand condemned, certainly we will as well. This satisfies my understanding.
But I hardly intended for this to be a religious post. Rather, I wanted to express how this epiphany impacted my thinking about Mormon letters. You see, after reading the sign, I reflected on ways I may have condemned within the circle of Mormon lit. I'm ashamed to say I have done just that. Once upon a time, I was proud college graduate, a classically trained member of the literati, and a self-proclaimed critic with little patience for anything but "genuine" literary art. I read nothing by Mormon authors, assuming them trite, unrealistic, banal. In a very real way, I condemned Mormon literature on the whole. You've probably heard some members of our community let fly some pretty fiery darts of condemnation: Faith-promoting literature lacks substance. Mormon romance literature is silly and unrealistic. Mormon Speculative fiction is escapist fluff. Literary fiction is boring. Poetry should go the way of Latin. And so on. Each is a condemnation of the "other." According to Lisa 1:1, the condemnation we sow will be the one we reap.
That assertion, I think, moves beyond the kind of nanner-nanner-nanner-ism of schoolyard logic that it implies. I am presently reading the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series with my nine year old son. As fellow fans of the series know, Camp Half-blood is a training facility for the world's demigods. The camp has an overarching structure and purpose, but it is comprised of a series of cabins which house the offspring born of the various Greek gods and their mortal lovers. Each cabin has its own set of demigod strengths, but they also have very different desires. One cabin is dedicated to war strategy; another to the strategy of love, and so on. But each cabin must learn to work in unity with the other cabins, and to support them, even encourage them to develop their strengths, if Olympus is to be saved from destruction.
This reminds me of our Mormon literary community, with the cabins representing each subgenre within the larger genre of Mormon literature. Writers and readers of the various subgenres–romance, SFF, lit fic, etc.–should strive to support one another and cease to condemn because, if we condemn, we are, in essence, condemning ourselves. We may not be demigods, but I dare say our purpose is as singular as theirs–not to save Olympus of course, but to promote the well-being of Mormon literature. I make no call for members of our community to cease judging the merit of any given work by an LDS author or about the Mormon experience. Rather, I suggest that we should celebrate our genre differences as evidence of our scope, breadth, and strength. We should stop wasting our energies condemning the "other" within our group lest, in issuing that final verdict, we close our own casket. Indeed, condemn not that ye be not condemned.


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Summer at Clarkson
Clarkson University is offering a wide variety of exciting academic and sports camps throughout the summer months of 2014 for children and teens. For more information, contact Amanda Hitterman at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Clarkson Youth Girls Hockey Camp
August 17 - 21
Commuter only - 9 a.m. until noon
Females ages 7-12 can join co-head coaches Shannon and Matt Desrosiers of the 2014 NCAA National Champions as they offer a top-notch, Divison I style camp full of both on-ice skills and fundamentals, as well as off-ice skills, such as conditioning, nutrition and the college search process.
Clarkson Hockey Development Camps
July 7 - 11 (mite & squirt); July 14 - 18 (pee wee & bantam)
Commuter only - extended day
Head Coach Casey Jones and his Division I staff are offering hockey day camp for mite, squirt, peewee and bantam levels that includes specialized goalie instruction, a focus on team concepts and additional lessons in strength and conditioning and skill development.
Nike/Clarkson Girls Basketball Camp
June 29 - July 2
Commuter (extended day 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.) and Residential availability
Join head coach John Hampton and his staff as they offer a week of Nike's Complete Skills Camp for females ages 8-16, which will include college style development drills, team-oriented training, and an in depth look at conditioning, footwork and nutrition.
Nike/Clarkson Girls Volleyball Camp
July 31 - August 3
Commuter and Residential availability
This Nike sponsored volleyball camp is a great opportunity for females ages 10-18 to learn from Clarkson's championship volleyball team and Head Coach Johan Dulfer. Join them as they cover all skills of volleyball, including skills training, conditioning, one-on-one evaluations, and more.
Clarkson Baseball Camp
July 7 - 11
Commuter only - 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Players ages 7 to 18 can participate in this day camp that will focus on all aspects of the game for all skill levels. Participants will benefit from small group and individual instruction/skills assessment in a fun and engaging atmosphere.
Summer Figure Skating School
July 21 - August 15
Commuter only - Days and times vary
Horizons I & II
Week 1: July 14th - 19th
Week 2: July 21st - 26th
Residential Only
Horizons I & II are designed for 7th and 8th grade female students interested in science, technology, engineering or math. The program boasts an exciting and educational experience full of hands-on projects and team building exercises and students must be nominated by someone from their school in order to participate.
Horizons III
Week 1: July 13th - 19th
Week 2: July 20th - 26th
Residential Only
Horizons III builds on the first two programs and is designed for females who have already participated in Horizons I & II.
July 14th - 20th
Residential only
High school students interested in The Clarkson School or boosting their resumes before college should consider this fun, academically stimulating program where teams are given a real-world problem to solve and then the opportunity to present their solutions to a group of Clarkson panelists.
Robotics Summer Day Camp
July 7 - 11
Commuter only - 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Professor Jim Carroll and his students from the Northern New York Robotics Academy (NNYRA) will host this week long day camp focusing on the exciting world of robotics. This year, students will participate in an all new Minecraft-inspired challenge, using LEGO MINDSTORM kits and 3D printers to compete in an action-packed tournament at the end of the week. The camp is open to students entering grades 5 through 12 in the fall of 2014.
MythOlympics Training Camp
June 29 - July 2
Residential only
This competitive, scholarship-based program is jam-packed with team-based activities, demonstrations and myth-busting challenges similar to the "MythBusters" television show. Up to 20 rising freshmen, sophomores and juniors from the North Country region of New York State will be selected as Mytholympians in Training and receive a scholarship to cover the full costs of the camp.

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Breakfast Topic: What's behind your character's name? {WoW}
Jan 5th 2011 2:58PM Just love all these name stories!
Some of my own toons:
Greenspank - Goblin Warlock, bank alt. I mean, if Alan plays WoW, it must be Goblin.
Rostelli - Human Mage. http://www.google.nl/images?q=rostelli . Even the beard matches.
Ghz - Dwarf Shaman, Engineer (will give nice green SCT healing text... Ghz: +4367).
Breakfast Topic: Slowbies, what's first on your Cataclysm to-do list? {WoW}
Oct 6th 2010 8:22AM First: a new PC. Then: leveling my lvl80 prot warrior slowly on hi res settings, enjoying the new questing area's and starter dungeons, mining, and hopefully crafting & selling some starting plate gear & weapons for the AH (overgeared mains don't need them, casual plate wearers / alts do).
Also, putting the heirlooms to work on a Worgen Rogue and Dwarven Shaman!
Breakfast Topic: Has your time in Azeroth lent you inspiration? {WoW}
Oct 3rd 2010 8:07PM For Haiku virgins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku
Breakfast Topic: Has your time in Azeroth lent you inspiration? {WoW}
Oct 3rd 2010 8:03PM It inspired me to write lots of Warcraft Haiku's, here's a couple of them:
After all those years
Marshal McBride would expect
a small promotion
Horde and Alliance
allies at Wrathgate, but then:
Lich King's blade cleaves ice
Dragon rises from the cracks
Death Knight's eyes glowing
Eadric defeated
The Black Knight's minions all spawn
Mage loots The Black Heart
Shameless self promotion: I put lots of those in an iPhone App: Google it (warcraft haiku iPhone app)
Heroic Shadowfang Keep and Deadmines will be released with Cataclysm {WoW}
Sep 2nd 2010 12:41AM Cookie drops the wand
Smite still calls us landlubbers
Eightyfive this time
WoW Moviewatch: I'm Still Sleeping {WoW}
Sep 1st 2010 12:17PM Gnome animations FTW, awesome :-)
And, completely off topic: how do I change my profile pic? I read http://www.wow.com/2007/12/01/new-icons-for-commenters/ but when I'm logged in after making a post, the button "Edit picture" doesn't do anything, in firefox / IE / Chrome / Safari. Is it me or is it bugged?
Defining Playstyles: Beyond casual vs. hardcore {WoW}
Sep 1st 2010 1:23AM Jenkins for sure
Scattered Shots: Five secrets for not being a terrible hunter {WoW}
May 17th 2010 5:31PM Kudos for the Asimov reference
Breakfast Topic: Great big pointy teefs {WoW}
Apr 24th 2010 10:59AM Reply to Hal's post from PAGE ONE. BRB hacking wow.com server + installing new commenting system.
Breakfast Topic: Great big pointy teefs {WoW}
Apr 24th 2010 10:56AM @Hal - "Conjure Ice Cold Beer".


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Augusta National
Guan Tianlang Finishes Masters Tournament 12 Over
The 14-year-old eighth-grader from China, who is the youngest player to make the cut at the Masters, shot a 3-over par 75 on Sunday.
Heinzmann: Although Woods Is Very Much In The Mix , He Shouldn't Be
Woods is very much in the mix for a fifth Green Jacket and fifteenth major championship. He shouldn't be.
Snedeker, Cabrera Tied For Lead At Masters After Third Round
Brandt Snedeker and Angel Cabrera were tied for the lead after the third round of the Masters, a Saturday that will be remembered for Tiger Woods' penalty.
Liguori: Tiger Controversy Rocks Augusta National
A controversy involving the top-ranked player in the world turned what should have been a calm, lovely morning into an ugly one and took attention away from third round play.
Tiger Woods Avoids DQ, Gets 2-Stroke Penalty At Masters
Woods, who finished Day 2 at 3-under-par, will move down to 1-under on the big board, five strokes out of the lead.
Liguori: Americans Ready To Pounce At Masters
Dustin Johnson and Freddie Couples are the two Americans who stole the early headlines.
Garcia Shares Lead, Teen Impresses As Masters Enters Day 2; Tiger In Hunt
Sergio Garcia had an enjoyable day on a course that's never been one of his favorites. Now comes the hard part: holding it together for another three days.
Tiger Woods Shoots 2-Under-Par In Opening Round Of Masters
Woods was the overwhelming favorite coming into the tournament, and that didn't change after he opened with a 70.
Liguori: Augusta's Drive, Chip & Putt Championship A Step In Right Direction
Amongst the beauty of Augusta National and the passion of the galleries is a sobering reality. Golf has been losing ground in recreational participants.
Augusta National Adds Condoleezza Rice, Darla Moore As First Female Members
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — For the first time in its 80-year history, Augusta National Golf Club has female members. The home of the Masters, under increasing criticism the last decade because of its all-male membership, […]
Liguori: Augusta Can Now Focus On Growing Golf With A Clear Conscience
With today's major breakthrough Augusta National can finally focus on growing the game.
Woods Matches Worst 4-Round Score At Masters
Tiger Woods arrived at Augusta National as a favorite to win his fifth green jacket. Instead, it was more like amateur hour.
Bubba Watson Wins The Masters
Bubba Watson wins the Masters, beating Louis Oosthuizen on the second hole of a playoff.
Garcia: 'I'm Not Capable Of Winning A Major'
Sergio Garcia thinks the only major title he'll ever have is this: best player never to win one.
Liguori: Phil Mickelson In The Hunt For A Fourth Green Jacket
Who would have picked Hanson to be leading The Masters heading into Sunday's final round? The Swede can play and has had five international victories and was a member of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team.


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Property Assessments Board of Review will meet on Thursday, June 26 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the Town Hall. The official notice can be found here. Residents interested in objecting must fill out an Objection Form for Real Property Assessment completely and submit it to the Town Clerk, Cathy Hasslinger, to get an appointment time. ------------------------ The pre-Open Book Assessmet Roll is available at the Town Hall. You may also click here to view a digital version.------------------------ 2012 Assessment Cards Are Located Below Please click on the appropriate link below to view your 2012 assessment. Assessment cards are organized by parcel number. If you don't have your parcel number, please visit Access Dane to search for parcel numbers using the property address or the landowner's name. Parcel Numbers 0610-011-8005-0 to 0610-082-6234-5 Parcel Numbers 0610-082-6245-2 to 0610-121-9160-0 Parcel Numbers 0610-121-9670-3 to 0610-172-0027-9 Parcel Numbers 0610-172-8070-0 to 0610-233-9290-8 Parcel Numbers 0610-233-9300-5 to 0610-281-6878-6 Parcel Numbers 0610-281-6889-3 to 0610-364-9860-0 __________________________________________________________ Assessment information is available online! The Department of Revenue website contains a set of FAQs related to the topic of "Property Assessments in a Declining Market". Property owners may find this link helpful in explaining why there is not a drop in their assessed value or their property tax bill, despite news reports of foreclosures and falling property values. This information can be found at http://www.revenue.wi.gov/faqs/slf/declmrkt.html
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The Daily Gambling Fix 6/24/11 — Jennifer Spencer
The Daily Gambling Fix 6/27/11 — Whitney Rose
Here are some of the best sports plays for all you gamblers out there.
The Game: Kansas City Royals @ San Diego Padres
The Reason: The Royals have gone over in 10 of their last 14 games on the road, while the Padres have gone over the total in five of their last seven overall. Both of today's starting pitchers are boasting an ERA well over 4.00, with Jeff Francis at 4.76 and Matt Latos at 4.22. The Royals are averaging a solid 4.38 runs per game, while allowing just under five runs against per game. Look for both teams to put some runs on the board in this game, as it should go over the rather low total.
The Game: Washington Nationals @ Los Angeles Angels
The Reason: The Nationals have won 13 of their last 15 games and five of their last six on the road. Tonight they send John Lannan to the mound, and they have won in each of his last three starts. As for the Angels starter, Ervin Santana, he has lost each of his last three starts and his current record of 3-8 is not all that intriguing. Look for the Nats to continue to roll as they should be able to get to Santana and come out with the win in this game.
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The Salvation Army USA Southern Territory
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May 05, 2009
Easter 2009 was a very important day for the 39 men and staff of the New Orleans Adult Rehabilitation Center, for two reasons. "First, and most important, it is yet another celebration of the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ," proclaimed Guy Nickum, New Orleans ARC administrator. "And second, this is our first Easter Sunday service since our program was reopened a few months ago." In many respects the center's Sunday worship service contained the same pulse-quickening components as Easter observances in other ARCs and corps across the Southern Territory. But on this Sunday, the New Orleans ARC was the place to be to best appreciate the work God has wrought in reopening a program that housed well over 100 men on the day Hurricane Katrina swamped the Crescent City in 2005.
"Nearly every item on this morning's program has a double meaning for us," Nickum told the congregation – comprised of the men in the program, staff, family members and visitors. "Christ is alive in our hearts, and we have also literally witnessed a dead ministry that has come back to life!" Four men have graduated from the program since the doors swung back open in October 2008. Nickum proudly presented the graduation certificate to the center's latest victory, Michael Helmstetter. "We are very proud of Michael, and of all our men here. Our message to the world is that 'death could not hold Christ' and because he lives, we live also!" Nickum said to the audience.
When Katrina's flood waters peaked at about four
feet in the center's first floor, in addition to structural damage on the roof and second floor, the facility was uninhabitable. The men in the program on that dark day were dispersed to ARCs in the far reaches of the territory.
"Much of the city's population fled as well, and with them went our donor base," Nickum later explained. "So that even with repairs made to the building, we couldn't do business until a sufficient base returned to the area that provides income for us to operate." Nickum estimates that the New Orleans ARC donor base has returned to about half of what it was pre- Katrina. He added that with 39 men in the program today, the level is about a third of what would be considered normal.
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After two years of intense training for officership, members of the Witnesses for Christ session are ready and anxious to go to work in their first appointment. Cadets James and Lacy Parrish were interviewed by Major Frank Duracher, Southern Spirit staff member, and shared about their training experience at the Evangeline Booth College.
SS: Are you ready to be commissioned, or does the thought frighten you a bit? JP: We are so ready because we look forward to forming relationships and being able to put into practice the things we learned here at the college. We also want to teach others about Christ and help reveal what God's power can do in their lives.
LP: Some days I'd say "absolutely, I'm ready," and then on others I'm not so sure. It's a mixed bag because I think that our lives will always be a learning process. We'll never be "finished" and ready to go without flaws or being totally prepared for whatever comes. It's like ripping off a band-aid – you are probably not ready for it but you wince and pull it off quickly. That's the best way. It would be nice to keep sitting in the classroom where it is safe and warm, and you don't have to worry about mistakes you could be making in real life. But life isn't like that and we are called to go out so here we go!
SS: What experience here at the training college do you feel has been most beneficial?
JP: I hope we have matured especially during our second year as compared to our first. In your first year of training you get a foundation on which to build – Bible knowledge, song leading, meeting planning, etc. Some of those things you may know when you arrive here at the beginning, but then there is the opportunity to learn to do it better and with confidence.
When you go to your summer assignment, you have to put what you've learned during the first year into practice.
LP: There are two items for me that I will always keep in my heart. Dr. (Bill) Ury conducted a holiness seminar that opened our eyes to a new element that we need to focus on like in the early days of the Army. That's what we want to impress upon our people the gift of holiness in their lives resulting from a deeper relationship with God. The other thing is a discipleship class that is teaching us to hold our people accountable. It is not enough to want to become a follower of Christ; you must press toward it and make becoming like Jesus the most important thing in your life. When we are out in our corps appointment and you come to visit us from time to time, we want to have it so that every time you come you will see something changed and improved people taking up responsibilities and bringing others along to join in the fight against sin. To say that discipleship is merely important is missing the point – discipleship is what we are called to do.
SS: Can you imagine going into the field without that second year of training?
JP: Absolutely not. The second year of training is critical because you build upon the foundation laid for you during the previous year. You build a passion within yourself as you realize that everything you are doing and learning during these final months of training will help you be a better officer. Both years of training help you develop a deeper relationship with Christ. Officership is more than leading a song or writing a good sermon. It is the bond forged with Jesus Christ that you want to show as a pattern of living for others.
LP: Our summer assignment gave us a glimpse of what we can expect when we go out there for good. It was a great experience then, but I wasn't ready stay out there – I needed, we both needed our second year of training!
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As we speak of the thousands of children who are not kept "safe from harm," there are many facets of neglect, abuse and trauma. Harm wears many faces, and it is our moral duty to protect God's most precious resource, his children. As adults and spiritual leaders we must understand what abuse and neglect looks like and how the traumas of the aforementioned manifest in children.
Most abusers are members of the victim's family (a parent or relative) or a caretaker. Types of abuse include physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and child neglect. Ninety percent of confirmed physical abuse and neglect cases involve caretakers of children. Surprisingly, among all abused children, those abused by their birth parents were about equally likely to have been abused by mothers as by fathers (50% and 58%, respectively), but those abused by other parents, parent-substitutes, or other non-parental perpetrators were much more likely to be abused by males (80% to 90% by males versus 14% to 25% by females).
There is no cause of abuse and no specific profile of abusers; many factors contribute and make abuse more likely to occur. Pressures on the family, alcohol and drug abuse and social isolation can all lead to parental stress and increase the chances that a parent will strike out at their child. With the stress of the economy and job losses at an all-time high, we must be even more diligent to protect the innocent. Two major forms of abuse are child neglect and child sexual abuse.
The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect defines child neglect as: "failure to provide for the child's basic needs." Neglect can be physical, educational or emotional. Physical neglect includes refusal of or delay in seeking health care, abandonment, expulsion from the home or refusal to allow a runaway to return home and inadequate supervision.
Educational neglect includes the allowance of chronic truancy, failure to enroll a child of mandatory school age in school and failure to attend to a special educational need. Emotional neglect includes such actions as marked inattention to the child's needs for affection, refusal of or failure to provide needed psychological care, spouse abuse in the child's presence and permission of drug or alcohol use by the child.
Specific examples of abuse include: not meeting a child's need for cleanliness, clothing, emotional support, love and affection, education, nutritious food, clothing, adequate shelter or safety; leaving a child unwatched or in an unsafe place as well as not seeking necessary medical or dental attention for a child; not having a child attend school or not seeking special services for children who need educational support. Each state has, in its child protection laws, a definition that is often more specific than this.
Children and adolescents who have been sexually abused can suffer a range of psychological and behavioral problems, from mild to severe, in both the short and long terms. These problems typically include drug and alcohol dependency, eating disorders, poor self-esteem, victims of domestic violence, gambling addictions, pedophilia, neglectful and abusive parents themselves, promiscuity and lack of moral character.
I think that the most damaging effect of child sexual abuse is how it has harmed and skewed its victim's views of and relationship with God. The children I have interviewed over the years have problems understanding a loving heavenly Father. They ask the question "Why me?" They have love and trust issues with God. These children feel unworthy and of no value. We can help these victims understand that God did not cause the childhood trauma. God is there wanting to comfort them and provide security. They can find refuge in him. The Salvation Army can help prevent the traumatic abuse of children by embracing the Safe From Harm program and understanding the longand short-term effects of neglect and abuse.
For more information contact Alesia Adams, territorial services coordinator against human and sexual trafficking at 404-728-1300 or by email: email@example.com.
This month marks the first phase of rolling out a new child safety program, Safe From Harm, in the USA Southern Territory.
A comprehensive child/adult safety abuse prevention program, Safe From Harm is designed to assist corps and social service institutions in their efforts to implement The Salvation Army's National Policy Statement on Sexual Abuse of Children.
The SFH roll-out will span the next two years: In 2009 the primary components will be training Salvation Army employees, officers, volunteers and local officers how to implement the national policy as it specifically relates to children; vulnerable adults will be the primary focus of the 2010 roll-out phase.
An interdisciplinary territorial SFH coordinating committee has been established, and divisional child/adult safety coordinators in each division will be identified in 2009. Each division will also have a SFH coordinating committee. In addition, SFH trainers will be chosen from each division to deliver training to employees, local officers, volunteers and Emergency Disaster Services personnel either in person or through web-based modules. Between March and May 2009 face-to-face training will be provided for divisional child/adult safety coordinators and designated SFH trainers. The goal is to train all officers, divisional leadership, field personnel and direct service staff through the end of 2009 and into 2010. Training for local officers and volunteers will begin during this time and continue through the coming years.
Oversight of the SFH implementation – provided by territorial director for social services Kevin Tomson-Hooper and Joseph Mole, territorial child/adult safety coordinator – will be supported by representatives from several departments through the territorial SFH coordinating committee.
Lynn LaPalme, assistant secretary for the Risk Management Department, is a standing member of the committee. "Over the past several years, Risk Management has worked in conjunction with Social Services to get this program off the ground. We are very excited to see this program truly encompass our motto of 'doing the most good,'" she said. "The education will help provide practical solutions and a guideline of how to deal with these issues."
There are six objectives of the SFH training program: Educate leaders and workers about prevention of abuse or accidental injury; enable leaders and workers to develop procedures and practices that reduce these risks; protect adults from mistaken or groundless allegations; reduce liability for Salvation Army units; build parental confidence in Army programs, and prepare Army representatives to respond should an incident or accident occur. Mole said it's important that training happens on several levels throughout the territory. "It is expected that all officers, corps leaders and program directors receive training and go back to their respective appointments and provide training to others in their corps/institution. SFH will be successfully implemented when all policies and principles are fully integrated into each area of The Salvation Army's work. Ultimately, the SFH program will become the Southern Territory's standard of care for all work with children and vulnerable adults," he said.
This guideline has three purposes: 1. It ensures appropriate levels of supervision. 2. It protects adults from unfounded allegations. 3. It reduces the likelihood of an adult having undue influence over an individual youth.
Six Month Guideline Where feasible, no person can volunteer who has not been actively involved at the corps (or another corps) for at least six months before applying for youth or children's ministry volunteer positions. This guideline gives leaders and co-workers time to get to know applicants and guards against possible child predators.
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 7:58am
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS (KVEO NEWSCENTER 23) — Authorities are waiting on autopsy results in the death of a firefighter who died over the weekend while on the job.
Juan Casanova served as a firefighter for more than 20 years, as of now, the Fire Department isn't releasing other details surrounding his death because it's still under investigation.
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While the forecast thunderstorms never materialized, the other widespread prediction for Friday practice in Sepang - that Red Bull would be the team to beat - did come to fruition with Mark Webber leading the field in the RB7 during both sessions. McLaren, however, didnt let the reigning constructors champions have it all their own way and were a very close second in terms of pace. The leading teams and their rivals reflect on their early progress in Sepang
Red Bull
Mark Webber, P1 - 1:37.651, 1st; P2 - 1:36.876, 1st
We look okay, but its still early days in a race weekend. We got some dry running in and the car performed well. It was reliable, which is always a nice bonus. We got to check all the tyres - including the new tyre that Pirelli brought here. Its very hot. We need to look at the information we got today, but so far so good for us.
Sebastian Vettel, P1 - 1:41.627, 17th; P2 - 1:37.090, 4th
We completed quite a lot of laps this morning because of the extra tyres - and this afternoon we did more or less what was planned. We didnt have any big problems, but we got a lot of mileage and took a lot of things onboard. Obviously tyre wear is different here to Melbourne. I think its the same for everyone, at least, it is for us. Well see where we are tomorrow.
Jenson Button, P1 - 1:40.927, 15th; P2 - 1:36.881, 2nd
This afternoons session was much better than this mornings. We found things a little difficult during P1; after Melbourne, we chose to head in a certain direction in order to resolve the issues we had in the first race, but the track is very different here. So we went back on a few of those changes, and everything is performing better now. But, actually, everyone appears to have been struggling with rear grip today. The tyres feel very different from those we had in Melbourne. Its very tricky, but thats what we saw in winter testing, so we have good experience with that. We dont know what fuel loads the other teams were running, of course. Whats important, though, is that we changed a lot of things on the car and they were all positive steps. We feel like weve found a good direction - and hopefully therell be more to come.
Lewis Hamilton, P1 - 1:39.316, 2nd; P2 - 1:37.010, 3rd
Today has been interesting. We seem reasonably close to the top of the time-sheets and I think weve made some positive steps with the set-up of the car. Weve still got time to find, but its been a constructive day.The track conditions are massively different compared with the cold conditions we experienced in Australia, so the tyres dont last as long. Maybe Sunday will see a three-stop race. I think the bunch of teams at the front is tightening, so it could be a good race. I hope were also closer to the front than we were in the last race, but well have to wait and see.
Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren team principal
Today we made good progress - especially when you consider that we were conducting our first high-temperature runs on the new Pirelli tyres. In this mornings session both Lewis and Jenson expressed the view that our car was somewhat lacking in balance, but by this afternoon our engineers had worked hard to make the relevant improvements and the result was that both drivers were much happier with the feel of their cars. As a consequence, both of them achieved good pace over both short runs and long runs. However, we still believe theres a bit more pace in the cars to unlock this weekend, and we fully intend to work as hard as possible to do just that over the next two days.
Mercedes GP
Michael Schumacher, P1 - 1:39.791, 3rd; P2 - 1:38.088, 5th
"We had a pretty good first day on track here in Sepang. We definitely made a step in the right direction, we were closer to our level of performance from Barcelona than in Melbourne, and I am hopeful there will be more to come. We had two typical Friday sessions, trying out a lot of things for future developments, and it looks we can make further improvements. Today, our aerodynamics and our KERS system worked very well, and I look forward to more to come in the next two days."
Nico Rosberg, P1 - 1:40.646, 10th; P2 - 1:38.565, 7th
"Today was a productive day for us. We made progress on our set-up work compared to the last race and the team worked well. There are still issues that we have to solve, but I think we are a bit closer to the pace. I'm now looking forward to qualifying and we will look to take another step forward tomorrow."
Ross Brawn, Mercedes GP team principal
"We have had a much better day here than we experienced in Melbourne. There are some issues which we need to look into and resolve but it is, without doubt, a more positive start to the race weekend. Our basic lower fuel pace looks reasonable. We need to improve the race pace as the car wasn't consistent enough and that will be the focus for our work tonight."
Norbert Haug, vice-president, Mercedes-Benz Motorsport
"It was a productive day for the team, with many laps completed and few problems. We focused on our race set-up today, but there is still more work to be done tomorrow."
Felipe Massa, P1 - 1:40.453, 6th; P2 - 1:38.089, 6th
Its logical that I had expected and had hoped to be quicker, especially when compared to the two teams that are clearly in front. Lets see what we can do between this evening and tomorrow to improve the car. There is not much grip and also tyre degradation is very high and, as could be seen in the final part of the second session, when everyone was presumably running with a heavy fuel load, we were not the only ones having a problem. If the race was to take place in the dry, choosing the right strategy would be very complicated. The soft tyres work better, giving much more grip and they are much quicker, although there is a lot of degradation. The hard seems to be slower and, at first, seems a bit more consistent, but it does not last that much longer than the other. We will have to be ready for anything this weekend. In the last two days, we have seen that at the time qualifying and the race are due to start, it always rains. If that also happens in the next two days, anything could happen.
Fernando Alonso, P1 - 1:40.601, 9th; P2 - 1:38.583, 9th
Given how things went today, it looks like being a difficult weekend, but we will do all we can to get close to the quickest. Today, things did not go well and we struggled to find a good balance on the car, so this evening we will look at how we can improve. On a track like this, with such variable weather and with tyre degradation being what it is, there will be a lot of factors in play in the fight for the top places and just being quickest will not be enough. This morning we did a lot of work on the aerodynamics to understand what had not worked the way we had expected in Australia, but even if we had been quick in Melbourne, there would still be work to do. This is only the start of the season: we are not quick enough to fight for the win and pole position, but that does not mean that we have to throw in the towel. Instead we have to step up our efforts to quickly reduce the gap that separates us from those who have done a better job than us.
Pat Fry, Ferrari deputy technical director
We got through a lot of work on this first day of free practice. In fact, apart from the usual Friday programme, we wanted to carry out a whole series of aerodynamic tests to try and gather as much data as possible on the handling of the car, especially in terms of the front end. In quantitive terms we achieved our aim because the programme was completed as planned. Now its up to us to analyse the data and get the answers we are looking for. It will be a tough job, but a vital one to understand in which direction to go in the development of the car. Having done that, we then concentrated on all the usual Friday tasks, which means looking for the best set-up and especially on comparing the two types of tyre we have here. From what we could see, it looks like being a very busy weekend for the pit stop guys, because the degradation, at least in these conditions, seems higher than in Melbourne. The alternative scenario is rain which seems likely for Sunday
From a performance point of view, allowing for all the unknown factors on a Friday, the situation does not seem that different to the one in Australia: our aim is try and make the most of what we have got at our disposal.
Nick Heidfeld, P1 - 1:40.525, 7th; P2 - 1:38.570, 8th
"Because of the issues this morning, we didn't run very much at all today. We therefore had to prioritise what we did in the afternoon and we felt it was best to do a long run on the soft tyres. Although we didn't do many laps, we got some data and we learned a few things, especially about the high degradation rate of the softs. Considering that we did no real set-up work today, it's quite encouraging that I was in the top ten in both sessions. We now have to concentrate on making good progress in the final practice session tomorrow morning."
Vitaly Petrov, P1 - 1:47.932, 24th; P2 - 1:39.267, 13th
It wasn't the best day. The problem in the morning was quite a surprise and we decided not to run until late in the afternoon when we had understood things properly. When I did finally get out, the car felt fine, but the time we had was very limited and we didn't really manage to do any set-up work. As we expected, the degradation rates are very high here, especially for the soft tyres, but they definitely had more grip and were a couple of seconds quicker than the hard. However, tomorrow is a new day and I think we can still have a good weekend."
James Allison, Renault technical director
"Both Vitaly and Nick suffered failures under braking in the front uprights early in the first session. As a precaution we stopped running the cars until we had understood the problem. We quickly established that the two failed items had come from the same material batch and that nothing from this batch had run prior to today. It took a little longer to rule out other potential causes but once we were confident that the failures were related to a material problem we released the cars for the second half of afternoon practice where they ran without problem."
Toro Rosso
Jaime Alguersuari, P1 - 1:40.770, 13th; P2 - 1:38.846, 10th
A good number of laps and a reasonable lap time in FP2 after we managed to make big improvements from the morning session. We need to keep all our focus on the race, because that is going to be the priority, unless the weather produces something strange. Tyre degradation will be the key factor here in Sepang, as we expected, so we must concentrate on our performance over a long run, improving our autonomy on the rear tyres. In general I am happy with the improvement we saw during the day, but I am still not one hundred percent satisfied as I believe there is room for improvement from my side and also from the car. The heat? You get used to it and as long as you keep drinking a lot and stay hydrated it actually gets better during the weekend.
Sebastien Buemi, P1 - no time; P2 - 1:40.115, 18th
I only had the one session today and it did not go that well, although we did acquire a lot of data on long and short runs. Now, we must look carefully at the figures, because on track, I did not manage to put everything together perfectly: I had a yellow flag, when I was on what would have been my fastest lap on new soft tyres, so in terms of outright lap time it is a long way off what we can do, not reflecting our real pace. We expected tyre degradation here and in fact we have seen a very different situation to what we had in Melbourne. However, we have to be quite cautious about drawing conclusions too quickly. It might change the order a bit, but honestly I dont expect big changes. We can improve for tomorrow. As always, its very hot here, but nothing we dont know how to deal with.
Daniel Ricciardo, P1 - 1:40.748, 12th; P2 - no time
Theres a bit less pressure here than in Melbourne, where I was kept very busy at my home event. I felt more comfortable in the cockpit today and got stuck into the programme. It was a productive session for me, on a similar programme to Australia, going out with a baseline set-up to build on. I was able to provide some feedback which will hopefully be useful to the team, covering areas like where on the track the KERS might be used and what the car needs, as well as basics like helping out with gear ratios. It was good for my learning curve too. The first half hour the track was a bit dusty, but of course it will get better over the rest of the weekend. I last drove here in 2006 in Formula BMW, which is quite a long time ago. I remembered most of it, except that this time, everything seemed to happen 30 seconds quicker!
Pastor Maldonado, P1 - 1:40.443, 5th; P2 - 1:38.968, 11th
I think today went well. The car is looking competitive and I have a good feeling. There is some margin for improvement, from myself and the car, but it is looking positive for us tomorrow. The spin happened because I had little rubber left on my tyres, so I was slipping around a lot as I was making my way into the pit lane. I spun and ended up in the gravel. Fortunately, even with the damage, the mechanics managed to turn the repairs around quickly and send me back out for the last part of the session, so I thank them for that.
Rubens Barrichello, P1 - 1:40.581, 8th; P2 - 1:39.187, 12th
Obviously we covered our programme. That went ok, but we still have some issues on my set-up which we need to improve before tomorrow. Right now, Im not fully happy with the balance, but we completed the long runs fine.
Sam Michael, Williams technical director
After some minor electrical issues with the KERS in the morning session, we had good reliability this afternoon. Our main target was to evaluate various new parts and to do some long run comparisons using the two tyre compounds. The characteristics and performance of the Pirellis look similar to that which we saw in Melbourne. Our focus is now on getting the cars ready for qualifying tomorrow.
Kamui Kobayashi, P1 - 1:40.872, 14th; P2 - 1:39.398, 14th
Although I dont personally mind the high temperatures, they do make a difference. I cant complain about the tyres, as they are fine despite the conditions. However, we are struggling with the set-up. Most importantly we have to improve braking stability and I think thats what we are going to do overnight.
Sergio Perez, P1 - 1:41.642, 18th; P2 - 1:39.603, 15th
It is obviously very hot in the car, and it is clear the race will become very demanding physically. My run with the soft tyres was not good because I had to pit after a yellow flag came out. Generally I think we have some work to do to improve the car for tomorrow.
James Key, Sauber technical director
We had a standard programme to work through this weekend, and also two extra sets of tyres from Pirelli, which was a development tyre. We ran one set in the morning and one in the afternoon. That gave us some useful data, but I am sure also some useful data for Pirelli. It seems here with the ambient conditions and particularly the track temperature, as we thought was likely to be the case, the tyres are certainly reacting in a different way to what we have seen before. The degradation is higher and the warm up is no issue at all, as you would imagine. In the afternoon we just worked through the tyre programmes and a race run for each driver on tyres. I think we need to look carefully at the data this evening because we are losing about three tenths in the first couple of corners, and a little bit of time in the middle sector. The balance of the car in low speeds is not ideal for the drivers, so we will look at that overnight and look forward to running in free practice three with a better balanced car.
Force India
Paul di Resta, P1 - no time; P2 - 1:39.625, 16th
We got through the programme we wanted. It was quite difficult to find the ultimate set-up, but I think we found relatively where we need to be on old and new tyres, and certainly how to get the wear out of them because they don't seem to be lasting quite as well as in Melbourne. Given that this was my first session here I think that it was productive, so hopefully we can sit down tonight, analyse it and go forward tomorrow.
Adrian Sutil, P1 - 1:40.734, 11th; P2 - 1:39.809, 17th
We had a disappointing day. I went out on the first lap of the morning session and straight away we had some KERS issues, which affected the car's balance and power for the rest of the running. In the afternoon the guys fixed this problem, but we then had a downshift issue, which we don't seem to know exactly what it is, and the car was difficult to drive. So we need to understand this problem as it upsets the car, and with reliability and pace not there at the moment, I am a little concerned. But we shall discuss these tonight and work on them for tomorrow.
Nico Hulkenberg, P1 - 1:40.377, 4th; P2 - no time
It was a positive Friday session for me. We ran the super hard tyre for first time; it was interesting running and we collected some good data. We successfully carried out some aero work and I got in some good laps, which I was very happy about. Obviously P4 is a good result; it's where we want to be but it's not realistically where we are at the minute. Overall though it was a good session for the team and I am generally happy.
Dominic Harlow, Force India chief engineering director
We completed our work today despite the high temperatures, particularly in the afternoon, and we are satisfied with cooling levels, which of course tend to be tested here. We have some issues to address with Adrian's car as he had problems on the downshift that affected the stability but will work on those overnight. On the hot track the drivers found quite high tyre degradation and certainly a bit of oversteer as the rear tyres degraded. It's a different scenario to the weekend in Australia, and we'll be looking through the data to define our best set-up for the race considering both the tyre behaviour and the possible weather conditions.
Timo Glock, P1 - 1:42.154, 19th; P2 - 1:40.866, 19th
Its difficult to gauge everything that was going on up and down the pit lane today, but I think we had a reasonable day. It's a shame we couldn't get Jerome's car out in the second session, because it would have been good for tyre evaluation. In general I'm happy with how the car is working here, but it's all about the tyres; they are fine for one lap but then drop off and it's all about keeping them alive over a distance. The team did a good job. We were a little late going out in FP2 but overall everything went well. Lets see what tomorrow brings.
Jerome dAmbrosio, P1 - 1:42.540, 20th; P2 - no time, 24th
The day started well and we were able to get out on track quickly. Unfortunately we had a problem with the front right suspension at the end of the morning session, and the resulting damage meant that I couldnt take part in the afternoon session. Its very hot but Im coping well with the heat, and to drive a Formula One car on this track is great. I really enjoy driving here. We hope for a better day tomorrow.
John Booth, Virgin team principal
Weve had a challenging start to our weekends running in Sepang today. This morning we experienced what we suspect was a suspension failure to the front right of Jeromes car, which was obviously disappointing. The combination of the wheel flailing on its tether and the car ending up in the gravel trap meant that the damage was quite considerable. As the problem occurred just a few minutes before the end of Free Practice One, we faced a major battle to rebuild the car and get out on track in Free Practice Two for at least an installation run at the end of the session. Despite a monumental effort by Jeromes crew we missed out by just a few minutes, so its been a challenging day on that side of the garage. Thankfully things went better on Timos side and he seems reasonably happy with the car, which has at least provided us with some opportunity to gauge where we are. We have a lot of work to do tonight to ensure we are in a better position for tomorrow.
Jarno Trulli, P1 - 1:41.620, 16th; P2 - 1:41.890, 20th
"We managed to get through most of the program but the fact the traffic held up my quickest lap I think masks how we're really looking in outright pace. It's a bit tough as we have had a great build-up to the race here, and the support we have had from the fans and the media in Malaysia has been just great, so we'll work hard to make sure we put on a good performance tomorrow and on Sunday."
Heikki Kovalainen, P1 - no time; P2 - 1:44.886, 23rd
"That was just one of those days. I went out in the second session and felt something go at the rear so came straight back in. It looks like a differential problem and despite the fact the guys worked really hard to try and get me back out the time beat us. However, we'll work on it overnight, and on the data Davide and Jarno have collected today and get back on with it tomorrow."
Davide Valsecchi, P1 - 1:44.054, 21st; P2 - no time
It was nice, so nice and such a good feeling to be in the car here in Malaysia. My lap times werent incredible as I had a bit of an issue on the last run, so I didnt have the chance to test the car with the different tyre set up which would have given better times. Its hot and a bit humid, which never makes it that easy, but the track was fine. The car felt really good but with the limited time I had it was important to take it easy and not push the car to the limit. Heikki gets back in this afternoon and I'm sure he and Jarno will do a good job for the team, so lets hope for a good race this weekend.
Mike Gascoyne, Lotus chief technical officer
"Today really was a day of two halves. This morning we had a pretty good session, with Davide having his first run in the car here at Sepang and he did a good job for the team, although his last run was cut a bit short. With Jarno we tried both the hard tyre and the development tyre and have good feedback on both. This afternoon we had what looks like a differential problem on Heikki's car which meant his afternoon was cut short, so apologies to him for that. With Jarno we managed to complete most of the program, despite changing his power steering, but unfortunately when he was on the soft tyres traffic held him up which meant he wasn't able to extract the maximum speed from the car. Despite this it is clear that the pace of the car is closer to the midfield than we were in Melbourne and now the onus is on us to make sure the reliability issues are solved and give the drivers a chance to show what the car can really do."
Tony Fernandes, Lotus team principal
"The day started very well off track, with the announcement that Dell has upgraded their relationship with us to become an official technical partner. When a company of the stature of Dell wants to increase their partnership with us it is a clear sign that we are going in the right direction, so that was very positive. On track it was a day of mixed fortunes. It started well but ended up fairly mediocre, but there are still many positives that have come out of today. If Jarno had not had traffic issues we would have been much closer to being able to show our true pace than we were in Melbourne and even though we keep being dogged by reliability issues we are still very excited about the weekend ahead and what will happen in qualifying tomorrow."
Narain Karthikeyan, P1 - 1:46.267, 23rd; P2 - 1:43.197, 21st
In the morning we didn't have the best of starts. I lost a lot of time because there were some issues with the oil level in the car. The balance is alright, now we are just exploring what the car is doing. There are a lot of things to work on. The second session was good, we only did 15 laps because there was an issue with the car that lost me half an hour again. We've done 25 timed laps so we still have a lot of catching up to do and that's what we're doing. The point is not to complain with what you have, but try and get the best out of it."
Vitantonio Liuzzi, P1 - 1:45.228, 22nd; P2 - 1:43.991, 22nd
"The morning session went alright, we started with hard tyres and couldn't do many laps because we spent most of the time doing aero-setting in order to understand the balance of the car. But we did some laps and the car didn't look too bad. We had some issues with the balance, a few traction problems also. Therefore we made some changes for the afternoon. The afternoon session wasn't easy because we had an issue similar to Australia with a switch. Basically after riding over a bump, the ignition switch turned off and the car stopped. So I had to stop when we were starting our new tyre runs, which was a great shame because we didn't get to test as much as we wanted. When we got out to do our last lap there was a lot of traffic so we weren't able to test and evaluate the tyres."
Colin Kolles, HRT team principal
Although Narain and Tonio were forced to stop today, they were minor issues as proven by the fact that they were able to get back out on the track again. All in all we could say today was a good day, I believe we made some progress and will make some more tomorrow as this is our first real test of the new car. It's good news that Narain was under the 107 percent. We didn't run a qualifying set-up today and the car didn't look too bad, we didn't have any reliability issues just a small problem with a switch which we will have to sort out for tomorrow. Our target is to improve as quickly as possible, the only way to do this is by working consistently and pushing, you can't get anywhere by complaining and feeling sorry for yourself. We have new updates which will hopefully be completed for Turkey, we have a wind tunnel programme in place, everything is falling into place, now we have to work on it in order to take another step forward."
Paul Hembery, Pirelli motorsport director
"Everybody has faced extremely tough conditions during the first day of running in Malaysia. Luckily our tyres have performed faultlessly so far, but of course the real work lies ahead of us as the drivers put their cars into qualifying and race trim. Today, the drivers tried out the evolution of our hard tyres and their response was generally favourable, although we need to be careful that we don't end up with tyres that are too conservative. Given how harsh the conditions were today, we've been pleased with the way that things have gone and we're expecting a three-stop strategy for the race. Obviously there will be some interesting tactical calls from the teams tomorrow when it comes to deciding which tyres they will choose to qualify on. This is just going to add to the spectacle of what is sure to be a fascinating race."
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A boxplot, sometimes called a box and whisker plot, is a type of graph used to display patterns of quantitative data.
A boxplot splits the data set into quartiles. The body of the boxplot consists of a "box" (hence, the name), which goes from the first quartile (Q1) to the third quartile (Q3).
Within the box, a vertical line is drawn at the Q2, the median of the data set. Two horizontal lines, called whiskers, extend from the front and back of the box. The front whisker goes from Q1 to the smallest non-outlier in the data set, and the back whisker goes from Q3 to the largest non-outlier.
If the data set includes one or more outliers, they are plotted separately as points on the chart. In the boxplot above, two outliers precede the first whisker; and three outliers follow the second whisker.
Here is how to read a boxplot. The median is indicated by the vertical line that runs down the center of the box. In the boxplot above, the median is about 400.
Additionally, boxplots display two common measures of the variability or spread in a data set.
And finally, boxplots often provide information about the shape of a data set. The examples below show some common patterns.
Each of the above boxplots illustrates a different skewness pattern. If most of the observations are concentrated on the low end of the scale, the distribution is skewed right; and vice versa. If a distribution is symmetric, the observations will be evenly split at the median, as shown above in the middle figure.
Problem 1
Consider the boxplot below.
Which of the following statements are true?
I. The distribution is skewed right. II. The interquartile range is about 8. III. The median is about 10.
(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and III (E) II and III
The correct answer is (B). Most of the observations are on the high end of the scale, so the distribution is skewed left. The interquartile range is indicated by the length of the box, which is 18 minus 10 or 8. And the median is indicated by the vertical line running through the middle of the box, which is roughly centered over 15. So the median is about 15.
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On July 29th, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), received a letter from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) responding to his questions around the Bureau's use of drones. Sen. Paul made it clear that he will not pursue his inquiry further at this time, clearing the way for the eventual confirmation of James Comey to lead the Bureau.
But while the FBI's letter does provide some meager answers, what is more notable about the correspondence between the Senator and the FBI is the lack of real information it reveals.
Much like National Security Agency (NSA) spying, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) courts, and other secret law, the government has made clear yet again that policies and procedures that purportedly protect civil liberties will not be revealed to the public. Perhaps the secrecy is because those policies do not, in fact, include adequate protections.
As we reported a few weeks ago, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, current FBI director Robert Mueller admitted that the FBI uses drones to conduct domestic surveillance. When questioned further, he admitted that the Bureau was only "in the initial stages" of developing policies and procedures for the drone program.
The day after the hearing, Senator Paul issued an open letter to Director Mueller asking for specifics on the program by July 1. He requested transparency on the secretive program, including the number of drones the FBI has, whether they are (or could be) armed, and what privacy protections are or will be in place. Unsurprisingly, the FBI declined to respond. Senator Paul sent a follow up letter on July 9th again requesting a response.


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As intelligence analyst Will Travers in AMC's new show "Rubicon," James Badge Dale specializes in keeping his lips sealed. He spends his days poring over geopolitical reports, looking for patterns and clues in the seemingly most random snippets of information and his discoveries remain locked up the second he leaves work. Add to this his ongoing stoicism about his wife and child's death in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and you can imagine how much fun he is at a party. Not much of a talker, Will.
Though not exactly a chatterbox — he's too soft-spoken and introspective to fit that label — Dale proves open and engaging on everything from his upbringing in Los Angeles to his professional struggles in his mid-20s (but not his tattoos: "I'd rather not talk about them," he says). So open in fact that, at one point, the actor frets that he should put a lid on it.
"Are we talking way too much? Are we going way too in depth?" he asks toward the end of the interview, between drags on a series of Camel Lights. "I feel like I'm giving away the secrets, giving away a book."
At 32 and considering his year thus far, it's safe to assume Dale will be able to collect plenty of material for his next outpouring. In March he played one of the three protagonists in Steven Spielberg's critically lauded HBO miniseries "The Pacific" and, starting Aug. 1, he will be headlining "Rubicon," opposite Miranda Richardson and Dallas Roberts.
Set in New York, the show focuses on Dale's Travers, a brilliant but closed-off federal intelligence analyst. When his boss dies under suspicious circumstances, he finds himself embroiled in a global conspiracy that pushes him out of his hermetic existence.
"I think this guy has an IQ that's double mine. He's very good at things that I'm not good at. And there's this fear of, 'My god, I'm not going to be able to pull this off.' People are going to find me out and be like, 'That guy's not insanely brilliant at patterns and math,'" says Dale, who read countless books on emergence theory and government intelligence in preparation for the role.
The actor was able to tap into more personal material when it came to understanding Will's emotional damage from the loss of his wife and child and his resulting social isolation.
"He's a man who hasn't grieved," says the actor, who was familiar with such a state having lost his mother to cancer when he was 15. It wasn't until Dale saw a production of "Wit" with Judith Light (playing a woman dying of cancer) that he himself was able to properly mourn his mother's passing. "I was a wild teenager. I was angry, [in] a lot of pain, didn't navigate it well. And that's what fascinated me about Will. Here's a guy who's at this place that I was as a teenager. He's withdrawn from the world and hides in his work. What I love about this show is that here's someone who's being forced back into the world, to deal with people and to face things."


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IBI know it's a bit early but I've really been thinking about which firms I'll be applying to for summer internships. While I'll obviously aim for MBB, I'd really like to know how non-MBB consulting firms stack up in terms of good business school opportunities (M7 + Tuck) and brand. By brand, I don't mean name recognition. Instead, I mean that it's a firm that employers (inside + outside consulting) will respect and be impressed by.
I guess I've always considered OW and Booz & Co. to be the firms most comparable to MBB, with firms such as AT Kearney, Parthenon, LEK, Deloitte S&O, Monitor (before the bankruptcy) to be more or less equal with each other and slightly below in prestige than the two above.
Any thoughts? Any input would be much appreciated.
You're a bit early?? I'm
COYou're a bit early?? I'm curious, because nearly all consulting firms in my area have, or are just about to be, finished with their recruiting efforts. What year are you?
COA.T. Kearney: An old-guard
?A.T. Kearney: An old-guard going through a major renaissance period. ATK was a spin-off of the original McKinsey (Andrew Thomas Kearney joined James O. McKinsey, and was McKinsey & Co.'s first partner. When McKinsey died, Kearney took control of the Chicago office, while the other partners took the Boston office.). The firm has a very strong reputation in operations, though is less present in pure strategy. ATK was purchased by EDS in the mid-1990s, and then in 2006 the partners performed a management buy-out. Since then, the firm has been very rapidly growing (several year's of double digit growth) and expanding both its global footprint as well as the services it provides. On a size/presence basis, it is probably the most comparable to the MBB from the list you provided. The firm has 57 offices in 39 countries, and around 3,000 employees; putting its close in size to Bain. ATK has been growing very aggressively, and seems to be positioning itself to shake-up the MBB, or make it the MBBA. ATK and Deloitte are probably my two recommendations amongst the four that you mentioned for B-school prospects. Kearney also has the Global Business Policy Council and its weekly publication Executive Agenda, which are a government policy think tank and publication showcasing its thought leadership respectively. I'd expect ATK to grow in prominence/prestige over the next few years as it continues its post-MBO renaissance.
Parthenon: Interesting firm started by two ex-Bain guys that is rapidly gaining momentum in some high-growth spaces. Its comparably small size puts it more in the boutique space (think ~300 consultants worldwide), but it has chosen to specialize in a few niches like education and healthcare, which offer high-growth potential. The firm is a bit of a wild-card at this point given its size, but it certainly offers great growth opportunities for those looking for the small firm feel.
LEK: A great firm, with a heavy concentration in M&A and DD projects, though obviously presence in other practices. If you have ambitions to switch-over to PE, then LEK would be a great non-finance platform to do so. The company has also carved out expertise in a few interesting spaces such as biotech, entertainment and alternative energy. So you'd definitely be working in some interesting and high-growth spaces. One of the biggest strengths and at the same time weaknesses of the firm is its comparably small size (albeit bigger than Parthenon). While the firm has been growing quickly, it has only about 20 offices worldwide; so expect much travelling to cover each offices geographic coverage area (relative to most consulting firms that is). Overall, LEK is a great up and coming firm.
Deloitte S&O: This one is a mix of contradictions. On one hand, they have been rapidly increasing their presence in pure strategy and operations projects. Their acquisition of Monitor's assets certainly speaks to their ambitions in this space. Coupled with their abilities in technology and human capital, they and Accenture are arguably the only two firms that can provide a full end-to-end project delivery -- which is becoming (apparently) increasingly popular among firms. Likewise, out of the MBA they actually have one of the highest total compensation packages on the market (including MBB). That said -- as much as the Deloitte Consulting folks hate to admit --- they are still an accounting firm at their core; so expect great bureaucracy and slower career advancement. Also, unless this has changed recently, each office runs its own separate P&L, meaning that collaboration between any two offices can be hit or miss. Overall, the firm does (surprisingly?) quite well in B-school placements in the M7; and provides solid support for the GMAT, application writing, and occasionally tuition reimbursement. It also is rumored to have a better work-life balance; though speaking to my buddies that work there, this might be more marketing than fact.
Other firms that I'd recommend that you consider (beyond those that you mentioned):
Roland Berger: a tier-1 (in Europe) strategy consulting firm. While Roland Berger does not have the same presence and prestige in the North America that it has in Europe, it is a great firm with huge breadth of industry expertise and a major global footprint. The company has 51 offices in 35 countries, including 5 in North America; the firm is heavily concentrated in Europe and Asia.
Arthur D. Little: The world's oldest consulting firm, with 35 offices across 20 countries. The firm is known for its more scientific bend toward solving cases, which stems from its roots at MIT. The firm has gone through its ups and downs over its 100+ year history, and no longer has the presence and prestige it once had. Nevertheless, in the past few years, the firm has been gradually rebuilding its prominence in its core practice areas such as Oil&Gas, chemicals, and telecom. Given the firm's near bankruptcy in 2001, the ADL leadership have become cost hawks: consultants often fly coach, expenses are very closely monitored, and little money is spent on office appearance/décor.
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@CanadianConsultingGuy - Insightful post with a lot of good info. Only thing that I found that was incorrect was about LEK's travel requirements. My roommate is at LEK - he does not travel at all. The culture at LEK is that they do not travel at all. The only times they do travel may be for midterm/final presentations. Some teams may travel on a weekly basis to the client site, but it is rare.
@therock55 - From what I have read and have heard in my experiences as a consultant, there are really only 6 firms (excl. Monitor) outside off MBB that place significantly will into M7:
2) Booz
4) Parthenon
6) Deloitte S&O
When you are looking into firm b-school placements, remember to consider the placement rates, not the placement quantities. For example, if Parthenon places 5 to HBS and Deloitte S&O places 10, Parthenon's placement is leaps and bounds beyond Deloitte S&O's because of the sheer size of that group.
Another thing to consider is your end game. If you are looking to place into PE, go for LEK, Parthenon, and perhaps OW and Booz. If you are looking to place into corporate strategy, focus more on getting into OW, Booz, and perhaps LEK and Parthenon, depending on your industry of interest (education, bio, pharma). IMO, Deloitte and ATK are a notch below these four in terms of a strategy practice.
@CanadianConsultingGuy Great
COGreat post but 2 small mistakes. Dondestanlaschicas already talked about the low travel requirements of LEK. Additionally, I disagree with ATK challenging MBB for top spot due to the following reasons:
1. They were looking to merge with Booz, partly because of their worsening financials. Ok that is back in 2010, but still might be a point.
2. They are not comparable in size to Bain as you mentioned. Bain has still roughly twice the size of ATK.
3. I think OW or Roland Berger might be the closest one to challenge them. Roland Berger is already en par or partly above MBB (mainly Bain) in some major European countries and if they (ever) get their North American business flying, they finally have a truly worldwide footprint. OW is the same size as ATK but has more financial firepower to grow, due to MMC who try to build a real competitor for MBB (e.g. merging all their consulting firms under one brand).
You didn't write anything about OW. What is your opinion about their GMC/FS work?
Great posts above. I just
?Great posts above. I just want to add that these days I've seen ATK compete mostly in supply chain work, and not much else. Agree that RB is most likely challenger... not sure about OW. Anything outside FS still seems pretty average over there.


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VIIC class German attack submarine. (1940) 577 units build (with other versions of the VII types, almost 750 was built in total). 5 torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) One 88mm cannon and a 20mm AA gun. 44 crew members.
Lenght of real boat is 67,1 meters. My model is 1,15m long (or excactly 150 studs), so that gives about 1:58 scale length. (�Minifig-scale I think is 1:50?)
All the photos shown here -and then a couple more- are now uploaded to brickshelf too, so that they can be seen in high resolution:
I had to completely rebuild several parts several times. The tail-section is still not good enough. (slope is wrong, and shape too bulky/blocky).
Originally I wanted to make it completely studless, but the tiles made it look even more blocky.
Notice how the railings around the turret curves! ;-)
The interior is just an "interpretation" of the real interiors of the boat. Because of the blocky minifigs, several compartments and bunks had to be left out. -But I think the general idea works ok.
Notice the minifig-carpenter standing by with a wooden plank and tools; A real life-saver when the going gets tough!
The engineer-guy watching the motors; He knows these motors like if they were a part of his own body! -Just from the sounds and vibrations, he knows immediatly when and where the next problem with them will occur.
The captain, on top of the turret. The oldest guy aboard, -he is just 37 years old, but already "an old man"...
Lastly a small plug for the all-time biggest and most expensive German filmatisation "Das Boot"; This was first released in 1981 and has since then been released in various editions and TV-series, the last DVD being from 2004, which I think bears evidence to the superior quality of this movie. A grim and realistic story about the crew of the U-96. See it. You probably wont be more happy, but definatly wiser!
On a ligher side-note; the MOCkup of the U-96 used in the German movie was rented during a single day by Steven Spielberg, and can be spotted in the first Indiana Jones movie! ;-) -So this is actually a two-movies MOC!
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Seaman SPb
November 12, 2014
Fantastic job! 11/10
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arwenromel hanna
January 7, 2014
this is super awesome
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Parrington Levens
May 22, 2012
wow man, you have a lot of fantastic work to look at...
vincenzo Sciortino
January 29, 2012
Just like the one in Das boot! I like it! Verry good job!
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greyhound 2011
December 23, 2011
very nice U96
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Marc dZ
November 8, 2011
Where is my jaw?... stunning work!! I like the shape. Feary!!
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Andy Fleet
August 21, 2011
Excellent work of a very difficult subject. Really very very nice.
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Panferov Egor
May 15, 2011
We all live in a German submarine...
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Jay Rhum
April 21, 2011
I came again to see the shape of your hull! Perfect! The inside. Perfect! The details, Perfect! Definitely one of the most beautiful sub of MOCpages! I admire it as much as Nate Flood one! ;-) I've got a question! How have you designed it? It seems you've got a lot of bricks at home!
Jay Rhum
February 16, 2011
Hi Henrik. That is a great job you've done here. I like your interior. It seems pretty realistic for this scale! Could you tell me how long it is? I invit you to tell me what you think about my Titan - Nuclear submarine. I am modifying it at the moment, so you've got my original model and i published another page with my actual modifications. I'd like to know what submarines fans like me think about these two both models. Thanks in advance!
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Marty Fields
February 10, 2011
Submarines are rarely attempted in Lego and even then usually just the parts above the water-line. Great to see yours is in its entirety. Excellent job!
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Victor Grigoryev
September 19, 2010
Your sub is GREAT! Very detailed and simply cool. You know, I used some parts on my sub, so please check it out!
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dalton case
September 18, 2010
love it it is so beautiful.:)
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jesse clarkson
July 10, 2010
nicely done :) makes my o-19 sub look like crap
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Tom Simon
April 28, 2010
Superb build, and good taste in movies.
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Pete Franklin
March 21, 2010
hey, nice to see another U-boat builder on here that isnt one more 12 year old deciding to stick ten multicolored bricks together and call it a U-boat because he saw Das Boot. First of all, love the number on the conning tower. While it may not be technically accurate, the skill involved in making that and what it represents is breathtaking. With the stubbiness of the hull and the shape of the conning tower, you could do a great job altering it into a Type II coastal submarine. Love the hull techniques, makes me want to go revise my Type VIIC MOC right now. I will look forward to any more creations...
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That LDD Guy
November 3, 2009
Nice job! maybe a bit of history on the boat would be nice, but great work!
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Oliver M
October 22, 2009
Excellent build, submarines are always amazing to see.
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brandon emmert
October 7, 2009
this a great moc. i really love the detail in this
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Fred Ottens
October 5, 2009
Great work, as always. Stunning details like the beds etc. Must have cost you lots of time:-)
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Alex McKenna
July 26, 2009
Amazing shape and details (e.g. curved rails, U-96 lettering, and even the anchor)! Great interior too. Interesting piece of triva you gave concerning the same boat being used in "Das Boot" and Indiana Jones! I might have to dust off the Indie DVD and have a look. :o)
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brandon scott
July 23, 2009
i like the camo and im glad u made an interior on it. i wish u had one on the calypso
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Emperor Kelsey Jewell
July 22, 2009
das boot was one of the greatest movie i had ever seen when i was 5 i made a little u-boat that was modeled after there sub.it was my first moc.great work and keep it bricky
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2x4 .
July 15, 2009
great work
I made it
Henrik Hoexbroe
July 14, 2009
Quoting Steffen Kasteleiner
Great U-96, Henrik! I love that movie, too. Kind of epic, almost. What�s your first language, by the way? Steffen
I'm danish, but currently living in Spain. (So my first language is lego -I mean danish!)
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Steffen Kasteleiner
July 14, 2009
Great U-96, Henrik! I love that movie, too. Kind of epic, almost. What�s your first language, by the way? Steffen
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Travis H
July 13, 2009
"It's a long long way to tipperary, it's a long way to home!" Brings back images of that great awesome amazing movie. Ironically, I just watched that yesterday. Awesome MOC.
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john lamarck
July 11, 2009
Great sub for an other even more great movie.
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Master Shifu Leo J
July 10, 2009
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Christian Leifeling
July 7, 2009
Just amazing
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Sven Junga
June 19, 2009
A fantastic creation! Color scheme and interior are just awsome!
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Thomas Benedikt
June 17, 2009
I know how tough it can be to make curved bodies but you did an amazing job with this moc. I especially like the front and the interior really brings this moc to a new level of cool.
I made it
Henrik Hoexbroe
June 13, 2009
Thanks a lot guys! I am overwhelmed (with joy) by the amount of comments this MOC has received just on its first day. -And also a little surprised, as I think I have other MOC's which are aestethically and technically better than this one... Nevertheless, comments like these are indeed oil for the creativity machine ;-) Again; Thanks!
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Alan Crisp
June 13, 2009
Shang! Top notch. If I could build spaceships as well as you built this, I'd be... well I'd be darn pleased with myself. Actually, this inspires me to do a lot better with interiors and with utilizing slope pieces.
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masterchief 1
June 12, 2009
The shape could do with a bit of work, but this is still an awesome moc.
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Commander Levet 157th Naval assault Infantry
June 12, 2009
this reminds me of a movie U-571 it is incredible
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Nate Flood
June 12, 2009
Outstanding job! There is not enough U-Boats on moc! Thanks for sharing!
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Mark Kelso
June 12, 2009
Love the striping, some very nice detailing, and while you don't seem completely satisfied with the form, I think you did pretty well (after all, curving Lego smoothly is the mother of all building challenges!). Great work!
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Sebeus I
June 12, 2009
Nicely done, it even has a torpedo room, great job, I'm planning to make one myself but I'm still figuring out a design, I want to give it a round shape but it's not easy. Great job on detail, I love it
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matt money
June 12, 2009
awsome work
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Thomas N
June 11, 2009
Wow, a germen u-boat with acurate interior pics, this is a winner in my book! ~T
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Metal Matt
June 11, 2009
WOW! Awesome creation! I love the details, inside and out. Great job. 10/5!!!
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Field Marshal Cliffe (The Third Horseman)
June 11, 2009
I like it
jared white
June 11, 2009
like peter griffin says friken sweet!
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Joseph Menz
June 11, 2009
Das goot!
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Weston Wedeward
June 11, 2009
That is just awesome. Best U Boat on mocpages you got there! Its so good I can't think of anything else to say. Tremendous!
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Darin Silbernagel
June 11, 2009
Very nice detail. I really like the interior shots.
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Space Pirate
June 11, 2009
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Chris Phipson
June 11, 2009
All the details on this are great! When I first looked at it, I thought it was microscale, imagine my surprise when I found out it was minifig scale! Really REALLY nice! Thanks for sharing and keep it blocky! ~ Chris.
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Vibor Cavor
June 11, 2009
This is waaay cool! I love this creation. The original colors, the details, the works. It prooves that you can make just about anything with Lego! Great work!
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Vibor Cavor
June 11, 2009
This is waaay cool! I love this creation. The original colors, the details, the works. It prooves that you can make just about anything with Lego! Great work!
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