Toy Story characters in a Lego building set? How exciting is that? Yes, it is true. The year 2010, is the year that the Toy Story Lego building set becomes a reality.

In September last year, at the Venice Film Festival, the entrance to the red carpet was decorated with a five-and-a-half feet brick sculpture of Woody and a six-and-a-half feet brick sculpture of Buzz Lightyear, both built entirely using Lego building blocks. To add to the fun and excitement, Lego building areas were set up for everyone at the Film Festival, so they could be a part of the entire Lego fever. It took around 40,000 Lego building blocks, 250 hours and three builders to get Buzz together, while Woody used up 13,600 building blocks and around 150 hours.

Are you wondering why Buzz and Woody stood at the red carpet entrance? It was a public relations move to promote the release of Toy Story’s 3D movie version, which is scheduled for the summer of 2010, while also celebrating the launch of the Disney-Lego collaboration. The building sets of Toy Story are scheduled for January 2010.

Knowing what a hit Toy Story has been with the kids, you might put this Lego set down on your must-buy shopping list for your kids. The movie is not just for kids though, without a doubt young and old alike will enjoy the 3D movie version. To top it all off, everyone will be able spend hours putting together their favorite Toy Story characters together using Lego’s Toy Story set.

Running a bar is not as easy as it looks. Think of the number of varieties of glasses, tools, accessories that you need on the other side of the bar - and that should give you a good idea of how challenging it would be to run a bar.

Setting up a bar is not merely about glasses and table mats. The amount of bar equipment you would need to get is huge and is far too much to go into detail here. However, it also depends on the kind of bar you want to set up. Firstly, section off the area where you intend to place the bar and then list down the items you need to set it up.

The Bar

The bar itself should not be cluttered. It would be a good idea to invest in some good beer mats - otherwise you and your staff will be endlessly wiping up spills, etc. Buy a few bowls for snacks. Besides the mats and the snacks, keep the bar clear of any other clutter. A good place for storing glasses would be under the bar. Ensure that the bar trays you get are big enough so that they catch whatever spills could occur from the taps and pumps.

Back Bar

You will need another area at the back which is essential - because that it really where all the action happens. Here you will need all the accessories needed for making and mixing drinks. This includes stirrers, ice buckets, thimble measures, spirit measures, corkscrews and the list goes on. If cocktails are on the menu, then you would also need to have a fabulous selection of garnish for the glasses too.

Cellar Equipment & Back room

The backroom would need to be equipped well enough to hold beer barrels and other alcohol reserves that any good bar will have. You also need to invest in good equipment to wash glasses quickly enough otherwise you run the risk of running out of clean glasses.

Apple recently rejected a free, iPhone application that advocated a single player health system calling it “politically Charged” according to the apps developer, Red Daly. This 22 year old computer science grad student submitted his iSinglePlayer iPhone app for approval on 21st August. About a month later Apple rejected the application based on its content.
The application features a Canadian style healthcare system where that includes facts and figures supporting a scheme where the government insures citizens and reimburses healthcare institutions but does not employ the doctors. The app also uses GPS to determine a user’s political representatives and how much health companies have given them in campaign funds. It also provides a single button for users to call lawmakers.

Daly says that he made the application to express his opinion and to help other people express theirs. “I went to the app store because I felt like I didn’t have much of a voice in other spheres,” Daly said. “When the mainstream media talks about single payer, they emphasize the negatives and this was my foray into the debate. It seemed like this would be the most effective way to reach people, since it is a phone and people can call right from it.” Daly also states that he anticipated the rejection when Apple called to ask if he was working on his own or for a group or politician. Daly replied saying that he is working for his own small company. Daly is annoyed by Apple’s preference for the establishment. He went on to say “I feel like politicians already have a megaphone and Apple is making it worse instead of making it easier for a regular guy to get an application into the store.”

Canadian circus tycoon Guy Laliberte and two crew mates lifted off from Kazakh steppe lifted off in a spacecraft on schedule on 30th September and headed for the International Space Station. It was the Soyuz capsule that carried the Cirque du Soleil founder, US Astronaut Jeffrey Williams and Russian Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev towards their destination far out in space.

Friends and family gathered to watch the spacecraft burst in to space and were overwhelmed with joy when the announcement came that the crew of three were safely in orbit on their way to the International Space Station. Laliberte paid $35 million for his trip in to space and plans to use it to help publicize the world’s growing shortage of clean drinking water. The tycoon also made an attempt to make space travel fun by donning his bulbous red clown nose and blowing kisses to fans and supporters. Laliberte also brought several clown noses for his crew mates and stated that he will tickle them when they are asleep.

Singer Garrou said “I feel a lot more mesmerized than I ever thought I would be,” after the launch. “Having your friend rising up that fast and that impressively is beyond what I expected.” All three crew members brought little trinkets that would remind them of the folks back home. Laliberte is scheduled to return to earth in 12 days.