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Lego Star Wars Minifigs – not Just Toys

For those of you who don’t know what Lego Star Wars Minifigs are , and I had never heard of them until my 6 year old showed me some, then quite simply they are superb little renditions of the Star Wars characters made from Lego.

Lego Star Wars minifigs come in a huge range of designs and feature all of the main characters from both the Dark Side and the Rebel Alliance. They also cover all 6 of the Star Wars films and several other parts of the Star Wars universe. There are some designs available from the manufacturers, but for me the most remarkable thing about Lego Star Wars minifigs is the huge community that has sprung up dedicated to creating new and unique designs.

Many of these hand built minifigs are lovingly crafted from spare parts and include hand painted faces, metallic bodies and even light up eyes, light sabres and weapons. Some have hats, headpieces and even additional clothing – truly amazing! There have also been licensed Lego Star Wars minifigs which have featured unique head sculpts that differ from the traditional cylindrical shape. The first was Jar Jar Binks and Yoda and C-3PO have also made guest appearances.

Other variations of the standard Lego Star Wars minifigs included the light-up lightsaber (LULS) minifigures. These were released as a part of the more expensive Star Wars Episode III sets in 2005, and look like standard minifigs but contain internal electronics. When the head is pressed down, an LED lluminates the lightsaber blade – how cool is that!

So as you can see Lego Star Wars Minifigs are not just toys, they are true collectors items. This is even truer of the latest addition to the line – a solid gold C3-PO – now that’s a toy I wouldn’t mind playing with.

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What Star Wars books should I read up to the Legacy of the Force series?

I'm a huge Star Wars fan, and I really want to read the Legacy of the Force series, but I'm trying to read a lot of the major Star Wars books before then so I'll have a better idea of what happened before then. I'm currently reading the Thrawn trilogy, and I've read the first 2 Jedi Academy books. What other books should I read in order to fully understand the Legacy series?

I am also a huge star wars fan and am currently reading the book star by star which is the 10th book in the New Jedi Order series and am on my way to reading the Legacy of the Force books too. But truth be told I am enjoying these books a lot! The plot is really good and each book has me totally addicted. Anyway, as to what books you should read, here is my list of books I think you should read before Legacy. I will also put one of these things * by each book that is really optional and really don't need to read it to understand Legacy, but is still a great read! Also this is completely in order of the star wars timeline of when all these books take place. So here goes...

The Truce at Bakura* (takes place right after ROTJ and is a great read)

X-Wing Series* (haven't read them yet, but hear they are awesome and will probably read them some time in the future) Includes:
-Rouge Squadron
-Wedge's Gamble
-The Krytos Trap
-The Bacta War
-Wraith Squadron
-Iron Fist
-Solo Command
-Isard's Revenge
-Starfighters of Adumar

The Thrawn Trilogy (one of my favorites and I think a need to read b4 NJO and Legacy)
Includes:
-Heir to the Empire
-Dark Force Rising
-The Last Command

The Jedi Academy Trilogy* (Haven't read, might be good, some people said it wasn't, Instead I would read the next book called I, Jedi)

I, Jedi (only SW book in 1st person. Main character is Corran Horn who is one of my favorite characters and is in the NJO series so you may understand him a bit more in that series if you read this book.)

The Crystal Star *********** (this is a completely OPTIONAL book! My advice: Don't read it. I read two chapters of this book and i couldn't stand it! save yourself the misery and stay away from this book!)

The New Rebellion* (Great read, read it if you want, doesn't matter if you don't)

The Hand of Thrawn Duology (Great books and would definitely read) Includes:
-Specter of the Past
-Vision of the Future

Survivor's Quest and Fool's Bargain* (Read it if you want, they're mostly about Luke and Mara, though not a necessary read.)

Junior Jedi Knights Series and the Young Jedi Knights Series* (Both series I have not read yet and I don't know if I want to. They might be good but I don't know. Either way, I haven't read them and I have had no trouble understanding the New Jedi Order series. Not going to list them cause there is a lot and a waste of time if you really wanna read Legacy as much as I do!)

The New Jedi Order Series (This series is required if you have any hope of understanding the Legacy of the Force Series. But not to worry, it is absolutely great! There are a few if not many depressing moments but there is some happy moments. There's lots of action, with either x-wings, blasters, or lightsabers. There is also a lot of philosophical stuff about how one should use the Force, in which I find rather interesting. I can't express how much I am enjoying this series, and I hope you like it as much as I do at the moment)
Includes:
-Vector Prime
-Dark Tide I: Onslaught
-Dark Tide II: Ruin
-Agents of Chaos: Hero's Trial
-Agents of Chaos: Jedi Eclipse
-Balance Point
-Recovery (e-book you might be able to find online, but is included as the prologue in the paperback version of star by star)
-Edge of Victory: Conquest
-Edge of Victory: Rebirth
-Star by Star
-Dark Journey
-Enemy Lines: Rebel Dream
-Enemy Lines: Rebel Stand
-Traitor
-Destiny's Way
-Ylesia (e-book, you will have to find it online)
-Force Heretic: Remnant
-Force Heretic: Refugee
-Force Heretic: Reunion
-The Final Prophecy
-The Unifying Force

The Dark Nest Trilogy (I heard this trilogy is really good and i am looking forward to reading it. I assume this is a bridge between the NJO and the Legacy series so I would read this b4 Legacy.)
Includes:
-The Joiner King
-The Unseen Queen
-The Swarm War

Legacy of the Force (And here's the series you want to read and I can hardly wait to read!)
Includes:
-Betrayal
-Bloodlines
-Tempest
-Exile
-Sacrifice
-Inferno
-Fury
-Revelation
-Invincible

Well there you go, those are my recommendations of what to read and I hope I was helpful! And sorry it was so long I kinda got carried away and I have nothing to do at the moment except answer questions! Anyway I hope you enjoy the books!

'Star Wars (John Williams Is The Man)' medley - Corey Vidal and Moosebutter - a cappella tribute

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Fold Out

You probably already know what the most-often used brochure format is for businesses: the tri-fold. The reasons why they're so popular are obvious. They're relatively inexpensive to produce, and can even be done in-house. Plus, they fit in a standard-size envelope to send out to customers and prospects in the mail.

Actually, "tri-fold" is a common misnomer. These brochures are constructed by folding an A4 sheet of paper twice to create three panels on each side. So the correct name is the bi-fold, tri-panel brochure.

You need a compelling image, attractive fonts and a strong headline on the front panel of your tri-fold brochure. But what you need to work hardest on is what people are going to find when they unfold it and begin reading. This is the make-or-break point.

Start off with a one or two sentence description of what your company's product is and does. Don't use any jargon, even if you're sending the brochure out to fellow industry insiders. Always write for the general public, and assume that they won't understand your jargon.

Here's what you put in the inside spread: For each of your product's most compelling features write one or two easy to read paragraphs outlining the benefits. Be sure to highlight any features or benefits which give your product a competitive edge. Always write "short and sweet" sentences. Dense text in a brochure is a real attention killer.

The inside front panel is the most important panel of the brochure. This is a great location for a glowing customer testimonial. You can put your phone number and website address here are well. The back panel gets the lowest readership. So use this space for you contact details.

You can see that producing an effective tri-fold brochure is simple. But that doesn't necessarily make it easy. If you need help with this project, hire a copywriting professional.

Charles Cuninghame is a brochure copywriting expert in Sydney, Australia. Check out his brochure copywriter samples.

What is the best way to smooth out the fold lines from a new shirt?

Especially long sleeve shirts that have all of the pins and plastic inserts.

If you don't want to wash and iron it before you wear it, throw it in the dryer with a damp rag. That will help.

The Jealous Sound - The Fold Out

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Airplane Plane

Leaving on a Jet Plane? Business Etiquette to Go

Business travel is often a necessity whether you work for a Fortune 500 company or own a small home based business. Only so much business can be conducted by telephone, e-mail, computer and fax. There will come a day when you need to travel for business and how you conduct yourself will make all the difference in determining your success in getting that new client or sealing the deal.

Always remember that you are representing your company during your entire journey, starting and ending with your trip to and from the airport. Be considerate to airline personnel, hotel porters, restaurant employees and anyone else you meet on your trip. You never know when someone you meet may be related to the CEO of your client company or when someone you treat badly makes a formal complaint to your employer. Stay on your best behavior when you are traveling and you will build relationships that can impact the bottom line. As a bonus you will enjoy your trip a lot more when you treat others with courtesy and kindness.

After your travel reservations are made do some research. Start by studying the customs and culture of your destination if you are visiting a foreign country or by reading an online newspaper from the US city where you will be staying. Use the internet to select a restaurant for wining and dining your client, and make reservations ahead of time. Refresh your memory on the basics of introductions, table manners and gift giving before you leave home.

If you are traveling with someone else, ask that you be seated next to your business associates on the airplane. Sitting together will ensure you keep your conversations confidential and other passengers will appreciate not having to listen to you talk across an aisle or over the seat. Avoid alcohol on the airplane and during your entire trip. Traveling is not an excuse to indulge in alcoholic beverages and your boss will not appreciate being billed for your overindulgence or hearing about your wild antics on the plane.

Prior to traveling familiarize yourself with the gift giving etiquette of the company you are visiting. Be aware that many corporations and government offices have strict rules about accepting gifts. Call the company receptionist or the secretary of the person you will meet with on your trip to inquire about the company guidelines and ask for suggestions if a gift is appropriate.

Use technology sparingly in order to show respect for those around you. Make use of earphones with your laptop or hand held gadgets. Turn your cell phone off while flying and when attending a meeting. If you do have to take a call, let others know ahead of time and leave the meeting when the call comes in.

Be punctual for all of your meetings and dress professionally. Leave your casual clothes for evenings and weekends when you won't be spending time with your client. Plan on keeping yourself occupied on off hours and do not expect your client to entertain you. If you are invited to a casual meal or other activity on off hours, feel free to accept but pay attention to your attire. Even if your host suggests that you dress casually, keep in mind that you are still doing business and make sure you keep the "business" in "business casual."

Refrain from discussing inappropriate issues while traveling such as religion, politics and your latest surgery. Respond respectfully when asked your opinion on sticky subjects then move on quickly to another topic. If anyone, including a client, begins to bash Americans, do not take offense. Tell them you understand how they might feel that way and change the subject. Client meetings are no place to advance your personal causes or opinions.

When you return to your office, send a handwritten thank you note immediately. Let your client know how much you appreciate their hospitality and how much you enjoyed your trip. A handwritten note is much more personal than a hastily sent e-mail.

Paying careful attention to your business etiquette while traveling may help you achieve that promotion you have wanted, seal that deal you have been working on for months or enhance the otherwise lukewarm client relationship. You may not have control over your travel schedule, where your luggage ends up or the clients you need to meet, but you do have total control of your own behavior and your personal attitude By minding your business manners your trip will be pleasant, productive and profitable.

(c) 2007, Lydia Ramsey. All rights reserved. Reprint rights granted so long as article and by-line are published intact and with all links made live.

About the Author

Lydia Ramsey is a business etiquette expert, professional speaker, corporate trainer and author. Learn from Lydia by using her four LIVE business etiquette broadcasts on DVD or by reading her newest book "Lydia Ramsey's Little Book of Table Manners". You can purchase these business etiquette tools at http://www.mannersthatsell.com/tms/index.html.

Are plane companies allowed to put hidden cameras in airplane bathrooms?

Ah good because I'm going to be on a long flight and I'd really like to relieve myself.

No, why would they?

Sonic Boom - Extreme Close Fly By

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Hot Air Balloon

Hot Air Balloon Rides

The history

The first hot air balloon, just like the first space rocket, had animals as the passengers. The lucky beasts to enjoy the first flight were a sheep, a duck and a rooster and the balloon stayed in the air for a grand total of 15 minutes before crashing back to the ground. This was the year 1783 (September 19th) and the person who attempted this was Pilatre De Rozier, a scientist. Approximately two months later (21st November), French brothers Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier attempted the first manned flight. They were not much more successful than the animals, managing to stay in air for a total of 20 minutes.

The first serious, long distance flight came just two years later when in 1785 a French balloonist, Jean Pierre Blanchard, and his American co pilot, John Jefferies, became the first to fly across the English Channel. The above events paved the way for balloons to be used widely in the world. Although it never became a popular or widespread method of air travel, man’s fascination with these marvels that seem to be suspended in air on their own has continued unabated. Grown men seem to have the same feeling towards a hot air balloon as kids have towards their helium balloons.

Pioneering flights

• The Atlantic was crossed in a hot air balloon in the year 1978 when the Double Eagle II became the first balloon to do so. The passengers on board (or in basket) were Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman.

• The Pacific was first crossed in 1981 using the Double Eagle V using a helium balloon. The first Pacific crossing using a hot air balloon was done in 1987 by the team of Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand.

To experience what these pioneers and others after them have experienced, we invite you for a trip in the skies. With hot air balloon rides over Sydney and the Hunter Valley. To know more about the packages available and booking, please visit www.cloud9balloons.com.au.

About the Author

Doug Taylor has been an extreme sports enthusiast since his college days. He loves going into the air, whether in an aeroplane, a glider or in a hot air balloon. He has also studied the history and evolution of hot air ballooning and likes to share his knowledge over the internet through his articles.

How much does hot air balloon rental typically cost?

I'm looking to rent a hot air balloon for my Sweet Sixteen.
I live outside of Orlando, Florida.

54 billion yen

Hot Air Balloon by Owl City

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In the Back, not All Cattle are Equal

FLYING in coach doesn’t have to be a horrific experience. Really. You just have to pay more.

Increasing numbers of airlines have begun to offer slightly better seating in the back of the plane for passengers willing to pay the extra $15 or $100 to sit there. You may not get a seat that’s as plush or as spacious as one in business or first class, of course, but it will still be a step up from the cattle-car experience of standard coach.

“In the past, airlines looked at coach as just one thing" said Chris McGinnis, editor of the Expedia Travel Trendwatch. “A coach seat is a coach seat is a coach seat. But in recent years, they’ve come to the conclusion that some coach seats are better than others."

Thus, Virgin America, which started flying in August, charges $15 for a bulkhead seat on short-haul flights, like San Francisco to Las Vegas, and $25 for longer flights, like New York to Los Angeles; Northwest charges you $15 to reserve some of its better seats on domestic flights, like those in the exit rows; Air Tran sells exit row seats for an extra $20 each way; no-frills Spirit Airlines has what it calls Big Front Seats that cost upward of $30 extra per one-way flight and give you as much as six extra inches of room over a standard seat; and the once strictly egalitarian Southwest Airlines now allows those who have higher-priced tickets (mostly business travelers who book at the last minute) advance boarding and the option to choose the best seats.

An even better option is to book one of the so-called premium economy seats, a feature inaugurated by Virgin Atlantic in 1992 and now being offered in some form by a number of airlines, including United Airlines.

Called Economy Plus by United, the program features at least 36 seats on each flight that offer up to five extra inches of seat pitch (the distance between your seat and the one in front of you) over the standard coach seat. There’s a catch, though: If you’re not a high-ranking frequent flier, you have to pay a membership fee of $349 a year to qualify for one of these seats, and then it is available only on a first-come-first-served basis. (The airline says that on some flights, if premium seats are available, regular passengers may be offered the chance to upgrade, either online or at airport kiosks when they check in, for $25 or $30 one way.) United also offers a “p.s." service on its nonstop flights between Kennedy Airport and the Los Angeles International and San Francisco airports, in which all 72 seats in a reconfigured coach cabin offer 34 inches of pitch and 17 inches of seat width, at economy-class prices that are competitive with other airlines’.

Premium economy is more commonly found on foreign carriers, and is often an excellent option for those dreaded long-haul corporate travel flights across the ocean.

For instance, starting next month, all six of Virgin’s flights between London’s Heathrow Airport and New York will feature 62 new premium economy seats with 38 inches of legroom (compared with 31 in coach), lumbar support in seat backs that inflate and deflate at the touch of a button, meal service on china with stainless steel cutlery, fresh fruit any time during the flight and a predeparture glass of Champagne. The lowest round-trip economy fare for a flight in early December from Newark to Heathrow was $588 in a recent search at www.virgin-atlantic.com. A premium economy class seat cost $1,428; business class or “Upper Class," $8,371.

Among the other airlines that offer seating in a kind of middle ground between coach and business are Scandinavian Airlines, Air New Zealand, All Nippon, BMI and British Airways, with Qantas planning to do so beginning in April. Benefits include from five to seven extra inches of legroom as well as priority check-ins and better onboard amenities.

But even if you fly standard coach, picking the right airline to fly and — most important — doing some seat research before you book your ticket can go a long way toward making your flight a more comfortable one. One of the best Web tools for this is www.seatguru.com, on which you can find practically every plane flown by most major airlines, with a detailed map of the cabin showing which seats are best and which are to be avoided at all costs. Here, based on advice gleaned from that Web site, as well as Seatexpert.com and Skytrax, a research firm that ranks airline quality, are some recommendations of which airlines to fly on three popular routes:

New York to Paris: Take the Air France flight out of Newark, which uses an Airbus 330 on that route, with its 2-4-2 coach configuration. Not only are your chances of getting stuck in a middle seat reduced, but the 32 inches of seat pitch and 18 inches of seat width are also among the roomiest on offer. (And you get French cooking.) Avoid Continental’s one-aisle 757, which has three seats on each side on that same route, with its Scrooge-like offerings of 31 inches of seat pitch, 17.2 inches of width and the one-out-of-three chance of being stuck in a middle seat.

Miami to London: Five airlines sell tickets on this nonstop route on a regular basis: British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, American and Singapore and Continental (the last two on a code share with Virgin). Here is where the seatguru chart can come in handy. British Airways seems to offer slightly less room than the others (a pitch of 31 inches versus 32 by its competitors), yet the configuration of this 747-400 plane offers only up to 6 of what seatguru defines as “poor" seats in coach, compared with 16 or so for American and 11 for Virgin, on their Boeing 777 and Airbus A340-600, respectively. But if in-flight entertainment matters more to you, then Virgin might be your choice, with individual TV screens at each seat and video-on-demand rolling out across the fleet.

San Francisco to Hong Kong: Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines and United all fly the same plane, a 747-400, on this route, with a 3-4-3 seating configuration in coach. (American also sells it as a code share with Cathay Pacific.) United was offering the lowest round-trip ticket over Christmas (in recent online searches, $2,077 versus $3,074 on Cathay and a whopping $5,327 on Singapore), perhaps because it offers just 31 inches of seat pitch and 17 inches of width to the others’ 32 and 17.2 inches. United’s international economy class is also given a lower three-star ranking by Skytrax, compared with four stars for both Singapore and Cathay Pacific, which tend to offer better food, entertainment and overall service. Your best bet might be to fly Cathay Pacific if you can snag the second-to-last window seat at the back of the plane, where the seating Web sites point out that the curvature of the fuselage leaves enough room for just two seats in those rows and a lot more elbow room for those window seat passengers. Cathay Pacific also just revamped its economy class cabin with new seats that are designed to allow passengers to recline without intruding on customers seated behind them and that have nine-inch TV monitors in the seat back.

Make the most out of your corporate travel experience by making it a comfortable one.

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Which Airline is more luxury?

well as far as i know i been to many airline like Philippine Airlines, China Airlines, Cathay Pacific, United Airlines, Cebu Pacific, Southwest Airlines, Delta Airlines or some airlines in another country which the best of all planes on earth. ^_*

I perfer Delta becuz after the 9/11 attack they make sure everyone is safe! and its very comfortable

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