text: ADAM GOLDSTEINThe Aurora SentinelBYERS, Colo. (AP) - Life would have been much different on Gary May's farm 100 years ago.With the right kind of setup, the 400-acre farm east of Aurora could have easily sustained a family in the early 1900s. As the owner of the property, May could have figured out a way to eke out a living from the land. Sure, it would have taken a lot of work from a sizable crew of workers, but it could have worked."If we were having this interview 100 years ago and I had 12 kids, well, we probably could make ends meet. We'd have free labor," May said as he drove an electric golf cart by rows of pepper plants on his property in Byers. "That doesn't happen . As a business person, I can't sustain a family on this small irrigation."Times have changed for farmers like May. With his relatively small tract of farmable land, May has had to find other ways to keep his business afloat. The landscape has changed since he first bought the property in 1976. Nowadays, a big stake of May's business lies in "agritainment," a buzzword that describes a whole new approach to drawing dollars to the farm.He's set up corn mazes and markets during the fall. A spacious events center on the property hosts weddings, dances and meetings. In the coming months, the farm will host 5Ks, field days, foam festivals and Riot Fest, a music festival featuring national acts like The Replacements, Iggy and the Stooges, Rancid and Public Enemy."I'm always looking at something new," May said. "Lots of people in this region moved out here and wished they would have locked the gate. I say, 'If I would have locked the gate behind me, you wouldn't be here' . Change, to me, is an adventure."In lieu of looking to boost yield and output to make ends meet, May has turned to attractions that seem a bit out of place for a traditional, family farm. It's a push that's only intensified following the success of last year's "Dirty Girl" 5K.At the end of June, May Farms will host the annual "Run For Your Lives" 5K run and obstacle race. The national event produced by Reed Street Productions will be a takeover of May's farm by dozens of actors, crew and organizers. Runners will traverse the trails and fields at May Farms as they're chased by actors dressed as brain-hungry zombies.That's not the only large-scale event planned for the property in the coming months. In July, the farm will host an Independence Day car show, a "Color Vibe" 5K and a firefighters' muster. In September, May will push the envelope even further with the Riot Fest.The rock, pop, hip-hop and alternative music festival kicked off in Chicago in 2005, and has since spread to locales including Brooklyn, New York; Dallas and Toronto. Acts like Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Imagine Dragons and Fishbone have all appeared at the festival. Founders started the festival with a do-it-yourself mission in mind, a scaled-back effort in the wake of growing, multi-day festivals like Coachella in California, Bonnaroo in Tennessee and South By Southwest in Texas.That mission has remained a constant part of the festival, and it's part of what appealed to May in agreeing to host the event."We're building a future, building a reputation," May said. "We've been trying sell this farm as a festival site for a long time with the agritainment idea. We looked at different festival concepts and what made things work. We looked at how big is too big?"Events like Riot Fest, the Zombie Crawl and the Color Vibe 5K all seemed fitting for the size and scope of May's farm. They're the type of attractions that could easily draw thousands, but ones that won't strain the capacity of the farm's 400 acres. The attractions also carry enough currency in terms of tourism to garner the attention of Visit Aurora, the city's tourism promotion arm. Officials from the organization have included May Farms in their pitches about the wealth of attractions and events in Aurora."We've been working with (May), because the things like the Zombie Run and the Riot Fest attract out-of-town visitors," said Visit Aurora President and CEO Gary Wheat. "It's one of those things where there's not a lot of hotels out there, not a lot of restaurants. We market for those people to stay in Aurora."Considering the fact that the farm is a 30-minute drive from Aurora's main drag, it allows Wheat and the rest of city's marketers to appeal to tourists who may want to get away from the urban attractions. It's familiar territory for Wheat, who started his career promoting agritainment events in Iowa and Indiana. Even so, the menu of events coming up in Byers has made Wheat search for new sales pitches."If you'd asked me 10 years ago, 'let's do a Zombie Run,' I wouldn't have known what you were talking about," Wheat said. "This is a new spin on agritainment."Just like all new trends, the shift in agritainment may need some time to properly take hold. May, who still considers himself a farmer first, is ready to be patient and let the word spread about the zombies, the runners and the hip rock bands regularly featured on his property."I've made it clear with all of these events that they have to do it for three years," May said. "Any promotion person will tell you, you don't just have one year and make a decision on whether it's going to work."


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Endangered black-footed ferrets are reproducing more and surviving longer in the wild in Arizona than they have since recovery efforts began nearly a decade ago, wildlife biologists say.
PHOENIX Endangered black-footed ferrets are reproducing more and surviving longer in the wild in Arizona than they have since recovery efforts began nearly a decade ago, wildlife biologists say.
Biologists found 28 ferrets in the last two years in Arizona that were born in the wild -- more than double the number found during any two-year period since a reintroduction program began in 1996.
"The success in Arizona is great," said Mike Lockhart, a ferret recovery coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "If it continues along the same path, it could quickly become a self-sustaining population."
While the yellowish-brown, wiry animals appear to be doing well in Arizona, drought and the plague have devastated populations elsewhere in the West.
Biologists thought the black-footed ferret was extinct in the late 1970s, but about 120 of the nocturnal prowlers were found in the mid-1980s in Wyoming.
One reason for the low numbers is that the government killed thousands of prairie dogs -- the ferrets' main food source -- during the last century because they were considered pests.
"It came very, very close to extinction," Lockhart said. "It was at one time the most endangered mammal in North America, and it was undoubtedly one of the most endangered in the world."
In 1985, after disease killed most of the remaining ferrets, the last 18 were captured to start a breeding program, said Zen Mocarski, spokesman for the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
Now their offspring live at reintroduction sites in the United States and Mexico, including one in northwest Arizona near Seligman.
The only viable wild population in the country is in South Dakota, Lockhart said. Two other populations in South Dakota and one in Wyoming are close to being self-sustaining.
There are between 400 to 600 black-footed ferrets in the wild plus about 400 in captivity, Lockhart said. They remain threatened by the loss of habitat and prairie dogs.
Related to weasels, the ferrets can grow to be a couple feet long and weigh about 2 1/2 pounds. They have black face masks, black feet and black-tipped tails. In the wild, the ferrets spend most of their time underground.
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I enjoyed Joe Cornish's ATTACK THE BLOCK. which I saw with friends Marvelous Mary, David and Ali, and young Louis. I don't have a lot to add to the general impression of approval emanating from the print media — it's great to see a film which takes representation of British experience seriously while still delivering an entertainment. I remember Mike Leigh expressing satisfaction that ALL OR NOTHING was getting a wider distribution than usual so that his film about life in sink estates could be seen by people IN sink estates, and thinking, "Yeah, but be honest, why would they go see it? They know what it's like." Cornish has actually given the real-life equivalents of the heroes of his film something to enjoy, something that they can't get at home: alien invasion.
It's the alien invasion I want to dwell on, because that's in some ways the film's weakest part. Although the movie has a few scattered pop-culture allusions (the setting is Wyndham Tower, a nod to the author of numerous British sci-fi classics, and repeated mentions of Ballard Street tip the hat in the direction of another master of apocalypse, but where is the H.G. Wells tribute?), it doesn't seem to have bothered much with imaging a coherent alien race. An eleventh-hour plot twist involving pheremones is the only real idea offered, and otherwise we're asked to believe in a race of interstellar travelers too dumb to figure out how to open a wheelie bin. One bit of narrative development is surely not enough — ALIEN gave us the egg, the face-hugger, the chest-burster and the full-grown man-sized Geiger biker dude, after all. If it's not going to be transformations in size and appearance, it should be a transformation in our understanding of the creatures' purpose and behaviour, which is only grudgingly offered here, and doesn't ultimately make much sense (if this is a mating ritual, why are the pheremone-doused humans KILLED?). A promising idea, that the film's nominal hero, Moses, may be responsible for all the carnage due to his thoughtless, vicious killing of the first visitor, is largely abandoned — Cornish's strength as writer, his affection for his flawed characters, may also be his weakness, as he's too easy on them.
In terms of the aliens' design, there are issues… Cornish has decried the over-detailed look of most modern CGI monsters, and he's right (how ironic that he's involved ins cripting Spielberg's forthcoming TINTIN, which looks from previews like a reckless plunge into the Uncanny Valley of hideously-over-textured motion capture ugliness…) and so the idea of "monsters you could actually draw" sounds refreshing. Blacker-than-black outline beasts with glow-in-the-dark fangs sounds fine, but I wish the beasties' ability to blend with the shadows had been exploited more. And the thick, matted fur may be making things too easy for the prospective fan-artist: even I could draw these things, since the jagged-edge outline robs them of even a clear silhouette. Basically they're a bit like the star of ROBOT MONSTER but with a dog's head. In fact, basically they're exactly like the dog Gnasher in Britain's Dennis the Menace cartoon strip.
A fuzzy outline filled with menace — that encapsulates why the scifi side of the film, both visually and conceptually, feels underdeveloped compared to the compelling and compassionate view of life in Britain today, which is more switched-on than most of the supposed social-realism of the last several decades. Still, I'm quibbling — this movie is a hell of a lot of fun, confident without being brash, exciting, funny and likable. Since Cornish comes from a similar background to Chris Morris (FOUR LIONS) and Richard Ayoade (SUBMARINE) , we may be seeing something almost unprecedented in British cinema: a reinvigoration of commercial movie-making by TV comedy talent, spearheaded by ATTACK THE BLOCK exec Edgar Wright. There have been some notable failures too (MAGICIANS, BUNNY AND THE BULL), but nobody since Monty Python seems to have managed that transition, so it's worthy of note.


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The apple, even more than the bibical pomegranate, has become the symbolic first fruit to be eaten during Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which will be observed at sundown, Wednesday, Sept. 15.
During Rosh Hashanah, tradition calls for a perfect apple to be pared and cut into as many pieces as there are people present. A piece of the apple is dipped in honey and passed to each person at the table before the meal begins to symbolize a sweet and joyous New Year.
Apples go into the making of countless dishes in most countries throughout the world for this holiday, and they often are included in every course. So let apples and honey dominate your dessert table this year.
The pie crust for the Apple Meringue Tart is made from a cookie-like dough, which is rolled and baked, then filled with honey-glazed apples and garnished with a toasted meringue topping.
The Apple Upside-Down Cake is a simple version of Tart Tartin, a wonderful French apple dessert.
Everyone loves homemade cookies and the combination of spices — ground cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg — compliment the Honey-Glazed Apple Cookies, making it impossible to eat just one cookie. This recipe makes six or seven dozen depending on the size of the cookies.
To ensure a "good and sweet year" add these apple desserts to your Rosh Hashanah menu, along with the tradition of serving sliced apples dipped in honey.
A Word About Apples
- Look for apples that are firm and bright in color. Avoid any that feel soft or
have bruised areas.
- Depending on the variety, apples will keep two weeks or more in the refrigerator.
- After slicing, green apples do not turn brown as rapidly as red apples.
- Cook apples in a noncorroding saucepan: stainless steel, enamel or glass.
- Peel apples with a stainless steel vegetable peeler or knife.
- Granny Smith and Pippin apples are firm and tart and require more baking or cooking
time; they also require more sugar.
- Red or Golden Delicious apples need less sugar and take less time to cook.
- Roman Beauty apples hold their shape and are good for baking.
Apple Meringue Tart
1 (11-inch) sweet pastry crust (recipe follows)
8 to 10 apples, peeled, cored, sliced
Lemon juice and grated peel
1 cup apple juice or water
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup apricot preserves
3 egg whites
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Pinch salt
3/4 cup sugar
Prepare sweet pastry crust and bake according to directions.
In a glass baking dish, place sliced apples in a single layer. Sprinkle with lemon juice.
In a heavy saucepan, combine apple juice, sugar, apricot preserves and juice and rind of one lemon. Cook over moderate heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Bring syrup to a boil and simmer for five minutes or until thickens. Pour over apples and bake at 350F for 10-15 minutes or until apples are soft but firm. Cool.
Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Add cream of tartar, salt and continue beating until whites are stiff, not dry. Add sugar, a little at a time, beating well until stiff peaks. Fill pastry tube with meringue, using (48) rosette tube.
With a slotted spoon, transfer cooled apple slices to baked pie crust. Cover surface of apples completely with meringue. Bake for 10-15 minutes or place under broiler for a few minutes, or until meringue is lightly browned.
Sweet Pie Crust
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3 tablespoons milk or water
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt and sugar. Cut in the butter until the mixture is crumbly. Blend in the milk until the dough begins to come together. Do not over-mix. Knead the dough into a ball, wrap it in waxed paper and chill it for at least 10 minutes in the refrigerator.
Roll pastry out, on two large sheets of floured waxed paper, to a round large enough to cover and overlap an 11-inch flan pan with a removable bottom. For easier handling, cover the pastry with another sheet of waxed paper and fold pastry in half. (The waxed paper protects the center of pastry from sticking together.)
Lift the pastry from the bottom waxed paper and place on half of the flan pan. Unfold the pastry and remove the waxed paper that covers it. (At this point the pastry can be covered with plastic wrap and foil and stored in the refrigerator or freeze for several days.)
Preheat the oven to 375F.
Bring the pastry to room temperature. Spread a light coating of butter on a sheet of waxed paper and place it, coated side down, inside of the pastry, overlapping around the outside. Cover with another piece of waxed paper with the cut ends in the opposite direction. Fill the center of the waxed paper lined pie shell with uncooked rice or bakers jewels. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the sides of the pastry begin to brown. Carefully remove the waxed paper with the rice and continue baking until the bottom of the pastry is lightly brown. Remove from the oven and cool.
Makes one (11-inch) Pie Crust.
Apple Upside-Down Cake
Honey and apples make this simply delicious Upside-Down Apple Cake symbolic of the New Year.
Apple Topping:
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing cake pan
2 tablespoons honey
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
3 large tart apples, (Granny Smith or Pippin), peeled, cored and cut into 1/2-inch slices
2 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
1 egg plus 1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into chunks, room temperature
1/2 cup sour cream
1 to 1 1/2 cups sifted dark brown sugar, for garnish
Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a 9-inch cake pan with parchment paper and brush with melted butter.
For Topping: In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, place butter and cook over medium-high heat until foamy. Add honey and sugar and stir to combine, cooking until sugar dissolves, swirling pan occasionally. Add apples and fold with spatula to coat apples. Cook until apples have softened slightly Remove pan from heat and transfer apples, to a flat plate. Return pan to heat and cook syrup until thick and reserve. When apples are cool enough to handle, arrange apples in the prepared pan in a circular pattern.
For Cake: In a small bowl, whisk together the whole egg, egg yolk and vanilla and set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer, place flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt and mix well. Add butter and beat until crumbly, then add sour cream and beat until dry ingredients are moistened. Add egg mixture and beat until batter is well blended and fluffy.
Spoon batter over apples and gently spread out to an even layer that covers apple. Bake until cake is dark golden brown, and a wooden pick comes out clean when inserted in center, 35-40 minutes. Transfer pan to wire rack and let cool for five minutes. Loosen sides with a sharp knife.
Place serving plate over top of pan and invert cake so apples are on top. Let cake sit inverted for about 1 minute. Gently remove pan and peel off parchment paper. Just before serving sprinkle with sifted brown sugar, place under the broiler and broil until sugar begins to turn dark brown.
Serve about 10.
Honey-Glazed Apple Cookies
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup unsalted butter or margarine, room temperature
1 1/3 cups brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup roasted, chopped walnuts or pecans
1 1/2 cups chopped apples (1 large apple)
1 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup apple juice
Honey-Apple Juice Glaze (recipe follows)
Preheat the oven to 375F.
Prepare the Honey-Apple Juice Glaze and set aside.
In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg and set aside.
In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter until soft and smooth. Then beat in the brown sugar until the mixture is fluffy. Beat in the egg. Add half of the flour mixture, then walnuts, apples and raisins and mix well. Blend in apple juice then remaining flour mixture, mixing well. Drop, by rounded tablespoonful, 2 inches apart, onto greased baking sheets. Flatten the mounds slightly with a rubber spatula.
Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until golden brown. While cookies are still hot, spread thinly with Honey-Apple Juice Glaze.
Makes about five- to six-dozen cookies.
Honey-Apple Juice Glaze
1 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon softened unsalted butter or margarine
Pinch salt
2 1/2 tablespoons apple juice
In a small bowl, blend powdered sugar, honey, butter, salt and apple juice until smooth. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside. Makes about 1 cup.
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Oh my long time no post! Here is a little show My sister and I have been working on! This weekend July 9-10th is the last chance to go see it! so if you are in LA stop by! I will be there during the Closing reception July 10th this Sunday at 6Pm @Popsecretgallery in Eagle Rock Also... this year is the first time that I'll be at San Diego Comic Con!!! excited and overwhelmed! Gallery Nucleus was so kind to let me be part of their artists this year on their own booth Gallery Nucleus Booth number # 2643 So I'll see you there!


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SPRINGFIELD — Interest payments on Illinois' late bills cost the state $318 million last year — enough to cover the annual budget of the Illinois State Police, according to a published report.
The state auditor's overview of Illinois' finances shows interest payments from fiscal year 2013 were more than double what was paid in the previous year when the figure was $136 million, according to a report by the Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises newspapers.
The state's interest on unpaid bills was $91 million in 2011, $97 million in 2010 and $36.9 million in 2009.
Brad Hahn, a spokesman for Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka, said this year's interest payments should be much lower because the state has been "aggressive" about working to reduce the backlog of unpaid bills.
"Because much of the backlog has been paid down, we should not see the kind of interest payments in 2014," Hahn said.
The state's overall backlog of unpaid bills is expected to fall to $5.6 billion by June 30, which is the end of the current fiscal year. That's down from a high of $9.9 billion in 2010.
The state's 2013 deficit was nearly $45 million, a shortfall that grew by less than 1 percent from the previous year.
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— The art of tasting —
About our Beer Sommelier
Unibroue Beer Sommelier Sylvain Bouchard has been with our brewery for over a decade. With his thorough understanding of our brewing method and the unique features of each of our products, he shares the secrets of the taster's art and teaches us how to master beer and food pairings. Sylvain believes that truly appreciating a beer requires not only all the senses, but also a willingness to hear what the beer has to say.
Although the concept of a beer sommelier has been around for years in the U.S., it is still relatively new to Canada. At Unibroue, our Beer Sommelier plays a critical role by training, educating, and sharing his passion with consumers and brewing professionals alike in Québec and also throughout Canada and in the United States.
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DOVER — Construction of 42 new units of affordable housing in Dover is expected to begin in the spring.
City Planning Director Chris Parker said the developers are planning on getting their finances in order this month and are expected to close on the Dover Street site just after the New Year. Sitework and construction of the renovation of the 1885 shoe factory mill at 1 Dover St., just outside of downtown Dover, will begin thereafter.
Marty Chapman, executive director of The Housing Partnership in Portsmouth, said the project has been in predevelopment stages for over a year.
"The project … has received all of the necessary zoning and planning approvals from the City of Dover. The project has also received a preliminary reservation of tax credit financing from New Hampshire Housing, the primary source of funding for the project," he said. "We are also waiting to learn the result of a separate funding application the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, submitted in cooperation with Centrix Bank, our local banking partner."
New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority, a public benefit corporation established by the state legislature that operates a number of programs designed to assist low- and moderate-income housing, was approved for this Low Income Housing Tax Credit funding for six developments of affordable housing across New Hampshire.
The LIHTC program grants federal income tax credits over a 10-year period to eligible projects typically purchased by private investors who become limited partners in the projects, helping to reduce the need for public subsidies. According to a public statement, "The result is that the approximately $2.8 million in tax credits allocated each year can be leveraged into $22 to $24 million in project funding — funding that creates local jobs and keeps investment dollars in the state."
The LIHTC program is federally funded, encouraging private investment in new, affordable rental housing. It will bring an estimated 180 units to the state and close to 500 jobs while the apartments are under construction. In addition to Dover, affordable housing will be brought to Berlin, Hanover, Marlborough, Milford and Wolfeboro. Each project will have a different developer.
"The LIHTC Program is a successful example of a public-private partnership that provides a tremendous boost to our state's economy," said Dean Christon, executive director of New Hampshire Housing. "These projects are providing much-needed housing for our seniors and the workforce while also helping New Hampshire's housing market become stronger."
Dover's old shoe factory will be renovated into a complex called Woodbury Mill and use federal historic tax credits to transform into 42 low-income apartments sponsored and developed by The Housing Partnership in Portsmouth.
The total project cost for Woodbury Mill is approximately $9.8 million. Chapman said this estimate includes the cost to purchase the privately-owned property, the cost to perform historically sensitive restoration of hundreds of building elements to render it eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, the cost to construct 42 units of housing in a former warehouse, the cost to improve the site and grounds and other soft project costs including the architectural and engineering fees, environmental testing and abatement and legal fees.
These apartments are considered affordable housing, being offered at below-market rental prices to income-qualified working households. They are also considered Tax Credit housing, being projects that are funded in part by the federal LIHTC program.
Chapman said Dover is a great place for this project, with many supporting factors that The Housing Partnership looks for when deciding on where to locate this type of housing.
"Access to local and regional public transportation, an economically vibrant and pedestrian friendly downtown, a healthy mix of public and private services, and, most importantly, a willingness to promote a range of housing options for its working residents," he said.
42 affordable housing units planned for old shoe factory in Dover
DOVER — Construction of 42 new units of affordable housing in Dover is expected to begin in the spring.


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Police on the tiny island of Bonaire said Thursday that two pieces of luggage from a missing plane that was carrying the CEO of Italian fashion house Missoni has washed up on a local beach.
In Curacao, Bonaire police spokesman Hans Baltus confirmed that two bags found earlier this week on a rocky beach were from the missing plane carrying Vittorio Missoni, his wife and four others. Baltus declined to provide information about the nametags on the battered bags, citing an ongoing investigation.
However, Missoni family friend Claudio Verna in Italy said that authorities in Bonaire phoned him Tuesday to tell him that two bags were found that belonged to the missing CEO. He said the bags were discovered Tuesday by a local newspaper reporter on the tiny island off Venezuela.
Baltus said police were in contact with Verna as a family representative.
The BN-2 Islander plane carrying Missoni and the others vanished shortly after takeoff on Jan. 4 from Los Roques, a tiny archipelago that is a dependency of Venezuela. It was destined for Caracas, the South American nation's capital.
Late last month, a bag belonging to a tourist who missed that flight washed up in nearby Curacao, which lies some 200 miles (320 kilometers) west of the resort islands of Los Roques. It was the first sign of debris from the missing plane.
From Italy, Verna said the Missoni family and friends of the missing couple are still hoping that the plane did not plunge into the ocean.
"You cannot exclude that someone could launch bags in the sea. We are not in the condition now to exclude any other option," he said.
Verna said he will fly to Venezuela next week and try to advance plans to hire a boat to search for the missing plane.
Baltus said the two bags found in Bonaire are expected to be sent shortly to authorities in Venezuela.
Italy's air safety agency has said the pilot of the vanished plane had an expired medical fitness certificate and that the company operating the aircraft wasn't yet authorized to fly. However, the National Flight Safety Agency has said that neither factor is being blamed for the disappearance at this time.
Seven minutes after takeoff, the pilot reported that he was at 5,000 feet and 10 nautical miles from the Los Roques airport, according to the agency. The last radar readings showed the aircraft accelerating at 5,400 feet before it quickly lost altitude and speed, veering to the right until it disappeared from the radar.


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Kim Cattrall is beloved for her role as straight-shooter Samantha Jones on "Sex and the City," and it turns out, she's not about to start mincing words once the cameras are off.
"As an actress I've always, especially in movies, been playing sexy roles and have been sexualized," she tells PopcornBiz. "Some of it I think was unconscious, because as a young actress I wanted to work and I wanted to learn what it was like to be in front of the camera – I also wanted to pay my rent." Now, even after playing the aggressive, sexually liberated Samantha and other fab-over-40 roles, the 54-year-old is, like Monica Velour, confronting where her place will be in an world that often places youth and sex appeal over talent and experience."
In "Meet Monica Velour" (opening today), Cattrall takes on the role of an aging, out-of-work porn actress struggling with a trailer park existence and the arrival of her biggest, teenaged fan. And the actress, after delivering a subtle, nuanced performance with eye-opening effectiveness, has a lot of thoughts on the state of womanhood today – both in Hollywood and in society – that she voices with a studied seriousness Samantha rarely summoned.
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"We're still into worshipping into youth, and you can look youthful in your fifties, but you're at the youth end of the last chapter, really," she says. "You have to be realistic about it, and you think, 'Well, where do I fit in?' So that really appealed to me – there's a parallel there. Certainly I'm not in dire straights, living in a trailer park and fighting for the custody of my daughter, but I could really relate to that feeling of being marginalized."
"I think that at 54 that's happening," she admits. "I've never been marginalized before and it's an extraordinary feeling, where you're just feel like 'Well, where is my contribution going to be and what is going to be, especially in this machine of Hollywood?'"
She also says that "Sex In the City 2" got mired in post-release debates focused on the ages and appearances of the leading ladies rather than the admittedly arguable quality of the movie. "Like the film or not, the backlash of ageism was very ugly," she says. "I mean, why do I have to look good 'for my age?' Why can't I just look good? They airbrush 17-year-olds. They've been airbrushing me since my first still was taken, because I had a pimple or whatever. You think, 'Well, it's just too easy a target,' and nobody is speaking up about it. They're just letting it go. I think that's really a shame."
She also wrestles with the notion of Samantha – and by association, herself – as a role model for women. "When I'm Samantha, you can't be shy. You have to go 100%, and when I've tried to do it [in real life], sort of-kind of, I can't," she says. "There are positive things in the sense of the powerful image that she has and the choice that she has. She chooses these men, these relationships, these women to be in her life and she has so much experience. And she is so protective of women. She's the older one and so she's gone through more, in the sense of her arc, her history. I think those things are very positive."
But she worries about young women who've embraced Samantha's boldness without the benefit of their own accumulated wisdom. "I say to teenage girls, 'Don't try and be this because you're not 30 or 40 – you're 18 or 19,'" she explains. "And when you see these girls – they used to call them 'Sex and the City' wannabes – on bridge-and-tunnel nights, dressing up like the characters, coming up to me and saying, 'I'm you,' you say 'You have to just slow down – you have to just be a girl before you can be a woman. Because there comes tremendous responsibility with that, that you're not even aware of.'"
"You're looking at a very pretty wrapper," she says, "but on the inside it's so much more complicated and wonderful and terrific and scary."


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IRVING, Texas (AP) Former Tennessee coach Derek Dooley is headed to the Dallas Cowboys as wide receivers coach.
The Cowboys reported the move on their website Saturday night. Dooley will replace Jimmy Robinson, who could stay with Dallas in another capacity.
Dooley was fired at Tennessee in November after posting the longest run of consecutive losing seasons at the school in over a century. He was 15-21 in three seasons but just 4-19 in the Southeastern Conference and 0-15 against Top 25 teams.
Dallas coach Jason Garrett and Dooley were on the same staff with the Miami Dolphins in 2005-06. Garrett was offensive coordinator, and Dooley coached tight ends. Those are Dooley's only two years of pro experience.
Online:http://pro32.ap.org/poll andhttp://twitter.com/AP-NFL


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Somewhere near Sirte in October 2011, dictator Muammar Gaddafi met his fate. That event seemed to make an end to a successful western-led and UN-endorsed intervention which had aimed to protect the Libyan from a brutal repression and eventually toppled a decades-long authoritarian regime.
To some, it appeared as a good news: from now on, it would be possible to rely on military force to enforce the liberal order and, in a somewhat romanticism way, wage war for the salvation of innocent civilians. For others, that success triggered concerns that western power (and maybe others) would use Libya as a precedent in order to legitimate any intervention.
But neither occurred. On the contrary, the messy civil war in Syria and the brutal repression exerted on the population by Bacher Al Assad have not seen yet a western intervention. Proponents and opponents of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) have then argued that that situation of « double standards » is another proof of western states' cynicism.
Underlying this assumption is a fundamentally flawed perception of what is intervention in the strategic realm and, moreover, what is its meaning in today's international relations.
R2P and « just war »: a case for intervention
As Jean-Baptiste Jengène-Vilmer argued in an insightful article in July, R2P is frequently misled as a legitimating tool to intervene. In fact, R2P is neither a duty nor a free-hand given to a particular state in order to violate the norm of sovereignty upon which the international political system rests. More accurately, it could be depicted both as a condition for sovereign states to be recognized as such and as a right given to external actors, under certain circumstances, to act under UN mandate to interfere in the internal affairs of another state in order to protect its civilians.
In short, R2P functions more like the « just war » doctrine as a set of criteria to discern when and how going to war. It is worth remembering that « just war » is not only about a « just cause » but also about consequences: war is deemed « just » when its expected consequences is not to add more harm or to aggravate the conflict. Put otherwise, that implies intervention is neither a tool of last resort nor a task to be performed in every situation where civilian population is put at risk by a specific government.
Values and interests:
States, and especially great powers, are thus more prone to intervene when there's a strong consensus among them to do so (in the case of « humanitarian intervention ») or when they have both the power and high perceived stakes to act (in the case of « regime change »). Put simply, intervention is function of a particular actor's logic. That logic rests upon a balance between perceived interests and perceived values. Both matter: values are often framing the way a particular conflict is inscribed into that actor's interests, and interests are of course what drive the actor to include intervention in its strategic opportunities. It is critical to make that point because values and interests are more often than not perceived as opposed and sometimes conflicting categories. In most cases, there's a necessity to balance between them rather than to oppose them. In the case of France in Libya, values and interests are melted to a point that is nearly impossible to really separate them. Indeed, France was willing to assert its role as both a Mediterranean power and a promoter of Democracy. On the domestic stage, intervening was also seen as an opportunity driven by the perceived necessity to act in order to restore the president's image.
But if either values and interests shape the stakes in a particular situation, they have to be balanced with obstacles and potential costs in a strategic calculus. In a sense, Libya presented only a few obstacles: for France, the necessity to frame public opinion and international audience to present intervention as neither a post-colonial move nor a casualties-creating conflict. Those obstacles (mainly internal) drove the way France chose to intervene. That's not to say that public opinion really mattered as an objective obstacle. On the contrary, it is worth saying that public opinion was seen by political and military elites at the time as either a potential multiplier of legitimacy or a potential constraint in case France would suffer casualties.
In the case of Syria, obstacles are much more important and constraining. First, there are those constraints emanating from the international stage (i.e. the opposition of both China and Russia at the UNSC). Second, political elites are not willing to rely on direct military force and subsequent occupation to deal with Syria. That may be explained by either the interpretation of the last decade's interventions or by political elites' perceptions of costs overcoming benefits. Put another way: stakes and interests are not seen as sufficient to risk military or political backlash on either the domestic or the international stage. Third of course, military operations would prove much more difficult in Syria than in Libya, for a great range of reasons.
Moreover, consequences matter: there are growing concerns that an intervention in Syria, while desirable in the light of many interests or values, would lead to unintended and unwanted aftermaths.
The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 seems to prove that when stakes are high enough, political elites in the world's most powerful actor can overcome perceived obstacles. On the international stage, the US was able to do it because of its unchallenged capabilities. On the domestic stage, the aftermath of 9/11 allowed the administration to secure a large support in favor of the intervention.
In short, interventions are much likely to occur when stakes and capabilities are higher than dealing with both external and internal constraints. That's obvious, but that has two implications. First, context matters of course. But second, the way political elites perceive the desirability of a particular course of action seems to be more important than objective constraints.
Beyond intervention:
Those points highlight the fact that Libya has not become the precedent some feared (or hoped) to be. Political elites in most western countries seem to perceive much higher costs and difficulties to intervene in Syria.
It is more likely that, in the near future, western states will choose another course of action, absent the very conditions that allowed the intervention in Libya to be decided, waged and successfully put to an end. In reality, the alternative is not a binary one: between intervening or doing nothing.
States could choose to manage conflicts, humanitarian catastrophes or so-called « rogue states » instead. That's not to say that we are returning back to the 9/11 era. In many ways, western elites have learnt many lessons from that period. On the other hand, they've also drawn wrong lessons from the last decade, especially with regards to which effects military force may and can achieve.
Managing those situations would mean that states would rely on other means to deal with them. First, states could use sanctions or other tools in order to persuade. They could also use proxies or a light footprint approach in order to avoid being entangled in these situations. More probably, great powers would choose to intervene indirectly in order to contain potentially threatening consequences for a particular areas or for themselves.
Conclusion: France in Mali
That's why France would certainly choose not to intervene directly in Mali. More accurately, one would not expect France to rely on the same assets and on the same course of action than in Libya. First, political elites are willing to avoid any accusation of attempting to reassert control in a previous colony. Second, external threats are seen as less important than domestic issues. Third, further cuts in the defense budget would weigh on capabilities to act. Fourth, France's political leaders are unwilling to use force by fear of potential reprisals on French hostages. It seems that we forgot the very necessity of deterrence in that particular case. If France intends to remain a global power (albeit with reduced capabilities), it would be critical to remember the political message the use of force may send to both adversaries and partners. Because force means determination, it would be regrettable to lock ourselves in the binary alternative of fear vs. posture.


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Christmas at the Botanics
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Entrance at West Gate
As a ticket agent for this event, we have now returned all tickets to the main ticket provider. To purchase tickets for this event please visit: www.rbge.org.uk/whats-on/christmas-at-the-botanics
The magical, botanical, illuminated trail
It's the most wonderful time of the year as the treetops of Edinburgh begin to glisten and shimmer. There's something for everyone as a one mile sparkling path winds its way through the world famous Botanics in a magical after dark experience. Following a highly successful first year, our winter trail returns with over a million twinkling lights and plenty of new things to see. Enter a world festooned with seasonal cheer as you wander beneath unique tree canopies and alongside the iconic Glasshouses drenched in Christmas colour. More information
Phone and counter service
Tickets can also be purchased over the phone on 0131 226 0004 and in person at The Fringe Box Office, 180 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QS. The phone and counter booking services are available Monday to Friday 10:30am – 5:30pm.
Additional ticketing information
The illuminated trail is approximately 1 mile in length. Christmas at
The Botanics is designed so that it can be viewed solely from tarmac
flat paths, some interactive elements may invite the audience on to
grass where additional pedestrian matting will be provided. Staff will
be on hand to help with a moment of a particularly steep incline.
If weather conditions mean that the trail is not fully accessible for people using wheeled mobility aids, consideration will be made on a case by case basis to allow tickets to be transferred to an alternative date when the ground conditions are more appropriate.
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As a visitor attraction, venues operate seven days a week and therefore there is a team of key stakeholders who monitor weather conditions both in advance and on site during the days. For Christmas at... events, the weather is monitored daily both by the venue team and Christmas at... Event Team. A decision to close could be for the following reasons:
- Cold weather / ice / snow
- High winds and tree limb damage
- Driving rain - that could affect conditions under foot
The decision to close Christmas at the Botanics would be taken no later than 2pm on the day of an event, and would be taken by the on-duty Event Manager and venue Duty Manager. The event would always look to take this decision as early as possible to provide customers with information as quickly as possible.
In the event of a cancellation:
- We will send an email to each customer with cancellation notice as soon as we have been notified by the on-duty Event Manager and venue Duty Manager
- Following this a second communication will be sent to the customer as soon as possible outlining the customers options - this will depend on when in the calendar of the event the cancellation is called:
- Customer to be offered to exchange their tickets for another date, subject to availability.
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From 2001 to 2007, Joe Knight served as Dean of the University of Washington School of Law. A strong advocate for educational innovation and academic excellence, Knight provided administrative leadership as the Law School built and moved into a new home, William H. Gates Hall (2003) and developed the financial resources to recruit over twenty new faculty members to the school.
Before coming to the UW in 2001, Knight was a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law. He also served as Vice Provost of the University from 1997-2000. An expert in commercial law, Knight has authored three books on the subject and taught courses in banking, contracts and commercial transactions. He has also taught seminars on international banking and critical race theory.
Knight grew up in Winston-Salem, N.C. and earned bachelor degrees in economics, speech, and political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He earned his juris doctor degree from the Columbia University School of Law. At Columbia, he was a member of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. Prior to becoming a faculty member, Knight worked in New York City as a labor lawyer and in Connecticut with a bank holding company.
He is an active member in several organizations, including the American Law Institute; the Law School Admissions Council; the Society of American Law Teachers; and both the American and National Bar Associations. He is currently serving a three-year term as a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of American Law Schools. Knight also serves as a member of the board of directors of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company where he chairs the Legal Affairs Committee of the board. He was recently elected to serve as a trustee of the National University System in La Jolla, California.


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Amazing! This was the highlight of our time at Hawaii. The mantas swam right past our faces as they hoovered up the phytoplankton underneath the paddle boards ...that we were hanging onto. The guys that ran the tour were great fun. Make sure you take some warm clothes. Overall, well worth the money and very highly recommended!Read moreRead less
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This tour was a wonderful way to see the big island! I flew over from Oahu for the day and it did not disappoint!! My tour guide, Awana was fantastic. He ta...lked about the island and its history the entire day!!! I am not sure I could talk AND drive as much as he did but he did it with style and awesomeness!!! Thank you Awana!!! Great way to see a lot of what the big island has to offer!Read moreRead less


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Dark of the Moon Deluxe Autobot Skids Toy Review
General Information:
Release Date: April 2011
Price Point: $12.99 (varies depending on retailer)
Retailer: General (Toys R Us, Target, Wal-Mart etc.)
Accessories: Hand blaster/Double-barreled cannon
- On Card
- Official Photo (Vehicle Mode)*
- Official Photo (Robot Mode)*
- Scan of Card
- Vehicle Mode
- Vehicle Mode (Side)
- Vehicle Mode (Back)
- Vehicle Mode (Forward view)
- Vehicle Mode (Angle view)
- Vehicle Mode (Rear angle view)
- Vehicle Mode (Weapon attached)
- Vehicle Mode (Weapon attached, side)
- Vehicle Mode (Weapon attached, back)
- Vehicle Mode (Weapon transformed)
- Vehicle Mode (Weapon transformed, side)
- Vehicle Mode (Weapon transformed, back)
- Vehicle Mode (Weapon transformed, angle view)
- Robot Mode
- Robot Mode (Side)
- Robot Mode (Back)
- Robot Mode (Close up)
- Robot Mode (Close up on face)
- Robot Mode (Angle view)
- Robot Mode (Posed)
- Robot Mode (Posed holding weapon)
- Robot Mode (Extra weapons)
- Robot Mode (Upper body detail)
- Robot Mode (Left arm detail)
- Robot Mode (Right arm detail)
- Robot Mode (Foot detail)
*Images and text in italics from the Official Transformers web site:
AUTOBOT SKIDS has learned a lot in the last few years. Frequent battle has hardened him, and partnership with humans has made him more sensitive to the value of life. Now, though he is still an eager warrior, his first priority is always the defense of those under his protection. Rush into battle with this vehicle-to-robot hero!
This mighty AUTOBOT SKIDS figure changes from Chevy Spark concept mode to battle-ready robot mode. Convert him back to vehicle mode so he can chase down his enemies, complete with double-barreled cannon atop the vehicle. As the battle rages on, keep converting him back and forth, so he's ready to face whatever his enemies throw at him! Weapons work with any MECHTECH TRANSFORMERS figure! Ages 5 and up.
While the Cyberverse makes up a smaller scale of figures in the "Dark of the Moon" toy line, the size class most fans are used to returns with "Mech Tech" technology. The generaly concept behind "Mech Tech" are weapons that transform from one type of weapon to another. These have standard peg sizes that allow the weapons to be swapped between figures.
It's no exaggeration to say that Autobot Skids is one of the more reviled characters in recent Transformers movie history. Indeed, his role (and that of his brother Mudflap) was so controversial that the rumor mill states that they have been all but excised from "Dark of the Moon" in the editing room despite sightings of their respective vehicle modes on set during filming of the movie and their cross promotional, licensing potential. Whether or not they appear in the third Transformers film, both brothers are appearing in the toy line in their updated forms. The first wave of "Dark of the Moon" deluxe figures features Autobot Skids as a member of the Mech Tech assortment.
Mech Tech Weapon:
Since the Mech Tech weapons are critical parts of this toy line, I will review the weapons separately if they have some type of functionality. How they work with each figure will be discussed in the review of the various modes. I will make one general statement that will probably be replicated throughout several of the first (and possibly second) wave of deluxe figure releases regarding the Mech Tech weapons: they cannot stay in their "transformed" state without being held in place. Most Mech Tech weapons are spring activated, and when you release the switch that transforms them, the weapons automatically revert back to their previous form. This is important to note as the packaging clearly shows the weapons can maintain their alternative forms with no mention of requiring support (this could change).
Is this disappointing? Absolutely. However, it must be stressed that this seems to only apply to the deluxe wave one so far. Larger figures do have weapons that can "stay" transformed and who knows? A future deluxe wave may have figures that can stay in their alternate form. Also please note that in my photos, I had to use various tricks to make the weapon stay in its alternate form (including liberal use of paper and paper clips to keep them in place).
In its default mode, Skids' weapon is a blaster with two barrels of different sizes. One is on top, with sculpted circles on the sides such as those found on the barrel ends of machine guns. Underneath that is another, much smaller barrel. Sitting on top is a flat piece with curves on the sides that looks almost like an engine powering the weapon. Behind that section is a round targeting scope in the center complete with crosshairs sculpted in the center. The bottom section is rectangular in shape with some great details sculpted along the sides including rectangles, vertical lines and tubes.
Pull the targeting scope back and the flat, front section swings forward and the barrels swing down. In their place appear twin weapon barrels with raised vertical and horizontal lines sculpted on top of the barrels. The way the weapon extends, it makes the overall shape longer and a bit more sleek looking. Overall the weapon looks really cool in both modes, though I do prefer the transformed mode.
Skids' blaster is cast in grey and dark yellow color. The targeting scope is painted red in the center while the twin, dual barrels are painted silver. This is one of the few Mech Tech weapons thus far that actually has paint applications and it looks really nice. It's definitely a great case for more paint applications on other Mech Tech weapons.
Vehicle Mode:
Autobot Skids' updated vehicle mode is that of the Chevrolet Spark. This is the natural form for Skids to take on as the "Spark" is actually the updated version of the Chevrolet Beat, which was Skids' vehicle mode in "Revenge of the Fallen". Like the Beat, this form is a very stylish, sleek yet compact vehicle that has a distinctive look with a sleek front end and a slightly boxy back section. Skids' vehicle mode has many of the features found on the real life Spark including:
- The distinctive split front grille with a Chevrolet logo in the middle.
- Tear dropped headlights, with smaller fog lights underneath set against a pattern like the one found on the grille.
- The sides have a distinct depression in the sides that starts at a point in the front and widens as it reaches the rear wheel well.
- The back section has a single windsield wiper sculpted on the back window.
- The rear lights and the smaller lights under them are both round in shape.
- The license plate section is trapezoid shaped with a Chevrolet logo right above it.
While Skids is very faithful to the standard Spark vehicle, he does have a few bits and pieces that appear to be customized. Most prominent is the spoiler attached to the back of the vehicle on the top. Also, the sides have small panels that flare out to the sides a bit. On the back of the vehicle, the exhaust pipes are set in the middle (rather than the left side as on the standard Spark) and there are more grille like patterns on the back. These are all customizations that were used on the prop vehicles for the film, which you can see in spy photos from Left Lane News.
This form shows mostly black and dark grey translucent plastic. You'll find some neon green plastic peeking out in the back from the vehicle mode, but it does not subtract too much from the vehicle mode. The paint applications on this vehicle mode are fairly simple. Neon green, red, silver and gold are used to provide much needed detail to the black plastic. The neon green is used for two racing stripes that start on the front grille and go all the way to the back of the vehicle. A dab of neon green paint is also found on the sides of the sideview mirrors. Silver paint is used to paint the headlights and the two smaller lights on the back of the vehicle. Red paint is used on the rear lights. If you've read any of my Chevrolet vehicle mode reviews before you can guess where the gold goes, yes that's right, the Chevrolet symbol on the front. Overall the deco looks good and contrasts heavily with his previous form's colors which emphasized the green over the black color. I like the reversal as it makes him look a lot more sleek.
Skids has two holes on the top of the vehicle which are nicely hidden by having a plastic piece which slides up to fill the space when his blaster is not inserted. The two holes are side by side, allowing you to connect two Mech Tech weapons on top, making him double the trouble (sorry, I couldn't resist)!
Transformation to Robot Mode:
- Flip the car over and swing out both robot arms.
- On the left arm, fold the car door panel in half over the forearm.
- On the right arm, rotate the door panel around to reveal the green parts and swing the large fist out.
- Push in the small panel at the center of the vehicle mode's front end.
- Pull the front of the vehicle down, separating it from the hood and windshield section.
- Pull the robot head forward.
- Swing the hood/cabin cover piece back on the central hinge, then rotate it around, fold the hood piece in and press it against the panel with the spoiler on it.
- Swing the rear section of the vehicle down to begin forming the robot legs.
- Separate each half of the rear section from the other.
- Swing out the robot toe pieces on the sides.
- Swing out the heel pieces on each foot.
- Swing the rear section of the vehicle mode back.
- Swing the robot chest piece up over the waist piece with the Autobot symbol on it.
- A Mech Tech weapon can be attached to either the side of the right arm or in the left fist.
Robot Mode:
This version of Skids is meant to represent an upgrade and a more "mature" form, however many of the design aspects of this figure are heavily inspired in design by his previous design. Among the details that are inspired by his previous form are:
- The head design. Sadly, this design is exactly the same as the previous one. Bulging, uneven eyes, huge buck teeth and big triangular ears sticking out the sides. I think this is one of the ugliest Transformers related designs ever. The ugliest head sculpt from Generation One is ten times better than this one and I'm quite sad that Skids didn't change his design at all. It would not have been hard, just imagine if the eyes were made round but smaller, no buck teeth (perhaps a mouthplate) and ears sticking out the sides a la Wheeljack and you would have something recognizable, yet still nice looking. Alas that is not to be.
- The right fist is gigantic compared to the left.
- The front of the vehicle becomes the robot chest.
- The thighs are relatively small compared to the lower legs, which have enormous feet.
- In terms of proportions, the robot arms are huge, practically reaching down to the robot ankles!
If you can look past the ugly head sculpt, there are many well sculpted details on this figure. The chest section has mechanical details on top, where the vehicle's engine would be. The waist and hip area have nice, sleek details on them. The arms have everything from tubes to cogs and cages over armor. The legs have a similar design aesthetic with several angular parts, armor panels and pistons. I said this previously about the Skids design and I'll say it again: if the head sculpt wasn't so incredibly ugly this would be one really odd yet cool looking figure.
In this mode, Skids reveals grey and neon green plastic in addition to the black plastic from the vehicle mode. Most of the robot mode parts including his arms, waist, hips and thighs are cast in grey. The lower legs are neon green, offering a strong contrast. Paint applications are applied in neon green, silver, black and light blue. The green provides small details on his arms, head and hip area. Silver is found on his buck teeth and the ends of his feet. The black paint is used to paint the aforementioned Autobot symbol on the center of the torso. Finally, the light blue paint is used to paint his eyes, keeping in tradition with the G1 cartoon where Autobots all had blue eyes.
Skids has eleven points of articulation in this form. This includes four points of articulation in the right arm and three in the left. I was surprised to see how little articulation there is on this figure. Even those that are there aren't perfect. The knee joints only bend forward for instance. You can attach Mech Tech weapons to the panel on his right arm or in the fist on his left hand. There is also a hole behind the robot head that you can attach a weapon to. While there is some good Mech Tech fun to be had here, the articulation is rather disappointing for a figure of this scale.
Final Thoughts:
It's sad whenever I have to warn fans away from a figure. I think this figure has a great looking vehicle mode and there are many strong aspects to the robot mode, especially the sculpt (head aside). I also really like the weapon, but none of that is enough to overcome the horrible head design and the disappointing articulation. Not recommended.


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Many were shocked when it was revealed that Falcon Heene's fictitious balloon ride was nothing more than a fame-grabbing hoax, but this is hardly the first time that a fake tale of a high-flying balloon captured people's imaginations. In 1844, Edgar Allan Poe wrote a detailed piece about famed balloonist Monck Mason's amazing journey across the Atlantic in a gas balloon. The remarkable trip, allegedly detailed in Mason's diary, took a mere 75 hours, an amazing feat of human engineering. The piece ran in the New York Sun, along with excerpts from the journal.
The problem? It wasn't remotely true. Poe, a great lover of hoaxes, cooked up the entire thing. Poe's hoax proved to be one of the earliest works of science fiction, extrapolating existing technology to create a plausible account. And he may well have inspired other science fiction writers with his joke. Scholars of Jules Verne note that Verne was a great lover of Poe's writing (and, in fact, wrote a study of Poe's works), and have suggested that Poe's imaginary balloon voyage may have inspired Verne's Five Weeks in a Balloon and Around the World in Eighty Days.
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All in Budapest city break in 3 days
Explore the highlights of Budapest any way you wish with this 2 night Budapest Package!
Along with 3-star central located hotel accommodation with daily breakfast and private airport transfers, this great-value package leaves you free to relax and discover the city independently.
You do not have time to organize your trip? Admire the beauty of the city in a comfortable way!
The Budapest Card offers you free public transport across the whole city and entry to several top attractions, along with numerous discounts. During the evening you can relax on a well organized Dinner & Cruise with Live Music on the Danube, and we also take care if your airport transfer, Hungary's capital is all yours to explore without worries!
- 2 nights stay in a 3-star hotel accommodation with breakfast (Star City Hotel Budapest)
- Budapest Card 48h with several discounts and free services like free public transport, 2 different walking tour one in Buda side one in Pest site, Lukacs Spa entry for free, free museum entry to the main museums of the city such as Hungarin National Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Museum of History
- Dinner & Cruise with Live Music – buffet dinner, 3 drinks, live music included
- Airport transfer to your Hotel and back to the airport
During your stay, you're free to spend your time as you want. Create your own itinerary and explore the main neighborhoods of Buda and Pest as you wish.
The activities mentioned in the Itinerary are simply suggestions and what you do on your trip is up to you!
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Day 1:
Arrive at Budapest airport and enjoy a private transfer to your centrally located Budapest hotel. Collect your Budapest Card — it will be delivered to you at your hotel. Simply show your card to enjoy free or discounted entry to participating attractions, or use it to claim free public transport, walking tours or savings at selected restaurants.
Perhaps visit the famous Chain Bridge to admire the neo-Gothic Hungarian Parliament Building overlooking the Danube River, or discover the beauty of the Castle District of Buda.
In the evening, perhaps get your first taste of Budapest's vibrant dining scene at one of its international restaurants or cozy taverns. Taste Palinka.
Overnight: Star Inn Hotel Budapest
Day 2:
After breakfast, spend the day getting to know Budapest.
Perhaps check out Budapest's top attractions, such as the UNESCO-listed Castle District or take part the free guiding walking tour provided by your Budapest Card. Explore some museums such as the Museum of Fine Arts or the Budapest Museum of History.
Later, perhaps have a coffee in Váci street in Pest, shopping a bit and finish with time at Heroes' Square or Vajdahunyad Castle in the green City Park or rest in the famous Szechenyi Spa.
If you're on a 2-night break, enjoy your included Dinner & Cruise in the evening. Sail along the Danube River, passing famous sights such as Hungarian Parliament Building and Chain Bridge, admire the panorama , slip your wine or Champagne and savor a hot buffet of typical Hungarian dishes as you enjoy the views, all serenaded by live music from members of the Hungária Folk Orchestra.
Overnight: Star Inn Hotel Budapest
Day 3:
After breakfast, check out and enjoy a private transfer to Budapest airport for your flight departure
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2 nights in a double room per person: 242 EUR*
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The late great republican Us Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine once said of the republican party back in the 1950's:
"Smears are not only to be expected but fought. Honor is to be earned, not bought."
"I don't want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny – Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear"
Well, little did Margaret Chase Smith (MCS) now when she said these two sentences…that almost a half century later a Maine republican like Senator Susan Collins would come along! What a huge disappointment Susan Collins would be today if Margaret was around. I call Margaret the 'late GREAT Senator' for a reason, because this was a woman (first woman to serve in both houses of Congress) who had earned & gained the trust of my grandmother, you know, my grandmother, who on her death bed at the age of 93 two months after 9/11/01, hated the republicans so much that she was spitting and sputtering before he last breath was taken. Grammy liked MCS and she liked Olympia Snowe. Susan Collins? This woman made my grandmother yell on more than one occasion when she heard Susan talking on the television, "Turn it off! I can't stand listening to her!".
As stated in Tom Allen's ad above, he has had over 7,500 votes and missed 157 of them to attend personal matters. He also noted that the other votes he missed DIDN'T NEED HIS VOTE TO PASS OR NOT PASS. On the other hand, during the same time period (they both have been in DC for 12 years now), Collins has only had to make 3,782 votes. Yep, she's had half as many votes as he has! Oh, but Collins would rather smear Allen over this, because to her, POWER (and winning!) IS THE ONLY REASON WHY SHE'S RUNNING FOR A THIRD TERM, which is the response she gave when she was asked why she's running again, when she made it clear HERE, that she would only run for two terms.
Not only would MCS be rolling in her grave right now at the behavior of Susan Collins over the past 8 years and during the her last three elections, but if my grandmother was alive today, she would be out of her mind with disgust!
The only thing Sen. Susan Collins cares about is her perfect attendance record in DC. She likes to think of herself as Margaret Chase Smith for this reason alone. Yep, just a perfect voting attendance record just like MCS. Of course, Collins is elaborating on this record because Senator Susan Collins doesn't want you to focus on is WHAT SHE IS ACTUALLY VOTING ON WHEN SHE SHOWS UP. See? Susan doesn't want you to know that she's voted 55% to 88% of the time in favor of George Bush's economic and foreign policies.
MARGARET CHASE SMITH WOULD HAVE BUCKED GEORGE BUSH AND HER PARTY OVER THE PAST 8 YEARS HAD SHE BEEN IN COLLINS' PLACE. Collins did not.
Mainers pretty much despise George Bush and if the media had done it's job up here during the election cycle, they would known how much of a jackboot licker Collins was to him!
As of right now, the only big boo boo she made in her delusional life was the one ABOUT CUBA. Huh? That's it? MCS would be livid with you! Does Susan know that John McCain and his wife are in the process of getting a beer contract with the Cuban government? Again, MCS would be bullshit at you for your stupidity & jackboot licking! Susan Collins' voting record has been her biggest mistake, and just like George Bush, she think of one to point out that was significant, and instead, said something from left field!
Anything George Bush has wanted over the years, she's given it to him….and yes….some of these bills that she voted on and passed were also bills that Democrats also voted in favor of. This is why Susan Collins also wants you to think being bipartisan is a good thing. Well, sometimes being bipartisan can be dangerous and destructive to our country (authorizing illegal occupations, the non-Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act, the Bankruptcy Bill, deregulating the banking industry, giving more power to George Bush than any other president in our history).
A NOTE TO SUSAN COLLINS FROM TOM ALLEN: "You can be bipartisan and still be wrong."
Exactly Tom!
Senator Susan Collins shows up to vote all the time, because she can. She's not a mother, she's not a wife, she doesn't have a live-in girlfriend as far as I can tell, but she certainly has plenty of time to party down in DC whenever she wants to after she's voted! Spit. Margaret Chase Smith may have shown up to vote every time, but she wasn't there to screw over the nation by bankrupting it, by giving the president unchecked powers, all the while, lying & deceiving Mainers along the way! No way in hell would she be a Susan Collins ever in her lifetime!
Margaret Chase Smith saw this coming a long time ago. She knew republicans had lost their minds.


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Rick Perry could be Texas' last governor-for-life.
The Texas Senate has OK'd a plan to limit future statewide office holders to two consecutive terms.
Perry has served as Texas' governor since 2000, longer than any other person in the state's history. He's been elected to three four-year terms and served an additional two years following George W. Bush's resignation to become U.S.
The measure passed with strong bipartisan support, 28 to 3.
"I just think we ought to have term limits. I think it's healthy," said state Sen. Craig Estes, R-Tyler.
The Senate rejected attempts to extend term limits to state legislators and judges. The fate of term limits now rests with House Speaker Joe Straus and his fellow state House members.
The term limits would not apply to Perry, who has pledged to announce after the close of the current session of the Texas Legislature whether he will seek an unprecedented fourth full term.
Perry's tenure has shattered all gubernatorial records. No other Texas governor has served eight consecutive years in office since the state created four-year gubernatorial terms in the 1970s.
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ZEISS MMZ E Ideal for the flush-floor loading of large parts
ZEISS MMZ E gantry measuring machines are ideal for inspecting workpieces which are transported via floor conveyors because these measuring machines offer open access from all four sides. Crane loading can also be easily performed.
MMZ E measuring machines from ZEISS are used, for example, in the mechanical engineering, automotive and aerospace industries and for the inspection of satellite technology. They are particularly well-suited for the inspection of large workpieces.
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