As director and star, Van Peebles contracts a bad case of pulp megalomania he assumes epic postures as he photographs himself against the big sky.

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In a time when big game publishers like Electronic Arts are getting serious about the iPhone as a gaming device, Lima Sky is probably the best argument currently out there that the days of the indie developer for the App Store are not done just yet.

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Next door, Big Sky offers huge, open boulevards, six and eight car lanes wide, as if the locals race tractor trailers down here in the off-season.

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One big reason the price keeps going up is that Russian holding firm Digital Sky Technologies is hungrily scarfing up as much Facebook stock as it can from early investors and employees.

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From forest-cloaked mountains to big-sky country, nowhere does the great outdoors like the USA. And few corners are as great as the southwest, with vast canyons, giant trees and surreal rock tableaux providing the perfect backdrop to an active family holiday.

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