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A Tower By Any Name
Looks like Disney may have changed the name of the new time-share tower the company is building next to its Contemporary Resort.
Bay Lake Tower has replaced Kingdom Tower as the name of the project, at least in filings with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
Whats more, earlier this month Disney filed paperwork to create a Bay Lake Tower at Disneys Contemporary Resort Condominium Association, presumably to manage the resort once it is sold off to individual owners. Disney had created a Kingdom Tower at Disneys Contemporary Resort Condominium Association in January.
Disney still has not publicly announced its plans for the partially-built Contemporary addition, which now stands 14 stories and will be linked to the resorts main A-frame building by a pedestrian bridge. A spokeswoman said the company had nothing to announce today, either. But Disney has indicated in documents submitted to the state that it intends to use the tower for Disney Vacation Club, the companys Celebration-based time-share arm.
The Kingdom Tower name was criticized by some Disney fans when it first surfaced in those documents. Some posters on Internet forums said it evoked religious overtones, noting that Kingdom Hall is a term for a place where Jehovahs Witnesses worship.
I think a lot of people were drawing comparisons to Kingdom Hall, said Tim Krasniewski, publisher of DVCNews.com, a website devoted to Disney Vacation Club.
Krasniewski said he was personally fond of Kingdom Tower, which most assumed referred to the Magic Kingdom theme park that sits next door to the Contemporary. But he said he likes Bay Lake Tower which refers to one of the lakes that the Contemporary and its addition overlook even better.
I think its a wonderful name, he said. I think everybodys familiar with Bay Lake, with the fact that Bay Lake is right there. It has a Disney feel to it.


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My question is very basic and involves timing. I have two large pots (knee high, maybe 15" wide at the top) to use. I'm trying to decide if I should use them for veggies or herbs. I live in zone 5a. It's a little too early to start veggies in containers if I'm going to move them outside this spring. So, can I just keep them inside in the sun with some extra help from a grow light and let them grow? I feel weird not moving them outside at all but I suppose some people do? Thoughts? |
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Hey guys, just signed up today. Happy to be here to learn how to really grow my peppers the right way. Anyways, I just started growing peppers about 6 weeks ago from seed. Right now I have 12 scotch bonnet plants growing. 7 of them are inside my house under (4) 200 watt cfl bulbs right now along with a very small fan blowing on them to help improve their ridigidy and these 5 are what I just moved outside on my patio today. These seem to be my best growing plants at this time.
Also, have a question..I noticed my leaves are starting to curl just a little bit on a few and all the leaves are "pruny/wilting". I provided pictures. What can I do to fix this issue with the leaves? I'm thinking calcium deficiency. But if you can provide some answers how I can improve this I would appreciate it greatly. On to the pics of my best 5 pepper plants... For 6 weeks they seem to be growing pretty good. |
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Plants look good but I think you are making the same mistake nearly every new pepper grower makes. I am assuming you were growing these plants in the house under lights until today. Then, you simply move them out side to the glorious sun and wind. Good intention, but bad idea. You need to harden the little fellas off first. This basically means you have to introduce them to the harsh outside a little at a time. Living in Florida, you probably went from 70's to 90's for temps and no real sun to tons of sun and little fan wind to 20+ mph breezes. Your plants are not ready. You need to put them out in full shade (indirect sun) for a couple days, then move them to a spot where they will get an hour or two morning or evening sun a day. Do this for a couple days. Then move them to where they a bit more sun every day or two until they are ready for their permanent summer homes. Be careful of windy days for a while. Even 10-15 mph can wreck havoc on new plants. You probably sunburned your plants on their first day. It will show in the leaves after a day or two as greyish colorings, typically on the lower/older leaves. It won't kill or seriously hinder your plants as long as you don't keep doing it. I made that same mistake my first year. Seems like nearly everyone does. So don't sweat it. It looks like you did an excellent job of getting them to this point already. They are nice looking plants. You should get lots of peppers off them with your lengthy growing season. Bruce |
- Posted by muskaman67 none (My Page) on Sun, Jun 3, 12 at 20:21
its inside my patio which has special screen that blocks out some sun and helps with the heat..and the way the house is no wind really gets inside there for some reason. thank you for the advice. |
Oh, one more thing. I am not sure of your intentions but you will probably be wanting to pot those plants up at least one more time this year. It looks like you are using about a 1 gallon pot. Your peppers will become root bound in a month or so. You should pot them up to 3-7 gallon pots before that happens. Bruce |
- Posted by muskaman67 none (My Page) on Sun, Jun 3, 12 at 20:30
so you think leave them in the black pots for another 2 weeks and then move them to 5 gallon pot? Also, what can i do to improve my leaves condition and make them flat/smooth again? thanks. |
- Posted by muskaman67 none (My Page) on Sun, Jun 3, 12 at 21:10
really nice bruce. How long did it take for them to get that size? the growing and waiting game is killing me. |
Planted 1-22-11. The photo above is 4-6-11. The really fast growth was from about June through August. That is Summer here. Yours should take off once they get into their final container and they get a steady dose of S. Florida sun. But I think the sun can be overdone too. If temps are over about 90, it can be as bad as temps down in the 40's and 50's. Containers will allow you to move them to some shade if necessary. Bruce |
Bone meal will help the leaves that are curling, takes a while to work into the plant though. |
- Posted by muskaman67 none (My Page) on Mon, Jun 4, 12 at 10:16
Also, I planted my peppers with those jiffy pods still on the plant. Should I remove them or just leave it? It seems that a bunch of roots are still moving past it. |
The plants look pretty darned nice to me! I don't know that it is optimal, but, that wrinkling / puckering on the leaves is very common on the chinese varieties. re: bonemeal - I have heard many recommendations to use it, and just as many saying it takes so long to break down / be available to the plant that you are wasting your time and any anecdotal evidence is more likely attributed to time for it to grow out of it or some other environmental factor and not really the bonemeal. Jiffy pods - are you talking about the peat pellets and their netting? I would and always do remove that netting. But, if they're already growing into their new home, it might not be worth the potential damage digging it up to remove it. Same thing with the peat pots that you can just bury - I always remove that thing. Probably personal preference more than anything, but, I have seen where they had problems growing through either, so, I just get them out of the way. |
I agree with Tsheets. Although I haven't used the peat pots or the netting thingys for peppers, I have purchased some already in them and I always remove them. They will restrict your plant roots for weeks before they truly break down. If you do have them on your plants now, it might be a good time to put them into their upsized summer containers and in the process, you could examine the roots and see if they are being restricted at all by any left over peat pots. But like Tsheets says, they look fine now and I wouldn't dig them up simply to remove the pots now unless you are upsizing containers at the same time. |
- Posted by muskaman67 none (My Page) on Mon, Jun 4, 12 at 12:19
I plan on putting them in bigger pots coming up. But I'm afraid if I mess with mesh part and try to remove it then most of the roots will be damaged. I think a lot of the roots have came through the mesh despite having it wrapped around the root pod. So maybe I should just leave it and hope it doesn't effect the plants growth. Also, I'm in the process of hardening them off. Right now I just leave the plants on my patio like you see in the pic all day and night. In the night it's prob 80 and daytime like 90. But my patio only receives a few hours of direct sun light each day as the sun sets. Between 5pm and 8pm is when it gets sun. Do you think leaving them where they are is the correct process for hardening them up? The patio blocks a lot of wind so I'll turn the fan on for a hour or so at a time to get the plants just to sway a little bit to try to help the hardening process. |
Sounds like a good starting point for hardening them off. But, you will still need to ease them in to more and more direct light. But, as they say...too much of a good thing...As Summer kicks in, you may have to temper the full sun a bit during the mid-day hours. |
Tsheets X 2. It is a good start but you will have to give them some unfiltered sun at some point in the process. Maybe just stick them outside the porch after a while if they are only getting a couple hours of direct sun there a day. But living in S. Florida, you might have to keep them away from the alligators from the looks of your picture. |
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When did I begin the habit of filling time rather than living? Well maybe it's not that bad, I've had a pretty full life but that's the perspective I have now. How did these habits develop? I rarely watched TV. I read for pleasure on a day off, and forget the internet that wasn't really happening then. I would go to work, come home and go to the gym. Have social engagements on other days and life progressed without much numbing except for an occasional bottle of wine. I believe it started when I became self employed and single. The only way I could delineate between work and rest was to leave my desk and turn on the TV—and it's grown from there.
I'm discovering being still is hard, same as I've always known but now I'm forced and don't choose to use another old habit, eating bad food…like Fritos and ice cream. None of that please!
Is this worth it? Absolutely. Is it hard? Absolutely. But I did something today I have not done in 30 years! I took a flute lesson. The memory was there and I felt I could almost pick up where I'd left off. The teacher was impressed. Of course she is impressed easily. The down side is it really hurt my left shoulder where I have bone spurs—boo hoo! She said injuries are common and I should not practice until my shoulder is better. It's always a problem, I had to give up yoga (downward dog) because of it but yesterday I did pushups in my palates class…yes call me stupid. So I will wait till the flare up is gone and see if I can actually practice.
Oh yes, I fixed the antique box or whatever you call it, and I put a battery in a wall clock that hasn't worked in 4 years! See what can be achieved when you put your mind to it.
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I'd like to create a multi-season garden, where I have something blooming at all times. So, I'm a little confused with the concept of bulb planting.
Are you allowed to plant things on top of the area that you plant your bulbs, during the bulb's dormant season? Or am I only allowed to plant things next to it? How do most people do this. Do you plant your bulbs sporadically, then fill in between the areas with year-round green plants? Any advice will be greatly appreciated! |
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As no one has answered this, I will try. I think there are multiple ways to go about this. For me, I generally just try to plant a group of 3 or 4 bulbs in between perennials and small shrubs, where there's space. Sometimes you can get away with placing them fairly close to a perennial as that perennial likely won't be that big/wide in the spring time when the bulb is blooming. I have heard of people "mixing" perennials and bulbs, depending on the habits of the perennial. For example, planting tulips among lilies. The tulips would be up first in spring, then bloom while the lilies are just coming up. By the time the lilies are a decent size, the tulip foliage is still around but might be dying back for the season. I often wondered if it might be neat to try planting tulip bulbs among a creeping/spreading perennial such as lamium or silver mound. By the time the tulip foliage dies back, those perennials would increase in width and fill in that spot. So, I don't know if the bulbs would be planted right underneath a perennials roots, or vice versa, but perhaps it would be more like they are sharing the same area of the flower bed. This year I am trying a naturalizing effect by planting crocus bulbs underneath some areas of the lawn. I think they'll bloom early enough before the grass even needs cutting and, even then, hopefully the crocus leaves are low enough so that the lawnmower doesn't clip them (so the foliage can stay around long enough to replete their energy after blooming.) Glen |
I have the bulbs planted in their own section. I plant annuals on top of the bulbs after the bulbs are done flowering. I don't know if this is ideal for the bulbs, however... I try to let the bulb foliage wither away before cutting the foliage back and planting the annuals, as the foliage needs to be left in place as long as possible. |
- Posted by jansgarden z4, WV (My Page) on Sat, Nov 24, 07 at 20:34
I have had good success getting things blooming the whole summer but not because I tried. I just planted things in all the spaces, including bulbs and roots like calla lilies, and there always is something blooming. I do try and get things that say they will stay in bloom for several weeks or some things bloom nearly all summer. When things come into bloom write it in a notebook, the date and the date it goes dormant, then you will know how to move things around. However, gardens are not static. They are always getting bigger or something will die off, or get so big you have to move it. But that's part of the fun. |
I have never planted bulbs under another plant. I'm always afraid that bulbs would get to wet and rot. I have been to a garden where they have tulips planted under daylilies. Myself, I plant bulbs behind a perennial or annual so that as the perennial grows, it hides the dying foliage of the bulbs. My garden is also a garden that has some interest every season. We have a farm and a large area to plant up so we went for a lot of fall color. We also tried to have something blooming at all different times of the season. Marg |
Agree with everyone above. I plant bright annuals (zinnias, nasturtiums) in between the bulbs and perennials. Many of our perennials tend to be spring and early summer bloomers, though daylilies and phlox do bloom mid-July and then, we have some types of black eyed susans that bloom really late (triloba) and also some Autumn Joy sedum and asters. Another really beautiful fall perennial is the Japanese anemone - both white and pink. Another late blooming perennial that I really love is the Blue Lobelia (lobelia syphilitica) - it is blue, which is great in the late summer garden and it is a tall-ish spike - which is a nice contrast to the mums which are "mounds". Hope this helps. |
- Posted by trillium15 z5a Ontario (My Page) on Mon, Apr 21, 08 at 10:25
I have had much success planting bulbs under certain low growing spreaders. My low growing tulips, daffodils and hyacinths as well as crocus and muscari grow right up through the rockcress, groundcover phlox and snow in summer. I had planted the bulbs and then over the bulbs I planted to ground covers. It's always nice to have the groundcover when the leaves of the bulbs are dying back because I usually braid them or tie them in a bunch and then just tuck them under the groundcover to hide them. |
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Meet Elizabeth Austen, Washington's new poet laureate
No one can teach you to listen for what only you can hear. — W.S. Merwin
The new poet laureate of Washington state is well-caffeinated when we meet. "You're lucky. I'm in good verbal form," Elizabeth Austen says smiling.
She's actually an introvert, she explains. On those occasions when she performs poetry (she's a big advocate of poets performing), she knows she's going to need some time afterwards, alone, to decompress.
But she's about to attract a lot more of the public's attention, traveling to every county in the state over the next two years and hosting events as a way to stoke interest in this literary form.
"I feel like it's a great loss when people feel poetry isn't available to them," she says.
"My motivation for being poet laureate is, I think, that without even knowing it, people want what poetry offers. They want language for what feels large. Large in the sense of awe or large in the sense of grief or large in the sense of mystery."
She quotes poet W.S. Merwin: Someone needs to hear what only you can say. "Poetry can be lifesaving," she says.
And then she explains.
"One of the things in my book ("Every Dress a Decision") is the sudden and quite strange death of my older brother. It forms a kind of narrative spine. He and I had some inappropriate sexual contact as a child. So that's one of the things the book is wrestling with. The problem of forgiving him once he's already gone. The complications of grieving someone who has harmed you.
"There are poets who wrote of experiences of sexual trauma. Lucille Clifton. Marie Howe. Their work helped me realize life could be bigger than that event. That it could be transformed through art. But mostly, I knew I wasn't alone. And so much of what art can do is help us understand that even our most messy, complicated difficult emotions are not unique to us. They're particular, but they're not unique."
Poetry, she says, has the power to connect us. But it's not always easy to write. She's "a slow bake." "I'm not someone who is facile with words."
For the record, she's terrible at crossword puzzles. When she's writing, she'll let her doubts creep in, doing that thing that artists do but should not do: compare themselves to one another.
She envies Heather McHugh's verbal pyrotechnics; Tim Seibles' mastery of politically-charged topics; Lucille Clifton's extreme economy. But when she second-guesses, she pauses and accepts: "I can only do what it is that I can do."
What she does is create poems that most often fall at the accessible end of the spectrum.
"One of the amazing things about poetry in this state is that we have the whole gamut: from the very experimental to slam poetry to nature poetry and everything in between and around.
"Some people reject poetry that's too straightforward. They want to tell it slant, as Emily Dickinson said. I do believe poems can communicate. I want to give readers and listeners an experience where they can recognize themselves and where they have a sense of a real human person behind the poems."
Which is what her best-known poem, "The Girl Who Goes Alone" imparts. It's a work about being a girl or a "grown-up girl" who forges a path in the world, shedding the constant warnings of peril. It's a manifesto about taking charge.
"And what's surprising to me is how many men come up to me afterwards and they want to talk. I've heard from men who are fathers because it makes them think about how they're raising their daughters. I've heard from men who've said, 'This gives me a different sense of what it's like to be a female.'
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I would just like to say that poetry-lovers statewide are in for a real treat for the next two years. Elizabeth Austen visited Yakima last week Feb. 10-12, giving readings and addressing classes at Yakima Valley Community College. She was wonderful! Such a generous poet and a great teacher.
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Great article! The poet laureate program is such a fantastic tool, and it's wonderful to see word spread about it. We (Humanities Washington) are proud to work on it with ArtsWA and are so excited for Elizabeth's term!
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Following Apple's iPad-centric event where the company unveiled its latest iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display, event attendees have been able to go hands-on with the new devices, which will be available in November. Below are some first impressions of Apple's newest tablets, both of which feature some radical improvements.
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iPad Air
According to Engadget, the iPad Air is much slimmer and lighter, but it doesn't feel cheap. While the size differences aren't immediately apparent, the lighter weight is noticeable and the A7 processor is a major improvement.
Naturally, iOS 7 looks great on that Retina display – but you knew that already right? What's really notable here, however, is just how zippy things are, thanks to the inclusion of an A7 chip, the same one introduced on the iPhone 5s. You really notice that speed when launching apps like iMovie, which boots up in an an instant. With a chip like this, you should be getting around the new free version of iLife pretty swiftly.
The Verge calls the iPad Air "really beautiful," with "cleaner bezels" and a thinner profile. It's notably faster with the A7 processor, and fits better in a single hand.
Long story short: it looks and feels like a larger (but not that much larger) iPad mini, and that's mostly a really good thing. It's really beautiful, with cleaner bezels, a much thinner profile, and sharper, boxier edges.
Along with the new A7 processor and a handful of under-the-hood improvements, this is just about the upgrade we expected, but more than ever the iPad Air feels like you're just holding a big screen full of the internet. That's probably a good thing.
SlashGear notes that there's a definite "wow-factor" when picking up the iPad Air.
The slimmed down bezels on the sides make a considerable difference to how it feels in your hand, leaving the tablet as a whole feeling somewhere in-between the 4:3 aspect of its display and the 16:9 of most rival Android slates. There's still enough room to grip it, however, without overlapping the display too considerably.
It's the little details that you notice after a while, however. The chamfering to the casing where it meets the toughened glass of the fascia, for instance, or the slimline side controls and lock-switch. Unfortunately there's no Touch ID embedded into the home button, but we can see ourselves holding the iPad Air for longer periods since the 1-pound weight is almost a third reduction on the old model.
iPad mini with Retina Display
Apple's newest iPad mini is similar to the first iPad mini, though it is slightly thicker and heavier. Engadget didn't notice any major changes to the feel, but did note that the processor seems faster than the original.
There isn't much on the outside that we haven't seen before – in fact, it still sports the same home button, indicating that it doesn't feature Touch ID – but there is one glaring exception: the Retina display. When compared to the original iPad mini that came out last year, this is a rather significant bump in pixel density, and we came away much more impressed with the mini as a result.
According to CNET, the iPad mini feels exactly like the first generation version and looks even sharper than the full-sized iPad Air.
However, while it feels great, it's all about that screen. And given the Mini's smaller 7.9-inch size, it looks even sharper than the full-size iPad Air. But to take advantage of the new pixel-dense screen, you will be paying up over last year's Mini. It's gorgeous, though, so I'd imagine the new premium will definitely be worth it to some people.
The Verge notes that the Retina mini is noticeably faster and smoother, with sharper, more readable text.
The same 7.9-inch display now features four times the pixels, a full 2048 x 1536 resolution, which makes text sharp and readable. Just as importantly, it makes iOS 7 look much better than it does on the original iPad mini, which often feels a little out of place on lower resolutions. iOS 7 also benefits from the iPad mini's new 64-bit A7 processor, making scrolling and everything else notably faster and smoother.
TechCrunch calls the Retina mini's screen "excellent," noting that it will be a dramatic change for users who are coming from a first generation device.
The eye-boggling 2048 x 1536 screen looks excellent in person, and for anyone coming from a generation one device it's going to be a dramatic change. The iPad mini itself is very slightly thicker and heavier than its predecessor to accommodate the Retina Display with the same battery life, adding 0.01 inches and 0.05 pounds to the specs of the original, but that makes minimal difference to the actual feel of the product in the hand.
Apple's iPad Air will be available beginning on November 1, while the Retina mini will come later in the month. Both tablets feature a 64-bit A7 processor, Retina screens, and ultra-thin designs.
During yesterday's media event, Apple played a video highlighting the production process for the upcoming Mac Pro, a machine that will see Apple bring Mac production back to the United States and is already seeing over 2,000 people in 20 states working on the project.
The video showed a number of steps in the production process, taking an initial chunk of aluminum and sculpting it into the shape of the Mac Pro enclosure before subjecting it polishing, anodizing, and other steps. Brief segments also provided glimpses of the massive heat sink in production and chips being placed on boards to be installed in the machine.
Product designer Greg Koenig has offered an expert overview of what exactly is shown in the video, explaining for the layperson the tools and processes Apple is using. Koenig notes that the "big story" is Apple's use of hydraulic deep draw stamping for the Mac Pro's enclosure, a process that stretches the initial chunk of aluminum into the general shape of the enclosure.
Deep drawing is a process that very efficiently produces a "net shape" part. Apple could have just chucked a giant hunk of aluminum in a lathe and created the same part, but that amount of metal removal is extremely inefficient. Deep drawing efficiently creates a hunk of metal that is very close to the final shape of a Mac Pro in just a couple of operations. After that, the Mac Pro enclosure is lathe turned to clean up the surface and achieve desired tolerance, polished, placed back in a machining center to produce the I/O, power button and chamfer features and finally anodized.
Koenig goes on to share a number of stills from the video with captions explaining what is going on in each step, including lathing, polishing, grinding, protective film application, I/O cutout milling, and anodizing.
Other stills capture production on some of the other parts of the new Mac Pro, including bead blasting of the main triangular heat sink, pick-and-place assembly of circuit boards, and parts delivery for final hand assembly of the machines themselves.
Earlier this month, it was revealed that Flextronics is in the process of hiring 1,700 workers at its facilities in Austin, Texas to work on a "next generation desktop computer". That computer is presumed to be the Mac Pro, given that Apple had previously revealed the machine would be assembled in Texas, Apple and Flextronics had previously been reported to be working together on the project, and Flextronics' Austin facilities are only a mile from Apple's large and growing operations campus in the area.
Apple today released major updates of its iWork and iLife suites for both iOS and OS X. All the apps are now live on their various App Stores.
"This is the biggest day for apps in Apple's history," said Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. "These new versions deliver seamless experiences across devices that you can't find anywhere else and are packed with great features like iMovie Theater, Drummer and a new unified file format for iWork documents across all your devices."
The iLife suite has been revamped for both platforms, with iPhoto receiving a new look on iOS along with the ability to create and order photo books on the iPad. Both iPhotofor Mac and iPhoto for iOS are 64-bit-optimized, allowing for faster browsing and editing. New tools are included that allow users to create more dramatic images, and favorite images can be saved as custom slideshows.
iMovie has been revamped with a design that makes it easier to browse through the video library, also including enhanced sharing tools. iMovie for Mac offers simplified editing tools to quickly improve the look of a movie or add fun effects, while iMovie for iOS introduces desktop-class moviemaking to the iPad and the iPhone. Users can create split screen and picture-in-picture effects, along with advanced audio edits. iMovie Theater, a newly added feature, allows users to watch shared clips, movies, and trailers on all Apple devices, including the Apple TV.
GarageBand has also been updated, with the Mac version adding a new Sound Library, Smart Controls, and a new feature called "Drummer," that plays music automatically along with a user. GarageBand for iOS includes an iOS 7-style redesign and Inter-App Audio, allowing users to record third-party music apps into GarageBand. On 32-bit iOS devices, 16 tracks can be added, while 64-bit iOS devices support 32 tracks. iCloud integration allows for seamless editing between iOS and Mac.
iWork for Mac, iOS, and iCloud have been updated to make it easier to create and share documents with a unified file format. With a new collaboration tool, iWork for iCloud allows multiple users to edit the same document at the same time, regardless of the device they're working with. iWork has gained a new, simpler user interface, with content-sensitive toolbars in Pages including and object-based design and interactive charts in Numbers. Keynote includes all new transitions and other object-based effects.
iWork for iCloud is fully supported on the latest versions of Safari (OS X), Internet Explorer (Windows), and Google Chrome. Apple says on older versions of Safari and Chrome, and all versions of Firefox, iWork for iCloud will work, but not all features will "work as expected".
For iWork for Mac, Apple appears to be updating the existing iWork apps, meaning users who have previously purchased iWork on the Mac App Store get the new apps for free. Both the iLife and iWork apps are free with the purchase of any new Mac or iOS device, but for users with older devices that don't own the apps, they are available for $14.99/each on the Mac App Store and $4.99/each on the iOS App Store.
Update: Some users with older copies of iLife and iWork are reporting difficulties with upgrading to the new versions.
iPhoto for Mac - [Mac App Store]
iMovie for Mac - [Mac App Store]
GarageBand for Mac - [Mac App Store]
iPhoto for iOS - [App Store]
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At today's media event in San Francisco, Apple debuted its much-anticipated fifth-generation iPad, re-named the iPad Air, which has been redesigned to resemble Apple's thinner-bezeled iPad mini. With its narrower side bezels and a slimmer form factor, the iPad Air is significantly lighter and smaller than the fourth-generation iPad, weighing in at only one pound. The iPad Air is 20 percent thinner and 28 percent lighter than the fourth-generation iPad.
Along with a redesigned chassis, the new iPad includes a 2048x1536 Retina display with a film-based sensor and an upgraded 64-bit A7 processor alongside the M7 motion coprocessor, plus a 5-megapixel rear iSight camera and a next generation FaceTime HD camera with improved backside illumination for better low-light performance.
With the A7 chip, the iPad Air offers twice the CPU and graphics performance of the previous iPad. The 64-bit architecture supports Open GL ES version 3.0, for "game console-like visual effects."
"iPad created an entirely new mobile computing experience, and the new iPad Air is another big leap ahead. It is so thin, light and powerful, once you hold one in your hand you will understand what a tremendous advancement this is," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. "iPad Air with its 9.7-inch Retina display weighs just one pound and packs the incredible performance of iOS 7 running on a 64-bit desktop-class Apple A7 chip, and delivers all-day battery life in the lightest full-sized tablet in the world."
Available in white/silver and black/space gray, the iPad Air comes in both 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi and LTE cellular models that feature two antennas to support Multiple-In-Multiple-Out (MIMO) technology, which offers twice the Wi-Fi performance and data rates up to 300Mbps. Cellular models also feature expanded LTE coverage for additional worldwide LTE networks.
The iPad Air continues to offer up to 10 hours of battery life and is available in capacities ranging from 16 GB to 128 GB. U.S. Pricing remains the same as previous models, at $499/$599/$699/$799 for Wi-Fi versions, plus an additional $129 for comparable cellular versions. The iPad Air will be available on November 1 at 8 a.m. local time in the United States and more than 40 other countries in Europe and Asia.
The iPad Air will replace the current full-sized fourth-generation iPad, but Apple will continue to sell the iPad 2 at $399 for the 16 GB model. Alongside the iPad Air, Apple has also announced new Smart Covers and cases designed to fit the smaller chassis.
As part of its iPad lineup update announced today, Apple introduced the second-generation iPad mini, which as expected is equipped with a 7.9-inch Retina display with a resolution of 2048x1536, matching the resolution of the full-sized Retina iPad. The Retina iPad mini is slightly thicker than the original iPad mini, measuring in at 7.5 mm thick and 0.73 pounds (0.75 pounds for cellular-capable models) compared to 7.2 millimeters and 0.68 pounds for the original generation. The new iPad mini will launch on an unspecified date in November and will be available in both white/silver and black/space gray options.
Internally, the Retina iPad mini includes a 64-bit A7 processor, M7 motion co-processor, and an upgraded 5-megapixel rear iSight camera with a backside illumination sensor and 1080p HD video capability. Meanwhile, the front of the device now features a new FaceTime HD camera with larger pixels that is also accompanied by dual microphones. The new iPad mini also now features multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) technology that offers up to 2x faster Wi-Fi, with both 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi and LTE cellular models that available with up to 10 hours of battery life.
Apple has raised the price of the iPad with the inclusion of a Retina screen, and will offer it in 16, 32, 64, and new 128 GB models, beginning at $399 in the United States.
In addition to offering the Retina iPad mini, Apple will continue to sell the existing iPad mini at a lower price, offering only the low-end 16 GB model at $299 for Wi-Fi and $429 for Wi-Fi + Cellular. The first-generation black models will also see a shift from the previous slate shell to Apple's new space gray color.
The new iPad mini will be available next month, while the first-generation models at $299/$429 are available immediately
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See: fresh kills: from landfill to parkland (pdf) at DSNY, fresh kills park at NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation, fresh kills park project at NYC Dept of City Planning
Law: Laws of NY State (Search for Environmental Conservation Law (ENV), Article 56, Title 4, Section 56-0407: Fresh Kills landfill closure project)
Regulations: NY Codes, Rules and Regulations (Search for Title 6, Chapter IV, Subpart 360-9: State Assistance and Loans For Municipal Landfill Closure Projects) Regulations also posted at NYS Dept of Environmental Conservation
Summary: In 1996, NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and NY State Governor George Pataki signed an agreement to close the Fresh Kills Landfill by December 31, 2001. By Consent Order agreement between DSNY and NY State Dept of Environmental Conservation, the landfill was reopened temporarily to accept debris from the World Trade Center site after the September 11th, 2001 tragedy. With the conclusion of World Trade Center recovery operations, efforts are focused on design and construction of closure and capping of the landfill and the development of an end use plan. The closure of Fresh Kills Landfill marks the end of solid waste disposal operations within New York City limits.
The Fresh Kills Closure Construction and End Use is described in Attachment X of the City's Solid Waste Management Plan , which details how NYC will manage its solid waste for the next twenty years. Multiple local and state agencies are involved in the fresh kills landfill closure and end use including DSNY, NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation, NYC Dept of City Planning, NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs, NY State Dept of Environmental Conservation, and NY State Dept of State, Division of Coastal Resources.
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24 I am happy to suffer for you now. In my body I am completing whatever remains of Christ's sufferings. I am doing this on behalf of his body, the church. | 24 Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. |
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UFC betting lines and MMA odds November 13, 2007 by Rob Gerein
The future of the Ultimate Fighting Championship's light heavyweight division will be on the line Saturday when UFC 78: Validation takes place in New Jersey.
In the main event at Newark's Prudential Center, American "Sugar" Rashad Evans (15-0-1), who won season two of The Ultimate Fighter in the heavyweight division, battles season three light heavyweight winner Michael "The Count" Bisping (15-0) of England.
betED.com has Evans as the favorite at -280, while Bisping is +220.
UFC 78 will be the first UFC event to be held in New Jersey since UFC 53: Heavy Hitters in Atlantic City in 2005.
In another light heavyweight bout, two of the most aggressive strikers in the game clash when Houston "The Assassin" Alexander (8-1) faces Thiago Silva (11-0).
Alexander has been the breakout performer of 2007, winning his first two UFC bouts against Keith Jardine and Alessio Sakara by knockout in less than two combined minutes. Chute Boxe's Silva has been just as impressive in stopping James Irvin and Tomasz Drwal in his debut fights in the Octagon.
As well, PRIDE veterans Ryo Chonan and Akihiro Gono are both scheduled to make their UFC debuts. Both fighters fought at 183 pounds in Japan, but with the UFC's inclusion of the 170 pound division, each fighter will move down to fight at welterweight.
And former middleweight title challenger David "The Soul Assassin" Terrell (10-2) makes his long-awaited return to the UFC against The Ultimate Fighter 3 finalist Ed "Short Fuse" Herman (15-4).
For Terrell, who owns a first round knockout win over Matt Lindland, it will be his first fight in the Octagon since he submitted Scott Smith in a single round at UFC 59 in April of 2006. Herman is currently riding a two fight win streak with impressive submission victories over the aforementioned Smith and Chris Price. Top five welterweight contender Karo "The Heat" Parisyan (25-4), winner of seven of his last eight bouts, will also be in action on Saturday as he takes on UFC newcomer Hector Lombard (11-2-1).
Parisyan, fresh from wins over Drew Fickett and Josh Burkman, will be facing a fellow Judo specialist in Lombard, a native of Cuba who represented his country in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Bet UFC events at betED.com.
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The Live Experience 1999 - Recorded Live in Jackson, Mississippi The Canton Spirituals never imagined that when over 2000 years ago, the Apostle Paul penned, "if we keep trusting God for things that have not yet happened, it will teach us to wait patiently and with confidence," it would become a sustaining truth in their lives. Riding high on the heels of their newest release, The Live Experience 1999, the eight-man group – based in Jackson, Mississippi – is one of the most sought-after and successful acts to emerge in Gospel music in the last decade. But the Cantons, and especially group leader and lead vocalist Harvey Watkins Jr., know a lot about patience. The first incarnation of the group, formed by several men, including Harvey's father, Harvey Watkins Sr., came in the mid-1940's. The original quartet became a popular weekend act in and around their hometown, of Canton, MS, then a mere fly-speck of a town north of Jackson. It would be over 40 years of hard work and persistence (and numerous personnel changes) before the Canton Spirituals would ascend the stairway to international stardom. Recorded live in Jackson's Greater Bethlehem Temple Apostolic Church before an audience of several thousand people, The Live Experience 1999 captures the excitement of the Cantons performing for the people who have known and loved them for years. "There was a very special, hometown kind of vibe in the air that night," Harvey recalls. "We were very excited to bring our music home to so many friends – many of whom we hadn't seen in quite some time – and who have literally grown up on the Cantons. There were people of all ages there, from little kids to grandma and grandpas. It was a powerful night." The Live Experience 1999 is a summation of the Cantons' well-honed signature sound and Harvey attributes the group's uniqueness to the creative cross-pollination of the nearly two generations of members that the Canton Spirituals now comprise. He is joined in the Cantons by organist Norman Williams, drummer Michael Richardson, vocalist Theo Thompson, and Merlin Lucious on bass. Lead guitarist DeWayne Watkins and keyboardists Wallace Strickland and Victor Allen are singers as well, rounding out the rich vocals that are a Canton trademark. "DeWayne, who is my nephew, and Wallace and Victor are all younger guys in their 20's and they add some kick to things which comes from the music they grew up on," Harvey explains. "There's no telling what might come out, I just turn them loose, and whatever they play that I like, we keep. So we get a distinctive mix of the traditional and the contemporary. Gospel, R&B, jazz, rock … you name it." The Live Experience 1999 rocks with a healthy dose of joyful, irresistible cuts that defy listeners to sit still, as well as several deeply moving emotional ballads. On "I Made It," a duet with Gospel legend Albertina Walker, she and Harvey pour out their hearts in thanks for all of the trials the Lord has seen them through. "The song means a lot to me," says Harvey. "The Lord has blessed us in so many ways, it's almost hard to take in. This is a song of praise for all He's done." The gorgeous and gripping "Invisible Faith" is a passionate profession of faith in things unseen, dramatically contrasting Harvey's soul-deep baritone with Victor Allen's soaring tenor on what could stand as a six-minute spiritual biography of the Canton's over the years. A punchy horn section and popping snare drum drive "What Love," and is without a doubt the most swinging and catchy recounting of the life of Christ. The album closes with the almost aching honesty of "(Memories) When Will I See You Again," an emotional tour de force that poignantly tempers the Christian's certainty of eternal life with the inevitable heartache of losing loved ones. Harvey describes his own parents as "strong, strict and spiritual," and both musically gifted. "I thank God for my parents," he says "My daddy was a good, hard-working man and a great singer and entertainer. He always encouraged me and was a tremendous influence in my life." "As a kid, I would go to rehearsals with him every Thursday night and learn just by listening. The most important lessons came when we would go out in the truck together and he'd teach me things not just about music but about life. He always said; be myself, sing from my heart and be sincere – and that's what I've always tried to do. I literally grew up with the Cantons, and he handed the leadership to me in 1974, when I was 18 years old." Harvey, Sr., died of cancer in 1994, but not before seeing his son and the group he'd fostered realize the dream he himself had carried for a lifetime. The Cantons had cut close to 20 independent and small-label records before signing their first major label deal in 1992, followed quickly by their album and video, "Live In Memphis," which garnered the group a Grammy nomination and the first of several Stellar Awards. Contemplating what his father would think of the whirlwind the Cantons have created throughout the 90's, Harvey responds with certainty, and some vivid imagery. "I know he's proud," he says, "and I can almost hear him telling me to go for it! If there's an angel choir, he's right down in front singing along. And I know that's got to be a sweet, sweet sound." |


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Why Register a #Copyright? Top 5 Reasons for New York Businesses & Everyone Else
In nearly every business operation, there are manifold reasons to get a copyright registration. However, against the din of the great multitasking war, many businesses lose sight of the basic "no brainer" points behind getting a copyright registration. And with any investment, protection of intellectual property only pays off if the initial investment was actually made. From software to manuals to logos, all of these business assets can benefit from copyright registration.
So rather than dwell on the finer academic points of the registration equation, below are the quick and dirty Top 5 for securing copyright protection for you and your operation.
Top 5 Reasons:
1. You can Sue. I'll say it again, no copyright registration, quite possibly no right to drag someone to court. It's that simple. You may "technically" have a copyright the minute you write something down, but a court won't care often unless there is a firm piece of paper (i.e., a registration certificate). Moreover, once you're in federal court you may be able to inflict a world of hurt on an infringer with up to $150,000 in statutory damages and attorney's fees.
2. Stop Fakers, Biters, and Infringers at the Border. Imagine making US Customs your enforcement agency? That is exactly what is possible with a federal Copyright registration. Leveraging one to prevent importation of infringing goods can mean the difference between competitive edge and catastrophic failure. Pro Tip: you will also need to record your copyright registration with the U.S. Customs Service.
3. Public Notice of Rights. As with all forms of protection, deterrence is the name of the game. With a copyright registration, as a legal matter, others are placed on notice that you have rights. Registration creates a public record that also provides much needed ammunition in quashing internet violations and infringements (again, no paperwork and an ISP may be less inclined to take your takedown request seriously). In addition, registration can affect your bargaining position in disputes and negotiations (registration provides the paperwork you may need to assign, sell, pledge or license your copyrighted asset).
4. Presumption of Validity. In a courtroom, a copyright registration within five years of a work's "publication" will be deemed valid and the alleged infringer will be faced with an uphill battle of proving otherwise. Hence, a copyright registration, if undertaken early, makes an enforcement lawsuit more formidable.
5. It's Really, Really Cheap. Copyright is by far the most affordable form of federal intellectual property protection. While each prong of intellectual property provides certain rights and remedies and addresses certain features of a work (e.g., contrast trademarks against copyrights), copyright offers significant protection, deterrent value, and other features for the cost of a good meal. At 35 dollars a pop (with online registration at www.copyright.gov), no business venture should be crying poverty.
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Gaiam has been turning out alternative health and beauty goods for years, but we love it for its bedding. The line has a host of qualifications: organic, free of pesticides, made with low-impact dyes, etc. And what makes the sets really stand out are the incredible colors and delicate prints.
We were impressed by the huge eco selection when we clicked on the Bath & Body tab on the home page: Kneipp body oils, and a host of indie brands (Indigo Wild, Shea Terra, Thayers, etc.).
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The Green Loop
The online counterpart to the popular Portland, Oregon, boutique, this site brims with amazing pieces from more than a hundred different labels—including Grace & Cello, Beyond Skin, and Prairie Underground.
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Featured in the April 2009 issue.
Green With Glamour
Headquartered in Los Angeles, this lifestyle site has an elegant roundup of clothes by EcoSkin and Popomomo, as well as one of the most beautiful selections of furniture and housewares we've seen.
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Featured in the April 2009 issue.
Hammocks and High Tea
Karen Young's screen-printed paper-and-fabric pieces—including shams, drawstring bags, and throw pillows—feature tropical-infused drawings inspired by her childhood in South America. Top picks are customizable stationery and calendars made with water-based inks, in addition to scented drawer paper—all packaged in recycled and recyclable materials.
We love this site's brilliant ingredient glossary and vast selection, from Aubrey Organics to Earth Therapeutics. There's even dye-free, henna-based haircolor.
Come here for the most timeless, subtly printed sheets from a line based in Kalispell, Montana. These are 600-thread-count—so they're ridiculously soft against the skin—and are free of synthetic dyes, cleaners, and chemicals.
You'll find the same roster of compelling green lines assembled here that you'd encounter in Kate McGregor's airy boutique on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Each designer has his or her own way of being environmentally conscious—from Lulu Frost's reinvented vintage baubles to Bodkin's recycled plastic dresses.
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Progressive design is the stock-in-trade at this Philadelphia-based site, where each item is as exquisite as it is functional. Origami tables fold and unfold, cork floor tiles can be coated with waxes and stains, and a serpentine lamp twists to fit any space. We also love how serious Mio is about each item, supplying several accompanying photos and a lengthy description of the designers' philosophy, materials, measurements, and environmental quotient for everything.
Every purchase made here goes directly from the cool indie designers to your doorstep, cutting out the step of shipping to a warehouse for storage. So navigate the dizzying array of feminine dresses from Deux FM or Viridis Luxe's wear-anywhere, featherweight basics, knowing that each arrives bearing the lightest carbon footprint possible.
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Add-On Packs are specially priced, self-contained extra packs that you may purchase (so they are not free). You do this by "over-pledging" -- i.e. by going to the "Manage My Pledge" button on the top right. Add the cost of the Add-On packs you want to your current Reward Level, and submit that total pledge amount. When the campaign is over, we will contact you for your exact order details at the same time we request your address. The prices listed INCLUDE shipping & handling for USA backers. Please note that Add-Ons do not add to your qualification toward FREE Stretch Goal pieces (your FREE Stretch Goal bonuses are driven only by the number of Game Tiles sets you back with your pledge).
Add-On Packs are available in Dark Gray or Expertly Hand Painted. Every different Add-On pack is priced the same: one pack costs $45 for Dark Gray, $60 for Expertly Hand Painted. A group of two packs costs $70 for Dark Gray, $95 for Expertly Hand Painted. You can purchase one Dark Gray and one Expertly Hand Painted together for $85.
You may combine different Add-On packs to make a group of two. For example, one Diagonal Wall Pack (Dark Gray) and one Curved Corner Pack (Dark Gray) for $70. If you buy and odd number of Add-On packs you must pay the single cost for the odd numbered Add-On pack.
The prices includes FREE shipping for the USA backers, while International Backers must pay a $45 to ship every two packs. Add-On packs are only available to Backers who pledge for two Games Tiles sets or more.
These Add-Ons are currently available to order:
Castle Wall Pack
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Chamber of Sorrows
Chamber of Sorrows comes in gray and painted versions, and includes several new tiles created especially for this pack. But in this case, I think the painted version we're offering here is something unique. Designed specifically by Stefan ‒ and completed just yesterday ‒ the new paint design will only be available to our Kickstarter backers (we've also reserved a very limited quantity for our UK distributor).
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Here are the pieces:
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/08/12 -- Maginatics Inc., The Modern Enterprise Storage Company, today announced a new version of the MagFS storage software platform, offering even greater back end storage and mobile access options for its customers.
For customers wishing to leverage public cloud storage, MagFS now integrates with HP Cloud Services Object Storage, Rackspace Cloud Files, Microsoft Azure, Telecom Italia Data Space and AT&T Synaptic Storage as a Service, augmenting previously announced support for Amazon Web Services S3. For enterprises and service providers building their own private or public cloud, MagFS now integrates with EMC Atmos and OpenStack Object Storage (Swift), the two leading object-based storage offerings.
The new MagFS version also introduces native support for devices running the Android operating system. With previously announced support for iOS, Windows, Mac and Linux (experimental), MagFS now enables secure and efficient connectivity to centrally-managed corporate data from all leading mobile and traditional devices.
"MagFS delivers a new form of storage virtualization designed specifically for the modern, distributed enterprise," said Jay Kistler, CTO of Maginatics. "On the back end, MagFS makes the level of data security and IT control independent of whether data is stored in the cloud, on-premises or both. On the front end, MagFS makes the efficiency of data access independent of device class or end-user location. The new support we're announcing today enhances this unique value proposition."
Deployed in the enterprise data center, the MagFS software platform enables concurrent real-time access to centrally-managed data from mobile and traditional devices at enterprise scale, and allows IT organizations to leverage the economics and agility of cloud storage without changing their security or management model, workflows, toolsets or software. MagFS uses an "on-premises" security model with familiar workflows and toolsets regardless of whether data is stored in the public cloud, on-premises or both. Data stored in MagFS is actually more secure than data in most enterprise data centers.
With its modular, extensible architecture and all-software, on-premises deployment model, MagFS is also the ideal foundation for service providers who wish to build storage-centric enterprise services for their clients across a broad range of industries including healthcare, financial services, media and entertainment, architecture/engineering/construction, manufacturing and telecommunications.
"At this moment, all the big players in the cloud services and telco industries are selecting their technology partner for enterprise file sharing, which makes the Maginatics offering very timely," said Philippe Tripodi, Founder and CEO of Archebit, an Italian system integrator and Maginatics preferred partner in that region. "Maginatics offers a genuinely unique approach that perfectly matches the needs of these industry players."
Additional information on the new MagFS version can be found at www.Maginatics.com.
About Maginatics
Maginatics is The Modern Enterprise Storage company. Its flagship offering, MagFS, is the first solution to allow enterprises and distributed and mobile workforces to enjoy the benefits of cloud storage with the security, manageability and file system-level simplicity of traditional storage infrastructure. Additional information on the company and products can be found at www.Maginatics.com.
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Comprised of exceptionally talented students currently studying piano under Cynthia DeFoor, the YHC Piano Ensemble will perform works for piano duet, trio and quartet with musical selections from the Classical and Contemporary periods of musical history. Contributions will be accepted to benefit YHC's student chapter of the Music Teachers National Association.
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If you still can't crowbar yourself away from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare's admittedly brilliant online multiplayer, next week is going to be a big for you.
Next week Infinite Ward will temporarily slash the Variety Map pack down to half price, add a new 'Hardcore Headquarters' playlist and flick on the Double XP switch - for both Xbox Live and PSN players.
We'll let Infinite Ward explain the details:
"Starting Tuesday Feb. 24th, the Variety Map Pack will become 50% off for those of you who still need to pick it up, leading up to the promotion, I'll also be giving out tokens to download it for free on Twitter. When the last weekend of Feb. hits, starting Friday Feb. 27th and going until Monday morning, we'll be flipping the ol' mighty Double XP switch one more time!
"That's not all though, I plan on pulling an All-nighter on Friday the 27th in my attempt to finally reach Level 55 10th Prestige, and I want you guys to help get me there. To do that, we'll be adding a new playlist to the rotation.
"The Hardcore Headquarters playlist will be added on Friday 27th along with Double XP for the most XP heavy sessions you will ever see. Who's down for a little Hardcore Headquarters on Shipment?! Carnage will ensue."
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Featuring spectacular limestone caves, small galleries of Aboriginal rock art, jagged limestone outcrops and an historically significant mining site, this park is rich in natural and cultural heritage. Limestone The Chillagoe landscape began to form about 400 million years ago, when the area was covered by a shallow sea. Today that limestone towers over the surrounding plains as outcrops while, underground, caves and caverns created by dissolving of the limestone are decorated by stalactites, stalagmites and flowstones.
... moreJoin a ranger on a guided cave tour to view splendid limestone formations. You can also explore some of the caves and Aboriginal art sites on your own. Walk the nine kilometre return track to Royal Arch Bluff or the short 440 metre return track to Balancing Rock. Visit the viewing area at the Chillagoe Smelters and learn about the State's mining and industrial heritage dating back to the 1890s.
Ranger-guided tours to Donna, Trezkinn and Royal Arch caves leave daily except Christmas Day. Fees apply. Tickets must be purchased in advance from The Hub in the town centre. These three caves can only be accessed via a guided tour.
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Chillagoe is 215 kilometres, or 3 hours drive west of Cairns via Mareeba and Dimbulah on the Burke Developmental Road on the northern end of the Atherton Tableland. The road is sealed to Almaden. Over the final 32 kilometres of road there are both sealed and unsealed sections. Chillagoe can also be accessed via Herberton from the southern end of the Atherton Tableland, although there are more unsealed sections along this route. Conventional vehicle access is possible in dry weather but roads may be impassable in the summer wet season. Another route to Chillagoe leads from Undara National Park. From Undara drive west along the Gulf Developmental Road for 30 kilometres towards Mount Surprise, then follow the narrow unsealed Ootaan Road for 140 kilometres to the junction with the Bourke Developmental Road, near Almaden. This route takes about three hours and four-wheel-drive vehicles are recommended.
Fees apply to ranger-guided cave tours—adults AUD23.00, children AUD11.50 (4-14 years), family AUD57.50 (two adults and two children), concession AUD18.50 and students AUD5.00 each. Prices are valid until 1 April 2013. Tickets must be purchased in advance from The Hub in the town centre. During the peak season, The Hub is open 0800 to 1700 weekdays and 0800 to 1530 weekends. During the off peak season, The Hub is only open from 0800 to 1430 on Tuesdays, Thursday and weekends.
There are two seasons in the Chillagoe area—the wet season from December to the end of March, and the dry season from April until November. The mean annual rainfall is 850 millimetres. Summer (wet season) temperatures usually range between 25 degrees Celsius and 35 degrees Celsius. October and November can be very hot and dry while the winter months from May until August can be cool at night. Thunderstorms and rain depressions at the end of November usually herald the approaching wet season.
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