In the meantime, though, the authority in charge of the area has organised several short-term events to whet the public's appetite for what's to come, with past events including a weekend of rock concerts in early December 2012 and an inaugural alternative cultural festival later that same month.
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Sure, it won't help you love your pokey PC or Mac any more (though Apple's doing its own work on this problem with its misnomered "instant on" feature on the MacBook Air, which wakes the computer from hibernation in a few seconds), but it's a nice glimpse of what's to come.
In any event, the bulk of the Watkins fortune, whatever it amounts to, seems to be based more on what's to come than in the here and now.
The state-funded Met Office, which bills itself as "one of the top two national weather services in the world, " is in overdrive, sending extra weather balloons into the atmosphere to try to get a read on what's to come and providing daily updates to government officials and other Olympics honchos.
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The Council's annual report provides an analysis of the previous year's economic performance and a reckoning of what's to come.
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While it's clear that Sony and the development community have a number of surprises that've yet to be revealed, you're invited to check out a preview of what's to come in the following gallery.
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Though the Nintendo camp's been silently grinding away behind the scenes, their US mouthpiece Reggie Fils-Aime took a moment to catch CNN Money a bit on what's to come.
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The work force can barely meet the current need for care, supports and services, let alone what's to come.
So sometimes, the elections in this particular cycle can portend what's to come.
For additional peeks at what's to come, be sure to check the gallery.
Some online writers on Wednesday said the goofy race may be a real symbol of what's to come for Twitter.
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At a news conference, McIlroy gave a flavor of what's to come.
What happens in major cities on the western Pacific Rim could provide an early indication of what's to come for the United States.
He sat down with three wise investors in various fields and asked them for an outlook of what's to come in the next year.
Perhaps indicative of what's to come, the government's convictions in the Bernard Ebbers and MarthaStewartMartha Stewart cases started with convincing testimony by investor relations witnesses.
The courtroom clashes at the bail hearing offer a preview of what's to come in the trial of one of South Africa's most famous athletes.
The courtroom clashes at the bail hearing offer a preview of what's to come in the trial of one of South Africa's most famous athlete.
Knowing what's to come, we can't help but do the same.
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The Sevens will get them better prepared for what's to come.
What that means is that the 140% gain of the few Gazprom shares that could trade freely in 2006 could be just a taste of what's to come.
Obama and Clinton are both fighting it out for support in Wisconsin -- and it could be a critical measurement of what's to come, especially with 74 delegates at stake.
Residents in the Libyan capital remain uncertain of what's to come, caught in a whirlwind of change that hinges on events in Tripoli, where the so-called "final battle" is meant to occur.
This, of course, is just a taste of what's to come next week, where we'll be giving you daily issues of Distro right from the show floor, detailing all the excitement -- and all the Crapgadgets, too.
There's also the more expected bits -- things like keeping track of your motorcar's location in order to retrieve it after a long, confusing day at Disneyland, but the real magic here is the promise of what's to come.
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The graphics on display during the 17 minutes of footage running on a PC were more photorealistic than previous games in the popular military shoot-'em-up series, hinting at what's to come on Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's rumored Xbox successor.
Activists like these are making the point that there is a moment in this country right now that our political leaders need to speak to what's happening and to come up with solutions that makes sense.
Tunnel, airport, and I don't like being paranoid, and that's what it's come down to now for everything.
You... don't know what's going to come through the letterbox next.
"Any time it's a contract year, there's a heightened sense of doom and gloom just because what the company's going to come for, " he said.
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