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Optimum population rate swings stymie the potential of variable rate planting. Yet, improved data collection may one day aid this promising technology.
The good news is that variable rate technology may simply be ahead of its time.
Variable rate seeding may prompt you to swap your seed corn cap for a chef's hat. A pinch of seed on low-producing soil, followed by a dash on medium-producing ground and a heaping helping on highly productive river-bottom land should yield a bumper crop. That's because this meticulous mix matches optimum populations with correct soil types.
Well, maybe.
If a field greatly differs in yield potential, varying corn populations for specific soils certainly makes sense. "Corners of center-pivot irrigation systems are good examples," says Emerson Nafziger, University of Illinois extension agronomist. "Because you can't irrigate them, you know you won't get high yields on the corners."
But it's a different story on other Corn Belt fields, Nafziger says. Many industry and university studies show that the cost of variable rate seeding equipment and software — which can tally up to $5,000 — may dwarf the economic benefit of any yield gains.
"It can be so costly and time-consuming to know what the variable rate should be for each part of the field that one can't afford to do it," Nafziger says. "As a guess, we think that yields within a field would need to vary by 50% in order to make it pay."
Tough to track
The merits of variable rate planting are hazy because the best planting rates differ from year to year. Corn Belt data collected by Pioneer Hi-Bred International researchers over four to six years reveal that optimum plant populations for specific field areas may vary from 22,000 plants per acre (ppa) to 34,000 ppa.
"You'd think that a portion of a field would have the same optimum plant population year in and year out," says Tom Doerge, an agronomy research manager for Pioneer. "But huge differences can occur."
Environmental conditions, including rainfall and temperature, can greatly affect optimum populations. Although top-notch seed corn normally has a 95% germination rate, University of Missouri researchers found germination rates varied between 50 to 95% in variable rate trials.
"Early, heavy rains resulted in poor germination, poor stands and a poor economic payback," says Glenn Davis, university agronomist. "For Missouri conditions, we found that we need to have a better handle on predicting the weather and plant survival before we can hope to make sense out of variable rate planting."
Such studies have dashed the initial belief that variable rate seeding could bag big bucks for farmers.
"It makes perfect sense that you should cut back on inputs where you don't need them," Doerge says. "But you don't know where you need high and low seeding rates each year. You can't capture the value every year by looking into the future and predicting what kind of weather year you will have."
Breeding bias
The industry's plant breeding strategy also is biased against variable rate seeding. "Corn hybrids are designed to be planted under a specific population across an entire field, rather than different rates across areas of a field," says Sean Jordal, accounts manager for Mycogen Seeds.
That's why Pioneer now recommends 26,000 to 30,000 ppa for a Corn Belt harvesttime population, Doerge says. This range helps ensure sufficient populations for all field areas in good and bad years.
"I'd never tell someone that this is a year where they could get away with planting 22,000 plants per acre," Doerge says. "They may save money on seed, but they could lose more money in yield."
Variable rate seeding may have more potential under lighter soils and arid climates, Jordal says. "A 2% yield increase will show up more if you typically grow 120 to 130 bu./acre corn, compared to 190 bu.," he adds.
A 1996-99 study conducted on the outer fringe of the Corn Belt at Colorado State University (CSU) showed that variable rate seeding indeed has potential on variable soils. Still, researchers experienced the same challenge that their Corn Belt colleagues faced.
"Even in a traditional low-producing area, you don't want to back off the plant population in case it rains that year," says John Shanahan, a USDA-ARS research agronomist who previously worked at CSU on the study. "When you push the populations, you don't see a loss in yield if you plant over the optimum rate. But if you don't plant enough seeds, you will see a yield decrease if you have good growing conditions."
Niche markets
Although variable rate seeding doesn't fit mainstream use, it works well in niches such as center pivot corners.
"Rather than plant these areas separately at a reduced rate, farmers like to keep planting the whole field," says Jerry Schmitt, general marketing manager for AGCO's Fieldstar precision agriculture program.
AGCO's differential GPS variable rate controller automatically switches rates on the go. This saves farmers the downtime they would endure by changing their planter's population rates. The automated system also enables farmers to plant different rates at night, when difficulties in discerning the border between irrigated land and corners arise, Schmitt says.
End rows and land near fences and trees also tend to be less productive than the rest of the field, says Bob Rauh, product information manager for the John Deere Seeding Division.
It gets better
The good news is that variable rate technology may simply be ahead of its time. David and Donald Bullock, two brothers who are a University of Illinois agricultural economist and a crop scientist, respectively, studied how farmers use soil productivity information to form variable seeding rates. Pioneer and Deere sponsored the study.
"The field information and the technology are what we call economic complements," David says. "The more information you have, the more valuable the technology; the more technology you have, the more valuable the information."
Soil productivity information that farmers glean from yield monitors reveals little about optimum seeding rates for field regions, David says. However, advances in automatic soil sampling and satellite photography could snare more precise seeding rates.
"The key is obtaining information cheaply," David says. "Once that becomes a reality, the variable rate application technology may become profitable for farmers."
Industry has already improved variable rate technology. In 1999, AGCO introduced its Fieldstar system that enables farmers to write their seeding plans on computer software. All of AGCO's White hydraulic planters have been available with a factory-installed GPS variable rate controller since 1999.
Later this year, Deere will follow suit by introducing desktop software in which a farmer can use information from yield maps and/or soil type maps to develop a personalized seeding prescription plan. With the exception of its 1780 model, Deere markets each of its 1700 series planters with a variable rate drive.
David Bullock reminds producers that variable rate technology is not flash-in-the-pan science. "But it will require changes in the way we get information to make it profitable for farmers," he says. "We expect firms will be working hard to find cheaper ways to obtain the necessary information."
Specific seeding
When he's planting, Dennis Lindsay must feel as if he's elk hunting with a shotgun filled with pheasant shells. The Masonville, IA, farmer and his two sons would rather use a "rifle" approach and more precisely match hybrids or varieties with particular field areas. They have designed a planter and purchased accompanying software that changes seed type while planting.
"We have proved the planter will work," Lindsay says. "But the real challenge is getting information from seed companies about specific areas where specific varieties work best."
Uneven results
Seed companies don't intentionally slight variety or hybrid selection for variable seeding, says Tom Doerge, agronomy research manager for Pioneer Hi-Bred International. However, neither seed companies nor scientists know enough to make variable planting work consistently.
"Certainly, there is great agronomic appeal for varying hybrids and varieties in a field to match differences in the environment," Doerge says. "Unfortunately, the year-to-year variation is tremendous. One year a variety can be the top yielder and the poorest yielder the next year."
That's why seed companies use a wide-reaching "shotgun" development approach. Rather than specifically breed varieties and hybrids for certain conditions, such as wet weather, firms design them to thrive over a wide range of conditions.
Some industry and university trials back the merits of variable planting. In a 1997-98 variable rate study by Case Corporation, corn hybrids showed a 5 to 15 bu./acre yield advantage when researchers matched specific hybrids with specific soil types.
Iowa State University researchers also found that variable variety seeding boosted soybean yields on soils plagued with iron chlorosis. Researchers used yield monitor values to develop a yield difference map. An analysis showed that, in some areas, an iron-chlorosis-tolerant variety outyielded an iron-chlorosis-susceptible variety by 7 to 20 bu./acre.
Case discontinued the trial after 1998 before researchers could determine if the increased profit paid for the experimental Case-IH Cyclo planter. Meanwhile, ISU researchers wonder about their trial's consistency. In some iron-chlorosis-plagued areas, the susceptible variety outyielded the tolerant one, says Dale Farnham, an ISU extension agronomist.
"Although site-specific placement of varieties may be beneficial in some cases, it seems to be unpredictable," he concludes.
Refuge role
A niche market may someday exist for variable seed planters, says Darian Landolt, site assessment researcher for Case-New Holland.
"I think they could work for creating Bt refuges that reside in different areas of a field, rather than one solid block," he says. "That way, you could give up corn yields with the Bt refuge corn without sacrificing good ground."
But unless seed companies breed more for specific traits, variable seed planting likely won't progress.
"Hybrids are developed to do well over a wide range of conditions, so it can be difficult to find out whether Hybrid A or Hybrid B will do best in a certain part of the field," says Emerson Nafziger, University of Illinois extension agronomist. "A better and less costly option is to spread the risk across your farm by planting a number of hybrids across different fields."


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The roads in Manila are notorious for heavy smog and traffic congestion, especially at peak hours. Public transport is inexpensive and plentiful, including the elevated light rail system (LRT) and the Metrostar that has helped to alleviate some of the congestion, but public transport can also be dangerous in the Philippines and travellers should be wary. The elevated light rail system, travelling above the chaos, is a good option as it is fast, clean and efficient, although very crowded during the evening rush hour. There are numerous bus companies that comprehensively service the city, as well as local jeepneys (brightly coloured minibuses) that can be hailed anywhere. Buses and jeepneys are the cheapest form of transport for areas not covered by the LRT. Taxis are also inexpensive and convenient, but always agree on a fare before setting off. There are also calesas (horse-drawn carriages) used by tourists for short trips, and tricycle pedicabs available for hire.
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The international access code for the Philippines is +63. Major towns, cities and popular tourist spots are covered by GSM 900 and 1800 mobile phone networks with limited 3G coverage. Internet cafes are available in major cities and tourist resorts.
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There is a free airport shuttle bus between terminals for passengers catching connecting flights; otherwise, travellers need to pay a fee to use the HMG transport shuttle.
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Can Alain Locke, the black cultural critic and public intellectual now best known for his lifelong commitment to black art and for his editorship of the 1925 anthology, The New Negro: An Interpretation, be read as a political theorist? What would it mean to engage Locke as a political theorist instead of as a cultural critic, and his art criticism as an example of black political thought instead of as a tool in service of his alleged group partisanship? Contemporary scholarship usually treats Locke in the now-familiar terms of identity, multiculturalism, or the politics of recognition. As a consequence, black artistic production comes to be reduced to a cultural means for achieving the political end of building black identity. In this lunchtime lecture, Assistant Professor of Political Science Michelle Smith seeks to move beyond this theoretical impasse, arguing that Locke's art criticism illuminated and sought to magnify diametrically opposed forces at the core of modernity that would disrupt the structuring hold of "race" on human relations.
Michelle R. Smith, Assistant Professor of Political Science received her BA in Africana Studies from Rutgers University, and her MA and Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University. Before coming to Barnard, she taught at Cornell University, at Auburn Prison as part of the Cornell Prison Education Program, and at the University of Florida. She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including most recently the 2011 Western Political Science Association Best Paper in Black Politics. She published "Blackening Europe/Europeanising Blackness: Theorizing the Black Presence in Europe" in Contemporary European History Journal.


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- of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students.
- most advantageous, suitable, or desirable: the best way.
- largest;
most: the best part of a day.
adv., [superl. of]well [with]better [as compar.]
- most excellently or suitably;
with most advantage or success: an opera role that best suits her voice.
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most fully (usually used in combination): best-suited; best-known; best-loved.
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beat: He easily bested his opponent in hand-to-hand combat. She bested me in the argument.
Wayway1 (wā),USA pronunciation n.
way′less, adj.
- manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
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- [Naut.]
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incidentally: By the way, have you received that letter yet?
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- to do completely or wholeheartedly.
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- to engage in sexual intercourse.
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- in someone's way, forming a hindrance, impediment, or obstruction: She might have succeeded in her ambition, had not circumstances been in her way.Also, in the way.
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- to go forward;
proceed: to make one's way through the mud.
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- to allow to pass;
clear the way: Make way for the king!
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- [Naut.]to make forward or astern progress even though engines are not running.
- no way, not under any circumstances;
no: Apologize to him? No way!
- out of the way:
- in a state or condition so as not to obstruct or hinder.
- dealt with;
disposed of: I feel better, now that one problem is out of the way.
- murdered: to have a person put out of the way.
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at a distance from the usual route.
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amiss: There was something decidedly out of the way about her explanation.
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unusual: Such behavior was out of the way for him.
- pave the way to or for. See pave (def. 2).
- see one's way clear, to regard as suitable or possible;
consider seriously: We couldn't see our way clear to spending so much money at once.Also, see one's way.
- take one's way, to start out;
go: He took his way across the park and headed uptown.
Toto (to̅o̅; unstressed tŏŏ, tə),USA pronunciation prep.
- (used for expressing motion or direction toward a point, person, place, or thing approached and reached, as opposed to from): They came to the house.
- (used for expressing direction or motion or direction toward something) in the direction of;
toward: from north to south.
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- (used as the ordinary sign or accompaniment of the infinitive, as in expressing motion, direction, or purpose, in ordinary uses with a substantive object.)
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out of unconsciousness: after he came to.
- to and fro. See fro (def. 2).
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unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
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fair: a clean fighter.
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without obscenity.
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- not using narcotics.
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adroit: a clean serve in tennis.
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- [Foreign Exchange.](of currency floats) not influenced by exchange-rate manipulation (opposed to dirty).
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cleanly: Nobody wants to box with him because he doesn't fight clean.
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quite: The sharp carving knife sliced clean through the roast. In a year, he had gone clean through his inheritance.
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- (of a sail or sails) filled with wind;
rap full.
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rap full.
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clear: She sat down to dinner ravenous and within five minutes had cleaned her plate.
- to dry-clean.
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- to take away or win all or almost all the money or possessions of (often fol. by out): The cards were marked and I got cleaned.
- to remove the seams from (a casting) by filing or grinding.
- [Philately.]to delete intentionally the cancellation from (a postage or revenue stamp).
clean′ness, n.
- to perform or undergo a process of cleaning: This kind of fabric cleans easily. Detergents clean better than most soaps.
- to get rid of dirt, soil, etc. (often fol. by up): to spend the morning cleaning.
- clean house, to wipe out corruption, inefficiency, etc., as in an organization: It's time for the city government to clean house.
- clean out:
- to empty in order to straighten or clean.
- to use up;
exhaust: He had cleaned out his savings.
- to drive out by force.
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- [Slang.]to cause to lose all or almost all one's money or possessions.
- clean up:
- to wash or tidy up.
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- to put an end to;
finish: to clean up yesterday's chores.
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- clean up one's act. See act (def. 10).
Gymgym ( jim),USA pronunciation n.
- a gymnasium.
- See physical education.
MatsMATS (mats),USA pronunciation n.
- Military Air Transport Service.
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This stage was to have been a 216-kilometre epic from yesterdays' finish town of Digne les Bains. Because of rock falls on the Col de Larche the start has been moved to the ancient town of Embrun, shortening the stage by 33 kilometres.
The stage starts climbing almost immediately up to the vertiginously high Col Agnel at 2744 metres, which surprisingly is not the highest point of his year's Tour. It does mark a first for 2008 though, as the Tour has up until now been entirely contested in France and this is a border crossing into Italy.
The stage descends into the Italian province of Cuneo, part of the Piemonte region, crossing the rather sinister sounding third category Colle del Morte to an uphill finish at the ski resort of Prato Nevoso. The 11.4-kilometre ascent to the finish should provide a platform for the overall contenders to take time out of one another before the second rest day.
This is the first visit of the Tour to both towns, but Pratonevoso has been a stage finish in the Giro d'Italia. The most recent occasion was in 2000, when Stefano Garzelli (then Mercatone Uno, now Acqua e Sapone) put pressure on race leader Francesco Casagrande (Vini Caldirola) with stage victory. Garzelli went on to take the pink jersey two days later in the mountain time trial to Sestrieres.
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|2007-04-30, 00:41
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Upon fansubbing the CLANNAD Special Disc, I've found that the content is absolutely spoilerific and, unless you're familiar with CLANNAD, this stuff will be basically killer. Absolutely killer.
If you want to know how far I mean in terms of killer, refer to one of my previous... killer, spoilers.
|2007-04-30, 01:22
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
I have some speculation on how the story will be re-written based on the preview disk:
|2007-04-30, 03:19
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Spoiler for Special Disk:
Thanks for the Special Disk. Where was it sold anyways?
|2007-04-30, 12:48
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Blar! I saw the 'teaser' from TWH/Sprocket, and oh man, I feel like I have ruined the entire movie/series for me. Sure nothing was said blatantly, but connecting the dots have ruined I think one the most important scenes in the game.
So for anyone uninitiated on CLANNAD, avoid the movie teaser like the plague!
|2007-04-30, 13:33
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Well, maybe the movie has something else planned. Either way it was a powerful experience. Better than Air Prelude.
Spoiler for Speculation from Special Disk:
|2007-04-30, 14:22
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orion: Too bad I can't answer any more of your questions regarding that, without spoiling any more.
Let's just say that, whatever path TOEI takes for the movie, the ending will likely be close to KyoAni's rendition. But...
|2007-04-30, 15:32
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I was going to type up the answers, but then I agree with velocity7, anymore spoilers would just be too much, and just describing the story is also not going to help, as Key's work is always about atmosphere and execution anyway.
|2007-04-30, 18:17
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But I really wasn't asking for spoilers and I really don't want any. It's all speculation at this point. Dezaki can choose to do whatever he wants within reason with the material presented to him for use. It's his interpretation of the source material after all and a commercially viable story/ending will be done imo. It's practical business sense.
|2007-04-30, 18:30
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I sincerely apologize if this potentially ruined any possible experience you may have with the show.
|2007-04-30, 18:35
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You haven't ruined anything. Thank you for your hard work. The Chinese subs came out beforehand with no one getting upset over spoilers. Loads of people in Japan bought this and no one complained loud enough to get media attention. In fact, from what I could tell, it sold out.
Similar situation happened in Air Prelude and we survived. By the time you saw those Air TV CMs and Prelude you pretty much had an ideal who Misuzu was. No worries about spoilers from those things being translated. In fact, this special disk had similar style of animation for the teaser. B & W grainy filters with lens flares and interspersed text.
Take a look at my Kanon avatar. It's taken from Kanon Prelude. Yep. It had spoilers in it too. No screams from that one either.
Pat yourself on the back for a job well done.
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|2007-04-30, 19:29
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|2007-04-30, 20:27
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Waiting for more taiyuki!
Join Date: Jan 2004
I'm not worried though and thanks for caring. I'll find out when the movie gets released. It's all fun speculation as far as I'm concerned. No one has a copy of the script so game related or manga related spoilers may or may not be relevant to the movie.
Images used in the teaser can mean almost anything that the director wants the audience to think to draw you in and then he can totally give you a 180 degree turn in the theater. He probably has to give a fresh interpretation imo since Clannad in theory should have had a wider penetration since it wasn't an eroge title. There is no real incentive to go to the theater if the outcome is assured and a TV series is broadcasting in the same year imo.
My Kanon avi is a good example of this. That scene was not in the TV series at all except the OP.
Mental exercises are good for the soul imo.
|2007-05-01, 02:12
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Osana-Najimi Shipper
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Better safe than sorry, IMO. There's people (like me) who wishes that they can unwatch the teaser, and as such am glad TWH/Sprocket is addressing the issue (though IMO a second version is in order, even if all whats changed was the title to indicate there's spoilers, because theres a lot of people dls the torrent directly and never see the scarywater page, ex. tokyotosho).
As for the no outcry in Japan, you just said the root of it all. The disk was sold out; in other words, its really popular. Otakus being otakus, what percentage of the people who bought the disk do you think have played the game before? Chances are, its close to 100%. As such, them seeing the teaser spoils nothing at all!
As for the analogy to Kanon/Air...
Spoiler for for Kanon end and teaser of Clannad only, nothing more, nothing less, I promise:
And for the record, I'm not mad at all with Clannad being spoiled some for me, as I'm not the kind of person who cries over spilled milk. It's just I'm just a tad bit miffed when people try to underscore the spoiler factor of some things, because this might convince people that its actually alright to see it thinking they're safe. I still stand by what I said before... Avoid the teaser like the plague if one doesn't want to get spoiled!
|2007-05-01, 05:50
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Lost in my dreams...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 32
Ok, i watched the teaser (ignoring all warnings ), and i have to say - if that is not first class spoiler material, i don't know what is 0_o. You don't need to connect any dots in there if you want to get spoiled... you would have to be blind in the first place not to get spoiled by this
Since i dived in knowing that it is a spoiler, i am not going to cry about it, i will just quote DragoonKain3:
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Wings Etc., based in Indiana, plans to open its 22nd restaurant, and first in the southeast, Nov. 13 at the site of the former Ham�s restaurant across East Dixon Boulevard from Cleveland Mall.
SHELBY � A Midwest restaurant that touts its jumbo wings and beer selection hopes to win over Cleveland County residents looking for a place to eat, drink and watch sports.
Wings Etc., based in Indiana, plans to open its 22nd restaurant, and first in the southeast, Nov. 13 at the site of the former Ham�s restaurant across East Dixon Boulevard from Cleveland Mall.
�We have a wide variety of food items highlighted by our award-winning jumbo wings and also sell more than 40 varieties of beer and a full selection of liquor,� said Eric Stuczynski, vice president of franchise support for Wings Etc.
Stuczynski said the Shelby location will operate more than 20 TVs, offer outside seating and provide an outdoor area for customers to play cornhole.
�Shelby is a good fit for our concept because of two reasons: The proximity to the Charlotte sports market and the lack of any sports-oriented restaurants in Cleveland County,� Stuczynski said.
Ham�s closed its restaurant at the site, 1910 E. Dixon Blvd., in November 2010.
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Chinese shares soared to lead Asian markets by a wide margin Friday as strong manufacturing data boosted confidence about an economic recovery in the world's second largest economy.
The Shanghai Composite Index 000001, -0.79% soared 4.3%, helping other regional markets add to gains or pare early losses, after an initial measure of HSBC's China manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index for December rose to a 14-month high of 50.9. The performance marked the index's best single-day percentage gain since October 2009.
HSBC's chief China economist Hongbin Qu said the improvement in the latest survey results confirmed that China's "ongoing growth recovery is gaining momentum, mainly driven by domestic demand conditions." Read: China manufacturing data show further improvement.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.65% advanced 0.6% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 XJO, +0.18% ended marginally higher.
Japan's Nikkei Stock Average NIK, +0.40% and South Korea's Kospi 180721, -0.37% pared early losses to finish down 0.1% and 0.4%, respectively, while Taiwan's Taiex XX:Y9999 dropped 0.8%.
The drop in Tokyo came ahead of the weekend general elections, and after the Bank of Japan's tankan survey showed sentiment among large manufacturers deteriorated more than expected in the fourth quarter. Read: Japan tankan survey shows sentiment worsening.
"While many have been adjusting holdings ahead of the Japanese elections and squeezing every pip possible out of the yen, Chinese traders have also been in high spirits after a slightly stronger-than-expected HSBC PMI print," said Chris Weston, chief market strategist at IG Markets.
Also lending support, a report in the state-run China Securities Journal said the country's securities market regulator may try to avert an oversupply of shares by encouraging listing applicants to instead raise funds from other venues, such as the over-the-counter equity market, the bond market or overseas markets.
Several financial stocks posted solid gains on mainland Chinese bourses Friday. Bank of Nanjing Co. 601009, -1.90% spiked by the day's 10% limit, Southwest Securities Co. 600369, -2.31% surged 8.2% and Ping An Insurance Group Co. PNGAY, -0.40% 601318, -0.92% gained 8% in Shanghai. In Shenzhen, Hong Yuan Securities Co. CN:000562 rose 9%, while Ping An Bank Co. climbed 8%.
Peter Lai, director at DBS Vickers said "confidence has come back and people are chasing the laggards," such as commodity companies and infrastructure firms.
The Shanghai market has also been an big under-performer this year, Lai said, and has seen a lot of fund outflows, which he said may now be starting to return to the market.
The Shanghai Composite still ranks among the 2012's worst performers in Asia, and is still down 2.2% in the year to date. But after Friday's performance, the Shanghai Composite ended this week with a net gain of 4.3%. The index is now up 8.6% so far in December, greater than the advance for other regional benchmarks.
Other movers in Asia
The performance in Shanghai helped cheer markets in Asia, which began the day mostly lower after major U.S. equity markets dropped Thursday amid more concern over the fiscal cliff. Read: U.S. stocks end lower on fiscal-cliff jitters.
Perpetual Investments head of investment market research Matthew Sherwood said that concerns over the fiscal cliff outweighed Thursday's strong U.S. retail sales data and lower jobless claims, "with U.S. House Leader [John] Boehner stating that President [Barack] Obama's plans were not balanced, which shook expectations of progress."
In Japan, meanwhile, the yen's weakness failed to lift stocks despite the Chinese data and further weakness in the local currency.
The U.S. dollar USDJPY, +0.01% rose as high as ¥83.95 during the session, touching highs not seen since March, and was at ¥83.73 by late afternoon.
Weakness in the yen ahead of Japan's general election — expected to result in a win by the opposition, which favors even looser monetary policy — and fresh easing moves from the U.S. had helped rally Japanese exporter stocks on Thursday.
Shares of Fujitsu Ltd.
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surged 7.6%, adding to Thursday's gains following reports Apple Inc.
was working with the firm to test television designs.
However, the weak tankan appeared to hit other firms, with Fast Retailing Co. 9983, +1.79% FRCOY, +1.63% dropping 1.4%, Hino Motors Ltd. 7205, +0.00% losing 0.6% and Nissan Motor Co. NSANY, -0.93% 7201, -0.17% shedding 0.4%.
JP:5002 In Hong Kong, meanwhile, HSBC Holdings PLC 5, -0.78% US:HBC rose 0.6% after Deutsche Bank upgraded the lending giant to buy from hold, in part on an improving outlook for Asia.
In Seoul, Samsung Electronics Co. 005930, +0.57% SSNLF, +0.00% fell 1.2% and Hyundai Motor Co. dropped 0.4% on profit-taking after recent gains. The stocks ended the week up 2.4% and 1.6%, respectively.


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