Dragon (zodiac)

The Dragon (simplified Chinese: 龙; traditional Chinese: 龍) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Dragon is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 辰.

It has been proposed by one academic researcher that the Chen symbol might actually be a Scorpion and once symbolized the star Antares.

Years and the Five Elements

People born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the "Year of the Dragon", while also bearing the following elemental sign:

There are typically spikes in the birth rates of countries that use the Chinese zodiac during a Year of the Dragon, because such "Dragon babies" are considered to be lucky and have desirable characteristics.

Basic astrology elements

Description

Compatibility with other zodiac signs

Among all the 12 animal signs, the Monkey has the most tacit understanding with the Dragon people. The cunning Rat can be good partner with the Dragon to make something big. The Dragon people can live happily with the Snake, for the Snake can prevent the Dragon from behaving outrageously. People under the signs of the Tiger, Rooster, Horse, Goat, Rabbit and Pig like to be friends with the Dragon, as they admire the Dragon's beautiful bearing and strength. Also, two Dragons can get along well with each other. However, the relationship between the Dragon and the Ox people are usually tense, because both of them are very majestic. The people that the Dragon feels headaches with the most is the Dog. They feel uncomfortable due to the Dog people's close guard.

Dragon (Russian car company)

Dragon (Ru:Драгон Мотор Компани) is a Russian car manufacturer based in Saint Petersburg that makes offroad and tunes cars. There are only two known models, the Dragon Astero and the Dragon Jump! Both are made from UAZ, GAZ, and VAZ components and assemblies.

Models

Astero (Астеро) - a closed fiberglass body 2 door 4x4.

Jump! - a closed fiberglass body 2 door 4x4 whose doors and roof may be removed.

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Dragon (TV series)

Dragon is a Canadian stop-motion children's television program which is based on the books by best-selling children's author Dav Pilkey. The show first aired in Canada in 2004.

As described by Qubo:

Starring Frank Meschkuleit as Narrator / Character Voices

DRAGON:

Executive Producers Vivianne Morin Greg Dummett Jan Bonath Helmut Fischer Lorraine Richard

Producers Greg Dummett Wonman Chung Jan Bonath Louise Richard

Line Producer Louise Richard

Writers Cathy Moss Bernice Vanderlaan Steven Westren Aline Gilmore

Director for Canada Philip Marcus

Directors for Germany Thomas Schneider-Trumpp Axel Sucrow

Directors for Korea Kyung-il Hwang Su-Wee Moon

Episodes

The episodes are each approximately 12 minutes long. The short episodes are each approximately 2 minutes long.

Here are the list of episodes.

Sale

Sale may refer to:

Common meanings

Places

People

Other uses

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BOC Aviation

BOC Aviation is a leading global aircraft leasing company with a fleet of modern aircraft flying with more than 50 airlines worldwide. It has been assigned investment grade long-term corporate credit ratings of A- from Fitch Ratings and A- from Standard and Poor’s. It was founded as Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise or SALE.

The BOC Aviation portfolio is one of the youngest in the leasing business with an average owned aircraft age of under four years. The fleet is primarily based on the popular Airbus A320 family and Boeing Next Generation 737 series as well as select widebody types, such as the Airbus A330 and Boeing 777. Besides direct orders with manufacturers, BOC Aviation also grows its fleet via purchase and leasebacks with airlines.

BOC Aviation offers a wide range of lease management and aircraft finance services, both directly and through its parent company Bank of China. For airlines seeking to finance their own aircraft purchases, BOC Aviation is able to arrange competitive debt facilities through Bank of China. This service can be provided on a standalone basis or as part of a wider package combining debt with operating leases.

Yard

The yard (abbreviation: yd) is an English unit of length, in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement, that comprises 3 feet or 36 inches. It is by international agreement in 1959 standardized as exactly 0.9144 meters. A metal yardstick originally formed the physical standard from which all other units of length were officially derived in both English systems.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, increasingly powerful microscopes and scientific measurement detected variation in these prototype yards which became significant as technology improved. In 1959, the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa agreed to adopt the Canadian compromise value of 0.9144 meters per yard.

The term yard is also sometimes used for translating related lengths in other systems.

Name

The name derives from the Old English gerd, gyrd, &c., which was used for branches, staves, and measuring rods. It is first attested in the late-7th century laws of Ine of Wessex, where the "yard of land" mentioned is the yardland, an old English unit of tax assessment equal to ¹⁄₄ hide. Around the same time, the Lindisfarne Gospel's account of the messengers from John the Baptist in the Book of Matthew used it for a branch swayed by the wind. In addition to the yardland, Old and Middle English both used their forms of "yard" to denote the surveying lengths of 15 or 16 ¹⁄₂ ft used in computing acres, a distance now usually known as the "rod".

Rail yard

A rail yard, railway yard or railroad yard is the US term for a complex series of railroad tracks for storing, sorting, or loading/unloading, railroad cars and/or locomotives. Railroad yards have many tracks in parallel for keeping rolling stock stored off the mainline, so that they do not obstruct the flow of traffic. Railroad cars are moved around by specially designed yard switchers, a type of locomotive. Cars in a railroad yard may be sorted by numerous categories, including railroad company, loaded or unloaded, destination, car type, or whether they need repairs. Railroad yards are normally built where there is a need to store cars while they are not being loaded or unloaded, or are waiting to be assembled into trains. Large yards may have a tower to control operations.

Many railway yards are located at strategic points on a main line. Main line yards are often composed of an Up yard and a Down yard, linked to the associated railroad direction. There are different types of yards, and different parts within a yard, depending on how they are built.