![]() ![]() Firecrackers and confetti poppers are also a common decoration and tradition for festivals related to the Lunar New Year. The money is meant to ward off any evil spirits. In China, these are traditionally gifted from an older person or parent to children, or anyone who's unmarried. You may also see red envelopes full of money, which are known as lì xì in Vietnamese or hóngbāo in Mandarin. The character is 福, which means good luck and is hung upside to symbolize good luck pouring down on you. If you participate in Lunar New Year festivals, you will likely see a calligraphy character displayed on a square of red paper and hung in a diamond shape. What are some traditions of Lunar New Year? Instead, many people wear red for good luck, pay off their debts to start the year with a clean slate, and even avoid doing their laundry, washing their hair, or sweeping their floors for a few days as to not get rid of the good fortune following their celebrations. In some families, it is thought that you should avoid crying, using scissors, changing your hair style, and wearing black and white, as these behaviors are associated with sadness, severing connections, and mourning-all emotions that should not be brought into the start of a new year! Carrying over good fortune into the new year and attracting good luck leads to some superstitions in different cultures too. What are the values and superstitions of the Lunar New Year?įortune, happiness, and health are the three overarching themes of the Lunar New Year. The whole fish and whole chicken are meant to symbolize the values of unity and abundance that are integral to the Lunar New Year holiday. There are quite a few traditional foods eaten during the holiday like nian gao (a new year rice cake), whole fish, whole chicken, dumplings, tangyuan (sweet rice balls), braised shiitake mushrooms, tangerines, and more. People often travel from far and wide to participate in these festivities with their loved ones. What does the Lunar New Year celebration entail?Ĭelebrations may vary from place to place, but in China, the Lunar New Year is a 15-day occasion that kicks off with a family feast. This year, the Lunar New Year falls on Sunday, January 22, which marks the beginning of the year of the rabbit. This added month is why the Lunar New Year takes place on a different day within that window each year. ![]() A lunar year includes 12 full cycles of the moon and is around 354 days long, although sometimes an extra month is added to stay more in line with the solar year (the 365-day year you're likely familiar with). It's a tradition celebrated in China and several other Asian countries like South Korea and Vietnam. The Lunar New Year, known as Spring Festival in some parts of the world, is the observance of the start of a new year using the lunisolar calendar. This is why we're diving deep into the Lunar New Year-what it is and what traditions accompany the holiday. But people all over the world have different holiday-season traditions, and it's important to be aware of these celebrations. When we think of the "holiday season," we may only think of the holidays we celebrate ourselves.
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8/25/2023 0 Comments Wilde lexus of sarasota![]() THAT'S GOOD BUSINESS! In the long run, they would have come out better the old saying used to be, before the internet was, "when you are satisfied you tell at least 3 people and when you are dissatisfied you tell at least 12. You would think, in this economy, they would repair my transmission under warranty, with the money I have spent on service with them over the years plus the vehicles I have purchased from them and WAS going to purchase from them as soon as the 2010 new body style comes out, they say next October. This process usually renders a decision within 40 days of receiving a request. A third party will hear the case and resolve the dispute (informal) this number is 80. Also, at no charge, you can have your problem resolved through arbitration. You will need the VIN, mileage and the dealership who originally sold the vehicle. If you do not get satisfaction from your dealership, you can call Lexus Customer Satisfaction at 1-80. In other words the dealership could have covered my transmission under warranty and Lexus Corporation would have reimbursed them. I also found out that the Lexus Corporation caters to the dealerships and gives the dealerships whatever they want. ![]() I got online and many people have had problems with their transmissions and seem to think Lexus should have had a recall. He took it back himself and got it washed just to shut me up. I told him I am here to pick up my car and they didn't wash it. He introduces himself, I introduce myself and he saids oh we spoke on the phone. I go back in and ask for the General Manager and they call him up to the front and I am standing in the room where all the people are checking out (about 7) and the other guy is still complaining and getting louder (I'm thinking you go - he's about 70). I don't know if other dealerships wash cars everytime you bring it in, but this one does. ![]() So, they pulled my car up and guess what? It's not washed. ![]() Needless to say, they removed the charge and apologized, only because the room was filled with other customers. Which I do think that is the problem, they are/were trying to take advange of me. Humm they thought I was a witch on the phone, well I can imagine what they thought now with an entire room of people waiting to pick up their cars too and another unhappy guy there and he was loud, I was at least trying to still be a lady. Well, there was no need for that because they were going to hear from me one more time when I got an invoice - $55.00 to analyize the problem. When I got there to pick it up, they were all sneaking around to see the witch they were subjected to on the phone. So, I told them to please have my car ready for me to pick up this afternoon. Well of course, I got no where with him either. He said ok, I just thought I would try and I will have the GM call. Did I not just tell everybody I was waiting for the new body style. Duh, because you are trying to move cars in this economy. But before the GM called me I get a call from the Sales Manager wanting to sell me a 2009 and they will sell it to me at their Employee Discount rate. So, I ask him to ask the General Manager to call me. He said my offer is what it is we will pay half with no labor costs. So, I spoke directly to the Service Director and told him the situation and he said he understood but the car is way out of warranty and I corrected him and told him the car is only 2 months out of warranty and I would not be having the SAME problem for the past 3 years if you would have replaced the transmission in the first place. The best they could do was split it with me. Of course he had to go to his Service Director. When I heard this, I let my "advisor" have it. Now that the vehicle is out of warranty (just went out in April) GUESS WHAT? It needs a new transmission. So, my car was taken into Lexus 4 or more times complaining about the transmission and they kept telling me it was the GAS I was putting in it. However, my car is completely maintained by Lexus including all oil changes (big rip off twice as much as a Jiffy Lube) and I am sure they are laughing all the way to the bank. I have the SUV RX330 which I would be trading in this year but the new body style comes out next year 2010 and wanted to wait. It could be the dealership, WILDE LEXUS OF SARASOTA (FLORIDA). So unhappy that I will not purchase another one. Well, first of all let me say that I have owned six (6) new Lexus' and this is the first year I have been unhappy. 8/25/2023 0 Comments Race fuel near meSimilarly, if the fuel ignites too early, the released energy is partially utilized in opposing the piston force, which again leads to reduced performance levels.Īt Chardon Oil we understand the fuel ignition dynamics in detail, hence, only stocking racing fuel products that offer perfect ignition timing.Mildly oxygenated, unleaded fuel designed for high performance street cars, muscle cars, motorcycles. If the fuel ignites too late, the piston is already in the middle of the process, which leads to decreased efficiency. Our 102 Unleaded has been developed for street use.We would like to tell, it should be one of the most important considerations when buying a racing fuel, especially if you want performance driven results. 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The shoebill averages between 3.5 – 4.5 feet (1 – 1.4 meters) in height, and weighs between 9 – 15.5 pounds (4 – 7 kg). The shoebill is an extremely tall bird, with long spindly legs, that allows it to stand in the shallows of swamps and on aquatic vegetation, while hunting for food. ![]() However, it does occasionally hunt and eat other prey, such as frogs, lizards, watersnakes, snails and rodents. The shoebill is piscivorous, primarily eating fish – in particular lungfish, as well as bichirs, tilapia and catfish. Shoebill were previously thought of as storks, but genetic research has re-classified them as members of the order Pelecaniformes and family Balaenicipitidae, which are large waterbirds, genetically closer to pelicans and herons. Occasionally frogs, snakes, snails, rodents & even baby crocodiles Its distribution is frequently associated with the presence of papyrus vegetation and lungfish.Įast Africa – Uganda, Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Botswana and Tanzania. Shoebills are found in East Africa’s freshwater swamps and marshes, including Uganda, Sudan, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Botswana, and Tanzania. They are sometimes referred to as ‘ whalehead‘. ![]() The shoebill is a large, elusive, stalk-like bird with an almost prehistoric appearance, due to its oversized shoe-shaped beak. 8/24/2023 0 Comments Black baby chicken![]() When a non-barred male is used, such as any solid black male, or even an Ancona or Rhode Island Red, the chicks will all be black or dark brown with varying degrees of white in their down-but the male chicks will have a white spot on their heads. Using a wild-type, or Black Red male, like Brown Leghorn, Dark Cornish, or BBRed Old English Game, with the silver pattern females yields chicks where the males will have a lighter, grayish color, particularly on the dorsal stripes, and females will have brown stripes and markings. The Dutch have been crossing Golden Campine males to Silver Campine females for centuries to produce chicks that can be sexed at day-old based upon down color. Female chicks will have reddish-brown or buff down. Male chicks from these crosses will have whitish, grey, or pale brown down. (In color genetics, gold is the gene that produces red color and silver is the gene that produces white color.) Examples include gold males such as Rhode Island Red, Buff Orpington, New Hampshire crossed to silver females such as Rhode Island White, White Plymouth Rock, Delaware, Light Sussex, White Wyandotte. The classic cross is of color patterns of gold with those of silver. When crossing varieties or breeds the chicks often can be sexed based upon down color. I have found this true for my Buckeye chicks as well, though they are richer in down color. Female chicks will often have a brown or black spot on their heads, or even hints of brown lines on their backs. If one closely observes these chicks it will be noticed that the male chicks will have off-white streaks in the down color at the upper wing joints. Both New Hampshires and Buff Orpingtons produce buff-colored chicks. This will prove true in other Barred or Cuckoo patterned chicken breeds. But the better method is to note that male chicks tend to have yellow spots on their heads. Old research demonstrates that there are subtle differences in the light-colored down around and on their wings-the males having more light color. Some other heritage chicken breeds that can often be sexed at hatch include Barred Plymouth Rocks that produce chicks that are black with spots of yellow or white. The males have clean heads with only two colors of dorsal stripes, which often end in a dot at the crown females have three colors of dorsal stripes, a black or dark brown added outside the other two, and the strips typically run to and through the crown. For more than 100 years, and possibly more like a thousand years, poultrymen raising chickens with the wild-type color pattern (Black-Breasted Red, Light Brown, Silver Duckwing, etc.) have been able to tell the male chicks from the female chicks at hatch by down color. There are many instances when a chick’s down color can be used as a method for how to tell the sex of baby chicks. In any case, this method of how to tell the sex of baby chicks does work very well, but requires skill and training. The males have a round/globe-like center “bead” the females have a flat or concave center “bead.” Skilled vent sexers historically have had a 90% success ratio, with some modern reports claiming a success ratio of 95%. Essentially, the view reveals a shape much like a necklace with “beads” of different sizes, largest in the center. Warning: there are 18 different shapes possible with a two female and two male shapes that will appear as close matches for the opposite sex. Vent sexing is a procedure of holding the day-old chick in one hand, spreading open the vent, and viewing the copulatory organs to determine sex based on shape. It was the first reliable method of determining the sex of chicks and hatcheries use this method even today. ![]() From 1935 onward, this method of how to tell the sex of baby chicks was quickly adopted by large-scale poultry companies across North America. Kiyoshi Oxawa visited North America and taught the method in Queensland. ![]() In 1933, Professors Masui and Hashimoto published “Sexing Baby Chickens” in English. Vent Sexing was discovered by the Japanese in 1920 as a reliable and novel approach to determining the sex of day-old chickens. ![]() How to Sex Chicks: What Works? Vent Sexing 8/24/2023 0 Comments Mega knight ram rider deck![]() The elite barbarian and rage spell is a deadly combination in a deck. Heal Spirit: Put the healing spirit next to the elite barbarian, so it heals them.Tombstone: A defense building to distract the opponent troops.Electro Spirit: Another card to speed up the cycle.Elite Barbarian: It’s the only our win condition card. ![]() Fire Spirit: Place behind elite barbarian push so that any gang of troops gets destroyed.Skeleton: A low elixir troops to speed up the cycle.Minions: You can take down any troops which are not air targeting troops like a valkyrie, mini Pekka, elite barbarian, giant and many such anti-air targeting troops.Knight: You can put the knight in the middle of the lane so that the tower can take down troops.In the cycle deck, it’s imperative to defense because all the cards are low hitpoint troops, so having one or two defensive cards is crucial. I have added minions or knights to improve the defense in this deck. You can also go lower than this by replacing the minions or knights. I have made this elite barbarian cycle deck with an average elixir cost of 2.4. It would be best to have low elixir cost troops in the cycle deck so that the elite barbarian cycle is fast. Log: You can use it to clear the low hitpoint troops. ![]()
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Of course, if you're not married to Apple there are also Android alternatives to consider, such as the Samsung Galaxy S21 and OnePlus 9 ranges, which also offer compelling flagship experiences. If those things aren't important to you, the iPhone 12 is probably a better buy but, if you want those things and more, you might want to spend extra and opt for the iPhone 12 Pro Max instead. The camera experience is the main thing that stands out, and the extra hardware in the form of the 2x zoom and the LiDAR feel like good reasons to spend a bit more. We've been struggling to see what in particular is great about the new iPhone 12 Pro, especially compared to the iPhone 12. That said, if you're upgrading from a iPhone from several generations earlier, you'll still see an improvement in battery life. It feels like a tradeoff for the addition of 5G, so you'll need to decide whether that's a compromise you want to make. 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