Tuesday, July 30, 2013

raising Chasa in the Shtachim

לא רק מאבק: פסטיבל החסה הראשון בשטחים
הפלסטינים בכפר ארטאס הסמוך לבית לחם מנצלים את עונת הקטיף לחגיגות, בהן יקטפו ויטעמו חסה, יחזו במופעים ובהצגות וישתתפו בתחרויות נושאות פרסים. לחסה תכונות שרדניות חזקות ולפיכך טוענים מארגני הארוע, "זהו סמל לא רק לפוריותו של האזור, אלא גם לרוחם של בני המקום"

מה מצב החסה בשטחים? שאלת התם הזו קיבלה אתמול (יום ה') מפנה משמעותי, עם פתיחתו של פסטיבל החסה בכפר ארטאס הסמוך לבית לחם. סוכנות הידיעות הפלסטינית "מען" דיווחה, כי בפסטיבל, שייארך ארבעה ימים, יתקיימו הופעות ויינשאו נאומים בענייני חקלאות מקומית.

החסה מתוצרת הכפר מפורסמת באיכותה הגבוהה, ומארגני הארוע טוענים כי היא "מהווה סמל לא רק לפוריותו של האזור, אלא גם לרוחם של בני המקום, ל'צומוד' שהם מפגינים ולרוח היציבה שהם מאמצים גם נוכח המצב הקשה". עוד מסבירים המארגנים, כי לחסה תכונות שרדניות חזקות, היא צומחת גם בתנאים של קור עז וגשמים חזקים, ונותרת טריה וירוקה באביב.




Darth vader?!?!

Darth Vader

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Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker
Star Wars character

Portrayed byDarth Vader:
David Prowse (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)
Bob Anderson (fight scenes)
Sebastian Shaw (Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi)
Anakin Skywalker:
Hayden Christensen (Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clonesand Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith)
Jake Lloyd (Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace)
Voiced byDarth Vader:
James Earl Jones (Star Wars Episode IV: A New HopeStar Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi)
Brock Peters (radio adaptation)
Scott Lawrence (Star Wars: Dark ForcesStar Wars: TIE Fighter,Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden EmpireStar Wars: Force CommanderStar Wars: Galactic BattlegroundsStar Wars: Super Bombad RacingStar Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader,Star Wars: Racer RevengeStar Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel StrikeStar Wars: Battlefront II andStar Wars: Empire at War)
Matt Sloan (Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption,Soulcalibur IVStar Wars: The Force UnleashedStar Wars: The Force Unleashed IIKinect Star WarsLego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out and Star Wars Rebels)
Anakin Skywalker:
Matt Lanter (Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film and TV series), Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber DuelsStar Wars: The Clone Wars: Jedi AllianceStar Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic HeroesKinect Star Wars andLego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out)
Mat Lucas (Star Wars: Clone WarsStar Wars: The Clone WarsStar Wars: Battlefront II andStar Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith)
Frankie Ryan Manriquez (Star Wars: Clone Wars)
Fictional profile
SpeciesDarth VaderHuman/cyborg
Anakin SkywalkerHuman
GenderMale
PositionDarth VaderSith Lord, Supreme Commander
Anakin SkywalkerJedi Knight
HomeworldTatooine
AffiliationDarth Vader:
Sith
Galactic Empire
Anakin Skywalker:
Jedi
Galactic Republic
Darth Vader (born Anakin Skywalker) is the central character of the Star Wars saga,[1][2][3] appearing as one of the main antagonists of the original trilogy and as one of the main protagonists of the prequel trilogy.
The character was created by George Lucas and numerous actors have portrayed him. His appearances span all six Star Wars films, and he is an important character in the expanded universe of television series, video games, novels, literature and comic books. The films establish that he was originally a Jedi who was part depicted in the prophecy of being the Chosen One by restoring balance to the Force but fell to the dark side of the Force;[4] he is also the father of both Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia, the two main protagonists of the original trilogy.

Tomer's first post - delicious pasta

Pasta is a type of noodle and is a staple food[1] of traditional Italian cuisine, with the first reference dating to 1154 in Sicily.[2] It is also commonly used to refer to the variety of pasta dishes. Typically pasta is made from an unleavened dough of a durum wheat flour mixed with water and formed into sheets or various shapes, then cooked and served in any number of dishes. It can be made with flour from other cereals or grains, and eggs may be used instead of water. Pastas may be divided into two broad categories, dried (pasta secca) and fresh (pasta fresca). Chicken eggs frequently dominate as the source of the liquid component in fresh pasta.[citation needed]

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Monday, April 29, 2013

what a beauiful bust




bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human figure, depicting a person's head and neck, as well as a variable portion of the chest and shoulders. The piece is normally supported by a plinth. These forms recreate the likeness of an individual. These may be of any medium used for sculpture, such as marblebronzeterracotta or wood.
Sculptural portrait heads from classical antiquity are sometimes displayed as busts, but these are often fragments from full-body statues, or were originally created to be inserted into a preexisting body; these portrait heads are not included in this article.

Sunday, April 28, 2013

image size and snow white


this one's too small - below system minimum


this one's too wide:

this one's too small for the requesting widget:

and this one's just right!


this is from wikipedia, about snow white:
At the beginning of the story, a queen sits sewing at an open window during a winter snowfall when she pricks her finger with her needle, causing three drops of blood fall onto the snow on the ebony window frame. Admiring the beauty of the resulting color combination, she says to herself: "Oh, how I wish that I had a daughter that is as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as that wood of the window frame". Soon after, the queen indeed gives birth to a baby girl as white as snow, as red as blood, and with hair as black as ebony. They name her Snow White, and not long after, the queen dies.[1][4]
After a year has passed, the King takes a new wife, who is beautiful but also unutterably wicked and vain. The new Queen possesses a Magic Mirror which she asks every morning: "Magic mirror in my hand, who is the fairest in the land?". The mirror always replies: "My Queen, you are the fairest in the land." The Queen is always pleased with that, because the magic mirror never lies. But, when Snow White reaches the age of seven, she becomes as beautiful as the day and even more beautiful than the Queen and when the Queen asks her mirror, it responds: "My Queen, you are the fairest here so true. But Snow White is a thousand times more beautiful than you."[1][4]
This gives the queen a great shock, and she becomes yellow and green with envy, and from that hour her heart turns against Snow White, and with every following day she hates Snow White more and more. Envy and pride, like ill weeds, grow in her heart taller every day, until she has no peace day or night. The Queen orders a huntsman to take Snow White into the deepest woods to be killed. She demands as proof that Snow White is dead, he returns with her lungs and liver. The huntsman takes Snow White into the forest. After raising his knife, he finds himself unable to kill her as she sobs heavily and begs him: "Oh, dear huntsman, don't kill me! Leave me with my life, I will run into the forest and never come back!". The huntsman leaves her behind alive, convinced that the girl would be eaten by some wild animal. He instead brings the Queen the lungs and liver of a young boar, which is prepared by the cook and eaten by the Queen.[1][4]

Monday, June 25, 2012

Pyrite



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"Fool's Gold" redirects here. For other uses, see Fool's Gold (disambiguation).
Pyrite

A mass of intergrown pyrite crystals
General
Category Sulfide mineral
Chemical formula iron disulfide (FeS2)
Strunz classification 02.EB.05a
Dana classification 2.12.1.1
Crystal symmetry Isometric diploidal
Space group: Pa3
H-M symbol: 2/m3
Unit cell a = 5.417 Å, Z=4
Identification
Color Pale brass-yellow, tarnishes darker and iridescent
Crystal habit Cubic, faces may be striated, but also frequently octahedral and pyritohedron. Often inter-grown, massive, radiated, granular, globular and stalactitic.
Crystal system Isometric
Twinning Penetration and contact twinning
Cleavage Indistinct on {001}; partings on {011} and {111}
Fracture Very uneven, sometimes conchoidal
Tenacity Brittle
Mohs scale hardness 6–6.5
Luster Metallic, glistening
Streak Greenish-black to brownish-black
Diaphaneity Opaque
Specific gravity 4.95–5.10
Fusibility 2.5–3 to a magnetic globule
Solubility Insoluble in water
Other characteristics paramagnetic
References [1][2][3][4]
The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, is an iron sulfide with the formula FeS2. This mineral's metallic luster and pale brass-yellow hue have earned it the nickname fool's gold because of its resemblance to gold. The color has also led to the nicknames brass, brazzle and Brazil, primarily used to refer to pyrite found in coal.[5][6]
Pyrite is the most common of the sulfide minerals. The name pyrite is derived from the Greek πυρίτης (puritēs), "of fire" or "in fire",[7] in turn from πύρ (pur), "fire".[8] In ancient Roman times, this name was applied to several types of stone that would create sparks when struck against steel; Pliny the Elder described one of them as being brassy, almost certainly a reference to what we now call pyrite.[9] By Georgius Agricola's time, the term had become a generic term for all of the sulfide minerals.[10]
Pyrite is usually found associated with other sulfides or oxides in quartz veins, sedimentary rock, and metamorphic rock, as well as in coal beds, and as a replacement mineral in fossils. Despite being nicknamed fool's gold, pyrite is sometimes found in association with small quantities of gold. Gold and arsenic occur as a coupled substitution in the pyrite structure. In the Carlin–type gold deposits, arsenian pyrite contains up to 0.37 wt% gold.[11]

king david

everybody knows king david was the best king ever. better than king arthur, better than king kong, and definitely better than the great karl. so what are you going to do about it?
spread the word. let the people on twitter know who's the best king. share this on facebook.
there's no better king than king david, and McDavid's is the best burger chain!!!

everybody knows king david was the best king ever. better than king arthur, better than king kong, and definitely better than the great karl. so what are you going to do about it?
spread the word. let the people on twitter know who's the best king. share this on facebook.
there's no better king than king david, and McDavid's is the best burger chain!!!

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