Not Enough Whitewash

There is not enough whitewash in the world to hide Yassir Arafat's true character and history. Please hit the link below to see a detailed and fully referenced biography of this terrorist who is being painted as a guerrilla statesman.

Binyamin Netanyahu summed him up succinctly as "a bin Laden in disguise."

Yassir Arafat Biography





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Latte set in a froth over the perfect cup

By NICOLA BOYES

It's a little bit of art and a little bit of science but mainly a lot of passion - and coffee-making has New Zealanders outclassing their rivals across the Tasman.

The executive director of the world barista championships, Insaturator ("Ini" for short - he says he doesn't have a last name), let his nose and taste buds do the work in Taupo at the weekend for NZ's first Coffee Festival and Awards.

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Have you heard? Coffee comes of age in U.S.

Jan Falstad
HAVE YOU HEARD?

Gone are the days of coffee being the bitter black stuff thickening in the bottom of an ancient pot plopped next to the greasy magazines in a gas station.

Americans are catching up to the Europeans and Asians in appreciating the finer points of coffee. Kiosks and espresso machines dot even small towns across Montana now and people seem willing to plop down just south of $3 for a cup.

While coffee connoisseurs face a baffling number of choices just to order a cup of java today, competition among all the coffee shops is stiff indeed.

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Long-standing popularity of coffee evident in antique paraphernalia

Coffee beans were first discovered in Ethiopia, then cultivated by the Arabians and eventually brewed by the Turks.

Coffee was a long-guarded secret of Muslim countries; however, it was a secret too good to keep.

The wily Italians stole the secret, spread the word and, before long, popes were blessing it and John Smith was taking it to the New World.

Known to energize the body, it has been America’s favorite brew since settlers threw the English tea in the Boston harbor.

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A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe

The Garden
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There are people who do many good things, but with pessimism -- because to them the world is an inherently bad place. Since their good deeds have no life to them, who knows how long they can keep it up?

We must know that this world is not a dark, sinister jungle, but a garden. And not just any garden, but G-d's own pleasure garden, full of beauty, wonderful fruits and fragrances, a place where G-d desires to be with all His essence.

If the taste to us is bitter, it is only because we must first peel away the outer shell to find the fruit inside.


A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Chabad.org