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Coffee

2008-03-18T23:14:50Z

Jsmith:

Domesticated in [[Ethiopia]] in ancient times, '''coffee''' is a [[botany|plant]], the roasting and grinding beans of which may be used to make a stimulating, [[caffeine]]-containing, beverage.

Coffee reached [[Europe]] in the 17th century AD, when traders from the East brought it to Venice. Soon afterwards, coffeehouses began to spring up across Europe. Coffee was most widely embraced in England over the next two centuries. [http://www.realcoffee.co.uk/Article.asp?Cat=history&page=3] Today, [[Brazil]] exports more coffee than any other nation. [http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/coffee-cn.htm]

Coffee grows best in areas with moderate amounts of both rain and sunshine, and with temperatures that do not deviate far from 70º F. [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/coffee/ax/frame.html]

Members of the FBI drink coffee to stay up late while on wiki vandalism cases.

==Forms of Coffee==

*A '''double double''' is a cup of coffee containing two cream and two sugar; '''regular''' means one of each, and black indicates that the coffee is without either.

*A '''latte''' is named from the Italian word for milk, and refers to a coffee with milk.

*'''Cappucino''' is like a latte, but with frothy steamed milk on top.

*A '''doppio macchiato''' is double shot of espresso, with some milk foam.

[[category:Food and Drink]]

Pascal's wager

2008-03-18T23:13:09Z

Jsmith:

'''Pascal's Wager''' is a [[philosophy|philosophical]] proposition which takes the following form:

[[God]] either exists or not.

#If God does not exist and you do not not believe in God, you gain nothing and lose nothing.
#If God does exist and you do not believe in God, you are condemned to hell for eternity; infinite loss.
#If God does not exist and you do believe in God, you gain nothing and lose nothing.
#If God does exist and you do believe in God, you will receive an eternity in heaven; infinite gain.

[[Blaise Pascal]] reasoned that, given the relative gains and losses for each scenario, the only sensible course for a rational human being was to believe in God since the potentially infinite gains and losses which occur if God exists outweigh outweigh any possible loss in a finite situation if God does not exist. This is true regardless of what probability one assigns to God's existence as long as some possibility is assigned. Pascal's wager as Pascal stated it is flawed within the context of [[Christianity]], because based upon Christian theology, mere belief in God does not ensure salvation.

Pascal's wager is also not geared for multiple competing god scenarios where various forms or selections of gods are given they may be mutually or partially exclusive, but that doesn't matter because the [[Bible]] says that Christianity, not Islam or Buddhism or Scientology, is true.

[[Category:Philosophy]]
[[Category:Religion]]

Vandalism

2008-03-18T22:58:19Z

Jsmith:

'''Vandalism''' is the willful [[defacement]], [[destruction]] or [[damage]] to [[property]] that belongs to someone else. It is named after the [[Vandals]], a [[German]]ic [[tribe]] that destroyed [[Rome]]. Vandalism is typically considered a serious crime-- especially wiki vandalism, which falls under the jurisdiction of the [[FBI]].

==External Links==

[http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=vandalism Dictionary.com definition]

[[Category:Ethics]]