FReeper Canteen ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 14 January 2004

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Pancakes on Wednesdays

Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays.

Wednesday, January 14, 2004

Here is an amalgamation of trivial facts and seemingly useless data.

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From the Radixionary

SOPHROSYNE

Soundness of mind, moderation, prudence, self-control.

The Greeks had a word for it, at least classical Greeks like Plato did. Translating the idea into English, however, has always posed a difficulty, since we don’t have one word that summarizes his ideal of excellence of character and soundness of mind combined in one well-balanced individual. He defined it as “the agreement of the passions that Reason should rule”. It’s usually translated as temperance, moderation, prudence, self-control, or self-restraint. The idea of this harmonious balance is the basis of two famous Greek sayings: “nothing in excess” and “know thyself”—it’s the exact opposite of arrogant self-assertion or hubris. The word has only appeared in English within the past sixty years (W H Auden used it in 1944) but it has resonated with some moderns because the idea is quite close to that of wholeness. Note the word has four syllables, not three. It derives from Greek sophron, of sound mind, prudent.

A poem about Pancakes
by Jonathan Keiper

As I stood in the kitchen,
A pioneer in new lands.
My new friend, Mr. Teflon
Introduced and shook hands.

Saddled up my white apron,
And donned my cooking face.
Like a knight going to battle,
My spatula was my mace.

Jug of milk, three cups flour;
Break two eggs, gently beat;
Baking soda, butter, sugar;
Mix the batch and add some heat.

Pour the batter on the stove.
Not too much - Just a drop!
Watch it spread, cook, and bubble.
Flap the jacks, flip and flop.

Crispy edges, moistened middle,
Golden brown, spher-i-cal;
Soft as butter, light as air.
Silver dollar mir-a-cle!

Berries: blue, black, or straw;
Chocolate chips, pecan nuts;
Apples, peaches, banana raisins,
Topping King, the "Breakfast Muts."

Maple syrup, sticky sweet!
Drown my precious in your lake.
Early morning, late at night,
How I love thee, Pancake!

Happy Birthday

Benedict Arnold 1741

"...By rendering a cardinal service to the British, he might hope to attain a position of such eminence as to conduct these negotiations, end the war, and restore America to her old allegiance, with her freedom from parliamentary control guaranteed. In order to realize these ambitious dreams, Arnold resorted to the blackest treachery. In July, 1780, he sought and obtained command of West Point in order to surrender it to the enemy. When his scheme was detected by the timely capture of Andre, he fled to tile British at New York, a disgraced and hated traitor...."

 

Gordon Lightfoot

Love and Maple Syrup

Love and maple syrup goes together
Like the sticky winds of winter when they meet
When lonely lovers come to rest
Beneath the trees they do their best
But still they can't be free
Looking for the world to be
Anything but what they see
Longing to be understood
By the heart that shapes the wood

If you go into the forest, gaze up through the leaves
And see the sky that's almost wild
You must learn to understand
What makes the forest greet the man
Like a mother's only child

In the north when when winter's claw
Relaxes now to keep the laws of nature in control
People come and stand in line
To rob the forest of her wine
But they don't feel the cold

Looking for the world to be
Anything but what they see
Longing to be understood
By the heart that shapes the wood

Love and maple syrup goes together
Like the sticky winds of winter when they meet
When lonely lovers come to rest
Beneath the trees they do their best
But still they can't be free

Love and maple syrup shine like
Embers warm, like thoughts divine
They tell us it is spring
Love and maple syrup stir
The thoughts of people into words
Of songs that they can sing

Looking for the world to be
Anything but what they see
Longing to be understood
By the heart that shapes the wood

Happy BirthdayHenri Fantin-Latour 1836

French Realist Painter

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904). French painter and lithographer. He is best known for his luxurious flower pieces, but he also painted several group portraits that are important historical documents and show his friendship with leading avant-garde artists.

A man was caught for speeding and went before the judge.
The judge said, "What'll it be....30 days or $30."
The man replied, "I think I'll take the money."

Happy Birthday

Albert Schweitzer 1875

Albert Schweitzer (January 14, 1875-September 4, 1965) was born into an Alsatian family which for generations had been devoted to religion, music, and education.

Schweitzer's Struggle to Find Life's Meaning ...

Pancake Puzzle

 

You must help the pancake chef!

He's desperately trying to sort his pancakes by size.

How many flips will it take?

Solution below via link

Happy Birthday

Jack Jones 1938

Happy Birthday

Allen Toussaint 1938

Happy Birthday

Julian Bond 1940

From his student days to his current Chairmanship of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Julian Bond has been an active participant in the movements for civil rights, economic justice.

For a given N, what is the least number of flips with which you can guarantee that you will correctly sort the stack?

For every N, for every initial position, can it be done in N flips?

How many flips could be required for a given N and the worst possible initial position?

 

we are counting lottery number possibilities

It is all about permutations and combinations.

Happy Birthday

Faye Dunaway 1941

Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to Area 51.

I AM  AN EXCELLENT SOPHROSYNIST

Would you like some Quarks with your pancakes?

Quarks are fundamental matter particles that are constituents of neutrons and protons and other hadrons. There are six different types of quarks. Each quark type is called a flavor.

Don't forget the Maple Syrup

We are counting cards

I am an excellent driver

On this day:

1960 - Elvis Presley was promoted to Sergeant in the U.S. Army.

On this day:

1954 - Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were married. The marriage only lasted nine months.

18 uses for Toothpicks

18 is not a prime number

18 is the sum of two cubes

The square root of 18 is 4.2426406

Apply glue.
Dip one end of a toothpick into the glue to apply small drops.

Improvise a bookmark.
Keep your place with a toothpick.

Plug small nail or thumbtack holes in wood.
Dip the end of a toothpick in glue, insert into the hole, slice flush with a single-edge razor blade, sand smooth, and refinish the wood.

Decorate cake frosting with ease.
Use a toothpick to draw your design on the cake, then squeeze the frosting over your lines.

Paint small crevices or repair scratches in furniture.
Dip a toothpick in paint to retouch fine scratches or reach small nooks and crannies

Root a potato or avocado.
Securely insert four toothpicks equidistantly around the equator of the potato or avocado. (You can use a nail to punch starter holes in the avocado.) Fill a glass with water, set the potato or avocado in the glass so the toothpicks allow only the bottom half of the potato or avocado to sit in the water. Place the glass on a window ledge to get sunlight. When roots and shoots appear, pot the plant in soil.

Repair broken eyeglasses temporarily.
If you lose a screw from your eyeglasses, substitute a toothpick in its place until you can get it fixed properly.

Mark the starting point of a roll of masking tape or packaging tape.
Stick a toothpick under the lose end of the tape so you can find it easily the next time you use the tape.

Clean tight crevices.
Dip a toothpick in alcohol to clean tight spaces

Make a garlic clove easy to handle.
Stick a toothpick into a clove of garlic before tossing it into a marinade, so you can remove it easily.

Give a broken plant stem first aid.
Make a splint with a toothpick and Scotch Tape.

Identify rare, medium, and well-done steaks on your barbecue grill.
Use colored toothpicks to mark steaks on the barbecue.

Cook sausages with ease.
Use two toothpicks to skewer two or three sausages together to make them easier to turn and brown evenly.

Tighten a loose screw.
Insert a toothpick into the screw hole, break it off at the surface, and rescrew the screw.

Push fabrics through the pressure foot of a sewing machine.
Use a toothpick to free fabric that gets stuck under the pressure foot.

Determine whether a cake is baked.
Insert a toothpick in the center of the cake and remove. If it comes out clean, the cake is ready.

Clean a dog brush.
Run a toothpick through the rows of bristles.

Repair a pinhole in a garden hose temporarily.
Insert a toothpick into the hole, snap it off flush with the hose¹s outer skin, then wrap Scotch Mailing Tape around the spot. The wood toothpick will absorb water, swelling to seal the hole.

We are counting cards.

 

  

1973 - The Miami Dolphins defeated the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII and became the first NFL team to go undefeated in a season.

Whether or not they are the greatest team of all time is debatable, but this accomplishment stands out as the greatest ever. Seventeen wins, no losses, and a Super Bowl championship put the Dolphins on a plane that has yet to be reached by any other NFL team.

On this day:

1986 - "Rambo: First Blood, Part II" arrived at video stores. It broke the record set by "Ghostbusters", for first day orders. 435,000 copies of the video were sold.

Pancakes Wednesdays

Definitely

[beachn4fun]

Oh, you lucky girl! I figured he would be.

[beachn4fun]

Oh funny. You think you are going to get the President to buy your burkas? I think he has probably had his fill of burkas by now! He probably doesn't want to see burkas here at the Canteen anymore than the rest of us.

However, since I know you need money to buy some new clothes (you seem to always show up nakid or in a burka), I am willing to buy all six of those blue burkas......here.......

[E.G.C.]

The dentist appointment went off without a hitch. Have some spots in my teeth I need to work on.

The Microsoft security bulletein download went off without any trouble. One patch for Windows XP for the data components.

Would encourage everyone to download those updates when they can.

Also, if you use Norton Anti-virus today's the day they update their anti-virus lists. Donwload them at your conveince. It's very important.

[beachn4fun]

Morning NMGA. I knew little about football until Marino started playing for Miami. he...he...he....

[tomkow6]

[Soaring Feather]

[tomkow6]

Good morning, Ms Feather!

[darkwing104]

Good Morning Canteen FReepers. Pancakes and coffee hits the spot after PT. Getting ready for my promotion test Friday so I need the calories for max performance.

[HopeandGlory]

Hello canteeners, here's a good morning

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, darkwing, great to see you! And thanks for helping protect this great country of ours.

Here's another cup of coffee and a few more calories for that max performance on your promotion test.....

[MoJo2001]

Good morning everyone!

It's Pancakes On Wednesday! WooHoo!!

Well, here's what's going on in MoJo's house. One child is still sick and the other one has returned to school. Doctor's appointment for the oldest one at Noon. We'll be jetting over to P-Town. (Portsmouth for those of you who really care.)

Um, outside of that everything is going well.

My apologies to the Troops and the Canteen for my lack of appearances. Have to get my kid better first.

*HUGS* to all!!

[MoJo2001]

Oh great! Ya found another fat guy dancing?

Oh my!

Where's my car?

Can I run him over?

Please?

LOL!

*HUGS*

Have a good one Bro!! Be good or at least fake it!

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning Tom.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning Troops, families, veterans, Israeli, British, Australian, Polish, and Italian allies (and everybody else, and all the ships at sea). Thank you for taking such good care of the USA.

Today in Anchorage, Alaska:

Sunrise 9:58am
Sunset 4:20pm

Hi 9°F
Lo -3°F

Sunny and bitterly cold

Actual yesterday in Anchorage:

Hi 15°F
Lo 5°F

State Hi 48°F Metlakatla
State Lo -31°F Kaltag

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E! ((HUGS)) Hope your weather is treating you well. It's VERY cold at my house. BRRR!!

[Valin]

On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on January 14:
1451 Franchinus Gaffurius composer
1592 Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan leader of India
1730 William Whipple merchant/judge/patriot (Declaration of Independence signer)
1741 Benedict Arnold US General turned traitor (Revolutionary War)
1791 Calvin Phillips became shortest known adult male (67cm; 2'2")
1806 Matthew Fontaine Maury Naval Commander (Confederacy)
1819 Frederick Steele Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1831 John Bullock Clark Jr Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1903
1836 [Hugh] Judson Kilpatrick Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
1861 Mehmed VI last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-22)
1874 Thornton Waldo Burgess author (Peter Rabbit)
1875 Albert Schweitzer doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1952)
1886 Hugh Lofting English/American writer & illustrator (Dr Dolittle)
1892 Hal Roach early film director/producer (1 Million BC)
1892 Martin Niemöller clergyman (German Protestant); imprisoned by Hitler
1899 Fritz Bayerlein German Lieutenant-General (WWI, Poland, Libya, St Louis)
1906 William Bendix New York City NY, actor (Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley)
1907 Derek Richter British neuro chemist (Aspects of learning & memory)
1914 Harold Russell actor (Best Years of Our Life)
1919 Andy Rooney Albany NY, CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes)
1919 Giulio Andreotti 7 x premier (Italy)
1936 Clarence Carter US singer (Thread the Needle)
1938 Jack Jones Los Angeles CA, singer (Love Boat Theme)
1940 Julian Bond Nashville TN, (D-GA) civil rights leader
1941 [Dorothy] Faye Dunaway Bascom FL, actress (Chinatown, Bonnie & Clyde)
1948 Carl Weathers New Orleans LA, actor (Apollo Creed-Rocky)
1948 T-Bone Burnett musician/producer
1951 Gil Pak Jong Korea, judo (Olympics-1976)
1958 Colin Ferguson murderer (6 people on the Long Island Railroad on Dec 7, 1993)
1968 L L Cool J [James Todd Smith], St Albans NY, rapper (Bigger & Deffer)

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Deaths which occurred on January 14:
0973 Ekkehard I monk of St Gallen (Vita Waltharii manu fortis), dies
1163 Ladislaus I Arpad king of Hungary (1162-63), dies
1237 St Sava son of Serbia's king, dies
1742 Edmund Halley genius eclipsed by Newton, dies at 86
1766 Frederik V king of Denmark/Norway (1746-66), dies at 42
1822 Franz Innocenz Joseph Kobell German landscape painter, dies at 72
1830 Johann G Repsold German instrument maker, dies at 59
1898 Reverend Charles L Dodgson better known as Lewis Carroll, dies at 66
1905 Ernst Abbe German physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company), dies at 64
1948 Anna "Ans" van Dike Dutch Jewish Nazi-collaborator, executed at 42
1957 Humphrey Bogart actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), dies at 57
1977 Abdul Razak bin Hussain premier of Malaysia (1970-77), dies at 53
1978 Blossom Rock actress (Grandmamma-Addams Family), dies at 81
1984 Ray Kroc founder of MacDonalds/owner San Diego Padres, dies at 82
1986 Donna Reed actress (Donna Reed Show, Dallas), dies of cancer at 64
1991 Sallah Kharaf [Abu Iyad], co-founder (Al-Fatah), assassinated

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Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1964 HICKMAN VINCENT JOSEPH---NEW YORK NY.
[ACFT CRASH EXPLODE BURN]
1964 MITCHELL CARL BERG---MT STERLING KY.
ACFT CRASH EXPLODE BURN]
1966 PRUNER WILLIAM R.
[01/17/66 REMAINS RECOVERED]
1967 CANUP FRANKLIN H. JR.---CONCORD NC.
1968 HORNE STANLEY W.---LOS ANGELES CA/
[REMAINS RETURNED 4/08/90, I.D. 11/14/90]
1968 LEBERT RONALD M.---WATERTOWN SD.
[03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98]
1968 SUMPTER THOMAS W.---NASHVILLE TN.
[03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV, DECEASED 02/26/95]
1968 TERRELL IRBY D.---HOUSTON TX.
[03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1968 WALKER HUBERT C.---TULSA OK.
[03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1969 GUGGENBERGER GARY J.---COLD SPRING MN.
[02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG INJURED, ALIVE IN 98]

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

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On this day...
1236 English king Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence
1526 Charles V & Francis I sign Treaty of Madrid; Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy & Flanders
1601 Church authorities burn Hebrew books in Rome
1639 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford
1641 United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed
1659 Battle at Elvas Portuguese beat Spanish
1690 Clarinet is invented, in Nüremberg, Germany
1699 Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches"
1724 Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne
1784 Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris
1785 Mozart completes "Dissonantenkwartet" (opus 10)
1794 Dr Jessee Bennet of Edom VA, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation on his wife
1799 Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets
1814 King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel
1863 Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teched LA
1864 Battle of Cosby Creek TN
1864 General Sherman begins his march to the South
1868 South Carolina constitutional convention, meets with a black majority
1873 "Celluloid" registered as a trademark
1878 US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional
1900 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca" premieres in Rome
1914 Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords
1918 Finland & USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar
1927 Toronto Maple Leafs 1st hat trick (Hap Day) vs New York Rangers
1929 Afghan King Amanullah forced to resign
1932 1st totalisator (to record racetrack bets) in US installed, Hialeah
1932 Horse racing legend Eddie Arcaro won his 1st race
1935 Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean goes into use
1938 National Society for the Legalization of Euthanasia formed (NY)
1940 NFL Pro Bowl Green Bay beats NFL All-Stars 16-7
1942 Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo
1943 FDR & Winston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WWII
1944 Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum/Wolchow
1949 Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die
1950 US recalls all consular officials from China
1952 "Today Show" premieres with Dave Garroway & Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV
1953 Yugoslavia elects its 1st president (Marshal Tito)
1954 Marilyn Monroe marries baseball star, New York Yankee, Joe DiMaggio
1956 Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti"
1960 US Army promoted Elvis Presley to Sergeant
1963 George C Wallace sworn in as Governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!"
1967 20,000 attend the Human Be-In, San Francisco
1967 Sonny & Cher release "The Beat Goes On"
1967 Earthquake in Sicily kills 231
1968 Super Bowl II Green Bay Packers beat Oakland Raiders, 1969 25 members of US aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers
1972 "Sanford & Son" starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV
1973 Tap dancer Ray Castle measured at 1440 taps/minutes on BBC TV
1975 USSR breaks trade agreement with US
1976 Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves
1979 President Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday
1980 "Blues Brothers" movie with Dan Akroyd & John Belushi opens(We're on a mission from God)
1981 FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish
1985 16 indicted by US for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees
1987 Catfish Hunter & Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1989 29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris
1989 1,000 muslims burn Rushdies' "Satanic Verses" in Bradford England
1990 "Simpsons" premiered on Fox-TV
1993 David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Julian calendar : New Year's Day in 20th, 21st centuries
Bulgaria : Vinegrower's Day
Maryland : Ratification Day (1784)
US : Make Your Dreams Come True Day
US : Man Watcher's Week (Day 4)
National Oatmeal Month

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Religious Observances
Orthodox : Circumcision of Jesus
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Felix of Nola, priest/martyr
Greek Orthodox : St Basil's Day
old Roman Catholic : Feast of St Hilary, bishop/doctor (now 1/13)
Christian : Feast of St Sava
Lutheran : Commemoration of Eivind Berggrav, bishop of Oslo

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Religious History
1529 Spanish reformer Juan de Valdes, 29, published his "Dialogue on Christian Doctrine," which paved the way in Spain for Protestant ideas. But his treatise was condemned by the Spanish Inquisition, and Valdes was forced to flee Spain, never to return
1604 The Hampton Court Conference opened in London, during which Puritan representatives met with their monarch, King James I, to discuss reform within the Church of England.
1893 Pope Leo XIII appointed Archbishop Francesco Satolli as the Vatican's first Apostolic Delegate to the United States.
1966 French-born American trappist monk Thomas Merton wrote in a letter: 'The best way to solve the problem of rendering to Caesar what is Caesar's is to have nothing that is Caesar's.'
1972 American Presbyterian apologist Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: 'I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as guilty about sin as we should or as our forefathers did.'

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

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Thought for the day :
"Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all."

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Question of the day...
If you’re born again, do you have two bellybuttons?

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Murphys Law of the day...(Pardo's Postulates)
Anything good is either illegal, immoral, or fattening.

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Astounding fact #3,876...
Cinderella's slippers were originally made out of fur. The story was changed in the 1600s by a translator.