USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 08 October 2003

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Pancakes on Wednesdays

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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays.

Wednesday October 8, 2003

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

Do not forget to hit the hyperlinks.

We have links, lots of them.

THAUMATURGY

The performance of miracles; magic.

Of all the words in English that refer to the making of magic, this is perhaps the most resonant. It doesn’t have the negative associations of words such as sorcery or necromancy because it referred originally to the production of wonders for positive ends rather than any intent to cause someone harm. The origin is the Greek word thaumatourgos, miracle working (from thauma, marvel, plus ergos, work). Though it’s not that common a word, it seems to have generated a surprisingly large set of derivatives since it first appeared in English in 1727. There are several words for a practitioner of thaumaturgy, including thaumaturge and thaumaturgist; another is thaumaturgus, which has been given to a number of Christian saints and others who are said to have performed wonders. The verb is thaumaturgise. The thaumatrope was a Victorian toy, a card with two different pictures on its back and front that magically combined into one when the card was rapidly spun. And aficionados of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels will know that the wizards of Unseen University invented a device with which to measure the intensity of a magic field—what would you call that but a thaumometer?

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Happy Birthday

Eddie Rickenbacker 1890

I am an excellent Aviator.

LOST AT SEA - THE RESCUE OF EDDIE RICKENBACKER

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Happy Birthday

Juan Peron 1895

"..the greatest Latin American leader of the 20th century,"

Don't cry for me Argentina.

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Fractals are those intriguing shapes that are characterized by self-similarity and based on mathematics.

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Happy Birthday

Paul Hogan 1939

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Blueberry Whole-Wheat Pancakes with Blueberry Syrup.

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Happy Birthday

David Carradine 1940

Oh oh, oh oh, David Carradine has two birthdays, oh oh.

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Happy Birthday

Chevy Chase 1943

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The Doppler Effect

A common example of the Doppler effect is listening to a speedy train or car honking its horn at you. While i'ts driving towards you, the tone seems higher and higher than its true tone. Only when it's right next to you can its true tone be heard. And as it moves farther away, the tone gets lower and lower. This is because as the train/car moves toward you, it is moving with the sound waves and compresses the waves. As it moves farther away from you, the waves are decompressed and the tone is lower.

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Happy Birthday

Sigourney Weaver 1949

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Would you like some salt with your pancakes?

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Happy Birthday

Matt Damon 1970

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About a hundred dollars

Silver dollar pancakes

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Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to the World Trade Center

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We are counting cards.

On this day:

1987 - Chuck Berry was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1987 - The Chuck Berry biographical film "Hail, Hail Rock & Roll" premiered.

"Perhaps the most influential performer in the history of rock 'n' roll,"

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1871 - The Great Fire of Chicago broke out destroying about 17,450 buildings.

 About 250 people were killed and 90,000 were left homeless.

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1915 - During World War I, the Battle of Loos concluded.

8 October 1915 : Enemy counter-attack

Noon German artillery opened a bombardment on the whole front between the Canal and Lens, increasing in intensity at 3.00pm. At around 4.00pm, their infantry attacked, between the Double Crassier and the Chalk Pit. On the Allied right, the shelling failed to sufficiently damage French wire, and the attack was halted with heavy loss. At the same hour, enemy bombers attacked from the Quarries and Fosse 8 against the forward British positions in Quarry Trench and Big Willie.

On the left of the Loos attack, the attack fell against the 2/Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1/Gloucesters and 1/9th King's of 1st Division, between the Loos-Puits 14 bis track, and North of the Chalk Pit. Despite heavy shellfire casualties among the defenders, British machine-guns destroyed the attack within 40 yards of the front line. On the Hohenzollern Redoubt front, the 2/Coldstream Guards repelled all attacks, as they were by now armed with many Mills bombs. The 3/Grebnadier Guards were pushed back some way, but eventually formed a block and then counterattacked (supported by two companies of the 1/Scots Guards and the bombers of the Irish Guards) recovered the lost trenches and caused heavy loss to the enemy.

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I am an excellent driver

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1938 - The cover of "The Saturday Evening Post" portrayed Norman Rockwell.

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1956 - Donald James Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the first perfect game in the history of the World Series.

We are counting baserunners.

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1993 - The U.S. government issued a report absolving the FBI of any wrongdoing in its final assault in Waco, TX, on the Branch Davidian compound. The fire that ended the siege killed as many as 85 people.

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Pancakes Wednesdays

Definitely

 

[stand watie]

GM, Kathy!

SUNNY!

free dixie,sw

[SevenofNine]

Good morning from new Terminator hood California

Well report it is true Arnold won my state gig in Sac-Town say Hasta La Vista Grey

Also report off Hareetz wire reporting that overnight net third fav miltary unit IDF lay smackdown on Syria AGAINNN prompt Syria oh we going play that game

FINE let get down to business KNOCK IT OFF Israel

Yeah they going listen to Syria

SHUT UP Syria

[stand watie]

HI, lady!

long time, no see.

free the southland,sw

[SevenofNine]

Well speaking of Israel report off NY Post report that Israel when they attack Syria on early Sunday morning that they map out on computer on where bases of Miltants are stationed in Israel and one of them is in Damsuus Syria

DING DING we got a loser

Also BBC wire report that France is saying that they don't have enough JACK fund to bail out their finanical trouble they hitting IMF for loan

WHOA

Also AFP wire reporting that maybe France might go back to 40 hour workweek for five years because of disaster of elderly citizens being dump by cold hearted relatives so their children could go on holiday

Man Frogs are cold

[Libertina]

What a wonderful morning S W! Nice to see you too. Hope you are enjoying all the festivities... The democrats have already started their mantra of "this was really a vote against George W. Bush." (???) I'm afraid we really have to worry about thier mental state ;) Oh my gosh, Rush is quoting from DU - they are in toal disarray today. (Happily :)

[blackie]

Cyber pancakes ~ Bump!

[blackie]

Coffee ~ Bump!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi, SheLion! Thanks for stopping by today.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Man, Linda!! That is some stack of pancakes.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Meekie, boy do I need my cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows this morning! Thanks. It soothes a coughing fit.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, TM, for coffee in the good china.

[blackie]

You're always on time with the coffee ~ Thanks Kathy!

[stand watie]

i'm becoming ever more convinced that the DIMs are SUICIDAL!

when the idiots are mouthing stupidities & racing for the cliff's edge, get behind them & PUSH!

free dixie,sw

[Libertina]

so...get behind them & PUSH!
I admire FReepers of Action ;)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, minor. Have a good day at school.

[Kathy in Alaska]

The abbot looked at him and said, "Well, that's no wonder. You've been complaining ever since you got here!"

LOL! Good one...off to email.

[ComradeBork]

To all canteen regulars...

First let me apologize for a long off-topic post, but I need some help and I hope that I can find some here.  Minor49er has been very active on this thread, and many of you are aware that she is my daughter.   Recently she asked me a series of questions on the war in Iraq and after questioning her in return it turned out that the cause of these questions was that her social studies teacher had made the following assertions in class:

1. That the U.S. deliberately targeted infrastructure targets.
   
   
2. That the U.S. destroyed the Iraqi economy.
   
   
3. That the U.S. destroyed the Iraqi culture by allowing the museum to be looted.
   
   

I am very disturbed by this and have decided to put together a letter to this teacher disputing these allegations and demanding a rectification.  I have no interest in this teacher becoming a war cheerleader, but I am interested in my children's teachers teaching facts.  The first point, in my estimation, is not only contrafactual but a complete inversion of reality.

I would appreciate it if anyone could provide links to documents concerning the above.   I am starting my own research, but would welcome any help.  In particular, I could use some information on:

• Documented casualty figures, both civilian and military.  I am under the impression that Iraqi civilian casualties were light, but have not seen any hard figures.
  
  
• It is my impression that there was a deliberate attempt to avoid infrastructure targets in this war, but I need information in two areas:
  
  
  • Hard documentation on targeting priorities.
    
    
  • I believe that the best argument the other side could make that there was deliberate targeting of infrastructure would be the power blackout in Bagdad and the loss of drinking water in Basra.  Any information on the cause and/or resolution of these incidents would be appreciated.
    
    
• I am aware that the museum looting story has been discounted, but could use links to news stories documenting that fact.
  
  

I am comfortable arguing the destruction of the Iraqi economy (c'mon!), but would appreciate any help there as well.

In any case, thank you for reading this and thanks in advance for any help.

Comrade Bork

[MeekOneGOP]

Sore throat or coughing? Poor thing. You should take a break and get some rest.
Sounds like you don't feel well.

[MeekOneGOP]

Sore throat or coughing? Poor thing. You should take a break and get some rest.
Sounds like you don't feel well.

[Bethbg79]

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