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Provided by the compucert demiurge \DEM-ee-urj\, noun:
- Philosophy. A. Platonism. The artificer of the world. B. (In the Gnostic and certain other systems) a supernatural being imagined as creating or fashioning the world in subordination to the Supreme Being, and sometimes regarded as the originator of evil.
- (In many states of ancient Greece) a public official or magistrate.
Demiurge meant "a worker for the people" in Ancient Greek, from the roots dḗmio- meaning "of the people" and -ergos, "a worker."
sleeping terms
- used to describe a relationship with an ex-significant other that still involves occasional sex.
they broke up a while ago, but they still hook up. they're totally on sleeping terms.
Holiday
- Towel Day (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
History
- Constitutional Convention: convened in Philadelphia; George Washington presided (1787)
- Monkey Trial: John T. Scopes was indicted in Tennessee for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution (1925)
- Babe Ruth: hit his 714th home run, setting a record that held until 1974, when Hank Aaron broke it (1935)
- track and field: at the Big Ten Track and Field Championships, Jesse Owens tied one world record and broke three others, all within 45 minutes (1935)
- OAU: was founded at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with the goals of encouraging African unity, promoting development and fighting neocolonialism (1963)
STAR WARS first opened on 32 screens across the USA. (1977) - ALIEN, In Space No One can Hear You Scream, was released in 1979.
Hands Across America: more than five million people joined hands in a line that stretched for 4,000 mi/6,400 km from New York City to Long Beach, CA; participants raised money for the fight against hunger and homelessness (1986) - Erik Weihenmayer: became the first blind man to climb Mt. Everest (2001)
Birthdays
Ralph W. Emerson 1803 - Essayist, philosopher, poet
- Luther 'Bill' Robinson (Bill "Bojangles" Robinson) 1878 - Tap dancer, actor
- Philip Murray 1886 - Steelworker, labor leader
- Igor Sikorsky (Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky) 1889 - Pioneer in aviation with helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
- Ginny Simms 1916 - Singer
- Claude Akins 1926 - Actor
- Lindsey Nelson 1919 - Sportscaster
- Hal David 1921 - Lyricist
- John Weitz 1923 - Fashion and industrial designer
- Jeanne Crain 1925 - Actress
- Miles Davis 1926 - Trumpeter, bandleader, composer
- Norman Petty 1927 - Musician, songwriter, record producer
- Robert Ludlum 1927 - Author (The Jason Bourne series of books)
- Beverly Sills 1929 - Opera singer
- K.C. Jones 1932 - Basketball player
- Ron Nessen 1934 - White House Press Secretary for President Gerald Ford
- Tom T. Hall 1936 - Country singer, songwriter
- Donnie Elbert 1936 - Singer
- Raymond Carver 1938 - Short story writer, poet
- Dixie Carter 1939 - Actress ("Designing Women," "Desperate Housewives")
- Ian McKellen 1939 - Actor
- Jessi Colter 1943 - Country musician
- Leslie Uggams 1943 - Actress, singer
John "Poli" Palmer 1943 - Musician (Family)
- Frank Oz 1944 - Actor, puppeteer (many Muppets characters, Yoda's voice)
- Karen Valentine 1947 - Actress ("Room 222")
- Mitch Margo 1947 - Musician (Cross Country)
- Clarence Burke Jr. 1949 - Musician (Five Stairsteps)
- Patti D'Arbanville-Quinn 1951 - Actress, model
- Connie Sellecca 1955 - Actress, model
- John Grimaldi 1955 - Musician (Argent)
- Sugar Minott 1956 - Reggae singer
- Klaus Meine 1958 - Musician (Scorpions)
- Paul Weller 1958 - Musician (The Jam, Style Council)
- Mike Myers 1963 - Actor, comedian, screenwriter, cast member on "Saturday Night Live," ("Austin Powers" movies)
- Anne Heche 1969 - Actress ("Volcano")
Jamie Kennedy 1970 - Actor, comedian, rapper
- Justin Henry 1971 - Actor ("Kramer vs. Kramer" [1979])
- Molly Sims 1973 - Actress
- Miguel Tejada 1974 - Baseball player
- Lauryn Hill 1975 - Musician (The Fugees)
- Cillian Murphy 1976 - Actor
- Brian Urlacher 1978 - Football player
- Shawne Merriman 1984 - Football playerZazie Beetz 1991 - actress
1 comments:
If as espionage illuminati we are going to discuss the history of intelligence in the Cold War let's not overlook that which even espionage connoisseurs have little idea about. Namely, the extent the Soviets cooperated with the West in the Cold War. The KGB and Western agencies frequently collaborated when combatting global crime syndicates involved in certain heinous crimes such as smuggling body parts under the cover of normal human trafficking.
An interesting take on this oft forgotten aspect of the Cold War is still visible in the preserved website of a niche global intelligence agency, FaireSansDire.org, based in the UK from 1978 and now supposedly shut or dormant. See The History of Faire Sans Dire in "About Us" and a fascinating but brief news article dated 3 May 2024 about Pemberton's People in MI6 on TheBurlingtonFiles website.
Beyond Enkription, the first in a series of novels based on the activities of FaireSansDire's founders (Pemberton's People) is also worth a peep. For legal reasons that is the only novel published to date in The Burlington Files series.
It makes for a compelling read as long as you don't expect John le Carré’s delicate diction and sophisticated syntax. It's a fact based spy novel written by a spy, not a professional writer. Nevertheless, it’s been described as ”up there with My Silent War by Kim Philby and No Other Choice" by George Blake". No wonder it's mandatory reading on some countries’ intelligence induction programs.
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