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demiurge: Word of the day for July 8, 2017

demiurge , n : (Platonic philosophy) The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter. (Gnosticism) A (usually jealous or outright malevolent) being who is inferior to the supreme being, and sometimes seen as the creator of evil. (figuratively) Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power. (historical, Ancient Greece) The title of a magistrate in a number of states of Ancient Greece, and in the city states (poleis) of the Achaean League.

Picture of the day for July 8, 2017

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Picture of the day on July 8, 2017: Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon) near Mitterbach am Erlaufsee, Lower Austria

demiurge: Word of the day for July 8, 2017

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Word of the day is demiurge : (Platonic philosophy) The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter. (Gnosticism) A (usually jealous or outright malevolent) being who is inferior to the supreme being, and sometimes seen as the creator of evil. (figuratively) Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power. (historical, Ancient Greece) The title of a magistrate in a number of states of Ancient Greece, and in the city states (poleis) of the Achaean League.

Picture of the day for July 8, 2017

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Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon) near Mitterbach am Erlaufsee, Lower Austria.

Article of the day for July 8, 2017

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Article of the day is Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

NBA Jam Oral History

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NBA Jam Oral History

Either This Is A Nasty Electrical Fire Or Someone Managed To Open The Gates To Another Dimension

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Either This Is A Nasty Electrical Fire Or Someone Managed To Open The Gates To Another Dimension We're just waiting for the earth to crack open and Zuul to come scampering out. July 7, 2017 at 05:40PM

Article of the day for July 8, 2017

The Article of the day for July 8, 2017 is Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve . Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve is a protected area in the northern Siskiyou Mountains of southwestern Oregon near the California border, managed since 1933 by the US National Park Service. The 4,554-acre (1,843 ha) park features a marble cave that was discovered in 1874. Three years after President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act of 1906, President William Howard Taft used it to establish Oregon Caves. In 2014 the protected area was expanded by about 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) and designated a National Monument and Preserve. Oregon Caves is a solutional cave, with passages totaling about 15,000 feet (4,600 m), formed in marble. The parent rock was originally limestone that metamorphosed to marble during the geologic processes that created the Klamath Mountains, including the Siskiyous. Although the limestone formed about 190 million years ago, the cave itself is no older tha

Either This Is A Nasty Electrical Fire Or Someone Managed To Open The Gates To Another Dimension

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Either This Is A Nasty Electrical Fire Or Someone Managed To Open The Gates To Another Dimension

NBA Jam Oral History

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NBA Jam Oral History When Midway released 'NBA Jam', in April 1993, the game shattered arcade revenue records. Nearly a quarter century later, SI assembled the game’s makers and stars to recount how the phenomenon came into being.

New edit in the Article on Google

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Google Custom Search Engine edited the Article on Google http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

New edit in the Article on Google

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