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A culture hero is a mythological hero specific to some group (cultural, ethnic, religious, etc.) who changes the world through invention ordiscovery. A typical culture hero might be credited as the discoverer of fire, or agriculture, songs, tradition, law or religion, and is usually the most important legendary figure of a people, sometimes as the founder of its ruling dynasty.

In some cultures, there are dualistic myths, featuring two culture heroes arranging the world in a complementary manner. Dualistic cosmologiesare present in all inhabited continents^[1] and show great diversity: they may feature culture heroes, but also demiurges (exemplifying dualisticcreation myths in the latter case), or other beings; the two heroes may compete or collaborate; they may be conceived as neutral or contrasted as good versus evil; be of the same importance or distinguished as powerful versus weak; be brothers (even twins) or be not relatives at all.^[2]

In many cultures, particularly, the mythical figure of the trickster and the culture hero are combined. To illustrate, Prometheus, in Greek mythology, stole fire from the gods to give it to humans.

In many Native American mythologies and beliefs, the coyote spirit stole fire from the gods (or stars or sun) and is more of a trickster than a culture hero.

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hotpotatohq:

An animated video tour of Hot Potato, by Patrick Moberg. Enjoy!

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Haha

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muhammed-m:

درع الجزيرة إنشاد بندر السبيعي (by kalid0001000)

so who else adores justin’s facial expressions?

justinisbustin:

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remynuma:

Hey look! It’s just like Viacom versus Time Warner from a few years back, except with even less content at stake. Likelihood of E! and Style broadcasting through Dish on January 1? 99.9%

em:

Great stuff on how to be navigate freelancing/entrepreneurship/web-based/whatever work with kids. First two interviews are with Cameron Moll (Authentic Jobs) and Matt Haughey (Metafilter).

marylouuu-:

Sing For The Moment

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東京の吉祥寺は一見、おしゃれなイメージがあり、それは事実なのですが、夜になると、吉祥寺のある一帯は中国人アンダーグラウンド経済の支配下にありました。

具体的には、吉祥寺駅の北口を出てすぐ右に歩き、交差点を渡り、高架横の歩道を突き当たりまで歩くと、そこに南北に伸びる道があります。この道沿いでは、深夜12時頃を過ぎると、大勢の中国人女性たちが道に立ち、また、あまり知られていないですが、いくつかのマンションが風俗営業のために「建物ごと」買い占められています。

この状態は10年くらい前から徐々に始まり、警察などから黙認されているのか、今では大っぴらに数多くの女性などが道に立ち、道行く男性たちに声をかけていました。この道の存在を知らない人には非常に奇異な光景に見えると思います。

先日、震災後に何回か深夜そのあたりを歩きましたら、その人々は「全部」消えていました。

どれだけ警察が浄化という名目で乗り出しても、決して消えることがなかった中国人の人たちは、地震と放射能で消えました。この10年間くらいで、深夜でそのあたりで中国人女性の姿を見なかったのは、多分、初めてだと思います。

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gonzoff:

the ballad of the floating keyboard

section9:

In July 2009, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar imposed a two-year halt to uranium exploration and mining on one million acres around the Grand Canyon. The moratorium was a much-needed timeout to a rush of prospecting claims near the canyon, most of them by Canadian and British companies. The rush was fueled by two things: an increase in uranium prices and the wide-open exploitation allowed on public lands by the harmful, antiquated 1872 mining law.

The Interior Department has now prepared four possible alternatives for how to proceed. The public has another 30 days to comment. The only sensible alternative is the most sweeping one: withdrawing one million acres around the Grand Canyon from mining and prospecting for the next 20 years.

Restricting mining in this area would have little effect on America’s uranium supply, a vast majority of which comes from Wyoming and New Mexico.

Setting that land off-limits would protect the delicate ecosystem in and around the Grand Canyon. It would also eliminate the risk of radioactive materials, disturbed by mining, leaching into the aquifer and the Colorado River. That would affect the Havasupai Indians, who live in the canyon itself, and 27 million people who draw water from the river in Nevada and California.

The radiation fears seem a little silly to me. More 99% of the Uranium found naturally in the Earth is U238 and is actually pretty safe stuff. The remaining <1% is U235 and that can actually be used for fission. 

That being said though, there isn’t a particularly good reason to disturb one of the most treasured places in the United States for this project. There isn’t anything that could ever be worth the damage that would be done.

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Anonymous asked: <p>You said you wanted questions! how does your girl feel about anal? She looks like she might consider it</p>

Not to date, no. We have talked about it, and it may happen one day, but neither of us feel the need. Not quite sure what all the fuss is about!

remnantof:

Grammar policing is one of the nastiest and most privileged forms of derailing I’ve come into contact with. When you nitpick a person’s argument because of formatting, grammar, or spelling errors, rather than examining the actual intent and objective worth of what they are saying,…

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When someone meets me:

tribbiani:

They think I’m all shy, like:

But then they get to know me and I’m more like:

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