Monday, November 26, 2018

Lisa Reads Two Books on Writing…

The Belted Plaid (Great kilt): a multipurpose, outdoor garment?

The Belted Plaid (Great kilt): a multipurpose, outdoor garment?
The Plaid, was the main garment of the typical highlander, between 16th to 18th century. It was his everyday cloth and sleeping blanket. Stay tuned for more bushcraft videos to come. Facebook page: https://ift.tt/2FHlaRv Instagram page: https://ift.tt/2r73o0c
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Building a New Forge!

Building a New Forge!
Fiber blanket is good but its not durable. Swapping over to a fire brick forge is really the way to go for bigger shops. Will have a montage video of shortly! If you want to see all the photos from build, follow me on Instagram and Facebook! Instagram: Trentontye Facebook: Trenton Tye
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Navajo Historian Wally Brown Teaches About Ghost Beads

Navajo Historian Wally Brown Teaches About Ghost Beads
"Ghost Beads" are Juniper Berry Beads that are harvested after they dry out. Navajo Believe they Protect Against Evil.
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Part 13: Food: What Did Peasants Eat in Medieval Times?

Part 13: Food: What Did Peasants Eat in Medieval Times?
Jason begins a journey through the social strata of the medieval age by taking a look at the kinds of food the knight might have experienced in his travels. He’s joined by food historian Chris Carr, who first demonstrates some of the dishes the knight might have eaten when staying at a humble roadside inn. • Executive Producer: Jason Kingsley OBE • Executive Producer: Chris Kingsley • Senior Producer: Brian Jenkins • Producer: Edward Linley • Director: Dominic Read • Presenter: Jason Kingsley OBE • Subject Matter Expert: Chris Carr • Camera: Jo Taylor • Camera: Dominic Read • Editing: Lindsey Studholme • Stills Photographer: Kasumi • Production Manager: Kevin Case • Audio: Frank Newman • Sound Design: Liam Flannigan • Music licensed from PremiumBeat • Additional Camera: Darren Cook • Additional Camera: Neil Phillips • Additional Sound: Elizabeth Carlyon Special Thanks: • Chris Payton • Ed Savage Facebook: https://ift.tt/2FIqqVe Twitter: @ModernHistoryTV Many thanks to Chris Carr – check out https://ift.tt/2r5USON
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Hanggai - The Vast Grassland / 辽阔的草原 汉语字幕版

Hanggai - The Vast Grassland / 辽阔的草原 汉语字幕版
From the new album Horse of Colors
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Lisa Reads Two Books on Writing…

Sunday, November 25, 2018

金秋 - 杭盖 (Hanggai Band)

金秋 - 杭盖 (Hanggai Band)
"金秋" 杭盖(Hanggai Band): https://ift.tt/2TJ6pRd
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What Genghis Khan's Mongolian Sounded Like - and how we know

What Genghis Khan's Mongolian Sounded Like - and how we know
Genghis Khan? Or Chinggis Khaan? Maybe Khagan? History's most famous conqueror kept many secrets. Yet with some clever linguistic investigation, we can reanimate the sounds of his language. Become my patron: https://ift.tt/2MzzFW7 Subscribe for language: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang ~ Summary ~ Our journey starts with a Mongolian grammar and a trip to modern Mongolia, a language with some standout features. You'll see the Khan's name written everywhere... but in the Cyrillic script. Cross the border to Inner Mongolia in China to see everyday use of a much older script, a script with extra "hidden" syllables. We'll trace those syllables back to when the soon-to-be-Khan, Temüjin, conquered the Naiman and encouraged his dignitaries to use the newfound Uyghur script. That Written Mongol has some archaic features, and comes from the time of the Khan, but another piece of evidence suggests it's too archaic. In the 1800s, a scholarly Russian monk found a history book in China. It was written in Hànzì (Chinese characters), but the text didn't read well... unless you pronounced it in Mongolian. This turned out to be the Secret History of the Mongols. The language of the text was similar to Written Mongol, but it had notable differences, including modern-looking features. Still, it also seemed to come from the Khan's time. Was this Middle Mongol more authentic? That's when we'll run into a third line of evidence: linguists comparing Mongolic languages and reconstructing Proto-Mongolic. There's not just one modern Mongolian; there's an entire Mongolic family. The features of this reconstructed proto-language matched the slightly modern-looking Middle Mongol. In the end, these three ways of looking back to the early Mongols situate the Khan in linguistic history. Before him, there were Turkic loans (including the Khahan, the state (ulus), and the hero (baatur) in Ulaanbaatar), maybe dialects, and perhaps sibling Para-Mongolic languages. After him, a diversification into the modern languages. Between those, he unified his people and, in a "linguistic bottleneck", created a common Mongol language that turned into a language family in a relatively short time. Along the way, we'll meet these forms of the language: - Mongolian: the modern standard language of Mongolia, a standardized form of Khalkha - Mongol: a general term for stages of the standard or prestige language, as well as a native term for many individual Mongolic varieties (Mongol, Mangghuer, Moghol, ...) - Written Mongol (WM): the archaic language behind a continuous stream of texts in the Mongol script - Secret History (SH): the longest early Mongol text, here claimed to represent a different form of MM - Middle Mongol (MM): the oldest attested stage of Mongol, typically including SH and Preclassical WM, plus later material like 'Phags-pa texts - Mongolic: the language family branching from early Mongol after the time of Genghis Khan - Proto-Mongolic (PM): the reconstructed common ancestor of modern Mongolian and its sibling languages These discussions were heavily, heavily trimmed for time. They're mostly a given by Genghis Khan's era, but they definitely matter when we're digging into the backstory of PM and early Mongol: - (Mongolized) Turkic: Mongolic has many Turkic words that must predate PM but show clear signs of borrowing, not common ancestry - Para-Mongolic: a headscratcher of a hypothesis, but we may possess evidence of ancient siblings to the Proto-Mongolic or pre-PM language itself (not direct ancestors of modern Mongolian), with current focus on Khitan ~ Credits ~ Art, animation and narration by Josh from NativLang. Some of the music, too. Other music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) and one by Josh Woodward (joshwoodward.com). Full credits in the sources doc below. Sources for claims and credits for images, sfx, music and fonts: https://ift.tt/2EUoKHC
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Navajo Historian Wally Brown Teaches About The Yeibicheii Ceremony.

Navajo Historian Wally Brown Teaches About The Yeibicheii Ceremony.
The Yeibicheii Ceremony is done in the Fall time of the year.
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Saturday, November 24, 2018

Xiger Xiger - Hanggai (Inner Mongolia -Sept. 2013)

Xiger Xiger - Hanggai (Inner Mongolia -Sept. 2013)

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Lisa Reads CAMINO ISLAND

The Truth About Food Network Star Alton Brown

The Truth About Food Network Star Alton Brown
If you're new, Subscribe! → http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-Mashed Alton Brown is a complicated guy. At the same time he presents food in a scientific, technical, and sometimes over-the-top, geeky sort of style, he also manages to do it in a way that's not just informative, but accessible. Here's what you might not know about Food Network's smartest showman... A difficult childhood | 0:21 The perfect recipe | 1:01 The secret ingredient is… | 1:38 Controversial diet plan | 2:24 Trading blows with Bourdain | 3:21 Major multi-tasker | 4:01 Read more here → https://ift.tt/2ylwEEq Famous Names In Food https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPMzwYshqWNO9EBvw9bfyueQYsjJWHHa_ The Untold Truth Of The Cake Boss https://youtu.be/X7FGZ8tFFD8?list=PLPMzwYshqWNO9EBvw9bfyueQYsjJWHHa_ Famous Chefs Who Are Jerks In Real Life https://youtu.be/2DNMpKHz4dc?list=PLPMzwYshqWNO9EBvw9bfyueQYsjJWHHa_ Things You Didn't Know About Rachael Ray https://youtu.be/W3i_VlTjBLE?list=PLPMzwYshqWNO9EBvw9bfyueQYsjJWHHa_ Shady Things You Never Knew About Papa John https://youtu.be/AXMAIaiZTvc?list=PLPMzwYshqWNO9EBvw9bfyueQYsjJWHHa_ The Untold Truth Of Little Debbie https://youtu.be/hu6eekDEiTE?list=PLPMzwYshqWNO9EBvw9bfyueQYsjJWHHa_ The Untold Truth Of Ina Garten https://youtu.be/Wr0aw071XBE?list=PLPMzwYshqWNO9EBvw9bfyueQYsjJWHHa_ Website → https://www.mashed.com/ Like us → https://ift.tt/2fT9wnd Instagram → https://ift.tt/2xNI58c Pinterest → https://ift.tt/2fSn1DN Mashed is the ultimate destination for food lovers. Whether you're just learning how to cook or ready to take your kitchen skills to the next level, Mashed has all the tips and tricks you'll ever need to be a chef… Or at least enough hacks to help you fake it til you make it. We’ve got your back at every step, from grocery shopping smarts to serving a perfectly prepared dish. Would you rather eat out than whip it up yourself? Mashed has all the info you’ll need for that, too — from the best and worst foods to order at your favorite restaurants, to what today’s most popular chefs really have up their sleeves. No matter what kind of foodie you are, Mashed has your recipe for success.
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Monday, November 12, 2018

24th Sunday after Trinity

24th Sunday after Trinity
24th Sunday after Trinity Texts: Exodus 31:1-20 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Matthew 24:15-28 Rev. Christopher Hull Zion Lutheran Church, Tomball, TX
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Deus in Adiutorium A Cappella - Clamavi De Profundis

Deus in Adiutorium A Cappella - Clamavi De Profundis
We are now on Patreon! Please check out our page: https://ift.tt/2gzQx1D iTunes Link: https://goo.gl/ffdt9j Amazon Link: https://goo.gl/Ghoiov Google Play Link: https://goo.gl/pAmnDv Spotify Link: https://goo.gl/xTfuiD Twitter Link: https://www.twitter.com/ClamaviDe Here is our original song, "Deus in Adiutorium." My brother arranged the song. My family and I sang it. We hope you enjoy it! Please no bad language in the comments. We want this to be family friendly:) Lyrics: Psalm 69:2 (Septuagint) Latin: Deus, in adiutorium meum intende; Domine, ad adiuvandum me festina. English Translation: O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me.
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The Song of Beren and Lúthien - Clamavi De Profundis

The Song of Beren and Lúthien - Clamavi De Profundis
Please check out our Patreon page! We are very grateful for your support of our music! https://ift.tt/2gzQx1D Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ClamaviDe We greatly appreciate our viewers and thank you all for your support of our music! Here is our version of J.R.R. Tolkien's poem, "The Song of Beren and Lúthien!" We hope you enjoy it:) A note on our interpretation: This piece brought us to a new place artistically, as we have never before told a love story. In our opinion, J.R.R. Tolkien’s story of Beren and Luthien is one of the truest and purest tales of love ever told. It was our honor to carefully craft this work to give our interpretation of the story and the beautiful poetry as recited by Aragorn in the Fellowship of the Ring. This piece combines the melodies written by one of us long ago with new melodies and a new setting by another of us. Thus, a theme of old and new was born, as there are multiple melodies from the past combined with those never before heard in this piece. Word painting is a favorite compositional method of ours, so many of the melodic and expressive decisions made are based on that approach. For example, when the words “music welling underground” are heard, the bass instruments come to life on the word “underground”. There are many similar examples throughout the song. See if you can hear them! Finally, it is worth noting our decision to draw attention to the presence of Luthien in this song. This song may admittedly be more from the approach of Beren than from Luthien’s, for whenever Luthien is present, the song sounds more alive, complete, hopeful. When she is absent, the soundscape is colder, barer and starker. We hope you enjoy this piece! Thanks so much for your support of our music! We are unable to get permission to sell this song so we are posting it here free for your enjoyment. If you want a copy of the mp3, we are offering it to those who support us on Patreon! Unfortunately there was a technical difficulty with our original upload, so we are re-posting our song in a simplified format. My brothers composed and arranged the piece. My family sang it. Please no bad language in the comments. We want this to be family friendly:) Lyrics: The Song of Beren and Lúthien The leaves were long, the grass was green, The hemlock-umbels tall and fair, And in the glade a light was seen Of stars in shadow shimmering. Tinúviel was dancing there To music of a pipe unseen, And light of stars was in her hair, And in her raiment glimmering. There Beren came from mountains cold, And lost he wandered under leaves, And where the Elven-river rolled He walked alone and sorrowing. He peered between the hemlock-leaves And saw in wonder flowers of gold Upon her mantle and her sleeves, And her hair like shadow following. Enchantment healed his weary feet That over hills were doomed to roam; And forth he hastened, strong and fleet, And grasped at moonbeams glistening. Through woven woods in Elvenhome She lightly fled on dancing feet, And left him lonely still to roam In the silent forest listening. He heard there oft the flying sound Of feet as light as linden-leaves, Or music welling underground, In hidden hollows quavering. Now withered lay the hemlock-sheaves, And one by one with sighing sound Whispering fell the beachen leaves In the wintry woodland wavering. He sought her ever, wandering far Where leaves of years were thickly strewn, By light of moon and ray of star In frosty heavens shivering. Her mantle glinted in the moon, As on a hill-top high and far She danced, and at her feet was strewn A mist of silver quivering. When winter passed, she came again, And her song released the sudden spring, Like rising lark, and falling rain, And melting water bubbling. He saw the elven-flowers spring About her feet, and healed again He longed by her to dance and sing Upon the grass untroubling. Again she fled, but swift he came. Tinúviel! Tinúviel! He called her by her elvish name; And there she halted listening. One moment stood she, and a spell His voice laid on her: Beren came, And doom fell on Tinúviel That in his arms lay glistening. As Beren looked into her eyes Within the shadows of her hair, The trembling starlight of the skies He saw there mirrored shimmering. Tinúviel the elven-fair, Immortal maiden elven-wise, About him cast her shadowy hair And arms like silver glimmering. Long was the way that fate them bore, O'er stony mountains cold and grey, Through halls of ireon and darkling door, And woods of nightshade morrowless. The Sundering Seas between them lay, And yet at last they met once more, And long ago they passed away In the forest singing sorrowless.
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Thursday, November 8, 2018

Review: A Game of Thrones

A Game of Thrones A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I didn't necessarily want to start this series, it is so popular. My taste often runs contrary to popular taste.

In addition, I received innumerable versions of the same bit of advice: Don't become attached to any of the characters. Odds are, they will die.

It's true. George RR Martin is more than willing to sacrifice characters when the story needs this to happen. It doesn't occur randomly, though. He is a master of foreshadowing and he does it subtly. Some of the texture of the story comes from this deft hand. When certain events happen in the last 100 pages, I remember imagery from the first 30 pages that I thought was lovely but unnecessary. He told us PRECISELY what he was going to do, but hid it well in plain sight.

This is a complex story. I still don't know if I know who all the characters are in just this book. I know some of them fairly well, but like real people in real life… Most of who and what they are lies hidden.

Some of the cultures remind me of peoples from history. Similar flaws and strengths show up in unexpected ways. Characters that you think are completely evil, sometimes show deep humanity. Others that you respect and love, betray those they come into contact with. And yet, sometimes others get their just desserts.

Many people should NOT read this book. It is sometimes quite bleak in its understanding of humans. It is sometimes brutal. It is sometimes almost unendurable. I don't like it.

And yet, this is an excellent book. I am in awe of the skill that George RR Martin shows in storytelling.

Will I read the next book? Yes. I need to read a couple of others, first. I need to decompress.

A word about the reader, Roy Dotrice… I enjoyed his performance. People seem to either love or hate the way he handles characterization and voices. I thought it worked well.

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