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Can our Names
Be Blotted Out?
The belief
in eternal security is probably the most dangerous theory in the world. The
reason why I believe this is so is because people can be made to feel sure of
heaven even though they continue to live in sin and are really headed for hell.
First of
all, I want to state that I fully agree that Christ has accomplished 100% of our
salvation. I, in no way, believe in or teach a "works" doctrine for salvation.
There is absolutely NOTHING we can add to Christ's infinite atonement. There is
NOTHING we can DO to merit eternal life. We are saved by faith, and faith ALONE.
On the other hand, we cannot expect to live in sin and still make heaven our
home. We are to live a holy life. "Pure religion and undefiled before God and
the Father is this...TO KEEP HIMSELF UNSPOTTED FROM THE WORLD" (James 1:27).
"And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth...but they
which are written in the Lamb's book of life" (Revelation 21:27).
Names are
written into the Lamb's book of life when a person accepts Christ as his or her
personal Savior, but these names can also be blotted out. For example, Moses
prayed: Exodus 32:32-33: "Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin; and if not,
blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. And the Lord said
unto Moses, WHOSOEVER HATH SINNED AGAINST ME, HIM WILL I BLOT OUT OF MY BOOK."
said, Revelation 3:5: "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white
raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will
confess his name before My Father, and before His angels."
22:19: "And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, GOD SHALL TAKE AWAY HIS PART OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE, AND OUT OF THE
HOLY CITY, and from the things which are written in this book."
This last
verse is especially clear as it states that God will not only blot out one's
name but will also take away his part out of the holy city (heaven)! This
certainly is far more serious than just losing one's reward (as the eternal
security proponents teach). We also see that those who are judged out of this
book of life are judged "according to their works": "And I saw the dead, small
and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was
opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things
which were written in the books, according to their works....And whosoever was
not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire"
(Revelation 20:12, 15).
We cannot
commit sin and still have a claim to eternal life. Ephesians 5:3-6 reminds us:
"But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, LET IT NOT BE ONCE NAMED
AMONG YOU, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor
jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. For this ye
know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an
idolater, hath ANY inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. LET NO MAN
DECEIVE YOU WITH VAIN WORDS: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God
upon the children of disobedience." (See also I Corinthians 6:9-11 and Galatians
Christian walk comes even closer for if we hate our brother, we are a murderer
according to 1 John 3:15: "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye
know that NO MURDERER HATH ETERNAL LIFE ABIDING IN HIM."
people who claim to be Christians would not think of committing murder or
adultery but many of them think nothing about telling a lie. The Bible, however,
tells us that lying is a sin and that those who do lie cannot enter heaven: "And
there shall IN NO WISE enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever
worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's
book of life" (Revelation 21:27). "For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and
whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a
lie" (Revelation 22:15). "Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth
with his neighbour: for we are members one of another" (Ephesians 4:25). "Lie
not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds"
(Colossians 3:9).
eternal security promoters will use John 10:28-29: "I give unto them eternal
life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My
hand. My Father, which gave them Me, is greater than all; and no man is able to
pluck them out of My Father's hand." It is true that we are secure within the
Father's hand--but only AS LONG AS we do not commit sin. These verses hinge on
the previous verse: "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they FOLLOW
Me." Those who FOLLOW Christ are the ONLY ones who are secure within the
Father's hand. Notice also verse 5: "And a stranger will they not follow, but
will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers." If you start to
follow a stranger (which you do when you commit sin), you are no longer secure
within the Father's hand. Look also at Isaiah 59:2: "YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE
SEPARATED BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR GOD, and your sins have hid His face from you,
that He will not hear."
observe another passage of Scripture. II Chronicles 15:1-2 tells us that "the
Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: And he went out to meet Asa,
and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; THE LORD IS WITH
YOU, WHILE YE BE WITH HIM; and if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; but IF
YE FORSAKE HIM, HE WILL FORSAKE YOU." It is quite obvious that NO MAN is
plucking anyone from God's hand, but we cannot be kept safe and secure if we are
committing sin. In fact, the reason Jesus came was that "He shall save His
people FROM their sins" (Matthew 1:21) We are also to produce good works ("bear
reiterate: there is NOTHING we can add to Christ's atonement nor is there
ANYTHING we can DO to MERIT this FREE gift. Ephesians 2:8-9 says: "For by grace
are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
NOT OF WORKS, lest any man should boast." The very next verse, however, is quite
interesting: "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus UNTO GOOD
WORKS, WHICH GOD HATH BEFORE ORDAINED THAT WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM." James
plainly adds: "Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me
thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my FAITH BY MY WORKS....But
wilt thou know, O vain man, that FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD?...For as the body
without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also" (James 2:18,
20, 26).
I Timothy
6:18-19: "That they DO GOOD, that they be rich in GOOD WORKS....Laying up in
store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they MAY
LAY HOLD on eternal life." Titus 3:8 clearly admonishes that "This is a FAITHFUL
SAYING, and these things I will that thou AFFIRM CONSTANTLY, that they which
have believed [past tense] in God might BE CAREFUL TO MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS."
Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but IN WORKS they deny Him." "If we
deny Him, He also will deny us" (II Timothy 2:12). Peter tells us that AFTER we
believe we should ADD to our faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, and to
knowledge temperance, etc. "For IF ye DO these things, ye SHALL NEVER FALL."
Matthew 7:21-23 warns: "Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall
enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that DOETH the will of My Father which
is in heaven." What is the will of God? See 1 Thessalonians 4:3; 5:18; I Peter
2:15; etc. Also notice: Hebrews 10:36: "For ye have need of patience, that,
AFTER ye have DONE the will of God, ye might receive the promise."
Christian walk consists of more than not PRACTICING sin. It also requires living
a HOLY life. "Whosoever abideth in Him SINNETH NOT: whosoever sinneth hath not
seen Him, neither known Him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that
DOETH righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous. He that committeth
sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this
purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of
the devil. WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD DOTH NOT COMMIT SIN....In this the
children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not
righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother" (I John
3:6-10). "That ye may be sincere and WITHOUT OFFENCE TILL the day of Christ"
(Philippians 1:10). "That He might present it to Himself a glorious church, NOT
HAVING SPOT, OR WRINKLE, OR ANY SUCH THING; but that it should be HOLY
AND WITHOUT BLEMISH" (Ephesians 5:27). Titus 2:14: "Who gave Himself for us,
that He might REDEEM US FROM ALL INIQUITY, and PURIFY unto Himself a peculiar
people, zealous of good works."
we are doing the will of God we have NO WORRY about losing our salvation for we
are secure in Christ. He that DOETH the will of God ABIDETH FOREVER" (I John
2:17), and Christ is "the author of ETERNAL SALVATION unto all that OBEY
Him" (Hebrews 5:9). We obey Him by keeping His commandments--"He that hath My
commandments, and KEEPETH them, he it is that loveth Me" (John 14:21) and "He
that loveth Me not keepeth not My sayings" (v.24). "His commandment IS life
everlasting" (John 12:50). "He that KEEPETH His commandments DWELLETH in Him and
He in him" (I John 3:24).
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Website Development
Caring for the farm consumes the bulk of my daylight hours. When the weather is bad (not often here in Hawaii) or I'm feeling tired or lazy (a little too often) then I'll sit inside and work on the computer. Building and maintaining a website can really suck up the hours. Having spent time at Cisco and Electronic Arts as a network programmer helps me with the more technical aspects of website development but it still takes lots of time. I typically spend two or three hours a day sitting behind the computer, usually in the evenings after dinner.
PHP has another very important capability, it can interface with MySQL which is the database that contains all the product, user and order information. PHP and MySQL are required for things like the shopping cart and user registration. Since PHP and MySQL are both server-side, they exist only on the server where they can be kept away from curious users or malicious hackers. I am the only one that can access any of the PHP code or MySQL database information.
I'm always looking for ways to improve the website. The other day I happened to notice that some of the websites I have bookmarked in my browser have little icons next to them. Kona Earth did not. Of course I had to drop everything I was doing and figure out how to make an icon for Kona Earth. Being an ex-game programmer actually helped me with this task. To see Kona Earth's icon, simply bookmark this site in your browser. If you already have this site bookmarked you may have to remove the old bookmark and create a new one. Some older browsers don't support bookmark icons but Internet Explorer does.
On the Visit page I added links to other Kona coffee farms. In exchange, those websites have agreed to list Kona Earth. Link exchanges such as this are common because they help a website's standing with Google and other search engines. At least that's the concept. When you ask Google to search for "Kona Coffee" it will find about two million matches. How does Google rank all those results? They're not telling. A big part of a site's ranking is determined by how many other sites point to it. The concept being that if it's important enough for another site to point to it then it's probably important enough to be listed in the Google results. So if you have a website, I'd be happy to put a link to your site in exchange for you linking to my site.
Being listed in the top ten search results is the goal of every commercial website. With over two million matches to "Kona coffee", Kona Earth may never make it to the top ten. It would be nice if a search for "Kona Earth" (with the space, no quotes) would rank us in the top ten. Ask Yahoo! or MSN for "Kona Earth" and we'll be listed as the number one result. For some unknown reason, Google has decided that they don't like us and has given our site a ranking of zero. A ranking of zero forces a site to the bottom of the listings, rendering it basically invisible.
I've spent many hours trying to figure out what Google doesn't like about Kona Earth. I've changed the Kona Earth HTML code many times trying to fix whatever the problem might be. Unfortunately the Google search engine is fully automated and there is no customer support. Google keeps their exact ranking criteria secret to prevent people from abusing the system. For example, ask Google for "miserable failure" and the number one result is the official biography of George W. Bush. This was done by people that knew how to trick Google. I wish I were that smart, I'd trick Google into listing Kona Earth any time someone searched for the word "sex". On second thought, maybe it's a good thing I'm not that smart.
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Florence, Oregon
Day one of our trip took us to Florence. I saw the sun setting on the other side of this bridge and headed towards it to get a silhouetted bridge with sunset sky. Those shots turned out so-so. Actually I decided that I needed to get past the bridge and get the sun setting on the dunes. I found a deserted restaurant with a balcony, no signs to keep out or keep off, so up I climbed. From there I shot the sunset and was happy with the results...but then...I turned around and looked back at the bridge....wow! this is what I saw! I have seen so many bridge shots that make the full circle like this and have hoped that someday I would find one. And now it found me! I think it is my all time favorite photo from my trip. I have heard that sometimes the shot behind you at sunset and sunrise is better than the actual sunrise/set. In this case it proved so.
and this was the sunset from the deck of that restaurant. It was pretty. If it was all I had seen, without the bridge behind me, I would have been happy. I was so thrilled with my bonus tho.
Florence is a little fishing port. I took advantage of the photo opps down at the docks.
Earlier in the day, I was on a sand dune hunt. I have seen some awesome dune shots and had this image in my head of what I would find. I wanted mounds and mounds of sand. After making John drive all over, and me getting out and walking up and down mounds to find them, Nada! All I could find was mounds topped with sea grass. I know they are out there,those endless deserted mounds that look like you are in the Sahara, I have seen the shots, in fact somebody I know posted one the day after I got home, but I didn't find them. I even asked around and didn't find anyone who knew how to direct me to those elusive mounds...oh well, lucky for me, Florence is not that far away. I will find them another time.
But I did find this...such still water to reflect those trees.
Day 2 we went just a little north of Florence to see a place that was on my hit list of places to shoot.
Cape Perpetua. The sights there were Cooks Chasm, Spouting Horn and Thor's Well.
Cape Perpetua. The sights there were Cooks Chasm, Spouting Horn and Thor's Well.
obviously, this is the Spouting Horn.
Cook's Chasm
Can you believe the water color?
Thor's Well. Now Thor's Well was pretty cool in all the photos I have seen. It is usually portrayed at sunset, with a slow shutter speed that makes the water soft and milky. I had read up on it and was ready! Except we were not there at sunset. Strike one. Strike two...it is way down there! To get that great shot I wanted, I would have had to climb down, then walk way out there in the water, risk falling on that lava, and worse, I needed to set up my tripod low to get the point of view I wanted, and risk being hit by a wave or two. John refused to let me go down there. I thought about it tho. Thought only. *sigh*
This is NOT my shot!
This is what I wanted to get...I copied it off of Flickr to show you what I had imagined I would get. See how far down he had to go to get it? See that wave coming in? Well, maybe some other time, right? I was able to get a closer up view with my zoom, and for now that is good enough.
We stopped and took a lot of light house shots too. more of these are posted later on
Port Orford brought us to John's sister Martha's place. We always have a blast with Mick and Martha! We would have stayed longer, but it poured down buckets of rain the next day so we made a decision to head south in search of sun.
Day 3...The Redwoods
Nothing like a tree to make you feel so small and insignificant.
more light houses, the one below is a military base
We ended the day at the Golden Gate Bridge.
Now I thought the Spouting Horn in Oregon was so cool...but this one is not even one I had heard of...it wasn't marked, but as we passed I saw it shoot and had John stop...it was way better and bigger than the first one we saw...pretty cool heart, huh?
All of a sudden, as we drove along, I saw a Huge seal laying by the road, I got out and started shooting. We were headed south, and cars headed north were slowing down to see what I was shooting. I motioned them towards the seal, expecting them to be excited and stop too....but no...the kept on driving. I was amazed! "How could they go on by?" A tiny bit past that spot, there were a bunch of seals, once again I got out and took more photos. Still amazed and wondering why none of the cars headed north were stopping to see such a sight. And just a little further down the road...I got my answer. A whole beach full of them! I mean F.U.L.L. they were laying everywhere! No wonder the cars had just continued on their way. I am sure they were laughing at me, and here I had been wondering about them.
A walk way has been built to keep the seals safe from humans. But it was perfect to walk along and see them so close up. It was so noisy from them barking. They were tossing sand around, most sleeping, some fighting, a few walking to the water. The went on and on forever in both directions, this is just a tiny part of them.
I loved the content happy look of this mommy with her baby...see that smile?
It was full of these Elephant seals. I have never even heard of them. My first thought was that they were walrus. oh well.
Isn't that so adorable how he is just hugging on to her?
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Solvang, California
Solvang is a little town that is all done in dutch design. It was a cute place to visit. It has a mission there that is part of El Camino Real. El Camino Real is a stretch of road between missions on the California coast. Each mission is built about 30 miles apart, which was about a days travel for the missionaries.
We arrived in Oxnard to stay a while with Jimmy. He is John's uncle. A bachelor who loves to have company. It is always a nice visit with him. He has a friend named Fran who has been friends with him since before her husband died, years ago. No romance, they are just great friends. Every day, he drives to her place and they go out to lunch. Of course with a coupon and using their senior citizen discount!
The old main street in Oxnard is lined with old palm trees...always such a sight for this Oregonian!
It is located right on the ocean.
This is the Ventura pier. We took Jim and Fran with us for a little drive and had lunch at an old 50's style place. complete with a juke box and selection boxes a each table.
And then it was time to leave him. It is always so sad to drive away as he stands there so alone waving to us. He has lived in this home since he was a little boy.
And then it was time to see Gabe and Dennis and Abby!!!
We even got to babysit one night so they could go out to a work dinner.
Gabe turned 3!!!!
To celebrate his birthday we all went to Disneyland. We had 8 adults, Dennis, Abby, John and Me and My Mom and Dad and Abby's Mom and Dad, all there to watch 3 year old Gabe on his first time there.
This photo says it all! My favorite of the day. The wonder on Gabe's face as we watched the Disney parade. You can see the float that was going by reflected in his little eyes.
Abby's parents and mine finding out from Gabe how he liked his first ride.
Seriously, how many adults can you squeeze into one lion train cage? What adults will do for a kid!
On the way out, my camera was out of space, so I asked John to take a photo of the balloons for me on his camera. This is what he took...he does not even remember seeing the guy there in front of him...but it sure turned out funny!
Mike and Rachel Whisner. Mike was John's friend all through high school. They ran cross country and track together and also were on the wrestling team. Mike walked me down the aisle at graduation and baccalaureate. He was best man at our wedding. They live in Big Bear. He is pastor of a church there. It was so nice to spend an afternoon with them catching up on everything.
From Dennis' place, we headed north to Reno. My parents had left the day before us and we met up with them there. I am not much of a gambler, so after after a while, I took a walk and discovered a lake right by our hotel. That is our hotel in the photo.
Now, something that I have had on my list for as long as I can remember is to shoot a swan. Guess what I found at the lake? You got it! I hit the jackpot! not in the casino, but at the lake! There was only one, but I made the most of it and shot and shot. These are my favorites, but I have tons as you can imagine!
This is the look I get from the kids when I have taken my allotment of shots.
The lake was partly frozen over. It was hilarious watching the geese come in for a landing and skid and run, instead of the usual splash and swim.
There were tons of other birds there too. Canadian Geese, other geese, ducks, sea gulls, coots, and tons of birds that I can not name.
We headed north through Mt. Shasta for home.
An old school house/church along the road.
We made it up to Grants Pass and stopped in for a visit with his brother JD and his wife Linda.
Before we left Oregon, I bought a Groupon to visit the Wildlife Safari. I was a little disappointed in it. The animals I really wanted to take photos of were behind cables. Somehow, I had expected them to all be roaming free. Some were, and it was fine to see them, but it was not really what I had expected. I guess it had something to do with it being the last on the list of all the great things we had seen already. Like who can beat a whole beach of seals? or finally finding my swan?
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Adelaide-based Advanced Material Solutions (AMS) began commissioning its first commercial titanium filtration membranes last month.
The titanium membranes are robust, unaffected by salt or chemicals like chlorine and can be adjusted to screen out specific materials. With applications in a number of industries, the small company of 26 plans to expand its workforce to over 200 to cater for burgeoning global demand.
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[ 2 syll. joa-qui(n), jo-aqu-in ] The baby boy name Joaquin is pronounced as HHWaa-KIY-N †. Joaquin is used mostly in Spanish and it is of Hebrew origin.
Joaquin is a derivative (Spanish) of the English, French, German, and Polish name Joachim.
Joaquin is also a derivative (Spanish) of the English name Joshua.
A form of the name is the Spanish spelling variant Joaquín.
See also the related categories, hebrew and spanish.
Joaquin is rather popular as a baby boy name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1940s. At the height of its usage in 2008, 0.057% of baby boys were named Joaquin. It had a ranking of #275 then. In 2017, its usage was 0.046% and its ranking #361. Within the family of boy names directly related to Joaquin, Joshua was the most regularly used. In 2017, it was more commonly used than Joaquin by 9 times.
Baby names that sound like Joaquin include Chason, Haakim, Haakon, Haashim, Hacan, Hackim, Hackman, Hacmann, Hagan, Hagen, Haggan, Haggen, Haggin, Haggon, Haggun, Haggyn, Hagin, Hagon, Hagun, and Hagyn.
† English pronunciation for Joaquin: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
A famous person named Joaquin is Joaquin Phoenix, Actor, born 28 October 1974, San Juan, Puerto Rico.


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During the collaboration-heavy set, Syco-signee Labrinth jumped on to perform 2 of his own songs, with a little bit of help from a friend. Showcasing acoustic versions of "Let The Sunshine" and his smash hit "Earthquake", the copious amounts of talent on stage is almost too much to bear. With Sheeran taking on Tinie Tempah's verse in the latter, it was a guitar and foot-tapping frenzy – an apt example of the talent we have in this country – a couple of days before the biggest UK music celebration of the year.
Throughout the course of the night, Sheeran was joined on stage also by Mikill Pane, Wretch 32 and Example, but that wasn't the only cause for interest last night. Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon teamed up to debut a new track "written on the road a couple of weeks ago". Take a look at that HERE, and rejoice at some new Blur material.
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After a bit of a blog hiatus, I'm back this week with a round-up of the interesting archives, genealogy, history and heritage-related resources, articles, blog posts, events, and news items that I've come across over the past week. Enjoy!
Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC): As part of their mission to support the preservation efforts of cultural heritage institutions and family/private collections and archives, the NEDCC has a number of free resources available online. Check out the Preservation 101 online textbook for information on paper, photograph and audiovisual record preservation and digitization. Genealogists and family archivists may be interested in their tips on Caring for Family and Private Collections.
- Evaluating cloud services – check this! by Corinne Rogers on the InterPARES Trust blog, 29 July 2016 (via@NicoleSatchell). Corinne gives a quick introduction to the work of InterPARES and links to two useful checklists for organizations and individuals considering using cloud services.
The Genealogical Society: Revise or Demise? by Donna Cox Baker on The Golden Egg Genealogist, 7 July 2016. This post recently caused some (heated) discussion on the Ontario Genealogical Society Facebook group around the value of genealogical societies and why they are experiencing declining membership (ie. are unable to attract new/younger members). Baker offers some reasons for the decline and a few solutions, such as livestreaming and online/home volunteering. The issues outlined by Baker are also relevant for the genealogical society of my own province, the British Columbia Genealogical Society. Although I am a member, I have only attended a couple meetings due to timing and location – the local meet-up is during the day on a weekday, making it impossible for students or people with 9-5 jobs to attend, and the monthly meeting is in a different city. Acknowledging the changing face of genealogy and implementing some of Baker's suggestions could help genealogical societies appeal to, and retain, a broader, more diverse membership.
Local History
Interactive map of demolished character homes in Vancouver by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la carte, 27 July 2016. Dever reports on a new interactive map created by Andrea Leung and Caroline Adderson of the Vancouver Vanishes Facebook group. The map is available here.
Online Exhibits
Archives of Ontario: As part of the lead-up to the 150th Anniversary of Confederation in Canada, the Archives of Ontario has developed an online exhibit about George Brown, a Father of Confederation and founder of The Globe newspaper, and his family. The exhibit, "Meet the Browns: A Confederation Family," is available here.
- The most recent issue of THEMA, the journal of Musees de la civilisation in Quebec City, is now available online. The journal features articles by authors of various disciplines that explore issues related to museums, societies and cultures. Articles are available in both French and English. Access the full journal here.
Upcoming Events
August 3, Fernie, BC: The Fernie Museum will be hosting Oral History 101, a 1-day workshop that will cover oral history research, community relations, ethics and standards, audiovisual equipment, and other relevant topics. The workshop is the first in their Archives 101 series, dedicated to teaching "basic standards of archives and research practices for small museums and archives." The workshop will be held from 9:30-4pm. Click here to learn more and register.
September 26-30, Halifax, Nova Scotia: The Dalhousie Libraries is organizing a 5-day Digital Preservation Management Workshop to be held at the Nova Scotia Archives. Click here to learn more about the workshop. Pre-register by Friday, August 5th here.
October 12-14, Whistler, BC: The 2016 BC Museums Association Conference, Begin. Build. Re-invent: all in a day's work!, will feature workshops and presentations on issues related to museums, cultural heritage, and communities. Click here to view the schedule and here to register.
- September 26-28, Denver, Colorado: The Northeast Document Conservation Center is hosting Digital Directions: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections, a 2 ½ day conference on the development and implementation of a digitization program and the ongoing management and preservation of digital records, born-digital and digitized. Learn more about the conference and register here.
For more weekly round ups, check out David Rajotte's blog, Documentary Heritage News, Gail Dever's Crème de la Crème on Genealogy a la Carte, and Linda Stufflebean's Recommended Reads on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.


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Dairy Expo 2012
At the crack of dawn, with the sky still dark, I began my morning prepping at the Penn State Dairy Barns for the 2012 Dairy Expo. My dairy heifer, June, looked confused to see me there so early, and hesitantly got up to greet me. My show prep included a pre-dawn bath, followed by clipping and primping- hair dyer, hairspray and all!
Our month of practice together was a challenging one. June was not the easiest heifer to halter train, and many afternoons were spent arguing back and forth as to who was physically stronger or had more emotional stamina. Most days June would win, and with defeat, I would just tell myself that progress in training her was slow.
I wish I could say the show day proved a different experience, but as expected, my defiant heifer posed a handful. Complete with rambunctious leaps through the air, June put on a show for the crowd. As a year-old heifer, I think I was dealing with the rebellious teenager! We placed 2nd and Reserve Champion in fitting and 4th in showmanship for my intermediate division, but more than that, had a great time along the way.


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The wheat protein market is estimated at USD 2.04 Billion in 2017 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.8%, to reach USD 2.58 Billion by 2022. The market is driven by the shift in the preference for plant-based protein foods, increased demand for meat-free diets especially in Europe, and growing incidences of lactose intolerance.
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The key market players adopted various growth strategies such as new product launches, expansions, mergers, and acquisitions to cater to the increasing demand for wheat proteins. These players are focusing on strategic new product launches to enhance their presence in the wheat protein market. For instance, companies such as Cargill and MGP Ingredients are focusing on expanding their product portfolio to strengthen their presence in the wheat protein market. Some key companies also adopted the expansion strategy to reach their wide consumer base in various geographies. For instance, Cargill opened an R&D center in Belgium. The center develops new ingredients for the food industry. Through this, the company expanded its presence in the European region.
MGP Ingredients, one of the global leaders in the wheat protein market, is the largest supplier of wheat protein in the US. It offers wheat protein products that find applications in bakery products, cereal and snacks, nutritional bars and drinks, processed meat, poultry, and seafood. The company invests in the development of new products to cater to the increasing demand for wheat protein products, majorly for the US market. The company consistently expands its wheat protein products with the addition of a new series. For instance, in 2017, MGP Ingredients expanded its extensive specialty wheat protein portfolio with the addition of textured proteins, including TruTex 751, TruTex 1501, TruTex 2240, and TruTex Redishred 65 textured wheat proteins.
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Districts of Barcelona
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Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain is divided into 10 districts. These are administrated by a councillor designated by the main city council, and each of them have some powers relating to issues such as urbanism or infrastructure in their area. The current division of the city into different districts was approved in 1984.[1] In 2009, in Barcelona started using a new division of 73 neighbourhoods (the 10 districts are still in use), a division that was done for a better service from the City Council.[1]
Some of these districts have a previous history as independent municipalities which were integrated into the city of Barcelona during the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, such as Sarrià, Les Corts, Sant Andreu de Palomar, Gràcia or Sant Martí de Provençals. However, other municipalities which are contiguous to Barcelona (such as L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Badalona, Sant Adrià de Besòs or Montcada i Reixac) have remained separate towns to this day, and are part of the much larger metropolitan area of Barcelona.
- (*) Monjuïc and Zona Franca are not neighbourhoods but are in the district of Sants-Montjuïc.
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- ^ a b "Pla del futur del barri de Verdun" (PDF) (in Catalan). Barcelona city council. December 2010. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-30.
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The idea of All Blown up started about 8 years ago. My husband and I owned a copy company and would make funny posters for our friends. We brought them to almost every party and they proved to be the best gift! We used our clever (and sometimes sick) sense of humor to make a unique poster that was without a doubt the "hit of the party". Seeing people's reactions and laughter was priceless. I can't tell you how many times we heard "Where did you get that? It's awesome!" Our posters were talked about long after the party was over and have been saved by many as precious momentos.We decided to make All Blown Up an online business this year and bring the fun to the masses!There is nothing better than laughter and our mission is simply... spread joy. The world could use a whole lot more.Brian & Shelly
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
"Lopez Tonight" bump should be for the better.
George Lopez has officially welcomed Conan O'Brien into the TBS late-night talk show fold with open arms.
Lopez made his opinion public on his show, "Lopez Tonight," after it was announced Monday that O'Brien had signed a deal to launch a new late-night show on TBS sometime in the fall. O'Brien had previously hosted "The Tonight Show" on NBC before leaving amidst controversy in February.
Lopez, who owns a home in Pebble Beach, was vocal in his support of O'Brien's show coming to TBS. The move will place O'Brien's show at the 11 p.m. slot currently occupied by Lopez's show "Lopez Tonight." Lopez's show will move to midnight.
According to the Los Angeles Times entertainment blog, Lopez announced Monday night on his show that he was "completely, 100% on board" for the move.
It's a great move for both parties. O'Brien will get a chance to indulge in the looser-boundaries of basic cable, where his talents won't be so boxed in as opposed to the stricter guidelines of network television.
Lopez could be the real winner. He gets a great lead-in from O'Brien that will only add to his already loyal following.
Although some Lopez fans will be irked by the change, the fact that Lopez has already proclaimed his approval of the move is a positive sign.
Now, I honestly can't wait to see if O'Brien and Lopez will team up for some promotional spots in the near future. To borrow from the TBS motto, that's funny.
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As we count down the days to Prime Day 2019, which we expect to come sometime in mid-July, we're already seeing discounts on a variety of Amazon devices. At the moment, most of the deals are on the company's media streamers and a couple of Echo smart speakers. And some, but not all, of them are exclusive to members of Amazon's Prime service. We've rounded them up below. Whether you're buying a graduation gift for seeking out early Father's Day deals, these are all pretty great prices.
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The Iluminado have varied their approach to selecting books over the years. Sometimes we do it systematically via weighted multi-voting. Sometimes folks just make suggestions at the end of the meeting and a consensus is swiftly reached. At present, we are in the midst of a once-though rotation where the host selects the book. This provides an opportunity for every Brother to take us somewhere interesting without having to hard sell the book to the group. It fell to this humble scribe to pick the current book. Playing it safe, I picked a blue chip…Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee. A Booker Prize winner by a Nobel prize winner. What could possibly go wrong…right? Well…apparently I am surrounded by ignoramuses.
Right out of the box it was "Oh, I hated everyone!" "Too much raping!" & "It wasn't a fun story!" As this book was as about as close to perfection as I'd ever encountered, I was stunned. One Brother was able to throw me lifeline by recounting a conversation about the book with his South African neighbor, which opened the door to a "you Americans just won't understand" dismissal of the book. My choice and book-picker reputation were on the ropes…I had a hand in The Dwarf, which went over like a lead balloon and Blindness, which had a good discussion, but only a few gents read the book.
In spite of the high level dislike, we began chewing over the scenes and themes. And a funny thing happened, a long and interesting discussion arose. It helps that almost every event or inner observation in the book is worthy of analysis.
Did Melanie say no? Did David approach his inquest properly? Was Lucy's making up for the past just foolishness? What did you think of Petrus? What about Ettinger? Poor Bev Shaw? Why does David visit Melanie's parents? What do you think of the Servant of Eros defense? What is to be expected when a single, aging Lothario hits the wall? Why were Lucy and David disgraced when they were on opposite sides of unwanted encounters? Was everyone too blasé about teachers hooking-up with students? Are we cruel to God's creatures with our human privilege? Will Byron in Italy ever be written and why is it included in the story? Why won't Lucy leave the farm? Does racism breed the deepest hatred? There are so many topics to discuss.
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Bhubaneswar: Arrested TMC MP Tapas Pal another accused in the high profile Rose Valley Chit Fund link made a ground breaking statement saying that play back singer turned politician and presently Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Babul Supriyo conspired against him and landed him in the chit fund soup.
"I have given all the necessary information to the CBI about Odisha's link with the ponzi scam," Tapas briefed media persons here. "Babul Supriyo tricked me into all the scam and he is also into this", he added.
"Many other ministers also have links with the multi crore chit fund scam," he said.
Tapas is presently is under three day custodial interrogation after being taken on three day remand by the CBI. He was produced before a special CBI court earlier on Saturday.
Notably, the former Bengali cine star Tapas is a Trinamool Congress MP has been stated to be a former director of Rose Valley Group. The ponzi firm had allegedly duped about Rs 450 crore through its 20 some odd offices across the state.


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Published December 28, 2015 in Episode 36
Chris Lê: Hi everyone and welcome to Episode 36 on this Monday, 28th of December. So this week, we have our year in review episode. Loa's been on air for...eight, nine months now?
All: Yeah.
Chris Lê: Since April? We started in April. And since it's the end of 2015, we thought we'd take a step back and revisit some of our favorite segments of the year. So let's get right to it.
I'm Chris Lê. I'm from Perth, Australia. And I'm one of the producers of Loa. I've been told that I am a naysayer and I like to set standards for what is too boring. With me today, we've got Quyên Ngô, from L.A. She's one of our editors, our voice coach, and our expert clickbait headliner.
Quyên Ngô: Hey guys.
Chris Lê: From Vancouver, we've got Trinh Nguyễn. She's our go-to-woman for everything and anytime you need an app to solve your problems.
Trinh Nguyễn: Hi!
Chris Lê: We've got our editor in chief and rubber stamper. That's Giang Nguyễn, who's in Tokyo.
Giang Nguyễn: I approve this message.
Chris Lê: Some of the first things people notice about our podcast is that we are from everywhere. We're a global team. And a lot of people wonder how we actually collaborate. One example is maybe our "pre-1975 music" piece.
Giang Nguyễn: That was so long ago… like pre-1975?
Trinh Nguyễn: I think what Giang means is that episode aired, actually it was Episode 8, which is quite early in our life cycle. But it was probably one of the first pieces that we made or we worked on that was very collaborative, just because [of it] being such a complex and layered story.
We already knew it was going to be a lot of great music that we can play from, but that there was an underlying story about the history, about the political realities that were faced by artists. So this piece basically looks at the genre of music, the artists that were playing really great and new music before the end of the war.
Chris Lê: So the reporter for this piece was actually Nam-An, who, he lives in Toronto. What was that editing process like?
Giang Nguyễn: I mean, for me, you know, when we say we are Loa, we amplify voices from Việt Nam, we have to have a Vietnamese voice in the piece, other than the music that is being sung. So the problem with this piece was that it did not have an authoritative Vietnamese voice.
Trinh Nguyễn: But I think at the end, we were able to space out his comments and be able to bring justice to the Vietnamese artists just by really looking critically at what was being presented, both the soundbite from the academic and then partnering it with music pieces that were available. And so I feel like the final product itself rang true to Vietnamese music, while at the same time, there was a lot of weight and legitimacy from the academic. So I think, at the end, it was a really great job. A really, really great piece. And our listener, Tamm Bùi from Massachusetts thought so, too.
"I really like that episode because I'm really into music and being a history major I wanted to put the two together and when I heard this episode, it got me really interested in sort of like the historical, the history of Vietnamese music, beyond just the tradition and older genres of music. It was just really different from what we usually hear about vietnamese culture and music." Tamm Bùi, Massachusetts
Giang Nguyễn: But in general, I think what a lot of people don't realize that we do that goes into putting our stories to air, is that we do a lot of editing. The editing takes a long time and for me as a journalist, that's what makes it journalism or that's what makes our pieces good because it's being edited, it's being looked at by multiple sets of eyes. Otherwise, we would just call it a blog, you know, and you can write whatever.
Trinh Nguyễn: That would make it much easier on our lives though (chuckle), a Loa blog.
Chris Lê: So obviously "pre-1975 music" was one of our more complex and layered segments. We've received a lot of good feedback from our listeners about there's a good mix of, I guess, heavy and light topics. And this brings me to one of my first segments that I ever did which is called "Keeping up with the Nguyễns."
Giang Nguyễn: What was that like for you, producing your first piece? Because obviously, you, like many of our reporters and contributors don't have a broadcast or journalism background.
Chris Lê: I was exceptionally nervous about doing my first piece. I had just been introduced into podcast world and but I was quite excited at the same time, to be putting a product of mine out so other people can have a listen. And I was really happy to have a listener from Boston, named Jamie Nguyễn provide this comment.
"My last name is Nguyễn, so coming over to Boston, I ran into a lot more people from different cultural backgrounds and they would always ask me--a lot of my classmates have the same last name -- they would always ask me if I was related to someone with the same last name and I would be like, 'Oh, no, actually Nguyễn is very common in the Vietnamese culture,' and I just find that funny when I flew over to Boston for school." Jamie Nguyễn, Boston
Trinh Nguyễn: Actually I spoke to Jamie, because he was actually one of our first listeners who wrote to us from the very beginning. So when I talked to him just a couple of days ago, he mentioned that it was really great to have a media piece explain the history of the last name. And that's why he keeps tuning in to us every week because we bring up some interesting facts about Vietnamese culture.
Giang Nguyễn: And we love that comment because it's like your first love. You always remember your first love.
Trinh Nguyễn: Right, we always remember our very first listener who writes to us.
Quyên Ngô: He had emailed us and given us a few story suggestions which we ended up doing. That's something we always really appreciate when listeners reach out to us and provide feedback and topic suggestions.
Giang Nguyễn: One of the comments that I like from one of our listeners, this is a woman who's 41 and she lives in Indiana. She's an academic librarian, her name's Alison Stankrauff and she says that she loves the bánh mì story, she loves the mayo story.
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Giang Nguyễn: Mayo never sounded so sexy right? And then Alison also talks about how she likes the November News review.
Giang Nguyễn: She likes both the very cute, kind of lighter stories, usually the Vietnamism that we have, and also the serious ones. And I think that says a lot about, you know just people that come to Loa, I think, are people that love Việt Nam, and people that are doing Loa, like us, we love Việt Nam and that means that we love all the lighter aspects. You know, we love the food, we love the cute things that Vietnamese people do, but we're also really concerned about what goes on in Việt Nam and we want to explore the topics, some of the more heavy, political serious issues in Việt Nam. And I think that's what makes Loa, Loa. And that's what makes our listeners, our listeners. So here's part of Alison's comment:
"What really drew me to the podcast was knowing more about this really fascinating place that I have come to love and i just want to go back and back and back and back to but then also I think it being this sort of government, that it is really importantly for me knowing the true voices that come out of that country and not just the Party line." Alison Stankrauff, Indiana
Quyên Ngô: I think it's really awesome that the way we go between those lines ends up resonating with our listeners because I think ultimately like that's what we aim to do with Loa. We want to make sure that we hit on all different types of aspects.
Chris Lê: Alright, so speaking of lighter stories we've got Peggy Lam from Vancouver providing her thoughts on our Sriracha story.
"My favorite ones where one at the end, you talked about Sriracha. I thought that was really cool and unique. I never had somebody take or think about Sriracha in that way and do a story on it. It's kinda like where does it come from and what do people think about it and kind of like the origin of it, and it was really cool. I thought that was amazing." Peggy Lam, Vancouver:
Trinh Nguyễn: Actually I really love this piece because Chí-Linh, our reporter, was able to get some really really rich natural sound from the factory. because for every single one of our segments we work really really hard to get the actual sounds from the action or the story and work it into the script. But Giang, I think you actually sent your mom to the factory for this correct?
Giang Nguyễn: Yeah I did! My mom is a big supporter so I sent her to the Sriracha factory and she enjoyed it, you know, she got a tour out of it and she bought t shirts and stuff, so it's all good.
Quyên Ngô: By any means necessary.
Chris Lê: So obviously getting sounds from the factory was quite easy because we just show up and the sound is quite rich. But for one of our Vietnamisms on coining, that was quite hard I suppose right?
Quyên Ngô: I personally don't know how we ended up with the sound that was used in the segment. But even listening through all of the sounds that were in our sound folder that was uploaded, it was very like jarring, so some sound is just harder to use for air.
Giang Nguyễn: But that piece was actually well received and Lauren Bullock, she's a listener from Washington DC, had a comment on it. She's a multi racial Vietnamese who's also a poet. She's a columnist for Black Nerds Problems website. She basically said, "Rubbing, what is this?" And I just love how, you know, like sometimes you just do things in your culture and you have no idea why you're doing it, but you still do it.
"I remember, like, listening to the coining episode for instance, and my grandmother used to do it to me all the time when I was little, and I had no idea what it was. Like what are we rubbing, what is this? So when I heard that episode it was like unlocking the past, and just this kind of cultural stuff that had been shrouded in mystery, just really having a connection." Lauren Bullock, Washington DC:
Quyên Ngô: It was interesting talking to Lauren because she was talking about how, as a multi-racial Vietnamese, when she first discovered Loa, the first thing she did was she called her mom, who is Vietnamese as well. And they started listening to the episodes and they would talk about the episodes together. Another thing that Lauren had talked to us about is how the political elements of our program are just as fundamental to the podcast as the cultural elements. Since Lauren is a poet and an activist herself, she approaches art in that way as well.
"So definitely as a poet and as a performance poet, a lot of my work has to do with spotlighting oppression and injustice, and getting the conversation started. And I think there is a lot of ways in which certain people tend to get highlighted and Vietnamese struggles are aren't as highlighted. And so for me it's definitely been an opportunity to learn about the issues that are happening." Lauren Bullock, Washington DC:
Trinh Nguyễn: And I think that more importantly we want to spotlight the people that are involved in movements, especially those inside Việt Nam. And for us, for the staff, for our reporters, sometimes that can be particularly hard if an activist that we want to interview, want to spotlight, are sitting in jail. Or maybe they've just been released from jail and they're experiencing some very, some really real trauma. And I think that was exemplified by a piece that Giang had done which I love and is one of my favorites, which was "Hell Behind Bars." And Giang did a really great interview with Paulus. And actually Giang, I know when we were working on this piece, you were telling the team how difficult it was for you to interview him. Can you talk to us about that?
Giang Nguyễn: Yeah that interview with Paulus Lê Sơn, he had just been released from prison and he went through some really horrible things while he was in prison. Like you said, I really felt that he was still having a lot of trauma from those years in prison. And the conversation was so difficult to listen to. We were talking for more than a hour and as you know, our end pieces usually end up being no more than 12, 15 minutes. So a lot of it was listening to him process the grief he had over the passing of his mother and I think we spent a good twenty minutes crying on the phone. And you know, how do you incorporate that into a story? How do you put twenty minutes of grief into a story for our listeners. So that was really hard to not only listen to, but to translate.
Trinh Nguyễn: I think that story made a huge impact on our listeners if not only our staff. Lea Nomada who is a French American, and an ESL teacher who lived in Việt Nam for two years actually sent us a message right away with a heartfelt letter saying please send to Paulus and Nguyễn Văn Oai who was the other voice that appeared in that piece.
"It was the interview with Paulus Lê Văn Sơn and Nguyễn Văn Oai, how they recounted, as human rights activists, their experiences in prison and their treatment. I think what was very moving to me is their strength, even though they endured so much suffering and abuse and torture just for demanding freedom and human rights and more self-determination in Việt Nam. Just listening to them speak, even though it was in Vietnamese, it was very powerful and I wanted to write to them, to thank them for their amazing work." Lea Nomada, San Francisco
Giang Nguyễn: Another thing why I really am happy that we able to do that piece is because for me, this is why Loa exists. Because we hear these stories in Vietnamese all the time. Like these prisoners of conscience, they're always being tortured, harassed and beaten, and this is not covered in the mainstream media. And so for me this is why it's so important that we do the translation, do the voiceovers and put that out for a broader audience.
Quyên Ngô: And I think listeners can find that kind of poignancy through all the different types of segments that we do. Poignancy is sort of like a thread between the political and the cultural in our program. You know so we have segments like Vietnamism, which talks about the quirky, cool and unique aspects of Vietnamese culture.
Giang Nguyễn: Yeah and even Vietnamism I think is very important to Loa because it appeals to your Vietnamese pride right? It appeals to your Vietnamese love and if you don't have that then obviously you're not going to care for the other stories. And then the total opposite of Vietnamism, I think, is Solitary Envoi, which is a segment that talks about the voices that are being imprisoned or works of arts that come out of prison or come out of repression. This category was an idea that Quyên conceived and even the name was her idea, which I love this segment, but when she first proposed it, I was like "What? Who's going to listen to this?"
Trinh Nguyễn: Who's going to listen to our translation of a poem?
Giang Nguyễn: Right, like, how many interesting things can you do about something that somebody said behind bars. But you can! Oh my god, this segment, I love it.
Quyên Ngô: Actually just a quick note on the name Solitary Envoi. So "solitary" is "solitary confinement," because the segment highlights the voices of those who are being isolated, and a lot of them are in solitary confinement at some point. And "envoi" is both a short stanza at the end of a poem, but an "envoy" is also a messenger. So that's what we aim for in this segment. We act as messenger for voices from behind bars and we talk about written works. And a lot of times they're pieces of art, they're poems, they're songs, written or inspired by prisoner of conscience or by prisoners of conscience.
Chris Lê: So Solitary Envoi was a surprising segment that became quite popular. But one segment that we always knew was gonna successful, was our Vietnamisms.
Chris Lê: And we received a lot of feedback for our "lullabies" story, which is very popular amongst the listeners.
Quyên Ngô: One of our listeners, Danny Lê, he also goes by dandiggity, he's a poet entrepreneur, and he says, a dreamer, from San Jose, California. He was talking about this particular Vietnamism:
"It triggered something in me as I was growing up in Oklahoma with my parents. I always remembered before going to bed as a child with my siblings our mother always signing to us lullabies in Vietnamese. Though we couldn't understand exactly what she was singing, it kept us safe. it made us feel comfortable, like the world was okay." Danny Le @dandiggity, San Jose, California
That episode --- you know it broke down the musicality of lullabies. It made me realize why it sounded the way it does, which you know, you could probably pull away that it sounded sad but there's a weird strength in that, especially the singing and how it's produced."
Quyên Ngô: I felt the same way listening to this this piece.It was so interesting to hear about a lullaby, outside of Vietnamese lullabies are often times very soothing--
Trinh Nguyễn: ...sweet....
Quyên Ngô: Yeah, soothing and sweet songs, but these lullabies, Vietnamese lullabies are kinda depressing. And so it was just awesome to hear about that.
Giang Nguyễn: Actually I never grew up with lullabies. My mom never sang me any lullabies. I have always wanted to do a story on lullabies, but I never had an outlet, until Loa came along. I actually heard this story on PRI, while driving in the car, and they were talking about lullabies of the world. Every country has lullabies, and I thought, wow we should do something on Vietnamese lullabies. But you know, who am I gonna pitch this story to? CNN? No (chuckles). Anyway, I always carried it around, and now I had this outlet.
Chris Lê: And touching on that, Giang, I guess you thought of that Idea for the lullabies story just by listening to the radio on your drive. A few listeners have inquired how we get our story ideas.
Trinh Nguyễn: Well luckily, we have a really large staff to churn out ideas. So there's actually a really great spreadsheet with tons of story ideas. So for Vietnamism, we have like over 50, 60 topics that we haven't even touched yet.
And then, for me, I sometimes, the story comes from my actual day work, my real life work. I was actually on location, in Singapore, with the StoryMaker training. I pitched it to Giang. Giang was the one who actually did the reporting on it. But I got to meet all these Vietnamese people, these citizen journalists and they were able to give Giang all these soundbites. But one, in particular, really stood out and that was Tăng Duyên Hồng, who at the time of the story, she had gone by the name Hạ Vũ and luck would have it that, six months later, when Giang and I went to Burma she gave us this really great update about what she'd been doing with StoryMaker.
"I use it a lot for many, many works. It's one of my works for RFA, for the woman's magazine. I'm totally using StoryMaker for that. The second thing is also for my own organization in Việt Nam. I'm also using StoryMaker to make many episodes, many writings, and even many videos for our advertising and public things. Yes, it's really changed my how can I say like my work a lot because it's easier for me to separate my message through the one that I want to talk with. Sometimes writing is too much and then that one is really, really helps." Tăng Duyên Hồng, Hà Nội
Chris Lê: And another time we really saw a story come to life is when both Giang and Trinh were in Burma not too long ago. What were your perspectives from on the ground?
Giang Nguyễn: It always helps when you're on the ground, because you get so....you have a lot of rich content, rich sound, because you're literally with the mic in people's faces and on the streets. So you get a lot of good sound that way.
Giang Nguyễn: For me, that trip was personally very enriching. I learned a lot from these Burmese activists and I hope that we were able to convey some of those lessons in our story, "Lessons from Myanmar." And some of our listeners reacted to that. Here's a 19-year-old from Germany and he sent us this comment, in German.
"The best episode for me was the latest one. It was the one you were in Burma. I was interested how the democracy progress in Burma worked so well. And it's an important step for us Vietnamese if we want to achieve democracy in Việt Nam." 19-Year-Old Vietnamese German
Giang Nguyễn: ….which I think is great, because I'm also from Germany. The lessons from Burma, really to me, was that whether you're inside Việt Nam, or whether you've been exiled, you are abroad, you can do so much to contribute to the democracy movement in your country. It's great that somebody in Germany, can feel that way.
Quyên Ngô: For me listening to it, what really stuck out to me was the comment that one of the Burmese activist said, about how crucial the relationship between those in Burma, leading the resistance, the relationships they had, the linkages they had to cultivate with the diaspora, with people all around the world. And that's something that I see happens with Loa as well. You know, one of our listeners Trần Minh Nhật, reached out to us and talked to us about what it's like being a listener and an activist from inside Việt Nam. And actually Trần Minh Nhật is a former political prisoners of conscience as well.
Giang Nguyễn: And he was sentenced to four years in prison and three years of house arrest. So this is somebody who is living the fight.
"We live in Việt Nam in a dictatorship, they don't dare to think, they don't dare to open their minds, to see, and to say. But I think deep in their hearts they still feel like the outside people. Because I myself feel that many, many people can understand and know really exactly what happening in Việt Nam, and they can feel, they can share the inside Vietnamese feeling.
Loa can give our Vietnamese voice to the world. It's really important. Because as you know that we don't any connection between outside and inside. It's not good for democracy progress. And I think that the lesson we can learn from other countries is we should have more connection between inside and outside to promote human rights, promote democracy." Trần Minh Nhật, Lâm Đồng, Việt Nam
Chris Lê: I had the privilege of talking to Trần Minh Nhật in this case, and to be honest, I was really inspired by his words, and I guess in a way, it validates the work we're doing for Loa, just helping get the message about Việt Nam from inside Việt Nam to across world.
Trinh Nguyễn: And definitely there's a lot more where that came from. We have so many more stories that we need to be telling, we should be telling. Our staff is already working on the next six weeks of stories. So we really wanna put it back to you, our listeners. If you feel like there is a story that needs to be told if you feel like there's something missing, voices that you feel like the world should be listening to, please make sure to reach out to us.
Chris Lê: Alright! That brings us to the end of our Year in Review 2015. A big thanks to Quyên, Trinh and Giang for joining me on this look-back today. Of course, our staff is much bigger than this and I want to take this opportunity to give them a big shout out--- all our reporters, sound editors, transcribers, voice-overs, social media mavens, all from Australia, to Paris, London, Denmark, Germany, all of Europe, to Canada, to the USA, Tokyo, and Việt Nam: Thank you!
And thanks to you our listeners! Here's to 2016! Wishing all of you a happy new year!
All: Happy new year! Cheers!


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The year of 2016 was going to my year where I was going to master the balancing act of my family life, work life, and well; just life in general. I wanted to be 100% wife, mom, sister, daughter, friend, and business owner. (If I'm totally transparent, I often feel like I fail at ALL of them, all the time. )
I wanted to be present in every aspect of my life that I often found myself last year one foot in, one foot out per-say. With my sidekick growing and changing everyday I fear that I will miss out on things and then with the studio growing and meeting new clients while still sharing in the lives of my loyal ones I don't want to miss out their moments as well. I don't want to let anyone down. ( I don't want to let myself down.) 2015 ended so great and 2016 started with a bang. One very much apprecited, but one also very demanding. I was so blessed to snuggle so many babies, share in the love story of couples and capture milestones for many families.
So in the trying to balance it all and serve hopefully all the areas in my life I will only be offering so many session a month and protect my family time. I hope that you all understand. You all mean the world to me and have been supportive and I don't think I can really ever express my gratitude to all of you. To those who have understand that my family comes first. To those who have let Blake come to sessions with me. To those who have pushed me to be a better wife, mom, sister, daughter, friend, and business owner.
Thanks to all of you!!! Much love and appreciation for you all sharing your lives with me.