DOCSLIB.ORG

Strait Talk April

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Strait Talk April S T R A I T T A L K Dates Set For 16th Annual George Strait Team Roping Classic The dates of July 10th and 11th have been day by calling 512-668-1513. Classic offi- GEORGE STRAIT TEAM ROPING CLAS- formally announced as the official dates for cials will be on duty both nights to make sure SIC the 16th Annual George Strait Team Roping that anyone interested in competing will be Attn: Susan Ivy Classic. The two day event, featuring many able to do so. P.O. Drawer 512 of the country’s best team ropers, will again Tickets for the concert will go on sale June Kingsville, TX 78363 be held at the J.K. Northway Arena in 6th. ALL SEATS ARE GENERALADMIS- Tickets for the daily roping events are $7.00 Kingsville, Texas. SION. There is no reserved seating. The floor and are available at the door. A limited num- The first day of roping on July 10th will of the arena is standing room only. Due to the ber of the daily roping tickets will be avail- find an estimated 200 teams competing for general admission nature of the concert, par- able by mail on a first come, first served cash and prizes valued at more than ents are discouraged from bringing children basis. Orders for the concert tickets and the $100,000. The fastest 25 teams after the first ten years of age or younger to the event. Fan limited supply of daily roping tickets will be two go-rounds will return on Saturday, July club members who choose to do so, may taken as of April 15th and must be post- 11th, to compete in the finals. The ropers on order their tickets by mail in advance. This is marked no later than May 23rd. For any fur- the winning team will drive away with a very helpful since the concert has sold out ther information call (512) 595-8591. truckload full of cash in the back of their new instantly during each of the last 15 years. The Kleberg County Parks Department will 1998 Chevy trucks pulling their brand new Mail your ticket orders in early because mail once again have their Fan Appreciation Party Bruton trailers. order tickets are limited. Persons ordering by this year. For further details on the party, On Saturday night, following the finals, mail should note that only money orders and please send a self-addressed stamped enve- George and his Ace In The Hole Band will be cashiers checks will be accepted. NO PER- lope to the Parks Department at the address joined by a very special guest in a concert at SONAL CHECKS, CASH OR CREDIT above. Please remember that the party is the Arena. CARDS should be sent as they will be being put on by the Kleberg County Parks Registration for the 1998 Team Roping returned without concert tickets. If you would Department and is not affiliated with the Classic will take place on May 29th and 30th. like to order tickets, please send $27.00 for George Strait Fan Club or the George Strait Teams willing to put up their $400 entry fee each ticket (including shipping and handling) Team Roping Classic. We hope you enjoy can register between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. each to: yourself. George Strait Nabs Four Nominations For The American Country Music Awards George Strait has once again, received a Diamond Rio, Randy Travis and Lee Ann Wednesday, April 22nd at the Universal host of nominations for the Academy of Womack. When the air cleared, George Strait Amphitheater in Los Angeles, California. The Country Music. When the nominations were was a finalist in four categories. They includ- awards show will be broadcast live on C-B-S read in Los Angeles on February 24th, Strait ed “Entertainer of the Year,” “Album of the TV from 7-10pm Central Time. George Strait had accumulated four more nominations for Year” for Carrying Your Love With Me, and his “Ace In The Hole Band” are expect- this year’s awards. “Single of the Year” for Carrying Your Love ed to perform on the nationally televised pro- The finalists for the 33rd Annual ACM With Me” as well as “Top Male Vocalist.” gram. Awards were announced by Marty Roe of The awards will be handed out on S T R A I T T A L K New George Strait Album Set To Be In Stores On April 21st The new George Strait album, “One Step At ATime” is expected to be in retail stores on April 21st, one day before the he appears on the nationally televised ACM Awards show on CBS TV. Strait EACH CALL COSTS $.99. YOU MUST BE finished putting the finishing touch- 18 YEARS OR OLDER TO VOTE. es on the album with co-producer Tony Brown shortly before Christmas. It includes all new mate- rial. Some of the songs were written by some of George’s favorite writ- ers including Roger Cook, Earl Clark, Jeff Stevens, Jim Lauderdale, Steve Bogart, Donny Kees, Dana Hunt (Oglesby) and Dean Dillon. S T R A I T T A L K Fan Collectable Column April / May 1998 Modern Screen’s Country Music Magazine - picture with Lee Ann Womack; page 54 - Awards). May, 1998 - Photo p. 8, photo p. 75. name mentioned for top 40 singles “Round • Ellwood City Ledger - Elwood City, PA- The Arizona Republic - Feb. 21, 1998, p. About Way” and top 40 albums “Carrying 2-28-98, p. 6 - article. A20, Your Love With Me” ending February 28, • Country Music - January/February 1998, page Nokia Ad - “George Strait Country Music 1998. 35 - name mentioned for top 25 Albums for Festival.” • Houston Chronicle - Zest Section - February “Carrying Your Love With Me” (8) and top 25 People Magazine - “Celebrity Style Secrets 22, 1998, page 6 - Billboard’s Top Country singles for “Today My World Slipped Away” ’98” issue - Feb. 16, 1998, p. 67 photo. Singles for “Round About Way.” (5), pages 55, 56, 65 - name mentioned. Country Song Roundup - April, 1998 - Photo • Houston Chronicle - Zest Section - March 1, • Texas Monthly - February 1998 - page 123 - and song lyrics - “Today My World Slipped 1998, page 6 - Billboard’s Top Country picture. Away.” Singles for “Round About Way” (#1). • Country America - March 1998, pages 79, 125 News Tribune - Jefferson City, MO, 2-8-98 • Houston Chronicle - Rodeo Advertisement - name mentioned. mentioned. February 19, 1998, page 7 - name mentioned. • Country Weekly - February 10, 1998, cover - San Antonio Express Newspaper - 2-22-98, p. • Houston Chronicle - February 20, 1998, page small picture with Norma; pages 3, 5, 30, 34, 4 mentioned. 1F - name mentioned. 46, 47, 67, 73 - name mentioned; page 35, 46, Kingsport Times - News, Kingsport, TN - • Houston Chronicle - February 22, 1998, page 59 - full page picture with Norma; page 58 - 2-24-98 mentioned, p. 8A. 16B - name mentioned. article and picture; page 78 - name mentioned Flint Journal - 1st Edition, Flint, MI, 2-19-98. • Houston Chronicle - February 26, 1998, page for top 40 singles “Round About Way” and Tempo Section B, page B6. 12B - name mentioned. top 40 albums “Carrying Your Love With Me” San Antonio Express Newspaper - 2-24-98, p. • Houston Chronicle - February 28, 1998, page ending January 24, 1998 and album cover for 2Amentioned. 12B - name mentioned. “Carrying Your Love With Me.” San Antonio Express Newspaper - 2-25-98, p. • Houston Chronicle - March 2, 1998, page 1A • Country Weekly - February 17, 1998, cover, 16 mentioned. - name mentioned. page 4 - name mentioned; page 8 - full page Country Weekly - March 10, 1998, page 6 - • Houston Chronicle - March 3, 1998, page picture with Star Stats; page 54 - name picture and name mentioned; page 43 - 10B - name mentioned. mentioned for top 40 singles “Round About picture for Country Weekly Golden Pick • Houston Chronicle - March 4, 1998, page Way” and top 40 albums “Carrying Your Love Awards; page 54 - name mentioned for top 40 12B - name mentioned. With Me” ending January 31, 1998. singles “Round About Way” and top 40 • Houston Chronicle - March 5, 1998, page • Houston Chronicle - Zest Section - February albums “Carrying Your Love With Me” 12B - name mentioned. 1, 1998, page 6 - Billboard’s Top Country ending February 21, 1998. • Texas City Sun - “Teen Beat” - February 27, Singles for “Round About Way.” Country Weekly - March 17, 1998 - Cover - 1998, page 1 - Billboard’s Best Bets - “Round • Houston Chronicle - Zest Section - February small picture; pages 9, 12, 32 - name About Way” (#1). 8, 1998, page 6 - Billboard’s Top Country mentioned; page 13 - picture; page 14 - name • Texas City Sun - “Teen Beat” - March 6, Singles for “Round About Way.” mentioned for Golden Pick Awards for 1998, page 8 - Billboard’s Best Bets - “Round • Music City News - March 1998, pages 6, 29, Favorite Entertainer and Favorite Male Artist; About Way” (#1). 49. page 15 - name mentioned for Golden Pick • The Jamestown Sun Newspaper - Jamestown, • Texas City Sun - “Teen Beat” - February 6, Awards for Favorite Album “Carrying Your ND - 2-24-98, p. 13 mentioned (ACM Awards 1998, page 8 - name mentioned for Bill- Love With Me,” Favorite Video Entertainer 4-22). board’s Country Single for “Round About and Favorite Line Dance Song “One Night At • Times-Picayune Newspaper - New Orleans, Way.” ATime;” page 16 - name mentioned for top LA - 2-24-98, p. A-5 mentioned (ACM • Texas City Sun - February 8, 1998, page 5A - 10 5 years ago for Heartland (#2); page 32 - name mentioned. The following George Strait Fan Club Members submitted to the Collectable Column - And We Thank You! As a GSFC member, you can join in and earn Strait Cash, receive your Strait Talk 1st Class and a Collector’s Card.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Rosemary Lane the Pentangle Magazine
    Rosemary Lane the pentangle magazine Issue No 12 Summer 1997 Rosemary Lane Editorial... (thanks, but which season? and we'd Seasonal Greetings! rather have had the mag earlier!) o as the summer turns into autumn here we extensive are these re-issues of the Transatlantic are once more with the latest on Pentangle years - with over 30 tracks on each double CD in Rosemary Lane. In what now seems to be that the juxtaposition of the various musical its characteristic mode of production - i.e. long styles is frequently quite startling and often overdue and much anticipated - thanks for the refreshing in reminding you just how broad the reminders! - we nevertheless have some tasty Pentangle repertoire was in both its collective morsels of Pentangular news and music despite and individual manifestations. More on these the fact that all three current recording projects by in news and reviews. Bert and John and Jacqui remain works in progress - (see, Rosemary Lane is not the only venture that runs foul of the limitations of one human being!). there’s a piece this time round from a young Nonetheless Bert has in fact recorded around 15 admirer of Bert’s who tells how he sounds to the or 16 tracks from which to choose material and in ears of a teenage fan of the likes of Morrissey and the interview on page 11 - Been On The Road So Pulp. And while many may be busy re-cycling Long! - he gives a few clues as to what the tracks Pentangle recordings, Peter Noad writes on how are and some intriguing comments on the feel of Jacqui and band have been throwing themselves the album.
    [Show full text]
  • The Sound of an Album Cover: Probabilistic Multimedia and IR
    The Sound of an Album Cover: Probabilistic Multimedia and IR Eric Brochu Nando de Freitas Kejie Bao Department of Computer Science Department of Computer Science Department of Computer Science University of British Columbia University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada Vancouver, BC, Canada Vancouver, BC, Canada [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Abstract We present a novel, flexible, statistical approach to modeling music, images and text jointly. The technique is based on multi-modal mixture mod- els and efficient computation using online EM. The learned models can be used to browse mul- timedia databases, to query on a multimedia database using any combination of music, im- ages and text (lyrics and other contextual infor- mation), to annotate documents with music and images, and to find documents in a database sim- ilar to input text, music and/or graphics files. 1 INTRODUCTION An essential part of human psychology is the ability to Figure 1: The CD cover art for “Singles” by The Smiths. identify music, text, images or other information based on Using this image as input, our querying method returns associations provided by contextual information of differ- the songs “How Soon is Now?” and “Bigmouth Strikes ent media. Think no further than a well-chosen image on Again” – also by The Smiths – by probabilistically cluster- a book cover, which can instantly establish for the reader ing the query image, finding database images with similar the contents of the book, or how the lyrics to a familiar histograms, and returning songs associated with those im- song can instantly bring the song’s melody to mind.
    [Show full text]
  • Mídia, Texto Cultural E Objeto De Memória Rock Album Cover
    Capa de disco de rock: mídia, texto cultural e objeto de memória Rock album cover: media, cultural text and object of memory Portada del disco de rock: medio de comunicación, texto cultural y objeto de memoria 636 Herom Vargas70 Resumo Neste artigo, pretendo refletir sobre três aspectos que caracterizam as capas de disco, em especial as do rock britânico e brasileiro entre final dos anos 1960 e início dos 1970: como mídia – em suas imagens e representações e na própria materialidade de objeto; como texto cultural – que articula dimensões semióticas em vários níveis; e como objeto de memória – por traduzir elementos do passado para o presente e seus respectivos processos comunicacionais. Por meio de tais aspectos, busco compreender essa embalagem, cuja função básica é a mediação entre artista, sua música, a gravadora e o ouvinte, sempre atravessado pelas marcas do consumo. Como bases teóricas, serão usadas a semiótica da cultura, a teoria das materialidades na comunicação e os estudos de memória. Palavras-chave capa de disco; rock; mídia; texto cultural; objeto de memória Abstract 7070 Universidade Metodista de São Paulo – UMESP, Brasil [email protected] In this article, I intend to reflect on three aspects that characterize album covers, especially those of British and Brazilian rock between the late 1960s and early 1970s: as media – in their images and representations and in the materiality of the object itself; as a cultural text – which articulates semiotic dimensions at various levels; and as object of memory – by translating elements from the past into the present and their respective communicational processes. Through such aspects, I 637 seek to understand this packaging, whose basic function is the mediation between artist, his music, the label and the listener, always crossed by the brands of consumption.
    [Show full text]
  • Joy Division and Cultural Collaborators in Popular Music Briana E
    Western University Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository August 2016 Not In "Isolation": Joy Division and Cultural Collaborators in Popular Music Briana E. Morley The University of Western Ontario Supervisor Dr. Keir Keightley The University of Western Ontario Graduate Program in Popular Music and Culture A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree in Master of Arts © Briana E. Morley 2016 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd Part of the Other Music Commons Recommended Citation Morley, Briana E., "Not In "Isolation": Joy Division and Cultural Collaborators in Popular Music" (2016). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 3991. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/3991 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Abstract There is a dark mythology surrounding the post-punk band Joy Division that tends to foreground the personal history of lead singer Ian Curtis. However, when evaluating the construction of Joy Division’s public image, the contributions of several other important figures must be addressed. This thesis shifts focus onto the peripheral figures who played key roles in the construction and perpetuation of Joy Division’s image. The roles of graphic designer Peter Saville, of television presenter and Factory Records founder Tony Wilson, and of photographers Kevin Cummins and Anton Corbijn will stand as examples in this discussion of cultural intermediaries and collaborators in popular music.
    [Show full text]
  • (Pdf) Download
    Artist Song 2 Unlimited Maximum Overdrive 2 Unlimited Twilight Zone 2Pac All Eyez On Me 3 Doors Down When I'm Gone 3 Doors Down Away From The Sun 3 Doors Down Let Me Go 3 Doors Down Behind Those Eyes 3 Doors Down Here By Me 3 Doors Down Live For Today 3 Doors Down Citizen Soldier 3 Doors Down Train 3 Doors Down Let Me Be Myself 3 Doors Down Here Without You 3 Doors Down Be Like That 3 Doors Down The Road I'm On 3 Doors Down It's Not My Time (I Won't Go) 3 Doors Down Featuring Bob Seger Landing In London 38 Special If I'd Been The One 4him The Basics Of Life 98 Degrees Because Of You 98 Degrees This Gift 98 Degrees I Do (Cherish You) 98 Degrees Feat. Stevie Wonder True To Your Heart A Flock Of Seagulls The More You Live The More You Love A Flock Of Seagulls Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) A Flock Of Seagulls I Ran (So Far Away) A Great Big World Say Something A Great Big World ft Chritina Aguilara Say Something A Great Big World ftg. Christina Aguilera Say Something A Taste Of Honey Boogie Oogie Oogie A.R. Rahman And The Pussycat Dolls Jai Ho Aaliyah Age Ain't Nothing But A Number Aaliyah I Can Be Aaliyah I Refuse Aaliyah Never No More Aaliyah Read Between The Lines Aaliyah What If Aaron Carter Oh Aaron Aaron Carter Aaron's Party (Come And Get It) Aaron Carter How I Beat Shaq Aaron Lines Love Changes Everything Aaron Neville Don't Take Away My Heaven Aaron Neville Everybody Plays The Fool Aaron Tippin Her Aaron Watson Outta Style ABC All Of My Heart ABC Poison Arrow Ad Libs The Boy From New York City Afroman Because I Got High Air
    [Show full text]
  • Visual Metaphors on Album Covers: an Analysis Into Graphic Design's
    Visual Metaphors on Album Covers: An Analysis into Graphic Design’s Effectiveness at Conveying Music Genres by Vivian Le A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University Honors College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in Accounting and Business Information Systems (Honors Scholar) Presented May 29, 2020 Commencement June 2020 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Vivian Le for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in Accounting and Business Information Systems presented on May 29, 2020. Title: Visual Metaphors on Album Covers: An Analysis into Graphic Design’s Effectiveness at Conveying Music Genres. Abstract approved:_____________________________________________________ Ryann Reynolds-McIlnay The rise of digital streaming has largely impacted the way the average listener consumes music. Consequentially, while the role of album art has evolved to meet the changes in music technology, it is hard to measure the effect of digital streaming on modern album art. This research seeks to determine whether or not graphic design still plays a role in marketing information about the music, such as its genre, to the consumer. It does so through two studies: 1. A computer visual analysis that measures color dominance of an image, and 2. A mixed-design lab experiment with volunteer participants who attempt to assess the genre of a given album. Findings from the first study show that color scheme models created from album samples cannot be used to predict the genre of an album. Further findings from the second theory show that consumers pay a significant amount of attention to album covers, enough to be able to correctly assess the genre of an album most of the time.
    [Show full text]
  • Keeping in Touch
    March/April 2021 KEEPING IN TOUCH National Garden Clubs, Inc. 4401 Magnolia Avenue St. Louis, MO 63110 314•776•7574 gardenclub.org Helleborus Niger President’s Postcard GAY AUSTIN Welcome to the Spring issue of Keeping in Touch. March 20, 2021 is the first day of spring. This particular day is determined by the vernal equinox, which is when the sun crosses over the plane of the earth’s equator, making night and day approximately equal lengths all over the world. How does this affect us as gardeners? Along with longer daylight and warmer temper- EARTH DAY AND atures, our natural world awakens, bringing bountiful beauty for us to enjoy. Encourage eve- SPRING GARDENING ryone you know to get outside and enjoy this season of growth. Inside This Issue Taking a deep breath of fresh air in a garden is both invigorating and inspiring. Gar- Earth Day Revisited 2 deners come in many shapes, colors and most definitely energy levels! For a few, Native/Endangered Plants 3 sitting back and viewing someone’s established garden is enough to satisfy their Environmental Issues 4 - 5 need for outdoors. For others, being able to experience the beauty of outdoors, Invite Birds 6 digging in soil and planting, helps to invigorate and lift our spirits. PLANT AMERICA with Trees 7 With 2020 behind us, we have high expectations of garden club activities in 2021. Spring Gardening 9 - 14 We continue to create interesting ways to meet and communicate. Sadly, we were Around NGC 15 forced to cancel the annual meeting that was scheduled for May 18 - 21, 2021 in New Jersey.
    [Show full text]
  • Tolono Library CD List
    Tolono Library CD List CD# Title of CD Artist Category 1 MUCH AFRAID JARS OF CLAY CG CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL 2 FRESH HORSES GARTH BROOOKS CO COUNTRY 3 MI REFLEJO CHRISTINA AGUILERA PO POP 4 CONGRATULATIONS I'M SORRY GIN BLOSSOMS RO ROCK 5 PRIMARY COLORS SOUNDTRACK SO SOUNDTRACK 6 CHILDREN'S FAVORITES 3 DISNEY RECORDS CH CHILDREN 7 AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE R.E.M. AL ALTERNATIVE 8 LIVE AT THE ACROPOLIS YANNI IN INSTRUMENTAL 9 ROOTS AND WINGS JAMES BONAMY CO 10 NOTORIOUS CONFEDERATE RAILROAD CO 11 IV DIAMOND RIO CO 12 ALONE IN HIS PRESENCE CECE WINANS CG 13 BROWN SUGAR D'ANGELO RA RAP 14 WILD ANGELS MARTINA MCBRIDE CO 15 CMT PRESENTS MOST WANTED VOLUME 1 VARIOUS CO 16 LOUIS ARMSTRONG LOUIS ARMSTRONG JB JAZZ/BIG BAND 17 LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS HOT 5 & HOT 7 LOUIS ARMSTRONG JB 18 MARTINA MARTINA MCBRIDE CO 19 FREE AT LAST DC TALK CG 20 PLACIDO DOMINGO PLACIDO DOMINGO CL CLASSICAL 21 1979 SMASHING PUMPKINS RO ROCK 22 STEADY ON POINT OF GRACE CG 23 NEON BALLROOM SILVERCHAIR RO 24 LOVE LESSONS TRACY BYRD CO 26 YOU GOTTA LOVE THAT NEAL MCCOY CO 27 SHELTER GARY CHAPMAN CG 28 HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN WORLEY, DARRYL CO 29 A THOUSAND MEMORIES RHETT AKINS CO 30 HUNTER JENNIFER WARNES PO 31 UPFRONT DAVID SANBORN IN 32 TWO ROOMS ELTON JOHN & BERNIE TAUPIN RO 33 SEAL SEAL PO 34 FULL MOON FEVER TOM PETTY RO 35 JARS OF CLAY JARS OF CLAY CG 36 FAIRWEATHER JOHNSON HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH RO 37 A DAY IN THE LIFE ERIC BENET PO 38 IN THE MOOD FOR X-MAS MULTIPLE MUSICIANS HO HOLIDAY 39 GRUMPIER OLD MEN SOUNDTRACK SO 40 TO THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED CRANBERRIES PO 41 OLIVER AND COMPANY SOUNDTRACK SO 42 DOWN ON THE UPSIDE SOUND GARDEN RO 43 SONGS FOR THE ARISTOCATS DISNEY RECORDS CH 44 WHATCHA LOOKIN 4 KIRK FRANKLIN & THE FAMILY CG 45 PURE ATTRACTION KATHY TROCCOLI CG 46 Tolono Library CD List 47 BOBBY BOBBY BROWN RO 48 UNFORGETTABLE NATALIE COLE PO 49 HOMEBASE D.J.
    [Show full text]
  • Ideas for Keeping in Touch
    Keeping in touch if you can’t be with someone who is so ill that they might die In this difficult time of coronavirus, we are all restricted from getting together with friends and family in the way we would like. This is particularly painful when someone important to us is so seriously ill that they might die, and we can’t be physically near them. Even though they are surrounded by people who are caring gently and kindly for them, it can be very hard to be apart from them. If this is your situation, here are some ways that you and your loved one can feel closer together, even at a distance. These ideas are intended to help whether or not there is a hope that your loved ones will recover. The Invisible String is a children’s book that describes the connections between people, even at a distance. If you have children in the family you might like to have a look at the book. If you like it, you could show it to the children and use it to introduce some of the ideas below, explaining that these are ways of keeping your ‘invisible strings’ in place. If your loved one is being cared for in hospital, hospice or a care home, check with staff caring for them which of the ideas below would work at the moment and ask them to let you know if this changes. Phones and tablets If your loved one is going into hospital or hospice, try and make sure they take a phone or tablet and charger with them.
    [Show full text]
  • Dtfspring 2014.Cdr
    Inside: Special Feature: U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Cookin’ up some history.............page 11 Impacting Lives in ARS “Gnat Ranch” roundup................page 13 ........................pages 5-9 Advancing Diversity in the Northern Plains Area www.ars.usda.gov/npa/voicesVOICES Spring/Summer 2014 Connecting with student workers By Barbara King who eagerly apply but don’t get NPA ODEO Program Manager selected? Area Office, Fort Collins, CO This puzzle of “connect” and “drift” is intriguing, especially in terms of hat is not to like about this recruitment, retention, and issue of VOICES and the departures. Just since the inspiring stories of just some beginning of FY 14, there have of our many former students been nine resignations, 12 Wand interns! These stories (found on pages retirements, and just seven new 5-9) would not be possible without the hires. Compared to 2003, the NPA incredible mentoring provided by NPA permanent workforce today is scientists and technicians. Congratulations about 16% smaller, although other to the featured mentors these students demographics have not changed much. lauded, and to all of the other support staff, Recruitment should ramp up this year. technicians and scientists who have given a Hiring decisions are critical to ensuring that foot-hold to so many other students not ARS continues to be the “go-to” agency for featured in this issue. agriculturally related research, and are crucial to building a workforce with the As I read these stories I can’t help range of diverse backgrounds wondering just what is the “glue” that and perspectives that are nurtures connections to start, grow, and essential to identifying and maybe even result in a permanent hire? solving the challenges ARS Certainly personality plays a big role, as research addresses.
    [Show full text]
  • SAS-SF Apr 2020
    Greetings Members and friends! By Irené Waldman Costello, 2nd VP ow is everyone doing? This has been a very challenging Htime for many people sheltering in place. There have been so many obstacles to overcome for us all, ranging from obtain- ing groceries on timely basis, accessing critical medications and also dealing with the loneliness and the feeling of being ostra- cized from loved families. And sadly more and more of us know people who have been personally affected, or have lost loved ones. Personally, my sister in law in Scotland has lost 5 people that she knew. And then we all know that both Prince Charles and Boris Johnson were taken sick with the virus, thankfully Francesca McCrossan, President both on the mend now. Life is very unusual right now. April 2020 I am no expert in viruses, or the medical field but I can’t President’s Message help wonder what this means Dear St. Andrew’s Society, for our world moving forward. What does this mean for my would like to start this message by saying that I hope you two lovely children that are and your loved ones are staying healthy and keeping in good I both so recent to this world? spirits as the world changes around us every day. Our lives in I also wonder when I will the Bay Area have been up ended, sometimes with very serious next see my elderly parents results, and at the same time, our experts are now cautiously in Scotland. Brian and I try to observing that the early rule to Shelter in Place may be lessen- tele-video them a few times a ing the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
    [Show full text]
  • Book Proposal 3
    Rock and Roll has Tender Moments too... ! Photographs by Chalkie Davies 1973-1988 ! For as long as I can remember people have suggested that I write a book, citing both my exploits in Rock and Roll from 1973-1988 and my story telling abilities. After all, with my position as staff photographer on the NME and later The Face and Arena, I collected pop stars like others collected stamps, I was not happy until I had photographed everyone who interested me. However, given that the access I had to my friends and clients was often unlimited and 24/7 I did not feel it was fair to them that I should write it all down. I refused all offers. Then in 2010 I was approached by the National Museum of Wales, they wanted to put on a retrospective of my work, this gave me a special opportunity. In 1988 I gave up Rock and Roll, I no longer enjoyed the music and, quite simply, too many of my friends had died, I feared I might be next. So I put all of my negatives into storage at a friends Studio and decided that maybe 25 years later the images you see here might be of some cultural significance, that they might be seen as more than just pictures of Rock Stars, Pop Bands and Punks. That they even might be worthy of a Museum. So when the Museum approached me three years ago with the idea of a large six month Retrospective in 2015 I agreed, and thought of doing the usual thing and making a Catalogue.
    [Show full text]