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• Zoo Crew Teen Volunteers
• Internships
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Join the team of over 300 adult volunteers who contribute their time and help make the zoo a great place to visit.
Some of the opportunities for adults to volunteer include:
• Keeper Aide – cleaning exhibits, preparing animal diets
• Docent – educating guests about our animals and animal conservation
• Education Program Assistant – working with staff to help teach classes and lead craft activities.
• Guest Services – greeting guests, answering guest questions and dressing in animal costumes!
Adult volunteer positions require an application process, background check, fee to offset uniform costs, and a commitment of one year of 60 hours of service (an average of 5 hours per month.) Adult volunteer benefits include training and support, invitation to special volunteer appreciation events, discounts on concessions and Zoo membership, and the opportunity to develop new skills and make new friends!
The Houston Zoo offers unpaid internships for current or recent college students. Internships are available in most animal sections, as well as horticulture, education, marketing, conservation and other areas. Internships are offered for spring, summer and fall semesters, but not all areas will have positions available during all semesters.
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Fall 2013 Application Open: May 17, 2013 – July 31, 2013
Spring 2014 Application Open: September 13, 2013 – December 5, 2013
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We are no longer accepting applications for Summer Zoo Crew. Please check back with us in the winter.
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The 2013 Summer Zoo Crew lasts nine weeks between June 10th and August 16th, and is a major time commitment. Please read the detailed Zoo Crew Description and Requirements
First Year Zoo Crew assist our Education Department in one of three areas: Camp Zoofari, Education or Theatrical Interpretation.
Returning Zoo Crew who participated in the 2012 Summer Zoo Crew program may apply for senior positions in Theatrical, Education, and Camp Zoofari in addition to certain animal sections. Please read the detailed Returning Zoo Crew Description and Requirements
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Successful Fall Zoo Crew applicants must be available to volunteer from 8 am to 4 pm on the following Saturdays: September 14th, September 28th, and November 16th. In addition, they must also be able to volunteer from 8 am – 4 pm on one of the following Saturdays: October 12th, 19th, or 26th.
Fall Zoo Crew Description & Requirements
We are no longer accepting applications for Fall Zoo Crew.
The Houston Zoo welcomes corporate, school and other volunteer groups to help fulfill the Zoo's project needs. All group volunteers must be age 13 or older. The Houston Zoo requires at least one adult chaperone for every 10 volunteers under the age of 18.
Group volunteers are typically scheduled for projects/shifts lasting up to four hours. Most Zoo projects can accommodate a group size of 25 or fewer.
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has anyone else been keeping up with the comics?
disappointed with issue 100
same shit over and over, nothing new or surprising. the series should end after this conflict gets resolved.
has anyone else been keeping up with the comics?
disappointed with issue 100
same shit over and over, nothing new or surprising. the series should end after this conflict gets resolved.
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You know, but that's valid because if we are all gonna die anyway shouldn't we be enjoying ourselves now? You know, I'd like to quit thinking of the present, like right now, as some minor insignificant preamble to something else.
It's that tad bit of Crazy that keeps me Sane...
yeah.. they completely hyped the shit outta of it, but I loved the ending.. Most people seemed disappointed.
I thought "Lucille" would be a new zombie or a powerful weapon..
it's building towards something pretty damn good in my opinion (between the two groups) and making Rick completely (powerless).... I still think Jesus is going to turn into a pretty big character (who Robert will take to the end)
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season 2 started streaming today on Netflix.
I liked the second half of season 2, but the first half dragged for far too long looking for sophia.
I can't believe it's finally here (soon).
Seems like forever
I can't wait for another shitty season of characters who do nothing but whisper, who are so lacking in distinctive qualities that no one I know can remember more than three of their names, and where they spend 13 fucking episodes stuck in the same exact location having melodramatic conversations while all acting like a bunch of stupid pussies.
seriously, and i want to smother that little boy who didn't shoot the zombie. this is why you don't try to keep sheltering children during the zombie apocalypse.
i do like that the blonde became a badass and fought her way off the farm by herself for a good long time till that robed fellow found her.
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12/17: Pere Ubu @ Slims
12/18: Holograms @ Bottom of the Hill
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Didn't AMC stream breaking bad because of Dish? I'd check there before going the iTunes route.
Ooooh, so excited. 4 more days until I get my zombie fix in.
I'm planning on going the amazon HD route. Download it when I get off of work Monday morning and veg out. Whoopie!
This show needs to hurry up and kill off Lori, Carol and T-dog, all completely useless characters who drag the show down.
I for one was actually really excited about the prospect of Lori being eaten from the inside out by her potentially undead spawn!
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Carl didn't seem useless for once. Go figure.
Great episode.
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It's not often that we get to celebrate our granddaughters' birthdays on their actual birth dates but we always celebrate .............
................... Annie was born in June and Elle in September and since they live in London, we usually have a double celebration sometime late in July while we're all together at the beach. This year we decided to do something a bit different .......... A Little Chef's Birthday Breakfast; the girls planned the menu, had fun all week making decorations and helped with the food preparation. The breakfast was a big hit and was enjoyed by all. Check out some of their festive decorations:
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I cheated just a bit (well, maybe a lot) and talked them into these delightful Little Elephant Ears in lieu of the doughnuts; much simpler, quicker and equally delicious. The recipe, from Barefoot in Paris, calls for just two ingredient and can be whipped together in no time flat - perfect for a Little Chef's Breakfast or for the next time you need an impressive sweet treat ........... in a hurry!
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⅛ teaspoon salt
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2. Unfold the first sheet of puff pastry onto the sugar mixture and pour 1/2 C sugar mixture on top, spreading it evenly on the pastry. With a rolling pin, roll pastry into a 13" square and until the sugar is pressed into the pastry on top and bottom.
3. Fold the sides of the square towards the center, so they go halfway to the middle. Fold again so the 2 folds meet exactly at the middle of the dough. Next fold one half over the other half as though closing a book. You will haver 6 layers of dough.
4. Slice dough into 3/8" slices and place cut side up on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Repeat with second pastry sheet. You will have excess sugar left on your work surface.
5. Bake at 425 degrees for 6 minutes, or until caramelized and golden brown on bottom. Watch carefully because they can burn quickly at this temperature. Turn with a spatula and bake for additional 3-5 minutes until caramelized. Transfer immediately to cookie racks to cool.
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Time: 10:30AM - 4:30PM
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Exploring the Boundaries of Close-up Photography
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A close-up image is the opposite of a landcape : it contracts space ,
whereas a landscape expands it .But does this have to be the case?Is it
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Full story here one man's journey first -- on con space shuttle endeavor.
Making her new home of the California science center that's in Los Angeles and she is.
Where she's taken her sweet little time to -- and the house we have live in LA how long is this.
Yeah bill saga might call this two day twelve mile trip long trip for the shuttle but really you -- -- Friday traffic for most people here in Los Angeles.
Twelve miles we'll take Arab it'll go out for just two days we have a live view from above to get you look down on the shuttle -- quite a sight to see it sitting here next to a quiz -- sub shop.
In a middle a parking lot people walking in here from all the neighborhoods around to see this -- it was the last time.
You're gonna see -- still parked here that's for sure we just talk with mark Kelly you -- once commanded the shuttle talking about this -- and here's what he had to say.
When they took enterprise.
Which isn't exactly a real space shuttle they took enterprise to New York.
They -- on a barge.
Discovery flew right into the airport but here they have really the challenge.
And that's getting it through the streets of LA.
Back you're lighting it one more look candidate who -- here in the parking lot 123 million miles to travel in space -- They're calling this mission 26 it's the last couple of miles as I mentioned twelve miles total for over two days of -- get to the California sites that are in Inglewood.
Bill he's a beauty of this thing looks great in HD -- by the way what what are you have to -- meg yeah well it's it's quiet as to how to do this this whole issue.
Really takes a while for this thing to move.
Up partly because it's so heavy we're talking about.
Pounds is taking a 160 we'll carrier to move it down the street they had to find a -- that could fit under because this thing is so big.
I you know -- to take is costing ten million dollars all told.
And as -- 78 but we've spent fifty foot.
Beat at the -- at the tip.
-- had to -- don't like 400 trees to do this we just -- with one of the workers involved about all the different details involved with this move.
And he says it went all the way down to the metal on the streets.
We've depleted the supply of plates from Phoenix Las Vegas and all throughout Southern California so as the shuttle passes over the -- We'll be leapfrogging them ahead to future.
Bill -- -- hour layover here in the parking lot of begin moving this morning at 2 AM again if everything goes as planned.
This shuttle it's 26 mission.
-- head right now Lochte hair and I can't wait for Friday traffic -- people are driving on the four all five.
And they look up and ACS Donald driving over the for a five freeway and of course we know about Los -- the -- traveling slowed up they get together cameras take.
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-- -- a really slow speed chase thank you Adam Adam Housley is live there and allies who shot thanks -- well last night.
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Where she was happiest: "At Bennington." Donna Tartt '86 with some of her favorite classmates before her reading in Wellesley, MA, on November 1. Thanks to Paula Powers '86 for hosting a great evening!
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Teaching technician and MFA '99 John Umphlett's exhibition, Evolving Resolution, is on view in Usdan Gallery/VAPA through November 29. His work crosses between installation, video, performance, and drawing.
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The Society of Genealogists is delighted to announce the programe for its Centenary Conference 2011
Society of Genealogists' Centenary Conference Saturday 7th May 2011
The Royal Overseas League, Over-Seas House, Park Place, 5 St James's Terrace, London SW1A 1LP
Breaking the Barriers – Innovative Genealogy in the 20th and 21st Century
The Society's Centenary Conference is a celebration of the past century of genealogy and the role played by Society of Genealogists. The topics will, of course, look forward to the future of the subject. The conference will include a full day of lectures and networking luncheon and dinner, featuring nationally and internationally known genealogical speakers.
The conference lectures streams examine how the SoG has influenced genealogy over the century. It will look at the period that saw the foundation of the Society. It will focus on issues facing family historians today and the technical advances that may help. We will discuss where we see the subject going in the future. It will show how family historians can take their genealogy further and break the barriers of their research.
Registration from 9.30am
Conference 10.15-6.30pm, Conference Reception & Banquet 7-ca 9.45pm
Conference prices
Conference including lunch (early bird rate up to 31 January 2011) £99
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Places are limited. Click here to book a place via the Society of Genealogists online shop
The full conference programme is as follows. Click on the speaker's name to discover more about them.
09.30-10.15 | Registration/Tea & Coffee | |
10.15 | Welcome | |
10.30-11.30 |
Session 1A From Memory to Digital Record: Personal Heritage, Family History and Archives in the 21st Century An examination of the rise of personal heritage and personal archiving, alongside changes to the way history is disseminated, researched and consumed – mainly driven by broadcast media and the Internet. The challenges to traditional archives are many and varied, and I examine the role of genealogy in expanding the use of non-traditional archives, and the growing influence of oral history and eye-witness accounts that are usually neglected by academic historians |
Session 1B It's In Our Genes: A DNA Project Case Study This session (by project co-founder/co-administrator) presents the structure of creating and organizing any DNA project, using an established project as a case study. It covers setting project goals and joining criteria; how to publicize the project; persuading participants to join; results and surprises, advertising results and communicating with participants. The program focuses on IberianAshkenaz DNA. Project at FamilyTreeDNA.com as a case study, but is equally applicable to a DNA project covering any ethnicity. This project attempts to prove the family stories of some Eastern European Ashkenazi Jews that their families were of Sephardic origin (with roots in Spain or Portugal). Sponsored by the Halsted Trust |
11.45-12.45 | Session 2A
The Progress of Our Profile – 100 years of the SoG An illustrated account of the Society's development from 1911 to 2011 and its impact on international genealogical research. Born in borrowed premises, the Society embraced interests across the United Kingdom, British Empire and then worldwide, collecting unique and transcribed materials into its ever-expanding prestigious library. Public access to Government historical papers and archives throughout the past 100 years has been championed by the Society voicing forceful arguments to national committees and consultation groups. With a century of expertise from paper-based notes to electronic storage and delivery of data and documentation, the SoG continues to advance with the times |
Session 2B Dr Bruce Durie FLS, FSAScot, FHEA The Future of Genealogy Education Genealogy is at a cusp – increasing professionalism requires more formal educational provision, and the public is coming to expect educational and professional credentials. At the same time, Genealogical Studies is becoming a recognised academic discipline. How will this be delivered, and what are the implications for existing and intending professional genealogists Sponsored by the Halsted Trust |
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14.00-15.00 |
Session 3A Parish Registers: Problems and Progress Parish registers have often been regarded as the primary source of vital statistics prior to civil registration (1538-1837), though this was not the purpose of their creation. Their effective use must also take into account the problems of migration, non-registration and non-conformity. Over the past century, public access to registers has been aided by the establishment of County Record Offices, while the transcription and publication of registers has enabled the wide distribution of much genealogical data. More recently, the searching of registers across parish boundaries has been facilitated by the development of electronic databases and digitization of the original records. |
Session 3B The Past, Present And Future of Records Preservation and Public Access This talk will review the changes to preservation of and access to genealogical records d over the last 100 years and will then describe the current state-of-the-art tools and future developments. Included will be an assessment as to how genealogists have contributed to and adapted to these changes |
15.15-16.15 |
Session 4A Dr Gill Draper, FRHist. Soc, FSA. Beyond The Grave: Challenges of Family Reconstruction Before the 18th Century This illustrated lecture explores the challenges of taking a family history back in time beyond the 18th century, perhaps even to the Middle Ages. Using the example of the Godfreys of Lydd, Kent, it considers material from church brasses, plaques, monuments, wills and antiquarian pedigrees. The lecture argues that two technological innovations make family reconstruction in the distant past seem ever more possible: the huge amount of material now available online and the use of relational databases like Access to bring together people with the same surname. It reviews both the pitfalls and the potential of this approach. |
Session 4B Family History Communication in the 21st Century – Blogging, Social Networking and Ezines The digital world is changing; no longer is it sufficient to just put up a static website as there are more people using YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other Social Networking sites than search the Internet daily. The search engines today prefer blogs with regular fresh new content. This creates a challenge to the average family historian wishing to make their genealogies available to the widest audience on the World Wide Web. This lecture will help to explain how these new uses of the Internet can be used for family history |
Tea & Coffee | ||
16.30-17.30 |
Session 5A Beyond Soundex Name matching systems, such as Soundex, have been seen as a tool for social and local historians but lacking the accuracy needed for family research. But as available datasets get larger and larger, search automation seems more attractive. This paper compares the many different methods of name matching in use within the databases we use regularly and suggests how a family historian might proceed |
Session 5B I've Got a Little List – Digital & Other Sources for the "Long 18th Century" 1688-1837 An overview of the sources that can supplement the deficiencies of parish registers using what are known in the SoG Library as "local lists" generated for ad-hoc need or census substitutes and lists generated by the parish such as the duties on baptism and marriages 1695-1706 or the provision for parish poor; lists generated for defense such as musters and militia; lists generated by the state for taxation and lists of voters and ratepayers. Some of these underused treasures of the SoG will be digitized for the forthcoming business index and other projects. |
17.45-18.30 |
Session 6 – Juliet Nicolson The Perfect Summer. Dancing into the Shadow in 1911 The summer of 1911– the year the SoG was founded – is seen through the eyes of a series of exceptional individuals including a debutante, a choir boy, a politician, a trade unionist, a butler and the Queen. A new king was crowned and audiences swarmed to Covent Garden to see the Ballet Russes and Nijinsky's gravity-defying leaps. The aristocracy was at play, bounding from house party to the next; the socialite Lady Michelham travelled with her nineteen yards of pearls while Rupert Brooke a 23-year-old poet spent the summer swimming in the river at Grantchester. But perfection was over-reaching itself. The rumble of thunder from the summer's storms presaged not only the bloody war years ahead: the country was brought to near standstill by industrial strikes, and unrest, exposing the chasm between privileged and poor as if the heat was torturing those imprisoned in society's straitjacket and stifled by the city smog. Children, seeking relief from the scorching sun, drowned in village ponds. What the protagonists could not have known is that they were playing out the backdrop to WWI; in a few years time the world, let alone Britain, would never be the same again. Juliet Nicolson illuminates a turning point in history. Presented by the Halsted Trust |
Comfort Break or Bar | ||
19.00 | Reception | |
19.30 | Conference Banquet | |
Musical Entertainment by Catherine Howe Banquet Talk 1942 ….. "in afternoon went to Soc of Genealogists, cost £3.3.0, a fine place." A fascinating glimpse into the diarised accounts of genealogical research undertaken by two members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England, the first in 1889 and the second in the 1940's. |


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Laphroig 30 years Signed by Ian Henderson
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Very nice forum...Happy to be here!! I have a question regarding a Laphroaig I have and want to sell it. It is a Laphroaig 30 years and it is signed by Ian Henderson in 1998. I did search the internet, but can't really find anywhere to post a listing. Maybe somebody has an idea. Thanks so much Jack(US) Last edited by jaro06; 12-10-2012 at 08:25 AM. Reason: typo |
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Might want to check that spelling a bit...tends to hurt your searches :-) As for ******* your bottle, whisky.com is a great forum for finding buyers and collectors and the internet abounds with whisky-fans in general. Aside from putting it up with some of the better auction houses (Bonhams www.bonhams.com, or McTears www.mctears.com), you might want to let potential buyers know here the bottle is located...shipping such items can be very difficult, and very expensive, particulary is going abroad. (Whisky.com has a large international audience, and we hail from more countries than most people can recite off hand!) If you live outside the US, I still see alot of bottles being **** on eBay sites, but in the US that has been banned recently. Keep searching, and put an "A" between the "o" & "i" when you do this... You should have better results on the next go-round ! Cheers, Walter C Hurst email@example.com |
thanks so much for pointing that out to me. Was typing too fast. I'm in the US and you are right about ebay. But again thanks so much for your reply and please let me know if you have any other ideas. |
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012
retirement card
Here is an aperture retirement card i have made using a butterfly stamp set from the crafty pad.I love this stamp set its my favourite as it is so versatile.I have used my new papers from trimcraft first edition..they are glittered and embossed ..The ribbon and pearls are from meiflower crafts ...
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34 comments:
- Desire Fourie said...
Oh wow, this is a gorgeous window creation. Loving the beautiful butterfly and peach colours.
Desire - 24 April 2012 06:06
- Vicky said...
Just so gorgeous Tracey...so love the beautiful butterfly hun :o)
big hugs Vicky xx - 24 April 2012 06:48
- Shirley-anne said...
Hi Tracey.
Love the apeture , the paper and that sweet butterfly .
Thanks for sharing on Make it Monday - 24 April 2012 07:21
- craftybren said...
Another great card love those colours. Thank you for joining Craftybrens Challenge again
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- Catherine said...
Gorgeous card and I adore that butterfly.....
- 24 April 2012 08:18
- Hazel said...
A beautiful aperture card and lovely oolours. Thanks for joining us at OSAAT. Hazel x
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- Amanda Phillips said...
Beautiful! Thank you for joining with us over at Love To Create Challenges.
~Amanda LTCDT - 24 April 2012 12:13
- Grenouille Greetings said...
Fab colour combo on this pretty apperture card, Tracey! Hugs, Lesley
- 24 April 2012 14:41
- pinky said...
Gorgeous card, love the colours. Thanks for joining us at Crafts4Eternity.
Pinky - 24 April 2012 17:22
- Debs said...
Gorgeous card, love your image and colours,that butterfly is wonderful
Thanks for joining us at The Paper Shelter this week.
Hugs Debs - 24 April 2012 19:43
- Jo said...
Stunning. I love what you have done with the butterfly and the card opening. Your paper and details are all beautiful. Thanks for joining us at TTCRD.
- 24 April 2012 21:17
- Dawn said...
What a beautiful card! It's just great to see Crafty Pad images in the challenge!
Thanks for playing at The Crafty Pad in our Live on The Edge Challenge!
Good Luck
Dawn xxx
PS You're card is also eligible for the Anything Goes With a Crafty Pad Image monthly challenge, You can find it in the side bar of the challenge blog! xx - 24 April 2012 21:36
- debbi taylor said...
I love the subtle colour combination that you have used in your card... loving the crafty pad image as well!
thank you for joining us in the challenge at the crafty pad this week x - 24 April 2012 21:53
- Céline said...
really stunning
thanks for playing with us at stamptacular sunday this week
céline - 24 April 2012 21:53
- Elizabeth Hart said...
Beautiful dimensions on this lovely card. The butterfly is stunning. Thanks so much for joining us this week at the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge.
- 25 April 2012 01:48
- happyscrapper said...
This is a beautiful butterfly card. I love the colors you chose. Thanks for joining us at OSAAT, and hope to see you back.
Christine Dt at OSAAT - 25 April 2012 02:51
- Crafting Gill said...
Wow love this card thank you again for joining in Craftybrens challenges and good luck please also have a look at our other challenge blog http://craftybrensnaughtystep.blogspot.co.uk you might like to join in this one as well some great prizes
Gill x - 25 April 2012 08:36
- Heide said...
Just stunning! Saw you on MIM.
Hugs, Heide - 25 April 2012 12:34
- Zenita Smith said...
Beautiful Card!!! Thanks for sharing with us at Love to Create Challenge Blog!!
Z - 25 April 2012 13:43
- Darlene (SCS:akronstamperdpk) said...
WOW! Another FABULOUS creation! I can see why you love that butterfly set ... GORGEOUS! Thanks so much for joining our "ANYTHING GOES" challenge at Shelly's Images! Please come back and join us again real soon!!
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DAR'S CRAFTY CREATIONS - 25 April 2012 14:40
- ~♥~The Navy Wife~♥~ said...
Wow this is amazing! You have also used my favorite TCP stamp too! I do love how life like it looks when layered up. I see Dawn mentioned that you were also eligible to enter this into the TCP anything Goes draw. You can find the link here http://thecraftypad.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/april-anything-goes-with-crafty-pad.html The April Showcase closes on the 30th of this month and it would be shame to add your link. Thanks again for playing with us at The Crafty Pad :)
- 26 April 2012 13:20
- Cheryl said...
I love your beautiful butterfly!
I'm stopping by from MIM. (I'm number 205)
**I am having a give-away on my blog. Feel free to stop by if you are interested.** - 26 April 2012 15:59
- Susie said...
Really gorgeous card - I adore that butterfly stamp! Thanks for joining our Earth Tones challenge at Dream Valley. Susie x
- 26 April 2012 19:59
- Gloria Shirr (purpleglo) said...
Gorgeous card Tracey!! I love your butterfly!! How cool is that!! Gloria
Visit my blog - would love more members.
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- melsanford said...
A beautiful card - gorgeous colours and I love the butterfly! Thank you for joining us at Dream Valley :-) Love 'n' hugs, Mel xx
- 27 April 2012 09:57
- ~Tammy~ said...
Your window card is gorgeous and that butterfly is amazing! Thank you for sharing this entry at The Cupcake Craftroom this month!
- 27 April 2012 16:48
- my little scrapping corner said...
beautiful card. love it
thanks for joining us at C4E, hope you join us soon again.
my little scrappingcorner
DT Craft 4 Eternity - 28 April 2012 07:51
- Wattage said...
This is such a lovely card - thanks for joining us at Through The Craftroom Door Challenge, Lisa (DT) x
- 28 April 2012 19:44
- Asia King (aka Joanna K) said...
I saw your card on MIM :). Beautiful design - the butterfly is stunning! Hugs, Asia (entry #250) x
Ps. I'm celebrating my 2nd Blogaversary and have a sweet little candy for grabs ;-). Hope you will join my celebrations and good luck! - 28 April 2012 20:48
- CG said...
Incredible! Love that butterfly, and especially love that it's a window card. Thank you for joining us at One Stitch at a Time this week! Best, CG
- 29 April 2012 02:41
- Jacki Randolph said...
Absolutely Gorgeous Tracey! Thanks for playing along with us at Love to Create Challenge!
- 29 April 2012 06:26
- suzARTe said...
I just love this beautiful card, its just amazing. The butterfly is just great as the main attraction of the card and it just pops with the several layers. I love all your pretty papers as well.
Thanks so much for entering your card at Anything goes, Just keep on creating. I hope you will continue to play along :) - 29 April 2012 12:45
- jennifer said...
That butterfly is a stunning image, and I love the finishing touch of the pearls. Thanks for joining us at SJ Crafts! x
- 1 May 2012 22:04
- S J CRAFTS said...
Beautiful!! Thanks for joining in with the S J Crafts challenge!
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I recently built a forum for an island in Thailand. My strategy was to build a website listing bars, resorts, scuba shops and so on. Then ask the business owners to start posting and let it take off. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong, nothing is happening.
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The first page isn't very friendly or inviting with a lot of text. I think maybe the map needs to be smaller and the test more spaced out.
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By LaDonna Beeker
O-N-E Editor
As I write this column, I'm sitting in my office at The O-N-E during my final hours as editor. During the past few weeks, I've been so busy that the thoughts of leaving my second home for the past two years didn't really settle until Wednesday when I put a box of business cards in a stack of my belongings to take home. I picked the business cards off of a shelf and fought back tears at the same time. Change is bittersweet.
By LaDonna Beeker
O-N-E Editor
As I write this column, I'm sitting in my office at The O-N-E during my final hours as editor. During the past few weeks, I've been so busy that the thoughts of leaving my second home for the past two years didn't really settle until Wednesday when I put a box of business cards in a stack of my belongings to take home. I picked the business cards off of a shelf and fought back tears at the same time. Change is bittersweet.
When I started at The O-N-E on June 12, 2009, I was ready for a challenge. I remember telling Publisher Michael Willard, "I wouldn't apply for a job I couldn't do." It was a challenge that I think I took on well and have accomplished. I learned a lot — not only about Catawba County, but about journalism.
I was faced with new obstacles to jump that I never dealt with at other newspapers. But I think everyone gets to a point, where deep down inside, you know when your time at a place has come to an end, and God opens another door for you to start a new chapter. That's where I am now.
So as I prepare to load up my rental truck and head 3 hours away to the far end of South Carolina on a new and exciting journey, I want to share some of my fondest memories with the people who mean the most to me in Catawba County — my co-workers, sources and readers.
The O-N-E
Ding, cling, clang. That's the sound of the front door opening. Depending on how fast the door opens and closes and the sound of footprints, I knew which person was walking in or out, even though my office sits in the back of the building and has no windows or a view of the front door. Ninety-nine percent of the time, I was right on my guess of a co-workers' entrance or exit. Speaking of footprints, I could always tell when Michael Willard was walking from his office at the front of the building all the way to the back to my doors. I'd wait patiently for him to swing around the corner and share his "breaking news" with me.
Another unique sound to The O-N-E that I've heard for the past two years are the noises from the women's bathroom. One of my four walls in the office is shared with the ladies' bathroom. Some days I wish I sat somewhere else, but for the most part, it brought a lot of laughter. I think we all know how women can talk in the bathroom — especially on their cell phones with the toilet flushing in the background.
One thing that I always enjoyed hearing was the rumbling and loud work of the press machine in the back of the building. Before The O-N-E, I never worked at a newspaper that printed its publication. They were always sent to another printer at a different location. So on the nights that I was at the office late enough, I'd see newspapers shooting through the press and being stamped with the day's news. It brings a lot of joy to a journalist at the end of the day to see the fruits of the day's labor.
The staff at the office is just as unique as the news we cover. No two people are alike, and there are a variety of views on politics and religion as there are in any electoral race. I've had the opportunity to work with a variety of department leaders on projects for The O-N-E that otherwise I would not have experienced.
I've hired new reporters and watched them leave for other callings. I've trained interns and signed their evaluation sheets knowing that I left a footprint in their journalism career.
I've laughed and cried in my office. I've listened to people from all walks of life coming through our building's doors and talking about a story idea they have, submitting community news or wanting to buy a newspaper.
I'm going to miss these sounds of footprints, chatter and laughter because they are only unique to The O-N-E. I don't think they'll be replaced, no matter how many more newspaper jobs I have.
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In preparing to write my final column, I went back and read my first column for The O-N-E, which published June 19, 2009. I introduced myself to the community and asked for people to stop by, call or email with story ideas. I'm proud to say that's exactly what readers in Catawba County have done for the past two years.
I've created some wonderful professional relationships with individuals in the community, ranging from business owners to dedicated readers and elected officials.
I've covered numerous Conover City Council meetings, Newton-Conover City Schools Board of Education meetings and Catawba County Schools board meetings. My favorite part about those meetings was the personal relationships that were created. The individuals who walked up to me to say, "I love your newspaper;" "Keep up the good work;" "I'm so proud of the weight you've lost;" and best of all, "How can I get a subscription to your newspaper?"
In this tough world where everything we write, as journalists, is printed for everyone to read, most of the time you only hear from people who are upset or find an error. No one seems to really share compliments, so when I do hear them, I tuck them away close to my heart for those rainy days when nothing but negativity is flowing through. So thank you to the readers and sources who always took time to share a positive compliment. Most importantly, thank you for supporting your community newspaper. Community journalism is for you and your neighbors, and it provides news you can't find in "the largest North Carolina newspaper."
Working at The O-N-E has been a blessing to me. I don't have enough space in this column to list everything I've learned, but what I can say is, this job opened the door for this new opportunity offered to me in South Carolina. Two years ago when I interviewed for this editor position with Michael Willard, I had no idea how much more I was going to learn when I started my first day. But I'm glad I was given the opportunity to live and work in Catawba County.
My portfolio is 10 times the size it was when I started in 2009, but my heart is also larger because it's holding a lot of good memories from The O-N-E and people in Catawba County. Blessings to all of you, and thank you for making me feel at home.
LaDonna Beeker has served as editor of The Observer News Enterprise since June 2009. Her last day is Friday.


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