Reptile and Bird Park, George

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You will find us driving from George to Wilderness just before the Victoria Bay turn-off on the right hand side of the road. The Victoria Heights Reptile and Bird Park is located just outside of George on route to Victoria Bay in the Garden Route. (On the N2 only 2km from the Garden Route Mall)

The Reptile Park houses a large variety of reptiles in their natural habitats. Amongst the reptile there are Anacondas of more than 5 meters long, Cobras, Rattle Snakes, Bullfrogs, \”Boomslange\” and leguans. Too much delight of young and old the Reptile Park is also home to a talking crow, small birds, monkeys and farm animals in like goats and rabbits and more in the touch farm!

Bird Park George

Exotic bird species like Knysna Loerie, and more than 50 species of doves, and a variety of Swans, Geese, Ducks, Sparrows and many more species can be seen. The owner of the Park has been breeding Show Poultry for the past 32 years. A number of South African Champions was bred by him and many of these are also residents of the Bird Park.

Super Tube in George, South Africa

At 8,5 meters high the Super Tube is one of the highest in South Africa. This is 2, 5 meters higher than the standard Super Tube! The Super Tube and picnic area is perfect for those hot days! Picnic tables and umbrellas are placed around the Super Tube. Braai facilities available! Open 7 days a week from 9:30 to 17:00

Flash Workshops by Ycademy: Is the Time Right?

The Ycademy Flash Workshops starting Monday, May 10, 2010 will provide all participants with the unique opportunity to acquire basic and advanced knowledge of Flash.  Is the Time right for you to move on and to take your web site development and web design capabilities to the next level?

Ycademy Evolution

For years Ycademy has helped people to develop online skills, covering from Computer to Marketing and to Website Development and Hosting knowledge. Converting knowledge to profit and editing to successful publishing remains our goal.

In fact, Ycademy has started as an online learning center for YORGOO Subscribers, where newbies and advanced online Marketers have met and then continued to interact to build mutually beneficial relationships.

Today, Ycademy Pros have acquired a high level of know-how and can be proud to develop for their customers some of the best performing websites on the entire internet also due to the high performance semantic publishing frameworks from Semiomantics. Time has come to take advantages of more media focused publishing methods. For this reason we enter a new educational cycle starting with Flash, to move on to video clip and animated 3 D production and to the development of Applications for Desktop and Mobile Devices.

If Semiomantics calls its latest script ‘Evolution’, it is because Evolution is the first 100% Flash Framework tuned by Semiomantics and because Flash constitutes a necessary evolution to access advanced online publishing technologies. Accordingly we call the new Ycademy Cycle ‘Evolution’ as well.

What’s the Excitement all about?

It’s about being able to explore new horizons together and to share knowledge for the benefit of the entire team and ultimately of our customers. Moving to advanced editing enables us finally to express our creativity in new ways and to build rich and interactive content, making our publications more interesting.

In view of our upcoming new business project for which we seek the support and sponsorship of Microsoft, our traditional battle-cry is more true than ever:

Together we are unbeatable!

PS: The above Flash Clock will be our first little Flash project this coming week.

Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

Border collies are known as herding dogs, especially sheep. They are excellent watch dogs, love children and they are often described as the most intelligent dogs.

According to some information, a border collie had learned 1,022 words – reacting to them when spoken! Watching our inventive hooligan’s non-stop activities all day long it doesn’t surprise me… and tons of exercise and mental stimulation they definitely need, and this on an ongoing basis. It’s really a continuous dialogue – and a very endearing one as Holly has a very attentive and loving nature.

With one of her eyes being a clear blue – due to heterochromia (multi-colored eyes) – she catches everyone’s attention anyway!

Actually, Holly from Noordhoek lives in Cape Holly Road as you can see here, taken early this morning before our walk up into the Silvermine Mountains:

She will always make sure I follow and comes back to see that I’m fine – that’s just her nature:

Definitely lots of space to run – :

That’s our favorite morning run… tanking fresh air and energies before getting back to the computer and… Web Design with Passion!

Elke Woensdag vanaf 11h00 tot 15h00 is Pensionaris dag by Studio Lounge. Kom geniet ‘n heerlike bord warm kos met nagereg vir slegs R30. Ons sal ook gedurende die dag gelukkige trekkings doen vir ons gaste.

Studio Lounge in Mosselbaai bied ‘n heerlike Sushi aand op 30 Mei 2012. Kies vanaf ons heerlike Sushi spyskaart en geniet die aand saam met ons. Bestellings moet asb voor Wo. 30 Mei om 12h00 geplaas word. Ons sal ook deur die loop van die aand Sushi maak by Studio Lounge. Almal moet asb hul eie wyn saambring.  Die Italiaanse koffiemasjien is beskikbaar vir diegene wat die koue wil trotseer met ‘n Cappucino, Café Latte of Americano. Bring jou vriende & familie en kom kuier lekker by ons!

Daleen Cloete, hou op Donderdag 31 Mei 2012, 10h30 vir 11h00, ‘n praatjie by Studio Lounge in Mosselbaai. Die tema waaroor sy gaan praat is; “Watter boodskap dra jou lyf taal oor?” Koste beloop R50 per persoon en sluit tee en koek in. Hierdie gaan beslis ‘n praatjie wees wat jy nie sal wil misloop nie.

Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth

Fridays to Mondays – 10h00, 12h30, 15h00, 17h30, 20h00

An evil queen steals control of a kingdom and an exiled princess enlists the help of seven resourceful rebels to win back her birthright.

Starring: Lily Collins, Julia Roberts and Armie Hammer

Fridays to Mondays 10h00, 12h30, 15h00, 17h30, 20h00

A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik’s vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Amr Waked

Fridays to Mondays – 10h00, 12h30, 15h00, 17h30, 20h00

Adri, the owner of Dazzle It, invites the public to come and have a look at her new shop and says that she will still stock stylish custom Jewellery, imported handbags, wallets, watches and other accessories at affordable prices. Dazzle It offers something for everyone, whether you like extravagant custom Jewellery, colourful, timeless or elegant, you will find it here.

Adobe Flash Workshops and Seminar by Ycademy

A  new important Ycademy development cycle will start next week: Adobe Flash will be the focus for the next 3 weeks and beyond as the case may be.

The Ycademy May Seminar, which will take place on May 29 and 30, 2010 will concentrate on practical flash application and template modification accessible to people who have followed the flash cycle as well as for participants who have no clue about flash coding: we will work along two parallel workflows, one focused on flash editing, the second on xml editing.

Photo Yorgo Nestoridis

Flash Animated Photo Album

Here is our ambitious educational plan:

Week 1: Introduction and Graphics Creation and Animation

Week 2: Action Script 3.0, Flash Audio and Flash Video

Week 3: Interactive Flash, Project Editing and Publishing

The Great Ycademy Flash Seminar

The Program of the Seminar will be released shortly, however we already know that the Seminar will focus on productivity and using Flash to increase our service level for the benefit of our customers. Namely we will develop and implement flash based products and add them to our product range.

Pre-requisites

This cycle is for participants who have Flash CS4 or CS5 installed or who will install it shortly. The Trial Version available at Adobe will do for the time of the cycle. Please contact Bianca for more information and the best way of equipping your computer with the software.

It is recommended to follow all daily calls as from Monday, May 10, 2010 to acquire the basics; the calls will be recorded. Recordings are available for free to Ycademy Pros, and they are included in the Seminar ticket available shortly.

The Ycademy Flash Cycle is accessible to beginners and there is no need to have any special knowledge. Basic Photoshop knowledge is an asset but not necessary.

Note

The Ycademy Flash Cycle is the most Cost and Time effective way to take our online Web Design and Site Development business to the next level. Join Ycademy Pro and take advantage of permanent updates and cutting edge of technology made available to interested ordinary people wanting to do extraordinary things.

Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

Dwarswegstrandoord is a holiday resort along the Garden Route Coast line between Mossel Bay and George near Great Brak River. Here you can relax and enjoy the tranquil atmosphere of the coastal resort with direct access to the long white beach. The resort is access controlled ensuring your safety. Dwarswegstrandoord is ideally located to explore the wonders of the Garden Route.

The Caravan Park in Dwarswegstand near Great Brak River on the Garden Route is located on the seafront and offers 33 camping sites. All camping sites are on grass, have braai facilities and electricity points. Campers will receive an access code for the clean and modern ablution facilities. Laundry facilities with coin operated washing machines and ironing boards are also available.

Self catering accommodation is available at this resort in Dwarswegstrand near Great Brak River in 11 four bedroom houses and 9 flats. The 11 fully equipped four bedroom beachfront houses each have 2 bathrooms. These houses all offer one double bed, 4 single beds and a stacker bed. Three of the houses have a garage. 9 flats are located right behind the beach front houses; there are 4 single storey flats and 5 duplex flats. Each offers two bedrooms, a bathroom, open plan lounge and fully equipped kitchen. All flats have a carport. TV’s and braai facilities are available at each unit.

Pizzanello’s in George in the Western Cape offers a Lunch and Take Away specials on their mouth watering pizza’s until 15 June 2012.

Pizzanello’s Restaurant and Action Bar in George serves mouth watering pastas and pizza’s, handmade the traditional way with fresh dough made on the premises and baked to perfection in special pizza ovens.

Villa Chante in Dana Bay near Mossel Bay offers visitors weekend special offers on their self catering accommodation.

Villa Chante in Dana Bay near Mossel Bay in the Garden Route of South Africa offers self catering accommodation ideal for family gatherings, business trips and weekend holidays. Villa Chanté is situated in the Dana Bay Conservancy approximately 9km from Mossel Bay. Various fully equipped self catering units accommodating from 2 to 10 persons are available.

Digital Portrait Photography Workshop

After the Tuesday session we will continue tonight to deal with Digital Portrait Photography.

After a quick flash-back on How to shoot Portraits, we will deal with post editing portraits in Photoshop.

The workshop will follow a step by step workflow for quick editing and then look into more detailed post editing with Photoshop.

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Here some literature for reference:

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Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

Kempston Car Rental in George on the Garden Route is one of the countrywide branches of the Kempston Group in South Africa. They have a well established fleet of vehicles, offer professional service and competitive rates.  As they say at Kempston: Personal, Professional, All Day, Every Day!

Whether you travel for business or are going on vacation Kempston has just the car for you. The fleet of vehicles for hire includes various bakkies, 4×4’s, mid range and economical cars. Explore the Garden Route at your own pace in the comfort of your own rental car.

Kempston offer a car rental service in the Garden Route towns of George, Mossel Bay, Knysna, Plettenberg Bay and Oudtshoorn. Vehicles can also be delivered to other towns in the Garden Route between Swellendam, Tsitsikamma and Beaufort West. Kempston also have a branch in East London.  Airport deliveries can also be arranged.

The Barnyard in Mossel Bay provides live entertainment in Mossel Bay. Situated just 10 minutes from Mossel Bay on the Herbertsdale road, The Barnyard Theatre has been in operation for the past 10 years and is well known and loved by locals and visitors alike and has hosted most of South Africa’s top artists and performers.

26 May 2012
Time: Doors open at 19h00 for 20h00
At: The Barnyard Theatre Mossel Bay
Cost: R85 p/person ( children under 12 free)

Beer Bucket (6 x beers / ciders on ice) – R60. Van Loveren wines selling from R35 – R55 per bottle. Hearty meals served on a help yourself basis by the fireplace. R25 – R55.

Booking essential!

Digital Portrait Photography Ycademy

A specialty in Digital Photography is Portrait Photography. After our Digital Photography Seminar in April we will deal this week with Digital Portrait Photography at our daily calls at 8 pm London Time at yorGOtalk.

One of the most interesting subjects in Photography is the human being and thee are basically two approaches of picturing people and they depend on the main question:

What’s the Story behind a Digital Portrait

In other terms: what is the result you want to achieve, the story you want to tell, the moment you want to ban. A good photographer is a great story teller. And here is the point: you can write a comedy or a drama, neutral descriptions or flattering phrases.

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Digital Portrait Photography 1

In photography it’s the same as in music: a great theme can be declined as Rap, Hip Hopp, Blues, Rock, R & B and so on.

At our calls, we will look at some options as listed below.

Portrait Photography option 1

You want to capture a face, a story engraved into a face by life. The means: work with sharper contrasts, harder light and so on to enhance the details of the expression, skin, texture. Emphasize nature.

Portrait Photography option 2

You want to provide a favorable look, a flattering picture; your goal is to become the preferred son in law of your mother in law. Work with the powder box, softening, soft light and soft shadows. Strip off a few pounds and make the skin smooth by applying the baby bum filter :-). Wedding photography is using many of the same techniques we use here, just that there you may add  even more glow and glitter.

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Digital Portrait Photography 2

Portrait Photography option 3

You need a formal portrait, for example for a CV or Business related picture. The work starts with dressing up the subject and choosing the right pose. Get the best out of the subject and do only minor retouching, in any case your post editing should not exaggerate the enhancements to the point where even a mother would not recognize her son.

Portrait Photography option 4

Children and Pets. The main problem is that you need to keep them in front of your lens; the best recipe is to keep them busy instead of keeping them still for 10 minutes with a ‘Cheese’ burned into their face and a Colgate smile as if you had glued their mouth angles to their ears. Just keep them busy and … shoot.

Portraiture and Lighting

There are three main technical tools involved in the production of a good portrait.

First, the Light! Even with an average or low-end cam you can shoot for a decent result for as long as your light is right.

Second: a good Photo Editing program for your post editing tasks.

Third, a camera, whereas the two above mentioned tools will compensate for a big deal of your cam’s eventual shortfalls.

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Digital Portrait Photography 3

The most important Elements

The most important elements are: your Subject and YOU or rather: You and your Subject and the way you perceive it, and the way you translate your perception into a portrait. A portrait is successful when people who know the subject say: this is exactly the way he or she is. Or, under option 2 if your mother in law thinks you are a great photographer or when your just married couple and their families go WOW on your shots.

In other words: you must read the subject and you must be aware of the goal you want to achieve. Based on your reading and goal you plan your Portrait and you start imagining the lighting, the angle, the pose, the camera settings and so on. It’s a mental process which leads to the actual shooting.

More at tonight’s call.

Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

The George Lodge in George offers a winter special on accommodation. Stay for three nights or more and get a 10% discount on your accommodation in George at the George Lodge.

These rates exclude the following services available at the George Lodge, these services are available to guests at additional cost:

Affordable DVD Packaging

Affordable DVD Packaging was – amongst others – the topic of yesterday’s exciting Photoshop Ycademy Workshop and great Web Graphics Tutorial.

Affordable DVD Packaging

Is there a way for affordable DVD Packaging?

Well, there is the long way to elaborate all this in hundreds of little steps on Photoshop – that’s what I’ve learned and practised over quite a while based on studying the early Adobe Photoshop Bible 5 – and then there is today’s fast and spiffy way by using Actions or Action Scripts, where basically the whole process is extremely compressed into automatic processes with occasional ’stops’ to insert personalized data like a title, a name, a copyright… that deliver astonishing end products.

These Action Scripts allow even people who are no artists and who don’t intend to go that route… but who have equipped themselves properly with Photoshop and who wish to present their photos and images on Blogs and Websites in a professional and appealing way… to produce great results for say CD wrappers, attractive DVD Jewel cases and many other forms of packaging.

Of course, this is only possible because some professional Graphic Designer has gone the whole route of many little steps to create an Action Script – that basically recorded all these complex steps and wrapped it all up in a PRO Action product at a price or gives it away for ‘free’. Suddenly, anyone can get an eye-catching result at one or two mouse clicks. What’s important here is to find the real good actions between the many thousands out there on the Internet… but for this we have:

Photoshop Ycademy

Whenever working professionally, it is important to be properly equipped.

A good tool may have its price, but it’s all worth it as it saves us time and – if we know how to use it – it definitely gives us an edge over the competition.

Those Photoshop Ycademy Workshop participants who wish to reach the top – and with it a highly sophisticated clientele – have to continuously invest in high quality tools and their knowledge and skills to use them. However, this will allow them to focus on Productivity, get better results and have more music in their PayPal account at the end of the day.

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At the George Lodge International comfort, convenience and hospitality come together. This is a place where work and vacation, activities and relaxation is in perfect harmony. This stylish guest house in George is perfect for your family vacation and corporate business travels. The lodge is a short drive from the George Airport, guests have easy access to the towns commercial sector, restaurants and numerous historical landmarks and attractions.

George Lodge International offers a variety of fully serviced accommodation with all the amenities you would expect. With 22 bedrooms, made up of double rooms, twin rooms, family rooms, and 3 self- catering rooms you will surely find the type of accommodation to suit your requirements. For group purposes, the rooms can be changed to accommodate your requirements. Our complimentary breakfast consists of a delicious Continental buffet followed by a cooked breakfast option.

The George Lodge International also offers various value added packages, golf tours and a shuttle service. Take advantage of our value added packages where your getaway can include anything from breakfast in bed to a pampered day in a spa.

The Geneva Pharmacy in George on the Garden Route of South Africa now stocks a weight loss product that really works. The product has been available from the pharmacy for a while now and a many clients are very satisfied with the results they get from using this product.

Depending on your exact need there are various options in this doctor formulated weight loss product range. Products include a multi action fiber formula, a natural appetite suppressant, a thermo antioxidant blend and an advanced thermogenic formula. Visit the Geneva Pharmacy in George for more information and to buy your SLIMMBETTi products.

Victoria Bay Lodge is situated halfway between George and Wilderness on the picturesque Southern Cape Coast and offers comfortable self catering accommodation. The lodge is only 7km from George and 1,5 km from the Victoria Bay beach. Victoria Bay is one of the most famous beaches in the vicinity for safe bathing and is ideal for angling and a challenge to top surfers. There are also natural paddling pools amongst the rocks where children can spend many happy hours playing.

Enjoy home comforts and reasonable prices of the self catering chalets at this lodge in Victoria Bay. Various 4 and 8 bed chalets are available. The chalets offer a homely atmosphere and are crisp, clean and welcoming. The chalets are large and airy with ample cupboard space, modern and neatly furnished. Each chalet has its own carport and barbecue/braai facilities.

This holiday resort near the Victoria Bay beach is the ideal place to stay during your visit to the Garden Route. Besides the comfortable accommodation and lush gardens the lodge offers large under roof “Lapa” where guests can socialize and braai during unsettled weather conditions. There are also a fully equipped Laundromat and ironing facilities. For relaxation enjoy a game of Putt-Putt, Table-tennis or Darts.

Children under 2 years – Free

Theunis Minnie, ‘n fotograaf in die Mosselbaai omgewing, het geen bekendstelling nodig nie. Sy werke pronk al vir meer as 5 jaarin verskeie gallerye, huise en in verskeie trou albums. Tog is Theunis beter bekend vir sy unieke wyse waarop hy verskillende dele en onderwerpe wat eie aan Suid Afrika is weergee. Sy werke handel oor van Karoo Landskappe tot ou motors, geboue, windmeule en nog vele meer.

Dit is iets heeltemal uniek en boeiend. Staan jy en kyk na die fotos van Theunis Minnie se mees onlangse fotografie projek is dit kompleet asof jy weg gevoer word en ‘n wêreld betree wat net in elk van Theunis se unieke fotos bestaan.

Ongeveer 5 jaar gelede het Theunis Minnie begin om ‘n reeks fotos met soortgelyke onderwerpe in sepia formaat te bemark. Hy het onlangs besluit dit is tyd vir iets nuut en opwindend en dit is met dié, dat hy op sy besonderse unieke konsep van sy nuutste projek afgekom het, “die Reisende Stoel.”

Theunis vertel met smaak vir my die storie agter die konsep van die “Reisende Stoel”, en dit word vining duidelik dat hierdie ‘n projek is wat hom na aan die hart lê. Volgens Theunis het hy verlede jaar tydens die Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees oppad na Oudtshoorn verby ‘n plaashuis met ‘n soortgelyke sitkamerstoel voor die huis gery. Dit het dadelik sy oog gevang weens die uniekheid van die “uit sy plek staande stoel.”

Hy het besluit om verder te gaan met die konsep van die stoel en afgekom op die perfekte stoel in ‘n tweedehandse meubelwinkel in George, min het die stoel geweet wat alles vir hom voorlê.

Tot dusver was die Rooi Stoel al in die Knysna Woude, die baie bekende Cango Grotte, op die strand, tussen ‘n trop olifante asook in dele van die Klein Karoo. Theunis beplan om die land vol te toer met die stoel.

Die Reisende Stoel is n konsep wat baie mense aan die praat het in die Tuinroete. Maak seker dat jy jou eie kopieë  van hierdie gewilde fotografie projek van Theunis Minnie aanskaf.