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Shady Nook

Zo Nicholas — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:51:30 +0000

Shady Nook

A warm summers day here has us all looking for a quiet shady nook to relax in. Have you found your shady spot?

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My Garden Flowers

Zo Nicholas — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:48:30 +0000

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My Garden Flowers

It’s summer and everyone here is enjoying the spell of decent summer weather. The British summers can be very unpredictable so we all try to make the most of it, spending as much time as we can outdoors. Not only do people enjoy the spell 0f warm weather but so do the flowers in the garden. It’s not only the apricots that are bathing and ripening in the warmth of the sun but also the peony, the cornflower, the roses to name just a few of the garden flowers that grow in my garden.

My Garden Flowers on Youtube

I have put together a short video of my garden flowers and it can now be viewed on Youtube. For the best result view the video in HD.

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Enjoy!

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Apricot Season

Zo Nicholas — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:52:09 +0000

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Apricot Season

As it’s the apricot season here in the U.K., and seeing all these ripening apricots on my little apricot patio tree, reminded me of when I was a little girl my mother used to make the most delicious ‘fruit dumplings’. Whatever fruit was in season in the garden , mostly apples and plums, she peeled and cored the apples, stoned the plums, and wrapped them in a soft dough to boil them and then sprinkle them with sugar and cinnamon. Absolutely delicious!

Sometimes she bought fruit like apricots and did the same. Labour intensive cooking but worth every minute spent making the fruit dumplings. I will have to try to find that recipe again.

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Apricot Season

Zo Nicholas — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:07:34 +0000

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Apricot Season

Apricot season is around July to end of the summer here in the U.K. and it’s definitly the apricot season here in Essex this year. It’s the first time that my little apricot patio tree, that was a birthday gift, has produced any fruit and it looks absolutely wonderful, well worth the wait. We have had a lot of strong winds here lately and I thought we would lose them all, however they have managed to hang on. Today I just couldn’t resist taking a few shots of the apricots with my Nikon as they bathed in the afternoon sun, they just looked so delicious and I am really looking forward to tasting my first home grown apricot.

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Tendring Show Video part 2

Zo Nicholas — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:19:28 +0000

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Tendring Show Video part 2

More images from the Tendring Hundred Show 2010, an Essex County annual Agricultural event. A superb day out for all the family. The Tendring Show video part 2 is now on Youtube , best watched in HD (High Definition).

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Enjoy!

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Tendring Show 2010 on Youtube

Zo Nicholas — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:55:31 +0000

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Tendring Show 2010 on Youtube

The day of the Tendring Show was hot with a cloudless blue sky. Staying cool for both animals and the public was a problem. The show was held in a field at Lawford Park which meant lots of dust being kicked up by animals and humans and cars. Not the most ideal conditions to take pictures, however some of the shots have been compiled into a video which can now be viewed on youtube.

Video is best viewed in HD.

Enjoy!

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Tendring Hundred Show 2010 images

Zo Nicholas — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:24:59 +0000

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Tendring Hundred Show 2010 images

More images from the Tendring Hundred Show on Saturday 10th July 2010.

Thick wooly coat in the middle of summer….phewwwwwww!

3 days old gosling sheltering from the midday sun.

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Tendring Hundred Show 2010 images

Zo Nicholas — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:59:27 +0000

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Tendring Hundred Show 2010 Images

This year even the weather was perfect at the Tendring Hundred Show, temperatures in the top 20C with a clear blue sky and a slight breeze. A perfect day out for the family. I have no idea about the numbers that attended the show but the car parks were certainly full and busy and so was the showground.

Tendring Hundred Show

The show is an annual agricultural event bringing together the farming community, the associated organizations, clubs and the general public. Lots of shows, events and displays in the various categories of farm animals, (equestrian and livestock), prizes, nominations and a chance for the public to get a closer look at what farmers and smallholders do.

Shows included:

Poultry Show by the Colchester Poultry Club
Rabbit Show by the Colchester & District Fur & Fancy Rabbit Club
Cavy (Guinea Pig) Show by the Suffolk Rabbit & Cavy Club
Rat Show by the National Fancy Rat Society
Pigeon Show
and….. a show for all the boys……..Vintage Car Show by the Colchester Vintage Motor Club.

The show is a great place for youngster to learn about animals and farming (as well as the adults of course).

Tendring Show Tradition

The Tendring Show was founded way back in 1899 by the Tendring Hundreds Farmers Club as a way for the local farmers to keep abreast of the latest technology that was available to them as well as a way to improve stock rearing.

Tendring Hundred Show Images

Below are a few images from the Tendring show on July 10th this year.

Does this taste nice?

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Tendring Hundred Show 2010 images

Zo Nicholas — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:59:27 +0000

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Tendring Hundred Show 2010 Images

Tendring Hundred Show

Shows included:

The show is a great place for youngster to learn about animals and farming (as well as the adults of course).

Tendring Show Tradition

Tendring Hundred Show Images

Below are a few images from the Tendring show on July 10th this year.

Does this taste nice?

Click on the images for a larger view.

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Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing.

Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.

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Online Media Production

Zo Nicholas — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:58:00 +0000

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Online Media Production

Preparations are already on the way for the July 2010 Ycademy Seminar – a seminar that will focus entirely on Online Media Production.

Ycademy Seminar Workshops

The Ycademy Workshops will be focusing on media production using some of the advanced professional tools available such as Camtasia Studio 7, Photoshop CS5, Soundbooth CS5, After Effects and Sony Vegas Pro.

Today’s young generation is being propelled into using media devices like never before, everything from mobile phones to ipads. Everything has to be portable, everything on the move.

As any Internet Marketer knows, if you have a product to sell you need to be visible where there is most traffic, right up there on the high street. Where there is traffic there are sales. If the traffic is on portable media devices then we must be able to produce media that delivers our advertising to these applications. Mobile commerce (m-commerce) is very much a new trend still in its infancy stage with a few teething problems, however many big companies see it as the way we will be shopping in the future.

Ycademy Online Media Production Seminar

The Ycademy Online Media Production Seminar will guide all participants in the direction of online media production in all the training and workshops throughout the day.

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Ycademy Facebook Seminar

Zo Nicholas — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:17:04 +0000

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Ycademy Facebook Seminar

Following up on the work that we did in Facebook during the Ycademy Facebook Seminar I could not help but notice a very intriguing post by Yorgo Nestoridis, an invitation to come and join in in a bit of fun.

Ycademy Facebok Seminar Fun

Of course, like most people, I just love to have a bit fun so I accepted his invitation. While enjoying a bit of messing around this little snippet caught my eye so I just had to do something with it!

Enjoy!

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Children Learn by Watching

Zo Nicholas — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:50:36 +0000

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Children Learn by Watching

It never ceases to amaze me how much children learn just by watching adults. They also grasp things very quickly. My grandson just by watching me at the computer has already understood that when I move the mouse or hit the keys things happen, so for his next trick he tries to do the same. Rather than mess up my work, this is where Oli’s Fun House comes into play.

Oli’s Fun House

Oli’s Fun House is my grandsons own play area online, totally safe where I have full control of the content, full control of what he sees. The site is suitable for his age group with a mix of images, some that he is already familiar with, all geared to help him learn and to build confidence and familiarity with a computer. [For today's young generation computers, mobiles, ipods and ipads are the everyday tools they are surrounded by.] Included in the Fun House is an area where he can play with the mouse and see a very visual effect online, great for developing hand and eye co-ordination. I will also be including music and games on the site in the near future.

Oli’s Fun House is still a work in progress and more categories will be added as well and the images changed over time. It’s been a real joy creating the Fun House, it’s lighthearted and fun but finding time to work on this project is pretty difficult sometimes for as most parents and grandparents know, children are time consuming one way or another.

Flash Web Design

Oli’s Fun House is based on the Semiomantics Evolution Script which focuses totally on visual communication through various forms of media, such as images, audio and video. The content of such a Flash Web Site is provided by the customer and elaborated in collaboration with a web designer – a Semiomantics Certified Consultant who will then embed text and media into the flash environment. Flash Web Design and Flash Intros are available at the Small Business Shop or you can contact me here to discuss your project.

The Evolution Script is very flexible and can be adapted to most any purpose, whether personal or commercial. In today’s world of visual expression and communication flash websites are a very evocative way to capture a target audience. ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’ !

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Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing.

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Ycademy Facebook Seminar

Zo Nicholas — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:55:03 +0000

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Ycademy Facebook Seminar

It seems everyone is talking about Facebook these days! Even at Ycademy.

So many people just seem to hang out on Facebook. There are many Social Network sites but Facebook appears to be one of those more popular ones. Once logged in you will notice how many different features there are apart from the usual profile form to fill in. You can get totally lost and confused among about all the various settings and applications that there are and the countless possibilities.

Ycademy Seminar

This months Ycademy Seminarfocuses on Facebook as well as on the the recent changes. As Facebook’s global dominance grows among the Social Networking sites,[Facebook aims to reach a billion users] its certainly a site to take seriously if you are marketing online. To this end any service provider using this facility to facilitate an professional presence there must keep abreast of all the changes.

Facebook, when used efficiently, has the potential for professional promotion of any service or product with high visibility and cutting the advertising budget. The Ycademy Seminar will explain it all.

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Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing.

Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.

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Children Learning

Zo Nicholas — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:00:02 +0000

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Children Learning

We all know that’s children love to play and have fun! It’s the way kids learn. It all starts when they are really tiny as babies, even if it doesn’t look like anything to us, they are exploring their new world. There’s so much to learn and they absorb it all like a sponge.

Children Learning through Play

I have taken great pleasure in watching my grandson over the past year explore his new world, everything is so fascinating! It has to be touched, tasted, shaken, rattled, listened to. A world full of wonders. It’s learning through play. They watch, they copy. They play with the most mundane things even a crumb of the floor. Its really fascinating for us adults too to just stand back and watch, it never ceases to amaze me what they pick up from us and copy in their play.

Oli’s Fun House

My grandson has watched me work at the computer, fascinated by the colours and the flickering screen. He’s now at an age where he wants to climb up on my lap and copy what I do. His curiosity and his eagerness to learn has inspired me to create his own flash website, a Fun House where I can be in control of what he sees, what he learns and where he can have some FUN!

So, welcome to the first draft of Oli’s Fun House and watch this space for more to come.

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Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.

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Pink Rose

Zo Nicholas — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:59:15 +0000

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Pink Rose

As the wind blows of the sea all the garden plants really struggle to keep their heads. [ This reminds me of the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderful, 'off with their heads'.] Even the pink roses have a hard time standing straight against the wind. Although we are already in June, most days are below 20C with a cool to cold wind blowing of the sea.

As I strolled round the garden I couldn’t resist grabbing my camera to take a shot of this beautiful pink rose head before it gets blown away. A pink rose to warm anyone’s heart.!

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Cornflower Blue

Zo Nicholas — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:19:42 +0000

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Cornflower Blue

You have to really get close to the cornflowers in my garden to admire the stunning cornflower blue flower heads. Florists love cornflowers for their dazzling colour that brightens up any bouquet. The colour seems to attract so many insects who spend their time just buzzing from one flower head to another.

The insect on this cornflower flower head looked like an enamelled insect brooch which attracted my eye. If you click on the image to enlarge it you may see what I mean. The colours on him were so luminous, they seemed unreal. Maybe it was just the sunlight that created this effect. Indeed a very handsome bug, but what its called I have no idea.

Cornflower Blue Colour

The cornflower sometimes called the Bachelor’s button, Basket flower, Boutonniere flower was once used to make the colour blue. Today it is more commonly used as an ingredient in some tea blends and herbal teas and in herbal remedies. It is also the national flower of Estonia.

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Blue Cornflower

Zo Nicholas — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:55:52 +0000

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Blue Cornflower

The warmer weather here in S.E England has encouraged a beautiful display of the tall and slender Blue Cornflower in our garden, a joy for all to see. The bugs love them too. I have no idea what this little bug is called that was sitting on the cornflower head, but it appeared to be enjoying something. Time to grab the Nikon and take a few shots!

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Cornflower

Years ago the Cornflower was considered a troublesome weed, today its is on the GB Endangered list and protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 due to its decline over the past century.

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Semiomantics XO Advertising

Zo Nicholas — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:29:50 +0000

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Semiomantics XO Advertising

Have you ever heard of Semiomantics XO? Well, it’s one of the best blog scripts that I know and I have tried and tested a few over the past few years. Not only is it the best performing script but that it is so versatile, totally flexible and adaptable to any theme that’s why I have added it to my Small Business Shop.

I personally prefer a clean, crisp site that is easily navigated and presents the blog post in clearly defined matter. Others I know prefer a much more ornate style with lots of graphics and flashes. There’s a whole range of top performing and highly efficient Semiomantics XO scripts such as Business Blogs, Online Newspaper (Newscast theme) to name a few as well as the latest Semiomantics Evolution, media focused flash that can be customized and adapted to customer requirements.

Affordable Blog Design

If you are looking for affordable blog design with top performance then the Semiomantics XO is really worth investigating. Each script is custom made and totally unique and designed to reach high visibility on search engines such as Google. All sites can offer galleries, portfolio, shop depending on personal preferences and demand.

* The advertising banner for the Semiomantics XO was created during an Ycademy Workshop. Ycademy Trainings are open to all Ycademy paid members and cover various topics and themes throughout the year as well as monthly seminars dedicated to a specific subject. For more details please use the contact form.

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Flash Basics

Zo Nicholas — Fri, 21 May 2010 23:04:09 +0000

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Flash Basics

In preparation for the Ycademy Flash Seminar this weeks Yorgoo Daily Training calls have focused on some flash basics.

Flash is the way media and interactive content is delivered to the customer or end user.We use it every day on our computers often without knowing. There is an estimated 864 million PCs worldwide running a Flash Player, that approximately represents 99 percent of internet enabled personal computers. Staggering numbers if you think about it.

First Flash Document

The first flash, hands on, workshop was the creation of a flash document, understanding how to create a symbol, motion tween and the timeline. Here is my first result.

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My First Flash Document

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Adding Frames in Photoshop

Zo Nicholas — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:30:11 +0000

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The other day someone asked me how to add a frame to an image to give it the finishing touch.

Adding Frames

There are various ways to add a frame to any image. First you need to decide on the function of the graphic that is to be displayed. If the image is to be used for example in a blog then perhaps you just need to add a contrasting background to enhance the image and make it stand out. Making the background colour complimentary to the image used will create a more harmonious effect. Adding a background will also increase the file size of the image to be used.

Another way is to just add a drop shadow to the graphic to give it that 3D effect.

Adding Frames in Photoshop

In Photoshop when you want to add a frame to any image life is made easy with Action Scripts and brushes. You can find many of these Action Scripts on the web each ceating a different effect, it all depends on what you would really like to achieve.

In this example I have used a photo of a Lily which I used in an earlier post, and in Photoshop added a filter and then to this I added a Custom Shape Action – Art Deco frame to create a greeting card effect.

By experimenting with various images, backgrounds and frames you soon find out which are your favourite actions. On the other hand you may like to try your hand at creating your own Action Script in Photoshop.

Author:
Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing.

Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.

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Shady Nook

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My Garden Flowers

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My Garden Flowers

My Garden Flowers on Youtube

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Apricot Season

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Apricot Season

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Tendring Show Video part 2

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Tendring Show 2010 on Youtube

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Tendring Hundred Show 2010 images

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Tendring Hundred Show 2010 images

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Tendring Hundred Show

Tendring Show Tradition

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Tendring Hundred Show 2010 images

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Tendring Hundred Show 2010 Images

Tendring Hundred Show

Tendring Show Tradition

Tendring Hundred Show Images

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Online Media Production

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Online Media Production

Ycademy Seminar Workshops

Ycademy Online Media Production Seminar

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Ycademy Facebook Seminar

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Ycademy Facebok Seminar Fun

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Children Learn by Watching

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Children Learn by Watching

Oli’s Fun House

Flash Web Design

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Ycademy Facebook Seminar

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Ycademy Facebook Seminar

Ycademy Seminar

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Children Learning

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Children Learning

Children Learning through Play

Oli’s Fun House

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Pink Rose

Pink Rose

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Cornflower Blue

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Cornflower Blue

Cornflower Blue Colour

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Blue Cornflower