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Little Garonga
A Very Private Safari
in the Heart of South Africa

Uncharted Outposts, one of the world’s premier safari and travel companies, announces a new property in their portfolio of destinations catering to travelers seeking a unique safari experience in the tranquility and beauty of South Africa.

Garonga Safari Camp, situated west of Kruger National Park, in South Africa’s Northern Province, has just expanded and opened Little Garonga, an “exclusive use” camp encompassing the camp’s current Hambleden Suite and two new suites – the Buckingham and Chiltern Suites. The Hambleden Suite will now offer 2 luxury bedrooms with an adjoining room, ideal for children. A wooden pathway links the three suites which become a private lodge ideal for a family – 6 adults and 2 children, age 6 and older – or a group of friends who want a very private, exclusive safari experience. To feel even more pampered, Little Garonga comes complete with a private guide and vehicle for guest’s exclusive use, as well as a personal chef – the food and wine are extraordinary – and a private host to choreograph each day.

Little Garonga boasts two private pools and the private camp is complete with centralized indoor and outdoor lounges, an elegantly-furnished dining area, a viewing deck for those stunning day and evening vistas, and a built in BBQ area near the pool that promises succulent meals and evenings packed with laughter and memories.

Wildlife adventures in the pristine wilderness abound at Little Garonga. The proximity to the Kruger National Park promises an in-depth experience for bush-lovers seeking more than the classic “Big Five” encounter. Guests will go on open vehicle game drives, guided bush walks, animal tracking excursions, and will be invited to “sleep-out” under the night sky and experience stargazing and the joys of bush dining.

Little Garonga prides itself on offering an unhurried and intimate wildlife encounter, a time to reflect and find inspiration in nature . There is something for everyone – close encounters with extraordinary wildlife, educational walks that both children and adults will delight in, soothing aromatherapy and reflexology sessions, sumptuous picnics in the bush, and even a lovely hammock to swing in while you eye ball a nearby grazing impala.

Life is good on Safari but it is even better when it is all yours!

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Sandy Cunningham
Uncharted Outposts & Travel Company
“Custom Travel for a more intimate experience”
sandy@unchartedoutposts.com
http://www.unchartedoutposts.com
Local: 505-795-7710
Toll-free: 888-995-0909

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Governor Bill Richardson Announces
Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins
to be filmed in New Mexico

SANTA FE, NM, February 26, 2008 – Governor Bill Richardson today announced that Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins will be shot in New Mexico.  Production is scheduled to begin in New Mexico in spring 2008.  Christian Bale (3:10 to Yuma, Batman) will star as John Connor. 

Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins will be the first film in a new Terminator trilogy and will mark the latest installment of the multi-billion dollar Terminator franchise.  Moritz Borman, Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek will produce.  McG will direct the film from a script by John Brancato and Michael Ferris (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines).   

“Terminator Salvation is the largest picture shot in New Mexico to date and will continue to showcase our status as a leader in quality locations, quality crews and talent, and quality productions,” said Governor Richardson.  “This is huge for the state’s film industry – the fact that such a big film with a blockbuster reputation has chosen New Mexico speaks volumes.”

“New Mexico represents an arid Western United States which has a look and feel conducive to creating an American Gothic picture,” said Director McG.  “This Terminator is set in a credible post-apocalyptic future and will redefine the language of its predecessors. This is the story of a man’s search for belief in himself and his fellow man. It’s a long journey and the landscape plays a critical role. Governor Richardson’s office and the New Mexico Film Office have been extremely supportive and we’re looking forward to an incredible production experience.”

The film will be shot from May through August in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and other New Mexico locations.  Production offices will be based at Albuquerque Studios, where all of the stage work will take place, representing a large portion of the film.

The film is set to release in North America on May 22, 2009. Warner Bros. Pictures is handling all U.S. and Canadian distribution rights for the film, with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group handling international distribution rights in all territories (excluding Korea and select Mideast territories). The Halcyon Company acquired all Terminator franchise rights in May 2007.

Since Richardson took office, over 90 major feature film and television projects have shot in the state, adding $1.5 billion dollars to New Mexico’s economy.

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Caitlin Kelleher
Office of the Governor
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson
State Capitol, Suite 400
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Office: 505-476-2299
Cell: 505-795-2480

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From Woods and Shores:
The Artwork of Tony Angell and Ewoud de Groot
Opening at Gerald Peters Gallery

Exhibition: From Woods and Shores: The Artwork of Tony Angell and Ewoud de Groot
Dates: June 27 – July 26, 2008
Artists’ reception: Friday, June 27, 5 to 7 pm
Location: Gerald Peters Gallery, 1011 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico

American sculptor Tony Angell and Dutch painter Ewoud de Groot communicate a passion and appreciation of the spectacular and enduring beauty found in nature. These artists share an intimate knowledge of their subject matter born of many long hours of observation in the wild. Although diverse in style and medium, Angell and de Groot eloquently translate their artistic vision into tangible form.

Angell’s devotion to his subject matter grew out of his childhood in Southern California, where he spent many hours sketching wildlife in the canyons and hills outside Los Angeles. After moving to Seattle to attend college, Angell found himself inspired by his new home, and he branched out from his illustration career to embrace figurative sculpture. In stone and bronze, he reveals forms and behavior that express the power, energy, and grace of Pacific Northwest fauna.

Strength and elegance characterize Angell’s work, which is often as much about content as it is material, with the interplay of these two factors resulting in a unique illumination of both—whether it be limestone beautifully transformed into a magnificent raven, or a piece of serpentine expertly cut away to reveal a pair of flounders.

He expresses the personalities of his subjects by incorporating the unique character and energy of his materials. “The stone itself, by its shape, its color, the way it looks in different light at different times of day, offers hint of how it can be defined,” Angell once said.

For de Groot, sense of place is also integral to his art, which is deeply informed by the time he spent in coastal Holland with his family on an old Dutch shrimp cutter. Like Angell, the young de Groot took to drawing the world he saw around him. His interest was primarily avian, a focus that has endured. “At the moment, I am increasingly fascinated by large groups of birds,” says de Groot. “These large groups have an almost mathematical formation in the way they move and interact, which comes back to the influence of pattern, structure, and style.”

To translate these formal inspirations into compositions, de Groot works with the layering of warm and cool colors, to create chromatic symmetry and depth. These components, integrated with de Groot’s meticulous attention to rhythm and structure, result in oil-on-linen pieces that strike a graceful balance between realism and abstraction—bridging, as the artist himself put it, “the traditional and the modern.”

Tony Angell’s sculpture can be found at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, and the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin, which also granted him a Master Artist Award. He is co-author (along with John M. Marzluff) of the book In the Company of Crows and Ravens.

Ewoud de Groot’s paintings have been shown in galleries and museums worldwide, from his native Netherlands to Belgium and the UK. They can be seen in collections of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the head office for Unilever in Rotterdam, Netherlands, among others.

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