The hotel has a nice enough beach and a better one is in front of the next resort along, which is only a 5-10 minute walk through the mangrove trail. Added bonus was that we were 2 minutes walk from the Hilltop Reserve (see below for more). We got the best of both worlds in Villa 44, which was completely secluded but had good views of the ocean from the main level but also the limestone islands from the upstairs open air lounge area. The villas are great and depending on what you want you can choose from extremely secluded with not much view all the way to glorious 180 degree views of the bay and limestone islands. The open air cinema a good idea in principle, but I have a tendency to be liked by mosquitos more than the average person, so I cannot say I enjoyed it all that much. The 12 hour per day free ice cream parlour is an excellent touch, as are the home made jams and cakes. Breakfast is great and offers a wide range of Wester and Asian options. Resort restaurants are excellent and we mostly stuck to Thai food (plus the odd late night burger). My wife also really enjoyed the spa (not my thing so didn't try it myself). Do also go to the town for a lunch or dinner, there are a few nice restaurants. You can do it with normal scooters, but you will probably struggle to get to some of the more remote areas, such as the long beach at the north west of the island,as the roads are pretty bad in places. We also rented a quad bike and went around the island. Definitely recommend both the mangrove kayak trip (Sharif our guide was brilliant) as well as the local islands tour (though note that the main one or most popular among the local islands is a tad crowded). We had a mix of chilling out and activities. We were initially placed in a villa that was somewhat exposed and when we explained we wanted something more secluded, she immediately moved us to the most remote and sheltered property we could have hoped for. Anne (pronounced Annie), our GEM, was just brilliant! Attentive and always available, while making sure she gave us the privacy we wanted. There is nothing that the resort staff have not thought to make guests' stay fun, pleasant and comfortable. We tried to take full advantage of all the experiences on the weekly list!! We have to go back to Thailand, and nearby and cannot wait to book our next trip to South East Asia.Had our honeymoon there late-April to early-May and can only say that these guys really do know how to make for an amazing holiday. We did Muy Thai Boxing which was super fun and kayaking. Your whole body is really put into full relaxation with every little detail done so well and fulfilled. We’ve been continuously diffusing lemongrass to recreate the smells of Yao Noi and all those incredible little white towels they give you all the time. My passion for food and cooking has been reignited and I’m inspired to create and explore. We cooked Massaman curry for lunch with the spices we got from the resort, using their own recipe book! Our chef taught us nifty tricks to create full flavours and chopping methods. The cooking class was one of our highlights of the trip. The food.never have we been so filled with such delicious flavours. ![]() We felt so spoilt, pampered, relaxed and just at peace. The boat trip was unbelievable with the monkeys and the snorkelling and our guide was so nice! We had the same guide for both island outings, and the second day he brought us Yao Noi hats!! We are super grateful we got to go to the islands twice, because it was so magical and one of the biggest highlights. The staff were incredibly warm, friendly and helpful. An ideal choice for celebrating a special occasion or honeymoon. It boasts its own private cinema and a glass floor at the end of the king-size bed offers views of the waterfall cascading through the jungle beneath. Want sundowners served on the privacy of your terrace or need midnight nibbles after a moonlit dip? Your wish is their command.įor the ultimate romantic escape choose 'The View', a huge one-of-a-kind villa with epic views from the infinity edge pool, sunken dining area and mezzanine floor. Shady day beds, plunge pools, indoor and outdoor rain showers and sunken bathtubs come as the norm, whilst your 24 hour butler will attend to your every whim and desire. Rustic, simple and barefoot is the order of the day here – lots of natural wood, bamboo and fresh white linens. Hideaway Villas have a true jungle outlook, but for those mind-blowing views you need to be heading for the Ocean and Beachfront Villas. ![]() ![]() Just 55 private pool villas are dotted throughout the resort, all very similar in style but each with a different perspective. The views are quite simply ‘larger than life’ and it is one of the most idyllic retreats we have ever found.
0 Comments
![]() ![]() Minnesota and Dallas have been inconsistent but should be able to avoid a collapse. The Lakers, Pelicans, Jazz and Thunder will be the teams worth monitoring. If New Orleans wins, they win the tiebreaker. The Clippers and Warriors will have to be the most wary of slipping into the play-in tournament but they’re unlikely to miss out on the postseason altogether. The Pelicans lead the season series with the Warriors 2-1, with the final game taking place Tuesday night in San Francisco. If you are having difficulty accessing any content on this website, please. The top four teams appear to be safely in the automatic playoff field. Charles, Kenny, Shaq and Ernie look at the Western Conference standings and share which teams theyre keeping tabs on. Will they be able to win a road game in the postseason? It’s hard to bet against this squad, even with its road struggles. Golden State has been horrendous on the road but remains a home juggernaut. 6 spot or improve, as it would help them avoid the play-in tournament. The Warriors would love to hold onto the No. If LeBron James and Zion Williamson can return soon, that will make life a lot easier. However, both LA and New Orleans are dealing with big injuries. The Lakers and Pelicans should be able to take over for the Jazz and Thunder in the play-in tournament, as the latter two squads are clearly trying to tank. Houston Rockets (15-52), 30.5 GB Playoff Predictions This opens up more opportunities to reach the playoffs and. This has since changed, however, with the introduction of a play-in tournament. Prior to 2020, the top eight went straight into the postseason. Oklahoma City Thunder (33-35), 13.0 GBġ2. From Minnesota to Los Angeles and Phoenix to Portland, here are the complete NBA Western Conference standings. ![]() Golden State Warriors (35-33), 11.0 GB Play-in tournamentħ. Western Conference Standings and Playoff PictureĦ. 13 spot.īelow we take a look at the Western Conference standings and playoff picture. Finals MVP: Nikola Joki (30.2 / 14.0 / 7. There’s been some more separation at the top but there’s still a massive jumble from the No. NBA 2013-14 Conference Standings 5, Portland Trail Blazers, 54 6, Golden State Warriors, 51 7, Memphis Grizzlies, 50 8, Dallas Mavericks, 49. The 2016 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association (NBA)s 201516 season. Most Valuable Player: Kevin Durant (32.0/7.4/5.5) Rookie of the Year: Michael Carter-Williams (16.7/6.2/6.3) PPG Leader: Kevin Durant (32. We are one month away from the start of the 2023 NBA Playoffs, so now is a good time to take a look at how the standings are shaping up in the Western Conference. ![]() While she was a strong stage presence, the burden of having a slow tempo signature hit (“ 1950“) made the setlist somewhat awkward, as she ended with an unreleased track rather than a sing-along which stunted the concert’s flow.Īfter a short intermission, the headliner emerged with the stunning opener “ Star-Crossed,” with staging similar to her breathaking VMAs performance. Despite being the first act – with a criminally short set – the trio garnered strong crowd reactions to their euphoric signature tracks “ I Know A Place,” and the TikTok hit “ Silk Chiffon.” After a swift set change, second opener King Princess delivered a more lopsided performance. Openers MUNA sounded beefier than what I’ve heard at two previous shows, with the band’s instrumentalists sounding lively and even vigorous. With assistance from two bonafide Pop acts, Musgraves is embracing the audience that embraced her and the hybrid-genre success of 2018’s Golden Hour. Musgraves’ genre shift has been slow and steady, from Katy Perry duets on to Daft Punk influenced Country, and finally to a full synthpop record last year. Over the course of her 90 minute show, she eschewed much of those rural origins for glitzy neon-psychedelia. Almost 10 years after her debut album Same Trailer, Different Park established her as a premier Country act, Musgraves was now headlining the legendary New York arena as a Pop phenom. ![]() ![]() “I’m just so mother fucking excited,” Texas sweetheart Kacey Musgraves declared to her sold-out Madison Square Garden crowd. The Country-Pop starlet left the Garden starry-eyed at her sold-out show. ![]() Because a customer can’t be shared among companies, it matters a great deal for the open source project where that customer ends up. However, when the success of an open source project depends largely on one or more corporate sponsors, the open source community should not forget or ignore that customers are a common good. Software free-riders can have positive network effects on a project. When some portion of those other users contribute back, the open source project benefits. Furthermore, a software free-rider makes it more likely that other people will use your open source project (by word of mouth or otherwise). Hence, it’s better to have a person use your open source project than your competitor’s software. Because the software is a public good (non-rivalrous), a software free-rider doesn’t exclude others from using the software. ![]() We define software free-riders as those who use the software without ever contributing back, and customer free-riders (or Takers) as those who sign up customers without giving back.Īll open source communities should encourage software free-riders. ![]() Next, I’d like to extend the distinction between “open source software being a public good” and “open source customers being a common good” to the free-rider problem. Everyone can use open source software (non-excludable), but when an open source end user becomes a customer of Company A, that same end user is unlikely to become a customer of Company B (rivalrous). However, through the lens of open source companies, open source projects are also common goods. Everyone can use open source software (non-excludable), and someone using an open source project doesn’t prevent someone else from using it (non-rivalrous). I’ve long believed that open source projects are public goods. Open source: A public good or a common good? In contrast, public goods are non-rivalrous someone listening to the radio doesn’t prevent others from listening to the radio. Common goods are rivalrous if one individual catches a fish and eats it, the other individual can’t. ![]() Now, after the legislature pumped about $2 million into the coming year’s state budget to address the beetle problem, Hawaii could be in a better place to eradicate whatever population exists on Kauai. The coconut rhinoceros beetle has been able to cut palm populations in half on other Pacific islands.ĭOA Chair Sharon Hurd said previous efforts to control the horned beetle were underfunded and too little was known about them, leading to their unmitigated spread. That’s because a lot of mulch is produced on Kauai already, according to Mike Melzer of the University of Hawaii Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response team.įinding the answer to where the insect came from will hopefully come soon, as tissue samples from the bugs have been sent from Kauai to UH Manoa for testing. Green waste is a key means of transport for the beetle, which breeds in mulch and foliage, making its appearance on Kauai more puzzling. Part of that plan was making sure it doesn’t hitch a ride anywhere else. The beetle is now firmly established on Oahu and, earlier this year, specialists announced they had moved into damage control and would no longer be able to eradicate the insect from the island. ![]() That’s because the beetles bore into the hearts of palm trees, effectively killing them in place. Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle larvae multiply in sites such as green waste transfer stations, like Kauai’s, which have perfect breeding conditions. ![]() The Department of Agriculture’s detection on Kauai comes after years of warnings from invasive species experts and entomologists, who have warned that Hawaii’s landscape would be overturned if the horned beetle gained a foothold. Two beetles were found on Kauai near Lihue Airport, one found alive at a green waste transfer station on May 31 and another found two days later, dead in a trap close by. Now it’s been found on Kauai.Ĭoconut rhinoceros beetles have been discovered on Kauai, marking the insect’s first confirmed detection outside Oahu since its arrival in Hawaii almost 10 years ago. and 5) only occurrences collected in Hawaii by the CRB response team.The invasive insect has decimated the Pacific’s coconut palm populations. This approach was applied to different subsets of the available CRB occurrence data including: 1) all available global data (excluding Hawaii) 2) only occurrences within CRB's native range 3) only occurrences in the species non-native range (excluding Hawaii) 4) only occurrences in the species insular non-native range (excluding Hawaii). This CRB habitat suitability was calculated using a simple bioclim approach where suitability values reflect the proximity of a given location on a map to the median climatic condition across the occurrences considered. This dataset simply describes the suitability of the Hawaiian landscape to CRB spread based on climatic conditions (using mean annual temperature and precipitation) of global and local species occurrences. As this invasive is found on the island of Oahu primarily at lower elevations, there are concerns about the species spreading towards high value native habitats at higher elevations and/or to other islands across the state. The arrival of the coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB, Oryctes rhinoceros) in Hawaii poses serious threats to endemic palm species, crop species and iconic palm trees across the archipelago.
![]() In that sense, there are no “real” primary colors. And you can produce blue by mixing magenta and cyan. Green is simply cyan and yellow blended together. You can create red by mixing yellow and magenta. But it’s actually a common misconception. ![]() Many design professionals continue to say this. In school, you probably learned that primary colors are “pure” – they can’t be made by mixing other colors. The RYB and CMYK color models are subtractive color systems, so they have subtractive primaries. You start with white, where all the wavelengths of light are being reflected.Īs you add colors of paint, that paint subtracts light of specific wavelengths from being displayed. Think of applying paint to a piece of paper. When mixing paints or ink, like for art or when you’re using a printer, the pigments in the paint or ink reflect light to show a specific color. The RGB color model is an additive color system, so it has additive primary colors. That’s why if you combine all the colors together, you’ll get white. ![]() When colors are mixed together, this produces more light. Your TV, smartphone, or computer screen emits light, meaning they operate under an additive color model. But there’s also subtractive color theory, which deals with colored light, like the kind that shows up on your computer monitor. There’s an additive color theory for “material colors” like paint and pigment. Part of the reason why there are different sets of primary colors is that some are additive, some are subtractive. Luckily, it’s easy to remember each color model’s primary colors since the names of primary colors are abbreviated in the model’s name. Note that the CMYK model is mostly used in the printing industry.īy understanding the primary colors in each of these situations, you’ll be able to shift seamlessly from traditional painting into digital art, design, or any other area of the art and design world dealing with color. What Are the Primary Colors of Pigment (in the CMYK Model)? The primary colors in the RGB model are based on the three types of color receptors in the retina called cone cells, each of which has broadband sensitivity but maximum sensitivity at different wavelengths.Ī consequence of this is that color reproduction is trichromatic – the use of three primaries allows a wide range of colors to be reproduced.īecause of that, the RGB model is the most used in modern color science. What Are the Primary Colors of Light (in the RGB Model)? The RYB model is mostly used in the painting industry and remains the traditional color theory. Here’s a list of primary colors for each color model: What Are the Primary Colors of Paint (in the RYB Model)? We also have the RGB and CMYK models to consider, which are concerned with mixing light and ink, respectively. While that’s true, that only applies to the RYB model, which applies when mixing paint. You probably learned in school that the primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. However, the primary colors are more complicated than most people usually assume. You can find the primary colors on the color wheel on each end of it, equally distanced from one another. The three primary colors are the original parents of all other colors. In order to understand anything about color, whether it’s a simple or a complex concept, you first need to have a firm grasp of the primary colors.Įverything we’ll talk about, from color schemes to tertiary colors, is contingent on primary colors. The primary colors are the building blocks of color theory. Primary colors (in the RYB model) Color Theory You’ll walk away from this post with a stronger understanding of what primary colors are, why they matter, how you can use them in art and design, and how not to use them. To help you understand primary colors better, we’ll answer the question, “what is a primary color,” explain the primary colors in each color model, debunk a few common misconceptions about primary colors, and explain why all this matters. Most people know primary colors as the foundation of color, but they’re actually much more complicated and exciting than that. The world of color is vast, but it all ultimately starts with primary colors. Here’s everything you need to know about primary colors. ![]() When it comes to MCAT exam preparation, Kaplan is the “granddaddy of them all,” as legendary sportscaster Keith Jackson would remark. Before going on to the next subtopic, each student must complete each subtopic and pass the test. The learning modules have been carefully and effectively created to assist pupils in mastering rather than merely memorizing the subject. The Online Course is priced according to material access durations, which range from 6 months for $1,799 to Blueprint’s most popular 12-month program for $2,100 to 18 months for $2,500.īlueprint MCAT study materials include the greatest features of both Blueprint and Next Step, including high-quality in-depth information and exciting animated videos.īlueprint has broken down each MCAT topic into subtopics, and then developed 160 discrete learning modules for each subtopic, incorporating amazing and engaging video lessons, quizzes, drills, strategies, and passages, rather than moving through the curriculum in Next Step’s more traditional subject to subject manner. ![]() Students can also benefit from live online office hours five days a week, the ability to personalize test preparation and save time by testing out of a module by passing the pre-module assessment, and access to Blueprint’s Qbank, which contains over 4,000 questions, problems, and passages, as well as 15 highly representative full-length MCAT exams. The new Blueprint MCAT, as a result, provides prospective medical students with a wide range of top-tier prep courses tailored to their personal learning preferences. The merger has combined the talents of two top-tier prep course providers: Next Step’s industry-leading coursework and test-taking tactics, and Blueprint’s award-winning video lessons and analytics. Overview of Blueprint MCAT Prep Coursesīlueprint has been a key competitor in the MCAT prep course area for years, and it’s standing and core curriculum have recently been considerably updated and strengthened thanks to Blueprint’s merger with Next Step Test Preparation. In today’s comparison, we take a close look at two of the most popular MCAT prep companies so you can make an informed choice. You’ll probably need to study for about 200 hours to do well on the exam.Īs a result, picking the correct preparation course is critical. The decision to attend medical school and pursue a career as a doctor is a lengthy and challenging one that begins with a good MCAT score. No registration, no ads, no viruses! What you need to do is copy a link and paste it onto the search bar to download video from YouTube. Can you download YouTube video for free?ĪmoyShare Free YouTube Downloader is such a free tool you’ve been looking for. Also, you might wonder what is the best site for downloading YouTube videos. What’s more, the easy-to-use interface is friendly to any users. It is 100% free and safe without charge and viruses. If user-friendliness and safety count, AmoyShare Free YouTube Downloader is the best free YouTube downloader. What is the best free YouTube downloader? It is a HD YouTube downloader that helps you download YouTube videos in high-quality videos, and download YouTube music to MP3 320k.įree Download for Windows 11/10/8/7 Frequently Asked Questions 1. The Free YouTube Downloader has an advanced version called AnyUTube. HD YouTube Video Downloader for PC, Mac, and AndroidĪs a person who values quality, you may wonder if you can download YouTube to MP3 320kbps or convert YouTube to MP4 1080p. Registrations are not required to use the free tool. Fast Downloadĭownload from YouTube deftly at a fast speed. YouTube to MP3 & MP4ĭownload YouTube videos to MP3 and MP4 easily. Safe and free YouTube download online without viruses. Why Trust Free YouTube Downloader? 100% Free and Safe You can download YouTube audio in 128kbps standard resolution. The Free YouTube Downloader is also a YouTube audio downloader online. With the Free YouTube Downloader, you can download audio from YouTube to MP3 or M4A. You can download YouTube music in MP3 or MP4. How to download music from YouTube? No worries! Free YouTube Downloader is a free tool that allows you to download music and song from YouTube. However, YouTube itself does not allow you to download videos or audio unless you are a premium member. YouTube is also a music service where users can enjoy and share music online. Copy the URL of the playlist and paste it in the search box, all the tracks of the playlist will appear in the search results. It helps you download YouTube playlist to MP3 and MP4 effortlessly. When you discover an exciting playlist on YouTube, don’t you have the urge to download an entire YouTube playlist? If yes, AmoyShare Free YouTube Downloader can be a YouTube playlist downloader. Simply insert a link or enter some words in the search bar. You can use AmoyShare Free YouTube Downloader to convert YouTube to MP4 with ease. There has been a great demand for downloading YouTube to MP4. Convert YouTube to MP4 Free OnlineĪs the world’s largest video hosting website, YouTube offers all kinds of videos users need. You can rip audio from YouTube in the easiest way. Moreover, it doesn’t require you to register. It is a free YouTube downloader online that can be used either on a web browser or a mobile browser. In this sense, AmoyShare Free YouTube Downloader is such a handy online YouTube MP3 downloader that suits your needs. Meanwhile, they prefer not to install any software. Many people want to download YouTube to MP3 or download YouTube audio to reduce dependence on a stable Wi-Fi connection. Take a look at what you can do with this free YouTube downloader.ĭownload YouTube to MP3 Downloader Online What can you expect from the best free YouTube downloader online? The following features say it all. After you click on the Search button, results relevant to the words will be available to you.Ĭhoose the video you need, and hit the Download button to download the YouTube video. ![]() ![]() You can enter any words about your desired YouTube video. You will get the precise result in no time.Ĭlick the Download button to save YouTube videos. If you prefer an exact video search, please copy the URL from YouTube and paste it into the Free YouTube Downloader search box. The AmoyShare Free YouTube Downloader simplifies your YouTube video download with two different methods. ![]() Tech genius Q (Ben Whishaw) tells Bond that there’s no way to remove the toxin once it’s been applied. Safin poisons Bond with a toxin that will specifically kill Madeleine and their daughter if Bond goes anywhere near them, which means Bond can never touch his love or child ever again. Bond stays behind to open a bunch of missile silos so that the Brits can blow the place to smithereens, only to encounter Safin on his way out. With the help of another 00 agent, Nomi (Lashana Lynch), Bond gets Madeleine and their daughter off the island. He wants to use the poisons to target specific people and throw the world into chaos for vague bad-guy reasons. If the targeted person is exposed to that poison, they will die, even though the carrier of the toxin will remain unharmed. Safin is mass-producing a bioweapon, a poison that is programmed to people’s specific DNA. Predictably, the movie’s villain, Safin (Rami Malek) kidnaps Madeleine and the child and takes them to his lair, an island where he harvests a bunch of different poisons because, well, he’s a creepy Bond villain. Madeleine will, of course, later in the movie confess that his suspicions are well-founded. As Bond points out, they share the same intense blue eyes. Madeleine claims the child is not Bond’s. Maybe they should keep better track of his possible offspring, who would be obvious targets for kidnapping?) A dozen megalomaniacs have vendettas against Bond at this point. (MI6 apparently did not know about this child, which makes one seriously question the abilities of the Brits to gather intelligence. He then heads to a remote island to live out his retirement in teeny, tiny swim trunks.įive years later, Bond is dragged back into the spy game and collides with none other than Madeleine, who is now working as a therapist for MI6. A wounded Bond kills the bad guys and puts Madeleine on a train, planning to never see her again. During a fight scene, one such thug insinuates that Madeleine betrayed him-just like Vesper had. Everything is connected, alas.īond, of course, escapes the explosion relatively unscathed only to be greeted by the aforementioned goons. In 2015’s Spectre, 007 finally finds Blofeld and learns that this man was in fact the “architect” of all of Bond’s pain throughout the entire movie series. ![]() In the final scene of Casino Royale, Bond begins his journey to discovering the man responsible for Vesper’s betrayal and death, and subsequent movies follow him down the rabbit hole of exposing the evil organization Spectre and its leader, Ernst Blofeld (Christoph Waltz). At their behest, she worked to entrap Bond but later sacrificed her life in order to save his. ![]() That film ends with the revelation that Bond’s first true love, Vesper, was being blackmailed by a villainous figure. That refusal to establish Bond film continuity changed in a big way with Casino Royale (2006), the first to star Daniel Craig in its title role. Even when Bond hunts down Blofeld, the man he presumably holds responsible for his wife’s death, he never even mentions Tracy’s name. Even when Bond’s wife was murdered on their wedding day in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), she’s never even mentioned in the film’s sequel, Diamonds Are Forever (1971). The next movie may star the same actor or a different one, but rarely does anything of real consequence-romances, villainous encounters-carry over from film to film. Bond movies usually end with the successful destruction of a villain’s lair, and the camera panning away as the hero beds a Bond girl-on a boat, in space, on a balcony, often with his would-be rescuers looking on. In the franchise’s storied 58-year history, 007 has never actually died. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |