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![]() ![]() Let someone else out so you can take the spot. Weekends are generally busy spring through fall even weekdays get busy in the summer.īe patient. ![]() That being said, roadways within the park can get backed up and trails can get crowded during peak season. The Blue Ridge Parkway, another national park service maintained property, begins near the Oconaluftee Visitor Center on the south side of the park. ![]() ![]() This national park has free entry, which makes it enticing for visitors from Gatlinburg and Asheville, but as of March 2023, a paid parking tag is required to park anywhere within the park. The park straddles the state line and lies in both North Carolina and Tennessee. The most visited park in the entire national park system, Great Smoky Mountains National Park welcomes over 12 million visitors every year. Navigating Great Smoky Mountains National Park The viewing area is small but can be quite peaceful in the late afternoons or early mornings. The Indian Creek Falls are a short distance up the right trail fork and down some stairs. Once the Deep Creek trail crosses the creek, there are a couple gradual hills until the path forks. If doing all three Deep Creek waterfalls, you should have started with Juney Whank and already passed Tom Branch Falls before reaching the bridge. The Deep Creek Trail is wide and mostly flat up to the bridge that crosses Deep Creek. Part of Deep Creek, this waterfall is also resilient during dry spells. Visitor Center Parking lot / 0.5 Miles round trip / EasyĪ wide rock outcropping in the creek bed creates this beautiful waterfall. Take your time, bring water, and you can do it, too! 4. Cataract Falls This is a long hike for little ones, but they will undoubtedly enjoy playing in the water at the top of the falls. The few that made it that far stashed them on the side of the trail before continuing to the top of the falls. Note that the park rangers won’t let you take a stroller on top of the falls. Strollers are not recommended, but we saw a few parents trying to tough it out with them. I say “somewhat” because it was paved at one time but it gets pretty thin in places nowadays. Roadside parking is available in both directions from the trailhead, and you’ll see others walking along the road towards the trail. Parking lots are located on both sides of the roadway at the trailhead, but the lots frequently fill before noon, especially in peak season. Unless it’s an unusually long dry spell, the falls will still be gushing. Water flow at this waterfall is pretty strong. There are two levels to the waterfall: the paved trail leads to the top level and a moderately easy climb down some rocks accesses the bottom level. One of the most popular waterfalls in Great Smoky Mountains National Park! Check out our complete guide for what to expect when hiking to Laurel Falls. Northside Waterfalls in Great Smoky Mountains National Park 1. Meigs Waterfall Only two of the seven waterfalls require a moderate hike.Įach hike denotes (method of access) / (miles of hike, if applicable) / (difficulty rating). A few waterfalls are accessible right by the road others require an easy stroll down a level trail. Trail difficulty varies from easy to moderate and is noted for each hike. Enjoy these 7 easy to reach waterfalls in the Smoky Mountains on your next trip to Gatlinburg or Great Smoky Mountains National Park!īest Waterfalls in the Smoky Mountains near Gatlinburg, TNĪll waterfall hikes on this list are no more than 2.5 miles round trip, if they even require a hike.Itinerary 1 – See ALL the Waterfalls in One Day.STEAL THESE ITINERARIES: Waterfall Adventures in the Smokies.How Long Does It Take to See the Waterfalls?.Navigating Great Smoky Mountains National Park.Deep Creek Area (Southside) Waterfalls in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.Northside Waterfalls in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.Best Waterfalls in the Smoky Mountains near Gatlinburg, TN. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Civic in particular is a popular night-time venue, with many theatre-goers taking the chance to dress up for an evening watching such distinguished troupes as Broadway San Diego and San Diego Opera, as well as piano concerts, orchestras, and interactive shows. The city boasts two venerable old theatre houses – The Old Globe, which dates back to 1935, and The Civic Theatre, which opened in 1965 – with both putting on a regular programme of performances. And one of the most popular evening beachside activities is to order an enticing drink from one of the many beach bars that line the city’s vast stretch of golden sand, pull up a deckchair or sun lounger, and listen to the waves gently lap the shore as you sip on your beverage of choice.īeachgoers relax on a San Diego sandy shore at sunset (Photo: Martha Jimenez via Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0)Īmong the many opportunities to take in some evening culture in San Diego’s, a trip to the theatre tops many visitors lists. Home to over 70 miles of idyllic coastline and perfect year-round weather, it’s little surprise that San Diego’s myriad of glistening beaches attract pleasure-seekers at night as well as during the day. and boutiques staying open till late, helping make it a fun-packed place to spend an evening that, inevitably, turns into a night. The beating heart of the city’s nightlife and entertainment scene, the bustling district – which was named for its forward-looking use of dozens of gas lamps to light the streets – is jammed full of international restaurants, nightclubs, sidewalk bars, live music and comedy venues, theatres, specialty shops. No visit to San Diego is complete without visiting its famous Gaslamp Quarter. ![]() And if that hasn’t convinced you, we’ve created a comprehensive list of 12 great activities and attractions for you to enjoy in San Diego at night. Whatever your nocturnal predilections, you’re guaranteed to find something to suit your after-hours desires here. A sign welcomes visitors to San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter (Photo: Leandro Neumann Ciuffo via Flickr / CC BY 2.0)įrom evening entertainment hot spots to cultural venues that stay open till late, the famously raucous fun and adventure offered to visitors across San Diego endures well into the night. ![]() ![]() 6.5: Friction (Part 2) Simple friction is always proportional to the normal force.Still, it is possible to understand the circumstances in which it behaves. ![]() Friction is a common yet complex force, and its behavior still not completely understood. Friction opposes relative motion between systems in contact but also allows us to move, a concept that becomes obvious if you try to walk on ice. 6.4: Friction (Part 1) When a body is in motion, it has resistance because the body interacts with its surroundings.You can apply concepts from kinematics and dynamics to solve these. ![]()
![]() ![]() This was the first hard hit that Blocksworld took.ġ World Per Day Limit/ 3 Models Per Day Limit This sparked outrage in the community and many players left. This meant that players would have to pay 1 coin to play these kinds of worlds. ![]() Linden made changes to the game in December 2015, which included worlds achieving the “Elite” (2000 plays or more) status or higher to be permanently pay-to-play. In an attempt to save Blocksworld, Linden Labs started releasing updates that received negative reception from the community. Legal battles combined with the declining popularity of Blocksworld is likely what made Linden Labs shut down the game's servers and move on to other projects. It is also known that Linden has legal quarrels over the owner(s) of the once-popular website for copyright-infringement over Second Life, Linden’s biggest source of income. As more players left due to a lack of updates, revenue from players purchasing coins and advertising eventually decreased enough that one could speculate Linden pulled the plug on the servers because of it. The loss of these sets led to multiple popular players leaving, as everything they did relied on them.Īnother significant factor to the server shutdown was lack of funds from the app itself. ![]() This forced Linden to silently remove the sets from the store. In 2017, Linden lost the rights to use My Little Pony and Transformers content due to failing to renew their copyright license with Hasbro, the owner of MLP and Transformers. These sets included blocks to make ponies and Transformers. The only updates were patches to keep the server running and small moderation.īefore 2017, My Little Pony (MLP) and Transformers sets were available to players. Linden Labs didn't do anything about it for a long time, but eventually they banned players such as Joey Slikk.Īfter around 2017, Linden Labs stopped updating Sets and Challenges, which left the community in a state of limbo. Many players had made themselves infamous by uploading adult content to Blocksworld. Many people stopped playing due to the unnecessary drama, and some thought these wars ruined the PG nature of the game. Linden Labs did not enforce rules that prohibited these worlds. During such wars, the groups would publish worlds depicting the other group getting beaten up with violence. One of the things that started the decline of Blocksworld were the “Wars” that made-up governmental groups would declare on one another. The last of these contests was held in 2017. ![]() Community Challenges would be released on a weekly/monthly basis, which featured a contest to see who could build the best world based off of a theme, determined beforehand by the Linden Labs Employees. Decline of Blocksworld įrom 2013 until around 2017, Linden Labs continued to see Blocksworld grow not only as a game were you could build anything, but also as a social platform. However in 2013, less than a year after its creation, Blocksworld was purchased by Linden Labs, a game development studio that has primarily focused on their interactive virtual world, Second Life. The game was originally developed by a Swedish developer Boldai (originally Creative Builder). Players could also buy “Sets” that would contain special blocks you couldn’t get anywhere else. Using the wide array of blocks, players were able to make models and games with the help of a built-in visual coding system.īlocks could be purchased with coins, a currency that could be purchased with real-world money, or earned by having people play your games or buy your models. Despite its success, community conflicts, quiet development, and multiple bad choices led to the game's demise.īlocksworld was a 3D sandbox game available on iOS devices, and later, a version on Steam. In its prime, Blocksworld was a very popular game with a vibrant community. ![]() ![]() Dens are located under wood and rock piles, buildings, porches, and concrete slabs-also in rock crevices, culverts, drainpipes, and in standing or fallen hollow trees.Skunks use underground dens year-round for daytime resting, hiding, birthing and rearing young.They will also roll beetles that emit a defensive scent, causing the beetle to deplete its scent before they eat it. Skunks will roll caterpillars on the ground to remove the hairs before eating them.Skunks also eat fruits, nuts, garden crops, and scavenge on garbage, birdseed, and pet food.Some of their favorite foods include, mice, moles, voles, rats, birds and their eggs, and carcasses-also grasshoppers, wasps, bees, crickets, beetles, and beetle larvae.They have large feet, well-developed claws, and digging is their primary method used to obtain food. Skunks will eat what they can find or catch.The spotted skunk and striped skunk use similar types of habitat, although the spotted skunk is more likely to be seen in and around forests and woodlands, and is not as tolerant of human activity as the striped skunk The spotted skunk occurs throughout west and southeast Washington. ![]() Its fur is a black or grayish black, with white stripes on its shoulders and sides, and white spots on its forehead, cheeks, and rump. The Spotted skunk ( Spilogale putorius), also known as the polecat, ranges in length from 14 to 18 inches, including its tail. It is also seen-or its musky odor noticed-in some suburban and urban locations, particularly near sources of open water. The striped skunk occurs throughout most lowland areas in Washington, preferring open fields, pastures, and croplands near brushy fencerows, rock outcroppings, and brushy draws. Its fur is jet black except for two prominent white stripes running down its back. 1) is the size of a domestic cat, ranging in length from 22 to 32 inches, including its tail. Two skunk species live in Washington: The Striped skunk ( Mephitis mephitis)(Fig. While young skunks are cute and kitten-like, they are wild animals and it is illegal to keep them as pets. Skunks are beneficial to farmers, gardeners, and landowners because they feed on large numbers of agricultural and garden pests. Even when other animals or people are in close proximity, skunks will ignore the intruders unless they are disturbed. ![]() Skunks are mild-tempered, mostly nocturnal, and will defend themselves only when cornered or attacked. Most predators need only one lesson to learn to avoid the skunk at first sight of black-and-white. While other animals try to camouflage themselves, the skunk advertises its identity with its bold coloration. ![]() ![]() Getaway Carįans are speculating that ‘Getaway Car’ is about Swift’s brief relationship with Tom Hiddleston. The next song on the album is understood to be about her relationship and breakup with Hiddleston. What they mean: Probably that Taylor was still dating Tom Hiddleston – the ‘older’ boyfriend of the lyrics – when she unwillingly fell for her current boyfriend Joe Alwyn (26). She makes her reluctant attraction to him clear later in the lyrics, when she says: “ I’m so furious at you for making me feel this way” before concluding: “ There’s nothing I hate more than what I can’t have“. He’s in the club doing I don’t know what. You’re so cool, it makes me hate you so much“ Lyrics: “ I got a boyfriend, he’s older than us. This story, probably about falling for Joe Alwyn in a club, contains a possible reference to Tom Hiddleston. In Mean Girls we see Regina George writing in the book using a red pen, and underlining parts – which could be what Swift is alluding to in her lyrics. In the film Regina George keeps a “burn book”, a volume filled with bitchy comments about her fellow highschoolers. Watch out for the Regina George in sheep's clothing… ![]() In the midst of the ongoing Katy-Taylor drama, Katy tweeted comparing Taylor to Mean Girls character Regina George. What they mean: This could be a reference to Katy Perry. Lyrics: “ I’ve got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined/I check it once, then I check it twice” Throughout the lawsuit Mueller denied these allegations. Alternatively, it could be a reference to her lawsuit against DJ David Mueller, where a jury unanimousl y found him guilty of assault and battery, following an incident at a fan meet-and-greet in 2013, when he groped Swift. What they mean: These could refer to the afore mentioned Kanye feud, and how they tried to point the blame on Taylor. Lyrics: “I don’t like your perfect crime/How you laugh when you lie/You said the gun was mine” What they mean: A likely reference to Taylor and Kanye’s on going beef, and how Kim Kardashian attempted to make Taylor look guilty by leaking the video of Taylor on the phone to Kanye, talking about his song ‘Famous’. Lyrics: “The role you made me play, of the fool – no, I don’t like you” What they mean: They could either be a reference to Kanye’s tilted stage on his Saint Pablo tour, or alternatively, they could be about her old nemesis Katy Perry, who used a tilted stage in her Grammy performance. Most regard it as the ultimate diss track to Kim and Kanye, with tons of the lyrics alluding to their ongoing beef – but there are other references to lesser feuds in there too. ‘LWYMMD’ is full to the brim with Taylor chucking shade at everyone and anyone who has ever wronged her but especially appearing to call out Kimye. What they’re about: This seems to allude to her previous relationships with older men, before settling down with Joe Alwyn. Lyrics: “ I’ve been breakin’ hearts a long time, and toyin’ with them older guys” The gospel-infused ‘Don’t Blame Me’ has Taylor talking about being properly head-over-heels, so is probably about boyfriend Joe Alwyn. What they mean: In Taylor’s line about being the subject of a witch-hunt, “ receipts” is almost certainly a reference to how Kim Kardashian leaked footage of the conversation between Taylor and Kanye about his song ‘Famous’, as shown below: Lyrics: “ They got their pitchforks and proof, their receipts and reasons” And the lines on spending Taylor’s change have been connected to ‘This Is What You Came For’, the song she co-wrote with Harris under a pseudonym. The lines about namedropping could be about the way he dealt with his breakup with Taylor: while she dived into a whirlwind and very public new relationship with Tom Hiddleston, he was writing about her on social media. ![]() What they mean: Ellehas suggested the entire song is about ‘ playboy‘ Calvin Harris. Lyrics: “ I never trust a playboy, but they love me, so I fly ’em all around the world and I let them think they saved me… He says, ‘Don’t throw away a good thing’, but if he drops my name, then I owe him nothin’, and if he spends my change, then he had it comin’.” What they mean: The last few lines of verse one of the song appear to be about Kanye West, who called Taylor “ that bitch” on his 2016 song ‘Famous’ and restarted a long feud that ultimately made both look bad (at the end of it, Swift concluded: “I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative, one that I never asked to be a part of, since 2009.”) I don’t regret it one bit, ’cause he had it coming.” Lyrics: “ If a man talks shit, then I owe him nothing. ![]() ![]() While she says it's too early to tell what's happened at Indigo, her advice for consumers boils down to basic common sense. But ISA says actual ransoms paid are often higher than whatever number gets attributed to them, because many organizations don't like to divulge that they even paid one at all due to the reputational and legal risk of admitting it. The typical ransomware attack cost the typical target company a little over $4.5 million US last year, a recent report from IBM showed. "Financial gains how the cybercriminals are generating dollars to feed their endeavours," she told CBC News. (ISA)Įnza Alexander, a vice-president at ISA Cybersecurity, says that while she has no first-hand knowledge of what's happening at Indigo, retailers are becoming popular targets for cybercriminals because of the rise of online shopping - and they're more noticeable when they happen because they are in the public eye. The cybersecurity event in early November left customers unable to fill prescriptions for four days, while other in-store functions like self-checkout machines, gift card use and the redemption of loyalty points were offline for about a week.Įmpire said in December the incident is expected to cost $25 million after insurance recoveries.Įnza Alexander is a vice-president with ISA Cybersecurity. ![]() recently grappled with a security breach that shut down its pharmacy services and other in-store functions. If it is ransomware, it means the company has joined a growing list of Canadian retailers to have fallen victim just in the past few months. ![]() Ransomware "really does muck up your organization, and it's not going to get fixed in a few hours," he said. "But if it's more widespread, that's kind of a hint that it might be." If "just a small part of an organization is going down, it's probably not ransomware," he said. and they've also said that they're unable to take returns anymore, which kind of implies that they're unable to bring stock back into the system." "Their point-of-sale system has gone down. The company hasn't given much detail about what is going on, but David Masson, director of enterprise security at cybersecurity firm Darktrace, says the sheer length of the problem suggests it wasn't an internal error, and rather an instance of ransomware, where hackers steal information, lock systems and demand a ransom to release them. Intelligence agency says ransomware group with Russian ties poses 'an enduring threat' to Canada.The service will be rolled out gradually in the other car parks at Roissy CDG 2 Airport.Īt Lyon Saint Exupéry Airport, you can use your electronic Liber-t badge at car parks P0 and P2. ![]() This parking payment service via an electronic badge has been available since March 2013 at the PEF car park at There is no need for waiting at the card payment machine, and the price of the parking will be charged the following month on your Bip&Go Liber-t subscription. The barrier will open and you will be able to leave. Press the button on the machine to confirm payment by Liber-t. When the electronic badge is detected, there will be a beep. The amount to be paid will be displayed on the screen. Insert your ticket into the machine at the exit. When leaving, take the special exit lane that accepts Liber-t electronic payment, which is indicated with an orange "T" It will record your time of arrival at the car park and your time of departure. In the car park at Roissy Charles de Gaulle 2 Airport or Lyon Saint Exupéry Airport is easy!Īt the entrance to the car park, take your ticket at the machine. ![]() ![]() The Entertainment Office is in enough demand to be selective in what it will advise, reportedly turning down 95% of the scripts or story treatments it receives. This is perhaps one reason why the Pentagon has collaborated with Hollywood since the early 20th century to create sympathetic portrayals on television and in film through the Entertainment Office-an arrangement often called the “military-entertainment complex.” For television shows like “24” and films like “American Sniper,” the office will not only analyze the scripts for accuracy, it will also alter scripts to improve the portrayal of the military on screen. Despite its marketing as “realistic” and messaging that it was developed with input from the Pentagon, the game-world it creates removes the complexity of urban insurgency and substitutes simplified moral dilemmas that portray the military in unambiguously good terms-an enjoyable setting for a game, but hardly reflective of the reality of the war in Iraq. The strongest incentive not to engage in combat isn’t to safeguard civilians, but to avoid personal injury to your squad mates. Set in a fictionalized version of Iraq, the game features an empty, crumbling urban landscape coded to be obviously Middle Eastern, filled only with Arab men to shoot. The company behind it, Pandemic, modified the game into a commercial release that so the Army could send the game downrange for soldiers to play while deployed. Consider Full Spectrum Warrior, a 2004 game that began development as a training simulator for U.S. When the military itself consults on the design of such a game, this leads to a number of uncomfortable questions about why those choices were made. In a “realistic” military FPS game, the presence or absence of rules of engagement, for example, will dramatically change how the player approaches a mission. While research is ongoing, experimental studies have shown that some military FPS games can cause players to become measurably more militarist in outlook. ![]() Other design choices can trigger addictive behavior. ![]() Research has demonstrated that some game design choices improve the way people focus and increase feelings of well-being. One video game designer called this effort to induce a certain type of player reaction “emotion engineering” in the design process. The design of a game’s models and systems of interactions are intentional choices by the designers, and they set the terms for how a person encounters the game. Ian Bogost, a professor of media studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has argued that the interactive nature of video games makes them an inherently persuasive medium-a system of “procedural rhetoric” that encourages players to create abstract mental models for how systems work and to form judgments about those systems through the act of playing. Unlike print, radio, television, or movies, video games are an interactive format that allows them to affect people differently than more traditional forms of broadcast media. ![]() The most popular franchises, like Call of Duty, Battlefield, Counter-Strike and Halo, have sold hundreds of millions of copies and feature varying degrees of realism, inspiration from real-world events, and science-fiction elements. Every year, military-themed first person shooters (FPS), which simulate combat from the point of view of a combatant, generate billions of dollars of revenue. A game about the Iraq War might not seem like it poses big questions about the politics of war, but as a hugely popular form of mass media, video games can influence people’s emotional states, thought patterns, and perceptions. ![]() ![]() ![]() In addition, there is another advanced search function on google. Furthermore, if you are find injection machine makers in a specific city, you can also put the name of the city in the command, like "Changxing injection machine maker" and "Shanghai Injection machine factory". You search with Google advanced command like "allinurl:find preform injection machine factory in China", most of the search results are the websites of injection machine manufacturers in China. Now I will tell you a good way to find them. ![]() ![]() We always want to go directly to the website of the injection machine manufacturers. So you can search "PET preform injection machine China", then you will find some B2B trade portal in the first webpage, such as ALIBABA, MADE IN CHINA, because their page ranks are higher, and it is difficult to find the website of real bottle preform injection machine makers or manufacturers. ![]() If you are sourcing PET injection machines, combined with manufacturers from all over the world, you need to get the list of Chinese PET preform injection machine maker. Maybe many of you don't how to usee google to find exactly injection machine manufacturer, here Tina take an example of finding a Chinese PET preform injection machine maker. If you don't have a reliable supplier or you want to change a new factory in China, you can search them on google, it is very popular now. The expectation and understanding would be very important for the success, the manufacturers and customers need to fully communicate to achieve a win-win situation.įind Chinese PET injection machine makers on Google It often takes long times to choose the right good factory and build the partnership with them, not only in China, but all over the world. In addition to these, good performance auxiliary equipment is also an important factor to ensure the normal operation of the machine. Although the quality of injection molding machines is better and better, but you still supervise the machine manufacturing, make sure you received what you paid for.įor high speed PET preform injection machine, the machine structure is very important, it will affect the price of the machine. When you meeted the PET injection machine supplier in China and review terms and conditions in your quote as well as warranty clauses. At last, before you got the bottle preform injection machine, it is important to attend the machine testing at the fatory, here, I suggest you should request test video from the manufacturer to your time and traveling cost. With these informations, you can consider the strength of different manufacturers and choose the right one. And then, you should know what do you really want to buy from the injection machine supplier with your price. I suggest you should learn something about the Chinese injection machine market first, where are for low quality, and where are for low prices. Although it's convenient to find a injection machine factory in Germany, Canada and Japan, but to find a trustable PET injection machine factory in China with reasonable price is really not so easy. So, how to choose the right injection machine maker here is very difficult but important, it maybe takes a long time. 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