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Zhangjiajie - or Wulingyuan as it is also known - is a large area of karst scenery that is also a UNESCO World Heritage listed natural heritage site, although one that hovers close to being put on the "World Heritage in Danger List" because of major tourism exploitation and resultant environmental damage and significant negative social impacts. The authorities continue to conduct a major clean-up and removal of inappropriate infrastructure, hotels, cafes and shops inside the park, and the prospects for the flora and fauna in the area - and local people - are considerably brighter than a few years ago.
Many people arrive at Zhangjiajie with little knowledge of what exactly is there. Most people have seen a few photographs of the quartzite sandstone crags with pine trees hanging improbably from tiny crevices hundreds of metres above the ground. In a sense, that's actually about it. The Lishui river has incised an incredibly deep rift through the limestone plateau and most of the different parts of Zhangjiajie are simply different panoramas of the same valley or smaller side valleys. It is possible to get bored with the scenes fairly quickly, no matter how breathtaking they may be. Like many National Parks in China there is a curious sense of total isolation from nature, and visitors are shepherded along solid and often wide concrete paths lined constantly by heavy steel railings. At depressingly regular intervals along the way - and at almost every major viewpoint - vendors have set up shop, aggressively hawking their wares to every passer-by. Most of them also play music through loudspeakers and there is the constant shrill jarring of tour-guides shrieking through loudhailers if the wind blows in these lonely and gorgeous ravines, you will not hear it: there are large parts of Beijing's CBD area that remain considerably quieter than Zhangjiajie. If there was once wildlife in these areas, it has now long gone to where there might be peace. In nine hours at Zhangjiajie, I heard little birdlife and saw only two. Rather curiously, the birds I saw were at one of the noisiest parts.
There are now, fortunately, fairly large areas of Zhanjiajie (notably in the Yuangjiajie area) that are completely off-limits to all humans, including scientists, so fulfilling at least some of the obligations to actually use the park as a nature reserve.
Zhangjiajie is not an extensive area of high mountains, but there is the lofty Tianmenshan (1518m) on the very outskirts of Zhangjiajie city if you need real height. At Zhangjiajie, the height comes from the sheer cliffs, sometimes around 700 metres and the heavily eroded limestone massifs, all clothed in trees and vegetation. However, I also feel that the best time to see Zhangjiajie is in the winter when there is more contrast and more of the cliff-faces visible. Photographs of the place in winter are truly magical.
It may seem odd that the name Zhangjiajie refers only to one part of a group of four different entities, all of which are actually parts of the Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Area. The name Wulingyuan has been less promoted over the years, so now the whole area, including the former city of Dayong, are now known as Zhangjiajie.
A two-day pass for the first three areas costs RMB253 per person now.
1) Tianzishan Mountain Nature Reserve
This is the central eastern part of the park, and is reached by the Tianzishan Cable Car (RMB52 up, RMB42 down) whose lower station is in the area known as Zhaigongwan. There are regular buses (when they fill up) from the Wulingyuan entrance. The Tianzishan area has views over the karst formations in the Gan Stream.
The Helong Park is now free with the main park entrance fee.
2) Yuangjiajie Scenic Area
This is the central western part of the park, and the most recently developed area with a long walk above the spectacular formations of the Shadao Ravine. It is reachable from the Tianzishan area by bus in 40 minutes and ends with a 5 minute bus ride to the Bailong Elevator, the 326 metre elevator down the side of a narrow gorge to the valley floor. There is a less travelled area of the Yuangjiajie section on the western edge of the park.
3) Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
The south-western part of the park, reached from the Zhangjiajie entrance. This is the busiest part of the park and includes the Yellow Lion Stockade Route and the Gold Whip Route.
4) Suoxiyu Nature Reserve
The main part is not open to the public, but this reserve includes the mountain slopes and valleys around Wulingyuan and Suoxiyu Villages. It also includes the area around Baofeng Hu which is open to the public. Baofeng Hu is immediately to the south east of Wulingyuan Village and costs RMB62 to get in. The main park pass does not include access here, but the RMB62 includes the boat ride. The Huanglong (Yellow Dragon) Cave is at the far eastern end of the Suoxiyu Nature Reserve, and much less visited than anywhere else. Note that access to both Baofeng Hu and Huanglong Cave are not included in the main ticket price for Zhangjiajie.
The whole park area covers 397 square kilometres, although the coire zone is just 264 square kilometres, and it was the first National Forest Park in China, designated by the State Forestry Administration in 1982, and six years later was designated by the government as a Key National Scenic and Historic Area. In 1992, Wulingyuan was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and it became a World Geo-Park in 2001. The sites feature very similar landscape ? huge, tall pinnacles of quartzite sandstone with heavy sub-tropical forest all around. Remember that despite the hype, Zhangjiajie is a tourist destination, not a place where you will feel educated or uplifted. There are wild parts of Zhangjiajie, but you will need to actively plan your visit and search them out.
Wulingyuan was formed by constant water erosion of its 380-million year old rock, mainly in the Lishui river valley and a handful of short subsidiaries. It is by no means unique, even in China, despite all the hyperbole and superlatives thrown at the visitor. The result is more than 4,000 columnar peaks surrounded by dense vegetation typical of a sub-tropical mountain monsoon climate.
Zhangjiajie could have been one of the golden stars of Chinese nature conservation and sustainable tourism development. Instead, it has become a byword for unbridled tourism exploitation, inappropriate management and envirornmental damage. The situation becamse so severe that Zhangjiajie cam close to being placed on the UNESCO World Heritage in Danger List, something that would have been incredibly embarassing to the Chinese government and heritage and tourism authorities. Even the warning by UNESCO was a shock to the government who probably hadn't the faintest idea that what was being done was damaging. Even today, most tourism and heritage officials and politicians remain largely blissfully unaware of the impacts of tourism.
The critical issue at Zhangjiajie - as elsewhere - is that there is no concept of carrying-capacity. Over the years, government agencies and private enterproses were given permission to build all manner of structures including hotels, restaurants and souvenir shops. This was all created with no thought given to the impact on water supply, treatement of wastewater, kitchen waste and solid waste. Even today, there are souvenir stands at every corner and the stream is used by many vendors for washing dishes. The streams became polluted, the vegetation was trampled, soil compacted and the environmental degradation accelerated.
In some respects, the litter created by visitors - blamed by the authorities for many of the environmental problems - is much less than might be expected; there are now plenty of waste-bins.
The warning from UNESCO is credited with bringing about a change of attitude, but the changes may be insufficient. A number of hotels and structures are being pulled down, but those permitted to remain are also poor quality construction. The street furniture and hard landscaping is almost entirely made of heavy concrete and then clumsily disguised as wood. There is something uniquely peculiar about China's penchant to have concrete waste bins disguised as trees, conrete footpaths disguised as boardwalks, concrete bridges disguised as wooden ones. If only the construction was done well, it might work, but it never is.
The most recent constructions are clearly of a superior quality, with attractive styling and more care taken to use natural materials, so the future Zhangjiajie will be better for visitors and the environment.
To cater for the 5 million visitors annually, more facilities needed to be built, and this has placed further brdens on the park. All the cable cars, the elevator, shops, restaurants and other facilities require electricity and water supply. The park is criss-crossed by HV overhead transmission lines, and fresh water needs to be pumped around the park. There is no evidence that environmentally-friendly building designs are being used, nor that eco-friendly water facilities or passive solar radiation have been built. Even the newest facilities tend to be heavy and with a tendecny to be in mock antique style that is no more appropriate to the environment here than a modern structure.
The interpretation of the natural heritage is a quite recent addition to the porftfolio of facilities and there are some good practices, including the use of wooden tree labels (although even these are heavily rusticated and varnished, providing quite a peculiar sight). There are regular signboards with information on different ecological topics, but it all seems a bit contrived, and the visitor is left with the feeling that everything is being 'presented' as some kind of synthetic showpiece: like n environmental version of the 'model tractor factory' so beloved by Soviet-era planners.
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As a result of the forward of the Glass plank Walk, i found a few sites to whet my appetitie, your comment of the negtive excesses of Tourism is eye opening, SO glad that UNESCO have had a positive impact of bring the authorities into action .
Awesome photos. Very informative, detailed and witty tips! Was really a joy reading your Zhangjiajie and other Hunan pages. :) Well done!
Heard from friend that this place is quite polluted... such a pity
Very, very informative! =)
WOW what a location to visit, some of the best photos i've seen for a long time on v.t, congratulations to you.
Love your photos!!!! Enjoy
Very comprehensive tips and stunning photos of zhangjiajie. This is one of the major attractions of China :)
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The Michigan assistant attorney general representing Snyder, Matthew Schneider, twice referred to the governor as "your honor," drawing laughter from the courtroom. An attorney for the objectors made the same mistake.
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Ashley Vance, 27, a hairdresser in Brighton, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of Detroit, said the law creating the emergency financial manager "stripped away peoples' rights."
"This is not the way the government should be run," she said.
Objectors have claimed state officials worked with Jones Day, the law firm that Orr, 55, hired to file the bankruptcy, to create a new emergency financial manager law and use it to file for bankruptcy, giving Detroit leverage over unions and retirees. Orr was a partner at Jones Day before taking the Detroit job.
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Under questioning by Wertheimer, Snyder said he has been focused on Detroit since he took office in 2011. He said he has spoken with Orr about the city either by phone or in person weekly since appointing him in March.
"I describe it as the largest issue in our country," Snyder said. "This has been a large issue for 60 years."
Snyder said he hasn't offered Detroit any state money to avoid cuts to pension obligations.
Orr testified that before he put Detroit into bankruptcy, he fought a "running gun battle" with Syncora Guarantee Inc. to protect its best source of cash from the bond insurer.
That dispute, other court fights and tough negotiations with unions and additional creditors persuaded Orr to choose bankruptcy, he testified yesterday.
"The situation seemed to be growing more and more precarious and somewhat out of control," Orr told Rhodes.
James Spiotto, a bankruptcy lawyer who has studied the history of Chapter 9 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, which covers municipalities, said Snyder's testimony "may be unique to Michigan and Detroit."
"In virtually all other situations, the governor is not part of the approval process for filing," Spiotto said in an interview. "So his testimony evolves from his appointment of the EFM and his required approval of the Chapter 9 filing."
The case is In re City of Detroit, 13-bk-53846, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Michigan (Detroit).


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We develop an exact determinantal formula for the probability that the Airy_2 process is bounded by a function g on a finite interval. As an application, we provide a direct proof that \({\sup(\mathcal{A}_{2}(x)-x^2)}\) is distributed as a GOE random variable. Both the continuum formula and the GOE result have applications in the study of the end point of an unconstrained directed polymer in a disordered environment. We explain Johansson's (Commun. Math. Phys. 242(1–2):277–329, 2003) observation that the GOE result follows from this polymer interpretation and exact results within that field. In a companion paper (Moreno Flores et al. in Commun. Math. Phys. 2012) these continuum statistics are used to compute the distribution of the endpoint of directed polymers.
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- Continuum Statistics of the Airy2 Process
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Communications in Mathematical Physics
Volume 317, Issue 2 , pp 347-362
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- 10.1007/s00220-012-1582-0
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- 1. Courant Institute, 251 Mercer St., Room 604, New York, NY, 10012, USA
- 2. Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, 40 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2E4, Canada
- 3. Departamento de Ingeniería Matemática, Universidad de Chile, Av. Blanco Encalada 2120, Santiago, Chile


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December 07, 2015
Anonymity networks, which sit on top of the public Internet, are designed to conceal people's Web-browsing habits from prying eyes. The most popular of these, Tor, has been around for more than a decade and is used by millions of people every day.
Recent research, however, has shown that
November 23, 2015This week CSAIL principal investigator Victor W. Zue was one of three MIT faculty members to be elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), according to the journal Science.
The new fellows are part of a group of 347 AAAS members elected by their
November 20, 2015CSAIL principal investigator Ruth Rosenholtz was on Science Friday today to discuss her research applying computer-vision techniques to transit maps. Her computer models are capable of determining how well people will comprehend a subway map (or other complex visualizations) in a
November 19, 2015CSAIL researchers have found that much of the data transferred to and from the 500 most popular free applications for Google Android cellphones make little or no difference to the user's experience.
Of those "covert" communications, roughly half appear to be initiated by standard Android analytics
November 17, 2015This week NASA announced that MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is one of just two institutions who will receive "R5," a six-foot, 290-pound humanoid robot also known as "Valkyrie" that will serve on future space missions to Mars and beyond.
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November 17, 2015This week NASA announced that MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is one of just two institutions who will receive "R5," a six-foot, 290-pound humanoid robot also known as "Valkyrie" that will serve on future space missions to Mars and beyond.A group led by
November 13, 2015
As smartphones become people's primary computers and their primary cameras, there is growing demand for mobile versions of image-processing applications.
Image processing, however, can be computationally intensive and could quickly drain a cellphone's battery. Some mobile applications try to
November 05, 2015
At the Siggraph Asia conference this week, MIT researchers presented a pair of papers describing techniques for either magnifying or smoothing out small variations in digital images.
The techniques could be used to produce more polished images for graphic-design projects, or, applied in the
November 05, 2015Spend 10 minutes on social media, and you'll learn that people love infographics. But why, exactly, do we gravitate towards articles with titles like "24 Diagrams to Help You Eat Healthier" and "All You Need To Know About Beer In One Chart"? Do they actually serve their purpose of not only
November 04, 2015By exploiting the graphics-rendering software that powers sports video games, researchers at MIT and the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) have developed a system that automatically converts 2-D video of soccer games into 3-D.
The converted video can be played back over any 3-D device —
November 02, 2015A researcher from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has developed an obstacle-detection system that allows a drone to autonomously dip, dart and dive through a tree-filled field at upwards of 30 miles per hour. (Full story)
November 02, 2015This week MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) announced that it has received a $1 million gift from MasterCard that will go towards the research efforts of Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and co-leader of the lab's Decentralized Information Group.
October 30, 2015In creating what looks to be a simple children's musical instrument—a xylophone with keys in the shape of zoo animals—computer scientists at CSAIL, Columbia, Harvard and Disney Research have demonstrated that sound can be controlled by 3D-printing shapes.
The team designed an optimization
October 29, 2015Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab have developed a soft robotic cube that uses a series of spring-loaded metal tongues to jump, bounce and roll along rocky terrain.
The three-inch-wide, seven-ounce cube is able to jump more than
October 28, 2015A team of researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has long believed that wireless signals like WiFi can be used to see things that are invisible to the naked eye.
Since 2013, CSAIL researchers have been developing technologies that use wireless signals to track
October 27, 2015
"Indistinguishability obfuscation" is a powerful concept that would yield provably secure versions of every cryptographic system we've ever developed and all those we've been unable to develop. But nobody knows how to put it into practice.
Last week, at the IEEE Symposium on Foundations of
October 27, 2015Today represents the first day of the 2015-2016 NBA season, and we want to help.
Well, sort of. Over the years, CSAIL researchers have regularly participated in the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, where computer scientists and mathematicians come together to discuss research
October 26, 2015A researcher from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has developed an obstacle-detection system that allows a drone to autonomously dip, dart and dive through a tree-filled field at upwards of 30 miles per hour.
"Everyone is building drones these days, but
October 22, 2015We are making breakthroughs almost weekly in our understanding of cancer and other deadly diseases, both in how to treat and – in some cases – how to cure them. So why is funding for early stage biomedical research and development declining just when we need it most?
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October 17, 2015Every year corporations under-report roughly $91 billion of taxable income via schemes known as "partnerships and S corporations." The government tweaks its regulations every year to try to keep up with all of the complicated methods, but, just like a big game of Whack-a-Mole, every time one
October 08, 2015Congratulation to this year's Nobel Prize winners!
While computer science has no formal Nobel Prize, the Association for Computing Machinery's A.M. Turing Award is often described as "the Nobel Prize of computing."
Over the years, more than a dozen CSAIL-affiliated computer scientists have receive
October 06, 2015
MIT researchers are developing a computer system that uses genetic, demographic, and clinical data to help predict the effects of disease on brain anatomy.
In experiments, they trained a machine-learning system on MRI data from patients with neurodegenerative diseases and found that
October 01, 2015Machine learning, which is the basis for most commercial artificial-intelligence systems, is intrinsically probabilistic. An object-recognition algorithm asked to classify a particular image, for instance, might conclude that it has a 60 percent chance of depicting a dog, but a 30 percent chance of
September 30, 2015Robots have many strong suits, but delicacy traditionally hasn't been one of them. Rigid limbs and digits make it difficult for them to grasp, hold, and manipulate a range of everyday objects without dropping or crushing them.
Recently, CSAIL researchers have discovered that the solution may
September 28, 20153D printing is great, assuming that all you need to do is print one material for one purpose, and that you're okay with it taking a few tries. But the technology is still far behind where it could be in reliably
September 24, 2015CSAIL researcher Matei Zaharai was recently profiled by The Economist in a story about the state of cloud-computing start-ups.
Zaharia is co-founder of Databricks, a promising startup whose data-crunching technology Spark has drawn the attention of prominent developers, as well as a little
September 23, 2015
CSAIL researchers have designed a computer system that learns how to play a text-based computer game with no prior assumptions about how language works. Although the system can't complete the game as a whole, its ability to complete sections of it suggests that, in some sense, it discovers
September 17, 2015Researchers at CSAIL and Boston Children's Hospital have developed a system that can take MRI scans of a patient's heart and, in a matter of hours, convert them into a tangible, physical model that surgeons can use to plan surgery.
The models could provide a more intuitive way for surgeons to
September 14, 2015Every language has its own collection of phonemes, or the basic phonetic units from which spoken words are composed. Depending on how you count, English has somewhere between 35 and 45. Knowing a language's phonemes can make it much easier for automated systems to learn to interpret speech.
September 09, 2015By Larry Hardesty, MIT News
In a modern, multicore chip, every core — or processor — has its own small memory cache, where it stores frequently used data. But the chip also has a larger, shared cache, which all the cores can access.
If one core tries to update data in the shared cache,
September 04, 2015The World Health Organization estimates that 3,400 people die each day from traffic-related accidents. Could autonomous cars be part of the solution?
Today CSAIL announced a new $25 million research center funded by Toyota to further the development of autonomous vehicle technologies, with
September 03, 2015
by Larry Hardesty, MIT News
The technology behind 3-D printing is growing more and more common, but the ability to create designs for it is not. Any but the simplest designs require expertise with computer-aided design (CAD) applications, and even for the experts, the design process is
September 01, 2015At the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in September, members of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) and their colleagues will describe an experiment conducted over six days at a large public garden in Singapore, in which self-driving golf
August 27, 2015For Justin Chen, a PhD student in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), there is more to observe in the built environment than meets the eye. So much more, in fact, that he has designed his entire academic attention in CEE to center on structural health monitoring.
August 27, 20153D printing is great, assuming that all you need to do is print one material for one purpose, and that you're okay with it taking a few tries. But the technology is still far behind where it could be in reliably
August 26, 2015For more than a decade, gene sequencers have been improving more rapidly than the computers required to make sense of their outputs. Searching for DNA sequences in existing genomic databases can already take hours, and the problem is likely to get worse.
Recently, Bonnie Berger's group at CSAIL
August 24, 2015In a computer operating system, the file system is the part that writes data to disk and tracks where the data is stored. If the computer crashes while it's writing data, the file system's records can become corrupt. Hours of work could be lost, or programs could stop working properly.
At a
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August 18, 2015For all of the advances in medical technology, many of the world's most widely-used diagnostic tools essentially involve just two things: pen and paper.
Tests such as the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and the Clock Drawing Test (CDT) are used to detect cognitive change arising from a wide
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A key
August 10, 2015If companies like Amazon and Google have their way, soon enough we will have robots air-dropping supplies from the sky. But is our software where it needs to be to move and deliver goods in the real world?
This question has been explored for many years by researchers at MIT's Computer Science and
August 09, 2015CSAIL principal investigator Aude Oliva has received a special research award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of a $13.1 million initiative to support "transformative research in neural and cognitive systems."
One of the NSF's 16 grants will go towards Oliva's
August 09, 2015The popular term "drone," which conjures images of remote-controlled flying zombies, is becoming less and less descriptive of the latest unmanned aerial vehicles. New applications are requiring more autonomy and intelligence from UAVs."When people think about drones, they largely think of big
August 06, 2015It's rare that anyone, including even an MIT computer scientist, is extended an invitation to the Oval Office. Even rarer, still: the opportunity to fall on your face in front of the "Leader of the Free World."
To be clear, this particular fall in question was intentional. On Tuesday, researchers
July 29, 2015With 2.5 million daily users, the Tor network is the world's most popular system for protecting Internet users' anonymity. For more than a decade, people living under repressive regimes have used Tor to conceal their Web-browsing habits from electronic surveillance, and websites hosting content
July 24, 2015This week MIT professor Nickolai Zeldovich and his former student Raluca Popa wrote in IEEE Spectrum about new approaches to data encryption being pioneered by CSAIL computer scientists.
"Not long ago, hackers stole about 40 million debit- and credit-card records from Target, another
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Last week, at the Robotics Science and Systems conference, members of Leonard's group presented a new
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This month CSAIL
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Basix fixed worked for me. I had changed the directory folder name and wasn't able to log in. Thanks!
Basix fixed worked for me. I had changed the directory folder name and wasn't able to log in. Thanks!
I've just downloaded the latest version of 2.3 and have these problems too. Tried all the suggestions but to no avail. I'm amazed WP still haven't fixed it.
Where can I get an older more stable version of WP from?
I've had the same problem on a clients site, solved it with removing the permalink option in the htaccess file.
I had this problem and had to delete the wp-contact-form plugin, log-in and then re-install. What could a plugin do to break this login system?
So far nothing has worked for me. I tried every trick that I can find on the web. One of recipe I tired worked for one night. It didn't work the next morning. It has nothing to do browsers. I tired the latest IE, FireFox and Opera. I have two WP blogs on the same host. They both have been working well for a long time. I upgraded one to 2.31 which is not working now. The other one is running fine with the old 2.1. Since there isn't any change made, the configuration doesn't play a role here.
With a "www" or not before the web address makes different to the 2.3.1 not working site. With 2.1, with or w/o "www" both works fine. Thus it points to the issue with WP 2.3.1. Will really appreciate if anyone can help.
There has been so many sites with the issue. Have a look at search:
POSSIBLE SOLUTION. Whenever I see this error now, I have a plugin that is conflicting somehow. This process works for me every time and hasn't let me down:
Really, once you've identified the plugin that is causing the error you either have to upgrade it or leave it off the blog. Sux I know and I've been through this with every damned update so far (just had to do it to discover WP.com Stats plugin when I upgraded to 2.3.3...).
I am having the same issue everyone is having. I've tried the patch, i've tried commenting out the 24,313,314 lines and nothing seems to be working for me. The frustrating part is i don't know what caused this. I last recall in my control panel changing some wording for the blog (that wasn't going to affect my server or anything major) and next thing it is not working. So i have reinstalled my wordpress 2.3.1. Then went to the http://example.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php site to activate. It says i already have a DB. I am afraid of deleting my DB, afraid i'll lose my comments. Right now i've lost my pictures because of the install, my comments look like they are still there though. This is quite frustrating because the more i try and fix it, the more i break it.
hey everyone, soon after i posted, i got my site working again!!
I used the wp-login.php that ryan suggested, i put the patch , sitecookie.diff in the directory right under blog (blog is in subdirectory) and it's working!!
I've tried everything in here. Im still haveing this cookie problem as well. I originally had it installed in a subdirectory, so I deleted the database and all wpmu files and did a fresh installed in root. I even tried the one about posting a comment on the first post. Problem still there.
Installing to a local ubuntu 6.06.2 server. WPMU 1.3.3
No firewalls on this side of the LAN between me and the server.
Ok, so I've done all sorts of things.. differant names for the subdirectory... chown to www-data on everything and chmod 777 on everything... thinking maybe it was a rights thing. Nope.
What finally worked was during the setup, I put in the IP address of the server instead of the DNS name. When i first put in the DNS name everything seemed to work fine... except of course the inability to login to wp-admin because of cookies. Switching to the IP address fixed the problem.
So I can still use the DNS name in a link to the site because it resolves correctly to the IP. But then WordPress changes the URL from the DNS name to the IP. This works for me because its an intranet site and not available to the public.
Hope that helps someone else out there.
EDIT: Oh yeah, one other tid bit. Before I reinstalled with just the IP in the server name. I COULD login to wp-admin without a cookie error using Konqueror on the actual webserver.
I had the same problem and just wanted to share my solution. My text editor set all documents to UTF8 by default and for some reason wordpress din't like that. when i changed backed every single F-ing document to ANSI all worked like a charm. To change the encoding format for a document, look in your text/html -editor for fomat and set it to ANSI.
WP folks, what's the status on this??? This seems like a big deal. I'll add my name to the list of users who got burned by the update. I tried many of the suggested fixes listed in this forum but with no success. I finally had to restore via backup with all my old 2.2 files ... I have to say this is the only negative experience I've had with WP, so I hope we can resolve this one.
Interestingly, a colleague of mine who updated her own personal WP site to 2.3 had no problems, but she updated hers using her host's WordPress "wizard" to install the files automatically. Sounds like most folks in this forum who've had problems installed the update directly via FTP.
Just installed WordPress for the first time - latest 'stable' version per the download page (2.3.3?).
I can log in using a Safari browser to Admin account or other test user accounts. But I can't do this via Internet Explorer - i'm getting the error that many are seeing on this thread 'ERROR: WordPress requires Cookies but your browser does not support them or they are blocked.'
I find it very strange that IE has this problem but not Safari - any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Just thought I would try Firefox too - this works with no problems.
Should have said that I have also found the whitespace problem mentioned in this thread i.e. an extra line at the end of the php file. I have deleted that and re-uploaded that file. Again - not working.
So frustrating......
hi, i had a problem like this to.
my solution was to go to phpMyAdmin, and go to option, and check your site adres an blog home are correct.
mine had index.php appended, also my stylesheet was linked to http://example.com/index.php/wp-admin/wp-admin.css?version=2.3.3 and cookie path was /index.php/
i am sure this whole problem has something to do with the coockie path...
Editing siteurl and home with phpMyAdmin worked for me too, when all of the various other fixes did not.
WP had appended /wordpress to the end of my url and homepage, maybe because I had it in a subdomain.
Good luck, folks.
You are all talking programming code, and I do not understand it. I'm not a computer programmer and would be very uncomfortable adding or removing code from a file. I know how to change text in a text editor for my website, but that is about it. I need some really basic step by step assistance.
I was having this problem and used logicalemotions method in above post that talks about renaming plugins etc...
1. FTP or file manager to /wp-content
2. rename /plugins to /pluginX (or whatever)
3. goto http://www.blogname.com/wp-admin/ in browser
4. login (you should be able to now)
5. rename /pluginX (or whatever) back to /plugins
6. in browser, goto PLUGINS via admin
7. select DEACTIVATE ALL PLUGINS at bottom of plugins list
8. begin activating plugins one at a time to see what errors out
9. when a plugin errors out either delete it via FTP, or find an upgrade if available - if no upgrade, leave deleted and see if blog functions correctly without it
I did get to log in but the plug ins all seem fine after running through his steps.
Not sure as of yet if all is well, but did get to log in!
Now on to all the other problems with the blog today!
Can someone comment on what it might mean that I have to use the above steps that call for renaming my wordpress ecommerce plugin each and every time that I now want to log into my wordpress admin panel? It gets me in, but not completely fixing the cookies issue.
I am thinking about removing the ecommerce plug in completely and upload it again from scratch.
My concern is if it will effect my products and product categories that I have in there now?
This was a final fix for me.
After upgrading to WP2.5 - still had the same problem.
Tried the database table edit described above (using the phpAdmin interface).
The editing of the database variable 'siteurl' - did not stop the issue.
The editing of the database variable 'home' stopped my blog working (i.e. loading at all in a browser).
Please forgive me if this is an uninformed post; I'm focusing more on the white screen of death on the admin than on anything else. Not sure if it comes down to cookies or not, although this is how I was able to track this down and fix it. It appears to have something to do with whether you have PHP 4 or 5 installed.
Following the instructions here to the letter:
I got this to work fine.
When I tried to follow different directions (although also quite good):
I got the white screen of death. The only difference in the installation was choosing PHP 4 or 5 (you have to choose 4 as of this writing).
Hopefully, for those of you for whom the "final fix" above did not work, this will work fo you & help avoid the hours of frustration you may have run into.
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- Pepper Clark is a skunk who has a real soft spot for comedy! she stars in the Hub's new series, Littlest Pet Shop!
Pepper is my 3rd favourite character, and i wanted to draw her!
There aren't a lot of skunk characters on tv and when they are they're not usually on the good team so that alone makes her cool to me. I also like her personality. Nice work.
lol i only saw my first ep today and already i got two favorite characters which i guess are Pepper Clark and zoe
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My favourite is Penny, and my 2nd is Zoe ^w^
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Paraquad support groups empower people with disabilities to explore options and solve problems regarding any life-changing experiences. Topics can include adjusting to a newly acquired disability, changes in living arrangements or learning to use community services more effectively.
Participants are paired with well-adjusted peer mentors who have similar disabilities. Participants and peer mentors share their personal experiences.
Peer mentorship plays a significant role in the lives of people with disabilities as it introduces them to various community resources and skills training. With the right attitude, skills and resources, people with disabilities are empowered to live independently.
Paraquad's support groups provide participants with information and resources as well as opportunities to participate in social activities. There are several different support groups that cover general, everyday life.
Family Participation Program
The Family Participation Program provides assistance for parents with physical disabilities and families through support groups, phone and internet networks, access to resources and a speakers bureau on select topics. Meetings are held on a quarterly basis, usually on Saturdays.
Youth Group
The Youth Group focuses on social and recreational activities that promote the development of social skills not acquired in segregated environments. Participants include young people with and without disabilities.
Participants without disabilities develop an awareness and understanding of their peers with disabilities, while youth with disabilities learn to participate within the community as an equal.
The group targets youth between the ages of 12-24 and their families. It meets on the third Saturday of each month from August to May for group discussions. In June and July, the group focuses on community outings and computer camp.


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Hey Remus ... WAKE UP by AvenderWatch
©2011-2016 Avender
Oh, those boys~
Sirius, James and Remus (c) JK Rowling
Art (c) Kirsten Stackhouse
Check out my tumblr for more marauder comics and fun - [link]
Sirius, James and Remus (c) JK Rowling
Art (c) Kirsten Stackhouse
Check out my tumblr for more marauder comics and fun - [link]
Laughed so hard at this comic, Have had the same thing happen to me once.
This is so funny!!!
Their expressions for that first "Moony...."
Brilliant! I love it!
Brilliant! I love it!
I love this! I can totally see James and Sirius doing this.
i died laughing!!
Oh my....I swear I had not seen this before we made our latest cosplay video, but they are just so close to being the exact same thing. What can I say, love your sense of humor xp
Also, lovely style, very cute!
If you'd like to see the video www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvT1c6…
Also, lovely style, very cute!
If you'd like to see the video www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvT1c6…
Ahahahaha I love that video, super well done!!!! And thanks!
Take that Sirius ! XD
awww fun times XD
For some reason, I get the feeling that he was awake the whole time XD
so cuuuute
I liked it much.... Remus is sleeping so hard....
thats seriously awesome XD
thats seriously awesome XD
I thought Remus was unconscious.
XD ahahaha...seems like something James and Sirius would do...
Wow this is absolutely great Seems like I have something in common with our little furry-problem-having Remus.
XD The last panel is great~
It killed me. xD
After all of that, he only says that he ain't going.
Panels 5 and 6 killed me!
I find this style so cute and interesting! I love it
I love how nobody ever draws peter in these things as if he didn't exist during their hogwarts years lol. anyway, love it
This is so awesome. My little brother/my friends/my little brother's friends are James and Sirius. I am Remus. End of.
Love it
Adorable! Love the 6th and 7th panels x'D
<3 That's just awesome!!!!
haha, love it!!
This draw is so funny! Loved it.
I'm pretty sure i did this to my big sister every Saterday morning for years
Very great !
Behold My younger brother and what he does to me every saturday morning!
My God I feel your pain Remus! My friends do this all the time! I should pull a Remus next time!
Lol xD
Haha... that was awesome!!
I think I lost it completely at them "TROLL-LOL-LOLing" off like that. xD
Ahah, lovely!!!)))
Oh my god this is just like me and my friends! I know how you feel, Remus!
Wow.... this is soooo special! XD
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❒ Taken
❒ Single
✔ Mentally dating Sirius Black
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❒ Taken
❒ Single
✔ Mentally dating Sirius Black
Haha, Lol I loved this. Thanks for sharing!
hahahaha! great!
Me an my friends call eachother after the Marauders&Lily Evans. This is so what the would do (With me being Remus)
This is brill. xD
This is brill. xD
just to let you know, i am now in love with you're style of work! its seriously amazing! i LOVE the marauders!!!
Bed jumping panel = WIN
Bed jumping panel = WIN


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Such configurations sometimes offer benefits for tubular exchangers.02/01/2009
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Many process control engineers and IT technicians are still learning to communicate with each other, but some are sitting down to define roles and divvy up security responsibilities to give their applications and organizations some much-needed peace of mind.12/09/2008
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Several interesting new products got launched at ISA Expo.11/04/2008
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Betty and Lonnie Parr of Amarillo celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at Comanche Trail Church of Christ. The event was hosted by their children.
Parr married the former Betty Stephens on Sept. 3, 1959, at Amarillo. They have lived in Amarillo for 44 years and previously resided in Dumas and Gallup, N.M.
Parr is employed by Texas Department of Transportation. Mrs. Parr is a housewife. They are members of Comanche Trail Church of Christ.
Children of the couple are Jay Ender, Keith Parr, Steve Parr and TC Parr.
They have three grandchildren: Arian, Austin and Nick.
They have one great-grandchild.
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Local NBA Star Kevin Martin is giving back to his home town.
With the help of Martin's grandmother and PR person Shannon Kennedy he is buying ten area kids a big Christmas and they don't even who it's from.
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Politics Koran is the new Christmas
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Remember last year when the holiday season brought warnings of a "War on Christmas," or some such nonsense?
Well, in case you've missed it, this year the absurdist wing of the religious right has delivered unto the American media a raging pre-Christmas "debate" about whether America's first Muslim Congressman, Democrat Keith Ellison of Minnesota, has a right to take his ceremonial oath of office using a Koran.
"No!" says Dennis Prager, who is, unbelievably, a Presidential appointee to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.
Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim elected to the United States Congress, has announced that he will not take his oath of office on the Bible, but on the bible of Islam, the Koran.
He should not be allowed to do so — not because of any American hostility to the Koran, but because the act undermines American civilization.
Prager has, of course, been denounced by Muslims, Jews, and just about everyone else.
But he's also played, with apparent relish, his part in what is becoming an annual American ritual: Taking some time out from the busy Christmas season to engage in a bit of old-fashioned xenophobia.
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Saint Laurent Paris rebranding effort to settle over timeBy
The rebranding of Yves Saint Laurent to Saint Laurent Paris will likely affect in the short term the brand's relationship with its customers as they adapt to the new name for the French designer.
The Web site and ready-to-wear line of Saint Laurent Paris have been updated to reflect the name and logo change, but not all areas of the brand are being renamed, including the beauty line which remains under the Yves Saint Laurent name. Experts agree that the execution of the French label's name transition could have been stronger.
"The brand could have done a much better job communicating that it was reinvigorating its ready-to-wear collection," said Milton Pedraza, CEO of the Luxury Institute, New York. "It was not communicated well, so there was a negative reaction."
Mr. Pedraza is not affiliated with Saint Laurent Paris, but agreed to comment as an industry expert.
Saint Laurent Paris did not respond before press deadline. The label is part of a PPR portfolio that comprises Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen.
Another bump in the road
It has been a tumultuous year for the Saint Laurent Paris brand. Earlier this year, it was in a legal battle with footwear label Christian Louboutin over the trademark of its red-soled heels.
Yves Saint Laurent all-red shoe
A decision was made on the case in September, which awarded each fashion house a small victory. However, experts wondered if this was something that should have been started in the first place since Louboutin risked losing its trademark all together.
The appeals court ruled that Saint Laurent Paris could continue to manufacture its monochrome red shoe, while Louboutin still owned the red-sole trademark, so long as the product has a contrasting upper-half color (see story).
Also in March, Hedi Slimane replaced Stefano Pilati as the brand's creative director.
This summer, the brand attempted to reinvigorate its ready-to-wear line with a name and logo change.
Why fix what is not broken?
A few changes at the brand could have spurred the name and logo change.
The death of Yves Saint Laurent in 2008 and, more recently, the appointing of Hedi Slimane as the new creative director could have had something to do with the decision.
"It is going to take a while before consumers accept the new Saint Laurent Paris name," said Al Ries, chairman of marketing consultancy Ries & Ries, Roswell, GA.
"We don't think this is a positive move for the company," Mr. Ries said. "Changing a well-established brand like Yves Saint Laurent is a mistake.
"It is usually because new management takes over and wants to make its mark on the organization."
Saint Laurent Paris' Web site reflects the change
However, the beauty line remains under the Yves Saint Laurent name.
"Multiple brands are generally a good idea – Toyota and Lexus, for example – but not when the brand names are similar," Mr. Ries said. "Using both Yves Saint Laurent and Saint Laurent Paris is a confusing strategy for most consumers."
Mr. Ries predicts that the beauty line will eventually be renamed Saint Laurent Paris.
Experts agree that this change probably will not affect the brand in the long-term. But, it could affect consumers right now.
"In the short-term, it's going to confuse consumers and force the company to spend marketing dollars educating consumers about the new name – money that could be spent promoting the brand itself instead of the name change," Mr. Ries said.
After a while, Saint Laurent Paris will likely pass the test of rebranding if the product delivers.
"Keeping 'Saint Laurent' was not a risky move because when you say, 'Saint Laurent' people know what you are talking about," Luxury Institute's Mr. Pedraza said. "The intentions were good since the brand was trying to reinvigorate its ready-to-wear line and the proof will be in the product."
"You can't kill a brand like this – it is too iconic and too powerful," he said. "In the long-term, Yves Saint Laurent will come back to its prominence.
"But when you make a change to an iconic brand, you better make communications crystal-clear."
Final Take
Erin Shea, editorial assistant on Luxury Daily, New York
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Wendell Woodward, 86, of Amarillo died Sunday, March 7, 2010.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First Assembly of God, 6101 S. Bell St., with the Rev. Billy Nickell officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery by Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 S. Bell St.
Mr. Woodward was born Oct. 21, 1923, in Mountain Park, Okla. He was the son of Drew and Ludie Woodward. He worked for Energas for 35 years. He was a longtime member of the First Assembly of God, having served as a deacon for 12 years and also serving in various ministries through the church. He enjoyed the outdoors and camping with his sons and grandchildren. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Loyce Woodward and Orville Woodward.
Survivors include his wife, Gerry Woodward; his sons, Steve Woodward and wife Sheri and Ronnie Woodward and wife Shannon, all of Amarillo, and Galen Woodward and wife Kay of Albuquerque, N.M.; a brother, Ollin Woodward of Lawton, Okla.; and eight grandchildren, Bryan and wife Brittany Woodward of Oklahoma City, Brittany and husband Nathan Otwell of Cedar Hill, Kaylee Woodward, Tana and Tori Woodward, all of Amarillo, and Dustin, Jonathan and Brandon Woodward of Albuquerque, N.M.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today in the funeral home.
Sign the online guest book at www.griggsschoolergordon.com.
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A shooting reported near downtown Dothan early Thursday evening , but police say the incident appears to be a false alarm.
Just after 6:30 pm, Dothan police rushed to Lanier Street, just a block from Main Street, after receiving a report that a man had been shot in the face.
Authorities are not releasing much information, but sources at the Dothan Eagle tell News 4, investigators failed to find a victim or any evidence that a shooting took place.
This is the 2nd false shooting report in a week in Dothan.
Last Thursday, police responded to a call on Frazier street.
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I am looking for a voting type plug-in for our photo club. We have quarterly scavenger hunts and voting on the new topics takes time at the meetings, we are thinking we can allow members to submit topics (at a set limit, IE: X number per user).
Then we can all vote throughout the time given for the new topics and then announce them. Hope that makes sense, anything already out there like this?


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This deal is for 2 full days of skiing or riding at Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows in CA during a 3 day period. Please note, you must pick up ... your tickets on your start date.
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The Returned (Hardcover)
September 2013 Indie Next List
— Heather Christman, Warwick's, La Jolla, CA
"The Returned transforms a brilliant premise into an extraordinary and beautifully realized novel. My spine is still shivering from the memory of this haunting story. Wow." -Douglas Preston, #1 bestselling author of" The Monster of Florence"The sensational" New York Times "bestselling novel about an impossible miracle and a family given a second chance at life Harold and Lucille Hargrave's eight-year-old son, Jacob, died tragically in 1966. In their old age they ve settled comfortably into life without him . Until one day Jacob mysteriously appears on their doorstep flesh and blood, still eight years old.All over the world people's loved ones are returning from beyond. No one knows how or why, whether it's a miracle or a sign of the end. But as chaos erupts around the globe, the newly reunited family finds itself at the center of a community on the brink of collapse, forced to navigate a mysterious new reality.With spare, elegant prose and searing emotional depth, award-winning poet Jason Mott explores timeless questions of faith and morality, love and responsibility. A spellbinding and stunning debut, The Returned is an unforgettable story that marks the arrival of an important new voice in contemporary fiction.
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Si c est l amour de la litterature classique et du cinema qui pousse Jason Mott a ecrire des histoires, c est dans un reve fait apres la mort de sa mere un reve d un troublant realisme, qu il a trouve le sujet de "Face a eux", son premier roman empreint de magie, de suspense et d emotion. Les droits d adaptation en ont ete cedes a la societe de production americaine abc.Jason Mott vit en Caroline du Nord.
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"The Returned transforms a brilliant premise into an extraordinary and beautifully realized novel. My spine is still shivering from the memory of this haunting story. Wow." -Douglas Preston, #1 bestselling author of The Monster of Florence
"In his exceptional debut novel, poet Mott brings drama, pathos, joy, horror, and redemption to a riveting tale." -Publishers Weekly, starred review
"This book offers a beautifully written and emotionally astute lens at our world gone awry....Poet and debut author Mott has written a breathtaking novel that navigates emotional minefields with realism and grace."
-Kirkus, starred review
"Mott brings a singularly eloquent voice to this elegiac novel, which not only fearlessly tackles larger questions about mortality but also insightfully captures life's simpler moments....A beautiful meditation on what it means to be human."
-Booklist, starred review
"A wondrous surprise. With fine craftsmanship and a deep understanding of the human condition, Jason Mott has woven a tale that is in turns tragic and humorous and terrifying. Surely this will spark many a fabulous book club discussion." -Eowyn Ivey, New York Times bestselling author of The Snow Child
"A deft meditation on loss that plays out levels of consequence on both personal and international stages. Mott allows the magic of his story to unearth a full range of feelings about grief and connection." -Aimee Bender, New York Times bestselling author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake