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Iraq has 'more crude oil' than Saudi Arabia
Published Friday, February 29, 2008
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An initial investment of $40 billion (Dh146.8bn) is needed to put Iraq's oil industry back on track, according to a new book.
The country is an oil superpower with the world's third largest proven reserves – and development programmes could add billions of barrels within a few years, catapulting it to the number one position.
But three major wars and more than 12 years of crippling UN sanctions have reduced the Arab state to a minor crude exporter despite the fact it is one of a handful of countries with super-giant oilfields. Meanwhile, other countries with much smaller hydrocarbon resources have become major oil exporters.
"Plans were prepared in the early 1980s to increase the production capacity to six million barrels per day (bpd) had three wars not taken place in 1980-1988, 1991 and 2003," say the authors of the book, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Field Development in Iraq.
"The looting and vandalism that followed the two Gulf wars caused great damage to oil installations. UN sanctions against Iraq added further damage due to the difficulties created in getting spare parts and in performing well services. The pre-2003 production capacity has not recovered."
Between 1980 and 2005 Iraq suffered a loss of more than $400bn in oil revenues as a result of a massive decline in crude exports.
The total loss has risen sharply over the past two years as exports remain far below target, says Fadhil Chalabi, Executive Director of the London-based Centre for Global Energy Studies (CGES), which published the 600-page book. The centre is owned by former Saudi oil minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Al Yamanai.
The losses reflect only the decline in oil exports calculated on a monthly price basis since the start of the Iraq-Iran war in 1980 – they do not include damage to the sector caused by conflicts, the UN embargo and looting.
Chalabi, a former senior Iraqi oil ministry official, believes the country has huge undiscovered reserves on the grounds but no major development projects have been undertaken for more than two decades.
The proven reserves were officially put at 112 billion barrels in 2007 but Chalabi believes the final figure could exceed 300 billion barrels. "Iraq could have this figure, there is no exaggeration in this," he said.
His view is supported by a Western oil analyst who goes even further by saying Iraq's real oil potential could surpass that of Saudi Arabia, which controls nearly a quarter of the world's proven oil deposits.
Colin Lothian, a senior analyst at United Kingdom-based energy consultants Wood Mackenzie, says Iraq has many giant oilfields that have remained undeveloped.
"Iraq's remaining reserves, particularly in the south, are of considerable scale, high quality and most are at a relatively immature stage in their respective development cycles," said Lothian.
"There are many fields that each contain billions of barrels of oil.
"On the whole their depletion rate is very low and in several cases these fields have never been in production. If you add to that the possible results of exploration in the Western Desert and in established areas, the potential is enormous. As for whether Iraq's reserves are larger than those in Saudi Arabia, I would certainly not rule out that possibility.
"The new book, written in English, was prepared by a number of oil experts from Iraq and other countries.
The principal author and chief editor is Thamir Uqaili, a senior petroleum engineer with 40 years of experience in exploration and technical management in the Iraqi National Oil Company and at the Iraqi Ministry of Oil (MOO). The study was supervised by Chalbi, a former assistant secretary-general of Opec.
A spokesman for the publishers said: "The importance of this new study on Iraq is that it provides a huge volume of hands-on oilfield and operational information, together with detailed analysis of the country's present status and business and export policies.
"While most other studies on Iraq emphasise its exploration geology and the oil and gas potential of the country, this one covers many other upstream disciplines such as petroleum engineering, drilling, natural gas and exports, in addition to exploration.
"It contains well-by-well and field-by-field data that provides a wealth of information for those contemplating operating in Iraq.
The study is therefore extremely valuable to all service companies, equipment manufacturers, providers of field facilities, investors, suppliers, engineers and other operators.
"This includes all companies aspiring to have a future market presence in Iraq, those that are seriously considering entering Iraq and those that are planning to expand their existing activities in the country."
The book is based on direct knowledge of the Iraqi upstream oil industry gained through the use of original data, through fieldwork and numerous visits to oilfields during the past four years.
"In our view the risks taken by the team leader have made it possible to prepare a study that has special features. The grouping of the fields and prospects and the discussions concerning them are based on the exploration and production provinces, taking into consideration the status of the Kurdistan region and the other regions likely to be formed according to the new Iraqi constitution."
The book says that since the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraq's oil sector has been struggling and has just passed the two million bpd production level.
The authors discuss in detail how Iraq could increase production capacity to 3.5 million bpd without waiting for a new petroleum law to be finalised.
They give a detailed technical evaluation of how Iraq's gas sector could be developed and how gas could be substituted for oil in power generation – making more crude available for export.
The study includes a realistic evaluation of the potential of three unexplored regions: Kurdistan, Jazeera, and the Western Desert.
It is thought that a further 50 billion barrels could be discovered easily and brought into production.
The development of Iraq's oil industry requires money and expertise that can be provided by foreign companies. An initial $40bn is required to develop already discovered yet undeveloped oilfields and a further $10bn will be needed to fund an exploration programme.
Despite the reconstruction efforts, a great deal of work is still needed, say the authors. Foreign contractors have not been able to provide vital services due to the poor security conditions.
There has been further decline in the production rates of oilfields, though the decline has been partially offset by the addition of pilot production from a few southern fields.
The main reasons for the decline have been insufficient water for injection, the shutting of wells due to water shortages and poor reservoir management.
Field capacity in the north was not affected by the second Gulf war but the continued attacks on the Iraq-Turkey export pipeline have kept production at 30 per cent to 40 per cent of the capacity there.
The oil sector, like everything else in Iraq, has suffered from the poor security environment.
The fact that the nation is composed of different sects and races has contributed less to the problem than politics, the security vacuum post-April 2003 and the slow process of building up and equipping the national army.
The new Iraqi constitution has been passed but some of its articles appear unclear and there is a need to redefine the role of the federal and regional governments in managing petroleum resources.
This problem has delayed the passing of the Federal Oil and Gas Law. Kurdistan has passed its own law but its full implementation is being prevented owing to differences with the central government.
In the absence of an agreement, the oil produced in Kurdistan cannot be exported across the Iraqi border.
This is a limiting factor that forces the regional government to reduce production and restrict transportation by trucks, while trying to refine the rest locally. Most of the discoveries in Iraq have been in the Mesopotamia and Foothill zones.
However, two zones are potential exploration targets. The Rutba-Jezira zone has scarcely been explored although some discoveries were made prior to 1961. The Jezira area north of the Euphrates has over 50 seismic anomalies requiring exploration.
The recent discovery of the Akkas Field in part of Rutba, known as the Western Desert, gave an encouraging signal to look for prospective light oil and gas reserves in the Palaeozoic formations of that part of Iraq. A second point of interest is the discoveries in the Dohuk Area.
Oil and gas were expected in Pila Spi, Shiranish, Qamchuqa and Kurra Chine formations, but not in the amount discovered in Tawake and possibly the nearby structures.
The discoveries by the Norwegian company Det Norske Oljeselskap suggest there is more oil in Kurdistan.
The Foothill zone southeast of the Kirkuk Field down to the border with Iran witnessed several important discoveries during the late 1970s and 1980s.
But many other structures and seismic anomalies await exploration drilling that may turn the area, partly in Sulaimaniya Governorate and partly in Dyala Governorate, into an important production province.
In the south the large reserves of heavy crude oil in Lower Fars, Ghar and Maudud reservoirs need exploration or delineation drilling in order to be quantified.
Although southern Iraq is relatively well explored, formations deeper than the Yamama Reservoir are still under-explored, especially the Najma and Khuff formations where light oil, gas and gas condensate are expected.
Gas reserves will increase with more discoveries in the Western Desert, Kurdistan and the south.
LAWS AND CONTRACTS
The book discusses the draft Federal Oil and Gas Law and Kurdistan Regional Law with a presentation of the main clauses and the model contracts of the two laws.
The current status and the implementation of the Kurdish law in the light of the new Constitution and the role of the federal organisations are discussed in detail.
The proven reserves of the region are expected to double within the next two years.
Although there may be delays in passing the federal law and its proper implementation, Iraq needs several service contracts to upgrade reserves and production of the producing fields.
The ministry may well go ahead with signing such contracts without waiting for the federal law to be established, say the authors.
Both the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Federal Government are awaiting the ratification of the federal law. Iraq has more than 500 prospects to explore.
Oil-Rich Areas
The exploration and development of gasfields in Iraq have lagged behind the development of the oilfields. The proven reserve is 110 trillion cubic feet (TCF) with an upside potential of 50-65 TCF.
New reserves are expected from the north-east, mostly in Kurdistan, the Jezira Area and Palaeozoic and Triassic formations in the
north-west and the western region near the Syrian border.
As a result of the two Gulf wars, the gas processing capacity has been significantly reduced.
There is an acute shortage of production of dry gas and liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas liquids. About 65 per cent of the gas is flared, with oil being used as fuel for power units. This will continue until upgrading is not completed.
Main Players
A number of companies are active in the oil and gas industry in Iraq. The book lists the following major upstream operators:
South Oil Company (SOC) manages the southern fields of Basra Governorate.
North Oil Company (NOC) runs the northern producing fields plus East Baghdad Field.
Maisan Oil Company (MOC) manages the oilfields in Maisan Governorate.
The Iraq National Oil Company will be reconstituted as a holding company to accommodate SOC, NOC, MOC and other companies that will be formed in the next two to three years.
Drilling is carried out by Iraq Drilling Company, while exploration is managed by the Oil Exploration Company, which both fall within MOO.
In Kurdistan, the Ministry of Natural Resources will continue to oversee the work of the companies.
$400bn: Loss of oil revenue suffered by Iraq from 1980 to 2005
112bn: Barrels proven reserves in 2007


Authors: Renema, W., Beaman, R.J., Webster, J.M.
The distribution of live, well preserved, and relict larger benthic foraminifera (LBF) in sediment samples collected off the shelf margin near Hydrographers Passage in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, was studied to document taphonomic processes in this setting.
In total, eight living species of LBF were found, mostly of the families Amphisteginidae and Nummulitidae, separated into a shallow (platform) assemblage and a deep (terrace) assemblage. The modern (well preserved) shells in the sediment revealed a good representation of this fauna, but differences in depth distribution were lost. The relict fauna is represented by a more diverse fauna, and is composed mostly of taxa occurring in much shallower conditions.
We interpret this pattern as an initial downslope transport of the foraminifera from the shelf into deeper waters, and a mixing of foraminifera derived from nearby Pleistocene coral reef structures.


Depending on your application and requirements, you can achieve zero-downtime deployments in a number of ways.
When you have a load balancer in front of your application servers, you can choose to deploy in serial. This would involve removing one server at a time from the load balancer, deploying your code to it and then re-adding it to the load balancer.
Assuming that you have more than one application server, this means that there will always be at least one server to respond to user requests while another server is being updated.
This is slightly more complicated if you're using Passenger as a web server, as depending on the size of your application, the Passenger warm-up time can be longer than each server deployment. This would result in application load time being visible to the visitor. Passenger load time does not bounce the server, but only holds sessions in a queue. This means that traffic is served with delay and as long as the application loads in a time shorter than the HTTP timeout, the user will see no errors.
There are a number of (non-optimal) ways to get around this, but ultimately we suggest using option 1.


Sometimes, all you need to make an outfit stand out is a dash of red lipstick. And there is no better red than this matte Nars lip pencil in Cruella. It's bold, a lovely shade of red and so long wearing.
I decided on a minimal and monochrome outfit to let the lipstick do the talking, and to also show you this amazing striped crop top from Pretty Little Thing. This high neck top is so flattering and it goes with so many things too. Pared with a bit of clashing grey, it gives this chic outfit more of an edge.


Mountbakervapor is running a presidents day sale. They are already one of the cheapest American made juice makers – now with 13.44% off you total order.
If you haven't tried them – do so. A 50ml bottle of juice will run you $9.51 with the coupon. Check them out.


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Some Banks in Govt's 'Healthy Bank' Bailout Are Struggling
by Paul Kiel
A growing number of small and midsize banks that received federal bailout money have stopped paying quarterly dividends to the government in order to conserve capital.
The banks, reeling from bad loans, have sometimes been ordered by regulators to stop the payments as part of a rescue plan.
At least 18 banks that received bailout funds are not paying dividends. They range in size from San Francisco-based UCBH Holdings, which received $299 million in taxpayer money and recently announced suspension of the government dividends as part of an "action plan" to strengthen the bank, to tiny community banks. Some have chosen to suspend dividends, while others have been prohibited from paying them by regulators. (See the full list below.)
The banks aren't paying dividends only months after being blessed by regulators and the Treasury Department as "healthy." The money was distributed through the government's primary bailout program. As then-Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson explained last October, the program was aimed at boosting the overall economy by investing in banks that "will deploy, not hoard, their capital."
The Treasury has kept secret its criteria for accepting banks, saying only that those approved should prove themselves viable without the government investment. Banks in the program are selected for their ability to keep lending levels up, Treasury officials have said, and keep taxpayer risk at a minimum.
Yet shortly after receiving funds, two of the biggest recipients, Bank of America and Citigroup, which both received $25 billion through the program, were bailed out with even more taxpayer money. More recently, CIT Group, which received $2.3 billion late last year, has flirted with bankruptcy.
The suspension of TARP dividends shows that some smaller banks in the program are struggling, too. It also calls into question whether all of the banks in the program really could have survived without the government investment. In the government's haste to boost the banking sector, "there may have been decisions, where had there been more time and analysis, may have been made differently," said Karen Dorway, president of BauerFinancial, a research firm that studies the financial health of banks. The Treasury Department declined to comment on the dividend suspensions.
Regulators have intervened with a number of the troubled banks.
California-based Pacific Capital Bancorp, which received $180.6 million, reached an agreement with its primary regulator in April to hatch a new plan to deal with its problem loans and boost its capital levels. The bank, which announced its intention earlier this year to lay off nearly a quarter of its employees, missed a dividend payment to the Treasury soon thereafter.
In Wisconsin, Anchor Bancorp received $110 million from the Treasury in January. In June, regulators issued a cease-and-desist order requiring the bank to raise its capital levels and putting it under strict supervision. The bank has yet to make a dividend payment to the Treasury.
The problems extend to small community banks such as Pacific Coast National Bancorp of San Clemente, Calif. The bank received $4.1 million in January, but regulators later clamped down, forbidding it to increase its loans above the amount on the bank's balance sheet and ordering it to raise capital. The bank was in dire straits when it received the bailout funds in January, "significantly undercapitalized" under regulatory guidelines. But as a result of the aid, it ascended to merely "undercapitalized," according to its annual report. It is prohibited by state regulations from paying dividends.
Blue Valley Ban Corp of Kansas ($21.8 million) suspended dividend payments in May at the request of its regulator, said the bank's CEO, Bob Regnier. But he said the move was only cautionary as the bank deals with losses from construction loans and doesn't mean the bank is pulling back on lending. "We're still out there making every good loan that we can find, but it's a more difficult economic environment."
One bank is seeking even more TARP funds. Midwest Banc Holdings ($84.8 million) suspended dividends in May to retain cash and announced this week that, as part of a plan to reduce costs and raise capital, it was seeking up to $53 million more from the Treasury.
The Treasury has invested more than $200 billion in 653 companies through the program, and since the overwhelming majority of banks have paid dividends, the Treasury had collected $6.7 billion as of June, according to a Treasury report (PDF). The banks pay 5 percent annual interest on the investment.
There is a consequence for banks missing too many dividend payments. After six quarterly non-payments, the Treasury gains the right to appoint two members to the bank's board of directors, a fate some banks could face next year.
At least eight California banks have missed dividend payments because of state laws prohibiting payment of dividends unless certain earnings benchmarks are met. The rules are designed to ensure that banks pay dividends out of earnings, something that's more difficult for younger banks.
Fresno First Bank, a 3-year-old community bank, is among those eight, but Chief Financial Officer Steve Canfield said the bank expects to gain approval from state regulators to pay the dividends on the $2 million investment later this summer. The bank plans to use the TARP money primarily to fund the bank's "very, very rapid" growth, he said. "It wasn't our intention to take the money and stiff the government."
Banks Not Paying Dividends on TARP Funds:
Bailout Date
Bailout Amount
UCBH — declared in July Public CA 11/14/08 $298.737 million
Pacific Capital Bancorp Public CA 11/21/08 $180.634 million
Anchor Bancorp Public WI 1/30/09 $110 million
Midwest Banc Holdings Public IL 12/5/08 $84.784 million
Seacoast Banking Corporation Public FL 12/19/08 $50 million
Blue Valley Ban Corp Public KS 12/5/08 $21.75 million
OneUnited Bank CDFI MA 12/19/08 $12.063 million
United American Bank Private CA 2/20/09 $8.7 million
Commonwealth Business Bank Private CA 1/23/09 $7.701 million
Peninsula Bank Holding Co. Public CA 1/30/09 $6 million
Connecticut Bank and Trust Company Public CT 12/19/08 $5.448 million
Commerce National Bank Public CA 1/9/09 $5 million
Pacific Coast National Bancorp Public CA 1/16/09 $4.12 million
Premier Service Bank Private CA 2/20/09 $4 million
Lone Star Bank Private TX 2/6/09 $3.072 million
Fresno First Bank Private CA 1/23/09 $1.968 million
Community Bank of the Bay Private CA 1/16/09 $1.747 million
Saigon National Bank Private CA 12/23/08 $1.549 million
Paul Kiel
Paul Kiel covers business and consumer finance for ProPublica.
@paulkiel
Signal: 347-573-3039

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Students use creative tools in the Seesaw app or website to complete classroom activities like "Read in Context #1"
1. Click 2. Click and select the 3. Point to each word as you read the sentence. 4. You can sound out the words by spotting the vowel and blending the sounds. 5. when you are finished reading the sentence.


Break out the leg warmers and off-the-shoulder tops, it's time for a totally tubular tribute to some of the greatest music of the eighties at That BIG 80s Party. DJ Marco will play all the hits you tried to record onto a cassette tape off the radio as well as the deep cuts you loved. Rap, New Wave, Freestyle, R&B, Rock, Pop and much more. Come by Union Stage and relive the decade and if you weren't around in the '80s, come experience what you missed.


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St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
St. Albans has been welcoming visitors for centuries. Medieval pilgrims came to the shrine of Britain's first Christian martyr, St. Alban. Today's visitor comes not only to explore the inspiring Cathedral, but also the site of Roman Verulamium, now protected in 100 acres of beautiful parkland. The award-winning Verulamium Museum tells the story of the Roman city and displays fabulous mosaics and wallplasters. Nearby are the remains of the best preserved Roman theatre in Britain.
St Albans is easy to get to by road or rail. There are ample car parks and two railway stations. It is a city easily explored on foot, offering contrasts of old and new. Walk down historic Fishpool Street and you find yourself in the delightful village of St. Michael's with its 16th century water mill. Back in the city centre regular walks are available.
The 15th century Clock Tower, a rare example of a town belfry, is just a short step away from a wealth of attractive shops and restaurants. This mixture of past and present provides a unique atmosphere in which to linger, gaze and enjoy. Every Saturday and Wednesday see the lively street market. Established over 1000 years ago, it is now one of the largest in the South East, offering goods of every kind from fruit and vegetables to antiques, records and books.
The story of St. Albans is explored further at The Museum of St. Albans in Hatfield Road. Here you will find lively exhibitions and a wildlife garden where you can relax for a while, before resuming your tour.
On the edges of the city are the Organ Museum with its working instruments and the famous Willows Farm Village which is a 500 acre leisure attraction, which features a wide variety of animals, dozens of attractions and activities, adventure play, boating lake and a daily programme of entertainment.
St. Albans offers a real day out - priceless heritage, original shops, and a unique and welcoming atmosphere. Ideal for a weekend break, St. Albans offers a world of choice and boasts over 100 places to eat and drink in the city centre alone. It hosts three theatres and enjoys a lively nightlife. By contrast, quiet lanes, delightful villages and enticing pubs can be found only minutes away from the centre.
Come and explore St. Albans - you won't be disappointed.
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I teach mobile journalism. I work with companies that want to do mobile journalism (Cellphones! Reporters! Action News!). I've tested more than 700 apps in two years (and took the spousal asskicking that came with that).
I talk about mobile a lot, and I've come to this conclusion: We're doing mobile journalism wrong. We're trying to fight the last war. The technology is rapidly improving, but we're using mobile journalism for something that it's not really designed to do.
A manager at a TV station was very excited about the camera improvements in the iPhone6 and he purchased them for his reporters.
"They're not producing the quality that we can run on the air," he fumed to me a few months later.
"What did you buy for them?" I asked.
And that's the problem right there. The camera on the iPhone6 is great (so is the camera on the Nokia Lumia 1020, by the way). But it creates a wide field of view, can't zoom and the phone doesn't provide broadcast quality sound. Unless you supplement with other tools, you're not going to get the results you want. The people who are doing broadcast-quality mobile journalism that's actually being broadcast? They're not just using a phone. It creates a paradox: The more quality we add, the less mobile we become.
Except that we're acting like the phone can be a thoughtless replacement for shoulder cameras and DSLRs.
1. Mobile gives a force multiplier effect. Think of a story — tragic or otherwise — where you've needed to flood the area with assets. Let's say you're a newspaper that has a vibrant online site, a strong social media presence and six photographer/videographers. There's a bank standoff. You can spare one photographer and that person has to really be in a fixed position in case something happens at the front of the bank. But you have 30 reporters in the newsroom. They probably all have mobile phones. And even if we don't equip them with all the extras, we can use them — and their phones — to gather the kind of quick-hit video and interviews that resonate over social media.
2. Mobile gives us a single production platform. We can break the story process into five parts: gathering, assembling, editing, publishing, reacting. Typically we'd report on a camera or audio recorder, transfer a card to a laptop and assemble and edit there, transmit either from the laptop or through a sat transmitter and then watch social reaction via phone or laptop. Mobile consolidates that. It takes out minutes, and in our hyper-tiny-fast social news cycle, minutes mean beating the competition. Producing on a mobile platform reduces our time-to-publish.
3. We can go direct to social fast. This is where the brand battle is going to be increasingly won and lost, as flagship products such as newscasts and websites become places for deep story details. That hyper-tiny-fast-social newscycle lives on Twitter or whatever evolves in that space next. Mobile platforms are built as social tools and can help us get accurate information to the audience ahead of our competitors.
4. The app universe lets us build novel content. Content doesn't look the same when we build it from a phone — and that's a good thing. On a desktop, we'd do a photo gallery, with a click-for-next-photo architecture. Great for pageviews. Painful to do on a mobile handset. Using a collage app like Diptic or PicPlayPost, I can take my slideshow and put into a collage and show you my entire visual story in a glance and you decide how you want to interact with it. Or, using PicPlayPost or Diptic Video, I can create video collages that play videos all at once or sequentially and tell my story that way. It's something different. I can use 360 Panorama to do an immersive 360-degree shot to show the breadth of damage at a natural disaster or what a football field looks like at halftime of a big game.
I don't mean to say that we should abandon the pursuit of broadcast-quality pieces shot on mobile devices. Far from it. But there's a better way to use mobile tools than just trying to reconstruct the past.
I'll serve up some examples over the next several weeks to try and prove my point.
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More or less, that means that you're serializing the data, then update_option is serializing serialized data, then get_option is unserializing it once, and unserialize is unserializing it again. r13673 breaks this, as update_option doesn't serialize the data a second time any more, causing the plugin's unserialize() to attempt to perform a second unserialize() on data that was only serialized once.
In this case, the change was accidental, and we already went through this once nearly two years ago (see #7347, r8100, r8372, and others). But sometimes plugin developers that the API incorrectly or make bad assumptions makes it significantly more difficult for us to improve WordPress, as we are very mindful of plugins we may break — even if the plugin is "Doing It Wrong." So please, don't make it harder for us to make it easier for you.
I will try not to stand in the way of WP's ascending to the aether of CMS bliss.
Do you think maybe you could add a feature into wordpress.org to start checking for obvious "mistakes" like this and provide the plugin developers with a warning?
In a similar vein I would *love* to be able to go to WordPress.org and see a list of all plugins that use a specific hook and then be able to view the source code for that hook so that whenever I need to use a hook I could easily find many examples of code that is using it.
I found this entry while searching on Google to verify this. I think noone likes to do it wrong, but the Codex says the meta value must be a (string) so it's not so intuitive. It should be changed to (mixed) maybe.
Agreed – the documentation needs an overhaul to reflect that if you want people to "stop doing it wrong". I'd read that documentation before, and assumed I had to serialize any arrays etc.
How do we get that changed?
Anyone with a WordPress.org account can edit the Codex… By all means, overhaul-away.
Question from the back row: So does this mean all arrays passed `update_post_meta` and `get_post_meta` are automatically (un)serialized?
Yup. When calling get_post_meta, you'll get the data back unserialized. Same with all get_ functions in the options, transients, post meta, comment meta, and user meta APIs.
andrew, i'm working on a plugin where i want to cache an object as a transient option. if i don't serialize the object, the option isn't saved, when i use maybe_serialize() on the object it is saved. are there any known issues that would cause this? i can make it work the wrong way, but i'm more interested in the correct solution. thanks.
disregard this. looks like it's a problem with simpleXML objects in general.
Yep, we've noticed that SimpleXML objects don't like to be serialized. This is documented on php.net I think; we've also chatted about it in our IRC channel (logs of this conversation here).
Do you have a work around for SimpleXML Objects? I am in the same boat as Matt.
I was trying to serialize data before updating usermeta in a plugin of mine. It took me about an hour to realize that WordPress did it for me. I started searching through the core files until I found maybe_serialize(). That was my first hint. I googled it, and had my answer.
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My newest next door neighbor, the guy that's into doing yoga in his front yard at four a.m. with hard rock blaring was asking me where he might go around here to get some fancy schmancy custom designed army shirts that his wife was after.
It was all I could do not to laugh right then and there. Stuff like that is the kind of thing that you might find in every mini-mall you walk into but out here in the sticks of Nutjob Hills it just isn't going to happen.
Now if he'd been looking for farm equipment, pickup trucks or cheap trailer hitches then I could have easily told him a few good places to look. All he'd have to do is talk with the locals and make with his best "good old boy" act and he'd not only find what he was looking for but if he was convincing enough he'd get a pretty good deal as well.
But fancy custom shirts? nope. You'll not find big city crap like that around here. We go for plain but functional stuff that is made to last. It may not look all fancy like stuff sold in big citys but it doesn't have to be replaced nearly as often.


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Q: file_put_contents doesn't save appended lines when on server (php) The first line saves fine and in subsequent calls the additional text appends perfectly when run locally but when run on the server only the first line saves and then seems to ignore all following attempts to save. Even if the file on the server is deleted and then I attempt to save for the 'first' time it brings back the original line that was saved the first time the file was created.
$file = 'sentQuotes-' . date("dmy") .'.txt';
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A: I'm afraid it ended up being a case of caching!
I was on the server looking at the error logs and when I decided to check the file on the server directly noticed all of the data had been saved correctly. Turns out my local machine's ftp method (I was just using windows explorer) was caching the file instead of serving me the more up to date version. I downloaded the Filezilla client and it's absolutely fine now.
Apologies for the apparent waste of time!

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The maintenance of any kind of building is not as easy as it might sound. Making sure that the building is in a good state at all times can be quite the hassle even more that the construction of the building was. As much as the construction of the building has a lot to do with how long it will last, the maintenance matters just as much. This requires a lot of work just to ensure that all everything is going as it should and would be taxing or even impossible for you to do especially if you have other things to do, the best thing to do is hire a building maintenance company. Here are tips of choosing the best building maintenance company.
When you go online, you will find the building maintenance companies that are in your vicinity. You will need to look into the companies so ask them to make their bids. When you go through their websites, you will most likely find references for the clients they have worked with, make sure that they are real buildings and not just fake references. Those building maintenance companies that have long-term clients can be trusted because they must be doing something right. Your friends might also have some good recommendations of the best building maintenance companies you can trust.
Another thing to consider is the length of time these companies have been on the job. There are fake companies that are out to prey on people who are not very careful, you will save from such if you look out for the experience. Because you need a long-term partner that you can trust, choosing an experienced company will assure you of a partner for a long time.
The reputation of the building maintenance company is a very important consideration which you should not ignore. This consideration is a life saver because you will avoid making a big mistake. Online reviews should not define a company but they certainly give a good insight into the services the company has to offer. A reputable company never disappoints because they are very careful not to. The thing is, any company with a good reputation has a lot to lose if they fail at their job, this means that they will do right by you just so that they don't risk their good name.
Don't forget to factor is your budget so that you don't hire a company whose services you cannot afford. Don't make the mistake of choosing cheap services just because you want to save a few coins. It goes without saying that it is not worth it compromising on important things just to save a few coins. There are different types of buildings, therefore, there should be different service packages.


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Hitech Racing Scores In Euro F3
Jakes Takes Eighth – Walker Forced Out After Collision
Hitech Racing driver James Jakes took a superb eighth place in the second round of the F3 Euroseries at Hockenheim today, to finish top rookie and earn his first championship point of the season. His team-mate James Walker also impressed on his first visit to the track, making up seven places on the first lap before being forced out with broken steering after a collision.
On the team's very first visit to the track that hosts the German Grand Prix, team owner David Hayle was understandably delighted with their performance. "I'm very pleased. To get into the points on our very first attempt is a great result and I think credit must go to both drivers for their performances this weekend. In particular, James Jakes, as an F3 rookie to score points on his first event is a fantastic achievement. James Walker too showed some great race pace, putting aside the disappointment of his grid position and storming though the pack in both races. I think this has really set us up well for the opening round of the British series."
Eighteen year-old Jakes from Leeds was pleased to open his points scoring account so early, "I made a bad start and dropped a couple of places and then had a few battles in the early stages. Once I got past them though I was able to pull away and open up a bit of a gap. I'm really happy to get into the points and finish top Brit."
Jerseyman Walker put aside the disappointment of the collision with Charlie Kimball, which damaged his steering and caused his immediate retirement after just five laps. "I'm disappointed with the result obviously but I think we must take a lot of positives from this weekend. It was a new experience for all of us and I think has definitely set us up well for this coming weekend."
Silverstone-based Hitech Racing will now undergo a test on its home track early next week in preparation for the opening round of the Lloyds TSB Insurance British F3 International Series at Oulton Park this weekend, which kicks off with a three-hour test on Friday morning. Saturday will see two qualifying sessions take place prior to the two races on Easter Monday.
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Six Women Councillors Of Kerala Ask For Mayor To Be Changed
by	Poorvi Gupta
They didn't just attack Jain's overextension in the position of Mayor beyond the initial 2.5 years promised, they also questioned the Congress party leadership.
Six women councillors of Kerala have sought the ouster of Mayor Soumini Jain as they shared their disregard in a media interaction recently. They didn't just attack Jain's overextension in the position of Mayor beyond the initial 2.5 years promised, they also questioned the Congress party leadership. Councillors V.K. Minimol, R. Shameena, Malini Biju, Shakritha Sureshbabu, Gracy Babu Jacob, and Delina Pinheiro released a joint statement stating their dissatisfaction with the functioning of Kochi Corporation.
"The party leadership had decided all the positions in the Kochi Corporation and we unanimously accepted it. We were forced into this move (public statement) following misleading media reports to the effect that only the Mayor was to be replaced," the statement said. They expressed their desire that a new governance committee must be set-up by not just ousting the current mayor but all the standing committee chairpersons altogether.
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According to the initial agreement recorded in the minutes of the parliamentary party meeting Jain had to quit from her position as a Mayor half-way through her term that to in two and a half years. However, it couldn't happen because, first, she requested to continue as Mayor until the marriage of her daughter. After this, the Chengannur by-election, deluge and the Parliament election kept her from budging from her position.
"Still, the decision is not being executed. Now, we will be lodging a complaint with the KPCC chief in this regard," Minimol said.
"Despite the prevailing circumstances, we complied with the party leadership's direction and defeated the Opposition's no-trust motion," the statement said. The councillors who held the press conference belonged to both 'A' and 'I' factions of the Congress.
When the issue came up before the KPCC and its political affairs committee last week, senior leader and former chief minister Oommen Chandy stressed on the replacement of the mayor and others as per the initial agreement.
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However, the Kochi Corporation is finally preparing itself to change leadership. "When the issue came up before the KPCC and its political affairs committee last week, senior leader and former chief minister Oommen Chandy stressed on the replacement of the mayor and others as per the initial agreement. According to him, the mayor alone could not be accused of the issues related to waterlogging in the city. Following this, the party entrusted KPCC chief Mullappally Ramachandran with taking a call on revamping the entire administration council," said a top leader with Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), The New Indian Express.
The press meet held by the women councillors happened after a DCC meeting in which when questioned about this issue, DCC president and former deputy mayor T J Vinod said, "I am not commenting on the issue as it has been sent to the consideration of KPCC president."
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Exactly 130 of Virginia's 870 political science professionals work in Ashland. As the employment for political science professionals in Ashland has increased, overall employment in Ashland has also increased.
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Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia joined other dignitaries to grace the 2017 Asogli Yam festival grand durbar by the chiefs and people of the Asogli state in the Volta Regional capital, Ho.
The festival which is a rallying point for all Asogli citizens has also become a big tourism attraction for many local and foreign revelers, because of its uniquely rich cultural dexterity.
The vice President, accompanied by government functionaries, including Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta paid homage to the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli state, the President of the National House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV, at the grand durbar held at the Ho Jubilee Park on Saturday.
Other members of his delegation include Youth and Sports Minister, Isaac Asiamah, Lands Minister, John Peter Ameku, Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Letsa with his deputy, Maxwell Blagdzi, Deputy Information minister, Perry Okudzeto, among others.
Dr. Bawumia addressing the gathering underscored the importance of chieftaincy and culture in the governance structure of the country and urged traditional leaders to imbibe the values of civic responsibility among the youth through positive cultural practices.
He also called for support for the government, which is on course to deliver progress to all sectors of the country.
Dr. Bawumia however assured of government's commitment to completing all ongoing infrastructure project in the Volta region, especially the Eastern corridor road project.
Togbe Afede in his speech urged Ghanaians to embrace hard work and eschew corrupt tendencies, which is bane for underdevelopment.
He said God would not reward laziness and mediocrity, and as such entreated citizens explore available opportunities to put their hands to work.
Togbe Afede also indicated that, the House of Chiefs is evolving to remain relevant and meet the exigencies of the modern era.
The house, according to him would have regular engagement with various ministries on their plans to ensure even development in the country.


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RIPE Atlas Service Terms and Conditions
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Hawaii hiker says she followed a 'voice' down an unfamiliar trail. Then she got lost for 17 days
Posted 9:52 AM, May 29, 2019, by CNN Wire
Three weeks ago, Amanda Eller felt drawn to go to the Makawao Forest Reserve on the Hawaiian island of Maui to connect with nature and get grounded.
She had rarely been to that park and hadn't been in months. But that day she was called to go.
The 35-year-old physical therapist, who had a whole day to herself, figured she'd go for a 3-mile hike and spend a couple of hours in the woods.
"I don't really know what happened," she said Tuesday morning, speaking to reporters while in a wheelchair. "All I can say is that ... I have strong sense of internal guidance, whatever you want to call that -- a voice, Spirit, everybody has a different name for it.
"My heart was telling me walk down this path, go left. Great. Go right. It was so strong."
She said it turned out to be not nearly as strong when after meditating on a log she wanted to go back to her car.
She tried one path and it didn't get her back to her car. She tried another. No luck. And another.
She came to the realization she wasn't on a human path; she was on a boar path.
"At that point I had no choice because everything looked the same. I said, 'The only thing I have is my gut. I don't have a compass. I don't have a cell phone,'" she said. "'So, Spirit,' or whatever you want to pray to, I said, 'I need your help right now.'"
She said she listened to her sense of guidance, which instead of taking her back to her car, took her on a 5-mile journey, one she called a "spiritual boot camp."
Seventeen days in the woods
Eller ended up spending 17 days in the woods, trying to get back to her car and then just trying to stay alive and catch the attention of searchers in helicopters.
She spent two days in a Maui hospital being treated for severe sunburn, a twisted knee and ankle problems before she went home Monday night. She hopes to be back at work in two weeks.
Eller thinks the days she spent alone in the woods, surviving on berries and stream water, is part of something bigger, something that has been changing her life since she moved to Maui four years ago.
It taught the physical therapist who often treats people in great pain what it is like to be on the patient's side.
Eller, who is also a yoga teacher, said she would get down and feel like a victim.
"This is not your punishment. This is your destiny. This is your journey. This is part of your path," she said.
She said she eventually accepted that this would be a gauntlet of painful endeavors and she had to choose life.
Eller said she would find things she could use to spell out SOS and she'd hang pieces of clothing where it could be seen from the air.
But as helicopters passed over -- she estimated there were at least 20 times they were nearby -- they couldn't see her.
Until on Friday evening, when a helicopter surveying areas to put search crews into the forest spotted her.
She had been sitting out on a rock, frying in the sun, and here came another helicopter. But she saw someone pointing at her.
"I just fell to the ground and just started bawling," she said.
In hindsight, Eller says that even though she hates cell phones, she should have taken hers with her into the forest. She also will take a water bottle next time.
That next time, though, in this park, won't be anytime soon, she said, laughing.
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Caked Lip fondant, sounds tasty right? As most of you know I am a cake artist and I have probably made hundreds of fondant cakes way back when I was still taking orders. And when I heard about Caked lip fondant from Makeup Hub, I got so curious and interested and really thought that it were edible products I can use with my cake decorating stuff.
Caked Makeup was just recently launched on the sweetest day of this year, Valentine's Day, 2016. They are an indie, streetwear inspired makeup company that blends urban culture & everything sweet into one. All of their products are 100% Vegan and cruelty free ♥ ♥ ♥ now I'm loving them already.
So Caked lip fondant are matte liquid lipsticks and they currently have nine beautiful shades. The smell of it is so delicious and it applies smoothly on the lips. It doesn't smudge and stays on for hours (not unless your eating very oily food). I love how it sets on the lips, not drying on the lips. But as most makeup guru recommend, you can moisturize your lips with a lip balm or lip moisturizer before applying any matte lipsticks. And like the Kylie Lip Kits, this doesn't come off easily with tissue or water, use a lipstick remover or coconut oil and a swab of cotton to remove it. It's totally kiss-proof by the way! See my review on Kylie lip kits here.
Each lipstick came with a plastic seal. Love the cute package, don't you?
Here are the swatches on my lips. Which color do you like? So hard to pick one right?
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Q: 12 1x2 dominoes are cut out of a chessboard. Is is true that one will always be able to cut a 1x3 rectangle from the remaning figure? I have so far been only able to create examples where it is possible, and I am not sure how to create a formal proof using the difference between white and black squares. There are 32 white and 32 black squares, and after removing 12 dominoes, there will be 20 white and 20 black. I am not sure how to go from here.

A: No, place the dominoes in a grid pattern such that there are 3 dominoes in columns C and F and 3 dominoes in rows 3 and 6.  The part not covered consists of nine 2x2 squares and four 1x1 squares, none of which fit a 3x1 domino.


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HR Books Review: The Jackass Whisperer
Have you ever been on an airplane with a screaming baby? Has your boss ever scheduled a Friday night team dinner but excluded partners and spouses? Did you ever stand behind someone in the express checkout lane who thinks 12-items-or-less is a suggestion and not a rule? Those people might be jackasses, including the baby. The world is full of people who get it wrong. That's the premise of the new book called "The Jackass Whisperer: How to deal with the worst people at work, at home and online―even when the Jackass is you." Husband and wife duo Alison and...
June #HRBookClub Selection: 'You Are a Badass'
I picked this book for selfish reasons. While it's true that I have an interesting career in the human resources community, I don't always feel like a badass. Who does?


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Guadalajara Reporter
Merchants in Guadalajara's Centro Historico need tram line construction to end
For the last few decades, Guadalajara's heart has been slowly hemorrhaging its inhabitants in all cardinal and inter-cardinal directions - a one-way circulatory system which neglects to pump oxygenated blood back into its most important organ. Construction for the number three subway line along Alcalde/Septiembre 16 has only worsened the problem, pinching off pedestrian traffic on and around said avenue that would normally have sustained its commerce.
But the economic devastation wrought by a well-intentioned public work may be the Klieg light that throws into glaring relief the neglect that has plagued Guadalajara's core for decades, leading, perhaps, to a long-overdue revival.
Businesses stitched onto a time-worn, dusty urban ribbon some 13 blocks long and four wide - from Calle Jesus Garcia in the north to the city's cathedral to the south, and Santa Monica in the west to Pino Suarez to the east - have seen their operations devastated since ground for the new subway line was broken in 2015. The Guadalajara Chamber of Commerce estimates the damage to be thus: 105 business shuttered, 1,700 lost jobs, and at least 388,000,000 pesos in potential profits down the drain. Those businesses which have remained open report profit losses of 50 to 90 percent.
A looming issue that the Chamber is hoping to address concerns the subterranean project's timeline. As is often the case with large, expensive public works, City Hall's estimate for the termination of its excavation and construction was overly optimistic. Next February will mark four years of work along the corridor, with little to no light at the end of the tunnel signaling completion. Contrast that with muni augurs' initial estimate that within 11 to 18 months, eager 9-to-5 commuters would be elbowing their way onto train cars soon to be covered with graffiti and spackled with chewing gum.
A further municipal shortfall, according to business leaders, is their seeming unwillingness to communicate transparently with both the general public and those who work in the affected area. There has been little effort, for instance, to keep the populace updated on the ongoing status of the project or keep it apprised of transportation alternatives; the closure of Alcalde has created, ironically, a huge transportation black hole, no doubt the central culprit for the apocalyptic state of trade in the area.
The Chamber of Commerce hopes to address all the above-mentioned woes with the city's compliance with the following demands:
One, that a meeting be convened at which the government will sign in proverbially blood an end date to the subway works.
Two, that in the event said temporal Rubicon is crossed, merchants be financially compensated, even if is so much as a day extra is written into the construction calendar.
Three, that a campaign promoting the advantages of shopping in the center (low prices being chief among them) is undertaken.
Four, that authorities continually keep the pubic updated on the work's progress.
And five, that citizenry be informed as to the optimal utilization of the city's extensive, if battered and perilous, bus system to arrive at the affected swath of bruised - but not beaten - urbanity.
Many of these demands were made in concert with the Centro Historico Business Association, headed by Ana Maria Garcia. She recalls the monetary compensation offered to business owners when work first started, which took the form a 60,000 peso loan from Siteur, the government agency responsible for the city's electrified train system.
"In comparison with the rents you pay on Avenida Alcalde, it was a palliative measure," complained Garcia.
According to Juan Ibarra, manager of biker bar El Piston on pedestrian thoroughfare Pedro Loza, one block to the west of Alcalde, this monetary "support" was allocated to certain businesses to the exclusion of others.
"I don't know why some did and why some didn't [receive the loans]," said Ibarra. "Why some businesses were deemed worth of this support and others weren't is beyond me."
Tania Flores in her barbershop on Alcalde
Tania Flores, owner with her father of barbershop Peluqueria Alex on Alcalde, pointed out the futile, Catch-22-esque nature of the Siteur loan.
"If I receive this loan, how am I supposed to repay it?" she exclaimed. "There's nobody here! No business! As far as I know, most of the businesses didn't accept it because of that."
Flores' father opened Peluqueria Alex over forty years ago. Notwithstanding the loyal following the shop enjoyed down the years, the subway works have created too formidable a hassle for many of their clients. For people arriving to their appointments by bus, rerouted lines resulted in them being deposited over eight blocks away from the shop. People with cars found parking in the area had become a Herculean task, with much of the surrounding area suddenly off limits; to park anywhere near their destination they risked being towed or fined.
Flores also mentioned safety as a major factor in people's decision to avoid patronizing the area; de-population has emboldened criminals to take advantage of vulnerable people, a fact that an uptick in assaults reported along Alcalde bears out.
"We're staying afloat with help from family," said Flores. "We've been here so long. My father has lived practically his whole life in this place. It'd be really sad to have to leave. We're holding out until we just can't survive here anymore."
Rosa Elena Ramirez, pet shop clerk
Back on Pedro Loza, Rosa Elena Ramirez, cashier at a tiny pet shop, stared dolefully at the small television across the aisle from her counter and offered her own perspective on the area's economic outlook.
"They say it will be worth it once the line is done, that it will attract more people to the area," she murmured. "But we've lost 50 percent of our business. There's just enough for rent and my salary. The owner had to move back to Zacatecas to work in order to keep this place going."
The prevailing attitude towards the government's projected end date is one of weary skepticism. Alberto Larios, an employee of Mercantil Tapatia on Pedro Loza for the last 20 years, has heard many promises made the last few years concerning his and other businesses' deliverance for their financial woes.
"They tell me that next year they'll be done," said Larios. "But I think it's pure speculation."
To view the article on the Guadalajara Reporter website, click here.


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Blog Action Day: You the Consumer
Today is Blog Action Day, and over 14,000 blogs have agreed to write about the environment. Since I expect there to be hundreds of "how to" articles about making your own household cleaners and cutting your gas consumption, I decided to try something else, to try to address the framework in which we as individuals relate to our environment.
Most of the environmental destruction we face in the world today has its roots in the choices that we make every day as consumers — whether global warming, the disappearance of rainforests and wetlands, groundwater contamination, or just the blight of discarded plastic bags and soda cans littering the side of the road. While it's likely that the long-term solution to these and other environmental problems will require legislation, it's important to keep in mind that legislation wouldn't be as necessary if we as consumers didn't buy, use, and throw out so much stuff.
As Pogo noted so many years ago, "we have met the enemy and he is us". With these problems looming so large, it can be hard to lose track of our own involvement — especially since information about manufacturing processes, corporate track records, and legislative action being either hard to find or, once found, hard to make sense of. Instead, we've seen a host of companies that have risen up to offer us "sustainable" or "eco-friendly" shopping options, which is fine but not really a solution. The answer is not so much to buy different stuff but to buy less stuff — and more than that, to think about why we buy the stuff we buy in the first place.
A Short History of Consumption
With the rise of the Industrial Revolution, the relationship between people and the goods that they made was broken. No longer did peasants plant, tend, and harvest their crops; now agricultural workers labored over someone else's crops in exchange for wages. No longer did artisans design, plan, craft, and sell; now factory workers repeatedly carried out a single step in the production of a product, again in exchange for wages.
In short, people were no longer producers. Ownership was vested in those with the money to back production — and those people didn't do the actual work. Our identities were no longer tied up with the work we did, but with the buying power our work left us with. At the end of the day, workers were left not with the means to live but with a handful of wages to spend on the means to live.
So people found their identities not in their work but in the things they could buy by working. People with better jobs could afford to buy better-quality (or even just sufficient) food, clothing, household goods, transportation, and so on. The idea of choice — in fashion, in lifestyle, in entertainments, even in sexual partners and habits — arose, as people began to build their identities not through their productive lives but through their lives as consumers, through their interactions with the market. People became consumers, not just in the way they got what they needed but in who they felt themselves to be.
Living Consumption
The rise of consumption as our primary interaction with the rest of our society has had profound effects. For example, social status is obtained and marked by the things we buy and use. A car, for instance, is not just a way to get from one place to another but has to "say something" about who we are — and even the lack of a car says volumes. Unlike the artisan who could express his or her identity through the things s/he created, we have learned to do so through the things we buy: the t-shirt with the logo of our band or team, the bamboo towels that show our environmental commitments, the alternative album that shows off our indie cred, the designer shoes that place us as part of the trend-setting elite, the minivan that shows us to be part of the dependable, hard-working, family-oriented suburban middle class, and so on.
The problem with finding ourselves through consumption, though, is that consumption literally means using things up; the interaction with the market that defines us is momentary and fleeting, leaving us with things that will eventually be eaten, wear out, or go out of style. This means that we need to constantly acquire new goods to maintain our identities as consumers — goods which we consume and must again replenish. On top of that, advertisers understand and take advantage of this necessity by producing new needs (ten years ago, who knew or felt we needed a thousand songs in our pocket?) that demand to be met.
For most of us, simply dropping out, growing our own food and living off our own labor, is not an option and is hardly desirable even if it were an option. The answer to the dreadful over-consumption that fills our landfills with completely unnecessary crap, pollutes our water sources, kills off species after species (something like 40 a day!), and leaves us in a world of ever-diminishing beauty and diversity can't be to drop out of consumption entirely, because it's simply not an option.
But we can change the way we consume, and more importantly lessen the demands we place on consumption to complete us as individuals. This means developing a higher sense of self-reflexivity about what we do buy, and replacing our identities as consumers with identities as part of our families and communities — and maybe even as producers, once again.
Here are a few ideas:
Ask Yourself: What do you really need? We grow accustomed to feeling our desires as "needs", but rarely examine those needs. Do we need fast food every day, for example? A lot of people cite time concerns, but how much time are you really saving — and what else are you losing? Forget health concerns (though they're important), what about the pleasures of family time and knowing your family is eating food you made them yourself, or just the joy of eating good food? Or, do we really need to own the latest best-seller; perhaps it can be enjoyed just as thoroughly if you checked it out of the library?
Make something. Start a garden, and eat food you produced yourself. Or take up a craft — paint, or make jewelry, or knit, or make your own paper. Write. Find a way to express yourself through creating and not through consuming. (Of course, you'll probably have to buy the materials for your new hobby — like I said, there's no way off this ride, you just have to find ways to work within the system we're given.)
Join something, or if there's nothing around worth joining, start something. Find ways to connect with other people who share your interests. Civic participation in the US and other Western countries has dropped sharply over the last few decades, leaving us with even more need to "complete" ourselves through consumption. Spend a few hours engaging with your community instead of shopping for new ways to be yourself.
Pick a cause and make it your own. This follows from the last point — find ways of being part of your community that aren't simply participating in the economy. If you can afford it, spend your money helping others instead of filling non-existent needs of your own, but even better, give your time, knowledge, and skills to those whose needs are real.
Shop wisely. If you're going to be forced to construct at least part of your identity through your role as a consumer, make sure that you are consuming thoughtfully. Ask how your values jibe with the product you're buying. Choose sustainable products where available. I have a pair of scissors my grandmother bought in the 1930s — long-lasting, durable, high-quality products that are well-maintained can keep dozens of cheap ones from ever being produced — and that saves all the energy and raw materials that would go into their making as well as space in the landfills.
The Temple of Apollo at Delphi is reported to have had two sayings engraved at its entrance. The better-known is "Know thyself"; the other was "Nothing to excess". Though I hardly think the temple's builders had us and our current environmental dilemmas in mind, the advice is good for our current consumption-driven society. Know yourself — your needs, your wants, who you are and want to be –and match your consumption to those needs.
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Review: Matilda the Musical Might Be a Great Show — If You Could Hear It
Juliet Wittman September 15, 2015 6:05AM
At the dramatic end of the first act of Matilda the Musical, the much-wronged little heroine shouts out her rage, pain and defiance in one charged sentence — and a murmur arises from the audience:
That's right: It's impossible to understand half the dialogue. Or the song lyrics. Watching a big number, particularly those performed by the children in Miss Trunchbull's terrible school, you appreciate the originality and spirit of the choreography, but you have very little idea what the kids are singing about. This might not be a problem for a mindless musical like Wicked, but I'm pretty sure the lyrics for Matilda, by Australian comic Tim Minchin, are swift, literate and witty. I'm also guessing that the fantastical story Matilda tells an enthralled librarian about an escape artist and an acrobat has all kinds of meaning both metaphorical and in direct relation to the plot — but while I did get the general gist, which was something about a dangerous stunt, dynamite and a wicked sister, I lost most of it, when it should have sounded as clear and enthralling as your mother reading you a bedtime story when you're little. I suspect that Mabel Tyler, who played Matilda on the night I attended the show, has a fresh and pleasant young girl's voice — and she also has loads of bright stage presence — but the amplification made her sound as if she were shrieking at the top of her lungs. "Go on," the librarian urged her, while every fiber of your being responded: Please don't.
This was not the fault of the Buell, where the touring show has landed. Checking when I got home, I found that several critics around the country — both those who loved Matilda and those who didn't — had criticized the acoustics. And for the critics who thought the problem lay in the cast's English accents, I can assure them that those weren't English accents. No one anywhere in the British Isles speaks anything like these characters, with a couple of ear-soothing exceptions: Jennifer Blood, who plays a charming Miss Honey, seems to have modeled her accent on Fawlty Towers's Polly, with good results, and Bryce Ryness's Miss Trunchbull is so fascinating and has such compellingly low-voiced and precise enunciation that it doesn't matter how Ryness chooses to lengthen his "a"s — though he actually does the accent well.
What all this means is that the producers know the sound is crappy and think people will pay top prices anyway, because Matilda has won a lot of Tonys and Oliviers (a Royal Shakespeare Company production, it premiered in London). Or they just don't care about language, even when mounting a production based on the mordantly brilliant work of children's writer Roald Dahl.
Dahl's Matilda is dark for a children's book. It tells the story of a horribly abused little girl who loves reading and whose parents are utterly ignorant nincompoops. Why can't she get her information and entertainment from the telly, like all right-thinking people? wonders her father (a lively and amusing Quinn Mattfeld). She's sent to a school presided over by the sadistic Trunchbull, a onetime Olympic hammer-throwing champion who makes Annie's Miss Hannigan seem like the sweetly chuckling Mrs. Doubtfire. Under these terrible circumstances, Matilda finds her inner power, and also a gift for kinesis that allows her to thwart her enemies, free her fellow children and move forward into a happy future with the lovely Miss Honey, who was once an abused urchin herself. The show goes on too long, with a couple of unnecessary plot twists at the end, but Matilda the Musical seems a first-rate piece of work in terms of dialogue, choreography, songs, set design, costumes and the overall talent on stage. (Not only is Ryness's Trunchbull transfixing, but his costume is so creepy, lumpy and cunning that it could almost have played the role all by itself.)
Despite all of this, I found myself working hard and painfully through a long, long evening, leaning forward in my seat, straining to make out what I was being told, and sensing that while I was getting something out of the experience, it wasn't nearly as much as I should have. It felt rather like taking a shower in a raincoat. Or making love through an athletic-sock condom.
Matilda the Musical, presented by Denver Center Attractions through September 20, Buell Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 303-893-4100, denvercenter.org.