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South Africa | At the top of our thoughts, near the bottom of the world
Post-independence and post-democracy, most countries quickly fade off the dinner and coffee tables of the world and we don't talk about them. We want to keep the focus of attention on the country and keep it at the top of the mind of the world: to discuss us, to talk about us, to write about us.
—Danny Jordaan, CEO, 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee
Green Point stadium, a 2010 World Cup semifinal venue, approaches completion in Cape Town, Jun 09. (Photo courtesy Department of the Premier, Provincial Government Western Cape)
Cape Town, Jun 22 | At this extremely southern destination world football finds itself poised between an obscenity and a dream. The obscenity is the reported £136 million bank draft Real Madrid will relay to fellow European giants Manchester United and AC Milan for Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaká. The immense sum, spent with all the consideration of a sigh, mocks the idea of football as a sport for all. Bobby Charlton calls the £80 million Ronaldo fee, a world record, "a little bit vulgar" but the price of doing business.
The counterpoised dream is that a nation of the rainbow such as South Africa might, on Eduardo Galeano's subjective scale of wrong and right in soccer, nudge a balance skewed toward profit back toward beauty. Football could shift from shadow to sun, even as the World Cup ventures to the southern hemisphere's late autumn and winter beginning 11 Jun 2010.
"This is a place where sports is a necessity, not a luxury," said prisoner Big Mo Masemola of the soccer culture and league apparatus that developed starting in the 1960s on Robben Island, seven miles off Cape Town. He speaks in the book by Chuck Korr and Marvin Close, More Than Just a Game: Football v Apartheid (2008). Throughout formal correspondence among political prisoners seeking to keep alive their ambition of a free South Africa through fastidious application of FIFA regulations to the island-based Makana Football Association, the standard courtesy closing was "Yours in sport."
Dilemmas confronting those incarcerated on Robben Island resemble the balancing act South Africans face while negotiating FIFA's viselike grip on its trademark product and the desire to lift a country skilled in creative coexistence. FIFA's control extends in the ongoing Confederations Cup to strict brand management, such that a perturbed reader of Business Day could not buy a 650 rand ($79) replica Bafana Bafana jersey for want of proper plastic.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu invoked the phrase "rainbow people" at a Cape Town demonstration in 1989. But how does a society come into its own when it realizes that being the rainbow nation is not good enough? "A rainbow is ephemeral. It's the consequence of a unique circumstance," says Paul Bannister, acting CEO of Brand South Africa. The idea of "branding" the country took root 10 years ago when tourism authorities realized the mundane existence of a stable constitutional democracy—at least in contrast to the upheavals of the previous decade—would not take South Africa to the level of Brazil, Russia, India and China as power players.
Now, on a more human scale, there are signs that locals are looking to discover their own approaches to righting inequities, even drawing a thread between key events in the freedom struggle and the World Cup. "We wouldn't be where we are today if those youth in 1976 did not actually rise up and start the process which led to the 1994 elections," says Rich Mkhondo, spokesman for the 2010 organizing committee, referring to the Soweto student uprising.
Home-based media might be South Africa organizers' worst enemy. The headline splashed across the Cape Argus on Jun 20 appears less clear-cut the next day, when fear-mongering about safety in the Johannesburg area gave way to allegations that Egyptian players had been victimized by unscrupulous sex workers.
Earlier generations remind South Africans of resources that came to the fore when resisting apartheid. Sorarya Solomon, head of NICRO, a nationwide nongovernmental group that works to rehabilitate young offenders, points to 2010 as a source of hope for strengthening communities. During apartheid, she says, communities facilitated a network of safe houses. "If you were being chased by the apartheid police, you knew which home you could be safe in."
Officials do not duck the paradox that affluence and tin-shack construction exist in proximity. Highway reconstruction from the Cape Town airport to downtown draws close to squatters' settlements in plain view. "That is the reality of South Africa," says the coordinator of World Cup preparations in Western Cape province, Laurine Platzky. She mentions forced migrations during apartheid and South Africa's attraction to asylum seekers. She rejects that the shacks somehow be hidden from view. Yet earlier this month the Constitutional Court approved an order evicting 20,000 residents of the Joe Slovo settlement, what one of the advocates for the settlers, Sandra Liebenberg, calls the largest sanctioned eviction since apartheid. The positive side is that dwellers had access to the judicial system and a legal support network, rather than facing the uncompromising bulldozers that crunched their shacks with regularity in the early '90s.
Novelist Bryan Rostron resists any attempt on South Africa's part to pose as a "faux western nation." "Evidence also suggests that Fifa wants SA to censor our poverty. … The question is: will we play along with this charade?"
The Cape Flats area, where the Joe Slovo homes are located, became a resettlement area during apartheid and also a home for grassroots soccer. Despite its association with township culture, soccer is no longer black only, with other sports showing signs of entering the mix. Welile Nhlapo, South Africa's ambassador to the United States, remembers brutal township soccer battles from his youth. "I got kicked," he says. But now cricket is infiltrating urban squalor.
Nhlapo also studies how the various national teams render the gem of world anthems, "Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika." Watching the Springboks belt out the isiXhosa/isiZulu of the first stanza, which takes skill, Nhlapo says he understands how Nelson Mandela's embrace of the side at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, also in South Africa, helped make one country. The majority-white Springboks "have had to develop that sense of saying, 'Here we are, we are South Africans. We belong,' " he says.
In contrast, Bafana Bafana, who play Brazil Thursday in one Confederations Cup semifinal, have used one white starter, Matthew Booth, in the tournament. But in the Western Cape, supporters of Ajax Cape Town are divided nearly evenly among the South African race categories of white, colored and African; 40 percent are women. According to Platzky, South Africa has 2.1 million white soccer fans, almost half the total white population.
These shifts contrast with the 46 years of apartheid that followed its imposition by the National Party in 1948. Diversity that had been feared is celebrated in South Africa's 11 official languages, nine of them indigenous. Translators remain poised in parliament to interpret between Sesotho and IsiZulu, if necessary.
The insularity of the country during apartheid was such that Harry Gwala, an ANC and Communist Party member imprisoned eight years on Robben Island, charged himself with introducing inmates to the "whole big world of football." The other soccer players, which included the country's recently elected president, Jacob Zuma, had only heard of English sides, Real Madrid and Italian teams. Gwala "talked enthusiastically about the standard of football in the USSR," Korr and Close write, "about great footballers in Hungary, Poland, and elsewhere, not just in the West."
The big world of football will not travel west or east but south in one year's time. That much is certain.
About the trip
The tour of Cape Town and Johannesburg was arranged by the International Marketing Council of South Africa.


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Whenever I'm scoping out priests on the Armory or even in my own raid team, I always like to see what glyphs they pick. Mind you, there doesn't actually tend to be much variety from priest to priest. The best glyphs usually stand leaps and bounds ahead of the competition, especially with major and minor glyphs, so there isn't usually much difference between one priest or another. So why do I check? Because I'm looking to see if the priest has Glyph of Shadowfiend equipped.
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First, you are not alone. I joined for this site when the bottom fell out of my life. We will stand with you, kneel with you, and carry you.
Having said that, I didn't initially join for dating. I think many people will tell you a time line and what to feel. Remember to stay in prayer, trust your instincts, and to give yourself permission to grieve your wife. XXOO
Daniel, I have a similar story Geri was very sick for the whole year of 2012 and passed away this past December. I like you did lots of grieving during the process. In my case January was very bad but February has been much better. Everyone is different in their grieving process. The one common recommendation is to stay close to God and have friends and family to turn to for conversation and support. I have found CM to be a comforting place to learn about the grieving process, meet others that experienced a spouses death and a side bonus is you meet some beautiful spiritual women. I encourage you to peruse some of the other threads on the Widows/Widower forum.
I've been alone for 14 years. I thought I was ready to date at six months...no. At two years...no....
I joined CM (the first time) after seven years, and in some respects it was still too soon.
Be good to yourself and TAKE IT SLOW. (You also owe it to a new partner to be fully ready to move on.)
This site is a good start. In the short time I've been a member I've found much support and advice on my grieving process. We're all different; there is no right (or wrong) way to grieve, just your way. God has given you a challenging path to travel but you do not walk it alone.
Our situations have some similarities. I, too, am now the single dad of young children. They will give you strength. The bond with your daughter will be doubly strong. God bless you.
I am so sorry for your loss so soon after the birth of your daughter.
We are all at different stages in our grieving and even within ourselves we are at different phases at different times. I lost my beloved husband to cancer 2 years ago. There are times when I feel strong, whereas at other times, I question myself whether I am ready to move on. I have now come to the conclusion that we do not move on, but "move with" and that that's OK. Our hearts grow to be able to accomodate new love and new life, but we will still hold our lost ones close to our hearts. Does that mean we will love less. Our hearts have a capacity to love. Just like a parent - they have their first kid. Does that mean they love their subsequent kids less?
Its Ok to feel the way you feel. I have learnt it helps to go with the flow. To accept that some days will be painful. All of us in this forum have experienced a loss and are trying to weave together something new.
"There is pain in our wounds. But even more important is the love that arises among us when we share, both ways, our woundedness." Scott Peck (The Different Drum)
May God Bless you and be with you, to comfort, heal and guide you. His plan is perfect.
Daniel, as others have said - there is no timeline on grief. It's been many years for me and how I wish CM had been available then! Not so much for the dating aspect, but for the unique resource that it can offer. Like you, I was left to bring up my children alone - my son was only 4 mos old at the time. We don't 'get over it', but we do 'get through it', one day at a time, many many prayers and availing ourselves of the comfort and support of our family and friends. You will find good people here who will help you through it, become your brothers and sisters, and when you are ready will cheer you on as you take your first steps back into a fulfilling life. We will keep you in our prayers as you face this challenge. Give yourself time, allow the grief to subside and thank God for the gift that your beloved has left behind as a perpetual memorial to the love that you shared.
Welcome to CM, Daniel, and especially to the Widows & Widowers Room. As everyone else has said, this community is one of the most supportive you'll ever find. You'll find men and women in various states of grieving, re-emergence, and faith formation. Some of us, like you, have raised young children alone. Some have even remarried, only to suffer the loss of a second spouse...
Each of us travels along at our own pace, with our own needs and motivation--but we share one God, and one Body for the journey...
Like Marge, it will be 14 years for me in March. I don't know when or if God will bring me another mate, but I find so much support and commonality here, that it makes the wait bearable, and even fun at times!
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Take flights to Cape Town to explore a city where the rural and the urban intertwine in an intriguing cultural mosaic.
Things to do
The smell of salt air, the crashing of the waves and glorious views over Robben Island and Table Mountain; start your holiday in Cape Town with a leisurely walk among the joggers, dog-walkers and rollerbladers of the Oceanside Sea Point Promenade.
Nestled among the shady piazzas and tree-lined cobbled streets of Cape Town's De Waterkant district are tiny local shops selling traditional beadwork and jewellery. Flights to Cape Town are the best way to buy elegant African dolls decorated from head to toe in a kaleidoscopic rainbow of little beads.
Wash down tender ostrich steaks with full-bodied Cape Town red wines in one of the oak-tree-shaded farmhouses that dot pretty Stellenbosch. Swap the hustle and bustle of the city for cool valley winds and wild bird cries.
Flights to Cape Town bring you a contrasting nightlife. Start at sunset with cocktails in Camps Bay, then drive to Greenpoint for European-style nightclubs. The African rhythms of street artists accompany you back to the car.
When to go
KLM has frequent flights to Cape Town. Book your airline tickets to Cape Town between December and April for the Kirstenbosch Summer Concerts or in April for the Two Oceans Marathon.


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Why are there such varied types out there in the line up? For me, its simply about respect, having fun and the keeping the spirit of the sport alive but i hear more and more stories of fights and wacky locals...not cool.
--cant we all just get along
Why are there such varied types out there in the line up? For me, its simply about respect, having fun and the keeping the spirit of the sport alive but i hear more and more stories of fights and wacky locals...not cool.
--cant we all just get along
well spoken.
geuss it is just America, we're one big melting pot....
The more people there are in the line-up, the more of a chance that tempers flaring and fists flying. No one certain type of person surfs. "Punks" are everywhere. I'm not gonna argue what is or isn't punk, I'm sayin that there are so many varied types of people surfing it's not suprise. We laugh at kooks, shake our heads at aggro mother effers, and respect the locals ALWAYS! Accidents happen. We've all burned someone on accident, and have been burned for that matter.
The locals have earned the right for their pick of the set. Just sit back and get some scraps. You gotta earn that spot in the line-up.
might be ; there is defintely been a 1000% increase in the # people in the water. I remember back in the days you could paddle out in dbl overhead at a good spot and there would be 2 or 3 people out. Now it is more like 30
geuss a better reason for me to do that surf trip to some isolated place I've been dreaming of and planning for the last 10 years
I surf the Jersey shore for the most part and are always on the far side of the line up out of respect for locals and more experienced paddlers---I dont mind waiting for scraps and its mellow--BUT even there I've been snaked or told to find another beach--perhaps there are simply too many people out there.
I just think if everyone "got it" -- in that surfing as a spiritual thing instead of an EXTREAM sport things would be different.
I've yelled at plenty of people in the line up, never started any fights though. I've also been yelled at just as many though. The thing is, if someone REALLY effs up someone should let them know, but theres no need to be a douche about it.
yeah I couldn't agree more; to me it's a way of life! While I love the feeling I get after riding something like a good dbl or trpl overhead wave it doesn't really compare to the peace that surfing gives me. Just beeing out there and away from all the BS in the world is what I really love about it.
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I just got back from a great vacation in the OBX. I have been surfing for 20 years and have run into all types of people. In OC I cut off a woman by total accident in a crowd of about 125 people on 48th street and her old man threatened to beat me up while asking if I like to cut off women. What the? I have been yelled at by some dude at the Naval Jetty in 3 foot mush...I have watched one guy surf like he was in a contest at Belmar--he had to have every single wave...
That's why I love the OBX. There are 100 breaks per 1 break from Northern DE to Assateague...you just pick a spot and paddle out. This past week I started with Kyle and ended up surfing chest high from Monday through Friday...not a soul in sight--except the dolphins of course!
We just live in a "me" society is the bottom line. People are just all about themselves...locals, yahoos, kooks....it's rare to find people in the water who are just there to surf and have a great time....I'll stick with the OBX.


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Staff enrolled in the State and School Employees' Health Insurance plan are eligible to participate in the Feet on Fire! Walking Challenge that is put on by WebMD.
They will be burning up the street — and some calories — while trying to average 10,000 steps on at least 18 days from May 1 until June 10.
Today is the last day for challenge registration at www.webmdhealth.com/Mississippi.
"Once they join, they'll be walking like their feet are on fire," said CSD nurse Mandy Wilburn, also the activity leader.
"We are trying to encourage everyone to have a healthy way of living."
The campaign aims to improve health, reduce stress and allow participants to earn bragging rights.
Pedometers will be used to keep up with daily steps, which will be tracked on the Motivation Mississippi page through WebMD.
The movement will be team-based, with groups taking on the responsibility of meeting the 10,000-step goal. Members of the top three teams who meet the requirements and average the most steps will receive a prize.
Each team will be named after a famous Mississippian.
CSD will be going up against approximately 20 other teams from across the state.
"Even if you don't win a prize it's still a win-win for your health," added Wilburn. "Walking can help with stress, heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure."
Wilburn said it's also about setting a good example for students.
"If the kids see us out walking, even if it's after school or walking in the community, we're showing how important it is to be moving and staying active," she said.
Wilburn has also been encouraging healthy activities and challenges throughout the year to district employees.
CSD Central Office staff and Pearman Elementary recently participated in a fruit and vegetable challenge for four weeks.
"We had a first, second and third place winner for the ones who logged the most fruit and vegetables in four weeks," said Wilburn. "Afterwards, most everyone said they would keep focusing on eating more fruits and vegetables."
The effort to boost healthy living is one Wilburn and CSD will stay dedicated to.
"It would be good for our state if we can continue to get our obesity numbers down for adults and children," she said. "A healthy lifestyle is important for everyone and I think our community is improving."


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The Last Lap Returns To Promote Attica Raceway Park, Fremont Speedway and F.A.S.T. |
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By Brian Liskai (Attica, OH) A new and exiting webcast will begin Monday, March 23, that will focus on the great racing in Northwest Ohio. The return of The Last Lap will hit cyberspace with hosts Scott Barman and Brian Liskai, from 6-7 p.m. each Monday. "FAST has the potential to create a special bond between the tracks, the drivers and the fans... it is fan driven. Bryan Autullo and Scott Porter (FAST organizers) are fans who wanted to do something, so they rolled up their sleeves and went to work and put together a pretty impressive point fund that will pay the 410 sprint champion $10,000 in money and prizes. Not only that, but if that driver also wins the separate points at both Attica and Fremont, it could be a pretty impressive payday," said Barman. "I wanted to do what I could to promote that and let everyone know how exciting this is going to be. Besides, I missed the fun, Brian (Liskai) and I used to have with the drivers and fans." FAST will award points to 410 sprint drivers from 11 races at Fremont and 11 races at Attica in 2009. The FAST Kistler Cup will go to the overall champion. Both tracks will also crown their own individual champions based on their own point systems. Autullo and Porter had been working on the Last Lap webcast for sometime and are also excited about the possibilities. "We have great plans for this down the road including live video of the show and video clips and the possibility of adding radio broadcasting to the mix. All of us are doing this for one reason - to promote the great racing we have in our backyard. We all grew up at these tracks and we want to do what we can to keep it growing for future generations," said Autullo. "None of this would be possible without the support of John Bores and Rex LeJeune at Attica and Rich Farmer and Andy James at Fremont. We also have to thank the good folks at DirtVision for their encouragement and help and of course, all of the great sponsors of FAST and at both tracks and the fans," added Porter. Joining Liskai and Barman on the Last Lap will be Andrew Barman running the mixing boards and technical support provided by Ross Paulson of Computer Man Inc. of Fremont. |
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'Dreamgirls' touring company to hit Rialto Square Theatre
By Randall G. Mielke March 6, 2013 11:50AM
"Dreamgirls" will be at the Rialto Square Theatre on March 14.
♦ 8 p.m. March 14
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102 N. Chicago St., Joliet
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Updated: April 9, 2013 11:02AM
Many entertainers have rituals they perform before they step on stage.
For actor A.J. Davis, who appears in the touring production of "Dreamgirls," his ritual changes when he is aware that people he knows are in the audience.
"I now live in New York, but I am from Merrillville, Ind.," Davis said.
"I think about 30 people who I know will be in Joliet when we do the show there. It will be good to see my family and friends.
"I have done some other professional shows since I moved to New York and my family has not seen those, so this will be a treat for them to see me in a touring show.
"I am more nervous performing in front of people I am close to than if there are 1,000 people I don't know.
"So I will go off by myself and I get my mind together before I go on to combat the nervousness."
The musical "Dreamgirls," which will be presented March 14 at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet, tells the story of an up-and-coming 1960s girl singing trio and the triumphs and tribulations that come with fame and fortune.
With music by Henry Krieger and book and lyrics by Tom Eyen, "Dreamgirls" includes the songs "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," "One Night Only" and "Listen."
The show was first produced on Broadway in 1981.
The production opened on Dec. 20, 1981, and closed on Aug. 11, 1985, after 1,521 performances.
The original Broadway production of "Dreamgirls" won six Tony Awards and the show was adapted into a motion picture of the same name in 2006.
Davis plays multiple roles in the touring production.
"I play Earl, the master of ceremonies at the Apollo Theater," he said.
"And I am also in the ensemble. I am a dancer. And then I play another character, Jerry, a club owner, later in the show."
Having to don different costumes and create different characters in the same show does not faze Davis.
"I have practiced for a while," he said, "so I know what I have to do for each character."
Davis also draws from his own personality for the roles.
"The character of Earl, the master of ceremonies at the Apollo, is very energetic," he said.
"I am like him in that regard. I guess there is a part of me in both of the characters I portray."
Davis said the songs and the story are the main appeal of "Dreamgirls."
"I think people enjoy the music and the rags-to-riches story," he said.
"You have these three women in the 1960s and it shows all that they had to go through to become successful.
"That appeals to people. People can identify with that."
Randall G. Mielke is a freelance writer.


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THE Home Office has quietly adopted a new plan to allow police across Britain routinely to hack into people's personal computers without a warrant.
The move, which follows a decision by the European Union's council of ministers in Brussels, has angered civil liberties groups and opposition MPs. They described it as a sinister extension of the surveillance state which drives "a coach and horses" through privacy laws.
The hacking is known as "remote searching". It allows police or MI5 officers who may be hundreds of miles away to examine covertly the hard drive of someone's PC at his home, office or hotel room.
Material gathered in this way includes the content of all e-mails, web-browsing habits and instant messaging.
Under the Brussels edict, police across the EU have been given the green light to expand the implementation of a rarely used power involving warrantless intrusive surveillance of private property. The strategy will allow French, German and other EU forces to ask British officers to hack into someone's UK computer and pass over any material gleaned.
A remote search can be granted if a senior officer says he "believes" that it is "proportionate" and necessary to prevent or detect serious crime — defined as any offence attracting a jail sentence of more than three years.
It strikes me anyone who wants to store really bad things will just encrypt them and store the keyfile seperately. This decision is incredibly poorly suited to the type of crime it's reported to go after, leaving the question as to what its true intent is *x-files music*
But seriously. Police officers can search you physically now, without stating a reason and without issue of a warrant - anywhere any time - and now this? God knows when/if we're ever going to get another election, the (unelected) Primeminister still hasn't called one. Am I the only one who's getting massive police state overtones from the way the UK is going lately?
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Really, that's scary. I remember how much people freaked out here when they started phone-tapping. They still do a lot of things under the radar, but nowhere near this. At least not that I'm aware of.
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British society has a strong tendency towards over-the-top surveillance. Just look at all the bazillions of cameras that monitor every public place and a lot of private ones in the country. And there was that
lousy law
a few years back requiring people to decrypt their data if the police ask.
That's one aspect of British society that I really don't like.
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And like Nem pointed out, announcing this law automatically makes it obsolete. Anyone with anything bad before will beef up the security, that's all.
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And like Nem pointed out, announcing this law automatically makes it obsolete. Anyone with anything bad before will beef up the security, that's all.
Hell, we
have anything bad and are still going to beef up security.
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Safety versus Liberty: Liberty's been taking a beating lately, worldwide. The world is changing, and civil liberties are being left behind. Privacy is no longer passive-it must be actively protected.
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Wow, that's crazy...
I just can't believe that people can do this... well i guess the gov can, they're are pretty good at doing stuff like this. That would really freak me out though... I mean, i don't have things on my computer that are evil and whatnot, but it's still mine and i'm protective of it. If the government is willing to announce something like this, makes me wonder what they don't announce.
I can't remember....oh *le sigh*
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maddog0324 Posts: 54My 2008 G6 now has 84,000 miles. The passenger side rear door lock will electrically lock or unlock about 10% of the time. The driver side rear door lock might electrically operate about 1% of the time. I tested the door lock actuator circuits from the BCM connector with a 12vdc 7aH battery. The driver and passenger front lock actuators operate perfectly with this battery. The rear door lock actuators do not operate. The solonoids for these actuators should perform as the front actuators.
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nt1078 Posts: 1My 2006 G6 has so far shown little electrical troubles except the right (passenger) headlight. Wiring connector melted as with many of the other posts I've read and caused the light to fail. Don't waste your time and money on bulbs. Check the connector first, chances are it has melted. To remedy mine (for a while) I bypassed the factory harness plug and installed spade type connectors so I can still unplug the headlight from the harness. Worked well for a while now it has and issue with both passenger headlights coming on dim in low beam then going out all together when you put the hi-beams on. Then for added flavor the right headlights flash back and forth like a rail road crossing when you put the right turn signal on. WTF, GM? What did you do with all that bail out money? Google it, GM folks and look at all the complaints, do the right thing and issue a recall before someone really gets hurt from your cheapening out on sub quality parts.
maddog0324 Posts: 54I've encountered the melted connector for the driver side low beam, smelled it as soon as I opened the access cover. I was able to remedy it by replacing the entire harness. The passenger headlamp assembly caught some road debris a few weeks earlier. I replaced the headlamp assembly, (don't order from the stealership, I got mine from O'Reilly Auto), and I still had the dead assembly's harness. You can't buy a headlamp harness as a stand-alone item. You have to replace the headlamp assembly. You can order replacement connectors from any auto parts store that sells Dorman products. The low beam connectors fail because those lamps are always on due to Daytime Running Light and normal headlight operation.
bucknut33 Posts: 9Don't expect GM to come to the table with anything. I had a problem that I finally had to take to different GM dealer to get fixed. I asked GM to pick up the tab as it was a problem since day one. Their reply was a coupon towards a new car which I don't need. The best part of the conversation was when I told the GM rep that both of my GM cars only had 50K on them his response was they were out of warranty so you better get rid of them.
maddog0324 Posts: 54Per the G6 Owners Manual:
Unlocked doors can be dangerous.
Your vehicle is programmed at the factory to lock all
doors automatically when the following are met:
• All doors are closed.
• The ignition is on.
• The shift lever is moved out of PARK (P) for
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gonogo Posts: 874What I am saying is, you won't get them fixed for free unless you have extended warranty.
The locks have been a known poor reliability, not just G6, other GM models, no recall that I have ever seen. The melted connectors go back to first Z body 04 Malibu, which is the same Z body design as G6.
A lot of GM design problems are not covered out of warranty, the infamous intake manifold coolant leak on GM V6 engines were never covered that I know of.
I have read at times if you had all your work done at the same dealer, they may at there discretion, give a customer satisfaction repair, not common though. -
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jess41 Posts: 1After reading all of the problems, I am very sorry I didn't research fully before I purchased my g6. My headlights don't work, my back passenger door does not unlock, my battery went out, I've had to replace fuses and hoses and cracked water tanks, all on my 2009. This is by far the worst car I have ever owned. And with person after person complaining of the same issues, you'd think they'd recall them and save their "valued customers" some money, but no. It doesn't matter that we make our car payments on time, paid it in full, and keeps their shops filled to the brim with repairs that aren't covered. I am diasppointed in GM, and will never, ever buy a car from them again. Thanks a bunch.
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gretchen11 Posts: 2Well I am very disappointed in the customer service of pontiac!!! My car was brought to the dealer every time I have had problems which might I add was 6 times in 1 year and I had bought the extended warranty for my car and none of the times could they get it fixed. My extended warranty expired at 75,000 miles and I brought my car back with 77,00 miles on it. Hmm once again they had to put a body control modular in I had to pay over 400.00 for it even though I had brought it there well in my extended warranty time frame and they could not pinpoint the problem because it was electrical and did not always do it when I brought it there. BS . Pontiac customer service has jacked me around for weeks because I thought they should pay for these repairs. Well after numerous phone calls of the same BS they tell me tonight they are not going to pay for it!! NEVER buy a PONTIAC G6 and I will never buy another GM product!
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pdhuber1 Posts: 1I've been having ongoing electrical "gremlins" with my 2009 G6....very frustrating! Started with pax-side door lock not working (had that replaced) for $280...then water leaking from somewhere and soaking the pax-side floor and carpet...then water leaking right above the center console ( that was fixed after spending $200 for the water and electrical diagnostic)....the electrical diag. was inconclusive. But still having issues with the dome light staying on, the radio staying on....neither key fob works....after having the batteries replaced several times.....did a little service-dance with GM Customer Service for a bout a week, reported all these problems, which ultimately led no where....they wouldn't help....and now last night, my daughter says the car won't start....I have AAA come out this morning, give me a jump, and it starts up ok...they test the battery....it's fine. Despite all the problems, I still like the car, but I'm afraid I'll be dealing with this crap until the car is done.
jfog Posts: 1After just buying my 2009 g6 I had a problem where I parked it one day after work the next morning my daughter had a dr appointment and it wouldn't start, nothing plugged in or no lights left on after replacing battery nothing till 6 days ago, when my door ajar light came on no doors open. now I am also having problems with interior lights staying on and still door ajar light on plus it takes anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes for my interior light to shut off after I lock my car, plus car alarm goes off randomly, lights come on and off randomly, and now today my seat beat light doesn't come on but when it sounds the interior lights come on and go off when the seat belt sound quits. im so lost when it could be.
lisalis Posts: 2Well i hav a 09 g6 my headlight stopped working had sumone fix them an now my
Car dont start had it towed 3 times the dealership didnt want to touch
It an they were very very rude ....the lost my remote
Had to buy another battary cuz they left the key ingnition an it drained it
They made me feel lik i was a nobody ..wouodnt offer to jump it so i could
Look for the the alarm...i calledan called the finally called back ...i said to
The person i wascummin up there..an he said why ?why are you goin to do that
I said i need my alarm ..an the response was i told you its not here......not cool
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Were the car has been sence oct 30.2013.to tell me its its lost communication an today
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lisalis Posts: 2Well i hav a 09 g6 my headlight stopped working had sumone fix them an now my
Car dont start had it towed 3 times the dealership didnt want to touch
It an they were very very rude ....the lost my remote
Had to buy another battary cuz they left the key ingnition an it drained it
They made me feel lik i was a nobody ..wouodnt offer to jump it so i could
Look for the the alarm...i calledan called the finally called back ...i said to
The person i wascummin up there..an he said why ?why are you goin to do that
I said i need my alarm ..an the response was i told you its not here......not cool
There is much more a lot more....i paid 2 people 2 diffrent times to [non-permissible content removed] out o
Were the car has been sence oct 30.2013.to tell me its its lost communication an today
P0690 ignition relay feed back high..dnt no what im goin to do


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Exemplary Essay on "Christmas with No Presents?"
Ragan Foley, a student in David Cook's language arts class at Girls Preparatory School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "Christmas with No Presents?" by Colin Beavan.
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Could You Go Green?
By Ragan Foley
In 2003, my family moved into our cabin for the summer. We had driven for three days from Tennessee to Colorado's Park Range. It had been a long, tiring trip watching movies and eating fast food. Finally we came over the steep, rocky pass. I was instantly mesmerized by the steel gray mountains contrasting against the brilliant blue sky with the endless rolling green hills in the valley below. As soon as we pulled into the newly-paved driveway that smelled of hot asphalt, I quickly jumped out of the car to play in my new backyard. I found a bubbling stream alongside cattails swaying in the gentle breeze. I couldn't have been happier.
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A lot of the time people say that living without materialistic things or living "green" is something you have to be crazy to do. I'll even admit that when I first heard about the No Impact Man Project, I pictured some scruffy guy living under a towel held up by two sticks on top of the Empire State Building. But as you watch his "No Impact Man" documentary and read the YES! article, "Christmas With No Presents?" you realize that "this guy" isn't some hippie who wants to "be one with the Earth." No, Colin Beavan is just an average man with a wife, a daughter, a dog, a standard job, and a typical New York City apartment. The thing that is special about Colin Beavan is that he realized how much the Earth had given him, and how his lifestyle would affect future generations. To show his gratitude and to help make the world a better place for years to come, Colin Beavan gave back by living with no impact.
At the beginning of the documentary, my class and I thought that we couldn't survive without driving, watching TV, going to the movies, or even go shopping. But as I watched I paused to really think about it. Did I have to have that new, expensive dress? Did I have to see another episode of reality TV that I would forget as soon as it was over? Did I absolutely need to drive to the park even though it was only a few blocks from my house? I was taken aback and forced to reevaluate the difference between what I needed and what I wanted. Also I had to think about how my "wants" and "needs" affected my planet. So that comes back to the seemingly never-answered question: Is living without materialistic things deprivation or does it open up a world of happiness?
For two long summers I lived without a TV, computer, or air conditioning in the house. On those peaceful summer evenings where I normally would have come in to watch a movie, I instead spent hours outside playing with my brother and friends. On Saturday mornings where I would have absent-mindedly watched cartoons, I instead spent an hour walking and just simply talking with my mom and brother. For a year, Colin Beavan and his family lived without unnecessary things. They became healthier by walking and riding bikes and eating locally grown food. They became closer with each other and friends, not by being huddled around a computer or TV, but by talking and spending quality time with each other.
So I think that answers the question. Does living with fewer, unessential items make you happier? Yes, yes it does.
Ragan Foley is currently an 8th grader at Girls Preparatory School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Ragan enjoys reading books and writing. In her spare time, she runs cross-country for her school and looks forward to ski trips and staying at the family cabin in Colorado. ________________________________________________________________________
Colin Beavan's Response:
Dear Ragan--
Thank you for your thoughtful essay about No Impact
Man, the movie and book. In it, you noted that you had been on camping
trips where you had left some of life's luxuries behind and felt that
you could actually be happier without them. This made you think that
using fewer resources--living environmentally--might also make people
You make a profound point.
How we treat the
earth and the happiness with which we live are inextricably connected.
Think of this: the more things and "stuff" we buy, the more of the
earth's resources are used. Yet at Christmas time, we all buy each
other a lot of stuff, and lots of time none of us even want the gifts
we've received. We've used resources and nobody is really happier. What
people really want at Christmas is to hang out and have fun!
it gets worse. Many parents work so many hours that they don't have
time to spend with their kids. So they feel guilty and go overboard on
their credit cards buying too many presents. Then they have to work
even more hours paying off the credit cards and end up spending fewer
hours with the kids.
The same happens on a much bigger scale.
oil is running out. As a result, we have to mine for it where it is
unsafe, which is why the gigantic oil spill happened in the Gulf. Or
perhaps worse, we have to send soldiers to foreign countries and fight
wars to secure oil supplies. But if we relied on wind, solar,
geo-thermal and other renewable energy systems, we wouldn't have oil
spills and we wouldn't have to fight oil wars. It's another case where
living environmentally would also make people happier.
I think
the underneath meaning of your essay was to ask: What are we alive for?
Sometimes, we get so caught up in using all our devices and things that
we get distracted from the true meaning of life.
So, what is the true meaning of life?
me, it emerges in this moment. Just now, it is about writing this note
to you. But I read that the famous writer Kurt Vonnegut asked his son
Mark, "What are we here for?" His wise son said, "I don't know, Dad,
but whatever it is, we're supposed to help each other through it."
hope you get to spend your life as part of a community where you get to
help people and they help you. That's way more important and more
fulfilling than what we get when we have a lot of stuff.
Love to you and your family,
Colin Beavan
- Want an opportunity for your students to step up their writing and write for a real audience? Learn about how to join the YES! Magazine Exemplary Essay Project here.
- 10 Ways to Change Your Life
No Impact Man picks for getting started on a climate-friendly life. - No Impact Project
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Date(s) - June 15
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Ritz-Carlton Chicago
160 East Pearson Street
Chicago, Illinois
The Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago honors award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow who discusses her career. A retrospective of film clips will be shown and she'll receive the Renaissance Award presented by SAIC President Dr. Walter E. Massey. $400. www.siskelfilmcenter.org/benefit2013


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Friday, July 11 - 7:10 p.m.
A's vs. Mariners
A's vs. Mariners
Make Safeco Field your man cave.
Get a ticket, first drink and Mariners red party cup for $25 (Main Level) or $35 (Terrace Club) - the perfect price for the perfect night out for any guy.
Presented by Emerald Queen Casino and KISW, providing the rock soundtrack for the evening.
- Main Level - $25
- Terrace Club - $35
- Ticket, first drink and Mariners red party cup for one low price.
Important Information
- Pick up your drink voucher and giveaway item at Section 103 in center field or outside of Section 211
- Drink voucher good for wine, beer, soda or water
- Prices increase $5 day of event