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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Free-swinging shortstop Alexei Ramirez got this far by being who he is, so manager Robin Ventura doesn't
expect him to become a selective hitter overnight.
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''My game is not going to change,'' Ramirez said Monday. ''But I'm aware I need to hit the ball the other way a little more and try to do that.''
An improvement on the 16 walks he settled for last season after drawing 51 in 2011 would be nice, though. While driving in 73 runs and batting .265, Ramirez saw his on-base percentage drop 41 points to .287. He scored 59 runs after scoring 81 and 83 the previous two seasons.
''You can put [being more selective] into his mind, but that's how he got here — being aggressive,'' Ventura said. ''You can tweak that to a certain extent, but I don't see him all of a sudden taking a bunch of pitches and walking 60 or 70 times a year.''
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tura said. ''He got to a point last year where he was pulling the ball only and was susceptible to off-speed stuff. And when he did have spurts when he was going well, he was going the other way and covering the strike zone better.''
Ramirez, who played through a sore left wrist that bothered him for much of the second half to get on the field for 158 games last season, said he wasn't happy with his performance in 2012. He had career lows in batting average, home runs (nine), walks, slugging percentage (.364) and on-base percentage.
''What happened last year, I learned from it,'' said Ramirez, who won the Silver Slugger Award as the American League's top-hitting shortstop in 2010. ''It's more of an experience for me. I feel very good, and I don't think it's going to happen again.''


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(This post written during the 3-D TV ads on MLB.com. Trying to watch highlights from yesterday's game. And watching a Gcast interview where they say: "Jonathan Torres talks about upcoming games against the Cubs and the Braves." Was not aware his name is Jonathan. I am, once again, confused.)
The energy is electric (like F. Sanchez's hair is every day- take a look below) and there are a lot of reasons for that. It's Friday the 13th. It's Orange Friday. The Padres are in town. It's on NBC tonight and Fox tomorrow. Jonathan Sanchez is trying to live up to his prediction to the press. And I am cheering "Beat SD" every few minutes.
I think we really can sweep the Padres and I think the Giants are going to the play-offs. I think they've totally got it in them to win the division or worst-case scenario, the wild-card. My question is this: are they a World Series team? And if they are: are they a World Series winning team? And that is where my doubt lies. I don't necessarily think the AL is literally tougher, but I don't know… Giants v. Yankees? Giants v. Rangers? MadBum v. Jeter? I don't necessarily see us coming out on top.
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The nameko, which the Wall Street Journal describes as "a gelatinous, light-brown, tack-size variety for the ordinary Joe," was already one of the most widely cultivated varieties in Japan.
Now it's wildly popular in Japanese pop culture thanks to a smartphone game called Nameko Saibai Kit, or "the kit for cultivating nameko."
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The Journal reports 32 million people have downloaded the game since it was released two years ago. For comparison, the mobile game Angry Birds has had more than a billion downloads so far.
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Charlotte, N.C.-based Chiquita Brands International did something similar that year when it teamed with Nintendo Wii for the video gaming system's Donkey Kong Country Returns. The company also partnered with Sega of America Inc. in 2010 for the Wii game Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll, and Chiquita bananas were featured as a component of gameplay.
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Push causes Israeli alarm
By Donald Macintyre in Ramallah
Palestinian leaders from President Mahmoud Abbas down have alarmed Israeli ministers by swinging their weight behind a planned effort to secure UN backing for a unilaterally declared independent state in the West Bank and Gaza.
In an innovative strategy which would not depend on the success of currently stalled negotiations with Israel, the leaders are preparing a push to secure formal UN Security Council support for a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders as a crucial first step towards the formation of a state.
Although there is no fixed timetable, Palestinian officials see the second half of 2011 as a plausible starting date for such a process. That is when the Palestinian Authority is due to fulfill Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's widely applauded two-year plan for completing work on all the institutions needed for a fully-fledged state.
One senior Palestinian official said here that the new plan was "the last resort of the peace camp in Palestine" given the current negotiating impasse left in the wake of the US failure to persuade Israel to agree a total freeze on Jewish settlement building in the West Bank as a preliminary to talks.
The moderate Palestinian leadership also sees the unilateral process as a viable – and, in internal political terms, significantly more credible – alternative to surrendering to intense US pressure to enter negotiations without the settlement freeze.
As the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to denounce the Palestinian plan in a speech last night, Israel's President Shimon Peres declared in Brazil, "A Palestinian state cannot be established without a peace agreement. It's impossible and it will not work. It's unacceptable that they change their minds every day. Bitterness is not a policy."
But officials here are hoping that, without any progress towards "final status" negotiations on a future state, the US could be persuaded not to veto such a resolution. Explicit UN Security Council support for a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders would, the officials believe, dramatically intensify legal and moral pressure on Israel to lift the 42-year-old occupation.
Some officials are even drawing a direct comparison with the diplomatic process by which Israel itself was established as a state: a UN resolution endorsing it in November 1947, the Declaration of Independence by David Ben Gurion in May 1948 and the subsequent swift recognition by the US and Soviet Union.
The strategy is tied closely to – though not specified in – Mr Fayyad's plan, "Palestine: Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State", and is thought to have originated with the Prime Minister, an independent who has recently publicly questioned the willingness of Mr Netanyahu's government to grant more than a "mickey mouse" state in any negotiations. But it has since had strong backing from Mr Abbas, and other leading figures in his Fatah faction.
At a commemoration of his predecessor Yasser Arafat's death, Mr Abbas declared last week, "The Palestinian state is a fact which the world recognises". Saying that more than 100 countries supported Palestinian aspirations for a state, he added: "Now we are fighting to get the world to recognise the borders of our nation." Mr Abbas, who reaffirmed his intention not to run again as President, has insisted that he will not return to negotiations without a settlement freeze and clear terms of reference specifying a state based on 1967 borders, East Jerusalem as the capital, and an agreed solution for refugees.
The leading Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat yesterday followed his Fatah colleague Mohammed Dahlan in strongly endorsing the plan. "We have taken an Arab foreign ministers' decision to seek the help of the international community," Mr Erekat told Reuters, adding that the US and other leading international players would be consulted before any UN move. "If the Americans cannot get the Israelis to stop settlement activities, they should also not cover them when we decide to go to the Security Council," he added.
Ghassan Khatib, head of the Palestinian government's media centre, said that the international community should confront Israel with a choice of a clear negotiating path towards a state based on 1967 borders, or international recognition for a Palestinian state without an agreement. "They cannot block the negotiating approach to two states and at the same time refuse the alternative," he added.
He said that progress by the current "peace camp" in charge in Ramallah was essential if it was not to "run out of ammunition" against the alternative offered by Hamas. "I honestly think there is no future for the peace camp in Palestine if this is not going to work," he said, adding that it would be "political suicide" for the present leadership to enter negotiations on present terms. He said the international community had long been striving "for an agreed end to the conflict – a two-state solution as a result of an agreement. But we are saying it's not working. Why not recognise a Palestinian state when it is ready, without necessarily relying on Israeli consent?"
Mr Khatib added that recognition for a unilaterally declared state would parallel Israel's recognition as in 1948. "The other side was not [then] expected to accept. There was no consent by either the Palestinians or the Arab [states]." Such a strategy would be severely complicated by Gaza, if it were still controlled by Hamas at the time – but no more so than the negotiations which the US is currently trying to promote.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to reject the Palestinian proposal. Addressing a forum on the Middle East in Jerusalem, he said, "There is no substitute for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority…any unilateral path will only unravel the framework of agreements between us and will only bring unilateral steps from Israel's side."
Independence: Getting past the roadblock
Q. Would a unilateral declaration of independence carry risks?
A. Even if it were underpinned by a UN endorsement of a Palestinian state based on the areas occupied in 1967, it would certainly be a lurch into uncharted diplomatic waters. But some Western diplomats believe it would remove any lingering doubts about the meaning of UN Resolution 242, on which Palestinian and international demands for an end to the occupation begun in 1967 are based.
Q. What might be the advantage for the Palestinians?
A. Israel technically regards the West Bank as a disputed territory the final status of which is a matter for negotiation. Palestinians hope that a process of obtaining UN Security Council support for independence, followed by major individual countries recognising the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza as a state, would greatly and immediately put Israel under pressure to withdraw its forces and civilian settlers from the occupied territories in the West Bank. At the most extreme interpretation, Israel would then be regarded as occupying a foreign country. The UN could also grant the new Palestine immediate and full membership, with voting and proposing rights, in major international bodies.
Q. What is Israel's main problem with the proposal?
A. Israel argues that such a unilateral declaration would not only violate its right to reach an agreement on borders with the Palestinians, but also directly cuts across the 1995 Oslo-derived agreement that neither side should take unilateral steps affecting the status of the territories.


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Remote exploitation of a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability in TIBCO Software Inc.'s SmartSockets RTserver could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the affected service.
The vulnerability occurs when parsing requests on the UDP interface of the RTserver.
Exploitation of this vulnerability results in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the affected service, usually SYSTEM. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. Since the vulnerability is a stack based buffer overflow, and there are no stack cookies, reliable exploitation is trivial.
iDefense has confirmed the existence of this vulnerability in the RTserver version 22.214.171.124. Previous versions may also be affected.
The SmartSockets framework is resold to various 3rd party vendors, and in this case iDefense used the version provided with Computer Associates Enterprise Communicator.
TIBCO has identified the following workarounds:
* Disable the rtserver UDP port if it has been enabled in the rtserver configuration file.
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* Use a user with restricted privileges to invoke the rtserver or application.
* On Unix systems, invoke the server or application from a chroot environment. This will restrict the ability to access or modify information in the event of a successful exploit.
TIBCO has released a patch which addresses this issue. For more information, consult their advisory at the following URL:
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CVE-2009-1291 to this issue. This is a candidate for inclusion in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org/), which standardizes names for security problems.
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PMP | Our 2011 JK leaked from the day we picked it up - driver and passenger sides. wIt seems to be more prevalent after it has been driven in the rain. We have done our own water tests and one of the places where we found it leaked was when we sprayed under the hood on the front firewall. You could see the water coming in (one person was inside, one person was spraying) Dealer said they fixed this. Still leaks. Leak manual said that the fender areas behind the rear tires could be the problem. Dealer said they took the fenders off and sealed any holes that were 'taped' Still leaks. This is a hardtop - never had softtop. When we sprayed teh hardtop it did not leak. we sprayed the doors, the windows, and they did not leak. Where the heck is the water coming from? I am getting so tired of using the shop vac to get rid of the water! | ||
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water leak on passenger floor Hello , I think i have the leak fixed that appears to come over the sill on the passenger side. I sprayed some water at the corner where the door and top meet. It travels down and right into a the rubber on the inside frame of the the body,which channels it to the inside of the jeep like a funnel. It runs down the inside lip(between plastic and metal) and crosses over the bottom plastic and onto the floor. It makes it look like its coming through the bottom of the door and over the sill,but thats not the case. I will post some pics to show exactly what i'm tryin to say. My drivers side rubber is tight and tight against frame,passenger side seems stretched out and loose.I bought some rubber moulding and covered it up and no leak. I ran this moulding from the rubber triangle at the top corner to just past the next rubber seal. I sprayed water for 5 minutes straight with no leak. |
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Same problem I have a 2011 Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited (still with a year warnt. left) that has a small leaking problem on the left passenger side. Carpet damp after hard rain for hours. Talked to former owners and they said they had it to the dealership mutiple times and got part of it corrected but not all. They claim that an engineer from Jeep also came in to look it over but did not fix it. They feel it is in the top and shims were added to the rear of the hard top but still leaks. Jeep would not replace the top. So now it is my turn to see what I can get done. Going to shop on Monday. Any thoughts/help are welcome. As you can see from the picture I have a great looking jeep and want the issue fixed. |
SeaComms |
It is really interesting that majority of the leaks are on the passenger side, as down here our are mostly also on the passenger side too, yet ours are RHD so it the other side.... The dealer has tried a few different things over the last 18 months and touch wood I believe is finally leak free. Had the doors re-aligned, had the door seal replaced, had dodgey looking foam strips added to the top corner (which fell off before making it leak heaps worse) then lastly they got a new foam seal kit and all good.. |
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2011 Rubicon leaking at passenger door solution weds , I having the entire floor coated with linex. I'm tired of trying to dry out the floor , its a jeep , why would you want carpet in a jeep . So after weds , if I get a bit of water , I can dry it out w a towel and I'm good to go . Lets face it , if they leak when they are new , I don't care what the fix is , it gonna leak down the road . I got a quote of 575.00 , they do all the prep work etc ... I just drop it off and pick it up . Its worth 575.00 , to not waste my time w a dealership . |
rcwheelman | I was back to two dealers in a 6 th month period with my 2011 wrangler 4 door unlimited sport 6 times. On the 7th time of leaking I had just left dealership #2 in a rain storm. Jeep proceeded to leak on the way home. When I called my service manager his response was, "you have to be kidding". No I said. He said ok when do you want to bring it back. I said never. I'm done. 6 times. Same leak. 3 fixes ago I was well within lemon law territory. Since at this point the original dealer and corporate refused to buy back the vehicle, I called my lawyer. This was 3 months ago. As of today, Chrysler has lost the case. Paid off the loan. Taken the jeep back and paid me 15000.00. I am now driving a 2012 4Runner with no leaks, and I'm quite happy with my purchase. Good luck to all who are currently going through the leak problem. | ||
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Leaking Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sorry this is so long but I wanted to state my leaking problem (adventure). I have a 2011 Wrangler Unlimited 4 door, purchased in February 2011. I first noticed the floor on the right side being wet in July 2011. Took it to the dealer and they completed RRT 11062 per Chrysler. This included a new seal, stuffer, tape kit and glue. In October, returned to dealer with wet floor mat on right side. Tech 22 found right front door out of adjustment and adjusted door. November returned to dealer with wet floor on right side. Tech 47 could not duplicate concern unless water pressure was on maximum and nozzle was placed against seal. Ordered door seal for warranty repair. December returned to dealer with both doors leaking. Tech 47 inspected for water leaks and found both front doors leaking. Padded weather stripping on both doors and rechecked. Leaks no longer present at this time. Returned to dealer on January 3, 2012 with wet floor on right side. Tech 47 found case number S1123000057 from Chrysler relating to condition: Water can follow door seal along weather strip channel and build up causing water to purge over the top of the sill. Tech 47 Checked vehicle for leaks and could not find any apparent leaks at this time with power washer. Preformed star case repair in effort to remedy wet floorboard issue. The star case repair has a diagnosis of (as stated above): It is possible that water may follow the door........ This case provides all the necessary information and the latest methods to make effective repairs. Well, the effective repairs are: Measure 30 inches from the edge of door lip seal at A-post mirror area. (end of triangular flap). More specifically, make a cutout on door seal, directly inline with where water purges across the sill. Length of cut should be aprox 5/8 inch. So basically they cut a notch out of the door seal on the bottom of the door. I asked if this didn't compromise the integrity of the door seal? And Tech 47 said that this will let the water out if it builds up. I asked, Won't this also let water, dirt, etc. in from the outside? He said no. I asked, So this is only a one way hole? He said yes. I then told him if that is so, I have some ocean front property in Oklahoma I would like to sell him. He just laughed. This doesn't sound like a proper fix to me. |
filipinocracker | Lol, found out yesterday that mine now leaks on both sides. I'll be talking with the regional rep about replacing it next week. 4 unsuccessful attempts is just unacceptable. They either replace or I'm hiring an attorney. | ||
hoopiron | 2011 Wrangler Sport hard top leaking badly somewhere around the passenger side. Floor is soaked, front and back, when it rains. Dealer changed door seals but that did not help. Took it back again. Will get it back in a few days. Very frustrating. It drives great and we enjoy it but if this is not resolved quickly, I will never buy another Chrysler product. The dealership seems clueless. | ||
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passenger side door leak 2011 jk Quote:
dooch | Well what do you know my leaks to! | ||
filipinocracker |
Have you all sent a certified letter to Chrysler? Each states lemon law is different. MD gives the dealership 4 attempts and the owner must send a certified letter to the Manufacturer giving them 30 days to fix the problem. After that, its legally a lemon. Mine is in the shop for the fourth time and Chrysler received my letter the 21st of October. If its not fixed by 21st of November then I'm requesting for my case to go to arbitrary so I can possibly get a replacement. |
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A new low for customer service My 2011 Wrangler Rubicon 2-door is in the shop for the 5th time today in yet another attempt to repair the water leak that soaks the passenger-side floor every time it rains. I have pretty much given up any hope that the "fixes" will work but the dealership wanted to try this one last time before "going the other route" - whatever that is. Meanwhile, I called Chrysler Group Customer Care two days ago to explore my options for resolving this problem with them. I had contacted them about ten days ago and spoke with a woman who said she would call the dealer for details of the problem and call me back in a day or two. When I had not received any call after eight days, I called them again and spoke with an arrogant young man who was absolutely useless. His only suggestion was that I try taking my Jeep to a different dealer. He eventually became so rude that I asked to speak with his supervisor. He refused to transfer me to his supervisor, adding that "a supervisor couldn't fix your water leak over the telephone." I told him that I would like to speak with a supervisor just the same and he refused again. I have been a "served customer" for many years and have also worked extensively in customer service. I cannot remember a single time when a customer service rep has been so arrogant, rude and unhelpful. Congratulations, Chrysler. |
tramadoc | And by the way, mine isn't "a few drops here and there". It's multiple constant running streams of water. | ||
tramadoc | If its so simple to fix then why in the flying hell aren't they fixing it? You do as you like, I'm not doing anything that could come back on me and negate the warranty. And yes, any mods or repairs not made by a Chrysler service technician voids the warranty. | ||
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It leaked a few drops here and there... Fixed it in less than 2 hours... Well worth not calling and scheduling time with the dealer... On a side note, I never recommended caulk and wouldn't due to it being a temporary fix to a permanent problem... I get the "BRAND NEW VEHICLE" concept but the time involved in bothering the dealer with the trivial amount of time and $0 in parts seems... just not worth it.... |
tramadoc | You shouldn't have to fix a BRAND NEW VEHICLE!!!! This is my 3rd CJ/Wrangler and neither of the first two leaked. I could care less what anyone thinks about me not wanting to fix it. Did I mention it's BRAND NEW!!!! As far as not wanting to turn wrenches, if to think that's the reason, you're wrong. I completely rebuilt and restored a 1970 GTO Judge. It's not not wanting to fix a minor problem myself, it's wanting the manufacturer to fix a vehicle they built that is still under warranty and BRAND NEW!!! If you want to fix your own vehicle, which isn't brand new, good on ya. If mine was used, which it's not, I would gladly fix it myself. Doing the things you have posted, such as caulk etc. would create problems with the dealer and manufacturer because it is STILL UNDER WARRANTY!!! Jesus. Brand new. Under warranty. Christ, can't anyone get that??? BTW, could care less about Ferrari's and other exotic cars because I don't own one nor do I know anyone who owns one. Since its still raining it looks like the Goat is gonna be getting some road time over the next week. | ||
Sf_Kilo |
Well to each his own... That's why cars keep costing more because everyone refuses to spend their time on simple things... Chrysler doesn't make the tops by the way... I am now 8 for 9 on fixing these leaks... The only one I couldn't fix was the result of a warped windshield which the dealer got replaced and all is well... If everyone would just think about it they would realize 2 hours of their time and it would be fixed vs days in the shop and arguing with the dealer... All it takes is tools, a six pack, and some effort... look at the instructions for installing the factory hardtop after delivery (should still be on Quadratec), basically loosen all the windshield bolts, rear top bolts (if hardtop), sound bar freedom panel bolts (may have to re-align the sound bar if they move too much in the end), the door hinges, freedom panel connection to the windshield, release soft top connection to the windshield, and let it all settle... Then if it's a soft top connect to the windshield as if you were putting the soft top up, apply light pressure to the windshield from the front toward the rear and tighten the windshield bolts to factory spec, then align the doors making sure the edges and seals are evenly seated, tighten hinge bolts, test with garden hose and tweak if necessary... for the hard top connect the freedom panels to the windshield, apply pressure from the front toward the back and tighten windshield bolts, go to the back and apply pressure from the back of the top to the front of the jeep, tighten rear top bolts, align doors, tighten hinge bolts... Clean seals with Simple Green (use sparingly) or Tough Stuff spray cleaner.. AND your done... Replacing the seals wont do a thing if the top, doors, and windshield are not properly aligned... Ask any Ferrari, Lamborghini, or Maserati owner how many times their cars have been in the shop in the first 10k miles... chances are its more than your Jeep has been and they could buy 5-20 Jeeps for what they paid... So from what I see all of you want something less expensive, hermetically sealed, convertible, off road capable, reliable, and fun all in the same vehicle... Well you cant have it because it doesn't exist... Like I have said before, If you want it done right you need to do it yourself... If you never want to lift a finger to fix minor issues the wrangler is not for you... Try a Toyota or maybe a Kia... |
tramadoc | Along the A-Pillar and the B-Pillar. It leaks like a sieve now since they "repaired" it. I could probably fix it myself but I paid a lot of money for this Jeep and I'm not going to fix something myself that is under the warranty. I have less than 10,000 miles on this thing. I have never had a problem like this before and I owned a 84 CJ-7 and an 89 YJ before this. Neither of them leaked and I just sold the YJ 2 years ago after having bought it brand new. I understand the people saying "It's a Jeep, its going to leak", but you know what? I bought it and I don't want it to leak so screw the "It's a Jeep, it's going to leak" people. When they pay my car payment, they can tell me to let the Jeep leak. | ||
docz | where is your jeep leaking exactly? | ||
docz | if you read my posts it shows alot about the leaks...i got mine down to just a few drops once in a while after alot of rain..but that is gonna stop soon as this weekend comes..check out my posts | ||
tramadoc | Yeah... Fat lot of good RRT 11-062 did. We just had a downpour and the leak is worse now than before. Talked with the dealership and Chrysler and they are still trying to remedy the problem by "attempting" to fix the leak. Next Wednesday is the earliest they can get me in. When is enough enough??? | ||
tramadoc | Well apparently they did the RRT-11-062 repair on my drivers side door. They removed and reseated left front door weatherstripping and reseated the channel. They also aligned the left front door cat hinges. They also had to order a new tailgate latch since the current latch doesn't keep the tailgate secure. This is what is causing the severe rattling from the back of my JK. Chrysler Group has been in constant contact with me over this. I was informed by them that if this doesn't fix the problems then I will have to continue to bring it in for repairs. I politely informed them that after bringing it in 3 times each for two separate problems I will be in touch with an attorney who will contact them and the two of them can work this crap out. And yes, I know it is a Jeep, but it is brand new, cost $25,000, and I expect a brand new vehicle that costs that much to not rattle and leak, irregardless of the make and model. | ||
tramadoc | Hi guys. New user here. My 2011 Sport has had nothing but problems with leaks since day one. The header bar has been replace twice and now it's in the shop for the same leak. I was gone for three weeks and when I came back my carpet was wet and there was mold/mildew on the carpet on the drivers side under the seat and on the back drivers side carpet. Not only that but I also have it in the shop for a loose and rattling tailgate for the third time also. This doesn't even count the time I had to bring it in for the steering wheel controls that stopped working. I have been in contact with Chrysler and they have someone from their headquarters working with the dealership apparently to get this resolved. If they don't get it fixed this time, someone is giving me a new Jeep come hell or high water. | ||
cbar | We just purchased a 2011 Wrangler Unlimited 4 door hard top 2 weeks ago. Last night we had our first rain and guess what? Water all over the passenger side floor. Took it to the dealer today and have to go back on Wed. so they can repair the leak. After reading everyone elses post i am not feeling good about the outcome Will keep you posted ! | ||
Dieselbud |
I got a recall notice in the mail last week. (but I have not even taken the soft top out of the packaging yet). In Canada, the recall is for 'premature wearing of the soft top at the second and/or third roof bows'. All vehicles will receive roof bow shields to prevent excessive wear, and soft tops found with pin holes and/or tears will be replaced. This is for some 2010 and 2011 model year Jeeps Wranglers equipped with 4 doors and a soft top or dual top. The recall number in Canada is L24 SOFT TOP WEAR. I hope this helps! |
What is the part that was replaced? Mine goes in for the same problem on Mon. Would like to give the dealer some clues. After reading all these posts I am not confident about resolution on the first trip to the dealer. anything will help Thanks |
Mystere | Picked up truck from the dealer this day. Questioned "what was the problem and disposition" to the service tech. "Replaced the passenger side door seal", replied. Caveat emptor ? Rain from the Glades to the west. Hmmmm. | ||
docz | this will work ,cause when you close your doors on the jeep youll notice the door rubbers on the topside are recessed inside the drip rail about a quarter inch..if your door rubber on top is even with the softop when you close the door then you might have to adjust the door slightly so that the door rubber on the top is slightly recessed in side the drip rail on softop...then do the mod with the caulk.. | ||
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A serving of Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery Fromage Blanc 0% is 1 ounce, which provides 15 calories, no fat, 50 mg of sodium, 1 gram of sugar, 2.5 grams of protein, and 5% of the RDA for calcium. Of course, each tub is 8 ounces - so that's 120 calories, no fat, 8 grams of sugars and 20 grams of protein - still pretty good as 2/3 the calories are from protein!
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Expand - Will Call, Parking, Directions, and moreWill Call Info
Will Call tickets purchased through Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com are available for pick-up during normal box office hours, both in advance and on the day of the show. BAND TICKETS / FAN CLUB TICKETS: These tickets are not available for pickup prior to the actual date of each event! Please be sure to bring your order confirmation number when picking up your tickets at the box office. You must present a photo ID which matches the Will Call name on your order to receive your tickets. TICKETS MAY NOT BE DROPPED OFF OR LEFT FOR OTHER GUESTS.
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General Parking: A parking fee is included in the price of your ticket unless otherwise noted. Premier Parking: Premier Parking is located close to the front gates and is held until show time. Look for our Premier Parking signs or ask a parking attendant when you arrive at the venue. We'll be more than happy to point you in the right direction! Premier Parking is available for an additional charge of $30.00. Limo & Oversized Vehicle Parking: Taking a limo, bus, or RV to the show? We've got room for you too! Limo Parking is available for an additional charge of $50.00. Oversized Vehicle Parking (Busses, RVs, Tractor Trailers, etc.) is available for an additional charge of $100.00. All Parking Passes can be purchased in advance online, at the box office, and on the day of the show in our parking lots (subject to availability.)
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From Chicago and the Northern suburbs, take I-94 East to I-57 South to I-80 West to Harlem. Travel north on Harlem to 183rd. Travel east to Oak Park and travel south to First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre. From the Northwestern and Western suburbs, take I-294 South to I-80 West and exit at Harlem. Travel north on Harlem to 183rd. Travel east to Oak Park and south to the facility. From the West and Joliet, take I-80 East and exit Harlem. Travel north to 183rd. Travel east to Oak Park and south to First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre. From the East and Indiana, take I-80 West to I-57 South to Vollmer. Travel east to Cicero, north to Flossmoor and west to Ridgeland.From the South and Kankakee, take I-57 north to Vollmer and travel east to Cicero. Go north to Flossmoor and west to Ridgeland.
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Items PERMITTED in this venue include: - Snack food in clear plastic gallon-size bag or 6-pack size soft sided cooler. - Factory sealed water up to a gallon in size - Low profile beach chair (no taller than 9" off the ground.) - Backpacks (subject to change based on event.) - Diaper bags when a child is present. Items NOT PERMITTED in this venue include: - Weapons - Alcohol - Drugs - Lawn chairs over 9" from the ground - Umbrellas - Laser pointers - Skates - Wallet chains - Ice chests - Banners - Flyers - Beach balls - Frisbees - Fireworks - Outside food or beverage (except as noted above) - Video and audio recording devices (unless otherwise noted) Camera Policy: - Personal cameras ARE allowed in the venue. - Flash photography, video and removable lens cameras ARE NOT permitted without venue approval. **PLEASE NOTE: These guidelines are subject to change and are at the discretion of management.**
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Later this afternoon, members of the Freelancers Union are set to descend on the steps of the New York State Senate in Albany with "the world's longest invoice." They're speaking literally (we checked).
Last month, the organization started a site to solicit outstanding bills from web developers, app designers, SEO consultants, and every other manner of contractual helper. (Sadly, it looks like the $2,012.00 entry for "dildo polishing," has since been eliminated.) The grand total, which started at around $4 million, is already up to $15.9 million. And members are taking a print out with them upstate to "unfurl" down the steps at 2.15 pm. Read More


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Empire Waist Stripe Maxi Dress
Style # 210631
Bold and diagonal white and blue stripes, a figure-sculpting empire waistline and an ultra-soft billowing drape make this bebe maxi dress an instant way to land a statement look. Try it with a floppy hat and a pair of embellished sandals to maximize your look.
- 96% rayon, 4% spandex
- Center back to hem: 48" (122 cm)
- Jersey lining
- Dry clean
- Imported
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Empire Waist Stripe Maxi Dress
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I really like this dress. It is long though. I am short so I'm use to hemming this. The pattern is a little different then what the model is wearing which I found odd. It complements my curves and the pattern does too. I got a size xs and everything fits well except the length.
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This dress is very flattering and gorgeous. But, what I received is different from the picture. The bottom pattern looks completely different. And it's about 2 inches shorter from the description. C'mon Bebe. You do not sell it for 5 backs, so stick to the picture and description. Because that's the value that customers expect to get. And this is not the first time it happens. It looks like you advertise a better version from what you actually sell. Other than that I'd recommend this dress.
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Kim Nevins, Catherine Hundt, Pat Nevins, Lydia Bellamy-Palma, Angela Martin and Charlie Furtek star in the Children's Theatre Company of South Suburban College's "The Emperor's New Clothes."
Updated: February 19, 2013 1:02PM
The Children's Theatre Company of South Suburban College continues staging "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Michele L. Vacca.
The show at the Kindig Performing Arts Center on SSC's main campus, 15800 S. State St., South Holland, began on Jan. 15 and has performances slated for 9:45 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Jan. 18 and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Jan. 19.
" 'The Emperor's New Clothes' is a highly entertaining, clever telling of the Hans Christian Andersen fable about the pitfalls of vanity and greed," officials said.
Emperor Abu Abdullah Abdul (Pat Nevins, of Homewood), ruler of Zanadum Znadu Zan, spends all his time and country's gold on clothes.
When the treasury is almost empty, Lord Babah, Prime Minister in charge of the Emperor's Wardrobe (Charlie Furtek, of Lansing), is forced to put a tax on peanut butter, the national favorite food.
The Emperor's 129-year-old Granny (Betty Owens, of Glenwood) does all the palace laundry.
His wife, Empress Fatimah (Catherine Hundt, of Thornton), hasn't had a new dress in a very long time.
Even though she is an excellent seamstress, Fatimah's Lady-in-Waiting, Lady Bubarah (Kim Nevins, of Homewood), can no longer repair any of the tattered dresses in her royal closet.
Despite the fact that Emperor Abu possesses hundreds of fashionable tunics, trousers, vests, slippers and turbans, he decides he has nothing to wear for the Great State Occasion.
A proclamation lures two swindlers (Lydia Bellamy-Palma, of Park Forest, and Angela Martin, of Midlothian), who claim they are descendants from a long line of royal clothing makers.
The tailors are in fact swindlers who plan to pocket the loot and sell the king garments that can only be seen by the wisest of men.
By chance, Fatimah overhears the two plotting and realizes they are thieves.
The audience will find out what happens when the Emperor is presented with his new "clothes."
The production is directed by Lansing resident and Kindig Performing Arts Center manager Ellie Shunko.
Set design is by Anne Begora, of Chicago; lighting design is by Bellamy-Palma; and the costume designer is Joanna Tassin, of Park Forest.
Stage management is by June and Sandy Wagner, both of Lansing.
Kara DeCarlo, of Tinley Park, is the master electrician while Dean Scalzittim,of Chicago, is the master carpenter.
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Okay, you have something on me. But not a whole lot. After watching 3 ½ hours of the draft and a 4 hour, 29 minute Giants game I had just enough mental capacity to squeak out, Yes, I would like a saltwater taffy. My arms are, thankfully, still connected to my shoulders, though.
Now that the hangover is starting to wear off, I am ready to break it all down. It was a great baseball day.
The first round of the draft is good and bad. The five minutes in between each pick give the hosts time to break down each player and even interview a few of them. I had a good sense of just about all the 33 players who were picked. The compensation round, with a minute in between each one, was a little bit painful because the hosts were talking just as much, but with no time, and the representatives who announced the picks instead of Selig didn't seem really suited to public speaking. Today, it's all audio, no show, and it's going down so fast I can't keep up. It's good and bad. I dig the brevity, but it's so impersonal.
The people who stood out to me in the draft? (Disclaimer: I know nothing about any of these people. These are just guys who happened to stand out to me. )
Number 1, overall, was Gerrit Cole who's reportedly Brandon Crawford's sister's boyfriend. Keeping this in the family, are we?
Number 3, Trevor Bauer, went to the Diamondbacks. He's being called Tim Lincecum 2.0, both because his motion is similar and he's known for his quirky personality. I was kind of pumped to have him in the NL West until Andrew Baggarly suggested that he could potentially come to the Majors in late 2011, if the Arizona is making a playoff run. Against the Giants. Forget it. I wish he was in Kansas or something.
Speaking of Kansas! The sweet story of the first round was Bubba Starling, a KC kid who was drafted by the same team. The media was eating it up. I was much more interested in Brandon Nimmo, the highest draftee ever from Wyoming (11th, to the Mets) and Jose Fernandez "Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors at the Playboy Mansion(14th, to the Marlins) who is a Cuban defector, who has already faced a lot of adversity to get here. I am calling a majorly successful career for him. He seems to have a head on his shoulders.
Oakland had the 18th pick and they went with Sonny Gray, a right handed pitcher who I fell in love with after a minute long feature by MLB Network. A) He's 5"11. At first claimed to be 6"0, then 5"11 ½. I love little guys. B) He sings. He was in High School Musical. C) He has a contagious smile and seems comfortable in front of a camera. The only thing that put me off was his affinity for the movie Sandlot. I hated that movie. I know that's a terrible baseball fan sin, but it's true. Sorry.
And then the Rangers pick at 37th, Zach Cone, intrigued me because he was the only guy in the whole draft whose photo was not of him in a baseball uniform. He was wearing a suit. Interesting. You know how Teen Vogue does "style icons of the future"? I have an inkling that he could be a baseball style icon of the future. At least he's off to a good start.
Then, of course, the important one. Our newest Giant. Joe Panik, a shortstop "with power" out of St. John's University. Other than his hard nose (thanks, Baseball America! Useful info.) and his unfortunate (well, fortunate for the people who write headlines) last name, I don't know a whole lot about him. Except that I'm not panicking- sorry, I had to- and he deserves a nice big hug and welcome to this family. Bye-bye, Brandon Crawford. You were fun while you lasted but we have a new shortstop now! Just kidding.
I'm at 650 words here and so my analysis of the game is going to be sort of second round draft-ish. I.e., fast. Timmy's 1000th strikeout, while glowing and exciting, was overshadowed in my eyes by eight beautiful shutout innings from the bullpen, the birthday boy (Jeremy Affeldt) swinging for Mars and then getting a walk and, of course, the eventual walk-off hit by Freddy Sanchez. He is so underrated it's not even funny. I love him to death and am reconciling myself to a summer of walk off wins. Could be worse, right?
Now it's time to plug in my earbuds and get back to the grainy audio of the 500th round. Draft week is too much fun. Congratulations to all who have been picked.
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This just in: Guillermo Mota has been suspended for using the performance enhancing drug, Clenbuterol. It's his second time caught using PEDs, so he's out for 100 games. AKA, something close to eternity. Ouch.
Apparently, this is the same drug that caused Alberto Contador to lose his Tour de France and Giro D'Italia titles, which makes me cringe, because you know how I feel about doping and cycling-baseball similarities. Coming from a cycling family, I watched a lot of it as a young child and remember really enjoyed watching Contador race way back when, as well as many other cyclists who have now been stripped of their titles. They are, of course, ultimately making their own decisions, but it still makes me sad, more than anything else. Same for baseball. I hope it's isolated, as in incident, but I can't help but wonder all the same.
The Giants, meanwhile, are seriously stretched thin as this point. They have lost people to just about every reason under the sun (knock on wood moment, right there) and in the bullpen, are missing four out of seven Opening Day relivers. Those being: Affeldt, Wilson, Otero and now Mota. I think they're going to need to put this message out soon:
Mota's situation, of course, isn't an issue of luck, but seriously. Are the Giants having the worst luck this year or what? Okay. I need to stop now, before I knock on wood for a third time.
Also, today, discussing cologne, Derek Jeter said, "Some guys [spray it on] before the game," he said. "You would be surprised. I won't name names, but…" My money is on Andy Pettite. And A-Rod, of course. I also have to say once more how much I love those cryptic Yankee quotes. (Not.)
Now one mandatory "Beat LA!" before I go. Because we totally are. Going to beat LA, I mean. You heard it here first.
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Notes from Babel: 'To win a World Cup you must be at your most virtuous'
Editor's note
The following is the transcript of an e-mail conversation between writers Sean Smith and Peter Amdam. It was originally written in English and translated for Josimar, a soccer magazine from Norway that, launched in 2009, treats the game's culture and politics.
For most of the 21st century Smith has logged his working notes and research on sport theory at sportsBabel, a site that "examines the aesthetics, politics and poetics of sport and physical culture." As evident below, he is interested in technical developments in sport and in its consumption, which leads to reflection on the postmodern spectator. Smith's commitment to praxis as well as theory comes through in his annual promotion of Global Village Basketball, a Web-aided melding of pickup results from Poland to Serbia to the USA that illustrates the potential of "sporting multitudes."
Unlike his theoretical forebears—who have football as first sporting reference—Smith draws from an amalgam of influences as fan and participant. He started playing soccer as a youngster. In sportsBabel's career Smith has commented on the BBC's innovation in 1927 of supplying a numbered grid system to aid listeners before the first live football broadcast. He also writes about the documentary Heysel '85: Requiem for a Cup Final, one of the touchstones in postmodern meditations on violence and sport.
Smith's interlocutor, Amdam, is an independent editor and writer based in Oslo. His essay "All Poems Are Too Beautiful: Some Notes on Jean-Luc Nancy, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe and Claire Denis" will be published in fall 2010.
Canadian artist Patricia Reed created this digital print on flag fabric—a linear pastiche of all recognized national flags. The result is "an imbroglio of nation-state graphic ideology" with a "black whole" in the center. (Pan-national Flag © 2009 Pia Fuchs—Reed's German pseudonym. Image courtesy of the artist.)
PA: I would first like to situate you and your current project. Where are you coming from? What brought you to this combination of sports and critical theory? What is the basic proposition behind your concept of "sporting multitude"? It seems heavily informed by [Gilles] Deleuze, [Félix] Guattari and [Antonio] Negri—combined with a notion of sport/play/war that has its own conceptual history.
SS: First and foremost, I am coming from a trajectory of embodiment. I was an athlete long before I was ever aware of or interested in critical theory, playing at different skill levels with different roles and sets of relations to teammates and competitors. I've played a number of different sports over time, but I seem to have gravitated towards more open-ended team sports such as soccer, hockey and particularly basketball.
I had been interested in the theory of communication for some time, especially the emerging "new media" that was very much making its presence felt in the universities. I had read a fair amount of [Marshall] McLuhan and a little bit of [Jean] Baudrillard, but otherwise didn't have much background in critical theory since my first two degrees were in kinesiology and business management. So when I first picked up [Michel] Foucault in graduate school I was fortunate to have had a phenomenological experience of the disciplined athletic body from which to begin approaching his thought.
Prior to that, I had started an undergraduate thesis on sports video games and what I perceived to be tendencies towards a form of "virtual sport." Though the project didn't really go anywhere institutionally, it provided the seeds of content months later when I first became aware of this medium called a "blog." Nine years later that germ of an idea is still present, though since that time has woven through politics, aesthetics and indeed a theory of blogging itself. The embodiment of communication remains key to this day.
For me, sports are gestural languages. They each have their own rules of grammar and conventions of style for various audiences, and they each have their forms of slang, regional dialect and poetry. When we move in athletic competition we are very much speaking to one another even if we don't utter a word. Certainly this is what we are being sold on television! And so yes, in my formulation of a "sporting multitude" I am very influenced by [Michael] Hardt and Negri, and definitely Deleuze and Guattari, but more specifically I am thinking of Paolo Virno and his understanding of the virtuosity of the public speaker as central to the emergence of the multitude as political potential.
In my view, if sport is a gestural language then to be virtuous is not simply to be "the best" at any particular sport, but is also and always that attempt by anyone to become an artful public speaker of sporting gesture. This should be understood relative to one's own abilities and prior performance, and contingent upon the relations one has with the other athletes in that particular unfolding of time. To create as an athletic body, in other words, is to move towards the emergence of a sporting multitude.
PA: What is the gestural language specific to soccer? In what way do these gestural elements differ in a championship like the World Cup that gathers different nations together, rather than in a league with different professional clubs and franchises?
SS: This may sound banal, but if we are to approach this question from the phenomenon of embodiment, it is that the game is played almost entirely with the feet. For a human species whose opposable thumb is purportedly one of the central features distinguishing it from other animals, this is quite remarkable. To borrow the terms of Johan Huizinga, the modern theorist of play, it is as if Homo Ludens, or Man the Player, invented a form of gestural language—using feet, chest, head, etc.—specifically as a rejection of the hands and arms that seem to characterize our everyday being as Homo Faber, or Man the Maker.
Of course our feet and legs are also what propel us around the pitch. The game is played at such pace today that it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish differential qualities of gesture at the club level, but when you have an international competition like the World Cup one can still notice regional "dialects" of soccer, such as the Brazilian ginga.
Because gesture is embodied and volumetric it still retains a spatial or geographical quality—one's entire formative years are spent learning this regional dialect, which becomes most visibly manifest to an international audience every four years in World Cup competition. When these athletes play together as professionals during the interim, particularly in the increasingly cosmopolitan top European leagues, they are not really learning new ways of speaking with the body, but rather honing game skills, match fitness and strength. Some of the art form is lost in favour of a more technical soccer production.
It is also important to note that these histories of sporting gesture are complex and political. With Brazilian ginga, for example, the fluid means of moving about a soccer pitch emerges from a highly colonial relationship between wealthy white players and poorer black players. If any black player made contact with a white player, even if initiated by the latter, they would either be penalized or dismissed from the game and thus the development of an embodied movement style in which one could artfully carry the ball without ever touching an opponent. The particular flip of sporting Empire is that today Nike sells ginga to a worldwide audience as part of an exotic television marketing campaign.
PA: Speaking of which, it looks as if the World Cup will be the biggest global televised sporting event so far, in terms of viewers, licensing, contracts, etc. You have written about sports as screen, as televisual, as computational—how would you apply these concepts to the actual event that is the World Cup in South Africa?
SS: Baudrillard and [Paul] Virilio have each written about the postmodern televisual spectacle, suggesting in their own unique ways that the fan at the stadium has become obsolesced in favour of the spectator at home. And given the nearly instantaneous distribution of television signals from major sporting events to almost anywhere on the planet, it is hard to argue.
But I reject this perspective. The globally distributed World Cup television signal that will be broadcast from South Africa this summer functions by converting the experiential qualities of live action to the synthetic perception of digital code, via the multiple camera perspectives available to the television producer. It cannot possibly convey the affective resonance that exists in the complex and holistic interplay of gesture and flesh between athletes and fans at the stadium. To invert Virilio, those at the stadium are still "right" in that they offer the television audience of synthetic perception witnesses to legitimate the existence of the event, as well as the appropriate codes one should perform at home in response.
However, I am more concerned with the situation that exists when these television cameras begin to communicate with one another. This is what we see with 3D visualization and match-analysis systems such as TRACAB, which will be used for the World Cup this summer. To produce econometric analyses of sporting output this system uses video-signal processing technologies derived directly from its defence and security contractor parent company, Saab (whose corporate motto reads "It is a human right to feel safe"). The American artist and theorist Jordan Crandall refers to this type of apparatus as a body-machine-image complex—with images that track bodies in motion rather than simply represent them. With TRACAB and its perfomance-analysis techniques, sport thus appears bound to war in ever new and unique fashions.
We often forget that this is labour we are describing, given the lavish salaries earned by those athletes we watch on television every weekend. Millions of dollars are invested and the stakes are extremely high, hence the appeal to management of a service such as TRACAB. We spectators ought to be mindful, though, of how such techniques for maximizing efficiency in soccer today might come to bear on other labouring classes as the cost of such analysis falls tomorrow.
PA: Concerning event, multitude and political potential: what, if any, are the forces and energies that can be activated through this year's World Cup event? In what way can a more post-operaist, post-structural theory of sports be better fitted to bring such a potential into being, as opposed to regular old-fashioned sociological ones that seem to be prevalent, at least here in Europe?
SS: Without succumbing to a political prescription for what is an exceedingly complex question, I will suggest that an important component of the Autonomist struggle concerned a refusal of the conditions of work in increasingly computerized and automated factories. Though it is certainly not the same thing, Deleuze and Guattari remind us that the television spectator is also a worker today—producing information, producing packaged audiences, producing subjectivities for the consumer society and so on.
As far as sport is concerned, the increased skilling of athletic labour combined with emerging forms of sedentary information-work in economically advantaged countries creates a gap in gestural potential or physical literacy. It is this gap that serves as the lever for capital to sell sponsorship back to the television audience. While I don't suppose there will be a refusal of the World Cup in quite the same fashion as with the Autonomists, we can still play! We, too, can witness the gestural qualities of soccer and express virtuosity with others on a local basis. Brian Massumi writes a very beautiful passage about the relational becoming of players on a soccer pitch, which for me suggests the potential of something more in terms of community. Politics remain a primarily local phenomenon.
That said, it is important that if we are still to watch the World Cup on television we do so as critical spectators. Will the dark history of Robben Island be sanitized for television through the positive associations offered by sport, for example, much in the same way that the dark history of Tian'anmen Square was sanitized for the 2008 Beijing Olympics? If there is to be any political potential whatsoever it must grow from a critical awareness of one's own engagement with the media.
PA: Who do you root for in soccer? Virilio, one of the key thinkers of modern technology and its speed, admits that he actually hates technology. Do you really like sports of postmodern corporate spectacle such as the World Cup?
SS: Of course I like these sports! To win a World Cup you must be at your most virtuous, your most highly attuned, as a poorly played match just won't be good enough. If you have played the sport at any level you can appreciate what is on display. I don't really root for any particular team, however, which can be quite liberating as it allows me to simply marvel at skilled and artful play.
It is very fascinating to live in Toronto, one of the most multicultural cities in the world, during the month of the World Cup. One diasporic community after another parades through the streets with every win by their home nation, honking horns and flashing team colours and waving flags from their cars. The collective joy that can emerge from a sporting competition is truly impressive.
But the romance and nostalgia of these sporting nationalisms can perhaps blind us to the broader processes of imperialism at work today. These new processes are still very much rooted in identity and spectacle, though in more fluid ways than ever before. And if we always see the world in terms of binary competition, as we do with sport, we will fail to understand the shades of grey that lie in between—not to mention the potential of our being-in-common with one another, on the field of play or simply in the world.
- Jean Baudrillard, The Transparency of Evil: Essays on Extreme Phenomena (London: Verso, 1993).
- Jordan Crandall, Drive (Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2003).
- Gilles Deleuze, "Postscript on the Societies of Control," October 59 (winter 1992): 3–7.
- Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia, trans. Brian Massumi (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1987).
- Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, trans. A. Sheridan (New York: Penguin, 1977).
- Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, Empire (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001).
- Johan Huizinga, Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture (Boston: Beacon Press, 1950).
- Sylvère Lotringer and Christian Marazzi, eds., Autonomia: Post-political Politics (New York: Semiotext(e), 2007).
- Brian Massumi, Parables for the Virtual: Movement, Affect, Sensation (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2002).
- Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (New York: New American Library, 1964).
- Paul Virilio and Sylvère Lotringer, Pure War, trans. M. Polizzotti (New York: Semiotext(e), 1997).
- Paolo Virno, A Grammar of the Multitude: For an Analysis of Contemporary Forms of Life (New York: Semiotext(e), 2004).


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