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Well no buildings fell down
Towards the end of Cata ( I can say that now, since we are almost there) with the decrease of activity going on in the servers people were forced to use things like Openraid, throwing around their real Id's to do things like Raiding , and what we used them for, Rated BG's because there were never enough people online or interested on your realm in doing what you wanted to so xrealm recruiting became a norm.
In the space of 2 weeks I had added more people to real ID then I had since inception. I liked playing with these people. They are from different realms/have alts, and were also keen to do Rated BG's, and the desire to do stuff out weighed any misgivings I had about sharing my real name.
I only had one funny moment " Why won't you add me to Facebook?" when he couldn't find me by searching for my real name. But no buildings fell down, I didn't get any crazy stalkers, and I didn't add everyone I played with and the list of keen people who love pvping, and want to do Rated BG's is sitting there waiting for when we all hit 90 and are looking for other able and eager people wanting to throw themselves in as soon as we can.
I removed someone on the list in a bad pug pick up group because we were losing and a whiny rouge wouldn't stop whining. To the point I got snarky at him and suggested in case he started whining for heals I was letting him know I couldn't get to him in time. I got kicked after the loss. No reason to keep them if I didn't want to play with them.
I know a lot of people were hesitant, or even refused to use real ID. Battle tags became of way of adding people without having to share emails, and it even got to the point where because you can see friends your friends a real life friend wanted me to roll an alt with them, but wouldn't add me to real ID so we could play together because people on their list didn't want other people to see their names.
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Just recently my husband and I were talking about soy sauce. I know, it's not your typical lovey-dovey conversation, but really – who has those everyday and/or posts them on their blogs? But in all honesty, our discussion has often bounced back to soy sauce in regard to Celiac/Gluten Free diet.
You see, the reality of my life is this: soy sauce is in everything (well… almost everything) my in-laws cook. And while we sadly have not been able to travel in years (read: 2003) to visit them, we would like to. We want to bring these beautiful
babies toddlers (!) we have back to see the rest of our family. So we start talking about the added expense of traveling when you need to buy food and/or cook.
Primarily while staying at someone else's home, I don't want them to feel put-out that I don't eat what they are serving. At my parent's house, I have no problem sliding in to the kitchen and cooking. In fact, I love it! But at my in-laws, the kitchen is laid out differently and they do a different style of cooking than what I grew up with. It makes cooking for them a bit more of a hurdle. Add to that the fact that food intolerances/allergies are truly not a common topic nor common in the general Asian population (aside from dairy/lactose which isn't really in the main diet plan anyway) and well… it can lead to some hurdles.
So back to the soy sauce.
When we traveled in 2003, I just bought a bottle of San-J when we arrived for cooking. It was a great conversation starter (lol!) as we talked about the salty (or non-salty) factor compared to the sauces they liked to use. (Yes, each varies significantly in saltiness, thickness, etc.) At one resturant, my father-in-law tried to help my by explaining that I can have wheat/soy sauce and he beamed with pride when the wait-staff and chef told him there was no wheat in what they made. And then out came the wheat-puffed pancakes for the wheat-soy sauced laden Peking Duck. (PS. The "dao mew" – snow pea pods shoots – were AWESOME that night.)
Soy sauce is everywhere in the Asian diet.
And I don't always trust the labels.
And then I found this study by Frederik Janssen on the GlutenTox blog. (I am not associated with them, just found them via my search about gluten and soy sauce). (Copy of the PDF is here: Safety-of-Asian-soy-sauce-in-gf-diet).
Approaching the gluten free diet frustration of eating-out and the common exposure/concern of soy sauce, the study looked at the varying ingredients found in different soy sauce brands (European based) and analyzed them for their gliadin content. Remember, the protein that causes the damage to the intestinal track for Celiac patients (like myself) is this protein. Truly, it is a speck within the wheat grain.
From the anecdotal piece of their survey, Celiac patients who self-reported information regarding how they approach soy sauces responded with the following commentaries:
- avoided all products with wheat listed on the label
- consumed soy sauce with wheat listed on label with non-typical reactions that could not be attributed to the wheat/soy sauce
- consumed soy sauce with wheat on the label with "ease since they know the proteins in these sauces were almost completely degraded; consequently they did not experience any symptoms." (p.56/Jannsen)
The report further states that "given the results of our analysis, it is quite remarkable that symptoms occurred in some coeliacs after these products were eaten."
The scientific analysis appears to demonstrate that the levels of gliadin are slightly lower (on average) that the proposed levels (20ppm in the EU). Most surprising to me was this statement:
"Given the amount of soy sauce used in Asian dishes this level might be irrelevant.
"There seems to be no correlation between gluten content and the declaration of wheat on the product label."
The attached PDF (referenced above) then continues on to discuss the types of labeling laws now required (and those not, like for wheat starch) in the EU as well as whether or not the methodology available for analyzing such materials is suitable for the hydrolyzed gluten proteins found in the fermented goods like soy sauce.
As a result of their analysis (please, read it for yourselves) are the following recommendations:
- that, as far as possible, Coeliacs should choose Asian soy sauces which do not include wheat.
- if such information (ingredient listing) is not available, they should not be worried about the ingestion of gluten as investigation have shown that hte level so fgluten are almost insignificant in relation to the safe dose as reported by Catassi…
- Coeliacs should, however, still avoid dishes with very high levels of soy sauce.
Truly I am awed.
I have always wondered. And in all honesty, have not worried too much about soy sauce. I have a good handle on food prep/recipes in Asian (mainly Chinese) foods and have felt fairly confident selecting my items with care. But soy sauce remained one of those ingredients that I question. NOT because I think it is "bad" but because I wonder what the levels truly are. This paper has brought the conversation back to our dinner table.
I'd love for it to begin conversation here.
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'Burn Notice' set to end after 7 seasons in Miami
MIAMI - The cable spy drama "Burn Notice" is coming to an end, but it's certainly not being burned itself.
The USA Network series - still strong in the ratings and popular with fans after seven seasons - gets a big finale next Thursday.
Set and filmed almost entirely in South Florida, the series has centered on the exploits of superspy Michael Westen, who was framed for crimes he didn't commit, unceremoniously kicked out of the CIA and dumped in his hometown of Miami.
Over more than a hundred episodes, Westen, his friends and family have hunted down those who got him burned, brought his enemies to justice and helped many innocent victims along the way. Now, the cast and crew members who brought "Burn Notice" to life are saying goodbye.
Series creator and executive producer Matt Nix said he and the other writers have been planning the finale since last year.
"One thing I'm really grateful for is the opportunity to go out on our own terms and bring the story to a satisfying conclusion," Nix said. "Knowing that this was our final season, it gave us the opportunity to really tie things up."
The term 'Burn Notice' hails from the world of espionage as notice given by an intelligence agency to other agencies that a person has become unreliable and his information should be "burned" or dismissed. In short, it's a way to put a spy out into the cold, whether merited or not.
The series has always balanced a story of the week with the larger narrative elements of who burned Michael and why.
"The show is about Michael Westen learning to be a human being," Nix said. "Reconnecting with his family and friends and romantic relationships is a big part of that."
But all the progress Westen has made in rebuilding those relationships has been strained to the breaking point in the final season. The stories of the week have taken a back seat to one, big 13-episode arc. Once again working for the CIA, Westen has been trying to infiltrate an international terrorist organization. The problem is that Westen has started to lose track of who his real friends are and whether he's fighting for the right side.
Westen's choice and the subsequent consequences will be revealed in the finale.
"I think it's a fitting ending because it's what I know the fans wanted," series star Jeffrey Donovan said. "It's very fitting for what the show started as in the beginning."
While the ending may be appropriate, that doesn't mean it will be completely happy. Donovan's co-star Gabrielle Anwar, who plays Westen's on-again-off-again girlfriend, said she was satisfied with her own character's fate but felt differently about another.
"There's one character in particular that I'm sort of still devastated by," Anwar said. "I'm reeling; I'm grieving; I'm in mourning."
Executive producer Terry Miller acknowledged that seven years is a long time for a crew to stay together in the television business, but he couldn't help feeling a little sentimental.
"We've had babies born. We've had people pass away," Miller said. "We've had marriages. We've had divorces. It's like a family."
B-movie legend Bruce Campbell, who plays Westen's best friend, said he wasn't so sentimental, noting everything comes to an end. Still, despite his status as a horror icon thanks to the "Evil Dead" trilogy and other films, Campbell considers "Burn Notice" the most successful project he's ever been part of.
"We're going out strong, and that's exactly how you want it," Campbell said. "We're all geniuses right now. That's how you want to go out, as a genius, not an idiot."
Consistently good writing has led to solid ratings over the years, Campbell said. That's led to a string of well-known guest stars swinging down to Miami for a week or two to be bad guys on the show.
Past villains include Eric Roberts ("The Dark Knight"), John Mahoney ("Frasier"), Lucy Lawless ("Xena: Warrior Princess"), Tricia Helfer ("Battlestar Galactica") and Danny Trejo ("Machete"), to name a few. Though not a villain, Burt Reynolds also guest-starred as a former Cold War spy.
"Burn Notice" has averaged between 4 million and 5 million viewers since it began, with a handful of episodes topping 6 million viewers. The series premiered in 2007 as the top, new, scripted cable series. In 2009, it became the most-watched, scripted series ever on basic cable in the coveted 18-49 demographic.
Alex Sepiol, a senior vice president at USA, said the network immediately took notice of "Burn Notice" as a way to revive an old genre. "Burn Notice" felt very much like a throwback to 1980s action series like "The A-Team" and "MacGyver."
"We loved that it was a contemporary update of those kinds of shows," Sepiol said. "And we knew if there was a way to put a fresh spin on them, then audiences would appreciate something that was missing from the TV landscape."
And while the network had already seen success with humorous detective series like "Monk" and "Psych," the success of "Burn Notice" showed USA executives that action-oriented series - like "White Collar," ''Covert Affairs," ''In Plain Sight" and most recently "Graceland" - could be made on a cable budget.
Besides the success "Burn Notice" has brought to the USA Network, the show has been instrumental in growing the South Florida television industry.
Graham Winick, the city of Miami Beach's film coordinator and a past-president of Film Florida, said "Burn Notice" reignited South Florida as a TV production destination. It became the first scripted series made there since "Miami Vice" went off the air in 1989 to last longer than two seasons. And at seven seasons, the production of "Burn Notice" actually surpassed "Miami Vice" by two years.
"'Burn Notice' was our signature show for the last seven years," Winick said.
Though several film productions came to South Florida in the 1990s, "Burn Notice" was the starting point for the area becoming a major television destination, Winick said.
Since then, Fox Television Studios, which produced "Burn Notice," also brought the A&E series "The Glades" and USA's "Graceland," which is actually set in Southern California, to South Florida. The Starz Network filmed two seasons of the period drama "Magic City" in Miami, and ABC tried to revive "Charlie's Angels" with a short-lived reboot two years ago.


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DUBLIN, October 15 (CDN) — As organizers prepared for the opening of the Third Lausanne International Congress on World Evangelization tomorrow in Cape Town, South Africa, Chinese police threatened or detained some 200 delegates who had hoped to attend.
After receiving an invitation to attend the event, house church groups in China formed a selection committee and raised significant funds to pay the expenses of their chosen delegates, a source told Compass. Many delegates, however, were "interviewed" by authorities after they applied to attend the Congress, the source said.
When house church member Abraham Liu Guan and four other delegates attempted to leave China via Beijing airport on Sunday (Oct. 10), authorities refused to allow them through customs, reported the Chinese-language Ming Pao News. Officials detained one delegate and confiscated the passports of the other four until Oct. 25, the closing date of the conference.
China's State Administration for Religious Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security had notified border control staff that the participation of Chinese Christians in the conference threatened state security and ordered them not to allow delegates to leave, Liu told U.S.-based National Public Radio (NPR).
Officials also prevented two house church Christians from Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, from leaving the country, and on Oct. 9 placed one of them in a 15-day detention, the China Aid Association (CAA) reported.
When Fan Yafeng, leader of the Chinese Christian Legal Defense Association and winner of the 2009 John Leland Religious Liberty Award, discussed the harassment with NPR on Tuesday (Oct. 12), officials assigned some 20 police officers to keep him under house arrest.
On Wednesday (Oct. 13), approximately 1,000 police officers were stationed at Beijing International Airport to restrain an estimated 100 house church members who planned to leave for the Congress via Beijing, according to CAA.
CAA also said authorities over the past few months had contacted every delegate, from Han Christians in Beijing to Uyghur Christians in Xinjiang, for questioning, and threatened some family members.
Normal church operations were also affected. The Rev. Xing Jingfu from Changsha in Hunan province told NPR that authorities cited the Lausanne Congress when they recently ordered his church to close.
China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ma Zhaoxu, in a statement issued to NPR, accused the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization of communicating secretively with members of illegal congregations and not issuing an official invitation to China's state-controlled church.
According to the Ming Pao report, the Lausanne committee said members of the Three-Self Protestant Movement had asked if they could attend. Delegates, however, were required to sign a document expressing their commitment to evangelism, which members of official churches could not do due to regulations such as an upper limit on the number of people in each church, state certification for preachers, and the confinement of preaching to designated churches in designated areas. House church Christians faced no such limitations.
The first such conference was held in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1974, which produced the influential Lausanne Covenant. The second conference was held in 1989 in Manila. Some 4,000 delegates from 200 countries are expected to attend the third conference in Cape Town.
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China watchers said there has been a slight easing of restrictions in recent months, accompanied by a call on Sept. 28 from senior Chinese political advisor Du Qinglin for the government to allow the independent development of the official church. Du made the remarks at the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, according to the government-allied Xinhua news agency.
The BBC in August produced a glowing series on the growth of Christianity in China after Chinese authorities gave it unprecedented access to state-sanctioned churches and religious institutions. Religious rights monitor Elizabeth Kendal, however, described this access as part of a propaganda campaign by the Chinese government to reduce criticism of religious freedom policies.
NPR also produced a five-part series on Chinese religions in July. The series attributed the growth of religious adherence to the "collapse of Communist ideology" and pointed out that growth continued despite the fact that evangelism was "still illegal in China today."
The claims of progress were challenged by an open letter from Pastor Zhang Mingxuan, president of the Chinese Christian House Church Alliance, to Chinese President Hu Jintao on Oct. 1, China's National Day.
In the letter, published by CAA on Oct. 5, Zhang claimed that Chinese house church Christians respected the law and were "model citizens," and yet they had become "the target of a group of government bandits … [who] often arrest and beat innocent Christians and wronged citizens." Further, he added, "House church Christians have been ill-treated simply because they are petitioners to crimes of the government."
Zhang then listed several recent incidents in which Christians were arrested and sent to labor camps, detained and fined without cause, beaten, interrogated and otherwise abused. He also described the closure or demolition of house churches and the confiscation of personal and church property.
He closed with a mention of Uyghur Christian Alimjan Yimit, "who was sentenced to 15 years in prison because he evangelized among Uyghurs – his very own people."
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If you were sent incorrect items/damaged items from your order please initiate your return. You will be contacted by Turnrows and we will cover the cost of the shipping back to our warehouse. If the Return/Exchange falls on the customer they must pay shipping to our warehouse.
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While there are no specific dishes associated with Sukkot, some lend themselves better to the sometimes chilly weather we are experiencing these days. The aromas, the warmth they evoke are just perfect for eating in the Sukkah. So, here is a superb recipe by one of New York's favorite chefs, Jeff Nathan of Abigael's on Broadway:
Jeff Nathan's
Tarragon Salmon Fillets with Vegetable Ragout
Dairy — Makes 4 servings
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided (2 tablespoons chilled)
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/8 teaspoon ground fennel seed, optional
- 5 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stems discarded, caps sliced
- 4 ounces sugar snap peas, trimmed
- 1/2 pint grape tomatoes or halved cherry tomatoes
- 3/4 cup Vegetable Broth
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh tarragon
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 4 7 to 8-ounce salmon fillets, skinned
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- Position a broiler rack about 6 inches from the source of heat and preheat the broiler.
- To make the ragout, melt the butter with the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and fennel and cook, stirring often, until garlic gives off its aroma, about 1 minute. Add the shiitakes and cook, stirring occasionally, until they give off their juices, about 4 minutes. Stir in the sugar snap peas and cook for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, broth, lemon juice, and tarragon. Bring the broth to a simmer. Cook, stirring often, until the tomatoes are heated through, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat, partially cover with a lid, and keep warm
- Meanwhile, brush the salmon on both sides with the oil, sprinkle with the tarragon, and season with salt and pepper. Oil the broiler rack. Broil the fish, skin sides up, for 3 minutes. Turn and continue broiling until the fish is opaque in the center with a tinge of rose color when prodded with the tip of a sharp knife, about 5 minutes more for medium-rare salmon. Place each salmon fillet on a dinner plate.
- Add the remaining 2 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into bits, to the vegetables. Stir with a wooden spoon, being careful not to break up the vegetables, to melt the butter. Season the ragout with salt and pepper. Spoon the ragout over the salmon and serve immediately.
Enjoy, gentle reader enjoy!


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Kent Bush: 112th Congress is distant (bad) memory
The 113th Congress was sworn in Thursday morning. Next they will be sworn to, sworn at, and sworn about.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie talked about the 112th Congress' inability to act on a bill to help New Jersey, New York and Connecticut with their continuing recovery efforts after Superstorm Sandy. It has been more than two months since the disaster and yet the Congress still hasn't acted. Of course, timing plays a role in that. congressional and presidential elections muddied the floodwaters, as did holiday breaks. And who could forget the New Year celebrations that included pulling the nation's economy away from the fiscal cliff that the 112th Congress created as one of its first acts.
They could have gotten it done. But they didn't. The delay between the storm and federal legislative action to help is unprecedented. Christie is fed up.
"This is why the American people hate Congress," he said.
I'm not sure how accurate that is. People don't hate Congress, or representatives and senators wouldn't enjoy such an easy path to re-election.
People seem to love their Congressman and hate the other 434 idiots with whom he is forced to serve.
Everyone can identify one or two things they don't like that Congress has done. And the 112th Congress did a good job of shining a spotlight on every problem. Some of that was to help in the campaign against President Barack Obama and some of it was a new breed of tea party representatives who have issues within their own party.
But many pundits have declared the last Congress as the worst in history.
It's hard to argue against that point. This Congress passed 50 percent fewer bills than the next most ineffective incarnation of the legislative branch in U.S. history that was led by Newt Gingrich against his arch nemesis Bill Clinton.
The last Congress couldn't get an appropriations bill passed and their fun four-month debt ceiling battle - the precursor to the fiscal cliff negotiations - not only put the brakes on an already slow recovery but also ended up hurting our national credit rating.
The only thing the House of Representatives could agree on the last couple of years was repealing "Obamacare" about 20 different ways and getting in the way of any bill that might have benefited the economy, and thus, Obama's re-election efforts.
Thankfully, we have been saved. The 112th Congress is a distant memory.
Somehow I don't think this group, which is the most diverse Congress ever (although that isn't saying much), will be able to come together and work across party lines.
Tip O'Neill isn't walking through that door and Ronald Reagan isn't coming back for reruns.
How can you worry about bipartisanship when the Republicans have trouble working together with members of their own party? How can you believe they will ever work with Democrats to craft significant legislation? John Boehner was such an effective speaker of the House that he couldn't control more than half of his own party's representatives in the fiscal cliff negotiations. He was so bad that people began researching and remembered that the speaker doesn't even have to be an elected member of the House.
But Boehner won his job back and immediately pronounced an end to negotiations with Obama. He has been burned too many times and he isn't going back for more.
That bodes well for immigration reform, gun control and any appropriation bill or debt ceiling fight in the future.
Get your popcorn popping and settle in for some late night fun on C-SPAN. That's how we started 2013 and that's probably what we'll be doing when we give this Congress its final grade at the end of 2014.
Kent Bush is publisher of the Augusta, Kan., Gazette.


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Pre-Owned 2020 DodgeCharger SXT Sedan
- Exterior Color
- White Knuckle
- Interior Color
- Black
- Odometer
- 57,711 miles
- Body/Seating
- Sedan/5 seats
- Fuel Economy
- 19/30 MPG City/Hwy
- Transmission
- 8-Speed Automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-Wheel Drive
- Engine
- V-6 cyl
- Stock Number
Dodge Charger
Highlighted Features
- Wireless phone connectivity
- Parking sensors
- Exterior parking camera rear
- Front dual zone A/C
- Speed sensitive wipers
- Split folding rear seat
- Perimeter/approach lights
- Remote keyless entry
Detailed Specifications
- 1-touch down
- 1-touch up
- Air conditioning
- Driver door bin
- Driver vanity mirror
- Front beverage holders
- Front dual zone A/C
- Illuminated entry
- Overhead console
- Passenger door bin
- Passenger vanity mirror
- Power windows
- Proximity key: doors and push button start
- Rear beverage holders
- Rear door bins
- Remote keyless entry
- Speed control
- Telescoping steering wheel
- Tilt steering wheel
- Alloy wheels
- Four wheel independent suspension
- Front anti-roll bar
- Power steering
- Rear anti-roll bar
- 1st row LCD monitors: 2
- AM/FM radio: SiriusXM
- Satellite radio trial duration with new vehicle purchase (months): 12
- Smart device integration: Apple CarPlay/Android Auto
- Steering wheel mounted audio controls
- Wireless phone connectivity: Uconnect w/Bluetooth
- Front center armrest
- Front seats: bucket
- Leather shift knob
- Max seating capacity: 5
- Power 4-way driver lumbar support
- Power driver seat
- Rear seat center armrest
- Rear seats: bench
- Rear seats Folding position: fold forward seatback
- Split folding rear seat
- Compressor: Not Available
- Cylinder configuration: V-6
- Drive type: rear-wheel
- Engine liters: 3.6L
- Engine location: front
- Fuel economy city: 19mpg
- Fuel economy combined: 23mpg
- Fuel economy fuel type: gasoline
- Fuel economy highway: 30mpg
- Fuel tank capacity: 18.5gal.
- Horsepower: 292hp @ 6,350RPM
- Hybrid traction battery type: none
- Manual-shift auto: AUTOSTICK
- Number of valves: 24
- Recommended fuel: Regular Unleaded
- Sequential multi-point fuel injection
- Torque: 260 lb.-ft. @ 4,800RPM
- Transmission: 8 speed automatic
- Variable valve control
- Bumpers: body-color
- Door mirrors: body-color
- Power door mirrors
- Rear cargo: trunk
- Tailpipe finisher: chrome
- Trailer sway control
- Compression ratio: 10.20 to 1
- Curb weight: 1,798kg (3,964lbs)
- Engine bore x stroke: 96.0mm x 83.0mm (3.78" x 3.27")
- Engine displacement: 3.6 L
- Engine horsepower: 292hp @ 6,350RPM
- Engine torque: 260 lb.-ft. @ 4,800RPM
- Exterior body width: 1,905mm (75.0")
- Exterior height: 1,468mm (57.8")
- Exterior length: 5,039mm (198.4")
- Front hiproom: 1,427mm (56.2")
- Front legroom: 1,062mm (41.8")
- Front shoulder room: 1,511mm (59.5")
- GVWR: 2,313kg (5,100lbs)
- Interior cargo volume: 467 L (17 cu.ft.)
- Interior maximum cargo volume: 467 L (17 cu.ft.)
- Passenger volume: 2,965L (104.7 cu.ft.)
- Rear headroom: 930mm (36.6")
- Rear hiproom: 1,425mm (56.1")
- Rear legroom: 1,019mm (40.1")
- Rear shoulder room: 1,471mm (57.9")
- Towing capacity: 454kg (1,000lbs)
- Turning radius: 5.7m (18.8')
- Wheelbase: 3,048mm (120.0")
- Appearance: digital/analog
- Compass
- Delay-off headlights
- Exterior parking camera rear: ParkView yes
- Front reading lights
- Fully automatic headlights
- Low tire pressure warning
- Outside temperature display
- Parking sensors: ParkSense rear
- Rear reading lights
- Rear window defroster
- Speed sensitive wipers
- Tachometer
- Trip computer
- Variably intermittent wipers
- 4 wheel disc brakes
- ABS brakes
- Anti-whiplash front head restraints
- Brake assist
- Dual front impact airbags
- Dual front side impact airbags
- Electronic stability
- Ignition disable
- Knee airbag
- Occupant sensing airbag
- Overhead airbag
- Panic alarm
- Perimeter/approach lights
- Traction control
Dealer Notes
2020 Dodge Charger SXT
8-Speed Automatic 3.6L V6 24V VVT
19/30 City/Highway MPG
KBB.com Consumer Reviews
- 4.0
Mechanically sound, reliable, cheap interior
By T_Rave on Monday, October 12, 2020Bought in 2018 with 18k miles. Smooth ride, great get up and go, love the design and how it looks and drives. Extremely reliable, decent mpg. The only disappointment is the interior that seems to be cheap. This year (2020) started having alot of de-lamination issues on the doors, middle console, and now the steering wheel is starting to de-laminate as well, reading into it seems like this is a common issue with dodge chargers/challengers around the same year. Another common issue we've experienced is the window motor going out, and a musty smell from the a/c time to time. All the seats are comfortable but the front passenger has too much lumbar support that is non-adjustable and takes a minute to get used to it. Overall love the car and would get another, really need dodge to look into the de-laminating issue and musty a/c though.
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Love this car.
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- 5.0
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Biz Bits: How to protect against identity theft at any life stage
Tip of the Week
Identity thieves can strike at any stage of your life. However, the more you know, the better prepared you can be to take proactive steps to reduce your risk. For every milestone from graduation to marriage, from buying a new home to joining the military, or even becoming a new parent, identity theft poses a risk. Here's how people at different life stages could be targeted for identity theft.
- To the graduate: Up until now you probably haven't thought to worry about your credit and have only used your Social Security number when filling out forms at your doctor's office or on various applications. Even more likely, you've left the responsibility of all of this to your parents. But as you're headed off into the world for the first time and signing up for your first credit card, there is a chance that a thief could be out to steal your good name, be careful who you give your information to.
- To the newlyweds: Who knew that changing your last name or adding your spouse to your credit card or bank account would take so much time? After the excitement of the wedding and honeymoon settles down, there is often real work to be done in updating your personal information. Identity thieves know what you need to do to change your information, so they determine weaknesses in security systems in order to get what they want, the puzzle pieces that identify you.
- To the homeowners: Congratulations on your new investment. Owning a home is often part of the American dream, but just how many organizations did you have to provide your name, date of birth and Social Security number to in order to complete this transaction? Thieves know that you are often linking your new home purchase to your line of credit and can look for these types of forms to steal pieces of your personal information.
- To the servicemen and women: You have made a tremendous sacrifice to protect our great nation, but unfortunately identity thieves can look at your deployment as prime time to target you. You may face an increased risk of identity theft as a result of being away from home for long periods of time and not having access to your mail and accounts, giving the upper hand to thieves.
- To the new parents: Sleepless nights are common with new parents. Following the arrival of your new bundle of joy, you most likely applied for a Social Security number for your child in order to include him on your insurance plan and to claim him as a dependent when filing your income taxes. Unfortunately, identity thieves who compromise your child's identity can cause more sleepless nights down the road. Children can be prime targets for identity thieves because often their identities go unmonitored for years.
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BBB Watch
The Better Business Bureau offers tips to consumers to avoid theft, fraud and scams during the holiday season.
- Think twice before clicking a link sent to you via email: Links may lead to viruses and allow scammers to get your personal and banking information. Instead, independently find the sites you want to shop on and check www.bbb.org for free Business Reviews. Use only secure sites. Look in the address box for the "s" in https:// and in the lower-right corner for the "lock" symbol before paying. If there are any doubts about a site, the BBB recommends right-clicking anywhere on the page and select "Properties." This will let you see the real URL (website address) and the dialog box will reveal if the site is not encrypted.
- Remember criminals and scammers don't take a holiday: Check out businesses' privacy policies before entering personal information. If shopping online be sure your computer has the most up to date anti-spyware software.
- Keep all receipts and read the fine print: Online businesses are required by law to send your product within 30 days unless otherwise stated or you get your money back. Understand that refund and exchange policies can differ significantly from one seller to another.
- Pay with a credit card instead of cash or bank card: If it's a scam you'll have record of it and are more likely to get your money back by disputing the charges if you don't receive the item or dispute false charges made to your account. No other form of payment offers this protection. Also, make sure to check your credit card statements often and not just when your bill arrives.
- Beware of gift card scams: Con artists can get important numbers off of gift cards before you have even bought them by scanning the identifying number before hand. They can then go onto the website and see when it is activated, and use it to purchase items. Instead, ask for gift cards behind the counter instead of the ones displayed and use your gift cards as soon as possible.
- Don't leave your purchases in plain sight in your car: The holidays are a car thief's prime time to break in and steal your purchases. Either remove your purchases from your car or make sure they are out of sight.
- Verify the validity of a particular charity: The sneakiest Scrooges will often adopt a similar name to known charities, so make sure you do your research and always make out your payment to the charity and not individual solicitors. Visit www.bbb.org/charity for free info.
- Make a list and check it twice: Often consumers will head out to the malls and spend more money than intended, so make a list of what you want to spend and keep track of how much you are spending.
- If going with a layaway plan check out their policy, and if they are BBB Accredited: Layaway is an excellent option when paying for something expensive. Make sure to find out all the details, like how much you need to put down, interest costs, when payments are due, and return policies so that there are no surprises.
- Beware of deals that sound to good to be true ... they probably are: When shopping online there are hundreds of websites offering to beat out great deals. Make sure to check if the website is legitimate at www.bbb.org. Sometimes paying less can cost you more.
The List
According to The Street, here are the top five resolution apps:
- Jillian Michaels Weight Loss
- Livestrong MyQuit Coach
- Pageonce
- Evernote
- Pay it Forward
Tech Talk
After having problems with its Maps app, Apple has decided to let Google Maps back on iPhones. Reviews of the new Google app are glowing.
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Some women specifically some black women are salty Kim Kardashian will appear in the new Tyler Person movie "The Marriage Counselor".
Of course they have overlooked how silly and stereotypical Perry has made them look over the years, but I digress.
Here are the details.
One thing we could say has helped contribute to Tyler Perry's immense success is that he communicates directly with his fans via his frequent personal messages to them posted on his website, as well as the open forum he created for his fans to share with him.
Well.. in case you haven't heard… Mr Perry's website has been flooded with comments and messages from his "fans" expressing their contempt for his casting Kim Kardashian in his upcoming movie, The Marriage Counselor. I put the word "fans" in quotes because I don't have any evidence to say whether or not these are his usual supporters who frequent his website, or trolls.
And when I say flooded, I mean it. I clicked through page after page of comments lamenting Kardashian's casting, with many saying that, although they've been long-time supporters of Perry's films in the past, this is one film of his that they won't be paying to see!
Most of those people are lying, if they are obsessed enough to write how they are going to boycott they will be at the theater opening night.
I am not exactly sure why Kimmy invokes such a reaction in people, if she is truly is a nobody why does anyone care about her? That is the hypocritical part of our society, yes Kimmy doesn't have any true talent, but the one talent she does have is making people talk about her and that is what is getting her paid. Her filing divorce papers was on every news station in the county. She has almost as many Twitter followers as the President. She is doing something right.
Stop being bitter women and if you don't want to see the movie, don't see the movie no need to embarrass yourself like this.


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One of the minor mysteries of Natal history in the 1850s has been the identity of a mysterious Alfred Francis Dawson, who is described in Shelagh O'Byrne Spencer's British Settlers In Natal:
Wine merchant. Dawson and his wife Octavia (?c. 1832-24 May 1852, Durban) emigrated to Natal on the Dreadnought. There are many unanswered questions about this family. To begin with, it is uncertain as to what their surname was — Dawson or Francis. In the burial register of St Paul's there is an entry for their son Frederick, dated Mar 1850. The child was buried under the name Dawson, but an asterisk has been put next to the surname and the annotation 'Francis not Dawson' has been added, and signed by Revd W.H.C. Lloyd. The other entries in the St Paul's registers (Apr 1851, Jan 1852 and May 1852) all give the surname Francis. Despite this, Dawson went by the name Dawson in Durban society. The only inkling of anything different comes in a letter from Thomas Roberts, J.C. Byrne's confidential clerk, to the Government in Nov 1850, in which he refers to 'Mr Dawson alias Francis' (Spencer 1989:93 ff).
When I read this a few years ago, I wondered if it was the same person who had married Agnes Green in Australia. It now seems probable that it is, and we can construct an outline of the life of Alfred John Francis, alias Alfred Dawson Francis, alias Alfred Francis Dawson.
Alfred John Francis was born in or near Liverpool, Lancashire, England, about 1820, and his father was John Francis. In 1842 he married Christiana Fox Dean, and their first son, Dean Francis, was born in 1843. Another son, whos name may have been Alfred, was born about 1844, but this is uncertain. A third son, Frederick Thomas Francis, was born in 1846, again, in or near Liverpool. Then in 1847 Christiana Fox Francis died.
Two years later, in about July 1849, Alfred John Francis remarried, to Octavia Cecilia Waring, also in Liverpool, and the following month they seem to have boarded the Dreadnought, sailing from London for Durban. The Dreadnought was an emigrant ship, carrying Byrne settlers to Natal, but Alfred and Octavia Francis travelled cabin class, which means that they must have paid for their passage, and not been part of the Byrne settlers party. They also travelled under the name of Mr & Mrs Dawson, and on arrival in Natal were known by the name Dawson, though, as Shelagh Spencer notes, some knew their real name.
The children do not appear to have travelled with them, and Shelagh Spencer notes that two Masters Francis arrived on the Hannah from Cape Town in February 1850. These could have been Dean Francis, then aged 7, and Frederick Thomas, then aged about 4. The third child may have been the mysterious Alfred, who would then have been aged about 6. The question arises, then, why these children did not travel with their father and stepmother, and where they stayed in the mean time. Who looked after three children under 10 on the voyage? Did they stay in Liverpool and leave later? Did they travel to Cape Town and stay there for a while? If so, with whom? Were Alfred and his new young bride wanting to enjoy a honeymoon voyage without the kids? The youngest child, Frederick Thomas, died in May 1850. Octavia then gave birth to Fairfax George Francis in December 1850, but he died just over a year later.
Dawson/Francis was cited in a divorce case by John Ross Melcolm Watson, who said his wife had committed adultery with Alfred Dawson of Pinetown. The Watsons had arrived in Durban on the Hannah, the ship that has brought the Francis children. According to Shelagh Spencer, Alfred Dawson/Francis had several other extramarital affairs, and may have left some illegitimate children when he left Natal. Mrs Watson, however, was more than a match for him. After Alfred Dawson/Francis had left Natal J.R.M. Watson went into business with my great great grandfather Richard Vause at Tugela Drift, which they named Colenso after the Bishop of Natal. The Watsons later moved to Ladysmith, and Mrs Watson also had an affair with Isaiah Solomon before eloping with Herbert Stanbridge from Ladysmith in April 1860, accompanied by her daughter Theresa who eloped with Frederick William Beningfield.
Octavia Francis was very ill in April 1852, and had no sooner recovered than she was drowned in a boating accident in Durban Bay on 24 May 1852. Spencer notes
Dawson was still in Natal early in July 1852. There is no sign of his departure from the Colony unless he was the Mrs Francis who with two children left in Aug 1852. They sailed for Algoa Bay in the steamer Sir Robert Peel.
Alfred John Francis then went to Australia, and on 9 January 1858 he was married to Margaret Agnes Anne Wilson, a widow, according to the rites of the Episcopalian Church, at Gundary in the district of Broulee, New South Wales. He is described as a farmer, and one of the witnesses to the marriage was his eldest son from his first marriage, Dean Francis, who would then have been about 14. Alfred is recorded in the marriage register as Alfred John Dawson Francis.
He was later a miner and storekeeper, and went insolvent in 1860. Four children were born to the marriage, though there is some doubt about the last, Louisa Francis, as she was born after her father's death, and possibly conceived in his absence.
Alfred John Dawson Francis left his wife in the Bodalla district (on the south coast of New South Wales) and went to Sydney where he lived for four months before committing suicide by taking cyanide on 8 March 1864. He is buried in the Camperdown Cemetery, New South Wales.
One of their sons, Arthur Walpole Francis, went to Johannesburg, and after the First World War farmed at Mariental in what is now Namibia. Their descendants went to East Africa, Germany, South Africa and Canada, and possibly several other parts of the world as well.
Their daughter Edith married William Throsby Bridges, a soldier, who founded the Duntroon Military College near Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory (and where his mother-in-law had been a teacher many years before). Their descendants live in Australia, South Africa and the UK.
Louisa, the youngest, whose parentage is in some doubt, has descendants in Australia, among them Bob Cowley, who has done much research on the Australian side of the family history, and to whom I am indebted for much of the information in this and other posts on this family.
Here is a summary of the information we have on the family:
Family Group Report For: Alfred John Dawson Francis (ID= 945) Date Prepared: 11 Nov 2011 NAME: FRANCIS, Alfred John Dawson, Born ??? 1820? in Liverpool, England, Died 5 Mar 1864 in Sydney, NSW at age 44; FATHER: FRANCIS, John; He married Christiana Dean and had three children in Liverpool. She died and then he married Octavia Waring, and almost immediately sailed for Durban on the Dreadnought, with the children following later in the Hannah. In 1852 he went to New South Wales, where he married Agnes Wilson (born Green). MARRIED 9 Jan 1858 in Gundary, NSW, to GREEN, Margaret Agnes Ann, Born 8 Dec 1835 in Nova Scotia, Died 26 Dec 1902 in Marrickville, NSW, AUS at age 67; FATHER: GREEN, William John (Goodall), Born 28 Aug 1790, Died 9 Apr 1866 at age 75; MOTHER: GRAY, Margaret, Born 18 May 1795, Died 11 May 1844? at age 48; Witness: Dean Francis. He was a widower, she a widow, both of Bodalla.; Came to Cape Colony at age of 11 with father and brothers. Married William Wilson while still young and emigrated to Australia. MARRIED 31 Jul 1849 in Liverpool, LAN, ENG, to WARING, Octavia Cecilia, Born ??? 1832, Died 24 May 1852 in Durban, Natal at age 20 MARRIED 14 Jul 1842 in W. Derby, LAN, ENG, to DEAN, Christiana Fox, Died Nov 1847 in W. Derby, LAN, ENG CHILDREN: 1. M FRANCIS, Dean, born ??? 1843, died ???; Married 24 Jan 1865 to BOOT, Eliza Angelina Hopkinson 2. M FRANCIS, Alfred, born ??? 1844, died ??? 3. M FRANCIS, Frederick Thomas, born May 1846 in W. Derby, LAN, ENG, died Mar 1850 in Durban, Natal 4. M FRANCIS, Fairfax George, born Dec 1850 in Durban, Natal, died Jan 1852 in Durban, Natal 5. F FRANCIS, Ada Anne Angeline Fairfax, born 10 Mar 1859 in Bodalla, NSW, AUS, died 9 Nov 1938 in Ashfield, NSW, AUS; Married 1 Aug 1894 to WHITE, William 6. M FRANCIS, Arthur Walpole, born 7 Jan 1861 in Moruya, NSW, died 8 May 1921 in Mariental Dist. SWA; Married 2 Nov 1887 to DONOVAN, Ida Miranda Willoughby; 3 children 7. F FRANCIS, Edith Lilian, born 20 Aug 1862 in Yarragee, NSW, died 13 Oct 1926 in Melbourne, Vic. Aust.; Married 10 Oct 1885 to BRIDGES, William Throsby; 7 children 8. F FRANCIS, Louisa, born 3 Nov 1864 in Queanbeyan, NSW, died 18 Mar 1943 in Tenterfield, NSW; Married 24 Dec 1883 to COWLEY, Percy; 10 children
Some mysteries still remain:
1. Why they travelled to Durban under the name Dawson.
2. Why the children travelled separately
3. Who looked after the children (all under 10) on the voyage to Durban.
So research continues…
Spencer, Shelagh O'Byrne. 1989. British settlers in Natal, 1824-1857: a biographical register. Vol 5. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press.
Filed under: Australia, family history, Green family | Tagged: Cowley family, Dawson family, family history, Francis family, genealogy, Green family, Natal families, New South Wales families |


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The Washington Nationals have made some changes to the stadium parking options available at Nationals Park, and for those planning to drive to today's exhibition game or to Monday's home opener, it would be wise to take note and to leave a little extra time to get to the stadium.
The free Nats Express parking and shuttle service from RFK Stadium is no longer available, but the team has replaced it with some more convenient and quite inexpensive parking options. These include $5 parking in Lot HH on South Capitol Street under the SE/SW Freeway, and $10 parking in Lot W on M Street SE between 6th and 7th Streets SE.
Last season the private Marc Parc lot on 1st and M St. SW started charging $10 on game days, providing robust competition for the Nats' official parking, but Marc Parc is raising the rate to $15 this season. The Nat's new $10 Lot W will be a convenient alternative, and a nice walk down M Street to Nationals Park; however, we predict that the new $5.00 Lot HH will become the most popular, not only because it's the cheapest Nationals parking option, but because there are plenty of spaces, and once you've tried it, you'll realize that's it makes for a very easy in-and-out, and the neighborhood walk is nothing to worry about.
We liked Lot HH when it was $15 back in 2008, and were even happier with it when the price dropped to $10 last season. Now, at $5 per game, we just hope it doesn't fill to capacity before we get there. The location is on South Capitol Street underneath the I-395 ramps — not easy to find if you're not looking for it, but if you're heading to the game from Northwest DC or Northern Virginia, it's very easy to get to from I 395 North. UPDATE: The price increased back to $10 in 2012.
To get to Lot HH from the I-395 N SE/SW Freeway, just take the C STREET SW Exit, follow the ramp up and to the left, and at the end of the ramp, turn right onto Washington Avenue SW. In two blocks Washington Avenue merges onto South Capitol Street. The lot is on the right, after the police lot, just under the highway overpass.
Be sure to leave plenty of time to get to the games. With the National Cherry Blossom Festival filling Metro cars to capacity and causing traffic jams around the Tidal Basin, and President Obama throwing out the first pitch on Monday, expect the bridges to be a mess and the lines at the gate to be long.


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Loretta LaRoche: When household things fall apart
In the past couple of weeks, I have been inundated with household dilemmas.
My washing machine and dryer no longer seem to remember how to spin or dry, and my refrigerator suddenly started sweating like it was running a marathon.
I was prepared for the demise of the washer and dryer because they had been faithful friends for some 15 years. They did their thing with few repairs, but I knew the end was near, so I went shopping for a new set. It didn't take much time because I had done my homework and knew exactly what I wanted.
The people at the store said they would deliver them within a week and pick up the old ones and hook up the new ones. I was psyched.
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The folks who delivered my washer and dryer discovered that the hose from my old washer didn't fit the new one. Therefore, "I" had a problem!
They said I should go to a hardware store and get a new fitting and I would be all set. Well, you can imagine how that turned out. The bottom line is that the only place that carried that replacement part was the Smithsonian.
Meanwhile, my refrigerator started to get worse, and my phone went on the fritz.
I used my cell phone to call the place where I bought the refrigerator, but they said they said they couldn't service them. They gave me a bunch of possible service people; however, they were booked for several weeks. I begged and pleaded, saying my floor was coming up due to the leak, but the woman in charge of service calls stuck to her guns. I'm sure she was a prior agent for the FBI. It appeared my only option was to wait and buy a canoe in case my house flooded.
Trying to get the phone fixed became a sitcom in the making. I was told to go outside, look for a jack and listen for a dial tone. They didn't know were I might find it, and neither did I, but they would come out and look. It might be covered by the contract, but it might not. It could be an inside problem, but that would cost more if they had to come in the house.
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Jews represent the oldest monotheistic religion of modern times. Because of the uniqueness of their history and culture, all Jews have a strong sense of identity. Persecution of and discrimination against the Jews have been the historical reasons for their migrations and settlements around the world.
Although they do share a common culture and religion, the Jews of North and South America have very distinctive lifestyles. The South American Jewish communities began as Conversos (Jews forced to convert to Catholicism) who accompanied early Spanish and Portuguese explorers. However, most of the Jewish immigrants to the Americas came in the late 1800s from Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the Middle East. While most of them speak either English or Spanish, other distinctive Jewish dialects are also still used. Yiddish, a German dialect with Hebrew elements, is the lingua franca of those with a European heritage, while Ladino, a blend of Spanish and Hebrew, is often used by those of Spanish descent. Hebrew is the religious language of prayer for the more orthodox Jews.
In North America, most Jews live in urban areas on the east or west coasts. New York City has the largest Jewish population in North America, with over a half million Hassidic Jews alone. In South America, they also live in cities, but keep themselves as a distinct religious and ethnic minority.
While maintaining a Jewish identity, the majority of North American Jews conform to the mainstream American culture. "Jewishness" is often defined in more secular terms such as the use of Yiddish words and family traditions, rather than in religious aspects, such as the following of Jewish laws regarding dietary restrictions.
Not all Jews are religious. Some understand their "Jewishness" only as a social and cultural identity. Understanding what it means to be a Jew begins in childhood. It takes place in the home through storytelling and by taking part in Jewish rituals and festivals such as Rosh Hashanah (New Year), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), and Passover. Socialization also takes place through participation in Hebrew school or synagogue youth groups.
At the age of 13, the Bar Mitzvah ceremony for a boy (or Bat Mitzvah for a girl) is an important rite of passage, which marks him or her as an adult member of the community. While these ceremonies were more spiritually focused in the past, they have become equally important as social events.
Marriage and family relationships among Jews are much the same as other Americans. While Jewish families have fewer children, they are child-oriented, indulgent, and permissive. Although wives generally take on their husbands' surnames, Jewish identity is traced through the mothers. That is, if one's mother is a Jew, then he is, according to Jewish law, Jewish. He or she is entitled to all the rights and privileges that status brings, including the right to immigrate to Israel and settle there as a citizen.
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For religious Jews, God is the Supreme Being, the Creator of the universe, and the ultimate Judge of human affairs. Beyond this, the religious beliefs of the Jewish communities vary greatly. Orthodox Jews generally follow the traditional religious beliefs and practices found in the Jewish literature that interprets Scripture regarding ethical, religious, civil and criminal matters. Conservative Judaism is less traditional than Orthodox and combines different ethical, philosophical, and spiritual schools of thought. Reform Judaism is the most liberal form and interprets Jewish beliefs and practices in light of contemporary life and thought. Reform Jews do not believe that the Jewish Law is divinely revealed. They are not restricted to kosher (traditional, approved) foods, nor do they wear the skull cap (yarmulke) when praying or use Hebrew in prayer. All religious Jews believe in the coming of a Messianic Age, but only the Orthodox Jew looks for a personal Messiah.
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Ask the Lord of the harvest to send forth loving Christians to work among the Jewish communities.
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'Dear Abby' advice columnist dies at age 94
MINNEAPOLIS - Pauline Friedman Phillips, who as Dear Abby dispensed snappy, sometimes saucy advice on love, marriage and meddling mothers-in-law to millions of newspaper readers around the world and opened the way for the likes of Dr. Ruth, Dr. Phil and Oprah, has died. She was 94.
Phillips died Wednesday in Minneapolis after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease, said Gene Willis, a publicist for the Universal Uclick syndicate.
"My mother leaves very big high heels to fill with a legacy of compassion, commitment and positive social change," her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now writes the column, said in a statement.
Private funeral services were held Thursday, Willis said.
The long-running "Dear Abby" column first appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle in 1956. Mother and daughter started sharing the byline in 2000, and Jeanne Phillips took over in 2002, when the family announced Pauline Phillips had Alzheimer's disease.
Pauline Phillips wrote under the name Abigail Van Buren. Her column competed for decades with the advice of Ann Landers, written by her twin sister, Esther Friedman Lederer, who died in 2002. Their relationship was stormy in their early adult years, but they later regained the closeness they had growing up in Sioux City, Iowa.
The two columns differed in style. Ann Landers responded to questioners with homey, detailed advice. Abby's replies were often flippant one-liners.
Phillips admitted that her advice changed over the years. When she started writing the column, she was reluctant to advocate divorce:
"I always thought that marriage should be forever," she explained. "I found out through my readers that sometimes the best thing they can do is part. If a man or woman is a constant cheater, the situation can be intolerable. Especially if they have children. When kids see parents fighting, or even sniping at each other, I think it is terribly damaging."
She willingly expressed views that she realized would bring protests. In a 1998 interview she remarked: "Whenever I say a kind word about gays, I hear from people, and some of them are damn mad. People throw Leviticus, Deuteronomy and other parts of the Bible to me. It doesn't bother me. I've always been compassionate toward gay people."
If the letters sounded suicidal, she took a personal approach: "I'll call them. I say, 'This is Abby. How are you feeling? You sounded awfully low.' And they say, 'You're calling me?' After they start talking, you can suggest that they get professional help."
In a time before confessional talk shows and the nothing-is-too-private culture of the Internet, the sisters' columns offered a rare window into Americans' private lives and a forum for discussing marriage, sex and the swiftly changing social mores of the 1950s, '60s and '70s.
Asked about Viagra, Phillips replied: "It's wonderful. Men who can't perform feel less than manly, and Viagra takes them right off the spot."
About working mothers: "I think it's good to have a woman work if she wants to and doesn't leave her children unattended - if she has a reliable person to care for them. Kids still need someone to watch them until they are mature enough to make responsible decisions."
One trend Phillips adamantly opposed: children having sex as early as 12 years old.
"Kids grow up awfully fast these days," she said. "You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do."
Pauline Esther Friedman, known as Popo, was born on Independence Day 1918 in Sioux City, Iowa, 17 minutes after her identical twin, Esther Pauline (Eppie). Their father was a well-off owner of a movie theater chain. Their mother took care of the home. Both were immigrants from Russia who had fled their native land in 1905 because of the persecution of Jews.
"My parents came with nothing. They all came with nothing," Phillips said in a 1986 Associated Press interview. She recalled that her parents always remembered seeing the Statue of Liberty: "It's amazing the impact the lady of the harbor had on them. They always held her dear, all their lives."
The twins spent their growing-up years together. They dressed alike, both played the violin and both wrote gossip columns for their high school and college newspapers. They attended Morningside College in Sioux City.
Two days before their 21st birthday, they had a double wedding. Pauline married Morton Phillips, a businessman, Esther married Jules Lederer, a business executive and later founder of Budget Rent-a-Car. The twins' lives diverged as they followed their husbands to different cities.
The Phillipses lived in Minneapolis, Eau Claire, Wis., and San Francisco, and had a son and daughter, Edward Jay and Jeanne. Esther lived in Chicago, had a daughter, Margo, and in 1955 got a job writing an advice column. She adopted its existing name, Ann Landers.
Pauline, who had been working for philanthropies and the Democratic Party, followed her sister's lead, though she insisted it wasn't the reason for her decision. She arranged for an interview with an editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and presented sample columns, arguing that the paper's lovelorn column was boring. The editors admired her breezy style, and she was hired.
Searching for a name for the column, Pauline chose Abigail from the Bible and Van Buren from the eighth American president. Within a year she signed a 10-year contract with the McNaught Syndicate, which spread her column across the country.
"I was cocky," she admitted in 1998. "My contemporaries would come to me for advice. I got that from my mother: the ability to listen and to help other people with their problems. I also got Daddy's sense of humor."
Pauline applied for the advice column without notifying her sister, and that reportedly resulted in bad feelings. For a long time they did not speak to each other, but their differences were eventually patched up. In 2001, the twins, then 83, attended the 90th birthday party in Omaha, Neb., of their sister Helen Brodkey.
The advice business extended to the second generation of the Friedmans. Not only did Jeanne Phillips take over "Dear Abby," but Esther Lederer's daughter, Margo Howard, wrote an advice column for the online magazine Slate.
Aside from the Dear Abby column, which appeared in 1,000 newspapers as far off as Brazil and Thailand, Phillips conducted a radio version of "Dear Abby" from 1963 to 1975 and wrote best-selling books about her life and advice.
In her book "The Best of Abby," Phillips commented that her years writing the column "have been fulfilling, exciting and incredibly rewarding. ... My readers have told me that they've learned from me. But it's the other way around. I've learned from them. Has it been a lot of work? Not really. It's only work if you'd rather be doing something else."


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