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Avril Lavigne Biography
Avril Ramona Lavigne Whibley (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian pop singer and musician. She has sold over twenty-six million albums worldwide and received Grammy Award nominations. In 2006, Canadian Business Magazine ranked her the seventh most powerful Canadian in Hollywood.
Although her parents are of French origins, she doesn't speak French and her name is usually pronounced in an anglicized way as /ˈ�vrəl ləˈviːn/ (in French it is commonly pronounced /aˈvʁil laˈviːɲ/ (help�info)). Avril is French for "April", while la vigne means "the vine" or "the vineyard".
Lavigne's debut album, Let Go, was released in 2002. Her second and third albums, Under My Skin (2004) and The Best Damn Thing (2007), respectively, reached number one on the U.S. Billboard 200.
Avril Lavigne was born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, to a French-born father, John, and a Franco-Ontarian mother, Judy. Both parents are Catholic and she had a Catholic upbringing. Avril's musical talent was first spotted at the age of two when her mother says Avril began singing along with her on church songs. The family moved to Napanee, Ontario, when Lavigne was five years old.
In 1998, Lavigne won a competition to sing with fellow Canadian singer Shania Twain on her first major concert tour. She appeared alongside Twain at her concert in Ottawa, appearing on stage to sing "What Made You Say That".
She was discovered by her first professional manager, Cliff Fabri, while singing country covers at a Chapters bookstore in Kingston, Ontario. During a performance with the Lennox Community Theatre, Lavigne was spotted by local folk singer Steve Medd (a relation of the influential Canadian journalist, Ben Medd), who invited her to sing on his song "Touch the Sky" for his 1999 album Quinte Spirit. She also sang on "Temple of Life" and "Two Rivers" for his follow up album, My Window to You, in 2000.
At the age of sixteen she was signed by Ken Krongard, the artists-and-repertoire (A&R) representative of Arista Records, who invited the head of Arista, Antonio "L.A." Reid, to hear her sing at the New York City studio of producer Peter Zizzo. She then completed work on her first album.
Let Go (2001�2003)
Let Go was released on June 4, 2002 in the United States, reaching number two there and number one in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. This made Lavigne the youngest female soloist to have a number-one album in the UK up until that time. In 2003, seventeen year-old English singer Joss Stone broke Lavigne's record.
Just over one month after its release, "Let Go" reached multi-platinum status in late-August, and was certified triple platinum two weeks after. Before the end of 2002, just six months after its debut, it was certified four times platinum by the RIAA. It sold a total of 13,197,000 copies worldwide. It was the best selling album of the year for a female artist and for a debut album in 2002.
Four singles from the album were released. "Complicated" went to number one in Australia, while reaching number two on the U.S. Hot 100, and it was one of the best-selling Canadian singles of 2002. Lavigne tied a record set by Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn" when "Complicated" held the number one spot on the contemporary hit radio chart (which tracks air play on the radio) for eleven weeks in a row. "Sk8er Boi" reached the top ten in the U.S. and Australia, "I'm with You" reached the top ten in the U.S and the UK, and "Losing Grip" reached the top ten in Taiwan, and the top twenty in Chile.
Lavigne was named "Best New Artist" at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, won four Juno Awards in 2003 (out of six nominations), received a World Music Award for "World's Best-Selling Canadian Singer", and was nominated for eight Grammy Awards, including "Song of the Year" for "Complicated" and "Best New Artist".
Under My Skin (2004�2006)
Lavigne's second album, Under My Skin, was released on May 25, 2004, in the U.S. It debuted at number one in the U.S., the UK, Germany, Japan, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Spain, Ireland, Thailand, Korea and Hong Kong and sold more than 380,000 copies in the U.S. in its first week. Lavigne wrote most of the album with Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, though some tracks were co-written by Ben Moody (formerly of Evanescence), Butch Walker of Marvellous 3, and her former lead guitarist Evan Taubenfeld. Kreviazuk's husband, Our Lady Peace front man Raine Maida, co-produced the album with Butch Walker and Don Gilmore.
Lead single "Don't Tell Me" went to number one in Argentina and Mexico, the top five in the UK and Canada, and the top ten in Australia and Brazil. "My Happy Ending" reached the top ten in the U.S. and was her third-biggest hit there, but third single "Nobody's Home" did not make the top forty. The fourth single from the album, "He Wasn't", reached top forty positions in the UK and Australia, and was not released in the U.S. "Fall to Pieces" was released as the final single from the album, but did not do as well as previous singles.
Lavigne performing in Geneva on June 9, 2005.Lavigne won two World Music Awards in 2004 for "World's Best Pop/Rock Artist" and "World's Best-Selling Canadian Artist". She received five Juno Award nominations in 2005, picking up three, including "Fan Choice Award", "Artist of the Year", and "Pop Album of the Year". She won the award for "Favourite Female Singer" at the eighteenth Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Lavigne co-wrote "Breakaway" with Matthew Gerard, which was recorded by Kelly Clarkson for the soundtrack to the film The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004). "Breakaway" was later included on Clarkson's second album, Breakaway, being released as the album's first single. The song peaked inside the U.S. top ten and provided Clarkson with a substantial hit.
Lavigne went on a "Live and by Surprise" twenty-one city mall-tour in the U.S. and Canada, starting on March 4, 2004, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to promote Under My Skin. Each performance consisted of a short live acoustic set of songs from the new album. She was accompanied by her guitarist, Evan Taubenfeld. The venue in each city was not announced until forty-eight hours before the show. The tour was very popular and was successful in promoting the album. The set at Indianapolis on March 25, 2004, at Glendale mall included "He Wasn't", "My Happy Ending", "Don't Tell Me", "Take Me Away", "Nobody's Home", "Sk8er Boi", and "Complicated". Selections of this tour were released on the Avril Lavigne Live Acoustic EP, which was released in U.S. Target stores.
Lavigne was touring throughout most of 2005, and pursuing her acting and modelling careers. She represented Canada at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, performing her song "Who Knows" during the eight minutes of the Vancouver 2010 portion.
The Best Damn Thing (2007�present)
Lavigne's third album, The Best Damn Thing, was released on April 17, 2007 and debuted at number one in the U.S. The album was produced by Dr. Luke, Lavigne's husband Deryck Whibley, Rob Cavallo, Butch Walker and Lavigne. Travis Barker recorded drums for the record. The first single from the album was "Girlfriend, which became Lavigne's first single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. On Ryan Seacrest's radio show Lavigne said that "When You're Gone" would be the second single.
Lavigne has been doing a small tour to promote The Best Damn Thing, with tickets available only to members of her fan club. She began the tour in Calgary, Alberta, and played for a crowd of around two hundred. This show was aired on television on April 2, 2007, on the CBC Network.
Film career
Lavigne made her film debut in the animated film Over the Hedge, which is based on the comic strip of same name. She worked alongside William Shatner, Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Wanda Sykes, Nick Nolte and Steve Carell. She is also acting in the Richard Gere film The Flock, as the girlfriend of a crime suspect, and her third project is Fast Food Nation, based on her favorite book. Lavigne wrote and recorded a new song titled "Keep Holding On" with Dr. Luke, for the Eragon film soundtrack; it was included on her third album, The Best Damn Thing. The song was released for digital download on November 28, and made its worldwide debut on radio on November 17. It reached the top spot on the Canadian top twenty. Lavigne made a cameo in the film Going the Distance and also appeared in an episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, performing "Sk8er Boi" with her band.
Until 2003, Lavigne traveled with a bag full of about thirty neckties. Some of them she bought, and the rest she took from her father; some were sent to her by fans. Lavigne stopped wearing neckties in 2003 because she was upset at the media references to her style overshadowing her music.
The classification of Lavigne's style of music has been debated. All Music Guide and other reviewers consider her "teen pop" or "adult/alternative pop-rock". It is questioned whether her music style is punk. The reason for the confusion appears to be for her punk-like appearance early in her career, along with statements made by the songstress herself that she is "as punk as they come". However, there have been several occasions where she has stated "I'm not punk." Lavigne told Vainquer Magazine in April 2005 that she considered her music to be pop rock. Though she cites many early punk bands and figures as influences (most notably Sid Vicious), her music has little in common with 1970s punk.
Lavigne spoke about her new look in a September 2006 interview. She explains, "When I was in high school I was a little shit, hanging out with the guys, getting drunk, getting in fights, playing hockey. My band were all guys, so I was only around guys, but when I got older I started being more of a chick. I broke out on the scene looking like the 17-year-old that I was. And from then to now I look really different�but that's called growing up."
On September 26, 2006, Lavigne was caught spitting on paparazzi photographer's face outside Hyde nightclub in Los Angeles after being caught kissing her husband Deryck Whibley in her car. On September 27, 2006, her twenty-second birthday, Lavigne exited a club with her husband and a few friends only to find herself surrounded by paparazzi and autograph-seekers. She gave her autograph along with some profanity to the seekers. After she got into her car, she leaned out the window and spat on the camera lens of the nearest photographer. Lavigne later issued a public apology for spitting on the photographers, claiming "It's trying at best dealing with their insistent intrusions. I meant no offense to my fans, whose relationship I truly value." No detailed explanation was offered for the incident.
Avril also posed topless in the June 2007 issue of US magazine, Blender.
It has been revealed that Lavigne is a vegetarian. In the January 2003 issue of Seventeen magazine, she admitted to "snagging a bite of Matt's cheeseburgers every now and again." Also in a recent interview, she said she prefers not to eat meat, but will not say she's a vegetarian "in case anyone caught her eating meat". In an interview with the magazine live, it is stated: "It goes without saying that Lavigne is a vegetarian".
As a teenager she would hang out at the La Pizzeria restaurant in Napanee, Ontario. In her Under My Skin Bonez Documentary, she has stated that pizza with olive toppings is her favourite food, although she doesn't eat it too much because pizza is detrimental to her voice. Since her rise to fame, the restaurant has named a pizza after Lavigne that contains her favourite toppings and there is a guest book for fans to sign that Lavigne picks up when she visits friends and family in her home town.
Lavigne has a star tattooed on the inside of her left wrist that matches the style of the one used for her first album artwork. It was created at the same time as friend and musical associate Ben Moody's identical tattoo. In late 2004, she had a small pink heart-shaped tattoo featuring the letter 'D' applied to her right wrist � thought to be a reference to husband Deryck Whibley, with whom she has bought a house in Bel-Air, previously owned by another famous couple: Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler.
Lavigne was romantically linked to her former guitarist Jesse Colburn, but despite rumors, she did not have a relationship with another former guitarist, Evan Taubenfeld. However, Taubenfeld still considers Lavigne his "dearest friend in the whole world" as said on a recent Q&A on his band's official website. In a J-14 magazine from 2004, she talks about her first kiss being when she was fourteen years old. In M magazine in 2003, an article was published about an ex-boyfriend selling her love letters on eBay.
In February 2004, she began dating fellow Canadian singer Deryck Whibley, the lead singer/guitarist of pop punk band Sum 41. On June 27, 2005, Lavigne and Whibley became engaged. Whibley proposed to Lavigne by surprising her with a trip to Venice, a gondola ride, and then a romantic picnic.
The couple married in a Catholic ceremony attended by about 100 guests on July 15, 2006 at a private estate in the California coastal city of Montecito. When asked if they were ready for kids the couple said "not right now but somewhere down the road."
Lavigne has been involved in a number of charities, such as Make Some Noise, Amnesty International, Camp Will-a-Way, Music Clearing Minefields, U.S. Campaign for Burma, Make-a-Wish Foundation and War Child. She has also appeared in ALDO ads with YouthAIDS to raise money to educate people worldwide about HIV/AIDS. ALDO sells tags featuring the phrases "HEAR", "SEE", and "SPEAK" and limited edition tote bags that are now being sold at ALDO stores and online, to help fund YouthAIDS HIV-prevention initiatives around the world.
Backing band
Al Berry � bass guitar, backing vocals (2007�present)
Rodney Howard � drums, percussion, backing vocals (2007-present)
Stephen Anthony Ferlazzo Jr. � electronic keyboard, backing vocals (2007�present)
Jim McGorman � rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2007�present)
Devin Bronson � lead guitar, backing vocals (2004�present)
Sofia Toufa � backing vocals, dancer (2007�present)
Lindsey Blaufarb � backing vocals, dancer (2007�present)
Mark Spicoluk � bass guitar, backing vocals (April 2002�September 2002)
Jesse Colburn � rhythm guitar (2002�October 2003)
Evan Taubenfeld � lead guitar, backing vocals (2002�July 2004)
Craig Wood � rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2003�January 2007)
Matt Brann � drums, percussion (2002�February 2007)
Charlie Moniz � bass guitar (2002�February 2007)
Avril Lavigne Casting Credits
Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol (2007) (VG) ("Breakaway")
Eragon (2006) (writer: "Keep Holding On") (performer: "Keep Holding On")
"Cold Case" (1 episode, 2005)
- The Promise (2005) TV Episode (performer: "Sk8er Boi")
"Tru Calling" (1 episode, 2005)
- The Perfect Storm (2005) TV Episode (writer: "My Happy Ending") (performer: "My Happy Ending")
Searching for David's Heart (2004) (TV) ("Slipped Away")
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) (performer: "SpongeBob Theme")
Wimbledon (2004) (performer: "Mobile")
... aka Plus belle victoire, La (France)
Going the Distance (2004) (writer: "Losing Grip" (Live)) (performer: "Losing Grip" (Live))
... aka National Lampoon's Going the Distance (USA: DVD box title)
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) (writer: "Breakaway", "I Always Get What I Want") (performer: "I Always Get What I Want")
Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 (2004) (VG) ("I'm With You")
New York Minute (2004/I) (writer: "Complicated")
"Scrubs" (1 episode, 2004)
- My Tormented Mentor (2004) TV Episode (writer: "I'm With You") (performer: "I'm With You")
Karaoke Revolution (2003) (VG) ("Complicated")
"Joan of Arcadia" (1 episode, 2003)
- Pilot (2003) TV Episode (performer: "Tomorrow")
The Medallion (2003) (writer: "Mobile") (performer: "Mobile")
American Wedding (2003) (writer: "I Don't Give") (performer: "I Don't Give")
... aka American Pie: The Wedding (Australia) (Europe: English title) (Singapore: English title) (South Africa: English title) (UK)
... aka American Pie - Jetzt wird geheiratet (Germany)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) (writer: "Nobody's Fool") (performer: "Nobody's Fool")
Bruce Almighty (2003) (writer: "I'm with You") (performer: "I'm with You")
"Smallville" (2 episodes, 2002-2003)
... aka Smallville Beginnings (USA: rerun title)
... aka Smallville: Superman the Early Years (UK: promotional title)
- Accelerate (2003) TV Episode (performer: "I'm With You")
- Heat (2002) TV Episode (performer: "Tomorrow")
Just Married (2003) (performer: "Mobile")
... aka Voll verheiratet (Germany)
"Without a Trace" (1 episode, 2003)
... aka W.A.T (USA: short title)
- Maple Street (2003) TV Episode ("Nobody's Fool")
"Birds of Prey" (1 episode, 2002)
... aka BOP (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- Prey for the Hunter (2002) TV Episode (performer: "Anything But Ordinary")
Sweet Home Alabama (2002) (writer: "Falling Down") (performer: "Falling Down")
The Flock (2007) (completed) .... Young Woman
Fast Food Nation (2006) .... Alice
Over the Hedge (2006) (voice) .... Heather
2002 Much Music Video Music Awards (2002) (TV)
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2005-2007)
- Episode dated 11 February 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 8 September 2004 (2004) TV Episode .... Herself
The 2007 TV Week Logie Awards (2007) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself
"Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2004-2007)
... aka Live with Regis (USA: new title)
... aka Live with Regis & Kelly (USA: new title)
"Late Show with David Letterman" .... Herself (3 episodes, 2003-2007)
... aka Late Show Backstage (USA: title for episodes with guest hosts)
... aka The Late Show (USA: informal short title)
"Saturday Night Live" .... Herself - Musical Guest / ... (3 episodes, 2003-2007)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: second season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
- Shia LeBeouf/Avril Lavigne (2007) TV Episode .... Herself - Musical Guest
- Snoop Dogg/Avril Lavigne (2004) TV Episode .... Herself - Musical Guest
- Episode #28.9 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself- Musical Guest
"TV total" .... Herself (1 episode, 2007)
- McFit Fight Night (2007) TV Episode .... Herself
"The Charlotte Church Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 2007)
InStyle: Celebrity Weddings (2007) (TV) .... Herself
Fuse Fangoria Chainsaw Awards (2006) (TV) .... Herself
'T4' Goes 'Over the Hedge' (2006) (TV) .... Herself
"HBO First Look" .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
- Over the Hedge: Off the Strip & Onto the Screen (2006) TV Episode .... Herself
"Turin 2006: XX Olympic Winter Games" (2006) (mini) TV Series .... Herself
... aka Torino 2006: XX Olympic Winter Games (Italy)
The Record of the Year 2005 (2005) (TV) .... Herself
- Episode dated 26 August 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself
"Punk'd" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" .... Herself / ... (3 episodes, 2002-2005)
- Episode dated 9 February 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself - Musical Guest
- Episode dated 6 June 2002 (2002) TV Episode .... Herself
"CD:UK" .... Herself / ... (4 episodes, 2002-2005)
- Episode dated 5 March 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 24 July 2004 (2004) TV Episode .... Herself - Performer
"Top of the Pops Saturday" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
- Episode dated 6 November 2004 (2004) TV Episode .... Herself
"Wetten, dass..?" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
- Wetten, dass..? aus Erfurt (2005) TV Episode .... Herself
"TRL Italy" .... Herself (3 episodes, 2002-2005)
... aka TRL Italy (Italy)
New Year's Eve with Carson Daly (2004) (TV) .... Performer
"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
"Mad TV" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode #10.8 (2004) TV Episode .... Herself
"The Big Arvo" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
Avril Lavigne, Bonez World Tour 2004/2005 (2004) (V) .... Herself
"Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway" .... Herself - Performer (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode #4.2 (2004) TV Episode .... Herself - Performer
Comet 2004 (2004) (TV) .... Herself
The 2004 World Music Awards (2004) (TV) .... Herself - Performer
Going the Distance (2004) .... Herself
"Deutschland Champions" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
95.8 Capital FM's Party in the Park for the Prince's Trust 2004 (2004) (TV) .... Performer
"The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
... aka The Late Late Show (USA: short title)
"T4" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode dated 2 May 2004 (2004) TV Episode .... Herself
"GMTV" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
The 33rd Annual Juno Awards (2004) (TV) .... Herself - Performer
Sarah McLachlan: Custom Concert (2003) (TV) .... Herself - Guest Performer
Junior Eurovision Song Contest (2003) (TV) .... Herself (greetings for the show)
... aka Europ�isk junior mgp 2003 (Denmark)
... aka Junior ESC 2003 (Europe: English title: short title)
... aka Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 (Europe: English title)
... aka Junior mgp 2003 (Denmark: short title)
My World (2003) (V) .... Herself/Vocals
2003 Radio Music Awards (2003) (TV) .... Herself - Performer
MTV Video Music Awards 2003 (2003) (TV) .... Herself
"M�sica s�" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2003)
MTV Video Music Awards Opening Act (2003) (TV) .... Herself
2003 Much Music Video Music Awards (2003) (TV) .... Herself
"Rove Live" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
MTV Icon: Metallica (2003) (TV) .... Herself
The 32nd Annual Juno Awards (2003) (TV) .... Herself - Performer
"Snurre Snups s�ndagsklub" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode #18.10 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
Bravo Super Show 2003 (2003) (TV) .... Herself/Performer
"Sen kv�ll med Luuk" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
... aka Boogie �rhus (Denmark: alternative title)
... aka Boogie Listen (Denmark: alternative title)
... aka Boogie Update (Denmark)
The 45th Annual Grammy Awards (2003) (TV) .... Herself
Brit Awards 2003 (2003) (TV) .... Performer
"Dateline NBC" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
... aka Dateline (USA: short title)
Simple Plan: A Big Package for You (2003) (V) .... Herself
49� edici�n de los premios Ondas (2002) (TV) .... Herself - Performer
"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2001-2002)
... aka Sabrina (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Sabrina Goes to College (USA: promotional title)
- Bada-Ping! (2002) TV Episode .... Herself
- The Gift of Gab (2001) TV Episode .... Herself
MTV Video Music Awards Opening Act (2002) (TV) .... Live performance
... aka VMAs 2002 (USA: short title)
"Making the Video" .... Herself (1 episode, 2002)
- Sk8ter Boi (2002) TV Episode .... Herself
"Sessions@AOL" (2002) TV Series .... Herself - Performer
"Live at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" (2001) TV Series .... Herself - Performer
"Gonna Meet a Rock Star" (2001) TV Series .... Herself
"Video on Trial"
- Episode #1.8 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself - Accused
"The Greatest Canadian" (2004) (mini) .... Herself
MTV Europe Music Awards 2003 (2003) (TV) .... Herself
MTV Bash: Carson Daly (2003) (TV) .... Herself
Weird Al Presents Al-TV (2003) (TV) .... Interviewee
"Top of the Pops 2"
#5 of 11 Tia Carrere
#33 of 50 Abi Titmuss
#1 of 1 Monica Bellucci
#1 of 1 Christina Hendricks
#5 of 15 Abigail Clancy
#1 of 4 Sophie Marceau
#15 of 75 Maggie Gyllenhaal
#9 of 28 Elizabeth Banks
#33 of 36 Penny Lancaster
#174 of 402 Kristen Stewart
#110 of 223 Winona Ryder


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Anquan Boldin Q&A: An exemplary role model off the field
by Matthew Allinson 01-11-2012 01:44 AM Athlete Interviews | Philanthropy | Human Relations
With a tough matchup against the Houston Texans in the Divisional Round of the AFC Playoffs at M&T Bank Stadium this Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens are eager to have their star wide receiver Anquan Boldin return to the lineup. Boldin, the team's leading wide receiver with 887 yards on 57 catches, missed the final two regular-season games after he had surgery on Dec. 22 to repair a partial tear in his meniscus.
Despite being sidelined while his team secured its third AFC North Division crown in franchise history and clinched a #2 seed and a first-round bye in the playoffs, Boldin remained active with his off-the-field charitable work through his foundation.
The Anquan Boldin Foundation (Q81 Foundation), which was founded in 2004 during Boldin's second year in the league and is dedicated to expanding the educational and life opportunities of underprivileged children, participated in several events and initiatives over the winter holidays.
Most recently, the Q81 Foundation hosted its 4th annual holiday shopping spree during Christmas week in which 200 kids in Baltimore and South Florida received $100 gift cards and a chance to shop with Boldin and his Q81 team at Wal-Mart. There was also a donation of toys in Phoenix, the city where Boldin began his NFL career.
Boldin was equally as busy spreading the holiday cheer in November. The Q81 Foundation hosted the All-Star Thanksgiving Feast at the Sam's Club in Lantana, Florida in partnership with Abram Elam (Cowboys), Brandon Flowers (Chiefs), WEDR 99 Jamz, and the Produce Connection. In an international initiative, he teamed up with his former Arizona Cardinals teammate Larry Fitzgerald in a public service announcement calling on football fans and others to support efforts to raise awareness about the ongoing drought in East Africa and bring critically needed food and water to famine-stricken people in the region. More than 13 million people in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya have been affected by the disaster. Lastly, the Q81 Foundation's Inaugural Fundraiser Dinner was held in Baltimore at M&T Bank Stadium, a great cause which I had the privilege of attending along with around 200 other guests and several of Boldin's teammates.
We caught up with the 3-time Pro Bowler and the 2010 Ravens' Walter Payton Man of the Year recipient to talk about philanthropy and get his advice for aspiring pro athletes interested in giving back to the community.
Q: Recently you were quoted as saying: "I don't want to be just another guy who played in the NFL. We have a bigger purpose to touch lives and I'm trying to do that." What drives your passion to give back to the community and why is it important to leverage your celebrity for this purpose?
Boldin: For me, I come from humble backgrounds. I come from a less fortunate area. I've seen a lot of people struggle. There's a lot of struggles out there. People have real problems. And I think for me, I didn't get to where I am by myself. I had a lot of people helping me along the way, so I feel that it's only right that I help others.
Q: What's the most rewarding aspect of having your own Foundation?
Boldin: Being able to help people. That's what we all get into it for. You know for me, I really didn't want to start a foundation when I got into the NFL because I wanted to do everything under the table. But somebody convinced me to do it, letting me know that if people understand what you're trying to do they will be more than willing to help. So I was more than willing when he put it that way.
Q: What advice would you give to younger athletes rising up in the ranks in terms of giving back when they get to the league and want to start their own foundations?
Boldin: I mean just follow your heart. I think we all have something that's close and near to our hearts. For me, it's helping less fortunate kids. For somebody else, they probably dealt with cancer in their family or something like that. I would say whatever that passion is, follow it and go after it. There's a lot of people out there who need help, and with the celebrity that we have we can help bring light to that.
Q: What are some of the biggest pitfalls you've encountered in terms of establishing your own charity?
Boldin: I think the great thing about it is whenever you start a foundation or anything like that you have to put a put a team of good people around you. People with the same goals that you have. You know a lot of times when you get involved with foundations, people tend to get into it for the wrong reasons—money being one of them. So I think you have to have people that have the same passion that you have and go from there.
Photo courtesy of Josh Katz/Jk Photography.
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Can the Players' Associations do more?
by Joe Jackman 09-07-2011 02:20 AM Athlete Interviews | Philanthropy | Human Relations
Another NHL Enforcer Found Dead.
Fifteen-year NHL defenseman and pugilist Wade Belak, who spent his career with the Colorado Avalanche, Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers and recently retired as a Nashville Predator, was found dead on August 31 at the age of 35. Reports indicate that it was a suicide.
3 NHL Players Dead This 2011 Off-Season
Belak joins other deceased NHL enforcers Rick Rypien (depression) and Derek Boogaard (pill addiction). Belak, who retired in March, didn't show any signs of similar afflictions. In fact, he seemed to be transitioning well from the life of a professional athlete. He had secured a media role with the Predators and was to appear on Battle of the Blades, a Canadian television reality-show partnering former professional hockey players and figure skaters in competition.
"The NHLPA Does Nothing To Prepare You"
Former NHL enforcer and current ESPN broadcaster Matthew Barnaby commented on Twitter, "Nhlpa should do better job of preparing to enter league- and departing it! FACT." These deaths are raising questions about the NHL and NHLPA programs aimed at reaching out to active and former players.
"With what's transpired in the last few months, with the guys that we've lost, it makes us open up our eyes and look at programs and know that once guys are done playing hockey we just don't kick them to the curb," said former NHL player Nick Kypreos in a sportsnet.ca column. "We've got to come closer to the current players and the people who run the league and say: 'Once you're in this fraternity, you're in it for life.'"
Former NHL enforcer Tyson Nash also Tweeted, "Ur entire life is dedicated to hockey and then one day it's all over and ur kicked to the curb! And the NHLPA does nothing to prepare u."
Eco-athlete Ovie Mughelli empowers underprivileged youth through environmental activism
When it comes to protecting our environment, it's easy for some people to turn their backs and simply caste this responsibility aside as someone else's issue. To them, it's just an afterthought. To Atlanta Falcons fullback Ovie Mughelli, this cavalier mentality is at odds with his most fundamental beliefs regarding the environment.
"If you've played any type of sport, especially football, you know you can never wait for the other man to make a play," Mughelli told me. "You can't sit on the sidelines and be like 'I'm going down on the kickoff or punt team, and someone else will make the tackle. Or, it's the 4th quarter of the game, and I don't have to worry about making a play; somebody else will do it.'"
Mughelli, a staunch environmental activist, points out that those who espouse this mentality will never win a game in their life. Unfortunately, he laments, this is the mentality that we've adopted as human beings to save our planet.
"The tree huggers or the quote-unquote hippie[s], they'll take care of it. Or, some 'brainiac' will solve it. That's not going to happen. It's all about doing our part. It's not rocket science at all. It's all simple stuff that can be done, just by taking an interest in your fellow human beings."
Mughelli isn't the type of a person who is going to sit around idly and wait for others to step up. He's not only doing his part, but he has been imparting on others the importance of them doing their part too.
Through the Ovie Mughelli Foundation (OMF), Mughelli has put a masterful game plan in place to make his mark on the environment and in the community.
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Today was a beautiful summers day. I wore an amazing but VERY SHORT 60s smock dress. It has beautiful round pockets with little yellow bows on the front. It has little daisies all over it - you can kind of see in the above photo. Anyway I ventured into the city and wandered around a bit. (You can tell I'm on holidays this is sounding SO BORING) I'm obsessed with freshly squeezed juice at the moment since we started making them at the cafe' I work at - and there's this little place in Degraves Street in the city that makes juices with whatever you want in it. I always get carrot, apple and orange.
So, I had my orange coloured juice and an orange bag with a CD in it (I bought an amazing 3 disc Doo Wop CD) and I was like orange girl. When I was younger there was this lady from where we lived who always dressed only in purple and she had purple hair and everything. Purple lady. I didn't like her very much really. Anyway as I was orange girl today I was thinking about my friend Lucina from Uni who has a blog where she posts pictures of people who where like the one colour. It's really beautiful and lots of people from around VCA (The art school I go to) are featured on it. http://monochromos.blogspot.com/ It's a good one!
That picture of you is a dream! Also I love the monochromos blog, a few years back my great aunt passed on and I inherited about 10 garbage bags of vintage clothing... all in shades of blue. I had a solid blue wardrobe for longer than i'd care to admit but finally had to start incorporating some other colours... its still the majority though! Its funny because it was never a colour I was particularly drawn too yet by some twist of fate we've ended up together.
That's a fantastic story. Sometimes people are naturally drawn to a colour - with me it's red. Sounds like your Great Aunt was drawn to blue and perhaps you too now because of the sentiment associated with it or something. I love blue because it seems like such an artificial colour but it's actually the colour that makes up most of the natural world - the sky and ocean. beautiful!


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Police in Zurich detained Franz Wrousis.
A two-day hunt for a 50-year-old man who stormed into an office wielding a chainsaw has ended with his arrest.
Swiss police detained Franz Wrousis in Thalwil, about 40 miles (64km) from Schaffhausen where the incident in which two people were injured, took place.
An international arrest warrant had been issued for the man who has two previous convictions for weapons offences and lived in the woods, Reuters reported.
It is not known why he assaulted the workers at the office of insurance firm CSS, of which he was a client.
Schaffhausen and other parts of the region were closed off during the search, which included German police, a helicopter and dogs.
Swiss police had earlier admitted they did not know where Wrousis had gone, and he could have crossed into Germany.
A man who identified himself as Samuel told Reuters he had seen the suspect whom he described as "very disconnected".
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A Day in the Life of a Casting Agent - Clare McGinley of Spotlight Ireland
01 Jun 2017 : Katie McNeice
Spotlight Ireland Dublin Office, Bow Street, Smithfield
As part of our new series promoting training and employment in the Irish film and television industry, we're catching up with staff from some of the leading companies in the country, in the fields of production, distribution, festivals and beyond.
So far we have heard from BG Team Lead Alana O'Brien who couldn't emphasise the need to build your skills between jobs enough, while Post-Production Supervisor Sean Smith focused on working as communication as a key quality.
We now move into the booming world of casting, where it pays off to know the ins and outs as a future agent, but also for directors and actors to know what an agent's role is in relation to development, pre-production and even being on set.
McGinley runs through the skills and qualities she has honed from her early days with Maureen Hughes to working on John Carney's 'Sing Street', and tells us the importance of grasping the creative vision of the project.
IFTN: In 1-2 sentences, what are your primary responsibilities as a Casting Agent?
"In the casting world it's essential to keep an eye on fresh talent emerging from drama schools and societies as well as monitoring what type of roles professional actors are currently playing on T.V. on stage and in cinemas."
IFTN: Talk me through your training background and what key skills you need to work in this role?
"In college I studied English, Classics & Psychology in UCD and reviewed Dramsoc productions. I went on to do an MA in Media Studies where I focused on Film. Maureen Hughes gave me my first break in casting and I continued my training with her on 'Love/Hate', 'Raw' and many productions for Druid Theatre Company.
"Experience on set is an invaluable way to observe all the departments coming together as one. I spent every day on set while 'Sing Street' was filming which was an education in itself and one you can't learn from a book. I know it's a cliché but but being a team player is crucial in such a collaborative industry. On a personal level you need to understand the director's vision and possess a genuine passion for the performing arts."
IFTN: You come into a project at a different stage to other key creatives, so how do your key relationships differ from the ones the Development Staff, Producer or Director would have with the actors?
"Casting is a creative part of the pre-production process. You read a script and visualize certain actors in your mind's eye. The casting department is the first point of contact for the actor. It's your responsibility to lookout for them and make them feel at ease. It's amazing to read with an actor at the audition stages where you're rooting for them to get the part and see them in that role on-screen months later."
IFTN: What kinds of projects do you work on or can it change from one to the next?
"I'm now working with Spotlight - the Home of Casting. We have all sorts of projects coming in. This year we have welcomed a significant amount of Casting Directors from the Casting Society of America (CSA) as Spotlight members. As a result, many U.S projects are now being cast on Spotlight in order to reach European actors too. The search for the lead in the Artemis Fowl feature is happening across Ireland at the moment and filmmaker John Carney has an exciting TV series in development which will also be cast on Spotlight."
IFTN: What tips would you give young IFTN readers who are training at the moment or other professionals looking to branch into your area?
"I would advise IFTN readers who are looking to work in casting to get out and about and talk to people face-to-face who can give you some career guidance. Go to film festivals like the Galway Fleadh to increase your knowledge of what's going on while simultaneously making contacts and building relationships with actors, casting directors and producers. There will be a Spotlight hub at the Fleadh next month where we will be happy to talk to you in person - come and say hello!"
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Разак Омотойосси (; 8 октября 1985, Лагос, Нигерия) — бенинский футболист, нападающий клуба «Хартс оф Оук» и сборной Бенина. Имеет двойное гражданство — нигерийское и бенинское.

Биография
Играть начал в клубе высшей лиги чемпионата Нигерии «Саншайн Старз» в 2003 году. В том же году мог завершить футбольную карьеру, так как из-за нападения на судью в матче чемпионата Нигерии был дисквалифицирован на 5 лет.

В 2004 году Омотойосси уехал в Бенин, получив в том же году гражданство этой страны. Два года играл в бенинском чемпионате за клубы АСЖА и «Побе».

Отлично проявив себя на молодёжном чемпионате мира 2005 года, в ноябре перешёл в молдавский «Шериф». В 2006 году стал чемпионом Молдавии и обладателем Кубка Молдавии. В составе клуба участвовал в матчах Лиги чемпионов УЕФА 2006/07. Во втором квалификационном раунде команда уступила московскому «Спартаку» по гостевым голам по сумме двух матчей — 1:1 (дома) и 0:0 (в гостях). За «Шериф» забил Омотойосси.

В 2007 году перешёл в шведский «Хельсингборг». Адаптация Омотойосси в клубе затянулась, но через некоторое время его взаимодействие с Хенриком Ларссоном начало приносить плоды. В чемпионате Швеции 2007 года Омотойосси вместе с игроком «Гётеборга» Маркусом Бергом стал лучшим бомбардиром, записав на свой счёт 14 мячей. Форвард сборной Бенина с шестью голами стал одним из лучших снайперов Кубка УЕФА 2007/08.

В услугах Омотойосси были заинтересованы московский «Локомотив», раменский «Сатурн» и самарские «Крылья Советов». Руководство клуба «Хельсингборг» оценивало игрока в 2 миллиона фунтов стерлингов.

В итоге, в июне 2008 года игрок был продан в клуб высшей лиги Саудовской Аравии «Аль-Наср». Несмотря на то, что игрок постоянно выходил на поле в основном составе и забивал решающие голы, в январе 2009 года он заявил о своем желании покинуть Саудовскую Аравию. Его агент вёл переговоры о полугодовой аренде в клубе «Сток Сити».

В июле 2009 года на правах свободного агента перешёл во французский клуб «Мец», выступавший в Лиге 2. Дебютировал 14 августа 2009 года в матче против клуба «Истр». Летом 2010 года покинул «Мец» и полгода оставался без клуба. Осенью 2010 года был на просмотре в нескольких английских клубах, но ни одному не подошёл. В январе 2011 года был на просмотре в российском клубе «Ростов», но и этому клубу он не подошёл.

30 марта 2011 года подписал контракт со шведским клубом ГАИС. Проведя за команду 13 матчей и забив 2 гола, 28 июля перешёл в стан другого клуба — «Сюрианска». Таким образом, в одном сезоне Аллсвенскан он выступал за 2 команды. За 4 тура до финиша чемпионата Швеции, за 110 тысяч евро перешёл в состав гранда египетского футбола — команду «Замалек».

Первый раз вышел на поле 28 октября 2011 года в матче против «Эль-Харби», закончившимся победой со счётом 3:1. Открыть счёт голам в чемпионате ему удалось 3 января 2012 года, забив гол в ворота «Петроджета». Итог встречи — 1:1. Всего в сезоне 2011/12 выходил на поле в 9 играх, забив в них 4 гола и сделав 2 голевых передачи. После трагедии в Порт-Саиде, было принято решение об отмене чемпионата.. «Замалек» после 14 игр, занимал третье место. Кроме того, футболист играл в матчах Лиги чемпионов 2012 года.

За сборную Бенина играет с 2004 года. Участвовал в чемпионате мира среди молодёжных команд 2005 года и Кубках африканских наций 2008 и 2010 гг.

Достижения
 Шериф
 Чемпион Молдавии: 2005/06, 2006/07
 Обладатель Кубка Молдавии: 2005/06

 Личные достижения
Лучший игрок Бенина: 2013

Примечания

Ссылки

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 Профиль на сайте UEFA

Футболисты Бенина
Игроки сборной Бенина по футболу
Игроки ФК «Саншайн Старз»
Игроки ФК «Авранку Омниспорт»
Игроки ФК «Шериф»
Игроки ФК «Хельсингборг»
Игроки ФК «Ан-Наср» Эр-Рияд
Игроки ФК «Мец»
Игроки ФК ГАИС
Игроки ФК «Сюрианска»
Игроки ФК «Замалек»
Игроки ФК «Кахраманмарашспор»
Игроки ФК «Кенитра»
Игроки ФК «Олимпик» Сафи
Игроки ФК «Аль-Нахда»
Игроки ФК «Хартс оф Оук»

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Darcy Hope is the Manager of the Lower Mainland Home Expos and the Operations Manager for all shows. He is responsible for transforming a dry-floor ice arena or recreation center into a Home Show, where local companies can showcase their best work and meet potential customers face to face. Darcy grew up with the Home Expos, so he is the problem solver, improvising when needed, ensuring the show goes off without a hitch. In the office, he is the go-to man for getting group lunches, and always has an interesting fact you didn't know you needed to know.
Glenda Gall is the Manager of the Victoria and Vancouver Island Home Expos. She is responsible for booking you into the best space she can find so you can have the best result at the Home Expo. Glenda used to be an exhibitor in the shows, so she knows all the ins and outs of participating in a show, and often gives new exhibitors tips on how to showcase their business for success. In the office, she takes great pride in making sure Romeo never goes hungry and gets hugs whenever he needs.
Joni Sommer is the Office Manager and responsible for invoicing, payments, customer service, and marketing. Chances are, if you've contacted us by phone, email, website, or social media, or you've participated or even just inquired about being a part of our shows, you've spoken to her. Joni brings a friendly and cheerful personality with a background in customer service and marketing to the Home Expos, and is always happy to help wherever she is needed. In the office, she makes sure to keep the vibe light and reminds us that even when it's busy or stressful, it's always ok to have fun and share a laugh.
Romeo is Darcy's dog, and an integral part of the office team. He will greet you at the door and tell you he never gets treats, even if you just gave him one! He is everyone's best friend, and often lets himself out for a walk when he wants. The rest of the time, you'll find him sleeping wherever he feels like it at the office.
Doug Hope was the Founder of Evergreen Exhibitions. He put on his first show in 1986, producing 18 events each year and grew to be BC's #1 Consumer Show Producer. Doug visited the office daily and shared his vast knowledge with his staff. He enjoyed his semi-retirement playing golf, hockey, and riding his motorcycles.
Doug passed away in 2018, and is deeply missed.


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Q: List in a dictionary, looping in Python I have the following code:
    TYPES = {'hotmail':{'type':'hotmail', 'lookup':'mixed', 'dkim': 'no', 'signatures':['|S|Return-Path: postmaster@hotmail.com','|R|^Return-Path:\s*[^@]+@(?:hot|msn)','^Received: from .*hotmail.com$']},
             'gmail':{'type':'gmail', 'lookup':'mixed', 'dkim': 'yes', 'signatures':['|S|Subject: unsubscribe','','','']}
            }

    for type_key, type in TYPES.iteritems():
        for sub_type_key, sub_type in type.iteritems():
            for sig in sub_type['signatures']:
                if ("|S|" in sig):
                    #String based matching
                    clean_sig = sig[3:len(sig)]
                    if (clean_sig in file_contents):
                        sig_match += 1
                elif ("|R|" in sig):
                    clean_sig = sig[3:len(sig)]
                    #REGMATCH later
            if (sig_match == sig.count):
                return sub_type['type']

     return None

However, it generates the error:
for sig in sub_type['signatures']:
TypeError: string indices must be integers, not str

I assume that it would see the list being pulled from dictionary element, and allow me to loop over that?
Python newbie is a newbie :(

A: for type_key, type in TYPES.iteritems():
    for sub_type_key, sub_type in type.iteritems():
        for sig in sub_type['signatures']:

should be:
for type_key, type in TYPES.iteritems():
        for sig in type['signatures']:

But 'type' is a poor name choice in this case... you don't want to shadow a builtin.
Essentially, 'type_key' has the name (either 'hotmail' or 'gmail'), and 'type' has the dictionary that is the value associated with that key.  So type['signatures'] is what you're wanting.
Also, you may not need to have 'gmail' inside the nested dictionary; just return 'type_key' instead of type['type'].
Bringing it all together, maybe this will work better: (Warning: untested)
providers = {
    'hotmail':{
        'type':'hotmail',
        'lookup':'mixed',
        'dkim': 'no',
        'signatures':[
            '|S|Return-Path: postmaster@hotmail.com',
            '|R|^Return-Path:\s*[^@]+@(?:hot|msn)',
            '^Received: from .*hotmail.com$']
    },
    'gmail':{
        'type':'gmail',
        'lookup':'mixed',
        'dkim': 'yes',
        'signatures':['|S|Subject: unsubscribe','','','']
    }
}

for provider, provider_info in providers.iteritems():
    for sig in provicer_info['signatures']:
        if ("|S|" in sig):
            #String based matching
            clean_sig = sig[3:len(sig)]
            if (clean_sig in file_contents):
                sig_match += 1
        elif ("|R|" in sig):
            clean_sig = sig[3:len(sig)]
            #REGMATCH later
    if (sig_match == sig.count):
        return provider

 return None

A: [Posted as an answer instead of a comment because retracile beat me to the answer, but the formatting is still a point worth making.]
Laying out the data helps to visualize it:
TYPES = {
  'hotmail': {
    'type': 'hotmail',
    'lookup': 'mixed',
    'dkim': 'no',
    'signatures': ['|S|Return-Path: postmaster@hotmail.com',
                   '|R|^Return-Path:\s*[^@]+@(?:hot|msn)',
                   '^Received: from .*hotmail.com$'],
  },
  'gmail': {
    'type': 'gmail',
    'lookup': 'mixed',
    'dkim': 'yes',
    'signatures': ['|S|Subject: unsubscribe', '', '', ''],
  },
}

Note: You can have an ending comma after the last item in a dict, list, or tuple (used above only for the dicts—it's not always more clear), and you don't have to worry about screwing around with that comma, which is a Good Thing™.

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1Department of Plant Production, School of Agricultural Technology, Higher Institute of Kalamata, Kalamata, Greece; 2Department of Food Technology, School of Agricultural Technology, Higher Institute of Kalamata, Kalamata, Greece.
Received July 20th, 2011; revised August 23rd, 2011; accepted August 30th, 2011.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of storage conditions on the sensory quality, colour and texture of fresh-cut cabbage during the addition of ascorbic acid, citric acid and calcium chloride. Ascorbic acid maintained the overall quality for 14 days at 0˚C and 7 days at 5˚C; no difference, however, was observed regarding browning of cut surface compared to the control sample at both storage temperatures. Calcium chloride maintained the overall quality and cut surface browning for 14 days at both storage temperatures. It was also found that citric acid 1% can be used for minimally processed cabbage. Soaking with citric acid helped retain the color and increased the overall acceptance and organoleptic quality of fresh cut cabbage; it reduced browning of the cut surface and protected against formation of black specks. Citric acid treatment combined with low temperature storage (0˚C) prolonged the shelf life of minimally processed cabbage for 22 days, time sufficient for acceptable marketing of the product. The lightness of minimally processed cabbage decreased linearly from 70.94 ± 6 to 63.8 ± 8.5 - 61.3 ± 8 units for the chemical treatments during 22 days of storage at 0˚C. Hue angle values during storage time were also significantly influenced by chemical treatments mainly at 0˚C.
Minimally processed vegetables have become widely accepted in restaurants, catering services, salad bars and consumer packs for home use.
The primary quality attributes of a fresh-cut vegetable include colour, texture, flavour and odour .
Minimally processing operations such as peeling, coring and cutting damage the tissue integrity resulting in cellular decompartmentation. Contact of enzymes and substrates lead to biochemical injuries such as browning, off-flavours and texture breakdown. Enzymatic browning and textural defects reduce product quality and shelf-life [2,3].
Degree of browning depends on phenol content, polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity  and oxygen concentrations.
Brown discolorations in foods are complex because of the large number of secondary reactions that may occur .
Various approaches are now applied to limit enzymatic browning such as modified atmosphere , chemicals inhibitors and gaseous chlorine dioxide [7,8] or novel decontamination methods such as neutral electrolysed oxidising water . Chemicals exhibit different modes of action on preventing enzymatic browning; the following groups may be used: reducing agents, chelating agents, inorganic salts.
Ascorbic acid is a moderate reducing component, acidic in nature. It forms neutral salts with bases and is water soluble. Ascorbic acid is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for use in fruits and vegetables  and is probably the most widely used.
Citric acid is the best known chelating agent for use in fruits and vegetables [11,12] and is a phenolase Cu-chelating agent. The inhibition of polyphenol oxides (PPO) was attributed to the chelating action . Citric acid is usually used in combination with other anti-browning agents .
Salts of calcium have been tested as anti-browning agents. Van Rensburg and Engelbrecht  studied the effect of calcium salts on susceptibility to browning of avocados. Varella et al.  proposed the use of minimally processed apples "Fuji" in a treatment with 1% CaCl2 for 16 days storage at 8˚C - 10˚C. Kim and Klieber  reported that calcium chloride reduce browning in minimally processed Chinese cabbage.
Cabbage is an important member of cruciferous vegetables being also an important dietary vegetable consumed as fresh cut salad or cooked. Recently it was widely marketed as a minimally processed product. Brassica vegetables (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Kale) possess antioxidant and anticarcinogenic properties  and a large group of glycosinolates. Their hydrolysis products can protect against cancer .
Finally Rinaldi et al.  studied the shelf life of minimally processed cabbage stored under controlled atmospehere (CA) and found that CA did not prolong the shelf life of 10 days at 5˚C. Rinaldi et al.  also reported that LDPE packaging was more adequate for fresh-cut cabbage storage.
The objective of this study was to investigate the potential of ascorbic acid, citric acid and calcium chloride, individually, to extend the shelf life and maintain the quality of fresh-cut cabbage.
White Cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata) var. Bunner harvested in March and April from a farm located in Messinia (Peloponnese, Greece) was minimally processed using the best preparation techniques. The leaves were cut into quarters and then sliced into 3 cm wide strips with a sharp stainless steel knife sterilized in ethanol. The shredded cabbage was washed for 4 min in chlorinated (100 ppm NaOCl) water at 5˚C (at a solid/ liquid ratio of 1:3) to remove released nutrients. Then the cabbage was rinsed with tap water for 4 min and centrifuged for 1 min at a speed of 500 rpm.
The treatments were conducted in parallel and prepared for the same batch of product. To minimize product heterogeneity, processed cabbage was pooled, mixed and subsequently divided in four equal parts. The first part was imbibed in distilled water and was used as a control. The second, third and fourth parts were imbibed in ascorbic acid, citric acid and calcium chloride solution, respectively.
Imbibition treatments with solutions of ascorbic acid (Serva, Germany), citric acid (Merck, Germany) and calcium chloride (Carlo Erba, Italy) were applied separately for 3 min, after draining. All dipping solutions were made with distilled water at 5˚C and the concentrations were 1% (w/v) at all cases.
100 ± 2 g cabbage slices treated with ascorbic acid, citric acid, calcium chloride or distilled water (control) were placed in clear polystyrene trays (15.5 × 22.5 × 3 cm) covered with PVC film (13 μm) and stored at 0˚C and 5˚C and 90% E.R.H. in darkness.
Mass loss, instrumental texture, instrumental colour, total soluble solids (TSS), visual quality were evaluated at days 0, 7, 14 and 22. Six packs (replicates) were prepared for each sampling date and treatment. For mass loss ten packs per treatment were prepared.
Mass loss (%) was calculated as percentage of the initial mass of each sample using an electronic scale with an accuracy of ±0.01 g. Weighing was carried out in air conditioned area to avoid package condensation.
Firmness was evaluated using a Texture Analyser TAXT2i (SMS, UK) with a 100 N load cell attached. A Kramer shear cell with a five probe attached to the instrument was used. The speed of the probe was set to 1 mm·s−1. Firmness was evaluated in terms of maximum force (rupture force in N) recorded in a typical forcedistance diagram.
Colour was measured with a Minolta CR-300 chromameter (Minolta Corp. Japan) on CIE L*, a*, b* chromatic space. The degree of browning was analysed in terms of changes in L*, and hue angle values (h˚).
Total soluble solids (TSS) was measured using a digital refractometer (SR-400) in a 10 g homogeneous and filtered cabbage pulp sample.
Quality changes (cut surface browning, black speck, microbial spoilage and overall visual acceptance) were evaluated in 6 packs per treatment, by sensory evaluation performed by 6 semi trained panellists using a score system from 1 to 5 (Table 1) with the score of 3 as the cut off for marketing.
Table 1. Estimation of visual quality characteristics of minimally processed cabbage (Adapted from Kim and Klieber, 1997).
Plus 5.1 (Statpoint Technologies, Inc, VA, USA) statistical software. Mean values were subjected to Fisher's Least Significant Difference test (LSD) at p = 0.05. This statistical test is liberal with respect to the comparison wise error rate, however, it is powerful for detecting true difference . Data shown in the figures and tables are the mean values of two experimental series since no significant difference between the series was found.
The multifactor ANOVA indicated that storage temperature, chemical treatments and storage time affected (p = 0.05) weight loss. After 22 days at 0˚C in air, weight loss (Table 2) was similar for the control and the treatments with ascorbic acid and calcium chloride (2.28% - 2.81%). The treatment with citric acid showed significantly higher weight loss (3.17%). Similar results were presented at 5˚C. A linear correlation was found between weight loss and storage time (R2 = 0.985 - 0.995).
Leafy vegetables are particularly vulnerable to rapid water loss . The loss in moisture results in a reduction of fresh weight accompanied by the loss of freshness, appearance and texture. The maximum acceptable weight loss of cabbage is 7% [23,24]. In the present study, weight loss was below 7% at both storage temperatures (0˚C, 5˚C).
Firmness changes of minimal processed cabbage during storage at 0˚C and 5˚C depend upon the soaking solution and the time of storage (Figure 1).
Table 2. Weight loss of minimal processing cabbage treated with different chemicals after 22 days of storage at 0˚C and 5˚C.
effect (p = 0.05) at both storage temperatures compared to other treatments. This was due to cross-linking of both cell wall and middle-lamella pectin by calcium ions . The texture of a plant food is affected by the genetic background, morphology, cell turgor, water content, biochemical components and growing conditions [26,27]. Treatments with ascorbic and citric acid did not result in tissue softening, results not agreeable to those reported by Gil et al. . Cocci et al.  showed a structural breakdown with consequent softening in apple tissue.
The L* colour value and hue angle (h˚) were selected as the most suitable parameters to measure the colour change of cut surface of minimally processed cabbage. When the colour became darker, a decrease in L* and hue angle (h˚) was observed. The hue value represents true colour which is effective for visualizing the colour appearance of food products . The storage time and the interaction between storage time and temperature had significant effect on L*. Among the parameters which were studied (temperature, chemical treatments, storage time and their interactions) only temperature did not have a significant effect (p = 0.05) on hue values.
Figure 1. Effects of treatment with chemicals on the firmness of minimal processed cabbage stored at 0˚C and 5˚C. Data observed on the left set of histograms show the changes during the 22 days of storage (Mean values. N = 2 repetitions × 6 samples = 12). Vertical bars represent LSD at the 5% level. The data observed in the right set of histograms are the mean of all times.
Figure 2. Effects of chemical treatments on changes in L* value of minimal processed cabbage stored at 0˚C and 5˚C for 22 days. Vertical bars represent LSD at the 5% level (Mean values. N = 2 repetitions × 10 samples = 20).
storage at 0˚C. The control sample presented a decrease of L* values to 59.4 ± 5.4.
At 5˚C the lightness decreased from 70.94 ± 6 to 63.6 ± 7.9 - 62.07 ± 8.2 at all cases during 22 days of storage. By day 22, at 0˚C the L* value was lower in non treated cabbage (control) than in treated cabbage with chemicals. Among the chemical treatments citric acid was the best inhibitor showing the least change in lightness. At 5˚C, no significant difference in L* values between the control and treated samples was observed after 22 days of storage.
Hue angle values (Figure 3) during storage time were significantly affected by chemical treatments mainly at 0˚C.
Hue angle values of control decreased rapidly at 0˚C. Among the chemical treatments, citric acid retained better the color of fresh-cut cabbage. Citric acid has been reported extensively for its inhibitory activity on polyphenol oxidase, PPO  and its antibrowning activity in minimally processed fruits and vegetables . Our results come in agreement with Kim and Klieber  who worked on minimally processed Chinese cabbage and Kaur and Kapoor  working on minimally processed Indian cabbage. Ascorbic acid and calcium chloride are intermediate inhibitors as seen in their hue angle (h˚) values (Figure 3). This result was similar to results of other researchers [16,34] working on banana slices and minimally processed apples. Ascorbic acid is a reducing agent widely used as an antibrowning agent for processing of fruits and vegetables. Reductants are irreversibly oxidized during the reaction, which means that the protection they confer is only temporary since they are consumed in the reaction . The action of calcium chloride might be due to the PPO inhibition by chloride ions .
The soluble solids content in minimally processed cabbage during storage at 0˚C and 5˚C are presented in Table 3.
Figure 3. Hue angle changes of minimal processing cabbage stored at 0˚C and 5˚C for 22 days. Vertical bars represent LSD at the 5% level (Mean values. N = 2 repetitions × 10 samples = 20).
Table 3. Soluble solids content of minimal processed cabbage treated with different chemicals after 22 days of storage at 0˚C and 5˚C.
in fructose and glucose in fresh-cut mangoes treated with antibrowning agents and stored at 10˚C.
Organoleptic quality evaluation was carried out by human volunteers in conjunction with quantifiable physical and chemical measurements to determine if a shelf-life extension treatment has merit.
Overall acceptance together with cut surface browning determined the shelf life of control samples which was 7 days at both storage temperatures (Table 4) using a score of 3 as the limit. Treatment with citric acid extended the shelf life of shredded cabbage stored at 0˚C up to 22 days. During marketing the predominant temperature is 5˚C and at this temperature treatment with citric acid extended the shelf life from 7 days (control) to 14 days. Ascorbic acid maintained the overall quality for 14 days at 0˚C and 7 days at 5˚C, however, no difference was observed regarding cut surface browning compared to the control sample at both storage temperatures. Similar results were reported by Rosen and Kader  working with pear slices. Calcium chloride maintained the overall quality and cut surface browning for 14 days at both storage temperatures. Similar results in apples were reported by Drake and Spayed . However, Bolin and Huxoll  reported that calcium chloride is not effecttive in preventing browning in peaches. Therefore, 1% citric acid can be used for minimally processed cabbage.
Table 4. Changes in organoleptic quality properties of minimally processed cabbage with different chemical treatments during storage at 0˚C and 5˚C.
Citric acid is the most commonly used acidifier in combination with other types of antibrowning agents to control browning in fruits and vegetables.
During storage, the quality of minimally processed cabbage was affected by black speck. Black speck is a non-pathogenic disorder appearing during storage. It consists of very small to moderate size discolored lesions on the midrib and veins of the leaves . At 0˚C citric acid reduced the effects of black speck at the end of shelf-life (22 days) resulting in a better quality. Citric acid may reduce black speck through its inhibitory effect on polyphenoloxidase by lowering the pH and resulting in the chelation of copper at the active site of the enzyme . At 5˚C the chemical treatments affected black speck and reduced the incidence at the end of shelf-life (14 days).
Citric acid at 0˚C and all chemical treatments at 5˚C prevented microbial spoilage at the end of shelf-life (22 and 14 days, respectively).
The results presented indicate that soaking with citric acid better retains the color and the overall acceptance and organoleptic quality of fresh cut cabbage. It can reduce the cut surface browning and protect from black speck. Citric acid treatment combined with low temperature storage (0˚C) prolonged the shelf life of minimally processed cabbage for 22 days, time sufficient for acceptable marketing.
J. Zawistowshy, C. G. Biliaderis and N. A. M. Eskin, "Polyphenol Oxidase," In: D. S. Robinson and N. A. M. Eskin, Eds., Oxidative Enzymes in Foods, Elsevier, London, 1991, pp. 217-273.
M. M. Rinaldi, B. C. Benedetti and C. L. Moretti, "Respiration Rate, Ethylene Production and Shelf Life of Minimally Processed Cabbage under Controlled Atmosphere," Acta Horticulturae, Vol. 876, 2010a, pp. 279- 286.


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Q: Automatically Activate Main Window in TkInter Is it possible to automatically activate the main window of a tkinter app?  I am using Yosemite on a Mac.  When the window comes up, the title bar is grayed out, and I have to click on the window before it will respond to events.  The Tk manual says that event generate, "Generates a window event and arranges for it to be processed just as if it had come from the window system."  I tried generating a <Button-1> event, but it had no effect.  The manual goes on to say, "Certain events, such as key events, require that the window has focus to receive the event properly."  I tried focus_force, but it didn't work either.
Is it possible to do what I want?  Is this a Mac peculiarity?  In the code below, the text changes as the mouse cursor enters and leaves the label, but the app is unresponsive until you click on the window.
import tkinter as tk
root = tk.Tk()

def visit(event):
    kilroy['text'] = 'Kilroy was here.'
def gone(event):
    kilroy['text'] = 'Kilroy has left the building'
def startup():
    root.focus_force()
    root.event_generate('<Button-1>')

frame = tk.Frame(root, width=500,height=100)
kilroy = tk.Label(frame, text="Kilroy hasn't been here.", width = 50)
kilroy.grid(row=0,column=0)
frame.grid(row=0,column=0)
kilroy.grid_propagate(0)
frame.grid_propagate(0)
kilroy.bind('<Enter>', visit)
kilroy.bind('<Leave>', gone)

root.after(100,startup)
root.mainloop()


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    <title>Foundation Angular</title>
    <link href="/assets/css/app.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

          Foundation for Apps

            Patterns

Colors

Typography

            Layout

Grid

Panel

            Navigation

Off-canvas Menu

Action Sheet

Title Bar

Menu Bar

Tabs

            Callouts

Modal

Notification

            Controls

Button

Button Group

Forms

            Content

Typography

Card

Block List

Motion UI

Interchange

Inline Elements

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I'm doing my fourth annual perimeter pilgrimage, taking a week of February to walk the city's edge.
If you'd like to join me, I'll welcome your company on a few chunks of it.
The exact locations & timing will depend on weather, and the progress that I make earlier in the week, but I anticipate chunks where you can join me on or around Feb 15/16/17.
We'll rendezvous early in the morning somewhere accessible by public transit, and walk the border as best we can.
Please be ready to be up early and walk in any sort of weather. You can always peel off early if you can't do the whole day. Intercepting us mid-way might be an option, but will require some work to rendezvous with us.
RSVP here and I'll send out some info at the beginning of the walk, and then will reach out with final logistics as they unfold.


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Van Gogh Killing Reveals Dutch Anger at Muslims
James Joyner · Friday, November 19, 2004 · 5 comments
Van Gogh's killing reveals anger at Islam (Washington Times)
Two weeks after the brutal slaying of filmmaker Theo van Gogh, many Dutch are saying their normally staid society has been transformed just as the United States was altered by the September 11 attacks. Polls taken in the hours immediately after Mr. van Gogh was fatally shot and nearly beheaded showed that 80 percent of Netherlands residents think their country has been changed forever.
Opinion polls show an overwhelming majority of citizens favor a crackdown on Muslim extremists, who are estimated to number as many as 50,000 in the country. "It was a great shock. A wake-up call," said Theo Kwakman, a construction foreman restoring an ancient building along the old Warmoesstraat. "I'm afraid that there will be more Muslims here soon than Christians. "I don't worry about the atheists. They won't do anything. [Muslims] are not all bad. But … I'm afraid someday one of the tunnels [into Amsterdam] will be blown up."
The killing unleashed a torrent of pent-up Dutch anger at the Muslim community, and in the two weeks since, there have been at least 20 attempted fire bombings or arson attacks on mosques and Muslim schools. A smaller number of churches have been attacked in retaliation.
Muslims now make up about 5 percent of the Netherlands' 16 million people. About 300,000 are Moroccans, and another 300,000 are Turks, many of whom came as "guest workers" and never went home. They now call the Netherlands their home, and many of their children have full Dutch citizenship.
Police and security officials will not say how many Muslims are involved in extremism, but a Dutch intelligence report from the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) said there may be as many as 50,000 Muslims sympathetic to extremist ideas. That is far too many for the comfort of many Dutch residents. Past polls repeatedly have shown that about 50 percent of the "native" Dutch think their country has too many foreigners of any kind — but particularly Moroccan and Turkish Muslims.
It's remarkable to me how relatively little of this reaction there has been in the United States.
FILED UNDER: Europe, Religion, Terrorism, citizenship, Islam, Netherlands, Washington Times
Kathy K says:
Friday, 19 November 2004 at 11:07
We have a much lower percentage of Muslims VS the total population. We have taken in far more Mid-Eastern Christians and others who were fleeing from persecution.
Attila Girl says:
We're also more accustomed to rubbing elbows with people from other cultures.
I wonder to what degree Van Gogh's relationship to the painter made this more personal to many Dutch–gave them a sense that this was an attack on a "national treasure" in addition to mere retaliation for a film perceived to be anti-Muslim.
PlutosDad says:
Kind of shoots holes in some people's theories that only Americans are racist.
Part of it is, America is newer, we don't have thousands of years of Tradition. we also have separation of Church and State in our constitution, where we consider religion to be a personal matter.
Also, our country was populated to a certain extent by people running from persecution.
Europe, with their Church Tax like in Germany, does not consider religion to be personal, it's very much public and part of the state. Therefore, you can't help but have more anger and violence.
Rod Hug says:
Sunday, 21 November 2004 at 21:45
After 9/11 Americans are not supprised by Van Gogh's killing. We realise that Europe is being populated by Arab migrants, and a certain number will be radicals. Many Americans are of the opinion that migrant Arabs will carry their culture into Europe, rather than adopt European cultures.
Sarcastro says:
Saturday, 27 November 2004 at 12:30
You say this as if I am to believe that America is moderate when it comes to anger about muslim terrorism. May I remind you that you set two countries a blaze in retaliation to the WTC attack!
"we also have separation of Church and State in our constitution,…"
That's what you say, but American politics seem to prove something else, fact is that the Bush administration has a very high amount of evangalists and the views, rules and politics to match them. Just because you say that the two are seperated doesn't make it so! Beside the Dutch constitution has the same angle.
"We're also more accustomed to rubbing elbows with people from other cultures."
Before Bush started his holy war on the Muslim countries we in Holland were getting along with eachother reasonably good apart from small differences.
"I wonder to what degree Van Gogh's relationship to the painter…"
The reason the Dutch got upset when Van Gogh got murdered by an extremist was that he said out loud what many Dutch were thinking about the anti social behaviour of some muslims. The possible relation to the famous painter is totally irrelevant.
Dutch Filmmaker Theo Van Gogh Murdered
Painting Previously Identified As A Forgery Confirmed As Van Gogh Original
Van Gogh Murderer Discourteous
Wilders Film 'Fitna' Incites Muslims
The Annotated Obama Cairo Speech


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Q: Fields - simple question I know that an ordered set is one which satisfies transitivity and at least one of the following hold for all $a, b$
$$a<b, a=b, b<a$$
And for a totally ordered set 'at least one' is replaced by 'exactly one'
My question is whether an ordered field is a field with an order or with a total order?

A: An ordered field is a field with a total order. Note, however, that it's not enough for the field to be equipped with a total order; that order has to interact nicely with the field structure. E.g. if $a<b$, then we need $a+c<b+c$ for all $c$, and there is no reason for this to be true of a general total order on the field.

Incidentally, your terminology here seems odd. Usually (as far as I'm aware) the term "ordered set" refers to a totally ordered set. What you call an "ordered set" is a (linearly) preordered set. I wonder if you meant "at most one" instead of "at least one"; if so, then what you call an "order" is more commonly called a "partial order".


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Sharon Tate Murder: Forty-Eight Years Later, Manson and His 'Family' Still Haunt Us
Actress Sharon Tate in 1966.Hulton Deutsch / Corbis via Getty Images
Aug. 9, 2017, 4:59 PM UTC / Updated Aug. 9, 2017, 4:59 PM UTC
By Corky Siemaszko
Forty-eight years ago, four of Charles Manson's followers barged into a rented Los Angeles-area mansion and went on a killing spree aimed at igniting an apocalyptic race war that their deranged leader dubbed "Helter Skelter" after The Beatles song.
The best known of their victims was actress Sharon Tate, who was married to director Roman Polanski and eight-months pregnant when she was murdered.
Slain with her in the wee hours of August 9, 1969 were hairdresser Jay Sebring, Polish screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski, and his lover, coffee heiress Abigail Folger. An 18-year-old named Steven Parent, who had been visiting the caretaker of the Benedict Canyon property, was killed earlier in the driveway.
Two more people, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, would die at the hands of Manson's minions before the Manson-directed massacre was over.
This is where Manson and his family members are now:
CHARLES MANSON — Now 82, the ringleader of the killer cult remains unrepentant as he serves nine life sentences at Corcoran State Prison in California. He has been denied parole a dozen times and will be 92 when — and if — he goes before the board again in 2027. But he still appears to be able to enchant women. Two years ago, he and 26-year-old Afton Elaine Burton, also known as "Star," got a marriage license. It expired before they could tie the knot.
Charles Manson is escorted to his arraignment on conspiracy-murder charges in connection with the Sharon Tate murder case in 1969 in Los Angeles.AP
SUSAN ATKINS — She was the third member of the twisted sorority that was "Charlie's Girls," and the first member of the cult to die behind bars in 2009. She was 61. Once known as "Sexy Sadie," she married twice after she was jailed and her second husband represented her at several of her 18 parole board hearings. She was denied an exit every time.
LESLIE VAN HOUTEN — At 19, she was the youngest of Manson's fanatical followers and was convicted for her role in the LaBianca murders. While serving a life sentence, she became a model prisoner and apologized for her crimes, saying she was "deeply ashamed." But in July 2016, California Gov. Jerry Brown denied her parole for the 20th time. Now 67, she gets another shot at freedom when she goes before the parole board again on Sept. 6.
Three co-defendants in the Sharon Tate murder case, from left, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten, laugh as they walk to court in Los Angeles for sentencing on March 29, 1971.AP file
PATRICIA KRENWINKEL — Nicknamed "Big Patty," she was part of the foursome that broke into the home Tate had rented and prosecutors said she stabbed Folger so many times police initially thought her white nightgown was red. Krenwinkel, who is now 69, also became a model prisoner behind bars. She is the longest-incarcerated female prisoner in the California penal system — a sorry streak that is unlikely to end when she comes up for parole next year. She has been previously denied parole 13 times.
CHARLES "TEX" WATSON — One of Manson's henchmen, Watson is now 71 and has been serving a life sentence. Behind bars, Watson became an ordained minister and fathered four children during conjugal visits. When California ended that perk in 1996 for prisoners serving life sentences, Watson's wife left him for another man.
Charles "Tex" Watson was granted a continuance on his plea to seven counts of murder and a charge of conspiracy to murder in the Tate-LaBianca killings on April 13, 1971.Wally Fong / AP file
BRUCE DAVIS — Once considered Manson's "right hand man," Davis is 74 and imprisoned at the California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo. Like Watson, he too became a preacher behind bars.
LYNETTE "SQUEAKY" FROMME — She was a member of the cult but never charged with the murders. In 1975, Fromme was nabbed while trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford. Now 68, she served 34 years in prison before she was paroled in 2009.
Manson family member Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, at pre-trial hearings in Los Angeles.AP file
LINDA KASABIAN — She was the getaway driver for the murder spree. Horrified, Kasabian later abandoned her cohorts and was granted immunity after testifying against Manson and his followers. She is 68.
BOBBY BEAUSOLEIL — Nicknamed "Cupid" because of his good looks, Beausoleil is serving a life sentence for stabbing to death Gary Hinman in July 1969. Manson claimed Hinman owed him money and sliced off part of his ear with a sword. Then he ordered Beausoleil to finish him off. Now 69, Beausoleil is serving his sentence at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville.
MARY BRUNNER — She was one the first members of the Manson Family and bore the cult leader a son named Valentine Michael. Although she played no role in the murders, Brunner was busted in 1971 for robbing a gun store as part of a scheme to bust Manson out of jail. She was wounded in a shootout with cops. Now 73, she was paroled in 1977.
STEVE "CLEM" GROGAN — Manson called Grogan "Scramblehead" because he was so dim. Sentenced at first to death for his role in the murders, Grogan got life instead after a judge deemed him "too stupid and too hopped on drugs"to have staged the slaughter. He was sprung from prison in 1985. He is 66.
Corky Siemaszko
Corky Siemaszko is a senior writer for NBC News Digital.


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Why do you think Alice stopped talking? What does her muteness mean?
Do you think June was right to keep so much information back from Alice? Does this make her a bad person?
What do you think the 'lost flowers' in the title – The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart – refers to? Could it have multiple meanings?
Dogs are prominent in Alice's life. How do they reveal the nature of Alice's character and of others, for example, Moss, and Dylan?
What do you think motivated Oggi to write to Alice after all those years? What was his letter trying, implicitly, to tell her?
The women in Lulu's family passed down foresight. Honey grevillea, which grows rampant in the desert, also means foresight. What deeper meaning could be at play in how this idea is used in the novel, for example, when we can see things coming, does that necessarily empower us to do what's right?
Many of the characters' appearances are disclosed, but Dylan's is not. Why do you think this is?
Fear and past pain shapes the lives of characters in the novel in varying ways. Discuss the characters you feel are most dictated by fear and the past.
After the point in time where the novel ends, what do you think Charlie will do with his third of Thornfield?
What's your favourite flower and meaning in the novel, and why?
I chose the 2017 Cullen Mangan Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc Semillon because I wanted something very Australian in style, something floral and made by an Australian woman.
This wine is very indicative of an iconic Australian style, particularly of Western Australia. Vanya Cullen puts emphasis on the health of the plants so that she can let the natural aromas and flavours of the grapes shine through in the finished wine with a fairly hands-off approach in the winery. These flavours include gooseberry, fresh cut grass, citrus and melon.
The best enjoy this wine, take it out of the fridge 10 minutes before serving with a soft goats cheese.
Nine-year-old Alice Hart lives in isolation by the sea, where her mother's enchanting flowers and their hidden meanings mostly shelter Alice from the dark moods of her father. After tragedy changes her life irrevocably, Alice is sent to live with the grandmother she never knew existed at Thornfield, the family run native flower farm that provides a refuge to women who, like Alice, are lost or broken; in the Victorian tradition, every flower has a meaning to say what words can't.
Alice settles into her new life and learns the language of flowers to express the things that are too hard to speak. But, as she grows older, she becomes increasingly frustrated by the secrecy surrounding her family story. In her early twenties Alice's life is again thrown into chaos when a devastating betrayal, and a man who's not all he seems, combine to make her realise there are some stories that flowers can't tell. Alice begins to understand that if she is to have the freedom she craves, she must find the courage to possess the most powerful story she knows: her own.
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