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Mean Girls Cast
Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan)
Cady Heron is a stranger in a strange land. Her parents may be the research zoologists in the fam, but she approaches North Shore High School like a scientist herself. To Cady, each clique is a species, and the students are fantastic beasts with their own rituals.
As Cady navigates the treacherous social landscape of North Shore, she's not just trying to figure out what to wear and who to date…she's observing the habits of the elusive American high school student.
When Cady takes her first trip to the mall with Regina, Gretchen, and Karen, for example, she's overwhelmed. This is where the species converge—and where many of their mating rituals take place. As Cady watches her peers mix and mingle and mack on each other around mall fountain, it's a familiar scene, but totally unfamiliar at the same time.
CADY: Being at Old Orchard Mall kind of reminded me of being in Africa, by the watering hole, when the animals are in heat.
This girl understands wildebeests better than she does high school juniors, which not only keeps the plot chugging along, but also allows the audience to see things anew, too. Filtered through Cady's gaze, the ordinary day in and day out of being a high school student seems extraordinary.
The Pull of the Plastics
Then there's The Plastics. Cady is fascinated by Regina and her minions. Okay, so she's fascinated by Regina—Gretchen and Karen, not so much. Regina's species is unlike anything Cady's ever seen, and their rituals are all-consuming, with superficial rules aplenty, right down to how often they can wear ponytails. It's exhausting, and yet by Cady's own admission, dazzling:
CADY: Regina's like the Barbie doll I never had. I'd never seen anybody so glamorous.
It's also ridiculous, and Cady knows it. Take Halloween, for example. Here's how Cady sums up Halloween in Girl World, the nickname she gives to the social niche presided over by queen bee Regina:
CADY (V-O): In the regular world, Halloween is when children dress up in costumes and beg for candy. In Girl World, Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it. The hardcore girls just wear lingerie and some form of animal ears. Unfortunately, no one told me about the slut rule, so I showed up like this.
The "this" in this explanation the "ex-wife" costume Cady wears to a Halloween party. It features a bloody wedding dress, long black wig, and gnarly fake teeth. It's a costume that terrifies the other party-goers and, later, Janis and Damian, a fact that would make you—and Cady—think it's an awesome costume.
As Cady learned roughly 2.4 seconds after walking into the party, it was not. Cady may be a well-traveled math whiz, but when it comes to high school cliques, she has a lot to learn.
Heron…Cady Heron
Because she's such a blank slate, Cady's able to move undetected between the "art freaks," a.k.a. Janis and Damian, and The Plastics in order to enact their revenge plot against Regina. Cady's essentially a secret agent, and being a super-spy is hard work. (Just ask James Bond.)
Both cliques are in a fight for Cady's social soul, and eventually Cady gets so deep undercover with The Plastics that she loses her sense of self. She starts planning Plastic sabotage missions without consulting Janis and Damian. She starts talking like Regina, peppering her speech with irritating "Shut up!"s and "Love ya!"s.
She starts styling herself like a Plastic, too, with more revealing clothes, bigger hair, and tons of makeup. In short, First Day of School Cady would hardly recognize Second Semester Cady, and it's impossible to tell where the revenge mission ends and "real" Cady begins. This loss of identity happens even to the best spies. (Just ask Jason Bourne.)
While Cady doesn't realize that she's losing her sense of self in a fog of volumizing spray, she does retain enough self-awareness to know that she's infatuated with Regina—and that it's kind of annoying:
CADY: I was a woman possessed. I spent about 80% of my time talking about Regina, and the other 20% of the time, I was praying for someone else to bring her up, so I could talk about her more…I could hear people getting bored with me, but I couldn't stop. It just kept coming up like word vomit.
For Cady—and for Gretchen and Karen, and for most of the population at North Shore, come to think of it—Regina's approval means everything because it means popularity. In other words, if the most popular girl in school thinks you're cool enough to talk to or—gasp—hang out with, you're teen royalty.
Cady may be new to the social mores of American teenagers, but she's no dummy:
CADY: The weird thing about hanging out with Regina was that I could hate her and, at the same time, I still wanted her to like me…Same with Gretchen. The meaner Regina was to her, the more Gretchen tried to win Regina back. She knew it was better to be in The Plastics, hating life, than to not be in at all. Because being with The Plastics was like being famous. People looked at you all the time, and everybody just knew stuff about you.
Those shreds of self-awareness are what set Cady apart from most of her peers. On some level, she understands that a person's worth doesn't have anything to do with how shiny their hair is or what kind of car they drive.
The thing is, she's still has to navigate high school five days a week, and being popular makes that a lot easier. Cady's stuck. She's becoming a rotten person, and, at best she's in denial, and, at worst, she's justifying it by her need to fit in.
Rock On, Janis
Then Janis wakes her up. Fundamentally, Cady is caring and introspective. The fight she has with Janis after she blows off Janis's art show to have a house party and try to cozy up to Aaron, is an eye-opener for Cady. A reality check.
Here's what Janis says—after she tells Cady that she's not pretending to be Plastic anymore; she is Plastic:
JANIS: See, that is the thing with you Plastics. You think that everybody is in love with you, when actually, everybody hates you. Like Aaron Samuels, for example. He broke up with Regina and guess what: He still doesn't want you. So why are you still messing with Regina, Cady? I'll tell you why. Because you are a mean girl! You're a bitch!
Ouch. Janis's words slice Cady to the bone and help her realize that she's been self-absorbed and shallow and generally lost sight of what's important. In other words, Janis is right: Cady has become a full-fledged Plastic, and cold and shiny isn't a good look for her.
The Evolution of Cady
Cady treats her first taste of socialization like a sampler platter. She starts out as an observer, a friendly, fresh-faced newb on the outside looking in. Then she becomes a Plastic princess and, eventually, someone that half of her peers think capable of pushing someone in front of a bus.
By the end of the film, however, Cady's become a well-adjusted, level-headed high school senior with friends, a boyfriend, and the ability to wear pink or a ponytail any time she feels like it, thank you very much. Here's how Cady puts it in her own words:
CADY: I had gone from home-schooled jungle freak to shiny Plastic to most hated person in the world to actual human being. All the drama from last year just wasn't important anymore. School used to be like a shark tank, but now I could just float. Finally, Girl World was at peace.
Cady's evolution throughout Mean Girls is more fascinating than watching a herd of hippos play water polo. As a character, she bucks the tired comedic trope that says watching female protagonists get to be selfish for once is hilarious.
Instead, Cady follows a traditionally male comedic arc throughout her junior year at North Shore. She messes up, but then she grows up. She learns to not be a self-centered jerkwad, and she gets the guy in the end.
Grool.
Regina George (Rachel McAdams)
She may only be a junior, but Regina George rules North Shore High. She's an intimidating trendsetter who's treated like a celebrity by her classmates. Don't believe us? Just ask the student body:
JANIS: Regina George. How do I ever begin to explain Regina George?
EMMA: Regina George is flawless
LEA: She has two Fendi purses and a silver Lexus.
TIM: I hear her hair's insured for $10,000.
AMBER: I hear she does car commercials in Japan.
KRISTEN: Her favorite movie is Varsity Blues.
GISELLE: One time, she met John Stamos on a plane.
JESSICA: And he told her she was pretty.
BETHANY: One time, she punched me in the face. It was awesome.
Her peers worship her, or at least they worship who they think she is. You'll notice that everything they share about her in the intro above is either about material goods or is a rumor.
There's nothing of any substance there because none of Regina's classmates really know her…and we get the sense that she prefers it that way.
Snake Oil Saleslady
Maybe they focus on the outside because the inside is black and rotten. Regina is a master manipulator; it's a large part of why Gretchen and Karen follow her around like two lost puppies. It's how she wins Aaron back at the Halloween party, too—a dastardly deed that inspires Cady's extensive revenge plot with Janis and Damian.
Take a look at how it all goes down. It's a long-ish exchange, but it shows Regina's mastery of manipulation in full force. When she finds out that Aaron personally invited Cady to the party, Regina has to think quick:
REGINA: Well, be careful because she has a huge crush on you.
AARON: Really? How do you know?
Again, Regina is thrown for a moment, then recovers.
REGINA: Because she told me. She tells everybody. It's kind of cute, actually. She's like a little girl. She, like, writes all over her notebook "Mrs. Aaron Samuels." And she made this T-shirt that says "I heart Aaron," and she wears it under all her clothes. […] Well, who can blame her? I mean, you're gorgeous. And, okay, look: I'm not saying she's a stalker, but she saved this Kleenex you used, and she said she's gonna do some kind of African voodoo with it to make you like her.
AARON: What?
Cady waves excitedly from across the party.
REGINA: I know she's kind of socially retarded and weird, but she's my friend, so just promise me you won't make fun of her.
AARON: Of course I'm not gonna make fun of her.
Regina kisses Aaron. Cady runs out. Aaron pushes Regina away.
It's slimy, but it works. Regina completely throws Cady under the bus, doubling down when she realizes Aaron's interested in Cady, too.
We can't say for certain, but it sure seems like that fact is precisely what sends Regina's manipulation into hyper-drive; she starts complimenting Aaron, and she goes so far as to say that Cady's going to make Aaron like her using boogers and voodoo.
The thing is, it works. That's how good Regina is. She knows exactly how to hook Aaron, and over the course of a brief kitchen conversation, they're a couple again. Cady's heartbroken, but she probably shouldn't have trusted Regina to put in a good word for her with Aaron in the first place.
After all, Regina started talking circles around Cady almost from the moment they first met:
REGINA: But you're, like, really pretty.
CADY: Thank you.
REGINA: So you agree.
CADY: What?
REGINA: You think you're really pretty.
CADY: Oh, I don't know.
Regina essentially gets Cady to say that she thinks she's pretty, and before Cady can figure out what's happening, Regina's on to the next item of business. She may be conniving, but one thing's for sure: Regina George has a way with words. If only she'd use it for good sometimes, like in her English class, student government, or maybe an evil bake sale.
Regina-Stein's Monster
When Regina meets Cady, she takes her on like a project. She attempts to mold her in her own image, and it works—at least at first. Cady begins dressing like Regina, styling herself like Regina, and even talking like Regina, but Cady turns into a threat to Regina when she begins to usurp her popularity.
If that sounds like something out of a historical drama with kings and queens and palace intrigue, it's because it is like that. Regina's queen bee at North Shore, and when Cady takes her place by turning her closest allies against her and throwing a massive party at her castle—er, we mean house—without inviting Regina, Regina knows she's been deposed.
Check out what she says to Shane on their way to crash Cady's party:
REGINA: She think she's gonna have a party and not invite me? Who does she think she is?
SHANE: You're right, hon.
REGINA: I, like, invented her, you know what I mean?
We do, Regina. We do.
Regina knows that, just like Victor Frankenstein before her, her monster's gotten out of control. Or, put another way, the student has become the master—and Regina's not having it.
When she realizes she no longer rules the school, she goes straight home, and right up to her room and the Burn Book. She wastes zero time enacting her revenge plan against Cady. There's no trying to talk things out. There's no sleeping on it. For Regina, like so many flailing dictators before her, it's scorched-earth all the way, baby.
The Healing Power of Parcheesi
There's one big question that hangs over Regina for the entire movie: Why is she like that? We mean, almost every high school kid wants to be popular. Nobody's ever said, "A cute Homecoming date and lots of friends? No, thanks. I'd prefer four years of wedgies and a pretend boyfriend who lives in Canada." The thirst for popularity, we get; but why is Regina the meanest girl of them all?
We think the answer lies in lacrosse. At the very end of the movie, Cady tells us that Regina's joined the lacrosse team because it's a perfect outlet for her rage and none of the jocks are afraid of her. In other words, Regina's taking her rage out on some of Chicagoland's unluckiest goalies instead of the entire North Shore student body.
Okay, the entire North Shore student body and the faculty.
Nowhere else in the movie is Regina's anger problem really addressed. It basically comes out of nowhere in the movie's last two minutes. The closest we get to unrest in the George mansion is when Gretchen tells Cady that Regina's parents totally don't sleep in the same bed anymore. Then there's the relationship between Regina and her mom. Mrs. George is super-thirsty to be "just one of the girls," and irritates Regina like a concrete-chested fruit fly.
Here's Shmoop's hypothesis then: Regina's so mean because she's lonely and mad at the world. Her parents don't get along. They don't pay any attention to Regina or her neglected, booty-shakin' little sis; all they do is throw expensive toys at them, and Regina's old enough now to resent her mom and dad substituting, well, stuff for actual love and attention. That's why she wants all the attention at school: because she gets nada at home, and that makes her sad and angry.
Of course, none of that makes it okay for Regina to act like a manipulative monster at school, but it does mean she's isn't an actual monster. She's just a girl who, now that she's older and wiser, might wish she could trade her master suite back for a rad family game night or two.
Janis Ian and Damian (Lizzy Caplan and Daniel Franzese)
Janis and Damian are the two best friends a sixteen-year-old transplant from Africa could ever want. We know that's a pretty specific niche, but we're standing by it.
This pair of "art freaks" are outsiders just like Cady is when she starts at North Shore, and they quickly recognize one of their own and scoop her up. Acid-tongued Janis gives Cady the lowdown on the social hierarchy at North Shore, and even gifts her with a handy illustrated map of the cafeteria, a veritable minefield of cliques:
JANIS: Here. This map is gonna be your guide to North Shore. Now, where you sit is crucial because you got everybody there. You got your freshmen, ROTC guys, preps, JV jocks, Asian nerds, cool Asians, varsity jocks, unfriendly black hotties, girls who eat their feelings, girls who don't' eat anything, desperate wannabes, burnouts, sexually active band geeks, the greatest people you'll ever meet, and the worst. Beware of The Plastics.
We don't know about you, but we would've loved that kind of insider info on our first day of high school. Cady isn't intimidated by Janis's hard candy shell, and she immediately proves to Cady what Damian already knows: she's a solid friend.
Janis Don't Play That
Janis is filled to the choppy-haired brim with angst, which is fitting since her character is named after singer-songwriter Janis Ian, whose most famous song, 1975's "At Seventeen," is all about the anguish of being a teenage girl in a culture that prizes girls like The Plastics and slights, or just straight-up ignores, the Janises.
She may be wise beyond her years, but Janis isn't above trying to get her revenge on Regina, who, after it's teased through much of the movie, we find out used to be Janis's BFF until she started a rumor that Janis was a lesbian and in love with her.
And that was the end of that friendship.
Ultimately, we learn that Janis isn't a lesbian. She is Lebanese, however, which adds a hilarious punny layer (Lebanese sounds quite a bit like lesbian) to Regina's cruelty. The fact that The Plastics have no accountability for their actions (like starting rumors), and are beloved in spite of them, drives Janis crazy.
That's why, when Cady turns to the dark side, too, Janis is so disappointed. Check out the confrontation that goes down when Janis and Damian roll up outside Cady's house party—the one she threw instead of going to Janis's art show, and that she didn't invite Janis and Damian to:
JANIS: God! See, at least me and Regina George know we're mean. You try to act like you're so innocent. Like, "Oh, I used to live in Africa with all the little birdies and the little monkeys." […] See, that is the thing with you Plastics. You think that everybody is in love with you, when actually, everybody hates you. Like Aaron Samuels, for example. He broke up with Regina and guess what: He still doesn't want you. So why are you still messing with Regina, Cady? I'll tell you why. Because you are a mean girl! You're a bitch!
The truth hurts, and Janis isn't afraid of dropping truth bombs left and right. She is afraid of losing another friend, though. Her words cut deep, in part because she's scared, in part because she's angry, and in part because her tongue has been sharpened by years of teenage torment. Her quick wit and bold appearance are how she survives high school, and uninvited "compliments" like these:
HUGE GUY: Nice wig, Janis. What's it made of?
JANIS: Your mom's chest hair!
It's a safe assumption that Janis is subjected to bon mots like this all the time. That's why her walls are up, and why they aren't coming down anytime soon. If Janis keeps her social distance, she can't get hurt again like she did by Regina, or like Cady threatens to do.
Too Rad to Function
The only person in Janis's inner circle is Damian. He's just as quick-witted as she is, and, as an openly gay high school junior (and openly gay in 2004, to boot), it's a safe assumption that Damian's been similarly harassed.
As a result, he and Janis have their finger on the pulse of North Shore's social order. Here's how they describe The Plastics, for example:
DAMIAN: They're teen royalty. If North Shore was US Weekly, they would always be on the cover.
JANIS: That one there, that's Karen Smith. She is one of the dumbest girls you will ever meet. Damian sat next to her in English last year.
DAMIAN: She asked me how to spell "orange."
JANIS: And that little one? That's Gretchen Wieners.
DAMIAN: She's totally rich because her dad invented Toaster Strudel.
JANIS: Gretchen Wieners knows everybody's business. She knows everything about everyone.
DAMIAN: That's why her hair is so big. It's full of secrets.
JANIS: And evil takes a human form in Regina George. Don't be fooled, because she may seem like your typical selfish, back-stabbing, slut-faced ho-bag, but in reality, she is so much more than that.
DAMIAN: She's the queen bee, the star. Those other two are just her little workers.
Knowledge is power, and Janis and Damian are able to endure North Shore because they know everything about everybody, including themselves. That's part of what makes Damian in particular such a crisp character. As actor Daniel Franzese, who played Damian, wrote in his own 2014 coming out letter:
This was a natural and true representation of a gay teenager—a character we laughed with instead of at. (Source)
Damian and Janis's ability to remain true to themselves, and each other, is their secret weapon for surviving the kill-or-be-killed situation at North Shore.
Or, to put it another way, Gretchen's hair may be so big because it's full of secrets, but Janis and Damian's friendship is huge because it's full of authenticity, humor, and smarts.
Gretchen Wieners and Karen Smith (Lacey Chabert and Amanda Seyfried)
If you look up "loyal" in the dictionary, you'll see a photo of Gretchen Wieners and Karen Smith. They're like a pair of well-manicured puppies, and not just because they have such shiny hair; they'll follow Regina to the ends of the earth if it means staying popular and socially protected.
The Power-Hungry Toaster Strudel Heiress
Gretchen is desperate for Regina's approval, and she's willing to put up with all sorts of ridiculousness and regulations in order to get it. At first, she seems to revel in all the rules that come with being part of The Plastics as she relays them to Cady:
GRETCHEN: You can't wear a tank top two days in a row, and you can only wear your hair in a ponytail once a week. So, I guess you picked today. Oh, and we only wear jeans or track pants on Fridays. Now, if you break any of these rules, you can't sit with us at lunch. I mean, not just you. Like, any of us. Okay, like if I was wearing jeans today, I would be sitting over there with the art freaks.
Cut to Janis and Damian. She's putting cold cuts on his face, and he's doing an impression of Sloth from The Goonies.
GRETCHEN: Oh, and we also vote before we ask someone to eat lunch with us because you have to be considerate of the rest of the group. Well, I mean, you wouldn't buy a skirt without asking your friends first if it looks good on you.
CADY: I wouldn't?
Being able to rattle off all of The Plastics' superficial rules shows that Gretchen's part of the club. Once she feels rejected by Regina, however—after the 1–2–3 punch of not getting a candy cane-gram, being pushed to the fringes of The Plastics' "Jingle Bell Rock" choreography, and ordered to "stop trying to make 'fetch' happen"—Gretchen drops the "Yay, team!" façade a bit and gets real.
She starts spilling Regina's secrets to Cady, and explains to Cady just how rotten Regina really is:
GRETCHEN: If you even knew how mean she really is. You know that I'm not allowed to wear hoop earrings, right? Yeah. Two years ago, she told me that hoop earrings were her thing, and that I wasn't allowed to wear them anymore. And then for Hanukkah, my parents got me this pair of really expensive white-gold hoops. And I had to pretend like I didn't even like them, and it was so sad.
Gretchen isn't the blind follower that she appears to be. (That's Karen's job, but more on her in a sec.) Gretchen realizes that, if she wants to be part of The Plastics, part of North Shore's ruling class, she has to make some sacrifices. Sometimes it's a pair of gorgeous white-gold hoops. Other times, it's her pride.
Let's let Cady explain:
CADY: The meaner Regina was to her, the more Gretchen tried to win Regina back. She knew it was better to be in The Plastics, hating life, than to not be in at all. Because being with The Plastics was like being famous. People looked at you all the time, and everybody just knew stuff about you.
Cady has Gretchen pegged. For Gretchen, popularity trumps all. It's not Regina that she wants to like her; it's everybody. Regina's just the best conduit to that. As long as Gretchen stays in Regina's inner circle, she's popular by association. Once Cady's plan to destroy Regina is complete and she deposes Regina, Gretchen drops Regina like a bad habit and is #TeamCady.
Similarly, at the very end of the film, after Girl World has imploded, we learn that Gretchen's found a new queen bee to follow and has joined the "cool Asians" clique, despite not being Asian. The last time we see her, she's made herself over to look like the rest of the clique and she's gossiping in broken Vietnamese with her girls over lunch.
Gretchen isn't loyal to Regina, Cady, or whoever the queen of the cool Asians is. Gretchen's loyal to power.
Meteorologist in the Making
While Gretchen's a hungry social climber, Karen just wants to look pretty and be told what to do. To that end, she's a realist. She's not the brightest bulb in the box, and she knows it. Check out this conversation she has with Cady:
CADY: You're not stupid, Karen.
KAREN: No. I am, actually. I'm failing almost everything.
CADY: Well, there must be something you're good at.
KAREN: I'm kind of psychic. I have a fifth sense.
CADY: What do you mean?
KAREN: It's like I have ESPN or something. My breasts can always tell when it's gonna rain.
CADY: Really? That's amazing.
KAREN: Well, they can tell when it's raining.
Karen may not be honor roll material, but she has a positive attitude and she knows how to use her strengths—and we don't mean her "fifth sense." We're talking about her easygoing nature and her looks. They're a natural fit for The Plastics.
Regina's happy to have a super-loyal soldier who has the right look, and Karen's stoked to have a support system and to sail through the choppy waters of high school being pretty and occasionally treating herself to Taco Bell.
Ms. Norbury (Tina Fey)
By her own admission, Ms. Norbury is a pusher. (No, not drugs.)
Being a pusher isn't necessarily a bad quality. In fact, for a teacher or coach, it's often a great quality. The thing is, Ms. Norbury's not a very good pusher. As she tells Mr. Duvall (an equally ineffective adult, BTW), she pushed her husband into law school, and now they're divorced.
Ms. Norbury pushes Cady to flex her math muscles. First, she tries to get her to join Mathletes:
MS. NORBURY: Cady, I hope you do join Mathletes, you know, because we start in a couple weeks, and I would love to have a girl on the team, just, you know, so the team could meet a girl.
Cady blows it off. Next, when she notices that Cady's failing her class on purpose to cozy up to Aaron, Ms. Norbury keeps it real with Cady and tells her not to dumb herself down for some guy. That doesn't stop Cady. Ms. Norbury's tuned into her students and means well, but, as a pusher, she's not cutting the mustard.
Until the girls go wild, that is. When Regina drops the Burn Book on North Shore, and the junior girls go boom, Ms. Norbury's forced to take charge. She leads the girls in a clique-busting workshop at Mr. Duvall's request, and she even doles out some helpful advice:
NORBURY: […] You all have got to stop calling each other sluts and whores. It just makes it okay for guys to call you sluts and whores.
In true Norbury fashion, though, the workshop is eventually derailed by the students. Janis tells the entire class about her and Cady's plan to ruin Regina's life. Regina storms out of the workshop. Regina and Cady take their beef to the school's front yard. And Regina gets hit by a bus.
Double whoops.
Ultimately, Ms. Norbury does get Cady to join Mathletes, and the junior girls' cliques do collapse upon themselves like so many dying, back-biting stars, so that's good. At the same time, she's investigated by the police for dealing drugs and one of her workshop students gets hit by a bus and breaks her spine, so… when it comes to Ms. Norbury's effectiveness as an adult in this teen-dominated Girl World, we're going to be kind and call this a draw.
Cady's Mom and Dad (Ana Gasteyer and Neil Flynn)
Cady's mom and dad love her like crazy, but, like Ms. Norbury, they aren't very helpful. Don't get us wrong: they've done a wonderful job homeschooling Cady and raising her to be a levelheaded teen.
Once she's dropped into public school, though, they're kind of lost.
Her dad in particular seems to have spent the past twelve years not in Africa, but on Jupiter. When Cady reveals that she's failing calculus, he grounds her, after struggling to remember what the world for grounding someone is. Later, when Cady leaves the house despite being grounded, Cady's dad is flummoxed:
CADY'S MOM: Where's Cady?
CADY'S DAD: She went out.
CADY'S MOM: She's grounded.
CADY'S DAD: Are they not allowed out when they're grounded?
No, dude. They're not.
Maybe Cady's dad has never seen a movie or watched a TV show or read a book. But we doubt it. As the parent of a newly socialized sixteen-year-old, he's in over his head. Just like Cady's mom, Cady's dad means well, but he isn't always the most effective parent.
Mrs. George (Amy Poehler)
We see Regina's dad very, very briefly, sobbing as his daughter poses in her barely-there Halloween costume.
Her mom, on the other hand, is a constant presence, desperate to be "just one of the girls." She's not interested in being a mother, she's interested in being in The Plastics, and she sucks up to her own daughter like she's Bethany, a.k.a. the girl who thought it was awesome when Regina punched her in the face one time.
Regina's not impressed with her mom's offers of mocktails and "fashionable" sweatsuits. In fact, she treats her mom and her quest for coolness like an embarrassing nuisance and…her mom just takes itL
MRS. GEORGE: Just want you to know, if you need anything, don't be shy, okay? There are no rules in this house. I'm not like a regular mom. I'm a cool mom. Right, Regina?
REGINA: Please stop talking.
MRS. GEORGE: Okay.
As the most popular girl in school, Regina doesn't need any more friends. She needs a mom, someone who can show her how to make good decisions and instill some solid values in her that don't involve breast implants or sports cars. Regina may put the "mean" in Mean Girls, but Mrs. George's superficial, lackluster parenting seems to have put the mean in Regina.


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by Candice Scharf	May 14, 2012
In a recent article, Lin Noueihed and Terek Amara discuss the racism and fear of harassment Tunisian Jews have experienced since the overthrow of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. The island of Djerba, home to one of North Africa's largest Jewish communities, has historically been a point of pilgrimage, internationally drawing Jews to El Ghriba synagogue to commemorate the anniversary of the death of a second-century Jewish scholar. Over the past two years, Jews have been wary to make this pilgrimage because of political uncertainty in the country. Noueihed and Amara explain:
Sitting in his jewelry shop in Djerba's covered souk, David Bitan said life for Tunisia's Jews was changing, much as it has for all Tunisians since the revolt. Business had yet to recover and the instability that dogs Tunisia affected them too.
"We are not afraid of Salafis who talk too much. We're afraid of those who say nothing, then do something," said Bitan.
"Things have changed since the revolution. Before, people were afraid of the police. Now, we are under pressure. The police is weak, so racism is increasing. People are not afraid."
The pilgrimage to Djerba, which attracted a peak number of 10,000 pilgrims in 2000, was cancelled last year because visitors were reluctant to wade into the charged political environment of the Arab Spring. Less than 100 made the journey.
Ahead of this year's event around May 9 – the anniversary of the death of a second century Jewish scholar – Tunisia's new Islamist-led government has been at pains to assure Jews that they are welcome.
But news of occasional unrest, such as a day of clashes between police and protesters on April 9, still spooks visitors thinking of making the pilgrimage, mainly from Germany and France.
Tunisia's Jewish community once numbered 100,000 people. But fear, poverty and discrimination prompted several waves of emigration after the creation of Israel in 1948. Many left after the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Most went to France or Israel.
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Candice Scharf is a consultant with the SSRC's program on Religion and Public Sphere. She is a Master's graduate from New York University's Center for Global Affairs, where she majored in Global Affairs and specialized in International Relations. She has a great interest in religion's effect on international affairs and completed her Master's thesis on religion's effect on Middle Eastern foreign policy.
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Posted on May 9, 2013 · Posted in Pilots & Everyone Else
WWII veteran, prisoner of war, accomplished test pilot, pace plane for the Unlimited Reno races, air show pilot – R.A. "Bob" Hoover was considered by Jimmy Doolittle to be "…the greatest stick and rudder man who ever lived.
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Machines alone could not have pushed the airplane forward. It took courage, and out of the box thinking. This film, about the authentic life of a dedicated American and our greatest living aviator, R.A. "Bob" Hoover, shows how by pushing the edge of the flight envelope, a handful of pilots enabled aviation to be safer for others — indefinitely.
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Tim Davenport (b. 1961) is an independent scholar from Corvallis, Oregon. He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Oregon State University. He has been a very active content-writer for Wikipedia since 2008, concentrating on early 20th century political biography and the history of political organizations. He is the creator of the Early American Marxism website (marxisthistory.org) and a long-time volunteer with Marxists Internet Archive (marxists.org) and regularly contributes scans of rare material to the Internet Archive (archive.org).
He has co-edited The "American Exceptionalism" of Jay Lovestone and His Comrades, 1929-1940 with Paul LeBlanc [Haymarket, 2018] and The Selected Works of Eugene V. Debs with David Walters [in six volumes, Haymarket, 2019–].
Davenport is a member of the Organization of American Historians, Historians of American Communism, Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, and the Labor and Working Class History Association. He is also an active collector of political books and pamphlets.
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A career in internal medicine in Malaysia can be a rewarding and fulfilling choice for medical professionals. Internal medicine, also known as general internal medicine or general medicine, is a medical speciality that focuses on diagnosing, treating, and managing acute and chronic illnesses in adults.
Internal medicine doctors, also known as internists, are medical doctors who specialize in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. They are trained to provide comprehensive care to adults, including physical examinations, diagnostic testing, and treatment for a wide range of conditions affecting the body's major organ systems.
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To pursue a career in internal medicine in Malaysia, medical professionals must complete their medical degree and then complete postgraduate training in internal medicine, typically involving a combination of classroom learning through Continuing Medical Education (CME)s and clinical or practical training. Upon completion of this training, candidates must pass the MRCP (UK) exams OR the final year Master Program exit exams to become fully qualified internists in Malaysia.
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Listed here are the subspecialties that are recognised in our National Specialist Register (NSR).
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Maria is a senior speech pathologist and has over 20 years experience, working at Autism Spectrum Australia in NSW, as a clinical educator at Latrobe University and has lectured in Singapore on ASD. She is responsible for all things clinical. Renato has over 20 years experience working in large and small businesses. He is currently working on his Doctorate which is related to patient feedback on health care services. He does everything else! Their children provide support by volunteering in the office and reception and you will often see them in and about Ladybug House. They will be part of the interview process!
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HIGHEST POINT = LA SOUFRIERE 1,234 m (4,049 ft)
MAIN RIVER = COLONARIE RIVER
MAIN MOUNTAINS = LA SOUFRIERE AND GRAND BONHOMME
CLIMATE = TROPICAL (HOT & HUMID)
CALLING CODE = DIAL 011+784+PHONE NUMBER
DRIVES ON = LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD
RELIGION = MAINLY CHRISTIAN
INDEPENDENCE = 27th OCTOBER, 1979 (FROM BRITAIN)
NATIONAL HOLIDAY = INDEPENDENCE DAY, 27th OCTOBER
GOVERNMENT = PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
HEAD OF STATE = KING CHARLES III
MAIN SPORT = SOCCER, ATHLETICS AND NETBALL
MAJOR INDUSTRIES = AGRICULTURE, FLOUR MILLING, TOURISM, FORESTRY AND RUM DISTILLING
MAIN EXPORTS = BANANAS, COPRA, STARCH AND TARO
NATURAL RESOURCES = HYDROPOWER AND CROPLAND
AGRICULTURE = BANANAS, VEGETABLES, COCONUT AND SUGAR
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES !!!
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines were one of the last Caribbean islands to be colonized by the Europeans. This was mainly due to the Carib Indians, who were the inhabitants of the islands at the time. They were aggressive, and had sufficient force to hold of their intruders until the eighteenth century.
The Caribs, along with escaped slaves from neighboring islands merged to form a new ethnic group, know as the Black Caribs, whose descendants can be found living on the islands today.
The French were the first European country to gain control of the island in 1719. They began cultivating coffee, tobacco, sugar and cotton on plantations, using enslaved Africans as the workforce.
In 1763, after a series of battles with the British, this led to the Treaty of Paris, which granted St Vincent to the British.
The French would briefly assume control of the island once again from 1779-1783, until it was restored back to Britain, by the Treaty of Versailles in 1783.
Just like the French before them, the British also shipped in African slaves to work mainly in the sugar and tobacco plantations.
Slavery was finally abolished in 1834, resulting in labor shortages on the plantations. To fix this, Portuguese and Indian workers were brought in increase productivity.
In 1902, the La Soufriere Volcano, located near the northern tip of the main island of St Vincent, violently erupted, killing 1,700 people and completely destroying the countries crops.
On Oct 27th, 1979, the island of St Vincent was granted full independence, although it became a constitutional monarchy, with King Charles III as head of state.
Shortly thereafter, the political entity became known officially as St Vincent and the Grenadines. This was after most of the smaller islands had sought individual independence.
INTEReSTING FACTS !!!
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a group of islands, situated in the Caribbean Sea. It lies to the south of Saint Lucia, the west of Barbados and north of Grenada. It's part of a region called the West Indies.
A cay is a sand island located on the surface of a coral reef.
The main inhabited islands of the Grenadines are called, Mustique, Union island, Bequia and Canouan. The others are privately owned. Lucky suckers.!!!!
Their name was bestowed by Christopher Columbus on his discovery of the islands in 1498.
St Vincent of Saragossa was a Spanish saint, and "Grenadines" derives from the Spanish word for "pomegranate," which symbolizes the smaller islands (early settlers thought the island's shape to be that of the fruit).
The main island of Saint Vincent was originally called "Youloumain" by it's early inhabitants.
The main island of Saint Vincent is 29 km (18 miles) long, and 18 km (11 miles) wide. It has a rugged mountainous terrain covered by lush forests.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a total stunning coastline of 84 kilometers (52 miles).
All of the Grenadine islands are famous for their white beaches and rich greenery.
Half of the population of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines live in rural areas, of which 25% are employed in farming.
The climate of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is tropical. Although it is hot and humid all year round, from December to April is probably the best time to visit, as the nights are a wee bit cooler.
The highest point on St Vincent is the volcanic peak of "La Soufriere." It reaches a height of 1,234 meters (4,049 ft), and also has a lake in the crater.
The massive Volcano, La Soufriere, takes up one third of the island of St Vincent. It last erupted in 1979, but when it erupted in 1902, it killed nearly 2,000 people and totally destroyed all their plantations.
On Friday, April 9th, 2021, around 16,000 people had to flee their ash-covered communities after the latest eruption of La Soufriere on the Caribbean island of St Vincent. Explosions and accompanying ashfall is expected over the next few days as the volcano continues to erupt. Thankfully, there is no reports of anyone being killed or injured by the initial blast or those that followed.
La Soufriere (Volcano)
Many Volcanoes in the Caribbean are called Soufriere (French for "Sulphur outlet").
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are unfortunately in the Atlantic Ocean Hurricane Belt, therefore, they are prone to flash floods and hurricanes almost every year.
Due to numerous volcano eruptions, as well as deforestation in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, it's wildlife was badly effected. However, it is not completely bare, so you will get to see some wildlife, such as the Lesser Antillean whistling frog, cane toads, lizards, geckos and the common iguana. There is also several species of bats to be found here.
There are 5 airports and 7 ports of entry in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. They are required for the tens of thousands of tourists that visits it's shores every year.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a tropical paradise and is a very popular destination for weddings and honeymoons. It has won numerous awards for the best honeymoon islands in the Caribbean.
With it's lush natural beauty and stunning landscape, there's plenty to see and do, once you arrive in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Whether it's diving and snorkeling the beautiful reefs and shipwrecks, wandering the breathtaking botanic gardens, hiking the slumbering volcano or following the Vermont nature trail, you won't be disappointed.
If you were to pop over to the small island of Mustique, you just might bump into a celebrity on holidays, who could pay up to $200,000 a week, just to stay there.
One of the most visited sites in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the Botanic Gardens in Kingstown. It is one of the oldest gardens of its kind in the tropical world. The protection of the most rarest species of plants has been going on here since 1765.
Botanic Garden, Kingstown
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a safe country to visit, as it has a very low crime rate. The locals are well known for their warm welcome and friendliness.
Bananas are big business in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, accounting for up to 50% of the island's income.
The national dish of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is roasted breadfruit and fried jack fish.
The national flag of St Vincent and the Grenadines was officially adopted on Oct 12, 1985. The blue is a symbol of the sky and sea, gold is for the sunshine and the golden sand of the Grenadines, and green is for abundant vegetation. The Gems of Antilles (centered) are placed in the shape of a V, one that represents St Vincent.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, like many of the other small islands in the Caribbean, do not maintain a standing army. The Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadine police force, which also includes the Coast Guard, Special Services Unit, Rapid Response Unit, Drug Squad, and the Anti-Trafficking Unit, are all responsible for maintaining national security.
Parts of the Pirates and the Caribbean movies were filmed here.
In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, you'll hear lots of lively Caribbean music, including reggae, calypso and soca.
The adult literacy rate in St Vincent and the Grenadines is 95.63%, while the life expectancy is 72.42 years.


Thomas Fogarty Winery is one of the Santa Cruz Mountain's most respected and historic producers. The winery dates from 1978 when Dr. Thomas Fogarty, a Stanford Cardiovascular Surgeon and world-renowned inventor, planted what are now the Winery Estate vineyards. Before launching his winery, Fogarty had fallen in love with the wines of Burgundy in the 70's, and sought out cooler, mountainous, ocean-influenced vineyards that had already proven a good home for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay at such wineries as Mt Eden. The winery property, located directly west of Palo Alto and Stanford University, sits on Skyline Blvd. at a 2000 foot elevation. The long, cool growing season and excellent sun exposure provide an ideal climate for these great Burgundian varieties.
In addition to the Winery Estate property, the Fogarty's later planted Gist Ranch Estate in 1999. This 100-acre parcel is located 17 miles south of the winery and 14.5 miles from the Pacific Ocean and forms the base for the wines under the Lexington label. The property features 14 acres of grapes including Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, and Pinot Gris. Gist Ranch sits atop a ridge at 2300 feet above sea level and, while a bit warmer than the Winery Estate, is a relatively cool climate for Bordeaux varietals and is influenced by the Pacific Ocean to the west. The long growing season produces nuanced and complex Bordeaux-styled wines in both blended and single-varietal versions.
The Santa Cruz Mountains is one of the most exciting, interesting and undiscovered wine regions in California. Antonio Galloni calls it "California's best kept secret [and] home to some of the world's greatest vineyards and wines". We couldn't agree more. Not only does the region share the cool-climate, large diurnal shift qualities as some other coastal regions like the far Sonoma Coast and Santa Rita Hills. But it is also geologically diverse compared to these other regions, producing soil-driven wines that are more restrained and savory than most CA wines – even so-called "cool-climate" wines - with layers of complexity, energy and focus. Thomas Fogarty most definitely epitomizes the greatness of the Santa Cruz Mountains terroir.


The City of Fort Smith is eager to comply with Freedom of Information requests, as provided by Arkansas state law. The Arkansas Press Association has an excellent handbook available that makes the law clear for citizens requesting information and for those of us responsible for meeting or exceeding the requirements for complying with the citizen's request.
Paper copies of existing documents are available for inspection and can be reproduced for 25 cents per page. The preferred media for meeting requests for large amounts of documents is CD, DVD, or a jump drive.
In many cases, citizens may prefer to simply inspect the documents where they are stored and earmark which, if any, digital or paper documents they wish to take with them.
If you have an FOIA request, please contact Karen Santos at karen.santos@fortsmithar.gov. She will route your request to the appropriate department for fulfillment of your request.


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Rand McNally Introduces a Revolutionary Connected Car Device with the Power to Modernize Any Vehicle
Today at the Chicago Auto Show, Rand McNally - the country's most trusted source for maps, navigation and travel content - reveals OverDryve™, a revolutionary connected-car device that brings advanced luxury-car features to mainstream automobiles.
OverDryve™ is an elegant dashboard tablet that provides a combination of entertainment, information, navigation, and safety features. It makes an ordinary drive more engaging, enjoyable and safe - all for less than $400.
"The vast majority of the 250 million U.S. cars and light trucks on the road today don't have sophisticated electronics - features such as voice recognition and control, hands-free texting and forward collision detection, just to name a few," said Stephen Fletcher, CEO of Rand McNally. "OverDryve™ upgrades ordinary vehicles by providing an advanced connected-car experience for a fraction of the cost of a high-end luxury car."
Designed with drivers in mind, OverDryve™ provides simple and intuitive access to:
* A voice-controlled smart assistant
* Hands-free calling and texting
* Music from drivers' favorite sources
* Audible news, weather, traffic and sports
* Forward collision warnings
* A dash camera and available high-resolution wireless backup camera
* Customizable gauge clusters and vehicle information
* Available tire pressure monitoring
* Award-winning trip planning and navigation
* An FM radio
* Wired and wireless connectivity to in-dash radios
* And available roadside assistance and accident notification
Everything about OverDryve™ was designed with the driver in mind. It features an elegant user display that provides access to key items at a glance. It comes with a clever, easy to install magnetic mount, making attaching and removing the device a snap. Keeping safety at the forefront, some OverDryve™ features are disabled while the device is on the mount and in driver mode. Off the mount - for passengers in the car or after the drive - OverDryve™ is a fully loaded entertainment tablet that can be used to watch movies, access social media, and check email.
Celebrating its 160th anniversary this year, Rand McNally has undergone a quiet transformation into a technology company in recent years. A major player in the commercial transportation markets - for 80 years - the company has leveraged its fast-growing telematics and fleet management expertise along with its award-winning commercial navigation to create a highly advanced, connected-car device that is affordable and can be used in any car or truck.
"Rand McNally has been helping people discover, map and navigate for 160 years. While we are most widely known for our best-selling Road Atlases, during the past several years we have transformed into an innovative technology company for the consumer and commercial transportation markets - businesses that now comprise 70 percent of the company's revenue," added Fletcher. "OverDryve™ is the latest technology product to come from this ongoing effort."


New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has played in 188 games (including playoffs) in his 13 seasons in the NFL, but not one of those games has come at Seattle's notoriously-loud CenturyLink Field. In fact, Brady has yet to face just two teams on the road in his career – the Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers.
Brady is set to make his Emerald City debut when his Patriots meet the Seahawks for a Week 6 matchup that will pit New England's No. 1-ranked offense against Seattle's No. 1-ranked defense.
In a Tuesday press conference, the three-time Super Bowl winner and two-time NFL MVP Brady commented on the challenge he faces in silencing the Seahawks' "12th Man" on Sunday at CenturyLink Field.
"…I think what has more to do with the crowd noise is the fact that they can really play football," said Brady. "They have a really good defense, the best one in the league – statistically, top five in almost every category. They have players and the defensive line is excellent, a very good group of linebackers and certainly the secondary, three of those guys were in the Pro Bowl. They can play defense and they get it going and offensively if we make a bunch of mistakes, I'm sure it will be very loud for us, but hopefully if we get the ball in the end zone it will quiet it down. But I think that's going to be our challenge.
Sunday's kickoff is set for 1:05 p.m.


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Participating Agencies - AFRL
AFRL
Opportunity at Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
Energetic Nanocluster Thin Films
Munitions Directorate, RW/Ordnance Division
RO# Location
13.45.02.B6624 Eglin Air Force Base, FL 325426810
Name E-mail Phone
Lindsay, C. Michael c.lindsay@us.af.mil (850) 882-1543
Metallic fuels are attractive alternatives to organic fuels in energetic materials, due to their higher energy densities and favorable mechanical properties. However, so far the addition of reactive metals into explosive systems has had limited application, primarily because of the relatively slow rate of energy release. It has been proposed that to overcome this limitation, the domain sizes of the fuel be reduced to the nanoscale, where the kinetics may reasonably be expected to approach those of conventional molecular explosives. Investigations of such nanometric metal fuel particles have been limited to a small number of systems and are complicated because oxidation at the surface of the fuel particles is difficult to avoid. At the smallest domain sizes, where the kinetics should be most favorable, the oxide layer at the surface of the metal fuel particles makes up a significant portion of the total volume, thereby introducing unacceptable amounts of inert material. Recent promising experiments have revealed that certain compositions and morphologies of nanometric clusters (e.g., Al13-) are preferentially resistant to unintentional oxidation. A new research program underway at AFRL/MN aims to use modern cluster beam deposition techniques to search through a wide range of nanocluster compositions and morphologies-quickly-and to produce sufficient quantities of material to evaluate their macroscopic energetics and stability. Nanoclusters produced by laser vaporization, buffer-gas condensation and/or supersonic expansion in vacuum will be formed into a beam and soft-landed onto a substrate. Varieties of pure and mixed clusters will be explored and include novel metal/metal-oxide core-shell nanoclusters as a means of improving the intimate contact between the oxidizer and fuel. The composition, morphology, and reactivity of these nanoclusters will be probed before and after deposition using conventional spectroscopies, mass-spectrometry, calorimetry, and surface science methods.
Nanoclusters; Thermites; Core-shell particle; Rare gas clusters; Spectroscopy; Soft-landing; Deposition; Thin film; UHV; Surface science;
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The Maritime Minute
The Maritime Minute Newsletter
News From The Maritime Cabotage Task Force
LATEST NEWS: Effective today, American Maritime Partnership (AMP) is the new name for the Maritime Cabotage Task Force, the largest coalition of maritime interests in the United States, which has been in operation since 1995. The new moniker better reflects the coalition's focus on the domestic maritime industry's role in promoting national, homeland, and economic security. To increase awareness of itself in the social media world, AMP has launched a new website: www.americanmaritimepartnership.com, and has new social media applications on Facebook and Twitter. "A strong domestic maritime industry is critical to our national security, makes our homeland more secure, and fosters nearly 500,000 American jobs," said James Henry, President of the Transportation Institute and Chairman of the Board of Directors of AMP. "The American Maritime Partnership will continue to support policies that help ensure ample U.S. sealift capacity to defend our nation; keep America's waterways secure with strong laws and oversight of the U.S. government; and work to sustain the nearly 500,000 jobs and $100-plus billion in annual economic output that follow in the industry's wake." Click here to read more.
DID YOU KNOW? During Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (2002-2010), U.S.-flag commercial vessels, including ships drawn from the domestic trades, transported 63 percent of all military cargos moved to Afghanistan and Iraq.


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Ю́рій Іва́нович Мізу́нський (нар. 18 березня 1988 — пом. 17 червня 2014, Щастя, Луганська область) — солдат 3 батальйону окремої тактичної групи 80-ї окремої аеромобільної бригади (місто Чернівці).

Життєпис
Народився 1988 року у місті Чернівці. 2003-го закінчив 9 класів чернівецької ЗОШ № 38; по тому — Чернівецький політехнічний технікум. Навчався в Чернівецькому національному університеті ім. Юрія Федьковича за спеціальністю «радіотехніка». До участі в АТО Юрій Мізунський працював на приватному підприємстві, де зварював арматурні сітки для будівництва.

Мобілізований в квітні 2014 року; з травня перебував в зоні боїв. Гранатометник 87-го окремого аеромобільного батальйоу 80-ї окремої бригади.

17 червня 2014-го загинув у бою з терористами в районі селища Металіст на околицях Луганська. Терористи атакували із засідки колону військових. Тоді ж полягли старший лейтенант Владислав Файфура, сержант Віктор Мігован, молодший сержант Ігор Крисоватий, старший солдат Віктор Піцул, солдат Максим Доник, солдат Ілля Валявський, солдат Ілля Леонтій та молодший сержант Володимир Якобчук.

22 червня 2014 року похований в Чернівцях на Садгірському кладовищі.

Без Юрія лишились батьки та сестра.

Нагороди та відзнаки
 Орден «За мужність» III ступеня (2014, посмертно)
 Почесна відзнака Чернівецької міської ради Медаль «На славу Чернівців» (2015, посмертно).
 почесна відзнака «Командира 80 ОДШБр» (посмертно)
 в чернівецькій ЗОШ № 38 Юрію Мізунському встановлено меморіальну дошку
 4 червня 2015 року 64-та сесія Чернівецької міської ради прийняла рішення про перейменування вулиці 26 Бакинських комісарів на вулицю Мізунського Юрія.

Див. також
 Втрати силових структур внаслідок російського вторгнення в Україну (2014)
 Список загиблих внаслідок російського вторгнення в Україну 2014
 Список військовослужбовців, які зникли безвісти під час АТО

Примітки

Джерела
 Мізунський Юрій Іванович Книга пам'яті загиблих
 Український Меморіал

Уродженці Чернівців
Померли в Новоайдарському районі
Нагороджені медаллю «На славу Чернівців»
поховані в Чернівцях
Люди, на честь яких названі вулиці

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