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Feminism, Pop-Culture | Posted by Julie Z on 10/10/2009
Gwen: The Homeless Doll
I'm not kidding. The same people who brought you Rebecca Rubin, Jewish doll by day, eco terrorist by night, are now introducing Gwen, the Homeless Doll.
Now, I've had my problems with the American Girl Dolls in the past. Mainly, I feel that in a lot of ways, though they may be trying to introduce young girls to the concept that, "hey, everybody is different" they are in many ways stereotyping diversity ("You're Jewish? Do you come with candlesticks and your bubbie's blanket, too?). But this new doll is just something else completely.
On the one hand, I think spreading awareness about homelessness is definitely a positive thing. We tend to think of the homeless as drug-addicted bums, but especially in this economy that's not always the case (each year, 1.35 million children experience homelessness in the US – making up 50% of the homeless population over the course of the year). Which may be why this doll looks the way she does (i.e. she is somebody who could sit next to you in English class).
So maybe, just to give Mattel the benefit of the doubt, this was an attempt at social awareness and starting a dialogue about the state of homelessness in our country. But they didn't do a very good job at it. Andrea Peyser described this doll pretty well in her article for the Post, writing:
In the history books that come with every American Girl doll…you learn that Gwen's father walked out on the family. Her mother lost her job….Mother and daughter started bedding down in a car…For $95 — more than your average homeless person would dream of spending on a rather mediocre baby substitute — Gwen Thompson can be yours. A mixed message if ever there was one.
I think that's the thing that gets me the most – none of the $95 price tag is going towards helping the homeless in any way. That's truly the element that makes this feel like exploitation to me rather than a lesson in social awareness.
Also – what makes a doll homeless? If we're NOT relying on stereotypes here – which I assume we're not because the point of his doll hypothetically is to raise awareness and prove that homeless people are just like you or me – what are we talking about here, how can this be developed any further? Clearly a homeless doll is a stereotype in and of itself.
This doll makes people feel uncomfortable – probably because it's so far outside of the idealistic realm we like our dolls to represent (hello – barbie and body standards for one). We like our dolls to be pretty and perfect and have beautiful lives that almost never represent our own lives in any way. So here is a doll that represents something real (although how well she represents that something is pretty debatable), that could possibly teach a child a lesson (if used correctly as a teaching toy…and that's a big if) rather than instill lessons of unhealthy body image.
If this didn't feel like exploitation or a weird type of tokenism it could possibly be a good idea.
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Shannon @ at 11:36 am, October 10th, 2009
The money aspect really bothers me too. I had five American Girl dolls growing up (Felicity, Kirsten, Addy, Samantha, and Molly, in case you're wondering), but I'm 26 and at that time the company was privately owned. Nowadays they're a division of Mattel. Also they weren't as pricey, though they were definitely an indulgence.
My parents got me the dolls because of the books and accessories. It was a way for me to relate to history. They're not perfect- lots of happy endings, some stereotyping- but they plant a seed of curiosity. But learning about Victorian America was a lot more fun with a little harness to hold tiny school books and a locket that matched Samantha's.
I think this is a good way for kids to learn about homelessness without feeling like they're eating their vegetables. It's a relatible story concerning a subject they're going to encounter fairly quickly in life. Just like I found ways to identify with girls a hundred years ago (she has a composition book too!), they'll find little things that are familiar in Gwen's story.
It's the money factor that bugs me. I hate that these dolls are so expensive, putting history only in the hands of the affluent. And having a "homeless" doll cost $95 disgusts me the way the show Survivor does- poverty becomes a novelty, an entertainment to the bored and comfortable.
Mattel makes a bundle off of these dolls. There's no reason they couldn't make this a charitable endeavor.
ellecarter @ at 11:39 am, October 10th, 2009
Both my sister and I had a a couple American girl dolls. For us it was something special to share and bond with my grandmother over. I loved taking my doll on trips and dressing her up for special occasions. And honestly in a society where Barbie unfortunately rains supreme you have to admit the America Girl Dolls are a breath of fresh air. I mean the first books i read were American Girls Doll books. But I have to agree a homeless doll does make you scratch your head. I totally get many family are having a terribly tough time in this econmy, but lets get uncomfortably real, the kids that could probably relate the most to Gwen most likely can't afford her right now. Like I said uncomfortable, but sad and true.
Alex Catgirl @ at 1:01 pm, October 10th, 2009
idk, I think the doll is a good idea because I live/grew up in a city that has lots of homeless people,some of whom are quite scary.
Like Babs, the crazy homeless lady that threatens to chop people up and eat them. It's very disconcerting at 3am when it's just you and Babs on the street… Has she lost the last of her marbles? Should I be running for my life?
Or the Nyquil cowboy, who is always stoned on…something I'm probably better off not knowing about.
Babs and the cowboy are not unusual, many homeless people have mental disorders and/or have severe substance/alcohol abuse problems. not to mention the criminals who hide among the homeless that the police keep warning us about.
Soo girls like Gwen are forgotten about as they are invisible – the quite, slightly more dishevelled girl who's sitting next to me on the train.
Alexis @ at 6:00 pm, October 10th, 2009
I read about this in the Huff Post. It is absolutely ridiculous.
The company has totally changed since Mattel bought it from the Pleasant Company. I was obsessed when I was younger, begged my parents for the dolls after reading the books (I don't even know how many times).
I think Mattel's ownership has stripped the dolls of their original purpose …
Criss @ at 9:58 pm, October 10th, 2009
I think we need to remember that most girls read the books — where we find out about Gwen and her story, and realize that "homeless" doesn't mean the crazy alcoholic bum sitting on a street corner — and don't own the dolls. The books are accessible to all; first of all, they're a heck of a lot cheaper than the dolls, but even if you don't have the $5.95 because, like Gwen, your dad lost his job, then you can borrow the books from your school's library or from the public library, for free.
American Girl does donate money regularly to several charities that help children, one of which is HomeAid, which does work to end homelessness. I doubt this doll will be a big seller — at $95 each, few girls have more than one doll these days (Shannon, I can't believe you had FIVE. But, as you said, the company was not part of Mattel then, and the price was lower). Most girls, if they buy the American Girl dolls at all, will by the title character from their favorite book. Gwen is a major character in Chrissa's books, but doesn't have books of her own. Girls who follow those story lines are more likely to want Chrissa than Gwen.
So, if you think about it, donating a percentage of the proceeds from the doll wouldn't be much money anyway.
On the other hand, if you want to express your dissatisfaction with the way Mattel and American Girl are handling this, why not make a donation to a homeless shelter yourself? Take the $95 you're not using toward the doll and give it to people in need. Or donate 95 minutes of your time at a food bank or soup kitchen.
RebJ @ at 11:42 pm, October 10th, 2009
I loved reading American girl books when I was little. Samantha was my favorite. I learned how to insert a tampon from reading "the Body Book for Girls". I cured my boredom by checking out crafts/activities in the magazines.
But now, I think they have lost their charm; the American Girl company has turned into another massive corporation that encourages materialism and consumerism in today's youth. When I was young, it was just fun to read the new Kit book or do crafts from AG magazines. Now, girls HAVE to have a $100 plastic doll to join the fun. The magazines encourage girls to be creative and innovative–but the price for that is buying their latest (and rather pricey) "how to _____" book. Its not really empowering/inspiring/fun anymore.
So I'm not really suprised to see them coming out with a "homeless doll" and a "jewish doll" now. Anything goes for them if they can make money off it. I just hope people realize that, and give their daughters something more meaningful to grow up with.
Jenna @ at 9:33 pm, October 11th, 2009
This is a doll with, what is at heart, a good message. Even though your mommy and daddy can afford to buy you a $95 doll, there are other little girls living in their cars. Who knows, it might inspire little girls to do something about homelessness.
toongrrl @ at 1:49 pm, October 12th, 2009
Anybody notice that most of the American Girls are wealthy? This doll looks like she's from a steretypical conneticut country club. I don't really hate American Girl, I just point out it's flaws.
Vanilla ninja @ at 10:48 pm, October 12th, 2009
I don't know how I feel about this. On one hand awareness is good but on the other hand it's ironic and not in a good way. What I think would be great though is if a bunch of these were donated to little girls who don't have as much as the girls who's parents can afford this
Sarah @ at 1:01 am, October 13th, 2009
When I was like, six, I had a dollhouse. I had a mommy doll, a daddy doll, a sister and a brother, grandparents, and outside the house in a gray blanket was the homeless lady!
If this doll spreads awareness, I see no problem.
Rose @ at 1:19 am, October 13th, 2009
I think it's good in that it's likely one of the only chances for upper-middle-class and rich girls to understand the real problems of homelessness and poverty in our country. As I said when Jezebel covered this, I went to a high school (I'm in college now) where the majority of students were fairly well-off, and many of them were raised with the idea that if you're poor, it's your own fault for not trying hard enough. I can't tell you how often I ran up against this born-on-third-base-but-thinks-s/he-hit-a-triple mentality, especially during the election season when it seemed like everybody was a "libertarian" and supported Ron Paul. So if this doll means that more rich kids are aware of their economic privilege, understand that poverty/homelessness is a more complicated problem than their parents might make it out to be, and feel obligated to do something to help the less fortunate, then I consider it progress. It doesn't mean the ideas behind the doll are perfect, but it's a step in the right direction.
MLS @ at 6:31 am, October 13th, 2009
There was recently an article about this on Jezebel (jezebel.com, check it out!).
In my family, American girl dolls were a big thing. My sister and I had two apiece. However, there was a requirement. We had to read all the books for that particular doll and then we would get in on the next major holiday.
Obviously, this didn't span beyond two dolls because they're just so darn expensive, but our parents were simultaneously teaching us about work for reward, the importance of reading, and whatever history was in the books. If a girl really decides she wants one of these dolls, the parents should make sure she knows something about her by reading the books or doing a report. She's learning about something, not just playing costly dress-up.
Jenna @ at 6:25 pm, October 13th, 2009
This doll looks like she's from a CT country club?
You know, for girls who don't want to perpetuate stereotypes, that's what you're doing. What was the company supposed to do? Maybe you should email them and recommend that this doll have unkempt hair and some dirt all over her face!
Eresbel @ at 11:53 pm, October 13th, 2009
I am a little wary of the way this article talks about stereotypes. The point of these dolls is to share a certain culture with those who aren't a part of it already. Of course there are many different sub-cultures, but what would be the point of creating a Jewish doll to spread the understanding of Jewish culture if the doll's character didn't actually practice or wasn't deeply involved in the culture? What would be the point of Felicity if she just didn't give two ha'pennies about the revolution? Or if Samantha preferred to maintain class hierarchy instead of heralding the rise of the middle class?
"Clearly a homeless doll is a stereotype in and of itself." Why? That is not immediately clear to me. My impression of that quote is that any identity is a stereotype in and of itself.
prpltoz @ at 12:46 am, October 16th, 2009
Can someone please post a link to the evidence that this is actually happening? I went to the American Girl site and do not see Gwen listed. And also posting the link to the original article you found this info in would be great too.
I'm also wondering where all the American Girl bashing is coming from. To me it seems the same as when I was younger, just that now there is more dolls, and more of them b/c all that ones that existed when I was younger are still there too. I feel like there was always the desire to want the stuff in the catalogs so I don't know why people are saying its more about "stuff" than what it used to be.
And if this homeless doll is true, I can see both sides. The stories can really help open girls eyes to things that they may not know about. Though I do think it is ironic that a homeless doll is so expensive.
Chantal @ at 7:53 pm, October 17th, 2009
I appreciate what you have to say, and it makes perfect sense, just watch when you say things like "drug-addicted bums" or atleast make sure to really qualify those statements. As someone who is breaking into the social service field by working with homeless/under-housed and substance using individuals, I have met so many wonderful people who ultimately get labelled that way and are deemed as insignificant. While I understand you're pointing out stereotypes, use of language and discourse in-of-itself perpetuates stereotypes. I guess what I'm trying to ultimately say is that their humanity should be a focus, not the fact that their addicts or bums.
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Mackenzie @ at 5:58 pm, May 29th, 2011
First off, thank you Eresbel and Jenna, for your comments. Julie, I am immediately disturbed by the article by Peyser which you pulled from. The last lines of the article suggest that we should stick with Barbie rather than introduce young girls to new information, cultures, and promote skepticism and critical thinking. Yes, the group of girls who would be able to most closely relate to the Gwen doll will not be able to purchase her but I don't think that means she has nothing positive to offer.
One would not expect me, a white girl living in Utah during the 21st century, to identify With Addy, the African-American runaway slave, yet I remember sobbing in bed one night and calling for my mom after reading that her master forced her to eat tobacco worms.
At age 6 reading Addy's story was the first time I had ever heard of slavery. What I am trying to say is that just because the little girl, who's parents buy her the Gwen doll and books, is not homeless doesn't mean that she cannot take from it an awareness of homelessness well.
I loved American Girl dolls and especially the books when I was little. They were the first books I read and my friends and I would exercise my creativity by playing with the dolls. I would even say that they contributed significantly to my development into the feminist, book-loving, history-buff, and social activist I am today. Barbie never offered me half as much.
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Submitted to: Journal of Theoretical and Applied Genetics
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Publication Date: 2/3/2003
Citation: YAN, H., MUDGE, J., KIM, D., SHOEMAKER, R.C., COOK, D. ESTIMATES OF CONSERVED MICROSYNTENY AMONG THE GENOMES OF SOYBEAN, MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA, AND ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. 2003. v. 106. p. 1256-1265. Interpretive Summary: New technologies are allowing the collection of information about genetic inheritance of important genes at a faster and faster rate. The ability to transfer this information from one species to another would ensure that time and money are saved. It would also reduce redundancy in research efforts. The authors used some of these new technologies to determine how much information might be transferred from one legume to another, soybean. They found that about 38% of the time, regions of the soybean chromosomes were very similar to regions of the chromosomes of the other plant. This means that molecular genetic information gained from the other legume should be immediately transferred to soybean. This should result in information gathering for soybean, an important agricultural crop, can occur much faster and cheaper than previously thought.
Technical Abstract: A hybridization-based approach was used to estimate genome-wide conserved microsynteny between the genomes of Medicago truncatula (Mt) and Glycine max (soybean). A total of 187 soybean bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) subclones and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) probes plus 106 whole BAC clones from contigs of known map position were used in cross-hybridization experiments with a Mt BAC library. Restriction fragment analysis and Southern blot hybridization confirmed that these probes did not contain Mt repetitive DNA. Limited microsynteny was inferred when at least two probes (sequences) from a soybean contig hybridized to a common Mt BAC; extensive microsynteny was inferred when a whole soybean BAC clone hybridized to five or more fragments from a Mt BAC. Of the 50 soybean contig groups examined, 54% showed conserved microsynteny to the Mt genome, including 38% with extensive and 16% with limited conserved microsynteny. In a similar strategy, the degree of conservation among soybean homoeologues was also investigated. The results indicated substantial conservation among soybean homoeologues, with 67.6% showing extensive and 29.7% showing limited conserved microsynteny. We suggest that at least two rounds of large-scale duplications have occured in the soybean lineage. A sequence-based homology search was also performed between the 50 soybean contig groups and the Arabidopsis genome. Depending upon the stringency level, between 6% and 12% of the soybean contig groups exhibited conserved microsynteny with Arabidopsis.


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I was given this unusual gift from my wife over Christmas. Realising I suffer from stress I think she was thinking along the lines of giving me something to hep reduce it and thought this might be a good idea. It cost £6.50 and I have to say it is a good handful.
The colours are almost natural looking, ie skin coloured breast and the darker shade for the nipple and nobbly aerola and it has the natural looking little dimply bumpy bits around the nipple. I'm sure a natural boobie doesn't weigh this much though as this is quite heavy as well as being quite a handful.
It's nice to just give it a squeeze whenever I am feeling stressed out and tweek the nipple up and down when I'm feeling particularly frazzled. It always pops back into place / shape and it's nice to mould it between my hands and fingers. It tweeked and fondled it all the way through Dorian Gray last night (the film we watched on Channel 4) but I think my other half may be getting a bit sick of it now as she keeps sighing when I settle down with it in front of the TV with my pint and the pouffe to rest my legs and I'm finding she's put it away at the back of her drawers.
It's a great novely gift but possibly better to use it when you are alone instead of in front of your loved one as she may get a bit jealous.
This was a little joke present for my boyfriend a few weeks ago after he spent a good few days complaining how stressed out he was about work. I was quite shocked when i first saw it to be honest, as i searched for 'stress ball' and was greeted with a giant boob! Obviously though, this is the reason why i bought it one because it's so original, i've never seen anything like it before! and two, because it's obvious that it'll cheer my boyfriend up! I purchased the giant boob stress ball from Amazon Uk for a slightly overpriced £6.50, with a cheeky £2.95 delivery. Although it was on the expensive side, the boob is actually quite a decent size - a perfect handful and somewhat on the heavy side, and my boyfriend got plenty of use out of it!
The boob is a fleshy colour with a darker shade for the aerola and nipple - which is a small raised bump. It's filled with what i'd guess is a thin gel or thick liquid of some kind and the boob is squeezable and bouncy. I'd worry about squeezing it too hard incase it pops, but it's lasted well so far, and considering my boyfriend has hurled it out of his 5th floor window at his friend, it seems to be pretty durable.
It's a novelty gift that's guarenteed to raise a laugh from even the most stressed of people! It certiannly made my boyfriend laugh and he loved showing it off to everyone, it's pretty realistic and is a great present and although it's on the dear side i'm sure there'll be similar, cheaper products available.
One thing my family can't be accused of is being conventional. That's not to say there's anything wrong with that, it's just not us. Therefore when we spotted this stress boob how could we say no? If nothing else it's proved to be a real conversation starter with any poor unsuspecting visitors.
The boob itself measures approximately 12cm and is a near perfect sphere so a little more then a handful - I guess that could be a good or bad thing depending on your point of view! Due to its size it is fairly heavy. So much so in fact that the main comment we get is how heavy it is (because I'm sure that's what people are really noticing!)
There's actually quite a lot of detail on this, the nipple area is coloured a darker shade to the rest of the boob and along with the nipple part itself there are two circles of small raised bumps evenly spaced on the inside of the darker area.
The boob itself is filled with what appears to be a liquid, this combined with its size makes it fairly difficult to hold on to with just one hand as it does tend to just roll out your hand and bounce along the floor (now there's an interesting mental image for you all!) With two hands however it is a lot easier to hold on to.
As a stress ball it works quite well, I'm sure the novelty factor goes a long way to help with that.. it is after all quite a life like boob you're squeezing! As you squeeze it the liquid inside protrudes out one area, how much depends on how hard you squeeze but even the smallest squeeze produces a red lump that looks rather painful!
Durability wise this stands up to some pretty rough treatment with all the fondling, squeezing and rolling on the floor that it goes through so there's no concerns there. (For those of you wondering I am still talking about the stress boob!)
I bought mine for £4.99 from a fair trade shop but I have seen them online for nearer £4 so it's worth shopping around. For the fun factor rather then anything else I have no worries about recommending this. It's a fun, novelty toy that actually works to relieve stress due to its design more then anything else! For those of you that prefer a smaller, single handful they do them in that size too!


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Pretending to cook is one of my kids' favorite things to do. They had a lot of fun playing with felt to create their own food. Then they played with it all day.
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Kris Allen, winner of American Idol season eight, has released the music video for "The Vision of Love," which is about bullying. It is the first single from his new album, Thank You Camellia. The video was directed by Lenny Bass and shot in L.A.. The video shows teens facing mean bullies. Allen can be seen playing the piano and guitar, singing and songwriting. Take a look:
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Blood is already being shed in the new fall TV line-up, with Amber Heard's Playboy Club show becoming the first to get trashed after only 3 episodes. I guess the whole idea of Amber walking about in bunny costumes was somehow unpopular. Obviously we're living in troublesome times if Amber and her fine-ass, topped off with a bunny tail, wasn't enough to get more people to take a minute on a Monday night and tune in.
Not like I can complain, though, considering that I'm a member of the vast majority of people who didn't bother to watch. But then again, I wasn't going to watch anyway. I can't stand it when they cancel shows I enjoy, so I typically hold off at least a season or two before I start watching anything - just to make sure a show's got legs. Pretty sure Amber has legs. I guess they weren't the right kind, though. Oh well. At least we can check her out in magazines like this month's LA Times magazine. Might not be as good as the bunny ears, but it'll do - for now.


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Every step used to be a painful one for John Jacobs.
"I can equate it to almost like a thorn or spike going into the bottom of your heel.," John Jacobs said.
John was diagnosed with a bone spur and plantar fasciitis, a strain in the band of tissues that helps support the arch in the foot. When stretching, icing and cortisone injections didn't relieve the pain, podiatrist Perry Julien recommended orthotics.
"What I'm going to be doing is applying the plaster to the foot and placing your foot in the neutral corrective position," said Dr. Julien.
The plaster mold is then sent to a lab to be made into a shoe insert. A custom orthotic is a molded insert designed to place the foot in a more mechanically correct position and in doing so help relieve pain.
Dr. Julien claims 40% of his patients with foot pain are fitted with orthotics.
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Ginnifer Goodwin's life takes a fairy-tale turn
Ginnifer Goodwin has gone from polygamist to princess.
Snow White, to be exact. And it just so happens to be her favorite of the bunch.
"It is, and ironically, I was Snow White two years ago for Halloween," she says, calling from a Burger King at Los Angeles International Airport. "I remember saying to my little sister when I explained my (costume) choice: 'You know, one of my biggest dreams in life is to play a Disney princess. Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I always go all-out with my costumes. I'd better go ahead and dress up like a Disney princess now, because if I ever land a princess role, I wouldn't be able to do that then."
It's a good thing she did when she had the chance, because the former star of HBO's Big Love can now be seen as Snow White on ABC's Once Upon a Time (Sundays, 8 p.m. ET/PT).
But it almost wasn't to be. After her "perfect" experience as Margie on seven seasons of the polygamous family drama, Goodwin, 33, says she "wasn't planning on going back to television at all. … I wanted to take a break from the world of televion and explore a film career."
She wanted the "luxury of time," something a television shooting schedule did not afford. But after reading "every film script I could get my hands on," the actress, who has starred in movies including He's Just Not That Into You and Mona Lisa Smile, was left more than a little dismayed.
"Let's be honest: Those offers are going to Amy Adams and Anne Hathaway and Natalie Portman, Michelle Williams and Carey Mulligan," she says. "I do understand my place in this business. These are the girls getting offers on the scripts that I would want to be part of."
Not wanting to compromise, Goodwin decided to give some TV pilot scripts a read — something she hadn't done since "2003, when I got involved in Big Love. I read three scripts in a matter of hours, and I thought, 'This is where all the great writers had gone.' When this one came along, there was no question that this was the one that I wanted to be a part of. This one was the one that would bring me back to television so quickly. I was blown away by the script."
It helps, she explains, that Once Upon a Time has Lost writers on its side.
"Lost was my crack," Goodwin says. "Not that I've ever smoked crack, but I imagine the experience is like watching Lost. I read the script and I cried at the end every time. … Ultimately it became a matter of playing something so risky and challenging and fulfilling my dream of playing a Disney princess. I knew it would be more fun than I would ever have. I'm for all the actor's struggle, the self-indulgent, painful journey, but I would rather have fun. I want to dress up like Snow-freaking-White, and at the same time get to play a character who's also very complex."
This isn't your typical fairy tale. Set in a Narnia-like land, Snow White, her prince and a bevy of fairy-tale characters are banished to a modern-day world by an evil queen — but not before Snow White sends her newborn daughter off to safety. "We do use a Lost-ish format," Goodwin explains. "We tell the story out of order, and we present the audience with many a puzzle piece."
In her modern-day life, Snow White has become Mary Margaret, an elementary school teacher in the town of Storybrooke. It's where all of the characters live and work normal jobs, unaware of their past lives. Her long-lost daughter, now a grown woman, is played by Jennifer Morrison, someone she calls a close friend in real life: "I think it's pretty unusal for actresses to get along so well."
The pair also share a striking resemblance. "When we were both coming up in the business, we would get confused all the time. We have done interviews for each other and signed each other's photographs. It got too frustrating to try to explain to people that we were different actresses."
It's important to have close friends, and right now Goodwin, who announced in May that her engagement to actor Joey Kern had ended, says she's "actually in a wonderful place."
Even though a wedding date had been set, the end of the relationship "wasn't as dramatic as people made it out to be. … We were wonderful together but not meant to spend the rest of our lives together. It was a happy, positive end to a relationship. Which I know is unusual."
Goodwin is, after all, a believer in happy endings, and happily ever after. "Absolutely. … I think most people know inherently that good wins," she says, starting to laugh. "Jen is sitting across from me at the Burger King table making a face!"
The pair are about to fly off to the set in Vancouver, which Goodwin describes as "like being in summer camp. I have no doubt that I'll settle down and have a family and have children, but right now this is a blessing to have work and be with my friends."
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Non-food crops, industrial biotechnology and IAH
My first external visit of the week was to York, where I had discussions with the National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC) and the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products. These have both been well ahead of the curve in recognising the need to integrate the plant-based fixation of carbon and its conversion, extraction and processing into high(er) value products besides foodstuffs and feed. Many issues remain in terms of rolling out the Knowledge Based BioEconomy on a large scale, but it is necessary to have things to roll out in the first place!
We had a very useful meeting of the Industrial Biotechnology Leadership Forum, including Minister for Business and Enterprise Mark Prisk. The number of examples of a move to sustainable, biologically based chemicals production is growing apace. Readers may be interested in the Forum's autumn newsletter, as well as a paper by NESTA on Financing Industrial Biotechnology in the UK. It would seem that Finance for Industrial Biotechnology is something that is mainly likely to come not from the Venture Capital sector but more from large corporates within the relevant sectors.
On Tuesday we were delighted to hear and welcome the Chancellor's announcement of a series of investments in BBSRC and other UK science, and in particular the £80M announced for the further development of facilities at the Institute for Animal Health at Pirbright. We were also very pleased to welcome Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts to the Institute of Animal Health for discussions, where I was also attending the relevant Institute Assessment Panel.
There was also an announcement of more detail on the £158M investment in e-infrastructure that had been previously trailed. We anticipate that details of BBSRC's components of that should shortly be available. This investment will provide a significant encouragement to the development of e-science that will be to the great benefit of UK biology.
As part of my reading, I have been revisiting an interest in the role of fluctuations in enzyme catalysis and bioenergetics (shockingly, that paper is 25 years old!), and reading a couple of crowd-sourcing papers on social mechanisms and motivation. Full Open Access matters, although I note an unwelcome vanity subset of Open Access scholarly publishers (some of whom have certainly spammed me). By contrast, a new high-quality Open Access journal called eLife is coming. I also enjoyed Athene Donald's accurate portrayal of the multiplicity of jobs that can come one's way.
- Carroll MW. 2011. Why full open access matters. PLoS Biol 9:e1001210. Full, free text
- Pickard G, Pan W, Rahwan I, Cebrian M, Crane R, Madan A, Pentland A: Time-critical social mobilization. Science 2011; 334:509-512
- Welch GR, Kell DB: Not just catalysts; the bioenergetics of molecular machines. In Welch G, .R. (ed.): The Fluctuating Enzyme. New York: John Wiley, 1986:451-492
- Welch GR (ed.): The fluctuating enzyme. New York: Wiley, 1986
- Williams Woolley A, Chabris CF, Pentland A, Hashmi N, Malone TW: Evidence for a collective intelligence factor in the performance of human groups. Science 2010; 330:686-688
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After connecting with producer Jonathan Wilson, the group began participating in informal jam sessions at Wilson's house with Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, the Heartbreakers' Benmont Tench, and the Black Crowes' Chris Robinson. The loose feel of these get-togethers informed the group's aptly titled 2009 debut, North Hills. The album was recorded in Laurel Canyon live to analog tape, which lent Dawes' recorded sound an authentically vintage vibe. The band's second album, 2011's Nothing Is Wrong, had a similar feel to the debut and peaked at number 18 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart. That same year, the band had a pair of unique experiences: playing at the Occupy Wall Street protests and appearing as themselves on a prime-time network television show (Parenthood).
Stories Don't End, the group's hotly anticipated third studio album, arrived in 2013. Produced by Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, Modest Mouse, Josh Ritter), the album also featured contributions from the Goldsmith brothers' former Simon Dawes bandmate Blake Mills. Recorded in Nashville at the esteemed Woodland Studios with producer David Rawlings (Gillian Welch, Old Crow Medicine Show), the Hub-issued All Your Favorite Bands arrived in June 2015. The well-received album reached number one on Billboard's Folk Albums chart and number four on the Top Rock Albums chart, and helped raise the band's profile.
In 2016, Dawes released their fifth studio album, We're All Gonna Die. The album found them once again reuniting with longtime associate Blake Mills, who handled production duties. Included on the album was the leadoff single "When the Tequila Runs Out." ~ Pemberton Roach
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Have a craving for Girl Scout Cookies like Samoas or Thin Mints? Girl Scout Cookie sales started March 18, 2013 and continue through the week of May 9, 2013. Find out where you can buy Girl Scout Cookies in New York City at these pop-up shops and also check out the Girl Scout Cookie Locator app to find additional places to buy Girl Scout Cookies.Find Girl Scout Cookie Pop-Up shops at the following NYC locations:
Girl Scouts of Greater New YorkWhere: 43 W. 23rd St., 6th Floor (between 5th and 6th avenues)When: Tuesday & Thursday from 12:30-4:30pm; Wednesday from 2:30-6:30pm. *Closed Tuesday, April 2.
St. George's Episcopal Church, BrooklynWhere: CDC Building 452 Gates Ave.When: Tuesday - Wednesday from 3:30-7:30pm. *Closed Thursday, March 28
Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, BelleroseWhere: 86-29 Commonwealth Blvd. (enter on 86th Road at rear)When: Monday from 10am-4pm; Tuesday & Thursday from 2:30-8pm.
St. Raymond's Community OutreachWhere: 71 Metropolitan Oval, 2nd FloorWhen: Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday from 2-6pm.
Staten Island Service CenterWhere: 613 Midland Ave.When: Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday from 10am-4pm
In addition to pop-up shops, girls will be hosting booth sales until May 20. To find a Girl Scout Cookie booth sale near you, visit http://girlscoutcookies.org and enter your ZIP code.
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By Kimberly Gadette (doddleNEWS)
Wow! Did you hear that deafening sound? Perhaps, due to the fact that The Avengers is already a mega-hit overseas (trumping the U.S. release by one week), it's the blast of an international box office rocketing skyward. Or maybe the explosion is that of a starter gun, signifying the opening day of the summer blockbuster season … a date that continues to crawl back toward April. (It will be no surprise when at some year in the near future, we'll be celebrating New Year's Eve and the first film of summer simultaneously.)
Before we consider such questions as "How did Edward Norton turn into Mark Ruffalo?" and "Seriously, has Lou Ferrigno worked his way onto the payroll of every single Hulk project from inception?", we need to know: Does this Joss Whedon creation deserve all the globally buzzy brou-ha-ha it's reaping? Well … yes, mostly yes. And a little no, as you'll read below.
But first, to keep you dangling in the mode of the cliff-hanger, let's review the set-up in a super-concentrated nutshell: The evildoer, one Asgardian demigod named Loki (Tom Hiddleston, reprising his role from Thor), makes a deal with some dude in a hood with bad teeth, bringing to mind Emperor Palpatine from the Star Wars franchise. (Please: how many prior epic action series can we handle?) Then it's off to earth, with Loki on a mission to capture the Tessaract (a cosmic cube of unfathomable power, previously introduced in Captain America: The First Avenger). Once the Tessaract opens up a portal from Loki's world to ours, the bad-ass Chitauri army can invade our planet, enslaving all earthlings, and Loki will rule forevermore. Say it ain't so. And yet … if Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) fails in his attempt to get all the heroes in his e-Rolodex to show up, dressed in their best regalia, their props and gadgetry in top form … it will be so.
Pulling off the hat trick of finally answering to the embedded teases in five prior films — all intersecting in the storyline of The Avengers — is a superhero feat in and of itself. Obviously, credit goes to the original comic book "Avengers" creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, who first published the work in 1963. But credit should also go to Marvel producer Kevin Feige, who's overseen this film as well as Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Incredible Hulk, Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger. When Nick Fury saunters on screen during the end credits of 2008's Iron Man, telling Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), "You're part of a bigger universe; you just don't know it yet," it's a foreshadowing of events that we haven't been able to appreciate until now.
As for the filmmaker of the hour, Whedon (The Cabin in the Woods) has succeeded in juggling the directorial styles of all the prior films, yet is still able to weave in his own particular brand of sly humor amid a great big mélange of thrilling 3D/CGI action, a smart plotline and disparate characters. His voice is best echoed by the irrepressible Downey as Stark, quick-witted and wily as ever, who finds his intellectual match in Ruffalo's beautifully downplayed Bruce Banner/The Hulk. Their mutual respect is well-delineated, working in opposition to Stark's quick dismissal of goody-two-shoes Steve Rogers/Captain America. Whedon doesn't forget Rogers' alienation in a 21st century world, incorporating that element with an effective sensitivity.
The outlier of the group is Jeremy Renner's intense, somewhat morose Clint Barton/Hawkeye, entrusted to guard the Tessaract with his special recurve bow and deadly silver-tipped arrows. Perhaps the sole cinematic character in filmdom who could take on The Hunger Games' Katniss, Hawkeye has a special place in his heart for Scarlett Johannson's Natasha/Black Widow. Incidentally, Natasha's first scene in the film is a delightful highlight … but this reviewer has no intention of spoiling it by describing it further.
It's interesting to note that unlike the other super-powered characters, the two half-brothers from the planet Asgard have singular names. Chris Hemsworth is simply Thor, and Hiddleston is Loki. These solitary identities are reflective of their more simplistic personalities – and when they quarrel in the second act, the scene turns flat. Actually, much of the middle bogs down with excessive infighting among our heroes, carrying on protracted battles that aren't particularly suspenseful. It's obvious that the team will have to overcome their individual egos and face the real enemy; sooner, rather than later, would have been better.
The other minor negative note goes to the delineation of Loki. With a costume that looks like it was stolen from Willy Wonka's closet, this supposedly superbad baddie seems more silly than scary. Compare, for a moment, the intrinsic evil that thrums through the Joker (both Heath Ledger and Jack Nicholson); or Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin; or Hugo Weaving's Red Skull. While Hiddleston probably hoped to convey a charming smile that masked a black heart … all we get is the smile. This lightweight rendition is nowhere near what we need from a fellow who we're supposed to believe just might overcome every last Marvel superhero in Stan Lee's universe.
Back to the praise of all that's Marvel-ous: Let us not forget to salute the one-eyed man doing heroic battle. Kudos to the brave Nick Fury, who has to fight the worst enemy of them all: Mindless bureaucrats. Shiver. Gasp.
Rating on a scale of 5 Emma Peels & John Steeds: 4
Release date: May 4, 2012
Directed by: Joss Whedon
Screenplay by: Joss Whedon
Story by: Zak Penn and Joss Whedon
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Clark Gregg
Rating: PG-13
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This is a discussion on Heckuva Traffic Stop - - Long within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; It wasn't a good day on the road for me today. This morning, I got close to being a victim of road rage. This afternoon, ...
It wasn't a good day on the road for me today. This morning, I got close to being a victim of road rage.
This afternoon, I got pulled over by the Highway Patrol. I was taking my son home to his mom's house after I got off work. My wife was with me.
Now, I hate to break to anyone on here who harbors illusions about my behavior. Some of us on this board are very, very solid citizens. They don't speed, they don't double-park, they don't roll through stop signs, they don't jaywalk, etc.
I am not like that.
I drive too fast. I do it often.
It's bad. I know. It's a habit I can afford.
Again, I don't mean to offend the more law-abiding and respectful of authority among us. It's just the way it is. Please don't think disproportionately less of me for this particular flaw.
Anyway, I've been stopped a lot. Sometimes I get tickets. Sometimes I don't.
Since the Sooner State is a State where a licensed carrier of a concealed handgun must inform law enforcement in "official contacts" (i.e., traffic stops) that he is carrying, I always do.
Most of the time the LEO doesn't even ask whether I have a weapon. He just looks at the license (I hand it over with my Driver's License and insurance verification), gives me a speech about being safe, and issues me a ticket or a warning.
(motorcycle officers, by the way, are ALWAYS going to give you a ticket, IME).
Sometimes the LEO will talk guns a little bit. Some will ask if I have a weapon in the car.
Most of the time, though, they don't ask, don't care and write me a ticket (or not) and send me on my merry (if lead-footed) way.
I hand over the licenses and the insurance paperwork. He asks me if I have a gun on me.
"Get out of the truck", followed by "where is it?"
"in my right front pocket"
"place your hands on the tailgate"
"is it here?"
"nope...it's in the pocket on top of that pocket"
"OK...is this it?"
"What is it?"
"A Smith & Wesson 340, .357 Magnum"
".357 Sig?"
"No, magnum"
"A revolver?"
So he pulls it out, unloads it, and hands it to my wife through the passenger window.
"Have a seat in the front of the cruiser" (I thought about getting into the driver's seat, since he didn't specify, but I decided against it).
Now things start to get interesting.
"Is that the ONLY weapon in your vehicle?"
Well, I also end up telling where my 360PD and my Super Redhawk Alaskan were.
"And they're both loaded?"
"Hang on, I've got to clear them, too.
"Oh, by the way, does your wife have a weapon on her?"
Since she is licensed and does carry, and since I don't know if she has one on her, I say "I don't know for sure. I doubt it. But you'll probably want to ask her".
He rolls his eyes, I kid you not.
He goes up, pulls my other two guns out, unloads them, and hands the cartridges to her.
He starts back to the cruiser with the cylinders opened up on all three revolvers, with his index finger stuck under the top strap of the guns, all in a row. It's pretty impressive. Dude is rolling his eyes like you only see in the movies.
Well, friends, it gets even more interesting here.
My wife asks him if he wants the UN-loaded one, too.
I had just picked up a .22 revolver that I had "won" on gunbroker from the FFL through whom I had it transferred. It was still in the box. I had forgotten that I had it with me. (I also forgot that I had just bought 500 rounds of ammo for it, too, and that they were in the truck as well, but that didn't play into the story).
He gets the box and looks at me: "Is this one new?"
"Yup. Forgot about it. Sorry."
He asks my wife: "Does your son have a weapon on him, too?"
She fights back the urge to say "I dunno...I hope not...I told him to leave it at home..." and simply says "No".
Then he asks my son if he has a gun on him. "No, but I have these two drumsticks" (another story).
Finally, the Trooper gets back to me. Three revolvers on one index finger and a gun in a box in the opposite hand. He just stares at me.
"Do you shoot a lot?"
"Yup. Every chance I get."
"How long have you been shooting?"
"All my life. Grew up with guns and shooting."
He rolls his eyes a few more times.
He gives me a ticket (I think it's for making him work more than it is for speeding - -but I was certainly speeding, no doubt about it).
Then he mutters a line that makes me smile (and makes me think he shouldn't have given me a ticket, 'cause I gave him a good story):
"That's the most weapons I have ever pulled out of any vehicle. Legal or illegal."
He hands my guns back and tells me to keep them out of sight on the way back to my truck, 'cause if I don't someone will call in a shootout ("...it's happened before, Sir", he says).
I get in the truck, get re-loaded and re-situated, ready to go about my business.
Then I see the cruiser moving rapidly, backward, toward me. I'm a little alarmed.
He pulls next to me (dude could freakin' DRIVE, I tell ya...he could DRIVE that car....you should have seen how he maneuvered it in traffic to get to me at the beginning of the stop), and down goes his window.
He forgot my new gun in the box -- he'd put it on the floor and it hit his foot as he accelerated away.
He forgot about it "Because there were just so many!" he said.
He smiled, and drove off.
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"...bad decisions that turn out well often make heroes."
Gary D. Mitchell, A Sniper's Journey: The Truth About the Man and the Rifle, P. 103, NAL Caliber books, 2006, 1st Ed.
Very interesting story.
Government is out of control
"If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of crime rates reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying -- " Sen Orrin G. Hatch
I just don't understand why someone would go through the trouble of unloading each of them instead of just having you leave them in the car while you came back to the cruiser.
An enemy of liberty is no friend of mine. I do not owe respect to anyone who would enslave me by government force, nor is it wise for such a person to expect it. -- Isaiah Amberay
ROTFLMAO.....he didn't say anything about the AR15 in the gun rack?
I would love to hear what he told his buddies when he got back to the station.
When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
"Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way."
Hóka-héy! Crazy Horse
Lol Good story. I tend to drive a little fast too. I havent gotten pulled over since ive gotten my permit. *Knocks on wood*
He should have let you go for giving him the experience, I agree.
Sounds like a good enough ending. You got the ticket you admit you deserved. Nothing really bad happened. Cop thinks he did his job; and maybe he did.
Bet he has been ordered, told, trained, whatever to disarm and unload, and he did that. Silly, sure. But, doing his job as he was told.
Guy was honest. Went out of the way to give you back your new gun. Didn't drive off with it.
Take home lesson. DON'T speed. One of these days your luck will run out and you'll kill yourself, your passenger, or an innocent.
I've not a lot of high regard for folks who openly brag that they break the law.
And cc folk should be law abiding.
That sounded like Jim Carrey in "The Mask" when he's being arrested, and pulling weapon after weapon out of pockets in his costume. :)
"Those who beat their guns into plowshares will plow for those who didn't." -- Thomas Jefferson
If he was going to give the weapons back to you anyway, why unload them...ALL of them, sounds pretty petty to me.
He needed to do his ticket thing and be on his way.
I like your story though...
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Enjoyed the story.
Prepare for the worst and hope it never happens
Ok, I won't write you a ticket...cause your story and storytelling made me smile too. Keep speeding, it keeps the Sooner state in business. Thanks for the laugh!
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Wow the white plastic versions are the best DP 95 helmets to work with.
Wow the white plastic versions are the best DP 95 helmets to work with.
I cant believe it broke in half!
yeah, must say the fall was pretty high so.... guess theres no fixing it
It can be fixed, almost anything can be fixed, it all depends on your technique, some super strength glue and some bondo should do the trick, then maybe some fiberglass reinforcement on the inside to strengthen it some more.
I agree it can be fixed, it wont be super easy to do but. I havent fixed worse but similar. I reccomend Fiberglass for the inside of the helmet and some CA glue as crazy as it sounds. It will melt it back together really, the FG will reinforce the area for sure.
I will give it a try then, thanks for the info guys!
so my bucket fell off again and I am def not fixing it in the mean time a temporary solution:
and latest pieces mojo fett awsome alimunium parts, bbf superb harness, fettronics board, found parts for thin tools, bff ee3 sling, mow jetpack painted by me:
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Looking great buddy...moving quickly!
thanks man,
testing velcro for armor
almost done, some pics of my progress
I am now selling this set up hopefully no one will buy and I get to keep him lol:
The suit looks killer! It's so sad that you have to sell it, but the decision is yours and maybe it will go to a good home.
thanks rafal!, I got some extra parts today am sanding and prepping hopefully some pics with helmet on and side arm
It's awesome. Don't sell. Don't.
a little update, weathered the Caboots not sure if I am happy with the results thougth:
applied some decals and got a lid (temporary one) until deadland finishes the MR lid he is working on:
sidearm and holster arrived:
Where did you get the holster?
That's coming along real nice, like it
today took the day off and work about 8 hours on the suit just applying decals, greeblies and mounting aluminium studs and jetpack and painting the sidearm and holster
this is how the set up is looking:
You're build is great. I hope mine turns out half this good. Sucks that you helmet broke in half, that's insane!
Some pics of progress made over the week:
Worked on the ee3 a bit:
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The Pololu RC switches make it easy to turn devices on and off with a standard hobby radio control (RC) system. Several versions are available, ranging from one with a simple digital output to modules with integrated MOSFETs, relays, or multiplexers.
The Pololu Simple Motor Controllers make basic control of brushed DC motors easy. Our most versatile and configurable motor controllers yet span a wide range of power levels and offer four interface modes: USB, TTL serial, analog voltage, and hobby radio control (RC).
The jrk motor controllers are highly configurable brushed DC motor controllers that can be used as an open-loop speed control or for closed-loop speed or position control. They support four interface modes: USB, TTL serial, analog voltage, and hobby radio control (RC).
The TReX blends RC, analog, and serial inputs for a powerful motor control solution. The TReX will work right out of the box as an electronic speed control (ESC), but its ability to seamlessly transition between RC/analog and serial control makes it capable of so much more!
The RoboClaw motor controllers from Ion Motion Control (formerly Orion Robotics) can control a pair of brushed DC motors using USB serial, TTL serial, RC, or analog inputs. Integrated dual quadrature decoders make it easy to create a closed-loop speed control system, or analog feedback can be used for position control.
The Pololu Micro and Mini Maestros raise the performance bar for serial servo controllers with features such as a native USB interface and internal scripting control. Whether you want the best servo control available or a general I/O controller, these compact, versatile devices will deliver.