jumping jacks
City to settle topless jumping jacks case
Florida Today - Jan 23 4:16 AM Pensacola likely will pay $35,000 to settle the claim of a girl forced to perform jumping jacks topless in front of a police officer to avoid arrest.
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Sundance opens door for Oscar contenders
AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 24 12:48 PM The nation's top independent-cinema showcase has become a fertile starting point for the biggest night of the Hollywood establishment: the Academy Awards.
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Hall of Fame goaltender Roy staying with junior team
ESPN - Jan 25 3:27 PM The coach and co-owner of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League franchise said Thursday he was lifted by the support he received since a complaint about his alleged involvement in a shoving match.
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Police issue warning over jury duty scam
Southwest Iowa News - Jan 25 11:10 AM ATLANTIC - Atlantic Police Chief Roger Muri said his office has received information about a scam involving jury duty.
jury duty
Police issue warning over jury duty scam
Southwest Iowa News - Jan 25 11:10 AM ATLANTIC - Atlantic Police Chief Roger Muri said his office has received information about a scam involving jury duty.
just imagine
NHL Legends dazzle fans But real winner is ‘Just Imagine’ campaign drive
Fort Frances Times - Jan 24 1:36 PM The wonderful thing about charity events is that there often are multiple winners.
just one of the girls
Procter a star, but she shops like the rest of us
The Charlotte Observer - Jan 19 12:03 AM Raleigh native Emily Procter might be a TV star, but when it comes down to it, she's still just one of the girls.
just one of the guys
Not just one of the guys
winnipegsun.com - Jan 19 12:19 AM Ashton Freund is the only varsity girls basketball player at College Beliveau. The 5-foot-3 guard, with no girls' team to play on at her school as she dribbles through her Grade 11 season, is forced to play with the varsity boys' club. Going up against stronger opposition players is hard.
kamikaze girls
Viz Pictures Announces Rare North American Screenings of The Taste of Tea
Anime News Network - Jan 15 4:00 PM San Francisco, CA, January 15, 2006 – VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media LLC, the leading U.S. publisher of Japanese animation and comics that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has announced a series of special North American theatrical screenings of the critically acclaimed and award winning film, THE TASTE OF TEA, from writer/director Katsuhito Ishii, who also directed ...
kamome shokudo
Movie Review: Kamome Shokudo
Blogcritics.org - Jan 18 5:55 PM This low-budget, subtly evoked independent film was the sleeper success story of 2006 in Japan. Mainly through word-of-mouth and other grassroots advertising (I heard about it via a flyer I found at Moomin Café & Bakery in Korakuen) this film enjoyed a quite sizable audience during its limited run in theatres. In December, Kamome shokudo (Seagull Diner) made its appearance in Japanese ...
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e C e n t r a l
The Star Online - Jan 17 3:08 PM AN escalation in the war of words between New Line co-chairman Bob Shaye and Lord of the Rings filmmaker Peter Jackson appears to be nixing any possible reconciliation between the two – or any chance that Jackson will direct the trilogy’s prequel, The Hobbit . In an interview with the Sci Fi Channel news service Sci Fi Wire, Shaye said Jackson will never make another movie for the studio and said ...
kangaroo jack
e C e n t r a l
The Star Online - Jan 17 3:08 PM AN escalation in the war of words between New Line co-chairman Bob Shaye and Lord of the Rings filmmaker Peter Jackson appears to be nixing any possible reconciliation between the two – or any chance that Jackson will direct the trilogy’s prequel, The Hobbit . In an interview with the Sci Fi Channel news service Sci Fi Wire, Shaye said Jackson will never make another movie for the studio and said ...
kart racer
Big Turnout for Gatorz Karting Cup Season Opener
Speed TV - Jan 23 9:59 AM Anticipation for the Gatorz Eyewear Golden State Karting Cup was up, as the fax machine at the series’ office was running nearly non-stop as entries were pouring in. In the end, the series filed 98 entrants for Saturday’s season opener – the most in series history.
keeping up with the steins
Entertainment briefs
Charleston Daily Mail - Jan 25 7:09 AM The annual Winter West Virginia Jewish Film Festival will be held Sunday at Park Place Stadium Cinemas. The two films are "Ushpizin," a 2004 Israeli film in Hebrew and Yiddish with English subtitles, and "Keeping Up with the Steins."
khosla ka ghosla
On a sound flight
Hindustan Times via Yahoo! India News - Jan 24 12:22 PM Delhi is keeping its promise of exporting musical talent to Bollywood. Dhruv Dhalla is one such name that's done Delhi proud with his hit number Chak De Phatte from Khosla Ka Ghosla. Dhruv, who has been a part of the city's underground music scene since school, got his big break in Bollywood quite unexpectedly.
the kid brother
Flint feeling right at home
Boston Globe - Jan 16 12:54 AM Drexel is the afterthought in Philadelphia's rich college basketball scene, the sixth wheel in a metropolitan area whose other Division 1 schools are lumped into an informal cartel known as the Big Five. If they played pickup, Drexel would be the kid brother called onto the playground to even up the sides.
the kid from brooklyn
JOB OPENINGS
Times-Beacon - Jan 19 5:39 AM — Parents Without Partners will be have an open singles dance at Charlie Brown's Restaurant, 443 S. Main St. It will feature a disc jockey, dancing, a cash bar, door prizes and coffee. Dress to impress — no jeans or sneakers. Admission is $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers.
the kid
Sid the Kid scores three shootout goals, Chara takes hardest shot title
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Jan 23 7:28 PM DALLAS (CP) - Sid the Kid sizzled while Alex Ovechkin fizzled.
kidco
Start Childproofing Before Baby Arrives
CBS News - Jan 22 7:30 AM On The Early Show , Parenting magazine's Josh Lerman offers A-Z pointers on protecting children from potential dangers in your own home. He tells what to do, and how soon.
kikujiro
A sucker for Bikini babes
Nyngan Observer - Jan 17 10:18 PM This season of Smallville sucks – sucks you in, that is. Network Ten's go-to summer show keeps delivering the goods, upping the ante again tonight with more shocking developments.
kiler
Off-Season Brush Fires Keep CDF Crews Fighting
KSBY San Luis Obispo - Jan 15 11:07 PM Despite icy temperatures, brush fires continue to break out on the Central Coast. Over the past two days, the California Department of Forestry has responded to several vegetation fires, including one burning about a mile and a half from Diable Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.
king ralph
Citizen Klein
Calgary Sun - Jan 20 12:29 AM Early to bed, early to rise: What happened to Ralph? He's getting up earlier and working harder, even though he's supposed to be retired. He doesn't miss politics, but admits he's concerned with the look of Alberta's new cabinet.
king of comedy
In profile: Best director nominees
BBC News - Jan 25 1:58 AM The BBC News website profiles the five best director nominees at the 79th Academy Awards.
king of hearts
21st Century Art in a Medieval Setting
EDP24 - Eastern Daily Press - Jan 22 1:36 AM Sculpture that gives life a completely different perspective can be very disorientating. And that, plus exciting and accessible, is what the new show at the King of Hearts really is.
kingdom come
'Falls' guys are hard heads
Newsday - Jan 25 11:40 AM In "Seraphim Falls," a hugely absorbing period manhunt drama from first-time director David Von Ancken, Liam Neeson plays an embittered Southerner chasing former Union Army officer Pierce Brosnan all over kingdom come. Along the way, they bump up against hostile settlers, corrupt transcontinental railroad builders, traveling Jesus freaks, a medicinal elixir saleslady, a conniving water-hole guru ...
kiss kiss bang bang
The last day of RFK in 'Bobby'
Long Beach Press-Telegram - Jan 19 1:18 AM Emilio Estevez clearly reveres Robert F. Kennedy. But he has a strange way of showing it.
kitchen stories
Mealtime memories served family style
Lebanon Daily News - Jan 22 11:22 AM The temperature dropped 35 degrees in 24 hours, and snow was in the forecast. After a record-breaking, unseasonably mild season, including a confused, lone blooming daffodil in our front yard to mark the New Year, Old Man Winter finally came around to acting his age.
knock on wood
KNOCK ON WOOD : Hogs seek consistency after LSU victory
NWAnews.com - Jan 23 5:13 AM There is no getting a handle on the current Razorback basketball team. Once I think I’ve got them figured out, then they pull the rug from beneath me. (Northwest Arkansas Times)
knocked up
Cavs battle-tested
Pocono Record - Jan 23 9:40 PM EAST STROUDSBURG — Heads hit the floor and backs were literally knocked up against the walls, but that didn't prevent deficits from being overcome.
knots
Fishing forecast
The Florida Times-Union - Jan 25 3:25 AM Because weekend forecasts like this are so rare this time of year, head offshore. Winds are forecast at 10 knots, with seas at 2 to 4 feet. Head for the deepest water your boat can handle. Dolphin, wahoo and blackfin tuna should be a reward to troll. Bottom-fish the ledge for legal grouper, cobia and some keeper snapper.
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This article is about the physical exercise. For other uses, see Jumping jack (disambiguation).
A Jumping Jack, or side straddle hop in the American military, is a physical exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides.
More intensive versions include bending down and touching the floor in between each jump.
It is also commonly known as "star jumps", especially to children of Commonwealth nations.
While fitness expert Jack LaLanne does not take credit for inventing the jumping jack exercise or its name, he does take credit for having popularized it as part of the exercise routine he promoted on decades of television programs. [1]
References
- ^ Here is the relevant text from Jack LaLanne's own FAQ:
14. Was the "Jumping Jack" exercise named after Jack?
The two schools of thought on the "JUMPING JACK" are that the exercise name evolved because the movement necessary to do the exercise makes the human body look like a "JACK" (the kind you used to play with as a child with a small bouncing ball). However, both Jack La Lanne and the name above evolved together and if the exercise was not named after him, he certainly made the "JUMPING JACK" world famous as his trademark through his 34 years on television and we believe historians will credit him with the name as well.
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City to settle topless jumping jacks case
Florida Today - Jan 23 4:16 AM Pensacola likely will pay $35,000 to settle the claim of a girl forced to perform jumping jacks topless in front of a police officer to avoid arrest.
How much is 100? Plenty for students
The Indianapolis Star - Jan 24 11:54 PM Area students last week performed 100 jumping jacks, attached 100 items to their clothing and made special "glasses" shaped as the number 100 to mark the 100th day of the school year.
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