text: [[quoteright:310:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jackie_chan_punch.jpg]]->''"I never wanted to be the next Creator/BruceLee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan."''Jackie Chan (April 7, 1954-), born Chan Kong-sang, is, quite simply, Made of Awesome. He has hit the big time since being "discovered" by Hollywood in the mid-90s and films such as ''RushHour'', ''ShanghaiNoon'', ''Film/TheTuxedo'' and ''The Medallion'' have made him an American household name.Chan is best known as a stunt performer and fight choreographer, and really that's the entire point of going to see any of his movies - watching dumbfounded as he does all sorts of insane tricks and stunts in jaw-dropping fight scenes. He reportedly says that he loves action, but hates violence. Rather than being bone-crunching kung fu instead he is heavily inspired by the physical comedy of Creator/BusterKeaton and Creator/CharlieChaplin (being that those were silent films, he was able to watch them without having to worry about the language barrier). Most of his films are just backdrops to amazing stunts, creative fight scenes and little wire work.Traditionally, Chan [[DoingItForTheArt does all his own stunts]] and in his days of producing low-budget Hong Kong chop-socky that was the only way it was ever done. So, if you see Jackie Chan's character fall through three awnings onto the street below? Really him. You see Chan's character roll artfully over a [[RuleOfCool running circular saw]] was really him.[[note]]Though the outtakes show that the saw wasn't running when he rolled over it.[[/note]] But worry not -- [[RushHour Jackie always OK]].And in case you don't believe it, there's usually a montage of outtakes over the end credits showing things going wrong while filming (go to Youtube and search for Jackie Chan outtakes... and prepare to be amazed!). Often involving ambulances. It's a good thing he's been so successful, because he's gone on record in many interviews as saying that ''no insurance company in the world'' will give him coverage. As he's grown older, despite being one hell of a BadassGrandpa at the [[OlderThanTheyLook age of 60]], he understandably [[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,410040,00.html has stopped doing 100%]] of his stunts, partly because he has been told that if he falls on his head ''one more time'' it will KILL HIM, also in part because in the Hollywood system, insurance for the stars is a must and, as aforementioned, he has a little trouble with that.Chan has developed a distinctive fighting style, quite comedic and usually making extensive use of props, even those at first sight [[ImprobableWeaponUser most unsuited to fighting]], such as a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcvXqLrgf0k stepladder.]] (Seriously, if you've somehow never seen his work before, you can spend many happy and amazed hours on Website/{{Youtube}} watching fight scenes.)Needless to say, he's been injured fairly frequently. His closest brush with death came from ''Armour of God'' when he fell from a tree and fractured his skull. A comparatively "safe" stunt (this is a man who has run along the tops of skyscrapers), it was a reminder that he can't be casual about anything he does. Among his injuries he has dislocated his pelvis, broken his fingers, toes, nose, both cheekbones, hips, sternum, neck, ankle and ribs on numerous occasions.[[HeAlsoDid A lesser-known aspect of his career]] (at least in America) is that he is also a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgBcQA9A3zA professional singer]], having recorded many albums and often performing the {{Theme Song}}s for his movies (ex. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29nd5P_KqKg Who Am I?]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6IYt2qMj1A I'll Make a Man Out of You]] in Disney's Mulan). This is a little less surprising when you know that he originally trained for UsefulNotes/PekingOpera, which features acrobatic fight scenes. He also has his own AnimatedAdaptation, ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures.''In the last decade, Chan has been the subject of much controversy in Asia. His political stance that Taiwan should reunite with China earns him few friends outside [[RedChina the People's Republic]], but he cannot be accused of not putting his money where his mouth is, because this devastates his box-office profits in Taiwan. He has also been accused of selling out his hometown of UsefulNotes/HongKong with his staunch pro-Beijing stance, reducing democratic freedom in Hong Kong.In some parts of the global Asian community, he is also accused of being [[TheQuisling a sellout to his own culture, pandering to the western market]] by repeatedly portraying caricatures of the Chinese man. Reportedly advising that the protagonist role in ''TheForbiddenKingdom'', originally intended to be a Chinese-American boy rediscovering his roots, be recast as a kung-fu obsessed [[MightyWhitey white boy]] is sometimes advanced as evidence for this view. Further rubbing salt in wounds is his compliance to Sony's decision to force the ''TheKarateKid'' remake to bear its original title, rather than the proposed ''The Kung Fu Kid'', in spite of the fact that the film is set in China and is ''about'' the Chinese martial art of Wushu (aka kung fu). The people who accuse Chan of this are probably right, in that [[BrutalHonesty Chan has admitted he does this]]. He claims he [[MoneyDearBoy does it for the money]], so that he can finance the films he actually ''likes'' to make, as well as fund his not-inconsiderable charity work.It seems possible, however, that the strains of old age may have finally caught up with him, as is painfully evident from ''RushHour 3'' onwards wherein he is no longer able to perform stunts without the aid of computers that were second-nature to him only 5 years ago. As he has become more and more overshadowed by his younger and more athletic co-stars, as well as trapped by the formula of wholesomeness that the fans have come to expect from him, Chan finally announced that ''Chinese Zodiac'', the third installment in the ''Armor of God'' series, will be '''the last''' "big action movie" of his career, and intends to go out with a dignified slam-bang of a finale rather than as a faded shadow of his former glory. He has come out to clarify that this doesn't mean he's retiring, it just means his future roles will not be so action-oriented. When his series/movies is dubbed in Japan, his voice is usually dubbed by HiroyaIshimaru. In LatinAmerica, he's dubbed by Juan Alfonso Carralero, who also dubs-over for WillSmith and David Hasselhoff, and in Spain, his voice is usually dubbed by Ricky Coello.Anyway, here's a list of some of his most famous and/or best movies. Note that many fans consider his pre-Hollywood movies to be better.----!!Movies that Jackie has starred in include* ''Fist Of Fury'' and ''Film/EnterTheDragon'': Yes, Creator/BruceLee's last movie was also one of Jackie's first... as one of the [[{{Mook}} goons]] in the cave. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hu6NoRR7pg (Bruce snaps his neck.)]] Even earlier, in ''Fist of Fury'', Jackie was a stuntman, most notably standing in for the BigBad [[DisneyVillainDeath when he falls to his death]]. He recalled that Bruce Lee was a harsh taskmaster but very appreciative of hard work and could be quite apologetic if he accidentally hurt someone, including Chan.[[note]]Chan admits that he hadn't been hurt seriously, but played it up because it meant Bruce paid more attention to him.[[/note]] After said incident, rumors state he was promised to be in all of Bruce Lee's movies. Jackie Chan speaks about it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8CtOqJy6xM here.]]** ''New Fist Of Fury'': After Bruce's death, Jackie starred here as the successor of Bruce, in what would be called a [[BruceLeeClone Brucesploitation]]. Unfortunately, this movie ''bombed'' big time, and could've been a StarDerailingRole for Jackie. Fortunately for Jackie, future movies after this start developing his character in his much more well known slapstick badass style rather than imitating Bruce, growing out from his shadow, and it was good for his career from that point on.* ''Film/DrunkenMaster''. One of his first breakout hits in Asia.* ''ShinjukuIncident'' is his attempt to branch out into serious (and [[DarkerAndEdgier gritty!]]) drama.* ''Film/PoliceStory'' features some jaw-dropping amazing stunts (with no CGI!) and is sometimes called 'Glass Story', due to the ridiculous number of sugar glass panels that break in the final 20 minutes of so of the movie. It's also important to mention that it has ''three'' sequels and a spinoff. Also, Chan considers it his best action film. The sequels to this film are:*** ''PoliceStory2'' (notable not just for the destruction of an actual building for the finale, but the outtakes showing ''something like forty cameras all lined up'' to ensure there was at least one good take.)*** ''Police Story 3: Super Cop'' (released in America as ''{{Film/SuperCop}}'')*** ''Police Story 4: First Strike'' (released in America as ''Jackie Chan's First Strike'') - The stepladder fight? This is the movie it's from.*** ''Once a Cop'' (the spin off starring MichelleYeoh's character from ''Super Cop''; also known as ''SuperCop2''. Only featured a cameo appearance by Jackie)** The franchise received a GrittyReboot in 2004 with ''NewPoliceStory'' and a second film, ''Police Story 2013'' was produced in the same vein, only with Jackie's character as a wholly Chinese policeman.* ''Project A'': His first film to feature a show-stopping, gratuitously dangerous stunt; in this case, Jackie falling from a clock tower and smashing through two awnings that slow him enough to make the fall survivable.** Even crazier is that he wasn't satisfied with the first take, so he did it ''two more times''!*** ''Film/ProjectA2'', the sequel, showed Jackie chewing up hot peppers and spitting them onto his fists to fight someone. Actual hot peppers. [[http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/2/4/141424_v1.jpg Which may or may not have been a smart idea.]] Rumor has it that the sequel was made at the behest of a very enthusiastic fan of the first movie. [[spoiler:The Emperor of Japan]], who even asked Jackie himself.* ''[[Film/ArmorOfGod Armour of God 1]]'', and its sequel ''Armour of God 2: Operation Condor'', later released in the US in reverse order as ''Operation Condor'' and ''Operation Condor 2: The Armor of the Gods''.** ''Armour of God 1'' is notable for being the closest Jackie Chan has come to death, suffering a critical head injury after a stunt misfire. The irony is that the stunt wasn't one of his usual showstoppers; even the "little" stunts can kill you. The ending credit outtakes go into great detail on this. Ever since, he has worn his hair long to cover the plastic plug in his skull.** On an unrelated note, [[http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jackie+Chan+Armor+of+God+Flight+of+the+Dragon+High+Upon+High end credits]] of ''Armour of God 1'' feature a good example of Jackie Chan singing.** 2012's ''Chinese Zodiac'' is a sort-of sequel to ''Armour of God'', though the treasure hunter character Chan portrays is now renamed "JC". * ''Film/CityHunter'': Based on the HojoTsukasa manga, and most famous for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Psls1ngwM funny and enterprisingly well done]] StreetFighter 2 parody, which is usually considered to be [[BetterThanCanon better than the movie]]! [[OldShame Jackie personally dislikes it, though]].* ''[[Film/DrunkenMaster Drunken Master II]]'': Selected as one of ''Time'' magazine's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_magazine%27s_%22All-TIME%22_100_best_movies All-TIME 100 Best Movies,]] the end of this film features a ''nearly 20-minute'' fight sequence that [[RogerEbert Roger Ebert]] [[http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-legend-of-drunken-master-2000 described]] as "one of the most remarkably sustained examples of martial arts choreography ever filmed", also stating "it may not be possible to film a better fight scene".** That sequence also has a scene where Jackie falls onto a bed of hot coals. ''Actual'' hot coals. A scene ''he re-shot three times'' to get right. He still bears scars on his arm from the failed takes.* ''Film/RumbleInTheBronx'': His breakout movie in the U.S.; prior to this movie, he had been offered a roles in Hollywood (such as the villain in ''Film/DemolitionMan''), but declined to avoid being typecast as either a villain or a bumbling Asian man. He wanted to succeed in Hollywood as Jackie Chan and not as a BruceLeeClone.* ''Mr. Nice Guy'': The saw blade scene? Yep, this is the movie.* ''Film/RushHour'': Probably his most famous and successful movie in the world, it cemented him as a ''bona fide'' Hollywood action star.* ''Film/ShanghaiNoon'': Not as famous as ''RushHour'', but some consider it superior, as the fight scenes are way better. ''Shanghai Knights'' features one of the most inspired "Singing In The Rain" tributes in cinema history.* ''Film/TheTuxedo'': A Bond parody that didn't fare so well with critics.* ''Film/TheForbiddenKingdom'': Part of his attempt to do more 'serious' movies and roles.** Also notable for being his only collaboration to date with JetLi. ([[JustHereForGodzilla Just that promise got asses in seats]], we assure you.)* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': Surprisingly, given his well-known difficulties in speaking English, he's the voice of master Monkey! [[WTHCastingAgency He has roughly two lines in the first one but more in the second.]]* ''Film/TheKarateKid'': Jackie Chan as Mr. Miyagi? Actually not that bad.** ActorAllusion: There is a poster in his room of the Mitsubishi he drove in ''Cannonball Run 2''.* ''Film/TheSpyNextDoor'': This is, though.* The Beast in the Chinese dub of ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''.* ''Film/CannonBallRun'': Easy to miss as this movie was before he broke out as a international star. He and another Asian actor were brought over to be the tech-savvy [[InterchangeableAsianCultures Japanese]] racers who cannot speak a word of English.** This is the movie that he credits with his decision to add outakes at the end of all of his movies.* ''Film/WheelsOnMeals'', which has what many consider to be [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVsigkUmvy8 one of the greatest fight scenes put on film.]]** The weird title is due to a superstitious executive, as the studio had recently suffered two expensive flops that both began with the letter M.* ''Film/TheMyth'': Part historical epic, part contemporary action movie, featuring an impressively international cast.* ''Film/TheTwinsEffect'': He has a supporting role as a paramedic in this Hong Kong vampire movie (the protagonists gate-crash his wedding).* ''Half A Loaf Of Kung Fu'': One of his early films, and the first to show his trademark comedic take on martial arts.* ''Who Am I?'': The climax features Jackie fighting two guys on a skyscraper rooftop, with all three actors spending a hair-raising amount of time close to the edge as they leap around fighting. Parts of said fight are textbook examples of why designer suits and earrings large enough to grab are a bad idea for combat.* ''Miracles'', also known as ''Ji Ji'' or ''The Canton Godfather'': One of Jackie Chan's lesser known movies, it's best described as [[XMeetsY Frank Capra meets Kung Fu]]. Ever seen a man stop a running fan with one hand? Ever seen one man fight 20 people in a rope factory? You will in this movie. Unsurprisingly, the outtakes are ''painful''.** Plus, Chan's own personal favorite of his films.* ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', in the Mandarin AND Cantonese dubs. He does ([[CrowningMomentOfAwesome and sings!]]) Shang's voice.* ''1911'', Chan's 100th film which was coincidentally released 100 years after the event it commemorates. It concerns China's 1911 Revolution, which [[UsefulNotes/NoMoreEmperors ended the rule of emperors]]. Unlike most of Chan's films, it contains little martial arts or comedy.* ''Film/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays2004'': Good stunts but horribly misplaced in the film. Should be noted this was one of the few live-action films he acted for Creator/{{Disney}}.* ''Film/TwinDragons.'' Jackie plays twins, SeparatedAtBirth. This one concludes with the famous fight sequence in and around cars that are being ''actively crash tested.''* ''Little Big Soldier.'' Jackie portrays an old soldier who appears cowardly and unwilling to fight, who manages to capture an enemy General. It's half comedy and half drama as he attempts to bring the General back to his country so that he can finally go back to a normal life as a farmer and raise a family.* ''Film/DragonsForever'', the last time Jackie would co-star in a film with the other two of his ''Three Brothers'' friends from the China Drama Academy, Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung. It also stars another one of Chan's old academy friends, Yuen Wah, as the main villain and was the last film to feature Chan fighting Benny Urquidez. An amazing film, that nonetheless actually saw Chan playing against type, because instead of playing the happy go lucky every man he plays in his other films, he plays a slick, hotshot, skirt chasing lawyer. Both Sammo and Biao also played against type in this film. The film noticeably had a darker story than most martial arts films, featuring a tale of drugs and criminals that notably saw Hung's character injected with narcotics against his will.----!!Video games starring Jackie Chan include* ''VideoGame/JackieChansActionKungFu''. Also known as ''Jackie Chan''. - [[NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] and TurboGrafx16* ''Jackie Chan: Stuntmaster'' - PlayStation* ''[[JackieChanTheKungFuMaster Jackie Chan: The Kung-Fu Master]]'' - Arcade----!!'''Tropes applicable to him:'''* ActionGirl: Most of the women in his movies tend to not be typical DistressedDamsel characters. Even if not as crazy as he is, they tend to throw a hard punch or save his butt when necessary. Although Jackie admitted to being intimidated by MichelleYeoh, worried that she might outshine him in the martial arts and stunts.** Averted in ''Operation Condor,'' where the women are so dumb and helpless you think you've stumbled into a 1940s film.** Averted during a big chase scene in ''Project A'', where he ends up doubling back a couple of times during the chase, because the girl with him at the time becomes TheLoad. This forces him into a bit of trickery to protect her, knowing there was no way she could keep up with him.* ApologeticAttacker: He tends to play characters who would like to avoid violence as much as possible.* {{Badass}}: Would YOU do most of the things Jackie has during his film career?* BadassGrandpa: Still up and kicking ass at the age of 60.* BigNameFan: Several big stars like SylvesterStallone and RobinWilliams are big fans of his, which led to their becoming friends.* BookDumb: Describes himself as this in his autobiography, because he didn't apply himself in grade school and spent a good portion of his youth in the Chinese Opera school. He laments that it means he's not as good with technology like computers that could have really helped his career.* BruceLeeClone: Started out as this in his early roles. Hilariously enough, he points out that in his old movie posters, the words "The Next Bruce Lee" are written above his name in much bigger fonts.* TheDanza: In several of his films his character is named (or translated as) simply "Jackie."* DentedIron: His status as a major Determinator (see below) and all the amazing stunts coupled with the injuries that come with them, have been slowly taking a toll on his body. Although he still does his own stunts, he scaled down on some of the more spectacular displays and does whatever he attempts with much more security and safety than before. * {{Determinator}}: He's broken pretty much every bone in his body and ''has a hole in his head'', but keeps going like it's nobody's business.%%* DishDash* EnforcedMethodActing: The crew of ''Police Story'' decided that regular sugar glass panels looked too fake and so used a stronger, thicker version. Ergo, all those glass cuts you see? Yeah, they're real.** The constant panicked looks Jackie gives when he's clinging from a tall building or helicopter? Also real.* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: {{Justified|Trope}}, as there were only so many Chinese Opera schools; several of his classmates are famous in their own right, like Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao.%% * ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask: * FauxFluency: In most of his English-language movies, he plays characters that speak more fluently than he can. He does speak English fairly well, just not as naturally as some of his characters.* FishOutOfWater: Going by the stuff he says, his early experience in Hollywood is like this in regards to the way they do their stunts.--> "I asked [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Mr. Spielberg]] how he put all the [[Film/JurassicPark dinosaurs and people together]] and he says it's easy, just push button, button, button. Then he asks me how I can jump from building to building. I say that's even easier. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Rolling, jump, cut, hospital.]]"\\...\\"They want to inflate this big cushion, set up wires... it takes ''five hour!'' And I'm just like 'Look, let me jump between buildings, give me the money! Just give me the money, I'll do it in two minutes!'"* GoodIsNotSoft: Generally speaking, his characters are nice guys, however, when push comes to shove, he will kick your ass if he has to.* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Many of his fighting scenes aren't planned until the day of the shoot. As noted in the commentary for Shanghai Noon, they simply set up a saloon with as many props as they could find and simply let Jackie plan the scene and the shots as he wished. * HilariousOuttakes: A staple of many of his films, most of them are multiple takes of stunts fights that [[OhCrap just didn't go right]]. According to the man himself, this was inspired by ''CannonballRun''.** Once he started making movies for Western audiences, more traditional bloopers of Jackie flubbing his lines started to make the cut. Jackie had to learn many of his lines phonetically and would, on occasion, be fed dialogue he didn't understand that would nevertheless crack up his co-stars. From the shoot of ''RushHour3'':---> '''Jackie:''' [about pornography preferences] I like the one with the horses! ''(someone off-screen cracks up)'' Why you teach me? Are you teach me a bad word?* ImprovFu: Jackie Chan's characters are all about this. This is because the Chan man loves action but dislikes violence so he uses his own style involving a lot of dodging and using the environment to combat his opponents.** This is also true for his character in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''.* ImprovisedWeapon: It's safe to say that Jackie would be invincible if he got into a fight at Wal*Mart or Home Depot. He truly is the poster child of this trope.** As an example, one fight scene in ''Police Story 4'' manages to utilize folding tables, wooden chairs, a skiing jacket, a box of flyers, wooden poles, scaffolding, packing crates, sheets of drywall, the head of a dragon dance costume, a broom and, most infamously, a ''10 foot tall stepladder.'' All in the span of five minutes.* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Lo Wei, the first director who gave Jackie a chance, actively worked to prevent him from making comedic kung fu movies and forced him to work on endless Bruceploitation films. Obviously, Jackie won that argument.** Jackie had this attitude when it came to seeing the early BruceLee movies. No wire work, bare-bones fights, long cuts that show exactly what they are doing and only [[MookChivalry fighting one guy at a time]]. He later admitted he and his stuntman friends were actually jealous, recognizing that Lee was crafting a new age of action movies that relied on the skill of the performers and not the flurry of the visuals.%% * JuggleFu* MadeOfIron: [[RunningGag Did you read yet about all the injuries he's had over his career?]]* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Jackie abhors violence in real life and claims to having only been in one fight his entire life and only then because his friends dragged him into it. Most of his characters, though, are normally [[BewareTheNiceOnes nice guys pushed too far.]]* MoneyDearBoy: Does not hide the fact that he does movies, particularly American movies, for the money and makes pragmatic decisions to make them sell. He's also got his own clothing line among his many franchises. Also, in [[EllenDegeneres Ellen's]] talkshow, he gives us this line:---> "(Talking about the elaborate setups for stunts in America) Just give me the money, and I'll climb that tree! No need for all this complicated stuff."** In particular, [[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298648,00.html he doesn't care for]] the ''RushHour'' films, doesn't get the American humor, and only did a second film because they offered him an "irresistible" amount of money (reportedly something like 20 million to match his co-star Chris Tucker's salary). When it came time for a third one, they had to give Jackie and Chris Tucker both 25 million, promise Chris Tucker 20% of the gross, and give Jackie the distribution rights to the entire continent of Asia. Although he certainly had fun working with his compatriots in it.* OlderThanTheyLook: Would you believe he was born in 1954? The only role he shows it is Mr. Han and even then he simply looks aged up.* OldShame: The ''CityHunter'' movie mentioned above. He also played a minor role in a SexComedy called ''All In The Family'' with SammoHung ''waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy'' back when he was pretty much a nobody in the industry. There was an UrbanLegend perhaps spread by Cracked.com that it was a porno that was in black and white (the article featured a black and white picture). In actuality, it would be tame by modern Western standards but was racy for 1970's China and is available on Website/{{Youtube}}.** His autobiography includes a filmography with comments by the man himself. One film he laments making, ''The Protector'', was completely gratuitous and nonsensical (as in, a drug den staffed by naked women), and another, ''All In The Family'', contains his only on-screen sex scene (which he says was terrible and nobody should ever want to see it.)* {{Omniglot}}: He speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and American Sign Language and also speaks some German, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, and Thai.* ReCut: Many of his films for Golden Harvest were recut for international audiences, generally by dubbing every character's lines into English (even those originally speaking English in the scene) and by replacing the musical score. Some films, such as the ''Armour of God'' films, had as many as 15 minutes of footage cut out for their US debut. Jackie often participated in these re-cuts by providing an English dub for his own voice.** Jackie was very disappointed with ''The Protector'' and recut the movie himself so that things made sense (such as changing the nude female lab assistants to fully clothed ones) and so the story was more cohesive (re-editing the fights into a Hong Kong style, removing swearing, adding a scene or two to flesh out CharacterDevelopment, etc.)* SmallNameBigEgo: He admits in his autobiography that he went through a phase of this early in his career, pulling stunts like behaving badly in restaurants. He quickly wised up.* TakeThat: His stage name "Cheng Long" means "already a dragon" and was intended as a dig at all the {{Bruce Lee Clone}}s with stage names like "becoming a dragon".----


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Barton in the Beans
Barton in the Beans is a hamlet in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England and forms part of the Shackerstone civil parish. There are no shops or pubs here, only a Baptist Church and a post box. It was in the 18th century an important centre for the Baptist Church and the minister at Barton was the notable clockmaker Samuel Deacon (1746-1816). The population ca. 1830 was 177.
One of the earliest mentions of this place is in the Domesday Book where it is listed amongst the lands given to Hugh de Grandmesnil[1] by the King (the land required half a plough and there were 2 acres (8,100 m2) of meadow). During the Middle Ages the land passed through many hands including several members of the family of Hastings.
Barton is one of many places in England with this name: both this Barton and that in Nottinghamshire were once known as "Barton-in-Fabis" but that is no longer used for the Leicester Barton.[2] In Domesday Book both are just 'Bartone' and later usage has varied (the meaning of Barton in both cases is probably 'grange' i.e. an outlying farm within an estate).
- The village of Barton in Fabis in Nottinghamshire was once known as Barton in the Beans (Faba being Latin for 'bean' abl. plur. 'fabis')
A popular saying in the county is "Shake a Leicestershire man by the collar and you may hear the beans rattle in his belly": the author John Benjamin Firth quotes this from a contributor to Magna Britannia, 1820.[3] Leicestershire was once noted for cultivating the broad bean (Vicia faba)[4] (and in this way the bean has been perpetuated in place-names).
Samuel Deacon, Baptist pastor and clockmaker[edit]
Deacon settled at Barton ca. 1765 and set up in business as a clockmaker. His workshop was preserved by his successors and after many years of continuous use is now in the collections of the Leicester Museum. He was a leader of the General Baptist sect and the author of many works, including his autobiography.[5][6]
Notable residents[edit]
John Goodman (born 1765) was a Baptist preacher who hired out leeches for bloodletting. The leeches came from lakes in Cheshire and North Wales through which Goodman would wade with bare legs.[7]
The Leicester Tigers rugby player Dean Richards once lived in Barton.[citation needed]
- ^ Domesday Book: a Complete Transliteration. London: Penguin, 2003; p. 656 ISBN 0-14-143994-7
- ^ Firth, J. B. (1926) Highways and Byways in Leicestershire. London: Macmillan; pp. 420-422
- ^ Firth, J. B. (1926) Highways and Byways in Leicestershire. London: Macmillan; p. 422
- ^ Evans, Arthur Benoni (1881) Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs. London: Trübner & Co.; p. 101, p. 299 "Bean-belly: an epithet of Leicestershire"
- ^ Nichols, John (1795-1815). History of the County of Leicester. Vol. 3. London: John Nichols
- ^ Leicestershire Clocks [and] the Deacon Workshop; compiled by the Earl Shilton Old Clock Club, 2002-05. Issue 2: 2005. CD-ROM
- ^ Palmer, Roy (1985) The Folklore of Leicestershire and Rutland. Wymondham, Leicestershire: Sycamore Press; p.74
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|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barton in the Beans.
- Map sources for Barton in the Beans
- Barton [-in-the-Beans] in the Domesday Book

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What Women Really Think … Of Sex On The First Date
What Women Really Think … Of Sex On The First Date
What Women Really Think … Of Sex On The First Date
Tattoos, underwear, and shoes aside, let's talk about sex. More specifically, let's talk about sex on the first date. Who's doing it? Who isn't? And how do we feel about those who are doing it, as well as ourselves when we put out on date numero uno?
Although some people may scowl at the thought of it, a decent amount of people are having sex on the first date. Sorry, judgy-wudgy bears, but it's true. It's 2013, over 40 years since the beginning of the sexual revolution, so if it feels right, then go with it.
For the last few weeks of "What Women Really Think …" we haven't hit up the sex topic, but this week, gentlemen, since you already had your say on the subject, we're here to tell you what ladies think of you and themselves when they give it up on the first date.
Sometimes we want to be in control:
"I'm always hesitant to have sex on the first date if a guy is really pushing for it. I want to be the one who decides if we're going to have sex, and not let the guy feel like he won. I want to be the decider," says Ashley, 29.
"I've never met a guy who hasn't tried to have sex on the first date. It's laughable how easy it is," says Amy, 27.
But sometimes we can have reservations, because of past experiences:
"I naturally assume every guy who wants to f*ck on the first date has an STD or a shady past. Maybe a serial killer? But that's based on past mistakes,"
says Erin, 31.
Indulge, and judgers be damned!
"Go for it! Be free you little winged sex monkeys!" says Jennifer, 27.
"I think that you're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't. So you might as well enjoy your life and just go with the flow... if he likes you already, he'll still want to see you again. If he doesn't call you because you didn't hold yourself back from something you wanted to do, then he's a judgy jerk who you probably shouldn't want to spend your life with anyways," says Sandra, 29.
"If it feels right and we're both into it then sure, why not? I slept with my ex on the first date (we were young and he gave me a line about blue balls), and we were together five years. But if I heard the blue balls line now, I'd smack the dude," says Jennie, 33.
Why women might steer clear of sex on the first date:
"If I actually really dig the dude, I try to wait just cause I get emotionally attached when I come into contact with peen," says Amelia, 33.
"I do it then feel sh*tty about it. Only because dudes have conditioned me that way. Thanks for calling me back, you assholes," says Kate, 31.
But, in the end, safety first. Always.:
"Eh, as long as everyone is safe and smart, with your expectations/emotions/grasp on reality in check (stuff everybody should be doing anyway), why not?," says Melissa, 25.
"I say as long as you both protect your heart, along with your standard safe-sex practices, it's all good," says Lisa, 34.
Overall, women seem to be down with having sex on the first date, and with men wanting to have sex on the first date. Perhaps, having sex on the third date is now a thing of the past. I guess a lot of us can agree that maybe it's a good idea to take the car for a test drive before a second date. Why waste our time on a broken-down clunker that could crap out at the next stop light?
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The ban limiting the size of a single-sized serving of sugary beverages in New York City was scheduled to begin on March 12.
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CNBCis reporting breaking news that New York City's controversial soda ban that was championed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and set to go in effect tomorrow has been ruled illegal. Justice Milton Tingling called the ban "arbitrary and capricious."
Even here at MNN the soda ban caused (friendly) differences of opinion. Our lifestyle blogger Starre thought the soda ban was a good idea and that it would help curb obesity. Our family blogger Jenn thought the soda ban was well-intentioned but over-reaching.
The ban, which was called a soda ban or surgary drink ban by most in the media wasn't actually a ban on the beverages. It was ban on large sizes, more than 16-ounce servings of sugary drinks.
The New York Times reported yesterday that many restaurants, movie theaters, stadiums and cafes were not going to put the smaller-size limit into practice just yet. They were going to wait out a three-month grace period that was to allow places to make adjustments and hope that in those three months, the legal challenges to the ban would prevail. Starbucks said it wasn't going to make the changes at all, with officials saying they didn't think their drinks fell under the guidelines.
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During a recent interview, writer Heath Daniels asked Grammy-nominated veteran songwriter Linda Perry what she thought about changes in the music industry over the last twenty years. The 4 Non Blondes frontwoman and writer/producer for big-name artists like Christina Aguilera and Alicia Keys had some biting words for pop star Katy Perry. "Who wants a f*cking Katy Perry record?" asked Linda, doubtful that fans of the other Perry actually purchase her full-length albums when they can just consume her singles piecemeal.
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Assessing the accuracy of using whole and sectioned vertebrae to determine the age of an endemic sisorid catfish, Glyptosternon maculatum, in Tibet, China
- Cheng-Zhi Ding,
- Yi-Feng Chen,
- De-Kui He
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The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable method of age estimation for Glyptosternon maculatum (Sisoridae, Siluriformes) in the Yarlung Tsangpo River basin of Tibetan Plateau using whole and sectioned vertebrae. Sectioned vertebrae showed that translucent bands were separated by distinct opaque bands through the focus to the margin. Although whole vertebrae showed clear band patterns in the intermediate region, such band patterns are obscure around the region of the focus of the vertebrae in older fish. The whole and sectioned vertebrae methods produced consistent ages until age 6, but there was a trend towards greater differences between the two methods as age increased. These findings indicate that sectioned vertebrae are suitable for age estimation of this species.
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- Title
- Assessing the accuracy of using whole and sectioned vertebrae to determine the age of an endemic sisorid catfish, Glyptosternon maculatum, in Tibet, China
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- Available under Open Access This content is freely available online to anyone, anywhere at any time.
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Ichthyological Research
Volume 58, Issue 1 , pp 72-76
- Cover Date
- 2011-01-01
- 10.1007/s10228-010-0184-0
- Print ISSN
- 1341-8998
- Online ISSN
- 1616-3915
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Age determination
- Glyptosternon maculatum
- Sectioned vertebra
- Whole vertebra
- Authors
- Cheng-Zhi Ding (1) (2)
- Yi-Feng Chen (1)
- De-Kui He (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Laboratory of Biological Invasion and Adaptive Evolution, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, People's Republic of China
- 2. Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, People's Republic of China


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Hi all,
What do you think, I've old Nikkor lenses, more precisely a 35-70 2.8, a 80-200 2.8 and a 28 1.8 (all three ones, the first versions), how will they perform on the D600?
I must precise I don't care about bokey and I can stand flare problems, I'm only interested in picture crispness at focales 8 and 11.
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If the sum of all NXs is found to be much less than one, it is known by the Poisson statistic that this sum is equal to the probability of any organism being successful. Hence,
Pc = Sum (NXs) in the limit of a small value (e.g., 10-4).
To begin the calculation, it is important to recognize that different classes of organisms are critical to these calculations, and methods must be devised to estimate their abundances. It is assumed that the spacecraft will be cleaned and/or treated to reduce its bioburden of organisms. As a starting point, the current procedures for cleaning and validating a Mars lander that does not carry life-detection experiments will be assumed. Under these procedures, the lander spacecraft is certified to be carrying a total available bioload of not more than 300,000 culturable "spores," where the "spores" are defined to be heat-shock-resistant organisms. However, some portions of a Mars spacecraft are solid materials, encapsulated components, and occluded surfaces, and they are not included in the above levels of bioload because they are not "available" for release to the martian environment. For the sake of argument, however, the task group considered a worst-case scenario, in which the long-term corrosive action of ocean water ultimately liberates all organisms, wherever they reside. To adjust the estimate of bioload, typical values for surface and buried microbial density on items manufactured inside and outside of controlled environments (e.g., clean rooms) must be taken into account. These values are given in current planetary protection guidelines.1
From a series of many thousands of samplings of the Viking landers and subsequent culture studies, information is available on the types of organisms present under clean room assembly conditions. Chemolithoautotrophic organisms were not specifically tested for because at the time, it was widely expected that organic compounds would be present in the martian soil.
The Viking planetary protection studies characterized only the aerobic, mesophilic organisms that grow on trypticase soy agar (TSA) plates. The ratio of total culturable cells to "spores" was found to be quite variable but typically ranged from 3:1 to 60:1.2 Under present protocols the spacecraft assay is for heat-shock-resistant organisms, presumed to be spores. To be safe, the task group assumed a value of 50 (see the next paragraph) as the factor by which to multiply the number of heat-shock-resistant organisms measured for a given spacecraft to estimate the actual number of organisms that could grow in culture. This value is significantly higher than the average observed. More than 55 percent of the organisms were gram-positive cocci (Staphylococcus and Micrococcus), characteristic of organisms found in the human body. Bacillus organisms accounted for about 24 percent, the Corynebacterium-Brevibacterium group accounted for about 15 percent, and Actinomycetes and yeasts constituted the remaining few percent.3
In studies done on the Surveyor spacecraft before they were sent to the Moon, aerobes outnumbered anaerobes by 5 to 1, both overall and for just the "spore" fraction.4 Even though autotrophy was not assayed, a search was made for psychrophilic microorganisms, but none were detected on spacecraft surfaces.5 The factor-of-50 multiplier (see preceding paragraph) takes into account these additional anaerobic microorganisms, which were not assayed in the Viking studies.
In summary, the number of chemolithotrophic organisms on spacecraft is small compared to the number of more common heterotrophs. Since organic compounds may be present in the putative europan ocean, the task group accepts the nominal spacecraft assays that use TSA as the growth medium and assumes them to be indicative of the overall population of organisms that pose a contamination threat.
Type A organisms are all those organisms that are culturable using the standard TSA plating technique. Type B are those known as "spores " in the standard protocol, as determined by their resistance to heat shock. Type C are a subset of Type B and are resistant to higher radiation doses. Type D are a subset of Type A and are also resistant to high radiation doses. To avoid unnecessarily elaborate testing and analysis procedures, the task group suggests that Types C and D be determined by a simple screening test using exposure to 60Co or by some other well-established procedure for dosing with ionizing radiation. The classification criteria suggested at this time are as follows:
Type C—Organisms with 10 percent or greater survival above 0.8 Mrad; and
Type D—Organisms with 10 percent or greater survival above 4.0 Mrad.
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GLC and Rhymefest could be considered the right and left hand men for Kanye West. Many are unaware that Rhymefest is actually the genius behind Jesus Walks, and GLC is the driving force behind Spaceship. However, with their new song Bionic Jaws [Download Here], off the Closed Session series presented by Rubyhornet.com and DJ RTC, many will see why Mr. West associates with these talented emcees. Produced by one third of the Dilated People, DJ Babu, the beat rides real smooth and compliments the vocals of the two well, especially GLC. In the first two verses, GLC's deep and sleek voice lays down his "pimpin" and showcases why he should be set apart from other cookie-cutter rappers. With Rhymefest coming in and spitting a laid back yet assertive flow that will have you paying attention to his lyricism, both emcees assert themselves apart from Kanye's influence. For more G.O.O.D. Music, make sure you check out Rhymefest's latest album El Che, GLC's forthcoming album Love, Life & Loyalty, and keep it locked to RubyHornet for more Closed Session dopeness.
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Thousands of sea turtles (green and loggerhead) arrive to nest in Cozumel each year and there are at least two (2) Marine Turtle Salvation Programs on the island that need your support and help with the conservation efforts of the island! Island volunteers along with visiting tourist volunteers have dedicated thousands of hours over the years to saving the sea trurtle population in Cozumel and now you can participate too!
During the nights of April through September, on the eastern shore of Cozumel, two (2) species of sea turtles come ashore to lay their eggs on the beach of Cozumel. The turtles, known as the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and the green turtle (Chelonia mydas), generally lay from 100-150 eggs and can nest up to 6 times in one season.
Now Cozumel visitors are invited to join and support this important conservation program to save and protect these endangered species of turtles. Work side by side with brigade volunteers and get hands on experience with turtles making their nests, laying eggs as well as watch baby turtles making their way to the sea for the first time.
Tourists visiting Cozumel or those living here who would like to
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NOTE: Requests are submitted to an approval process and are handled on first-come, first-serve basis. Please allow 1 week for a response.
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NOTE: We provide this reservation service "Pro Bono" each year ~ 100% for the turtles. In 2012, COZUMELINSIDER helped raise over US$ 12,000, US$ 10,000 in 2013 and US$ 19,000 in 2014 for this program using our reservation system. So please HELP US HELP THEM !! Reserve Here Now!! AND send us reservation referrals so we can continue this critical support of marine life conservation efforts on the island!
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Adults 12 & up: US$ 70 per person donation
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Children 11 - 5 years: US$ 40 per person donation
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NEW YORK (AP) -- As Kate and William showed off the royal baby, what caught the eye of many women was not the new heir to the throne but the Duchess of Cambridge's post-childbirth silhouette: that little bump under her pretty polka-dot dress.
"I love that she came out and there was a mommy tummy. It was there! We all saw it!" said Lyss Stern of New York City, who remembers turning down offers of a girdle and diet pills after her first child was born nine years ago.
Stern, whose company Divamoms.com organizes events and product launches, added that Kate was sending "the right message," in stark contrast to Hollywood celebrities who are shown "three weeks after childbirth with a flat stomach and G-string bikini. That's not real."
Even those who make a living getting new moms into shape applauded Kate. "I'm thrilled that she went out there like that, because we never see real mommy tummies," said Helene Byrne, a personal trainer in Oakland, Calif., who specializes in pre- and post-natal exercise. "When you see a magazine or photos of new celebrity moms, they're Photoshopped. They're fake! They're a big lie!"
The Daily Beast even ran a headline saying Kate's "unabashed baby belly busts the last taboo of pregnancy." Indeed, most celebrity new moms don't have their pictures taken until their tummies are flat again. And while the stars usually credit diet and exercise with making their bodies bikini-ready so fast, gossip and plastic surgeons often cite something else: the popular procedure known as a tummy tuck.
People magazine has an entire online archive devoted to "Body After Baby: Celebrity moms show off shockingly svelt figures after giving birth," but the magazine declined to comment Wednesday on the example set by Kate. Meanwhile, the summer's other celebrity mom, Kim Kardashian, has yet to be seen in public. Us Weekly reported that she won't leave the house untill she's ready to "debut her post-baby body."
Nobody can say whether Kate consciously chose to send a message that this is what new mothers really look like, or whether she didn't realize -- or didn't care -- how obvious her tummy would be. Either way, she un-self-consciously handed the baby off to her husband rather than using the newborn to camouflage her figure from the cameras and crowds when she emerged from the hospital Tuesday. And her form-draping dress was a contrast to the caftan-like outfit that hid Princess Diana's figure when she appeared publicly for the first time after giving birth to Will in 1982.
Nancy Manister, who worked for 20 years as a maternity nurse and now teaches at Fairfield University in Connecticut, even noticed a moment during the photo op when Kate "clasped her hands together underneath the belly, and I thought, 'She's not trying to hide it.'" As for anxious new moms wondering when that bump will go away, Manister says, "it takes six weeks to lose 25 pounds, and a full year" to get your old body back.
Jennifer Moneta, who works in public relations in Dallas, gave birth nine weeks ago and was especially pleased that Kate made the post-partum silhouette "look very natural, as if that is what all moms can and should expect after having a baby." Moneta said that when she left the hospital, "I still looked five months pregnant, even though I only gained 20 pounds during pregnancy. My father even lovingly kidded me about it, saying 'I didn't realize the baby was still in there.'"
Alison Jimenez, a fashion blogger in Astoria, N.Y., said she was "outraged" by comments from some Kate-watchers asking things like "Is she pregnant again?"
"This woman has just given birth, what was she supposed to do? Struggle into a pair of Spanx?" Jimenez said.
But some new moms do swear by girdles or their modern equivalent. Josephine Giraci, of Lloyd Neck, N.Y., says the best piece of advice she got before her first child was born 11 years ago was to pack a girdle in her maternity bag. She wore it for three months after giving birth: "I slept in it and everything."
One shapewear company, Hourglass Angel, wasted no time Wednesday emailing pitches showing a picture of Kate with the mommy tummy alongside ads for corsets and girdles as a way for women to "regain their body" and "feel even more beautiful."
Dr. Robert Atlas, an obstetrician-gynecologist at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, explained that the "bulge that women have after they deliver" is mostly loose skin and fat. He said breast-feeding can help new mothers lose the weight "due to extra metabolic processing," but he doesn't recommend girdles as a way to lose baby weight -- though women who have cesarean sections do wear a binder-like accessory around their midsections to support abdominal muscles.
As he spoke, he was with a patient, Melissa Baker, of Ellicott City, Md., who gave birth just a week ago. Asked what she thought of Kate, Baker said, simply, "I liked that she didn't look perfect."
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PUNXSUTAWNEY — It just wouldn't feel like the Christmas season in Punxsutawney without the magic of Make-A-Wish in the air.
Make-A-Wish invites the members of the local community to help give the gift of a wish-come-true to a local child with a life-threatening medical condition this week, as it kicks off its Annual Light Up A Child's Life holiday campaign.
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PUNXSUTAWNEY — Members of the Punxsutawney Fire Department will have their boots in hand from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. this weekend at major intersections throughout town for the 29th annual fire department boot drive to collect donations for area food banks and individual food baskets.
Boot drive collections will take place in front of the Lindsey Fire Hall, West Mahoning; Central Fire Hall, East Mahoning, Hampton Avenue and Front Street intersection; and Elk Run Fire Company, at the intersection of Elk Run and Graffius avenues.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — When it comes to the small town of Punxsutawney, one thing is for certain: It is a town where many do their best to lend a helping hand.
As the holiday season nears, we see the Make-A-Wish organization preparing to make the wishes of local children come true. We have the Toys for Tots program providing gifts for local children.
And now, the town has added another special something to its Christmas spirit — one for the elderly residents of Punxsy.
This year, for the first time, the Groundhog Club will be having a Holiday Elderly Care Gift Basket Drive.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — While the school term is winding down toward break, the IUP-Punxsy campus held its annual Toys for Tots Dinner event Thursday night to celebrate its season of giving.
The event was open to the public as well as students.
The cost was $7 per person, plus attendees were to bring an unwrapped toy.
IUP Dining was in charge of the dinner and prepared a delicious meal of prime rib with shrimp, potatoes and green beans. Dessert and beverages were also served.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Punxsutawney Salvation Army presented Fezell's County Market with an award for its many years of hosting the Red Kettle campaign at Christmastime.
The Salvation Army is recognizing Tim Fezell and Fezell's County Market with a plaque because they are supporting the community in all that they do, said Capt. Keith Jache, co-commander of the Punxsutawney Salvation Army.
"Not only do they host the Red Kettle every year, they also prepare the bagged food that is distributed at Christmas," he said.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Punxsutawney Borough Council Public Safety Committee discussed tree trimming in Barclay Square at Tuesday's meeting.
"Council suggested that numerous trees in the park require some maintenance," said Ben White, Punxsutawney Borough manager.
White said it has been suggested that the borough bring in Scott Sjolander from Penn State Cooperative Extension to evaluate the trees in the park and which ones need to trimmed.
Sjolander walked through the park with White, Larry Chenoga, council president, and Joe Defelice, Public Works foreman, he said.
PUNXSUTAWNEY– The Punxsutawney Area School Board held their reorganization meeting Tuesday evening in Punxsutawney, with very little looking different after the meeting than it did before.
Current board President Gary Conrad was re-elected and will continue to be president of the Punxsutawney Area School Board for 2013.
Vice President Francis Molinaro was re-elected as well and will continue to be vice-president for the next year.
During the reorganization meeting, board members made a decision as to when their 2013 meetings would be held.
YOUNG TOWNSHIP — Two Punxsutawney-based Pennsylvania State Police cars sustained heavy damage after being struck by a fleeing vehicle during a pursuit at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday on Route 310 in Young Township.
According to Punxsutawney-based Pennsylvania State Police, a PT Cruiser driven by Douglas Bryan Oharah, 41, Reynoldsville, was traveling north on Route 119 approximately one mile south of Punxsutawney Borough when a state trooper attempted to stop him for a traffic violation.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — Punxsutawney Borough Council's Public Safety Committee held its meeting Tuesday and discussed the proposed liquor license transfer from Sykesville into Punxsy for a new Mexican restaurant that is to be coming to the Groundhog Plaza.
The borough received the application from the developer, Developac of DuBois, which owns the Groundhog Plaza, said Ben White, Punxsutawney Borough manager.
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The Congress sought to distance itself from the arrest of the former Samajwadi Party leader, Amar Singh, in the cash-for-votes scam of 2008, even as the Bharatiya Janata Party — whose "whistleblower MPs" were also arrested in the case — sought a thorough investigation into the ruling party's role in the episode as it was the "real beneficiary" of the trust vote.
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told journalists that those who took "a salacious interest" in such matters and allege political motives forgot that the arrest came at the conclusion of a Supreme Court-monitored investigation and the filing of a charge sheet by the CBI thereafter.
"The Congress," he said, "believes in the due process of law. Such statements are coming from those who have no faith or trust in the legal process."
Pressed on the possibility of the investigations even "leading to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's door," Mr. Singhvi said it was impossible "except in the most fertile and febrile imaginations."
Meanwhile, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, rejecting the allegations that the United Progressive Alliance government was the beneficiary of the "cash-for-votes" scam, said it did not need the votes of the three BJP MPs, who claimed they were bribed.
"The Congress government did not need any votes. You can check the records and see by how many votes we won," he stressed. Criticising the BJP for not allowing Parliament to function, as it was the forum in which such issues should be discussed, he said there was no need for the Prime Minister to make a statement on the issue.
But even as the Congress publicly put on a brave face, privately some party MPs admitted that the investigations into the scam was embarrassing for the party — and did not rule out the possibility of Mr. Amar Singh even naming some people in the party with whom he may have been in touch.
These sources, however, stressed that "there was no official connection with our party. It is, however, entirely possible that Mr. Amar Singh did try to bribe some people and did not succeed."
However, the Congress appeared to be confident that — apart from the embarrassment of facing accusations from the Opposition that no action was initiated against the beneficiaries of the scam — it might be legally difficult to prove anything against Mr. Amar Singh.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ — National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) today announced the addition of WEBENCH LED Architect to its award-winning portfolio of online WEBENCH® Designer tools. The first of its kind, WEBENCH LED Architect enables both novice and expert designers to perform real-time comparisons and optimize complex lighting systems for performance, size and cost in minutes.
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Daybreak: Abbas Would Deal With New Gov
Plus Bibi switches course on settlement neighborhood, and more in the news
• Post-new coalition, President Abbas said he would still respond to any "positive" peace process overtures, and that if none were forthcoming, he hinted, he might go back to the United Nations. [Reuters/Haaretz]
• The Obama administration, meanwhile, pledged no change in policy toward Israel based on the new coalition. [JTA]
• The Netanyahu government, however, is changing its policy and now seeking ways to keep the Ulpana neighborhood in the Beit El settlement, despite a Supreme Court order to make it disappear. [Haaretz]
• U.N. envoy and noted peacemaker Kofi Annan noted that the ceasefire in Syria under his eponymous plan has not actually ceased the firing. [NYT]
• Sen. John Kerry, both influential in his own right and gunning for Secretary of State in a second Obama term, said it might be time for safe zones and directly arming the opposition there. [FP]
• A reminder that new coalition partner Shaul Mofaz, who is also a former IDF chief-of-staff, is seen as being less hawkish on Iran than his new boss, Bibi. [NYT]
Sundown: Biden Defends Israeli Self-Defense
Plus Obama forsakes sticks and stones against Syria, and more
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