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Base or BASE may refer to:

In computing:

• BASE (search engine), Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
• Basically Available, Soft state, Eventual consistency (BASE), a consistency model
• Google Base, an online database provided by Google
• OpenOffice.org Base, OpenOffice.org's database module, also known as ooBase
• an HTML element <base>

In mathematics:

• Base (geometry), a side of a plane figure (for example a triangle)
• Base (group theory), a sequence of distinct elements of a set
• Base (exponentiation) or radix, the b in bⁿ
• Base (topology), a topological space
• Radix or base, the number of distinct digits in a positional numeral system

In science:

• Base (chemistry), a substance that can accept hydrogen ions (protons)
• An attribute to medication in uncombined form, for example erythromycin base
• Beta-alumina solid electrolyte, a fast ion conductor material

In other uses:

• Base (baseball), the first, second, and third base on a baseball diamond
• Base (company), an international design, communications, audiovisual, copywriting and publishing firm
• Base (politics), a group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates
• Base, Maharashtra, village in India
• BASE (mobile), a Belgian mobile telecommunications operator
• Bedini Audio Spectral Enhancer, an audio signal processor used in the early 1990s
• Cooking base, a concentrated flavouring compound
• Binder (material), a material that holds paint or other materials together
• Foundation (cosmetics), a cosmetic applied to the face
• Foundation (architecture)
• Military base, or non-military base, which provides shelter, military equipment and personnel
• Pedestal, a supporting feature of a statue or other item
• Budapest Aircraft Services' callsign
• Bible Archaeology Search and Exploration Institute
• Base, a type of connection on a transistor
• Base, a position in some cheerleading stunts

People with the surname[link]

• Rob Base, American rapper

See also[link]

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Base.

• Base pair, a pair of connected nucleotides on complementary DNA and RNA strands
• Nucleobase, in genetics, the parts of DNA and RNA involved in forming base pairs
• Bipolar junction transistor, Base Switch that controls current in a transistor
• Base and superstructure (Marxism)
• BASE jumping
• Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students, BASES
• Bases (disambiguation)
• Basis (disambiguation)
• Bass (disambiguation)
• Bottom (disambiguation)

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Jeb Corliss (born March 25, 1976 near Santa Fe, New Mexico^[1]) is a professional skydiver and BASE jumper. He has jumped from sites including Paris' Eiffel Tower, Seattle's Space Needle, and the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[2]

Jeb Corliss is co-founder of 3 Triple 7, a clothing label.

He was also the original host of the Discovery Channel series Stunt Junkies, appearing in 13 episodes, but was fired by Discovery as a result of his arrest (below).

On September 25, 2011 Corliss jumped out of a helicopter at 6,000 feet and glided through a 100-ft wide archway in Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China, landing with a parachute on a nearby bridge.^[3][4]

Arrest[link]

In April 2006, Jeb Corliss attempted to BASE jump off the observation deck of the Empire State Building, while wearing a camera, but was restrained by building security and arrested by the NYPD. As a result, Corliss received three years probation and 100 hours community service,^[2] which was at one point overturned by a Manhattan state judge on the basis that Corliss "was experienced and careful enough to jump off a building without endangering his own life or anyone else’s".^[5] This sentence was affirmed in January 2009.^[6] Corliss was later permanently banned from setting foot in the Empire State Building.^[7]

B.A.S.E. Jumping Related Accidents[link]

1999[link]

In 1999, Jeb Corliss had a near-fatal BASE jump into the Howick Falls, a waterfall in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The waterfall is approximately 95 meters in height (310 feet) and lies on the Umgeni River. The Zulu people called the falls KwaNogqaza, which means "Place of the Tall One". His chute opening was asymmetric and he could not avoid flying into the downpouring water.

2012[link]

On 16 January 2012 in an accident while proximity flying off Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa Jeb broke both ankles, three toes, his fibula bone, tore his left ACL, and sustained a gash in his shin that required skin grafts to close. He struck his legs approximately halfway between the hip and knee on a rock ledge he was attempting to skim over while aiming at a target balloon. The impact caused him to tumble forward one revolution before he regained control in order to clear some additional ledges. He then deployed his chute. He was airlifted out by the Red Cross Air Mercy Service Agusta 119. He has recovered, is up and walking and plans to return to life as usual. A video of the accident has been released. ^[8][9]

References[link]

• Corliss is featured in the last chapter of Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers: Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them, by Michael Abrams. ISBN 1-4000-5491-5.
• Hutchinson, Bill (April 28, 2006). "Been there, leaped off that". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/412843p-349081c.html. Retrieved 2007-01-18. 
• Parachuteless Parachuting
• Flying Humans, Hoping to Land With No Chute - New York Times.

External links[link]

• Jeb Corliss wing-suit demo flights video
• Weekend America - Interview with Jeb Corliss
• Outlawing Creative Subversions
• The Ground is the Limit at the Internet Movie Database
• MySpace
• Daredevils: The Human Bird - Channel 4 (UK) television documentary, 2009
• Grinding the Crack

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