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By using BlankSlate and WebServius technologies together, you can turn a spreadsheet of data on your computer into a fully managed public API in literally minutes, and easily charge money for access to this data. For example, you can sell your spreadsheet data for $0.01 per row. The following video shows the entire process:
The BlankSlate platform turns any tabular data into a public API. The WebServius API management solution is used to secure, manage, and monetize the API.
Here is a more detailed description of the steps shown in the video:
Creating a BlankSlate API
1. Sign in to your BlankSlate account (or create a new one) at http://beta.blankslate.com
2. Click 'Create my first API' and give it a name and a description.
3. Choose 'Upload a Spreadsheet' and follow the instructions to select an Excel spreadsheet from your computer. Other data import methods are available on BlankSlate, and they will also work.
4. Click 'Take me to my Data', verify that the data was imported correctly into BlankSlate and change column settings if needed.
5. Click on the 'API' tab. This will display your API operations along with your unique API key. Keep this information private if you're planning to manage the API with WebServius.
You now have a functional API. If you would like to expose your data publicly with the ability to control who has access, observe usage patterns, or to charge money for access to the data, you will need to add a WebServius management and billing layer on top of your API.
Managing your API with WebServius
1. Sign up for a free account at webservius.com
Follow the simple instructions on the account creation forms until you get to the main WebServius dashboard.
2. Create a Service
Go to the 'Services' tab and click on 'New Service'.
Enter a name and a description that accurately describes your data set, and choose BlankSlate Spreadsheet Data from the Service Type selection.
Find the 'Search operation URL' on the BlankSlate API and copy it into the BlankSlate API URL field. Make sure that your API key is included in the URL.
Next, select how you want to track API usage for the purpose of billing (or for limiting usage on free plans). There are currently two options available:
Per record returned: Each spreadsheet row your API returns counts as one unit of usage, regardless of how many API calls are made. For example, this allows you to sell your spreadsheet data at $0.01 per row. (This is the recommended option when selling valuable data, and we will assume you have selected this for the rest of the document).
Per API call made: Each call made to your API counts as one unit of usage, regardless of the volume of data returned.
Finally, click on "Enroll Service".
3. Set pricing and access rules
Go back to the 'Services' tab, and click the 'Usage Plans' button next to the service you just created.
You can select either a Paid or a Free plan.
Choose a descriptive name (for example, "Regular Pricing") and set your rules. For paid plans, the parameters available are Monthly fee, Included units, and Price per additional unit, where "units" refers to rows of your spreadsheet. For example, if "Monthly fee" is $20, "Included units" is 1000 and "Price per additional unit" is $0.01, it means that you will be selling access to your data at $20 per month for access to up to 1,000 rows, and any additional rows accessed will be priced at $0.01 per row. Please note that if your API users request the same row multiple times, they will be charged multiple times.
If you're creating a free plan, you can limit the number of rows allowed per period of time (e.g. allow access to not more than 100 rows per hour).
You can create and offer your subscribers multiple plans to suit their usage – for example: a limited free trial plan, a simple per-row pricing plan with no monthly fee, a plan with a monthly minimum but lower per-row prices, and a plan with a higher monthly fee and unlimited free records.
4. Expose your API and allow it to accept new subscriptions
Go back to the 'Services' tab, and click the 'Packages' button next to your service.
Click New Package, type in a name, select one of the Usage Plans you have created in step 3, and hit Save. If you're offering several usage plans, you'll need to create a package for each one.
5. … Profit :)
Go back to the 'Services' tab and find the 'Subscription URL' next to your service. You can now give this URL to potential customers who need the data in your spreadsheet (For example, you can create a "Subscribe to my API" button on your website that leads to this URL, or you can blog it / tweet it out). To see what this URL would look like to your potential customers, click the "Preview" button.
Your customers will be able to subscribe to your data at this URL, and pay for access using a credit card or their PayPal account. You will get a check at the end of each month that will include all of your data sales revenue (minus a small WebServius fee). If you are using WebServius to manage a free API, you will be able to easily see the list of your API users, get reports on their usage, and contact them if necessary.
There's more:
We've kept things simple in this tutorial, but there's a variety of other features you may want to take advantage of, including:
License agreement: Create a custom license agreement if you require your subscribers to agree to specific terms in before they can subscribe to your API. For example, for a free package you may want to require a link back to your site.
API documentation: Click on Setting on the Services page to add rich-text-formatted documentation for your API, or provide links to external documentation. It's recommended that you provide the necessary documentation to allow subscribers to use your API. This includes BlankSlate's generic documentation pertaining to the Search operation, as well as a technical description of your data (column names, formats, etc).
Promotion: Give your subscribers a one-time bonus of any number of units at sign-up.


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The Wall Street Journal calls it the world's premier Christmas dinner -- a pageant so grand that only the angels in heaven could summon a more joyful celebration.
The Bracebridge Dinner in Yosemite National Park has been held almost without interruption since 1927 -- the year the Ahwahnee Hotel opened. It's a must-see event that should be on everyone's wish list or bucket list. Yet you may be thinking, "How can I even get a ticket to this popular event that seemingly sells out a year in advance?'
In fact, it may still be possible to spend a white Christmas in Yosemite and attend the 2012 Bracebridge Dinner. The lottery system ended in 2002, and it's been first-come, first-served since that time. As I write this, there are dinner dates available for Saturday, Christmas Eve and Christmas, with rooms available at the Ahwahnee, Wawona or Yosemite Lodge.
Several East Bay residents make this wondrous four-hour madrigal possible, including longtime director Andrea Fulton from El Sobrante. At 67, she's been involved with the Bracebridge Dinner since childhood and remembers when Ansel Adams used to come to her house to work on the show with her parents.
"I'd say, 'Mommy, is the beard coming?' I knew they were working on something really special, even at 5."
Today, Ansel Adams' script stays true to its Renaissance roots but with dollops of rich humor for a 21st century audience.
"The one thing I think people love, more than anything, is to laugh," Fulton says. To that end -- the role of the jester, played by Oakland entertainer Johannes Mager, is now bigger than ever. One act, in particular, brings down the house -- when Mager uses a medley of blasts from his tuba to shoo several patrons from their seats. "He is a wonderful comedian, a wonderful musician," says Fulton, who says Mager toured the world for 30 years before joining the Bracebridge troupe eight years ago.
Other East Bay actors in the 100-plus-member cast include a family of three from Alameda -- Jonathan Spencer (Lord Neville), Victoria Jensen (Eugenie) and daughter Evelyn Ivy (Amelie); Roberta Bowman from Oakland (Lady Anne); Pedro Rodelas of El Cerrito (Chef Pierre) and William Pickersgill (the Woodsman).
In addition to the cast, it's the chorus that makes Bracebridge such a richly rewarding holiday experience. Ahwahnee's grand dining room has exceptional acoustics, and the singers -- many of them members of the San Francisco Opera -- fill the room with angelic voices that stir the very soul. It's music that would have made Ansel Adams, himself an accomplished pianist, proud.
For rooms and Bracebridge dinner packages see http://www.yosemitepark.com or call 801-559-4884. The Ahwahnee's Chefs' Holidays Series runs Jan. 6 through Jan. 31, featuring 25 prominent American chefs including Kim Alter, executive chef of Haven in Oakland's Jack London Square.
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BUI Natural Tofu of Portland, OR, has recalled its shrimp salad and vegetarian salad rolls because they contain undeclared soy and wheat.
People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to soy and wheat run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume such products.
The recall was initiated after the Oregon Department of Agriculture found that soy and wheat ingredients weren't listed on the product labels. No illnesses have been reported in connection with the salad rolls.
The salad rolls containing undeclared allergens are:
— Shrimp Salad Roll with the UPC number 8 95467 00203 8.
— Vegetarian Salad Roll with the UPC number 8 95467 00204 5.
These salad rolls were distributed to retail stores in the Portland metropolitan area and sold under the "BUI Fresh from the Bean" brand.
The products are packaged in a tray with a clear plastic wrapper, and are coded with a white sticker identifying expiration dates from 9/2 through 9/13. The products are refrigerated and have a shelf life of about three days.
Consumers may return them the recalled salad rolls to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company at 503-803-3059 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific Time.
Watkins Inc. of Winona, MN, is recalling 1,535 units of its individual 7.7 ounce containers of SoyNilla protein powder, because of an undeclared milk ingredient. SoyNilla was distributed nationwide through the Watkins network of independent contractors, associates and mail orders.
The recall was initiated after a routine review revealed that the product contained milk but that ingredient was not listed on the label, indicating a temporary breakdown of the company's allergen identification process.
No illnesses have been reported.
People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk may run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions in consuming it. Symptoms may include hives, wheezing, vomiting, anaphylaxis and digestive problems, such as bloating, gas or diarrhea.
The vanilla-flavored protein powder comes in a 7.7 ounce, white plastic package marked with lot #3000280 on the side of the package.
Consumers who purchased the 7.7 ounce of SoyNilla may call for a return or credit instructions. Consumers with questions may contact the company at 1-800-243-9423 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., CT, Monday through Friday.


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FITZWILLIAM — Unhappy residents are on a mission to find out why selectmen terminated the town's popular police chief last week.
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Tuscaloosa up for revitalization award; voting ends June 30
Published: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 11:47 p.m.
People have until June 30 to vote for Tuscaloosa in a contest for a downtown revitalization award from the Benjamin Moore paint manufacturing company.
Tuscaloosa is the only city in Alabama among 100 eligible cities nationwide, and residents can vote for Tuscaloosa to be one of 20 cities that wins at www.paintwhatmatters.com.
The initiative, called "Main Street Matters," is the result of a partnership of several organizations, including the Make It Right foundation, an organization founded in 2007 by actor and philanthropist Brad Pitt for the purpose of building safe and energy-efficient homes and buildings for low-income areas across the country.
The project also will rely on local Benjamin Moore dealers, municipalities, small businesses and local chambers of commerce.
Its goal is to repaint main streets for the winning cities over the course of the next year.
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We have compiled a list of our top 11 moments in high school athletics for the 2009 calendar year. We start with 11 and move our way down to the number one moment.
Below is a list of the top 11 moments and above are the videos of the top 11 moments.
No. 11 - HOTCHKISS BULLDOGS AND OLATHE PIRATES FOOTBALL SEASONS END EARLY: Both the Hotchkiss Bulldogs and the 2A defending state champion Olathe Pirates entered their respective state tournaments with perfect records. Both schools were seeded high but could not move past the second round. The Bulldogs season ended with a 10-1 record and the Pirates finished 11-1.
No. 10 - MONTROSE FOOTBALL SEASON: The Montrose Indians won their fourth consecutive Southwestern League title and entered the 4A state playoffs with the number four seed. But the season came to an end in the second round of the playoffs against Heritage. The Indians lost the game 43-26 and finished the season with a 10-2 overall record.
No. 9 - GRAND JUNCTION BOYS BASKETBALL SEASON ENDS ON BUZZER BEATER: The Grand Junction Tigers boys basketball team had one of its best seasons in recent history. The 2009 Southwestern League champions entered the 5A state playoffs with a first round bye and the number four seed. The second round game was played on the Tigers home floor where Overland drilled a three pointer in the final seconds of the game to put a quick end to the Tigers post season run.
No. 8 - DISTRICT 51 ADDS LACROSSE: With the popularity of lacrosse ballooning on the Western Slope, School District 51 added both boys and girls teams as official sanctioned sports in the district. The Grand Valley Lightning's rosters were compiled of players from each high school in the district. The Girls team even advanced to the state tournament in their first ever year of competition.
No. 7 - CENTRAL SOFTBALL TEAM GOES TO SEMI FINALS: The Central Warriors softball team dominated the southwestern league and had no problems getting through regionals in 2009. The Warriors, led by all-stater Mikayla Duffey, advanced all the way to the semi finals before ending their season with a 22-2 record.
No. 6 - MONTROSE AND CENTRAL BATTLE FOR THE GIRLS SWL BASKETBALL TITLE: The Montrose and Central girls basketball teams battled back and forth all season long for the Southwestern League title. The Warriors finally won the SWL but both teams received good seeds entering their respective state tournaments. The Warriors entered the 5A playoffs with a three seed and advanced as far as the final eight before losing to Horizon. The Montrose girls had even more success. The lady Indians had the number one seed in the 4A playoffs and made it to the final four before losing to Mullen. The Indians final record was 24-3.
No. 5 - DELTA FOOTBALL TURNS SOME HEADS: The Delta Panthers football team surprised a lot of people in head coach Ben Johnson's first season. The Panthers finished second place in the tough 3A Western Slope League and even pulled off a first round upset in the state playoffs by defeating D'Evelyn. The Panthers finished the season with a 9-3 overall record.
No. 4 - PALISADE'S HOLLY ODNEAL SIGNS WITH COLORADO: One of the most talented athletes to ever attend Palisade High School made a decision to go to the University of Colorado to participate in track and field. Holly Odneal excelled in multiple sports but it was in track where she found her comfort zone and received a scholarship to compete in the heptathalon with CU.
No. 3 - MATTHEW GURULE WINS STATE AND WARRIOR CLASSIC: Sometimes the little guys are the toughest guys. That is the case with Central Warriors wrestler Matthew Gurule. In 2009 he won his second straight state championship in the 103 pound weight class to wrap up his junior season. Gurule began his senior year at Central in the 112 pound weight class and capped off the calendar year with the Warrior Classic title in December. Gurule will be wrestling for his third straight state title in February.
No. 2 - AMY KAME SIGNS TO PLAY BASKETBALL IN SAN DIEGO: Since her freshman year Amy Kame has been a key figure in the Central Warriors girls basketball success. She surpassed the 1,000 career point plateau in January of 2009 while still a junior. Then, before her senior season of basketball even began, Kame signed a letter of intent to play college basketball with the University of San Diego.
No. 1 - GEOFF BALDWIN DRAFTED BY THE ROYALS: Grand Junction Tigers first baseman Geoff Baldwin was one of the best players in the entire state of Colorado in his senior season of baseball. He had already signed a letter of intent to play college baseball at the University of Nebraska. But in June, the Kansas City Royals came calling in the Major League baseball draft. Baldwin was selected in the 10th round by the Royals - the highest player drafted in the state of Colorado. Baldwin has already finished playing his first year of professional baseball with the Arizona League Royals.


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In 180 Honoratus served as guardian in a Warsaw friary. He dedicated his energies to preaching, to giving spiritual direction, and to hearing confessions. He worked tirelessly with the Secular Franciscan Order.
The failed 1864 revolt against Czar Alexander III led to the suppression of all religious orders in Poland. The Capuchins were expelled from Warsaw and forced to live in Zakroczym, where Honoratus continued his ministry, and began founding 26 male and female religious congregations, whose members took vows but wore no religious habit and did not live in community. They operated much as today's secular institutes do. Seventeen of these groups still exist as religious congregations.
The writings of Father Honoratus are extensive: 42 volumes of sermons, 21 volumes of letters as well as 52 printed works on ascetical theology, Marian devotion, historical writings, pastoral writings--not counting his many writings for the religious congregations he founded.
In 1906, various bishops sought the reorganization of these groups under their authority; Honoratus defended their independence but was removed from their direction in 1908. He promptly urged the members of these congregations to obey the Church's decisions regarding their future.
He "always walked with God," said a contemporary. In 1895 he was appointed Commissary General of the Capuchins in Poland. Three years earlier, he had come to Nowe Miasto, where he died and was buried. He was beatified in 1988.
Honoratus worked very zealously to serve the Church, partly by establishing a great variety of religious congregations adapted to the special circumstances of Poland in those years. He could have retreated into bitterness and self-pity when the direction of those congregations was taken away from him; that was certainly a "perfect joy" experience. He urged the members of these groups to obey willingly and gladly, placing their gifts at the service of the Good News of Jesus Christ.


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I have major mixed emotions about seeing the co-headlining concert by Nas and Lauryn Hill on Monday at the Fox Theater in Oakland.
On the positive tip, I'm definitely excited about seeing Nas, who is one of the best artists in hip-hop -- and certainly one of the game's finer live acts. The latter was underscored, yet again, when I saw Nas deliver an excellent headlining set during Day Two of the Rock the Bells festival in August at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View.
Plus, Nas is touring in support of what may well be the best album of the year -- "Life Is Good." The chance to hear him perform the new material, now that I have had a few more months to digest it, is a huge selling point for me. Of course, his back catalog also rocks.
On the opposite edge of the spectrum is Hill, who has gone to great lengths to establish herself as one of the most disappointing performers in the entire music business.
When people ask me to name the worst live show I've ever seen, out of literally thousands to choose from, I never hesitate: Lauryn Hill at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland in 2007, when the star took the stage 2½ hours late and proceeded to deliver such a train wreck of a performance that fans were demanding refunds.
I've seen Hill several times going back to 1999, and more often than not, I've found her to be a dramatic disappointment onstage. Combine that with the fact that we're still waiting for a proper studio follow-up to 1998's landmark "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill," and it's hard to get overly excited about seeing the hip-hop/soul singer at the Fox.
However, hope will bring fans to see Hill -- hope that Hill will one day return to her former heights and that they will be there when she does. And I hope that it happens on Monday night. If not, well, Nas should still be worth the price of admission.
Showtime is 8 p.m. The Fox is at 1807 Telegraph Ave. Tickets, $49.50-$79.50, are available at www.ticketmaster.com.
RISING STAR: It wasn't Jack White. It wasn't Neil Young and Crazy Horse. And it certainly wasn't the Flaming Lips or Guns N' Roses.
The single most impressive performer I saw at last month's Bridge School Benefit concert was (drum roll, please) Gary Clark Jr.
Certainly that's what many Bridge School fans were asking during Day One of the benefit at Shoreline Amphitheatre. Clark was the lone unknown (at least to most attendees) in a lineup otherwise filled with heavy hitters and platinum-selling acts.
He won't be unknown for long -- he's just too good to ignore.
The Austin-based blues-rocker, who has been performing since 1996, recently released his major-label studio debut, "Blak and Blu." Give it some time to resonate with listeners, maybe six months or so, and tons of people should be singing the praise of this fine vocalist-guitarist -- especially if they have the chance to see him in concert.
Your chance comes Friday when Clark performs at the legendary Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd., San Francisco. Showtime is 9 p.m. Into Weather is also on the bill. Tickets are $28; www.livenation.com.
BLAST FROM THE PAST: I'm always happy when old-school punk/New Wave acts return to the road -- especially when they happen to be acts that I never got to see back in their glory days.
So I'm definitely pleased to report that Scotland's legendary punks the Rezillos (which also once went by the moniker the Revillos) are heading to the Bay Area.
Don't remember the Rezillos (or Revillos)? Pick up a copy of the band's 1978 debut, "Can't Stand the Rezillos," and then you should be suitably stoked about seeing the band in concert. That album is still considered a landmark work in both the punk and New Wave genres.
The Rezillos, which still features original vocalists Eugene Reynolds and Fay Fife, performs on Thursday at the Uptown Nightclub, 1928 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Showtime is 9 p.m., and tickets are $13-$15 (510-451-8100, www.uptownnightclub.com).
The group also plays Friday at the Blank Club, 44 South Almaden Ave., San Jose. Showtime is 9 p.m., and tickets are $13-$15 (408-292-5265, www.theblankclub.com).
Follow Jim Harrington at http://twitter.com/jimthecritic, www.facebook.com/jim.bayareanews and http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/category/concerts.


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Tell us about your best date ever and win the ultimate date night of your own - including dinner for two in Beaver Creek, tickets to the upcoming Air Supply concert at the Vilar Performing Arts Center on Tuesday and one night's stay at the Park Hyatt in Beaver Creek.
The Vail Daily, TV8, KZYR the Zephyr and Vilar Center are hosting a love-themed contest in time for Valentine's Day. This time around, we want to hear about your best date ever. It can be funny, heart-warming or just something creative. Submissions should be sent to email@example.com, email@example.com and shared on the Vilar Performing Arts Center Facebook page.
The winner will be announced live on air the day before the show and the winning entry, along with some of our other favorites, will be printed in the Vail Daily. The winner will also be invited to appear on TV8. Submissions should be no more than 300 words. The deadline for submissions is 4 p.m. on Friday.
Woo us with your story and you'll win a great prize package, including two tickets to Air Supply, valued at $85 each. The band performs at the Vilar Center on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Air Supply is the band responsible for some of the most iconic love songs in pop history, including "Lost in Love," "All Out of Love," "The One That You Love," "Sweet Dreams" and "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All." In addition, the winner will enjoy dinner for two at the Metropolitan in Beaver Creek, a night's stay at the Park Hyatt in Beaver Creek and a private meet and greet with Air Supply after the show. You better get writing.


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CORPUS CHRISTI – After a successful first meet, where both the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's and women's teams took the top three spots, the Islanders cross country programs will head to Houston to compete in the 38th annual Justin F. Cooper Memorial Rice Invitational. The women's 4k will start at 6:15 p.m. and the men's 6k will follow at 6:45 p.m.
"It's going to be a good early season meet for us in the fact that most of the Southland Conference powerhouses will be there as well as several other prominent programs," head coach Shawn Flanagan said.
Both Islanders teams will be looking to duplicate their success from last season's performance at the Rice Invitational. In 2012, the women's team finished in third place, with four of its runners finishing in the top-25. On the men's side, the Islanders placed fourth with five of their runners placing in the top-30.
"It will give us an idea of where we are," Flanagan continued. "Training has been going very well, and it's something that we are really looking forward to."
Both teams came into the 2013 season ranked in the USTFCCCA South Central Regional preseason rankings. After finishing the 2012 season in the eighth spot, the men's team jumped into the 2013 ranking one position higher in the seventh slot. On the women's side, A&M - Corpus Christi headed into the season ranked 14th in the region.
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PARKERSBURG - Law enforcement officials in the Mid-Ohio Valley reacted to the news of the killing Wednesday of Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum.
Wood County Sheriff Ken Merritt said he had met Crum at meetings and called him a "top notch" law enforcement officer. Merritt said he came away with a good impression of Crum.
"He seemed to be a very intelligent person," Merritt said. "It will be something that won't be forgotten soon, when a brother sheriff goes down like that."
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Law enforcement officers and emergency service personnel cover the vehicle at the scene of the shooting in downtown Williamson, W.Va., Wednesday, where Sheriff Eugene Crum was shot and killed. (AP Photo)
Merritt said Crum was protecting his community when he was shot at point blank range.
Crum's death highlights what seems to be a trend in killings of law enforcement officials with the recent deaths of a prosecutor in Texas and a corrections administrator in Colorado, Merritt said.
"It is escalating to an average of one a week or more and the shootings seem to get worse," Merritt said. "We will continue to go out and do what we have to do and take more precautions."
Merritt, who has been in law enforcement for 40 years, said Crum was an example of someone who loved what he did and his community.
"We will still go on and go the best way we can," he said.
Washington County Sheriff Larry Mincks said the shooting drives home the importance for officers to be aware of their surroundings at all times.
"You have to be aware every day of what's going on," he said. "I don't think it will increase awareness but it will certainly help everyone focus more every day."
Mincks said deaths in law enforcement are not as uncommon as some think.
"You have to understand a large number of police officers are killed daily," he said. "We hear about them all over and certainly hope they apprehend the person or persons who did this."
Mincks said this will help all officers on the street to be more vigilant.
"Every officer needs to be aware every second of every day," he said.
Belpre Chief of Police Ernie D. Clevenger said officers are always at a heightened level of awareness, especially after the killings in Texas.
"For law enforcement you stay at a sense of heightened awareness for most of your career," he said. "It's sad but it is a reality; you have to be aware of that and have that sense, especially in this profession."
Parkersburg Chief of Police Joe Martin said the killing brought the recent violence against law enforcement closer to home.
"Initially I was surprised to hear it and it brought the shooting of the prosecutor in Texas a little closer to home," he said. "I did not know Sheriff Crum, but as a department we mourn the death of a fellow officer; our prayers and thoughts go out to his family and his department."
Martin said an incident like this makes officers more aware of their surroundings.
"It makes one more aware of where you are and who you are around," he said. "Any of us can be a target."
Williamstown Chief of Police B.D. Adkins said the news of Crum's death was a shock.
"It's a horrible thing; it's a horrible and bad thing to have happen," he said.
Wood County Chief Deputy Shawn Graham said Crum's shooting highlights the danger of the job more.
"It is certainly a tragic situation and it makes you think twice about walking out the door," he said. "A lot of public officials have been killed by a cold-blooded murderer and it sounds like we have a similar case today."
Although Crum's funeral plans have not been announced, Graham said Wood County will be represented.


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- Jan 11:
- Wolverton: Your home could soon be like the Jetsons'
- Jan 10:
- Magid: '4K' TV not quite ready for prime time
- CES 2014: iPhone case gives you 'Predator' vision
- CES 2014: Former Apple engineer introduces a smart desk
- 5 things you missed at CES: Connect your devices on the go
- Jan 9:
- CES 2014: Cars powered by solar, hydrogen roll into Las Vegas
- Netflix adds 4K streaming for new, ultra high-definition TVs
- CES 2014: Driverless cars need legal framework, automakers say
- CES 2014: Toothbrush tracks use, uses bluetooth to share with phone
- Jan 8:
- CES 2014: Troy's picks for best of show
- CES 2014: Few 'wearables' balance fashion and function
- CES 2014: Cisco CEO pegs 'Internet of Things' as $19 trillion opportunity
- Jan 7:
- CES 2014: Will your next TV be Ultra HD?
- CES 2014: Yahoo's Marissa Mayer brings out stars to tout firm's media business
- CES 2014: Sony launches PlayStation Now streaming game service
- PlayStation 4 easily outselling Xbox One so far, Sony says
- CES 2014: T-Mobile CEO crashes AT&T party, gets thrown out
- Intel says its processors are now 'conflict-free'
- Jan 6:
- CES 2014: Intel CEO says company will play a key role in computing revolution
- CES 2014: TV industry puts its hope in curves and pretty screens
- CES 2014: Panasonic to help make smart-TV Firefox software
- CES 2014: Dish's new Hopper can record 8 shows at once
- CES 2014: AT&T to sell toll-free service for wireless data
- CES 2014: Sharp unveils TV positioned between HD and 4K
- CES 2014: LG jumps into wearable fitness gadget market
- CES 2014: Roku TV will stream video without set-top box
- CES 2014: Dolby unveils technology to improve TV brightness
- CES 2014: LG to use Palm's mobile software for smart TVs
- CES 2014: GM to outfit Chevy vehicles with 4G from AT&T
- Nvidia admits Monterey County crop circle was a publicity stunt
- Jan 5:
- CES preview: Tech sales expected to fall in 2014, industry group says
- Jan 3:
- Wolverton: Excited for CES 2014, for a change
- Jan 2:
- Ford to unveil solar hybrid concept car at CES
LAS VEGAS -- "Transformers" director Michael Bay says he's embarrassed that he walked off the stage during a presentation of Samsung's new curved ultra-high-definition television.
Video of the cringe-worthy incident at the International CES gadget show in Las Vegas circulated on social media sites late Monday and early Tuesday. In a statement posted online and confirmed by Bay's production company, Bay says: "I guess live shows aren't my thing."
The video shows Bay start to speak, then stop when the presenter speaks. Bay resumes speaking, then stops again, saying the teleprompter isn't working correctly.
Bay and the presenter then attempt to talk off-the-cuff about the 105-inch TV, but the flustered director apologizes and abruptly leaves the stage.
Bay directed the first three "Transformers" movies, with "Transformers 4" due in theaters in June 2014.


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Backgrounder: Selected Biologics in Development
Backgrounder: Selected Biologics in Development
Alzheimer's disease affects more than 5 million Americans, according to the Alzheimer's Association. It also costs the U.S. health care system $200 billion a year. These sobering statistics are projected to get much worse as the 76 million American baby boomers age.A gene therapy for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease in clinical trials is designed to deliver nerve growth factor (NGF) to the brain. NGF is a naturally occurring protein important for neuron survival. The gene treatment is injected into the brain region where neuron degeneration occurs in Alzheimer's disease. It is thought that the resulting sustained expression of NGF in the neurons can restore their lost functions, leading to memory and cognition improvement.
Asthma is a debilitating condition for more than 25 million Americans, including 7.1 million children under the age of 18, according to the American Lung Association. A monoclonal antibody (mAb) in development is designed to block the IL-13 cytokine, a protein messenger between cells that triggers inflammation. When IL-13 is overexpressed, it results in airway inflammation which is a key feature of asthma. Blockage of IL-13 will reduce the risk of asthma and other respiratory diseases. MAb's are highly specific, purified antibodies that are derived from only one clone of cells and recognize only one antigen.
Lymphoma is a blood cancer that develops in the lymphatic system. About 80,000 new cases are diagnosed each year and more than 20,000 Americans die from lymphoma, according to the American Cancer Society. When a gene is known to contribute to a particular disease, antisense technology can synthesize a strand of nucleic acid (DNA, RNA or chemical) that binds to the messenger RNA produced by the gene and inactivate it. A third-generation antisense medicine in development for the treatment of lymphoma inhibits production of a specific protein which regulates many key genes important in cancer growth -- angiogenesis, cell metabolism, cell proliferation, cell death and cell invasion. An overexpression of the protein in tumors results in resistance to treatment. By reducing the amount of the protein in cancer cells, the antisense drug may be able to enhance the effectiveness of current anticancer treatment.
Lupus affects at least 1.5 million Americans, 90 percent of whom are women, according to the Lupus Foundation of America. In patients affected with lupus, the body develops antibodies (immune system proteins) that react against normal tissue, leading to inflammation, pain, tissue injury and major organ damage. A monoclonal antibody in development targets receptors thought to regulate B-cell function. B-cells can cause the immune system to turn against itself by producing antibodies against the body's own cells and tissue, resulting in inflammation and tissue damage.
Melanoma accounts for less than 5 percent of skin cancer cases but causes more than 75 percent of skin cancer deaths, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. In the United States, one person dies from melanoma every 62 minutes. Two therapeutic vaccines in development stimulate the immune system to fight cancer but in different ways. A virus-based therapeutic vaccine in development for the treatment of melanoma is genetically-modified to replicate selectively in tumor cells and express a gene for an immune-stimulating protein. It is injected directly into the tumor where it replicates and spreads within the tumor, causing the death of cancer cells and stimulating the immune system to destroy cancer cells. It is also being tested in head/neck cancer.
Another medicine in development to treat melanoma is an immunotherapeutic designed to train the immune system to recognize and eliminate cancer cells in a highly specific way. The medicine is a combination of tumor antigens, delivered as recombinant proteins, and a proprietary adjuvant (an agent that modifies another substance in its action) to stimulate the immune response to cancer cells. It is intended to only affect cancer tissue and not harm normal tissue.
Psoriasis is the most prevalent autoimmune disease in the United States. As many as 7.5 million Americans – about 2.2 percent of the population – have psoriasis, according to the National Psoriasis Foundation. A potential medicine in development for the treatment of psoriasis is an engineered human antibody to interleukin-17 (IL-17). IL-17 is a key cytokine involved in inducing and mediating inflammation associated with psoriasis.
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) affects 1.3 million Americans, most of them women, according the Arthritis Foundation. RA is a chronic autoimmune disorder where the joints become painful, swollen, stiff, and in severe cases, deformed. One medicine in development is a fully human monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against interleukin-6 (IL-6) alpha, a signaling protein involved in the regulation of immune and inflammatory responses associated with RA. The mAb interrupts the inflammatory signaling cascade of IL-6 by blocking its binding to a certain receptor necessary for inflammatory cascade.
Spinal Cord Injuries affect about 236,000 to 327,000 people alive today in the United States and an estimated 12,000 new cases of spinal cord injury each year, according to the Spinal Cord Injury Information Network. One monoclonal antibody (mAb) is in development for potential use in the regeneration of corticospinal tract fibers resulting from an acute spinal injury. By neutralizing a protein that inhibits growth of spinal fibers, the mAb may promote regeneration of spinal fibers and functional recovery in spinal cord injury patients.
* From Biologic Medicines in Development, 2013


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There are few who believe that the HBO-televised showdown this Saturday between junior middleweight sluggers Alfredo Angulo and James Kirkland will last the distance.
Angulo and Kirkland, both handled by Golden Boy Promotions, are known for their aggressive fighting styles as well as for their penchant for closing with power.
Kirkland (29-1, 26 knockouts) has scored two straight knockouts since being stopped in the first round in April by light-hitting Nobuhiro Ishida, while Angulo (20-1, 17 KOs) has knocked out all five opponents over the course of as many consecutive wins since losing to Kermit Cintron in May of 2009.
RingTV.com gathered the opinions of 12 knowledgeable observers as to what they believe will transpire on Saturday night.
Kevin Cunningham, trainer of former WBC/IBF junior welterweight beltholder Devon Alexander
Alfredo Angulo KO 5 James Kirkland: I think that I'm going to have to go with Alfredo Angulo by a fifth-round stoppage. I'm going to have to go with Angulo on this one.
This fight can go either way, but I'm going to have to go with Angulo being that he's never been stopped before, and Kirkland has recently suffered a knockout loss.
That's the reason I'm going to tip the advantage to Angulo. I don't know how long that it's going to last, but I don't see it going past five rounds. So I see Angulo winning by fifth-round KO.
Doug Fischer, Editor of RingTV.com
Alfredo Angulo KO 5 James Kirkland: I think that it will be a lot of fun while it lasts, but James Kirkland, he just has too many flaws. Kirkland is the more flawed of the two sluggers.
Kirkland has the ability to maybe out-box and bust up Angulo on the way to doing it over the course of 10 or 12 rounds, but it's just not in his nature to do that.
He's more likely take the figth to Angulo, and he'll eat a lot of right hands in doing that, and he'll get hurt by those right hands.
If he could get inside, get in close and get beyond Angulo's jab and right hand, he could hurt Angulo to the body and with uppercuts. I think that he will do that maybe in the first two rounds.
But it's going to end with Kirkland either being saved by the referee, or with his trainer stopping it or being counted out flat on his back or flat on his face. I'm thinking maybe in the fourth or fifth round, and that's giving him the benefit of the doubt.
Norm Frauenheim, www.15rounds.com
Despite his evident talent, Kirkland's vulnerabilities were exposed in a stunning loss to Nobuhiro Ishida. Angulo also is working with trainer Nacho Beristain, whose generalship in the corner figures to provide an important advantage.
Vaughn Jackson, trainer of unbeaten welterweight Mike Jones
Alfredo Angulo KO 5 James Kirkland: I've got to go with Alfredo Angulo. James Kirkland, he's got too much adversity in his life right now. I think that he's got too much going on.
James Kirkland just got out of prison, and, with him changing trainers and everything, I think that it's going to take three or four fights to get himself together.
Actually, I've got Angulo stopping him in about four or five rounds. So I'll go with Angulo in a fifth-round knockout.
Alfredo Angulo TKO 7 James Kirkland: I've got Alfredo Angulo, TKO 7. I don't trust either fighter, but I think Angulo is the better boxer and I think James Kirkland's chin is a huge question mark.
Steve Kim, Maxboxing.com
But I'm going to say that it's going to be Angulo in six over James Kirkland in what will be a very exciting, back and forth fight.
Leon Lawson Jr., trainer of super middleweight siblings Andre and Anthony Dirrell
Kirkland is good, but this is his real test to see if he can get over the hump and to see if he's worthy of winning a championship. But I think that Angulo is going to win it.
First of all, Kirkland's going down there to Mexico. Then, you've got that layoff for Kirkland, you know, and I think that it's sort of fast for him to come in there and jump in with a guy that can take punishment like Angulo.
Angulo can really take a punch, and he's going to come forward and try to back up Kirkland. That's what Angulo does. Kirkland is usually the one backing his guys up, but he's not going to back Angulo up.
Angulo is going to come to him. I think that it's going to end in a knockout in the seventh or eighth for Angulo.
Ryan Maquiñana, BoxingScene/Comcast SportsNet
Despite being the slower fighter, I see Alfredo Angulo being able to land as well, except that his blows will sting, and his chin will allow him to pressure Kirkland at will even after the Mexican eats a few counters.
Freddie Roach, trainer of Manny Pacquiao, Amir Khan, and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Alfredo Angulo KO James Kirkland: I like Alfredo Angulo in that fight. He's trained in my gym before, and he's got a great chin. He has good power. The other guy, James Kirkland, just hasn't looked that sharp lately.
I like Angulo a lot in that fight. They will exchange, but Angulo will take all of the punches and he throws back. Kirkland just hasn't seemed able to take the punches quite as well as he needs to.
Angulo has a better chin than Kirkland, and that's going to be the deciding factor, I feel. I think it could be early or late.
It wouldn't surprise me if it goes one round, but Kirkland's in good shape, so maybe it will last a little longer. But, Angulo is very dangerous. The thing is, Angulo has the better chin.
Alfredo Angulo KO 3 James Kirkland: I think that James Kirkland will be smart enough to avoid getting tagged in the first round, but he's not good enough, his chin isn't good enough, to avoid getting tagged altogether.
Alfredo Angulo has a better chin, if slower feet and hands, and that will make the difference in a fast paced shoot-out.
Michael Rosenthal, Editor of RingTV.com
Alfredo Angulo KO 6 James Kirkland: First, I love this fight. These are two bangers almost guaranteed to put on a good show for as long as the fight lasts.
That said, Angulo is a better boxer, has more experience in big fights and has a better chin. I think Kirkland is quicker and a better athlete, but that won't compensate for Angulo's advantages. Angulo will score a middle-rounds knockout, say, in the sxth round.
Tim Smith, New York Daily News
James Kirkland KO 8 Alfredo Angulo: I think that James Kirkland is a much tougher guy than Alfredo Angulo. The only question that I have about James Kirkland is his conditioning.
Kirkland looked horrible in his last fight. If he's not in great condition, then I think that he will get exploited by Angulo. Sometimes he doesn't show it, but I believe that Kirkland is a much more skilled guy.
So I would look for James Kirkland to try to bounce back from a really disappointing loss and to try to knock Angulo out. I think that he will be successful. So I think that he'll get a late-round stoppage, maybe in the eighth round or so.
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- Resting at the thick base of the old tree sat a beautifully etched envelope.
- Her other arm held a shield by her side, the base rested on the floor but she was not leaning on it.
- Because the base of the stone barely touches the base upon which it rests, it appears that it could easily fall over when the sea wind blows.
- Axial loading from earthquakes is minimized by seismic dampers under the column bases.
- Column bases, doorsteps, baseboards, and beams - even the interior roof tiles and gutters - all are decorated.
- To prevent vandalism and damage, the bases of columns are clad in stainless steel.
- Their long, whip-like tail has a small dorsal fin near its base and up to five venomous spines.
- River otters have paired scent glands at the base of their tail which give off a heavy, musky smell.
- The petiole or stipe is the stalk at the base of the frond, before the first pinna 'branches' from the rachis.
- The two points of intersection of the latter with the sides of the triangle lie on a line parallel to the base.
- If the height of a rectangle is 7 1/6 mm and the perimeter is 27 2/15 mm, what is the length of the base of the rectangle?
- The length of the base of the rhombus is the length of one of its sides, here shown with 'b'.
- All of the angles and at least one side (the base) of the triangulation system are measured.
- The base triangulation should have boundary faces; a completion is simply a new triangulation formed from the base triangulation by gluing all of the boundary faces to each other in some fashion
- After that, a base triangulation is performed.
- Attached on either side of the base of the shield is a doubled, stacked scroll with the upper portion the same angle as the shield.
- On the purple segment at the base of the shield is a silver stag, trotting with one fore hoof raised, within a silver ring.
- The eagle with the outstretched wings at the base of the shield stands for loyalty to country; the olive branch in the right claw being emblematic of out national dedication to the cause of peace, while the arrows in the left claw indicate our readiness to fight for justice and freedom.
- This is the key point of the book, but I am less convinced of this claim and not quite sure what lessons might be drawn from it for understanding the broader bases for sustained economic growth.
- Felsenstein et al. 1999 compare the conceptual bases of these approaches.
- And so there are three bases for friendships, depending on which of these qualities binds friends together.
- That which was, is the foundation for what is now, which becomes the base for what is to come.
- It started with the Native Americans who set the base for all the development.
- It also provides a new base for vital research and study of the disease carried out by the University of Sheffield.
- There is likely to be an existing customer base for the new product and therefore the risks are lower.
- A deal would allow them to merge the private client customer bases of two of the second tier stockbrokers in the Irish market.
- Ten years ago the company had a customer base of only 45000 clients, with 2450 employees.
- Peter's first six months will be very much a getting to know you process and will involve some travel, but Stephen Street will be his firm base.
- He continues to shuttle between Chennai, his base for over a decade now, and Kerala where he has several teaching assignments.
- We then proceeded to our hotel which is the Catic Plaza, which was to become our base for five nights and it was the essence of luxury in every way.
- Living on a Marine base on the edge of restive Ramadi is a shock to a civilian's senses.
- Analysts have criticised Karzai for clumsy attempts to impose his will by sending in appointees to try to implement disarmament without necessary support bases, or central backup.
- He stressed the successes not just of the aircrew but of the hundreds of Combat Support Group personnel supporting combatant forces at bases within and outside Australia.
- There is a firm called Kuze, based in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, specializing in sauces and soup bases.
- Syrups are made with a base of sugar syrup, honey or perhaps maple syrup.
- It has the Dr Pepper flavors as a base with berries thrown into the mix.
- Makeup base is one of the most commonly misused cosmetics, but it doesn't have to be.
- To make eye colours 'pop,' use a light or neutral concealer as your eye makeup base.
- You can reshape your brows this way: Cover the brows with an opaque makeup base.
- Whether you choose water or solvent base, your next choice is going to be liquid or semi-paste.
- Using oil base paint or glaze will slow the drying time and allow you more time to blend your veins.
- The alcohol and dissolved base are then mixed with the oil and agitated for one to two hours.
- Nitric acid reacted with a base will give the nitrate of the salt and water.
- Neutralization is a chemical reaction in which a base reacts with an acid to create water and a salt.
- They found that these nonaqueous-superacid solutions reacted with weak bases which did not react with either sulfuric or perchloric acid in water.
- Purine salvage pathway allows interconversion of bases, nucleosides and nucleotides.
- There are four DNA bases: adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine (A, C, G, and T).
- The nucleosides are better models for the bases in DNA and RNA because the sugar moiety eliminates tautomers that cannot occur in the polymers.
- Transistors are composed of three parts - a base, a collector, and an emitter.
- The presence of this P + layer results in pinch-off between itself and the bipolar base.
- A resistor RB is required to limit the current flowing into the base of the transistor and prevent it being damaged.
- The children had to say the base of a suffixed word pronounced by the experimenter.
- According to Crystal, a prefixation is an affix is placed before the base of the word (1997, p. 90).
- The Greek Xu-w, which etymologists justly connect with our loose, loosen, may possibly be the base of the word.
- So if you want to conjugate a regular - er verb, simply remove the - er ending from the infinitive and place the base of the verb in front of the endings.
- Determine the ending of the verb that goes with that pronoun and add it to the base of the verb you want to use in the sentence.
- The verb base is what you look up in the dictionary when you want to know how to say something.
- Some historians believe that the Babylonian base 60 place-value system was transmitted to the Indians via the Greeks.
- The Egyptians had a bases 10 system of hieroglyphs for numerals.
- There is no logical reason why we cannot use any integer bigger than zero for a base.
- In that year Briggs gave a numerical approximation to the base 10 logarithm of e but did not mention e itself in his work.
- Choosing different numbers gives logarithms to different bases.
- Taking logarithms to the base, we are looking for a solution.
- Four different times I switched over to see the bases loaded, scoring I believe a total of one run.
- He first arranged four of these in a diamond-shaped pattern to represent the bases and home plate.
- There's no reason he shouldn't hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases if he stays healthy.
- I feel like a peeper in the boys locker room listening to a guy tell his best bud how he got to second base.
- She messed around with some other guy (when I say "messed around," I mean they didn't get past second base, but still, it hurt.)
- I'm hoping that she'll let me get to third base with her soon.
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- This defines the foundation our society is based on: equal rights, freedom and peace.
- Miramax has hired playwright Warren Leight to come up with a script, but Roddy Doyle - who wrote the novel the original film was based on - will not be getting involved.
- Although he based his films on Kannada novels, the novelists complained that their stories had been altered.
- All operations are home based and will require just a couple of hours of your time.
- In recent weeks, the flights have been stopping at Larnaca in Cyprus where BA is basing its crews operating to the Middle East.
- As a result, both are now basing themselves at the Endurance Performance Centre at St Mary's University, Twickenham.
- informal Mistaken: the boy is way off-baseMás ejemplos en oraciones
- In reflecting on what I wrote yesterday about all the American soldiers being war criminals, I realize that I was way off base.
- I thought your editing was off base, by the way, as are most of your long-winded comments on this site.
- I'd say the comparisons to Nazis and Hitler are not only off base, but a blatant attempt to further demonize America and its troops.
touch base(s)
- informal Briefly make or renew contact with someone.Oraciones de ejemplo
- That is calling people, touching base with contacts.
- If you aren't hunting for new sources of supply, you may use the opportunity to touch base and renew relationships.
- I finally got sick of wondering what she was up to, and touched base, and we are now in regular, close contact.
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin basis 'base, pedestal', from Greek.
There are two different words spelled as 'base' in English. The old-fashioned one meaning 'low, ignoble' comes from Latin bassus 'short', also the source of to abase (Late Middle English). The low musical bass (Late Middle English) and the bassoon (early 18th century) come from the same source. The other base comes, along with basis (late 16th century) and basic (mid 19th century), via Latin from Greek basis, which meant 'step' and 'pedestal'. Its first English meaning was 'the pedestal of a statue'. Basement (mid 18th century) probably comes via archaic Dutch basement 'foundation', from Italian basamento 'base of a column', from basis.
Although baseball is primarily an American game the earliest recorded use of the word is actually from Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey: 'It was not very wonderful that Catherine…should prefer cricket, base ball…to books.' Phrases drawn from the US game are familiar elsewhere. A notable example is to touch base, 'to briefly make or renew contact with something or somebody'. Other phrases using base include to get to first base, 'to achieve the first step towards your objective', and off base, 'mistaken', though these are still primarily American. See also bat
Palabras que riman con baseabase, ace, apace, backspace, bass, brace, case, chase, dace, efface, embrace, encase, enchase, enlace, face, grace, interlace, interspace, in-your-face, lace, mace, misplace, outface, outpace, pace, place, plaice, race, space, Thrace, trace, upper case
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- And it is one way to shine moral clarity on a subject that too often inspires only base moral equivalence.
- My base instinct was to go round the dressing room and clip a few, but unfortunately those days were well gone.
- By appealing to the base instincts of race and religion the President and his able cohorts are naturally inducing one crisis after the other.
- The thought of such a man with a background of base peasants to be Kikyo's teacher was almost ludicrous.
- "Fetch, base peasant!! Remain invisible!!!" demanded your cold visage.
- Farewell, base peasant, and thank God thy fathers were no gentlemen.
- A longtime goal of the alchemists was the transmutation of base metals into precious metals.
- Most modern currencies are fiat currency, allowing the coins to be made of base metal.
- Compared with precious metals, base metals are plentiful in nature and therefore much cheaper, of course.
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- Some observers interpret these symbols cynically, as opportunistic, basely commercial, unquestioningly nationalistic expressions of pro-war sentiment.
- See how men, who have been well-trained, prefer to receive a blow rather than basely avoid it!
- Can she who professed delicacy of sentiment and sincere regard for me, use me so very basely and so very cruelly?
Late Middle English: from Old French bas, from medieval Latin bassus 'short' (found in classical Latin as a cognomen). The senses in late Middle English included 'low, short' and 'of inferior quality'; from the latter arose a sense 'low on the social scale, menial', and hence (mid 16th century) 'reprehensibly cowardly, selfish, or mean'.
There are two different words spelled as 'base' in English. The old-fashioned one meaning 'low, ignoble' comes from Latin bassus 'short', also the source of to abase (Late Middle English). The low musical bass (Late Middle English) and the bassoon (early 18th century) come from the same source. The other base comes, along with basis (late 16th century) and basic (mid 19th century), via Latin from Greek basis, which meant 'step' and 'pedestal'. Its first English meaning was 'the pedestal of a statue'. Basement (mid 18th century) probably comes via archaic Dutch basement 'foundation', from Italian basamento 'base of a column', from basis.
Although baseball is primarily an American game the earliest recorded use of the word is actually from Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey: 'It was not very wonderful that Catherine…should prefer cricket, base ball…to books.' Phrases drawn from the US game are familiar elsewhere. A notable example is to touch base, 'to briefly make or renew contact with something or somebody'. Other phrases using base include to get to first base, 'to achieve the first step towards your objective', and off base, 'mistaken', though these are still primarily American. See also bat
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The development of the rosary has a long history. First, a practice developed of praying 150 Our Fathers in imitation of the 150 Psalms. Then there was a parallel practice of praying 150 Hail Marys. Soon a mystery of Jesus' life was attached to each Hail Mary. Though Mary's giving the rosary to St. Dominic is recognized as a legend, the development of this prayer form owes much to the followers of St. Dominic. One of them, Alan de la Roche, was known as "the apostle of the rosary." He founded the first Confraternity of the Rosary in the 15th century. In the 16th century the rosary was developed to its present form—with the 15 mysteries (joyful, sorrowful and glorious). In 2002, Pope John Paul II added five Mysteries of Light to this devotion.
The rosary appeals to many. It is simple. The constant repetition of words helps create an atmosphere in which to contemplate the mysteries of God. We sense that Jesus and Mary are with us in the joys and sorrows of life. We grow in hope that God will bring us to share in the glory of Jesus and Mary forever.


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MARIETTA - The federal minimum wage is making news again.
In this year's State of the Union address, President Obama called for an increase in the minimum wage from the current $7.25 to $9 per hour. And recent legislation proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives went even further-pushing for a base wage of $10.10 per hour.
In Ohio the minimum wage, tied to the annual inflation rate, is currently 60 cents an hour higher than the federal minimum, which puts enough pressure on local small businesses that hire seasonal workers, according to Tom Witten, whose family owns and operates Witten Farm Market based in Lowell.
"We heard the State of the Union address, and our first thought was that it would be a major cost for our business," he said. "We hire about 100 seasonal employees every year, and a $9 minimum wage would represent a dramatic increase for us."
Witten said instead of paying higher wages, businesses may decide to cut back on employees and use the savings to purchase automated equipment.
"For example, every year we always hire people to pick green beans," he said. "But last year we invested $40,000 in a green bean harvesting machine, and that reduced the number of pickers by 10 or 20."
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Higher Wage Proposed
* President Obama has recommended that the federal minimum wage be increased to $9 an hour.
* The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.
* Ohio's minimum wage-tied to the inflation rate-is currently $7.85 per hour.
* At least 10 other states are currently considering tying their minimum wage to the inflation rate.
Source: The Associated Press
Most businesses operate on a very small profit margin, Witten said.
"And as a small business we can't afford to lose money year after year," he said. "And as business costs go up, the price of products also have to go up."
Mike Bishman, owner of Professional Pool Management which contracts to manage several area municipal swimming pools every summer, agreed.
"We have a fixed rate that we charge each municipality to manage their pool facilities," he said. "We pay our staff a wage, then the cities pay us to cover that cost. So increasing the minimum wage would have more of an impact on those towns that may have to bump up their admission rates to cover a wage increase."
Bishman said many municipalities are already struggling to keep their pools open every summer.
"This would just be another hurdle they would have to overcome, and some would have to close," he said.
Professional Pool Management was recently approved to manage the Marietta Aquatic Center for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.
"We have 22 staff members, and not all of them are paid the minimum wage," Bishman said, noting that some of the more experienced staff are paid a higher rate to attract them back every year.
"If a supervisor is already making $9 an hour and the minimum wage is increased to that amount, I'm going to have to bump them up to $10 or $12 an hour," he said. "So this not only affects the minimum wage staff, but the rest of my staff, too. It's very disconcerting."
On March 15 a bill to raise the federal minimum wage even higher-to $10.10 per hour was defeated in the U.S. House of Representatives by a 233 to 184 vote.
The legislation would have gradually increased the minimum wage over a period of three years, and included language to continue wage increases annually after that. The proposed measure would also have provided for an increase for workers who receive tips on their jobs. The federal minimum wage for those employees has remained at $2.13 per hour for the last 20 years.
Congressman Bill Johnson, R-Marietta, was among those who opposed the legislation.
"I, too, want hardworking Americans to see an increase in their take-home pay," he said. "But, while well-intentioned, history shows that when the federal government forces small business owners to pay their employees a higher wage than they otherwise would, small business owners are then forced to reduce work hours or layoff some employees to pay higher wages to others-hurting those that supporters say they were trying to help.
"Businesses up and down the Ohio River tell me that high taxes, federal regulations, and government red tape are keeping them from hiring and expanding," Johnson added. "The best way to create jobs and increase take-home pay for families is to stop the federal government from taking more, get government out of the way of America's job creators, and get our economy moving again."


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Longwood faculty member publishes book on the ancient cultures of Mesoamerica
January 30, 2012
Dr. Walter Witschey, professor of anthropology and science education at Longwood University, has studied the ancient cultures of Middle America for more than 30 years. He recently published a book that will help people whose interest in the subject is just beginning.
Historical Dictionary of Mesoamerica, published Dec. 23, was co-authored by Dr. Clifford Brown, a longtime collaborator with Witschey who is an associate professor of anthropology at Florida Atlantic University. The 466-page hardback was published by Scarecrow Press (an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group) as part of its Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations series, in which there are about 30 books.
"The book is designed as a helpful introductory companion and quick reference guide for a beginner or advanced beginner or student who has an interest in one or more parts of Mesoamerica and these ancient cultures," Witschey said. "There are so many culture groups and so many places with strange names, and this is designed to give you a few basic facts about a person, place, group, artifact, or language. Also, the book should appeal to fellow scholars who might want to directly consult the primary sources that we used."
Scarecrow Press first approached Brown and asked if he would be interested in writing the book. He said yes but only if he and Witschey did so together.
"We began with about 500 entries that we considered 'must have' entries but ended up with 1,000 entries in the book," Witschey said. "The book also has about 650 bibliographic references and 30 photographs, all taken by Cliff or me. The writing of the entries was done in the latter half of 2010 and early 2011. The book took about 18 months, preceded, of course, by a lifetime of becoming informed!"
The editor's foreword in the book calls it "an excellent starting place for discovering and exploring this fertile cradle of civilization," which should "benefit not only the initiated but also those who know relatively little but want to learn more about a truly remarkable period of human endeavor." The book's preface says it "offers students, researchers, and other interested persons concise definitions and descriptions of the major peoples, places, ideas, and events related to ancient Mesoamerica."
Witschey has collaborated with Brown since 1987, two years after the former entered graduate school at Tulane University, where the latter also was a graduate student. "Cliff and I worked together on our degrees and in the field, and we have just continued over the years to work together on interesting projects," Witschey said. His master's thesis and doctoral dissertation examined an archaeological research project at Muyil, an ancient Maya site on the Yucatan Peninsula, with the Mexico National Institute of Anthropology and History, in which he was principal investigator. The site was occupied before 400 B.C. and was occupied continuously until the arrival of the Spaniards in A.D. 1511, Witschey said.
Since around 1996, Witschey and Brown have worked together on an electronic atlas of ancient Maya archaeological sites, which now includes about 6,000 sites.
"The atlas, which is an ongoing project, is a Geographic Information System capable of mapping ancient Maya settlements as well as mapping modern features such as roads, countries, states, lakes, rivers, elevations, and soils," said Witschey. "We get our information from three main sources. First, Cliff and I continue to look for old maps, especially archaeological maps, and digitize the information from them. Second, we try to get our hands on the most modern scholarship reports and extract data from them, and then we either add that to our database or correct what was there. Third, we use Global Positioning Systems data - that is, we record the longitude and latitude of where they were standing - from someone who has physically visited ruins in the Maya area, and again we update and add this information.
"The database has two aims: to support the research of others and to support our own research into the settlement patterns of the ancient Maya. If someone asks for a map, we can produce it. If someone wants information on a location, or ask about settlement locations, we can supply data sets. New places are being discovered all the time. The database is on my laptop and Cliff's laptop, which have the electronic master data set and the software we use, ArcGIS 10, to maintain, manipulate and analyze the data.
"We also make available a Google Earth gallery, with different tiers for each site depending on its size. You start with the largest sites, marked with a pyramid, and as you zoom in closer, more and more sites appear and you get highly detailed aerial photographs. You go all the way from the equivalent of New York City down to sites with at least a tiny community of people, like a hamlet. With Google Earth, you can tell the dimensions of the larger sites. The database is available mainly on request, but the Google Earth file is publicly available at http://MayaGIS.smv.org. We get about 15 to 20 inquiries a year, a low level of steady activity."
The ancient Maya occupied eastern Mexico (the Yucatan Peninsula), Guatemala, Belize and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador. Witschey has visited the Maya region "between two dozen and 30 times, not quite once a year, since 1978," most recently in 2008 when he led a tour that included people from Longwood.
Asked what first prompted his interest in the Maya, Witschey retrieved the book God, Graves, and Scholars from the bookshelf in his office. This popular history of archaeology by the German writer C.W. Ceram was a gift for Witschey's 10th birthday, two years after it was first published in 1949. He was especially riveted by two chapters: "Edward Herbert Thompson, Chichén Itzá, the Sacred Well" and "John Lloyd Stephens Buys a Jungle City." "The former chapter is the story of dredging gold artifacts from the large cenote there - a large natural sinkhole in the thin karstic crust - and the latter chapter is about the Maya ruins at Copán, Honduras," said Witschey, who has visited both sites.
"Today, Chichén Itzá is one of the most visited Maya sites in Mexico," he said. "The sacred well that Thompson dredged marks the end of a Maya roadway from the massive El Castillo pyramid. Each equinox at this pyramid, the setting sun casts the pattern of a diamond-back rattlesnake onto the pyramid, creating a long serpent from ground to stairway top.
"Stephens (a 19th-century American explorer who was a pivotal figure in the rediscovery of Maya civilization) visited Copán in what is now the premier national park in Honduras. Its hieroglyphic stairway records the longest inscription yet known, a dynastic king list of 16 consecutive rulers."Witschey joined the Longwood faculty in 2007 after serving as director of the Science Museum of Virginia for 15 years. He is a past president of the Virginia Academy of Science (2003-04) and of the Association of Science-Technology Centers (2001-03), an international organization of 500 science center members.


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Disappointed in Final Fantasy XIV? Saddened by Final Fantasy XIII? Don't worry, commenter Zasalamel says Final Fantasy XV is coming, and he'll tell you why it will be amazing in today's Speak Up on Kotaku.
Final Fantasy XV is coming this gen and it will be awesome. How can I make such a statement? I'll tell you how. It's simple really. There's always been three main-series FF games per console generation (3 on NES, 3 on SNES, 3 on PS1, 3 on PS2), so it's only natural for there to be a third game this generation. The reason I believe FFXV will be awesome is that I'm pretty sure that it will be directed by Hiroyuki Itō because he has been directing the third FF game every generation since the SNES, namely FFVI, FFIX and FFXII. Those three games are the three FF games with the highest Metacritic scores and some of my all time favorite games. They represent the true essence of Final Fantasy in my eyes.
No offense to those that like the Kitase/Toriyama/Nomura style FF games but I do not enjoy those games as much, except for FFVII of course, but that game retained a lot of classic FF elements despite the futuristic setting thanks to Sakaguchi (Producer) and Itō (Materia system concept). Kitase's philosophy is very narrow, story-driven and cinematic whereas Itō prefers a balance between story and gameplay which features more freedom. To me Itō is one of the people who has contributed the most to the FF series. He invented the ATB system and the overall battle system for the SNES and PS1 games, helped create and then perfected the Job System, created the Materia system from FFVII and even created the beloved Triple Triad mini-game from FFVIII.
I would love to hear some FFXV news at this year's E3. Itō has apparently been working on a secret project for some time. To me, it can only be FFXV and I believe it will be amazing. Don't take my word for it though, take Hironubu Sakaguchi's. A couple of months ago at a UK launch event for The Last Story, Sakaguchi was asked who he thought at Square could save Final Fantasy. His answer: Hiroyuki Itō.


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New Research Calls Salt Guidelines Into Question
Nov. 9, 2011 -- Everyone knows that too much salt is bad for you, right? Well, according to new research, not everyone is convinced.
Reducing dietary sodium (salt) helps lower blood pressure a little, but it also may increase levels of some hormones and unhealthy blood fats, a new review of studies shows.
Researchers say that means cutting back on sodium may not have a substantial health benefit.
But critics say the review draws faulty conclusions because it relies on too many small, short-term studies. They say the weight of research evidence shows clear health benefits when people cut back on sodium.
The review is an analysis of data from more than 167 studies of people with normal or high blood pressure who were randomly assigned to eat either high- or low-sodium diets.
It found that eating less than 2,800 milligrams of sodium a day helped lower blood pressure. But the reductions were small -- an average of 1% for people who had normal blood pressure to begin with and 3.5% for people with high blood pressure.
But cutting back on salt appeared to have other effects, too.
People on lower-sodium diets had an average 2.5% increase in cholesterol and a 7% increase in bad blood fats called triglycerides compared to people who were eating more than 3,450 milligrams of sodium -- an amount that's close to what the CDC says the average American eats every day.
Higher cholesterol and triglyceride levels are thought to be associated with an increased risk of heart disease, which can lead to heart attacks and strokes.
Researchers say it's not clear why cutting back on sodium may affect blood fats.
Lower-sodium diets also boosted levels of the hormones renin and aldosterone, which can raise blood pressure. Researchers say that may be one reason that slashing salt from the diet has only modest effects on blood pressure.
"The theory that you can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by reducing salt intake and thereby blood pressure is tempting. But our study shows that the effect of reduced salt intake on blood pressure in healthy persons is only 1%," says study researcher Niels A. Graudal, MD, DrMedSci, in an email to WebMD.


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Definition of dice in English:
noun (plural same)
- Gauss's guess was based on throwing a dice with one side marked 'prime' and the others all blank.
- She threw the dice, and got two fives and one four.
- You rolled the dice and gambled - what have you got to lose?
- A second widely held belief is that the phrase comes from the game of dice, suggesting a poor player wasn't any good because his 'shakes' were not effective enough.
- When, after political struggles and a decision to divide the kingdom, Yudhihira lays claim to universal kingship, Duryodhana challenges him to a game of dice.
- Another origin dates from the time of the Crusaders, who played a game of dice named after their place of encampment, the castle Hasart.
- Early settlers, unused to such large marine creatures, cut them into dice called mootjies and simmered them with onions.
- Wash, core and cut at least 5 pounds of ripe tomatoes into large dice.
- We have changed the approach to incorporate tiny dices of pineapple in a mixture of cucumber and flakes of hot smoked salmon.
- Four years older than John Peter of Bowhay, and seven older than Will, he was a bon vivant fond of dining and dicing: a suitable escort for his country cousins in Europe's most populous city.
- He looked over at his fellow guards and saw them in the corner, dicing and conversing good-naturedly.
- Six hands at an open door dicing for pieces of silver,
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg whites, small diced carrots, onion, and celery.
- Here, sweet red peppers are diced and sautéed with onions and garlic, combined with tomatoes and served as a soup with a raft of golden, fried feta cheese.
- After dicing the carrots, onions, and celery and adding them to the broth of duck, Mr. Bishop set out a bowl and saucer and glass of water when suddenly he was interrupted by a knocking on the door.
Historically, dice is the plural of die, but in modern standard English dice is both the singular and the plural: throw the dice could mean a reference to either one or more than one dice.
dice with death
- Take serious risks.Example sentences
- Young people do not appreciate that taking Ecstasy is dicing with death.
- After the accident last October concern was raised that children as young as nine were dicing with death on the Parkway by playing 'chicken' in the fast-moving traffic.
- Speeding motorists on West Yorkshire roads are dicing with death by driving on the wrong side of the road in an attempt to dodge speed cameras instead of slowing down.
no dice
- informal, chiefly North American Used to refuse a request or indicate that there is no chance of success.Example sentences
- The district court said no dice, and the D.C. Circuit agreed in an incredibly short (4 pages, including heading material) opinion.
- Well, DJ wanted an amp, but the one he picked out was $400, so no dice.
- I've tried asking about the pics of kids and animals at the desk; no dice.
roll (or throw) of the dice
- A risky attempt to do or achieve something: the merger was their last roll of the dice, and it failed miserablyMore example sentences
- Well, it's mainly a roll of the dice, but it's also some sort of instinct.
- Back in 1997, when the idea was first mooted, Sex and the City was seen as a roll of the dice for Parker, then heading for her mid-30s. No one expected its enduring popularity.
- For McCain, it would also be the ultimate gamble, an all-or-nothing roll of the dice to determine the last chapter of his political career.
- Example sentences
- 'All around,' Kermode comments, 'were cardsharps and dicers, con men and money-lenders, roaring boys and roaring girls.'
- Because you - the readers, the slicers, dicers and copiers - hold in your collective action the secret of the future of publishing.
- It's a Chef's Pal, it's a dicer, grater, peeler all in one, never needs sharpening and it's dishwasher safe.
Middle English: from Old French des, plural of de (see die2).
Originally—and still in the USA—a gambler would throw two dice but one die. This singular form is now rare in British English, surviving mainly in the die is cast, 'something has happened that cannot be undone' said by Caesar when he crossed the Rubicon ( see cross). The word came from Latin datum 'something given, starting point', a form of dare 'to give'. This was interpreted as 'something given by chance or fortune' and applied to the dice determining the outcome of chance. Playing or gambling with dice is the idea behind dicing with death. Journalists began to use the expression in the early 20th century to convey the risks taken by racing drivers in the pursuit of success in their sport. It is probably the source of the adjective dicey meaning 'dangerous', first used by RAF pilots in the 1950s. See also bodice
Words that rhyme with diceadvice, bice, Brice, choc ice, concise, entice, gneiss, ice, imprecise, lice, mice, nice, precise, price, rice, sice, slice, speiss, spice, splice, suffice, syce, thrice, top-slice, trice, twice, underprice, vice, Zeiss
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I have been doing really well with the C25K until week 5 day 3. Basically on W5D2 you jog 8 minutes, walk 5 minutes, jog 8 minutes. Then on W5D3 you jog 20 minutes. A big leap, but I set out with a positive attitude. 10 minutes in I had to stop. Started getting shin splints so bad and I tried changing my stride, checking my body to make sure I wasn't tensing up anywhere, etc. But nothing I did seemed to relieve them short of taking a short walking break. So, my question is...should I move on to the next training day, or keep trying W5D3 until I can successfully jog the 20 minutes without stopping?
I found that the 20 minute straight run was a huge mental/psychological barrier, and once I passed it, I felt so much better about my progress. I'd highly recommend repeating week 5, even if it's just day 3, to pass that hurdle.
I'm going to recommend a couple things that might help. One is to run a little slower. When I had shin splints, they always happened when I was pushing the pace, such as on a fast training run or in a race. So knocking 15 to 30 seconds per mile off your pace may help. The other thing is to avoid changes to your stride, except possibly to shorten your stride if necessary to avoid overstriding.
Are you sufficiently stretching before you run?
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I am not. I've heard mixed opinions on that. I do begin with a 5 minute walk before I run, so I always considered that my warm up.
I would suggest repeating the W5D3. It is such a confidence booster to complete it. I definately agree with the previous comment to go slower. That is how I got through it. Good Luck!
I did my "own" version of C25K by walking X blocks & running X blocks of set routes. I'd finally gotten to a total route of 3.25 miles & couldn't break my progress level of how many blocks I was running, be it shin splints or running out of air ... it was always something! I talked to a friend from sand volleyball with who does many races & he suggested, as above, to slow down as slow as I can possibly go & just jog ... see how far I could go. With running 3 days a week, I jumped in leaps & bounds & was jogging (albeit VERY slowly) the entire 5K distance within 3 weeks! (I'd been stuck at about 10 "small-town" blocks ... maybe 1/2 mile or so?) Now I'm working on upping my speed.
I am running the same program probaly one week behind you, I am doing W5D3 tomorrow morning, and like you am approaching with a positive attitude and am actually excited to complete it. W5D2 was a little hard, but not too bad, got through that fairly well. One thing in your thread that stuck out to me was the fact that you said you do not stretch. I am not sure if that is THE answer, but it certainly makes a huge difference for me. Check out the stretches on the C25K home page. Good Luck! Don't stop!
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