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tassosDA: This is a good and honest review. I really hope that Pentax will work hard to improve it's AF system and make it compare with best in class, and NOT with previous generation Pentax AF!! Basically its the last point of criticism (together with video specs) of an otherwise excellent camera...
Com' on Pentax, give us top notch auto focus...
it's not clear (to me) in the reviews if they adjusted any Focus Hold or Expanded AF area paramaters in the AF tests. Did I miss that or did they just shoot at default AFc settings, whatever they may be?
And all my Pentax bodies were set to zoom to 4.7x (I think) as the first playback zoom step. I'd be amazed if Ricoh decided that was not of value in the K-1..
My YoCam arrived today. It will do just fine for what I need it to do, since I have other cameras to do other work. It updated FW and linked to my phone with little effort. Should be fun for snorkeling and other typically camera-averse fun.
brycesteiner: I get the point of Pixel Shift on Olympus: It gives 4x the resolution of the standard sensor, but I don't get the reason in this camera. At 36MP it's fantastic already and I don't see that it will have 4x the resolution like Olympus. So what is the point of Pixel Shift on this camera?
Here is the website:
"The K-1 uses the latest super-resolution technology, which captures four images of the same scene by shifting the image sensor by a single pixel for each image, and then synthesizes them into a single composite image. Since the K-1's SR unit has a flexible design that tilts the image sensor unit in all directions, it provides a host of handy shooting functions, including auto level compensation, image-composition fine-adjustment, and ASTRO TRACER, which simplifies advanced astronomical photography using a built-in GPS module."
The camera looks amazing. I'm just confused on what Pixel Shift does because from the comments it doesn't sound like the picture is 4x the size.
It allows red green and blue color information to hit every pixel, in essence removing the Bayer color array from the equation. It could be done with three shots in theory since four shots gets two green. If you read about the Foveon sensor that Sigma uses it always gets great color-fidelity marks. It provides data above and beyond mere pixel-count, which is why Sigma states their cameras as providing 2-3x the pixels to try and level the 'playing field'. However - with four shifted images the raw process gets complicated.
FastGlassLover: I'd switch if they had lenses to cover the lenses I use. Yes I checked, no they don't. Killer camera!
While it won't replace thin-DoF images, this sensor performance allows most of us to manage with slower glass and still get excellent results. Hopefully R/Pentax will add lenses for FastGlassLovers such as yourself. :-)
It's always weird when reviewer-defined series overlap. It's hard to consider one of these without including a small ILC that can do very similar things yet swap in a different lens when the need arises. Especially when some of these are $700 and more.
mikey fried: good video - short and sweet - more like this please!
And yes I'm sold on the camera, will probably replace my G7 as prefer the form factor and stabilised 4K is a winner. Just a shame about the type of viewfinder.
You also gain 'shutter shock' immunity, in theory. That would be a very good thing!
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"One downside of these (really) old primes - no metering. None. Not even an aperture measurement on the Raw files"
Good pictures and nice article, but you might want to know.
As usual on all Pentax cameras, you can meter with non-A lenses.
In Manual Mode, select the desired aperture with the ring and push the Green Button. The camera will stop down and meter the apropriate shutter speed.
Works elegantly fast and accurate. But you have the annoyance of not knowing the apertures used.
Note that having a lens with an 'A' setting allows for automation but you do need to set the ring to A or it will be a fully manual-metering lens. That's obvious to most folks but it should be clearly stated, as only when set to A on the ring (where it locks into place) will the data flow :-)
Richard Murdey: "Pentax planned to release a FF dSLR in 2001, they even had it on display. Then they killed it. Then they released medium format cameras. Then they released the K-1".
It would have been nice if you'd managed to flesh that out a little with something we didn't know. Why was the K-1 delayed? How long was the K-1 in development. What changes did it go through? What were the major challenges?
Nikon gave an interesting behind the scenes look at the Df development back when it came out (to dcwatch iirc), so there is a precedent...
Pentax has released new K-1 specific web pages that will be covering much of the history; perhaps Barney knew that..
Nice write-up, and from the heart as you say at the end. I've planned to be an APSc-for-lifer, having tried many smaller sensors and just not been smitten despite the advantages. And 36×24 really held no interest, nice images but too much more bulk.
And yet..
5-stop SR for any lens I chose to pop on (even my JCPenney 80-200/3.5)? Enhancements like PhaseShift update, screen dimming and tiny LEDs for dark imaging? Real tethering, and my choice to crop images with crop-sensor lenses? The best of Pentax core features plus some surprises that really strike me.
Many of the new features are not built with me in mind, and video is still just where Pentax has always said it would be: available but not a headline. But wow, something for everyone exists with the K-1. Ricoh did well.
Plenty of great video options now to supplement my Pentax K∙50 with its relative lack of advanced video features. Despite its name I feel the YoCam is more interesting for my purposes with its size & submersible + time-lapse options, but I'll keep watching for a while..
No QXD cards? how confusing..
Guess I'm too old to get the allure of really fast WA lenses. Bokeh was never among my reasons to shoot wide, and size matters to me so Pentax 15mm f/4 or the 10-17 fisheye zoom will do fine. I'd like my entire set of lenses to weigh 950g!
Excellent choice of peaks, and great image! I must visit Garibaldi some day soon.
Maybe it's time for Pentax to reopen its cooperation with Samsung? Help to relieve them of some spare gear they no longer want? :-)
Just dreaming.
Despite the Samsung silence I repurchased the NX300, a really capable camera with some great tiny lenses. The S series zooms may be excellent but are way too heavy for the thin-grip models; the 16-50PZ on those bodies can do great things.
Write-in for Pentax DFA 150-450.
Spendy but impressive results.
He tried the wrong Q .. Pentax Q uses the K-5 dSLR control set then adds focus peaking and better video :-)
cgarrard: Another thing I'm noticing is the new camera seems to be a big bigger and bulkier than normal Pentax cameras- to me that is an asset for full frame. Less vibration to cause micro blur- especially important on these new high res sensors without AA filters (and likely this one will not have one either). Also, the bulk helps handling with larger lenses. I never understood the small FF camera with large lenses... very odd to handle for me.
I do like the smaller FF cameras mind you, but just with the smaller prime FF lenses. A camera like this can handle the big glass Ricoh has (and will continue to) announced very well it seems. Handling is important to working pro's and they are used to carrying around extra weight - that is just part of the job most of the time.
Count me among the trivial DSLR users then; I stop at 500 grams for my lenses. I've owned heavier and find I always grab something else instead. No doubt all my images are pitiful.
'tis a shame that Pentax' pixel shift and AA simulation were not enough for an innovation nod. The NX1 has some excellent and unique features though.
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One of the most definitive works to expose the truth behind this battle between personal freedom and the antismoker(s) -- Freedom-Of-Choice.com
Scientifically factual... well written... couldn't put it down. If there is one book to read this year, this is it. -- Journal of Theoretics, Feb/Mar 2004, Dr. Siepmann, Editor.
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Dissecting Antismokers' Brains is actually the polar opposite to that: Mr. McFadden, trained in statistics and propaganda analysis, rips apart the attack of the "Antismoking Crusade" on smokers by showing the weakness of their arguments and numbers, the deceit of their styles of argument, and the real psychological drives, sometimes quite neurotically based, that power some of the Crusade's leaders.
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Thanks to Dissecting Antismokers' Brains I now feel totally vindicated and the sense of guilt from this pleasure is pretty much erased. The book is straight forward, thoughtful and well orgnaized. It states all the facts which are easily verified and when you are finished you find yourself wanting more.
When non-smokers read this book they, rightfully so, are outraged to discover that they have been used as pawns in a power stuggle by an elite group of people who are making millions from this. Factor in drug companies making millions from nicotine replacement products and most media outlets threatened with monetary loss if anything positive can be said about SHS and you have the biggest social lie of this generation.
What is happening right now in the free world is nothing short of criminal, akin to organized crime at it's best. Antismoking groups have no real evidence against SHS, just half-truths and outright lies through manipulation. This is racketeering on a world wide scale and most are unaware of this. The newly approved smoking treaty which just came into effect now holds third world countries as hostages who must comply or else. This is extortion and a violation of basic human rights!
We are all victims of these groups whose main goals are power and money but the biggest victims of all are our children. While money, time, media hype and other resources have been wasted on the BIG LIE the use of drugs and alcohol has sky rocketed in young people, STD rates continue to soar and poverty continues to rise.Read more ›
Covers both the science and politics of smoking bans. Made me wonder how much other stuff, I've always assumed was true might be flaky around the edges. The book doesn't try to say that smoking is good, just that the fanatics pushing the anti-smoking stuff are a bit off the wall.
This author separates the science and psychology and politics but he also shows how they get used together to frighten people more than necessary. I was surprised at how up-to-date this was. It was written almost ten years ago but it's like he's talking about the way things are right now with the smoking bans and the excuses for them.
AAA+ I'd give it more but I think long strings of A's look silly!
It was very timely for me as our city (Oshkosh, WI) has recently been pushed into a smoking ban due to a group of antismokers comprised of most of the nine personality types that you describe. Though I do not smoke, I find this threat upon our freedoms truly frightening. The website [...] summarizes this book more extensively with quotes and a more indepth analysis. If the general public knew about this book and how good it is, it would be on any best-seller list.
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Overall his book is incredibly readable for the amount of information it packs into its 370 pages: you'll almost feel at times like you're reading a page-turning novel rather than a serious work of non-fiction aimed at a modern social problem. In an email exchange I had with him while writing this review, Mr. McFadden declared his belief that, if he could get copies of the book into every college course dealing with the social debate over smoking, and a copy sitting on the bar of every tavern threatened with a smoking ban, the outrage felt by those readers would provide the impetus needed to fight what has become a very powerful lobby.
After reading Dissecting Antismokers' Brains I think I would have to agree with the author on that point.
It took a whole year, but just last week the above smoke hater e-mailed me agreeing to a meeting with the bar owners AND said: "if this debate continues...I will soon be quoting and citing from McFadden's book". After he passed the ban I told him to send my book back or pay me the money for it, full price of course. He has now agreed to pay me for the book as well!
To anyone dealing with elected officials. GO ORDER THE BOOK!!! It was the best investment ever! I wish I would have read it long before I did. I still use if for reference. Save yourself a lot of time, spend the money, give it to your elected officials!!! This book is not just an effective weapon against the smoke haters...it is the BEST weapon
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Civil rights attorneys are "making sure we have voters' backs," said Myrna Perez, senior counsel for the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law.
In Arizona, both major political parties said they plan to have attorneys inside and outside polling sites, in addition to those waiting by the phone.
Arizona's Democratic Party has about 150 lawyers and legal volunteers who will be part of the "election protection team," said Joaquin Rios, a party official. Attorneys will also be on hand to file lawsuits if poll watchers find any issues, he said.
"We want to make sure that everyone who has the right is fully able to exercise the right to vote free of intimidation and confusion," Rios said.
Arizona Republican Party spokesman Tim Sifert said lawyers will be available in Phoenix and in Washington, D.C., on a special hotline reserved just for party attorneys and other trained legal volunteers who will be poll-watching across Arizona.
He did not rule out the possibility of same-day litigation, but said Republicans are not "specifically suspicious" of anything at the moment.
"We will be prepared to do what it takes to ensure that the election is conducted properly and validly," Sifert said.
But the election litigation has already started elsewhere.
Florida Democrats filed suit in federal court this weekend after Gov. Rick Scott refused to extend early voting hours, despite long lines at polling places that forced some voters to wait five hours or more to cast a ballot.
In Ohio, a Green Party congressional candidate sued the Ohio secretary of state alleging, among other things, that voting tabulation software could let people tamper with the results.
Von Spakovsky said that the increasing number of election-related lawsuits makes people question the value of their vote.
He said lawyers might contest the outcome of the election, especially if the number of provisional ballots issued in a particular state exceeds the margin of victory there, similar to what happened in the 2000 Florida election.
"You may get contentious fight over every single provisional ballot," he said.
But members of Election Protection, a national coalition of civil rights groups that includes the Brennan Center and the American Civil Liberties Union, say they are just making sure voters can cast ballots without intimidation.
As part of its non-partisan efforts, Election Protection lawyers will be on the ground monitoring and assisting voters as well as staffing call centers in non-partisan capacity for voters with questions, Perez said.
She said lawyers also worked on voter education in the months before the election because "it is critically important to that voters go to the polls." Their efforts are nothing new, though "there is always an increased need because every election has its own challenges and difficulties," Perez said.
And lawyers will be ready to respond in this election, she said.
"There are literally thousands of us out there watching," Perez said.
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|Dec 6, 1904
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|Mar 28, 1904
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|Mar 28, 1904
|Publication number
|William J Bryon Jr
|Original Assignee
|William J Bryon Jr
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w. J. BRYON, JR BXERGISING APPARATUS.- I APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28, 1904.
UNITIan STATES Patented December 6, 1904.
EPEOIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 776,824, dated December 6, 1904. Application filed March 28, 1904. Serial No. 200,279. (No model.) I
To (all whmn it may concern.-
Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. BRYON, Jr. a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Exercising Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to exercising apparatus, and more particularly to that class of exercising apparatus in which a weight'carrier serving as a resistance medium is operated to slide on vertically arranged guide-rods by means of an OPGPELlZlIIg'fl'OpG passing over suitably-arranged pulleys, a type of such appara tus being disclosed in a prior patent of mine, No. 634,080, dated October 3, 1899. In the apparatus of my said prior patent a single operating-rope is employed which runs freely Over the several connecting-pulleys of the apparatus and is provided with a handle at each end thereof, the said rope being arranged with its center or loop portion passing over a stationary pulley on the upper or wall bracket of the apparatus and with its two ends passing downwardly from such pulley under two pulleys on the weight-carrier and from thence up again and over two swivelcd pulleys, these latter pulleys being also carried on the said wall bracket. WVhen the apparatus is arranged as thus describedthat is, with those pulleys nearest the handles or operating ends of the rope at about the same height as the users chest-the said operating ends of the rope will be caused by said pulleys to draw from the apparatus on a line even with the users chest and the apparatus will be adapted for use for what is commonly known as chest exercise. The said apparatus is, however, also provided with means for rendering it capable of being used for what is known as floor exercise, in which case the pulleys will be so arranged that one of the operating endsof the rope will be caused to draw outwardly from the apparatus at a point adjacent to the floor. 1n adjusting the apparatus for this floor exercise, however, the parts are such that only one end of the rope may be operative, it be ing necessary to attach the other end thereof to a stationary part of the apparatus. This is rendered necessary by reason of the fact I that the rope is not sufficiently long and the J apparatus is not provided with the necessary means to permit the use of a free-running op- I crating-rope having handles at both ends thereof, as is permitted when the apparatus is adjusted for chest exercise. It is obvious,
however, that the use of a free-running operating-rope having handles at both ends thereof is most desirable for whatever form of exercise the apparatus may be adapted, and it has therefore been one of the objects of my pres ent inyention to provide an apparatus of the character referred to having means whereby it may be adjusted for various forms of exercise-such as floor, chest, and overhead or so-callod intercostal--and in each case the operating-rope be a free-running rope, having handles at both ends thereof to be grasped by the operator. In carrying this part of my invention into effect I attach a pair of pulleys to the weight-carrier and a pair of swivelcd pulleys to the upper wall-bracket the same as in my said prior patent; but in the present case instead of mountingasingle pulley on a lixed support on the wall-bracket in a position between the swivelcd pulleys there on for supporting the center or loop portion of the operating-rope, as in said prior patent, 1 mount two pulleys on the wall-bracket between the said swiveled pulleys thereon and pass the center or loop portion of the rope therefrom over an adjustable loose pulley that is adapted to be detachably connected with either the upper wall-bracket or lower floorbracket, according to the form of exercise for which the apparatus is adjusted, the operating-rope being made suliiciently long to permit the loose pulley being attached to the floor-bracket when the apparatus is adjusted for chest exercise, and thereby providing for a like length of rope when the apparatus is adjusted for floor exercise by the shifting of the said loose pulley to the upper wallbracket. As a part of my invention as em bodied in this adjustable feature of the apparatus means are also provided for cooperation I with the rope in permitting of its adjustment for the different forms of exercise, as will be hereinafter more particularly pointed out in Connection with the drawings. In setting up for use an exercising apparatus of the present type the lower bracket is usually attached to the floor and the upper bracket to the wall or doorcasing of a room. 1 Screws or similar fastening means are usually employed for attaching these brackets to their respective supports, the use of which in connection with the upper bracket is objectionable because of their tendency to mar and damage the supporting-wall or door-casing; and it has therefore been a further object. of my present invention to provide a simple and effective means for supporting the upper bracket of the apparatus in position without the aid of screws or similar fastening means that would tend to mar or damage the supporting part. This object I effect by a certain novel construction and combination of brackets and clamping parts which together form a holding-frame that may be readily and conveniently adjusted to the casing of any doorway and be frictionally held in position. Referring now to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of an exercising apparatus embodying my invention in operative position on a door casing, which latter is shown as partly broken away. Fig. 2- is a side elevation of the same with the door-casing and a part of the holding-frame in section. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the apparatus adjusted for overhead or intercostal exercise. Fig. ALIS ascctional detail showing a part of the holding-frame in operative position on one side of a door-casing, and Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of parts of the holding-frame. The apparatus forming the subject-matter of my present application is the same in many of its parts as that disclosed in my said prior patent, No. 634,080, the same comprising the upper wall-plate (1, having a bracket 1) secured thereon, the lower floor-plate (0', having a bracket 7) secured thereon, the vertically-arranged guide-rods (Z (Z,supported at their opposite ends in said brackets, the weight-carrier amounted to slide on said guide-rods, and the operating-rope h, passing over suitablyarranged pulleys and connecting with said weight-carrier for raising and lowering the same. The arrangement'of the pulleys over which the operating-rope passes in my present apparatus differs, however, as before referred to, from the arrangement disclosed in my said prior patent. In the present case, as shown in Fig. 1, the center or loop end of the rope it passes around a loose pulley 2, that is detachably connected with a hook 3 on the lower bracket 6', and from such pulley the two ends of the rope pass upwardly over two pulleys 4: 4, mounted on the upper bracket I) adjacent to the vertical center thereof, and from thence pass downwardly under two pulleys i i on the weight-carrier e,from which they again pass upwardly and over two swiveled pulleys 7t n on the bracket 7). I/Vith this described arrangement of the rope and cooperating parts the apparatus will be adjusted for chest exercise.
hen it is desired to adjust the apparatus for floor or rowing exercise, the loose pulley 2 will be shifted from its said position in connection with the hook 3 on the lower bracket to a position in connection with a hook 5 on the upper bracket, and the ends of the rope h will be drawn downward and under two swiveled pulleys 6 6 in the lower floor-plate, as shown in Fig. 2, the length of rope required in passing the two ends of the rope under the pulleys 6 6 being provided by the raising of the loose pulley 2, which engages the center or loop end of the rope.
The use of the loose pulley Qin controlling the length of the rope, as described in connection with Fig. 2, also permits of the apparatus being adapted for overhead or socalled intercostal exercise, the only change required to adapt the apparatus for this form of exercise from the adjustment or arrangement of the parts shown in Fig. 2 being to remove the ends of the rope from under the pulleys 6 6 and pass the same over pulleys 7 7, carried by suitably-supported intercostal bars 8 8 in a position above the upper pulley support'or bracket 7), as shown in Fig. 3. These intercostal bars when used may be supported in any suitable manner, the same, as herein shown, being carried by a bracket 9, which is pivoted between two ears 1O 10 on a base-plate 11, an adjusting-screw 12, having a screw-threaded connection with a flange 13 on said base-plate and engaging with the under side of the bracket 9, serving as a means to support the outer or pulleycarrying ends of the bars 8 in a vertically-adjustable position, whereby the pulleys thereon may be adjusted to suit the height of the user. The said base plate 11, to which the bracket 9 is pivoted, may be attached to any suitable support, the same, as herein shown, being secured on the same wall-plate that carries the bracket 1), the said wall-plate (indicated at a) being similar to the corresponding wall-plates of the other views, but somewhat longer.
The apparatus as described may be supported in operative position in any suitable manner; but I prefer to support it by attaching the floor-plate a to the floor and the wall plate a to my improved holding frame,which latter I will now describe. This frame com= prises two angle bracket-plates, (indicated at 30 and 31, respectively,) which are adapted to rest upon the corner of the door-casing, as 32, at opposite sides thereof, and be held in such position by an intermediate clamping-bar, one of said bracket-plates being adapted to have the wall-plate a of the apparatus screwed, bolted, or otherwise secured thereto. The
vraeea said clampi ng-bar in the present case is formed in two sections, one of which (indicated at 34:) is tubular, and the other (indicated at 35) may be solid, these two sections being adapted to rest at their outer ends in suitable seats 36 on the opposite faces of the bracket-plates, and at their inner or adjacent ends being connected by the insertion of the end of the solid section into the open end of the tubular section, as clearly shown in Fig. 4C, a nut 37 on the threaded end of the section 35 acting against the end of the section 34 and serving as a means to force the sections apart in an endwise direction and so clamp the bracket-plates 30 and 31 in a desired adjusted position on the door-easing. When the said bracket-plates are clamped in position by the clamping-bar as described, they will be firmly held in vertical position; but in order to preventliability of the bracketplate 31, to which the upper end of the apparatus is secured, working forward on the door-casing under the strain produced by the outwardly-pulling action of the ends of the operating-rope of the apparatus I prefer to employ two rods or bolts 38 38, which are connected at one end with the plate 31 by nuts, and at their opposite end are provided with heads 39, which engage with one side of the door jamb 4L0 and lock the bracket plate against forward movement.
Having thus set forth a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the particular details of construction and combinations of parts described, as the same may be more or less materially modified without departure from the invention. For instance, asingle pulley or roll, preferably a broad one, may be used on the weight-carrier in lieu of the two pulleys 1' v1 and on the upper bracket in lieu of the two pulleys t t and perform the required function. Also each of the plates (0 and a and their attached brackets instead of being formed in separate parts secured together may be formed in single integral parts. These and other similar changes might be made in the various details of the apparatus, but would all be within the scope of my invention, for
IV hat I claim isl 1. In an exercising apparatus, the combination of upper and lower supports, the said upper support being provided with a plurality of pulleys, a weight-carrier movable between said supports and provided with a pulley, a loose pulley having means for detachable connection with the said upper and lower supports and being interchangeable in position from one to the other, a single operating-rope passing over the said several pulleys with its center or loop portion engaging the loose one, and a pair of pulleys on the lower support to be engaged by the ends of the omrating-rope, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. In an exercising apparatus, the combination of upper and lower supports, the said upper support being provided with a plurality of pulleys, a weight-carrier movable between said supports and provided with a pulley, a loose pulley having means for detachable connection with the said upper and lower supports and being interchangeable in position from one to the other, a single operating-rope passing over the said several pulleys with its center or loop portion engaging the loose one, and a pair of pulleys with supporting means therefor located above the said upper support, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. In an exercising apparatus, the com bination of upper and lower supports, the said upper support being provided with a plurality of pulleys, a weight-carrier movable between said supports and provided with a pulley, a loose pulley having means for detachable connection with the said upper and lower supports and being interchangeable in position from one to the other, a single operating-rope passing over the said several pulleys with its center or loop portion engaging the loose one, a pair of intercostal-exercise pulleys with supporting means therefor located above the said upper support, and means for adjusting the vertical position of said intercostal-exereise pulleys.
4:. In combination with an exercising apparatus, a holding-frame therefor, comprising an angle bracket-plate adapted to rest upon the corner of a door-casing or other similar support, and means, including a clampingbar, for holding said bracket-plate against vertical or lateral movement on said door-casing or other similar support.
5. In combination with an exercising apparatus, a holding-frame therefor, comprising an angle bracket-plate adapted to rest upon the corner of a door-casing or other similar support,and means for exerting pressure upon said bracket-plate in two directions and at substantially right angles to each other and holding the same in adjusted position.
Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 25th day of March, A. I). 1904.
WILLIAM J. BRYON, JR. l/Vitnesses:
Cans. F. DANE, E. M. Farm.
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But what if the redshirts knew that their fates were coming, and tried to stop it by whatever means necessary? That's the idea behind "Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas," John Scalzi's affectionate lampooning of sci-fi TV. It's a light, fluffy novel that touches on some philosophical ideas, but nothing too serious.
In the 23rd century, Ensign Andrew Dahl is assigned to the Universal Union flagship Intrepid. It's a dream job for a xenobiologist, except that some of his new shipmates are acting a little strange.
And soon he finds out why: the Intrepid has an incredibly high mortality rate. The captain, science officer, engineer, doctor and the handsome if dim Lieutenant Kerensky are never permanently injured, but low-ranking officers inevitably die messy, violent deaths. There's also a magic "box" that generates the answer to impossible problems.
The widower of one "redshirt" has already figured out the answer -- a bizarre answer that calls into question the nature of reality itself. And with Dahl scheduled for an away mission, he and his fellow endangered officers will have to take drastic steps: go back in time to a parallel world, and find a way of stopping their problems in the 21st century.
"Redshirts" is a fun idea for a story -- what if the disposable extras became aware of their doomedness, and tried to prevent it? There's a lot of metafictional twists and some contemplation of what reality is, but it never gets too heavy. It's a pleasantly light sci-fi story.Read more ›
It's a space opera set on the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid. Andrew Dahl, Andy to his friends, has just been assigned to the ship and strangeness occurs right from the start.
One of the senior members of the crew has caught an alien virus that will liquefy him in 6 hours if an antivirus isn't found. Andy is tasked with finding the anti virus. No problem his fellow crew mates say ; just put the blood sample in "the box" and the answer will be generated. Funny thing though is that the box just looks like a small microwave oven! Andy pops the sample in, pushes the button and as promised comes up with an antivirus within the 6 hours saving the crew member.
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When it comes to dating, everyone makes mistakes. Rosa Blasi made hers with professional athletes . . . over and over again.
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'It's about effort': Team USA proves there's more than one way to win
'It's about effort': Team USA proves there's more than one way to win
For more than six and a half minutes in the second quarter of Friday night's exhibition game against Venezuela, the United States men's national team looked lost.
The prohibitive favorite in the Rio Olympics missed 13 consecutive shots, committed two turnovers and was called for a shot clock violation, an almost unimaginable infraction considering the level of talent across the board on the floor.
The offense remained stagnant much of the night, a rare occurrence for a team that had looked unstoppable in averaging 108 points in their first three contests. But in their 80-45 thumping of Venezuela, Mike Krzyzewski's group proved it has more ways to win a game than simply outshooting its opponent.
A combination of tenacious rebounding and determined defense allowed the Americans to move to 4-0 in exhibition play in their second-to-last tune-up before next month's Olympic Games, where they'll attempt to three-peat as gold medal winners.
"Two of the consistent parts of the game we did great with tonight, and that is you can play really good defense and you can rebound every night," Krzyzewski said after the game. "Because it's about effort. And our guys have given that effort."
Playing without their top player, Nets point guard Greivis Vasquez, Venezuela hung around in the first quarter thanks in part to Team USA's cold shooting. They even took a 12-10 lead on back-to-back triples from John Cox, who finished with a team-high 14 points. The Americans opened the game 3-for-10 before finishing the quarter on a 12-2 run. Kyrie Irving was the lone starter to shoot better than 50 percent (4-for-7); the other four starters combined to shoot just 8-for-31 (25.8 percent).
And yet during their dry spell in the second quarter, which included five scattered free throws, Team USA was able to increase its lead from 13 to 14 with stifling defense and stellar rebounding; in that same span Venezuela committed two turnovers and missed nine of 11 field goal attempts, with only one offensive rebound to show for it.
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"We played great defense. We didn't score but they didn't score," said Kevin Durant, who finished 3-for-9 with nine points. "That's the name of the game for us. If we don't score we can't let the other team score. It's simple."
Venezuela shot just 24 percent from the field and committed 18 turnovers. Cox, the cousin of Kobe Bryant, said the Americans' ability to switch at each position made each possession difficult.
"They're so good because they can switch everything because of their length and athleticism. So I don't think there's another team in the Olympics that can do that," he said. "It's difficult to take advantage on offense, and they're talented and they're going to be tough to beat because they switch down the line. Even their bigs can move their feet with our guards and other guards, so they'll be a tough matchup. And that's why they're special."
The Americans were also helped in the defensive struggle by superb rebounding across the board. DeMarcus Cousins finished with a team-high 13 rebounds, Carmelo Anthony added nine of his own and Jimmy Butler, playing in front of a home Chicago crowd, snatched eight boards. Team USA won the battle of the boards, 54-29, outperforming the +21 rebounding advantage they had amassed in their first three games.
"You get 54 rebounds and we're playing defense right to the very end, and that's what I'm looking for," Krzyzewski said. "The fact that the ball was not going in and they were playing very good defense against us does not stop us from giving a really quality effort, especially on the board and the defensive end."
Team USA flipped the switch in the second half, with the bench unit beginning the third quarter on a 12-4 run that pushed the lead to 26 points. The Americans then made 10 of 12 shots in the final stanza posting 24 points on an array of outside shots – Klay Thompson connected on a pair of triples – and highlight reel dunks from DeAndre Jordan and DeMar DeRozan.
Team USA finished the contest shooting 43 percent from the field, nearly seven percentage points worse than their team average entering the contest. Their four made 3-pointers, three of which came from Thompson, were a far cry from the 39 they connected on in their first three games.
But their ability to shoot out of character for 40 minutes – the 80 points were tied for the second fewest for an Olympic team under Coach K – and still win handily was a positive sign for Krzyzewski.
Eight of Team USA's 13 players averaged 20 or more point per game last season – Paul George rested with a sore calf. And its two returning players from the 2012 team, Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony, have five NBA scoring titles to their name. They've also got four players who have won NBA titles while playing for historically good offenses (Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes and Thompson for Golden State; Kyrie Irving for Cleveland).
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"We're gonna knock shots down. We've got the best players in the world, the best shooters in the world, best penetrators in the world," Durant said. "Shots don't really matter to us. We played great defense and I think that's what we've been doing the whole trip."
There's little doubt they'll find their shooting touch in time for their opening round game on Aug. 6 against China. Krzyzewski even hinted at the team needing to find more comfort and rhythm using the international basketball, though he was quick to denounce that as an excuse for the poor shooting.
After breezing through three exhibition games, winning by 37, 49 and 50 points, the Americans were forced to work in a different fashion for their victory Friday night. The final margin, 35, wasn't indicative of the effort Team USA needed to show in order to pull away. They did show that effort, and it's something that will serve them well moving forward when the games count.
"To be quite frank I'm very pleased about tonight," Krzyzewski said, "because you don't just want to hit 17 threes and not work hard.
"We had to work real hard tonight and we won."
Why Jimmy Butler wanted Dwyane Wade to sign with Bulls
Why Jimmy Butler wanted Dwyane Wade to sign with Bulls
When Dwyane Wade's re-signing with the Miami Heat went from a forgone conclusion to a question mark, the Chicago Bulls and Jimmy Butler got involved in a whirlwind courtship that resulted in Friday's all-smiles press conference.
The Bulls came with the tangibles, the respect in the form of $47 million. Butler came with the intangibles—and respect as the two had critical conversations that lead to Wade finally making the leap to trek back home to Chicago after 13 years on the beach.
It was why Wade was so comfortable at his own introductory news conference to cede the spotlight to Butler Friday afternoon, the savvy veteran understanding Butler was in attendance and giving Butler the affirmation he quietly craved in front of a national TV audience.
"Jimmy Butler, everybody! Jimmy, you gonna come out with your muscles out and everything, though? You got oil on...," Wade said jokingly, motioning to Butler as Butler stood amongst many to the side, having just finished an on-court workout with his trainer.
Wade was reciprocating what Butler had initiated during free agency during those conversations, as the only question there is to be answered is how the two will mesh on the floor as opposed to the assumption of clashing personalities.
"Just what we can do if we were to play basketball together. I said look man, I'm okay with whatever role you want me to play," said Butler to CSNChicago.com in an exclusive interview after Team USA beat Venezuela 80-45 Friday at the United Center, with Wade sitting next to Team USA's bench. "But we can win games if you're here with us. So that's basically how it went.
"I was telling him, of all the things that have been said, I'm here to win. I don't care what role I'm supposed to play, whose team it is, you come here, we'll win games."
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Free agent acquisitions Wade and Rajon Rondo have openly said Butler is the first name on the basketball masthead, but Butler has termed them "the three Alphas". Regardless of what Butler has said before publicly about not being concerned with his standing in the locker room of the Chicago Bulls, he's feeling more and more comfortable with the position of leadership—perhaps emboldened by the validation of the two.
"Outside of all of that, all anybody wants is to be wanted," Butler said. "He wants me to step up and lead. He wants this to be my team. Just like I wanted him for my team. That mutual respect, us being honest with each other like that, that's where it starts. That's the foundation."
Establishing a pecking order is easier when the players who see this version of Jimmy Butler only know this version of Butler. The player who has evolved into an All-Star and Olympian, not necessarily the 30th pick in the 2011 NBA Draft.
Both attributes are true, but there's something to be said about initial impressions and how they stick.
"Moving forward, I'm gonna do my best, whatever it takes to help us win games," Butler said. "I don't think people understand how serious I am when I say I want to (freaking) win a championship. I'm not playing."
Rondo and Wade have the championship receipts, so it's unlikely they'll allow Butler to go unchecked if his methods aren't parallel with his words. Given the appointed title Butler gave the three, it doesn't sound like they would let him slide regardless.
"That's what I wanted him here, that's why I wanted Rondo here," Butler said. "Because they've done it, they know what it takes. I want them to show me. If I'm not listening, make me listen."
When told he could be bullheaded and stubborn, Butler agreed.
"I agree, I can (be). Fine. It only makes me better," Butler said. "If you're on my tail all the time it only makes me better. I want that. I like that. If I'm (messing) around, you tell me, you let me know, you're better than that. You're right. I'm gonna respond in a positive manner and I'm gonna do what I'm supposed to be doing."
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Butler used a lot of "my team" and "my guys" but one can surmise it's less about ownership and possessiveness compared to investment—the sweat equity that earns his respect and admiration more than any single attribute.
"I respect a lot of things but I think your confidence comes from your work," Butler said. "I'm a firm believer in that. I'm successful because of that. I just put in the time. I know these guys put in the time."
"I respect that s**t. I'm going to war with you everyday when I know in my heart that your best interest is to help us win. I'm all about that."
Whether Butler felt some of his old teammates were moving all tides in the same direction, he wouldn't say—and the former Bulls probably wouldn't on elaborate on their feelings, either.
"I think man, it was a lot of mixes of everything," he said. "We weren't winning games we wanted to win. We were in and out the lineup, so many guys.
"I don't wanna use any excuses but that had something to do with it. We have a whole new team, we gotta move forward. I'm happy for those new guys, I want them to be successful on their new team."
But he admits last season was one to learn from, and falls back on the work that he hopes will lead to others following willingly.
"You grow. You learn. You grow. I'm six years into this thing," Butler said. "I've made a name for myself. I've done a lot with basketball since I started. I think I'm only gonna start to get better. I pray I only continue to get better because I do work. I really do work."
Third time's a charm as Dwyane Wade embraces Bulls and Jimmy Butler as leader
Third time's a charm as Dwyane Wade embraces Bulls and Jimmy Butler as leader
Joking in presentation but serious in intent, Dwyane Wade sat patiently with Bulls GM Gar Forman, refusing to start his introductory news conference until his wife, Gabrielle Union, arrived for the proceedings.
After 13 years of waiting, and then a couple weeks after formally agreeing to join the Chicago Bulls, a few extra moments didn't feel like an eternity.
For some, Wade was worth the wait.
"Sounds good, doesn't it?" Forman joked to Wade about announcing him as a Chicago Bull, before going through Wade's litany of accomplishments, all of which were done in a Miami Heat uniform.
"You make me feel good about myself," Wade said.
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With Jimmy Butler off to the side, Wade made sure to announce that despite his pedigree, his rings, his status as a Hall-of-Fame player and respected voice through the NBA that this team isn't his; He first mentioned owner Jerry Reinsdorf, then Butler, stopping any controversy before it could develop.
"We're not gonna go through this all year. It's Jimmy Butler's team," Wade said. "He's a young Bull who can play 40 minutes. I ain't trying to do all that."
It makes Forman's opening statement about Wade that much more poignant, aside from the 20 points and on-floor savvy Wade will likely provide to a young Bulls team and inexperienced coach.
"As important and maybe more so, the presence and intangibles Dwyane will bring to this organization and this team," Forman said. "From the locker room to the floor to how he interacts with his teammates…it'll serve our team well."
Wade has gone through the city in recent days after his trip from China, readjusting himself to Chicago.
"This is one of those moments for me, that is a dream come true," Wade said. "It took a long time to get here. But I'm here. The excitement the city has shown, I can't tell what you've meant to me."
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It was a long and winding road as Wade said "let's take a trip down memory lane", recalling the belief he thought he would be drafted by the Bulls in 2003 when they held the seventh pick.
The Miami Heat had other plans.
Then when Wade hit unrestricted free agency in 2010, he had another two meetings with the Bulls and seriously considered them.
"Prime of my career. My first meeting was back home," Wade said. "I met with a few teams, met with the Bulls twice."
"It was a place I was really pulled toward. I had the opportunity to play with two good players, LeBron (James) and Chris (Bosh)."
The Bulls weren't able to lure Bosh and James to Chicago, so the thought of being a Bull went as far as a deleted picture on his camera that showed him in a Bulls uniform—before he realized deleted pictures could be obtained through a cloud.
The third time was the charm, as the Bulls presented themselves as a reasonable option when talks broke down between Wade and the Heat early in free agency, creating arguably the biggest personnel surprise of the offseason—and a curious marriage of a player who still has enough game to be effective with a team struggling to claim a new identity on the fly as opposed to hitting the reset button.
"I still have a little bit left," Wade said. "I wanted to come here and be a part of building this organization back up and where it should be."


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