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By Sinnatious
Summary: When Ryoma finds himself in a tough situation, his pride might keep him swimming, but it's Tezuka who keeps his head above water.
Rating: PG-13
Author's Note: The second half of this chapter is a bit exposition heavy. :/ But the first half has Seigaku Regulars! Yay!
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
The Dispossession of Echizen Ryoma
Chapter 15
Tuesday afternoon practice had some of the more promising juniors pitted against each other in matches, leaving the regulars and freshmen to watch. Most of the non-regular seniors were exempt from afternoon practices now, giving a choice to those who valued their studies more than tennis, even though most people still attended. Coach Ryuuzaki was present and in good spirits, wandering the courts shouting corrections to forms and spouting criticisms left, right and centre. She'd obviously missed it after having a team of regulars that managed and coached themselves so well.
"So, Inui, what's the latest word?" Fuji asked, sidling over to the data-gatherer.
"Fuji. There seems to have been some improvement, though I have not come any closer to determining the cause. A confrontation might be necessary after all."
"What are you guys talking about?" Momoshiro asked, barrelling into the conversation. The commotion drew Kikumaru's attention, who dragged his doubles partner over with him. Naturally, wherever the majority of their senpai gathered, the freshmen trio followed. Only Kaidoh, Tezuka and Echizen remained in place on the other side of the courts safely out of earshot, though the Viper kept glaring in their direction. Probably because his rival was present.
"Echizen," Fuji replied with a smile.
"Eh, Ochibi? What's he done now?"
"We're not exactly certain. That's why we're talking about it," Fuji responded easily.
"He has been acting peculiar for some time now," Inui reported. "Most strange of late is how he's been shadowing Tezuka. He's even been eating lunch with the seniors."
"Nothing so strange about that, Inui," Oishi remarked with a light smile. "Didn't you stalk Tezuka for several months at some point?"
"I concede your point. However, the situation is entirely different."
"What are you talking about, Inui-senpai?" Katsuo asked earnestly, appearing to sport genuine worry for his classmate.
"Something fairly severe was bothering him a few weeks ago," Inui noted, flipping through his notebook. "Based on the data at the time, I concluded that he had fallen ill. Based on more recent data, I believe that conclusion was incorrect."
"Oh, I remember!" Kikumaru recalled suddenly. "You're talking about when Ochibi drank your juice and didn't react at all, right? Hey, has it happened again?"
The data-expert just shook his head. "Negative. Echizen's performance in practice since has been exemplary, so no further opportunities have arisen. It is obvious that he has been doing quite a lot of additional practice outside of club hours."
"So why is that a bad thing?" Momoshiro asked. "The Viper still keeps up his insane routine every day."
"But not at the expense of his health. Echizen has not been looking well lately, wouldn't you agree?"
"He has been looking tired, even though he's been getting to practice early," Oishi commented, starting to look worried.
"Saa, he's been losing weight, too, hasn't he, Inui?"
"It is a difficult thing to measure, but I believe so, yes. Something is definitely amiss," Inui concluded.
"I agree," Fuji said with a smile on his face.
"It's been bugging me," Momoshiro piped up suddenly, "But Echizen used to hitch a ride on the back of my bike to and from school pretty regularly. He hasn't done it in ages, though. I don't even pass him on the way or anything."
"His homework's been really messy, too," Horio commented. When everyone looked at him he defended, "What? You wouldn't try to copy from one of the top kids in the class? I mean… that is…"
"He seems to have picked up a little over the past week, though," Fuji mused, slanting a glance towards where their two strongest players were silently watching the matches.
Across the court, Tezuka kept a wary eye on his team who seemed to be congregating in a circle - usually that meant either gossip or trouble. He hoped it was the former, and hoped it wasn't about him. Regardless, he could hardly assign them laps for not practicing, as with all of the courts currently occupied, there was nowhere for them to practice. Ever since their win at the Nationals, the ranks of their tennis club had swelled somewhat, and it was putting a slight strain on their facilities. Seigaku's tennis club was probably one of the better-equipped clubs in the school – especially after winning the Nationals - but it still didn't have the sort of facilities a private school like Hyotei boasted.
Turning his attention away from the group on the other side of the courts, Tezuka cast a critical eye over his companion instead. The past few days had certainly been kinder to his guest; in fact, the difference was so startling that the senior found it hard to believe that none of them had staged some sort of intervention sooner. Echizen still had that lost and troubled look about him a lot of the time and continued to struggle with maintaining eye contact, but his spirit had picked up some. During tennis practice at the very least he seemed almost cheerful. That is, cheerful for Echizen. The dark bags under his eyes had diminished to faint shadows, and he was much better kempt and healthier looking than what he had been when Tezuka had first taken him in. He would still need to gain some weight back, but the senior was no longer concerned for his physical health. Practically force-feeding the youth breakfast, lunch, and dinner in addition to making sure that his guest made it to bed at a reasonable time each night had helped there.
Now there was the much more delicate matter of his protégé's mental health to consider.
Admittedly, Tezuka was not an expert in deeply emotional matters. He normally left the emotional wellbeing of the team members to Oishi or one of the other seniors, all of whom were better equipped for understanding and handling matters when someone had some sort of personal crisis. Of course, none of the other regulars even knew about Ryoma's situation, so the duty of making certain the freshman wasn't going to fall apart lay with him.
He was really rather impressed with how well Echizen had held it together so far, but now that he was aware of the situation he'd have to be blind not to see how the freshman's nerves were fraying under the stress and emotional turmoil. The breakdown he had in the middle of the night a few days ago was proof of that. Tezuka originally hoped that after that Echizen would open up to him some more, but frustratingly it seemed that the opposite had occurred. The already introverted first-year had largely withdrawn into himself, almost to the point where it felt somewhat like when he'd first arrived at Seigaku. All of the team had grown rather used to Echizen's personality by now, so most of them were unlikely to notice the increased reticence unless actively looking for it.
The only solution Tezuka could really come up with was to keep an eye on the other boy as much as possible. So far, it was turning out to be easier than what he'd thought. After the first few days of quite literally dragging Echizen to lunch to make certain he ate, the freshman started coming of his volition. Ryoma also waited for him after practice these days, rather than running off for burgers with Momoshiro as he used to. Classes were now the only times he wasn't being shadowed by the first-year, and while in some ways he was relieved - it made it much easier for him to keep a vigilant eye on the youth - he was concerned by how distant the freshman regular seemed from his peers. Had Ryoma always been like that and they'd just never noticed? He wondered if the easy-going friendship with Momoshiro had simply blinded them to how disconnected Echizen was from his surroundings.
It was hardly a problem now, of course. Echizen got along quite well with the rest of the regulars, remarkably so when you took into account his outwardly unsociable nature, but Tezuka was concerned about what might happen to him when the seniors graduated, and then the current juniors the year after that.
Several of the matches dragged on into tiebreak, which Coach Ryuuzaki eventually called to a halt, finally allowing practice to end. Echizen rebuffed Momoshiro's offers to go out for burgers again, which only caused Tezuka more worry. As much as he liked being able to keep a close eye on his charge, it was troubling to watch Echizen actively try and estrange himself.
Regardless, it was one of those things that he probably should not comment on, as Echizen had always been very courteous in not editorialising on his own social life; and there were plenty of editorials to be had there, too. So they walked home in companionable silence once again, did their homework - with Echizen occasionally looking over his shoulder to correct his English, himself returning the favour for Maths - and then headed downstairs to organise dinner.
Tezuka finished up with the food while Echizen set the table in what was quickly becoming an oddly comfortable domestic routine. He'd originally expected that the burden of a houseguest would mean extra work for him, but contrary to what he expected from the often-lazy freshman, Ryoma wordlessly pitched in with chores whenever he could, even without being asked. He had taken over dishwashing, was vigilant about picking up after himself, and was always sorting and taking out the trash. He even took care of his own laundry. It was actually a little unnerving. Then again, perhaps it wasn't that surprising. Echizen had clearly developed a fierce independence streak.
There was one comment he couldn't withhold as they sat down to eat, though. Dinner was the safest time to try and get Echizen talking as the food provided a good distraction when the subject matter got too awkward. There was the added bonus that when asked a difficult question Echizen couldn't just escape. The one thing he had brought away from those books at the library had been that talking was apparently important, so Tezuka was quite intent on it.
"What I don't understand is why you don't go defeat Ryoga now," Tezuka stated without preamble. "In a match where you are in optimum condition and aware of the consequences, there's no way you could lose to him. And certainly not with all that extra training you've been doing lately."
Echizen mulled over that for a moment, before reluctantly replying, "It's a little more complicated than that. For one, he's been training with the old man for over a month. He was a tough opponent before - now I can't be sure I could win a fair match. Besides, Ryoga isn't the one I want to beat."
"Even so..."
Echizen shook his head, cutting him off. "Buchou... what difference does it really make if it's Ryoga or me that gets thrown out?"
"He's certainly old enough not to be relying on your parents, for one. Whereas you are still expected to attend school."
"Che. I'm managing fine."
It was a lie and they both knew it. Echizen couldn't have lasted forever in his previous situation. As it was, Tezuka wasn't sure how long-term the current situation could hold for. The freshman was good at keeping his own secrets, but the other regulars were going to find out about his situation eventually, and they were not quite so clandestine.
Still, Tezuka understood one thing: Echizen was not cold-hearted enough to knowingly inflict that fate upon another person, especially after living through it himself. He expected that Ryoma perhaps even felt it fair, given that in his mind his brother had given up quite a lot for him so many years ago, and that it was simply time to return the favour. Of course, admitting that he would rather suffer the discomfort instead of somebody else was not Echizen's style, so Tezuka didn't press the issue any further.
"I'm still rather surprised that you haven't put up more of a fight," the senior admitted. "From what little I've heard from Ryuuzaki-sensei, and my impression of your personality, you seem more like the kind of person who'd cross his arms and stay put rather than leave simply because your father told you to."
Echizen hunched his shoulders. "I did sort of try. But he just picked me up and threw me out of the house. I'm still not strong enough to beat him."
Tezuka visibly started. "He physically threw you?"
Ryoma scowled. "No cracks about my height, please."
"Since when I have I ever made fun at your expense? It was a serious question."
Seeming puzzled, Echizen replied, "Well, yeah. I did say I was thrown out, Buchou. I didn't leave willingly."
Every time Tezuka started to develop some optimism about the situation, it seemed to become more hopeless. He'd been wondering why Echizen apparently hadn't even tried to return to his house, especially when things became as difficult as they had. Since it was Echizen, there was obviously some pride at work, but if it had been such a forceful expulsion… of course the youth hadn't considered trying to return.
It was still difficult to reconcile this with his image of one of his old tennis heroes, though.
Ryoma, for his part, watched silently as Tezuka seemed to turn over the latest piece of information in his head. He was getting a little better at reading the enigmatic captain, probably from the sheer amount of time they'd spent together over the past week if nothing else. It still struck him as a little odd that their normally reticent leader had effectively been playing the part of his counsellor – it seemed like more Oishi's sort of thing – but at least the senior didn't ask him to repeat himself, and avoided the topics that made him the most uncomfortable. As mortified beyond belief as he was, Ryoma had to admit that Tezuka had already helped him a lot. It was such a weight off his shoulders that someone knew; that someone understood what was going on when he was a little off-colour. He didn't exactly appreciate the mothering, but then, Tezuka's form of mothering wasn't so bad. As embarrassing as it was to even remember it, when he'd broken down in the middle of the night the senior's presence had been soothing.
When he thought about it, Ryoma supposed that was part of the reason why he'd started hanging around Tezuka so much; he didn't have to be on edge all the time, so conscious of his behaviour. With the others, he was constantly worried about them finding out about his situation, but since the senior already knew he didn't have to explain himself if he did something that might have been considered out of the ordinary.
In addition to the emotional support, his senpai had been so generous… he'd cooked meals, given him shelter – he had even lent him a warmer pair of pyjamas as the nights became cooler. Ryoma was acutely aware of how very much he owed the senior; the extra food alone had to cost a fair bit of money. Tezuka had rebuked his offers to contribute to the food budget, insisting that his parents had left behind more than enough funds when they went away and that he should save his money for things like clothes and tennis gear. He'd tried to make up for the burden in other ways, like taking over garbage duty and cleaning the dishes, but it didn't feel like nearly enough in the wake of the inconvenience he had to be causing his senpai.
On the weekend, he'd watched Tezuka do the cleaning, making mental notes of everything involved. The only thing he could really think of was perhaps taking over the rest of the housework. As much as he detested housework, it was apparently - like laundry - something he ought to know how to do, and it was one of the few things he could potentially do to at least minimize the impact of his presence in the senior's household. He'd try to take over that next weekend. It seemed simple enough - no more complicated than cleaning duty at school - and it wasn't like the house was that messy so it shouldn't be too hard.
He'd still feel better if the captain accepted some money, though. Not that he really had the money to spare – he had already had to spend a good chunk of the money Nanako had given him on some winter clothes, and his weekly earnings at the tennis club were half eaten up just on transport costs alone through the week. He needed to get toiletries, too. Doing the math, after those expenses he wouldn't be able to contribute enough money to cover all that he ate - or rather, what Tezuka made him eat – but even a small amount would make him a feel a little better.
Some sort of present to convey his thanks instead, maybe? Again, that presented the money problem, but he was sure that he could budget for something. Though Tezuka might not accept that, either. What could he get the senior that would be appropriate, anyway? Ryoma turned the thought over in his head as they finished eating dinner, but continued to come up blank. It was frustrating. He really had nothing to his name. What on earth could he do to repay the senior he owed so much?
It was the same as finding a job, he reasoned. In what ways could he be useful? Unfortunately, with someone of Tezuka's skill, tennis wasn't really an option – if anything, tennis was one of the things Ryoma was indebted to the senior for. His only other marketable skill was his fluency in English. Would the captain accept tutoring? Probably not. Tezuka seemed to have a bit of a gift for languages – he was practically fluent in German after his stint in Germany, and was probably the top of his class in English as well, though Ryoma could still pick on his grammar and vocabulary.
Ryoma sighed without meaning to, drawing a curious glance from his host. He just shook his head slightly, dismissing the matter. It was a lot better staying here than in the clubhouse, certainly, but the idea of being a burden to the person he respected the most continued to bother him.
There was one thing he could try, he realised, the seeds of an idea forming in his mind. It was a bit of a long shot… but it was something he could do, probably. He owed the senior enough. If it were for Tezuka, Ryoma would now even lose a tennis match on command.
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June 1, 2012 • An observing system that was only a gleam in researchers' eyes in the 1990s is now a key tool for monitoring Earth's atmosphere. COSMIC (Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate) is a set of six small satellites, launched in 2006, that track GPS signals and use them to infer temperature, moisture, and other atmospheric qualities around the globe.
COSMIC's benefits are many and varied:
An ambitious follow-up project was given the green light in February 2012. With initial support from Taiwan and the U.S. Air Force, COSMIC-2 is slated to send a half-dozen next-generation satellites into orbit in 2016 and another six in 2018. COSMIC-2 will track signals from other navigation systems in addition to GPS, including Russia's GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System) and Europe's Galileo.
The larger number of satellites in COSMIC-2, together with technological advances and strategic positioning, could yield up to ten times the data gathered by the current satellites.
"The COSMIC-2 mission will provide a revolutionary increase in the number of atmospheric and ionospheric observations that will greatly benefit research and forecasting," says Ying-Hwa "Bill" Kuo, who manages the COSMIC Project Office at UCAR.
COSMIC is a collaboration between science agencies in the United States and Taiwan, where the project is known as FORMOSAT-3. Its roots lie in an NSF-funded experimental satellite mission called GPS-MET, led by UCAR, that employed a technique called radio occultation (RO). In the 1960s, scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Stanford University had figured out how to use the distortion of radio waves to measure other planets' atmospheres.
The technique wasn't applied to Earth's own atmosphere until the advent of GPS, whose worldwide reach made it an ideal, if accidental, weather sensor. As the atmosphere becomes more dense or more moist, GPS signals are slowed and bent slightly. By intercepting a signal and analyzing how it's been changed by the air, scientists can infer atmospheric density and, in turn, temperature and moisture. The technique also gauges the density of electrons in the upper atmosphere, which helps illuminate the impacts of solar magnetism.
Many scientists doubted that the GPS-MET test would yield fruit. But the 1995 launch—which involved a shoebox-sized GPS sensor aboard a microsatellite not much larger than a suitcase—proved them wrong. Not long afterward, a supertyphoon that ravaged Taiwan inspired that nation's scientific leaders to seek ways to improve weather prediction.
Taiwan ended up providing 80% of the $100 million cost of COSMIC, with the rest coming from U.S. sponsors that included NSF, NOAA, NASA, and the U.S. Department of Defense. Several other systems using radio occultation have emerged around the world in the last few years, including efforts led by Argentina, Germany, Italy, and the European Space Agency (see sidebar below).
UCAR serves as a data processing base for COSMIC as well as a scientific hub. The program sponsors meetings that draw researchers from around the world to discuss progress in weather forecasting and climate monitoring made possible by the system's data. And a student program has introduced the many benefits of radio occultation to future forecasters and researchers in Taiwan and the United States.
At NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Prediction, which runs computer models used across the country for daily weather forecasts, COSMIC data have improved temperature forecasts and advanced the prediction skill of four-day model forecasts by an additional eight hours. At the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), a study that evaluated the usefulness of various data types on reducing forecast error put COSMIC and a similar European system in 5th place out of 24 systems, despite the relatively small number of measurements from GPS radio occultation compared with other satellite systems.
"COSMIC measurements have had a significant impact on weather forecasting," says the ECMWF's Sean Healy. "They are clearly an important part of the global observing system."
Radio occultation systems are also economical. The compact satellites are launched into orbit at fairly low altitudes—only about 500 miles (800 kilometers) high, compared to the 22,000-mile height of geostationary weather satellites that sit above a fixed point on Earth. The smaller size, lighter weight, and lower orbit require less manufacturing expense and rocket power, which translates into lower cost.
Because the GPS signals are so stable, the atmospheric measurements derived from them are extremely accurate. The average error in equivalent temperature (an index that removes the effects of moisture) is roughly plus or minus 0.05°C (0.03°F) In contrast, the average measurement bias of a balloon-borne thermometer is plus or minus 0.2°C in the troposphere (the atmosphere's lowest layer), increasing to 0.5° in the stratosphere. Global temperature estimates from COSMIC are especially useful from the stratosphere upward, where few other techniques are available. Due to their high accuracy and stability, GPS radio occultation measurements are considered the most reliable global tool for measuring global temperature change over time.
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Like all satellites, the COSMIC fleet has a limited lifespan. Designed to last about five years, it is now more than six years old. Several of its six satellites are partially or completely disabled, mainly due to failing batteries. Still, COSMIC produces around 1,000 atmospheric profiles each day, which continue to boost the quality of U.S. weather forecasts from NOAA. This spring the agency will begin incorporating the bending angles of the radio occultation signals, which will allow models to accept data from as high as 50 km (31 mi) compared to the former upper limit of 30 km (19 mi). This should help improve the model's depiction of the lower stratosphere, where the seeds of major winter storms and other high-impact weather are sometimes planted weeks in advance.
As the first COSMIC mission nears the end of its life, other systems around the world will help fill in the gaps until COSMIC-2 arrives. The first six of the COSMIC-2 satellites will be positioned at lower latitudes than the original constellation in order to glean more data on the tropical atmosphere, where vast stretches of ocean are still poorly sampled.
At the University of California, Davis, graduate student Xue Meng Chen calls the COSMIC observations "a valuable dataset." She found that they improved the model-based prediction of intensity for 2006's Hurricane Helene, the strongest Atlantic storm of that year. NCAR's Hui Liu carried out a similar study for another 2006 storm, Hurricane Ernesto. He found that COSMIC data led to a better description of rich moisture surrounding and nourishing the storm. Without the COSMIC data, one forecast model used in the study predicted only scattered showers rather than a developing hurricane.
"Hurricanes and other tropical weather features can still be very challenging to forecast," says Kuo. "COSMIC-2 should help lead to major improvements in tropical prediction."


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'fOj^; Central Ohio's Only Jewish Netospdper Reaching Every Home t0 J^iittBtj Ollf rotitri^ Devoted to American and Jewish Ideals A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME ¦Vol. X —No. .14 COLUMBUS, omo, ,AUGU.ST. 26, 1927 Per Year $3.00; Per Copy lot Opponents Scored at Zurich Conference On Rights of Jews "National Bights" Are Viewed as Peak of Jcwisli Emancipa¬ tion by Delegates to Great Meet SOKOLOW, WISE, MOTZKIN AND S. DUBNOW SPEAK ZURICH—The doctrine of Jewish nation.ilisni as il aims lo express itself "national rights," running parallel with, the minority rights guaranteed in the treaties concluded at the Peace Confer¬ ence with the new and enlarged states following the World War, concerning the religious, ethnic and linguistic minorities, was presented by Dr. Siinon Dubhow, well known Russi,-in Jewish historian and leading exponent of (he national rights theory in Eastern Europe, at the second session of the Conference on Jewish Rights here Tile conference was -constituted with the election of three chairmen and six vice-chairmen. Nahum Snitolow, Dr. Leo Motzl<in and Dr. Stephen S. Wise were elected clijiirmen; M. M. Ussishkin, Dr. Z. H. Chajes, Judge Hugo Pam, Max D. Steucr, Deputy H. Farbstein, Judge Gustave Hartman and Dr. Simon Dubnow were elected vice-chairmen. Dr. Dubnow in a report on "The New and Old Forms of Organization for Jew¬ ish Emancipation," gave a historic review ot the fight of the Jews for emancipation. The national rights were termed by him the peak of Jewish emancipation. The einancipat,ion of the Jews lin Europe starlcd'with the fight,for citizeni rights which was accompanied by a denial of the Jewish nationality. The Russian revolution of 1917 brought what might be termed the magna carta of the natioiial rights. Its application however was pre¬ vented later when Russia was drowfled in bloody Bolshevik terror and in the civil war which resulted in the enslavement of 3,000,000 Russian Jews together with the entire population. Dr. Dubnow said. The recognition of the rights of the Jewish minorities' in the peace treaties is the final form of.,J(a.vish emancipation, (Continued on page f) HAPPY NEW YEAR THREE BIG LITTLE WORDS. — This is tlic season wlien the scroll of the forgotten past memories shoukl return hbme; when scraped intentions, unkept promises, spent resolutions should act as a reminder that we renew tlic broken ties of alTec- tionate association. The traditional custom of heginning the Nevv Year aright should give birth to a felicitous, expression of a heartening character, .SAY THEM—A HAPPY NEW YEAR! in tlie September 27th edition of The Ohio Jewish Chronicle. Let The Chronicle carry your message of greeting to all your friends for a Happy New Year. By printing your greetings in The Chronicle you are relieved of the worry of forgetting some one and are saved a great deal of time and money in the mailing of the old card sy.st'em. The practice of sending New York Greet¬ ings through the local Jewish newspaper Is well established and is also being carried on In all the'larger communities. Nobody can chide you for forgetting theni on Rosh Hasshona if your greeting i.s published in the Chronicle. In mailing your New Year greetings you are privileged to write youi" own greetings. Mail them before September i8th, as this special feitture page will close on this day. Big Dedication Banquet Will Be Held At E. Broad St. Temple On Sept. llth. Prominent Men of City, State, and Nation Will Appear on the Program The ofiicers of the E^st Broad Street Temple ar? busily engaged in completing the arrangements for the dedication of their New'House of Prayer, Sunday af¬ ternoon, September llth. They desire to take this means of announcing that a big dedication banquet will be held at 0:30 p. m. following the dedication ex¬ ercises. Among the prominent men of city, state and nation who will grace the program for the banquet are Governor Vic Donahey, Mayor James J. Thomas, Vlonorable John J. Lentz, and the various Rabbis of the local community. The chief speaker at the banquet will be Rabbi Goodman Rose of Pittsburgh, an old time friend of- Dr. Rivlin of the. Broad Street Temple, and a leader among the con'^crvative Jews of the United States, Watch these columns for further par¬ ticulars regarding the dedication excrcisfes as well as the dedication banquet. Ivreeyoh Lawn Fete Is Indefinitely Postponed The Lawn Fete on the grounds of the Hehrew School of Columbus which was to have taken place on Wednesday, Au¬ gust 17th, lias been indefinitely postponed on account of the death of Harry Bender, son of Mrs. Ben Bender, who is a mem¬ ber of the Ivreeyoh Board. THE NUMBER OF JEWISH STUDENTS DECREASES BERLIN. (J. T. A.) A decrease in the number of Jewish students in the universities of Prussia is reported here. Among the 31,548 students in the uni¬ versities, there are 1573 Jewish students. .Iliis. percentage, 7..'i, is cgnsidferably less than before the war. Campaign Cominittee Ftfr Million Dollar Drive For Jewish Orphan Home at Cleveland ¦¦n\ \-^\\'<'. ?.¦: '"1/ -^.".>.;%^ '¦'\K ' .¦'- t - t" ¦¦ V'' ¦..., - ¦ ,-it H^^ r-h •cdr ^C^, ^'^v-^- '<^->i L_ - i I ^^1^ Louis J. Dorm b I'e u\, £.J.bchar\fcU-ber 'T'HE men pictured above, all of whom are members of the Pi- nance Committee of District No. 2, Intieiiemient Order of B'Nai B'Rith, mnlte up the District Campaign Ex¬ ecutive Committee for the Million Dollar Building Fqnd now being raised tliroqghout District No. 2 for the Jewish Orphan Home at Cleve? land, Ohio, Rabbi Mayerberg Is from Day¬ ton, Ohio; Mr, Borinstein from In¬ dianapolis; Mr. Schier from Kan¬ sas City» Mo., and' Meaare. Schan¬ farber and Lazarus from Golumbus, Ohio. Mr, Lazarua is president of the Orphan Home, as well as general chairman of the Finance Commit¬ tee of the District, and each one on the Campaign Executive Committee ia a member of the Jewish Orphan Home Board. The Jewiah Orphan Home at Cleveland was founded by the B'Nai B'Rith in 1866 and since then iias been sponsored by the Order in Dis¬ tricts No. 2 and 0. This is the first public appeal.for capital funds in the fiO-year history of the Home, during which more than 4000 boys and girls from shat¬ tered homes have been cared for. The Home always has occupied the same site in Cleveland, and many of its buildings are more than 50 years old. It waa originally erected on the outskirts of Cleve¬ land in what was known aa the "Woodland" section because of the wooded character of the neighbor¬ hood. No\v, however, it is in Cleve¬ land's most congested neighbor¬ hood, known in police circles as the "Roaring Third'* precinct. The present grounds and build¬ ings of the Orphan Home have been purchased by the city of Cleveland, which plans to establish on the site a model playground and community center. The Home must vacate not later than Jan. 1, 1929.. The new Home will occupy a 81-acre tract in Uni¬ versity Heights and Shaker Heights, two of Cleveland's most a^ractive suburbs. Construction will be pf the cot¬ tage type, plans calling for 14 qot- tagea, each houaitig 25 orphans un¬ der supervision of a cottage mother. Is Spending The Sum- mer Studying European Jewish Conditions Anti-Semitism is DiscUssed at the Waiiamstown Institute of Politics PR,/iAUl^iC£ //£Xr£/i\ Denials of Roumanian Lection Representative Are Refuted by Rabbi Leon Hurwitz of Brooklyn-Spirit of College Youth of Roumania 19. Deplored—Rabbi Closes His Address with an Optimistic View of Boston \)t. Hexter is the Executive Secretary of tlic Eobtoii Federation of Jewish Charities. lie rcctiilly proilTcred his services to Ihe United Jewish Campaign for the purpose of making a first study of Jewish life in \arious European countries, and is now busily engaged in this impor¬ tant work. The officers of the United Jewish Campaign are anticipating his return next month with much interest; for at that time he will report on the rcbult of his survey. Dr, Hexter is former president of the National Conference of Jewish Social Workers. His most important recent Jewish work is a survey he made on be¬ half of the Emergency Committee For Jewish Refugees on the possibilities of Mexico as a country of large Jewish mi¬ gration. His report, a Volume in one document covering several hundred pages, was declared by Mr. Louis Marshall, Mr. David M. Bressler, Dr. Lee K. Frankel, and the other oflicers of the Emergency Committee as one of the most complete of its kind. Dr. Hexter won his doctorate in phil¬ osophy in 1924 at Harvard, where he is now instructor in Social Ethics. He has been Executive Director of the Boston Federation of Jewish Charities since 1919. Prior to tliat he was instructor of Jewish Philanthropy at the Hebrew Union College, at the same time holding the position of Executive Director of Jewish Charities in Cincitmati, He is the author of several important books in his field, notably "Social Consequences if Business Cycles," published by the Pollock Foundation for Economic Re¬ search and "Children Astray," written in collaboration wilh Saul Drucker and pub¬ lished by the Harvard University Press, Ndn-Party Zionists Will ' Lead at Basle Congress With 165, It Is Estimated 275 Delegates Prom Every Part of the World Will Represent World Movement LONDON—Zionists constituencies all over the world will be represented at the forthcoming Fifteenth Zionist Congress in Basle,.the birthplace of political Zion¬ ism, by 275 delegates, .it' was estimated here to-day. The list will be made, up of delegates duly elected by the various Zionist groups as well as the members of the General Conncil known as the Actions Committee and the members of the Zionist Executive who ire delegates to Zionist Congresses by reason of their office. A tentative identification of the dcle^ gates as to their party affiliation ^hows that GO will represent the Mizrachi, Or¬ thodox Zionist organization; 4.3 the La¬ bor group, Zeiri Zion and Poalu Zion; 9 the Zionist Revisionists; C Radical Zion¬ ist and the rest, 165, the so-called Gen¬ eral Zionists. The last group, although it is subdivided on minor issues, is in general understood to support the Weiz¬ mann policy. The correspondent of the Jewish Tele¬ graphic'Agency here learns that no report of the Experts Commission of the "Jewish Agency which is now investigating the situation in Palestine with a 'view to mapping out a program for the next ten years' work will be presented to the Con¬ gress. It is, however, expected that a plaii to create an Agrarian bank will be submitted by the,Executive. S. DINGOL IS ON HIS WAY BACK TO THE U. S. WARSAW—(J. T.' A.)—S.. Dingol, managing editor of "The Day" arrived here on his way back from Russia. Mr. Dingol will proceed to Berlin and Paris before leaving for the United States. WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. (J. T. A.)—Anti-Semitism in Central and Southeastern Europe was discussed yes¬ terday at an open conference at the Institute of Politics here. The subject of the conference was "Dictatorship versus Democracy in Europe" and was under the leadership of Professor Henry R. Spencer of the Ohio State University. Both an op¬ ponent of the present regime in Hungary and a member of the Hungarian Legation discussed conditions in Hungary. The spokesman for Roumania was Andrei Popovici, Secretary of the Roumanian Royal Legation at Washington. Mr. Popovici attempted ia whitewash Roumania of the charges o£ rage-hatred. ,Hc said: "Roumania takes a most enlight¬ ened attitude to the minorities. It is regrettable that faKehoods are spread by the enemies of Roumania which have gained the cars of distinguished Ameri cans. The Jews have many schools of their own. While the Jewish students enjoy the same rights as the Christians and suffer much less material distress than do the latter," Mr. Popovici then denied the "rumor" of Anti-Semitic outbreaks saying that "only one Jewish student viras killed and here and there windows were smashed Furthermore these excesses were limited only to the radius of the universities." He added that by their false propaganda the American Jews nearly caused an outbreak of anti-Semitism in Roumania. Rabbi B. Leon Hurwitz of the Bay Ridge Jewish Center, Brooklyn, who is a member of the Institute, was given an opportunity by the chairman of the con¬ ference to reply to Mr, Popovici. "Mr. Popovici need have no fear about distinguished Americans lending ear to false rumors nor to false denials," Rabbi tlurwit? declared. "Most of them come from Missouri and are not subject to in¬ fantile credulity, swallowing every word which they may hear. It is for this reason that I now have in my hand a copy of the Jezvish Daily Bulletin, a fact ikwspaper of August 3, carrying a letter from its correspondence in Bucha¬ rest dated July 20, mentioning facts which Mr. Popovici very likely had no time to include in his paper. True that we have Jewish schools but according to the Bulletin information, the schools in Bessarabia were closed on the pretense that they are not on par with the govern¬ ment schools. "Not a single Jewish teacher passed his examinations this, year. Very strange in¬ deed that all incapable Jewish students suering from a mental inferiority should liave heer, placed by Providence in one territory. And as to their suffering less material distress," Rabbi Hurwitz con¬ tinued, "that is an old, outworn phrase. Unless Mr. Popovici had in mind that due to their stupidity of which their, failures in one final examination is to serve as proof, they don't realize the tax oppressions continually multiplied so as to make it impos.sible for their fathers who are shopkeepers to remain .in their businesses." . Rabbi Hurwitz then read from an issue of the Bulletin the incident of the Kishi¬ nev shop-keepers, fourteen of whom are under arrest for requesting of the mayor an opportunity to present their grievances to the municipal council, and of their danger of being imprisoned for years. Ra.bbi, Hurwitz pointed to Mr. Popovici's minimizing" the excesses. When he said that only one Jew was killed! "Taking another's life," said the Rabbi, "is not the only criminal act against which a civilized, world- rebels. The life of Job,was spared by Satan, yet we all sym¬ pathize with his untokl sufferings when he was deprived of his possessions, and of the opportunity to train and to rear his children. It is nb less ridiculous to fihd comfort that the excesses lake place only among the iinjversity stude,nts. On the contrary, just because anti-Semitism emanates froin the universities, the shock is greater. Society of social life, like the tree, rots from the top and woe to any people, whose spurce, whence you expect moral cxcenence and a whole- aoine example, is rotten. "Distinguished men in America will no less look, with approval upon 'men smashing of windows'. Americans con¬ sider ¦ golf,' temiis and other forms of athletics among students far more pref¬ erable form of sportsmanship and amuse¬ ment." Rabbi Hurwitz closed his address with an optimistic view, pointing to the fact that the members of the faculty of Jassy University themselves realized the danger which faces Roumania in per¬ mitting its future to be in the hands of a youth so badly trained, whose suc¬ cess iu life is attained by,means of the club, wiiulnw smashing, intimidation of rnco-Iiatred, and appeal to the govern- intnt for strict measures. Rabbi Hur- wit7 also referred to the''appeal against anti-Semitism issued by Tbe Sttident World, organ of the Christian Students World Organisation and expressed his hope that some day, and not far off, the golden rule wil! he'obser\ed rtinorig all peoples, including all parts of Europe and that the norqal illness known as anti- Semitism will be a thing of the pasi PRESIDENT OF AGUDATH ACHIM GREETS "POP" SCHONTHAL AND WISHES HIM WELL Among the many telegrams received by Mr. Joseph Schonthal upon the occasion of his THrd birthday anniversary, none pleased him more than the following one from Mr. Morris M. Levison, president of the Agudath Achim Congregation of Columbus: Columbus, Ohio, Aug 12, 1927 Mr. Joseph Schonthal, Care Park Hotel, Magnetic Springs, Ohio. ' Dear Friend: I take great- pleasure in congratulating you on your 73rd birthday. I want you to know that your life and your achieve¬ ments have been a constant source of in¬ spiration to me. As president of the Agudath Achim congregation I can safely assert that your many benefactions and public-spirited deeds are deeply appreciated by the offi¬ cers of this congregation and the ortho¬ dox Jews of this community. We are ready at all times to co-operate with you Ul your arduous labors on be¬ half of others and we trust that God will guide and bless you for many years to come. ' Morris M. Levison President, The Agudath Achim Congrega¬ tion WILL BE AWARDED THE DEGREE OF PH. D. ON AUGUST 31ST MRS, itZMA LOE& COHB^ On Wednesday, August IJlst, Mrs. Irma Loeb Cohen of Zanesville will be awarded the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, the highest honor the university confers upon hs students. : Mrs. Cohen, who received her Bach¬ elor of A.rts degree from Ohio State in 1924 .and her Master of Arts degree in 192G, has until recently made her home in Columbus. In addition to siudyirg at the university she has been an assistant in the psychology department four years. ' She is a member of Alpha I^psilon Phi sorority. ¦ . ESPEUANTISTS PAY TRIBUTE TO LUDWIG ZAMENHOF WARSAW.—(J. T. A.)—Allthedele- gates to the Congress of Esperantists held in Danzig visited the grave of Zam- enhof in the Jewish cemetery here. The praesidium, of the Congress, placed wreathes on the grave of the inventor of Esperanto, The praesidium is instituting efforts to have the name of Dzika Street where Zamenhof lived, changed to bear the name of their late leader. The delegates will proceed to Bialy- stock on- Sunday. On Monday they will unveil a memorial. tablet at the houae where Zamenhof was born. The um-cU- ing committee appointed by the Congreaft includes the Biatystock Esperuntist, Scl^- piro, Mr. Tikiin, president of the D^ly- stock Kehillah, was invited to attend the unvciliiig ceremonies aa a reprebentatjvc of the Jewish population.
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Opponents Scored at Zurich Conference On Rights of Jews
"National Bights" Are Viewed as Peak of Jcwisli Emancipa¬ tion by Delegates to Great Meet
ZURICH—The doctrine of Jewish nation.ilisni as il aims lo express itself "national rights," running parallel with, the minority rights guaranteed in the treaties concluded at the Peace Confer¬ ence with the new and enlarged states following the World War, concerning the religious, ethnic and linguistic minorities, was presented by Dr. Siinon Dubhow, well known Russi,-in Jewish historian and leading exponent of (he national rights theory in Eastern Europe, at the second session of the Conference on Jewish Rights here
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If you were to use one word to describe southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd, "resilience" is what first comes to mind for me. A plane crash in 1977 which took the lives of singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines put an abrupt end to the band's initial line-up. But somehow they managed to pick up the pieces and reunited ten years later with Ronnie's brother Johnny Van Zant on vocals and have been touring and putting out new music ever since. The band recently released Last of a Dyin' Breed, their thirteenth studio album. Here we're listing ten Skynyrd facts you may not have heard of before.
1. Ronnie the Baseball Player
When original Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant was growing up he wasn't initially looking to become a musician. The Lynyrd Skynyrd History Official Website report that Ronnie wanted to be a baseball player growing up. Said Ronnie in 1975: "I went as far as playing American Legion ball. The next stop would have been AA (minor league baseball). I played centerfield. I had the highest batting average in the league one year and a good arm - you've got to have a good arm to play outfield. Gary was good too, but he gave it all up when he got to like the Rolling Stones."
2. Gary Rossington – a Les Paul Man
Gary Rossington, who is the sole surviving original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd these days, is a Les Paul man through-and-through. Rossington is best known for his slide guitar work with the band. Earlier in the year, he spoke to Gibson.com and had some interesting things to say about his slide tunings: "Most of the time I use standard tuning for slide. Early on, we didn't have the time to change tunings on stage, plus I only had one guitar back then, so I learned to play slide in standard. But I like to play in open E a lot."
3. Sweet Home Alabama
"Sweet Home Alabama" - probably the most well known Skynyrd song, was written as a response to the two Neil Young songs "Southern Man" and "Alabama." In "Southern Man" Young sings about racism in the American South, with the line "Southern Man, when will you pay them back?" In "Sweet Home Alabama" right after Ronnie sings, "Well, I heard Mr. Young sing about her" you can faintly hear the words "Southern Man" being sung in the background. This was producer Al Kooper imitating Young. Despite what one might believe, there was no animosity between Young and Skynyrd. In fact, Ronnie would wear Neil Young t-shirts on stage, and Young said of "Sweet Home Alabama" in Lee Ballinger's Lynyrd Skynyrd: An Oral History "I'm proud to have my name in a song like theirs."
4. Coach Skinner
The origin of the name Lynyrd Skynyrd is fairly common knowledge, but it has such an amusing back story that it's worth repeating. The band tried a number of different names when they started out, such as My Backyard, The Noble Five, and One Percent. The guys eventually settled on naming their band after the gym coach responsible for Gary Rossington quitting high school after being suspended for wearing his hair too long, Leonard Skinner. The spelling of the name was eventually changed to Lynard Skynard, before it became Lynyrd Skynyrd.
5. Another Neil Young Connection
In Lee Balinger's book Lynyrd Skynyrd: An Oral History, movie director and former Rolling Stone rock writer Cameron Crowe talks about how Neil Young once offered up three songs for Lynyrd Skynyrd to record: "Neil Young gave a tape to Joel Bernstein to give to me which I gave to Ronnie, that had three songs on it – 'Captain Kennedy,' 'Sedan Delivery,' and 'Powderfinger' – before they'd come out. And he wanted to give them to Lynyrd Skynyrd if they wanted to do one of his songs. They didn't fit on Street Survivors." The songs eventually ended up on the Neil Young albums Rust Never Sleeps and Hawks & Doves.
6. Free Bird
Lynyrd Skynyrd's second Top 40 hit "Free Bird" was written around the opening piano riff that Ronnie Van Zant had heard future Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell play at a high school prom. The lyrics were written around something that guitarist Allen Collins' then-girlfriend, and future wife Kathy had said, which made an impact on the musician "If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?" Although the song was written before his death, Ronnie came to dedicate "Free Bird" to his hero Duane Allman after he passed away in 1971.
7. Plane Crash The end of the original line-up of Lynyrd Skynyrd came as a result of that tragic plane crash on October 20 1977. The crash, which was a result of the plane running out of fuel, claimed the lives of band members Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and Steve's older sister Cassie who was working as the band's backing singer, with the rest of the band being severely injured.
8. A Black Crowe in the Band
The newest member of Lynyrd Skynyrd is bassist Johnny Colt. Fans of southern rock will recognize him, since he was the original bass player for The Black Crowes. Colt played bass on the band's first four albums. Here's what Gary Rossington had to say about Colt in an interview with Gibson.com: "He's a great bass player. He plays all the songs the way we used to do 'em, just like Leon [Wilkerson, Skynyrd's original bassist], who was a big influence on Johnny when he was coming up. He is a real high energy guy and smart and interesting."
9. Gimme Back My Bullets
The title track from Gimme Back My Bullets was a reference to the system by which music publications review albums. For example, reviewers might rate an album on a scale of 1 to 5 bullets, or stars. However, the Skynyrd crowd took the phrase literally and would throw actual bullets on stage when Ronnie would announce the song. This would ultimately force the band to stop including the song in their set.
10. Gary Rossington on Songwriting
Here's what Gary had to say about composing all those classic Skynyrd songs in an interview with Guitar World: "We used a lot of D-C-G progressions...There's only seven chords, so you got to use the same ones over and over. It's all in what you do with them. I could write a dozen different songs with the same three or four chords but they'd all be entirely different." Sounds simple enough doesn't it?
Learn how to play "Sweet Home Alabama" here.


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First off, every barrel is stamped with the caliber. Since we make over 20 different calibers that are interchangeable on any standard Olympic (or mil any spec) .223 caliber lower, this should be the first thing you check. The standard 5.56 NATO caliber rifles are marked 5.56 and .223 REM is marked .223 while the alternative calibers are marked appropriately (9mm, 10mm, 40 S&W, 45ACP, WSSM, etc).
Note: You can fire both 5.56 NATO and .233 REM ammunition in a barrrel marked 5.56. You Can ONLY fire .223 ammuntion in a barrel marked .223.
The next marking, or lack of it will determine the type of barrel material; in other words, what the barrel is made of. Since we know what to look for to determine the caliber, lets go under the assumption that our barrel is a .223 caliber (5.56), but this same system applies to all calibers. If the only barrel stamping is "5.56", then the barrel is made of 4140 chromemoly steel. Chromemoly is a type steel that incorporates chrome right into the barrel metal itself. This barrel material is corrosion resistant, but not as much so as a stainless material. Using the 4140 chromemoly material allows us to give the consumer a barrel with similar benefits of a chrome lined barrel, but maintain consistencies in the bore that allow for superior accuracy. Our studies have shown that without a doubt chrome lining of any barrel will deplete it's accuracy.
If there are any stampings other than the caliber, they will answer other questions that we will address later.
If after the "5.56" markings, if you also see "SS", then your barrel is manufactured from 416 stainless steel. This material is very resistant to corrosion, and is universally accepted as one of the best barrel materials available. Even though this barrel is stainless steel, because of it's carbon content it is slightly magnetic. So if you have just tested your barrel and found that a magnet sticks, don't panic, this is normal.
Every barrel that we manufacture is of Match grade quality. In other words, with all of our rifles, regardless of type you should be able to around achieve 1" groups at 100 yards, using a good factory Match ammo or custom hand loads. This even includes our 16" guns.
Our standard barrel is button rifled. If you barrel is button rifled, it will have no special stampings to indicate such. It will simply have the normal stampings as stated above, and is chambered in 5.56 NATO. If your barrel is other than buttoned, the stampings will indicate so. All buttoned barrels have 6 lands and 6 grooves in the bore.
These barrels are our most accurate barrels, and quite frankly, these are the most accurate AR-15 barrels on the market. These barrels have Broach-cut Rifling. What is that you say? Well, broaching is the method used to create the lands and grooves. For these barrels, we use the stamping "SUM" which means Stainless Ultra Match. SUM barrels are all chambered with minimum SAAMI 223 Remington reamers. These barrels can also be identified by looking down the bore. All of our broach-cut or Ultramatch barrels have only 4 lands and 4 grooves.
This is probably the single most important factor when purchasing a rifle or rifle barrel. The twist rate that will best suit you is determined by the weight of bullets that you will be shooting. The wrong twist rate for the particular bullet weight you are shooting can be disastrous to your accuracy. Many articles , and tons of information has been written about twist rates and what suits the bullets you plan to use best. We won't discuss that here. Your best bet is to call the bullet manufacturer for their recommendation.
We have 2 standard twist rates. One for the buttoned barrels (standard match), and one for the broached barrels (Ultramatch barrels). If your barrel is of the standard twist, no indication will be made on the barrel as to the twist rate. If the barrel has an alternate twist rate, that will be indicated by the appropriate stampings. In other words, anything other than the standard twist will be stamped on the barrel in the formula of 1 rotation of the bullet per number of barrel inches. Examples would be 1x7, or 1x12. These would indicate 1 bullet rotation in 7" of barrel, or one bullet rotation per 12" of barrel. The lower the number, the faster the twist. The higher the number the slower the twist. Generally speaking, a lighter bullet requires less rotation to stabilize itself than a heavier bullet.
Our standard twist rate for these barrels is 1x9. One rotation of the bullet per 9" of barrel length. This is generally accepted as the best twist for all-around general plinking and shooting. It will stabilize the greatest variety of commercially available bullets. Optional twist rates for button barrels include; 1x7, 7.5, 10, 12, 14, and 16.
Our broached barrels have a standard twist rate of 1x10. Alternative twist rates on these barrels include; 1x8.5, 10, and 14.
There are three possible coatings for our standard barrels. These are black oxide, parkerized, or a bead blasted stainless steel. As a standard feature all of our AR-15 barrels are coated black regardless of the barrel material.
Carbon steel barrels like the 4140 chromemoly barrels we make are parkerized. Parkerization is a coating method that uses a hot dip chemical process using zinc as the primary active ingredient. A barrel in the white (non-coated) is plugged on both ends using corks, and dipped in a hot parkerization solution and boiled to a dark black finish. During this process the surface molecules of the chromemoly barrel react to the zinc in the solution causing the surface of the barrel to turn black. This finish is rough, dull, and very durable as it is part of the barrel steel that was turned black, and not just a coating. Parkerization is very resistant to corrosion as long as it has a light coating of oil. This does not mean that you should soak your barrel in oil, it simply means that as with most coatings on carbon steel, it will perform best if a light coating of oil is applied during general cleaning and maintenance.
If by using the information above you have just determined that your barrel is stainless steel, yet as you look at the barrel it is black, again have no fear. Since stainless steel will not react to the parkerizing solution in the same way that a chromemoly/carbon steel barrel will, black oxide was developed. Turning a stainless steel barrel black is done essentially the same way, except the we use a different chemical mix. With black oxidizing the main active ingredient is sodium hydroxide. The result of this method is basically the same looking finish on a stainless steel barrel. These finishes look the same, but you will find the black oxidized surface to be smoother than a parkerized surface. Additionally, because the black oxide coating is just that, a coating, it will not be as durable as a parkerized surface. You will need to take greater care with your stainless steel blackened barrels to keep the finish as new. Knowing this bit of trivia, will allow you a point of reference if you are perhaps making a deal on a used rifle. If it does have a stainless steel blackened barrel, and the finish is superior or like new, the weapon was well taken care of.
Having this information at your fingertips will allow you to identify any barrel that Olympic Arms has manufactured for AR-15's. If the barrel has different stampings than what is stated above, or none at all, chances are we did not manufacture it. The best advice I can give on this issue is, check the barrels before you buy, and use this information to your advantage.
NOTE: Olympic Arms, as with any firearms manufacturer, cannot be held responsible for the fit, feed and or function of firearm(s) not fully assembled at the factory. As with any mechanical device, some fitting may be required. Some barrels may require headspacing depending on the combination of parts being used. If you are not an experienced gunsmith, do not attempt the assembly of any firearm without professional assistance. If you require technical assistance in assembly, please contact us for technical assistance.


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Heartland Lace Guild exhibit at the Encampment, Fort Massac, Illinois, October, 2009
At the Fort Massac Encampment last fall, Keely and I enjoyed visiting the Heartland Lace Guild's demonstration of bobbin lace-making.
In bobbin lace, a number of threads are used. To keep the threads from tangling, each thread is wound around its own small wooden bobbin. A wide lace requires many threads and many bobbins, and a narrow lace requires just a few. The thread may be linen, silk, or cotton, and the lace will be stout or delicate, depending on the thickness of the thread.
In the photo above, the bobbins are arranged at the far end of the padded cushion. A paper pattern called a "pricking" is placed under the thread as a guide. The lace is held in place with pins as it is made. The pattern is created by crossing and twisting the threads. The bobbins act as handles for crossing and twisting the threads, as well as storage for the long threads that are needed.
As each new row of the lace is created, it is spiked by pins to the pricking on a padded form to keep the lace straight and even. This pattern has 28 bobbins, and the lace is about 1-1/2 inches wide.
The ladies had a simple 4-bobbin lace set up on a bolster, and they invited Keely to sit down and give it a try. After some observation and instruction, she was able to follow the cross and twist pattern. It was a chilly autumn day, so the ladies were wearing fingerless gloves. Keely also was wearing a pair of fingerless gloves that she had knit!
The photo above shows a bobbin lace collar, partly made. The blue semi-circle is the pricking (paper pattern). A cloth with a cutout center is laid over the completed lace to keep it clean while work progresses.
According to the handouts that we picked up at the exhibit, bobbin lace-making dates back to medieval times. History records bobbin lace-making in both Italy and Flanders before 1500. It was introduced to Germany around 1526. Starch was invented around 1560 for the bobbin-lace collars that were popular in Queen Elizabeth I's court.
Some of the ruff (ruffled) collars worn by royalty took amazing lengths of lace. King James I of England had a ruff made of 38 yards of lace. On one important state occasion, Henry III's robes were trimmed with 4000 yards of handmade, pure gold lace. (It's surprising that he could even walk under all that weight.)
Bobbin lace-making was a cottage industry, done mostly by women and children, but the men might also join in when they were not busy. Convents also produced a lot of lace. The patterns (prickings and their instructions) were closely guarded secrets, and various regions were known for the style of lace that was produced there.
One other interesting bit of trivia from the Heartland Lace Guild's handouts -- the rhyme, "Jack, be nimble, Jack, be quick, Jack, jump over the candlestick," is a chant ("tell") that bobbin lace-makers used. Tells, sung or chanted, helped lace-makers work quickly and repeat the pattern without error.
Complex patterns had longer tells. For example, the tell for one 20-bobbin pattern had 35 lines. At the end of each line, a pin was stuck. The tell was repeated 20 times for each repetition of the pattern, for a total of 700 pins! Then the tell was begun again.
Here are some other lace exhibits that were on display in the Heartland Lace Guild's tent. There are other ways of making lace -- on looms, by tatting, knitting, crocheting, and more. The Heartland Lace Guild website has more examples of handmade lace.
You can read more about the Encampment in the Prairie Bluestem post, "The Encampment at Fort Massac, Illinois (2009)".


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Pitts wrote:Troy Loney wrote:I thought we were doing 15 rounds? the draft thread shows us on round 14 now.
On my team page in the google doc, I have 3 open spots yet
Have you traded away picks, do you not have rookie keepers? have you drafted multiple farm players...(all variables pertinent to this equilibrium)


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Microsoft's Surface launch is a perfect example of this. Everyone who saw the event knew it was thrown together at the last minute, and felt rushed and at times quite incoherent. It seemed as if Microsoft caught wind of whatever Google is going to show during i/o, and wanted to steal the thunder - even though the device itself was far from ready to step into the spotlight.
As a result, nobody actually got to use a Surface device at the event. Sullivan was also invited to the event, and got the same playtime with the device as everybody else. "'Hands-on' was used in plenty of headlines, and that irked me, because I know we weren't given any real hands-on with the device at all," he notes, "That is, unless you believe holding an iPad or a Kindle Fire that's not turned on is 'hands-on'. That's pretty much what it was like with Surface."
The way Sullivan details the goings-on of the time journalists got with the device paints a picture of a very nervous Microsoft, who really didn't want anyone to actually use the device at all. The prime feature of the device, the fancy Touch Cover, wasn't even seen working at all. So, how on earth can it be that TechCrunch, The Verge, AnandTech, Mashable, and many others, called this a hands-on?
"No journalist seems to have really used any of these at the launch event. None of the hands-on reviews that I've read, having been in that room and toured the stations, have anything that reflects any real hands-on activity to me," Sullivan states, "There's plenty of careful photography that can give the impression that hands-on was going on. Some of it doesn't even illustrate how the last station with the Surface tablets with keyboards in them literally had a rope to keep us away."
It's died down a bit now, but up until, say, a year or so ago loads of sites popped up that claimed to offer "reviews" of Linux distributions. We received an endless stream of submissions from these sites, and as far as I can recall, I rarely, if ever, linked to any of them. Why? The reviews were usually only 3-5 paragraphs long, covered installation and the empty desktop, posted a few screenshots, and that was it. Of course - the sites would be laden with SEO spam and ads to the point of being utterly unreadable.
The term 'review' had seen so much inflation by that point that honest reviewers had to add on terms like 'in-depth' or 'thorough' to distinguish themselves from these scummy "reviews". I'm trying to stick to the term 'review' without modifiers as much as possible, because I think you guys can determine perfectly fine for yourself if a review is 'in-depth' or not, but I do understand their quandary.
After diluting the term 'review', we're now seeing a dilution of the term 'hands-on', all moves in a race for being the first with something. Competition between the large gadget sites has increased considerably, but it's sad to see that reputable sites like AnandTech and successful newcomers like The Verge have to resort to stretching the term 'hands-on' as much as they do in order to gain those precious hits.
As for Surface itself - a device which looks to have a lot of potential, but since nobody has used one other than Microsoft employees, it's technically vapourware, and ought to be treated as such. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.


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"Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not." -Epicurus
Ive killed.... my friend`s chance of getting laid. Cockblock all the way.
If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick.
During my EMS Clinical, I administered some Adenosine to a patient and stopped their heart for a few seconds. Patient was horrified with the sensation. That's the closest I got to killing someone.
I've been to war twice, I'd rather not think about if it was me or someone else that hit them in a fire fight. It's human nature to protect ones ego a.k.a. thinking of the enemy as not a person, but rather a thing. It does however keep me up at night sometimes. Bad memories of things that I wish could have been done differently, But one has to realize that in the situations making a decision at all is hard enough let alone having the ability to quickly think and make the right decision. Sorry that my posts are not really too clear, but most of us can't really even talk about things like that to people that don't really know what it's like. Words get misinterpreted and things just get mixed up.
No people, but as a hunter I don't imagine I'd emotionally attach myself, if it was intentional.
If it was unintentional, I'm sure I'd be pretty upset over it for quite some time.
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If I did kill a human, why on Earth would I say it on here? Or anywhere?
Because deep down inside, you want to get caught?
I haven't killed a person. I also try to throw bugs out of my house alive. So, I've become expert in catching them without killing them. I don't feel guilty killing bugs, but I do feel bad to kill them for no reason.
PVP all day brah
Yes. All the time. In my fantasy world. Had a couple times with an old Spanish teacher: split her up, crucified her, and even oven roasted her!! It's amazing how I can play this out so effortlessly in my head!!
I'm too fucking lazy to change my online status. Never assume I'm always on CR.
I've murdered bugs of many sizes, though none bigger than my hand.
have I killed a human? lolwut never no no not at all. perhaps in a dream I've done it, but never would I kill someone IRL unless I was under dire circumstances and they were trying to kill me.
I've killed many people online. I'm like a mass murderer, they just keep respawning and I gun them right back down. I'm a heartless, merciless, ruthless machine of death.
I step on ants without a thought, those little runts shouldn't have been in my path.
One time a wasp stung me, I didn't just kill it. I tore its wings from its body, and then let it fall to the ground, slowly waiting for starvation or the next boot that comes by to give it death.
A spider was on the ceiling. So I got a broom, knocked it down and just started using the broom like a hammer until the spider was nothing.
A spider was on the wall. So I got my shoe, and smashed it. I didn't just smash though, I smashed and grind the shoe onto the wall to ensure the spider was utterly dead to the point where its body just looks like someone spilled paint on the wall. The marks of countless spider deaths mark my wall like war paint. This scares away other spiders from making the same mistake of invading my abode... haven't had another spider in here for years.
Yes, I am ruthless. All creatures fear me. After you make your first kill it becomes easy, like riding a bike.
Yup, when I was in the war in SE Asia/Iraq, and a few other places on active duty USN, thats why I sit at home for hours and watch anime so i dont think about it. This is a stupid question but I dont mind sharing, cuz you asked, I dont think I'll get any new outta saying all this but I dont mind, you just read something from a 'real life hero' and I am bored now so Im going back to spending hours on end watching anime episodes of Bleach in the dark, lol.
i kill all the time
with my drop dead looks
〜(^∇^〜) (〜^∇^)〜 ┏(^0^)┛ ┌(・。・)┘♪ ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪ (。♥.⌒。)ノ愛
i kill all the time in my dreams.
-All dreams are but another reality. Never forget...-
I'm hardly active.
Yeah, I'm always killing or being killed in my dreams. I'm a very lucid dreamer and feel pain when injured in a dream. It sounds awful, but it's actually pretty awesome. The best is when you realize it's a dream but don't wake up and then you're practically a god. On the downside if I currently had a girlfriend she'd be in trouble as I have woken up many times with my pillow in a rear naked choke...
GayAsianBoy wrote:
If I did kill a human, why on Earth would I say it on here? Or anywhere?
Exactly pretty stupid topic IMO...
and I walk around like I got a 36" chain.
Yes, the toilet was never the same...
Kickin' It In That Place Between The Couch Cushions!


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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - For the first time since opening day, the Tennessee Tech baseball team's ace Tristan Archer (5-2) found himself on the losing end of a contest as the Golden Eagles (21-9, 10-3) scored too little too late while falling at Austin Peay (25-5, 8-1) Friday night, 7-3.
Going up against one of the Ohio Valley Conference's best offensive units, Tech's senior starter found himself with his hands full, giving up six earned runs in the contest, his highest total of the season. The Austin Peay bats found comfort at home, stringing together nine hits and seven runs in the contest.
The Golden Eagles looked to have a spark that might provide a rally, scoring three runs in the top of the seventh and cutting the Governors' lead in half. It was just APSU starter Lee Ridenhour's (5-0) day, however, as the junior righty put together eight innings of solid work, striking out nine batters, including three in the eighth to end Tech's hopes of taking the first game of this weekend's series.
Leading the Tech comeback attempt was right fielder Michael Morris, who started the rally with an RBI single in the top of the seventh. The senior finished 1-for-4 from the plate. Shortstop Dylan Bosheers turned out the only multi-hit effort for the Golden Eagles, going 2-of-4 on the night.
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Chrysler Sebring Water Leaks
schaferjb Posts: 2Great work and info/pictures on your website. My water leak is AC related. Twice now, I have had to lift the carpet and soak up all the water. After the first time, I took it to a Chrysler dealer and they said my evaporator drain line "must be clogged up." They "blew out the line" from under the car and said they ran the air for awhile and saw that the water was draining properly. I put the car all back together and was able to use the AC for a week. Yesterday I ran the AC and the passenger side filled with water again. I am currently in the process of drying out my car for the second time. Obviously the dealer did not fix my problem. Is my evaporator the problem???? The AC cranks out cold air (to the point your freezing). Is there something I can do or check. I am not to interested in giving it back to the dealer.0
OMG that is what happen to me... (speakers, hissing popping) then smoke coming from what looked like the dash but not sure. We had heavy rains here in Illinois last night and this morning. I have had the flooding problem for abt 2 years, but last year I found the rubber plug holes (rear wheel panel), and that seemed to have held off heavy water leakage into the car. I have a '99 Sebring Convertible JXI and the flooding started happening about 2 years ago... I once found some slits under the car, I jammed a wire hanger in it, but it really didnt do much to stop the flooding. but from what I am seeing (as now more and more ppl are having the same issue)... I see that there are probably more than 1 slit and more than 1 plug. My radio is shot.
I took it to my mechanic had him take the radio fuse out, for now to stop the popping and hiss ( I was scared I was gonna get electrocuted)... My electronic door locks no longer work and I hope those are my only problem. I have to wait until it "dries" out before my mechanic can tell if I have futher electric damage... I LOVE this car... and dont want to replace it... Im going to have the carpet replace as well as the radio, new wiring to new speakers.... I just hope it wont hurt my wallet too bad. I dont want to by a new car. Oh, the amp (passenger side) was siiting in about an inch or 2 of water this morning...The driver side was soaked, but not flooded... Im going to see if I can pull up the rubber railing thingys and put a coat hanger down in the rear qtr panels to see if that will loosen up any debris that is clogging the drain holes....0
smallblockfan Posts: 1My 2001 Sebring Coupe AC started having intermittent operating problems about 3 years ago - seemed to be related to humidity, but would frequently start operating after a brief engine shutdown, AC repair shop said it was a sensor integral to the compressor ($900) and recommended I drive until it got so bad I couldn't stand it. Recently found water puddling in front of drivers seat, but could not locate source after ripping up floor mats. Also could not find AC drain even with car on jack stands. Local mechanic identified drain as passing through the firewall just above and to the right of the gas pedal, he said that it came out just behind the steering rack with about 1/4 inch clearance - no room for a drain tube. He blew out the drain and sealed (at least tried) the tube to the firewall with silicon. Both problems have been fixed. I suspect that water accumulating under the evaporator because of the clogged drain was causing an error reading on the AC instrumentation kicking it out.0
I have a '97 JX convertible and every time it rains, water is getting into the frame on the passenger side. There is no water in the car at all, but I can hear the water sloshing around in the frame. I've had small holes drilled to help drain it out, but the mystery is where its getting in. Any suggestions?0
Must be a convertible top drain somewhere. Most converts have them but I'm not familiar enough with your car. Anyway, it's possible the drain leaks internally as it passes water to the ground.0
pete120 Posts: 1I noticed all of the inside water leaking / pooling mentioned in the Sebring Convertible Posts. I wondered how everyone felt about the long term advisability of running my new Sebring Convertible through an automated carwash in the fall / winter months ??0
We had a large amount of rain fall in the DC area this morning (3-4 inches overnight). Now I have about 1 inch of water pooled behind the driver's seat. I called the dealership right away & they said they have a guy that comes out every Wednesday just for this kind of issue. That makes me think that they know about this problem & wait until someone complains before they do anything about it. I don't know if my warranty will cover this. I've had this car for 14 months without any problems. Of course, this is the first BIG rainstorm it's been in. I guess all that snow last year didn't count. Oh yes, this is the first car I've ever had that has a sunroof. Maybe that's where the problem lies.0
Clogged sunroof drains are a suspect, as are clogged drains for the fresh air vents under your wiper blades. Other less likely but possible areas are the outside mirror mounting seal, and the windshield, of course.0
silverstreak5 Posts: 2When it rains My front passenger floor is soaked in water , about twoto three inches. There seems to be a few drops of water on the inside of the car next to the dashboard paneling that meets with the door. Is it the drains on the door or under the seal on the door , roof area or even the windshield? The water is no where else. PLease help......also, does anyone think it would be covered through my dealership warrenty? :0
If you could get under the dash a bit and see if you see water running down the firewall---that would tip you off to a fresh air vent drain being clogged...usually roof drain leaks don't enter that way, and windshield leaks...well...maybe but generally they are in the corners of the windshield.0
mopar70 Posts: 1I to have this water leak in my 1996 Convertible Sebring. I hear a swishing of water in a tank that seems to not be emptying out. The back floor floods deeply and then it swishes up to the front floors. I will be taking it in to the Chrysler shop in town to see if they can clean the drain holes unless someone knows where the holes to clean out are? They had told me there is a drain pan that must not be emptying out. The person we purchased this from did not tell us that he had had any of these problems. Now I wonder?0
My 2009 Sebring has a sunroof. As I described water kept pooling up on back seat's floor. I took it to the dealer & they fixed it without charge. They said it was under warranty. It was a drainage tube that was blocked up.0
You might try lining the trunk with newspaper, then closing it and washing the tail lights with water. Tail light gaskets are a very common source of water entry from the rear of the car. These are the gaskets that mate the entire tail light assembly to the body, not the gasket that mate the lens to the bulb area.0
rjg63 Posts: 1I have the same problem with my '97 Sebring convertible but it is on the drivers side. Wiki answers says it is due to plugged drain holes (3-4?) on the underbody on a strip of metal where the underbody and visible body come togerther (wherever that is.)0
And that's exactly what it was!0
go here and see the pictures I took of the drains under the car and in the doors http://chryslersebringdrainslots.webs.com/Drains.htm0
go here and see the pictures I took of the drains under the car and in the doors http://chryslersebringdrainslots.webs.com/Drains.htm0
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hms121 Posts: 1in the 2007 the hose runs to the right of the gas pedal put a pan under when you unclog. lots of water0
ceebring11 Posts: 1Same thing happend to me and i was wondering how did gettin your radio replaced? i was going to keep the drain holes clean and also park in my garage on rainy days but i dont want to get it replaced if the same thing will happen again.? please get back to me asap!0
I was able to get the radio replace, without having to get a amp, BUT the sound is not as great with the amp. Thinking abt having an amp put in. I slightly have a wet floor on driverside, but no flooding. I took it to the dealer, and allegedly they cleaned out the stoppage, but like I said, I have damp floor board in driver's side when it rains.0
cynthc Posts: 1Your site was EXTREMELY helpful. I'm a new Sebring owner 2005 and loved the car til I drove it through two hours of rain and found the passenger floorboard soaked. Took it to Chrysler explained my problem and all the tech did was check to make sure it wasn't the air conditioner. I read all the advice on line about cleaning drain slits but had no idea where they were located. Can't wait to try it out and fall back in love with the car again0
icnduit Posts: 1Thank you,thank you,thank you. I can not thank you enough for the information on water leaks on my 98 chrysler convertible. My wife loved that car until the leaks started on the drivers side. I only wish that I had found this out before.Thank you again.0
I have a 2005 Sebring convertible that I purchased in May 2011. I took it thru the carwash and it leaked around the driver & passenger windows. It also leaked during a heavy rain. Do I just need to replace the weatherstripping along the top of the windows or is it something else? If it is the weatherstripping, where online is the best place to buy from?0
jbusc Posts: 11Two questions regarding my 2001 Sebring Convertible - I pulled up my driver's floor mat to find the drivers floor & carpet soaked - the rest of the floor was dry - I drove in heavy rain 2 days ago but none leaked in the roof/side window area. Where should I be checking for leaks, firewall maybe?
Second question the hooks that attach the roof to the header appear to have threaded hokles that look like set screws should be in them but there are none - aren't there supposed to be set screws to keep the hooks from turning & where might I get some? (I called the local dealer's parts department and they seemed to think there are not supposed to be set screws - then why the threaded holes? Thanks0
eiluj77 Posts: 1I found this on another web site, it seems plausible, I just vacuumed 4 inches of water from the back and front driver side floor boards. It's sleeting right now, so I'll have to wait to look for the weep holes but I have a good feeling about this one. Please let me know if this works. Sebring Convertibles have weep holes under the body that get clogged with debris and cause the water to back up into the floor. Take a paper clip and straighten it to clean out the weep holes. The weep holes can be found just under the frame at the doors where there is a seam(about where the jack would go). Along this seam about every 12 or 16 inches there will be a small slot for the water to drain.0
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Tampa Bay safety Dashon Goldson was fined $30,000 by the NFL on Friday for hitting New York Jets tight end Jeff Cumberland in the head and neck area in the teams' season opener last Sunday.
The hit, which drew an unnecessary roughness penalty, resulted in Cumberland needing stitches to close a cut to his chin. It was also just one of a few plays in the Jets' 18-17 win that were fined by the league.
Buccaneers linebacker Lavonte David was docked $7,875 for unnecessary roughness when he shoved Jets quarterback Geno Smith to the ground out of bounds - leading to the winning field goal by New York. Fellow linebacker Daniel Te'o-Nasheim was fined the same amount for a facemask penalty during a punt return.
Jets safety Dawan Landry was fined $21,000 for unnecessary roughness after he hit wide receiver Mike Williams - deemed a defenseless player - in the head and neck area after Williams caught a 17-yard touchdown pass.
Green Bay linebacker Clay Matthews was fined $15,000 for a late hit on San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick during the season opener. Matthews drew a personal-foul penalty in the 49ers' 34-28 win Sunday after he tackled Kaepernick out of bounds deep in Green Bay territory during the second quarter.
A fracas between players from both teams followed on the sideline when Matthews and 49ers left tackle Joe Staley began pushing and shoving.
San Francisco wide receiver Anquan Boldin was docked $7,875 for a late hit on Packers cornerback Jarrett Bush in the third quarter, while 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined $12,750 for a roughing-the-passer call.
The biggest fine of the week came Tuesday, when the league announced that Detroit defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was docked $100,000 for his illegal low block on Minnesota center John Sullivan. Suh hit Sullivan during an interception return by Detroit linebacker DeAndre Levy, and the penalty negated what would have been a touchdown.
Washington's DeAngelo Hall was fined $20,000 for a horse-collar tackle on Philadelphia's DeSean Jackson in the teams' game Monday night. The penalty helped set up a touchdown drive for the Eagles.
Carolina defensive end Frank Alexander was hit with a $15,750 fine for throwing a punch at Seattle offensive lineman Breno Giacomini. Alexander was ejected from the game Sunday. Seahawks linebacker K.J. Wright was fined $7,875 for grabbing the leg of Panthers safety Colin Jones and trying to pull him off a pile of players on punt.
Giants defensive tackle Linval Joseph was fined $15,750 for a low hit on Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo in the third quarter of the team's game last Sunday night.
Also docked $7,875 were: Atlanta's Kenny Vaccaro, Baltimore's Gino Gradkowski and Jimmy Smith, and St. Louis' Cortland Finnegan and William Hayes for late hits; and Buffalo's Arthur Moats, Indianapolis' Anthony Castonzo and Miami's Dion Jordan for grabbing facemasks.
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