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1. A building closure for mounting in an opening in a building wall structure, said closure including:
a frame for mounting within the building wall structure opening and at least one closure unit for mounting within said frame,
said frame having at least one interior chamber extending entirely around said frame, and a nailing flange for securement to the building wall structure,
a barrier extending along at least said top portion of said frame to retard passage of moisture to an interior of the building, and
at least one moisture weep opening in said top portion of said frame such that moisture flows through said weep opening into said chamber, within said chamber around said frame and then out of a drain opening in a bottom portion of said frame.
2. The closure set forth in claim 1 wherein said barrier includes a wall extending at least from said top portion of said frame and said barrier wall comprises a flexible wall carried by at least said top portion of said frame for engagement with the inner periphery of the building wall structure opening.
3. The closure set forth in claim 1, including a seal on an inner surface of said nailing flange for engaging an opposing surface of the building wall structure to retard ingress of moisture.
4. The closure set forth in claim 3, wherein said at least one moisture weep opening is disposed between said barrier and said seal.
5. The closure set forth in claim 4, wherein said at least one closure unit includes a plurality of closure units, and said at least one moisture weep opening is disposed inboard of an outboard closure unit of said plurality of closure units.
6. The closure set forth in claim 1, wherein said barrier is integral with said at least said top portion of said frame wherein the barrier is not a separate component assembled to said frame.
7. A building closure for mounting in an opening in a building wall structure, said closure including:
a frame for mounting within the wall structure opening and at least one closure unit for mounting within said frame,
said frame having at least one interior chamber extending around said frame, and a nailing flange for securement to the building wall structure,
a seal on an inner surface of said nailing flange for engaging an opposing surface of the building wall structure to retard ingress of moisture,
a barrier extending along at least said top portion of said frame to retard passage of moisture to an interior of the building, and
at least one moisture weep opening in said top portion of said frame such that moisture between the seal and the barrier flows through said weep opening into said chamber, within said chamber around said frame and then out of a drain opening in a bottom portion of said frame.
8. The closure set forth in claim 7 wherein said frame comprises plural rails each having an exterior nailing flange segment, wherein said seal comprises a flexible seal wall secured on an interior surface of said nailing flange segments for engagement with a surface of the building wall structure, and wherein said barrier is secured to an exterior surface of at least a top rail of said frame.
9. The closure set forth in claim 8 wherein said rails are of extruded plastic construction and said flexible seal walls are coextruded with said rails.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A gemstone comprising:
a crown having exactly 29 crown facets and four corners, said crown comprising
one table facet that is an octagonal shape;
four first star facets;
four second star facets, wherein said four first star facets and said four second star facets are in an alternating arrangement and each are immediately adjacent said one table facet;
eight kite facets;
eight first upper girdle facets; and
four second upper girdle facets wherein one of each of said four second upper girdle facets is located midway between two of said four corners;

a pavilion having 28 pavilion facets, said pavilion comprising:
eight primary pavilion facets;
eight intermediate pavilion facets being arranged in pairs;
eight first lower girdle facets being arranged in pairs; and
four second lower girdle facets being equally spaced apart; and

a girdle having exactly 32 girdle facets, said girdle comprising:
four sides each having seven facets; and
four girdle corner facets,
wherein:
the slope of each of said seven facets of each of said four sides has a slope of approximately 90 degrees,
an amount of light entering through said crown is reflected by said pavilion and exits from said crown, wherein in an area of approximately 14% of said crown a portion of said amount of light that exits from said crown does so at an angle between about 45 degrees and horizontal, and
said crown, said pavilion and said girdle provide a unique pattern.
2. The gemstone of claim 1 wherein
said crown has a crown height and said gemstone has a gemstone height, said gemstone having a ratio of said crown height to said gemstone height, the ratio of said crown height to said gemstone height being approximately 0.169.
3. The gemstone of claim 1 wherein
said pavilion has a pavilion height and said gemstone has a gemstone width, said gemstone having a ratio of said pavilion height to said gemstone width, the ratio of said pavilion height to said gemstone width being approximately 0.552.

1. A method for run-length decoding of an encoded data stream for a video presentation on a display, wherein the encoded data stream is distributed to multiple data packets, and wherein the data packets comprise a first flag indicating whether they are the first of said multiple data packets, and a second flag indicating whether they are the last of said multiple data packets, and wherein the encoded data stream for a video presentation is a separate layer overlaying other video data on the display, the method comprising the steps of:
reconstructing bitmap formatted data, wherein multiple data packets are concatenated according to said first flag and said second flag and wherein the bitmap formatted data are extracted from the concatenated packets;
determining the first byte of a code word in the reconstructed bitmap formatted data;
if said first byte has not a defined first value, decoding said first byte to a single pixel having individual color defined by the value of said first byte, the color being other than a defined first color;
if said first byte has the defined first value, determining the first and second bit of the following byte being the second byte;
if the first and second bit of the second byte have a first value, decoding the remaining bits of the second byte to a sequence of pixels of the first color, wherein said remaining bits of the second byte define the sequence length;
if the first and second bit of the second byte have a second value, decoding said remaining bits of the second byte together with the following third byte to a sequence of pixels of the defined first color, wherein said remaining bits of the second byte and said third byte define the sequence length, and wherein said sequence length may exceed the display width;
if the first and second bit of the second byte have a third value, decoding said remaining bits of the second byte together with the third byte to a sequence of pixels, wherein said remaining bits of the second byte define the sequence length and the third byte defines the pixels color;
if the first and second bit of the second byte have a fourth value, decoding said remaining bits of the second byte together with the third and a following fourth byte, wherein said remaining bits of the second byte and the third byte define the sequence length and the fourth byte defines the pixel color, and wherein said sequence length may exceed the display width; and
selecting a portion of said separate layer for being displayed.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An anti-vibration connecting rod, comprising:
a rod body including first and second cylindrical parts disposed to be spaced apart from each other in a main-load application direction;
a first inner cylinder located in the first cylindrical part, and coupled to an inner surface of the first cylindrical part through a first elastic member, a connected member being attached to the first inner cylinder;
a second inner cylinder located in the second cylindrical part, and coupled to an inner surface of the second cylindrical part through a second elastic member, another connected member being attached to the second inner cylinder; and
a stopper located in the first cylindrical part, and configured to restrict an amount of relative displacement of the first inner cylinder relative to the rod body in the main-load application direction, wherein
the first elastic member is integrated with the inner surface of the first cylindrical part and an outer surface of the first inner cylinder,
the stopper includes a stopper body which is a part of the inner surface of the first cylindrical part facing the first inner cylinder in the main-load application direction and projecting inward in a radial direction of the first cylindrical part,
the stopper body has a substantially trapezoid shape whose width gradually increases outward in the radial direction of the first cylindrical part and whose distal surface is a flat plane perpendicular to the main-load application direction,
the stopper further includes a stopper elastic part made of an elastic body provided in the distal surface of the stopper body,
a recess which is open to a first inner cylinder side is provided in a part of the distal surface of the stopper body located on a line passing through a cylinder axis of the first inner cylinder and extending in the main-load application direction when viewed along the cylinder axis of the first inner cylinder, and
the stopper elastic part covers the entire distal surface of the stopper body to fill the recess, and has a distal surface which is a flat plane perpendicular to the main-load application direction.
2. The anti-vibration connecting rod of claim 1, wherein in a direction perpendicular to the main-load application direction, a cross section of the stopper elastic part forming the stopper expands stepwise or continuously from a distal end of the stopper toward a proximal end of the stopper.
3. The anti-vibration connecting rod of claim 1, wherein a recess having a cylindrical surface is provided in the distal surface of the stopper body,
in the recess, a center of curvature is located on a line passing through the cylinder axis of the first inner cylinder and extending in the main-load application direction when viewed along the cylinder axis of the first inner cylinder, and a radius of curvature is equal to a radius of the first inner cylinder, and
the stopper elastic part is provided in the distal surface of the stopper body to fill the recess.