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"Armenian Golgotha: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide, 1915-18"
By Grigoris Balakian
Translated by Peter Balakian with Aris Sevag
Alfred A. Knopf. 509 pp. $35
Armenian Golgotha is the astonishing memoir of Father Grigoris Balakian (1876-1934), a work from the 1920s shepherded into English by his great nephew Peter Balakian, the leading American expert on the ARMENIAN genocide. Grigoris Balakian witnessed the genocide from many angles and swore to document it if he survived. According to his great-nephew, Grigoris Balakian at times "lived like an animal" in order to do so.
With the approach of Armenian Remembrance Day, a commemoration held worldwide on April 24, Americans would be well-advised to read this memoir, which recognizes the Ottoman Empire's targeted killing of its Armenian citizens from 1915 to 1918 as genocide. Turkish soldiers, government-organized death squads and ordinary Turks, acting under orders and incitements from Ottoman Minister of the Interior Mehmet Talaat, massacred -- indeed, sometimes literally hacked to pieces -- up to 1.5 million Armenians.
Over nine decades, many wriers have tried to bring attention to what happened in Ottoman Anatolia between 1915 and 1918. Studies of the topic have included Peter Balakian's The Burning Tigris and Black Dog of Fate, Vakahn Dadrian's The History of the Armenian Genocide, the great historian Merrill Peterson's Starving Armenians, and Michael Bobelian's Children of Armenia. Most important of all is Turkish historian Taner Akcam's courageous A Shameful Act, a book that no less than Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk, defying legal threats, called "the definitive account of the organized destruction of the Ottoman Armenians."
From the moment Turkish forces arrested Father Balakian, a vartabed or celibate priest, along with approximately 250 other Armenian intellectuals in Constantinople on April 24, 1915, he disciplined himself over four years of forced marches, occasional starvation, infestation by lice and multiple last-minute escapes, to record what he was seeing and hearing, to articulate it to himself even when he lacked pen or paper, so that he could report the atrocities later.
This book thus honors the commitment made by Father Balakian to a number of fellow deportees who eventually died. They implored him: Write about this if you live. Tell people what happened. Over hundreds of pages we witness, through Balakian's eyes, Turkish police and soldiers deport and later, with the help of ordinary villagers and chetes (killing squads of prisoners released precisely to kill Armenians), ferociously behead, disembowl and mutilate countless Armenians with hatchets, axes, cleavers, knives, shovels and pitchforks as the prisoners trudge eastward on forced marches, at times accompanying the mayhem with shouts of "Allah! Allah!"
That savagery came on top of the rape of many young Armenian women, and at times their forced conversion to Islam, as well as expropriation of almost all Armenian property and wealth. Some scenes in Armenian Golgotha are unbearable. A small group that includes an American teacher and two Germans comes across a field WITH "pools of blood." It contains hundreds of naked Armenian corpses, most "with their heads and limbs cut off," and their entrails spilled out.
One of the Germans, a nurse, "jumped from her horse and ran to hug the decapitated body of a six-month-old girl. She kissed the baby and wailed, saying she wanted to take her, that she was her daughter."
Unable to stop the nurse, "who had gone mad," as she lept from one dismembered child's body to another, hugging and kissing them, the others had to forcibly restrain her. She was "tied to her horse" and eventually placed in a German hospital.
What she'd seen, Grigoris Balakian explains, wasn't unusual. After a massacre, Turkish village women would slit open Armenian corpses, especially the intestines, seeking swallowed jewelry. (They found a fair amount of it.) Sometimes, he writes, Armenian women abandoned their emaciated infants on death piles, still alive, deeming it a better death than being hacked to pieces. One witness reported that she saw starving Armenian "mothers gone mad who had thrown their newly deceased little children into the fire" and then eaten them, "half cooked or half raw."
Alongside such grisly tales, Grigor Balakian provides background, woven into his personal narrative, on Ottoman history. He analyzes with great subtlety not only the geopolitical assumptions and strategies of all groups involved, but also the psychology of individual players, including Talaat and his "goal of annihilating the Armenian race."
With its long overdue publication in English, Armenian Golgotha joins Primo Levi's Survival in Auschwitz and other stellar works on the Holocaust as a classic of genocide literature. Just as Levi's classic guarantees that any reader who finishes it will shudder at questioning of the Holocaust, those who make it through Armenian Golgotha should feel moral fury at Turkey for how it has, over almost nine decades, denied and falsified its predecessor's massive crimes against its own citizens, never apologized for them, and never paid a lira of reparations.
Read Grigoris Balakian and weep.
Carlin Romano, Critic-at-Large of The Chronicle of Higher Education, teaches media theory and philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.


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Gerry Anderson, 83, a puppetry pioneer and creator of the British sci-fi hit "Thunderbirds" TV show, died Wednesday at a nursing home near Oxfordshire, England, after being diagnosed with mixed dementia two years ago, said his son, Jamie.
Anderson, whose television career began in the 1950s, was known for his use of "supermarionation" — a puppetry technique using thin wires to control marionettes.
He developed the technique for a number of British TV series, including "Thunderbirds," about ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy and his sons combating evil with advanced technology and the Thunderbird planes. Other series Anderson created using the technique included "Supercar" and "Fireball XL5."
The technique proved to have a lasting influence, as demonstrated by "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who made their 2004 film "Team America: World Police" using a similar marionette style.
Along with his success in children's programming, Anderson created several fully live-action series aimed at an adult audience, including "UFO " and "Space: 1999."
Anderson didn't intend to be confined to the puppet film genre.
"I was bitterly disappointed to be working with puppets," Anderson said in a 2002 Times article. "But I needed the money. So I tried to improve the puppet film because I wanted to say to the industry, 'If I can make puppet films like this, surely I can do live action very well.' But of course I dug my own grave, as it were, because the better the puppet film, the more they wanted."
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Chicago mobster Frank Calabrese Sr., 75, a hit man who strangled victims and then slashed their throats to be sure they were dead, died Tuesday at the Butner Federal Medical Center in North Carolina, according to a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Calabrese had been in poor health during his last few years in prison, said his attorney, Joseph Lopez.
Calabrese was among five men convicted in 2007 at the so-called Family Secrets trial, which resulted from a major, multiyear effort by the federal government to weaken the Chicago Outfit, as the city's organized crime family calls itself.
The investigation also was aimed at clearing 18 unsolved mob murders dating to the early 1970s. Calabrese was blamed for many of them and sentenced to life in prison. Calabrese's son Frank Jr. had helped put his father behind bars by secretly recording him boasting about mob killings.
It was Chicago's biggest underworld trial in decades and it produced sensational testimony, including a description from his brother of how Calabrese preferred to strangle victims with a rope and then slash their throats to make sure they were dead.
None of the defendants was charged with murder. They were convicted of racketeering, but the jury held Calabrese and two others responsible for various killings designed to silence witnesses and mete out mob vengeance.
Born March 17, 1937, in Chicago, Calabrese grew up in a neighborhood plagued by organized crime. His formal education ended after grammar school and his entry into organized crime came almost naturally, his son said.
"He was a tough kid and he made money," his son said. "Those are the things [the mob] looked for. He grew up behind an old mob hangout. One day people were sent to the house. They whistled my father in and said, 'Now you work for us.' "
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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – Darren Mattocks took full advantage of Drew Moor's blunder at the end of the first half and the Vancouver Whitecaps spoiled Colorado's annual Fourth of July celebration with a 1-0 victory at a sold-out Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Wednesday night.
Despite the lion's share of possession and chances for the home side, it was the Canadian visitors who scored the game's only goal on a sweltering evening.
Jordan Harvey's 43rd-minute ball into the box appeared to be harmless, but Rapids center back Marvell Wynne whiffed on the cross, and Moor's poorly hit clearance deflected straight to the feet of Mattocks, who fired home for his team-leading fourth goal of the season.
Vancouver rode the goal to victory despite continued pressure from the home side and improved to 8-4-5 with their first win in more than three weeks. Colorado fall to 7-9-1 and emerged pointless for the third match in their last four games even though they controlled possession by a 60 percent margin and recorded 17 shots overall.
The Rapids dictated the tempo and most of the match's proceedings, but emerged on the short side of the scoreboard due to faulty finishing, particularly in the second half.
The first half began brightly for the 'Caps, who got an early boost from Designated Player Barry Robson, making his MLS debut. The Scottish midfielder unleashed a 30-yard screamer that just whistled over Matt Pickens' crossbar in the fourth minute.
The Rapids dominated the half, however, with a slew of opportunities. The best was perhaps Conor Casey's blast in the 30th minute that required Joe Cannon to parry the strike out of play. The Vancouver goalkeeper also stopped Jeff Larentowicz's floating header off the ensuing corner kick, among six fine saves he made on the evening.
Colorado kept pushing in the second half after falling behind, with substitutes Jamie Smith and Edu both coming close. But in the end, the Rapids couldn't find a final touch and fell to Vancouver by a 1-0 score line for their second straight meeting.
The Rapids next head to Seattle for another critical Western conference showdown on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Whitecaps' five-game road trip continues at Chivas USA, also on Saturday.
Scoring Summary:
VAN - Darren Mattocks (unassisted) 43'
Disciplinary Summary:
VAN - Alain Rochat (caution) 41
VAN - Darren Mattocks (caution) 93+
Colorado Rapids lineup: Matt Pickens, Hunter Freeman (Edu 72'), Marvell Wynne, Drew Moor, Luis Zapata, Jeff Larentowicz, Jaime Castrillon (Jamie Smith 63'), Martin Rivero, Brian Mullan, Omar Cummings (Tony Cascio 61'), Conor Casey
Subs not used: Stew Ceus, Joseph Nane, Wells Thompson, Tyrone Marshall.
Referee: David Gantar
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Architects recognize concrete masonry's green building attributes, but see certain properties long associated with block or brick construction overlooked in the LEED [Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design] rating system--the most widely subscribed yardstick of sustainable building methods. A survey behind the NCMA Education & Research Foundation's new Concrete Masonry in Green Buildings: Award-Winning ArchitectsÌ Perspectives report reveals how the system neglects to factor durability and long service life, aesthetics, minimal maintenance, reduced cost, thermal mass, impact resistance, fire resistance, noise reduction, and resource efficiency.
The downloadable report was prepared by Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute Director of Sustainability Shahnaz Jaffari, AIA Associate and LEED Accredited Professional. He interviewed 24 architects who had used concrete masonry in award-winning projects, some of which logged LEED points attributed to CMU's recycled content or regional material qualifications.


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As Executive Director of the Personal Care Products Council Foundation and responsible for the Look Good…Feel Better program, I would like to welcome you to our new blog page. Here you will find weekly updates on the program, as well as any other exciting information that Look Good…Feel Better has to share. There will also be profiles on some of our extraordinary volunteers, along with a new section that will feature leading beauty experts who will share beauty tips with our readers.
For those of you that are not familiar with the program, Look Good…Feel Better is a non-medical, brand-neutral public service program that teaches beauty techniques to cancer patients to help them manage the appearance side effects of cancer treatment. Look Good…Feel Better group programs are open to all women with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy, radiation, or other forms of treatment. In the United States alone, 700,000 women have participated in the program, which now offers 14,500 group workshops nationwide in more than 2,500 locations.
Along with our new blog page, we have also completed a total redesign of our Look Good…Feel Better Web site. On our new site you will be able to locate programs in your area; find out information about our Women's, Men's and Teen's programs; access our 12-Step Beauty Guide, hair and wig tips, and learn about the history of the program. We have also added some new features like our video library, and a partnership with InStyle.com linking to their extraordinary online makeover application. To see more of what our Web site has to offer please visit www.lookgoodfeelbetter.org.
Look Good…Feel Better is dedicated to improving the self-esteem and quality of life of people undergoing treatment for cancer. Through our programs, Web site, and blog we can share information, and inspiration to all those going through cancer treatment.
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The title of a submission is our "tie".
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Er... how does this rate on the exotic scale? It's.. um.. well, it's rare at least!
LBS has a cafe attached. I'm thinking a ride across town for a coffee is in order. It's not yet been on a ride longer than 5kms.
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The trooper tried to pull a vehicle over at Goucher and Fairmont avenues around 2:30 p.m., when the driver pulled away. The driver fled and ran a red light, striking a vehicle turning left onto Prince Road about a mile away, said Sgt. Marc Black, a state police spokesman. The fleeing driver's car then struck a second vehicle.
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Robert Glenn (Bob) Bailey, 80, of Hannibal, died at 10:40 a.m., Wednesday, December 5, 2012, at Monroe City Manor Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 8, 2012, at Smith Funeral Home & Chapel in Hannibal. Rev. Steve Goughnour will officiate. Burial will be at Grand View Burial Park. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at Smith Funeral Home & Chapel.
Bob was born on February 12, 1932, in La Belle, a son of Glenn R. and Thelma M. Thorpe Bailey. He married Katherine Ann (Kathy) McElroy on March 21, 1975, in Hannibal. She died on January 24, 2007.
Survivors include cousins, Otto (Sissie) Bailey of Hannibal, and Renee Ellis and Jeff Bailey. Another cousin also survives, Michael Lingenfelter and his family of Fulton, MO.
Bob grew up in La Belle and graduated from La Belle School and attended Gem City Business College in Quincy. He was a volunteer fireman with the La Belle Fire Department and was employed by Missouri Highway & Transportation Department for 42 years, retiring as a Supervisor. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving from March of 1952 to February of 1954, during the Korean Conflict.
Casketbearers will be Bill King, Charlie Dean, Al Barnard, Ronald Wells, Birney Herrick and Mark Knickerbocker
Memorials may be made to the James Cary Cancer Center, in care of Smith Funeral Home & Chapel. Online condolences to the family may be offered at www.smithfuneralhomeandchapel.com.
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Humans have explored the unknown since the dawn of time. Caves are one of the only wonders that haven't been completely explored. The world inside a cave is mysterious in many ways. The organisms living inside caves are adapted to thousands of years of evolutionary adaptations. Caves are also one of the only habitats on earth's that haven't been affected by human actions. Therefore, caves serve as natural laboratories where thousands of years of research has taken place.
There are four main commercial caves in the Hoosier state, Blue Spring Caverns, Wyandotte Caves, Marengo Caves and Squire Boone Caverns. Each of those caves differs from the other in different ways. Blue Spring Caverns offers tours in custom made boats on arguably the longest underground river in the United States. Wyandotte Caves are one of the only cave systems in the country that has a rich archaeological history – like mining, and storage. Squire Boone Caverns has beautiful waterfalls and rivers that transport thousands of tons of water every day. Marengo Cave has beautiful structures, and at first sight people question if the structures inside the cave are carved by artists.
Spelunking is not discouraged, but it is also not encouraged. Commercial caves in the 1800s served economical purposes, but today commercial caves also serve as edifices that help the public understand the environmental importance of these natural wonders.
The Cave environment is very fragile and its destruction results in the annihilation of the organisms, its natural beauty and the usable ground water. Therefore, just as we strive to protect mother earth's surface, we should also safeguard the world underground.
Choden is a Wabash College sophomore majoring biology. He is a Tibetan refugee who now calls Nepal home.
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Bus Won't Start - Solved!
June 11, 2006, 12:49:45 PM »
Hey guys (and gals),
I've been out working on my MC-8 today like I do almost every day.
I decided to start it just to keep it lubed and, mostly, to hear it run. It's an 8V71 with a 4-speed manual. It's been sitting since May '05, but started monthly and moved around the yard some. The fuel tank was filled before it was delivered, so it has about half a tank of fuel in it still. Today, it initially started within 1-2 seconds of pressing the starter button. It ran for a couple of seconds, then cut off. It did the same thing a second time. After that, the engine would rotate but without starting. The bus started and ran great when I started it back in late April.
So, what's the best way to go about diagnosing this? I'm thinking it's a fuel issue, as the engine was rebuilt about 30,000 miles ago. I had the bus serviced before I had it delivered last year and all the filters were replaced. I'm wondering if I might have algae in the fuel and a clogged filter. If so, what's the best way to clean this fuel and get rid of the algae? What's the best way to check for fuel pressure? I'm thinking that a fuel pressure gauge would be useful to have for monitoring filters.
I'm glad this happened in the driveway instead of on the road, but what now? I'm new to big Diesels, but am mechanically inclined and have the MCI books (service and parts). I'd love to hear any suggestions! Thanks.
Last Edit: June 14, 2006, 04:26:58 PM by DavidInWilmNC
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Re: Bus Won't Start
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June 11, 2006, 12:58:15 PM »
I'm not and MCI guy but this problem has come up a bunch of times on the board.
It is usually caused by fuel delivery failure caused by blocked filters or pump failure.
It can also be caused by accidentally hitting a "stop engine" toggle switch at the rear of the bus whcich is used by mechanics during maintenance.
Your problem sounds just like this and the exact same symptoms are caused by a partially blocked fuel filter.
GMCs have this but don't know about MCIs. This switch is air operated so the engine will start but once the air pressure builds up it stops the engine. It is a very frustrating thing, don't ask me how I know about it!
Please let us know what you find out once you get it running. Follow up helps us all.
Ash Flat, AR
Re: Bus Won't Start
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June 11, 2006, 01:25:49 PM »
Dave, sounds like the Emergency air damper might be closed. Check the 'reload' lever above the roots blower. If they can't breathe..they can't run. Other than that I'd look for a birds' nest or something in the air inlet system. It's 'spring' y'know, and these birds can get pretty industrious.
Have you cracked a vent on the secondary fuel filter to see if you have fuel on the cranking cycle? If you've got fuel and it'll turn it's an air problem.
Keep us posted....inquiring minds want to know!
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Re: Bus Won't Start
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June 11, 2006, 01:29:20 PM »
Exactly what Gusc said.
I have had both happen to me.
The fuel will seep through a clogged filter and let it run for a few minutes until it runs out.
The stop cylinder will have you chasing your tail until you figure it out, but you will never forget
Godd luck.
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Re: Bus Won't Start
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June 11, 2006, 01:55:23 PM »
Unless you have a lot of fuel in the tank that's been there for years, I don't think you have an algae problem.
It almost sounds like the engine lost it's prime, possibly because of a leaky check valve, or even a loose fuel line connection.
You didn't mention smoke, so I wouldn't think that it was the E-shutdown. Besides, with the E-shutdown closed, it will either not start or just barely start.
Like NCBob said, pull the secondary filter and see if it has fuel up to the rim. If not, it's lost it's prime. Try filling it and starting it again.
Check the primary filter and see if it's full. If not fill it too.
If nothing else, try putting a hose from the incoming side of the primary into a jug of diesel and see if it will prime it up that way and run.
Let us know what happens.
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Re: Bus Won't Start
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June 11, 2006, 03:14:14 PM »
David an easy way to get it primed back up is to get a soap bottle and fill it with diesel fuel then take a plug out of the fuel filter block and press the tip of the soap bottle in the hole and sqeeze while someone cranks it for you, keep squeeze'n fuel in until the bottle is at least 1/2 to 3/4 gone the quickly pull the bottle and use your finger to cover the hole. have your help give a lot of throttle if it roars quickly and responsively it's probably picking up fuel on it's own., put the plug back in and yer set to go! I used to use a electric pump to prime 'em until "The Man himself MAK" let me in on the soap bottle trick! Thanks Mike it has been a time, and hassle saving tip! BK
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June 11, 2006, 05:13:36 PM »
A week or so ago the wife and I were down to Chuck Lott's for a visit. One of the things he showed me which he did to his bus was the fuel priming system. A relatively inexpensive Bendix type automotive fuel pump hooked into the fuel system which allowed him to close a switch and prime the entire fuel system. He told me he puts the new filters up empty...and just hits the switch and "bingo" it's primed. I don't know all the particulars yet, whether he's got some valves he needs to close in order to accomplish the task at hand, but you can bet your sweet 'bippie' I'm going to find out.
For the price of a $60 pump....I need this misery?
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June 11, 2006, 08:48:05 PM »
Caterpillar recommends that all their filters be installed dry since you can introduce contamination into the fuel system with relatively unfiltered pump fuel. While the fuel systems on the 2 stroke Detroits will allow some contaminates to go through with their bigger clearances, the new electronic engines are much closer in tolerances and have much finer filters to compensate for this. So priming your filters with a electric priming pump is the best way to change your fuel filters. Good Luck, TomC
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Re: Bus Won't Start
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June 12, 2006, 10:09:53 AM »
Hi Dave,
Check your fuel level with a stick or whatever and verify that your level better than a 1/4 tank. If an MCI lists to the left, you'll run out of fuel with in spite of a considerable amount of fuel in the tank...
The bus has likely slugged air from somewhere.
If you have the usual MCI dual fuel filter layout, the secondary filter has a fitting on the discharge side (line to the injectors) where bleeding is possible if you'll install a primer pump.
I agree with Dallas, that unless you had some really old fuel in your tank, an algae problem is unlikely.
Air in the mechanical pump will stop you in your tracks. This is a good time to add a primer pump and sufficient plumbing bits to prime the engine. At a minimum, you'll need a ball valve in the supply line to prevent pumpng back into the tank. The pump would split (T in before and after)the ball valve.
If you buy an electric primer (highly recommended) don't buy a fuel injection or high pressure pump. Use one that is designed for carburetor use. High pressure pumps will push fuel around (or displace the seal) in the mech fuel pump and fuel up your oil with catastrophic results.
The same fitting on the secondary filter makes a good point to bleed from and verify that the mech fuel pump has fuel.
I keep a 2' piece of clear 1/4" tubing that will screw onto a fitting installed on the sec filter. Some coaches have a pressure switch located at the sec which controls the starter...prevents starter engagement with fuel pressure is present. If you have a small 2" Delco looking switch at the sec fuel filter, that's where the bleeding takes place. It's as good as any anyway.
I assuming you don't have the bus aired up with house air? If so, you may have a skinner valve issue. The E cutoff should be checked just verify that it isn't partially closed or stuck in some odd position. Probably verify function for the future.
Bleeding through the mechanical pump, depending on how much air is in the system, may take 15 or more minutes.
And, don't assume that fuel dripping into the tank from the return line indicates it's bled...may not be.
You need to get that bus out on the road and exercise it. Things will "happen" when sitting or run for just a few minites at a time.
FWIW, you should be able to screw a pressure guage into the sec fuel filter fitting and see about 20-30 lbs when cranking at normal crank speed....don't melt the starter while doing this. It should come right up. If no pressure, change fuel filters, check for fuel in tank, and it will have to be bled. A 2 cycle will not self-prime. The mechanical pump must be provided fuel for it to run. Anytime air is slugged into the system and it gets to the pump, it dies. Once you get it started, keep the RPMs up for a bit until it settles down and runs smoothly on all 8 cylinders. It'll purge whatever small air pockets are left...if you let it run initially at an idle, you'll be dinking around all day.
You could hit it with a small amount of ether and see if it runs....if not, bad...if it does, likely fuel issue.
Could be mech fuel pump failure...not likely. Leaking fuel line, leaky return check valve is possible. Low fuel should be ruled out. Broken or damaged fuel pickup is possible...not likely. Time for a primer! If you have fuel pressure when cranking the engine over..the problem isn't the fuel filters.
Water in the fuel is always a possiblilty, although, the filters would be full of water if that was the case. Again, not likely.
Keep us posted, JR
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June 12, 2006, 10:34:04 AM »
Hi JR,
Thanks for the reply. I think you've hit on everything I need to check. I do have the pressure sending unit t on the secondary filter. That's where I was thinking of adding a T and mounting a fuel pressure gauge. I guess I'll remove this sender and crank and look for fuel squirting from the hole! If I don't see any, that would seem to indicate that it's a fuel prime issue. How do you filter the primer fuel, or does one not worry about that? Where is the check valve located?
My mus does lean to the left, but it should have at least half a tank. I had the bus aired up to 120 thanks to my new big air compressor ( to run that 1" lug wrench!). I doubt if it's the emergency cut-off, as it did run fine for a few seconds. It sounds a bit odd when it cranks. I'm guessing that's because I really never hear it crank much. It generally starts as quick as I can push and release the starter button.
So, here's the game plan for this evening, unless it rains:
1) Check fuel level
2) Remove sender unit, crank engine, and look for fuel
3) If there's no fuel, remove and fill the filters, reinstall, and start - engine should run for a few seconds
4) If it still won't start, post here and ask new questions!
Thanks guys. I'll work on it this evening and report back.
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June 12, 2006, 04:50:42 PM »
Don't remove the sender to crank and watch for fuel....it
require bleeding after that. At a minimum, get a cheap pressure gauge and insert into the switch hole. Be quick about it. You can get a cheap pressure guage from Lowes or HD for $8 bucks....look in the well section (water pumps etc) for cheap guage. BTW, this $8 buck guage is a temp diagnostic tool, and is not to be used as a permanent guage. It couldn't handle the heat or vibration...it will establish whether or not the mech pump is working. Also keep in mind that no pressure doesn't necessarily indicate a bad pump...may just need bleeding. No pressure does indicate a fuel related issue.
Check valve is located at the bulkhead where the return line attaches to the hard lines. Also, someone could help here, there may be a check valve right behind the heads where the returns exit the heads...I'm not that familiar with the MUIs.
If you're airing the bus up prior to starting, the skinner valve would cut it off if for some reason a bad electrical connection was made between the ignition master and the skinner valve solenoid. This action would be visible. You can see the skinner valve work...someone could watch it and verify that it stays in the "run" position once started. If the bus isn't aired up, the skinner valve won't close...it defaults to "run" when no air. MUIs will occasionally start, run up air, and cut off. You get the point.
If youi change the fuel filters, even if filled with fuel, the fuel pump and engine lines will have to be bled. Unless something else turns up, bleeding the fuel system is the most likely temp fix. I say temp, because it shouldn't allow air incursion...so if that is your problem, look for loose fittings, hard or cracked fuel lines, maybe fuel pump seal, supply line. Keep check on your motor oil for fuel contamination. That would indicate a bad fuel pump or injector jumper. Feel free to pmail me if I can answer any questions...or call.
Good luck, JR
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June 12, 2006, 05:36:14 PM »
Thanks for all the info, JR. Unfortunately, a thunderstorm kept me from working on it tonight. A while back, I remember a couple web pages showing primer pump installations. I'm sure I saved it as a favorite, but it must be on my pc at work. Does anybody remember seeing these? I thought it was somewhere on BNO, but I don't see it there either. I know it's not all that difficult to do, but it would be handy to see where all the connections actually go. Thanks!
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Re: Bus Won't Start
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June 12, 2006, 05:58:06 PM »
Mine is on the input to the primary fuel filter.
I have a hand primer pump.
I have a 1/4 turn valve inline with the standard fuel line, I turn that off.
On the other side of the tee which feeds into the primary is another 1/4 turnvalve with a nipple that the pump hooks too.
I then just pump out of a spare gallon can of fuel I keep on hand.
Works like a champ
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June 12, 2006, 07:09:37 PM »
It doesn't matter where the connections go, as long as they are in parallel with the supply line. You need to be able to shunt the fuel from the supply thru the pump while blocking the supply line. That is clear as mud.
The pix you probably saw were posted on the Yahoo MCI site I believe. The concept is simple. The goal is to push fuel thru the filters and pump, while preventing return of fuel via the supply line.
Your best bet with a complete coach is to access the fuel line just in front of the primary fuel filter. T off the connection and into the primer pump at the bulkhead fitting. T back into at the primary filter inlet. You probably already have a ball valve located above the filter assemblies that shuts off the fuel when changing filters. Just shut the ball valve off and turn on the primer. You may want to consider a ball valve in the primer line so that fuel doesn't feed around the primer when changing the filters. Just keep the primer ball valve closed when in normal operating mode, and open when priming. The ball valve in the supply line is just the opposite....closed when priming and open when in normal operating mode.
I'm trying to figure out what I just said....this will work. I can send pix of the filter ball valve if you need. I'll have to go down and take a pix, but don't mind. Let me know if you want a sketch of a primer system. I could fax it to you. Pmail me for more. You've got my cell phone number?
Cheers, JR
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June 12, 2006, 09:41:19 PM »
The best place for the primer pump is as close to the tank as possible with some kind of vavle to keep from pumping fuel back into the tank. Since this is a suction system it is easier on the small elect pump to be close to the fuel.
One reason for this location is that it will drive air out of the system if there is a leak somewhere and when the air is out it will pump fuel out at the same location and show you where the leak is.
If you have it near the filter and there is a leak between the filter and the tank it will just suck in more air.
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Template Context
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The goal of this project is to develop an Windows display driver which uses X11 as output.
The driver will act as a mirror driver and will not replace the normal display driver of windows. All drawing activities are serialized into a stream protocol which is readable by a client application. The client application will convert the stream protocol into coresponding X11 calls and will manage window creation/closing, remote mouse and keyboard input.
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Well, You Take The Good, You Take The Bad, You Take Them Both And There You Have....
....the Facts of One Life to Live.
Some of the bad:
- First of all, Kim is the real Aubrey and actually Cutter's real sister. Bad enough in itself (can any character on this show be unrelated to someone else ever?). And so now the Wentworths were poor? I thought part of the whole deal with the back story was that Joey wouldn't believe Aubrey (aka Christine) was after his money because she came from the well-known Wentworth family. Didn't we hear phrases like, "She's a Wentworth, why would she marry for money?" several times?
- Just after they seemed to be giving Jack Manning some sliver of a conscience about his past misdeeds, they did a complete reversal. What a DICK, y'all. On top of everything else? He grabbed adorable little Sam and yelled at him that his father is dead.
Get your hands off little Sam, you little sociopath turd!
- Watching Cris try to reconnect with Jessica made me incredibly uncomfortable. There was something very sweet about it because there's something very sweet about Cristian, but it was a little cringe-inducing.
- Dani has already spent more episodes grieving over Victor than she did over the man she thought was her father for fifteen years. I realize Ross was just a recurring character and this was a male lead being killed off so it's obviously going to get more screen time, but I might still be bitter about Ross. It's not that I think this reaction is inappropriate, it's that that one lasted a day. And her big speech about how she's barely even met her biological father and the man she thought was her father is now dead? Eh, that should be old hat by now for her, right?
- Hints continue to be dropped fast and heavy that stupid effing Stacy Morasco is still alive.
Some of the good:
- The look on Blair's face when Jack said Todd should be dead. Here's how Blair feels about that idea --
Horror! Because she lo-o-o-oves Todd, y'all!
- The "Kim used to be way less hot" back story was kind of cute because the girl they showed us in that yearbook photo long ago isn't actually completely unconvincing as a less-hot Amanda Setton.
- Todd said Blair's name multiple times today. Multiple! I am easily pleased on some fronts.
- Todd mentioned several now-defunct Llanview landmarks.
- Cutter referred to Vimal as "the Vimster."
- Kim freaked out on Cutter for trying to scam Clint's family and also referred to Clint as "a genius." She got made a lot less fun today, but I still enjoy her loyalty to Clint.
- Starr and Dani are not going to be enemies just because Starr doesn't loathe their biological father the way Jack does.
You may have heard by now that Prospect Park, the producing organization of the planned online version of One Life to Live, finally released some information today about who they're speaking to (and who has agreed) regarding making the jump to the internet. So far we've got Erika Slezak (Viki), Kassie dePaiva (Blair), Ted King (Tomas), and Michael Easton (John) all having actually made agreements with Prospect Park (pending union approval). I'd say this is very promising news! What do you think?
Remember how last week I said I'd try to do a little "Memory Lane" addendum on my posts when time and energy permit, and then promptly left such a post-script off of every single post after the first one? Well, they may be more rare that I'd like (and oh yeah, I'm still trying to muster up a post for The Bold & the Beautiful, which is currently a television program about a girl who wants to wait till marriage for sex and a boy who doesn't want to wait and an entire town of people who discuss it at length), but here's one that I stayed up late for last night:
Babes Behind Bars! (This is just Part 6 here, but you can start the whole sequence at this YouTube channel.)
It's really remarkable to me that they managed to pull this off in the same year that they did a week of live episodes and an on-location "stranded on a desert island" storyline (as well as several more of the Starr cartoons I re-visited in my first Memory Lane stroll). What a great cast, and what a difference a budget and more rehearsal time makes. Go figure: a jukebox musical episode of the show that doesn't focus entirely on the teens!


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Well, here we have another attempt. After the failure of the overly complicated Google Wave (remember that? It was supposed to change the world and all that), Google is undertaking another attempt at social networking. It's called Google+. Update: Forget the crap I wrote here, this article is seven pages on insider information on Google+. Surprised by the beautiful interface? It's been designed by Andy Hertzfeld. The Andy Hertzfeld.
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DLR once again in charge of putting the radar satellite into operation
This morning, the fifth German reconnaissance satellite of the SAR-Lupe system was launched successfully from the Russian Plesetsk Cosmodrome south of Archangelsk. The Russian Cosmos-3M launch vehicle took off according to schedule at 4.40 Central European Summer Time (CEST) and about half an hour later released the radar satellite into its low Earth orbit, about 500 kilometres from the ground. The first communication between the German Space Operations Center (Deutsches Raumfahrt-Kontrollzentrum) of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen and the satellite showed that the satellite is functioning faultlessly. DLR has already started to put the satellite into operation.
The DLR German Space Operations Center in Oberpfaffenhofen will have operational control over the fifth SAR-Lupe satellite until it is transferred to the Bundeswehr (German Federal Armed Forces); the Space Operations Center will then assume backup control. Thomas Reiter, DLR Executive Board member for space research and development, said: "At DLR, we have a wealth of experience in positioning satellites and taking them into operation. Our Space Control Center in Oberpfaffenhofen has performed these tasks with great commitment and completed them successfully for the five SAR-Lupe satellites as well.
With SAR-Lupe 5, Germany's first satellite-supported reconnaissance system is completed. It consists of five identical small satellites and a ground station which is used to control the satellite and for receiving and processing the image data.
For OHB-System AG in Bremen, which as the prime contractor of the Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement (Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung; BWB) developed the overall system while overseeing a consortium of well-known European space technology companies, this successful launch means a glorious ending to yet another chapter of this success story. Today, Professor Manfred Fuchs, Chief Executive Officer of OHB-Systems AG, said: "This is a very special day for OHB. For our team, the successful launch of the fifth satellite concludes an important development and integration programme. During this project, we have been able to give an impressive demonstration of our technological know-how, and we have proven to be a competent and reliable partner for the Bundeswehr."
Since December 2007 already, the SAR-Lupe system has provided the Bundeswehr with a space-based system for collecting top quality information, with practically global coverage and independently of daylight and of the weather conditions. Within the framework of the ESGA project (Europäisierung der satellitengestützten Aufklärung; Europeanization of Satellite-based Reconnaissance), OHB has provided the technological basis needed to enable France to use the German radar system as well. In return, France has granted Germany access to the HELIOS II optical reconnaissance system.
Vice Admiral Wolfram Kühn, Deputy Inspector General of the Bundeswehr and Inspector of the Joint Support Service (Streitkräftebasis), said on the occasion of the successful launch: "SAR-Lupe takes the quality of support at the Bundeswehr, and thus in Germany as whole, for early crisis warning, crisis prevention and effective crisis management to a completely new level Timely and unimpeded access to high-resolution satellite images is of vital importance for improving situation assessment methods and thereby for improving Germany's capacity to judge situations, take action and make decisions. In terms of military policy, SAR-Lupe brings Germany up to par with other countries with regard to space-based imaging reconnaissance. The system forms the basis of an even closer Franco-German cooperation, which has already been put into practice since January. In addition to this it enables us to contribute our own experience to the discussions about follow-up systems, which are already in full swing. All things considered, it enhances the quality and effectiveness of our involvement in international consultation and decision-making processes."
The Bundeswehr's ground station in Gelsdorf near Bonn will track the satellite in parallel to DLR's activities, and after about four weeks, it will take over operational control. The SAR-Lupe system will be fully operational in the autumn.


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Tottenham Hotspur's Emmanuel Adebayor and Ledley King have expressed admiration for John Terry's strength of character after the Chelsea captain excelled in Thursday's draw at White Hart Lane on his first appearance since the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed he has a case to answer over an alleged racist remark directed at Queens Park Rangers' Anton Ferdinand.
Terry was subjected to prolonged abuse from the home support during the 1-1 draw but, after a shaky start, stamped his authority on the game and conjured a fine goalline clearance in added time to deny Adebayor a winner. The Chelsea manager, André Villas-Boas, claimed afterwards that the 31-year-old had "grown in terms of performance" since the alleged incident with Ferdinand at Loftus Road on 23 October. Terry, who denies any wrongdoing, will appear at West London magistrates' court on 1 February to be formally charged, when a date will be set for trial.
The strength of his display was acknowledged by his opponents in the wake of Thursday's derby. "There are a lot of problems for Chelsea, around players like John Terry, but I think we are human beings and we all have problems with our family, problems at home, things like that," said Adebayor, who had opened the scoring for Spurs early on. "But when you pull the shirt on, you just have to manage. It's difficult in your mind, to be honest, but you have to try and manage and put the problems behind you and work for your team.
"You have another 10 players who are there alongside you and you have to show them respect by working hard and doing whatever it takes. John Terry showed great personality, great character and did very well. You learn to deal with things through experience. It's not the first problem he's had in his life or in his career. He has had a couple of problems already and he knows how to deal with them."
Those sentiments were echoed by King, the Tottenham captain and a former England team-mate of Terry's. "He played well today, as did the rest of them," said King. "But he's a top player. He's got himself in the right position and saved his team at the end [after Adebayor's shot bypassed Petr Cech]. He's a strong character and lets his football do the talking out there. It doesn't surprise me that, with all that's happening off the pitch, he's able to put in performances like that."
The draw left Tottenham and Chelsea in third and fourth place respectively in the Premier League table, with each retaining hopes that they can mount a coherent title challenge in the new year. Chelsea's Ashley Cole said "five teams still have a chance", an acknowledgment of Arsenal's recent resurgence, and King admitted that Spurs find themselves in an unaccustomed position as challengers.
"Chelsea have been there before and that counts for a lot," said King. "They know what it takes [to win the league]. I don't remember going into Christmas in such a good position and it's a bit new to us but we're enjoying it. We're going out on the pitch and playing our football, confidence is high and we think we can beat everyone. Maybe the pressure's off us to just go out and play and surprise a few people.
"But we would definitely be disappointed if we didn't finish in the top four from here. With the squad we've got we're more than capable of that. I'm confident we can keep going and produce the results for the remainder of the season. It's very tight in the top four. Chelsea beat Manchester City [this month] and that was a good result at the time. It's swings and roundabouts. The only thing you can do is take care of your own form but we've got the players and the squad to give it a good push."
Both clubs will assess the fitness of key players over the Christmas weekend before next week's fixtures. Chelsea are without Mikel John Obi, most likely for three weeks, because of a hamstring injury sustained at White Hart Lane, and are braced to be without Branislav Ivanovic against Fulham on Boxing Day for the same reason.
Villas-Boas is also waiting on an assessment of David Luiz's recovery from a knee complaint. The Brazilian has missed the recent draws with Wigan and Spurs but will be needed in Monday's derby, for which his compatriot Ramires is suspended.
Tottenham lost Younès Kaboul and Rafael van der Vaart to hamstring trouble, problems that have also afflicted Jermain Defoe and King, leaving Harry Redknapp juggling his resources before Tuesday's trip to Norwich.
This article was written by Dominic Fifield, for The Guardian on Friday 23rd December 2011 22.30 Europe/London
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TROY - More than 300 rising high school juniors are on Troy University's Troy Campus for the Alabama Leadership Seminar's Hugh O'Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Conference May 26-28.
The event marks the 13th time in the conference's 32-year history in Alabama that it will be held at the University.
Modeled after HOBY's World Leadership Congress, and part of the HOBY program, the seminar provides an opportunity to build on leadership skills already possessed by the student ambassadors. Students are nominated by their respective high schools and are chosen to attend based on emerging leadership ability, the ability to work well with others, a desire for new pursuits and a willingness to learn and share.
Students will hear from a wide variety of speakers on volunteerism, public and civic service and current events. They will also develop skits, write papers and meet with business and government leaders during the weekend.
One boy and one girl representing the state of Alabama will be chosen from the seminar to attend the HOBY World Leadership Congress in Chicago in late July.
Nationwide, HOBY has had more than 375,000 student ambassadors since its founding in 1958 by actor Hugh O'Brian, most famous for his ABC Television role of Wyatt Earp.


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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has created a Virtual rock band called Bäackpain to promote wider public awareness of back pain. The band has done well on MySpace and is getting mixed reactions from the press and media so far.
And as VNUnet.com says:
To add authenticity to the whole spoof, there are connections from the site to a Bäackpain entry on MySpace, and you can even buy Ben Yourney's spandex outfit on eBay.
What a fantastic burst of rare creativity from what I have always viewed as rather stuffy part of government. I know I'm usually cynical about all this kind of thing, and the more I think about it the more I think I should be. But credit where credit is due and the eBay touch is a lovely one.
It is perfectly pitched at the children of the eighties, those who are enjoying the Hoff's return (also through the medium of Internet and social media - interesting), and the slight revival of the fashions and 'rawk' attitudes and who are most likely to know and understand all the quirks of the social media (but not too much - lets not pretend that MySpace is massively cutting edge - just youthfully exclusive enough).
Anyway, this is an interesting, good example of how even unsexy, haggard back pain can be put through the harley street school of promotion by Internet, and emerge a pneumatic, and beautiful specimen. And the best example of one I can think of just now.
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