It was an exhibition of stupidity and hubris, but golf architects could help by routing cartpaths where shots are likely to end up, and by installing yardage markers on the paths. We can help, too. When I hit my ball into a hopeless position far from any pavement, I don''t wander around like an amnesia victim. I leave the cart with my partner, sling my bag over my shoulder, and finish the hole on foot. In this technological age of computerized golf carts with global positioning systems that read yardages and keep score, several resorts have begun offering retro caddie services and courses for walkers only.

The path of fuel flow through the system is pretty simple. Diesel fuel tanks normally are positioned above the engine''s fuel-injection pump to provide a positive pressure head to the fuel filter and transfer pump. This positioning assures easy priming of the system and assists fuel flow as the filters become more restricted. The fuel is moved by the transfer pump (usually a diaphragm type).The transfer pump, normally with the help of gravity, pulls the fuel through a primary filter and pushes it through a secondary filter before the fuel reaches the main pump. When a camshaft lobe in the injection pump lowers the plunger, the transfer pump pushes fuel into the chamber above the plunger in proportion to the position of the metering system. As the engine camshaft rotates, the injection pump plunger rises, pushing the fuel at high pressure out of the delivery valve, into the high-pressure fuel lines, and on to the injector nozzle. The high-pressure fuel inside the injector nozzle surrounds the valve (piston) and pushes up on the piston step against a predetermined spring setting. As the piston lifts, fuel leaves the nozzle tip and flows out the nozzle orifice into the pre-combustion chamber or cylinder.

To counter declining profits, Air Products will implement a global cost reduction plan to reduce capacity and costs. "First, we have shut down or will divest several underutilized facilities within our gases and chemicals segments," says chairman and CEO John P. Jones. "Second, we are implementing cost reductions to improve productivity, including balancing engineering resources with project activity. And third, we are reducing the number of management positions in the company to streamline our structure. Collectively, these actions will result in the elimination of 461 positions worldwide." The program is aimed at saving $38 million in fiscal 2004.As part of the restructuring, Air Products will shut down two liquid oxygen/liquid nitrogen plants at undisclosed locations. The company is also actively seeking a buyer for its $65 million to $70 million European methylamines business and is setting up its US methylamines business for divesture, having already closed its methanol and ammonia plant in Pensacola, Fla., notes Bane of America Securities analyst Mark Gulley.

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