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EARTH: Managing the seismic risk posed by wastewater disposalApril 19, 2012
Alexandria, VA - The debate over hydraulic fracturing has recently focused on the rise in seismicity throughout the primarily stable interior of the United States. These intraplate regions, though not unfamiliar with earthquakes, have been experiencing an increased amount of seismic activity in the last decade. This unusual increase is likely to be caused in part by wastewater disposal practices related to natural gas production. With such a sensitive issue it is important to keep the facts in perspective: No earthquake triggered by fluid injection has ever caused serious injury or significant damage. Moreover, approximately 140,000 wastewater disposal wells have been operating safely and without incident in the U.S. for many decades. Nevertheless, minor seismicity can occur, and it is important to recognize that with proper planning, monitoring and response the occurrence of small-to-moderate earthquakes associated with fluid injection can be reduced and the risks associated with such events effectively managed.
What steps can we take in order to safely practice wastewater injection? In the April issue of EARTH Magazine, Mark D. Zoback, professor of geophysics at Stanford University puts forward five steps that can be taken to reduce the probability of triggering seismicity associated with fluid injection. Zoback argues that through proper study and planning prior to injection, careful monitoring in areas where seismicity might be triggered, and careful training of operators and regulators will help to manage the seismic risk posed by wastewater disposal. To learn more, read the full article online at http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/managing-seismic-risk-posed-wastewater-disposal
Read this story and more in the April issue of EARTH magazine, available online at http://www.earthmagazine.org/. Explore the archaeology, volcanoes and hot springs of the Northern Atacama Desert; Probe the limits of the solar system with Voyager 1; and, unearth the mechanics of crustal thinning.
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When someone mentions the Department of Defense (DoD), one of the last things that might come to mind is Chesapeake Bay restoration. But the DoD is actually the second largest landholder in the watershed (657 square miles), after the USDA Forest Service (3,757 square miles). The DoD has been working to improve the Bay since 1984, when it was the first federal agency to become formally involved in Bay restoration.
The DoD recently published Defending Our National Treasures: A Department of Defense Chesapeake Bay Restoration Partnership 1998-2004, a report that describes the agency's restoration initiatives over the past 10 years.
Defending Our National Treasures also presents four case studies, one of which details DoD's restoration effort along the Elizabeth River in Hampton Roads, Virginia. The Elizabeth River watershed includes nearly 200 square miles of the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake and Virginia Beach. Ninety percent of this area is developed and highly industrialized. Since 1944, half of the river's wetland habitat has been lost. The Elizabeth River is home to the world's largest naval base and one of the busiest ports in the world. With all this development, the health of the river has gone by the wayside. The Bay Program has designated the river as an "area of concern" due to high levels of contaminants in the water and bottom sediments.
The DoD has set up restoration efforts at two locations along the Elizabeth River: Paradise Creek and the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The Navy received the 2004 Coastal America Spirit Award for its Elizabeth River restoration projects.
Paradise Creek is the site of the New Gosport landfill, which contains over 55,000 tons of contaminated soil. The Navy formed a partnership with government and nonprofit organizations to formulate a cleanup plan. The restoration plan saved the state millions of dollars while restoring 1.9 acres of tidal wetlands and 1.1 acres of upland habitat.
Similarly at the Norfolk Navy Shipyard, DoD restored a site with 44,000 tons of contaminated soil by establishing an agreement and restoration partnership with local organizations. They restored 1.3 acres of tidal wetlands and 1.6 acres of riparian forest buffers.
Because of the DoD's large land stake in the Bay watershed, the agency will continue to be a vital partner for future restoration efforts throughout the region. Only by establishing and maintaining partnerships can we hope to make the waters of the Chesapeake a little clearer for all.
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You've likely experienced older adults with hearing aids struggling to hear what you're saying to them before. So you probably feel like hearing loss might have something to do with age, right?
But have you ever considered which types of sounds they find the hardest to hear? Since sounds are made of waves which vibrate at different frequencies, some are higher pitched than others. Consequently, certain types of sounds are harder to hear! Consider dog whistles. People can't hear them, but dogs can. Why? Because dogs' ears pick up that higher frequency much better than human ears can.
Frequency is simply how fast or slow a sound wave vibrates. Higher-pitched sounds, like whistles, have a higher frequency and vibrate faster. Lower-pitched sounds, like the rumbling of an engine, have a lower frequency, so they vibrate more slowly. So which frequencies are harder to hear?
There's a sound that is supposed to annoy teenagers and keep them from loitering in front of shops and stores. It's called the Mosquito, and it's supposed to be undetectable by adults.
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- Listen to the Mosquito sound on your mp3 player or laptop. Can you hear it? How would you describe the sound? Is it a high-pitched or low-pitched sound? What do you think this tells you about its frequency?
- Set up your laptop or mp3 player so the Mosquito sound is ready.
- Make your best guess about what you think will happen. Who will be able to hear the Mosquito sound? How young do you think your volunteers will need to be to hear the sound?
- Have volunteers come over one at a time and put on the headphones.
- Play the Mosquito sound file for them.
- Explain to the volunteer that he should raise his right hand if he hears anything.
- Record your results as you test observe each volunteer.
Your results may vary, but you likely found that the Mosquito sound was detected less frequently by your older volunteers. Volunteers under 25 should have been able to hear the sound, and younger volunteers should have been able to hear the sound easily.
The older age group had trouble hearing the Mosquito because as we become older, our ability to hear high-pitched frequencies decreases. This process is called presbycusis. Frequency is measured in kilohertz (kHz), and the average adult human is able to hear sounds between .02 and 16 kilohertz. The Mosquito sound has a frequency of 17.4 kilohertz, making it quite a difficult sound for certain populations to hear!
Want to dig deeper into this experiment? Try expanding the age range of your volunteers. Try testing a wider variety of frequencies. You could also try to find out whether men or women are better at retaining their hearing into old age. Whatever changes you make, make sure to change only one variable at a time so that you get conclusive answers to whatever new questions you set out to explore!


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We are developing and maintaining relations between the two countries on a wide range of political, commercial, security and economic issues of interest to both countries.
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Read our guidance on coping with death abroad as well as our bereavement guide in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Inside Lacrosse had the pleasure of hosting Richard Bos, a native from the Netherlands finishing his master's degree in Journalism, this spring. Richard fit right in as a huge lacrosse enthusiast, and took advantage of living in Baltimore by playing local club and coaching a youth team. Rich is back in the Netherlands but we look forward to handing out again.
A little note about myself first: I came to Baltimore at the end of February to intern at Inside Lacrosse and to live it up in the US. I'm a lacrosse player from the Netherlands and hooked up with a local lacrosse team (Baltimore Lacrosse Club) through Facebook before arriving. And the rest, as they say, is history.
When I went to check out a BLC game only days after setting foot on American soil, the first thought going through my head was "I'll never be able to run with these guys." My lacrosse background is limited. I started playing when I was 20 years old (which is probably 13 years later than most of you here) and spent 6 years playing as a goalie. Sure, there was the little stint as assistant coach for the Dutch National Team back in 2008, but nothing that could prepare me for this. What made it worse; BLC appeared to have four goalies already. It was time for me to find out just how much the Insanity workout had paid off as I made the switch to middie.
But that's not the point of this story. Through BLC, I met Jordan who, it turned out a couple weeks later, coached youth lacrosse out in Catonsville, MD. Knowing that I had practice after the youth team, I figured I'd roll by and see if I could be of any help. When I went in, I didn't really know what to expect. Was I going to see a bunch of kids stumbling onto the field halfheartedly, trying to rake groundballs in panic in grass that was so tall it was hard to spot the ball, or was I going to be coaching a team of future All-Stars? While there was a little bit of the former, the latter is far truer. Diamonds in the rough that needed a little polishing before going off to different high schools once summer is over (Spalding, Mt. St. Joe, Catonsville High etc.). It was time for me to see whether I would be able to coach Catonsville C1.
From my own experience, lacrosse is all about the fundamentals. So together with the rest of the staff, we brought it down to the very basics. This meant 30 to 45 minutes of basic stick work every single practice. Line drills, dodging drills, shooting drills, ground ball battles etc. Everything to make sure the players were as comfortable as possible handling the ball. Two practices a week didn't seem to cut it at times, so Coach Jordan and I would go out on Saturday mornings to run a practice which focused more on the upcoming game. In those practices, we'd run plays, go through the motions of the pick 'n roll and just getting shooting reps in on the cage, both from outside and inside.
Within only a few weeks, the players turned into a unit, started thinking like a team, looking for opportunities not only to score, but also to notch an assist or to give someone else a wide-open angle by drawing a defender off of him. The work we as coaches were doing was paying off and let me tell you, there is no better feeling than to see the kids you coach applying the things you told them during practice. Unselfish play became the name of the game. Failed drives from X made way for assists, easy saves made way for open arc shots and shoulder dips. Picks, screens and dodges became something natural.
As a coach, it is a great feeling you have numbers on your side. Our roster had 23 players on it. 23 guys fully dedicated to the game of lacrosse, some going above and beyond to make it to practice, ditching field trips or working late into the night on school projects so they could come and play ball. They all developed a winning mentality (but that might've been the extra runs we made them do if they messed around during practice). Some guys complained at times while others didn't even peep. But all of them started seeing their hard work pay off.
The offense could scrap with the best of them, our middies ran like the wind and hustled for groundballs and our defense was solid as a rock. By the time it came down to the last few games, our players had formed into a team. They knew each others strengths and weaknesses and developed a lacrosse IQ which allowed them to scout the opponent in minutes and adapt their play.
When it all came down to it, the team went 8-2 in the regular season, with a close loss against Towsontowne and a far bigger loss against Cockeysville both in the same week. Each season has speedbumps and no road is ever perfectly straight, but the road to the championship started right then an there, with the team ready to prove that they have what it takes to hang with the big boys.
Those two losses were a wake-up call, a message that we weren't going to have it easy. The team bounced back with a seven-game win streak, including a heart-stopping one goal game against Hereford and a 7-3 playoff win over Towsontowne to advance to the championship game for the first time in program history. Fate would have it we were facing Cockeysville again, but this time we were far better prepared. We fell behind early, but answered back with five unanswered goals to bring it within one. The battle was on.
It was a hard-fought battle that ended in a 10-7 loss, but there are victories to be had in every loss. You guys are ready to play at the next level and that was our goal. I'm extremely proud of the whole team for what they have achieved in such a short amount of time. Dirty wins aren't wins in my book. Playing with respect for the other team is far more important than that and from my point of view, respect is something we did not get out on that field. If we're talking new heated MYLA rivalries, watch out for the Catonsville C1 – Cockeysville next year.
This was my first time coaching for an extended period of time and I fell in love with it. If you are out there looking for something that will make you feel like you're contributing and doing some good, coach youth lacrosse. It is the single most gratifying thing I have ever done. The kids soak up your words like sponges; get better on a daily basis. And guess what, Cockeysville only had 18 goals scored against them the entire season and Catonsville C1 scored eight of those, finishing with a 110 goals scored and only 53 scored against, finishing the season with a 10-3 record.
To Catonsville; three H's, gentlemen, I'm proud of you. To the parents: thanks for the unwavering support throughout the season and getting your kids to the practices and games. To the rest of the coaching staff: thanks for a great season and an eye-opening experience.
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Vancouver-region transit police say some passengers have become convinced they can pry open the doors of stalled SkyTrain cars since a pair of shutdowns across the light-rail system last month. The result: a new effort to fine offending passengers $115.
The options for such fines have long been on the books, but not used by the police force that patrols the light rail, buses and SeaBus ferries and other operations of Lower Mainland transit.
But police say media and social-media images of passengers walking the tracks of SkyTrain after bailing on cars stalled between stations last month have convinced some passengers they can just exit during short, routine delays.
"These are very brief delays where people, almost as soon as the train stops, are deciding to pry the door open and pop out," Anne Drennan, a Transit Police spokewoman, said Tuesday. "It would appear the coverage of the shutdowns had this effect on a certain number of people. Our concern is that if this continues, it's just a matter of time probably before something major happens."
There have been five such exits since July 21, when a mishap adjusting the main control panel shut down the system for hours, stranding thousands of passengers. Some of them took a do-it-yourself approach to their rescue after the trains stopped and the public-address system crashed so the transit authority could not communicate with stranded passengers.
Last weekend, a man on a train paused for a routine stop near BC Place stadium waited moments before prying open the doors, jumping out of the train and running to the next station, where he fled ahead of transit police.
"This is something that's relatively new to us," Ms. Drennan said. "It has only started since the systemwide shutdowns."
Police are now going to investigate all such incidents and issue fines of $115 under provincial violations of interfering with the operation of a transit vehicle or preventing or delaying the closing of a transit-vehicle door.
"We feel that we've reached the point where we had to put out a pretty strong message that this is not something that can be tolerated, and there are penalities in place and we will use those penalities," Ms. Drennan said.
The situation has prompted the regional transit authority, TransLink, to begin developing its first-ever public education campaign to persuade passengers to stay in stalled trains – a mix of social media, baseball-card-style handouts and advertising on train platforms and in cars that should be ready to go in six weeks, said Colleen Brennan, a spokeswoman for TransLink.
Ms. Brennan said passengers are evacuating cars even when there are public-address announcements warning of short delays. Despite an independent audit of the recent shutdowns due in October, TransLink has decided it can't wait to start warning passengers, Ms. Brennan said. "We don't want to wait for [the report]. We need to get on it," she said.
Passengers who bail on cars risk electrocution due to a 600-volt charge in the guideway. Ms. Drennan also said police fear fleeing passengers will fall off elevated tracks. And trains cannot move unless doors are closed, causing further delays.
Ironically, Ms. Drennen said last month police would not be ticketing passengers because the force could understand their frustration during long delays – though police did not recommend such exits. "We felt this would simply be adding insult to injury," she said Tuesday, recalling the earlier view.
Peter Suedfeld, a professor of environmental psychology at the University of British Columbia, said it would appear passengers have noted that there were no consequences for people who fled the trains during the July shutdowns. He said TransLink might find it easier to retrofit the doors so they won't open than to change passenger behaviour.Report Typo/Error
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If you have a child who struggles with developing an appropriate pencil grasp or fine motor skills in general, try playing with toothpicks. In this photo, the child who struggles with fine motor strength, grasp, and hand dominance had to unscrew the cap of the cinnamon bottle (bilateral skills to hold the bottle with one hand, unscrew with the emerging dominant hand) and then problem solve how to get them out. She then pushed the toothpicks into the play dough to make a porcupine (took a lot of strength). Then later she pulled them out (also took quite a bit of strength) and placed them one by one into the tiny holes of the cinnamon bottle while stabilizing the bottle with her other hand.
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I was taught to behave like a lady; when it calls for it, I usually do.
This would include saying "Thank you" and not burping or passing gas in public unless it was absolutely necessary.
Ridiculously, I stand in line patiently waiting with hundreds of other women to use a 2-seater bathroom. After 15 minutes, and not wearing Depends, one has to say, "This is stupid."
I would have to surmise that most architects are men and they pay no attention to the number of women that must wait for the facilities, nor the time allotted to perform the same tasks a man would. If the architect was astute, he would allocate triple the number of women's stalls than men's.
I attended a writer's conference in Raleigh. Most of the day was unmemorable, but the bathroom incident was not.
The line out the door was 20 women deep. One woman behind me said, "I'm going to use the men's room." She cautiously opens the door, "Anyone in here?" There was no answer and she triumphantly held open the door saying, "If anyone would like to join me, I'll watch the door.
I imagined that she had been to numerous concerts and used the men's room often. I was so gullible, taken in with her commanding performance, so against my lady-like upbringing, I went in.
"I'll watch the door for you," she said.
I go into the only one-person stall, shut the door and felt immediate relief. Little did I know that she left the bathroom without telling me.
I came out of the stall to wash my hands and a man was standing at a urinal. He turns to look at me and I think I'm going to die. I immediately go back into the stall and brace the door. I wait. Poor man, he probably burst his bladder peeing so fast.
Then he leaves before washing his hands. Even worse, lunch is in 45 minutes!
Imagine the scuttlebutt in the hallway and the man identifying me to others, branded for the life of the workshop.
I come out of the stall and the strange woman re-enters. "He had to go, so I left."
"I guess I should watch for you," I said. Five seconds later, I left. Turn about and all that…
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But it isn't really the MTA's fault that—with the exception of the much-maligned G train—there is no subcutaneous connective tissue between the counties of Kings and Queens. According to a recent piece in The Atlantic's Cities blog, the New York City subway was initially conceived as a commuter line; and in the early 1900s and well beyond, the jobs were all in Manhattan.
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Something like that would make it really difficult for me to sleep. +1 on the lights and cameras and you should also let all your neighbors know what you encountered.
This is a discussion on I think my house was being scouted within the Home (And Away From Home) Defense Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; I got home from the gun range and then a late meal,my range buddy and I usually go eat after shooting for around 2 to ...
I got home from the gun range and then a late meal,my range buddy and I usually go eat after shooting for around 2 to 3 hours.As I'm turning down my street my house is about 5 from the corner,I see 3 teenage kids walking across my yard coming from between my neighbors house and mine.our yards are totally fenced in.
As I get about 20 feet away a fourth kid appears from between the houses and I'm now at condition red,nobody has any business in that area at 11:30 pm,I get out of my jeep and yell hey what the F are you doing in my yard,I get some kinda BS backtalk,So I call 911 and the dispatcher asks if my house was broken into,I tell him I don't know but they need to get these kids checked out,he tells me to call their non emergency number.I shoulda told him if they had a buncha my stuff when they came outta my yard I woulda been calling for an ambulance.
They had a Police chase after some burglars in the sub division down the street from mine last week and one car they were chasing ran headon into a SUV killing 2 people and injuring 3.That's It tomorrow my house gets ringed with motion activated lights,and I'm putting up a few wireless IR cameras
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC .
Something like that would make it really difficult for me to sleep. +1 on the lights and cameras and you should also let all your neighbors know what you encountered.
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I agree with everything that deadeye72 said. Get those motion-activated lights installed ASAP and talk with the neighbors. Also I'd get a dog.
claymore mines.... problem solved.
errmmm... yeah cameras and light would work too.
There is something about firing 4,200 thirty millimeter rounds/min that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
I know they are just kids, but as you say your yards are totally fenced in, then they had to jump in your fence (trespassing) or is their gaps in between? It's 11:30 P.M. Not clear enough for you to see clearly if they are armed or not + trespassing, touchy situation for sure.
"I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger" Mencius"
yes they were checking you out. you got home just in time.
An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
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I would definately look into security lighting, a dog, trimming any bushes that would give cover to someone hanging around where they don't belong. Reinforce doors and locks, talk with others in the neighborhood and possibly start a neighborhood watch. Keep a close watch on anything that even hints of being suspicious and get the neighbors on board about reporting anything unusual, multiple calls may get them more interesting in responding if there are more incidents in the future.
Check again with the PD and see if they have a crime prevention department, talk with someone about extra patrols in the area, express that you and several neighbors are concerned about the recent activites.
I'm sure I don't have to tell you to carry 24/7.
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I've heard everything from people planting thorn bushes under windows to getting motion detectors that "bark" like a dog when tripped.
There is something about firing 4,200 thirty millimeter rounds/min that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Non emergency for active trespass? Nice.
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I agree with you on that one; get the IR cameras, thats what we have and they work great. They are hooked up to a DVR that records about 60 days worth of video before it starts erasing previous events. I have one real camera overlooking each side of the house/yard, and two fake ones that are set in plain view on the front and the back of the house. They are even triggered by motion and move when someone approaches. The real ones are up high and cannot be found unless you really look for them. We have motion lights as well, and those are probably the biggest deterrent overall. I do also have a couple of motion sensors that buzz a small alarm in my bedroom to let me know if someone is approaching the house, so I can look at the cameras to see what is going on. Given what some LEO buddies told me about home invasions, we figured it would buy us a few extra seconds to get ready. At 3am, an extra 30 seconds to clear the cobwebs could mean a lot.
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"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined". - Patrick Henry
You should of told the dispatcher you were entering your house with your gun drawn and you felt sorry for anybody that might be in there. :)
There is a 6 ft fence that runs between all the houses,set back about 12 feet from the front of the house,to enter anybodys back yards you have to enter thru a gate,there is a back fence that runs the entire length with side fences seperating the yardsI have one on each side of my house one walk thru for a person and one larger for my riding lawnmower,my neighbour has a motion activated light that if you even move between our property on that side of the house it lights up,that's how I sqw the little "angel"s coming out of my yard as I was coming down the street and actually caught one coming across my driveway,I have alarms on all my windows,if the window gets raised an Inch they let out a piercing shreek,I'm gonna be calling the Police and letting them know what a buncha BS there dispatch center is,Guess I shoulda said I just shot the little... and when they showed up and said I thought you said you shot em I woulda said you told me to call another number 1911,I will be cutting off some 4 penny nails and driving them in to the tops of my fence boards just leaving them sticking up about an inch anybody grabs the top of the fence to try to climb over will be leaving a blood trail
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC .
Well, at least you live in the best state for protecting your 'stuff', and I do feel that people should be able to protect their stuff. I have no problem with giving someone some major 'health issues' over taking stuff that might interfer with my livelhood...enough people don't feel that way, until that is, that their 'stuff' is taken.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Reminds me of something I read some where. An elderly couple heard a rucuss in there shed so he goes to investigate and sees some guys rummaging threw his stuff and taking thing's so he calls 911. Dispatcher tells him it will be 30-45 minutes everyone is busy so he hangs up and calls back 2 minutes later. Tells 911 that he just shot a guy for stealing his stuff. LEO was there in minutes.
I am sure I botched that but it was a long time ago I read that.


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1997 Deville Alternator Wire problem
Hello everyone, first post for me. Until now I've found everything I need just by lurking, came across a problem that I need to register and post for today. Not a bad thing for sure.
Alright, so I bought this '97 Deville from a local auction a few weeks ago. Drove it home just fine (20 miles); then my wife took it to the store, and that's where the problems started. She told me the dash said "Service Charging System" and then the car shut down. So I took the alternator and battery out and had them tested at 3 different places, pass-pass-pass.
Confused I went to put them back in, upon reconnecting the alternator I noticed a bare wire and decided to investigate. What I found was all kinds of messed up. The wire was twisted and electrical taped together in a few places, and right at the connector to the alternator there was a butt-connector holding one of the wires together. The reason I didn't see it before was because they replaced the plastic sheathing around the wires, and taped that.
Anyhow, my problem: I only see 2 wires branching off the main harness, and when I look up a replacement connector, they have 3 wires. Did someone "fix" this improperly? And how hard will it be to fix? ( I can rewire it but I wanted to ask here before I started )
Thanks a lot for the resources, and thanks in advance for any answers.
EDIT: All of the wiring diagrams I can find do not specify the year and/or model so I am unsure of what I'm finding.
Re: 1997 Deville Alternator Wire problem
So no one knows anything about the wires that I'm supposed to plug in to the alternator?
Re: 1997 Deville Alternator Wire problem
I believe the connector has four slots (one big, three small) and there are only two that will be used.
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Thank you Maeng9811, I appreciate that.


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Facing the dilemma
My hand is starting to heal up enough for me to enjoy some more Halloween Gaming. So if that's the case then it can also handle some blog posting as well. Things are really starting to wind down to the big day and for the most part I've found myself enjoying it to the fullest. Though I don't have much to stress about when it comes to choosing my Octoberween activities (the least of my worries is whether to watch/read/listen/game) I've found myself fighting a temptation. As much as I despise Online Pass titles, and thus swear to never buy/play them until their Online Pass system is removed, I can't help but be drawn toward one particular game that came out at the beginning of this year. I was actually interested in buying it only to find out that the game had the gall to have PSN Pass attached to it. But even as I count down my Top 11 Halloween Games for 2013, "The Last of Us" keeps popping in under my radar. I hear people raving about it, planning on replaying it during Halloween and just generally chit chat about this game all this month. Even allies I follow speak high praise of this game and compel me to at least give it a chance. So far I'm still on the fence on the issue but who knows? I still have 5 more games to go and I'm still batting the idea around in my head. But for now I'll talk about a different PS3 title that has found its way on my list this year.
In truth I've been meaning to add this game for quite some time now. It's been on my radar ever since I tried out their demos long ago when I first owned my Phat model, B/C PS3 There were two different demos offered of this game and I enjoyed them quite well during the time I played them. Yet despite many opportunities offered to me I never got around to buying this title. So given that the new PS4 is coming I thought it fitting I revisit this pre-trophy era PS3 title and give it the love it deserves. That game is none other than my number 6 pick for my Top 11 Halloween Games for 2013: Folklore
Folklore is one of the few titles that had no trophy support as well as an optional hard drive installs function for its time. So I don't find it surprising that not many people may know much about this title when at the time most gamers were amazed with the concept of the PS3's "Cell Processing" potential. Given it was a new IP I'm sure many were not prepared for what this game had to offer. Though the game gives out a general "dark fantasy" vibe when you look at the box art, and even listen to the game's title screen music, there is a sense of the supernatural in the game's general theme when you fully dive into the world (and Netherworld) of Folklore. You get to play the part of two distinct characters in this title. You get to play as either Ellen, a young girl who's trying to solve the mystery of her past, as well as to learn how her mother could've sent her a letter that tells her to visit her in the Irish town of Doolin when she was lead to believe that her mother passed away. Or Keats, a young man who is a reporter for an occult magazine who gets a strange phone call from a mysterious person speaking about the town of Doolin. As both Ellen and Keats arrive at this lone town, which happens to be on an island, they eventually cross paths which lead them into a murder mystery as well as their respective quests to learn the truth about themselves and why they are there.
So what makes this game a good choice of a Halloween title? If I have to put it bluntly it's because this game looks like something out of a Guillermo del Toro movie. From the general theme to the monster creations, they all seem to give off the flair of either "Pan's Labyrinth" or "Hellboy" in one form or another. Just the fact that your characters take on the roles of messenger and guardian to the land of the Dead is enough in my book to make it worthy of a Halloween night play thru. Basically Ellen and Keats end up becoming realm walkers as they venture into the Netherworld to find the clues and speak to the dead in solving their respective mysteries. Originally you're only able to travel to the Netherworld on a specific night but later on in the game you're able to venture back with the help of a dead person's memento that allows you to travel between the realms in search of them. Even the fairies living in the netherworld keep asking why it's been so long since any living mortals ever visited given how in the past it was a fairly frequent when humans once walked the land of the dead, which gives you the feeling of unfamiliar welcomeness from the game's inhabitants thus adding to the adventure as you explore the beauty and wonder that is that realm.
But if you think the dead are only confined to the netherworld you'd be sorely mistaken. Though during the day the town of Doolin is inhabited by the usual living residents of the town, it eventually becomes a cross roads for other souls and spirits in the night where they reside at the town's local pub. As you'll be spending a good amount of time in Doolin, you'll be performing different tasks during the day as you search for clues that lead you back to the Netherworld. And as the night falls on Doolin you spend that time chatting with the other ghosts and spirits that frequent the area to gain tips on what is to be done in your quests. It's an amazing setting that gives way to the general feel of what it would be like to be in a realm where Ellen and Keats are able to travel to between realms with their own respective, intertwining narratives. Add to that the stories of dark themes explored in this game (I dare not reveal too much) give this "dark fantasy" title enough supernatural elements to make any Halloween Gaming night worthwhile.
The actual narrative itself is rather unique in its method of storytelling. One moment it'll be a CG cutscene that drives the story. Then it'll switch things up to a comic book-like narrative where you'll see your character on screen yet instead of voice work, you read word bubbles to progress the story. Other times when you interact with other NPC's in the game (either living or dead) it'll be an active profile picture of both your player character and the NPC you're chatting with as the act and react to the word bubbles spoken to them. It's a bit unsettling at first but you easily get used to it.
The music in this game is the type of music I could listen to all night during a Halloween gaming session. Even now I can let the title screen sit idle as I listen to those haunting tunes. It has that fantasy mix that makes the music sound otherworldly yet at the same time mystical. It doesn't quite border on the frightful but it doesn't enter into the realm of whimsical. This is a soundtrack that lets you know that Folklore is a world of wonder, imagination, beauty and danger. The same feeling I get when I walk the streets after most of the Halloween trick-or-treaters have retired for the night. When the darkness is still and it makes you wonder if something IS residing in the unseen darkness. It may make you wish for sunrise to come yet at the same time wish it could hold off for a moment longer…
Combat is more like an action RPG when you're able to trap the "Id's of violent "folks" in the Netherworld and end up using them as attack abilities in place of the fantasy staples of swords and wands. It almost gives a "pokemon" like feel as you trap "Id"s and collect the same type of "Id"s to help boost your attack power of that specific "Id". The actual method of trapping though can be considered a mixed bag. This was an early PS3 title so the sixaxis motion controls feature was pushed for this game. Though I found it helpful in breaking the motonomy during basic combat (I tried to chain combo the number of id's I could capture at once) it started to become more of a pain during mini-boss encounters. It was espeically troublesome to see the feature used to artificially extend boss battles with their extra long capture bars. I have an ugly feeling that in future boss battles this extra long capture bar will be used to keep Ellen & Keats tired down to be hit with cheap attacks by the boss or their respawned minions.
There as so many different types of them that you'll be able to mix and match various attack styles, from basic slashing attacks, defense blocks, single powerhouse moves and oddly enough a "bubble attack". Depending on who you choose to play as, both Ellen and Keats have their own respective chapters to play; you get the option to jump between the two characters between chapters as well as enjoy their unique fighting styles of either Ellen's magic user type "Id" attacks to the more "brawler" like combat of Keats.
So if this game is so much like a Guillermo del Toro movie then why is it at only number 6? Well there are some downsides to this game that might be a big turn off for some. Though the Netherworld is colorful and at times seems huge, most of the combat is very linear. Like Final Fantasy XIII linear. You don't fight in long corridors per say but you give very few branching paths but the general episode structure has you visiting one area of the Netherworld only for you to peruse a linear path till you get to the Folklore you are to battle. That might not seem much but if you've played Final Fantasy XIII before you can gather that action could get old very quickly. I have not gotten far so hopefully not all levels will be like this, hopefully the levels branch out more as the game progresses. Also despite performing the optional install on my PS3's hard drive you still run into several areas that require noticeable load screens. From between cutscenes either as CG, comic book style or person to person NPC, you'll be seeing that loads screen often. There is even a brief pause when you choose different skill sets in game. Though the controls to do such are fluid the game does show down a bit to make the changes to your character known. It might not seem much but it's noticeable after a few times. Perhaps it's just to make those load times faster than having specific actions load free.
Also combat can get very repetitive real fast as you fight the same "folks" in any given area. That's mostly so you can help boost that particular "Id"s fight power by collecting more of them as the game continues. Plus those that want just an action oriented game might be disappointed when you have to search the day-light times of Doolin in finding the next memento to help you travel back to the Netherworld. Though the game tries it's best to incentivize the process by helping to give you unlocks and collectables throughout the game, it might not be enough for people to continue to help Ellen and Keats with their quest.
Despite this I still found this game to be entertaining in both plot and gameplay elements. It offered a unique take on the action RPG format and has enough of its "dark fantasy" setting to feel more at home with the supernatural. The game is well paced where you can finish up a chapter or two during the night while not wearing out its welcome over time. If you were so inclined you could finish this game up over a weekend, but this is the kind of game to savor the moments as you learn more of the world of Folklore. And that's why it's my number 6 choice for this year.
Unlike most of the games I've previous mentioned, this one cost a pretty penny in the used game stores I frequent. It cost me $20, complete with case and instructions, so this game might not fit with many bargain bin gamer's budget. But I'm sure you can find this game cheaper elsewhere so don't lose out all hope if you happen to find this game going for more than $20. So if you happen to find this game out there why not give it some thought the next time you want to try something different in the action RPG variety. The world of Folklore might seem new given its IP status but it'll feel rather familiar if your one for Guillermo del Toro works. It's just a shame we'll never see a sequel to this title for it is actually quite good.
My Top 11 Halloween Games for 2013
#11) Resistance Retribution – PSP: $8 used.
#10) The X-Files Video Game – PSOne: $10 used.
#09) Corpse Killer – Sega CD 32X: $14 used.
#08) Doom 64 – Nintendo 64: $14 used.
#07) Castlevania Judgment – Nintendo Wii: $5 used.
The Last of Us Folklore – PS3: $20 used.


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Place: base of Mount Baldy, 1.5km from Island Lake Lodge
State: BC
Country: CANADA
Fatalities: 1
Summary: 1 person caught, buried, and killed from a natural avalanche
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Sun, January 15, 2006
Avalanche kills ski guide.
Staff member was checking weather station before morning slide hit near Fernie
By DAVE BREAKENRIDGE, CALGARY SUN
Warm weather is being blamed for an avalanche which killed a professional guide at a popular B.C. ski resort yesterday.
The staff member at Island Lake Lodge, about 12 km northwest of Fernie, was out at 7 a.m., checking a weather station before a scheduled guide meeting, when the slide hit.
Resort spokesman Dave Nicholls said staff started a search when the guide, whose name has not been released, did not respond to radio contact.
"When there was no response from the guide, the crew went out and found an avalanche had come down over the weather station," Nicholls said.
Staff members found the guide buried more than a metre deep in the debris field, with the help of a rescue dog and search equipment.
He was flown to hospital in Fernie, but never regained consciousness.
Nicholls said cat-skiing operations at the resort were suspended yesterday, adding the tragedy left the close-knit staff devastated.
"It's a small operation, about 80 staff in the wintertime, and we work very closely together on a day-to-day basis," he said.
Island Lake's John Birrell said warm temperatures were a factor in the avalanche.
"Yes, it's warm and we've had a significant amount of snow in the last seven, eight, nine days," he said.
It was foggy and snowing at the time of the fatal slide.
The guides routinely visit weather stations daily to gather data for assessing area conditions, Nicholls said.
"There's been no record of slides reaching that location before -- it is in a treed and wooded location," he said.
The station is located near the base of Mount Baldy, about 1.5 km northwest of the lodge.
The ski guide's death coincided with Avalanche Awareness Days being held at Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna.
Blair Ireland, director of guest services at Big White, said the program educates people on how to prevent and deal with an avalanche.
Yesterday marked the first avalanche deaths at Island Lake Lodge since two skiers died in a slide in February 2001.
Meanwhile, in Burnaby, B.C., the bodies of two men who disappeared after leaving a university pub Friday were recovered from Burnaby mountain yesterday afternoon


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We see images like this and think that's what idol worship is. As a Christian, idol worship is simply anything that we exalt above God in our life. It's day number nine of my journey to spiritual transformation. This isn't something I take lightly. I'm expecting tremendous and miraculous things in and through my life this year. As I said before, I'm in for the transformation of a lifetime!
I'm also spending a good deal of time in Jeremiah. Jeremiah is called the Prophet of the heart. Heart is mentioned 66 times in Jeremiah. God is after our heart. Chapter two begins with God telling Jeremiah, "Go and shout this message to Jerusalem." Please take the time to read it for yourself. I'm sure I could find a more eloquent way of explaining the effect that this chapter had on me. I'll opt for the graphic description though. As I've read it, listened to it and studied it I felt like my guts were being turned inside out. God takes idol worship very seriously. It caused me to exam areas of my life where I may have allowed attitudes, wrong thinking etc. to become idols.
In Chapter 2:2 God said He remembered what Israel was like when they were eager to please Him. In those days Israel was holy to Him. They even followed Him through the barren wilderness. He goes on to say that somewhere along the way they lost their passion for Him. Other things caught their attention and affection. Can the same thing be said for you? Is your schedule so overcrowded that you barely have time to whisper a prayer at night? Are appearances more important to you than God? Does your job keep you away from your family and church constantly? God asked them "What did your ancestors find wrong with Me that led them to stray so far from Me? In other words, God asked them "What's wrong with Me? Wasn't I enough? Didn't I do enough for them?" Their lack of gratitude is appalling but aren't we like that? We've witnessed Him accomplish the impossible yet we still look to other people and things to worship. He said, "They worshipped worthless idols, only to become worthless themselves." I've read all of this many times before but the more I read these verses the more they pierce my heart. I don't want to be worthless! Haven't you been through too much, experienced God in such a way that you don't ever want to be worthless?
In verse 7 He says "And when I brought you into a fruitful land to enjoy its bounty and goodness you defiled My land and corrupted the possession I had promised you." God brought them safely to a fruitful land yet the corrupted it by worshipping idols. They allowed other gods to capture their heart even though God worked wonders for them numerous times. As an entire nation they traded their God for new gods. Verse 11 says, "Yet My people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols!" I wonder how many times I have been guilty of exchanging my glorious God for worthless idols. Those idols don't have to be what Christians think of as the "big ones" like drugs, alcohol, stealing, fornication etc. Some Christians wouldn't dare go to a bar but yet have no problem wishing someone else was dead. Some people exalt their negative attitudes and criticism of others far above God and His Word. Offense and bitterness can be idols just as money and fame. Ask the Lord to open your eyes to any idols that may be in your life. Anything we exalt above the Word of God is an idol. God takes it seriously when one of His children worships other idols. In fact, verse 12 says, "The heavens are shocked at such a thing and shrink back in horror and dismay," says the Lord. Think of the times you heard a particularly brutal story on the news that affected an innocent child. Most likely your reaction was to shrink back and gasp in horror. That's what heaven does at the thought of us turning our back on God to worship other gods. God help us. I'm going to address other verses in this chapter later particularly the two evils God charges against His people.
I want to encourage you to exam your heart in the coming days. What has your attention and affection above God? My friend, it's not worth it. Anger, lust, drugs, alcohol, jealously, TV, food -none of it. It's not worth all of heaven shrinking back in horror and dismay. God wants our heart. In His loving and merciful way He's pleading with all of us to destroy the idols in our lives before they destroy us. One last point, verse 9 says, "Therefore, I will bring My case against you," says the Lord. "I will even bring charges against your children's children in the years to come." Worshipping anything above God regardless of what it is will have an affect on your great grandchildren. If that's not enough to destroy the idols in your life what is?


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cardboard flats with sides–pick them up at the grocery store on your next trip! Look for boxes with sturdy sides and bottom, and no nicks or cuts.
spray paint
scrapbook paper
distress ink
Mod Podge and foam brush
craft paint
foam stamps
Dust off your boxes, and make sure they are free of any lint.
Paint them with the spray paint. The inside bottom and sides need to be done well–no cardboard showing, but the outside doesn't need to be perfect, since you will covereing most of it up with paper. Let dry.
***Painting tip: Take several large pieces of plywood or solid wood boards, and hammer in very long nails into them, so that they poke through on the other side at least an inch or more. (see my painting pics…you'll see mine) When you're ready to paint, lay the wood down with the nails pointing up. This will provide a great surface to set the items you're painting on…allowing you to get at all angles and not have to stick to the surface.
Measure the sides of your boxes, then cut scrapbook paper to fit.
Distress all edges.
Using the foam brush, apply a layer of Mod Podge directly onto the box. Place your paper on the box, then add another layer of Mod Podge on top.
Repeat on all sides. Let dry.
Stamp desired names in the middle of your box using craft paint and foam stamps. I like to use my finger to apply the paint to the stamp–it allows for more control over your paint.


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Posted by Andras Cser on February 7, 2008
With Google, IBM, Microsoft, VeriSign, and Yahoo! joining the OpenID Foundation, we may actually feel that something in federated access management is going to change. It is finally not the case of a vendor proposing a new standard – and adding to the cacophony of federation standards – but a set of moves towards a simple technology that today can alleviate password management woes at service providers.
Technology aside, OpenID will greatly help with reducing and removing the legal obstacles in the way of identity federation's proliferation. When payment-grade, commercial, and trusted identity provider service becomes a reality – VeriSign's joining the OpenID camp clearly points in that direction – and software-as-a-service companies (like salesforce.com), accept OpenID authentication from these trusted identity providers, then enterprises can truly start thinking about outsourcing password management identity management processes. When required, strong authentication integration with OpenID can rely on VerSign's VIP or other vendors' strong authentication acceptance network.


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Re: Re: Re: my wish list for Mathematica next major version
Hi Dave,
<many good recommendations about how to develop & debug packages in Mathematica
> So, why isn't that a fairly good debugger?
As far as I'm concerned, it's good enough. Certainly good enough to keep
development notebooks from getting cluttered with output from numerous
Print[]'s. Better, if you get more insight out of plotting than looking at
Perhaps when WRI get around to fixing other problems with their online help
-- at least those documented in this newslist, they'll include your example.
Many thanks for this example. I'll certainly be using this over Print in
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We've brought together a host of our favourite businesses for a night jam-packed with delicious food and drink, cool interactive activities and the chance to make new friends. Both guys and girls can join in the fun and with three different dates to pick from – Tuesday 18, Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 March, from 7-9.30pm – there's bound to be a day that fits into your diary!
The evening will begin with an awesome demo from the Genie Concepts girls, who will be teaching you how to make their scrummy healthy juices and shakes at home (and yes, you'll get to sip on some tasters too!).
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Having ticked all your fitness boxes, it's then onto the food! We're huge fans of Locofama already thanks to their uber-tasty, organic dishes (see our full review here) and they've arranged a fantastic sharing menu for you to nosh down on – including fresh coconuts, black truffle and chia poached egg, oolong tea soba and spicy spinach quesadillas. See the full menu here… our tummies are rumbling already! Plus there will be inspired wine pairings courtesy of cool new store, WineBeast, too… what a night!
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60-Second Stir-Fry: Leda Meredith
Once again, we're tossing wild edibles into the 60-Second Stir-Fry, talking about burdock with forager Leda Meredith on this week's Last Chance Foods. But Meredith is a former dancer, and that's what got her sizzling on the hot seat for our 60-second lightning round of questions.
She blanched whiter than a ramp when I asked her to pick between ballet and modern dance. She's done both.
I was thrilled to learn that I saw her during her time with Jennifer Muller/The Works. I used to write dance reviews during the '90s, when Meredith was with the company. With Meredith's prompting, I remembered seeing her in a program at the Joyce Theater featuring two Muller classics, "Lovers" and "Refracted Light." I still remember how visually and emotionally stunning they were.
From dance to comfort food. Meredith, forager that she is, admits to having secret yearnings for chocolate and, especially, cheese. She told us later it doesn't fit her image as a weed-eater.
Here's my proposed solution: burdock fondue.


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Bank of America becomes first lender to use "piggyback" mortgages provisions of foreclosure prevention efforts
According to a story reported by ABC News, Bank of America became the first lender to sign-up for an element of the Obama administration's $75 billion foreclosure-prevention program.
The Obama administration had been offering lenders who made so-called "piggyback" mortgages — second loans that allowed consumers to make a little or no down payment — incentives to lower payments or eliminate the loans entirely.
But no one signed up until Tuesday when Bank of America became the first to do so on January 26, 2010.
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I have encountered many programs online that are meant to mimic the "Yellow Sticky Notes" we all know and use. Most are pretty basic and do the job, but tend to lack some important features. Well, I have found one that contains not only this very basic quality, but also many of the features I feel have been missing, too.
Pnotes is a program that takes the idea of Sticky Notes to a new level. It has the same basic concepts, but has added in some very important (and useful) features. Installation of this program was so easy that really there was no installation at all. I know what you are thinking "Now wait, no installation….what?". Well, to run this program all you really need to do is download I and unzip it! Ultimately, this means you can use Pnotes anywhere and on almost any computer with the simple use of a flash drive! After the "no installation installation" was completed, an icon appeared in the task bar. With a simple right click I was able to view all of the options in the main menu. Again I was impressed by the number of features available.
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