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Discover the western trail that pioneered 'bikepacking'
Stretching along public lands, Kokopelli's Trail is an epic journey on the Colorado Plateau.
On the 142-mile Kokopelli's Trail, a group of bikepackers race against dusk on Porcupine Rim, a fast and scenic descent into Moab, Utah.
Photograph by Logan Watts
ByAaron Gulley
This story appears in the March 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine.
Thousands of visitors speed daily along Interstate 70 between the soaring cliffs of Colorado National Monument and the fantastical sandstone of Utah's Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. Compared with those marquee destinations, the borderland between them—an open range of cinnamon-colored sand and scraggly juniper—seems barren and anonymous. But out of sight, a backcountry mountain bike path, Kokopelli's Trail, takes in 142 miles of slot canyons, bluffs, and desert mesas as formidable and astonishing as anything in the parks.

Bikers along Kokopelli's Trail leave camp early on a cold morning to climb into Utah's snowy La Sal Mountains.

Bikers along Kokopelli's Trail leave camp early on a cold morning to climb into Utah's snowy La Sal Mountains.
"It's big, wild country," says Chris Muhr, vice president of the Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Association, the group that has stewarded the Kokopelli since its 1989 completion. "When the guys first talked about biking out there, it seemed crazy. But it's land that's hard to resist."
It's also land that's highly valuable. Every mile of the trail is on public property, a patchwork of Bureau of Land Management–administered rangelands, national forests, and the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area. Linking so much public land is no small feat in Utah, a state with a vocal political movement for land transfers and privatization. In recent years the state's land conflicts bubbled onto the national stage with the fight over Bears Ears and Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monuments, both southwest of the Kokopelli. Those disputes, which pit preservation against development and extraction, are a microcosm of a larger struggle. According to a 2019 study in the journal Science, protected lands are increasingly in jeopardy worldwide, with 90 percent of reductions to public lands in the United States made since 2000.
Bikepacker Brittany Mauer navigates her way down a difficult spot along Kokopelli's Trail.
Photograph by Drew Rush
"Vast expanses of undeveloped tracts of public lands like the Kokopelli are less and less common in the West," says Kurt Refsnider, executive director of the cycling advocacy group Bikepacking Roots. (Refsnider also holds the fastest known time for biking the Kokopelli: 11 hours and 52 minutes.) "The first step in preserving such lands is getting people out using them and engaged."
So when you get to ride across more than a hundred miles of unblemished land these days, it's not only a rare experience; it's also a ballot cast for land conservation. I got to do just that when I pedaled the Kokopelli in early November with my brother-in-law, Trevor Webb.
Porcupine Rim is a highlight of Kokopelli's Trail near Moab.
We rolled out of the Colorado border town of Fruita on a bracing Friday morning, alone on the rock benches above the Colorado River. Strictly speaking, the Kokopelli isn't just one trail but a stitched-together tapestry of single-track, backcountry roads and even a bit of pavement that very roughly follows the river between Loma, Colorado, and Moab, Utah. After crossing Salt Creek a couple of hours into our ride, we cruised through a sea of grasslands turned flaxen with the gathering autumn and passed outcrops that were like battleships of sandstone. Once we'd turned south, we rode through great basins where towers of rock balanced like outsize skeleton keys sunk in the sand. Over our entire three-day trip, we'd see only three 4x4s and a half dozen cyclists. Considering the throngs that visit the nearby parks and monuments (in 2018, more than a third of a million people entered Colorado National Monument while 2.4 million went to Arches and Canyonlands combined), the trail's solitude makes its vistas feel all the more exclusive.
The Kokopelli has always been about big ideas. When the concept of the trail was hatched in the late '80s, mountain biking was little more than a few eccentric cyclists modifying street bikes for off-road use. "It was taking off in Crested Butte and in Moab, and I just thought that if we could figure out a trail to link those two places through Grand Junction, maybe we'd have something positive instead of just oil shale," says Timms Fowler, whom Muhr describes as the visionary for the trail.
"As sunset's afterglow fades away," says photographer Logan Watts, "we race down into Moab with one thing on our minds: burritos!"
Though the project never grew beyond the initial Loma-to-Moab segment, it laid the groundwork for subsequent trails and systems that have turned the region into a riding hotbed, one of the first places to capitalize on the sport. Today the Kokopelli seems tailor-made for one of the industry's growing trends: bikepacking, in which cyclists ride with all their gear on multiday adventures. "I don't think they'd have anything to bikepack these days if we hadn't started putting in trails like the Kokopelli," says Muhr. "It was the first of its kind."
Aaron Gulley is a Santa Fe, New Mexico–based journalist who has written for two decades on cycling, travel, sports, and fitness. Follow him on Instagram.
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From a period when the western genre was just about played out, this is one of a number of films, several of them starring and/or directed by Kirk Douglas, exploring the last days of the Wild West, when most of the legends were dead, and those that weren't were embarrassing dinosaurs who had no place in the new, not-so-wild west except as aging carnival exhibits. Sam Peckinpah did it best, notably in "The Wild Bunch" and the more elegiac "Ride The High Country" (in which Randolph Scott starts the film as literally an aging carnival exhibit, complete with stuck-on Buffalo Bill beard), and of course there's Sergio Leone's "Once Upon A Time In The West", whose title says it all, a point missed by absolutely everybody who has since pinched it.
This is a very minor example of the same sub-genre. Kirk Douglas, a dependable if unsubtle actor, is a middle-aged legendary gunfighter trying to settle down, who finds that his past, combined with his lack of normal work experience, results in his having to earn a living by being paid to hang around in the saloon talking big and acting legendary - it's no spoiler to reveal that he at one point explicitly compares himself to the whores who work there too. Johnny Cash, who is really no actor at all, is oddly effective as another long-in-the-tooth legend even more alienated than Kirk; and he deserves a bonus point for not doing the predictable thing and bursting into song for no good reason.
Naturally, these two end up providing the titular gunfight. The film's basic theme - the inevitability of their acting out their appointed mythical roles and finding out who's faster - is also its biggest weakness. Two men who are basically friends agreeing to try to kill each other at an appointed time and place for a morbidly curious paying audience because it's the only way either of them can make a decent amount of money, but mainly out of sheer boredom, needs to be handled in a much more subtle way than this to really work. The major problem is that, once this idea has come up, which it does fairly early in the film, there's no real tension thereafter. We know what's going to happen, and since they don't seem to particularly care who wins, neither do we.
See the aforementioned "Ride The High Country" for a film in which a similar showdown seems to be increasingly inevitable throughout the film, but the two men involved really want to avoid it even if their old-fashioned attitudes won't let them, and the viewers care what happens to both of them. Also, you don't know how things will in fact pan out, which helps rather a lot. Here, our two potentially doomed anti-heroes trudge towards their tawdry destiny in the manner of gunfighters written by Samuel Becket. The central performances give it something, but ultimately it's a deservedly obscure curiosity which rams its message home in a tub-thumping fashion, probably because Kirk Douglas was trying to say, in this and other films he made around this time (such as the superior and much more action-packed "Posse") that the Vietnam War was a bad idea, Alas, lumpenly symbolic westerns turned out not to be the ideal way to do it.
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Items An act for regulating, until the first day of August 1799, the shipping and carrying of slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa
An act for regulating, until the first day of August 1799, the shipping and carrying of slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa
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Date Issued: 1798-06-28
Publisher: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty
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Content: Woodcut headpiece (royal arms).
Extent: Sewn as issued. 8 pages. 20x32 cm.
The act regulated the number of slaves permitted on each ship. A journal had to be kept and a surgeon deployed on each voyage, among other rules. Includes also the articles of agreement of the crew regarding wages and daily victuals.
RLIN/OCLC: 352927642
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Q: C menu problem with a validating loop (to many prints) I'm working on a menu with  a partner (we're collage students) and are unable to solve a bug where some conditions are met the loop prints the menu more times than it needs to.
there is all so the problem i met with when i want to get a negative number into a char variable which i fixed with "(short)input<1" though i think the should be a more memory efficient way to do so.
the code:
#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
#include <stdio.h>

char main() {
    char choice;
    printf("what would you like to do? use number keys to make a choice.\n");
    printf("Database System Menu:\n1. Add person\n2. Search a person\n3. Search Parents\n4. Delete a person\n5. Get generation\n6. Print database\n7. Search by name\n8. Quit\n");
    scanf("%c", &choice);
    while ((short)choice<1 || (short)choice>8) {
        printf("elegal coice use 1 through 8 keys.\n");
        scanf("%c", &choice);
    }
    if ((short)choice >= 1&&(short)choice < 8) {
        return choice;
    }
    else return '\0';
}

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#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
void main()
{
    char input = '0';
    while (input != '8')
    {
        printf("Database System Menu:\n");
        printf("1. Add person\n");
        printf("2. Search a person\n");
        printf("3. Search Parents\n");
        printf("4. Delete a person\n");
        printf("5. Get generation\n");
        printf("6. Print database \n");
        printf("7. Search by name\n");
        printf("8. Quit\n");
        scanf("%c", &input);
        if ((short)input < 1 || input >'8')
        {
            printf("Invalid input\n");

        }

    }
}

A: The %c specifier as you know gets exactly one character from the standard input, but when you input a character you press Enter causing a newline character to be added to the input buffer, so you'll have two characters in stdin, the loop runs twice, the second being caused by that newline character.

Approach #1:
To discard blank characters such as \n, simply use a space before the specifier, i.e. replace scanf("%c", &input); with scanf(" %c", &input);, mind the space before the %c specifier. The problem that remains is that the loop will cycle as many times as there are characters in the input buffer e.g. if you input asdf the loop will still cycle four times instead of just one.
The negative number question is related to the above, a negative input will need at least 2 characters, so in there lies the problem, the loop will run 3 times for an input of -9, 2 times for the 2 characters and a third time for the \n (if you haven't fixed the \n issue).

Approach #2: (better)
To discard all characters in stdin you can use something like:
int c;
while(( c = getchar()) != '\n' && c != EOF){}

After the scanf.
With this second approach you can solve not only the \n problem but also discard any extra characters you input, e.g. let's say you input 8asds, the 8 will be parsed but all the other characters will be discarded avoiding unwanted extra loops.

Note that a more robust way to do this is to use fgets to parse the input string, and if you need to convert it to a numerical value, use strtoll, don't use atoi it's an unsafe function.

input < 1 looks like it's a typo, you may have meant input < '1'.

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*When you do the cast like (short)input, it doesn't keep the bit representation but transform it into the new type. A char c = 255 being casted to a signed 8-bit integer doesn't become a signed integer -1 , but still 255. to keep the bit representation, you can try some ways like int8_t i = -*(int8_t*)&c;. also, a short is 2 bytes.

*comparing a char for value less than 1 seems weird. '1' should be 49. Maybe check out the ASCII Table.

*The looping might be caused by entering too many inputs, or a newline character. Remember a %c consumes only 1 character at one time, including new lines. So, if your input is "-1", it first scans '-', enter the loop again, then scans '1'. Change to scanf(" %c", input); to remove any white spaces (space, tab, or \n)

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Are you in a sexless marriage and feeling overwhelmed? Are you wondering how much longer it can last? Do you feel like your relationship is on the rocks and need some guidance? If so, this blog post is for you! We'll explore what it takes to make a sexless marriage work, from looking at how long they typically last to tips for reigniting the spark.
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Why Do Sexless Marriages Happen?
There are many reasons why sexless marriages happen. One of the most common is when one or both partners lose interest in sex. This could be due to physical or mental health issues, fatigue, stress, or a lack of emotional connection. Other times, it's simply because there's no longer the same spark that was there in the early stages of the relationship. Additionally, sexless marriages can also be caused by different sex drives or an unwillingness to engage in sexual activity due to religious beliefs. Whatever the cause, it can be difficult to rekindle intimacy and connection once it's gone.
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Can a Sexless Marriage Last?
Although a sexless marriage can be difficult for some couples, it can last a lifetime if both parties are content with the lack of sex. A 2017 study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior revealed that almost 18 thousand people surveyed, roughly 15% were in sexless relationships. Some couples may be able to overcome their issues and make it work, while others may find it too hard to stay together without any physical or emotional intimacy. It's important for those in a sexless relationship to talk openly about the situation, address any underlying issues, and work together to find a solution that works for both parties.
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Physical intimacy is often one of the factors that makes a relationship more than just a platonic friendship. Low or no sex can be a difficult situation for couples to tackle. But, there are ways to have intimacy and closeness in a sexless marriage. It is important to remember that sex is not always necessary to feel intimate and loved. Couples can find ways to rekindle their connection and build strong bonds through non-sexual activities. This could include cuddling, watching movies together, taking walks, going out for dinner and spending quality time with each other. Communication is also essential to make sure both partners feel heard and understood. If one partner is not comfortable talking about their needs, it can be beneficial to see a therapist to help them explore what they need from the relationship.
Signs of an Unhealthy Sexless Relationship
While a sexless marriage isn't necessarily an unhealthy one, there are signs that the relationship may be headed in the wrong direction. If your sex life has gone from passion to nonexistent, it may be a sign of a larger issue. Communication is key and if you and your partner have tried to work issues out and still can't find a solution, it may be time to seek out a couples therapist or sex therapist. "Sexless relationships happen all the time," says Dr. Stephen Snyder, MD, CST, is a board-certified sex therapist and licensed marriage and relationship counselor. "It can be perplexing for both partners because it's hard to know what to do about it. But talking about it in couples therapy can help."
The Early Stage of a Relationship: The "Limerence" or "Honeymoon" Stage
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This 36 semester hour graduate program in Project management provides each student with a focused, applied and rigorous experience in creating, implementing and assessing projects.
The MSPM requires 6 core courses and 2 Experiential courses with 4 Elective courses. The core MSPM courses are described below. For a complete list of all course descriptions please refer to the Harrisburg University course catalog.
Description: This course provides training in business writing, interpersonal communication and oral communication to prepare the student to be a more effective professional communicator. The student works on projects in the classroom that offer practical applications of concepts covered in the textbook, including case study examples of poorly executed business communication that the student revises and improves. The student also writes a proposal and a report, and prepares a plan to manage a project team kickoff meeting.
Description: Successful project managers are adept at leading. Leadership, however, is a complex undertaking that requires knowledge and understanding of a number of competencies. This course builds these competencies. Focusing on organizational leadership, the course explores and develops skills and knowledge needed to lead organizational transformation and change, negotiate conflict resolution, build relationships and human capital, and instill business ethics and professional codes of conduct.
Description: This course introduces the student to the variety of skills and roles of the IT project manager. The student is introduced to the techniques of project management from setting goals and objectives through managing the selection of support products and procurement.
Description: The student achieves expertise in managing project risks and conducting project procurement that will help them succeed in the workplace. Through the use of real life project examples and scenarios, the student is shown how to reduce negative risk exposure in projects by using effective risk management practices. The student also will be shown how to plan a procurement, understand different procurement methods and types of contacts, find a vendor and write a Request for Proposal to apply these concepts to actual projects.
Description: This course uses Microsoft Project software to schedule and control projects. The student is introduced to, and practices with, the most widely-used project management software system available. Functions, monitoring alternative usages and maintaining data are developed as the student builds a project from the ground up. This is a comprehensive, semester-long project budgeting, scheduling and control course where practiced theory is the platform for learning.
Description: This course provides to the student the features, benefits, and practices of using Agile Project Management with Scrum Methodology and that this approach differs from traditional project management at the project level and enterprise level.
Description: This course guides the student to develop and finalize a selected research problem and to construct a proposal that effectively establishes the basis for either writing a thesis or launching an experiential capstone project. The course provides an overview of strategies for effective problem investigation and solution proposal. Research methodology is studies and applied as part of suggesting a solution to a problem. Writing and formatting techniques are also explored and applied as a communication tool for cataloging the investigation and recommending the solution.
Description: In consultation with the advisor, the student conducts research designed in GRAD 695 to address a problem as identified in the solution proposal.
Description: This course allows the student to pursue an area of interest that is within the broad scope of project management. A faculty member supervises this study.
Description: This course provides the student with hands on experiential learning using Agile Scrum as a member of a team. The team develops a vision statement and user stories for a real application. The team then implements the product that is specified using Agile Scrum Framework and all of the standard Agile Scrum ceremonies such as Product Backlog, Sprints, Sprint Planning, Release Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospectives. Team members play the actual roles of Product Owner, ScrumMaster, Developers, Testers, etc. The course produces an actual working viable product that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. The teams consists of a mix of graduate students from Project Management, ISEM, Computer Science, Analytics, and Learning Technologies.
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We have to see that the church as the Body of Christ is an organism. I have the burden to point this out because when many Christians talk about the church, they have the understanding that it is an organization. We have to reject this concept. We are not a part of an organization. We are members of an organism, the Body of Christ.
If we go to visit another local church, do we consider ourselves as being one with the saints in that locality? We may unconsciously feel that we belong to the organization in our locality and that now we are guests in the church which we are visiting. Humanly speaking, the saints we are visiting are the hosts and we are their guests. But spiritually speaking, as Christians, believers in Christ, we are members of the one Body of Christ. If we go to visit the saints in London, are we merely a group of Americans in London? Humanly speaking, we are Americans in London. But in the Body of Christ there are no human members; there are only divine members. In the Body of Christ as a divine organism, we all are members in life. When we go to visit any local church, we should not consider that we are foreigners.
Today we practice the administration of the local churches according to the Bible. A local church is comprised of the saints with the elders, deacons, and deaconesses (Phil. 1:1; Rom. 16:1). Do you consider yourself as a saint, an elder, a deacon, or a deaconess in the local church where you are? My point in asking this question is this—in the local churches, we should not consider ourselves in an organizational way, considering ourselves as a part of an organization. We should only consider ourselves in an organic way. Wherever we are and whatever we do, we should consider ourselves as living members of the organic Body of Christ. When we gather together in the Lord, we all should function as living members. Wherever we go, we are the living members of the Body of Christ. When I go to Anaheim, I go there as a member of the Body of Christ. When I go to Taipei, I go there as a member of the Body of Christ. I never consider myself as someone who belongs to an organization. As the members of the organic Body of Christ, we should live in an organic way.


Have a 2001 S80 T6 that was sitting in my driveway for about 3 months, went back to it, and battery was dead... Trickle charged the battery, and now the car doesn't start. When I turn the key past position 2 I get nothing, no click from starter, just so electronic noises... Every so often I get a message of "immobilizer, see manual". Ive done some research, and what I see is that first I replace the antenna in the ignition, then if thats no go I need to replace the immobilizer unit. How would I tell if the antenna was bad, does it have to do with the green lights around the cylinder lock? Or maybe Im completely looking in the wrong area. I am willing to try anything without towing it to the dealer, as the neareast one is over 20 miles, so it would be quite a towing cost, plus what ever they rip me off.
The only thing I've tried in respect to the immobilizer is cycling the lock in the drivers door, but with no luck, could someone confirm this method, or know of any other method to reset the system, such as pulling a fuse.
Unfortunately not, so yes, it could infact be a bad key I suppose. Any way of testing, or knowing the antenna ring is bad before I get one from the dealer?
Not really yes it is the light that is the antenna.
Try turning the key the opposite way and reinstall in the ignition and see if it works.
The light is green until you turn the key to the third position (trying to start it) After the car fails to start the light goes off... Does this always happend, or does it indicate a problem with the antenna? I have tried reversing the key, waiting, pulling ECU fuses. So having a immobilizer issue makes the car not turn over at all, correct?
Ok, I'm not sure if this will fix your problem, but I came across this "immobilizer" when I tried to get rid of the service light. For some reason, when I tried the wrong combination, it give me the immobilizer msg. Freaked me out for a minute. But all that went away when I follow the correct combination. As followed. Remember to report back as many of us can use it.
4. The service light should start blinking within 10 seconds.
5. Release the buttom then turn off ignition key.
Thanks for the idea, I need to try doing that myself, as I also have the service light.
Honestly, I'm not too certain how I fixed it, bought a new antenna ring, installed, no luck, then I opened hood, and was hearing the starter relay, thus making me thing it was getting power, so I went and pulled all related fuses, and relays, switching the ignition with the starter relay, etc... No luck, so then I stuck my hand down by the starter pulled the cable, jiggled them(with no play), and attempted to start it, I finnaly got life, well just the starter clicking, indicating low voltage. Got my battery pack out, jumped it, and it fired up.
I had the same problem with a 04 volvo v70 xc I was working on. Tried everything, even had it scheduled with volvo to fix it, after no luck after replacing antenna ring and trying additional keys. Found the problem on my own. It was actually a loose battery cable running to the starter. I had read this last post and just figured I would try it after no luck with anything else. Couldn't believe it...that's all it was. So check your starter connection before dumping a lot of money to Volvo. By the way, for antenna ring replacement...it's very easy and only requires a torque screw driver. It basically unplugs and pops right out. But try your connections first....for some reason it showed Immobilizer system code even though it was the cable loose.
does anyone know where the antenna ring is located on the 2005 v50? I'm getting the "immobilazer" message and car won't start.
2001 V70 T5 Cranks, but wont fire/start.
I have tried all of these tricks, unfortunately with no luck. Does anyone have any other ideas? The starter seems fine...like I said, it will attempt to crank and do it all day long but the engine just won't fire up. I had the immobilizer message like most of you, but when we bought the car, they only had one key for it. Also, I park in a parking garage and I got a little too close and when I put it in park, it rolled a little and bumped the wall of the garage. Someone said that sometimes this can disengage the fuel pump or immobilizer. Does anyone know where the immobilizer is? Or how to re-engage the fuel pump? I'm really at a loss of what to do and don't have the money to have it towed 60 miles to a Volvo dealer. Any help would be much appreciated.
If starter works that means the key is ok and approved.
2. ECU does not work.
3. ECU works but lost synchronization with immobilizer.
the third one explains the message about immo.
Finally got it started a while back. The dealer I bought it from suggested starting it in neutral...and bam! It fired right up! Don't understand it, though. Could doing that have re-set something?
take a look a this video. May be the solution at your problem.
Since this appears to be common problem, maybe someone has come up with some answers over all this time.
My 06 standard shift just suddenly died, tried to start, checked fuel pressure at rail OK, battery was OK at 12.4VDC, all lights come on as usual, all functions work, windows, radio, remote locks, had second key, no crank, the steering needs service message came up, along with immobilizer, so with steering locked, key is not releasing it, checked voltage at starter module steering lock, have 12VDC, but it immediately drops to 9.1VDC when you turn ignition to start? Pulled CEM and cleaned all connections with electronic spray, it was dry, no water indications, replaced battery in remotes, tried the five lock unlock trick, put battery cables together overnight, tried the ignition key in position one while depressing odo reset. Replaced battery even though original was fine. Jumped starter relay 87 to 30 and starter cranks, but no start, cannot get steering lock to release even hitting it with hammer and turning wheel, so it is not the typical turned wheel shut off issue where try to start again message comes up. I am stumped, and since I am 100 miles from dealer, towing will cost more than car is worth, never mind if it is steering lock module. Where is clutch interlock switch? Any ideas of what I have missed.
My wife and I have a 2006 S40 2.4l. Wife takes the car to that store, turns it off, and goes shopping. When she goes to leave, it won't crank and gave her the error message Immobilizer see manual. She tried many of the suggestions listed and nothing. During all that the battery died. It wouldn't take a charge or anything.
We put a new battery in it today and old Betty cranked right up!
Volvo in Tallahassee told us a bad battery can cause the computer to send that error message. As with many other sensors on a vehicle.
Anyone who is having problems starting their Volvo this troulbeshooting guide should help.
immobilizer on; but car starts?