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Illegal Visits of Foreign Citizens to the Territory of the Occupied Crimea in October 2017 – Monitoring Results
Daniil KHMELNIK, BlackSeaNews
Translated by Tetyana PUCHKOVA
The monitoring group of the Maidan of Foreign Affairs, the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies and BlackSeaNews has summarized the results of monitoring the illegal visits of foreign citizens to the occupied Crimean peninsula.
A number of the foreign October "guests to Crimea" had already been to the occupied peninsula previously. In other words, by now, there is already a pool of the foreign "Crimea-infected" individuals who promote the occupied peninsula and organize the trips to Crimea for their fellow citizens.
Almost everyone who came to Crimea in October had some original connection to Russia, such as cultural, scientific, business or political, was of Russian origin or simply naively considered Russia to be the "savior of the world." Together, the illegal visitors and the Crimean occupation authorities have a perfect symbiosis – the otherwise unknown and unimportant at home visitors bask in the glory and honor showered upon them in Crimea, as long as they have a suitable citizenship, while the invaders get an image of the "international recognition". For the sake of that, the occupiers do not disdain anything, even involving children in their political games.
Just as before, for propaganda purposes, they continue to actively use not only political, but also seemingly completely innocent events, such as scientific and cultural. In October those included:
IVth International Peace Forum
IInd All-Russian Educational Forum: Children's Camp - a New Educational Space
Congress of Ukrainian Diasporas in Simferopol
Safety, Efficiency and Resource – 2017, an International Scientific and Practical Conference on Atomic Energy
Crimea X Run international trail run competition
XIXth World Festival of Youth and Students
Chekhov's Autumn VIIIth International Literary Festival
Crimea-France Friendship Cup
International scientific conference Floriculture: Theoretical and Practical Aspects
For now, the monitoring group has identified 38 foreign (non-Russian) October violators of the occupied territory regime. As always, the blacklist may be expanded later, as the identification process continues.
The majority of the October offenders came from Norway.
Russian media presented a group of retired tourists led by a couple of public men as "a large Norwegian delegation of politicians and businessmen."
The visit was held at the initiative of a small-town German politician, chairman of the left faction of the of Quakenbrück town council, Andreas Maurer, who repeatedly visited the Russia-occupied and already announced further visits.
Of the 11 members of the delegation (including two German nationals) announced by the occupiers, we have identified five Norwegians. The couple - Hendrik Weber and Mate Rosenlund - visited the previously occupied Crimea in 2016 as part of the "German-Norwegian delegation" within the "German Culture Days".
Two their compatriots, Kirsten Engelstad and Osa Vig Berget, on their return home, shared with their readers the prepped picture of life in Crimea as presented by the invaders. Another notable member of the group was Mons Lie. According to the Mirotvorets database, once upon a time, the Norwegian worked in the scientific institute that this year has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for an international campaign to ban nuclear weapons. He has also participated in various Russian-Norwegian grant projects.
In addition to the above-mentioned Maurer, three more German citizens visited the occupied Crimea.
All of them became participants of the IVth International Peace Forum at the Massandra Palace (Yalta). Niko Urytsky is a public figure from the Hamburg Russian community. Wilhelm and Liz Augustat - father and daughter - president and vice president of the World through Culture. The society, claiming to be based on the Nicholas Roerich ideas, has a controversial reputation in the Roerich circles, while Wilhelm himself is accused of almost sectarianism.
Four citizens came from Italy.
Of those, only the pianist Stefano Addebo fits the profile of a foreign guest so desperately wanted by the invaders. Together with Janina Yatsevskaya, born in Yevpatoria, he gave a concert of classical music at the Simferopol Art Museum. Another "Italian" who visited Crimea was the singer Artemy Tarasenko-Nagy, originally from Simferopol. Artemy was noticed at the Congress of Ukrainian Diasporas in Crimea among marginal politicians who tried to portray "Ukrainians abroad". As for Giuseppe Sparta, he has been developing his own business in Russia for the last 20 years and permanently lives in Kazan, where he owns a restaurant, a pizzeria and a hotel.
Citizens of Latvia, Moldova and Poland also were spotted among the Congress of the Ukrainian Diasporas' foreign guests.
A Russophile Andrei Gerashchenko, Chairman of the Coordinating Council of Belarusian Public Associations of Russian Compatriots, arrived from Belarus. Two more of his compatriots - Alexander Trifonov and Ellina Mikhalycheva – participated in the Safety, Efficiency and Resource scientific and practical conference on nuclear energy in Sevastopol.
A scientific conference dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Department of Dentistry of the Vernadsky Crimean Federal University Medical Academy (the Crimean Medical Institute before the occupation) was attended by the President of the International Federation of Dentists Michel Arden from Belgium and the senior instructor at the Mohammed Bin Rashid University, Rashid El Abed, from the United Arab Emirates.
Luo Binsheng, an instructor of the Minzu University in Beijing, in the company of three more citizens of China, took part in the conference Floriculture: Theoretical and Practical Aspects in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden.
Meanwhile, Yin Zhen Yu, general director of the Dayu Chinese children football club visited the "Crimean Football Federation" with the intent to organize competitions and training camps in Evpatoria and Simferopol for his teams.
Speaking of the underage foreigners involved in the political games of the occupants, we cannot skip the name of. The chess coach brought young chess players from France to Evpatoria for the Crimea-France Friendship Cup.
The visit of the French actor Sami Naseri became perhaps the most striking foreign event in October. Together with the "silver voice of France", as the singer Murada Buravi was dubbed by the pro-Russian media, the famous "taxi driver" added chic to the IVth international "Peace Forum" at the Massandra Palace. According to Mirotvorets, Buravi also attended the "Peace Forum" in 2015.
In addition to the French and Germans, citizens of Benin, Israel and Bulgaria were also spotted at the forum.
The 19th World Festival of Youth and Students deserved a separate mention. Although the festival was held in Sochi, as part of the regional program, some participants visited the occupied Sevastopol. We have identified a girl from Jordan. In addition, young people from Germany, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Iraq, and other states visited Sevastopol as well.
While students certainly cannot be considered unsuspecting children, together with the French and down the road possibly Chinese minors, they become yet one more vivid example that there is nothing the occupation authorities would disdain to gain a semblance of international recognition.
Andrei Gerashchenko Belarus Chairman of the Coordinating Council of Belarusian Public Associations of Russian Compatriots, participated in the Congress of the Ukrainian Diasporas, Simferopol.
Alexander Trifonov Belarus Doctor of Science, Deputy Head of the Joint Institute for Power and Nuclear Research – Sosny of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, an organizer of the Safety, Efficiency and Resource scientific and practical conference on nuclear energy in Sevastopol
Ellina Mikhalycheva Belarus Doctor of Science, Deputy Head of the Joint Institute for Power and Nuclear Research – Sosny of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, an organizer of the Safety, Efficiency and Resource scientific and practical conference on nuclear energy in Sevastopol
Мишель Арден /
Michèle Aerden
Belgium President of the International Federation of Dentists, EU Parliament advisor on dental education, participated in the conference Interdisciplinary Problems in the Diagnostics, Treatment and Prophylactic of Dental Diseases held at the Vernadsky University in Simferopol
Серж Фокас Одунлами / Serge Phocas Odunlami Benin Head of the African Home NGO, attended the IVth International Peace Forum at the Massandra Palace
Пламен Милетков /
Plamen Miletkov
Chairman of the Eurasian Institute of Geopolitics and Economics, an openly pro-Kremlin activist, attended the IVth International Peace Forum at the Massandra Palace
Нико Урывский / Nico Uryvskiy Germany A public activist, member of the Hamburg Russian community, , attended the IVth International Peace Forum at the Massandra Palace
Вильгельм Августат / Wilhelm Augustat Germany President of the Peace Through Culture international society, attended the IVth International Peace Forum at the Massandra Palace
Лиз Августат / Lizbeth Augustat Germany Vice-President of the Peace Through Culture international society, attended the IVth International Peace Forum at the Massandra Palace
Андреас Маурер / Andreas Maurer Germany Politician and social activist, chairman of the left faction of the of Quakenbrück town council, visited Crimea as part of the "Norwegian delegation, «previously visited Crimea in August 2017 and twice in 2016.
Теодор Иорданидис / Theodora's Ioannidis Greece Social activist and businessmen, plans to invest in Crimea
Александер Шапиро Сулиман / Alexsander Shapiro-Suliman Israel
Expert of the International Human Rights Committee, a "Peacemaker," "Peace Ambassador" and founder of the Azerbaijan-Israeli clinic. Attended the IVth International Peace Forum at the Massandra Palace, the Nuremberg Trial: History and Modern Days Forum at the Armtek Children Center and the Forum of the Friends of Crimea
Люба Зидан / Lube Sedan Jordan As part of the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students, visited Sevastopol
Стефано Аддебо / Stefano Addebo Italy Pianist, gave concert at the Sevastopol Art Museum
Янина Яцевская / Yanina Yatsevskaya Italy Singer of Crimean origin, participated in the concert at the Sevastopol Art Museum and the Ist international Eurasian High Classics Festival in Crimea in August 2017
Артемий Тарасенко-Нагий / Artemy Nagy Italy Singer of Crimean origin, participated in the "Congress of Ukrainian Diasporas" in Simferopol
Giuseppe Sparta Italy Businessman, lives in Russia where he owns a restaurant, a pizzeria and a hotel. Plans to conduct business in Sevastopol
Луо Биншенг / Luo Binsheng China Instructor at the Minzu University in Beijing, took part in the conference Floriculture: Theoretical and Practical Aspects in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden
Инь Чжэнь Юй / Yin Zheng Yu China General director of the Dayu Chinese children football club (Dandong, Liaoning province)
Александр Гопоненко / Alexander Gaponenko Latvia Head of the Baltic branch of the Izborsk Club, participated in the "Congress of Ukrainian Diasporas" in Simferopol
Валерий Клименко / Valeri Klymenko Moldova Doctor of Arts in History, politician with radically pro-Russian views, Head of the Congress of the Russian Communities of Moldova, participated in the "Congress of Ukrainian Diasporas" in Simferopol
Хендрик Вебер / Hendrik Weber Norway Head of the "Norway People's Diplomats" association, visited Crimea as the "Head of the Norwegian Delegation," in 2016 visited Crimea with his wife.
Матте Розенлунд (Вебер) / Mette Rosenlund Norway Works in the construction industry, visited Crimea as part of the "Norwegian Delegation," in 2016 visited Crimea with her husband, Hendrik Weber
Осе Виг Бергет / Aase Vig Berget Norway Retired teacher of French, visited Crimea as part of the "Norwegian Delegation"
Монс Лие / Mons Lie Norway Scientist and ICAN medical doctor, an Honorary Doctor of a University in Arkhangelsk, cardio-surgeon in Oslo and Troms, was awarded Nobel Prize for international campaign to ban nuclear weapons, visited Crimea as part of the "Norwegian Delegation"
Кирстен Энгелстад / Kirsten Engelstad Norway Librarian, visited Crimea as part of the "Norwegian Delegation"
Astor Kolbjern Relstad Norway visited Crimea as part of the "Norwegian Delegation"
Рашид Эль Абед / Rashid El Abed UAE Senior instructor at the Mohammed Bin Rashid University, participated in the conference Interdisciplinary Problems in the Diagnostics, Treatment and Prophylactic of Dental Diseases held at the Vernadsky University in Simferopol
Иеса Абедалла (Абдулла Исса) / Abdullah Issa Palestine 1st Secretary of the Embassy of the State of Palestine in the RF, journalist, political scientist, producer, winner of a number of literary awards, considered a Palestine national poet, Deputy Head of the Jury of the Chekhov's Autumn VIIIth International Literary Festival in Yalta
Андрей Романчук /
Andrey Romanchuk
Poland Secretary of the Board of the Russian Cultural-Educational Society in Poland, , participated in the "Congress of Ukrainian Diasporas" in Simferopol
Нэнси Конди / Nancy Condee US Professor of the Department of Slavic Languages of the University of Pittsburgh, attended the IVth International Peace Forum at the Massandra Palace
Hossein Farmani US Photographer, organizer of the international photo competition Moscow International Photo Awards and International Photo Awards, president of the charitable Lucie Foundation, owner of galleries in Los Angeles, New York and Bangkok, opened a photo exhibit in Simferopol
Чен Као / Chen Kao Taiwan Scientist, manufacturing specialist, attended the International Conference on Modern Trends in Manufacturing Technologies and Equipment 2018 (ICMTME 2018).
Кевин Лапенья / Kevin Lapena Philippines
Producer and reporter of the Travelife magazine
Дмитрий Вальдман / Dmitry Valdman France Chess coach
Сами Насери /
Samy Naceri
France Actor, attended the IVth International Peace Forum at the Massandra Palace, "Best Taxi" contest in Feodosia, "I love Peace" in Yalta and Simferopol detention center
Мурад Бурави / Murad Buravi France Singer, attended the IVth International Peace Forum at the Massandra Palace
Foreigners and stateless persons are allowed to enter the temporarily occupied territory and exit from it in accordance with Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine "On Securing the Rights and Freedoms of Citizens and the Legal Regime on the Temporarily Occupied Territory of Ukraine".
Violation of this rule of law is the basis for prohibiting the entry of such persons into Ukraine in accordance with Art.13 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Legal Status of Foreigners and Stateless Persons."
The monitoring of the violations of international sanctions against Russia and the legal regime of the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea is supported by the European program initiative of the "Renaissance" International Fund. The views of the authors do not necessarily reflect the position of the position of the "Renaissance" International Fund.
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A little preparation and planning before your furniture is delivered can help prevent accidental damage to your home and goods as well as injury to people or pets.
1. Reposition existing furniture before the delivery truck arrives, as delivery contractors are unable to assist with re-arrangement of furniture.
2. Remove objects such as loose rugs, lamps, pictures, ornaments, toys, pot plants etc. along the delivery route which may impede delivery or cause damage.
3. Protect your floor, as the Health and Safety Act prevents carriers from removing their shoes while carrying furniture.
4. Keep children safely away from the delivery path.
5. Keep pets safely away during delivery, so that they don't escape or become a hazard to the delivery contractors.
6. Ensure that access to your home is safe for delivery contractors to carry your furniture. Under the Health and Safety Act delivery contractors are able to refuse delivery of goods if they believe it to put them at risk of injury.
8. If you have Body Corporate regulations and procedures, ensure the delivery company is notified in advance.
Be mindful of light fittings, overhanging electrical cables and other fixtures, point these out to your delivery contractors.
Show the contractors where the furniture is to be placed and the best path to get there as this may not be the most direct path.
Be mindful that unless you have requested the additional services of package removal and furniture assembly at the time of selecting your delivery options, delivery contractors will not be able to assist with these tasks. Please note that delivery contractors work to a tight schedule and are not permitted to add on services at the time of delivery.
Let your consultant know if you require rubbish removal or furniture assembly with your delivery as these are an additional service.


Graphic resumes are now a common component in the job seeker's tool set and one that many recruiters are familiar with. There are a range of career areas that suit graphic resumes. Sometimes, the graphic resume may be the thing that gets you the job. Let common sense be your guide because not all professional environments will respond favourably to a graphic resume.
Let us look at where graphic resumes are most suitable.
A graphic resume will often be a creative resume. This makes its case using techniques that reflect the creative thought process of the applicant. This is perfect for certain jobs. The arts, communication and media and marketing recruiters will all be familiar with the language of a graphic resume. Graphic design, web design, content marketing, writing, television and radio all make use of graphics to communicate. Demonstrating proficiency with these skills is an advantage in these industries.
A beautifully presented graphic resume is also perfect for areas that hinge on visual content. This includes arts, music, photography, sales and design. Ensuring that the graphic resume still performs the basic job of communicating who you are and what you are offering is imperative.
There are some instances where a graphic resume may let you down. Technological faults are risks with this format. If you are presenting a video, sound, slideshows, etc. as an adjunct, you must be certain the resume will not fail to load or perform. Recruiters will have little patience for fiddling around, fixing design flaws or contacting you for a new copy. If the nature of the job includes an element of tech awareness, then flaws in this area reflect negatively on you and may be a risk you do not need to take.
Make sure the fundamental message in your application is clear. Be careful not to become too abstract or esoteric in your style of presentation. Clear legible font is always preferable and can be easily placed alongside high resolution, visually compelling content and artistically interesting expressions.
Will a Graphic Resume Do More Harm Than Good?
It may seem strange but you must consider how your employer will view your work. If you put together a highly sophisticated graphic resume for a job that is not offering to fulfil any of the skill sets you have just demonstrated, your recruiter will probably feel you are overqualified. The recruiter may even feel intimidated. Seeing you as too qualified for the job suggests that you will be dissatisfied in your role and you will be quickly looking to move ahead. Exercise discernment when seeking to impress with a graphic resume. Do not do yourself out of a job you could really enjoy.
Ask Yourself, Do I Really Need This?
Perhaps adding a link in your resume to a website or image gallery will be enough. This is important if you have an element of design finesse, but graphic design is not central to your actual role within the company. Your recruitment team can look you up if they wish, but you are not putting your best job search efforts in jeopardy by taking on something that is not necessary.
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I would love to see support for srt files. They are lyric files that has time stamps according to the song. So when the artist says the lines the words comes up. This is the only feature i would like to see as this would make it the perfect app.
VERY ODD, slightly annoying. CURRENT SPECS: Phone: Samsung Galaxy S9+ Android 9 App version: v3-Build-823-play (full version) Nothing custom other than 128gb micro sd that my music lives on. ISSUE: Occasionally / inconsistently, after 10-16 hours of continuous use (no attached audio device, just using phone speakers) songs are still playing but audio has stopped. Media volume fine. Other apps with media create sound no problem. Close and open Poweramp, still no audio. Skip to next song, previous, different playlist, still no audio. If I pull the media back (like rewind for a few seconds), audio starts. 100% consistent fix for terribly occasional bug. Issue started when v3 came out. NOTE: Not really expecting a fix - just found it really .... odd. More of an FYI.
Hi all, I'm using Poweramp on a PX5 type android headunit (Xtrons branded) and really need to find an answer to this issue as Poweramp has far and away the best interface for in-car use. I'm on V3 build 823 - full version installed on an Android 8.0 custom ROM. I'm using a 128gb micro SD card to store my mp3s which is almost full. The folder structure is Audio/Artists/Artist1/Album1 etc, etc with multiple artists and albums inside the relevant directory. If I add the Audio file as a whole to the library and then scan it will take around half an hour but then either find a few random tracks, or none at all. The only workaround i have found is to add them in batches (eg Artists A-C, then D-F, etc). Is this a bug with the scanner, am I simply overloading it? Many thanks for any help.
Oh, it can definitely work that way, if so designed. See the Audible app for an example of a linear seek with rate that slows as you move finger away from bar.
Try the "Restore Defaults" button.
@maxmp Thanks for that info. I've just now re-installed and will try with the Chromecast being disabled (I'll keep my fingers crossed too...). Should I post elsewhere about constant crashing/closing and notifications about the app being killed (even when charger is in and it's at 100% battery)? After re-installing I did make sure to set it so that the app can change system settings.
@NicoleSPoweramp v3 alone is not cause of your battery issue (see my posts above with the screenshots). Yes, there can be Google services associated issues, but Poweramp itself is the most optimized Android player out there, it's even able to be better than (stock player) "hardware" optimized playback on some devices (it's actually a specialized hexagon cpu inside SOC, so it's software too) on e.g. Qualcomm platform. Google services are disabled when Chromecast Button is disabled in Poweramp Look and Feel / Player UI settings. If you feel power usage is more than expected, please do a continuous playback and post your battery stats screenshot. Thanks!
There are no ACTION_UP events, that might be the issue.
Device: Xiaomi Mi A1 Android version: 9.0 Poweramp version: v3 Build 823 Report: The app Skip Tracks Settings and others allow long-pressing the volume buttons to skip tracks: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-skip-track-volume-keys-t3914337 It works on every music app I've tried except for Poweramp. Apparently Poweramp does catch the commands, judging by the beeps that I hear after trying to skip to the next or previous track, but doesn't actually skip tracks. The Last Processed Commands list from Poweramp has entries like the following: 09:24:56.422 PSMediaButtonReceiver android.intent.action.MEDIA_BUTTON KEYCODE_MEDIA_NEXT ACTION_DOWN name=Virtual source=0x0 sources=0x301 virt=true repeat=0 actionTime=172513786 playerState=1 09:24:58.763 PSMediaButtonReceiver android.intent.action.MEDIA_BUTTON KEYCODE_MEDIA_PREVIOUS ACTION_DOWN name=Virtual source=0x0 sources=0x301 virt=true repeat=0 actionTime=172516127 playerState=1 I tried the Single press, Double/triple press, and Long press settings in the Wired Headset section, but nothing worked. Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug?
Indeed it has happened before after an update. Some playlists gone entirely, others wiped (almost) clean. This time no lists have gone but a series of entries in at least one particular list have. This is definitely recent since I often play from this list. I created the list within PA and added to it from within PA. All my lists are .M3U. In the course of the existence of this list I have copied it back and forth to my laptop. Either to make a backup or to restore it after another destruction by a PA update. Not sure if anything changes during this process, don't think it does. In any case, this time round the playlist is still there, only curtailed. Maybe there is something in the following: I also USB Audio Player PRO (UAPP). The reason for this, by the way, is the fact that Poweramp had never implemented HiRes for my Pioneer XDP-100R, though I have asked for it 3 years ago. Anyway, this player also has an issue with playlists on my DAP. It does not show them the regular way. I have to go to the root, tap on a list and watch a conversion/parsing process into something that can be read by the software. I cannot add to a playlist. This parsing has to happen every time. I noticed that one playlist has 250 songs in it in UAPP but only 69 in PA. More playlists have this discrepancy. Looking into it further I also noticed that UAPP does show songs from SD card 1 as well as SD card 2 while PA only displays songs from SD card 2 in the PA playlists with this difference in number of songs. Could that be something? Though it does not explain why one particular playlist has lost a series I have done a full rescan after the update. The cards have not left my player for a while.
Great tip, thank you Andre. Cheers!
As I see it, this finer control is due to the rotary nature of the volume control : the perimeter of a circle grows with the distance from the center, so you have finer control if you move your finger away from the knob. With a linear control as the waveseek bar this won't work.
Super frustrated. I loved this app back on V2. Now it's beyond awful. Yes, I've uninstalled, restarted phone, reinstalled. CURRENT SPECS: Phone: Samsung Galaxy S9+ Android 9 App version: v3-Build-823-play (full version) Nothing custom other than 128gb micro sd that my music lives on. ISSUES: - High battery consumption. - Crashes (but claims it was killed) - Music ends up with no audio but is still playing DETAILS: Had Poweramp on last phone also, worked perfectly with S8+ and Android 8.0 - got a S9+, also Android 8.0 and things still great. Then v3 came out. I listen to music pretty much every moment I'm not at work. V3 starts crashing occasionally when left on overnight - after 10-16 hours since I start app when I clock out. And sometimes it's still playing but no audio. Media volume fine. Close and open, no audio. IF I PULL MEDIA BACK (REWIND) AUDIO STARTS AGAIN. Weird and annoying, but not worth effort to post here. Then Pie. Battery drained in less than 6 hours, even when app not in use. Google Play Services killing it. Flip out at Samsung. Safe mode has normal battery consumption. Leave safe mode, battery drained too fast again. Meanwhile app keeps crashing, and then complaining that Android is killing it and I need to enable permissions. They're already enabled, and phone is plugged into charger, and at 100%. BS. Half the time after it crashes and lies about being killed I have to start up twice because after the first time it gives killed error it crashes again immediately, and complains about being killed again. Still occasionally audio stops and I have to rewind to get it going. Sometimes I plug in headphones and it doesn't start. On lock screen, if app hasn't been running recently my phone tells me I have to set up a media player, but if it was running recently, app widget is available on lock screen. Now, both Google Play Services AND Poweramp are decimating my battery, and I'm getting complaints about Poweramp using too much cpu. More often than not when I wake up in the middle of the night there's no music. I paid for this app. Not a ton, but it wasn't free. No contact for support except here. Looks like many others have had trouble. Where is the fix at? Really frustrating. Very upset, and uninstalling. Hope this gets fixed so I can use it again.
I love the volume and other controls in equalizer/effects screens of Poweramp. Especially the fine control provided by moving finger farther away from center of volume knob as I'm "turning" it. Is there a skin or setting that can add this finer control to wave seek and static seek bars? That is, finer control over speed of seek the farther finger is away from bar?


I was so looking forward to meeting this little girl after photographing her gorgeous big brother and family in earlier sessions – and she was just as beautiful as I'd imagined!!
She was a little angel for this session – barely made a peep and absolutely stunning. Love!


The motivating question behind the MDS conjecture is: what is the maximum size g(k,q) of a family of vectors in (F_q)^k (the k-dimensional vector space over the finite field F_q) so that any k vectors in the family form a basis of (F_q)^k? This question interests the coding theory, algebraic geometry, and finite geometry communities, and its importance is highlighted by a 00 prize offered for its solution by the Information Theory and Applications (ITA) center at UCSD (http://media.itsoc.org/isit2006/vardy/handout.pdf). We give an exposition using the language of matrices of Simeon Ball's recent solution to this question when q is prime. If time permits, we will discuss joint work in progress on this question with Simeon Ball and Jan De-Buele.


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"Loving You (Ole Ole Ole)" is the second single from Brian Harvey's debut solo album, Solo. The track is a collaboration with The Refugee Crew. The single was released on 15 October 2001, reaching #20 on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.

Track listing
 UK CD1 (0132325ERE)
 "Loving You (Ole Ole Ole)" - 4:05
 "Chains" - 3:36
 "Loving You (Ole Ole Ole)" (Brian Harvey Only) - 3:26
 "Loving You (Ole Ole Ole)" (CD-Rom Video) - 4:10

 UK CD2 (0133045ERE)
 "Loving You (Ole Ole Ole)" (Original) - 4:05
 "Loving You (Ole Ole Ole)" (Ignorants Remix) - 4:10
 "Loving You (Ole Ole Ole)" (Ignorants Dub) - 4:10

References

2001 songs
2001 singles
Brian Harvey songs
Edel AG singles
Music videos directed by Andy Morahan
Song recordings produced by Jerry Duplessis
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Nmap Network Scanning: The Official Nmap Project Guide to Network Discovery and Security Scanning
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4Nmap Network Scanning is the official guide to the Nmap Security Scanner, a free and open source utility used by millions of people for network discovery, administration, and security auditing. From explaining port scanning basics for novices to detailing low-level packet crafting methods used by advanced hackers, this book suits all levels of security and networking professionals. A 42-page reference guide documents every Nmap feature and option, while the rest of the book demonstrates how to apply those features to quickly solve real-world tasks. Examples and diagrams show actual communication on the wire.
Topics include subverting firewalls and intrusion detection systems, optimizing Nmap performance, and automating common networking tasks with the Nmap Scripting Engine. Hints and instructions are provided for common uses such as taking network inventory, penetration testing, detecting rogue wireless access points, and quashing network worm outbreaks. Nmap runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Nmap's original author, Gordon "Fyodor" Lyon, wrote this book to share everything he has learned about network scanning during more than 11 years of Nmap development. Visit http: //nmap.org/book for more information and sample chapters.
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Yon Bigjobs Vimsey gave that skunner wut fur.
Nae. Wut fur!
I've been putting off writing this review for quite a while. It's probably been several weeks by now. I just don't know what to say about Snuff.
It's not that I dislike the story. After all, it's Discworld, so it's likable almost by default.
It's not that there's no message that Terry wanted to tell us. The goblins were in a tight spot – to say the least – and had been for a long time. They were a race that needed help and got it.
It's not that there's a lack of interesting conflict (as in Heidi). Stratford and others provide plenty of that.
I wonder…maybe it's the abundance of characters in the narrative. By my count, there are almost 150. Granted, many of them are only mentioned in passing, but that amounts to about one new character every 2.5 pages.
That quantity leaves little time to go into great depth on many of them. And again, not that that's a requirement for a good story, but it is what it is.
I wonder…maybe it's that Vimes is on vacation, even though you just know from the start that he'll always be on duty…or at least he'll feel like he is.
He even manages, while not being on duty, to train up an eager, young copper in Feeney Upshot. And Feeney does not disappoint in the end.
I wonder…maybe it's that I can't really figure out who this story is really about. Is it Vimes, who gets the most attention? Is it the goblin race? Is it one of the goblins in particular, like Tears of the Mushroom? Is it Feeney?
Can you, dear reader, solve my problem? True, I'm sorta solving it by writing about not writing, but still….
Meeting a Goblin
I would like to meet a goblin someday. I think I could get past the odor. Most everyone else seems to sooner or later.
I really like their (original) names.
Tears of the Mushroom
Sound of the Rain on Hard Ground
The Pleasant Contrast of the Orange and Yellow Petals in the Flower of the Gorse
The Cold Bone Wakes
Regret of the Falling Leaf
(Spoiler alert: I'm almost done (re)reading Raising Steam. There are more neat goblin names to come.)
Oh! And the harp music of Tears of the Mushroom! I wish I could hear what that really sounded like. Being a musician – mainly keyboard, not harp – myself, I would certainly appreciate her composition. If I may quote Knatchbull Harrington's complete review….
Whence came it, that ethereal music, from what hidden grot or secret cell? From what dark cave? From what window into paradise? We watched the tiny figure under the spotlight and the music poured over us, sometimes soothing, sometimes blessing, sometimes accusing. Every one of us confronting ghosts, demons and old memories. The recital by Tears of the Mushroom, a young lady of the goblin persuasion, took but half an hour or, perhaps, it took a lifetime, and then it was over, to a silence which spread and grew and expanded until at last it exploded. Every single patron standing and clapping their hands raw, tears running down our faces. We had been taken somewhere and brought back and we were different people, longing for another journey into paradise, no matter what hell we had to atone for on the way.
Perhaps you had to be there.
By the way, as I hinted at the top, Vimes did take care of the bad guy(s). But I won't spoil that part of the narrativium for you.
Get your copy of Snuff at Amazon.


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Archive for Dudley Nichols
The Father's Day Intertitle: The Leith Police Dismisseth Us
Posted in FILM with tags Alec Craig, Alexander Mackendrick, Citizen Kane, Donald Crisp, Dudley Nichols, Florence Eldridge, Fredric March, Ginger Rogers, John Ford, Katherine Hepburn, Mary Gordon, Mary of Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots, Maxwell Anderson, Orson Welles, RKO, Stagecoach on June 16, 2013 by dcairns
OK, it's not exactly an intertitle, but I had to honour the fact that John Ford pasted my address across the screen in MARY OF SCOTLAND.
It's a legendarily quite bad film, though more of an honorable failure than, say, THE HURRICANE (a commercial hit but a veritable TOWERING INFERNO artistically), part of a string of more-or-less misfires which led up to the burst or energy that is STAGECOACH. In fact, the movie is quite interesting, or anyway "interesting" — it rarely achieves anything resembling compelling drama, and censorship forces it to take the dullest path whenever there's a knotty historical issue to be resolved. Dialogue is of a heavily expository nature, with everybody always telling each other things they must already know — you'd never guess that either Dudley Nichols, or Maxwell Anderson whose play he's adapting, was a good or even competent writer.
However, it's possibly Ford's most gay film, with Lord Darnley in particular striking a bold blow for the lipstick, earring and ruff look. Queen Elizabeth surrounds herself with rather camp confidants too, despite the fact that she's basically a sullen mound of beads.
(This was the movie where Ginger Rogers campaigned hard for the role of Elizabeth, and shot a screen test in heavy makeup which the suits loved until they realized who it was. The thought of Ginger as the Virgin Queen was apparently too much of a stretch. So Florence Eldridge lands by far the best role and does well with it.)
Katherine Hepburn as Mary is surrounded by several of the same stock Scots and pseudo-Scots from RKO's THE LITTLE MINISTER (Alec Craig, Mary Gordon, Donald Crisp). Fredric March does do more than hint at a burr, but Fiona felt he captured a quintessentially Scottish attitude. It seems to involve bellowing heartily. He also presents a baby with the present of a broadsword, which does seem quite authentic behaviour.
Perhaps sensing the inertia of the material, Ford attempts a few stylistic flourishes. In one key scene, Mary/Hepburn must decide whether to sign, at sword's point, a pardon for the murderers of David Rizzio (John Carradine [!]). In her closeup, she's separated by the characters over her shoulder by a layer of scrim — and interesting psychological effect, thrown away by too-hasty editing. I suspect the film was so stodgy they took the shears to it, and out went the more promising material. (Tag Gallagher certainly suggests that the studio botched the edit, and it appears that Ford's system of protecting himself by shooting no coverage was not yet in place.)
Ford also plays with theatrical lighting changes, dimming the key light on Darnley when he acquiesces to an assassination plot. Did Orson Welles check this movie out when he was running STAGECOACH all those times? It's made by the same studio, so it would have been to hand. CITIZEN KANE advanced on the idea by staging the fades during dissolves, so that one part of the shot would linger longer as the rest faded out, but the initial idea had to come from somewhere…
For years (decades?) Alexander Mackendrick dreamed of filming MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, his office papered in storyboards. Since historical movies usually ossify alive onscreen, he was determined to make his version live and breathe — the western was his role model, a genre in which history is depicted IN ACTION. Ironically, the man you would have thought ideally suited to make such a film had already tried, and fallen victim to period movie syndrome.
Posted in FILM with tags Borzage, Charles Laughton, Dudley Nichols, Equinox Flower, George Sanders, Jean Renoir, Kent Smith, Nora Prentiss, Ozu, This Land is Mine on December 16, 2008 by dcairns
THIS LAND IS MINE is too magnificent for me to actually blog about. Emotive as propaganda, it achieves the level of high art by virtue of its beauty of spirit and aesthetics, and its sheer intelligence — Renoir and his script collaborator, Dudley Nichols, pose difficult questions about resistance to evil, and it's to their credit that they avoid easy answers. Renoir gets the best out of his cast, with a career-best piece of work from Kent Smith, otherwise known as the most boring man in movies — not a bad actor at all, just one who never makes an impression (in NORA PRENTISS he gets seduced, corrupted, mutilated and executed, all without arousing a spark of interest). In the lead, Charles Laughton has a fantastic role, and avoids going OTT with it, while still allowing himself to make the kind of bold, striking choices only he could pull off. George Sanders, always welcome and always very fine, actually gets to stretch himself.
But I'm not going to write about it, because this is all pitifully inadequate, failing to capture just what's so exciting and moving about this perfectly judged movie. I just wanted to mention the opening sequence, where Renoir cuts around a town square in a series of striking leaps, using the WWI memorial as a focal point, spinning round it like a pole dancer, so to speak, in a manner quite comparable to Ozu's jumps through interior space, using a red kettle as a sort of visual anchor, in EQUINOX FLOWER. To be clear, I'm talking about an impression of snappy movement created with a series of totally locked-off shots, so that the filmmaker seems to whisk us from one spot to another with the crack of a whip — truly dynamic cutting that smacks each composition down before us like a series of playing cards in what is unquestionably a winning hand.
Psychologically, of course, these angle changes animate the soldier, almost like the waking lion in BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN, and make him seem increasingly beleaguered and surrounded as the German troops flood the little town square. It's a visual metaphor, probably the broadest in the film.
As the sequence continues, our man is rapidly diminished to a tiny background figure, outnumbered and outgunned. While the narrative function is to simply show the occupation in progress, and the local Nazi commander arriving at the town hall to greet the mayor, a seemingly reluctant collaborationist who is really all to keen to succumb to greater force, a little allegory has been played out with our living statue friend, whose heart still beats like those of the lovers at the end of Carné's LES VISITEURS DU SOIR.
His last appearance is somehow the most diminished — the ranks of standing men, and the formality and symmetry of the frame, convert him into a piece of architecture again. In the final wide shot of the square, he's totally absent, eclipsed by a German troop truck. Overwhelmed, engulfed, then finally buried.
Probably the highlight of my past year's film viewing has been getting deeper into Borzage, and just starting to get into Renoir properly for really the first time.
This Land Is Mine [DVD]
Forbidden Divas: May I Use Your Ocean?


As many of you are aware, 21st June 2015, will be celebrated as the first 'International Yoga Day'!
Singapore will host the first edition of 'International Day of Yoga' on June 21 at about 50 locations across the country. The objective of the event is to spread awareness of yoga as a holistic measure for attainment of a healthy body and mind. So come join the Yoga movement!
The centres range from schools, polytechnics, universities to workers' dormitories, Yoga studios, Community Centres, iconic malls like Ion Orchard to Changi International Airport. Free Yoga T-shirts, mats and healthy snack-packs would also be distributed to the registered participants. As a curtain raiser to the event, the High Commissioner of India, HE Mrs Vijay Thakur Singh launched a web portal for online registration of Singapore participants for the mega event. Please click here to register! http://idayofyoga.org/singapore.
The Yoga events would comprise conducting free yoga classes by the yoga experts followed by a talk on yoga and healthy living by the specialists. The event would start at 8.30AM and continue till 10.00 AM. You can join in the celebrations at any of the centres below! See you there!


Judy Mason '60 was recently involved in a serious car accident. After weeks of hospitalization and intensive care, she made a steady recovery. She is a retired teacher and moved to Vancouver, Wash., in July 2018.
Gary Hill '63 is a U.S. Navy veteran and former naval aviator who served alongside the late Sen. John McCain. He stands beside a young Sen. McCain in the cover photo of McCain's first memoir. Hill's story was featured in The Bulletin (Bend, Ore.), in addition to the weekly video series, "War Stories," broadcast by Central Oregon Daily. After his service, he was an engineer at NASA for 27 years, developing new technologies. He and his family moved back to Central Oregon after his retirement.
Richard LeBlond '63 is a retired biologist who found his calling as a writer. His essays and photographs have appeared in U.S. and international journals and his work was once nominated for The Best American Travel Writing anthology series.
Bob Mahoney '63 and Sherree (Wager) Mahoney '65 were featured in Western Horseman magazine's latest summer issue.
Jim Silkensen '67 was chosen to be the Grand Marshall of the 2018 Memorial Day Parade and Memorial Day Ceremony held in Cranford, N.J. He spoke on his service in the U.S. Army, specifically during the Vietnam War, as his wife, Candy (Wilson) Silkensen '69, stood beside him.
Elvis Kawahara '69 helped producer Fauna Hodel publish her autobiography, One Day She'll Darken. It was sold to the cable channel TNT as a six-part mini-series renamed I Am the Night. It is set to air in January 2019, starring Chris Pine and directed by Patty Jenkins, who also directed 2017's Wonder Woman.
Wilma Nakamura '69 is the founder and executive director of SharingAloha Maui, a nonprofit organization that champions sustainable practices. She is also the coordinator of Art of Trash, an annual exhibition of repurposed materials transformed into art by Maui County artists, including herself.
Trisha Degman '74 recently moved back to Forest Grove, Ore., where her adventures first began at Pacific. She was the first in her family to graduate college and has since enjoyed many things from being a swim instructor to conducting a women's singing group. She spends her time writing poetry and current events for Providence Elderplace Beaverton (Ore.) and volunteers her time teaching English to international students.
Sue (Judson) Hamly '74 retired after 27 years of pastoral ministry. She served the United Church of Christ, ministering to the congregations of Decorah, Iowa, as well as International Falls, Minn., where she and her husband, Rowland Hamly '74, reside.
Florence (Holmes) Bracy '76 published a memoir, Help Me Understand My Child, about her experiences of advocating for her autistic son. The book highlights her struggles and presents resources and strategies on how to navigate the complex system of securing services for people with special needs.
William Romley '76 retired as a high school administrator and football coach in Bakersfield, Calif. He now spends his time playing golf, fishing and traveling with his wife, Gail. They visited the British Isles and Alaska this summer.
Jean Black-Groulx PT '79 is happy to announce the birth of her sixth great-grandchild this past July.
Gail Dudley PT '79 kicked off her retirement in May by spending her summer exploring and enjoying the state of Alaska.
Max Miura '79 was presented with the Oahu Interscholastic Association Official Service Award for his longtime involvement with wrestling. A wrestler at Pacific, an injury led him to a coaching career. Holding a bachelor's degree in music education, Miura has taught at many schools and recently retired after 33 years.
Jeff Grundon '80 and P.K. Higa '94 organized a free workshop, College Prep 101, that was held at King Kekaulike High School in Pukalani, Hawai'i. The workshop covered topics such as the college admissions process, athletic recruiting and scholarships. The Maui News featured their story.
Rick Snyder '81 became the new principal for Winchester (Ore.) Elementary School, the school he attended as a child. He spent some years in California in teaching administration before returning to Winchester.
Frank Giardina '83, OD '86 is the optometric director of Community Health Centers of the Central Coast, Inc. The non-profit network was recently approved to be a residency site for optometry in conjunction with the Southern College of Optometry (Tenn.).
Katy (Bryans) Mount '84 retired in July 2017 after 31 years teaching middle school at Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. She also worked as a communication specialist with kindergarten through 12th-grade students with a speech and auditory training emphasis. She is looking forward to time off and traveling with her husband before jumping into another career.
Cathy (Leong) Doyle '87, PT '89 moved to Salmon Creek, Wash., after living in Beaverton, Ore., for 30 years and working at Providence Home Services for almost 20 years. She now splits her time working at 360 Physical Therapy and the Vancouver (Wash.) VA.
Kathy (Svane) Schreick-Latto OD '90 has been practicing optometry for almost two decades since graduating from Pacific. She resides in Santa Clarita, Calif.
Jill White '90 has been teaching at the Guam Department of Education for almost three decades. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Guam in Mangilao, Guam. She plans to retire in the next couple of years.
Chuck Currie '91 is the director of Pacific's center for peace and spirituality, the university chaplain and a professor. He wrote an opinion piece that was published by the political newspaper The Hill.
Tad Buckingham '92, OD '94 is an assistant professor and attending physician at Pacific as well as the division chief of Forest Grove (Ore.) Fire & Rescue. He recently appeared in the article, "Practical tips when disaster strikes," published on The Financial, a London newspaper and website.
Tyler Cuddeford PT '92 received the Mercedes Weiss Service Award from the Oregon Physical Therapy Association for his outstanding contribution to the profession. He is the director of the physical therapy program at George Fox University in Newberg, Ore.
Neil E. Conlon '93 was promoted to division manager at DAS Companies, Inc. located in Palmyra, Pa. The company designs, imports and distributes automotive accessories, travel merchandise and mobile electronics.
John P. Lowery OD '93, MED '96 discussed the genetic components of nearsightedness and farsightedness in an article published by EyeCare 20/20.
Joseph Morelock MAT '93 has been named interim superintendent of the Newberg (Ore.) School District for the 2018–19 year. In the last 25 years of his career in public education, he has worked as a teacher, coach and administrator.
Brooke Collins-Burke PT '96 started the pelvic floor rehabilitation program at St. Charles Health System in Bend, Ore. Her program has grown to three other sites serving the patients of Central Oregon. She has presented to cancer survivors and the general public on the benefits of pelvic floor health. She enjoys traveling with her husband, spending time with her teenagers, hiking, gardening and playing with her dogs. She and her family currently live just outside of Bend, Ore.
Amber Fitzsimmons PT '96 was appointed department chair of the University of California San Francisco's Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science. She has been teaching at UCSF since 2013 and has received several awards including the UCSF Excellence in Teaching Award, the UCSF Teaching Scholars Fellow and the UCSF Interprofessional Humanistic Teaching Fellowship.
Dorota Haber-Lehigh '97, MAT '98 is a Seaside, Ore. resident, artist and illustrator who recently taught a bird drawing class at the Seaside Library. She has self-published two coloring books, ABC of Native Plants of the Coastal Pacific Northwest and Native Berries of the Pacific Northwest and teaches community art workshops.
Derek Brown '98, MAT '99 completed an apprenticeship in Granada, Spain, learning the art of Spanish classical guitar making. His love for the craft began at Pacific, when he built a classical guitar and used it to perform his undergraduate senior recital. He plans to bring back the knowledge and skills he acquired from Spain eventually to open his own shop.
Christine Pollard PT '98 recently gave a presentation at Oregon State University's Science Pub, an event hosted by some of OSU's leading researchers. She is an associate professor of kinesiology at OSU-Cascades in Bend, Ore., as well as a biomechanist and physical therapist. She also serves as director of the FORCE Lab, a biomechanics lab where she oversees various research projects.
Sara (Hewitt) Lachman '99 started Wannabe, a protein blend business. The supplements target primarily female athletes to boost energy and performance during workouts. Two products have been released with plans to expand and include additional items. An attorney at Miller Johnson in Grand Rapids, Mich., she continues to practice law as she grows her business.
Malorie (Fredde) McCaughan MS '99, PsyD '03 was welcomed into the International Association of HealthCare Professionals with her upcoming publication in the Worldwide Leaders in Healthcare. She is a licensed clinical psychologist serving patients at her private practice, Greater Things, LLC, in Boca Raton, Fla.
Jeremy Kern PT '00 continues to enjoy working in the outpatient environment at Providence Milwaukie (Ore.) Hospital, supporting his wife who just finished nurse practitioner school and his boys, a high school senior and an eighth-grader.
Denise (Price) Giesbers '00 and Carole Golart '69, MST '76 quickly became friends while performing together in the musical Oklahoma! at the Theatre In The Grove in Forest Grove, Ore., this past April.
Cris Gwilliam '00, MAT '01 became the new principal at St. Helens (Ore.) Middle School. Formerly the assistant principal for St. Helens High School, he has worked as a teacher, coach, athletic director, dean of students, administrator and advocate for students during the last 18 years. He also helped to develop the high school's college and career readiness program, and implemented an approach to teaching and learning for staff through the school's program Advanced Via Individual Determination (AVID).
Scott Wallace PT '00 works in the outpatient orthopedic setting at Kaiser Permanente in Sacramento, Calif. He enjoys spending time with his wife, Theresa, and two boys, Reid and Neil, who will soon be entering high school and middle school.
Brandi Baker-Rudicel '02 was featured in the Cottage Grove, Ore. newspaper for National Teacher Day. She began teaching in 2004 after receiving her bachelor's degree from Pacific. She also works with the Parent Partnership and directs the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance program for the school district.
Joe Balash '02 has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management. A former Alaska natural resources commissioner, he was nominated by President Trump. He now heads the Department of the Interior's management of all federal lands and waters, including mineral and non-mineral resources, as well as the regulation of surface coal mining.
Jarrod Karnofski '02, PT '05 recently celebrated 10 years working at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Ore. He is the vice president of the hospital's ancillary and support services. When he isn't working, he coaches basketball and baseball and has been working toward a master's degree in healthcare administration. He volunteers as an athletic trainer for Ilwaco and Naselle high schools, where he recently implemented the ImPACT concussion assessment tool. He and his wife, Vinessa, live in Ilwaco, Wash., and celebrated four years of marriage this past July.
Katy Wagner '02, MAT '04 became the new St. Helens (Ore.) High School principal. A longtime resident of Oregon, she taught choir, physics and chemistry for 10 years in Beaverton and Portland before working in school administration.
Corrine (Dignam) Bologna '03 accepted a new position as a pharmacy account manager with OptumRx for UnitedHealth Group in Tucson, Ariz. She has been with the company for more than five years.
Jose Reyna '03, PT '09 is an assistant professor at Pacific's School of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, and works at the Pacific Physical Therapy Clinic. He is also a lab assistant in human anatomy.
Joely Gutierrez '03, MAT '05 and Allan Felipe married on Jan. 18, 2018. She is currently a teacher at Waiakeawaena Elementary School in Hilo, Hawai'i.
Lydia Chapman '05 and Jerry Shindelbower were married on April 21, 2018.
Amy J. Thomas OD '05 is a board-certified optometrist, vision therapist and owner of Arizona Vision Therapy Center. After Pacific, she joined the Army and worked with soldiers and airmen suffering from vision problems caused by brain injuries. Following her rotations, she moved to Tucson, Ariz., where she established her practice.
Justin Arnold '06 became senior manager of communications at the Urban Land Institute in Washington D.C. He oversees the company's external media relations effort, along with creating and distributing its press releases.
Shelley (Rietmann) '06, PT '09 and Adam McCabe welcomed their second son, Alonzo Jack (AJ), on April 9, 2018. Shelley is the director of Pioneer Medical Physical Therapy in Heppner, Ore.
Jennifer McCallum MAT '06 was chosen to be the Kalama School District's new middle school principal. She has previously worked as an athletic director, special education director and testing coordinator.
Mark Saito '06 released his debut album, Live What You Love, through his own independent label, Mark Saito Music. His album was nominated for the 2018 Na Hoku Hanohano Award for reggae album of the year. He is currently working on his second album collaborating with different artists. He performs a mix of various musical genres that include acoustic, soft rock, reggae, Hawaiian and easy listening. In the past, he has performed with many well-known artists, including John Legend, Richie Sambora and Keith Urban.
Justin Schweitzer OD '06 was recently interviewed by and featured on KELOLAND News. He is an optometrist at Vance Thompson Vision in Sioux Falls, S.D., providing special care to patients undergoing vision surgeries. He is also an adjunct clinical professor at the Illinois College of Optometry.
Jennifer Wilhelm PT '06 presented at the Pacific University College of Health Professions' Faculty Seminar Series. She discussed her research on assessing and treating patients with concussions. She is the lead neurology physical therapist in the outpatient rehabilitation department at the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) and works in its gait and balance lab.
Aaron Cottam '07 is the new band director at Holyoke (Colo.) Schools, teaching fifth through 12th grade, as well as directing the school's pep band and jazz band. He graduated from Pacific with a bachelor's degree in music education and moved on to pursue his master's at the University of Northern Colorado. He was previously an assistant band director in Florence, Ore.
Lisa Galloway MFA '07 is a published poet and director of the Litquake Elder Project, a community initiative that offers opportunities for seniors to engage with one another and with their own creativity. The program began with Litquake, a literary festival held in the San Francisco Bay Area every fall. The program brings the energy and festivities of Litquake to elders who cannot attend the festival.
MaryBeth (Shoemaker) '08 and Marcel Bailey '09 welcomed their daughter, Kiara Drew, on Dec. 7, 2017.
Amber Belaustegui OD '08 recently merged her practice, Central Nevada Vision, with another practice, EyeZone Nevada. She is the optometrist in residence at the combined firm's new office in Fallon, Nev.
Crystal Bridges PT '08 works at Neurotherapeutic Pediatric Therapies in Hillsboro, Ore. She is a lab assistant in Pediatric Neuromuscular System: Examination & Interventions, and is the program coordinator for Go Baby Go Portland.
Billy Gates '08 and Jessie Litteaur were married on June 9, 2018, in Kyle, Texas. Sean Butler '07 was part of the wedding party.
Matt Hendryx '08 and Britnee welcomed their daughter, Harlow, in November 2017.
Trennda Rittenbach OD '08 and Brian Le were married on Sept. 30, 2017, in Carmel, Calif.
Nick Engelfried '09 published an article on Waging Nonviolence, a blog site that focuses on the struggles for justice and peace around the globe. His work sheds light on youth activism and the rise of student-led movements in the last two decades.
Ashley Henscheid '09 and Jason welcomed their daughter, Lainie Snow, on Jan. 9, 2018.
Bridgett Pride '09 earned a master's degree in library and information science and a master's degree of arts in history from Simmons College in Boston, Mass. She has served as the college's president of the Library and Information Science Student Association; the project manager of the 2018 Diversity, Equity, Race, Accessibility and Identity in LIS conference; and the co-organizer of the inaugural Massachusetts Feminist Zine Fest. She was awarded the 2018 Kenneth R. Shaffer Outstanding Student Award for leadership. She plans to remain in Boston while serving as the professional co-chair of the New England Archivists Roundtable for Early Professionals.
Kaila Osmotherly OD '10 is the associate dean of clinical affairs at Midwestern University's Arizona College of Optometry. She was listed in the "40 Under 40" section of the local newspaper that honors Phoenix's young leaders.
Amanda Fink OT '11 co-founded Infinity Kids, a new pediatric therapy group in Lake Forest, Calif., that treats infants and children with special needs. She has worked as a pediatric occupational therapist for a number of years, helping kids who have swallowing disorders.
Chad Schobert '11, OD '14 became the pediatric eye care specialist for Eye Care for You in Sandpoint, Idaho. He is passionate about pediatric optometry and hopes to work with local schools. His wife also joined the practice as the office manager.
Tabitha Blankenbiller MFA '12 was invited to discuss her debut novel, Eats of Eden, at Lunch in the Loft, a monthly lunch and book signing event hosted by Beach Books in Seaside, Ore.
Shannon Brown '12 and Taylor Kane '12 welcomed their daughter, Juniper Jade Kane, on Jan. 1, 2018.
Sebastian Bannister Lawler '12 has been promoted to contract review specialist at TTM Technologies. He was also elected vice chair of the Oregon Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee, which works with the state of Oregon to promote community involvement in land use policy.
Talina Corvus PT '12 is the outpatient service coordinator for Brookdale Hillside (Ore.) Therapy Services, lead instructor for Principles of Therapeutic Exercise and Motor Learning and a lab assistant in Physical Agents and Mechanical Modalities. She recently earned the Certified Exercise Expert for Aging Adults credential from the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy.
Evan Liu '12, PT '15 traveled to Granada, Nicaragua, for a service trip with the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he recently finished his orthopedic physical therapy residency. In Nicaragua, he mentored graduate students and provided patient care in the local community. He is a staff physical therapist at Tuality Community Hospital in Hillsboro, Ore., per diem physical therapist at Pacific Physical Therapy Clinic, and lab assistant in human anatomy and principles of therapeutic exercise and motor learning. He also plays a central role in Pacific's student success program as the tutor for clinical biomechanics.
Joseph Oelfke '12, PT '15 is a staff physical therapist at Advance Sports & Spine Therapy in Portland, Ore., and is a lab assistant in human anatomy. He also recently completed the McKenzie Institute Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency program and earned his certification in mechanical diagnosis and therapy.
Deborah Reed MFA '12 held a book reading and signing event for her sixth published novel, The Days When Birds Come Back, at the Northwest Authors Presentation in Cannon Beach, Ore. Reed has presented in several writing workshops throughout the U.S. and Europe and lives in Manzanita, Ore.
Leslie Schwartz MFA '12 is the author of two novels, Jumping the Green and Angels Crest. She published a best-selling memoir, The Lost Chapters, about incarceration and redemption. She has won several awards and fellowships throughout her writing career. She has been a past president of the board of directors for PEN USA and has published short stories, articles, essays and book reviews for The Los Angeles Times, Poets & Writers, Teachers & Writers and Sonora Review. She currently teaches private workshops and is a freelance editor.
Dewey Tucker MHA '12 was promoted to senior implementation manager at Austin (Texas) VA data center. He was also accepted to the OI&T Future Senior Leaders Academy.
Kari Wergeland MFA '12 is an author and breast cancer survivor who has self-published two books of poetry, Voice Break and The Ballad of the New Carissa and Other Poems. Finishing Line Press published her third book, Breast Cancer: A Poem in Five Acts this year.
Alex Bell '13 led a team tasked with redesigning the Pacific University website. The team's goal was to make it more user-friendly for prospective students without detracting from the needs of current students, faculty and staff. Adobe featured her on its blog.
Cynthia Neely MFA '13 had her poem, "Me Too – The Fall of Man," published on Women's Voices for Change, a news and opinion website that celebrates women's health, beauty and wisdom.
Jordan Siu '14 graduated from Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Pomona, Calif., in June 2018. He is currently the resident physician of internal medicine at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Township, Mich.
Bre Hall '15 kayaked the entire length of the longest river in Ireland, the River Shannon, to raise funds for the Childhood Cancer Foundation.
Anne Jeffery PT '15 is on staff as a physical therapist at Therapeutic Associates in Salem, Ore., and a lab assistant in Musculoskeletal Examination an Intervention for the Spine and for the Extremities.
Chrystian Johnson '15 is serving in the Peace Corps in Malawi, Africa, as an environmental resource volunteer. He works alongside village members, helping with permaculture gardening, beehive construction, deforestation prevention, and malaria and HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness. He is also a diversity and peer support ambassador. He will stay in Malawi until September 2019.
Celeste Rizzo PharmD '15 and her husband Mark welcomed their first son, Simeon Baldwin Rizzo, in May 2018. Their daughter, Bianca, loves helping mom and dad with her baby brother.
Tommy Yates '15 and Ariana Emde '16 were married on March 24, 2018, in Makena, Hawai'i. Pacific alumni in the wedding party included Samantha Burns '16, Brianna Johnson '16, Noah Maningo '15 and Joey Nagler '15.
Natalie (Stewart) Kiefer PT '16 received the Early Professional Scholarship from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Currently, she is employed at Warm Springs (Ore.) Holistic Health.
Janae Rasmussen '16 was accepted into A.T. Still University's School of Osteopathic Medicine in Mesa, Ariz. She is a first-year medical student pursuing her doctor of osteopathic medicine.
Nick Blight OD '17 has been welcomed to the Advanced EyeCare of Blackfoot team in Blackfoot, Idaho, where he was born and raised. He earned his optometry degree at Pacific and gained a wide-set variety of skills and experiences during his clinical rotations before moving back to his hometown.
Jillian Ross '17 was inducted into the St. Helens (Ore.) Sports Booster Club's Hall of Fame. She played volleyball and basketball at Pacific.
Teo Mungaray MFA '18 recently published a poem on Glass Poetry Press. More of his poetry can be found in Assaracus: A Journal of Gay Poetry, Prelude, and The Bellevue Literary Review. He is the co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of literary journal, Cotton Xenomorph.
Luke Olson '18 is the new and first-ever sports editor for South King Media, a network of six popular local blogs in the Southwest King County near Seattle, Wash. He was previously the sports editor for The Pacific Index and has written several articles for its sports section.
Emily Sernaker MFA '18 has published many of her writings in notable magazines such as Ms. and The Rumpus, including interviews with acclaimed poets and Pacific MFA faculty members, Vievee Francis, Marvin Bell and Kwame Dawes. She is a freelance writer whose works have appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Los Angeles Times, The Sun, The Huffington Post, New Ohio Review and others.
Elona Wilson '18 was recently published in The Oregonian. Her letter to the editor, "Students Need Support to Thrive," addressed the need for better support and opportunities for students' academic and overall success as America's future leaders.


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Pastor allegedly steals N10m jewellery
The gavel of justice
Published By: pmnews
22nd September, 2016
A 23-year old, self-acclaimed pastor, Nkechinyere Ndukwe, on Thursday appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates' Court for allegedly stealing jewellery valued at N10 million.
Ndukwe is facing a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing and obtaining under false pretence.
When the charge was read out to the accused, she entered a plea of not guilty.
The Magistrate, Mrs Helen Omisore, granted Ndukwe bail in the sum of N1 million with two responsible sureties in like sum.
The magistrate ordered that one of the sureties must possess land property within the court's jurisdiction.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Inspector Cousin Adams had told the court that the accused and others now at large committed the offence on March 9, at GRA, Ikeja.
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He further told the court that Ndukwe had asked the complainant, Ifeoma Isiuwa, to bring all her jewellery valued at N10 million for her to commence prayers on behalf of Isiuwa.
"When the complainant asked that her jewellery be returned to her, the accused was unable to produce them," he said.
The prosecutor said that rather than return the jewellery to Ndukwe, the accused told her that she had converted them into her own personal use.
Adams said that the offences against the accused contravened Sections 285, 312 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Section 285 prescribes three year jail term while 409 states two years for offenders.
The court has adjourned the case till October 17, for mention.
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Senate OKS open-space bill, reviving popular Land and Water Conservation Fund
A visitor stops at the Petrified Forest National Park, one of many national and local sites in Arizona that have benefited from the Land and Water Conservation Fund over the years. (Photo courtesy National Park Service)
Andrew Howard/Cronkite News
WASHINGTON — After months of gridlock, the Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill that permanently authorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a program that has sent almost $240 million to Arizona for parks and open space projects.
The fund was the biggest part of a sweeping 698-page public lands package that includes everything from local land transfers to wildfire initiatives to the designation of a National Nordic Museum.
But lawmakers and advocates agreed that the most important part of the bill was the fund, which uses revenue from offshore oil and gas leases to fund federal, state and local open space and recreation projects.
Since it was created in 1965, the fund has collected $40 billion and allocated close to half that, but the law authorizing the fund expired Sept. 30.
"It's almost unconscionable that it was lapsed," said Kevin Dahl, senior program manager for the Arizona office of the National Parks Conservation Association. "It's great it's happening now."
According to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Coalition, Arizona has received $239.5 million from the fund over the years. The money has gone to projects at Grand Canyon National Park, Lake Meade and Saguaro National Park, as well as to state parks like Lost Dutchman and Patagonia Lake. It has also been used for local parks and recreation facilities.
Lawmakers came up with a bipartisan plan to save the fund last year, but it never got out of the House.
The latest version is expected to pass the House, however, after sailing through the Senate on a 92-8 vote Tuesday. A spokesman for House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva, D-Tucson, said he hopes to bring it before the committee as soon as possible, perhaps by the end of this month.
"This is a genuine bipartisan success story," said Aaron Weiss, deputy director for the Center for Western Priorities. "It's incredibly rare to see these days."
Weiss said the fund "has touched every congressional district in the nation." He said lawmakers agree on almost every part of the bill, which includes scores of local projects as sweeteners.
"That's how we got to 92 to 8," he said. "Everyone loves it."
Arizona Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat, and Martha McSally, a Republican, hailed the passage of the bill, noting that it included approval for federal-state land swaps across Arizona. They ranged from 9.5 acres in Coronado National Forest to be made available to private landowners, to as many as 8,800 acres to La Paz County for development of a solar power project there.
Sinema called the bill "a win for Arizona" and said in a statement that it will "spur job creation in rural Arizona and protect our public lands for future generations of Arizonans."
McSally welcomed the inclusion of the Public Land Corps program, a proposal first pushed by the late Sen. John McCain that is aimed at combating the backlog of maintenance on public land. Corps volunteers would be between 16 and 30 years old and would work for partner organizations in states around the country.
"The legislation would expand the Public Lands Corps by many thousands of volunteers, including young Americans, Native Americans and returning veterans and make it easier for civic-minded individuals to serve in the great outdoors," McSally said in a statement.
The bill includes scores of such proposals, a grab-bag of legislation often going back years. Grijalva first introduced legislation to create a Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area in Pima and Santa Cruz counties in 2007. It is included in the bill.
Not everything in the bill was a local land project. One section calls for greater use of technology, such as drones, to combat wildfires, while another calls for the creation of a national volcano early warning and monitoring system.
Even though the bill makes the LWCF permanent, advocates noted that the allocations could vary from year to year and there is no guarantee the money will be spent. Weiss said he hopes the fund does not become "a political football" for Congress over allocations.
He said the fund has served a vital role because it "fills holes in the parks" that he said often look like Swiss cheese — federal lands dotted with private property.
Dahl said there is still work to be done, even after the bill wins final approval. At that point, he said, "we start the process for the next public lands package," which the Arizona NPCA hopes will include land for the Casa Grande ruins, Saguaro National Park and the Fort Bowie historic site.
But it's not just large and historic sites that can benefit. Like many others, he said, "I've played softball on fields funded by the LWCF."
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Britain's Conservatives Agree on Everything but Brexit
The men vying to replace Theresa May as prime minister are divided on Brexit. It's the only issue anyone in their party seems to care about.
by Yasmeen Serhan Jun 19, 2019 3 minutes
Source: Dylan Martinez / Reuters
LONDON—If the race to become Britain's next prime minister is any indication, the ruling Conservatives are united on virtually all issues but one. Unfortunately for them, that issue happens to be Brexit—and it's threatening to tear not only the party, but the whole country, apart.
When five of the six contenders to succeed Theresa May as Conservative Party leader—and, consequently, prime minister—gathered for their first televised debate this week, there were plenty of oddities. First, Boris Johnson, the front-runner who didn't bother. Then there was the debate itself, which featured strange metaphors such as the one Brexit negotiations to trying to get garbage into a trash can. But perhaps the oddest part of all was the realization that the men onstage—each with his own disparate view of Brexit and how to best deliver it—belong to the same party.
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Remember the last time I went to Mundaring Truffle Festival and took a photo with a Pastry Chef Emmanuel?
Choux Cafe located in a very quiet street in Swanbourne, I can tell you while I was walking towards Choux Cafe, probably takes me 1 minute, I saw at least 4-5 people walking in and out the shop! Where does the people come from in such a quiet street?
I went there with my friend and our eyes instantly glued to the cakes!! We were just in heaven by just looking at it! There's savoury like pies and quiche and sweet like macaroons, cakes and more!
Look at how many types of Macaroons they have! Each $2.70. It's very expensive I know, but if you buy 5 pieces, then it will be $2 per piece. So, it's not that bad actually hehe.
There's tables and chairs for you to have lunch or coffee there.
These are what bought for ourself to try.
Have to say, Choux Cafe is the best Patisserie in Perth! The Chocolate Tart, I was expecting the chocolate to be super rich but it wasn't! It was just nice and the pastry was excellent.
Hazelnut cake.. So cute!!! Taste awesome too! Nice hazelnut flavour, with a thin layer of crunchy biscuit in the middle! I finish half of each in 1 minutes!
You gotto try it people.
hard to compare at them moment because I didn't try the same thing. eg. macaroons and croissants..


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Q: Post content to php via jquery I'm struggling to pass on a simple text from a div to a php post file.
In belows example the variable "first_name" is assigned to an input field, but I'd rather to post the text below.
What would be the correct workaround?

function clickButton() {
  var first_name = document.getElementById('first_name').value;

  $.ajax({
    type: "post",
    url: "cases_action.php",
    data: {
      'first_name': first_name
    },
    cache: false,
    success: function(html) {
      alert('Data Send');
      $('#msg').html(html);
    }
  });

  return false;
}

<form>

First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name" id="first_name" placeholder="Your first name..">

  <input type="submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-purchase" name="" value="submit" onclick="return clickButton();">
</form>

This text should be passed to cases_action via "first_name" instead of content from the input textbox

A: "from a div" ...I see a
 but not a
. They are different.
Anyway that's just a terminology note.
If you want to get the text from the
 element, then it's simple - just write code to look at that element. Right now you're selecting from the form field in your Javascript, so you just need to change the target.
Give the
 an ID and select from that instead (using .innerText because non-form elements don't have a value).
Demo (in which I've also assumed you want to change the name of the field you're sending in the AJAX, since it isn't a name anymore:

function clickButton() {
  var text = document.getElementById('text').innerText;
  console.log(text);

  $.ajax({
    type: "post",
    url: "cases_action.php",
    data: {
      'text': text
    },
    cache: false,
    success: function(html) {
      alert('Data Send');
      $('#msg').html(html);
    }
  });

  return false;
}

<form>
  <input type="submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-purchase" name="" value="submit" onclick="return clickButton();">
</form>

This text should be passed to cases_action via "first_name" instead of content from the input textbox

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NAPAWF comments on murder of Asian women in Georgia spa shootings
in Editorial · Public Safety · Racism-Hate · Social Justice · Women
— 17 Mar, 2021
Six of eight killed in shootings were Asian American women.
ATLANTA (March 16, 2021) — This evening eight people in three Atlanta area spas were killed and another was injured. A suspect has been taken into custody. While details are still unfolding, it appears that at least six of those killed were Asian women.
Sung Yeon Choimorrow, executive director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, said the organization is "appalled and devastated" at the violence that has taken eight lives, six of whom were Asian American women.
"We mourn with the families of these victims," she said. We are horrified and continue to be concerned for the safety of our community members across the country as violence toward Asian Americans has escalated. Elected officials in Georgia must support these families and speak up immediately against hate and violence directed at the Asian American community."
Anti-Asian hate and violence disproportionately impacts women, according to NAPAWF. More than 68% of reported incidents of anti-Asian harassment and violence have been from women.
New polling commissioned by NAPAWF has revealed that nearly half of Asian American and Pacific Islander women have been affected by anti-Asian racism in the past two years.
"This comes as no surprise," Choimorrow said. "Even before the pandemic and the racist scapegoating that came in its wake, AAPI women routinely experienced racialized misogyny. Now, our community, and particularly women, elders, and workers with low-wage jobs, are bearing the brunt of continued vilification."
Ms. N.*, a hair salon worker in Atlanta, mother of National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum Georgia Chapter member Tiffany N.* issued the following statement using pseudonyms for their safety.
"You go to work and you're trying to earn money, and you have your family to feed and you're just trying to survive and be like everyone else. And then stuff like this happens and it's so scary. I am a part of the Vietnamese immigrant community, and I fear for our safety."
The National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) is the only multi-issue, progressive, community organizing and policy advocacy organization for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women and girls in the U.S. NAPAWF's mission is to build collective power so that all AAPI women and girls can have full agency over our lives, our families, and our communities.
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Q: Automounting LUKS encrypted external usb when device inserted without error or hanging on boot if not present Scenario
Have an external device, encrypted with LUKS, automatically mount when inserted and not cause any issues if not present on boot.

Most questions on this topic refer to mounting on boot - this is NOT what I am trying to do

Additionally, the mountpoint should be protected from accidental writes when the usb device is not present and I can do this with chattr +i <mountpoint>
Problem

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*When the external device is NOT mounted, any attempt to access the mountpoint will hang until timeout - this can cause system instability.

*When the device is inserted, the passphrase is prompted for and device unlocked, but not mounted. I then have to mount the device manually with mount /mnt/backup or mount /dev/mapper/fit which appears to correctly use the fstab settings.
Configuration
# /etc/crypttab
fit   UUID=xxxxxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx none luks,noauto

# /etc/fstab
/dev/mapper/fit    /mnt/backup   ext4    noatime,user,noauto,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.device-timeout=5ms,x-systemd.mount-timeout=100ms    0   0

I happen to have a Samsung Fit usb flash drive if anyone was wondering about the name

Accessing the mountpoint when the external device is NOT present
# Accessing the mountpoint when the drive is NOT plugged in
andy@pop-os:mnt$ ll
ls: cannot access 'backup': No such device
total 0
d????????? ? ? ? ?            ? backup/

andy@pop-os:mnt$ mountpoint /mnt/backup
/mnt/backup is a mountpoint

# journalctl
Jan 21 16:33:34 pop-os systemd[1]: mnt-backup.automount: Got automount request for /mnt/backup, triggered by 5192 (ls)
Jan 21 16:33:34 pop-os systemd[1]: dev-mapper-fit.device: Job dev-mapper-fit.device/start timed out.
Jan 21 16:33:34 pop-os systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for device /dev/mapper/fit.
Jan 21 16:33:34 pop-os systemd[1]: Dependency failed for /mnt/backup.
Jan 21 16:33:34 pop-os systemd[1]: mnt-backup.mount: Job mnt-backup.mount/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Jan 21 16:33:34 pop-os systemd[1]: dev-mapper-fit.device: Job dev-mapper-fit.device/start failed with result 'timeout'.

Normal Removal Processes
# Absolute path is required if not using sudo (`user` was set in fstab)
andy@pop-os:mnt$ umount /mnt/backup

andy@pop-os:mnt$ sudo cryptsetup close fit

andy@pop-os:mnt$ sudo eject /dev/sdx

Temporary Resolution
I can unmount the mountpoint (even though no device is mounted anyway) to temporarly fix this issue but it will come back after a system reboot or after mounting/ummounting the device again.
andy@pop-os:mnt$ sudo umount backup

andy@pop-os:mnt$ ll
total 4.0K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jan 19 10:16 backup/

andy@pop-os:mnt$ lsattr
----i---------e------- ./backup

andy@pop-os:~$ mountpoint /mnt/backup
/mnt/backup is not a mountpoint

If I use noauto and don't include x-systemd.automount then I avoid the problem of the directory being a mountpoint on boot when no device is present, but I also don't get automounting - although the device still unlocks.
Mounting the external device
Passphrase is prompted for and device unlocked
andy@pop-os:mnt$ lsblk -f
NAME            FSTYPE      FSVER    LABEL     UUID                                   FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
sdb             crypto_LUKS 2                  xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
└─fit           ext4        1.0                yyyyyyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyyyyyyyyyy

andy@pop-os:mnt$ ll backup/
ls: cannot access 'backup/': No such device

Note that MOUNTPOINTS is empty

# journalctl -f
Jan 21 17:17:26 pop-os kernel: usb 6-2: new SuperSpeed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
Jan 21 17:17:26 pop-os kernel: usb 6-2: New USB device found, idVendor=090c, idProduct=1000, bcdDevice=11.00
Jan 21 17:17:26 pop-os kernel: usb 6-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Jan 21 17:17:26 pop-os kernel: usb 6-2: Product: Flash Drive FIT
Jan 21 17:17:26 pop-os kernel: usb 6-2: Manufacturer: Samsung
Jan 21 17:17:26 pop-os kernel: usb 6-2: SerialNumber: 0123456789123
Jan 21 17:17:26 pop-os kernel: usb-storage 6-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
Jan 21 17:17:26 pop-os kernel: scsi host7: usb-storage 6-2:1.0
Jan 21 17:17:26 pop-os mtp-probe[10452]: checking bus 6, device 2: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:0b:00.4/usb6/6-2"
Jan 21 17:17:26 pop-os mtp-probe[10452]: bus: 6, device: 2 was not an MTP device
Jan 21 17:17:26 pop-os mtp-probe[10467]: checking bus 6, device 2: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:0b:00.4/usb6/6-2"
Jan 21 17:17:26 pop-os mtp-probe[10467]: bus: 6, device: 2 was not an MTP device
Jan 21 17:17:29 pop-os kernel: scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Samsung  Flash Drive FIT  1100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
Jan 21 17:17:29 pop-os kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
Jan 21 17:17:29 pop-os kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 501253132 512-byte logical blocks: (257 GB/239 GiB)
Jan 21 17:17:29 pop-os kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Jan 21 17:17:29 pop-os kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
Jan 21 17:17:29 pop-os kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesnt support DPO or FUA
Jan 21 17:17:29 pop-os kernel:  sdb: sdb1
Jan 21 17:17:29 pop-os kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Jan 21 17:17:41 pop-os systemd[1]: Starting Cryptography Setup for fit...
Jan 21 17:17:41 pop-os systemd-cryptsetup[10585]: Volume fit already active.
Jan 21 17:17:41 pop-os systemd[1]: Finished Cryptography Setup for fit.
Jan 21 17:17:41 pop-os systemd[1]: Reached target Block Device Preparation for /dev/mapper/fit.
Jan 21 17:17:41 pop-os gnome-shell[3744]: Unable to mount volume 257 GB Encrypted: Gio.IOErrorEnum: Operation was cancelled
Jan 21 17:17:41 pop-os udisksd[1382]: Unlocked device /dev/sdb1 as /dev/dm-4

Note that the second to last line "Operation was cancelled" is happening just before udisksd reports "Unlock device..."

I've tried this with two different devices, one with whole disk block encryption and the other with an encrypted partition, it makes no difference.
Sometimes moments later...
andy@pop-os:mnt$ mount /mnt/backup
mount: /mnt/backup: /dev/mapper/fit already mounted on /mnt/backup.

... but usually this just mounts the device as expected.
Other Issues

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*If I do not set x-systemd.device-timeout to something much less than the default 90s then my system will slowly become unresponsive and then crash. I thought systemd might be timing out waiting for me to type in my passphrase but longer timeouts didn't seem to help

*I copied the configuration from an old Ubuntu 22.04 system to Pop!_OS 22.04, I would sometimes see the question marks while listing the directory in the unmounted state but the auto-mount worked perfectly. On the old system I didn't set the immutable attribute on the mountpoint.

Related

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*mount-error-when-automounting-a-luks-encrypted-usb-flashdrive - different errors and method of mounting

*Automounting USB sticks on Debian - uses a slightly different method with nofail instead of noauto but unfortunately doesn't answer my question

*I can get more information with systemctl show mnt-backup.mount but this hasn't helped me

*The man page for fstab says what to do for external devices but these settings don't auto mount the device and do cause the boot process to hang

So, why does accessing the mountpoint try to access the device after it has been unmounted resulting in ?????????, and why does it not automount correctly when the device is inserted? Between the old fstab and new systemd I can't seem to find the magic variables.
Would also be useful to know why the system crashes if I don't set the device timeout?