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Debate 2019: A mix of personal attacks and policy deliberation with Trudeau as central focus
Published Monday, October 7, 2019 4:45PM EDT Last Updated Monday, October 7, 2019 11:57PM EDT
OTTAWA – The six main federal party leaders squared off for the first time during this election campaign at the official English-language leaders' debate, and the 2-hour event was a mix of personal attacks and policy deliberation with the central focus on Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.
Trudeau spent most of the evening being challenged on his record over the last four years, from ethics scandals to the still long environmental and reconciliation to-do lists.
While he sought to defend what his government accomplished while promising what a re-elected Liberal government would achieve, the other party leaders looked to differentiate themselves to voters, pitting the Liberals' last four years against their ideas on what they would do differently.
REPLAY: Live fact-checking and analysis of English-language federal leaders' debate
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was first to pivot from policy to politics, raising Trudeau's past instances of wearing brownface and blackface in response to the very first question about foreign policy and leadership on the world stage.
"Justin Trudeau only pretends to stand up for Canada. He's very good at pretending things," Scheer said. "He can't even remember how many times he put blackface on because the fact of the matter is he's always wearing a mask." He went on to accuse Trudeau of "wearing a mask" when he says he is a feminist and says he supports Indigenous reconciliation, or champions the middle class.
"Mr. Trudeau, you're a phoney and you're a fraud and you do not deserve to govern this country," said Scheer.
In a later question,Trudeau attempted toslam Scheer by comparing him to People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier, saying that Bernier's presence in the debate was "to say publicly, what Mr. Scheer thinks privately," referring to Bernier's often divisive policy positions.
Later on, Bernier shot back, saying a vote for Trudeau is no different than a vote for Scheer, an argument he's been making throughout the campaign.
As these kinds of jabs kept up throughout the debate, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh sought to cut through it with a few quips that seemed to be well received by the audience.
"You do not need to choose between Mr. Delay and Mr. Deny," said Singh at a moment in the debate when Trudeau and Scheer were trading barbsover the Liberals' carbon tax, at whichpoint it was hard to hear what either was saying.
REPLAY: Watch the full leaders' debate here
Some of the back and forth between the various topics was about the increasing polarization in Canada, and finger-pointing about whose name-calling and rhetoric was negatively impacting the level of political discourse in Canada.
Consistent with her approach in the House of Commons, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May took the opportunity to chastise the others for the negative back-and-forth.
"We need the kind of leadership that lifts people, that doesn't make people feel as if politics is rather disgusting and they'd rather not look at it," said May.
Though, by the end of the debate, she made two personal jabs of her own. First, she said she hoped that Trudeau does not win a second majority mandate because he doesn't keep his promises, then she made the pronouncement that Scheer is "not going to be prime minister."
That was a prediction Scheer said hewill prove her wrong on.
Election day is two weeks away and it's yet to be seen whether tonight's debate will be pivotal for the considerable number of undecided voters in what has so far been a tight race.
Each leader spoke about what a government led by them would do from a policy perspective, and each took the one-on-one debate opportunities afforded to themin this format, to question their opponents face-on.
WATCH: Must-see moments from the leaders' debate
Trudeau cornered on Indigenous record, ethics
As the debate moved on to Indigenous issues, much of the focus was put on Trudeau and his party's record, four years after promising a renewed relationship—a commitment most on stage spoke positively of— and leaving much left to be done.
Trudeau sought to defend what was accomplished, citing praise from the AFN's Perry Bellegarde.
"We need to keep moving forward in away that respects Indigenous peoples, respects that there's going to be a range of views but is grounded in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples," Trudeau said.
The past Conservative government's record under Stephen Harper did come up too, in contrast, with May saying that she was "appalled" by Scheer's position on consulting Indigenous peoples on natural resource development. Scheer defended his stance that Indigenous groups shouldn't be able to have a veto.
When Singh's time came in this portion, he evoked the Liberal government's SNC-Lavalin scandal, chastising Trudeau for fighting "hard to keep SNC-Lavalin out of the courts," while the federal government, as was recently announced, is appealing the ruling ordering compensation for First Nations children denied welfare services.
"That is wrong, how could someone do that?" said Singh.
Scheer also tried to re-litigate the entire SNC-Lavalin controversy in tonight's debate, raising on a few occasions Trudeau's ethics law contraventions, and his ousting of former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott from caucus after they spoke out against his handling of a criminal prosecution against the Montreal-based construction giant.
Both women are running again but as independents with a message of doing politics differently than how the Liberals handled the last four years.
Once again, Trudeau relied on his much-repeated defence amid the affair, that he was standing up for jobs, a position that Blanchet said he backed.
Climate change and the plans to tackle it, contrasted
With climate change being one of the key issues of this campaign, this portion of the debate prompted fierce debate with each leader billing their plan as the best approach.
Each leader took aim at the Liberals' plan, with May calling it a "commitment to failure," Singh saying that more needs to be done to take on big emitters, and Scheer saying that no one believes that the Liberals will meet the Paris targets.
"We have done more over the past four years than any government in the history of Canada," Trudeau said in defence.
"No, that's not true," May responded. The back and forth continued between all leaders on this issue, with Blanchet agreeing that emissions need to come down and Bernier restating his position that there is no climate emergency.
Secularism, equalization discussed
When the conversation pivoted to Quebec's secularism Bill 21, Trudeau sought to highlight that he, so far, is the only leader to leave the door open to intervention down the road, and cornered Singh about his party's stance on the issue and whether he would intervene in the ongoing court challenge.
In response, Singh--the first ever visible minority federal party leader--said that "every single day" of his life "is fighting a bill like Bill 21."
"Every single day of my life is challenging people who think that you can't do things because of the way you look," Singh said. But hedid not say whether he would intervene in the ongoing court challenge orgo further on his position on the law, which bans public service workers from wearing or displaying religious symbols or clothing while at work.
When the topic turned to equalization payments to the provinces, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet called the system "flawed," and said his party would propose a mechanism that would compensate provinces based on how well they tackle climate change.
Affordability, social issues round out debate
The debate was rounded out with a conversation on affordability. It's been one of the most consistently argued issues in this campaign, witheach leader offering how they would save Canadians' money and arguing why their opponents'plans won't work.
Each leader took their turn pitching their plans, includingthe Liberal's Canada Child Benefit, the suite of Conservative boutique tax credits, and the NDP's plans for universal pharmacare and dental care.
During the affordability-focused portion of the debate, May pivoted to Scheer's pledge to cut foreign aid spending by 25 per cent, calling it "short-term, misguided, greedy and selfish."
In response, Scheer said it is "not greedy" to put money back in Canadians' pockets, and began citing his now oft-repeated pocketbook pledges, including implementing a "universal tax credit."
Trudeau also took time in this portion of the debate to pivot to social issues, raising Scheer's stance on abortion as he has throughout the election and in the leadup to it.
"You won't defend a women's right to choose, you've dismissed LGBT protections, you haven't apologized for your words against LGBT Canadians years ago, will you recognize and apologize for that?" asked Trudeau.
Scheer responded:"Millions of Canadians have a different position on this issue, and like millions of Canadians I am personally pro-life and it is okay in this country to have a difference of opinion, something you do not recognize."
Singh then jumped in as the two began bickering over candidates' past social media histories, saying: "A man has no position in a discussion around a women's right to choose," he said.
'An opportunity to hear from these leaders directly'
Monday night'sdebate, and the French-language debate happening on Thursday, are hosted and broadcast by a new partnership of 10 news media organizations called the Canadian Debate Production Partnership, which includes CTV News, and was organized by the Leaders' Debate Commission.
The debate was moderated by five journalists, including CTV News anchor Lisa LaFlamme, and the federal party leaders also answered questions from the Canadian public.
The five main themes of Monday'sdebate were: affordability and economic insecurity; national and global leadership; Indigenous issues; polarization, human rights and immigration; and environment and energy.
"Leaders debates give us the opportunity to hear from these leaders directly unedited, and unfiltered," said Debate Commissioner David Johnston in his pre-debate remarks.
"Too often, we focus on the things that separate us as Canadians... But this is an opportunity for the country to come together to gain an understanding about the issues at hand, what they mean to people across the country."
The debates have been made available on TV, radio, and online platforms in English, French, Italian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Arabic, Punjabi, Plains Cree, Inuktitut, Eastern Cree, Ojibway, American Sign Language and Quebec Sign Language. There are viewing parties happening across the country.
In advance of the debate, there was some pre-showdown posturing, but each leader spent the majority of day 27 of the election hunkered down doing debate prep with their campaign teams.
Upon their arrival, each leader was greeted by scores of supporters lining the entrance with signs and other props, however, not every leader went over to greet the crowd or stop for media questions on their way in.
When the leaders entered the stage they took their places without shaking hands.
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Justin Trudeau, Andrew Scheer, Jagmeet Singh, Elizabeth May, Yves-Francois Blanchet and Maxime Bernier are pictured in this composite image.
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, right, and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau gesture to each other as they both respond during the Federal leaders debate in Gatineau, Que. on Monday, October 7, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Green Party leader Elizabeth May, left, and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau gesture to each other as they both respond during the Federal leaders debate in Gatineau, Que. on Monday, October 7, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier, left, and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, right, look on as Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet speaks during the Federal leaders debate in Gatineau, Que. on Monday, October 7, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Lisker served 26 years, 5 months, and 3 days of a 16-years-to-life sentence in California prisons including the California Youth Authority (now the California Division of Juvenile Justice; 1986–87), San Quentin State Prison (1987-89), and Mule Creek State Prison (1989-2009). His conviction was overturned in a 2009 ruling by United States district court judge Virginia A. Phillips, in which she found that his 1985 murder conviction was obtained through the use of false evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel.
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His time spent in the California Youth Authority is documented in an interview with Gladiator School, Stories from Inside YTS.

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Following the epic storylines of Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III, as well as the highly anticipated Jurassic World, LEGO Jurassic World is the first videogame where players will be able to relive and experience all four Jurassic films. The game will be available in June for the Xbox One, all-in-one games and entertainment system, the Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems, PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system, the Wii U™ system from Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system, and Windows PC.
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Q: How to make this text rotator to be read sequentially and repeat This is a script that functions randomize.
function rotateEvery(sec) {
var Quotation=new Array()

Quotation[0] = 'Example 1..';
Quotation[1] = 'Example 2..';
Quotation[2] = 'Example 3..';
Quotation[3] = 'Example 4..';
Quotation[4] = 'Example 5..';

var which = Math.round(Math.random()*(Quotation.length - 1));
document.getElementById('textrotator').innerHTML = Quotation[which];

setTimeout('rotateEvery('+sec+')', sec*1000);
}
rotateEvery(4);

i want it to be read sequentially from quotation[0] to quotation[n] then repeat. Can anybody help me?

A: Here is a working example: http://jsfiddle.net/hY26L/1/
var counter = 0;
var Quotation=new Array()
Quotation[0] = 'Example 1..';
Quotation[1] = 'Example 2..';
Quotation[2] = 'Example 3..';
Quotation[3] = 'Example 4..';
Quotation[4] = 'Example 5..';

function rotate() {
    document.getElementById('textrotator').innerHTML = Quotation[counter++ % Quotation.length]
}

rotate();
window.setInterval(rotate, 4000);

% is modulo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulo_operation) and basically gives you the remainder from division. So 0 % 4 is 0, 1 % 4 is 1, ..., 4 % 4 is 0... and so on.
setInterval is like setTimeout but it fires every X miliseconds rather than just once


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Come Be My Love...Love Spoken Here (The SOB Overview) - Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CT
Last evening, I was thrilled to be among the relative few fortunate enough to enjoy one of the loveliest, tastiest confections to come along in a long, long time.
Bigger than the largest chocolate kiss, this mega-bite Valentine was served up at Connecticut's venerable Westport Country Playhouse in the form of romantic poetry written by such giants as Maya Angelou, Noël Coward, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Dorothy Parker and William Shakespeare, among others.
What could possibly be any tastier than Come Be My Love...Love Spoken Here, last night's luscious seven course benefit at and for the Westport Country Playhouse. Indeed, the evening's generous, heaping helpings of amore would have sated practically every kind of lover, including those not typically prone to enjoying liberal portions of the poetic verse.
Come Be My Love was no ordinary interpretation of poems and sonnets. No, what made this brilliant offering of both classic and modern odes to loves -- both requited and otherwise -- so jaw-droppingly spectacular was the way in which the seven stellar cast members made each work come alive with humor, humility, lots of humanity and most of all, heart.
Miraculously amassed for this one-time-only event, Joanna Gleason, Charles Grodin, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eartha Kitt, Paul Newman, Chris Sarandon and Joanne Woodward offered their own unique, individual voices on the ecstasy and agony that arguably make love life's ultimate affection. Wow!
To call this breathtaking would be a major understatement. With the megawatt cast's refrains reverberating throughout the theatre, this audience member was left reeling as though Cupid had shot another arrow through his heart. Alternately laughing and misty-eyed, I couldn't help but ponder just how truly blessed I am to have found the love of my life, my own true love.
Although it's a little heartbreaking to know that this night will never again be repeated for wider audiences, this lovely evening will long be remembered by my Valentine and me as we toast how fortunate we are, in life and in love.
Labels: Benefit, Come Be My Love...Love Spoken Here, The SOB Overview, Westport Country Playhouse
posted by Steve On Broadway (SOB) @ Sunday, February 11, 2007
At 12 February, 2007, Esther said...
Wow, it sounds like an enchanted, memorable evening. And I'm not normally a big poetry fan.
So how was it set up? Was the stage bare? Was everyone on stage at the same time? Did they come on one by one or two by two? What did Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward recite? What about Philip Seymour Hoffman? How were they dressed? Did Paul and PSH wear suits? Set the scene a little, please!
And Steve, in all sincerity and from the bottom of my heart, I wish you and the love of your life many, many happy Valentine's Days to come!
At 13 February, 2007, Steve On Broadway (SOB) said...
I'm definitely not the type who ordinarily goes for poetry readings, either. But this amazing cast was hard to resist. I'm so glad I went.
The stage was indeed bare save for seven chairs (facing away from the audience), seven music stands and a red motif backdrop. All seven actors took to the stage at once.
While the performance began and ended with all seven reading different verses from the same poems, they alternately allowed for the three couples (two married, one not) to be in the spotlight: Chris Sarandon and Joanna Gleason (married), Charles Grodin and Eartha Kitt (not married), and Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward (married). Those readings were intermingled with readings that involved all of the women at once and all of the men at once. Anytime the actors were not performing, they would take their seats and face away from the audience to keep the focus on the actors who were reading.
Sadly, since I'm not an avid poetry fan, I can't tell you with any specificity who read which poems. In fact the only poem I readily recognized was Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways" read beautifully by Eartha Kitt.
Most of the actors were nattily attired in jackets and slacks(Hoffman was the exception here). Hope that gave you a little more depth than my overview did.
Thanks, Steve. I can definitely picture it now!
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Date	 Aug 2 , 2019 Doors: 6:30 p.m.	Show: 7:00PM
Just one week after the release of their highly anticipated new album, FEVER DREAM, much-acclaimed Icelandic group Of Monsters and Men will visit the GRAMMY Museum for an intimate conversation on the new album, moderated by Scott Goldman. The discussion will be followed by a performance from the band. Of Monsters and Men went from the talk of Iceland to the top of the global conversation on their 2011 debut, My Head Is An Animal. Not only did the record go platinum, but it also produced an international smash in the form of "Little Talks." The breakthrough single earned a quintuple-platinum certification from the RIAA, made history as "the first song by an Icelandic band to cross 1 billion streams on Spotify," and landed the band a performance on Saturday Night Live. The group appeared on official soundtracks for The Hunger Games, The Walking Dead, and Beat Bugs, to name a few. In addition to performing at festivals such as Coachella, Lollapalooza, Firefly, and beyond, they supported Florence + the Machine on a high-profile arena tour. In the midst of this rapid rise, their 2015 sophomore album, Beneath The Skin, bowed in the Top 3 of the Billboard Top 200, and the band starred in an episode of HBO's Game of Thrones that same year. Their new album, FEVER DREAM, was co-produced by the band and Rich Costey (MUSE, Vampire Weekend, Chvrches) and will be released through Republic Records on July 26. Their bombastic new single, "Alligator," is already turning heads and is just a taste of what's to come on the album.
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Fiber optic cable debt unknown
(Photo: Misiona Simo/Samoa Observer)
By Joyetter Feagaimaali'i-Luamanu • 15 August 2018, 12:00AM
The debt owed by the Government to the American Samoa government for the American Samoa Hawaii Cable (A.S.H.) contract that was signed in 2009 remains unknown with officials refusing to divulge more information.
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi recently said the Government stepped in to assist Computer Services Limited (C.S.L.) – which is owned by the State – and paid off its debts to A.S.H., but did not give details on how much public funds were expended in the transaction.
Minister of Communication and Informational Technology, Afamasaga Rico Tupa'i, said C.S.L. should not be blamed.
"The contract is between the Samoa Government and the American Samoa Government, not C.S.L. This debt has nothing to do with C.S.L.," he said, though he was unclear on how much the deal was signed for and the debt to the American Samoa government.
During a recent interview, Afamasaga said Samoa used a satellite dish and had no fiber optic cable, until the American Samoa government made the offer.
"We were given a very expensive deal at the time when American Samoa offered for us to sign on and at the time in 2009, the deal was quite expensive and we couldn't sign anything less than 10 years."
"It was one of those deals, take it or leave it and of course in bettering our services to the people, we saw it as an opportunity for our people to connect and in their interest, we signed on a 10-year contract."
"Always keep in mind that cable is much more efficient than satellite, which is what we had. However, over the years as satellite got cheaper, we were paying more attention to the satellite and not the cable, given that its life span was literally deteriorating," he added.
Going back to the signed contract, he reiterated that it was signed by the Samoa Government and American Samoa.
"The C.S.L. being the arm of Government on the I.T. side of things, they were tasked to sell the cable deals. However, as the satellite prices got cheaper, it was hard for C.S.L. to sell the cable packages.
"They were signing on local contracts to get on the cable, just like what we are doing now and that was the role of the C.S.L."
The Minister said Government was unable to renegotiate because there were contractual obligations for the Government to pay as per the contract.
Repeated efforts to get direct comments from the C.S.L. management were unsuccessful.


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Chinua Achebe's View on a Patriarchal Society
Chinua Achebe's novel, Things Fall Apart shows feminism from the male perspective. In the Igbo society, women typically take on the role of a housewife, which involves, cooking, cleaning, and anything that will benefit the man in the house. This was the standard way of life for a while in many places throughout the world, including in America. While Chinua Achebe illustrates the secondary role for women in a patriarchal society, nevertheless he departs from that traditional view, by giving Ezinma's favored status along with creating several strong female characters, and describing Ezinma's father, Okonkwo's eventual fall from power.
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Ekwefi was never dependant on anyone or anything, and would stand up for herself in times need. For example, when Chielo captured her only child, Ezinma and went off to go to the Oracle of Hills and Caves, Ekwefi denies all rules that Okonkwo sets for her and his other wives. Ekwefi states, "I shall wait too. It's almost dawn" (108), after Okonkwo tells her to go back to the village to get some sleep. Achebe shows how women, even back then, could take a stand to a superior figure, and hopefully there would be no consequences. Ekwefi was trying to step away from a patriarchal society for taking a stand about what she truly believed. Another way Achebe shows emphasis on a non patriarchal society is how he made the Earth Goddess a main person in the Igbo religion. She is essentially the ruler of the religion, and if one were to break a rule, there would be serious consequences as Okonkwo experienced. By putting that much emphasis on the Earth Goddess, Achebe shows that women also have a role in society. Achebe often shows how he believes in equality, no matter the person's
reconcile different beliefs through just negotiation, and in some cases, armed conflict. The relationship between the two, the European missionaries and the native Umuofia's, is one-sided and they struggle to coexist peacefully. In the novel "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe, the clash of values between the colonizers and the Igbo drives the Igbo culture to deconstruct. When the Europeans…
fictional stories, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, both authors attempt to make a statement about the indigenous people of Africa and their culture customs to sway the reader and their thoughts on the African culture through powerful stories. In the fictional novel Things Fall Apart, Achebe says a lot about the African culture, and their customs. Achebe follows a specific African…
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Alabama places 12 on Media Days All-SEC list
By Tommy DeasExecutive Sports Editor
The University of Alabama placed five first-team selections on the 2012 Preseason Media Days All-SEC team, including three-time selection Barrett Jones, and 12 overall players named to the team.
HOOVER | The University of Alabama placed five first-team selections on the 2012 Preseason Media Days All-SEC team, including three-time selection Barrett Jones, and 12 overall players named to the team.
Alabama was picked to finish second in the Southeastern Conference Western Division. LSU was picked to win the division and the SEC championship. Alabama was second only to LSU in votes to win the league. Georgia was picked to win the SEC East.
Jones was joined by guard Chance Warmack and tackle D.J. Fluker on the first-team offense, giving the Crimson Tide three of the five offensive line selections. Linebacker Nico Johnson and safety Robert Lester were first-team selections on defense.
Alabama had running back Eddie Lacy on the second team along with four defensive selections: linemen Jesse Williams and Damion Square, linebacker C.J. Mosley and defensive back Dee Milliner.
Quarterback AJ McCarron and tight end Michael Williams were third-team picks on offense. Alabama had no third-teamers on defense and no players on special teams.
LSU had the most overall players voted to the team at 13, three less than Alabama's record-setting 16 last year.
The team, voted on by 222 media representatives at SEC Media Days, was released Thursday.
Reach Tommy Deas at tommy@tidesports.com or at 205-722-0224.


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Q: Why I'm facing this problem "The application Passwords and Keys has closed unexpectedly" and how to solve it?
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About the installation: Ubuntu 20.04 - Clean installation with this options:

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I've also tried reinstalling without luck. It appears about one or five minutes after login in. The updates are up to date.

A: I think Password and Keys is the "seahorse" application (?). You might want to file a bug report over there, they might be able to help.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/seahorse/-/issues

A: Copy '/usr/share/gnupg' to your home directory sudo cp -r /usr/share/gnupg ~/.gnupg and then reboot and see if that works.

A: I fixed this by removing my .gnupg directory from my home folder.
rm -rf ~/.gnupg

You might want just move it instead of deleting it so you have a backup though. After restart it had regenerated a new .gnupg folder. Even though I had deleted it, I still have all my saved passwords/logins available in Seahorse.


I frequently see co-workers omitting the subject of a sentence and replacing it with an apostrophe. Is there some informal rule for this?
1) 'Sorry for the added complications.
2) 'Hopefully back in time for lunch.
3) 'Sorry I can't be of more help.
4) 'Sorry I wasn't able to get anywhere with that.
I haven't been able to find anything explaining why some people do this. It seems to me that they are omitting the subject when it is obvious that the subject is themselves. I.e. changing "I am sorry ..." to "'Sorry ..."
Does anyone have any insight on this usage?
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My family lived in the large farmhouse in the field on the beach at the right edge in about 1989–93.
See the yellow patches? Those are stands of scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius), an invasive shrub. Mom and Dad had a small garlic field to the upper left of the patch on the left. I spent a lot of time (as perceived by a small child) on that beach.
Some are most interesting to me just for their esthetics. This is a patch of beach near Seaview.
The dendritic estuary at the mouth of the Skagit near Stanwood.


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La Signare, a French-bred Siyouni filly, began her racing career in her native country in 2017 and scored her first win in a one-mile turf race at Toulouse, her second career start. She was then transferred to the U.S. and trainer Brian Lynch and closed fast to finish second in her North American debut at Keeneland in spring 2018.
La Signare then tested graded stakes company in the Grade 3 Wonder Again Stakes at Belmont Park on June 7. After setting the pace throughout in the 1 1/8-mile race, she battled gamely to hold off graded stakes winner Significant Form and post her first stakes victory by a length.
In her first two starts of 2021, La Signare was fourth, beaten a length, in the Grade 3 Hillsborough Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on Mar. 6 and third in the Grade 1 Coolmore Jenny Wiley Stakes at Keeneland on Apr. 10. She then hit the board in two consecutive Grade 1 races when second in the Gamely Stakes at Santa Anita Park and third in the Diana Stakes at Saratoga Race Course but then went off form with two unplaced finishes in Grade 1 events at Saratoga and Keeneland.
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CBG vs CBD: What is the difference and everything you need to know
For a while now, the popularity of CBD has been growing exponentially, thanks to its many potential health benefits and the scientific studies supporting positive anecdotal evidence. The compound is quickly leaving behind the stigma attached to it, and now people from different demographics are making it part of their everyday lives and being very vocal about how it has helped them. However, while CBD has been making a name for itself worldwide, another cannabinoid called cannabigerol (CBG) has been getting a lot of attention for its potential health benefits. But what exactly is CBG, and how does it differ from CBD? Let's look at CBG vs CBD and discuss the differences between the two in more detail.
If you're reading this, chances are you are a fan of CBD or at least know someone who uses it. However, while you may know exactly what CBD is and the benefits it has, you may not have heard of CBG before. So what is it exactly?
Like CBD, CBG is a cannabinoid acquired from the cannabis plant. It is known as the mother of all cannabinoids, as all cannabinoids come from cannabigerol acid (CBGA). CBGA breaks down to form other cannabinoids when heated, including CBD, THC and a minor amount of CBG (a non-acidic form of CBGA).
The relatively unknown compound is growing in popularity thanks to an increasing number of studies. While CBD and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) are more commonly known and abundant than CBG, early evidence from studies are promising, with some people even going so far as to say it could be the new CBD.
However, the two do have different functions and health benefits to each other. Unfortunately, not all the effects of CBG are yet known, as most research is being done on CBD, and many more studies are needed for the effects of CBG to be as thoroughly understood as CBD is.
Luckily, now that CBG is growing in popularity, we can expect to receive more information on the mother of all cannabinoids, including how it differs from CBD.
How is CBG extracted?
CBG is known as a minor cannabinoid, as it is present in less than 1% of strains. It is more commonplace in younger plants as the CBG is at its highest, since it has not yet broken down into other cannabinoids. This is one of the reasons why it is best to harvest the plant when it is only a few weeks old, as you'll get the most CBG out of it. However, harvesting the plant at such an early stage means that other cannabinoids have not yet developed, so you won't be able to get CBD, THC or any other cannabinoids besides CBG out of it.
Because CBG is so scarce and inefficient to harvest, it is more expensive than CBD. Luckily, breeders are coming up with solutions by experimenting with genetics and cross-breeding to get more CBG out of mature plants. This is good news, as making CBG extraction more efficient will make CBG products more affordable and available to more people.
CBG vs CBD – What exactly is the difference?
CBG and CBD are quite similar compounds. Both are non-intoxicating (unlike THC), have anti-inflammatory properties, and react with the same receptors in the body. However, there are some differences between the two compounds, namely:
Quantity: The Majority of cannabis plants contain roughly 1% of CBG and 25% of CBD.
Interaction: CBD indirectly interacts with the endocannabinoid system, while CBG interacts directly with CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors.
Cost: Since it is less efficient to produce CBG than CBD, CBG is seen as a "high-end" product and is, therefore, more expensive than CBD.
Structure: CBG and CBD have different molecular structures.
Research: Much more research has been done on CBD, as it is easy to produce. CBG, on the other hand, is not found in large quantities, so it is more difficult to research.
Appetite: A 2016 study done on rats showed evidence that CBG is likely to increase appetite. After the rats were administered CBG, they ate almost double what they usually did. Studies with CBD, however, show that CBD may actually reduce appetite.
What are the benefits of CBG?
While research on the effects and benefits of CBG is still in its infancy, there is believed to be several potential benefits.
CBG is purported to help:
Relieve pain: CBG has pain-resolving properties that can potentially help relieve pain.
Increase appetite: As mentioned earlier, CBG has the potential to increase appetite. By driving hunger, CBG can treat appetite loss and unintentional weight loss, which several diseases can cause.
Reduce inflammation: CBG fights inflammation and is believed to be especially helpful for treating inflammatory conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD causes inflammation in the bowel and is incurable. It is believed that CBG has the potential to reduce this inflammation in the bowel.
Treat glaucoma: CBG is said to reduce eye pressure and increase aqueous humour outflow, thereby effectively treating glaucoma.
Kill bacterial infections: Research has shown evidence that CBG has the potential to be as effective as a general antibiotic.
Treat neurodegenerative conditions: CBG has the potential to protect the nerves in the brain thanks to its possible neuroprotective properties.
It needs to be noted that almost all the studies done on CBG have been done on animals. Until research has been conducted on humans, none of these claims can be confirmed without a doubt. However, results from current animal studies are promising.
CBG vs CBD – Is CBG better than CBD?
Before we can decide whether CBG is better than CBD, there are a number of things that need to happen. Firstly, more research. Secondly, CBG needs to be made available and affordable to the public at large, not just high-end clients. But how long will all of this take?
Fortunately, now that more people are learning about CBG, interest is growing along with availability and affordability. Soon we may be able to answer the question is CBG better than CBD.
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While staffing levels of the business are not as crucial in determining whether or not an individual is acting in an executive or managerial capacity, it is nevertheless a factor in such a determination. However, the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA") specifically states that if staffing levels are used as a factor, the reasonable needs of the organization, component or function in light of the overall purpose and stage of development of the organization, component or function must be taken into account.
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I can't get on with the new batch of torchy female solo artists. I'm talking about the ones that seem to waltz effortlessly on to big radio playlists and are acclaimed as the voice of the year before the year has actually begun. Duffy, Rumer, Pixie Lott, Lissie and so on.
I think it's the songs.
Because most of them work alongside factory songwriters, old hands who have spent years kicking about in no-hoper bands but have a Ph.D in what works, their songs are constructed artfully enough. They have all the surface characteristics of catchiness without actually being catchy. Not at least to me.
I've never written a song so what do I know? I have however listened to billions of songs so I have a point of view. It seems to me a good pop tune has a perfect balance between familiarity and strangeness. The lyric offers you a ribbon that's easy to take hold of and invites you to pull that ribbon to find out more. A good song lifts like a curtain, surrendering its meaning at a pace that the listener can keep up with. The great records aren't just catchy on the surface. At the same time they're hinting at the promise of further layers of catchiness to come.
I'm not picking on Lauren Pritchard. She's simply the latest to get this treatment. She went to Hollywood when she was 16 and for some reason lived with Lisa Marie Presley. She starred in an off-Broadway show. She was in a pop duo. She fronted a reggae band. And now she has a contract with one of the few major record companies and is getting The Treatment. Colleagues of mine like her record Wasted in Jackson She'll probably do very well. I just don't get it. This is her first single.
I've got a strong suspicion that there's no tune in this song. There's a lot of very musical work in there but not a tune you could hum to yourself. The lyrics are difficult to catch, particularly at the beginning. There are no great pop songs that don't have good opening lines. Further into the song the stress doesn't seem to fall where it should. The hook line is "no painkillers make it go away", to which the casual ear wonders why there's such a long "no" and the pedant wonders "make what go away?" It continues. "If I tried to over-dose it wouldn't bring no change," which is a really strange line in that it neither echoes everyday speech nor helps the tune along.
To prove to myself that this is not just an old scrote's prejudice against the new generation, I do like Amy Lavere's record Anchors and Anvils , which came out last year. She's a similar age and background. She has a song called "Killing Him Didn't Make The Love Go Away", inspired by something a woman said after she'd killed her husband. I love this song because it explains something to you and it's all about the performance not the production. After one listen you come away knowing what has happened and how the woman feels. After two listens it has imposed its pattern on you, you're anticipating the chord change on "he said he'd give her the sun and the moon/now all she's got is this eight by eight room" and the cheap poetry of the title is embedded in your memory.
the marketing budgets are being spent on the wrong artists.
this is better than both the artists you mention.
I'm 42 next birthday. I'm the first to admit that I've always liked chart pop, and this year I've listened to more chart-aimed pop than anything else.
There's nothing to match my own personal glory years of 81-84 - Human League for instance - but the amount of songs I've liked this year from the charts has surprised me. I had for a couple of years thought maybe I'd gone past it.
The change in my circumstances? Sleepless nights with a young child when the only thing on the TV that I could cope with was the music channels. I think if you're out of step you're out of step all along. But I think you almost need to acclimatise yourself to it.
Funnily enough I've made similar comments to Mrs M while watching recent Later shows - almost everyone seems to have forgotten to include any actual tunes in their songs, it's mostly deathly-dull ol' droning. Beardy bands (Midlake and similar) are interest-free, Brandon Flowers wouldn't know a melody or harmony if he tripped over both. And the Kings of Leon are unsalted honk-rock. Perhaps they're just not ripping the right songs off. The Beatles, Zep and countless heavy-hitters have established career songbooks built around re-writes of someone else's material.
PS a couple of bands worth checking out The Sonic Executive sessions whose Yacht Rock debut album has had the royal Jellyfish thumbs up from Roger Manning and features the Alessi Brothers on one track..
I'm with Mondo on the Sonics - the keyword there is 'joyous'. That Lauren Pritchard track, the keyword there is 'production'.
The album I've liked, nay, worshipped, most this year is John Grant's Queen of Denmark, which is overflowing with tunes, musicality, and the thing I like most about it - heart. So few artists, chaps or ladies, seem to have it these days.
Watched the song and found stuff to like in it. Pretty girl sings about depression, it's a classic theme.
In the 90s I had a flatmate who had the collected works of Elizabeth Wurtzel and Alanis Morissette. Her 2010 equivalent would be sticking this on loud.
BTW: There's something in the power of an extremely negative review: it at least makes be bother to listen.
The dirth of catchy tunes is brought into ever sharpening focus every year we manage after 40. Coves like Thomas Walsh, Neil Hannon, Nick Lowe and Chris Difford now tower almost beacon like above the modern dross and all encompassing blandness that has killed the 3 minute pop gem. Maybe we should be looking for the next Rogers and Greenaway or Chinn and Chapman, instead of parading chinless karaoke wonders on the catwalk of Saturday night prime-time TV.
There's ALMOST a tune in Lauren Pritchard 'Painkillers', it's the first half of a Michael Jackson hook, is it Earth Song? But then she rounds it off much less interestingly.
I was thinking along similar lines when we caught Alesha Dixon on Strictly at the weekend. No tune, just a bass line.
Then I wondered if I was getting old, as "there's no tune" was something I'm sure my parents used to say.
I'm glad you called out the songwriting bullsh*t on "Painkillers." It bothered me watching her get interviewed about the meaning of the song. Once, she said the lyrics -- 'It's not the drinking, it's not the drugs... / it's not the phone you never answer..' were really just ALL about her and her boring hometown. No romantic story involved, she was the one on *both sides* of the argument detailed in "Painkillers". But in other interviews, the story changed. There was a boy.
**The song makes no sense** and you're also right about the industry's light touch- all I see is Major Label Money.
This is such a good subject I am surprised that you are not developing it for an excellent Word feature along the lines of the recording studios and live music pieces, which were thought-provoking and insightful.
I do like Rumer though, shades of Dusty. It's her first album and i hope she has the time to develop and build on it - not easy in the current climate. Amy W was fantastic, shame she crashed and burned.
Isn't "Lauren Pritchard" the least pop name ever. I've seen it up on posters and it just screams efficient but ever so slightly dull head of HR to me.
You know "How's the regrading going Tim?" "well, Tony it's still with Lauren Pritchard she's questioning the new london weightings..."
Just giving Lauren Pritchard a listen. Something very grating about her vocal mannerisms already (halfway through the first song), and a very affected "soul" timbre. Some nice chord changes, but, as you say, not much of a tune. I don't like.