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LG announced the creation of a new division recently that is intended to improve its sluggish smartphone updates. The so-called "Software Upgrade Center" is now set to make its first contribution to LG's smartphones. The company has announced Oreo updates for the G6 will begin on Monday. Don't get too excited, though. It'll take time for all variants to get the update.
LG's 2016 flagship, the G5, is still a solid phone, even if it never quite reached the same heights as other headline devices of the time. While you may not be willing to pay through the nose for it, $299 is an attractive price given its specs, and that's made even better when B&H are willing to throw in an LG 360 VR headset for nothing.
On this quiet holiday Monday (in America), there's something notable happening on AT&T's network. The long-awaited Nougat update for Ma Bell's LG G5 has started rolling out. Check for the update on your device and you may well find success.
Chances are that you haven't seen the LG G5 on any "Best Flagship of 2016" lists. That's understandable; the build quality's a bit iffy, and it's not the best-looking piece of tech in the world. However, at just $299.99 for a brand new, unlocked unit, it's definitely worth looking into, especially since it has features that many other flagships don't even have.

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http://willcrichton.net/notes/gradual-programming/ — The next programming language will be like this.
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Travel with Kevin and Ruth!: Tough drive, but worth it!
A bit of a late start for us, but we figured we only had about 170 kms (105 miles) to do so we would still be parked up before 2:00pm if everything went smoothly.
The first part of the drive brought us through a mountain pass. We had done this part of the route two and a half years ago, (but in the opposite direction) so we knew that it was a bit slow going.
Somebody's not having a great day.
Trucks loaded with sugar cane!
At the other end is the town of Ameca. We were looking for a grocery store, but only if we didn’t have to detour into town to find it. Sure enough, there was a Bodega Aurerra (owned by Walmart) right beside the highway, so we pulled in to stock up on a few things.
Deal of the day? A bottle of Mexican made rum. A 1 litre bottle, for 39 pesos ($3.43). We’ve never seen this brand before, but we’re in sugar cane country and thought maybe it’s local. But the label says made in Mexico City, so who knows. For that price, we figured that if it’s no good (how bad can it be?) it’s worth the risk!
The road was like this pretty much the whole way.
A big tree with purple flowers.
View of the town of Mascota.
The highway from Ameca goes all the way to Puerto Vallarta. It’s a twisty windy two lane road with no shoulders, and fortunately it’s not very busy. Overall, the road surface is in pretty good shape too. But it’s still slow going. Pretty tough to go much faster than 60 to 70 km/h (37 to 42 mph). Good thing we were in no rush.
Entering the town of Mascota.
We made it into the town of Mascota at 2:30pm. We had stopped for groceries and a lunch break, but that was it. And we still had to figure out a place to park for the night.
I had checked it all out ahead of time, and there was a dam and lake about 4 kms (2.5 miles) outside of town. The route wasn’t well marked, but I asked a guy at a shop and he said we should be okay to make it there in the motorhome and he pointed us in the right direction.
Really slow going on a narrow dirt road, but eventually we made it to the lake. I pulled over at a convenient spot and walked around trying to find somewhere suitable to stay for the night. One restaurant had a nice looking spot, and I went and spoke to the owner. He said no problem, but the cost would be 100 pesos ($8.80) per night.
Sherman, parked up overlooking the lake.
Ruth, reading her book and enjoying the view from our patio.
View out our front window.
It took a little bit of work to get Sherman level, but once he was set up it was all worth it. A great view, and our own big shaded patio!
We had a great night’s sleep, peaceful and quiet as can be. We’ll stay at least one more night, maybe two.
Only problem is lack of internet. We have a very weak cell signal that drops out more often than not. Been able to access basic gmail, but that’s about it!
The drive was 170 kms (105 miles).
That is a gorgeous view you have. Worth the effort to get there.
Yup, I'm always in awe of some of the spots you find. I'm sure Sherman is happy since y'know, "he wanted to get underway" and all. *snort*.
Glad it is you and not me making this drive to PV....we took this route last year and it qualifies as the worst drive I have ever done.....very pretty scenery, but lots of 30 km/hr driving. Even came upon one section of road where one lane of the "highway" had been washed away.
I've wondered about this highway so many times as it looks to be a much shorter route to Puerto Vallarta from Guadalajara. I'm glad you are writing about it and posting pictures along the road.
That's a great find! Looks great. Enjoy the rum!
Lovely view! So how was the rum?
Sherman should be happy now rolling on down the road. A nice spot you have there, enjoy the view.
The purple tree appears to be a Jacaranda - a harbinger of spring.
Sorry Elaine - I did not see your post before I posted.
The big tree with purple flowers is a Jacaranda tree.

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Qutub Minar–and the only photo I snagged of the mysteriously rust-less iron pillar.
In that same way you can feel a prickly scratchiness at the back of your throat before a raging fever sets in, I can feel the prickly ugliness of a little bit of culture shock beginning to cast a shadow on this stage of our time here.
I’m feeling two different kinds of culture shock really, towards both India and, as a friend here calls it, the “cruise ship” lifestyle of living on an embassy compound.
I hate to really complain about these things because–for every leering, innuendo-spewing pervert in Delhi, I know at least four or five wonderful men who’ve helped me with my stroller, held open a door, or simply said “Hello” in the most respectful and kindly way. For that one horrific incident we had in Lodhi Garden a few weeks ago where a woman, shouting and snarling, tried to grab Will out of my arms over and over until her husband intervened and Will was shaking in terror, we’ve had dozens and dozens of kind people since then nod understandingly as Will bursts into tears whenever anyone so much as tries to stroke his cheek.
And for as much as it sometimes feels like a social gauntlet to exchange greetings with at least 25 gardeners, sweepers, guard, nannies and neighbors every time we step out our front door, it’s also an incredibly nurturing environment for Will to toddle around in, knowing that everyone he meets will smile and wave every single time they see him–even if it’s the 16th time that day. I miss “real India” living here with so few markets, stores and restaurants within walking distance, but it is so very nice to come home to great neighbors, quiet green lawns and a home where the generator faithfully kicks in 5 seconds after every power failure.
I can’t deny though that this week I’ve begun to think about where we might go next instead of simply relishing our short two years here.
My instinct, when the culture shock is just starting to kick in is to retreat, to hibernate, to stay at home where its comfortable and easy and where I can very nearly pretend I’m not in India at all.
I’m learning though that this is often, paradoxically, the absolute worst thing I can do to cope. As isolated and “Americanized” as our lives are here, the more that I cling to all things familiar, the more jarring the foreignness becomes.
And after awhile a certain amount of inertia can take hold. The longer a person stays at home and avoids going out into the city, the more insurmountable the challenges seem and the harder it gets to simply pack a bag, hail a taxi and just go somewhere.
So, with these things in mind, I asked our driver if he’d mind a few hours of early morning overtime pay, woke Will up before the crack of dawn, hustled him into his car seat, blew off warnings of unseasonal morning showers and away we went to Qutub Minar. I’d been wanting to visit for months and today seemed as good a day as any to do it.
The things that can be annoying about our India experience were still present–the touts, the baby-cheek-pinchers, the men talking about me as they huddled just over my shoulder and refused to budge. But these things that can be so maddening when they take place on a quick shopping trip, or during what should be a routine trip to the park, are always overshadowed by the magnitude of the experience when we’re out visiting someplace new.
I had hoped to catch Delhi’s beautiful sunrise over the ruins and get home before rush hour traffic took over the city. With lingering rain clouds hovering over the site, we at least did well on our second goal. By 9am we were back in New Delhi and I realized we had time for another culture-shock-busting secret: when in doubt, indulge in what you love about where you live.
If it’s the sites, go sight-seeing. If its the shopping, go shop. If it’s the food, go eat. If its that one place on the edge of town that is half-way pretty if you squint your eyes and pretend not to notice the sewer smell, go there.
As for me, I like food. I particularly like South-Indian dosas–a treat that’s hard to find here in Delhi, especially if you want it done right.
I can’t say that I know where to find the absolute best dosa in Delhi yet but I’ll tell you this, the coffee shop at the Taj Ambassador by Khan Market is an excellent cure for culture shock. I could buy 20 dosas in Chennai for the $10 I pay for a cup of chai and a dosa and 30% in taxes at the Taj, but the wafer-thin dosa and the spicy sambar and the kitschy old-world atmosphere of that sunny little cafe make the indulgence worth it And it’s a heck of a lot cheaper than a plane ticket home.
We’re back home on the “cruise ship” now, but I don’t feel quite so prickly as I did before we got out this morning. I’m sure I’ll have my moments again very soon, but for now, owing mostly to an especially good dosa, the worst of the culture shock has been momentarily averted.
How do you deal with creeping culture shock?
Pssst. I did a guest-post for one of my favorite expat bloggers, Wanderlustress, over at World Moms Blog this week. Click over to check it out. Also, want to read a really, really long post on making sourdough bread at home? I’ll post my recipe and tips later this weekend.
my cure today for life on the compound is to leave and go visit with the Canadians!
I wish the Canadians had worked out! Hopefully next time!
I’m not dealing with my culture shock here very well at the moment and need to find some alone time without other obligations on my mind to at least write about it. I need the stillness you referred to in your last post, but when?
Thanks Dee, I think we’re not quite to the worst of the culture shock which makes getting over these little bumps a bit easier. But I think living in a huge place like Delhi where there is always something new to do and see makes a huge difference. I think smaller places are harder for that reason.
I am glad you found a way out. Part of it is understanding bit about how the lives in india are entwined, the culture, circumstances and that will calm you down and feel safe around people. But beware, sometimes few bad people can take away good impressions altogether..as you say! Take care and Merry Christmas!
Thank you for your thoughts and I agree, its through understanding why things happen the way they do in the place ou live that makes living there both interesting and easier. Merry Christmas to you soo!
Your photos of the historic sites are wonderful. The birds flying! The towering brown/red pillar! Amazing. But I have to say my favorite is the shot in the cafe! Food gets me through it all too! Right at this moment I would do about anything for a perfect cheeseburger, shoe string french fries and a holiday ale! When I start to feel prickly I usually end up blaming it all on my household staff (in my head at least). Then I bust out my cookbooks, needle and thread or my camera! Going out to find something new to photograph always makes me feel better. Can’t wait for the new one to arrive. In the mean time I can ogle over your photos.
I feel like I need to pick your brain about photography. My new camera is eons more advanced than my old Nikon. Do you shoot in JPEGs or RAW? What mode do you shoot in mostly. I like aperture priority. Do you mess with white balance, D-lighting, settings and such? Let’s chat!
I wish there was something I could say or had some wisdom for you, but since this is my 1st post, I am learning as I go. Just know that I appreciated your kind words when I was going through my shock and that I will be thinking about you and wishing you and your family all the best, especially over the holidays.
Thanks so much Tiffany! I really appreciate your kind words and warm thoughts! Hope you guys are doing well in Bosnia!
I mean, how can you not want to pinch those little cheeks! But I agree, it is rude. I think you are very brave — not just for venturing out to parts of the city that (I’m guessing) a lot of other expats/Americans wouldn’t go, especially with a toddler in tow, but for doing the exact opposite of what your natural inclination is. It’s hard to venture outside of our comfort zones and so much easier to stay in, to do what’s familiar. I’m sending you and your family happy thoughts. I know you will get over this little hump of culture shock as you always do!
Pshh not brave at all. Every time I think I’m doing something “cool” I always find out that someone is doing something even more fun and adventurous and interesting than me. It is helpful though that is is a huge city with so much to do!
Lovely photos, as usual! Your wee man is so cute.
THank you so much, what a great piece I really learned a lot from it!
First, his cheeks are yummy. If or when I get to meet him live I will have to indulge in pinching him just once… 😉 For me it’s the markets… I try to visit them often but it’s not always easy… As for the post at WMB, I loved it! I have yet to comment there! It’s been a whirlwind of a week!
Thanks Ana! Oooh the markets yes! They are always wonderfully rejuvenating! By the way I met someone here who knows you! What a small world!
Yes, he’s got amazing cheeks!
My personal pick me ups are shopping (a good deal/interesting find), going someplace new (preferably out of town but if that’s not an option, fortunately, Delhi has a lot to offer), some quality me time (very hard to carve these days), a good movie (I have been indulging in some good Indian movies) and doing something creative (doing something with my hands is best but difficult with a toddler around).
Thanks Daniela! I agree Delhi has so much to offer, I think its kind of the saving grace. What good Indian movies have you been watching lately? That’s a unique coping strategy that I hadn’t thought to try!
I’ve been stumped about my doldrums and wasn’t quite willing to tag it as culture shock. Your last couple of posts have convinced me that culture shock it is and that I should just own it and get on with cross-cultural living. Getting out is a good idea and I think I’ll learn how to say something new in Nepali for the occasion.
It’s sooo tempting to deny culture shock because it seems like something that “good travelers” don’t get. But that’s so not true. We all experience it, often in many different ways. Being conscious of the fact that moods are part of a normal, healthy adjustment period and not necessarily the fault of the place our living always helps me avoid feeling ugly and instead simply mildly frustrated. Thanks for reading and best wishes!
Your photos are gorgeous!!! Yes, the cheeks. Yummy. Boys are so cute. Now I have a boy, I see the world of boys differently!
Thanks Kaho! Great to hear from you! Boys are a whole different experience from little girls its so true!
Great blog Dani! I found you through Joanna on A Cup of Jo. And I absolutely love it! It makes me miss Delhi more and go back home right away. I am in DC and miss Delhi a lot. Esp so coz my parents live right next to Khan Market making Delhi extra special to me!
Now, about the Dosas – I’m going to ask the obvious – have you tried Andhra Bhavan and/or Sarvana Bhavan. There’s so many places! Also, if you can (since I read you love food) try out the Delhi Food Tours – it was started by a friend and he has great taste, literally!
Thank you for reading Gayatri! I have to say, I’ve since found my dosa nirvana here in Delhi since writing this post at a little place over in Defense Colony (well not little, it’s arguably the most popular dosa place in the city I think) You are right, there are so many places, it just takes being here awhile to start to figure it all out. I’ve heard so many great things about the Delhi Food Tours, we have many friends who’ve done them. Up to this point, our son hasn’t been comfortable enough with us leaving him for more than a few hours to go do one but maybe soon!


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What is an IT ticketing system?
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Exploring the flaws and intricacies of Polaroid film, Rhiannon Adam’s work stands as the antithesis to the digital culture we now live in. Her work focuses on the photograph as a unique sculptural object, rather than simply as an image alone.
Lo-fi Polaroid style imagery is everywhere thanks to the ubiquity of apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic. In this exhibition, Rhiannon Adam attempts to redress the balance by showing real Polaroids in their original form, taking us away from our screen based ‘realities’.
Adam’s work is process based, concentrating on the unique dialogue between expired film material, photographer, and viewer. In this eclectic exhibition we are invited to join her quest for honesty, to embrace our failures, and fight against perfection and digital manipulation.
With Polaroid film becoming more and more expired every day, freshly shot images are becoming more obscured – in a sense echoing the slow death of expensive analogue technologies. While a digital image may never live a life off the screen, each Polaroid in this show was warmed by the artist’s body heat, and gingerly handled in the same exact location that is pictured.
These images have travelled. The film was manufactured, shipped, bought, sold, bought on eBay, posted, shot on location, and transported to this space. Each one has a story to tell, and like each individual, events in its life have altered final appearances. Each image bears the marks of its journey: heat, cold, humidity, treatment during development, and quirks related to the camera have all altered the final image in uncontrollable and unpredictable ways. Each image is a portrait of a place or time, capturing more of what is outside the frame than what is inside.

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An amendment filed by Senator Lesser was unanimously approved by the Senate to fund a Manufacturing Training Program at the Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative (LPVEC). “This funding will provide much-needed help to create a larger, skilled workforce throughout Hampden County,” Lesser said.
The amendment will help the Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative (LPVEC) develop a machine technology program for students in grades 9-12 and will serve the school districts of West Springfield, Ludlow, Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Agawam, Hampden-Wilbraham and Southwick-Tolland-Granville.


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President Trump reveals Obama administration had his office in Trump Tower wiretapped during the election, though nothing illegal was found.
The swirling battle in Washington over President Trump’s desire for a detente with Russia has just taken a dramatic twist with President Trump’s disclosure in an extraordinary series of tweets that back in October – just before the election – US President Obama had Trump’s office in Trump Tower tapped.
The President has also disclosed that a court initially refused Obama’s request for a warrant to have Trump Tower tapped, though a renewed request was later granted.
This means that the wiretap was legal, and that the Obama administration presented some evidence to the court, which the court accepted, that there were legitimate grounds for the wiretap. In the event the wiretap found nothing.
5. January 2017: Buzzfeed/CNN dossier.Buzzfeed releases, and CNN reports, a supposed intelligence “dossier” compiled by a foreign former spy. It purports to show continuous contact between Russia and the Trump campaign, and says that the Russians have compromising information about Trump. None of the allegations can be verified and some are proven false. Several media outlets claim that they had been aware of the dossier for months and that it had been circulating in Washington.
10. March: the Washington Post targets Jeff Sessions. The Washington Postreports that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had contact twice with the Russian ambassador during the campaign — once at a Heritage Foundation event and once at a meeting in Sessions’s Senate office. The Post suggests that the two meetings contradict Sessions’s testimony at his confirmation hearings that he had no contacts with the Russians, though in context (not presented by the Post) it was clear he meant in his capacity as a campaign surrogate, and that he was responding to claims in the “dossier” of ongoing contacts. The New York Times, in covering the story, adds that the Obama White House “rushed to preserve” intelligence related to alleged Russian links with the Trump campaign. By “preserve” it really means “disseminate”: officials spread evidence throughout other government agencies “to leave a clear trail of intelligence for government investigators” and perhaps the media as well.
That makes it look even more likely that most of these contacts were simply business contacts. Several people associated with Donald Trump eg. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, have long had perfectly legal and public business relationships with Russian businessmen, though contrary to some claims no evidence has ever come to light that Donald Trump ever did on any significant scale. Businessmen meet often to talk business and it is likely that most of the contacts which are being talked about were of this nature.
The New York Times article incidentally confirms that the FBI investigation into these contacts has so far revealed nothing inappropriate about them, and judging from some irritated comments by some Democrats it seems that FBI Director Comey reported as much to Congress yesterday.
I would finish by saying that the information that the previous administration was tapping his phone whilst he was still a candidate was almost certainly provided to the President as a first result of the leaks investigation he has ordered.

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Sign here: The Jericho Board of Education held a special book-signing event Oct. 17 to mark the publication of "Sweet and Savory Serendipity."
A “valued nexus” between a Long Island School District and a global imaging supergiant has been energized in a surprisingly tasty way.
Canon Solutions America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Melville-based Canon USA Inc., has brought its lauded Future Authors Project – a digital-learning experience that’s thrived for a decade in Florida’s Palm Beach County School District – to Nassau County’s Jericho School District.
The arrival – marked by the publication of “Sweet and Savory Serendipity,” a short-stories anthology by Jericho students and teachers – represents the first stop for the Future Authors Project outside Palm Beach County, en route to what Canon Solutions America describes as a national proliferation.
The Future Authors Project is actually a holdover from Océ North America, a U.S. subsidiary of Netherlands-based printing/copying manufacturer Océ, which was absorbed by Canon in 2010.
Océ North America launched the community-enrichment program in 2007 as a way to inspire youngsters to consider writing and editing careers – and, of course, as an ingenious marketing tool. After the Japanese conglomerate took over, it kept up the Future Authors effort in Palm Beach County, and in the seven years since the program has “grown exponentially,” according to Canon Solutions America Senior Sales Director Robert Ricottone.
Its success prompted Canon to explore the possibility of replicating the Future Authors Program elsewhere – and thinking focused first on Long Island, Ricottone noted, where Canon USA’s Melville headquarters looms large.
The Future Authors Program’s new Jericho chapter actually launched over the summer, with a weeklong collaborative workshop for students and teachers covering the writing and editing process.
Wordsmiths: Jericho’s “Future Authors” enjoy the fruits of their labors.
Participating students also took part in a field trip to Canon USA’s state-of-the-art Melville mothership, where they toured showrooms and took an instructional imaging class designed to help them complement their writing with vivid photography and other compelling visuals. As part of that “valued nexus” referenced by Canon Solutions America, the company also provided digital-imaging tech to Jericho schools for use on the project.
“The combination of our dynamic workshop, which helped spur story-development ideas and critical-thinking skills, with the cameras provided by Canon helped truly bring these great stories centered on food to life,” Valenza said.
Suzanne Valenza: Food for thought.
The Future Authors Program took center stage at an Oct. 17 meeting of the Jericho Board of Education, where students and teachers who contributed to “Sweet and Savory Serendipity” participated in a book-signing celebration.
Some 13 district students are featured in the anthology, which according to Jericho High School English language arts curriculum associate Daniel Salzman “embod(ies) the spirit of Future Ready education” – a reference to the national Future Ready Schools movement, which accelerates the use of digital-learning tools in the classroom.
“We couldn’t be prouder of the hard work and concerted effort put forth into this beneficial program,” Salzman told the board.
Canon, meanwhile, is also focused on bringing the program to other districts, “and not just on Long Island,” according to Ricottone.
“We are looking to expand this to many new districts,” the senior director said. “We already have conversations going on with schools in Houston and other districts throughout the country.


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Now is the time of the year when gardeners start looking through seed catalogues choosing which plants they would like to grow.
Seeds can be ordered from various companies on line or bought in garden centres, but if you want to grow something different and interesting, 'Chiltern Seeds' based in England is a company I would recommend. They are set up to send seeds abroad.
Why should you choose seeds rather than buy plants in a garden centre.
Diversity - You have a much wider selection of varieties to choose from. For example Chiltern Seeds has 20 different varieties of Basil and over 20 varieties of Sage to choose from, much more than you will ever find in a garden centre. In addition seed companies offer unusual plants that you do not find in the garden centres.
Save money - It is much cheaper to grow your plants from seed, especially if you have a large garden.
Satifaction - January is probably the worst month of the year weather wise, often too cold to work in the garden. It is also the month in which seed catalogues for the present year become available. Selecting the seeds you want to try this year, to see them germinate and turning into plants gives enormous satisfaction.
You'll need something to grow the seeds in, this can be a tray, an old plastic icecream container, plastic trays that contained salad leaves or fruit or just used plastic pots. Makes sure you pierce holes into the bottom for drainage.
A container larger than your seed tray. When you want to water the seeds, you should not water them from above, but place them in a larger container that is filled with some water. Place the seed tray in the larger container to moisten the soil from the bottom. This way you do not disturb the seeds or wet them by watering from above which can cause damping off, a fungal infection encouraged by damp conditions.
If you are using trays and pots that have been used before, wipe the pots with 10 parts of water to 1 part bleach.
A piece of glass or plastic (can be clingfilm) to cover the tray.
Empty some of the sowing compost in the middle of the tray and spread it out till your tray is filled, level it and firm it lightly so that the soil is about 1 cm below the rim.
Sow seeds thinly in rows, 1/2 cm apart. Sowing too densely may result in thin, spindly plants and possibly damping off, a fungal infection.
Fine seeds and those that need light to germinate do not normally need to be covered with soil. The general rule is that you sprinkle the seeds with a thin layer of fine sieved compost to the depth of 2 x the size of the seed.
Label and date the container, place the seed tray in a tray of water to dampen the soil and to prevent the seeds from dislodging.
Minimize evaporation by covering the container with glass, plastic or a sheet of cling film.
Place them in a cold frame or serre or in an area of the house that received a lot of light.
Protect the seedlings from too much sun by providing some shade with newspaper.
The first leaves that appear are the embryonic leaves (Cotyledon). Two primary leaves. These are not the true leaves of the plant. The true leaves normally appear after an additional 14 days, depending on the conditions of where the tray is kept.
Once the true leaves have emerge, it is important to prick them out and transfer the plants to another tray or pots.
When pricking them out with a dipper or pencil, hold the seedling by the leaves, never by the stem or roots.
The new pot or tray should be prepared, filled with compost, firmed up and with a receiving hole (made by the pencil) for the seedling to minimize the transfer time.
Place the tray in another tray filled with some water to dampen the soil. After a few weeks the plant will have developed into a full grown plant ready to be transferred into the soil (if frost has passed).
In the meantime trays and pots can be put outside during the day and taking inside during the night or cover them with fleece. This way they slowly toughen up.
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For the second year running we were lucky to have Gillian Duffy, culinary editor of New York Magazine, make some suggestions for drinks and edibles, very useful for this time of the year.
Sue busily preparing some nibbles.
Françoice McCredie very kindly, once again, allowed us to use her kitchen for the demonstrations.
Scrub the oranges then strip off the orange zest with a vegetable peeler avoiding the white pith, and add to the wine. Recork the bottle and set aside in a cool place for 15 days. Strain the wine, stir in the cognac and sugar, and serve.
Mix together the first five ingredients in a goblet or pitcher if making larger amounts and top with the sparkling brut. Garnish with wheels of orange and lemon.
Scrub the lemons under hot water set aside to dry. Pare the zest from all the lemons with a peeler, taking care not to include any white pith. Put the zest in a large clean jar and pour over the vodka. Cover with a tightly fitting lid and leave for a week, shaking the jar each day.
After one week, make the simple syrup by combining the sugar and water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Do not stir. Boil for 15 minutes. Allow syrup to cool to room temperature.
Add the sugar syrup little by little to the vodka and peels until you achieve the desired sweetness, and leave for a further week, shaking the jar regularly. Strain into decorative bottles, adding a few strips of lemon zest to each bottle. Keep in the freezer.
In a large jug or punch bowl, stir together the pineapple juice, cranberry juice and ginger ale.
Add the cranberries, sliced lime and ice. Stir gently to combine and serve over ice.
Note: Add some vodka or rum if you need a little kick to the drink.
In a cocktail shaker, combine the lime juice and sugar or simple syrup, stirring. Add the rum and water, shake well and pour into a tumbler filler with ice. A floater of Goslings Black Seal Rum can be added if desires.
Grate a little fresh nutmeg over the top of the punch.
In a mortar combine 2 teaspoons chili pepper, ¼ cup onion, 2 teaspoons coriander, and ½ teaspoon salt. Mash with pestle until the mixture forms a wet paste.
To cut the avocado, hold it in one hand and cut a full circle around the seed with a knife, then twist the halves in opposite directions to separate them. With the blade of a heavy knife, strike the top of the seed, give the knife a slight twist, lift the blade, and the seed will come with it.
With the tip of a small knife, cut the avocado flesh into ½ inch dice, do not cut through the skin. Lift the flesh from the skin with a spoon to avoid mashing, and add to a bowl. Gently stir in the paste from the mortar.
Add the remaining onion, coriander, the tomato, and 1 teaspoon peppers at a time, tasting with each addition, and stir carefully. Adjust the seasoning to taste with salt, coriander and peppers.
Serve immediately with corn chips. Add lime juice if the guacamole is not served immediately.

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The “you cannot trash a religion, a nation” edition of UFC 229 brutalized Disney Dana White | FightOpinion.com – Your Global Connection to the Fight Industry.
Dana White wasn’t speaking to me or you in his post-fight UFC 229 presser. The new Disney Dana was busy trying to say the right things to his new bosses at ESPN while throwing a few swear words to keep the street cred up.
Energy is everything in combat sports. It’s a messy business. What’s old becomes new fast and what’s new becomes old even faster. Dana White is moldy, stale bread. He act is beyond tired. Even the sycophantic writers, including Kevin “please text me!” Iole last night, were pointing out Dana’s hypocrisy between the celebration of Conor Debauchery and condemnation of Khabib Khaos.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is as real as it gets. Disney Dana can’t control that in 2018.
Nurmagomedov had his fight purse frozen by the no-longer-special Nevada State Athletic Commission. Bob Bennett is a punching bag. FBI-level integrity for you. Now the cost for upkeep of that FBI-level integrity will be a massive confiscation of cash due to the Athletic Commission no longer being tethered to the state’s general fund.
And to top it all off, since Disney Dana made it a point that Governor Brian Sandoval is mad, Khabib is going to learn that it would be a shame to lose his visa and career… unless, of course, he decides to have a rematch in Las Vegas again.
UFC, at its genuine and deepest core, is crass. Derrick Lewis talking about hot balls and Joe Rogan saying “I understand.” Joe Rogan has supplanted Howard Stern for the career-making and career-killing interview. Ask Elon Musk.
Khabib railing against UFC’s exploitation of racism, religion, and nationalism was as great of a condemnation as it was a fart on America’s First Amendment. I loved the authenticity.
The greatest part of UFC 229 is that even the announcing team of Jon Anik, Joe Rogan, and Dominick Cruz scoffed at the idea of a rematch between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor being competitive. UFC had to leave that hard sell up to Michael Bisping, whose soliloquy on the toughness and integrity of American immigration policy was as close to an old-school 1980s Mid-South “daddy’s going to deport those evil Russians!” promo as you could get.
Khabib Nurmagomedov isn’t the Putin-communicating champion that the UFC deserves. He would have been an even-better fit in the classic Japanese MMA scene.
So did yo watch quintet 3?
Its sad that quintet, with its awesome assortment of legends and current top level mma fighters, was largely ignored for the screeching antics of McUFC.
Sakuraba’s Quintet’s ideology of respectful competition is the antithesis of the UFCs anything for money ideology courtesy of Ari and Dana.
When you let your stars get away with horrible behavior time and time again…. this is what happens. Conor has punched refs, jumped into the stands, attacked buses, and more. And he is constantly allowed to do so. Khabib and his people stood up to it and rightfully so.
PT Barnum wishes he could have created a circus this dysfunctional….
McTerrorist’s best move of the fight was managing to get taken down right by his whiskey logo in the first round.
What happened to the sport that I once loved?
No clue. But it is truly horrible. Things were always touch and go with Zuffa, but it at least somehow resembled a sport. With the new owners, they seem to not even carr about the integrity of the sport. They only care about making money. And Dana White has completely gone along for the ride.
I would say right now that the UFC is more corrupt than boxing and the titles mean even less.
My interest in the sport has been super lower lately. This has just completely killed my interest any further.
Go to the Underground…. I recently went there and there was a thread talking about how dead the place is and how most of the fans have left. The current fans dont even care about who deserves a title fight. They only care about who is the biggest draw.
But the ratings on TV show the UFC has gone in the wrong direction.
Am I the only one that thinks that this might have all been pre-planned by all parties involved to hype a rematch?
Probably. That would mean conors bus attack was also staged. But if conor won the fight that would mean khabibs team would be required to jump into the octagon to attack him, because theres no reason for conor to jump the fence and attack khabibs team after ko’ng a guy you have thoroughly insulted. Seems a little far fetched, but Ari was in the house looking like the evil zionist troublemaker he is, maybe he made a deal with someone on habibs team to attack conor.
Whats just sickening is JJ getting an immediate title shot.
And pitting 2 injured fighters against each other, shows Ari and Dana’s(how did 2 men with girls names end up running the ufc?!?) absolute disregard for fighter safety.
I have only watched a dozen or so ufc fights this year mainly due to Dana and ari’s increasing scumery, and the fact that theres not many respectful fighters I care to watch compete. I used to be interested in wmma back in the Tara larosa Carano days, but not now with the top fighter being a steroid cheat and too ugly to even watch, especially when all the girl seem to do is stand and bang badly. Sorry beaten up women is not my thing.
If it wasn’t quite obvious many years ago, its now a fact. iole is a paid (bad)liar for the ufc.
He states that Khabib is making it worse by questioning the ufcs hypocrisy or threatening to quit or backing his team mates, Iole never really makes it clear what he doesn’t agree with. And of course A-ole doesn’t mention the hypocrisy of the ufcs disgusting handling of the entire situation. He selectively ignores ones wrongdoing while magnifying another’s which instigated by the initial wrongdoer.
In the latest he actually lies several times in his pathetic attempt to help his Ufc bosses.
In it Iole states that JJ never did ped’s. Even though he was caught twice three time if you count is low t.
Iole also states that they reduced his 4 year sentence because they believed him, when in fact he was given a 4 year suspension and they reduced it because he snitched.
Absolutely no mention of the truth in that article.
Im done watching and following for a while, ufc is totally corrupt.
Also stating JJ lost tens of millions of dollars. He didn’t lose that. He failed to earn that. Big difference, A-loe makes it sound like someone took that money from him. Maybe he was talking about the million dollar settlement to the pregnant woman he smashed into?
And the arbitrator? A-ole doesn’t really mention that the arbitrator was paid by Jones!
Everyone ignores the fact the Turinabol and many other steroids metabolites will remain in the fat cells until those fat cells are used as energy by the body. At which point its released into the blood and becomes detectable.
Its a fact that USADA knows this!!
Jones was using steroids thats a fact.
For the USADA to bend over backwards to avoid saying that, and remember how they rushed Lesnar into competition after waiving their own rules, shows they are paid off.
Checked out my last weekly grind for a few months, boy what a bunch of psychos. The only one I clicked was DC just to see what the hell he was rambling about.
Other than sage Dc/Max GSP and DJ how can anyone like these UFC people!
At least we have some classy respectful artists in other orgs.


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by Colleen, Ren & Co.
Last week we received reports from several readers who wrote to tell us about their Bald Eagle sightings.
Colleen from Kitchener said ..... On February 26th 2012, sighting along the Grand River on the Riverside Drive trail, beautiful second sighting only in my 45 years!
A reader from Huntsville ..... On Sunday February 26 2012, just after lunch on Aspdin Road at Highway 45, I saw what I thought was a Turkey Vulture soaring 80 feet above ..... very excited to confirm it was a Bald Eagle, and I had a great long look at it.
Ren says ..... I was driving north on Highway 400 on February 19th 2012, and perched in a tree was a lone Bald Eagle. It caught my eye because it was huge and much larger than the Hawks I normally notice. I spotted it a couple kilometres south of Innisfil near exit 75. Wow! Did not know that we actually ever had Bald Eagles in Ontario. Hope we see many more.
Thank you all so much for writing to tell us about your Eagle sightings, our readers will enjoy reading what you told us, and will perhaps watch for these magnificent birds in their own areas!
I spotted a Bald Eagle in Port Colborne last Friday with a large fish in tow heading away from the lake.
I have been lucky to have seen quite a few in the last while.
Along the Niagara River in Niagara-on-the-Lake - Queenston area, there are at least 4 or 5.
Two of them sit near side road 53.... I take this route to work just to see them!
I have seen two more closer to Queenston, Ontario.
There are one or two in Port Colborne. I have seen two close to the old Ratho Inn.
My close friend and fellow bird buff, saw one in the marina.... then off to the flour mill.
Just this week we found a Great Horned Owl nest. I love this!!!


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The VPN Lab - VPN Guides - Torrent Guides - Does HideMyAss Allow Torrenting?
HideMyAss is currently one of the most powerful VPN services on the market. However, many users have expressed their concerns regarding the level of privacy it provides, which is of particular importance to torrent users. This post is designed to give you all the relevant information about torrenting with HideMyAss, including how safe you are while using torrents with this VPN service.
HideMyAss does not only allow P2P sharing, it even has special servers optimized for torrenting. They are located in Frankfurt, Miami, London, Slovenia, Serbia, New York, Paris, and London. Therefore, if you connect to one of these servers, you can expect excellent, above-average speeds, stable connections, and generally smooth performance.
It is important to note that not all HideMyAss servers can be used for torrenting, as some of them have closed ports for P2P, which is why we warmly recommend you stick to the ones listed above.
Unfortunately, HideMyAss is based in the United Kingdom, which is a member of the Five Eyes alliance. That means that it does not only keep logs but is obliged to keep them for 12 months and turn them over to the authorities in case such a request is made.
Information that HideMyAss collects includes your IP address at the time when you turn your VPN on and off, the IP addresses of the servers you connect to, and the amount of bandwidth you use. This is hardly good news and we have to say that we were quite disappointed to find out that HideMyAss cannot actually guarantee a high level of privacy.
Due to the fact that it cannot keep your data away from US and UK governments, HideMyAss warns you that you should not use torrenting for any illegal activities, such as sharing copyrighted material.
We find it a bit strange that a VPN service that has specialized torrenting servers would not keep torrent users safe, but unfortunately, that is the case with HideMyAss. If you want to enjoy maximum anonymity with no possibility of your data ever getting in the hands of the authorities, it is probably wise to look elsewhere.


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Dear Wendy is a relationship advice blog. You can read about me here , peruse the archives here and read popular posts here. You can also follow along on Facebook and Instagram. New readers, welcome to Dear Wendy, a relationship advice blog. I am a year-old woman who is dating a year-old man. It is the easiest relationship I have ever been in.
Feb 05, · Another lesson in dating: a fling with someone in your professional/personal circle is more often than not bad news. Older guys instantly thought they had a shot. Some guys my age made fun of me.
How did you guys meet? We knew each other for a year before we started dating. We met playing pick-up soccer. Now, I must mention that his son played in those games as well he was 12 years old at the time. You know, due to the child thing. Was there an instant attraction?
DON’T make your man feel older than he actually is (or date yourself). Russell confesses he hasn’t dated since and Jess replies, “That was the year I learned to use the toaster by myself.”.
Cleese and wife Jennifer Image: So what is it about the older gent? Three younger women reveal all. Jay Urquhart-Pettifer with her husband Anthony Image: Neville Williams Jay and Anthony: All three of my adult relationships have been with older men, I just feel like they understand me more.
Contributors control their own work and posted freely to our site. If you need to flag this entry as abusive, send us an email. Dear Christine, I started dating a man and we have an amazing connection. I know he’s not old enough to really be my father, but he’s up there.
Apr 07, · Best Answer: ignore what others do or say or even the way they look at you. My first was a man that was 39 and I was I still love him very much to this day (and vis versa) but we let the looks, stupid comments, and stares get to : Resolved.
Feb 06, · Men are like a fine wine or cheese — they need to be aged. dating coach Laurel House shares three reasons why you should date older men.
Tweet By Katie Marie, August 4, at 8: Before I go on, let me break the news. Blogging, however, could end up spilling the beans. It got me to thinking, how old or young is too old? I had no idea. Here were some of the most popular opinions ranked.
While he keeps telling you “age is just a number” you start to think that may just be something older men made up so they could date younger and hotter women. When you realize he’s ten years younger than your dad.
Look at how men have set their age preferences on OkCupid: As you can see, a man, as he gets older, searches for relatively younger and younger women.
Being a goofball is the path of least resistance.
I have been dating a guy 30 years older than me for 4 years now. First time I saw him was immediately drawn to him. Nothing else mattered. 4 years ago I was getting out a bad marriage (we were 2 years apart) & was on date at least twice a week.
An older man will often be more set in his ways and less adventurous both in life and the bedroom.
I am a 30 year old black female dating a 56 year old white man (he’s nearly 30 years older than me). I’ve never dated guys my age, they were always a few years older than me. The father of my 12 year old son was decades older than me (I was 17 when I met him).


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RAF – FAQ’s 1 of 20 Is Angels Den like Dragon’s Den?
Is Angels Den like Dragons Den?
This question is Number 1 on this list simply because I get asked it more than any other. My reply is quite simple: “Dragon’s Den is the Pantomime version of what we do for real”.
The reality is that it gives a poor impression of how Angel Investors operate. In fact it’s a sort of opposite of the way Angels operate.
Angel Investors are not all £50m business owners. Some of them have a few hundred thousand to invest – but they might have much more to offer in terms of experience or contacts.
They are not arrogant about their abilities and their contacts and they don’t need to sell themselves to you either in front of other investors or in private.
Real Angel investors take much longer to consider an investment before making a formal offer. In fact they will take time to do their Due Diligence BEFORE making an offer as opposed to afterwards like on the telly. There is one exception to this, and that’s with offers made via CrowdFunding. In that situation all the diligence must be done before the offer is placed live on the portal or website.
Angel investors are very interested in the Exit and this is something that is hardly ever brought up on the telly version.
They look for the credibility of the presenter and the opportunity. Does it stack up? Is it scalable? Is there room for a decent return on their investment either as equity or a loan?
Angels will expect you to know your numbers.
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Volunteers are encouraged to express their views about matters concerning W11 Opera and its work.
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Satisfy your cravings with this daily recipe collection of guilty pleasure recipes including salty snacks, decadent desserts, and festive cocktails.
After ringing in the New Year, cozy up and enjoy this diner favorite on the couch. We give you permission to start your diet tomorrow.
If chocolate cake filled with bananas and whipped topping isn't enough, we've gone and smothered it all in gooey caramel ... you're welcome!
Go ahead and lock your doors. Once the neighbors get a whiff of this creamy apple pie, they'll do whatever they have to for a slice!
Happy hour just got a little happier when this dreamy martini showed up. It's so decadent, even the glass is lined with chocolate.
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Ajarn Philip Nurse is a traditional Muay Thai master who strategically marries the footwork of Mohammed Ali with crafty execution to create one of the most exciting and effective forms of Muay Thai practiced today. Ajarn Phil’s strength is in the application of the philosophy that his fighters should be conditioned and ready to fight at a moment’s notice. Ajarn Phil combines the sophisticated use of leverage and bodyweight along with clinch work to make his fighters tactically valuable on the inside while enabling them to be able to avoid and initiate takedowns. His camp, Wat, is renowned for their offensive and defensive use of clinch work in competitive arenas. The exposure to Asian, European , and American Muay Thai has enhanced Ajarn Phil’s reputation as a trainer and teacher whose skill is unsurpassed over a career spanning over 30 years.
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The Registration Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly collaborate on initiatives and efforts that further bolster the business developments and opportunities between India and the UAE.
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Oxford, England — When French citizens vote for a new president on April 23, it will be the latest test for a generation of politicians who've offered radical solutions to Europe's problems.
At another high-profile election in the Netherlands on March 15, far-right leader Geert Wilders did less well than predicted, prompting many to wonder if this "populist movement" could now be weakening. However, Wilders' French counterpart, Marine Le Pen, will be a front-runner in France's poll. The outcome will be watched closely in the Catholic Church, which is still pondering its response to the populist phenomenon.
"Populism is a serious problem here — and it often reveals deep anxieties and raises important issues," Bishop Jean Kockerols, Belgian vice president of the Brussels-based Commission of Bishops' Conferences of the European Union, told NCR. "But if populism asks valid questions, it doesn't offer the right answers. It encourages people to think there are obvious solutions, and offers simplifications which are tantamount to lies."
Critics say this could apply to Le Pen, whose National Front party has tapped into a vein of nationalist discontent at a time when economic conditions are poor and the country remains under a state of emergency after a spate of Islamist terror attacks.
In a lengthy pastoral message last autumn, "Recovering the sense of politics," France's bishops highlighted the current "weariness, frustration, fear and anger" that had fueled "profound hopes and expectations of change." But they also warned against a search for facile, emotive options.
"The disenchantment of the French with today's style of politics doesn't signify disinterest toward society, but rather an aspiration for new forms of civic engagement and common life," the Paris-based bishops' conference said. "But these won't fall from the sky or come with the advent to power of some providential personality. They'll need work and responsibility from everyone — a change of attitudes and ways of thinking."
The highly-praised message avoided the word "populism."
But one church leader who did use it was Pope Francis himself, who cautioned against populism in a March 24 address to European Union heads of government, commemorating the bloc's formation under the 1957 Treaty of Rome.
The pontiff recalled the founding vision of solidarity and peace that had guided the EU's founding fathers after "dark years" of World War II. And he lamented the "lapse of memory" that had impelled many Europeans to demand new "walls and divisions" to keep current dangers at bay.
The solution to today's multiple crises wouldn't be found in "yielding to fear" or "false forms of security," Francis added, but in rediscovering "the centrality of man, effective solidarity, openness to the world, the pursuit of peace and development." These offered "the most effective antidote to modern forms of populism."
"Forms of populism are instead the fruit of an egotism that hems people in and prevents them from overcoming and 'looking beyond' their own narrow vision," the pope told EU leaders. "There is a need to start thinking once again as Europeans, so as to avert the opposite dangers of a dreary uniformity or the triumph of particularisms. Politics needs this kind of leadership, which avoids appealing to emotions to gain consent. … Europe has a patrimony of ideals and spiritual values unique in the world that deserves to be proposed with passion and renewed vigor. This is the best antidote against the current vacuum of values which provides fertile terrain for every form of extremism."
As European politics fragment, however, amid popular anxieties over the mass influx of refugees, the existence of militant Islam, the decline of the euro single currency and Britain's planned departure from the EU, not everyone is convinced populism can be deflected by condemnations.
In most countries, long dominant mainstream centrist parties are now under pressure from more radical groups using harsher rhetoric and advocating tougher policies.
"People have got used to a certain type of government — they've tended to assume everything will be OK if nothing is done differently," explained Malgorzata Glabisz-Pniewska, a senior Catholic radio presenter in Poland. "Against such a background, every new kind of action generates unease. But the real question is whether it could bring something good — and this requires patience, not rushed judgments."
Populism has long been seen as a tool used by politicians of both the right and the left, who've pursued power by appealing to popular emotions over hard facts and realistic arguments, often claiming to represent ordinary people against a corrupt, privileged establishment. Opponents say that has broadly described the current nationalist governments in Hungary and Poland, which have been bitterly criticized across Europe for an allegedly high-handed exercise of power.
But populist claims and counter-claims were used by both sides in Britain's Brexit referendum last June. They've also been a feature of Greece's Coalition of the Radical Left, or Syriza, which swept into government in 2015 after barely a decade's existence, and of Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement, which has won a quarter of parliamentary seats on a platform of "direct democracy."
The populist label has also been applied to Spain's left-wing Podemos, which was founded in 2014 after mass protests and won 21 percent of the national vote in last year's elections, and to Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany party, which holds seats in 10 of the country's 16 state parliaments.
In November, prosecutors opened investigations against the Alternative for Germany party, after it published death threats against Archbishop Ludwig Schick of Bamberg, who heads the German church's international affairs commission, for defending refugees and Muslims.
Though less advanced electorally, however, Alternative for Germany has much in common with Wilders' Party for Freedom, which was beaten into second place in the March elections by Premier Mark Rutte's center-right People's Party. The Party for Freedom's defeat was welcomed by European politicians, including Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel, who called it "a good day for democracy."
But some commentators are more cautious. The party increased its vote on a pledge to ban the Quran, close Muslim mosques and take the Netherlands out of the EU.
Anton De Wit, who edits the Dutch Catholic weekly Katholiek Nieuwsblad, says the "general sense of relief" in the church at the freedom party's defeat was tempered by knowledge that many Catholics had supported Wilders.
"Most people expected a populist rising here, so there's satisfaction our politics didn't radicalize further," De Wit told NCR. "But there's still anxiety about the political divisions here, which run through the church as well. Many Catholics share Wilders' concerns and believe they should be taken seriously."
The head of Austria's Catholic Church, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, cautioned in a late March interview that populist parties could "bring an early end to the EU," by playing on fears and prejudices, while Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg, president of the Conference of European Justice and Peace Commissions, also warned they could "shake Europe's foundations."
In Germany, where the far-right Alternative for Germany is poised to do well in September elections to the Bundestag national parliament, bishops' conference president Cardinal Reinhard Marx had pledged his church's undying support for the EU and spoken out repeatedly against populist politicians.
Yet some Catholics think a prudent discernment is needed, too, so the disaffection on which populism feeds can be properly gauged and understood. That was the message of the Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, in a late March interview with Italy's La Stampa.
If Europe's recent history showed the "devastating consequences of populism," Parolin told the daily, populist tendencies were also an expression of "profound disagreement" with current developments. The challenge for mainstream parties was to find their own "concrete answers and options for action, without abandoning their ideals."
De Wit, the Katholiek Nieuwsblad editor, agrees. Many Dutch church members objected when an outspoken bishop, Gerard de Korte of Den Bosch, told Catholics not to vote for Wilders and his party, but said nothing against a rival Democrats 66 party, which won a similar vote on pledges to liberalize laws on abortion and euthanasia.
"The whole populist movement still has a strong popular following, both vocal and silent, and each European country has its own dynamic," the Utrecht-based editor told NCR. "The sentiments they appeal to won't magically disappear — it'll be unwise and premature to talk of any coming turning-point against populism in Europe."
Poland's Glabisz-Pniewska thinks the church should tread carefully and should be careful not to identify itself too closely with establishment interests by speaking out hastily and peremptorily against the new radicals. All parties use populist slogans on occasion to garner support, she points out. If some are labeled "populist" for challenging the status quo, then perhaps those who defend the status quo should be branded "elitist" in turn.
"It does seem that 'populist' is often a label applied against parties you don't like, without giving them a chance to have their ideas democratically tested," the Catholic radio presenter told NCR. "If populists are those who defend the rights of those who feel marginalized and unrepresented, then why should this be an accusation? The church should help ensure people are properly informed; but it should also let them make their own political choices."
Come what may, Europe's new populist parties look set to go on posing a challenge for Europe's Catholic Church.
In their pastoral last autumn, France's bishops said only those who were "indifferent and insensitive" would fail to be moved "by the precarious conditions of exclusion" that many French citizens faced, at a time when rapid international changes were stripping away any "shared vision of the future" and the very notion of living together seemed "fragile, fractured and under attack."
Le Pen's far-right National Front party has vowed to curb immigration and ensure French nationals are given priority over foreigners in jobs, welfare, housing and education. Though unlikely to win the upcoming presidential election, she's expected to come in a close second.
As citizens, Catholics have to be active in society, caring for "the dignity and future of humanity," the French bishops said, and working for solidarity, justice and peace. But they also have to be upbeat.
"The endlessly repeated claim that France is in decline will end by eroding any personal and collective dynamism — far from assisting an accounting of conscience, it risks fueling the gloomy atmosphere," the pastoral message said. "The new questions of today compel us to reflect and act, and tell ourselves what kind of society we want. On all these issues, we need to take the time to talk and listen — to ensure the last word isn't given over to violence."
Kockerols, the Belgian bishop, feels the French bishops got things about right.
In February, bishops from Belgium and the Netherlands discussed "the growing sense of discomfort in many people" at a joint consultation, and agreed Christian communities had a "clear role" to play in "countering polarization."
Kockerols thinks the church must be present in the current European debates, especially when so many key issues have an obvious moral dimension.
"We can make a real difference by challenging the decision-makers — and helping people ask the right questions," he told NCR. "But we should also stay above the fray and avoid singling out parties and politicians by name. The church has a responsibility to uphold democracy — and it's possible to talk about politics without being political."
A version of this story appeared in the April 21-May 4, 2017 print issue under the headline: Europe's populist parties pose a test for church .