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West Boylston officals were still waiting Tuesday afternoon for a decision in Worcester Superior Court on the proposed household hazardous waste collection and recycling center off Raymond Huntington Highway.
Attorneys for the town and the state Department of Conservation and Recreation argued their cases in a hearing held last Thursday, June 25.
The hearing stemmed from a cease and desist order on the property, approved by selectmen and issued by Building Inspector Mark Brodeur in early June.
On Friday, Town Administrator Leon Gaumond Jr. said he expected a decision by Monday afternoon. If a decision does come down, Gaumond said it would likely be on the Board of Selectmen's agenda this Wednesday night.
Selectmen have opposed the center since last summer. The site will be on state property, but run by the non-profit group Wachusett Earthday Inc.
Selectmen have argued that the site should have to adhere to local zoning bylaws. DCR officials have said it is a state facility which only needs to follow state building code.
Selectmen have also objected to a parcel of land taken by the state ostensibly for water protection being used to collect household hazardous waste.
The state has argued that the availability of the site will reduce illegal dumping in drains and wetlands.
In April, a split Board of Selectmen ended negotiations with the state, opting instead to fight the plans.
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A friend (GB–can you figure out what that stands for girlie b…) recently told me I have a real knack for vomiting my thoughts onto my blog. However, I must pose the question then: What else is the point of a blog, right?
GB: You vomit everything that goes through your mind onto your blog.
Me: I do? Yea, so…..
GB: Do you think that people are really interested?
Me: Yea, totally, I have a fan base out there I need to maintain.
GB: Out there in blog land?
Me: Yea, and if I missed one day, I might throw a reader's ENTIRE day out of whack. I just couldn't let them down like that! Plus, I have the unique ability to blog about anything. Call it talent, call it vomiting thoughts, or call it skill. You name it; I can do a blog about it. THAT is how talented I am!
So, how about it, dear readers, care to take my challenge? We can call this challenge America's Next Top Blogger.
Challenge: To everyone that comments on this post with a topic, I will do a post about it–and the most popular/creative topic, with the most comments/votes wins, so you can observe my AMAZING abilities firsthand or judge it as upchuck. Your call.
Directions: Vote as amazing abilities or upchuck in the comments section, based of the topic provided by the reader. Topic with the most comments/votes wins.
Winner: Will be awarded the award of America's Next Top Blogger: will get a whole post about their blog, with a link to their blog and must pass on the tradition of America's Next Top Blogger–to encourage bloggers everywhere that THEY ARE INTERESTING AND THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
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Guest Post: Tanith of Tanith Rowan Designs/
Tanith Rowan is the fantastically talented milliner behind Tanith Rowan Designs. You might have seen some of her amazing work on the heads of Jessica from Chronically Vintage and Nora of Nora Finds, and having worn the piece she sent out for her Sisterhood of the Traveling Hat, I can only hope I one day get to own one of her pieces for real. I wish I had time to complete this hat refashion before I go on my trip!
I love looking at images of vintage hats, and frequently find styles I would like to try. Sometimes, a style jumps out at me as being suited to a cheap refashion, and this hat is one of them. This is from the 1939 Chicago Mail Order Catalogue [editor's note: Oh hey!], and I found it in Decades of Hats by Sue Nightingale.
It's not a perfect copy, but if you found the right hat and scarf to use, you could get pretty darn close!
Materials & Tools:
- 1 straw hat with a broad flat brim. The closer the crown is to having straight sides and a flat top, the better, but you can work with a round crown. The straw should be woven, not sewn strips of braid. (If the crown sides are straight up and down, a braid hat might work. You'll see why below.)
1 rectangular scarf in a drapey material. You can also use fabric, but you will have to hem it. Mine is about 2 meters long and 25 centimeters wide, but this is a matter of taste.
1 length of ribbon long enough to wrap around the hat crown. Alternately, more fabric. Your ribbon should have some stretch, or be able to be curved (i.e. millinery petersham ribbon). Bias binding is another alternative.
1 hat elastic or comb or hat pin (optional)
Fabric glue (optional)
Sewing machine (if using fabric instead of a scarf)
Iron and ironing board
Needle and thread
Flowers or other trim
I used a straw hat that I felt was typical of the kind you will see cheaply available at op shops (thrift/charity stores). It was as ideally suited to the project as some of the others in the pile, but I wanted to show that this refashion could be done with a standard hat.
My fabric is from the remains of this tunic top, also from an op shop, in a chiffon-type material and lovely poppy print.
The ribbon I've used is a petersham head fitting ribbon removed from another old hat.
Basic hand sewing skills. You basically just need the ability to attach one thing to another with needle and thread! If you can do a running stitch, you are set.
If you are using fabric instead of a scarf, you will need to be able to use a sewing machine to sew a hem.
Remove any trims from your hat, including the head fitting ribbon from the inside, if there is one. (I had previously done this step for my hat.) If needed, give the brim a bit of an iron to make it as flat as can be. Use a pressing cloth to protect your iron.
Mark about 1.5 – 2 cm up the sides of the crown, all the way around.
- Cut along these marks, as evenly as you can.
- To mark the tip, make your first mark judging by eye how deep the crown should be. You want about 4 – 5 cm down from the top. Then measure up from your last cutting line, and use that measurement to mark this height all the way around the crown.
- Cut along these marks evenly. You now have a brim piece and a crown piece (and a middle loop which can be discarded).
- If your hat had a rounded crown, the new crown you have will be smaller than the opening in the brim. Don't worry! This is why woven straw is best for this project – it will squish down to fit.
- If you are using fabric or cutting up an old garment, you will need to cut your scarf and hem it. I used the bottom edge of the top, so that one edge was hemmed already. Judge the width you like and cut. I then had a loop, so had to cut out one seam. Hem by folding under twice and sewing by machine using a straight stitch. I didn't even pin mine, as you can see, but it is up to you how careful you want to be!
- Find the approximate middle of your scarf and place it at the centre of the crown. Where it meets one edge, sew a gathering stitch (long running stitch) across the width of the scarf. (Unless, like me, you have a seam in the middle – in which case gather at the seam so it will be hidden once the hat is assembled.)
- Pull the gathers and sew the gathered scarf down to the edge of your hat. It should cover the middle half or so of the crown.
- Drape the scarf across the crown and pin to the other side. You may choose to use a gathering stitch again, if your scarf is wide, but I didn't bother.
- Sew this side to the crown.
- Place the brim piece over the crown. Pin at the front, back, and sides, and more if desired. You will find the brim edge squishing in to meet the crown, and this will happen even more as you sew. Sew the crown to the brim, making sure not to catch the hanging scarf ends. The cut straw edge will be brittle and tend to split, and also love to catch your thread. This is just how it is, so try to be patient.
- Warning - if your crown is rounded, this may be the most annoying part! Attaching a ribbon if you had straight sides is easy – wrap around and glue or sew in place. If you have a sloping crown, as I did, you will need to use a stretch ribbon, or curve your ribbon or bias binding. (Here is a video showing this.) Even so, it is tricky. I glued mine down to hold it in place while I stitch the top edge down. Use a small stitch on the outside and a long one on the inside to keep your stitches from showing too much. (You can also just stop at the glue if it is sitting nicely, but mine was still uneven in places.) As an alternative to the ribbon or binding, use fabric and drape it around the crown, stitching in a few places.
- (Optional). You can leave it here and use the scarf ties to hold it on, but you might want to drape them loosely, so you could add a comb or elastic to hold the hat on. I've used an elastic, poking the metal ends through the straw (just one layer so it doesn't show on the outside).
And you are done! You could go on and trim it with flowers or whatever you like, or leave it plain like the inspiration image.
You could use this process as the basis for a lot of different refashions, playing around with the brim size and style and the crown, depending what hats you find.
Have fun refashioning!
Many thanks to Tanith for this wonderful post!


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There are a number of limitations on the types and quantities of courses that may be transferred. It is the student's responsibility to follow all of the required procedures in order to transfer courses to his or her CUA record.
Below are some individual items that are important to keep in mind as you explore off-campus courses. A complete overview of policies and procedures is available in the Academic Transfer of Credit policy.
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This workshop will provide tools to effectively deal with power struggles. Specifically, parents will learn why kids love to power struggle, how to get out of them when you get into one and how to prevent power struggles from happening in the first place.
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MUMBAI – An unreal Kieron Pollard blitz transformed a daunting 179-run chase into a cakewalk for Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede today, as he tore the match from Sunrisers Hyderabad's grip in a seven-ball stretch that yielded 36. At the end of the assault, Mumbai dethroned Chennai Super Kings and rose to No.1 in the Indian Premier League.
Sixes rained down on a delirious Mumbai crowd, whom for much of the run chase may have anticipated the hosts' first loss at home this season. But with 62 needed from the last four overs, 29 was plundered in the 17th from Thisara Perera, in which he bowled three balls in Pollard's slot and was duly smashed over the straight boundary three times, after Rohit Sharma had already hit a six earlier in the over.
Pollard had had no answer to an intense Dale Steyn, who conceded only four runs in the 16th over, making a turnaround seem all the more unlikely. But Sunrisers' supporting cast could not muster death-over competence, and the 21-runs off Amit Mishra's 18th over effectively sealed the match for Mumbai. Having been 9 runs off 10 balls at the end of Steyn's over, Pollard finished with 66 from 27, ending the match with two massive leg-side sixes off Perera, whose confidence was clearly shattered by then. Pollard bludgeoned eight sixes in all, and one four, and despite Steyn's final over going for only five, Mumbai reaped 67 from the last 21 balls of the match.
The late heroics had followed 16 overs of somewhat meandering batting from Mumbai, who attacked in bursts, but seemed largely content to allow the asking rate to mount – perhaps anticipating a late rally, though even they could not have imagined that Pollard would be so punishing nor Sunrisers so generous. Having been relatively cautious towards the start of his innings, Sachin Tendulkar had looked set to accelerate through the middle overs, but he hurt his bottom hand after striking Karan Sharma over long-on for six, and was forced to retire hurt for 38 off 31 balls. Dinesh Karthik chipped in a 30 off 23 balls, and helped keep wickets in hand, which paid rich dividends in the final countdown for the hosts.
Sunrisers' 178 for 3 had been set up by Shikhar Dhawan, who hit 59 from 41 at the start of the innings, and finished by Cameron White, who blasted 43 from 23.
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Episode #21 - The Shadow
Allen Christian
Imagine, if you will, a time when the world was demanding that Alec Baldwin wear terrible prosthetics under a bandana. When children clamored for a pulp hero that barely made it out of the 40's. And imagine if you will, an entire film based around a hero with no discernible good qualities. (Though we're still really into that last one if the box office returns for the latest Zack Snyder picture is any indicator.) This was the age of The Shadow. And by age, I mean probably a week.
This movie is boring. It might be racist. That dagger is stupid. Boom. The end. This episode is okay.
Also in the episode: Allen apologizes for having seen 3 Doors Down live. Tim Curry's musical career is praised. And of course Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice is discussed in the parts where NO ONE IN THIS MOVIE IS FUCKING DOING ANYTHING.
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Lexie has administrative and design history with artists and institutions including: Ephrat Asherie Dance, Joanna Kotze, Jacob's Pillow Dance, The Kitchen, Alice Sheppard/Kinetic Light, Movement Research, L.A. Dance Project, Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, as well as teaching and making history at Berkshire Pulse in Great Barrington, MA.
Lexie holds a B.A. in Dance, and a B.A. in Media Arts & Design from James Madison University. She was featured in JMU's "Be The Change" campaign, as well as selected to represent the School of Visual and Performing Arts in 2015/16 University Admissions Materials.
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Onslow Gymnastic Club offers recreational gymnastics classes for girls who want to participate in gymnastics for fun and attend classes once a week. Class size is limited, and we have a strong coach-to-gymnast ratio. In each of our Gym-for-All classes, the girls get a chance to develop skills on all gymnastic equipment – Vault, Bar, Beam and Floor.
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TeamGym is an exciting style of group performance that is very popular in Europe. It brings together tumbling, mini-tramp skills, dance and aerobics to provide an energetic, creative and choreographed performance. Girls who would like to join should have tumbling skills, a background in gymnastics and/or dance, a good attitude and a commitment to training. Please get in touch with us at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
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text: The Social Roots of Biblical Yahwism By Stephen L. Cook No cover image The Social Roots of Biblical Yahwism By Stephen L. Cook Read preview Synopsis Sure to provoke discussion and debate as it offers a unique approach to some old and perplexing issues in the history of ancient Israel and its religion, Cook's study is a bold new proposal for synthesizing the social history of Israel's religious traditions. Among the many Yahwisms" coexisting in ancient Israel was an initially small minority stream of theological tradition composed of geographically and socially diverse groups in northern and southern Israel. These groups shared a religious commitment to a covenantal, village-based, land-oriented Yahwism that arose before the emergence of Israelite kingship. It eventually rose to dominance, and its theology provided robust resources for dealing with the Babylonian exile. It thus came to occupy a prominent place in the present canon of the Hebrew Bible. Cook combines detailed study of biblical texts with a carefully constructed social-scientific method and body of data to argue for the early origins of biblical Yahwism. This book is written to be accessible to lay readers and also of significant interest to Hebrew Bible students and specialists. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)" Excerpt Scholarly revisionists and challengers now question the historical roots of Israel's traditional covenantal faith, rocking the foundations of Judaism and Christianity. Raising these challenges, based in part on new archaeological finds, they argue that the central religious understandings now found in the Hebrew Bible emerged historically only at a relatively late point in Israel. the beliefs and practices that the Bible advocates, these scholars contend, lack a legitimate pedigree. They evolved as a religious breakthrough or an ideological polemic around the time of the Babylonian exile in the sixth century B.C.E. In this book, I take on this present-day, revisionist scholarship. I go behind the texts of the Hebrew Bible to explore the actual social roots of what Scripture describes as Israel's ancient covenant beliefs, revealed at Mount Sinai. I show that they are not the product of a long history of Israelite religious and cultural development, but an early, minority perspective from outside of Israel's and Judah's central state culture. What is at stake is the provenance and time of origin of the Hebrew Bible's dominant beliefs. By dominant beliefs, I mean the overt religious points of view that the Bible presents and supports—viewpoints that Jews and Christians will instantly recognize. I shall call these dominant, scriptural beliefs biblical Yahwism. This term, though susceptible to multiple interpretation and misunderstanding, serves to distinguish the religious perspective of which I shall speak from other patterns of belief that include worship of Yahweh, the God of the Bible. a term such as canonical, covenantal, Sinai Yahwism would be more appropriate for my subject matter, but it would be cumbersome. . As I discuss in chapter 2, I use the term Sinai as shorthand for the broad covenantal theology of Deuteronomy and related biblical texts. I do not make any claims about actual Related books and articles Books Journals Magazines Newspapers Encyclopedia FREE! A History of New Testament Times in Palestine, 175 B.C.-70 A.D By Shailer Mathews Macmillan, 1908 Read Overview Covenant and Chosenness in Judaism and Mormonism By Raphael Jospe; Truman G. Madsen; Seth Ward Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2001 Read preview Overview Jews and Christians: The Parting of the Ways, A.D. 70 to 135 By James D. G. 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I'm talking a lot lately about the goals I set for myself this year, as January now comes to a close, and I am finding it hard to believe that it has already been a month since I really organized those goals and started making them concrete. I am happy with my progress so far on all of them! And I am even more happy with the fact that I made them in the first place. One of those goals was bringing myself to read at least one book a month all year long. It seems small, and it is. I am the type of person who tends to hold onto a book for as long as possible, and as much as I want to break this habit so I can start to make real progress on my mile long to-read list, I don't want wear myself out. I enjoy taking my time with stories. I prefer to give myself a few days of refresh to mull things over and think back on the book as a whole before I move onto something else. I immerse myself entirely into what I read, obsessing about it even (especially) when it is over, so I find this step important to my reading. I know some people enjoy pouring through book after book after book, but this is what works for me.
That is where my idea for this post series came from. It is purely for my benefit, as it will allow me a concrete place to organize my ideas and feelings concerning a story before discarding it for the next. While I may very well read more than one book a month, I want a space to remember my favorites and share a bit of review, too. Although this month, I will be skipping this step. Last week, I finally brought myself to finishing the 5th novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin, A Dance with Dragons. I had been reading this novel since November (I know, ridiculous), limiting myself to two chapters a night because I didn't want to finish. I also took a small break from it during the holidays, as I didn't have the energy to keep up with everything going on in it.
A Song of Ice and Fire is a very involved and complicated series, with many story lines and countless characters. The 4th and 5th books were split between two sets of these characters but over the same timeline. So, starting this book was a bit like going back in time in the story and getting different perspectives (and many new stories and a few new characters). About 3/4 of the way through, Martin begins to bring all the characters back in. A bit exhausting to keep up with, but well worth it. Writing a review here, though, I don't know where I would begin; especially because this is a series. I also do not want to give away any spoilers to my readers who may be interested in this series or who are reading it already but are not yet to where I am. Just know I am happy to be finished with it (finally), despite the fact that I had been putting it off because the next novel The Winds of Winter still isn't out. And know that it was so so so so good. Ugh. I only got mad at George for killing people a few times.
What are you reading lately? Any recommendations?
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Flos 265 at home
I finally got the time to show a small change in our living room. For me personally my home has to grow and for my own home I can doubt forever about decisions I have to make. But I am so happy with the new Flos 265 lamp in our living room that I ordered through fonQ.nl.
The wall behind our sofa is very long and it needed something to break this length. Flos is one of my favorite brands when it comes to lighting and this lamp fits our living room so well. The Flos 265 wall lamp is a design by Paola Rizzatto and is really flexible due to its length and the adjustable arm.
In the meantime this wall has gone through another small make-over as we painted it in a light grey tone. Now looking for the perfect piece of art to add…so up to the next project.
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President Donald Trump took aim at the U.S. Postal Service on Friday for offering Amazon and other e-commerce companies low rates for package delivery.
The USPS, when reached by CNBC, said it is looking into the issue.
At the heart of the issue is the Postal Service's essentially monopolistic hold on the letter business and whether it is using that clout to subsidize the cost of its package delivery.
To prevent an unfair advantage in letter mail, the government has tightly controlled how much USPS charges for its letters. It also instituted reforms to ensure it does not use its letter business to support its package delivery business. (In other words, use revenue from its high-margin mail business to lower the cost of its package delivery.) Doing so would give it an unfair edge over commercial carriers such as FedEx and United Parcel Service.
Those reforms, some have argued, are out of date.
The government in 2006 passed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, saying the Postal Service cannot price its parcels below cost. A year later, the government clarified that 5.5 percent of the USPS' fixed costs must be allocated to packages and the like.
But mailing patterns have changed drastically over the past decade, and that 5.5 percent benchmark has become minuscule as the volume of packages that USPS delivers skyrockets.
The USPS delivered 5.7 billion packages in 2017, a 27 percent jump from 2015. It delivered 58.7 billion first class mailings, a decline of 6 percent from 2015.
"We contend that this floor for competitive (parcel) products has been maintained at artificially low levels, creating large-scale systemic economic inefficiencies engendered by what is effectively a government-enforced taxpayer subsidization of the USPS' irrational pricing," wrote analysts at Citi in April.
The package pricing, argued Citi, hurts USPS' competitors, who have to match similar pricing. It may also be hurting USPS itself.
USPS reported $69.6 billion in sales in fiscal 2017, a 2 percent drop from the year prior. It reported a loss of $2.7 billion in 2015, down from a loss of $5.6 billion a year prior.
The question thus arises as to why the mailing service appears to be undercutting itself. As letter mailing increasingly becomes a smaller piece of the business in the future, the service may not want to mess with the growth it sees in packages.
Meantime, while it could now be argued Amazon needs USPS more than the reverse, there always remains a threat Amazon could buy its own delivery service.
An earlier version of this story misstated the number of packages USPS delivered in fiscal 2017.


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Today has been such a long day. I had so many great looks planned for today's blog posts, but I just didn't have the time to get them all done. While I've had to shift a few things around, I wanted to slide in today's feature before I kick off the second half of my day and jump start my weekend.
For a night out inspired look, I tapped online boutique, Sheek Shat, for their "Queen B" drop-sleeve sweater. The design is inspired by Calvin Klein's cold shoulder jumper from the brand's 205W39NYC fall collection. I love the cutout and constrast sleeve detail, which gives the look an edgy vibe. For a Fall approved look, pair it with leather skinnies, a cropped fur jacket, black suede ankle-strap sandals (also love this option), and a mini top-handle bag.
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Lechon Kawali – Crispy Fried Pork Belly
Learn the secret on how to make crispy Lechon Kawali, an all-time Filipino favorite dish of pork belly fried to a perfect crisp! Deliciously crunchy in every bite!Lechon Kawali is a well-loved pork dish all over the country and probably soon, all over the world.
It involves boiling the pork belly slab and then deep-fried later on, making the exterior crisp and crunchy while leaving the inside tender and juicy.
I can never tire of eating Lechon Kawali and I could probably do so every day, if only it is as healthy as it tastes (really) good. But indulging once in a while should be fine.
In this post, I will also share a secret on how to get that pork skin crackling to a perfect crisp.
But first, here are some tips on how to choose your pork for Lechon Kawali.
what is the best pork cut for Lechon Kawali?
- The cut that is used for making Lechon Kawali would be the 'Liempo' or the pork belly. The interchanging layers of meat and fat make it one of the tastiest part of the pork.
- Choose a slab of pork belly with equal parts of fats and meat with good alternating layers.
- Too much (lean) meat will give you dry, hard and chewy texture so do not get a thick slab. Choose a pork belly slab that is not more than 1 1/2 inch thick.
how to make crispy fried pork (Lechon Kawali)?
If you want to get that crispy crackling pig skin when deep-fried, then just follow this tips:
- You've got to air dry your pork first after boiling it. You do this by draining the excess water and then putting the slab of pork belly in the fridge for some hours or overnight.
- After the pork belly is air-dried and ready to cook, cut it into desired frying pieces. I find that cutting them into squares the size of an inch is the most ideal size. This makes all sides golden and crispy while the interior remains moist and juicy. This also reduces the cooking time.
- Make sure that the oil is hot and try to keep it that way all throughout while frying the pork pieces. Do not fry frozen pork as it will cook unevenly and will affect the oil temperature. Do not crowd the pot or pan while frying, fry them in small batches and they will cook faster and more even.
- While frying, you have to sprinkle a bit of cold water from time to time to induce the crackling of the pork skin. Just be careful of the splatters and I would suggest to cover up your hand and arms (and face) if possible or get a splatter screen like this one.
Lechon Kawali is usually served with spicy vinegar or a special liver-based Lechon sauce but my favorite dip is a mixture of soy sauce and vinegar with lots of chopped onions and a red hot chili with some fresh ground black pepper. Another serving of rice? Yes, please!
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Lechon Kawali
- 2 pounds pork belly
- 3 tablespoons salt - - for boiling
- 2 teaspoons peppercorn - (whole)
- 5 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 5 cloves garlic - - crushed
- 4 cups water
- 1 tablespoon salt - - for rubbing
- 2-3 cups oil - - for frying
- In a pot, combine pork belly, salt, peppercorn, bay leaves, soy sauce, garlic, and water. Bring to boil. Let it cook until meat is fork-tender.
- Remove the pork belly from water and let the excess water completely drain. Transfer to a plate and then rub 1 tablespoon of salt all over the meat. Put in the fridge overnight to dry out.
- Cut in cubes, about an inch thick. Heat oil in a wok or pot over medium-high heat. Once the oil is hot, fry each side of a cut for 5 minutes while sprinkling the skin with ice-cold water and letting it crackle from time to time.
- Remove from hot oil and transfer into a plate lined with kitchen paper towel to remove excess oil. Serve while still hot with your fave dipping sauce!
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Hi Bebs,
Do you have a recipe for Chicharon? I'm guessing it will be a lot like this one. Thanks!
I love Lechon kawali but i'm so afraid to cook it. Tried once and it took me hours, because i turn off the fire once in a while everytime i turn the meat. 😉 just to be safe from oil splatter.
thanks for sharing nakakagutom 🙂 . Natry ko n po Yung sprite/7up SA marinade at masarap Lalo n pag overnight.
This is so good. I Lechon Kawali in my blog too, and I cannot get enough of it. I wish it's healthy so that I can have it everyday. Also, you guys moved back to the Philippines? That is a brave decision to make. Good luck!
Wow! What a surprise to know that you moved to Philippines… for good?
Anyway, I like to try this but I was thinking how to do exactly sprinkling water while frying? The oil probably would be splashing…. hehehe a little afraid of it….


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Both here in Australia, and across the globe, a move away from the seemingly never-ending growth of our cities is beginning: urbanists, architects, governments and developers are turning to regional and rural areas, examining the way they are changing and looking for new models of habitation. Internationally renowned architect Rem Koolhaas and his team at OMA call the countryside the "new frontline of transformation". Academic journal Architectural Design released a 2016 special edition titled Designing the Rural: A Global Countryside in Flux. Closer to home, the Australian Institute of Architects NSW Country Division is holding a regular program of events and seminars to explore current topics affecting rural centres, while the Victorian Government has just committed to $20 million to a Regional Centre for Culture program. Regional revitalisation is the new urban regeneration.
In the past 100 years or so, regional towns and rural centres across Australia have seen a change from once thriving centres of industry that rivalled capital cities, to depopulated and often dilapidated places, with grand architecturally designed buildings sitting empty, low levels of education, employment and literacy, and struggling economies. Local Governments, as well as State and Federal, are investing money in a vast range of programs, initiatives and development opportunities to reinvigorate communities, not only to bring them back to life, making them more competitive and attractive, but also to offset the unsustainable growth of cities. Different initiatives are being tried and tested with varied results. This is where we are seeing the shift in our work. As urban strategists working with clients across the public and private sector, we are seeing new projects emerge on the fringes of cities, in large regional centres, and even in the suburbs.
We have recently been working on a number of projects in regional Victoria and New South Wales, which have demonstrated how different the populations and dynamics are in regional centres from major capital cities. Significant time spent working on a project in the Victorian city of Bendigo exposed a trend being seen country-wide: there is a move towards the revitalisation of larger regional towns and cities, while remote rural communities continue to struggle. Populations are becoming more centralised as the shifts in our society make it necessary for us to have more urban centres spread across the countryside that can begin to compete with capital cities – think of Bendigo, Newcastle, Bathurst, Launceston. In Bendigo, many people are choosing the regional city over Melbourne, as they seek space, affordability and freedom, the move to the country allowing them to escape the rat race and afford to make a living from passions, skills and hobbies, while still being within driving distance of the capital. But there are also significant issues within these kinds of regional populations: a large number of individuals in regional centres are aging, with younger people migrating away to bigger cities to seek opportunities and experiences not available in smaller, less populated pockets of the country. Employment opportunities are generally more limited, with lower levels of income, and poor levels of education and literacy. There are also very different community relationships and dynamics at play, with the smaller population meaning Councils tend to hold much more sway, and there is a high level of competition between people, businesses and organisations.
Noticeably, much of the investment going into the revitalisation of regional places goes into innovations centred around arts, culture and creativity. Iconic architectural buildings are being sought to create cultural landmarks; artists' studios, creative hubs and co-working spaces are being established to try and drive creative activity, thinking and innovation; cultural events and activities that drive tourism are being implemented to boost the economy. Arts and culture is often viewed as a low risk, low investment and high return strategy, supporting the local community at the same time as trying to attract a tourism market. Even long before the days of Richard Florida, creativity has been seen as a fundamental economic driver. But the definition of creativity, and an understanding of the type of creativity that will drive economic success, is blurred. Traditional arts and culture – such as visual arts, crafts, performing arts and music – conventionally tend to flourish in regional centres, while the more diverse creative industries and the talents of entrepreneurially-minded individuals working in non-creative sectors – such as brand and marketing, publishing, architecture, design, and media – are much more innovative and independent, and likely to thrive in major cities. It is these more diverse creative industries that many regional centres are now looking to attract in order to drive local economy.
Rightly or wrongly, many a high hope is hung on the viability of arts, culture, and creativity, particularly in regional cities and towns. Urban development and gentrification literature signals that arts and culture are the pioneers for a local economy. The creative solutions we are seeing across the country's regional centres are varied, some temporary, others permanent, some that may be short lived, and others that are booming icons of success. In Bendigo, the Bendigo Art Gallery and Ulumbarra Theatre have been a great hit with local, national and international audiences. In the Blue Mountains, a surge in the creative community has seen the delivery of the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, the Blue Mountains Theatre and Community Hub and the highly successful Mtns Made creative advocacy community group. Newcastle's internationally renowned Renew Newcastle program changed the face of the city.
But how long will arts and culture remain the engine room for these places? Can they work in isolation without investment in other parts of the local community and economy? And can these solutions work across other regional centres? Often, the mentality is that if it can drive the economy in an urban environment, or in another regional centre, then it will have the same effect elsewhere. Renew Newcastle has been replicated world-wide, with varied results. Bendigo is now looking to establish a creative industries hub to stimulate the other parts of its creative community, but this heavily weighs on whether there is a professional market in demand for this type of space. In Parkes, an iconic multipurpose cultural building is being considered as a tool for improving the town, leveraged off the popularity of the Elvis Festival, but there is no guarantee it will make Parkes more attractive year-round. Cutting and pasting a solution that may have worked for another community or in another context is not smart urban renewal or revitalisation, with real risk for their long term viability. What is required is more critical consideration and a deeper understanding of the nuances of each and every place, and the realities of arts and culture to truly change the face of a town. Place-specific approaches and masterplans based upon real consideration and evidence of need have far more chance of delivering initiatives and opportunities that respond to the strengths of the community, standing on the back of core industries, talents, opportunities, needs, natural features of a place, or its history. Delivering custom-designed revitalisation projects will give locals a sense of pride in where they come from, help build stronger and more meaningful identities for places from within, and hopefully drive related economic activity. Not every regional town's strength can be its arts and cultural community: there is a need to look deeper and create something more meaningful.
There also needs to be a consideration of the rural areas beyond regional centres. These are the communities still being left behind while investments are made in places with more chance of surviving and thriving. With dwindling industries and rapid depopulation, rural places are becoming increasingly isolated. An approach articulated by Rem Koolhaas is to stop seeing the big cities and rural areas as distinctly different, and to start understanding the relationship between the two. A porous relationship needs to be established, where cities and rural communities develop exchanges of knowledge and skill, understanding one another better, and investing time, money and resources in different places. In particular, education, skills and training is the single most crucial investment that needs to be made, not only in rural areas but also in regional cities, if they are ever going to have a chance of competing with the capitals. Perhaps, in the way that we are seeing the fringes of our capital cities flourish and develop as the cities outgrow themselves, we can hope that investment in turning around regional centres and small cities into thriving urban places that are truly competitive, will result in surrounding rural communities feeling the effects. Nevertheless, in a country of this size, with a small population, and a rapidly changing economy and industry, regional and rural development will continue to be a challenge for years to come. There is a whole new world of exploration and innovation opening up, not just for architects, planners, placemakers, developers and governments, but also for philanthropists, programmers, innovators and creatives, as we collectively turn our energy toward regional and rural places.


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The single layer programme, led by Munich Re and brokered by Guy Carpenter, mirrors the cover currently provided to Pool Re members, including Chemical, Biological, Radioactive and Nuclear risks.
Julian Enoizi, Chief Executive of Pool Re said, "I am extremely pleased to announce the placement of Pool Re's first reinsurance programme. The purchase of external reinsurance cover is one of our key initiatives to reinforce the Pool Re Scheme which will protect and increase the resilience of the members' fund, diminishing the UK Government's exposure and distancing the UK taxpayers from any potential liability. This programme provides the largest amount of cover ever secured by a national terrorism pool and is backed by excellent security. Today's announcement is a key step in the evolution of Pool Re and in keeping with one of its founding objectives, allows the commercial market to once again provide terrorism insurance in the UK".
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Known for producing solid backpacks since the 1970s, Gregory has been making the Deva line of women specific packs for over 10 years now. It offers many of the same features as the Baltoro pack, but is specifically designed for the female body. On a recent sunny spring weekend, I took the new Gregory Deva 70 on quick overnight trip into the beautiful Gifford Pinchot National Forest to do some quiet creek-side camping.
Let's be honest for a moment: I haven't used a traditional backpacking pack for many years (I've come a long way since my middle school days of carrying a backpack as big as my body). As an ultralight nerd, the backpacks I've becomes accustomed to are far less built, less rigid, and generally far lighter than the Gregory Deva. At about 5 pounds, the Deva is a Cadillac in comparison. However, as I've evolved as a backpacker, I've also started to better understand the situational nature of backpacking. Not every destination is the same, and gear considerations can change drastically depending on conditions. Furthermore, not every backpacker is the same. What one person finds comfortable or necessary might be completely different from the next.
This is where the Deva comes in. While it will never be as light and quick as many of the ultralight packs on the market, it's a great option for someone looking for a versatile all-season pack that can either be used with all the bells and whistles, OR be paired down to only include some basics. Want to go on a short overnighter near home? You're set. Want to occasionally do a weeklong trip where you may need to carry a bear canister? You're also set. Winter backpack with all that 4-season gear? Covered. If you're someone who doesn't have the option or desire to have multiple gear sets, the Deva is a great option that will get you where you need to go, with a suggested carrying capacity of up to 55 pounds. It's also available in two other sizes: a 60L and 80L version, for a slightly different price.
Something I've always appreciated about Gregory packs is the quality build of their frames and fabrics. This pack is no different. It's bombproof. I'm fairly certain I can spend the next 5+ years beating it up, and STILL not destroy it.
I was immediately pleased by the general weight and build of the material and frame. During my recent trip, I was able to drop the pack or lean it against trees and rocks and not worry about catching fabric or tears. While wearing, the Auto Angle Adjust in the suspension allows each pack strap and the hip belt to move independently from each other. Compared to older packs of a similar build, this technology allows you to more freely move while wearing the pack without feeling like you're strapped to a rigid frame. Like many women specific backpacks, the shoulder straps feature an S-shape, which is more infinity comfortable for those of us blessed with the joys female anatomy.
Admittedly, I found the Deva a little intimidating at first. So much so, that I had dark thoughts such as "but, I'm an ultralight backpacker, and now I'm carrying this giant thing." That being said, I will also be the first to admit that I've really been enjoying this pack. Pockets! Straps! Buckles!
Not only does it feature the usual mesh outside pocket, but also includes four other sizeable zipper compartments. On my recent backpacking trip, I was hard pressed to bring enough small items to fill them all (good thing I had a place for my avocado). The hip belt pockets are spacious and include one mesh and one waterproof option each. Additionally, the main body of the pack can be accessed from three different points: the top, the bottom, and the front via a full zip opening. A handy summit pack zips into the main backpack, doubling has a hydration sleeve. Finally, there is a dedicated compartment to store the included rain cover on the underside of the lid.
While all this is useful, the Deva can also be slightly modified to be more minimal. The lid (also generally known as the brain) can be removed, still allowing the top of the main compartment to securely close via a buckle and draw cord. The summit pack is optional, and the interior divider between the main compartment and the bottom compartment can be removed completely.
Finally, it's the little things that also set the Deva apart. The pack strap features a hydration tube clip, keeping the mouthpiece where it's supposed to be. Also included is a hide-away water bottle holder that's easily accessible without removing the pack, which can be folded away when not in use. Elastic straps on each side of the pack can be used to store trekking poles for times when you might need to use your hands.
The main downside to the Deva (and similar packs, for that matter) is that no matter how you use it, it will always be more bulky and heavy compared to many contemporary ultralight packs available today. While the pack was overall very comfortable, despite the new suspension system it still felt like I was wearing a traditional backpacking pack. Whereas I'm used to softer and more flexible hip belts and frames, the Deva still felt harder and more rigid against my hipbone. However, as mentioned above, the beauty of the Deva is options.
Overall, those who almost exclusively carry 30 pounds or less may be happier with a lighter and more minimal backpack. However, backpackers who want more storage options or those who participate in varied activities requiring heavier and bulkier gear, with the occasional light overnighter, will be pleasantly surprised by the toughness of the Deva. It's a great option for anyone looking for a one size fit all backpack for a wide variety of activities.
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2 Comments
Let your gear decide. Buy your gear first and then your pack. If your gear is conventional but your pack is ultralight, you will be uncomfortable.
I'm a new to hiking... I've Day hiked my whole life but I want to get into overnight hiking. As a teacher with summers off I have dreams of possible doing long hikes someday. The reality is I haven't actually begun hiking yet. Just big dreams. I have biked for years and understand the benefits of reducing weight. I'm very intrigued by the ultra light packing gear. It seems like the only people using ultra light back packs are the more expericed packers. I'm not sure if this is because they have the experience to know this is the best way to go or because they have the skill set that allows them to use this style backpack. My question for you. As a new hiker looking to buy a backpack I can use for many adventures, is an ultralight pack appropriate or should I start with a more traditional bag like the Diva?
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