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A pair of garage duos, country rock, a suburban "supergroup" and one of the few local bands to be approved by Soundwave - there really is something for almost everyone in this wrap of local tours
Brisbane's Live It Up festival has just unveiled their 2013 lineup and are offering one local band and two DJ's the chance to play.
Two Dune Rats, two minutes and as many bongs as they can handle.
The Hives suited up to blitz Melbourne; delivering punch after punch of rock glory.
A nightmare crept through The Zoo last night for Children Collide and their evil effects pedal.
Bolstering their reputation as one of the most reliable live acts in the country, Children Collide provide a high-energy and highly memorable performance.
So many of our favourite local bands are heading out on the road this May.
The band's first ever sold out gig meant that not only was it memorable for punters but for the headliners themselves.
Bleeding Knees Club bought along Dune Rats and March of the Real Fly for the Canberra leg of their Nothing To Do tour.
It's Black Friday & the lineup features BKC of course there's widespread schizophrenic dancing, overwhelmed security guards, hoarse screaming, guitar duels – basically all the side-affects of good old rock n' roll
The mad musical genius that is Ariel Pink brought his band Haunted Graffiti back to Brisbane for a show full of wonderfully weird psychedelic bliss.
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The Democratic Party is all about, well, listen to its rhetoric. It's all about opposing George W. Bush and all his works. But where to go from there?Domestically, Democrats seem to be reviving the FDR narrative: Expand government to help the little guy. Some thoughtful Democratic strategists argue that although this view was discredited by the stagflation and gas lines of the 1970s, voters are once again ready for more government, and they can cite some poll results in support of that proposition. And it's true that the median-age voter in 2008 will have no vivid memories of the 1970s.But it's interesting that in resuscitating the FDR narrative, these Democrats — even Hillary Clinton — are setting aside the lessons of their party's only successful president of the past 40 years. Bill Clinton was careful to agree that the FDR narrative was obsolete, by backing welfare reform and a balanced budget, and making only incremental progressive changes, like expanding the earned income tax credit. We don't hear such talk today.On foreign policy, among today's Democrats only Joe Lieberman — not quite a full Democrat these days — stays true to the FDR narrative. Instead, the suggestion is that they will get us out of Iraq (although their leading presidential candidates concede that U.S. troops may still be there in 2013) and that with Bush banished to Texas the world will be friends with us again. That ignores the threats that Bill Clinton and Bush grappled with, not always successfully, but at least with an awareness that all was not benign out there.
Many say the party must go back to Ronald Reagan, and the Reagan narrative is at least of recent vintage. Reagan taught that government had grown overlarge and must be cut back and that America must be the assertive champion of freedom and democracy. The problem is that none of the Republican presidential candidates occupy Reagan's place on the political spectrum, and the problems we face are not those that confronted Reagan in 1980.We no longer have 70 percent tax rates and oil price controls; we no longer face the symmetric threat of Soviet communism. The problem of overlarge government — the threat that entitlements will gobble up the government and the private economy — is real but remote. Our foreign adversaries are asymmetric, with a small but worrying potential of inflicting vast damage, and they are not entirely vulnerable to conventional military or diplomatic pressures.
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Mix and mingle at LSI event
Leadership Southern Indiana will hold its next Mix, Mingle and Learn Alumni Event on Thursday, June 5, aboard the Belle of Louisville. The event, which will be co-hosted with Leadership Louisville, will provide an opportunity for hundreds of alumni and community leaders to network and share stories while cruising down the Ohio Rive.
In addition to networking, guests will get a behind-the-scenes tour of the downtown and east-end crossings from leaders in Kentucky and Indiana directing the projects.
"I can't think of a better place to learn about the work being done to connect our region other than right on the Ohio River aboard one of our communities' greatest treasures," said Mark Eddy, LSI executive director, in a news release. "This event provides a unique opportunity for LSI alumni and guests to mingle with leaders throughout the region."
Boarding begins at 4:30 p.m. at 401 W. River Road with the cruise starting at 5 p.m. The cost is $15 for alumni who are members of LSI and $35 for nonmembers. Anyone interested in attending should register at leadershipsi.org by May 30. Social hour includes hors d'oeuvres and a complimentary Brown-Forman cocktail.
For more information, call 812-246-6574.
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The application period for Leadership Southern Indiana's Engage Class of 2015 is open. Engage is LSI's newest six-month intensive professional development program targeted at individuals seeking to have greater impact in their community. Applications are being accepted now through June 20.
According to Mark Eddy, LSI executive director, Engage is designed for individuals already involved in public service that want to make an even greater impact as well as emerging leaders who want to be more involved in their community.
"Engage is a one-of-a-kind program," Eddy said in a release. "Unlike our flagship Discover program, which is designed as the 'first step' to leadership development, the goal of Engage is to take pre-existing leaders and refine them to become even greater assets to our community."
The program kicks-off with an Aug. 28 meet-and-greet then meets one day each month for an in-depth look at the various facets of Southern Indiana including: fundraising, communications, ethics, political connections & community action, board structure and leadership brand. Graduation will be held May 14, 2015.
Tuition is $1,195 for nonmembers and $995 for members, which covers all program costs. For more information or to apply, visit LSIEngage.com or call 812-246-6574.


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SUNBURY — Unlike the vote of the Democratic incumbent he will face in November, a Republican congressional candidate said Friday he would have opposed legislation that extended unemployment benefits for four months.
"I would have voted no on this issue because we just continue to spend ridiculous amounts of money that we don't have," said Tom Marino, of Cogan Station, Lycoming County. Marino will face U.S. Rep. Chris Carney, who voted for the measure, in the race for the 10th Congressional District seat on Nov. 2.
"Unless we could pay for this and take money from places we should be taking it from, then no, we shouldn't do this," Marino said.
President Obama on Thursday signed into law a restoration of benefits for people — including 370,000 Pennsylvanians — who have been out of work for six months or more. The House approved the measure earlier Thursday and the Senate, on Wednesday night.
Earlier in the week, Carney said he was pleased that the Senate acted on extending the benefits.
"Families in our region have struggled under the weight of this economy at no fault of their own and this assistance is vital to stabilizing their lives and our communities," Carney said.
To end the benefits all at once is "simply bad economic policy," he said.
"I know people on both ends of this, a person who doesn't want to go get work because they are being paid to stay home, and also people who are out looking for a job because they need to pay the mortgage," Marino said.
"We should look at this more closely and come up with a different solution and I am disappointed that they didn't come up with an alternative.
Marino said his idea is to supplement unemployment by paying the difference in salaries so that people can get back to work.
"We should help the hard-working, blue collar people that are struggling," he said. "But to not look at this problem more closely is just another way of our government spending money in the wrong way."
The move ended an interruption that cut off payments averaging about $300 a week to 2½ million people who have been unable to find work in the aftermath of the nation's long recession.
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(WMC-TV) - The 18-year-old police say was involved in the brawl in Friday's fights at Southwind High School was arraigned in court Monday morning.
Investigators charged Michael Sample with assault. Deputies reviewed video taken at the school during the fight, and officers say they spotted Sample and a 17-year-old student hitting each other.
No one was hurt in the on-campus fights. The fight involved a number of students and resulted in the school being put on lock down for several hours.
Investigators are looking into the possibility the fights may be connected to a shooting Thursday night that sent two teenagers to the hospital.
Officials have not only canceled the Homecoming football game but have moved the whole Homecoming in general. A new homecoming date has not yet been set.
Officials at juvenile court said Monday that the two 17-year-olds were released to the custody of their parents on an appearance bond, which means the teens were allowed to go home after their parents signed a document stating their child will come back to court.
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August 27, 2007 - In the News
Anton Eberhard is quoted in an article describing the stressed grids of countries in Africa where blackouts are common and impede development, according to the World Bank.
Toiling in the Dark: Africa's Power Crisis
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By Michael Wines
It is not that Jacob Mwale minds irrigating the 11 acres of land he farms just east of Lusaka, Zambia's capital. It is irrigating his 11 acres in the dead of night that angers him.
Two or three times a week, the Mwale farm abruptly loses power, like the homes and businesses of some of Zambia's 300,000 other electricity users. When the power returns, sometimes late in the evening, Mr. Mwale's farmhands work overtime, watering the fields by moonlight.
''If they shut down the whole day, I have to work nights, and pay extra,'' Mr. Mwale, 39, grumbled. ''It's killing us.''
Power blackouts -- ''load shedding,'' in utility jargon -- are hardly novel in sub-Saharan Africa, where many electricity grids remain chewing-gum-and-baling-wire affairs. Even so, this year is different. Perhaps 25 of the 44 sub-Saharan nations face crippling electricity shortages, a power crisis that some experts call unprecedented.
The causes are manifold: strong economic growth in some places, economic collapse in others, war, poor planning, population booms, high oil prices and drought have combined to leave both industry and residents short of power when many need it most.
''We've had no significant capital injection into generation and transmission, from either the private or public sectors, for 15, maybe 20 years,'' said Lawrence Musaba, the manager of the Southern African Power Pool, a 12-nation consortium of electricity utilities at the continent's tip.
The implications go beyond candlelight suppers and extra blankets on beds. The lack of reliable power has already begun to hamper the region's development, clipping more than 2 percent off the annual growth rates of the worst-hit African economies, according to the World Bank. Some nations, like Ghana, have tried to deal with their power crises by leasing huge teams of gas generators, producing emergency power at exorbitant rates until power plants can be built.
In Nigeria, Angola and some other nations, virtually all businesses and many residents run private generators to supplement faltering public service, saddling economies with added costs and worsening pollution.
''I've been on the 20th floor of an apartment building in Luanda, and there would be generators on all the verandas, with the racket, the fumes,'' said Anton Eberhard, a former electricity regulator and an expert on power at the University of Cape Town. ''And the lift isn't working, because the main power supply is off.''
In normal times, South Africa's muscular chain of power plants fills the gaps of its neighbors. But South Africa now could experience up to seven years of its own electricity shortages. Rolling blackouts blanketed parts of the country in January, and sporadic power failures have persisted since.
The gravity of this year's shortage is all the more apparent considering how little electricity sub-Saharan Africa has to begin with. Excluding South Africa, whose economy and power consumption dwarf other nations', the region's remaining 700 million citizens have access to roughly as much electricity as do the 38 million citizens of Poland.
Much goes to industry: a single aluminum smelter near Mozambique's capital, Maputo, gobbles four times as much power as the entire rest of Mozambique. On average, the World Bank says, fewer than one in four sub-Saharan Africans are hooked to national electricity grids.
Moreover, some grids are so poorly maintained that electricity suppliers get paid for as little as 60 percent of the power they generate. The rest is either stolen or lost in ill-maintained networks.
For decades, the region had enough generating capacity -- and few enough customers -- to tolerate such waste. No more: sub-Saharan nations are adding about a thousand megawatts of generating capacity each year, World Bank experts say, but need up to twice that to keep pace with demand.
Some governments privatized chunks of their power industry in the early 1990s when free-market solutions to public-sector problems were in vogue, leaving it unclear who is ultimately responsible for providing power.
Other governments, as in South Africa, failed to build power plants that experts warned were needed. The government monopoly Eskom, the world's fourth-largest power utility, was advised in a 1998 report that it would run short of power in 2007, but planning and financing problems -- not all within the utility's control -- stalled upgrades. The forecast was actually optimistic: Eskom began running short in 2006.
Yet South Africa's woes pale beside those of Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation. Only 19 of 79 power plants work, the government said in April. Daily electricity output has plunged 60 percent from its peak, and blackouts cost the economy $1 billion a year, the Council for Renewable Energy in Nigeria says.
Poor management is but one problem. War has devastated the power grid in Congo, in Africa's heart, and stalled plans to develop its vast hydroelectric potential. In Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and parts of West Africa, drought has shrunk rivers and slashed the generating capacity of hydroelectric dams. Drought in Ghana, for example, has crippled gold and aluminum production and set off blackouts in Togo and Benin, which buy power from Ghana.
Once a major power exporter, Uganda now blacks out parts of its capital, Kampala, for as much as a day at a time and has leased two 50-megawatt generators, burning diesel at a time of record oil prices. The demand for hydropower in Uganda and its neighbors, with drought, is blamed by some for a steady reduction in the water level of Lake Victoria, Africa's largest.
Uganda's gas stations are now short of diesel for vehicles -- in part, paradoxically, because power shortages are shutting down a pipeline from Kenya. News reports say the nation has spent enough on diesel-fueled power generation to build two hydroelectric dams.
Zambia, where power to customers like Mr. Mwale is rationed almost every day, is a template for such problems. Barely 20 percent of households are wired for power -- only 3 percent in rural areas -- but the Zambia Electricity Supply Company, known as Zesco, is signing up 10,000 new customers a year, said Christopher Nthala, the utility's transmission director.
Now Zambia is getting a push: a global commodities boom has jolted its moribund metals industry to life. Investors are building two smelters, and doubling the capacity of another, to handle the boom in copper, nickel and other metals, taxing the nation's power supply.
''We've never seen this kind of growth before,'' Mr. Nthala said.
Once the utility could make up shortfalls by buying power from other utilities in the Southern Africa Power Pool. But today, Mr. Nthala said, neighbors have little surplus to hand out. ''Sometimes we get it,'' he said. ''Sometimes we don't.''
None of that mollifies customers, who say blackouts are so common that service in much of Lusaka has become totally unreliable.
Many power failures seem to hit Matero, a poor township that is home to maybe a million of Lusaka's estimated three million residents. ''Every day -- it's either in the morning, when people are going to work or preparing to cook, or in the evening, the prime time when I'm tired and I need to go home and listen to the news and cook my supper,'' said Bishop Peter Ndhlovu, who leads the 250,000-member Bible Gospel Church, an evangelical movement.
Nighttime prayer meetings in his corrugated-roof chapel have been canceled. Bishop Ndhlovu and others say they lave lost refrigerators, televisions and DVD players to the utility's blackouts and surges.
Most of the township's residents have adapted by turning away from their stoves and instead cooking outdoors, village-style, with homemade charcoal. ''Charcoal is going very fast, because they've found out that Zesco is cutting power unpredictably,'' the bishop said.
On Lusaka's eastern outskirts, Mr. Mwale, the farmer, also has laid in a stock of charcoal -- not to cook, but to warm his stock of newborn chicks, which must be kept at a constant 90 degrees for the three weeks after hatching.
He said he worried about the environment. Charcoal production is a major contributor to deforestation in Zambia and nearby nations. But the alternative is to take a loss on his poultry business.
''When they make a loss, they just raise their tariff,'' he said of Zesco. ''When I make a loss, I have to make it up myself. Is that fair?''
Zambia's plan, like the plans of dozens of other nations, is to build its way out of the power crunch. Zesco plans $1.2 billion in generating upgrades and new capacity, financed mostly by China and India. South Africa plans more than $20 billion in upgrades; Congo is contemplating a hydroelectric station that by itself would increase capacity outside South Africa by 50 to 75 percent.
The World Bank says its financing of power projects in sub-Saharan Africa is ballooning, from $250 million five years ago to $660 million last year to $1 billion in 2007.
But many plans remain just that. Issues like creditworthiness, lax regulation, domestic politics and the sheer difficulty of sending power over rundown grids to the customer make outside investments in power stations tougher than they appear, said Tore Horvei, the chief operating officer of CIC Energy Corporation, which is based in South Africa.
The best answer, most experts consulted agree, would be for nations to cooperate on regional power solutions. One or two large regional plants, they say, could supply power more cheaply and efficiently than dozens of smaller ones.
But while that may be logical, Mr. Horvei said, ''it's very challenging in practice to do so.''
''National pride and everything else comes in,'' he added.
There is an alternative: saving energy. Namibia plans a wind farm on its southern coast, while in South Africa, Eskom has handed out five million fluorescent bulbs and 140,000 insulating blankets for water heaters, and has paid industrial customers to switch off equipment during periods of high demand.
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WASHINGTON — The Senate has passed legislation to block the impact of across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts that make up the fiscal cliff.
The vote was an overwhelming 89-8 and came well after midnight on New Year's Day.
A House vote is expected before Wednesday.
The White House-backed legislation would prevent middle-class taxes from rising, and raise rates on incomes over $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples.
It also blocks spending cuts for two months, extends unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless, prevents a 27 percent cut in fees for doctors who treat Medicare patients and prevents a spike in milk prices.
A last-minute addition would also prevent a $900 pay raise for members of Congress from taking effect in March.
Spending cuts totaling $24 billion over two months aimed at the Pentagon and domestic programs would be deferred. That would allow the White House and lawmakers time to regroup before plunging very quickly into a new round of budget brinkmanship certain to revolve around Republican calls to rein in the cost of Medicare and other government benefit programs.
Even by the dysfunctional standards of government-by-gridlock, the activity at both ends of historic Pennsylvania Avenue was remarkable as the administration and lawmakers spent the final hours of 2012 haggling over long-festering differences.
"One thing we can count on with respect to this Congress is that if there's even one second left before you have to do what you're supposed to do, they will use that last second," the president said in a mid-afternoon status update on the talks.
As darkness fell on the last day of the year, Obama, Biden and their aides were at work in the White House, and lights burned in the House and Senate. Democrats complained that Obama had given away too much in agreeing to limit tax increases to incomes over $450,000, far above the $250,000 level he campaigned on. Yet some Republicans recoiled at the prospect of raising taxes at all.


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Cooking for 100 with $200
I have this dilemma every 3 months or so, and I still haven't figured it out. We take turns cooking for a crowd of 100 every Sunday, and the budget is $200. That's including the extra cost of buying organic ingredients.
The crowd is mostly older Koreans who are not that adventurous. Their idea of a good meal is a big fat bowl of spicy red soup overloaded with salt and garlic. Most groups cook a big batch of rice (already provided and not figured into the budget), a big batch of soup, and some Korean side dishes. Our group is younger, and we've been trying to experiment with other types of food.
Last time we did a Mexican-style rice with poblano peppers, and it wasn't very popular. Other dishes that have worked are vegetarian chili and shepherd's pie (with kimchi on the side, of course).
With such a limited budget, 4 cooks, and 4 hours of prep, the food needs to be easy to make (preferably one-pot with a salad on the side), neutral in flavors, easy to reheat and serve buffet style, and fitting for the Korean palate. Ideas we're toying with are a white bean tomato stew, mabo dofu, jambalaya, and lasagna.
Any other ideas? They would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
What about gumbo? Would go nicely with the rice and some familiar flavors.
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Epicurious has a couple of recipes as well.. I do believe there is a lot of prep work..
Is this for church? My mom and dad do that too every few months for their church. I know they consider it a headache. I sympathize with you. What about spaghetti? Or cha chang myung (sorry for the butchering.) I was also going to suggest the lasagna idea. I'll try to think of other things my parents have done.
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You can prep the noodles ahead of time, drain and refrigerate them. Give them a hot water bath just before serving and the texture will be fine.
Dicing all those veggies for the dish would be a lot of work, although there are some frozen veggie combos (potato, carrot, peas, etc) that would work. Pre-made black bean sauce is available in most Korean markets. Just thin with water to taste.
A "Koreanised" red sauce spaghetti could be good. Add sliced jalapenos or red chili peppers and oysters to the sauce. But make another "standard" sauce for those who don't like spicy.
I wouldn't do lasagne for older asian palates because of the cheese--I know a lot of older asians who don't eat or can't eat cheese. What about linguine (or other pasta) with clam (chopped in cans) sauce? Lots of garlic is always good. You can doctor the sauce somewhat to fit their taste. Add a salad and garlic bread and you're all set.
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You're right -- last I read, the statistic was at 95% of ethnic Asians being lactose intolerant. I'm the only one in my large family who isn't (kee!). Also, the older population is not used to dairy in general, and their palates are not accustomed to its creaminess. (Sorry for the generalization, but it's hard not to make any when dealing with large numbers of people.)
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It's funny, I don't think most of the adults I know realize they're lactose intolerant. I made some batches of fresh chai during the winter with soy milk for this reason, and they said they'd prefer regular milk. They don't mind creamy, as long as there's plenty-o-kimchi to offset it.
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I am not lactose-intolerant (thank goodness!), but I have read those who are can tolerate a glass of milk with no problems. Of course, that's theory ...
I would make barracho beans--pinto beans with cilantro, onion, jalapeno, bacon, spices, etc. Could serve with hot corn tortillas and butter. If I were doing this, I'd get the tortillas straight from a local tortilla factory (we had one even when I lived in Michigan). And of course, corn + beans = complete protein.
A not-bad church supper I remember involved rice, bulk sausage, and slivered almonds. I could dig up that church cookbook if you're interested ...
I think pho would be a good choice. I know you said you already had the rice. Maybe they can eat that with the banchan. Koreans love pho. Rice noodles are cheap and you can stretch the broth using that instant powder.
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Miss Needle, pho would be much loved by everyone. Is there a quick, natural way of making the broth, without instant powder? It's manadatory that we use organic, natural ingredients. My understanding is that it takes hours and hours for the broth to reach the right level of yumminess.
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I don't use the powder but thought that it may help if your budget was too small to purchase more beef. You can actually make decent pho broth with about 2.5 - 3 hours of cooking; of course, not as good as something that's been simmering a lot longer but OK enough for your purposes.
Not sure if you can do some prep at home -- but if you can, you can make beef stock at home and really reduce it (so it's easier to bring to the site) and dilute it at church. There will be some compromise on quality, but not too much.
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Can you buy a boxed chicken or beef broth that is natural and organic? If so you can cheat by cooking any beef bones (or cuts of beef with the bones) in the broth come up with a delicious enriched beef stock that tastes very good in less time ....about an hour or so. (and yes, you can use chicken broth with the beef bones.... I do it frequently... it imparts less of that boxed "beef broth" flavor and allows the natural beef flavor in the bones to come through.)
I'm Korean, and I'm impressed that your moving away to more types of cuisines!
Of course, the first thing that came to mind was bibimbop...but I'm pretty sure that's been done over and over again...
When my grandma used to make "American" food, it was her version of a hamburger without the bun...Which got me to thinking that corn cream soup (the one's Koreans eat), meatloaf, and a vegetable side might make a good meal.
Of course, I never cook so I'm not sure if this will be under $200...
Just wanted to mention that if you're going to cook pasta, make sure you cook it past al dente. To a lot of older Koreans, al dente means that you undercooked it.
Second on the Arroz con Pollo idea
Chicken Paprikash (sour cream could be optional, for those who can tolerate/like it)
Chicken Soup with chicken filled dumplings (was thinking you can use leftover cooked chicken as dumpling filling)
Chicken a la King served over rice (will they eat creamed chicken?)
I'm not very knowledgeable on Korean food... and was doing some Google searching on Korean food to see if I could help you with suggestions. There are a huge number of interesting recipes out there! Much more than just kimchi and bulgogi. What about embracing your Korean heritage (and pleasing the older folks palates!) and trying some of the many recipes floating around on the internet? There are tons of very different recipes for soups, stews, noodle dishes, salads, etc that might work with your budget and could be made in bulk quantities.
One called "jeon" was little "pancakes" made of grated potatoes of zucchini mixed with shredded meat and spices or kimchi... it looked like it would be fun to make and you could adjust the recipe towards whatever was on sale that week at the store.
On the non-Korean side of things... would they go for saurkraut and kielbasa? (reminds me of kimchi a little bit!) Maybe something like a pad thai? Chinese stir fry or lo mein (I make a sauce with peanut butter, soy sauce, red pepper flakes, and garlic mixed in... I know its not authentic, but I think the flavor is good and its simple to make)
I went with a bunch of my adult Korean esl students to an Indian restaurant -- their first time eating this cuisine -- they all loved everything. It doesn't get much cheaper that lentils!
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I've had "chicken tikka masala" on my list of ideas for a while now, but everyone talks me out of it each time saying Koreans don't like Indian herbs (not that this dish is really Indian). Indian food is my comfort food, and my parents absolutely love it. Has anyone else seen adults in the 50-60 range enjoy Indian food? This would give me some more support for the chicken tikka.
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I can't help w/ the Korean part of it, but I make a yogurt marinated chicken that is light on spices - basically yogurt, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and chives - and v. picky, non-spice-loving people in my family love it. I've posted the recipe here - will dig it up for you if you like.
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Dear Chowhounders,
Thank you so much for all the suggestions. There are definitely some very useful suggestions here. There are several other factors I didn't bother to mention here that would prevent us from doing some of the dishes mentioned - mostly for prep reasons. No one wants to chop a mountain of vegetables for too many hours (bibimbop, jeon). I don't mind it (I do prep work at a restaurant), but the rest of the cooks have had bad experiences with these dishes and would most likely give me the evil eye. Mellicita, the reason the younger group tries to do something other than Korean food is so the handful of non-Koreans who hate Korean food can occasionally enjoy the meal with us, too.
So far, the suggestions I may take up are:
Pad Thai
New Orleans style rice and beans
*All with extra kimchee, of course.*
Further notes and questions below individual topics.
Thanks again!
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Would they eat tamale pie? Making in the large foil lasagne pans, and then adding the toppings: tomatoes, cilantro, cheese, scallions, olives, avocado etc. and salsa. Would be super easy and tasty.
This looks good, use beef or chicken instead if you wanted to....
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Oh put it out for them! It might be good!
I came across this recipe today, craving tamales and not wanting all the work, it looked like a possibility. I love the toppings most of all! I don't know about putting corn in it, but the black beans sound good to me. The one thing I would do, is make the topping as close as I could to a good tamale, which has chicken broth in the masa.
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Just wanted to add.. Bless your heart for trying so hard to please a difficult group! Non-Koreans who dont like Korean food with older Koreans who crave homestyle traditiaonl Korean cooking! Thats a nearly impossible combo!
Another tip - if you have access to a food processor, it can make quick work of chopping or slicing or even grating veggies!
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"So far, the suggestions I may take up are:
Pad Thai
New Orleans style rice and beans
*All with extra kimchee, of course.*"
Good list. Although my personal experience with older Koreans suggests that the Pho might not be so popular, "all those funny herbs" you know. To Koreanize it, significantly reduce the coriander, mint, and basil (have that stuff all on the side, and much less than for a non-Korean crowd). Have lots of srihacha sauce and hoisin sauce on hand. Lots of bean sprouts. Throw in some korean style fish cakes, so it looks familiar. And of course, extra kimchi on the side. The key is to make the base familiar enough for the conservative tastes, but have the option to make it more authentic and interesting for the adventurous crowd. Oh, and lots of extra kimchi. Did I mention the extra kimchi?
Re: Gumbo and spaghetti. I hate to even sugest this, as I can't stand it when they do this, BUT.... Koreans love putting chopped kimchi in things. (NOTE: AVERT YOUR EYES IF YOU ARE FROM NEW ORLEANS) You may want to test it out, but you may want to consider putting kimchi in the gumbo. Or the spaghetti sauce. Or a cioppino stew (although the fish would kill your budget). Ewww. I hate cooked kimchi (with the exception of a good kimchi jigae, but I am very fussy). Still, it is very popular with Koreans.
Another easy thing: Chinese based stir-fry dishes and noodle dishes. My mum makes a Shanghai noodle dish that is very popular with Koreans, and has also adapted a Phillipino noodle dish. Again, it helps to Koreanize them a bit (less non-Korean spices, more soy sauce and sesame oil/seeds, garlic and ginger ok, no unusual vegetables that they won't recognize). Simple stir fries are always popular (beef and broccoli, etc.) and aren't bad if you keep the ingredients list simple. And of course lots of extra kimchi.
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Adrienne, you are correct about the kimchi flavour profile. I think you are also correct that it could work well in gumbo.
The only reason I balk at the idea is because Koreans have a tendency to try to put kimchi in everything. I personally also do not like cooked kimchi. But you are very right, it could prove to be a very popular combination.
You could do a cassoulet, but I suspect the duck confit would blow the budget..
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Haha! Yes, it probably would. We actually try to make a $20-50 PROFIT from these meals so... go figure. But truly, it's tempting to do something ridiculously delicious and blown out just for the fun of feeding this crowd truly amazing food. While we're at it, how about a seared fois gras dish with rhubarb? I tried selling some olive oil chocolate mousse with fleur de sel for a bake sale recently, only to go unappreciated except by a few youngsters. Boohoo.
A Website that could possibly help......
Just helped my parents entertain their church friends tonight...We had:
Seafood Linguine Fra Diavolo (to cut costs, you could use chicken instead)
'Italian' Chopped Salad (Iceberg Lettuce, Grilled Chicken, Salami, Chickpeas, Mozzarella, Tomatoes, Red Onions, Green Onions) w/ Italian Dressing
Stuffed Mushrooms (w/ cream cheese, bacon, artichoke hearts, green onions and topped w/ panko)
I thought they would like the pasta the best but the star of the show ended up being the stuffed mushrooms.
Yumyumyogi, I thought of you when I was browsing through recipes and saw one by chow member "Hannaone" He seems to be a wonderful cook who has posted several recipes for Korean dishes. Here is a link to his profile with Korean recipes he has posted. He also has a website with further info on Korean recipes and cooking listed in his profile.
Ham and scalloped potatoes should be cheap enough, although I'm not sure if the oven space is limited. You could also replace the ham with something else if ham isn't suitable for their tastes.
Halupki (stuffed cabbage) and/or halushki (cabbage, noodles and perhaps pork) would likely go over well also.
seems like all the noodle dishes would not sit well in a buffet or even something like a pho bar, just because the noodles disintegrate; mostly veg would stretch your dollar the most; I love the idea of a tamale or polenta pie with plenty of add-ins, including kimchi. maybe there's a way to make non-korean banchan somehow, five or six simple vegetables marinated in a tapas-style, mediterranean. wonder how big platters of hummus or babaganoush (very cheap to make with organic dried beans, eggplant, etc.) with fried falafel (kimchi mixed in would be delicious) plus pita wedges, maybe a big typical greek salad. once you factor in meat (it might be out of budget) simple grilled chicken spiced to match and also serving lettuce like bbq-style to go with it all. a fusion korean-mediterranean spread would be awesome, and you could make a lemon-heavy lentil soup too. hmmmmm. doable!
or (and unfortunately I don't have any specific suggestions) I bet some of Ming Tsai's master recipes would work great for this since you could make maybe 3 dishes based off of one, and of course, the fusion factor would fit in as well.
Hello everyone. Just reporting back from yesterday's cooking session. Aside from the headache of menu-planning, budgeting, and grocery-shopping, it turned out to be a wild success. Everyone scraped their plates clean, and we got zero complaints. The menu looks so simple, but it took all of your input and much thought and research to narrow down the choices and meet all the requirements.
I chose to do chicken tikka masala after reading picawicca and ola's comments about Indian food. Most of the adults have never tried Indian food, and I think this was a good soft introduction. They asked what kind of food it was and, as with any new foods, they found it "interesting" if not yummy. I think it will take a few more tries for them to fully embrace it, but I'm happy we fed happy mouths, and managed to open up their taste buds to some new flavors.
Thank you everyone so much for all the wonderful suggestions, and I'll be sure to check back to this post for future sessions for years to come.
Chicken tikka masala
Mixed green salad
Three-citrus vinaigrette
As for recipes, I used the chicken tikka masala recipe from Cooks Illustrated via this board. It was so easy, so delicious, and so cheap:
Some adjustments I made:
• Halved the chicken called for, and it gave us more than enough chicken (Koreans are more interested in the sauce than in chunks of meat).
• Added in half of the serrano seeds for just the right amount of heat.
• Threw in some cauliflower roasted with minced garlic, oil and salt
• Tossed in a few bags of frozen peas for color and added texture
And this vinaigrette was a suggestion from a chef friend of mine, to which I made some adjustments. His original recipe calls for garlic and soy sauce, but I thought those flavors would muddle up the clean taste of what we have here. I added in some honey to sweeten for the Korean palate, and some chopped cilantro to fit the Indian theme. I'm not sure what the oyster sauce does, but I kept it in to add interest. I eyeballed and added as I went along, so this is just a base recipe. Please do experiment and adjust to your taste:
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
Zest and juice of 1 orange
Zest and juice of 1 lime
1 tablespoon of fresh ginger, rough-cut into small pieces (grated if not using blender
)1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon oyster sauce
1 cup grapeseed oil (or any other neutral-flavored oil)
1/4 teaspoon salt (or more to taste)
Fresh-ground pepper
Chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
Emulsify all ingredients in a blender and season with more salt and pepper as needed. Makes about 2 cups.
I'm being set upon by my parents to entertain a bunch of teenagers and their parents this time. Have you had luck with any more recipes? I'm in need of some korean-friendly group meals.
I was considering Posole with all the fixin's, but am wondering if you had some ideas for me from your experiences?
I know this is an older post, but since you seem to have been trying to eat some american style foods, I suggest making Pilaf otherwise known as chicken bog. It is very reasonable to make and DELICIOUS. It it what I always make when I have a few too many coming over for dinner.
These are the recipes I like, you can adjust to suit your tastes.


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McCourt reportedly borrowed money from Fox, the team's cable channel, several months ago. Although not disclosed publicly, I have been told that amount McCourt got from Fox was for around $25 million and was primarily used to cover the Dodgers revenue-sharing contribution to low-revenue teams. The L.A. Times reported three days ago that McCourt borrowed another $30 million from Fox to meet current expenses. The first payment by Fox to McCourt was technically not a loan, but an advance on TV rights fees and the second payment by Fox, which was a loan, was secured with the promise of future income that McCourt may receive from a legal dispute with the law firm Bingham McCutchen.
We calculated the Dodgers enterprise value at $800 million in our recent appraisal of MLB franchises. But there is only about $300 million of equity in the franchise now. This makes selling the team more difficult and could potentially lower the transaction value because the buyer would need to borrow more money.
For more on Dodgers and baseball's debt problem read this piece by Monte Burke and Nathan Vardi.
Engaging and well written article! This tops anything I have read lately on the subject at hand. I wonder if this'll be posted on Twenty-First Tycoon. Although the site has awesome political, business, technology and real estate news, they could use more stuff like this. www.21Tycoon.com
What is about LA that makes sports teams in Baseball and Football suffer???
I guess they are all just big into Basketball there.
MLB's takeover of the Dodgers may appear to be a white horse for Dodger fans, but visions of Mark Cuban shouldn't be dancing in their heads just yet. Bud Selig has much more incentive to continue to keep costs way down on the west cost for both the parity of the divisions in the NL/AL, and to prevent a "Yankees west" scenario with the second largest media market in the country. A megalithic owner, or consortium of deep pocket silent owners, the normative construct in all winning franchises, could post a very serious instability to the status quo power structure of the east coast dominated club that MLB clearly wants to maintain at all costs. A nuclear bidding war is Baseball's biggest fear, and Scott Boras's greatest desire. Look for a surprise, unknown entity to be the new owner, with Selig and MLB quietly taking care of a massive component of the outstanding debt but with continued subjugation and restrictive guidelines once again keeping the Dodgers a small market team for years to come. This, Mr. Ozanian, is the great baseball scandal of our time.


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Police say a Richmond resident lent a helping hand Friday when a burglary suspect attempted to run from officers who were arresting him.
RPD officers responded to a call at 2:30 p.m. in The Banyans subdivision about a suspicious man who was looking in garages, according to a news release from Chief Larry Brock.
When police arrived in the area, which is north of Duncannon Lane, they reported seeing Joshua J. Oliver, 26, of Wilburn Way, walking near Pavilion Way and Golden Leaf Boulevard.
The RPD officers made contact with Oliver and learned that he had an outstanding second-degree burglary arrest warrant in connection with a case the Berea Police Department was investigating, Brock said.
While one of the officers was attempting to handcuff Oliver, he pulled away and ran about 200 yards until he was tackled by a resident who was watching the arrest, Brock reported.
Oliver was charged with second-degree fleeing and evading police in addition to the burglary charge, and he was taken to the Madison County Detention Center.
According to jail records, Oliver has been charged with fleeing and evading police on two prior occasions, once in 2008 and again in 2010.
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Richmond police arrested a man Sunday who was paroled after serving just four months of a five-year sentence for felony theft and drug charges.
A Richmond police officer encountered Kolan P. Durham, 22, in Squires Alley, and took him into custody on a warrant alleging Durham violated the conditions of his parole, Brock said in a news release.
Durham was convicted in May of two counts of felony theft by unlawful taking, first-degree possession of a controlled substance and first-degree promoting contraband. He was sentenced to total of five years in prison in the case.
Durham was released on parole Aug. 31, but less than a month later, the Kentucky Parole Board issued a warrant for Durham's arrest alleging he violated the terms of his release by absconding parole supervision and failing to complete a halfway house program, Brock said.
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The following is an excerpt from the Salem Police Department's log:
Thursday, Dec. 27:
- At 5:30 p.m., police responded to a neighbor dispute on Congress Street. The dispute was reportedly over a stolen package.
- At 5:49 p.m., a resident entered the police station to ask for help dealing with an abusive boyfriend.
- At 6:26 p.m., a Bridge Street woman called police to report a scam. The woman said she befriended a man on the internet who sent her a check in her name for $5,300 and asked her to cash the check and send him $3,100 by Western Union.
- At 6:38 p.m., police responded to a dispute on Pope Street.
- At 8:46 p.m., a Manning Street woman who listed a dresser on Craigslist and got a check in the mail from an interested party made out for $975 with instructions to send back $1,800.
- At 9:09 p.m., police responded to a reported domestic assault and battery on Silver Street. Julio A. Nunez, 38, of 4 Silver St., Salem, was arrested on charges of assault, malicious destruction of property valued above $250 and threatening to commit a crime.
- At 9:51 p.m., a woman called police to report that her vehicle was broken into while parked on Ocean Avenue.
- At 10:27 p.m., police responded to a domestic dispute on Ropes Street. Braima Seidi, 46, of 4 Ropes St., Salem, was arrested on three counts of domestic assault and battery.
Friday, Dec. 28:
- At 3:30 a.m., police conducted a well-being check on Mason Street.
- At 6:57 a.m., hypodermic needles were discovered on Bridge Street.
- At 8:29 a.m., a Boardman Street resident called police to report that they had been the victim of credit card fraud.
- At 10:54 a.m., police responded to a building on Loring Avenue for a report of graffiti on the wall. One of the words police found written on the wall was a Twitter account handle and officers were able to track down the alleged perpetrator using that information. The alleged suspect was given a no trespass order.
- At 12:12 p.m., police responded to a report of a man bleeding on Abbott Street.
- At 2:05 p.m., police responded to a report of a stolen cell phone at the intersection of Church and Brown streets.
- At 2:40 p.m., a woman called police to report that her son's Churchill Street apartment was robbed. An XBox system and computer were reportedly stolen.
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A spokesman for President Barack Obama's campaign is accusing Mitt Romney of moving the goal posts on unemployment. Actually, that's a fumble of the facts.
Romney told Time magazine in an interview published Wednesday that he would bring unemployment to 6 percent, down from the current 8.1 percent.
Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt told reporters that Romney was switching his position away from a goal of 4 percent unemployment. LaBolt was trying to remind voters that Romney has switched positions on other issues, such as abortion and gay rights.
But this isn't a flop-flop.
Romney said last month that any unemployment number above 4 percent "is not cause for celebration." But his economic proposal released last year calls for 5.9 percent unemployment by 2016. That's in line with his latest remarks.
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This week's "Ask the Mompreneur" features an interview with Kelly Stephenson, senior brand manager at Kimberly-Clark, who runs the Huggies MomInspired grant program for inventive mothers and their innovations.
QUESTION: What are the big trends that you're seeing the MomInspired applications?
ANSWER: I haven't seen this year's applications as we are still accepting them until July 31 on our website, http:/// www.huggiesmominspired.com. But last year we saw some general categories from moms who were in the trenches experiencing some of life's big frustrations:
Some of the categories with the most play were breast-feeding, feeding time, binkies, potty training, and general education. We had a lot of applications around moms wanting to find a way to easily locate binkies in the dark as well as keeping them clean when they fall on the floor. Many were prototypes and ideas, but there seems to be an unmet need when it comes to binkies.
We also had a lot of ideas that focused on design within an unmet need. Moms want a new level of fashion in everything they are doing. They want more personalization and the ability to express themselves.
We had several winners last year around fashion. Michelle Isron and Michele Naftal created Undercover Tape, which is a hypoallergenic, latex-free adhesive tape to covers irritating tags on children's clothing. But it isn't just a plain bandage-looking tape; it has fun boy and girl designs to help engage the child.
We also had Traci Petty, who invented the Lil' Hot Heads, a cooling headband used for fevers, headaches and sore muscles. They come in a variety of stylish designs for young ones. And another was Lily Winnail, the inventor of the Padalily, a plush and stylish car seat arm cushion for the mom who wants to look great and not have a sore arm when carrying her baby.
Q: What is the process for picking the MomInspired winners?
A: We have a panel of judges from both internal and external to Kimberly-Clark that review the applications. Every single application is considered, and we consider the following things:
-Originality and creativity, which counts toward 50 percent of the judging process
-Relevancy to the grant theme - solves an important parenting issue (25 percent)
-Potential commercial viability (15 percent)
-Stage of idea/business development (10 percent)
Red flags would include "me too" products. I get a lot of entries that are just the same old product with a new color or design. For instance, I saw almost a dozen entries on breast-feeding cover-ups and another dozen on nursing bras. We are looking for new innovative ideas that are designed to help make life easier for parents so that they can better enjoy everyday moments with their little ones. We want ideas and solutions that help meet unmet needs that aren't currently being addressed.
Q: Who is the youngest person ever to win the grant? Who was the oldest?
A: We don't consider age when picking the winners, we look at the ideas. But you do have to be over 21 to enter.
We do have diversity in our winners. For instance, Lauren Levy, inventor of Magnificent Baby, a magnetic clothing line, just had her first baby a few months ago. And then we have Jonelle Krier, inventor of Assessables, a onesie for newborns that has an umbilical cord cutout, who worked as a labor and Delivery nurse for over 20 years before becoming a mompreneur.
Q: Who has been the biggest commercial success of all the grant winners?
A: The biggest commercial success is Romy Taormina, inventor of Psi Bands, stylish acupressure wristbands that help relieve nausea due to morning sickness, as well as motion sickness, anesthesia, and chemotherapy.
Since being awarded her MomInspired Grant, Taormina has seen multiple years of 25 percent to 35 percent growth, gained nationwide distribution at major retailers, and is currently waiting to hear back from a major mass retailer in the U.S. on gaining full distribution of Psi Bands. She and/or her product has also been featured in various national media, including "Shark Tank," "The Jeff Probst Show," "Good Morning America," Oprah's O Magazine, Entrepreneur magazine and Women's Health.
Susanna Lee has also reached a major milestone by selling her 100,000th Aqueduck, a faucet extender to help toddlers reach the water to wash their hands.
Q: What trends do you see for mompreneurs in the future?
A: They will continue to migrate towards fashion and finding unsolved and unmet parenting needs. I anticipate a greater trend to figuring out how digital will help moms and dads make parenting easier and even more enjoyable. We started to see a few digital applications in our grant applications last year, but I anticipate we will see many more this year.
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Some more footage has come out from the Twilight Saga: New Moon interview that Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner did on Jimmy Kimmel. (You can see the first bit here.)
In it, Kimmel asks Taylor about bulking up to play Jacob in this movie. "The hardest thing, actually, was the eating," Taylor said. "I mean, getting to the gym was easy because I was motivated. [But I had to be] constantly eating. Eating a lot, but also, putting something in my mouth every two hours."
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- More than 200 uniformed officers and agents from various law-enforcement agencies, some of them with tear-stained faces, stood by as the flag-covered casket of slain ICE Special Agent Jaime Jorge Zapata arrived in Brownsville.
The Brownsville Herald reported that the body of the 32-year-old Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent arrived Friday at Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport.
The officers remained still as grieving family members walked to the casket that held Zapata, killed Tuesday in Mexico by unknown attackers who are suspected to be members of the Zetas criminal organization.
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Restaurants come and restaurants go, but, somehow, watching Westmont's City View Bar & Grill close leaves a special hurt and, even more, a glaring void in our region's tourism trade.
For eight years, well-known businesspeople and husband and wife, Andy and Katie Lasky, operated the restaurant and bar atop historic Inclined Plane. Unfortunately, mounting problems tied to financial difficulties forced a decision by CamTran to pull the plug on the couple and its 25-worker staff.
Even if you hadn't been a regular City View patron, you had to be saddened. Amenities aside, in our region, there probably isn't a more beautiful spot from a scenery standpoint to enjoy a beverage, snack or meal. It long has been a must-see stop for tourists and a special place for locals to wine and dine visiting out-of-town family members and friends.
"This was not a pleasant action," Cambria County Transit Authority said in a statement. "We as an authority (and lessor of the property) have a fiduciary responsibility to the public and taxpayers and we were left with no other options but to take this action."
It was a business decision we believe was done after much thought and with much regret. Change apparently was warranted.
That determined, we urge the board to put on a front burner efforts to find a new operator. Summer and the height of tourism season are near. Another closed business is the last thing we want our visitors to see, not to mention the lost revenue.
Ed Cernic Jr., county controller and chairman of the CamTran board, agrees.
"CamTran has a substantial financial commitment up there," he said. "We're not going to walk away from it. It's a destination for people coming into town."
In fact, he said that as news spread early Tuesday afternoon of the restaurant's closure, the board had received "numerous inquiries" regarding the location.
Here are two suggestions:
* The board should weigh initial interest in the establishment and if nothing strikes a chord, put the property in the hands of professionals who can quickly widen a search for prospective operators.
* Don't rule out a sports-bar atmosphere offering affordable drinks, good burgers, special sandwiches, fries, salads and homemade soups. Tourists, especially, often are looking for family-friendly meals from a cost standpoint and because of time restrictions.
Ironically for taxpayers, another county authority has also found itself left with an empty restaurant.
Johnstown-Cambria County Airport Authority members recently learned that the latest efforts to fill the terminal restaurant had fallen through.
The setback came as a disappointment for airport manager RaNell Fenchak.
Cafe Fratelli owner Joe Crimone of Somerset had been in lease negotiations for the airport restaurant, but those negotiations have ended, Fenchak told the authority board.
"I talked to Joe Crimone," she said." Because of things going on at the (Somerset) business he's in now, he's not able to move into the (airport) restaurant at this time.
"He's not saying it is a dead deal, but for now we are looking for somebody else."
The airport restaurant has been vacant since Audi's Olde World closed in November 2011. It was the sixth operation there since the new terminal opened in May 1999.
Perhaps the airport authority members also need professionals to advise them on what is going wrong.
In addition to those flying into and out of the terminal, an estimated 400 to 500 people work at businesses and military facilities around the airfield. Airport Road, too, is a main thoroughfare for area residents heading to and from Richland Township businesses and workplaces.
Two county authorities with similar problems. Is there any reason they can't work together to solve them?
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- St. Peter man jailed in sex assault case Gregory Sunderman, 51, was arrested Monday.
- South, North adopt temporary space solutions Teachers using hallways, media centers, cafeteria for lessons
- St. Peter students need room to move A facilities task force is examining the need for new school building, and teachers are using hallways, media centers, cafeteria for lessons.
St. Peter organ business catches fire
Hendrickson Organ building was damaged, no one hurt
- Mental health wellness fair Thursday More than 30 information booths planned at St. Peter Community Center.
- Committee hears mental health system slow, crowded A state Senate committee heard concerns about the mental health care process during a hearing in St. Peter Wednesday.
Nicollet County approves St. Peter purchase of failed subdivision
St. Peter has proposals to resell town home development
- Military families learning to ADAPT U of M seeing Mankato military families for parenting program
REVISION: St. Peter mayor wins re-election
St. Peter Mayor Tim Strand won by capturing nearly 62 percent of the votes, Susan Carlin, Roger Parras and Stephen Grams won council seats.
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As if the American public needed it, they got another example of how bad the political climate is in Washington, D.C.
Across-the-board budget cuts of $1.2 trillion over 10 years, known as sequestration, went into effect on Friday. The concept, put together in the summer of 2011, was designed to be so distasteful that it would force a compromise between Democrats and Republicans on attacking the nation's debt problem.
It didn't happen.
"It will fall like an axe, with no priorities, no nothing. The people will be damned irritated," Alan Simpson, a former Republican senator from Wyoming, was quoted by Marketplace. He has been trying with Democratic colleague Erskine Bowles to forge a political compromise on spending and taxes, but their ideas have drawn praise in some quarters but no real political traction.
"It's not hard to come up with something better, yet all efforts to do so went down the toilet for various reasons," economist Bruce Bartlett, who held economic posts in the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, told The Associated Press.
"And I think people didn't realize how wedded Republicans are to not raising taxes."
The first round of cuts will be about $85 billion for this fiscal year. The arguments has been made that the sequester may stall the still-fragile economic recovery and cost jobs, but that hasn't brought the political parties any closer to a compromise.
The sides were making their cases on Saturday.
"As a nation, we've already fought back from the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes, and we'll get through this, too," President Barack Obama said in his weekly address. "But at a time when our businesses are finally gaining some traction, hiring new workers, bringing jobs back to America – the last thing Washington should do is to get in their way. That's what these cuts to education, research and defense will do. It's unnecessary. And at a time when too many of our friends and neighbors are still looking for work, it's inexcusable."
Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., responded that "this debate is about more than just numbers and politics. It's about the kind of future we want for our children and grandchildren. Do we want to hand them a mountain of debt and all the worries that go with it, or do we want them to inherit a vibrant economy and a future full of opportunity? This is the debate we've been having for quite a while, and it's time we resolve it and get something done."
Both sides make legitimate points.
Budget-trimming, a Republican priority, must be done. The Republican-controlled House passed bills dealing with budget cuts last year, but they received little or no Democratic support and were never taken up by the Senate.
The reality is that cuts must be a part of the path ahead and that entitlements such as Social Security and Medicare must be addressed — not to take them away but to make them sustainable.
Democrats are right in that revenue should not be off the table. True, tax rates for the wealthy were increased in the January "fiscal cliff" deal, but talk now is not of raising rates but of closing loopholes.
House Speaker John Boehner said that "Obama and Senate Democrats are demanding more tax hikes to fuel more 'stimulus' spending." It's a false argument. That would require approval of Congress and has no chance of passage.
No one is going to be totally satisfied when a deal is eventually worked out to end sequestration.
A compromise, though, is preferable to the current situation. The United States can neither tax nor cut its way to prosperity. A strong economy is the only way the deficit can be reduced in a significant way, and sequestration is an obstacle in this quest the country can't afford.


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