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Hold on to your roast beef,

because Arby's might very well be on its way to

becoming the most exciting brand in all of fast food.

Yes. That Arby's.

Hello internet and welcome to "Off the Eaten Path"!

This is "The Daily Hit" show where

we take a long look at the world

of restaurants for your viewing pleasure.

Today, we're taking a look at the realm of fast food,

specifically, one of the most maligned chains

in recent memory: Arby's.

Once the butt of many, many, television jokes

- I'm so hungry I could eat at Arby's.

- Oh my god! She really is hungry.

- And now, while no one was paying attention,

Arby's has become the most innovative fast-food brand

out there, and they did it all without resorting to

cheap tricks or fleeting gimmicks.

They've actually been able to carve out

a new niche for themselves, just by making good (beep)

and having fun with their food.

They have the meats!

And you probably have the meat sweats just by watching this.

To expand on this seemingly wild claim,

we want to bring in Thrillist senior food editor

and in-house Arby's historian Andy Kryza,

who recently covered the phenomenon in a viral feature

for Thrillist.

See, someone's been paying attention at least.

So Andy, how are you doing today man?

- I'm good man. Thanks for having me on.

Last time I actually did a video chat like this,

it was because I catfished somebody, so

this is probably going to be better?

Nice! So why don't you start off by telling us a little bit

about your long-standing love affair with Arby's,

just so everyone in America knows

where you're coming from here.

- At the risk of sounding like kind of precious about it,

nostalgia is the MSG of your lizard brain.

And so whatever fast food you grew up around

is kind of your favorite.

And I happened to grow up around an Arby's

in mid-Michigan.

I would save up my allowance to go buy five roast beef sandwiches

for $5. At Christmas, I would go buy crystal stemware

from Arby's.

I think most people are very wrong about

how they feel about Arby's.

- All right so, how did the idea

for this piece come about exactly?

- The reason why I wanted to write this article

to begin with is that I got so tired of

misinformed, lazy pop culture reference jokes

about Arby's.

But most of the misconceptions about Arby's are based around

like 20- or 30-year-old jokes from "Fargo,"

or "Seinfeld," or "The Simpsons," or "The Daily Show,"

where somebody said something bad about Arby's

and an entire generation just kind of jumped on it.

And I would venture that 90% of those people have

either never had Arby's,

or haven't had it in 10, 15 years.

So yes, Arby's is kind of a grandpa sandwich.

It's grayish meat on a stale bun

with sesame seed.

The fact of the matter is most of those people

haven't had it and they don't know how good it is.

While everyone wasn't paying attention,

Arby's managed to become one of the most innovative,

risk-taking fast-food places on the market.

- Look, you might spend more time on fast food than

anyone else on the planet,

what have you seen Arby's doing that other

fast-food companies just aren't?

- Right around 2012, Taco Bell launched

the Doritos Locos Taco and that was kind of a game changer

for fast food. It was like this mash-up food.

It was super photogenic and bright orange and great.

And all the other fast-food restaurants just started

following suit with the stunt food.

Everything just kind of got ridiculous and fit

really well with the Instagram crowd.

But while that was going on,

Arby's was quietly shifting away from that

classic roast beef.

They started trying out a smokehouse brisket.

They started doing porchetta.

They launched a venison sandwich.

They were serving deer to to hunters in the Midwest,

playing to their target audience that has kept them

alive all this time, and kind of giving them like a thank you

for continuing to go to the drive-thru.

They had always been doing these subtle innovations.

Before everyone was doing the big boxes, Arby's had

the Five for Five, where you could pick five sandwiches

for five dollars well, well, well before this

fast-food arms race.

They were doing mozzarella sticks long before

anyone else even started trying to do mozzarella sticks.

- Well, that's interesting. Let's look at the mozzarella stick

specifically. We've long called out Arby's mozz sticks

as one of the most underrated orders in all of fast food-dom.

Why does it seem that Arby's alone has perfected

the fast-food mozzarella stick?

- I think that the mozzarella stick really speaks to

why Arby's is so good at what they do.

It is unfathomable to think no other fast-food place

has been able to actually put out an edible

mozzarella stick. They've tried.

McDonald's should have, by all intents and purposes,

been able to dip some string cheese in

some McNugget batter, and have the greatest tasting

thing in the world. And yet, it was a blip on the radar.

It was flaccid and gross and it sucked.

Arby's created the perfect mozzarella stick

while everyone else was trying to do everything but

simplicity, and that is where Arby's excels.

- I love a good mozz stick, as you might know.

- Oh Wil, I know that you love mozzarella sticks.

I also know that you told me that you haven't had Arby's

since you were like 5 and think it's gross.

So, I'm going to go over here and eat some delicious

mozzarella sticks and when you're done

watching that 1995 "Seinfeld" episode,

you can come over here and see the light.

- So do you think other people have taken notice?

Is Arby's still the fast-food punchline it once was?

- I think people are hyper-aware of what Arby's is doing,

because Ving Rhames yells at them constantly

on their TVs through advertising.

But I also think that Arby's is gonna remain a punchline.

But another place that they've managed to be ahead of the curve

is that they're super self-aware.

Arby's sent a bunch of roast beef sandwiches

to "The Daily Show" set before Jon Stewart retired.

And they sent puppies to the guy founded the

Nihilistic Arby's Twitter feed.

Those are things that were designed to take them down

a peg and they just offered them meat.

That's a beautiful thing, offering people meat.

- Be honest, are you going to go to Arby's today?

- No...

- OK! So big thanks to Andy for joining us

on a call from Hollywood today.

And we apologize if we interrupted his lunch hour.

For more about the continuing alert of Arby's,

well, you can go visit your local Arby's and see for yourself.

Who knows. You might just see Andy there?

If you live in LA, you probably will.

I'm Wil Fulton. That was "Off the Eaten Path."

For more "Daily Hit" videos remember to subscribe

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you can check out the link in our description.

And if you want to check out that video about free food

on your birthday that I was talking about,

it's right over there. Click it!

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WHY on EARTH are we charged a STORMWATER fee?? - Duration: 9:54.

The stormwater fee has been very controversial since it began in Athens in 2005 with many

then and now asking "Why On Earth Am I Charged a Stormwater fee?"

So why do we have to pay it?

To answer that, let me take you back to the 1960s.

Back then, there was no federal law that required oil spills and other kinds of water pollution

to be reported and cleaned up.

Industrial waste was routinely dumped into lakes and rivers all across the country.

Famously, the Cuyahoga River become so polluted that it actually caught on fire in 1969 (and

several other times).

The government thought that rivers should probably not be catching on fire, and so they

passed the Clean Water Act of 1972.

Water quality has gotten a lot better since then.

The Clean Water Act has been changed many times over the years, and in 1999 it started

to require that cities implement stormwater controls.

While not usually as toxic as industrial waste, stormwater can wash debris, animal droppings,

motor oil and other chemicals into our storm drains, causing serious water pollution.

It can also cause flooding and sewage overflow into our streets.

Gross.

Athens Clarke-County applied for a phase II stormwater permit in 2003 to stay in compliance

with this change.

This meant we had to develop a stormwater management plan including things like controls

for construction site runoff and plans to find and eliminate sources of water pollution.

Our stormwater plan is what allowed us to discover that, for example, chicken blood

from the poultry plant was getting into our water supply and they put an end to it.

Yay, stormwater people.

Implementing a stormwater management plan and maintaining infrastructure like pipes,

drains and culverts -- all of that costs money.

Many of the older pipes under our roads are rusting and breaking, which can cause sinkholes.

This happened just recently to one of the pipes beneath Baxter street, and that was

expensive.

While the Clean Water Act provides the regulatory framework to deal with stormwater problems

and water pollution, it unfortunately doesn't provide any funding.

We have to come up with that ourselves.

In Athens, the mayor and commission decided on a stormwater fee, which was implemented

in 2005.

The commission could have raised property taxes instead, but decided against it to ease

the burden on property owners by also collecting fees from UGA, non-profits and churches who

do not pay property tax (in fact, property taxes were lowered in 2005 as a direct result

of the fee).

UGA in particular owns a lot of land in the county, including many thousands of square

feet of impermeable surfaces, which would contribute to our stormwater problems and

would otherwise go untaxed.

The stormwater bill we pay is based on the amount of impermeable surface, such as driveways

or patios, on our property.

If we have no impermeable surfaces, we don't pay anything at all!

With a small house of under 1500 square feet of impermeable surface, we'd pay about $25

a year.

With a larger home of over 4000 square feet of impermeable surface, we'd pay over $50

a year or more.

Having a retention pond, wetlands, or infiltration trenches on your property can reduce your

bill.

In this way, people only pay in as much as they are contributing to our stormwater problems.

It's important to know that all of the money raised from the fee goes to pay for the operations

of our (federally-mandated) stormwater management plan.

Look.

The stormwater fee has never been popular with anyone, and even less so with conservatives.

Republican State Senator Frank Ginn even tried to stop Athens from collecting the fee on

some properties in 2017.

His bill failed to pass, thank goodness.

If it did, the taxes you and I pay would have gone up, because someone has to pay to run

our stormwater facility.

Still, many people are upset at the stormwater fee, in particular those living outside the

loop, such as in north Athens.

They aren't happy about being forced to pay a fee when the roads they live on flood

at times and have little stormwater infrastructure installed.

Many of them are upset at both the fee and the lack of stormwater infrastructure.

Let's listen to some residents of north Athens expressing their concerns at the December

mayor and commission meeting:

A lot of people don't understand and they are very angry.

And, I even tried to understand it myself, this tax bill of storm and drain

I hadn't really seen a truck in north Athens to even clean my ditches. Mostly out there, when we have tree limbs that fall, we take care of our own.

I'm here about number 27, this stormwater utility bill. Why am I paying it? Can somebody give me an answer to that?

I have no stormwater service. The water that comes down on the ground, it goes into my yard. It floods my yard.

I'm good with that. But I don't want to pay for something someone else is using and I'm getting no benefit of.

I understand where they are coming from.

If everyone in the county is paying the fee, then don't we all deserve the same level

of service?

On the other hand, if roads closer to the city center receive more attention, it's

probably because people use these roads more often, even by a lot of the people who live

further out in the county.

I'm sure everyone would agree that a sinkhole under Baxter Street, which would stop people

from going to the library, the hospital and the grocery store should be fixed sooner than

flooding issues on a road only a few people use.

Reaching out into the rural areas of the county would take more money than the fee currently

brings in.

We'll have to see if that will happen and how it would be funded.

We've got to figure that out, because otherwise it's not happening.

Would people accept an increase in the fee if these problems could begin to be solved?

I tend to think...nooooo….

People probably won't be happy if we raise the fee.

Currently, our local government in Athens is reviewing the stormwater plan, so we'll

see what they come up with.

Bottom-line: is the stormwater fee fair to all members of our community?

No.

Not really.

If some people aren't receiving as much of a benefit as are others, it's not exactly

fair.

Even so, getting rid of the fee wouldn't be fair either.

If we raise property taxes instead of having a fee, they would go up by more than the cost

of the fee.

That's because UGA would stop paying but they'd still receive a large portion of

the benefits.

Can we stop managing stormwater at all?

No, remember, the federal government makes us…. and they have good reason to.

We all benefit from clean drinking water that doesn't catch on FIRE.

But since it is the federal government requiring us to manage stormwater, shouldn't they

be the ones to pay for it?

Or at least chip in?

They don't provide any money at all for this.

The state government is also standing in our way.

They don't give any money for the stormwater plan either, and even worse, they are stopping

cities like Athens from using more progressive taxes or from directly taxing UGA, either

of which would solve the problem.

As it stands, the Clean Water Act of course -- it's necessary!

But it's also an unfunded mandate with the costs and the benefits being unequally distributed.

People are right to be upset.

But what's the alternative?

Without the federal or state governments chipping in or changing their rules to make things

easier on us, the stormwater fee is the best way we can meet the requirements of the Clean

Water Act.

I wish I could say there was another way.

I actually recorded this video in December, and there's been some progress on this issue

since then!

As I said before, the Mayor and Commission is reconsidering the extent of service of

our stormwater plan.

They're also reconsidering the structure of the stormwater fee, because they and ACC Stormwater

Administrator Todd Stevenson, are concerned with issues of equity and fairness.

They are looking to add more options for people to earn credits instead of having to pay.

Now I have an announcement.

The first is that our local government has set up open house meetings to keep us up to

date on the fee and what they're planning.

They're asking for our feedback, so please let them know how you feel!

Even if your opinion is different than mine, I really encourage you to make your voice

heard at www.accgov.com/stormwater or you can attend one of the open house meetings!

There have been two already, and there are three more planned.

The next one is at Barnett Shoals Elementary on Wednesday, February 6 from 6:30-8pm.

Now for the correction.

I want make sure everyone knows that we do have culvert pipes under all our roads including

areas outside the loop and in north Athens.

These pipes are fixed when they break, and get periodic maintenence no matter where they

are located.

It's the same with roadside ditches; they are maintained no matter where they are in

the county, according to the people at our stormwater utility.

This maintenance doesn't happen every week or anything, so it might be an easy thing

to miss when it does happen.

But rest assured that everyone in the county does have some form of stormwater service.

Okay, that's it for now.

I will continue to cover the ongoing changes to our stormwater fee and ordinance in bi-monthly

Mayor and Commission updates, look for one of those next week.

The next issue-based video I'm making is about fare-free bus service, one if my favorite

topics, so I'm pretty exicted about it.

Look for that one on February 21st.

Thanks for watching and I'll see ya next time!

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Why do they kill - Duration: 3:10.

little boy stood over the hill

he looked down at the side of disaster rate at destruction was getting even

faster

a butterfly somewhere flapped its wings

he looked down at the empty swings

steadily the river flowed

brighter than the Sun the burning houses glowed from behind the clouds sun

flashes while the lush green forest is being turned into ashes he stood over

the hill and asked in his voice so shrill why do they kill

his mind too young to understand the lust for blood off his shoes he scrubs

off the mud through the explosions and flashes of fire he heard cries of agony

and pain he tried to block it out but all in vain a gentle breeze carried the

stench of death and doom he tried not to breathe somewhere in the background an

owl screeched he settled down on the edge of the cliff closed his eyes and imagined

a world without fear or pain

a world full of sunshine and very little rain a world without war a world full of

smiles and no scars a world where peace was not just a word

a world where stars still twinkle a world without wrinkles

a world look birds Doce just then he heard a big bang

he watched himself falling over the cliff smile on his face and the body

stiff away he flew his flight hurt luck Swift

from the skies afar the little boy still hears the cries still watches the war

you

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Why Obedience Commands Matter - Duration: 4:13.

Hey guys! Stephanie here with New Tricks Dog Training in Louisville, Kentucky. I

just got back from the gym so the nice cold air feels good for the next 20

minutes or so, and then, then it'll be sweater time again. So don't worry I'm not crazy

and I'm not on vacation. Florida does sound nice right now. Today I wanted to

talk a little bit about why obedience commands matter. Every once in a while I

hear some weird -- some weird things out there about obedience only mattering to

people who want dominance over their dogs, or want to be "the boss", which is an

interesting take on teaching your dog what they need to do to peacefully

coexist in your house. But for me dog training isn't about dominating the dog

by having them obey your every whim -- and that's not to say that having a dog that

listens to commands isn't part of the pie. It's it's nice having a dog that comes

when you ask them to, who lays down when you ask them to. It's kind of like having

kids that do the dishes when you ask them to, I don't hear many people

complain about stuff like that. But everything a dog does has kind of a

synergistic effect on their whole day and the way they exist. Meaning that

everything a dog does, informs everything else they will do. And so what I mean by

this is that you'll have dogs -- you have lots of dogs -- with big kind of behavioral

issues issues like separation anxiety, dogs who are really really nervous, dogs

that are kind of overexcited and out of their mind all the time. So you have all

these issues, and a lot of the things they do keeps the cycle of nervousness

going, the cycle of anxiety going, of overexcitement going. So these commands are

about more than just doing what you're told.

When you hold a dog accountable for staying in command

even though their owner's walking out of the room, that's a big thing for them,

having them stay in place starts to kind of deescalate that anxiety they feel

when they're not around their person. Having a dog who's nervous

holding a down/stay when they just want to bolt as soon as something makes them

uncomfortable, like a vacuum cleaner being around them, and showing that you

will advocate for them if they hold position, it kind of helps to deescalate

that nervousness a little and makes them feel more comfortable over time and less

uneasy because you're gonna look out for them. And when you have a dog that's

really overexcited and just wants to check everything out all the time,

everything's THE BEST and they just can't believe it! Having them hold place

until you're ready to let them go check out guests helps them build impulse

control, helps them lessen the the kind of ringing in their ears like excitement

of everyday life, because that after a while isn't so fun for a human OR a

dog. The constant like roller coaster feeling all day gets kind of old for

everyone. So none of these things are simply about just having a dog obey you

no matter what, you're helping the dog learn certain things. You're helping the

dog internalize a calmer, more happier way of being. So that's why my programs

heavily focus on obedience, it'ss because even though we will say no and stop

certain behaviors, we're also building a ton of yes, constantly building up all of

these yes behaviors, because they also help shape the dogs everyday existence.

So if you have any questions, feel free to comment below or shoot me a message,

make sure you like my page to stay up to date on the latest videos, subscribe to

me on youtube, and I'll see you guys later!