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1. Old guys. Jaromir Jagr and Teemu Selanne, both over 40 years old, are currently tied as scoring leaders in the NHL with four points apiece. Just as everyone expected.
2. Columbus and Toronto. Currently sharing first place in the NHL standings. Enjoy that while it lasts.
3. Anaheim. After a horrible start last season, the Ducks righted the ship under Bruce Boudreau, but not in time to make the playoffs. They picked up right where they left off in their impressive 7-3 win over Vancouver tonight.
1. Vancouver. Cory Schneider got lit up in his debut as Vancouver's No. 1 starter, getting pulled after letting in five goals. Luongo didn't look great in relief. On the bright side, the NHL.com team is in midseason form:
2. Ondrej Pavelec. In an auspicious debut after signing a shockingly generous contract, Pavelec let in four goals in Winnipeg's home opener.
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Part two of my ongoing (slowly ongoing) exploration of fanservice! Part one can be found here.
A year after I wrote the first entry, I'm finally getting around to the second. Hurrah! Unsurprisingly, I want to take on the fanservice in High School of the Dead, the new zombie anime that's taking the world of awesome by storm.
There are a lot of different things I can say about the fanservice of the show, even from the two episodes I've seen at this point. In fact, most of them I thought of during episode one, and two simply didn't change my mind. Many of them are obvious, some of them are easy, but a few might be particularly fascinating.
Freud, high school, and zombies
This is one of the obvious ones. Any time service is juxtaposed with teenagers we could take the Freud angle — and with the undead and violence involved? Ha!
High school is a boiling pool of hormones. We all know this. It's why even someone like me, who doesn't spend too much time reliving high school, still likes high school anime — it makes for great drama. Everyone's angry all the time, shit's going on in the body no one understands — and that reminds me: NO ONE UNDERSTANDS, MAN! It's also representative of the traditional time we all went through our awakening sexual drives.
It can be easily argued in any show or comic following a high schooler that any fanservice serves to outline the thought processes of the character. Biological urges take focus away from other applications when you're seventeen and full of testosterone. The old biological saw is that males are at their sexual peak at seventeen. So even if it doesn't seem to make sense for the show, fanservice can be viewed as a way of easing the reader into the place the main character inhabits, and part of that place is a maddening inability to stop focusing on sex.
HotD runs full force with this, coupling it with a Freudian angle. Freud generally comes up whenever sex and horror go together (and they usually do go together). I could do a bunch of different things with this combination now. There's Freud's dichotomy between the Pleasure principle and the Death principle, abandon and control, generation and destruction, and how the two are constantly interacting.
Indeed, much of the zombie craze (of which I'm a part — love zombies) can be attributed to our desire for control. Monsters with carefully crafted kill points give us ways of using knowledge to exert control. A professor of mine once brought up in class why Van Helsing spends so much time on how to kill Dracula, given that they never do any of those things to him. It's the same as the zombie survival guide and the rules in Zombieland; follow the rules, keep your head, and you survive, proving your strength and your worth. You trample down the Death principle in all of us; you exert control over your strange desire for death, you keep away from the voice telling you to jump, wondering what it'll be like to shamble. Poe called it the "imp of the perverse" decades before Freud wrote. Fortify yourself, the zombie tale says, and you will prevail over this thing inside you. Compelling stuff in a story set in a high school, where one's insides are sometimes one's own worst enemy.
Then there's Freud's id/ego/supergo complex. Literal translations from the German would be it/I/over-I. the id is the hungry one, the bad angel on the shoulder of Marlowe's Faust, the one that wants. The ego is you, you as you conceive yourself, the open, conscous part that sees things thinks about stuff. The superego is the instilled, subconscious internalizations of external, societal and familial things. Your "conscience" that happens to coincide with what your parents taught you, imported from outside and placed within.
These things fight inside us, so fiction dealing with them would externalize them so we can watch. Zombies feed, zombies want and desire and take and eat and never sleep and never think and never look or watch or second-guess. They're the id, the "it," the terrible Other within us. They're consumers (not just in Romero's sense); they eat. Let me stop being so general.
The love triangle of HotD is between the normal, slightly nervous kid, the average pretty girl, and the controlled, talented overachiever. Said controlled kid is the one who becomes a zombie. His id, we could say, is let loose and he becomes something that feeds. We all have to eat. It's Cartesian dualism — we don't like to be reminded that our bodies are machines. Disgust with eating or crapping is often disgust with the mechanical parts of ourselves. Suddenly the controlled kid is trying to assault and consume the beautiful woman, and she is an object of consumption — her breasts bounce, her panties show. The controlled kid is suddenly not so controlled, and in his undeath he seeks what he was repressing in life.
Phenomenological squick-out
Of course, the zombies aren't the only ones seeing the panties and the boobs. We are, too. Those of us who feel any degree of arousal are perking up, and those of us who aren't see the sexual nature of the teens, and then zombies are eating them, consuming them like objects of lust or food. Sensuality escapes in one form or another — except that suddenly our consumption of the characters becomes a grinding of their sinews and bones between zombie teeth. I was freaked out, at first, by the immediate pairing, all through the first episode, of service and gore. Violence and sex may be somehow cross-coded in our brains — or our entertainment — but whoa. Of course, we're the targets of horror. We sympathize with the characters under assault, enjoy their breakaways — why else the fine tradition, here upheld, of improvised weapons in zombie lore? Power drill? Nail gun with a plywood stock? Fuck yes!
Dude, have you seen Dead/Alive? Watch this shit, I'll wait:
Awesome. Not only do we experience the horror through the sufferings of the characters; we suffer too. Characters we like die; horrible things happen to innocent teenagers just trying to live their lives; best friends turn on each other like rabid dogs; blood gouts; eyes flatten and the soul leaves the body.
Where's the fanservice here? Doesn't it freak you out, to see someone's panties as they're screaming and zombies are ripping them apart? It freaks me out. That is entirely the wrong time to be looking at a lady's underpants. But then, anything we look at during this violence is inappropriate. Isn't it? What do you look at, when someone's being mutilated? Their face? Their feet?
Blazoning and vulnerability: a touch of feminism
Blazoning is the traditional poetic technique of breaking the subject of a love poem into parts and, each in turn, talking about how wonderful each part is. Shakespeare plays with two variations of this Petrarchan theme: in Romeo and Juliet, act two scene two — the balcony scene, silly — Juliet blazons Romeo. This isn't how it works, not in a patriarchal poetic tradition. Blazoning is the poetic version of objectifying a woman. T&A, yes? Rather than M.A.? The woman is there for the parts we can look at, rather than the person. Blazoning compares teeth to pearls, lips to rubies, but never really talks about the person, either wholly or personality-wise. You should be able to guess Shakespeare's other attempt to mess with blazoning: c'mon, say it with me. "My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun."
Traditional sexist views of women, including fanservice, focus on the parts of the woman. There's the genital area, covered by panties. There's the outline of a breast, or a bra revealed under a rain-soaked shirt.
Do you see where we're going yet? Blazoning and fanservice — focusing on the parts of a woman. Taking her apart. Feminist criticism has called blazoning a poetic "dismemberment" of the female form. HotD, then, is doing the same thing over and over: dismemberment. It dismembers the female form by taking it apart shot by shot: boob, panty flash, boob, thigh. Then it takes the form apart literally, with teeth and fingernails. Ghastly spurting blood. A literalization of the figurative theme underlying fanservice, that we, as consumers of the product, revel in the dismemberment of the subjects before us.
This isn't just along gender lines, of course, though that's the easiest thing to see (and the one that follows the fanservice). The boys are taken apart as well, right? The protagonist is, to us, a bundle of parts: he's the typical lead, nervous, eventually vocal after too much radio silence. Suddenly he switched, broken by a situation into a badass, a different creature altogether marked by different behaviors. He's the same person, but we view him differently.
This happens fully in-scene with the delicious tensai and her bumbling gun-fanatic companion. Not only does his facial set and expressions change when he gets a "gun" in his hands, she sees him differently, as we do. Transformations happen through focusing on different aspects of personality, rather than the personality as a whole. Through the database, rebirth.
Except, as of yet, no one's been reborn into anything. The director of Shaun of the Dead, in a commentary, described the scene where Shaun and Ed kill two zombies and bash them so hard blood spatters up from off-screen all over them as a "baptism of blood." The cast of HotD may be in for a similar baptism, but this early on they're vulnerable, and the fanservice highlights this as well. In normal circumstances a public, accidental flash of someone's underwear would be about as vulnerable as they could get… unless they get ripped apart by a mob of mindless eaters.
We are viewing these characters as building blocks, like a blazon or a pile of body parts. HotD portrays the turmoil of sexuality and the accompanying objectification as a violent dismemberment of those objectified, both male and female. The fanservice not only highlights this, it is it. By bringing to our attention, in a traditional method found in anime, of the parts of the characters through character traits and the fanservice, the show puts on display the act of dismemberment by the audience itself. Those who watch are those who consume, those who break apart. The audience is the hungering horde.
And given the love of the zombie, that's OK.


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DTE Energy to shut down power to 5,000 Friday morning in Redford Township area
Updated On: Nov 08 2012 10:06:33 PM EST
DTE Energy will shut down electrical service to about 5,000 customers for three hours beginning at 3 a.m. Friday.
The affected area is roughly bounded by 7 Mile Road to the north, Ross Drive to the south, Grand River Avenue to the west and the Rouge River to the east, DTE said.
Crews are making emergency equipment repairs to a substation on 6 Mile Road in Redford Township, causing the temporary service outage.
Customers will be notified by DTE about the planned interruption. Some street lights and traffic signals also will be affected.
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Corn ads featured during summer months in D.C. metro stations
A trip through Washington, D.C.'s Union Station might help inform an urban consumer and national elected leadership about the value of corn. The Kansas Corn Commission is a founding partner in the Corn Farmers Coalition that aims to educate Washington, D.C. influencers.
For the fifth year, the Corn Farmers Coalition, an alliance of the National Corn Growers Association and 14 state corn associations, has established an ad campaign in one of the main walking paths of Washington, D.C., powerbrokers. The ads are placed at high-traffic locations inside Union Station, a central hub for the underground Metro system for the month of June and will move to the Capitol South stop in July. The campaign features a life-size family- and corn-friendly statistics.
Kansas Corn commissioner Ken McCauley and his multi-generation farm family of White Cloud are featured in some of the ads. The Corn Famers Coalition also has a digital ad campaign that is being placed in online publications including the National Journal, Congressional Quarterly and Roll Call, Politico.com, Hill.com and Washington Post.
Sue Schulte, director of communications for Kansas Corn, serves on the CFC steering committee.
"This is the fifth year of the Corn Farmers Coalition," Schulte said. "Using images of farm families and simple, easy to remember facts, we have helped legislators and regulators understand how farmers are growing more corn with fewer resources using innovation and technology."
The CFC works year-long to educate policymakers in Washington about how innovative farmers are growing more corn every year with fewer resources and while protecting the environment. These ads are designed to put a face on family farmers with images that are easy to understand. Statistics are from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency, hitting home for many agency staff and elected leaders.
"This effort has made a difference in how Washington, D.C., views corn farmers and farmers in general," Schulte said. "I watched our first set of focus groups and they were not very positive about corn farmers. Three years later, I watched another set of focus groups, and they were much more positive, using words like innovation and productivity. They remembered our campaign and some of the facts as well. One participant said she saw the ads in a metro station and said, 'Oh, the farmers are back!'"
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Fabulous little town
We stayed at Phan Thiet for three nights over Tet in 2012, and had a fabulous time. It's a smallish ...
By edblax
The capital of Binh Thuan province, Phan Thiet, is a small-but-thriving Vietnamese city, and would be a decent destination for tourists in its own right, but for one small problem: it's a stone's throw from Mui Ne, and there's no good reason for the foreign tourist to dally here when a prime beach-town is beckoning just over the horizon.
That being the case, Phan Thiet sees very few foreign faces, save those visiting on a day trip from Mui Ne or belting through on an Open Tour minibus.
For the Vietnamese tourist however, Phan Thiet is a good compromise -- they don't have to choose between expensive resorts and low-rent guest houses like in Mui Ne, good, reasonably-priced seafood restaurants line the water, and the beach is just as fine as Mui Ne -- there's just less of it.
Domestic package tours tend to show up in Phan Thiet in force as well, no doubt cutting sweet deals with local hotels and taking advantage of the proximity to Mui Ne.
A number of minor treats -- including Cham towers and huge cemeteries -- can all be easily visited either independently from here (or Mui Ne).
In terms of the cost of accommodation, the variety of eats and things to do, we have to recommend Mui Ne as the better destination. But there are things to do and see in Phan Thiet proper that make it worth a day trip, and a night or two here isn't a bad idea if you have the time and budget for it in your travel schedule.
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We stayed at Phan Thiet for three nights over Tet in 2012, and had a fabulous time. It's a smallish town, built around a bustling fishing harbour packed with colourful boats that are stunning at sunset - walk down to the mouth of the harbour to see the fish markets in action. There are a few markets which are reasonably sized, good fun and offer the normal range of consumables, fruit and veg and cooked food. There are lots of places to stay, each offering something a bit different, and some good seafood restaurants (and streetside barbecues) down near the beach. We had much more fun here than in Mui Ne, which has nothing Vietnamese about it and can always be visited as a day trip.
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The Chickery - Spadina South of Richmond (David Adjey's new casual spot)
Curious, prices are high but how is the taste?
Anyone tried them? Worth giving a shot if in the area or avoid?
It is a casual rotisserie chicken spot.
re: Notorious P.I.G.
But, I put it there for context.
He is a "food network" chef. He did (maybe still does) Restaurant Makeover and some other shows for the network. He used to be a personal chef for Dan Akroyd.
re: ylsf
It just says the menu was created by David Adjey. Not sure if it's actually his spot or if he just consulted on the menu. Either way he's a goof. I actually bought his cookbook because it was on sale for 4 dollars at one of of those pop-up book sales in the Dufferin Mall. I was going to throw it away but I kept it since it's so comically terrible. Sorry though, I have no instructive feedback about the restaurant.
re: justsayn
Went last week and the place was packed at lunch. Granted they just opened, but in the time I was there I saw about 5 people bringing their orders back because they had received the wrong thing. Had the quarter chicken and left little to be desired. Could have been that they were just too busy to put the time in, but I found it very bland and under seasoned. Also coming in at almost $15 for lunch I won't be back until they work the kinks out.
re: bringonthelbs
Where was Adjey when all of this was happening? for shame!
re: petek
Today is day 12 and while they are still not where they want to be the signs are encouraging.
The chicken was good quality and tender but just barely cooked and the skin was not crisp. IMHO the first duty of the skin is to be mahogany coloured and rendered crisp. Admittedly this is not easy to do without overcooking the bird. It should also rest for a few minutes so that you don't get a large puddle of jus on the plate.
The gravy was a bit bland, disappointingly under seasoned and not quite "chickeny" enough for me. With all that rendered fat they should be able to improve it.
With a little tweaking they should be able to nail it and I hope they do.
re: jamesm
I know,I was just kidding.. :)
re: childofthestorm
The Chickery is using a gas rotisserie, providing tables, cutlery etc..
The Loblaws chicken is a loss leader. It is used to induce you to spend more money in the store. I don't think you can buy a Beretta chicken for $10 raw. Besides, in my experience, Loblaws likes to cook them 'til they are dry.
re: sumdumgoy
"Tables, cutlery, etc"...Adjey keeps talking about how this is a QSR (quick serve restaurant) and they are clearly hoping it becomes a franchise. So this ain't fine dining. But at $11 for a quarter chicken and $14 for a half chicken, it's clearly on the higher-end of the QSR model.
Meanwhile, I can grab my plastic cutlery and take a seat (at a table!) at Loblaws Queens Quay upstairs, looking over Lake Ontario, a very underrated space actually. Eat my half chicken and I've got leftovers for sandwiches and a carcass for soup. I'm pretty good at picking them too, they're not dry.
You're right, it's a loss leader for Loblaws, but if you're in the area, take advantage, it's a pretty nice chicken. I will try the Chickery though - I may go the chicken finger route, curious to hear about experiences with those.
re: childofthestorm
I will get a "seasoning of the day" chicken from Metro once a month maybe and I find it to be above average and not dried out.
Chickens from Loblaws on Queen at Portland on the other hand have been incredibly over brined with a bad texture and taste. Do the chickens vary from Loblaws to Loblaws? Because if so, I will mention something to the manager. Thanks!
re: justsayn
Yeah virtually all the Loblaws suck for chicken, they use Combi ovens and cook them way past where they need to be. Queens Quay has an old school, gas-fired, flame-licking rotisserie, with the option to upgrade to Beretta chickens for a buck more. So try it from QQ, sorry I can't be more helpful as to your location, it's probably irredeemable.
re: childofthestorm
Went there in late afternoon, the roasted chicken was not done yet.
Tried the 2 pc chicken finger with green salad for $9.
The chicken finger is only the size of a finger. It is very small. The green salad is just a handful. The gravy is bland and under seasoned. Way over priced for that tiny portion.
re: childofthestorm
Isn't Swiss Chalet about $11 for a 1/4 chicken these days?
re: hal2010
Nah like $8 dine in and $9 takeout. Half chicken is $11.
It's good to raise the Chalet Suisse point cuz this is who the Chickery is going after.
I was there for lunch yesterday. David Adjey was there, doing quality control and chatting up the customers. He even dropped by our table to chat for a bit - he was mainly gloating about how this was quality fast food. I didn't have the heart to tell him that the chicken fingers were underseasoned, and so was the gravy, and the bbq sauce tasted too much like tomato paste. And I usually think that restaurants use too much salt - this was the complete opposite! The collard greens and the mac and cheese were very nice though. I got the 4 chicken fingers and that was a decent portion for lunch, definitely not too much.
re: itsvince
COSTCO rotisserie chicken has shot up in price to $7.95, not dry and better than Loblaws or David Adjey blessed chicken. The man is a media whore not a chef.
re: Danybear
Costco chicken is usually a great bargain and lotsa protein for the money. Seasoning while present seems to be largely without taste but a little BBQ sauce (also from Costco) produces a fine meal.
Metro's Chicken is the best I believe for taste and a bit high for price .
re: itsvince
went late friday afternoon. shared the 6 piece with 2 sides, and it was quite underwhelming.
highlights were that the chicken was very tender and juicy and had good spicing, the ranch sauce had some great tang, and the Chickery slaw was tasty.
low points were that the actual chicken wasn't very flavourful, 80% of the tenders weren't crispy, the gravy was flavourless, and the mac and cheese was extremely bland and dry. there was almost no cheese flavour...
not sure why i had higher hopes for this place.
re: jayseeca
maybe its just a consistency issue.... the time i went ..the chicken was tasty and juicy (of course very small portioned) and the mac n cheese was the actual highlight of the meal ... flavourful and decadent.
that being said... its definitely overpriced.
re: justsayn
It is an off the track location. Very difficult to find.
re: plug
I went a couple of weeks ago and I was terribly disappointed. I ordered the chicken fingers and they were tasteless. There was no seasoning on them whatsoever. In addition to the chicken fingers, I got the shoestring fries, which weren't shoestring at all, but regular fries. The chicken gravy was a huge disappointment as well. In fact, I would have to rate the gravy @ KFC as better than this gravy. This place is not worth the $$. It's not even worth 1/2 of the $$ that they're charging. Unfortunately...and I say unfortunately, because I really wanted this place to be good...I would not go back!
re: kwass
I also wanted this place to be good, but found the food bland for the prices Adjey and co. are charging. I found the chicken fingers far less flavourful that something I can make at home (thanks to America's Best Recipes) and the roast chicken nice... but nothing more.
The best flavour came from the buttermilk ranch sauce, but again, I felt it was something I could do at home for a lot less money. Also found their two-tier plate really annoying. Who wants to have their sides and dip hovering on a stand above their plate?
I suspect The Chickery won't be clucking for long... it's hard to find off the street and the prices are high for the small portions you get. Adjey is in an area where people expect to get more for their money. For example, Banh Mi Boys is just a few blocks away and offers a much better experience for a fast and casual restaurant.
Perhaps David Adjey should choose -- either focus on your own restaurant concept or stick to telling others how to improve theirs. Doing both does no favours to anyone.
Toronto Life coverage, with photos: http://www.torontolife.com/daily/dail...
Adjey and Farbman wanted to offer "fast food like you've never had before," starting with a menu that offers chicken from Beretta Organic Farms and sauces made from scratch daily. Although fast food might seem a strange choice for Adjey, it's a growing trend among other big chefs like Tom Colicchio ('Wichcraft), Graham Elliot (Grahamwich) and Bobby Flay (Bobby's Burger Palace). Indeed, Adjey tells us that when he first decided upon opening a chicken joint, he called his Culinary Institute of America roommate Michael Symon, who happened to be eating at the time with Mario Batali and Flay, all of whom chimed in that the concept would be a surefire hit, burgers, pizza and chicken making up a sort of holy fast food triangle. All of this, of course, means Toronto could be seeing more Chickery locations soon if the first one does well.
If anyone else is curious to try this place out but not at full price, there is a deal on Wagjag for a few more days. Whole Chicken + 4 sides for $18 (no additional taxes/etc owing at time of pickup/eating):
re: fredster1
In my experience....time and time again - Sardinha is dried out but tasty. Is the trick that one is supposed to douse the chicken in piri piri sauce to give it moisture? I prefer when chicken is just naturally moist, but maybe I have been missing out on saucy chicken.
re: justsayn
Nope. A properly cooked and rested chicken should be juicy on its own. Rotisserie is the ultimate for birds because it self bastes as it turns. Wood-fire rotisserie is even better because of the smokey flavor imparted.
As for portugese chicken my vote goes for Sardinha as exceptional value/taste ...also love Albert's Real Jamaican (marinated in fresh sugar cane and Jerk spices....I am getting hungry!!)
re: dcArtisan
So how do you manage to get moist and juicy chicken from Sardinha? What time would you typically go? Like I mentioned, I loved the taste each time but just can't handle the dryness.
re: justsayn
I no longer live in the area so maybe they are overcooking these days. I always requested extra of the sauce because it was basically the drippings (ie. rendered fat) of the chickens mixed with spicy piment vinegar. Drizzle it over everything :)
re: ylsf
I went there for lunch in July. I was thoroughly unimpressed. The chicken sandwich was okay, nothing special about it and on the bland side. The coleslaw was bland as well. My party of four wasn't happy with the lunch based on quality vs. price. Adjay did walk in and stood around getting in his workers' way, which I thought was odd. Definitely never going back there.
re: air621
I had the same disappointing experience as air621. When I went, I had the chicken fingers and fries. The chicken fingers had potential, but they weren't seasoned, so they were incredibly bland. As for the fries, no better than the fries that you'd find @ any fast food joint. I too, would not go back.
Hmm. I thought I posted to this last night, anyway, I ended up going last night and I actually really enjoyed my meal. The chicken was juicy/not dry, service was really friendly (despite them being swamped with orders because everyone was redeeming vouchers that expire in a few days). It is hard for me to judge "value" because I had a voucher than gave me a chicken, 4 sides, 2 dipping sauces all for $18 all in (including tax). So, between a friend and I we split everything and for 9$ each it was way more than enough to get full on.
We had the collard greens, steamed squash, fries and mac/cheese.
I agree about the "plate" comments. They are weird stainless things that are too small. But, we asked for extra plates and were given them with a smile. I will post up some pics when I get a chance.
I don't know how often I will go back at "normal" price and maybe I will skip the rest of the menu based on what people have said here but I will probably try them again.
re: ylsf
Funny, I tried to go there last night. Before I went, I called. The guy asked if i had a voucher. I said no (nor do I have any idea what he's referring to or what the implications are). He said "ok, we close at 8:30". The time is about 7:30. So I say, i'll be there in 10!". We get there in 10 minutes. I walk up and he says "we sold out of chicken". And I'm like "are you kidding me? I just spoke to you on the phone!?!?!" and he says "yeah, we just ran out" - so I say to him "you know, shouldn't you have warned me or something?" He stairs blankly back at me - so there are chickens in behind him - and I say "what about those?" And he says "oh, those are sold - people have been waiting 30 minutes for them." So what the hell? I call and say that I'll be there in 10 minutes, and this guy doesn't think it pertinent to warn me that he either sold out 30 minutes ago, or has 1 or two chickens left, after telling him that I'd be there in 10 minutes??? Unbelievable. And he should have known he'd run out by 8:30, only giving him more reason and as a reminder that he would be sold out far before then.
Anyway - I was completely flabbergasted. I couldn't believe it. Then he's like "we still have chicken fingers?" I won't tell you the next thought that went through my mind was...
re: justxpete
It's really too bad it played out that way. It actually sounds like he was doing his best to fulfill the coupon obligations over and above those paying full price. Many places would do the opposite. So while he handled it so terribly, it does sound like his intentions were honourable. I bet they got slammed beyond expectation by people waiting til the last days to cash in their vouchers. I know you even called 10 minutes prior...but that's my two cents.
re: justsayn
I went in last night around 7, was told it was a 30minute wait and left.
Just didn't seem worth it.
That, coupled with the piece of undercooked chicken my co-worker got from them (opening week) and the oft putting exchange I had with Adjey the other time I walked in there and i won't be back.
Too bad because their product is right up my alley and i work in the area.
re: justsayn
You're making a lot of assumptions on what his intentions were - given how incompetent he was, I doubt honourable intentions had anything to do with it.
used a coupon to nab the dinner w/ 4 sides. i think weekdays it's a lot quieter and others were reporting back that there were no lines. i barely waited 5 minutes for them to pack everything up for me.
the flavour of the roast chicken is nice but it's confined to the skin. the meat is a bit dry as well but manageable with the sauces. what surprised me was how delicious the potato salad was. it's got big chunks of pickled and a bit of egg and is quite well seasoned. Good tang, good dill hit, good level of creaminess in the texture. i still really like the buttermilk dipping sauce but it's toned down in the lemony flavour i recall from before. the plum sauce is a bit spicy and really unexpected but in the best way possible. still think the slaw is pretty great with it's "asian" flavours.
i wouldn't recommend the steamed squash just because it's so thinned out and a bit starchy for my liking and the collard greens need a desperate dash of seasoning and even a touch of oil.
it's a bit unfortunate, the main star of the meal really didn't pass muster but there were definitely some highlights in the sides.
In August I had my first "cottage" experience, staying an impressive house overlooking Lake Huron near the Michigan border. We drank unbelievable bottles of wine from the host's wine cellar each night, feasted on local produce and meats, then woke up to brilliant sunrises.
One couple brought their kids, with whom I played with in the lake each day, and one night in the crashing waves more closely akin to what one would find in the Pacific than a mere "great" lake. They loved to be tossed as far and as high as possible, and of course riding on our shoulders. At one point myself and another house guest were tossing a young boy into the lake when a wave crashed into him mid-toss (he loved it). His brother saw and ran into the lake yelling, "epic fail!" That is exactly what I would call The Chickery.
First, a statement on celebrity chefs. I have nothing against them. There seems to be a push back against their popularity lately, a worry that they are more worried about their image than the quality and value presented by their restaurant(s). I don't care. I judge the dining experience separately from the individual proprietor/chef him or herself. In fact, I would love the Chickery to be good. I try to (1) eat ethically and (2) limit my consumption of carbohydrates. A chicken restaurant with ethical chicken and several vegetable sides would be perfect.
So, please understand my full meaning when I say that my experience with the Chickery was across-the-board awful.
I went in there around seven at night in August. I had one of the wagjag vouchers which I think brought the $30 chicken and four sides down to $18. I figured, as mentioned in a post above, a humanely raised chicken dinner could be worth $30. It would surely be worth $18, right?
I'll begin with the sides:
Squash puree: I hesitated because it seemed hardly seasonable. But it was clearly healthy. In fact it was mealy and bland.
Baked beans: The laziest offering of the night. The beans were hard and undercooked. I can't fathom how baked beans, which are by their very cooking process twice cooked, could be undercooked.
Collard greens: The de facto highlight of the meal. Not as vinegary as I like my greens (I'm from the South of the US) but they had the bright bitter collard green flavor. More or less the bare minimum.
Mac and Cheese: This was a joke. The noodles were in some kind of bechamel sauce, but there was no cheese. None. I kept waiting for some kind of cheese kick; it was not there. I could not visually identify any cheese either.
The chicken itself: It was juicy and fairly substantial. However, it was made of salt. I brought my girlfriend a taste and she agreed. To her, it was inedible. I, as a matter of principle, finished it the next night. I think it was probably brined, but not rinsed properly.
This may have just been an off day for the Chickery. Indeed, the service was a little off. The register guy actively tried to dissuade me from getting french fries. I suspect they didn't want to fire up the fryer. But that makes it difficult to account for the broad incompetence and lack of quality.
Overall, my recommendation based on the high prices and low quality is: avoid this joint. It's too bad, because the concept was promising.


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ECHOES – Local film short screening Aug 11 at 5:30
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Friday, September 21, 2012
Peach Oatmeal with Cranberries and Almonds
Fresh ripe peaches are cooked with steel cut oats and dried cranberries until everything is soft and tender, then topped with a bit of brown sugar or honey and a pat of butter. The peaches are cooked just long enough to soften without falling apart and the flavor reminds me of Southern Peach Cobbler. I have a weakness for peaches; whether they are raw, baked, grilled, simmered, blended or otherwise cooked. I have just one more peach recipe to share on Monday and then I'll bid farewell to my favorite fruit until next year.
After making Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal last month, I knew that I'd be trying something similar with peaches very soon. I've made this oatmeal numerous times now and I love it every bit as much as the apple variety. I might not be able to enjoy stove-top oatmeal without warm fruit cooked into it ever again.
Peach Oatmeal with Cranberries and Almonds
Yield: 3-4 servings
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1 cup quick cooking steel cut oats *
3 cups water
2 medium peaches, diced small (reserve a few thin slices for garnish if desired)
1/2 cup cranberries
1/4 cup sliced almonds (reserve a few for garnish if desired)
1/4 teaspoon salt
Brown sugar or honey
* if you don't have quick cooking steel cut oats, use 1 2/3 cups old fashioned rolled oats
In a medium size saucepan, combine the oats, water, peaches, cranberries and salt. Bring to a boil and then immediately reduce to medium low and simmer for five minutes, stirring occasionally. Scoop into serving bowls and top each bowl with 1-2 teaspoons of brown sugar or honey and a teaspoon of butter. Garnish with extra peaches and almonds. Enjoy!
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Much much better than those packaged mixes.ReplyDelete
I could stare into that bowl all morning! Fruit cobbler/oatmeal would hit the spot right now, I love this!ReplyDelete
I so wished I had some peaches around! Lovely breakfast recipe, thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
The perfect breakfast. I love peaches, sounds like it would be delicious with the oatmeal.ReplyDelete
I have oatmeal every morning with blueberries and cinnamon. Now that I've seen this I may have to try it with frozen peaches, craisins and almonds. Frozen peaches would be great when the season is over or of course a fruit in season. I do like the addition of the dried cranberries and almonds. It's healthy, adds flavor and crunch. I think I will add those in this morning. Thanks for sharing this.ReplyDelete
I make oatmeal quite often…There is just no comparison to instant oatmeal! Looks delicious!ReplyDelete
This looks wonderful. I love steel cut oats in the morning! I usually just top with honey and butter, but I might just add some peaches next time!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 23, 2012 at 9:58 AM
I had a nectarine so I used that with the cranberries and almonds...yummo!!! So delicious and warming. Stuck with me for a looooong time too! Garlic7girlReplyDelete


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TWO soldiers from Wrexham have taken part in a special First World War commemorative parade in a picturesque Austrian town.
Troopers Robert Jones, 20, and Ryan Wilmott serve with The Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG) and were involved in the parade at Bad Ischl – where the proclamation of war on Serbia was signed in July 1914, sparking the First World War.
The troops, based in Sennelager, Northern Germany, are part of the Regiment's Rear Operations Group supporting 20th Armoured Brigade, known as 'The Iron Fist', presently deployed on operations in Afghanistan.
Trooper Jones, who like Trooper Wilmott is a qualified driver of the Revised Weapons Mounted Installation Kit (RWMIK) Land Rover, said: "I am proud to be representing my regiment in this historical parade. It was a great experience."
Trooper Wilmott said: "This is the first parade I have participated in and it is an immense honour to be selected because of the historical importance."
The QDG was invited to lead the parade by the Burgermeister (town mayor) of Bad Ischl, Hannes Heide, to recognise the historical links shared by the town and regiment.
At the outset of the Great War, Emperor Franz Josef – of the Hapsburg dynasty – was Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment's forbearers the 1st King's Dragoon Guards.
He had his summer residence Kaiservilla, in Bad Ischl, where he signed the proclamation of war on Serbia 100-years-ago.
After parading through the streets with the Radetzky March played by the Band of the Royal Armoured Corps and accompanied by the band of Bad Ischl, the soldiers marched to the Kaiservilla. They were inspected by the Regimental Colonel, Lt Gen Sir Simon Mayall CB, and Archduke Marcus Hapsburg, a descendant of the emperor and the burgermeister.
Leading the parade, Cpt Charlie Ruggles-Brise said: "As the QDG we are exceptionally proud to be parading while we have colleagues in Afghanistan, we are incredibly fortunate to be able to come and commemorate a significant anniversary in such a special location in the regiment's history."
Trooper Jones added: "It has been a fantastic opportunity and we have had a great time and the people have really welcomed us. Opportunities to travel to different countries are one of the reasons I joined the Army."
The QDG will serve in Afghanistan until the end of combat operations and will be the last unit to deploy, with the bulk of the regiment taking over Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) working in the Manoeuvre Battlegroup.
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FBI Special Agent-in-Charge David Welker added:
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James Lee, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation stated:
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Planning for IFRS: Is your tax function ready?
Converting to IFRS is more than just a financial accounting exercise — it will have broad impacts across a company's global tax function. Tax departments of US MNCs may be experiencing many of these impacts today — whether the result of IFRS conversion activities going on currently in various countries throughout the world or as a result of US GAAP-IFRS convergence activities. In order to proactively plan for these impacts, tax executives should begin analyzing and understanding the impact that IFRS will have on their organization's global tax function.
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Ken Kuykendall, PwC's US IFRS tax leader and US Tax Accounting Services leader, was considered for Tax Notes Magazine's "2009 Tax Person of the Year." Ken was recognized for his work with the IRS, Congress and US companies to provide education on the tax issues that could arise if US regulators proceed with proposed rulemaking that would require US companies to use IFRS. In addition to his frequent participation at industry events, he has contributed to numerous articles on IFRS and tax accounting issues.
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Michele Bachmann Aides Won't Stop Snitching
Five former Michele Bachmann staffers are accusing the former presidential candidate of not paying them for their campaign work unless they sign a nondisclosure agreement that prohibits them talking about any "unethical, immoral, or criminal activity" they may have witnessed during the campaign. (This is probably the least-abusive thing a Republican politician has done to workers in the past few months.)
Thanks to Peter Waldron, a full-time evangelical crusader, part-time Bachmann campaign volunteer and one-time terrorism suspect, we know what those shady activities may have been.
According to a complaint Waldron filed with the FEC, the Bachmann campaign illegally sent payments to Iowa state campaign chairman Kent Sorenson — a state senator who later joined Ron Paul's campaign — and improperly used money from MichelePAC to pay a fundraising consultant.
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In the meantime, we need more staffers to reveal more dirt about Bachmann, like how she manages to keep getting elected in Minnesota and what she did with the other "L" in her name.
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Whatever you think about free will, we're all bound by our essential natures. Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly and Mitt Romney has to sound like a sneering plutocrat, telling a group of wealthy donors that Barack Obama bribed the electorate with free stuff…
"The Obama campaign was following the old playbook of giving a lot of stuff to groups that they hoped they could get to vote for them and be motivated to go out to the polls, specifically the African American community, the Hispanic community and young people," Romney told hundreds of donors during a telephone town hall Wednesday. "In each case they were very generous in what they gave to those groups…"
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This sounds a lot like the Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly theory of the election: Kenyan dude gave away Obamaphones so the poors would vote for him.
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Ron Paul Still Beating Mitt Romney in Military Donations
Ron Paul. He's either running the Campaign for Liberty or hatching a plan to kidnap Ben Bernanke's dog, but he's certainly no longer running for president.
Yet according to the latest FEC reports, Paul is still outpacing Mitt Romney when it comes to donations from members of the military, even though he hasn't received new contributions since the Summer. Including September's fundraising numbers, Paul has raised $399,274 from members of the armed forces, while Romney has taken in $398,450.
The gap grows even starker when employees of the Department of Defense are excluded, leaving only members of the combat services. Paul roughly doubled Romney's contributions from the U.S. Navy. This despite Romney's promise to equip the Navy with dozens of new warships, while eliminating at least one of Iran's shorelines from the map.
Nevertheless, the overall leader in military donations remains Barack Obama, with $678,611 from military contributors. It's a sign of how deep the rot has set into American society since Obama took office. It used to be only Democrats who didn't support the troops. Now we can't even be sure the troops are supporting the troops.
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Kid Rock and Paul Ryan Debase a Perfectly Good Guitar
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The Romney's campaign response: Bring in Kid Rock. Though "no contribution or payment of any kind is necessary to enter or win," Romney/Ryan are trying to beef up their fundraising listserv by raffling off "a piece of history," a guitar signed by Kid Rock and Paul Ryan.
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Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene in St. Louis
Untidy masterpiece: The Rep Studio's production of The Clean House.
Number one: The Rep picks a winner for its Studio series.
Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater
The Rep Studio series produces a riveting Yellowman
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Who killed Ten Little Indians?
Two contrasting plays offer theatrical mind games
Frantic one minute, tender the next, The Royal Family is one of the most endearing and enduring love letters ever penned
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Alert: Wildland Fire - Evacuation orders Lifted (Diamond Springs)
Wildland Fire - Evacuations at Patterson Drive and Lake Hills Mobile Home Park (Diamond Springs)
Update @ 6:25pm:
- Evacuation orders have been lifted residence are permitted to return to their homes.
- Fire is 100% contained at contained at 116 acres
- Some road closures continue in the area.
- Patterson Historic Homestead of Larry Patterson is only home destroyed.
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After receiving his Bachelor's degree in Animal Science from Purdue University, Dr. Torres stayed on to complete his Master of Science in Physiology (Animal Science). He then studied for his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) at Ross University in St. Kits, West Indies, from 2000 to 2004, serving his clinical year at Kansas State University from 2003 to 2004.
Dr. Torres was accepted for a Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Internship at Michigan State University from 2004 to 2005. "I initially set out to do internal medicine, but it was during my internship that I found my passion for emergency medicine," explains Dr. Torres, who enjoys, "the fast pace and thinking on my feet."
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IRS Announces the 2011 Dirty Dozen
IRS 2011 Dirty Dozen Tax Scams
We hate falling for scams and don't they seem to abound today. Yesterday, they were stealing your email address from your bank and today they want you to pay them to help you land in jail or lose your identity and money. Here is the IRS list of the "Dirty Dozen Tax Scams" for 2011.
Tax Scams
Don't fall victim to tax scams. Remember that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. If you think you're being scammed, you can report suspected tax fraud activity by sending completed Form 3949-A, Information Referral, to Internal Revenue Service, Fresno, CA 93888. You can download the form or call 1-800-829-3676 to order by mail.
Some of the common scams the IRS sees include:
IR-2008-41, Phishing Scams, Frivolous Arguments Top the 2008 "Dirty Dozen" Tax Scams
IR-2007-61, IRS Identifies 40 Frivolous Positions for Taxpayers to Avoid
- IR-2007-37, Fraudulent Telephone Tax Refunds, Abusive Roth IRAs Top Off 2007 "Dirty Dozen" Tax Scams
- IR-2006-25 , IRS Announces "Dirty Dozen" Tax Scams for 2006
- Employment Tax Schemes (IR-2004-47)
Offering to Help Obtain Tax Benefits — targets have included military families (IR-2003-63)
Schemes involving Medical Professionals — FS-2004-115 and FS-2003-12
Schemes Promoting Use of Disabled Access Credit (IR-2002-17)
Home-Based Business Tax Avoidance Schemes (IR-2002-13)
Slavery Reparation Scams (IR-2002-08) and court cases involving such scams (FS-2002-08)
Related Items:
Fact Sheet 2004-12, Tax Return Errors and Frivolous Tax Arguments — an overview of IRS warnings and technical guidance on frivolous positions.
Tax Scams — How to Recognize and Avoid Them
Education is the best way to avoid the pitfalls of these "too good to be true" tax scams.
Criminal Investigation's Tax Fraud Alerts
Phony Arguments
No matter how some things are sliced, they're still baloney. If someone tells you that you don't have to pay taxes, check out The Truth About Frivolous Tax Arguments. This IRS.gov exclusive addresses some of the more common false "legal" arguments made by those opposed to compliance with the federal tax laws. Each contention is briefly explained, followed by a discussion of the legal authority that rejects the contention. The second section deals with frivolous arguments encountered in collection due process cases. The final section illustrates penalties imposed on those pursuing frivolous cases.
IR-2004-41 describes the increasingly strong penalties the courts have imposed from March 2003 to March 2004 on taxpayers who pursued frivolous cases to delay IRS collection actions.
IR-2003-28 details penalties the Tax Court imposed from April 2001 until early March 2003 for making frivolous Collection Due Process arguments.
Credit Counseling Organizations
The IRS is concerned that some organizations are using their tax-exempt status to skirt consumer protection laws. Get the details through this IRS consumer alert.
Identity and Financial Theft Scams
The IRS has issued several recent consumer warnings on the fraudulent use of the IRS name or logo by scamsters trying to gain access to consumers' financial information in order to steal their identity and assets. Scamsters will use the regular mail, telephone, fax or e-mail to set up their victims. When identity theft takes place over the Internet (e-mail), it is called phishing.
Bogus E-mail, Web site — In IR-2005-136, the IRS warned of an e-mail-based scheme that sent recipients to a phony site that mimicked an IRS.gov page in an attempt to trick recipients into revealing their Social Security number and credit card account and PIN numbers. [Nov. 30, 2005]
Non-resident Aliens with U.S. Income — Using fictitious correspondence and an altered IRS Form W-8BEN, this scheme tries to get personal and financial data from foreign nationals. IR-2004-104 [Aug. 3, 2004] and IR-2004-75 [June 1, 2004] have details.
Bogus E-mail, Web site — In IR-2004-60, the Treasury Department and the IRS warned of an e-mail-based scheme that attempts to trick recipients into revealing personal information such as social security numbers, driver's license information and bank and credit card numbers. [April 30, 2004]
Phony Bank Scam — A 2002 scam used phony bank correspondence and IRS forms to trick unwary customers into disclosing their personal and financial information to the scam promoters. The information was used to steal the customer's identity and bank account deposits, run up charges on credit cards, apply for loans, services or benefits in the customer's name, file fraudulent tax returns and more. The phony IRS forms used in this scam were labeled W-9095, W-8BEN or W-8888. IR-2002-55 has more details.
Report instances of this fraud to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 1-800-366-4484.
The Comptroller of the Currency issued Alerts 2002-3 and 2002-6, warning of this identity theft scam and including copies of phony bank correspondence and the phony W-9095. These are on the 2002 Alerts page of the Comptroller's Web site.
Learn more about identity theft.
For assistance from an experienced CPA to help steer you clear of scams and trouble with the IRS contact me using the information below.
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I prepare the following types of tax returns:
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Also, I am available for tax planning and discussions about business, retirement planning and life goals.
For recent US income tax content see the following links:
Begin With The End In Mind
If the band you are in starts playing different tunes
Where Is It? Tax Refund
Deadline for 2010 Personal Tax Returns Moved
Now is the time to file those late tax returns for previous years
IRS: 8 Things to Know if You Receive an IRS Notice
IRS: Nine Fact on Filing an Amended Return
IRS: Eight Facts on Penalties
IRS Top Ten: Making Federal Tax Payments
Forming a New Business – Please Consult With Your CPA First
Questions After I Have Filed My Return
For a full list of prior posts see the CPA Tax Blog.
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As always keep in mind that the content provided on this site is general in nature and may or may not apply to your particular case. It is best to check with a tax professional about your circumstances and what is best for you personally. Also, IRS regulations and tax laws are constantly changing and the information on this site is not constantly updated. Again please check with me about your particular circumstances and what will be best in your situation at the given time and law.
This article was written by Jeff Haywood, CPA.
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