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Marc Dion: Sixty Percent of My Pay -- Cutting the Fat (Creators Syndicate)
For one thing, I normally save nearly 30 percent of my salary. I'm not smart, either. I'm just cheap. I can read my bankbook like some people read a novel. In fact, when one of my banks stopped using bankbooks, I moved my account. I like to see myself saving money. The 60 percent will just about cover basic expenses, though I won't be able to put any money in savings until I go back to work.
Radley Balko: "Death In The Devil's Chair: Florida Man's Pepper Spray Death Raises Questions About Jail Abuse" (Huffington Post)
When he left his home in Ohio to visit his brother in Fort Myers, Fla. in March 2009, Nick Christie was already breaking down, physically and mentally. His wife Joyce was concerned about his well-being. Rightly so. By the end of the month, the grandfather of two, whose only prior run-in with the law was a DUI in the 1980s, would be strapped to a restraining chair in the Lee County, Fla. jail, coated with a thick layer of pepper spray, smothered in a "spit hood," then finally taken to a Florida hospital where, two days later, he would die.
Doug Smith: Photo shows pepper-sprayed prisoner (foxtampabay)
"This photo is a picture of a man who is strapped to a chair naked inside a jail for hours with a hood over his face. That evokes thoughts of being tortured," says Cleveland-based lawyer Nick DiCello who represents the Christie family.
Roger Ebert: The 2012 Oscar lalapalooza
Do you expect "The Tree of Life" to be nominated as one of the best films of 2011? When I saw it last spring I certainly did. I assumed it was a done deal. If you'd told me then that "The Artist," a black and white silent film, was stirring up enthusiasm at Cannes, I would have said it sounded like something I really wanted to see.
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The business began in 1940, with a restaurant opened by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California. Their introduction of the "Speedee Service System" in 1948 furthered the principles of the modern fast-food restaurant that the White Castle hamburger chain had already put into practice more than two decades earlier. The original mascot of McDonald's was a man with a chef's hat on top of a hamburger shaped head whose name was "Speedee." Speedee was eventually replaced with Ronald McDonald by 1967 when the company first filed a U.S. trademark on a clown shaped man having puffed out costume legs.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
McDonalds
BttbBob wrote:
McDonald's, pre-Ronald years, mascot...
P.S. I can't remember the last time I had a McDonald's burger. Wait, yes I do. Sometime during the first week of April '97 when I was driving my daughters back to Michigan up I-75 from a Florida vacation (Yes, DIsney World, but lots of time on Pass-A-Grille Beach, too...) and they declared, just across the Georgia state line, that they were hungry. The next exit only had a McDonald's. I was doomed to a double cheese burger...
Charlie replied:
McDonald's
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
The original mascot of McDonald's was a man with a chef's hat on top of a
hamburger shaped head whose name was "Speedee."
Adam answered:
McDonald's (blech).
Sally said:
How the devil did professor Charlie find that early photo of MAM and her kitties? I am starting to think my computer is bugged...
The original mascot of McDonald's was a man with a chef's hat on top of a hamburger shaped head whose name was "Speedee!"
Before Ronald, there was this guy...
Just plain cute!
Marian replied:
McDonald's
MAM wrote:
McDonald's
And, Joe S answered:
McDonalds.
McDonalds was partially responsible in producing my "robust" shape and always having a place to set my coffee cup.
I am no longer able to use my built-in coffee cup holder. If I try I end up with wet pants. Just slides right down, you see. Sorry ladies, sorry, no new pictures until I reach my fightin' weight. Only 38 more pounds to go. I kinda look a bit like Speedee here, don't I.
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a FRESH'2 Broke Girls', then a FRESH'2½ Men', followed by a FRESH'Mike & Molly', then a FRESH'Hawaii Five-0'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Simon Baker, Elizabeth Banks, and Seal.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Lucy Liu and Kevin Sorbo.
NBC begins the night with the FRESH'Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute To America's Golden Girl', followed by a FRESH'Betty White's Off Their Rockers', then 'Rock Center'.
On a RERUNLeno (from 12/1/11) are Melissa McCarthy, Gov. Rick Perry, and T-Pain.
Scheduled on a FRESH (?)Jimmy Fallon are Liam Neeson, Piers Morgan, and Chiddy Bang.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 10/28/11) are Lisa Ling, Anamana Guchi, and Goldheart Assembly.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Bachelor', followed by a FRESH'Castle'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 1/6/2012) are Don Cheadle, David Cross, and Boyz II Men.
The CW offers a FRESH'Gossip Girl', followed by a RERUN'Hart Of Dixie'.
Faux has the SERIES PREMIERE'Alcatraz'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.
A&E has 'Intervention', 'Hoarders', followed by a FRESH'Hoarders', then a FRESH'Intervention'.
AMC offers 'CSI: The 2nd One', followed by the movie 'Die Hard'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC World News
[7:00AM] BBC World News
[8:00AM] Top Gear-Episode 2
[9:00AM] Top Gear-Episode 3
[10:00AM] Top Gear-Episode 4
[11:00AM] Top Gear-Episode 5
[12:00PM] Top Gear-Episode 6
[1:00PM] Top Gear-Episode 7
[2:00PM] Top Gear-Episode 8
[3:00PM] Top Gear-Episode 9
[4:00PM] Top Gear-Episode 1
[5:00PM] Top Gear-Episode 2
[6:00PM] Top Gear-Episode 3
[7:00PM] Top Gear-Episode 4
[8:00PM] Top Gear-Episode 5 NEW
[9:15PM] Top Gear-Episode 6 NEW
[10:30PM] Top Gear-Episode 3
[11:30PM] Top Gear-Episode 5
[12:45AM] Top Gear-Episode 6
[2:00AM] James May's Road Trip-Episode 1
[2:40AM] James May's Road Trip-Episode 2
[3:20AM] James May's Road Trip-Episode 3
[4:00AM] Top Gear-Episode 6
[5:00AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills'.
Comedy Central has all 'It's Always Sunny In Philly' all night.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Jodi Kantor.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Rev. Scott Douglas.
FX has the movie 'Armageddon', followed by the movie 'Armageddon', again.
History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH'American Pickers', then a FRESH'Pawn Stars', followed by another FRESH'Pawn Stars'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Undeclared-Sick in the Head
[6:30AM] Undeclared-The Assistant
[7:00AM] Trust the Man
[9:15AM] The Tao of Steve
[11:15AM] Portlandia-One Moore Episode
[11:45AM] Darkon
[1:45PM] Trust the Man
[4:00PM] The Tao of Steve
[6:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Stevie in the Hospital
[6:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Cattle Court
[7:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Morp
[7:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Graduation
[8:00PM] Arrested Development-Missing Kitty
[8:30PM] Buffalo Soldiers
[10:30PM] Portlandia-One Moore Episode
[11:00PM] The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
[11:30PM] Arrested Development-Prison Break-In
[12:00AM] Arrested Development-S.O.B.s
[12:30AM] Arrested Development-Fakin' It
[1:00AM] Arrested Development-Family Ties
[1:30AM] Portlandia-One Moore Episode
[2:00AM] The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
[2:30AM] Action-Re-enter the Dragon
[3:00AM] The Dreamers
[5:30AM] Arrested Development-S.O.B.s (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00A] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Get Out of My House (Nashville - Ep. 9)
[7:00A] UNLEASHED BY GARO: Can I Pull You a Little Tighter? (Episode 1, Season 1)
[8:00A] UNLEASHED BY GARO: It's Time For Her to Expose Herself (Episode 2, Season 1)
[9:00A] UNLEASHED BY GARO: I'm Never Going to Take it All Off (Episode 3, Season 1)
[10:00A] UNLEASHED BY GARO: A Little Bit of Pain (Episode 4, Season 1)
[11:00A] UNLEASHED BY GARO: That's a Lot of Skin (Episode 5, Season 1)
[12:00P] UNLEASHED BY GARO: I Kind of Feel Naked (Episode 6, Season 1)
[1:00P] The Matador
[2:30P] Girl By The Lake
[4:00P] When a Man Comes Home
[5:35P] Dopamine
[8:00P] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Filmmaker Ed Burns & Bridesmaids' Paul Feig (Episode 8, Season 1)
[8:30P] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - NYPD's Rick Schroder (Episode 7, Season 1)
[9:00P] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Get Out of My House (Nashville - Ep. 9)
[10:00P] ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Qristyl Frazier: Plus-Sexy (Episode 2, Season 2)
[11:00P] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Filmmaker Ed Burns & Bridesmaids' Paul Feig (Episode 8, Season 1)
[11:30P] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - NYPD's Rick Schroder (Episode 7, Season 1)
[12:00A] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Pilot (Episode 1, Season 1)
[1:00A] Love Lust & Holiday Feasts
[2:00A] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Train Wreck (Nashville)
[2:30A] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Get Out of My House (Nashville - Ep. 9)
[3:00A] UNLEASHED BY GARO: I Kind of Feel Naked (Episode 6, Season 1)
[4:00A] LUDO BITES AMERICA: One More Bite (Episode 7, Season 1)
[5:00A] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Filmmaker Ed Burns & Bridesmaids' Paul Feig (Episode 8, Season 1)
[5:30A] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - NYPD's Rick Schroder (Episode 7, Season 1) (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has 'Being Human', another 'Being Human', followed by a FRESH'Being Human', then a FRESH'Lost Girl'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Merchant, and St. Vincent.
The cast and crew of "Downton Abbey" pose backstage with the award for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television during the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, in Los Angeles. From left, Rebecca Eaton, Gareth Neame, Julian Fellows, Brian Percival, Elizabeth McGovern and Hugh Bonneville.
Photo by Mark J. Terrill
At 70, Muhammad Ali is "still the greatest" to friends and admirers worldwide.
The boxing champ basked in chants of "Ali! Ali!" as hundreds of supporters cheered him on Saturday night with a hearty rendering of "Happy Birthday" during his 70th birthday celebration in his Kentucky hometown. Never mind that Ali actually turns 70 years old on Tuesday: the private party in his hometown is the first of five planned in the next few months.
As party-goers mingled in a lobby of the Muhammad Ali Center before the festivities, Ali walked slowly to a second-floor balcony overlooking them. The crowd immediately began to clap, then broke into effusive chants and singing. The three-time world heavyweight champion, who is battling Parkinson's disease, leaned against a rail and raised his right hand to wave to the crowd. Then he joined his party out of view of the public and the press.
The guest list numbered 350 for the private party, which doubled as a $1,000-per-person fundraiser for the Ali Center, a six-year-old cultural and education complex designed to be a legacy to his social activism. The six-story center also retraces Ali's career, including his epic bouts against Joe Frazier, George Foreman and Sonny Liston.
The guest list included Ali's trainer Angelo Dundee and three American hikers who were imprisoned in Iran. Ali, perhaps the most prominent U.S. Muslim, lobbied for their release. Rocker John Mellencamp headlined the entertainment.
Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, center, receives the Legion of Honor award from French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, left, during an awarding ceremony at the French embassy in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Jan.15, 2012. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office says he has decided to give France's highest award _ the Legion of Honor _ to Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Photo by Khin Maung Win
A publicist says $5 million was raised in Los Angeles for actor Sean Penn's humanitarian group based in Haiti.
The money will go toward Penn's J/P Haitian Relief Organization, which he set up a few months after the 2010 earthquake to oversee a settlement camp where thousands of people displaced by the disaster lived.
Penn was also named "ambassador at large to Haiti" by Haiti's foreign affairs minister, Laurent Lamothe, at the Saturday event in Beverly Hills, which was attended by celebrities and chief-of-staff to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Cheryl Mills.
Haiti marked the two-year anniversary of the massive earthquake last week with a string of quiet services and news conferences.
Actor Morgan Freeman (C), recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award, poses backstage with presenters Helen Mirren (L) and Sidney Poitier at the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, January 15, 2012.
Photo by Lucy Nicholson
Peter Dinklage ended his Golden Globes acceptance speech with a mention of an unfamiliar name, and the humble suggestion to "Google him."
Many did. After Dinklage's suggestion, Martin Henderson was a trending topic on Twitter. Those who searched him online found a heartbreaking story.
Henderson is a 37-year-old dwarf and aspiring actor who was left badly injured after being picked up and thrown to the ground outside a pub in southwest England. Henderson has said the Oct. 7 attack was inspired by a then-recent "dwarf-tossing" event that was attended by some members of England's national rugby team.
Dinklage won best supporting actor in a TV series, miniseries or movie for his performance in the HBO fantasy series "Game of Thrones." He earlier won an Emmy for the role.
Comedian Stephen Colbert says that just because his name won't appear on Saturday's ballot in South Carolina's Republican primary doesn't mean he couldn't become president, or even pope, someday.
In an oftentimes awkward, meandering interview on Sunday, Colbert told ABC's "This Week" that he established a presidential exploratory committee last week that consists of "someone who is good with explosives," a mountain climber and a brain in a jar. He likened himself to a "one-man Louis and Clark" expedition looking for his Sacagawea.
Colbert said if his quest for presidency doesn't work out, he would be willing to throw his weight behind one of the other candidates. He said: "All they have to do is come kiss my ring like they did Donald Trump's."
BET Honoree musician Stevie Wonder performs after receiving the BTE Musical Arts Award during the BET Honors at the Warner Theatre in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012.
Photo by Jose Luis Magana
Mean Suvari, 32, filed for divorce from her husband of 18 months, 25-year-old concert promoter Simone Sestito on Friday, according to multiple reports.
According to court documents obtained by TMZ, the "American Beauty" star cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the split and is asking the judge to deny spousal support for her soon-to-be ex-husband.
Suvari listed the dated of separation as November 1, 2011, in the paperwork and is requesting that her name be changed from Mean Suvari-Sestito back to Mean Suvari, the website reported.
They married in a private church in the Vatican City in June 2010.
This is Suvari's second divorce - the "American Pie" actress was previously married to cinematographer Robert Brinkmann, with whom she split in 2005.
Time share mogul David Siegel welcomed a filmmaker's proposal in 2007 to document his construction of what was to be the nation's largest family home -- an opulent 90,000-square-foot mansion named "Versailles" after the French palace and conceived during a housing boom.
More than four years and a global economic collapse later, Siegel has filed a $75,000 lawsuit against the filmmakers and the Sundance Film Festival, where the documentary premieres on January 19, for what he calls defamation of character.
The house, with bowling alleys, a children's theater and 20-car garage, never fully materialized amid the economic downturn. It remains unfinished and is up for sale.
In materials promoting the film, Sundance calls it a "rags-to-riches-to-rags" story that reveals the "innate virtues and flaws of the American Dream."
The suit names filmmaker Lauren Greenfield along with Sundance. It also takes issue with initial promos, later corrected by Sundance, which stated inaccurately that the house was foreclosed on and that Siegel's business had collapsed.
Host Ricky Gervais and partner Jane Fallon pose as they arrive at the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 15, 2012.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
A massive cache of musical treasures that's grown to include a fragile harp-piano, the pioneering Moog synthesizer and the theremin used for "The Green Hornet" radio show has been shuffled over the years from a theater to an unheated barn and now languish, rarely seen or heard, in a Michigan storage vault.
Spanning centuries and continents, the instruments worth at least $25 million by their chief caretaker's estimate are packed and stacked in an out-of-the-way storage room with water-stained ceilings. It's hardly the environment envisioned for them when Detroit businessman Frederick Stearns gave the University of Michigan the base of the collection a century ago with instructions that the instruments be exhibited - not invisible.
"The only way I can characterize it is Tut's Tomb, because it's been so forgotten about for so many years," said Steven Ball, director of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments. "The collection has been in a holding pattern for 112 years. This is a national treasure - it deserves the dignity of either being properly housed ... or to be dispersed in such a way that it could be."
Such "orphan" collections pose problems for many academic institutions, despite the prestige that comes with owning them. Kris Anderson, director of the University of Washington's Jacob Lawrence Gallery, said he discovered a repository of nearly 1,000 forgotten paintings and other artwork spanning more than a century. He found out about the collection because its main basement storage space was being reused.
A group of skiers disguised as witches participate in the 30th ski downhill race at Belalp-Blatten, Southwestern Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. The downhill at Belalp is a fun event called "Hexenabfahrt" (downhill of the witches) and many of the 1,500 participants race down the 12kms slope long in colorful costumes.
Photo by Laurent Gillieron
Bushmeat illegally imported from Africa and seized at five top US airports often contained potentially dangerous bacteria, according to a new study made public in the US.
The study led by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was published by PLoS ONE magazine.
Items confiscated as part of the study included raw to semi-cooked animal parts, including those of primates like baboons and chimpanzees as well as various rodent species.
Among the pathogens identified in the products were a zoonotic retrovirus, simian foamy viruses, and several nonhuman primate herpesviruses.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has also reported that more than 55 million pounds (25 million kilograms) of wildlife products enter the country each year, with New York City being the most common port of entry followed by Miami, and Los Angeles.
Roman Catholic devotees raise their Child Jesus statues for blessing following a mass at a Catholic cathedral in Manila's Tondo district to celebrate the Feast of the Child Jesus Sunday Jan. 15, 2012 in the Philippines. The annual festival is celebrated with masses, procession, street dancing and family reunions, which is often dubbed as an extension of Christmas in this predominantly Catholic country in Asia.
Photo by Bullit Marquez
A Southern California man has been arrested on suspicion of putting poison in his wife's cereal.
Los Angeles County jail records show 43-year-old Fernando Porras of Azusa was being held on $1 million bail Saturday on suspicion of the attempted murder of his 51-year-old wife, Fernanda.
Azusa police Cpl. Randy Schmidt says the woman noticed a horrible taste and smell Thursday in her Rice Krispies.
Schmidt tells the San Gabriel Valley Tribune the woman was taken to a hospital, where police grew suspicious of her husband when he said he was going to smoke a cigarette, then disappeared. He was arrested about two miles away.
A "Sadhu", or a Hindu holyman, takes a holy dip at the confluence of the river Ganges and the Bay of Bengal at Sagar Island, south of Kolkata January 15, 2012. Hindu monks and pilgrims are making their annual trip to Sagar Island for the one-day festival of "Makar Sankranti".
Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri
"Contraband" managed to steal the top slot away from competitors at the weekend box office.
The Universal action drama film starring Mark Wahlberg as a reformed smuggler debuted above expectations at No. 1 with $24 million, while Disney's 3-D rerelease of "Beauty and the Beast" waltzed into the No. 2 position with $18.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Both films helped boost Hollywood's business after a sluggish holiday season.
"Joyful Noise," the Warner Bros.' musical comedy starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton, opened below expectations with $11.3 million in the No. 4 spot behind Paramount's "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," which earned $11.5 million in its fifth week, bringing the total haul of the fourth installment of the Tom Cruise action franchise to $186.7 million.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "Contraband," $24 million ($1.5 million international).
2. "Beauty and the Beast," $18.5 million.
3. "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," $11.5 million ($16.8 million international).
4. "Joyful Noise," $11.3 million.
5. "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," $8.4 million ($27.4 million international).
6. "The Devil Inside," $7.9 million.
7. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," $6.8 million ($16.5 million international).
8. "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked," $5.8 million ($14.4 million international).
9. "War Horse," $5.6 million ($8.5 million international).
10. "The Iron Lady," $5.3 million ($3.4 million international).
This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the Coast Guard Ice Breaker Healy breaking ice near the city of Nome Alaska Jan. 14, 2012. The Healy is breaking ice near Nome to assist the Russian tanker Renda move into final position for offloading nearly 1.3 million gallons of petroleum products to the city. Russian tanker carrying much-needed fuel to Nome moored less than a half mile from the town's iced-in harbor Saturday evening, Jan. 14, 2012starting final preparations for delivering the diesel fuel and gasoline, the Coast Guard said.
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Kip Wadlow
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