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[Tank]

Disneyland's 'demand pricing' starts Sunday

 

Disneyland visitors should expect to pay more starting Sunday if they come to the park during a more popular time.

 

Under the new pricing policy, each day will be designated either a "value" day, a "regular" day or a "peak" day. Value day admission will cost $95, regular day admission $105 and peak admission $119. Before the change, Disneyland and Disney California Adventure had been charging $99 for a one-day ticket.

 

Disney has said the new pricing policy, which also applies to its other U.S. theme parks, is a crowd-management technique. The company calculated that over a 12-month period, 30% of the days will be "value" days, 44% will be "regular" days and 26% will be "peak" days.

 

 

so go on a value day and save a whopping $4. go on a regular day and your price goes up $6.

 

disneyland doing their very best to make us more aggravated.

[Sully151]

It's pretty crazy that 4 tickets, parking, snacks, meals and a a souvenir or two will cost a family close to a grand for a day at Disneyland.

[Redondo]

Man breaks in to store for cigarettes but leaves cash

[Redondo]

Man arrested for masturbating in book store

 

A man who has felony convictions for sex-related crimes was arrested last week on suspicion that he masturbated in the children's section of Barnes and Noble in Huntington Beach, authorities said. A man entered the store at the Bella Terra mall at 7881 Edinger Ave. on Feb. 23 at about 9 p.m....

[Redondo]

Developers reveal plans for $100-million makeover of Ports O' Call

 

For years, San Pedro's faux New England fishing village Ports O' Call has been down on its luck.The collection of Old English, New England and Spanish styled buildings that opened in the 1960s have long showed their age. Shops sat empty. And while packed on weekends, the village was decidedly sleepy...

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  'MIRACULOUS' FIND
Man discovers century-old baseball cards in paper bag

 

 

From a crumpled paper bag in a dilapidated house came a baseball-card find of a lifetime. Seven of them actually.

 

Card experts in Southern California said Wednesday that they have verified the legitimacy — and seven-figure total value — of seven identical Ty Cobb cards from the printing period of 1909 to 1911.

 

Before the recent find, there were only about 15 known to still exist.

 

Joe Orlando, the president of Professional Sports Authenticator in Newport Beach, California, who verified the find, said it is "spectacular" and "miraculous" to have come across such a cache.

 

"I am not sure if any other baseball card find is more remarkable than this new discovery," Orlando said in a statement.

[gotbeer]

The New York Times' first article about Hitler's rise is absolutely stunning

 

Here is the article.

 

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A0CE0D91E3EEE3ABC4951DFB7678389639EDE

 

Man, reading that definitely brings to mind, those that don't learn from history is bound to repeat history.

[Tank]

Developers reveal plans for $100-million makeover of Ports O' Call

 

For years, San Pedro's faux New England fishing village Ports O' Call has been down on its luck.The collection of Old English, New England and Spanish styled buildings that opened in the 1960s have long showed their age. Shops sat empty. And while packed on weekends, the village was decidedly sleepy...

 

 

only been there once. the family went on a saturday afternoon. mom and dad had a humungous fight on the way home, which led to them deciding to get divorced. haven't been back since.

[mrwicked]

The New York Times' first article about Hitler's rise is absolutely stunning

 

Here is the article.

 

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A0CE0D91E3EEE3ABC4951DFB7678389639EDE

 

Man, reading that definitely brings to mind, those that don't learn from history is bound to repeat history.

 

 

awesome link!

big thanks for posting that.

i have an insatiable thirst for anything about the psychology of post wwi germany and hitler's rise to power.

[Redondo]

Nation's biggest airlines apply to fly regular routes to Cuba

 

Most of the nation's biggest airlines have submitted applications with the federal government to begin regular commercial flights to Cuba, with American Airlines and Alaska Airlines proposing direct routes to the island nation from Los Angeles.

[Redondo]

CHARITY SCANDAL
Top donor urges Wounded Warrior exec to step down

 

Fred and Dianne Kane, the parents of two Iraq War veterans, have donated $325,000 to the Wounded Warrior Project since 2009 through their personal charity, Tee-off for a Cause.

 

Slightly more than half of the Kanes' donations directly benefitted veterans, according to CBS News.

 

But after recent tax forms reflected questionable spending by the veterans’ charity on staff expenditures, including $26 million on conferences and meetings at luxury hotels, Fred Kane called for CEO Steven Nardizzi to be fired.

 

“Hearing that there was this waste of money, donor dollars that should have been going to servicemen and women that were injured, and that it was spent on [Wounded Warrior Project staff] having a good time—it’s a real disappointment,” Dianne Kane told CBS News.

[Redondo]

Tire smashes through windshield 10 minutes after owners bought car

[Redondo]

JOEY FEEK DIES AT 40
Country singer's husband says 'she's in heaven'

 

 

Sad story. I have been following this a little. She got cancer and faded fast. She kept up a strong attitude and allowed herself to be photographed with her child along the way.

[gotbeer]

Chinese woman trapped for a month in an elevator starves to death

[Redondo]

• Jared Fogle gained 30 pounds in prison from overeating, report says 

 

Former Subway pitchman-turned-prisoner Jared Fogle has gone from selling six-inch sandwiches to adding six inches to his waistline.

 

Fogle, three months into a 16-year sentence for possessing child porn and having sex with underage prostitutes, has gained about 30 pounds already by snacking on sweets, a prison insider told In Touch Weekly.

 

“Jared’s breakfast is usually Frosted Flakes with fruit or oatmeal with cake,” the source said. “He loves ‘cake day’ in the dining hall twice a week, and he buys Honey Buns by the box, as well as other pastries, in the commissary on his weekly shopping day. He’s been known to eat an entire box of eight at one sitting.”

 

The insider told In Touch that Fogle is often taunted for being a “dirty child rapist.” His attempts to speak up for himself allegedly have not gone well

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“The inmate slapped him across the cheeks several times and made his face red,” the source said. “Jared just stood there stunned, then ran out of the gym.”

[JAHV76]

Lol Jared likes Honey Buns. I bet he prefers the mini ones.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

 

• Jared Fogle gained 30 pounds in prison from overeating, report says 

 

Former Subway pitchman-turned-prisoner Jared Fogle has gone from selling six-inch sandwiches to adding six inches to his waistline.

 

Fogle, three months into a 16-year sentence for possessing child porn and having sex with underage prostitutes, has gained about 30 pounds already by snacking on sweets, a prison insider told In Touch Weekly.

 

“Jared’s breakfast is usually Frosted Flakes with fruit or oatmeal with cake,” the source said. “He loves ‘cake day’ in the dining hall twice a week, and he buys Honey Buns by the box, as well as other pastries, in the commissary on his weekly shopping day. He’s been known to eat an entire box of eight at one sitting.”

 

The insider told In Touch that Fogle is often taunted for being a “dirty child rapist.” His attempts to speak up for himself allegedly have not gone well

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“The inmate slapped him across the cheeks several times and made his face red,” the source said. “Jared just stood there stunned, then ran out of the gym.”

 

 

Good.

 

**** that guy. He'll be getting foot longs soon enough in prison.

[Tank]

Chinese woman trapped for a month in an elevator starves to death

Family heirs in the US would be instant multi-millionaires if that happened here.

[Redondo]

'It was freezing': Growing number of refugees give up on Europe, head home

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• Mom arrested after 3-year-old girl tells cops: 'I need a beer'

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Naked woman dancing on truck slows traffic in Houston

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Judge wins $291 million Powerball jackpot, while his brother pockets $7

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Suspect charged in execution-style murder of Chicago 9-year-old boy

[Redondo]

Odor-killing undies are a thing now

 

Shreddies, as they are called, promise to suppress the odor from, ahem, flatulence.

 

The innovative undies, which will set you back between $37 and $75 a pair, come in both boxers and briefs and are for both men and women.

 

The maker of Shreddies claims its understated underwear is able to remove the foul odors because they are equipped with strategically positioned carbon fiber filters.

 

 

 

Some of us could really put these to the test. I know I could.

 

 

 

 

[gotbeer]

Sorry, not putting my crop dusting career at risk.