Netflix Co-Founder’s Crazy Plan: Pay $10 a Month, Go to the Movies All You Want
SOME of us 20th century folks never thought it possible to watch movies or tv shows on our computers and before that we never thought about being able to watch movies at home. So would you pay for this going to the movie service? You would have to get dressed and jump in your car, take a bus a train to get to the movie theater. NAW THIS AIN’T GONNA WORK!
As movie theaters struggle with tepid sales, Mitch Lowe has an extreme proposal for how to get more people into seats: Let them come to all the showings they want for about the price of a single ticket each month.
Lowe, an early Netflix Inc. executive who now runs a startup called MoviePass, plans to drop the price of the company’s movie ticket subscriptions on Tuesday to $9.95. The fee will let customers get in to one showing every day at any theater in the U.S. that accepts debit cards. MoviePass will pay theaters the full price of each ticket used by subscribers, excluding 3D or Imax screens.
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Son arrested after allegedly strangling mother in Orange CA, police say
A man was arrested Monday afternoon after he called 911 and said he had strangled his mother during a domestic dispute, authorities said.
The call was made at 2:45 p.m., prompting officers to respond to the 5800 block of Ridgemont Court, where they found the suspect’s mother dead, according to a news release from the Orange Police Department.
The son was taken into custody at the scene, the statement said. Police homicide detectives assumed the investigation.
The names and ages of the victim and suspect were not immediately released.
via: http://abc7.com/son-arrested-after-allegedly-strangling-mother-in-orange/2308131/
Houston TX Hours-old baby found covered in ants
Good Samaritans discovered a newborn baby in the bushes early Thursday at an apartment complex in northwest Harris County.
“Bro…that’s crazy. Somebody left their baby out here…you gotta call 911, bro,” John Baldwin said as he recorded the moments after the discovery:He was among two men walking to work around 5 a.m. at the complex off Red Oak Drive.
“It’s like they just left the baby out there like it was trash,” said Baldwin.
Another passerby first heard the baby’s muffled cries.
“I heard like a baby, like a cat cry, like, meow…”, said eyewitness Albert Peterson. He said he yelled for his wife to call 911 as he ran to find something to get the baby warm and clean.
He told Eyewitness News the newborn was covered in afterbirth and insects. “I saw ants and stuff all over. I picked her up, cleaned her off, put her in a sheet and took her in my house,” he said.
Authorities said the newborn was less than an hour old, full-term and healthy with the umbilical cord still attached. Investigators were able to track down the woman they believe to be the mother at a nearby apartment.
Detectives said if it were not for the Good Samaritans, the baby girl might not have survived.
“I just did my job. That’s what God wanted me to do,” said Baldwin.
The mother has been detained and is undergoing a psychological and medical evaluation. As things stand, no one has been arrested or charged, though the investigation is still underway.
Child Protective Services said they will try to place the infant with a relative or close family friend, at least temporarily. If none can be found, the baby could eventually be placed up for adoption.
Child Protective Services will hold a hearing on Friday to request temporary custody of the baby.
There is a Texas law that allows new parents, under certain conditions, to give up their child. The Safe Haven or Baby Moses law gives parents who are unable to care for their child the right to leave the child somewhere like a fire station or hospital without prosecution.
Anybody who would like to offer assistance should visit adoptchildren.orgor call Marty Votaw at 832-454-4163.
via: http://abc7chicago.com/hours-old-baby-found-covered-in-ants/2293111/
Bullies Leave Plank of Wood Nailed to 9-Year-Old Boy’s Head in England
A mother in England says a group of bullies threw a wooden plank with a nail in it at her son, who has autism.
According to the Daily Mail, as 9-year-old Romeo Smith was trying to get away from the bullies, they threw the plank with a nail sticking out of it at him. The nail embedded in the back of the boy’s skull.
“As Romeo was walking away one of the lads came running up behind him and threw a bit of wood with a nail in it,” the boy’s father, Craig Smith, told the BBC. “I saw it just stuck there, in the back of his head, and then Romeo started screaming and running towards me.”
The boy was rushed to the hospital where doctors gave him morphine and removed the nail, that bent when it hit his skull, his mother said.
Doctors also gave Romeo antibiotics because the nail was dirty.
Remarkably, the 9-year-old appears to already be on his way to a full recovery, according to the Daily Mail. His mother, however, said she’s concerned about the long term effects of the attack on her son.
Nottinghamshire police continue to investigate, but said they may pursue “restorative justice” rather than criminal charges.
“In cases such as this, where genuine remorse is shown and there is an understanding of the consequences of their actions, we try to mediate between both parties to avoid progressing down the criminal justice route,” police said in a statement obtained by the BBC.
via: http://ktla.com/2017/08/11/bullies-leave-plank-of-wood-nailed-to-9-year-old-boys-head/
Girl severely burned by boiling water poured on her at sleepover
NEW YORK — An 11-year-old girl has been severely burned after another girl poured boiling water on her during a sleepover, police said.
Jamoneisha Merritt was at a sleepover at a friend’s home in the Bronx early Monday morning when the attack occurred, police said.
Police said a 12-year-old girl at the sleepover boiled water and then poured it on Merritt while she slept on a couch.
Merritt was taken to a hospital in serious but stable condition. Authorities said the 11-year-old victim suffered second-degree burns to her face, shoulders, neck and chest.
Police said the 12-year-old girl who is accused in the attack has been charged with felony assault.
Merritt’s family is devasted. They said her burns are so bad, they are life-changing and doctors and family members don’t want the child to see herself yet.
Merritt’s cousin said she couldn’t spend too much time in the girl’s hospital room without crying.
“Her and her friend got into an argument and she told her if she go to sleep, they were going to do something to her,” Merritt’s cousin said. “She said she was screaming that she was burning.”
A so-called “hot water challenge” has been proliferating online, apparently pushing people to boil water and toss the scalding liquid on unsuspecting victims.
Last week, an 8-year-old girl in Florida died from her injuries five months after she drank boiling water through a straw on a dare.
via: http://pix11.com/2017/08/10/girl-severely-burned-after-boiling-water-poured-on-her-at-sleepover/