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4-year-old on a bike ride saves family from house fire

Posted by Unknown Wednesday, July 22, 2015 0 comments

BOISE, Idaho - Rosie Moran is an honorary firefighter, thanks to her quick-thinking heroics. She recently spotted a home in her neighborhood on fire and got help, possibly saving the lives of those inside.
Did we mention Rosie just turned four years old in May?
"We were just doing our usual stroll around the block and I was with both girls," said Rosie's dad, Sean. "She was cruising along a little bit further ahead and she came speeding back to me."
Rosie told her dad that a neighbor's home was on fire.
"I noticed there was black smoke," Sean said. "I jogged up and followed Rosie and she took me to this house, and sure enough I looked around the corner and the side of the house was all on fire.
"I was able to yell in, 'Hey, your house is on fire!'"
Ernie Ortiz, his wife and daughters were inside. They had no idea their home was burning.
Both dads jumped into action. Sean grabbed a garden hose and started spraying down the flames, while Ernie went to get his wife and daughter out of the home.
"[Ernie] ran to get his wife and his daughter who were taking a bath in the bathroom right next to where that fire was, it was sharing the same wall," Sean said.
Firefighters arrived on scene, and after extinguishing the flames, were surprised to find out it was a 4-year-old who first noticed the fire.
"They were super proud of her," Sean said. "In fact, one of the ladies handed her a little badge, a junior firefighter badge, honorary member. That made her day."
Ernie said he thinks the fire started when oily rags from staining a deck had spontaneously combusted in a garbage can on the side of the house.
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'I Am Cait,' 'BattleBots'

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, July 21, 2015 0 comments

I Am Cait
E!, 8 ET/PT
Usually, the best course of action is to avoid most shows on E!, and most any show that purports to give you a "real" view into someone's private life while mainly serving to turn those lives into celebrity brands. But I Am Cait, which follows Caitlyn Jenner as she begins her new life as a transgender woman, is not your usual reality show — not in terms of the attention it has already received or the positive impact it could potentially have if done well, truthfully and respectfully. Given this is E!, and given Jenner's family, that's a very risky "if" — but it could be a risk worth taking. At least once.
Stewarts & Hamiltons
E!, 9 ET/PT
And then there's this show, which, in its attempt to turn the clans of Rod Stewart and George Hamilton into the next Kardashians, is a prime example of E! doing what it usually does. I'd let it do so without you.
BattleBots
ABC, 9 ET/PT
This techno-sport series reaches its summer conclusion, as two robots fight to see which one can leave the Battle Box mechanically-alive. Could be fun, unless AMC's excellent competing drama Humans has left you convinced that those BattleBots are just waiting for their chance to turn on us. And we're teaching them how to use weapons.
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TV tonight: 'Bachelorette Finale'

Posted by Unknown Monday, July 20, 2015 0 comments

The Bachelorette Finale/After the Final Rose
ABC, 8 ET/PT
It's been a controversial season for The Bachelorette, one filled with sex and publicity-generating Twitter insults about the sex, as the producers no doubt expected — publicity being the reason why they made the sex public in the first place. So as we approach the end, let's keep two season-specific thoughts in mind. The first is that unless you are intimately connected to the people involved, their sex lives are none of your business — and even if you are, commenting on it in public is beyond tasteless. The second is that people who televise their sex lives have no standing to complain when rude people comment, because any rational adult should expect that someone would. Or have you never visited the World Wide Web?
UnReal
Lifetime, 10 ET/PT
You could watch the After the Rose special. Or you could spend the hour with this satire of the genre instead, which hits its next-to-last episode with Rachel questioning her reality show future.
POV: Tea Time
PBS, 10 ET/PT (times may vary)
Of, if you need a complete cultural cleansing, turn to this film about five Chilean women who have used their monthly tea parties to hold their friendship together through 60 years of change. The film was directed by Maite Alberdi, who shot it over the course of five years.
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NASCAR Brickyard 400 2015: Start time, lineup, TV schedule for Indianapolis

Posted by Unknown Sunday, July 19, 2015 0 comments

INDIANAPOLIS — It's NASCAR race day atIndianapolis Motor Speedway, and we've got some essential information you need to get ready for today’s Brickyard race -- the Jeff Kyle 400.
START TIME: Mari Hulman George, matriarch of the family that owns Indianapolis Motor Speedway, will instruct drivers to start their engines at 3:38 p.m. Eastern time today, followed by the green flag at 3:50 p.m. So if you want to skip the pre-race show and just tune in for the race, turn on your TV at 3:50 p.m.
RACE DISTANCE: The Jeff Kyle 400 -- which many people still call the Brickyard 400 -- is 160 laps around the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a total of 400 miles.Jeff Kyle is the brother of the late "American Sniper" Chris Kyle and is being honored through a program with Crown Royal.
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He's madly in love with the woman who can't remember him

Posted by Unknown Saturday, July 18, 2015 0 comments

OLD BRIDGE, N.J. -- Pat Testa sleeps on a twin bed, surrounded by photographs of smiling relatives. His wife watches over him from their wedding portrait. Every day, his first thought is of her. His space in his assisted-living home was nearly silent, except for the occasional shuffle of another aged resident passing in the hall. Pat, 95, wears a hearing aid and bifocals. His voice is brittle, and he needs help getting dressed. But while his body is fading, his mind is still bright. Seated in his red power chair at a table in a common area, he recalled his life with his wife precisely.
He was 16, an usher at the Embassy movie theater in Newark in 1937. She was 17, and a regular customer. He helped his future wife find her seat. She asked him out on a date.
Pat married Carmela — Millie to him — at 2 p.m. on April 16, 1939. Seventy-six years ago.
They rented a Cadillac from an undertaker. They were married at St. Lucy's Church. They took a wedding photograph looking like movie stars: Millie in her white dress, holding calla lilies. Pat in a black tuxedo, a white bow tie, hair slicked back.
Pat and Millie's life together began in an apartment in Newark for $15 a month, steps from where they worked. Their family grew with two daughters, born on March 26, 1940 and Feb. 18, 1941.
Pat said there were fights and times Millie asked for a divorce, but they stayed together.
Suddenly, Pat looked up and grinned with 95-year-old teeth.
"Ohhhh," he beamed. "This is my pretty wife. You see that? She's still a beautiful woman."
Taking small steps, Millie slowly moved to a seat next to him. They kissed.
On their 76th wedding anniversary, Millie knew Pat was her husband.
Many times she doesn't.
To watch Millie and Pat's heartwarming connection, watch the video above.
To read more about their life together and their love that has remained solid despite Millie's Alzheimer's, click below.
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Cutting the Cord: The shape of streaming things to come

Posted by Unknown Friday, July 17, 2015 0 comments

You don't need a crystal ball to get an inkling of what an online video future might look like. Several recent developments suggest we'll soon have more stuff to watch in more ways.
Traditional pay-TV providers, media companies, streaming video upstarts — and courts — are all making moves. "Hardly a day goes by without evidence of major disruption in the TV ecosystem," eMarketer senior analyst Paul Verna said.
Remember Aereo? That pioneering streaming company got shut down last year after the Supreme Court ruled that it needed to pay broadcasters for the retransmission of their content. Aereo had argued that its leasing of tiny individual antennas for each paying customer made it OK to stream local channels online.
Aereo filed for bankruptcy, but another fledgling video provider, FilmOn, continued the legal fight to stream local TV broadcasts. FilmOn, which has more than 600 TV channels and podcasts and 50 audio channels, lends subscribers a software desktop presence to watch U.S. and international broadcasts.
Last week, a U.S. District Court ruled that it should be able to get a compulsory license to legally stream local broadcasts. The ruling is under appeal, but should it be upheld it means that local TV stations can be streamed by any number of services, includingNetflix, Amazon and Hulu, says Mitch Stoltz, senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "It will destroy ...  existing cable and satellite systems’ comfortable position as the only ones who can transmit broadcast TV for a fee," he said.
Speaking of Hulu, the online video destination owned by ABC, Fox and NBC appears to be considering an ad-free option. Currently, Hulu can be viewed for free, but a $7.99 monthly subscription gets you access to additional episodes and full seasons of TV series — and viewing on more devices. Ads play on both tiers of service.
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Verizon Wants Brands to Sponsor Your TV Watching

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When Verizon finalized its acquisition of AOL earlier this week, the company let slip more details on its long-gestating internet TV service, which it hopes will rival the likes of Sling TV and Playstation Vue.
Perhaps most intriguing, the new info includes the fact that Verizon wants advertisers to foot the bill for the service. You see, Verizon wants to primarily distribute the new TV service over the air via Verizon Wireless, but as we all know, streaming video requires a lot of data.
Instead of eating the cost or inflating your smartphone bill, Verizon has opted to pass those costs along to advertisers. But before you cry foul about net neutrality, Ad Age notes that this arrangement does comply with the FCC's new net neutrality rules, which allow for sponsored data.
The arrangement complies with the FCC's new net neutrality rules, which allow for sponsored data.
AT&T already allows advertisers to sponsor access to certain apps and websites on its wireless service, so it was only a matter of time before Verizon and other carriers joined the party.

In a way, Verizon's new arrangement harkens back to the days when over-the-air broadcast TV was the norm. Back then, viewers didn't have to pay a cent to watch TV, since the distribution costs were covered by ad revenue. It was only once cable TV came on the scene that viewers had to pony up for the privilege of watching ads.
For the moment, its unclear whether these sponsorships will cover the entire cost of Verizon's service or just the extra data charges. Verizon will also reportedly have "premium offerings," but it's unclear what these will entail, or how much they will cost.
Regardless, the internet TV service should make for an interesting competitor to the likes of Sling TV and Playstation Vue, as it will include live and on-demand content, as well as online "channels" like AwesomenessTV. The service is set to make its debut later this summer.
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