Thursday 11 December 2014

‘King of Instagram’ Dan Bilzerian Arrested at LAX, Then Released From Custody

an Bilzerian, an extremely wealthy social media celebrity who has been called the “King of Instagram,” was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport late Tuesday, police said.

Bilzerian, 34, was booked at LAPD’s Pacific Division shortly after 10 p.m., jail records showed

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Poker player Dan Bilzerian is shown with Playboy Playmate Jessa Hinton at the Fighters Only World Mixed Martial Arts Awards on Nov. 30, 2011, in Las Vegas. (Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

He was being held without bail, but was released at 1:16 p.m. Wednesday after charges were dropped, according to an official at the Los Angeles County jail’s inmate reception area.
According to LAPD Officer Jack Richter, Bilzerian had been arrested on a fugitive warrant out of Nevada.
He had faced felony charges in the state, including possessing or manufacturing explosive or incendiary devices, according to a criminal complaint filed in Las Vegas on Nov. 13.
Charges in that case were not dropped, Clark County District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Audrie Locke said in an email to KTLA after Bilzerian’s released from custody in L.A. Locke said she had no information on why Bilzerian was released.
On Nov. 4, Bilzerian illegally possessed “ammonium and/or cooler and/or aluminum powder” and “ammonium nitrate mix,” according to the criminal complaint.
Bilzerian was charged along with Jeremy David Guymon in the case. Both were expected to appear in Las Vegas Justice Court on Jan. 9 for their arraignment, Locke said.
An attorney for Bilzerian, David Chesnoff, was able to get the arrest warrant recalled through the Nevada state courts system, according to the Los Angeles Times. Police could no longer keep Belzerian behind bars because he does not face charges in California, Chesnoff told the Times.
Shortly after his release Wednesday afternoon, Bilzerian was seen walking into his Hollywood Hills home by a KTLA reporter. Bilzerian said he had no comment.
He later posted the following on Twitter.
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San Francisco Weather: Bay Area Storm ‘Pineapple Express’ Predicted To Be Worst In 25 Years

Weather in San Francisco is about to turn treacherous. California is bracing for the “Pineapple Express,” its worst storm in 25 years. The schools in the San Francisco area are closing for the first time since the 9/11 terror attacks. The mega storm heading into the region is expected to bring a “wall of rain,” heavy snow, and wicked wind gusts.

A storm system powered by the Pineapple Express has prompted a steady stream of moisture into the San Francisco area from Hawaii. Meteorologists have described the Pineapple Express as a “long, narrow plume that pipes moisture from the tropics into the western United States.”
The San Francisco storm is being called the Pineapple Express, the “Storm of the Century,” and the “Storm of the Decade,” and is being described as a horizontal hurricane. The National Weather Service said the California West Coast is about to be impacted by “one of the strongest storms in terms of wind and rain.”
Moderate wind gusts and rain hit the Northern California Coast late Wednesday evening. Schools San Francisco, Oakland, and Marin County were ordered closed on Thursday due to the impending heavy rain and high winds. The Great Highway in the San Francisco area was also closed. The freeway runs along the Pacific Ocean and the far western side of the city.
In Southern California residents in the Pineapple Express affected areas are witnessing massive dark clouds hovering above their hoes. Los Angeles County officials closed several main roads around the Castaic Lake area in preparation for potential mud slides. Castaic Lake is a state recreation area situated in the Santa Clarita Mountains.
The weather in San Francisco will possibly bring flooding to parts of Northern California. The region is expected to receive three to six inches of rain, according to AccuWeather. The rain forecast for the Sacramento and San Francisco Bay Area could include up to nine inches of rain. If the anticipated rapid rainfall arrives, waterways and road drainage systems could be overly taxed and lead to flash flooding.
“Burned areas are especially at risk for debris slides. Even regions that don’t experience regular seasonal flooding could see flash flooding during this intense storm system,” California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services representative, Mark Ghilarducci, said.
Winds gusts of up to 60 MPH are also expected during the Storm of the Century, according to San Francisco weather reports. Residents have been asked to remove their Christmas decorations, especially inflatable items. Approximately four feet of snow is expected to fall in the Sierra Nevada region, with wind gusts up to 80 MPH also predicted.
The San Francisco weather forecast is not expected to put an end to the California drought, but will be a “step in the right direction” according to emergency management officials. The Storm of the Century or the Storm of the Decade has also prompted a viral hashtag – #bayareastorm so locals can share their images, comments, and weather warnings with others.

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'The Voice' wildcard finalist: Damien Lawson grabs final spot in Top 4

Tuesday (Dec. 9) night's episode of "The Voice" started out with a serious bang. Unlike previous elimination episodes where Carson Daly painstakingly reveals the top singers moving onto the next round, he surprisingly revealed the Top 3 within the first five minutes of the show: Matt McAndrew, Craig Wayne Boyd and Chris Jamison. Yeah, how's that for a show opener?
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So what happened in the rest of the episode? Well, for the first time in the history of the show, all nine eliminated artists -- yes even the extremely, extremely recently eliminated Damien Lawson and Taylor John Williams -- took to the "Voice" stage to sing for the wildcard spot and to turn the Top 3 into the Top 4.

Honestly, the entire show was kind of a whirlwind of craziness since so many people returned to stage. And although many people sang well, standout performances of the night included Anita Antoinette's reggae spin on "Waiting on the World to Change," Reagan James' performance of "Put Your Records On" -- which Pharrell Williams called "magical" -- and Sugar Jones' rendition of "Back to Black," which made Blake Shelton admit that she might have a good chance of getting back in the competition.

However, when all is said and done, the returning 7 singers who were previously eliminated didn't stand a chance against Taylor John and Damien, and that was proven on Wednesday (Dec. 10) when Carson revealed on the "Today" show that Damien had been voted into the Top 4 by America.
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Annie Jump Cannon: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

The Google Doodle on December 11 celebrates one of America’s most revolutionary astronomers. Annie Jump Cannon would have turned 151 today. She’s known for creating the Harvard Classification Scheme, which classifies stars based on their temperatures.

Here’s what you need to know:

1. Cannon Was Completely Deaf

She was completely deaf after suffering from Scarlet Fever when she was in her 30s. Due to this, she never married as she found it difficult to socialize. Cannon contracted the fever while she was in Europe to photograph the 1893 solar eclipse in Spain. Her work there was honored at the 1936 World’s Fair, her work was given the title “In the Footsteps of Columbus.” Despite her achievements, an issue of The Woman Citizen in June 1924 illustrated her low-profile, when the magazine reported:

The traffic policeman on Harvard Square does not recognize her name. The brass and parades are missing. She steps into no polished limousine at the end of the day’s session to be driven by a liveried chauffeur to a marble mansion.

2. Her Mother Gave Her a Love of the Stars

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Annie Jump Cannon pictured with fellow revolutionary astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt in 1913. (Wikipedia)

Cannon got her love of the stars from her mother while she was growing up in Dover, Delaware, in the 19th century. Her mother, Mary Jump, taught Cannon about the constellations and encouraged her daughter to follow her love of science at Wellesley College in Massachusetts where Cannon majored in Math and Chemistry . Her father, Wilson, was a ship builder and state senator. Cannon’s mother was Wilson Cannon’s second marriage.

3. She Was at a Loss After Her Mother Died

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After her mother died in 1894, Cannon became more interested in education, as the loss made her want to get away from home. Since graduating from Wellesley in 1884, Cannon had lived back at her family home in Delaware. Prior to her mother’s death, during her time at home, Cannon wrote in her journal:

I am sometimes very dissatisfied with my life here. I do want to accomplish something, so badly. There are so many things that I could do if I only had the money. And when I think that I might be teaching and making money, and still all the time improving myself it makes me feel unhappy and as if I were not doing all that I can.

She worked for a while at her alma-mater, Wellesley College, while she also studied for a masters in astronomy. Eventually her work there took her to Radcliffe College where she enrolled in classes so she could use their state-of-the-art telescopes. In addition to her academic pursuits, Cannon was also a passionate suffragette and member of the National Women’s party.

4. She Cataloged 500,000 Stars During Her Time Working at Harvard

When she finished her studies at Radcliffe, she got a job at the Harvard Observatory, working for the renownedEdward C. Pickering. It was there that she developed her system for classifying stars. During her time at Harvard, she cataloged 500,000 stars. You can listen to a documentary about her time at Harvard above. Under Pickering, Cannon and a group of other revolutionary women became known was the “Harvard Observatory computers.” At the time of their hiring in the late 19th century, a Smithsonian article points out “Contemporary science actually warned against women and education, in the belief that women were too frail to handle the stress.” This came from Harvard professor Edward Clarke’s theory in his 1873 book, “Sex in Education,” where he wrote:

A woman’s body could only handle a limited number of developmental tasks at one time—that girls who spent to much energy developing their minds during puberty would end up with undeveloped or diseased reproductive systems.

5. The American Astronomical Society Hands Out the Annie Cannon Award Every Year

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Annie Jump Cannon at her desk at the Harvard College Observatory. (Wikipedia)

She died in April 1941 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 77. In her honor the American Astronomical Society presents the Annie Jump Cannon Award to the best female astronomers. The winner of the award in 2014 was Emily Levesque. The website of the AAS describes the award as:

The Annie Jump Cannon Award is for outstanding research and promise for future research by a postdoctoral woman researcher. It is given to a North American female astronomer within five years of receiving her PhD in the year designated for the award. For example, the recipient of a PhD in 2011 would be eligible for the 2016 award (which must be applied for in calendar year 2015), but not for the 2017 award (which would be applied for in calendar year 2016). The Cannon Award includes an honorarium of $1,500 and an invitation to give an invited talk at a meeting of the AAS, for which travel expenses will be paid. Self nominations are allowed.

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Golden Globe Awards: Boyhood, The Imitation Game and Birdman lead nominations

Alejandro González Iñárritu film nominated seven times, while The Grand Budapest Hotel earns nods for best actor and best director

The full list of nominees
Live updates and reaction to the nominations
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Michael Keaton and Edward Norton in Birdman. Photograph: Alison Rosa/AP

Birdman, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s quirky film starring Michael Keaton, took the lead for the 72nd Golden Globe awards with seven nominations.
Boyhood and The Imitation Game trailed with five nods apiece, and led a best drama category that also included Foxcatcher, Selma and The Theory of Everything.
In the best picture, comedy or musical category, Birdman was joined by St Vincent, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Into the Woods and – in a surprise – the independent British film Pride.
The Grand Budapest Hotel was one of the surprise winners of the day. Along with a best picture nod in comedy, it earned nominations for Ralph Fiennes as best actor, and Wes Anderson for screenplay and director.
Actors normally associated with lighter fare also received best actor nominations for their work in dramas, such as Steve Carell for Foxcatcher and Jennifer Aniston in Cake. Carell’s competition for best actor in a drama included Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game, Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler, David Oyelowo in Selma and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything.
Fines’ best actor nod fell in the comedy movie category, which he shared with Michael Keaton in Birdman, Bill Murray in St. Vincent, Joaquin Phoenix in Inherent Vice and Christoph Waltz in Big Eyes.
Joining Aniston is Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything, Julianne Moore in Still Alice, Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl and Reese Witherspoon in Wild.
In the comedy category, best actress nominees included Amy Adams in Big Eyes, Emily Blunt in Into the Woods, Helen Myrin in The Hundred Foot Journey, Moore in Maps to the Stars and Quvenzhané Wallis in Annie.
Fiennes’ best actor nod fell in the comedy movie category, which he shared with Keaton in Birdman, Bill Murray in St Vincent, Joaquin Phoenix in Inherent Vice and Christoph Waltz in Big Eyes.
Best television actress in a drama nominees included new series such as Viola Davis in How to Get Away with Murder, and longer running shows such as Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife. Claire Danes in Homeland, Ruth Wilson in The Affair and Robin Wright in House of Cards were also nominated.
Similarly, actors nominated for the best work in a television drama included newcomers such as Clive Owen in The Knick, while joining other awards shows regulars such as House of Cards starring Kevin Spacey. Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan, James Spader in The Black List and Dominic West in The Affair were also nominated.
HBO scored in best actress in television comedies, where Lena Dunham was nominated for her work in Girls and Julia Louis-Dreyfus was nominated for Veep. Nurse Jackie, starring Edie Falco was also nominated, as was Gina Rodriguez in the new comedy Jane the Virgin.
In best television actor in comedy nominees streaming and cable shows also ruled, including Louis CK in Louie, Don Cheadle in House of Lies, Ricky Gervais in Derek, William H Macy in Shameless and Jeffrey Tambor in Transparent.
The announcement was split into two segments, the first live online at 5.20am PT, before moving to NBC’s Today show at 5.38am for the most anticipated categories.
The awards, which have 25 categories, honor the best in film and television, and kick off the annual entertainment awards season. They’ll be presented at the Beverly Hilton hotel on January 11. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are hosting the show.
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