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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Microsoft's New Kinect: Much More Than Mere Motion Control
Kinect has always had voice control built in, but now Microsoft is pressing it harder than ever. Virtually everything on the Xbox One can be controlled by voice, thanks to the Kinect's ears. Its eyes factor in too, letting users perform subtle hand gestures while sitting down (!!!) to control the interface without any controller in sight.
Kinect also behaves as the control hub for your whole Xbox One experience. When you sit down on the couch with your controller in your hand, Kinect will take note, and turn your system on for you. Creepy, but awesome.
Kinect's innards are beefier than ever. Its new sensors can not only pick up on all your joints, and model your body, extrapolating things like your balance, and even figuring out your heartbeat from just staring at you. That last bit alone means its camera must be damned serious. It can pick up video at 60 FPS in 1080p, and has a field of view that's 60 percent bigger than the old Kinect's.
And this time, Kinect is outfitted with a modulated IR beam and "time-of-flight," radar-esque tech that tracks the time it takes photons to bounce off the room in front of it. That should do away with the pesky lighting issues that plagued the original Kinect. The new Kinect should work in complete darkness, if you're into that.
From a practical perspective the new Kinect will doubtlessly be able to see little things like faces, and open versus closed hands, instead of guessing along with what vague body-shapes it can make out. And it'll have to if it wants to go toe-to-toe with the Playstation 4 Eye
All that said, the first Kinect looked pretty damned impressive when it was first shown off, and then it turned out to be not nearly as awesome (or functional) in the wild. Microsoft has doubtlessly learned a lot from the experience though, and they're betting big big big on their whole "you are the controller thing" so hopefully that means some genuinely awesome motion control gaming this time around. And even if not, the comprehensive media control makes Kinect way more than some peripheral. Not like you've got a choice of whether or not you want one anyway.
Source: http://gizmodo.com/microsofts-new-kinect-much-more-than-mere-motion-cont-509063783
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Japan considers resuming talks with North Korea: media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has started looking into resuming inter-governmental talks with North Korea after a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan's prime minister, the Asahi Shimbun and other newspapers said on Wednesday.
Such talks, intended to discuss North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens decades ago and other issues, were last held in November 2012, but have been halted due to the North's missile launch in December and nuclear test in February.
"The Abe government on (May) 21st started preparatory work to restart inter-governmental negotiations with North Korea," the Asahi said, without citing sources.
Through the inter-governmental talks, Japan aims to not only solve the abduction issue but also address North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, the Asahi said.
Isao Iijima's visit last week to the North Korean capital and his talks with senior officials there irritated South Korea and prompted Glyn Davies, a U.S. envoy for North Korea, to stress the importance of close coordination among countries.
Davies said he had received no advance notice of Iijima's trip, details of which have not been made public.
Asked about the negative responses to Iijima's visit to North Korea, Abe told parliament on Monday that Japan must take leadership in solving the abduction problem.
Japan's ties with North Korea have long been fraught due to Pyongyang's bitterness over Japan's 1910-1945 occupation of the Korean peninsula, Tokyo's worries about North Korea's missile and nuclear programs, and Japanese anger over the abduction of its citizens by North Korean agents decades ago.
(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Michael Perry)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/japan-considers-resuming-talks-north-korea-media-015417511.html
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Do guys like girls with nail art?
That?s the question posed by Research Panel?s Day Research, where 149,374 people of both sexes were asked if they liked stuff like this pictured below on women:
The score for both sexes combined were 35.7% liked it, 60.7% didn?t like it, and 3.6% just didn?t know what nail art was! However, when the sexes were split, just 24.9% of guys liked it versus 70.0% who didn?t, while for the women 47.8% liked it while 50.2% didn?t. One suggestion why was offered by a matchmaker, who said that it was a huge turn-off for guys as it gave the impression of someone who wasn?t interested in doing housework.
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Jessica Alba's Anniversary Message to Cash Warren!
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Video: Apple Stock Valuation 'Crazy': Sculley
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Former Wyoming legislator worked to legalized MMA, now getting in the cage
Pedersen, who is 38 years old, has trained in MMA for the past four years. Like many fighters, he originally tried out the sport for fitness reasons only. But once MMA was allowed in his state, and Cheyenne was set to host fights, Pedersen couldn't help but say yes to an offer to fight on the CFS card.
"This is not something I normally do," he said to the Wyoming Star-Tribune. "But I really believe in the sport."
He served for six years in the Wyoming state legislature. Now a financial consultant, he plans on making this both his debut and retirement bout. The weigh-ins will take place at a familiar venue for Pedersen -- the steps of the Wyoming State Capitol Building.
Pedersen is taking the fight seriously, as he drives an hour and a half daily to Easton Training Center in Colorado, the training home of UFC veteran Eliot Marshall.
"I have a goal," he said. "Without a goal, you wouldn?t do it. It creates a sense of urgency and panic. Because every day I?m not training, my opponent is probably getting better. And I?m not."
He's the latest government official to set his sights on the cage, though Pedersen appears to be taking his fight more seriously than the two mayors in south Florida who are planning a bout. Perhaps MMA should become part of the legislative process.
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Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado
This combination of Associated Press photos shows left, a neighborhood in Moore, Okla., in ruins on Tuesday, May 4, 1999, after a tornado flattened many houses and buildings in central Oklahoma, and right, flattened houses in Moore on Monday, May 20, 2013. Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999. (AP Photo)
This combination of Associated Press photos shows left, a neighborhood in Moore, Okla., in ruins on Tuesday, May 4, 1999, after a tornado flattened many houses and buildings in central Oklahoma, and right, flattened houses in Moore on Monday, May 20, 2013. Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999. (AP Photo)
Map locates Moore, Oklahoma, that was hit by tornadoes
NEW YORK (AP) ? Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.
The National Weather Service estimated that the storm that struck Moore, Okla., on Monday had wind speeds of up to 200 mph, and was at least a half-mile wide. The 1999 storm had winds clocked at 300 mph, according to the weather service website, and it destroyed or damaged more than 8,000 homes, killing at least two people.
Kelsey Angle, a weather service meteorologist in Kansas City, Mo., said it's unusual for two such powerful tornadoes to track roughly the same path. The 1999 twister was part of a two-day outbreak sweeping mostly across central Oklahoma ? similar to the past two days.
The weather service has tentatively classified the Moore twister's wind speeds as an EF4 on a 5-point scale. Angle said less than 1 percent of all tornadoes reach EF4 or EF5.
The thunderstorm developed in an area where warm moist air rose into cooler air. Winds in the area caused the storm to rotate, and that rotation promoted the development of a tornado. The most destructive and deadly tornadoes develop from rotating thunderstorms.
The biggest known tornado was nearly 2 1/2 miles wide at its peak width, which the weather service describes as near the maximum size for a tornado. It struck Hallam, Neb., in May 2004.
The deadliest tornado, which struck March 18, 1925, killed 695 people in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
Deaths from twisters have been declining in recent years because of improved forecasts and increased awareness by people living in tornado-prone areas, especially in smaller and rural communities.
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Toots Hibbert injured by bottle thrown at concert
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A Richmond, Va. area man was charged on Sunday with aggravated assault and public intoxication after throwing a bottle at reggae singer Frederick "Toots" Hibbert during a concert Saturday, reported The Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Toots, who fronts Toots and the Maytals, were performing at the Dominion Riverrock Outdoor Sports and Music Festival when William C. Lewis, 19, reportedly threw a glass vodka bottle from the crowd. The set ended early.
"I was on stage at the sound monitor desk when a clear glass liquor bottle struck Toots Hibbert in the head," said John O'Donnell, who works for Soundworks, which co-produced the event. "Blood was flowing heavily from his head."
A guitarist told the crowd that Hibbert was "going to the hospital with a busted head."
Workers discovered that a vodka bottle had disappeared from a bar, said Jack Berry, executive director of Venture Richmond, which co-produced the event.
Hibbert, 67, was treated at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, then released early on Sunday morning, and appears to hold no grudge against the area, according to festival manager Stephen Lecky.
"He was in good spirits and was very appreciative of Richmond," he said. "He said he wanted to come back, and he understood this was just one bad apple, basically."
Added Lecky, "He was one of the nicest men I ever met."
The band's Facebook page featured a post late on Sunday which read: "Toots would like to thank all his friends, fans and family who have reached out to him since the bottle throwing incident in Richmond Saturday Night. After 7 seven stitches and a little rest he was able to perform a wonderful show in Westhampton NY tonite as the 1st show of his acoustic tour. The youth who threw the bottle for no apparent reason is in custody and being charged. Being the soldier he is he will hopefully be able to continue the tour."
Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/toots-hibbert-injured-bottle-thrown-concert-6C9995714
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Pacers knock out Knicks with 106-99 win in Game 6
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? Indiana spent the entire season perfecting its defense.
On Saturday, it produced the biggest payoff for the Pacers in nearly a decade.
Roy Hibbert's block of Carmelo Anthony's dunk attempt midway through the fourth quarter spurred an 11-2 run that rallied the Pacers to a 106-99 victory in Game 6 of their second-round series, sending them into their first Eastern Conference final since 2004.
New York native Lance Stephenson scored nine points in the run, finishing with a playoff career-high 25.
"That's why they pay me the big bucks this summer, so I have to protect the paint," said Hibbert, who signed a $58 million contract last summer. "If all else fails, meaning the offense, I have to protect the paint."
With players from both teams standing on the court as the final seconds ticked off and Pacers fans roaring in appreciation, the sellout crowd wasted little time breaking into chants of "Beat The Heat!"
For Indiana, it sets up a postseason rematch with the defending NBA champs, the team that eliminated them last May after the Pacers had taken a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven semifinals. The Heat wound up winning Game 4 at Indiana and followed that with two more wins as Danny Granger struggled with a knee injury.
Indiana used the lessons from that series as motivation to improve this season and wound up beating the Heat twice at home before losing the third game of the season series at Miami. The Pacers will return to South Florida for Game 1 on Wednesday night.
With Granger missing all but five games this season because of the lingering knee injury, the Pacers put an even greater emphasis on playing defense and it showed.
Indiana led the league in rebounding, defensive field goal percentage and defensive 3-point percentage while finishing second in points allowed per game during the regular season. It was no different in the playoffs, as the Knicks found out.
New York had another subpar shooting night Saturday, making just 40 percent of its shots, and again wound up on the wrong side of a 43-36 rebounding discrepancy. In the paint, New York was outscored 52-20, and Anthony, who finished with 39 points, scored just four points in the final 12 minutes when he went 2 of 7 from the field.
Iman Shumpert added 19 points, hitting five 3-pointers, and J.R. Smith scored 15. Nobody else was in double figures.
The combination, as it had been in the previous three losses to Indiana, produced the same frustrating result.
"They have a hell of a defense. They hold down the paint. They do a great job, do a hell of a job of controlling the paint, closing it down, making it tough for guys," Anthony said. "You've got to give them guys credit, especially when they got a chance to set. Roy Hibbert gets to sit in the paint, causes havoc."
It's not just that.
The biggest question coming into Saturday's game was whether starting point guard George Hill would play. He took part in the team's morning shootaround, was cleared by the team doctors and wound up returning two days after missing Game 5 with a concussion. His return gave the Pacers a big boost.
Hill finished with just 12 points on 2-of-10 shooting but had five rebounds and four assists, and kept the Pacers composed enough to commit only nine turnovers ? 10 fewer than Thursday night's loss in New York.
The results showed up everywhere on the floor.
Paul George had 23 points, five rebounds and four assists. David West added 17 points, five rebounds and four assists, and Hibbert finished with 21 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks, none bigger than the stuff on Anthony that changed the game. Stephenson had 10 rebounds and three assists in his best postseason game ever.
The reason: He wanted to avoid a trip home.
"I just didn't want to go back to New York and play Game 7," Stephenson said. "Just get it done with now and I'd do whatever it takes to do that today. It showed tonight."
The New York native made sure of it.
After George grabbed the rebound off of Hibbert's block, Stephenson took a pass from West and scored on a layup to tie the score at 92 with 4:51 left in the game. Stephenson followed that with a steal and drove in for a layup, drawing a foul and completing a three-point play. After grabbing another rebound and making two more free throws, West tipped in a miss and Stephenson closed the decisive spurt with another layup. Suddenly, the Pacers led 101-94 with 1:53 to go.
New York never got another chance to tie the score or take the lead again despite making a far more typical 13 of 30 from 3-point range.
"It's tough to go out this way," coach Mike Woodson said. "I didn't make it happen for us and that's what's disappointing."
The Pacers have a far different goal now as they get ready to face LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Miami.
"We're not satisfied with where we're at," coach Frank Vogel said. "We feel like there's no ceiling on this team this year."
Notes: New York failed to become the ninth team to rally from a 3-1 deficit. ... Indianapolis 500 pole winner Ed Carpenter made the short trip from the track to Bankers Life Fieldhouse, where he is a regular attendee. ... Colts coach Chuck Pagano also attended the game. ... The Knicks were 18 of 18 from the free throw line.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pacers-knock-knicks-106-99-win-game-6-030748278.html
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Pakistan holds re-vote in Karachi despite killing
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) ? Pakistan is holding a repeat election in an upmarket area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging.
The vote is going ahead Sunday despite the shooting death of a senior member of former cricket star Imran Khan's political party in Karachi the previous night.
Khan has blamed Zahra Shahid's killing on the Muttahida Quami Movement, the same party he accused of vote rigging in the May 11 election.
An MQM senator, Babar Ghori, denied the allegation.
Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz said gunnmen shot Shahid on Saturday night as they tried to snatch her purse in front of her home and then sped away on a motorcyle.
He said they made it look like a robbery, but it could have been a targeted killing.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-holds-vote-karachi-despite-killing-094905261.html
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Netanyahu: Israel will take action to prevent Syrian 'weapons leakage' to Hezbollah
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated Israel would prevent the movement of weapons from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime to Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. He made no mention of past or future air strikes.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, (l.), speaks as he sits next to Cabinet Secretary Avichai Mandelblit during a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday.
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Although?Israel?has not publicly taken sides in the civil war between Syrian President?Bashar al-Assad?and rebels trying to topple him, Western and Israeli sources say it has launched air strikes in?Syria?to destroy weapons it believed were destined for?Lebanon's Hezbollah.
In public remarks at the weekly meeting of his cabinet, Netanyahu made no direct mention of those attacks, but said?Israel?was prepared to take action in the future and was "preparing for every scenario" in the Syrian conflict.
Israel?had a policy "to prevent, as much as possible, the leakage of advanced weapons to Hezbollah and terror elements," he said.?"We will act to ensure the security interest of?Israel's citizens in the future as well."
Tzipi Livni, a member of?Netanyahu's security cabinet?and a former foreign minister, said: "I don't think there is anyone in?Israel?eager to take action" in?Syria, hinting at concerns that any strike could provoke a wider conflict.
In an interview with?Israel's?Army Radio, Livni also said Israeli politicians ought to avoid taking sides.
"Israel?isn't popular in?Syria. Therefore any such statement could only be used as ammunition by one of the sides to try and divert the debate or the violence toward?Israel?and that's the last thing we need," Livni said.
Israel?has neither confirmed nor denied reports that it attacked Iranian-supplied missiles stored near?Damascusthis month that it believed were awaiting delivery to Hezbollah, which fought a war with?Israel?in 2006 and is allied with Assad.
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A Russian shipment of Yakhont anti-ship missiles to?Syria?was condemned by the?United States?on Friday, andIsrael?is also alarmed by the prospect of?Moscow?supplying S-300 advanced air defence missile systems toDamascus.
Netanyahu held talks in?Russia?on Tuesday with President?Vladimir Putin?on the Syrian crisis but gave no public indication whether?Israel's concerns over the Russian weaponry had been eased.
Amos Gilad, a senior?Israeli Defence Ministry?official, said on Saturday the S-300 and the Yakhont, weapons that could complicate any plans for foreign military intervention in?Syria, would likely end up with Hezbollah and threaten both?Israel?and U.S. forces in the Gulf.
"Yakhont is a cruise missile that can hit targets at sea and strategic targets. (It is) a supersonic missile, (with) a range of 300 km, very sophisticated," Gilad said on?Israel's Channel Two television on Saturday.
"The Russians sent it to?Syria, beside the strategic defence system called the S-300. There are a number of versions, and they are sending them one of the good versions," he said.
General?Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Friday?Russia's delivery of anti-ship missiles to Assad was "ill-timed and very unfortunate" and risked prolonging a war that has already killed more than 80,000 Syrians.
A spokesman for Putin, while not responding directly to assertions?Russia?had sent the anti-ship missiles, saidMoscow?would honour contracts to supply?Syria, a long-time weapons customer.
Additional reporting by Allyn Fisher-Ilan
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What Sets The Google Cloud Platform Apart From The Rest
There is a misperception about the new Google Cloud Platform that the company put into general availability last week at Google I/O. It's not a brand new platform. It's what Google has used for years. It is Google's foundation. It is what makes Google, Google. And now it's open for the first time to developers and businesses. Google Platform is new in the sense that anyone can now use it. But until now only a relative few number of people have had access to the platform.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/GrtEGJ2X3Bo/
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Bernanke upbeat on innovation outlook in commencement address
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke painted an upbeat picture on Saturday for the potential of innovation to lift living standards, delivering a sweeping look at the last 100 years that included memories of his 1963 South Carolina home.
Bernanke made no reference to monetary policy or the immediate outlook for the U.S. economy in prepared remarks to graduates of Bard College at Simon's Rock, Massachusetts.
But the die-hard baseball fan did manage to work in a reference to one of the sport's greats.
"Is it true, then, as baseball player Yogi Berra said, that the future ain't what it used to be?," the chairman said, noting the existence of serious skepticism that leaps in computers and other information technology would yield the same dramatic boost to growth and living standards as previous episodes of industrial revolution.
"Nobody really knows; as Berra also astutely observed, it's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. But there are some good arguments on the other side of this debate."
Bernanke delivers testimony on the U.S. economy on Wednesday before the congressional Joint Economic Committee.
His words will be parsed for any hint that he favors tapering Fed bond purchases, currently running at an $85 billion monthly pace. But recent U.S. economic data has been mixed, and economists polled by Reuters continue to expect the bond buying to continue until later this year, if not into early 2014.
Bernanke did not tip his hand during his comments to graduates, but he did offer some rare insights into his childhood home in Dillon, South Carolina to illustrate how life has not changed all that much in the last 50 years.
"We had a dishwasher, a washing machine, and a dryer. My family owned a comfortable car with air conditioning and a radio, and the experience of commercial flight was much like today but without the long security lines," he recalled.
There was no internet, but there was a color television "although, I must acknowledge, the colors were garish and there were many fewer channels to choose from."
After pointing out that the so-called IT revolution had not been as transformative as all that, Bernanke then went on to outline several areas where technology may only have scratched the surface in exploiting the potential for change.
He argued that IT and biotechnology have tremendous scope to improve healthcare - which absorbs a considerable amount of U.S. household income and where costs are projected to rise - as well as the potential for the development of cleaner energy.
"As trade and globalization increase the size of the potential market for new products, the possible economic rewards for being first with an innovative product or process are growing rapidly," he said. "In short, both humanity's capacity to innovate and the incentives to innovate are greater today than at any other time in history."
(Reporting by Alister Bull; Editing by Tim Dobbyn)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/bernanke-commencement-address-upbeat-innovation-outlook-150327263.html
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Paul McCartney's 'Out There!' Tour Heads To North America
Woody Harrelson
Harrelson has been vegan for nearly three decades, <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-vegetarian-celebrities-2012/">according to PETA</a>. He had his "aha" moment when he was trying to make it as an actor in New York: "I was on a bus and some girl sees me blowing my nose, I had acne all over my face, which I'd had for years and years. And she's like: 'Hey, you're lactose intolerant. If you quit dairy, all these symptoms you got will be gone in three days.' I was like 24. And I was like, No way. But three days later: gone." <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-vegetarian-celebrities-2012/">He was named PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity of 2012</a> alongside Jessica Chastain.
Jessica Chastain
Chastain is another actress who practices a vegan diet. "I used to think about dieting," <a href="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/beauty/health-wellness-articles/vegan-vanity-0812#slide-1">she said recently</a>, "but I'm vegan now, so it's not really a problem." She was named <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-vegetarian-celebrities-2012/">PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity of 2012</a> alongside Woody Harrelson.
Russell Brand
PETA has crowned comedian Russell Brand <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-Vegetarian-Celebrities-2011/Winners.aspx" target="_hplink">Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity of 2011</a> alongside actress Kristen Wiig. Brand, who has been vegetarian since he was 14 years old, said, "You shouldn't eat animals, it's mean to them," PETA wrote. <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2028407/Husband-Russell-Brands-veggie-challenge-hard-chew-Katy-Perry.html" target="_hplink">According to the Daily Mail</a> he said: "Even as a junkie I stayed true to vegetarianism." He added, "I shall have heroin, but I shan't have a hamburger." According to the report, Brand's ex-wife, singer Katy Perry, gave up eating meat to keep him happy.
Kristen Wiig
"Bridesmaids" actress Kristen Wiig has been named <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-Vegetarian-Celebrities-2011/Winners.aspx" target="_hplink">PETA's 2011 Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity</a> alongside comedian Russell Brand. According to PETA, Wiig stays healthy by eating a lot of tofu and soy.
Bill Clinton
Former U.S. president Bill Clinton has opted for a vegan diet to improve his health since having quadruple bypass surgery in 2004 and stent surgery in 2010, <a href="http://yourlife.usatoday.com/fitness-food/diet-nutrition/story/2011-08-23/Bill-Clinton-declares-vegan-victory/50111212/1" target="_hplink">according <em>USA Today</em></a>. Clinton does not eat beef, chicken or dairy. A big move for someone known for their love of burgers and junk food. <em>USA Today</em> reported Clinton said he lost 24 pounds last year in time for his daughter Chelsea's wedding.
Natalie Portman
Actress Natalie Portman <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/natalie-portman/jonathan-safran-foers-iea_b_334407.html" target="_hplink">wrote for The Huffington Post in 2009</a>: "Jonathan Safran Foer's book Eating Animals changed me from a twenty-year vegetarian to a vegan activist." In 2011, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WomensHealth/natalie-portman-drops-vegan-diet-pregnancy/story?id=13349964" target="_hplink">ABC News reported</a> she returned to her vegetarian diet while pregnant with her first child. "I actually went back to being vegetarian when I became pregnant, just because I felt like I wanted that stuff," Portman told the radio's Q100 "Bert Show." "I was listening to my body to have eggs and dairy," ABC reported. In 2007, the star launched her own vegan shoe line, <a href="http://www.vegnews.com/web/articles/page.do?catId=8&pageId=2790" target="_hplink">according to VegNews.com.</a> Portman was voted <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-Vegetarian-Celebrities-2011/PastWinners.aspx" target="_hplink">PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity in 2002</a> alongside actor Tobey Maguire.
Mike Tyson
Boxing champion and vegan Mike Tyson <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/on-the-record/transcript/mike-tyson-039i-live-boring-life-i039ve-learned-love039?page=2" target="_hplink">spoke with Fox News</a> about switching to an animal product-free diet earlier this year. In the interview, Tyson says he became a vegan two years ago after his wife was trying out different weight-loss diets and says he "feels awesome" even though he "forgets to eat sometimes." "(I feel) incredible. I wish I was born this way. When you find out about the processed stuff you have been eating. I wonder why I was crazy all those years." He adds, "All that garbage I was eating running around, the drugs didn't help either."
Pamela Anderson
Baywatch star and PETA activist Pamela Anderson let viewers know how she feels about non-vegetarians on the Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2011. <a href="http://www.ecorazzi.com/2011/02/28/pamela-anderson-bangs-the-vegan-gavel-on-meat-eaters/" target="_hplink">Ecorazzi.com reports</a> that Anderson said, "I don't think I'd be a very good juror. You know, if you're not vegetarian -- guilty!" Anderson <a href="https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3205" target="_hplink">appeared on a PETA campaign</a> in 2010 showing "All Animals Have the Same Parts" and encouraging people to ditch meat.
Tobey Maguire
A vegetarian since 1992 and vegan since 2009, some reports suggest Tobey Maguire doesn't allow leather in his house, even making guests remove any leather clothing before they come through the front door, <a href="http://www.zimbio.com/Vegan+Stars/articles/Ip8hg8soxDe/Tobey+Maguire" target="_hplink">according to Zimbio.com.</a> <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-Vegetarian-Celebrities-2011/PastWinners.aspx" target="_hplink">The actor was PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity in 2002</a> alongside actress Natalie Portman.
Kristen Bell
Actress and animal activist Kristen Bell has been a vegetarian for more than 17 years, <a href="http://www.vegetariantimes.com/features/editors_picks/896" target="_hplink">according to <em>Vegetarian Times</em>.</a> She told the site in 2010: "I had a lot of quirks as a child. One was that I didn't like to eat meat: I didn't like to chew it, didn't like the taste or smell of it, and just wasn't having any of it. I was in the minority of kids who actually loved fruits and vegetables." She added, "When I was little, I loved my dogs so much. Part of my becoming a vegetarian was that I would look at my burger, then look at my dogs, and I wasn't able to see a difference." Bell was crowned <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-Vegetarian-Celebrities-2011/PastWinners.aspx" target="_hplink">Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity in 2006</a> by PETA alongside singer Prince.
Chris Martin
PETA labeled Coldplay frontman Chris Martin <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-Vegetarian-Celebrities-2011/PastWinners.aspx" target="_hplink">Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity of 2005</a>. <a href="http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/paltrow-and-martin-give-apple-a-vegan-feast" target="_hplink">Contact Music</a> writes that he and his wife Gwyneth Paltrow made "international headlines when they gave their daughter, Apple, a vegan birthday cake from Moby's New York eatery, <a href="https://www.teany.com/story" target="_hplink">Teany</a>."
Lauren Bush
Model and niece of Former President George W. Bush, Lauren Bush was also labeled one of the <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-Vegetarian-Celebrities-2011/PastWinners.aspx" target="_hplink">World's Sexiest Vegetarians in 2003 by PETA</a>. In 2007, Bush launched <a href="http://www.feedprojects.com/" target="_hplink">FEED Projects</a> in conjunction <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/farryn-weiner/lauren-bush-feed-bags_b_852678.html" target="_hplink">with the UN World Food Program </a>. "I'm a vegetarian, so sometimes food isn't always my friend, but sometimes it's amazing. It's hit or miss. For me, (travel is) all about walking around, exploring and taking photos," she said.
Milo Ventimiglia
Named by<a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-Vegetarian-Celebrities-2011/PastWinners.aspx" target="_hplink"> PETA as 2009's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity</a> alongside musician Kellie Pickler, Milo Ventimiglia has been a vegetarian since he was "in the womb." In 2009, the Heroes actor <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P9qda1IH3Y" target="_hplink">appeared on the Bonnie Hunt Show </a>and talked about how he was raised vegetarian. "I was a vegetarian in the womb, I was doing it before it was a trend," he joked. "My parents have been vegetarian for 40 years. They raised my sisters and I vegetarian, we had a dog - he was vegetarian." He added that even when he branched out as a teenager to other foods it just "didn't sit well" with him.
Daryl Hannah
Activist and strict vegan Daryl Hannah <a href="http://www.vegetariantimes.com/features/editors_picks/914" target="_hplink">told <em>Vegetarian Times</em></a> in 2010 she converted to vegetarianism at age 11 after bonding with a calf. "I noticed this truck full of calves and bonded with one in particular, who kept kissing me. After about an hour the truck driver came out of the restaurant. I asked him what the calf's name was, and he said, "Veal, tomorrow morning by 7 o'clock." That was it: I could no longer disassociate the creature from what was on my plate," she said in the interview.
Ellen DeGeneres
Talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres has been vegan since 2008. She launched her new website in 2011 to help people who want to stop eating meat and animal products: <a href="http://vegan.ellen.warnerbros.com/" target="_hplink">Going Vegan with Ellen</a>. Last year, DeGeneres was<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeSA2j4oiDA" target="_hplink"> interviewed by Katie Couric</a> about becoming vegan: "I used to love cheeseburgers and steak, I just did what most people do, I had a disconnect. I decided it's more important to taste a cheeseburger and have a steak or have a turkey sandwich and it's easier and I put it out of my mind ... I read Skinny Bitch first and then I forced myself to watch a documentary called 'Earthlings' and it is inside footage of factory farms and dairy farms and you just see that and you go, "I can't participate in that, I can't be a part of something that is suffering and it's 50 billion animals a year that are killed," and I think we all fool ourselves that there is some happy cow and it's a quick death ... and it's a very disturbing reality ... I do it because I love animals and I saw the reality and I just couldn't do it anymore."
Kevin Eubanks
Musician Kevin Eubanks was voted the <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-Vegetarian-Celebrities-2011/PastWinners.aspx" target="_hplink">World's Sexiest Vegetarian in 2007</a>, alongside Carrie Underwood by PETA. At the time, he <a href="http://veggietestimonial.peta.org/psa.aspx?CID=c8d89b22-add4-4385-badc-7e49b1c53efe" target="_hplink">released a vegetarian testimonial</a> dressed as a strawberry in which he says: "none of that cholesterol or animal fat for me, oh no. I want to enjoy every moment I can, I don't want my organs getting messed up with all that stuff."
Jane Goodall
Primatologist, philanthropist, conservationist and vegetarian Jane Goodall <a href="http://vegetarian.procon.org/view.source.php?sourceID=010726" target="_hplink">said on Procon.org</a> she switched to a plant-based diet after learning about factory farms in the early 1970s after reading Peter Singer's Animal Liberation. "I thought about the delicious pork chops that I loved, the heavenly smell of frying bacon in the morning. And all the roast chicken, casseroled chicken, fried chicken, and chicken soup that I had enjoyed during my life... When I saw meat on my plate, from that moment on, I should think of pain-fear-death. How horrible. And so it was clear. I would eat no more meat," she says.
Olivia Wilde
Actress Olivia Wilde was <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-Vegetarian-Celebrities-2011/PastWinners.aspx" target="_hplink">crowned 2010's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity</a>, along with fitness guru Bob Harper, by PETA. Wilde, previously vegan, abandoned that diet last year following her divorce from filmmaker Tao Ruspoli, <a href="http://haveuheard.net/2011/09/olivia-wilde-quit-vegan-diet-divorce/" target="_hplink">haveuheard.com reported.</a> The site writes she told <em>Cosmopolitan</em> magazine: "I was hardcore vegan for years. When everything in my life became a little hectic, going through the divorce and everything afterward, I was like, 'I need some goddamn cheese.' And so I had some cheese." On her website <a href="http://wildethings.org/vegan-things" target="_hplink">Wilde Things she says</a>: "I'm a firm believer in the adage 'your dollar is your vote.' Often we forget the power of each of our purchases." She adds: "Sadly it is incredibly difficult to ensure that you are not perpetuating a cycle of cruelty that is only getting worse as demand rises and profits grow."
Kellie Pickler
In 2008, country singer Kellie Pickler <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20236190,00.html" target="_hplink">told People Magazine</a> she stopped eating meat to improve her health but changed her reasoning after discovering animal cruelty videos online. "One night I couldn't sleep and I was up just Googling random stuff and I'm like, 'Hmmm, PETA.' I saw all the videos and I just thought it was horrible. It's animal cruelty. A lot of it has to do with knowing what happens to the animals and it really bothered me and so I will not eat meat," she said. Pickler was named <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-Vegetarian-Celebrities-2011/PastWinners.aspx" target="_hplink">Sexiest Celebrity Vegetarian of 2009</a>, alongside actor Milo Ventimiglia, by PETA.
Alec Baldwin
<a href="http://www.zimbio.com/Vegan+Stars/articles/QHaN-JTolFJ/Alec+Baldwin" target="_hplink">According to Zimbio.com,</a> Alec Baldwin said "he chooses an animal-free diet for the animals, for the environment, and for his health." Conflicting reports over the years suggest Baldwin may be an "on and off" vegetarian.
Anthony Kiedis
Red Hot Chilli Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis was <a href="http://www.maxim.com/amg/MUSIC/Articles/An+Interview+with+Anthony+Kiedis+of+The+Red+Hot+Chili+Peppers" target="_hplink">asked by Maxim this year</a> whether he would eat a fatty steak or some tempeh for his last meal, considering he was a vegan. "I'm not a true vegan. I dabble in sustainable fish and dawdle in the consumption of eggs. Steak doesn't speak to me, and tempeh is so-so. I'll savor a solitary apricot that's been kissed by my baby," Kiedis answered. The musician was labeled <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-Vegetarian-Celebrities-2011/PastWinners.aspx" target="_hplink">Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity of 2008 by PETA</a>, alongside singer Leona Lewis. After acquiring the title, Kiedis <a href="http://www.accesshollywood.com/_article_9984" target="_hplink">told AccessHollywod</a> animal cruelty videos convinced him of his switch to veganism. "Soon after I [went vegan] I saw some documentary footage of what happens in the factory farming of cows ... It sealed the deal," the rocker said.
Leona Lewis
Singer Leona Lewis was labeled <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-Vegetarian-Celebrities-2011/PastWinners.aspx" target="_hplink">Sexiest Vegetarian of 2008 by PETA</a> alongside rocker Anthony Kiedis. In 2010, she <a href="http://redcarpetroxy.com/?p=17073" target="_hplink">told redcarpetroxy.com</a> she had a vegan clothing line in the works. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzvmTRRdnOs" target="_hplink">In the interview, </a>she told the site she looked for alternative materials when buying clothes and accessories. For example, she doesn't buy leather products. The animal activist turned down a $1 million dollar deal in 2008 with Mohamed Al Fayed to open a Harrods sale. <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2034820/X-Factors-Leona-Lewis-laugh-spends-time-animals-Essex-rescue-home.html" target="_hplink">According to the Daily Mail</a>, she turned down the deal because the UK department store "continues to stock clothing made from animal fur." <a href="http://www.moderndogmagazine.com/features/voice-animals" target="_hplink">According to <em>Modern Dog</em>, Lewis</a> began the campaign "Animals Matter To Me" asking for public support for the World Society for the Protection of Animals' mission. "I've been a vegetarian since I was twelve," she told the magazine.
Paul McCartney
Vegetarian Paul McCartney urged India last year to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/04/paul-mccartney-urges-india-to-declare-vegetarian-day_n_804047.html" target="_hplink">declare a national Vegetarian Day</a>. The singer sent a letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh suggesting the day to "celebrate meat-free living and a compassion towards animals," a report said. McCartney's letter says, "it would be a celebration of life."
Carrie Underwood
Last year, <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-Vegetarian-Celebrities-2011/PastWinners.aspx" target="_hplink">PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity of 2007 and 2005</a> Carrie Underwood announced she had rid all animal products from her diet, <a href="http://tasteofcountry.com/carrie-underwood-vegan/" target="_hplink">according to TasteofCountry.com.</a> The site reports she told Australian television show <em>The Circle</em>: "I recently made the switch to vegan because I'm actually kind of lactose intolerant." The singer said she became a vegetarian at age 13 when she realized what happened to animals on her family's farm.
Alicia Silverstone
Hollywood star and vegan Alicia Silverstone bares all in a<a href="http://features.peta.org/AliciaSilverstoneVeganPSA/" target="_hplink"> Veggie PETA testimonial</a>. She writes on their website: "Now when I see a steak, it makes me feel sad and sick because right away, I see my dog or the amazing cows I met at a sanctuary. I've been vegan for 10 years, and it's the single-most important and helpful decision I have ever made." Silverstone -- <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-Vegetarian-Celebrities-2011/PastWinners.aspx" target="_hplink">PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity in 2004</a> -- adds: "I am doing everything I can to reduce animal suffering with simple lifestyle choices like being vegan, never wearing any products made from animals (like wool and leather), and buying only from companies that NEVER test their products or ingredients on animals."
Shania Twain
Country singer Shania Twain was <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-Vegetarian-Celebrities-2011/PastWinners.aspx" target="_hplink">PETA's first Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity</a>, crowned in 2001. <a href="http://blog.friendseat.com/vegetarian-meatless-celebrities" target="_hplink">Blog friendseat.com writes</a> Twain kicked meat from her diet after marrying long time vegetarian Mutt Lange in 1993. The blog writes that Twain said she "was never really a fan of meat or a keen meat-eater and her diet does not include meat, fish or eggs."
Alyssa Milano
Animal activist and actor Alyssa Milano launched a PETA ad in 2008 dressed in an outfit made entirely from green vegetables under the slogan "Let Vegetarianism Grow on You." <a href="http://www.peta2.com/outthere/o-alyssaveggies.asp" target="_hplink">According to Peta2.com, in 2008</a> Milano said: "The world has so much suffering in it already -- choosing to be vegetarian is one thing you can do to reduce the suffering on a daily basis." <a href="http://blog.friendseat.com/vegetarian-meatless-celebrities" target="_hplink">Blog friendseat.com says</a> the actress has a green thumb and loves veggies, even sticking to her vegetarian diet during her pregnancy in which she had cravings for broccoli and pickles.
Anne Hathaway
Actress Anne Hathaway has had an on-again/off-again relationship with a meat-free diet, but according to the most recent reports, she is currently a a vegetarian. <a href="http://www.realbollywood.com/2011/08/anne-hathaway-speaks-vegetarian-diet.html" target="_hplink">Realbollywood.com reported</a> the actress had trouble while in the UK in August 2011. <a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/film/851230-anne-hathaway-theres-nothing-wrong-with-nudity-in-films" target="_hplink">In an interview with <em>Metro</em></a> in December 2010, Hathaway said: "I've actually been a commitment-shy vegetarian since I was about 12. I wasn't all that committed, to be honest, and then when I was in England filming One Day, I don't know what happened but I just didn't want to eat meat any more. But I was still eating fish. And then I was sent a copy of Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals. I read it and that was it for me in terms of being able to eat fish - which is a shame because I really enjoy the taste but I just can't support the way fish are farmed and caught."
Boy George
Singer Boy George, who spent four months behind bars in 2009 for falsely imprisoning a male escort, <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/116487/Why-Boy-George-can-t-wait-to-go-back-to-prison-" target="_hplink">told the <em>Daily Express</em></a> he worked as chef, preparing all-meatless food during his time in jail. "I'm a pretty good cook and made all the vegetarian food," he said.
Brad Pitt
<a href="http://nakedhealth.avvo.com/2011/04/13-celebrity-vegans-and-vegetarians/" target="_hplink">According to Naked Health</a>, actor Brad Pitt has been identified as a vegetarian throughout the years. There are rumors that his partner, actress Angelina Jolie's meat-eating habits have started to upset Pitt. Jolie was reportedly vegan until she said the plant-based diet nearly killed her.
Christina Applegate
Actress and animal activist Christina Applegate <a href="http://www.peta.org/features/christina-applegate-fur-get-me-not.aspx" target="_hplink">told PETA</a> she stopped eating meat when she saw blood on her plate while at a restaurant. I was eating lunch on the Married With Children set, and they served me some kind of meat (I don't even know the names of them all anymore because it's been so long). I looked down and there was blood on my plate, and it was that realization, that I can't eat something that has been alive, I just can't do it," she said in the interview. Applegate was featured in a 2007 PETA Christmas-time campaign reminding shoppers not to buy fur as gifts.
Emmylou Harris
<a href="http://vegetarianstar.com/2009/06/29/emmylou-harris-is-a-sexy-vegetarian-over-50-are-you/" target="_hplink"><em>Vegetarian Star</em> writes</a> <a href="http://features.peta.org/petaprime/sexiest-veg-over-50-2011/Round1.aspx" target="_hplink">PETA's Sexiest Vegetarians Over 50</a> are in good company with vegetarians like Emmylou Harris falling into the category. The 65-year-old runs a dog shelter in Nashville, Tennesee, her hometown and is involved with organizations like<a href="http://www.bestfriends.org/" target="_hplink"> Best Friends Animal Society</a>, according to Vegetarian Star.
Bob Harper
<em>Biggest Loser</em> trainer Bob Harper was crowned <a href="http://features.peta.org/sexiest-Vegetarian-Celebrities-2011/PastWinners.aspx" target="_hplink">2010's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity</a>, along with actress Olivia Wilde, by PETA. Harper is a long time vegetarian-turned-vegan last year, <a href="http://www.vegnews.com/web/articles/page.do?pageId=2220&catId=8" target="_hplink">according to Veg News.</a> He told the site his new diet made him feel "clear headed and strong." The 44-year-old fitness guru added: "Not to mention my genetically high cholesterol dropped more than 100 points. That was all the motivation I needed."
Alan Cumming
The actor has been a vegetarian since early 2010, but made it his New Year?s resolution last year to remove all animal products from his diet in 2012. <a href="https://twitter.com/Alancumming">Cumming tweeted</a>, ?That?s it. I was toying with going the whole hog to veganism and now I see Mike Tyson is the new Vegan posterboy! Sold! Get ye back, seitan!?
Alanis Morissette
The unhealthy feeling Morissette had from gaining weight and eating processed food motivated her to make a major change. <a href="http://www.fitsugar.com/Alanis-Morissette-Goes-Vegan-Loses-20-Pounds-2664840">She went vegan and lost 20 pounds</a>!
Anna Paquin
The mom of twins may be surrounded by a lot of blood on the "True Blood" set, but in reality, she's a vegetarian.
Ashley Judd
Judd has been a long time vegetarian, and favors organic vegetables and fruit over meat. She also reportedly skips dairy for health reasons and turns to soy yogurts and milk instead.
Betty White
The 90-year-old actress is an animal activist and has been a vegan for years. "They never lie to you. You know when they tell you something, they mean it. They love you unconditionally," <a href="http://theview.abc.go.com/blog/protect-your-pets-betty-white-way">White told the women of "The View"</a> about animals.
Bruce Springsteen
Springsteen looks amazing at 63, and it might have something to do with his vegetarian diet!
Casey Affleck
Ben Affleck's brother has been a vegan for over 15 years, and even revealed why he changed his lifestyle<a href="http://www.peta.org/tv/videos/peta2-vegetarianism/959533337001.aspx"> in a PETA PSA</a>: "When people ask me why I don't eat meat or any other animal products, I say, 'Because they are unhealthy and they are the product of a violent and inhumane industry.'"
Christie Brinkley
"I've been a vegetarian since I was about 12 years old,"<a href="http://www.shape.com/celebrities/exclusive-interview-christie-brinkley-details-eating-plan-makes-her-look-great"> Brinkley told Shape</a>. "When I became a vegetarian I got my mom and dad to become vegetarian, and my brother became a vegetarian."
Diane Keaton
Keaton has been a vegetarian for years, but has never forced her children to try out the diet. ?No, no. I?m not doing that to them,? <a href="http://www.parade.com/">she told Parade Magazine</a>. ?I?m sure, once they grow up, they?ll be going, ?What an eccentric human being, this mother of ours.?
Dianna Agron
The "Glee" star is a vegetarian and supporter of PETA. <a href="http://www.teenvogue.com/blog/teen-vogue-daily/2010/04/dianna-agron-glee.html">She told Teen Vogue that she credits a healthy diet</a> with giving her the stamina to handle the demands of fame.
Emily Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel's sister has been a vegan for 20 years! "Saying no to meat makes me feel stronger inside; I feel aligned with my morals and ethics," <a href="http://www.lhj.com/style/covers/julie-bowen-emily-deschanel-dana-delaney/?page=2">she told Ladies Home Journal</a>. "I still have to defend myself because people don?t understand it."
Julianna Margulies
"The Good Wife" star is a vegetarian and a gym-gooer, which might explain her incredible body and glowing skin!
Kate Winslet
The gorgeous actress has been a vegetarian for years and recently <a href="http://www.peta.org/features/kate-winslet-exposes-foie-gras-cruelty.aspx">spoke out about foie-gras for PETA</a>. "To produce foie gras, ducks and geese are force-fed enormous amounts of grain and fat, which causes their livers to swell to many times the normal size."
Lea Michele
Michele defended by her vegan diet last year, <a href="http://www.allure.com/celebrity-trends/cover-shoot/2011/lea-michele">telling Allure</a>, ?People get confused, like, you know, I just eat grass. I?m half Italian. I can eat some b----es under the table.?
Peter Dinklage
The "Game of Thrones" star is a vegetarian,<a href="http://veggietestimonial.peta.org/psa.aspx?CID=e58a8d78-5fe3-41eb-8177-cf6bbaceb10b"> telling PETA</a>, "I wouldn't hurt a cat or a dog or a chicken or a cow. And I wouldn't ask someone else to hurt them for me. That's why I'm a vegetarian."
Sandra Oh
The vegan actress tried to get her "Grey's Anatomy" co-stars<a href="http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/tags/sandra+oh/default.aspx"> to give up animal products</a> and reportedly Patrick Dempsey and Ellen Pompeo attempted to give it a try!
Shannon Elizabeth
The longtime vegetarian has just partnered with the organization Farm Sanctuary as its new spokesperson for the Adopt a Turkey Project. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/18/shannon-elizabeth-turkey_n_2143941.html">Elizabeth tells The Huffington Post</a>, ?Too many people only consider cats and dogs when they think about loving animals ? They don?t realize how every animal out there has feelings, has a heart and soul, has emotions.?
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/18/paul-mccartney-out-there-tour-north-america_n_3299696.html
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White House insists Obama was not involved in IRS
WASHINGTON (AP) ? A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers.
Trying to move past a challenging week that put the White House on the defensive, senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer was scheduled to appear on five Sunday news shows to repeat the administration's position that no senior officials were involved in the decision to give tea party groups extra scrutiny. Pfeiffer's appearances were unlike to quiet GOP critics, who have seized on the revelations as proof that Obama used the IRS to go after his political enemies.
"The deputy secretary of the treasury was made aware of just the fact that the investigation was beginning last year," Pfeiffer said. "But no one in the White House was aware."
Meanwhile, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., suggested there was a written policy to target conservative groups opposing the president, but when pressed could not provide details.
"I haven't seen a policy statement, but I think we need to see that," Paul said. "And when that comes forward, we need to know who wrote the policy and who approved the policy."
Regardless of when the president first learned of the investigations, Pfeiffer said the president wanted to ensure such activities were not repeated.
"The activity was outrageous and inexcusable, and it was stopped and it needs to be fixed to ensure it never happens again," Pfeiffer said.
A Treasury Department inspector's report said this week that conservative and small-government tea party groups that were critical of Obama received extra scrutiny. IRS agents did not flag similar progressive or liberal groups, according to the watchdog.
The report concluded that a regional IRS office in Ohio improperly singled out tea party and other conservative groups for more than 18 months and took no action on many of their applications for tax-exempt status for long periods of time ? hindering their fundraising for the 2010 and 2012 elections.
The new acting IRS commissioner is in the midst of a 30-day top-to-bottom review while Republicans continue to demand answers of Obama and his allies in government.
That's not sufficient, said Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio.
"I think a special counsel is going to wind up being necessary," he added said.
That move is not needed, said Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.
"I don't see the point," he said of a special counsel to investigate the scandal.
Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., said the IRS had stepped so far over its mandate that it asked book groups for reading lists and church groups about their prayers before granting them tax-exempt standing. It's government over-reach, he said, and a reason why Republicans need to have their own investigation into the agency.
"This is about trust," Price said.
But he stopped short of calling for a special counsel.
Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., said Republicans were using the incidents to embarrass the president.
"There is no Republican agenda other than to stop the president of the United States," he said.
Pfeiffer was appearing Sunday on ABC's "This Week," NBC's "Meet the Press," CBS' "Face the Nation," CNN's "State of the Union" and "Fox News Sunday." Portman, Menendez, Price and Rangel were on ABC. Paul was on CNN.
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Google Now Introduces Mark Up Tools For Select Partners To Flag Flights, Hotel Stays And Reservations In Emails
Google made a relatively quiet announcement today regarding how it's pushing the developer ecosystem forward around Google Now, its intelligent personal assistant for Android devices. The company has begun extending mark up tools for emails from select partners, which help highlight flight schedules, hotel bookings and various types of reservations, to make sure that Gmail can spot that information and use it to auto-generate helpful reminders in Google Now.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/TlTpS4qYDV0/
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