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Zendaya is explaining why she chose to eliminate meat from her diet.
My main reason for being a vegetarian is that Im an animal lover definitely NOT because I love vegetables, the singer and actress, 20, shared on her app.
zendaya said she started to think about becoming a vegetarian when she passed a slaughterhouse on a road trip with her father when she was 11, and he explained to her exactly what they did there.
I thought it was awful, all those animals getting packed up in there waiting to be killed, she shares. I couldnt believe thats how Id been getting my meat!
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She decided to officially become meat-free after watching the PETA documentaryGlass Walls.
Zendaya says the first couple of days after she decided to go vegetarian, I had this crazy dream about raining hamburgers, she writes. You know that book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs? It was like that, with giant food falling out of the sky. And I still remember the dream so clearly.
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Luckily, those dreams soon went away, and now she no longer craves meat at all.
Idont like the taste of meat, she says. It actually makes me feel weird. The only thing I kind of miss are my moms famous turkey burgers, but thats it!
And even though she doesnt eat burgers, she still love a fast food run every now and then. Her favorite In-N-Out order?Grilled cheese with grilled onions and extra spread, she writes.It tastes just as good as the burger. And the animal style fries are unreal.
Updated: Friday, December 09, 2016 @ 5:37 PMPublished: Friday, December 09, 2016 @ 2:14 PMBy: Associated Press,Barrie Barber-Staff Writer
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base leaders had not received guidance on how to handle a partial government shutdown if congressional leaders werent able to reach a funding deal by midnight Friday, a base spokesman said.
The last time a partial federal government struck in 2013, about 13,000 employees were on temporarily furlough, said Wright-Patterson spokesman Daryl Mayer.
Troy Tingey, president of the American Federal of Government Employees Council 214. said Friday afternoon he has not sensed concern at this point among the civil service employees he represents at Air Force bases including Wright-Patterson. They are hopeful a deal will be reached to extend government operations through spring. AFGE represents about 6,000 employees at Wright-Patterson.
Civil service employees would receive instructions on how to respond to a government shutdown if one occurs, Mayer said. Mission essential employees, such as security forces and medical workers, reported for duty during the last shutdown.
Senators debate spending bill
A Dayton VA Medical Center spokesman said the agency would not be impacted because the agencys funding was approved one year in advance.
Coal-state Democrats who are threatening a government shutdown over health benefits for retired miners should take yes for answer and stop stalling a short-term spending bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday.
One of the lawmakers in question signaled he might be prepared to do just that ahead of a midnight deadline when current spending legislation expires.
Acknowledging that Democrats were likely to lose this round, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia told reporters that he and allies would take the fight for miners benefits back up in January.
We will carry the momentum and win the fight in January. Keep fighting, Manchin said. If we arent successful today, we will be successful in January.
McConnell said he understands Democrats frustration, but he said the stopgap spending bill ensures that retired miners including thousands in his home state of Kentucky will keep their health care through April 28.
Would I have preferred that provision to be more generous? Of course I would have, the Republican said in a speech on the Senate floor.
McConnell said he asked Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and other House leaders to fund health-care benefits for a year, as Manchin and other Democrats are seeking, but his request was denied. Republicans are wary of bailing out unionized workers and dismissive of the 70-year-old guarantee President Harry S. Truman made of lifetime benefits for miners.
The spending bill to keep the federal government operating beyond fridays midnight deadline has been stuck in the Senate as Democrats facing re-election in 2018, including Manchin, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, fight for a one-year extension for the miners health benefits rather than the temporary fix.
McConnell said the temporary extension is the best lawmakers are going to get, especially since the House has already passed the spending bill and gone home for a three-week holiday.
Coal-state Democrats have pressed President-elect Donald Trump, a self-proclaimed coal champion, to intervene with Republicans. Manchin, whos in the running to be Energy secretary, will meet with Trump on Monday and said he expects to raise the coal miners issue.
Trump won West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania and other states in Appalachia and the Midwest with heavy support from working-class voters in coal and steel communities. Democrats are waging a high-stakes fight a month after an abysmal showing with those voters that secured a GOP monopoly in Washington next year with a congressional majority.
Manchin called the GOP proposal to temporarily extend health care benefits for about 16,500 retired union coal miners horrendous and inhumane and accused Republicans of turning their backs on people who built the country and made it great.
Democrats called on Trump to uphold a campaign promise to help coal miners by persuading Republican leaders to adopt a broader bill that would protect health care and pension benefits for the next decade. The Republican-controlled Senate Finance Committee approved the $3 billion bill in September, but the measure has stalled in the full Senate.
Whos for the working people? Wheres Donald Trump on miners? asked Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo, who also faces re-election in 2018.
Missing in action on the latest Democratic fight were two Republicans Ohios Rob Portman and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania who had backed the broader bill when faced with tough re-election fights in November. Without mentioning their names, Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey referred to their absence now that the two had comfortably returned to the Senate.
Members who were running for re-election got to go home and say well take care of it when we come back after the elections. Well, here we are, he said Thursday on the Senate floor.
Portman had privately pressed Ryan and McConnell, to no avail. Aides to Toomey did not return repeated calls for comment.
The dispute over the miners benefits was not the only one holding up action in the Senate as lawmakers sought to complete their work for the year.
The House on Thursday cleared the government-funding bill and another bill authorizing hundreds of water projects, including measures to help Flint, Michigan, rid its water of poisonous lead, and one to allow more of Californias limited water resources to flow to Central Valley farmers hurt by the states lengthy drought.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., vowed to filibuster the massive water projects bill, saying it favors corporate farmers over fishermen and endangered species. It appeared to be an uphill struggle, in part because her California colleague, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, favors the changes for the distribution of the states water resources.
Democrats options are limited given that House members are gone and wont consider changes to either bill.
California’s On Heightened Earthquake Alert! Here’s What They’re Not Telling You About
Surveying the devastation of centuries-old villages pummeled by a major earthquake in central Italy this week, its easy for Californians to think that the more modern buildingshere would better survive the shaking.
But seismic experts and structural engineers say there remainmany buildings across California that could not withstand the type of magnitude 6.2 temblor that on Wednesday hit Amatrice and other rural villages in the Apennine Mountains that form Italys spine.
The structural flaw in those ancient stone homes is not so different from unreinforced brick buildings built in California before 1933, they say.That year, theLong Beach earthquake flattened many structures and left 120 people dead.
The Long Beach quake was similar in several ways to this weeks temblor in Italy. It was more powerful, estimated at magnitude 6.4, and like this weeks temblor was shallow, meaning the shaking was particularly strong at ground level.
The shaking in Long Beachturned the mortar between bricks back into sand. With nothing tying the walls to the roof, bricks shot out from walls like cannonballs, and roofs came crashing down. Numerous office buildings, stores and schools collapsed.
The devastation began decades of earthquake safety measures in California, including a ban on new brick buildings that have not beenreinforced. Some cities, includingLos Angeles and San Francisco, forced property owners to retrofit or demolish existing unreinforced masonry structures.
But thousands remain. Officials have expressed particular concern about cities including San Bernardino and Bakersfield, where there are clusters of these commercial and residentialbuildings and no retrofitting requirement.
They are unbelievably dangerous buildings, said structural engineer Kit Miyamoto, a member of the California Seismic Safety Commission, who has visited Italy before to study earthquake damage. The things that we see [in Italy], there will be similar things that we see here.
In central Italy,the quake also damagedbrittle concrete buildings built in the 1960s and 1970s, Gian Michele Calvi, structural design professor at the Institute for Advanced Study of Pavia, said Thursday in a telephone interview. Hundreds of similarbuildings mostly unretrofitted exist across California.
But the lions share of casualties in Italy are believed to have been people trapped in the rubble of unreinforced stone homes that date back to medieval times, Calvi said.
It was just terrifying really, quite a bit of destruction, U.S. Geological Survey geologist Kate Scharer said. Its one of the most problematic [types of buildings] for withstanding even moderate magnitude earthquakes.
brick and brittle concrete buildings have been the focus of much debate in recent years. Los Angeleslast yearpassed the nations toughest earthquake safety rules, requiringretrofitting of brittleconcrete buildings, and San Francisco is studying similar rules. There has also been a push in some areas to deal with vulnerable brick buildings after recent California quakes highlighted the dangers.
After the 2014 Napa earthquake,South Pasadena began to study its seismicvulnerabilities.The results were disturbing: Out of 60 brick buildings, 27 were still not retrofitted. Signs were not posted warning about the earthquake risk.
Last week, the South Pasadena City Council voted 4-0 to require the rest of them to be fixed, giving owners a deadline of 21/2 years once they receive a new order to comply.The affected buildings includestores, restaurants, churches and apartments.
Safety is not negotiable, said city manager Sergio Gonzalez.
Retrofitting a brick building is relatively inexpensive.The basic approach involves pushing steel rods to affix the brick wall to the building"s ceilings and floors. More extensive versions involve installing diagonal braces or adding reinforced concrete or polymers to the walls.
You basically have four walls being held up by the weight of the roof, so when they shake, theres nothing to keep them together, Gonzalez said. The reinforcement allows people enough time to get out safely once the shaking has stopped.
Concrete buildings are generally much larger than brick ones. Theycan cost more than $1 million to fix, making themfar more expensive.
The earthquake struck Italy at perhaps the worst possible time the late summer season, when children from the city are sent up to their grandparents ancestral homes in the mountains, filling residences that are usually empty. The region has only 5,000 or so residents, but is now filled with tens of thousands of visitors.
This is the reason there are so many victims, because there are many people there who are not normally living there, said Calvi, the Italian professor. It is well known that there is a very high vulnerability, and consequently, there is a very high chance of collapse in case of a strong earthquake, like this one.
It wasnt just homes that are gone. A hospital collapsed, and buildings for police and firefighters were ruined, Calvi said. In one town, there was not a single building safe enough to set up an emergency command post, so officials were forced to set one up in the town square, Calvi said.
In a high seismicity zone, this is really unbelievable, Calvi said. He saidlawmakers have considered, but never acted on, reforms to convince owners to retrofit these quake-vulnerable buildings. Calvi said there is not much motivation for owners to retrofit.
This is a problem related to the fact that politicians have not really paid attention, Calvi said.
There was one exception. One town near the epicenter, Norcia, saw no deaths, saidPaolo Bazzurro, professor of structural engineering at theInstitute for Advanced Studiesof Pavia. I heard there was not even a single injury.
Thats because the town was struck by a moderate earthquake in 1997, and money poured in tostrengthenstructures.
A lot of buildings were retrofitted, and therefore, they fared way better,Bazzurro said. This is certainly a lesson to learn.
The Italy earthquake is similar to the kinds of earthquakes seen in California. Even a magnitude6 earthquake can cause severe damage if its shallow, and hits directly underneath a populated area.
It was kind of a perfect storm, locally, said USGS seismologist Susan Hough. Italys earthquake struck only sixmiles deep. By contrast, a magnitude6.8 earthquake that struck Myanmar, also on Wednesday, was more than eighttimes deeperand caused far less damage and deaths.
Think of an earthquake as a bomb underground, Hough said. Whether its sixmiles below your feet, or 50 miles down, makes a big difference.
Other shallow earthquakes have walloped California in the past, such as the 5.9 Whittier Narrows earthquake of 1987, which severely damaged brick buildings in Pasadena, Alhambra and Whittier.
You dont expect very long shaking, but it can be very intense, especially for unreinforced brick construction, which there is quite a bit in Italy, said Tom Heaton, Caltech professor of engineering seismology.
Even worse was that manyof the Italian villages were at the tops of mountains.
Mountains sort of behave like a loudspeaker, said Caltech mechanical and civil engineering professor Domniki Asimaki. As seismic waves move up to the peak, the earthquake energy is funneled into a smaller space, making the shaking worse at the very top.
The principle was confirmed in USGS helicopter observations of villages after last years 7.8 earthquake in Nepal. Some of those villages built at the tops of those mountains, the structures almost appear to have exploded, Asimaki said.
Knowing that earthquakes are a fact of life should be a warning for those in Italy and in California.
Why are so many people dying in terrible buildings? To answer that question, you only have to spend time in beautiful Italy to appreciate that, in a sense, we go there, we enjoy it because of those beautiful old buildings, said former USGS geophysicist Ross Stein, who writes about earthquakes at temblor.net. Strengthening these buildings is expensive. People resist because theyre beautifully, culturally treasured buildings. But they kill people.
ron.lin@latimes.com
Twitter: @ronlin
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A powerful magnitude 6.5earthquake rocked the Northern California coast Thursday morning.
The quakeoccurred under the Pacific Oceanabout 100 mileswest of Ferndale, near the Oregon border, about 6:50 a.m., the U.S. Geological Survey said.There were no reports of injuries or damage.
The quakes epicenter was about 6.2 miles deep, according to the USGS.which issued no tsunami warnings in connection with the temblor.
According to USGS mapping, the quake, while strong, did not produce violent shaking on land.
The 6.5 jolt was followed by another quake less than two hours later. A magnitude 5.0 temblor hit at 8:32 a.m. in the same area, about 108 miles offshore.
There were no reports of damage in the communities of Ferndale or nearby Fortuna, Fortuna police Lt. Matthew Eberhardt told The Times.
The radio is quiet, he said.
Eberhardt said he felt the quake while getting ready for his shift Thursday morning.
It kind of felt [more] like a rolling than a jerking, he said.
Other cities along the coastalso reported the shaking.
Nice shaker, Eureka Police Chief Andrew Mills saidon Twitter. No damage reports, no #tsunami.
The first quake was felt from southern Oregon south into the San Francisco Bay Area. It was also felt inland in the Sacramento Valley, the USGS said.
By 8 a.m., nearly 2,000 people reported feeling the quake with light shaking, according to the USGS Did You Feel It? map.
Soon after the quake, Bay Area residents took to social media to report the shaking. Some residents said they were rattled from their sleep.
Bay Area Rapid Transit trains ran 10 minutes slower and at reduced speeds in San Francisco because of seismic activity.
In January 2010, a6.5 quake hit the area, snapping power lines, toppling chimneys, knocking down traffic signals, shattering windows and prompting the evacuation of at least one apartment building.
A 6.9 earthquake that struck in the same area in 2014, but like Thursdays temblorcenteredmiles off the coast, did little damage.
The north coast sits along the Mendocino Triple Junction, where the Pacific, North American and Juan de Fuca tectonic plates collide.
Seismologist Lucy Jonessaidthe earthquake early Thursday was on the Pacific-Gorda plate on the end of the San Andreas Fault.
Generally, seismologists say, a major quake like this will be followed by numerous smaller aftershocks.
Perhapslocal dairyman Dennis Leonardisummed up the quake best in an interview with theFerndale Enterprise.
The cows were dancing to the rock n roll.
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Solomon Islands Hit by Strong 7.7 Earthquake, Tsunami Watch Issued for Hawaii
A powerful 7.7M earthquake has struck just off the coast of the Solomon Islands, causing severe shaking in many parts of the country but the worst of the damage is still unknown.
It was extremely scary, Ive never felt anything like this, said John Lilo, Acting Country Director with Save the Children in the solomon islands.
the shaking lasted for about 15 seconds and I thought our whole house was going to collapse. Thankfully it didnt and there are few reports of damage here in Honiara.
However, this was a massive earthquake and the whole country is on alert for further aftershocks. We are still yet to confirm reports from the worst hit areas but early information suggests there has been some damage to homes in the regions closest to the epicentre.
The Solomon Islands government is carrying out assessment flights to determine which communities have been worst affected. Save the Children humanitarian personnel are ready to respond if required.
We know from our experience in previous emergencies that children will be the most vulnerable and could face serious protection and psychological threats, Mr Lilo said.
The Solomon Islands government and agencies like Save the Children have put considerable effort into building a robust disaster preparedness and response system for the country. This machinery is now being activated.
We have a strong team on the ground and we know the country well. We have also put specialist teams on standby at the international level and if necessary, they will be deployed.
Save the Children has had a dedicated staff in the Solomon Islands since 1986 delivering essential child protection, health, education and disaster risk reduction programs.
For media interviews contact John Lilo directly on +677 774 5816 or Evan Schuurman on +66 989 725 908.
in films like Spartacus and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, turns 100 on Friday.
Born Issur Danielovitch to Russian-Jewish parents in New York, Douglas went on to become one of the 20th centurys most famous movie actors. Douglas first felt the rush of audience appraisal while recitingThe Red Robin of Springin kindergarten.
Something happened when I heard applause. I loved it. I still do, he wrote years later.
To improve his prospects as an actor, Douglas graduated from college in 1939 followed by film school in 1941.
Five years later his debut role inThe Strange Love of Martha Ivers(1946) was started to a career which has seen him star in more than 90 television and films.
He has said his favorite acting roles were inAce in the Hole(1951),The Bad and the Beautiful(1952),Act of Love(1953),20,000 Leagues Under the Sea(1954) andSpartacus(1960) among others.
In an attempt to resurrect his faltering Broadway career Douglas bought the rights to Kaseys bookOne Flew Over the Cuckoos Nestin 1963 and had it rewritten for the stage.
Although the play was not a smash hit, Douglas passion for Broadway kept the show running for six months.
Despite his success as a Hollywood movie star, Douglas passion was for the immediacy of theater.
On the stage, you give something to the audience, more comes back he recently wrote before condemning the camera as a cyclops that leaves him feeling empty.
Nevertheless, it was that cyclops that made him a household name during the golden era of classic Hollywood films.
He last acted in the 2008 movieEmpire State Building Murders.
Douglas has been married twice and has four children including eldest son Michael.
In 2003, three-generations of the Douglas family appeared in the film,It Runs in the Family, which included son, Michael, and grandson, Cameron. Kirk Douglas first wife Diana, mother of Michael, also stars in the film.
Rolling Stones" Mick Jagger Welcomes His 8th Child At Age 73
Mick Jagger"s representatives say the rock legend has welcomed the birth of his eighth child.
Jagger, the 73-year-old frontman of the Rolling Stones, was on hand Thursday at a New York hospital when girlfriend, Melanie Hamrick, gave birth to the couple"s son. According to a statement, both parents are "delighted" and "mother and baby are doing well."
Jagger already has seven children Georgia, James, Jade, Elizabeth, Lucas, Karis and Gabriel who range in age from their 40s to teenagers. He is also a grandfather of two children.
Hamrick is a ballerina who has performed with the American Ballet Theatre in New York.
In May, fellow Rolling Stone Ron Wood became a father again at 68 after his wife, Sally Humphreys, gave birth to twin girls.
