The Abraham Fund calls for coexistance as Yom Kippur and Eid al-Adha fall on the same day this year

September 22, 2015, 9:31 am

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The universe obviously just wants us all to get along.

For most of you, tomorrow is just Wednesday; but for Muslims and Jews, tomorrow is one of the most important days in their respective religious calendars.

For Jews, tomorrow is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Yom Kippur is a very solemn day, where Jews fast and ask God for forgiveness for their sins.

For Muslims, tomorrow is Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice. Eid al-Adha is a day of celebration, marked by feasting with family and friends.

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September 22, 2015, 9:35 am

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When you think sex toys you probably think solo sex.

But there’s far more out there these days than the rampant rabbit and the Fleshlight.

Couples are well and truly in on the act now, with a huge range of toys designed with two people in mind.

So, whether you’re shopping around for ideas for birthday sex or simply looking for ways to mix things up in the bedroom without going swinging just yet, toys for you and your partner could be the answer.

Here’s 12 essential sex toys for couples.

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David Beckham and Kevin Hart star in H&M’s ultimate fashion face off

September 22, 2015, 11:11 am

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If you thought the David Beckham for H&M campaigns couldn’t get any better, you thought wrong.

While Beckham running around in his underwear has previously made for easy viewing, comedian Kevin Hart’s just got involved and it’s a whole lot of funny.

The campaign trailer shows Hart as a method actor keen to play the role of Beckham in I, Beckham (is this a thing? If it isn’t it should be).

Hilarity ensues as Hart follows Beckham around like an obsessed groupie, mimicking his every action.

He wangles his way into the Beckhams’ pad (is that their *actual* decor? We need to know) and creeps into his room to watch him sleeping, making him the envy… Read the full story

12 reasons being single in autumn rocks

September 23, 2015, 12:00 am

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It’s officially autumn and the long summer evenings are fast becoming a distant memory.

There is much to like about autumn – the leaves turning golden, red wine by the fire and unlimited pizza because you don’t have to worry about getting into a bikini for another seven months, to name but a few.

Sadly, however, despite its advantages, autumn is not seen as the best time to be single – people preferring to hibernate with a plus one rather than solo.

I disagree. Whether you are on the pull or happy on your own, when it comes to seasons that smash being single, you can’t beat autumn.

1. The holidays are over

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5 weird things you might not know about hair

September 23, 2015, 2:19 am

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If you think you know everything there is to know about hair, think again, because modern male grooming expert Stephen Handisides has some chat on hair for you.

Here’s the lowdown…

1 Your hair is made of keratin, the same substance as animal horns, hooves and beaks.

2 When wet, a healthy strand of hair can stretch an additional 30% of its original length.

3 Hair really DOES grow faster when you’re on holiday.

4 All hair  is dead – except the part inside the epidermis.

5 Men’s hair and women’s hair are identical in structure – so that Just For Men stuff? It’s a lie…

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12 adorable dogs in hats to get you through hump day

September 23, 2015, 3:59 am

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So it’s Wednesday, aka hump day.

The second worst day of the week, the weekend has never seemed so far away.

You’ve forgotten what you did on your last day off and are deep in the mire of the working week.

We can all agree we need something to get us through this hell.

But what? Adrenaline injections? Prozac? Gin?

No, wait, put them down.

All you need are these 12 adorable dogs in hats to get you through hump day.

1. This dog, who’s actually very proud of her home-made bobble hat

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One in ten gym going men may suffer from ‘bigorexia’

September 23, 2015, 4:09 am

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We hear a lot about body image pressure felt by women, while men’s struggles with body image often go unreported.

Yet a recent study found that 31 per cent of British men are unhappy with their bodies, with some of those classified as having body dysmorphic disorder (BDD).

BBC Newsbeat reports that as many as one in ten men training in UK gyms could have BDuffering from ‘bigorexia’ – though may be unaware they are suffering.

‘Bigorexia’, formally known as muscle dysmorphia, has been described as a reverse anorexia, because sufferers are consumed by the idea that they are not big enough.

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September 23, 2015, 4:27 am

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These pieces of fine china are definitely not the sort you’d give to your grandmother next time she comes over.

Unless she’s really into gay pornography.

Then Pansy Ass Ceramics might just be her cup of tea.

The artists behind the gloriously filthy china plates describe themselves as: ‘Two Toronto boys making your Grandma’s china, favorite knick-knacks and tchotchkes just a little bit more gay!’

‘Just a little bit’ may be somewhat of an understatement, but they’re great anyhow.

We love the porno-kitsch juxtaposition of pretty china pieces with rude words (‘cock monster’ anyone?) and lewd drawings.

Tea time’s just got a whole lot more exciting.

This plate is just peachy

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September 23, 2015, 4:43 am

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Today is Bisexual Visibility Day – an international awareness day which has been running since 1999 celebrating bisexuality and acting as a way to combat bisexual invisibility and prejudice.

Social media is ablaze with the hashtag #BiVisabilityDay and the White House even held its first bisexual community issues roundtable on the celebratory day recently.

But if you’re still wondering what all the fuss is about – here are 11 reasons to get involved.

1. Bisexual people make up more than 50% of the LGBT community

Which means the chances are everyone knows, or knows of, someone who is attracted to both genders. Celebrating Bisexuality Day is celebrating friends and friends of friends, and what’s not to love about that?

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19 pictures that prove Northern Ireland is the most beautiful place in the world

September 23, 2015, 4:58 am

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Northern Ireland is one of the most gorgeous places I have ever been. And luckily, I’ve been there a lot.

With eight designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty – not bad for a nation with a population under 2 million – there is no shortage of magnificent sights.

You can’t really go wrong when half a country is covered by coastline; any drive along Northern Ireland’s winding clifftops is one you will remember.

But there are also plenty of gems inland to take your breath away.

It’s no surprise that it has become the shooting location base for Game of Thrones. Winter is always coming in Northern Ireland.

So what if it’s cold and wet and windy, at… Read the full story

15 mistakes you’ll make in Freshers’ Week

September 23, 2015, 5:09 am

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Freshers’ Week is wall-to-wall booze, socialising, and making terrible mistakes that you’ll spend the next three years trying to live down/weasel out of.

Here are some of the cock-ups you’re likely to be making in your first week at university.

1. You’ve blown a chunk of your student loan on something you don’t need

Sure, it seems like you need a kick-ass entertainment system now, but what you really need is to be able to afford food in December.

2. You’ve signed up for every society going at the Freshers’ Fair

You know you’re never going to actually go to the cheerleading club. But you’ll be getting their emails for the next three years.

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Now you can buy a ready meal online and donate free food to the homeless at the same time

September 23, 2015, 5:18 am

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A new gourmet-to-your-door organic food delivery service has launched that doubles up as a charitable cause, so you can order your ready meal with a side-helping of feelgood.

For each GIVE Kitchen purchase made, the company donates a fresh and nutritious meal to the homeless or vulnerable.

The company’s aim is to make nutritious plant-based, vegan wholefood and deliver it to any home or office in the UK – and at the same time, create an opportunity to supply food to those in need.

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Little Yellow Door’s Friday night dinner parties are good for food, just OK for fun

September 23, 2015, 5:38 am

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Tucked away in Notting Hill there’s a Little Yellow Door, and behind it a quaint abode offering guests the chance to enjoy the culinary offerings of the ‘housemates’ who live there.

Pitched as an interactive dining experience, where it’s more like having dinner at your mate’s house than sitting in a restaurant, I was invited down to one of their Friday night dinner parties to see just what this West London flatshare had to offer.

On arrival my friend and I were sat on a table with some girls, who didn’t talk to us the whole time we were there. Considering the place prides itself on guests ‘arriving with three friends and leaving with ten’ it was a little disappointing that there wasn’t much chat around the table, but as they were a bit basic we probably weren’t missing out on any scintillating conversation.

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‘We want you down to the bone’: Model told she was too big for fashion is calling for ban of ultra-thin girls on the catwalk

September 23, 2015, 5:38 am

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Yes, we know, every time London Fashion Week rolls around someone makes a noise about the use of ultra-thin models.

But this time change might actually be on its way.

Britain may follow in France’s footsteps and introduce penalties for designers found employing models who are unhealthily thin.

And it’s in large part thanks to 23-year-old model Rosie Nelson and her petition to protect young models who are put under pressure to lose dangerous amounts of weight in order to succeed in the industry.

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This woman recreates famous paintings on cakes that are literally works of art

September 23, 2015, 5:51 am

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Maria A. Aristidou has created cakes that are literally works of art.

No, we don’t just mean beautifully crafted and prettily decorated.

She is actually painting famous masterpieces on to baked goods.

Each cake takes her between six and 10 hours to create with edible paints – in case you were actually cold blooded enough to eat them.

The flawless confections are on sale at Vienna Boutique in Cyprus, but we’re hoping she comes to the UK because we need these cakes in our lives.

She’s known for her incredible paintings using coffee

But she’s now turned her hand to painting cakes

Girl Before Mirror, Pablo Picasso, 1932

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14 things you only know if you’ve failed your driving test… more than once

September 23, 2015, 5:54 am

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1. You swear every examiner is out to get you.

Seriously, you aced that test. They just failed you for fun.

2. You become ridiculously skint.

You’re literally throwing money away at driving lessons you don’t really need anymore.

 3. It’s always the other road users’ fault.

If they just hadn’t stalled after that roundabout, you would’ve passed that test with no minors.

 

4. Your eyesight suddenly becomes blurry as hell.

Read that number plate you say? Could we perhaps move a little bit closer to it?

 

5. You completely forget how to drive on test.

No matter how well you’ve driven in your previous lesson, your test becomes completely foreign to you. “Oh, I’m supposed to drive on the left side?”

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#ShoutYourAdoption: The campaign celebrating life and adoption

September 23, 2015, 6:33 am

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As the #ShoutYourAbortion campaign goes viral in an attempt to end the stigma around what this ‘medical procedure and human right’, another hashtag has been created.

Twitter users are now tweeting using the hashtag #ShoutYourAdoption – some simply to celebrate their adoption and adoptive parents, but others to make a point that they are pro-life.

One user backing the campaign is 12-time Paralympic gold medalist Jessica Long.

So glad my Russian parents gave me life. #shoutyouradoption

— Jessica Long (@JessicaLong) September 22, 2015

Some children are using the hashtag to celebrate their adoptive parents.

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September 23, 2015, 6:44 am

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From stealing traffic cones to err..playing with a pig’s head – students are renowned for doing stupid things while under the influence of alcohol.

Here are a few things you may have done during your drunken university days that you would never do (much) as a ‘grown up’:

1. Steal stuff. Traffic cones, trollies, pint glasses or basically anything that isn’t glued down. The more ridiculous the better! What student house hasn’t got a road sign in the front room?

2. Aftershock anyone? Do ridiculously disgusting shots when you are already so drunk you can barely walk. If you have never been a student you have probably never tried a Slippery Nipple – count yourself… Read the full story

What I’ve learned from my mother’s bipolar disorder

September 23, 2015, 6:54 am

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During my childhood, my mother was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

It had been frequently misdiagnosed for years beforehand, and it wasn’t a sudden diagnosis – but the diagnosis was still overwhelming in itself.

I worried about her, whether she’d change, whether our family would change. Would she be okay? Was it my fault?

Of course it wasn’t my fault; there was nothing I could do. I wished there was something I could do, of course. I tried my best to understand and to help. I knew I couldn’t take it all away from her. But I could try to make things easier. Remind her that I loved her, that I was there for her.

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18 things you only know when you’ve been in a long distance relationship

September 23, 2015, 9:11 am

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Relationships can be tough, but what about when you’re hundreds of miles apart and your only way staying in contact is by text, social media and Skype?

The guys pulling that off deserve a medal. Here’s 18 things you only know if you’ve been in a long distance relationship.

1. Your evenings consist of arranging when your next Skype call is going to be.

2. And then missing it because one of you ended up falling asleep.

3. So you look into how much your next visit is going to cost instead.

4. And realise that you’re practically going to have to work 24 hours a day in order to fund that next weekend together.

5. In fact, you pretty much always have to work relentlessly in order to be able to spend time together.

6. And when you finally get some time off to do nothing, you’re catching up on sleep from all that overtime you did.

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