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Vegan pumpkin soup and more

The season for pumpkins is undoubtedly now, but what do you actually do with them Do you carve them and then leave them to rot Or buy pumpkin spiced lattes in ode to Halloween Well let me tell you pumpkins are a hugely under-rated vegetable actually technically a fruit, filled with all sorts of vitamins and minerals, including carotenoids great for your eyes, fibre keeping you fuller for longer, vitamin C to help fight off those winter colds and potassium good for lowering blood pressure Looking at a pumpkin though, you might think what the hell do I do with this I know I sure did I wasn t even sure how to cut it The great thing about pumpkin it can be used in a huge variety of dishes. Almost the whole pumpkin can be used too, including the seeds. To cut, I used a serrated knife and cut it in half, before scooping out the seeds into a bowl. See further down on what to do with the seeds This soup is super souper easy to make, makes enough to feed a family and is a perfect side or starter at a dinner with some crusty bread and, for non-vegans, cheese I recommend gruyere. Pumpkins come in all shapes and sizes Ingredients: 1 pumpkin 1 onion 200ml vegetable stock 1tbsp vegetable spread or butter if you re not vegan Olive oil 4 garlic cloves Salt and pepper Method: Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Cut the pumpkin in half, remove the seeds and pith see bottom with what to do with the seeds and cut the halves into three each. Score a crisscross pattern into the quarters and place

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While GM And Ford Were Holding Their Dicks

Tata Motors developed the worlds first commercially mass-produced car run off compressed air.

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Conversations Had During The Season Premiere Of The Amazing Race

ONE ME: And we have teams FLAPJACKS: Harlem Globetrotters ME: Christian country singers FLAPJACKS: Christian gay brothers ME: Christians dating since they were little kids FLAPJACKS: Did they say they were Christians ME: They met during a game of tetherball. Jesus played tetherball. FLAPJACKS: I dont think thats quite right. ME: I was raised Catholic. Dont question me on these matters. FLAPJACKS: Theres a team where one guy has Aspergers ME: Lovable movie Aspergers or real-life Aspergers FLAPJACKS: Maybe he is like Bones on Bones. ME: Bodybuilders FLAPJACKS: Who are also lawyers. Trial lawyers. Man, you need to bulk up if that is the standard for trial lawyers now. He could rip you in half. TWO ME: Whoa One team doesnt even get to do the Race if they cant find a license plate FLAPJACKS: That is a DICK MOVE. ME: That is a total dick move. But in keeping with the spirit of the Race, FLAPJACKS: Explain. ME: The Race has no pity for a bad taxi, no sympathy for a missed flight. The Race only cares about speed and ability. You cannot talk yourself out of elimination. The Race is Darwinism as applied to reality television. FLAPJACKS: That doesnt explain all the Christians. ME: Whoa, were down to the hulked-out lawyers and the hippie yoga teachers FLAPJACKS: Sadly, the result seems rather predictable. THREE ME: And were off to Japan. FLAPJACKS: I love that the Harlem Globetrotters arent Dan and Steve, but rather Flight Time and Big Easy. If I ever go on the Amazing Race I will

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Christmas confidence

Are you an introvert or extrovert A mixture of both I used to class myself firmly in the introverted category, avoiding social situations where possible and finding myself feeling reluctant and awkward any time a situation required speaking real words to real people. Even now I find myself beating myself for saying X because no one laughed, or patting myself on the back when people seem genuinely interested in what I have to say. I don t think that talking to people with ease comes naturally to most people, and lots of us find it actively uncomfortable, but there are ways to make it less so, and maybe even enjoy it. There is nothing wrong with wanting to stay at home instead of go out and socialise trust me, but as we head towards the Christmas season it might be helpful to try a few things in case you find yourself being dragged to a Christmas party where you know no one events where I know no one still give me pretty bad anxiety. Being an introvert is no bad thing, in fact it gives you qualities only someone who has spent a lot of time in their own company can have. But instead of finding yourself hiding in the loos tick or by the food counter shovelling food into your mouth so no one can talk to you also tick, wouldn t it be nice to get something from parties Find a reason to enjoy them and relax Here are a few tips that I ve found helpful over the years I still get anxious and socially awkward internally, but for the most part these tips have helped me enjoy almost all

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COMIC TALKING POST: One Book Is Good, One Book Is Bad

A couple of recent reads today. First off, the Elephantmen hardcover, which is a really fantastic value 24.99 USD for a remarkably fat-ass hardcover and remarkably entertaining. The problem with approaching Elephantmen, from a readers perspective, is that the main story thus far has been told in the Hip Flask hardcovers, which, while gorgeous some of the best work Ladronn has ever done, theres simply no question are ridiculously expensive thirty bucks for forty-eight pages. This in turn makes the investment in the individual issues questionable simply because theyre so goddamned short. However, the hardcover of Elephantmen solves these problems adequately by containing all the vignettes first printed in the original single issues, thus making the reading experience self-contained and utterly absorbing its the difference between a hundred different looks at the same detailed, brilliantly conceived world and one. Reading a single issue of Elephantmen always made me feel lost the hardcover, however, gradually immerses you in the world until youre completely submerged in Richard Starkings original ideas and visions. And of course, the stories and art are fantastic. Starkings, as the owner of Comiccraft, can call in a lot of favours. Chris Bachalo, Ladronn, Flint Henry, Joe Madriuera the art on this book is consistently first rate, to go along with Starkings excellent characterization. In terms of plot, there isnt much the book is, after all, mostly a set of character pieces

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K West Hotel and Spa

This week I was lucky enough to be able to attend the K West Spa and Hotel for an afternoon of relaxation and sister time with Grace. We arrived at 12 and were shown around the spa and gym facilities and shown all the rooms they have on offer. Now I m a massive fan of spa days, but I m used to the basic swim, sauna, shower, out. K West is NOT one of those spas Let me tell you why: Grace and I were shown the best order to do things in. I wasn t aware that there WAS an order, because usually you can see everything you want to use in the same room and you sort of just potter about until you re stressed by being so relaxed and then leave or at least that s me. At K West we arrived and were taken down to the spa floor, which is a long corridor of different rooms with different functions. Hydrotherapy pool100 best photo opportunity ever Our first room was the main spa room, where we sat in the huge hot tubjacuzzi which I was told was the hydrotherapy pool , which is heated to body temperature and is gorgeously warm and relaxing not to mention beautiful, with the starry ceiling. After the spa we had a footbath with salts to cleanse and relax . Feeling slightly too relaxed, Grace and I decided to brave the cold and headed to the snow room, which is literally a giant freezer, chilled to -15. However, the benefits are real moving from hot to cold can increase circulation, decrease respiratory problems and boost your immune system. After all, if the Scandis do it, there must be

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Everything You Know Is True

A Stanford University study shows that children are more likely to prefer the taste of a given food when it is packaged in a McDonalds container it didnt matter if the food is McDonalds food or not, as the kids universally said any food they were given with a golden-arches symbol on the package tasted better than any food given to them in plain packaging. This confirms what many people have suspected all along: namely, that children are stupid.

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This Bristol Girl Can

This is an article I wrote for our student newspaper here in Bristol, about the national This Girl Can campaign and our very own week of activities at Bristol uni. Im always looking to inspire people to exercise in whatever form suits them best I know not everyone enjoys the gym or pounding the pavement like I do, but I think its impossible NOT to enjoy exercise once you find the right one. The benefits for your mind and body far outweigh any initial qualms you might have. Amalia and I repping Playerlayer playerlayer.com outside zumba check out those personalised leggings. Two weeks ago, Bristol University saw the return of the national campaign This Girl Can to its campus and Flora Beverley reviewed a very successful week. This Girl Can , developed by Sport England, is an organisation that provides funding to help people across the country take part in sports at all levels. The This Girl Can campaign was born to encourage women of all ages, sizes and backgrounds to get involved in a sport. The initiative also highlights the reality of sport people sweat, jiggle and may not look their best whilst they exercise, but the message is that this doesn t matter. 75 of women say that they would like to be more active, yet only 31.7 of women exercise at least once a week. This Bristol Girl Can week is aimed to encourage those at the university who might not normally take part in a sport to have a go. This year, a whole week of free activities took place, mainly in the Students Union.

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ROFL and also WAFFLES

This is quite possibly Sadly, Nos finest hour.

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St Pancras Renaissance Hotel spa

I first went to the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel when I was 18 I was actually singing at a Christmas luncheon for charity It was so nice, then, to be able to head back for the first time since then last week. After a very long week of work and events, it was much needed I went with my boyfriend, of course, and am excited to share the experience with you. Theres no doubt that as soon as you walk up to the renaissance hotel, youll be awestruck by its beauty and scale. The spa is on a lower level as soon as you walk in, but you still get to experience the beauty of the inside of the hotel. Upon arrival we had a very short wait while we filled in some health questionnaires, and were then shown around the spa. Its all situated along a corridor a pretty one at that, with the spa at one end and relaxation room at the other. We started our afternoon with a 30 minute Moroccan massage, which is an oily back massage. Having been climbing the day before, my back was stiff enough to be extremely sensitive I feel like the massage might have been better suited to someone who hadnt worked out the day before for me it was not so much relaxing as painful, which when coupled to the otherwise wonderfully heated bed, made the massage probably a little less relaxing than it should have been. However, the products used smelled amazing, and the experience probably would be perfect for other people. The pool was gorgeous dark, lovely decor with chairs around the outside for relaxing on. It was the

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I swear I did not Photoshop this. Really.

from Personal Love 1

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Things I Liked This Week And Things I Didnt

LIKED Someone in the requests post asked for a general investigation into what I like and dont like in music, and thats coming later this week, but for the meantime I really got into listening to Orishas this week. I really like hip-hop combined with traditional musical forms and Orishas do it very well, mixing Spanish rhyming which admittedly I cant follow, but their flow and performance is excellent even without understanding the words with Cuban rumba- and salsa-style beats. El Kilo is probably my favorite single of theirs so far, but Bruja isnt far behind. Im really enjoying Then We Came To The End by Joshua Ferris. Its funny and clever and hard to put down, and thats what I want out of a light novel. Ive always had an inherent fondness for poker-dice type games, and Lock N Roll is one of the best Ive seen in quite some time. Current high score is 7622, for those interested in beating me. MEH I got Britannia this week at a discount, which is great, and of course the new Fantasy Flight edition of the game is gorgeous in most respects. My complaint, however, is that this is a game with eleventy billion tokens, and the plastic insert which is supposed to store the pieces is entirely random and doesnt actually have anything to do with the various types of pieces, so you end up kind of mixing things together in untidy clumps. This isnt a small deal, because Britannia is a looooong-ass game, and anything that can reduce its playtime like, say, simplifying the storage of it

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Friday Blackadder

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Now this is interesting

Via Pajiba: One thing I feel needs mentioning: this is not Martin Campbell s cut of the film, but the studio s. I live in New Orleans where it was shot, I read the shooting script, all of which was painstakingly filmed with intense research, and all of that was left on the cutting room floor a sort of combination of what happened to Daredevil and Watchmen, respectively character development sacrificed for CG, scenes made irrelevant by removing their setup. The movie in the theater starts with an explanation of mythos that is made redundant by the more natural, scripted questions from Hal when he gets the ring. Ten minutes of childhood Hal, Carol, and Hector that sets up Hal s first ring construct is reduced to an awkwardly placed flashback in the middle of another scene. The training with the ring is almost completely excised except for one minor scene. Most appallingly, the ending completely deletes the fact that Kilowog, Sinestro, and Toma-Re arrive at the end and help Hal defeat Parallax. Not to mention Parallax was supposed to be a 3rd act reveal after we spend the film worried about Hammond going evil, not the main villain for the entire film. I sincerely hope we get a director s cut or at least all the deleted scenes on the video release. Is it just me, or do those studio changes seem responsible for a lot of what wasnt good about the movie This sort of makes it sound like Green Lantern got the Kingdom of Heaven treatment: reasonably decent film cut down by studio

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How to choose the best Thai Boxing gear to fit your needs

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You can't ever wind up in a Real struggle

You can't ever wind up in a Real struggle

 Even in The event that you can not ever end up in a genuine struggle, you'll still look and sound like an expert. If you are new to boxing, however, it's a fantastic idea to find some kind of a primer on the basic moves and form before proceeding. Boxing may appear intimidating, but it does not need to feel like that. The absolute most important element when practicing kickboxing would be to ensure you've got appropriate kind, Lopez states. Cardio kickboxing is not the exact same sort of cardio, which takes exercise to accumulate.

 The boring gym again. Next, additionally, it is sensible to think about the exercises you're typically doing throughout your time at the gym. Cardio kickboxing boot camp exercises in Fairfield have the ability to completely work your whole body and burn off huge amounts of calories at just a short period of time. The exercise lasts about half an hour. It also comprises the rear extension to the lower back. Fitness training exercises should be done in a variety of phases. Certainly kickboxing training are the best exercise which may be carried out at your very own personal pace and capacity.

Because it disturbs your own body Whilst burning plenty of calories, a great deal of supermodels have turned into the workout to have the ability to acquire sleek, toned personalities, Lopez says. Your body will proceed in ways in which you might have complete control over. It ought to be practised regularly to keep your whole body and head in an superb condition.

 Standard Kickboxing Moves for Beginners Ideas

visiting the gym is one of those things individuals have a tendency to decide to do. There are lots of moves that will need to get noticed, and your need to have different stances in accordance with your move. To be able to comprehend how to fix posture effectively, consult a personal trainer which will make it possible for you to learn exactly which moves will aim each the various muscles in the back, because these will be those who will help keep your posture and guard against exhaustion from setting in. Movement is essential to exercising with mitts since the trainer does not process the workout from only 1 spot.

 Is the ideal routine for people needing an extremely exhausting workout. With various kinds of aerobic kickboxing classes out there, it is generally a fantastic notion to establish just what you would like to achieve in the course. Nearly all the people feel that exercises must be accomplished early in the morning. The majority of the people skip meals or begin eating just snacks in order to keep up their body shape.

Remember If You're starting to Train, you need to make an effort to unwind as far as possible. Not only are you really going to look good but you're likely to feel good. Before it's possible to conduct you must first learn to walk. Finding a good handle on the fundamentals of position will allow you to choose the very best approach that'll have you seeing results immediately. In the region of eating the whole food at a moment, it is definitely better to break down it. Ensuring that you are turning your fist the whole moment.

 Kickboxing in Newark provides you with The capability to have pleasure and slim down at the very same instant. Learning how to improve posture quickly is important once you're now not using the very best of postural stances. It might likewise be great for novices. Many novices pick up bad habits that aren't straightforward to prevent at another point.

 With as much as 30 or more People in a course, it can be difficult for a single teacher to work with every person to be certain that they understand how to throw a punch and possess the appropriate form. If you're most likely to track three or more days each week and are consuming a relatively healthy diet, then it's possible to expect to start seeing results within three weeks because these workouts are exceptionally capable of burning fat and toning, says Lopez. This class lets you're completely conscious of your surroundings, allowing all of your stress and frustrations out. These high-intensity classes are an excellent full body exercise, incorporating a wide collection of athletic exercises.