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Austerity Is Not About Money91

Austerity Is Not About Money

Who'll take advantage of the opportunities thrown up by this time of austerity? Will 'the people' see the light and opt for greater democracy or remain oppressed by plutocratic diktat?

6 comments    money property world war ii
Selling - How to Recognise Buying Signals87

Selling - How to Recognise Buying Signals

Knowing how to spot customers’ buying signals, is a great asset to sales staff, and it’s simply a case of tuning into your customers’ emotions. An experienced salesperson is listening for these simple, basic and positive signals all the time.

8 comments    make money work selling
The Best Possible Way to Store Fresh Green Vegetables86

The Best Possible Way to Store Fresh Green Vegetables

When you get your fresh greens home from the supermarket, stick them in a bowl of water, as you would fresh flowers. They’ll keep alive and healthy for weeks, even months, like that - and they’ll start to grow.

36 comments    fresh green yar five-a-day
Fish Kedgeree Made With Quinoa and Sprouted Mung Beans87

Fish Kedgeree Made With Quinoa and Sprouted Mung Beans

All I’ve done here is take a simple kedgeree recipe and substituted sprouted mung beans for peas, and quinoa, for rice. I'll assume that you know of the nutritional benefits of sprouted beans, and quinoa. If you don’t, the guff is only a Google away. Anyway, I’ll put a few links up, here and there, which I think should interest you.

10 comments    health food recipes
The United States of Europe and the Democratic Deficit87

The United States of Europe and the Democratic Deficit

How do you criticise an enigma, except to say that it's too enigmatic? I think the European Union is a mystery to most people. Few people I know, know who their MEP's are let alone what they do at that peculiar edifice. There are people at this moment shaping our destinies, and if we don't get involved with the process, they'll shape our lives to suit their selves.

28 comments    united states europe democratic
Who Are 'The Markets'?82

Who Are 'The Markets'?

The question haunts me, and this is an appeal for help with it. I'm an average guy, not the sharpest tool in the box, who needs to know why he's unlikely to leave the World in a better state than he found it 62 years ago. I want to know why future...

21 comments    david cameron nick clegg
How to Make Green Vegetables and Sprouted Beans and Seeds Taste Good82

How to Make Green Vegetables and Sprouted Beans and Seeds Taste Good

This blogs about preparing green vegetables and sprouted beans lentils and seeds in a way that makes them appetising and to do it in the most convenient way possible for busy people, who want to give their healthy diet the best possible chance of success.

4 comments    green vegetables sprouted seeds
Quinoa - Health Benefits and Cooking Tips82

Quinoa - Health Benefits and Cooking Tips

Health gurus recommend whole grains nowadays, but quinoa isn't really a grain; it's a seed. It's more nutritious than grains, with: amino acids, fibre, vitamins and minerals, enzymes, phytonutrients and antioxidants. Quinoa has the nine essential amino acids the body needs for muscle building protein, and fibre for a healthy colon. Quinoa has minerals like magnesium for relaxing your muscles and blood vessels, manganese and copper antioxidants, which protect against cancer, and it has more cal

18 comments    healthy food quinoa omega oils
Why Do They Call It The Eurozone Debt Crisis?82

Why Do They Call It The Eurozone Debt Crisis?

I think they should call it the Eurozone lending crisis. It seems a bit ironic to me how the pundits and the politicos keep calling it the 'Eurozone debt crisis'. It takes two to tango and it's debatable who are most to blame, whether it’s the...

22 comments    debt humour crisis
That's a Funny Question to Ask the Queen82

That's a Funny Question to Ask the Queen

I've always thought it funny when people say ‘who is this?’ when they're on the phone. Don’t they know who they are? If I hear the phone ringing, the first thing I do before answering it, is find out who I am. It just seems good manners,...

36 comments    the queen prince philip
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