Dumb Me Down, Scottie

Languages have become more dynamic, they are in a state of flux, acquiring new vocabulary from other cultures. English is particularly adept at borrowing from other languages.

There are more foreign-loan words in German from the English than the other way round: Computer, car rental, fast food to name but a few. Often they are items of everyday life with a practical usage.

Even a few innocent ones from the French survive like restaurant, although one got rid of French fries which were politically corrected to freedom fries.

The English language contains already a number of words originating from the German language: Blitz, Lebensraum, Zeitgeist, Schadenfreude, and Gestalt (some are more respectable, some less tainted than others). They are all abstracts, their concepts better understood in their original coinage than the English equivalent. Continue reading “Dumb Me Down, Scottie”

Negotiating for Power Washing Contracts At Restaurants – Bidding On Extra Requested Services

The other day, I was talking to a mobile detailer and fleet car wash business entrepreneur and he told me that it rained in his region quite a bit, and it was hard for him to maintain cash flow if it rained too much, because he was taking days off when he should be working, but no one wanted their cars cleaned when it was raining. Of course, I then recommended that he go out and get some customers and clientele doing various types of cleaning jobs that he could do even if it was raining.

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6 Things to Include in Your Personal Goal Setting

Over the past few days I have been slowly going over my goals for 2014, just to see if I am on track with what I have planned for this year. I think it is really important to have our goals written out, either in a notebook or diary, and for you visual learners you may like to use a dream or vision board. I personally have my goals written on a big whiteboard in my office. This is great because it means that everyday I walk past them and it’s a good little reminder of what they are and how close I am to achieving them.

With my goals I break them down into 6 different categories.

Health and fitness, spiritual, finance, education, family and Judo. Continue reading “6 Things to Include in Your Personal Goal Setting”

Unusual Places and Things to Eat in Mexico City

You travel to try out new things and have new experiences, right? So why not stretch your palate a bit too during your travels? Although here in Mexico City you can truly experience the “exotic” in dining, you needn’t delve into the bizarre. Take a step a little off your normally beaten path with these suggestions. If you want to try something just a little different while eating out in Mexico City, try these.

Here are two Cevicherias or raw seafood specialty houses:

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4 Easy Keys To A Healthy Life

In this day and age, we are surrounded with temptations for all things that are bad for us. There are fast food places on almost every corner. Since they all compete with each other, there are many places right next to each other. Plus the deals they have not only make it easy to get but, you get a lot of junk for a cheap price. I know a lot of people, after eating that junk say “I really need to stop buying this crap.” I think we all have said something similar to that in the past. I am faced with the situation all week at work. I am an EMT on the road all day, and it is very hard to find something that’s good for you and is quick to get. This article is about some things you need to be able to keep our bodies up to par health wise. Continue reading “4 Easy Keys To A Healthy Life”

How to Lose 10 Pounds in 10 Days – With This Diet Plan

The best way to lose 10 pounds in 10 days isn’t starving yourself, but by eating more foods. Eating more foods and shifting them each and every day, Calorie shifting is a form of dieing that has been used for a very long time. Many bodybuilders have used this method to get into the best shape possible and let me tell you it works. So if you’re still skeptical about losing 10 pounds in 10 days, don’t be because there is a solution. The solution is Shifting Calories!

You might be thinking if bodybuilders used this form of dieting to get into the best shape possible than it must be hard. In plain English the answer is NO. The diet is user friendly and the only thing you need to do is change the foods you eat day to day. Calorie shifting doesn’t interfere with your lifestyle and you can do it virtually at any time in your life. The purpose of this diet is to speed up your metabolism which is in charge of burning fat. The better your metabolism is working the more weight you can be sure to lose.

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Summer Salads For Sugar Busters

The wonderful joys of summertime fun: swimming, hiking, biking, baseball, soccer, gardening, and the list goes on and on and on. Who wants to spend lots of time preparing fresh and healthy meals in a hot kitchen? Not me! So I composed 3 summer salads for sugar busters (we have to be satisfied to stick with it, right?) that will keep you happy and out of the kitchen in a flash.

My best trick for those hot sumer days is to prep everything in the morning while it is still cool and then enjoy the weather your good food for the rest of the day. I call that a win – win. Continue reading “Summer Salads For Sugar Busters”

Awesome Avocado Salad – Make Sandwiches Tastier With Vegetable Spreads for Pizzazz and Added Flavor

Awesome Avocado: Use as a spread, or eaten as a cold salad can really add a stream of fresh, zesty or ethnic flavor to your favorite turkey, chicken or ham sandwich! Enjoy eating sliced avocados, as a complete side salad. There are many abbreviated ways to make to sliced avocado, that does not take as much chopping, seeding or peeling and may be entertained for a quick avocado flavoring. You may add a spice combination of ground cumin, salt, pepper and chopped cilantro and of course, you can’t forget 1/2 a squeezed lemon or lime, extra virgin olive oil and vinegar, of your choice. Usually, I blend all of the above ingredients together in a small bowl and place, on the table, so that guests can add as much, or as little, according to taste. Remarkably, I find that avocados are a very versatile food, they can either be served chilled, or cut on-the-spot and eaten just as soon as you have peeled and added the spice and vinegar-oil combination above.

Enjoy and entertain cooking and seasoning your sandwiches, salads or side dishes with as many vegetable and spice combinations as you can create by blending a few different vegetable together.

Eating dishes blended with various colors has always been a way to keep me excited in meal preparation. Green avocados accompanied with chunks of red, ripe tomatoes and yellow chili peppers along with spices make for a tasty, colorful salad!

Mix your liquids and spices in a small bowl and set aside. Roast your peppers; chop your cilantro and parsley blend; peel and chop tomatoes.
Lastly, peel your avocado and set aside. Blend your liquid/spice mixture and lightly blend with your avocado, chili, cilantro, and tomato mixture, enjoy with warm, thinly, sliced bread or taco chips!

SUGGESTIONS:

2-3 medium-sized ripe avocados—
3 roasted, peeled, chopped and seeded yellow chili pepper, if yellow is unavailable, use green, or even large, long, red chili peppers.
1/2 cup chopped parsley, and cilantro
1 large peeled and seeded ripe,red tomato

Liquid mixture:

1 large lemon, juice only, squeeze your lemon in a lemon press, or face lemon toward your palm
drizzling the juice down the sides of your lemon and into your dish.
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon smoky cumin
1 tablespoon paprika

1/2 teaspoon onion powder

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1 tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice.

Avocado contains vitamins E and B-6, other healthy skin vitamins and can lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Enjoy and entertain cooking and seasoning your sandwiches, salads or side dishes with as many vegetable and spice combinations as you can create by blending a few different vegetables together.

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Source by Lorie Ann Jermoune

A Restaurant Reviewers’s Worst Case Scenario

One of the most interesting things for a Restaurant Reviewer is having a pleasurable experience and then all of a sudden some unexpected thing occurs. After traveling around the United States and Canada for some 5-years I noticed that the service in some of the more respected restaurant chains was quite uneven.

Meaning not only was quality control at one extreme or the other or customer service hot or cold, but that consistency was quite varying from store to store or outlet to outlet. Sometimes the service was fantastic, sometimes ho-hum and on rare occasion horrific. Let me tell you some theories I developed after taking Restaurant News, Franchising Times and C-Store News for years, while also traveling and seeing it all for my self.

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Eating More Salad Is Savory to the Palate and a Valid Source of Vitamins and Fiber

Salads are a great way for beginning any lunch or dinner meal. I find that due to cold and allergy season, I am less drawn to cold foods and more drawn to comfort foods. SO, what do I do? I entertain different ways of making salads more of a comfort food to appease the taste of me and my family that are still creative, comforting and healthy! I also find ways of adding fruit to my salad, whenever feasible, to increase my daily intake of fruits, grains and fiber. Continue reading “Eating More Salad Is Savory to the Palate and a Valid Source of Vitamins and Fiber”