Self-employment, freelance motivation quick tip

Motivation – the battery purge cycle system Is work starting to feel like a demolition ball swinging in to hit you every morning? Then stop doing it! At least for a short period of time. I have a small system that I’m happy to share with you, if you are in this situation from time [...]

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English, unavoidable and inevitable?

Europe’s identity is in question, but in which language? In Sweden and France consternation is abound as journalists pick up on this phenomenon and convey the zeitgeist as it is to their respective countrymen. In an article in the Svenska Dagbladet, Olle Josephson writes of a Scandinavian political convention bringing together Norwegian, Danish and Swedish [...]

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Gratin Dauphinois

Difficulty: Easy Preparation time (in minutes) : 20 Cooking time (in minutes) : 75 Ingredients for 6 servings: 1.5kg of your favourite potatoes (consider sweet potato) 50g of butter 2 garlic cloves 3 egg yolks 4dl of cream 60g of gruyère Salt, ground pepper Nutmeg Gratin dauphinois recipe: Wash and peel the potatoes. Cut them into thin round [...]

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How European are you?

“10%, far more British than European.” 20-something, UK “More so since I’ve been living in France. Being British is being European. I can’t feel one without feeling the other.” 20-something, British ex-pat in France “I guess not much really, more Italian, never thought of myself as European.” 20-something, Italian ex-pat in France “25%.” 20-something, UK [...]

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