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Morning hope someone has some advice to give me!
I work in sales and my contract states the number of hours I work per week, it's says we work 5 days out of 7, and also says 'due to the nature of the job it may be necessary to adjust or exceed your hours to ensure your duties are properly performed'
I totally get that and am happy to stay late or work through lunch from time to time in order to deal with busy periods.
However, I am feeling under increased pressure to go beyond this. I feel that it is my choice to stay late and there should not be pressure from the company to feel forced into it.
Examples are:
-Email from senior management saying that it's likely we will have to work through our lunches in January as it is so busy! it says 'grab a banana'
- visit from uk sales director a cpl of weeks ago where she said we should come into work on our days off to deal with the extra demand.
-admin jobs are being delegated before we are due to start (I sometimes come in early to deal with stuff) or once we are meant to have left for the day, ie e manager will ask us to do something when really we are there of our own accord as should have left by then!
-habitually working through the day with no breaks at all, being made to feel awkward if you say you need to take a break.
-part time workers logging in from home on days they are not working and completing work, then management saying things like 'that us how you hit target'
As I said, I understand some level of unpaid overtime is normal and I'm happy to do it but I. Do feel we are bing taken the piss out of and that there is an obscene amount of pressure for us to work longer hours at the whim of the company, with little thought of the impact it has on the staffs health or 'work life balance'
Though it shouldn't matter, I am also 22 weeks pregnant and I felt physically ill last week after a Full 9.5 hrs at work with no break, I don't think i can physically do it. I have 11 weeks left before maternity leave and I am dreading every single morning.
Though I do also feel that even without me being pregnant this kind of pressure is not on.
To be clear, I am successful in my role and regularly exceed targets without having to work excessive hours, the company just wants us to make more and more money without paying us any extra salary, though we do earn bonus/commission
The company do not offer any paid overtime.
Can anyone advise me if I have any rights or what process I should follow as I very much want to make a complaint and try to make them change their ways.
Eek, long -sorry!
I know someone will be along soon with some proper advice, but I can tell you one thing - its illegal to work for more than 6 hours without a break.
have you had your pregnancy risk assessment done?
And no, I don't think it is usual or acceptable to expect a certain level of unpaid overtime, unless you are in a highly paid job where you work the hours required to do the job!
I had a risk assessment done but nothing was mentioned about working hours as far as I can remember
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Well, if you're above target without having to do ridiculous hours then continue doing what you've always done. You're pregnant and if you need a break you need a break. Request a health and safety assessment if they really start to put the pressure on.
To be honest, I'm surprised you haven't got a thicker skin if you work in sales.
Put yourself first at work because no one else will.
Unfortunately it seems the way most companies and organisations are these days. More for less and all that. O hour contracts but expecting people to be a their beck and call. Something really needs to be done.
I agree with Milly. I have just got in at 1am having been at work since before 8am in the morning. That is 17 hours - I get paid for 8 of them. The rest I do
so that my boss can get a bonus for the love of the company.
A lot of the rights hard won in earlier times have been eroded during this recession.
It sounds as though flexibility is being pushed too far. I would resist coming in on a non working day unless it is a one off, and if possible also resist losing all lunch breaks. I think you're supposed to have a 20 min break if you work more than 6 hours from a health and safety point of view anyway (Working Time Regulations). They are going against your contract. But it is difficult to resist this kind of thing unless colleagues do the same.
For the moment, you may find it easier to explain that you cannot work such long hours due to your pregnancy.
Worry.....that is terrible.
There are legal requirements companies have to adhere to regarding working time regulations (this covers breaks and working hours), health and safety and also national minimum wage (if the extra hours mean that pay per hour becomes less than NMW). See here: m.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1373 and https://www.gov.uk/rest-breaks-work
It is one thing to need people to do extra now and then, but when it becomes business as usual that is not on and is not good for business. There are actually criminal penalties for failing to ensure the workplace complies with health and safety legislation, including employee well being.
Op, you absolutely should have breaks on your maternity risk assessment. Please do raise this with your employer. You should not be working for 9.5 hours without a break pregnant or not, but as you are that is very worrying. You need to be able to get up and move around, go to the loo and eat and drink. You should also be doing regular work station assessments as your pregnancy progresses. See here: https://www.gov.uk/working-when-pregnant-your-rights (you need to scroll down a bit and on the risk assessment section there is a link to HSE but that is a bit wordy).
As for what you should do generally, do your colleagues feel the same as you? Do you have union representation that you could approach to speak to management? If not, you have two options: raise a grievance or if conditions are really so bad as to be dangerous you might be able to report your organisation to the health and safety executive or the local authority depending on what type of organisation it is. However, the latter option should only be used in extreme circumstances where there is a real risk of death or injury.
If I were you I'd be making a back up copy of all these mails telling you not to have any statutory breaks and have a banana.
Where is the HR dept in all this? Do you have one?
As others have said - please be selfish. Take that from someone who has worked a 55 hour week for the last three years including 2-3months of traveling. I am now home with CFS, stress and exhaustion.
And the outcome being I had to take extended sickness and lost my job because if it.
You stand to risk a lot more.
I agree about being selfish. Dont apologise and dont explain. Stick to the contract hours and only do extra if it works for you. IME senior managers are very good at bullying people into working longer hours. There is normally some bullshit explanation however you will generally find that it is the same people doing the extra time after time. Dont be that person.
Thank you all so much for the helpful replies.
Today I raised a grievance with HR outlining the problems and pointing out the legal requirements that are not being adhered to.
Oh and I've made copies of all the incriminating emails and attached these to my complaint, as well forwarded them on to my own, non work email.
Good for you, hope the pregnancy is going well. All the best.
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Good on you. Hope they don't decide to get difficult - my work tried to get difficult when I was pregnant & I called their bluff. They re-wrote a section of the relevant policy shortly after. I wonder how many other women they had bullied into unacceptable working practices before they tried it with me.
Stay strong, you are in the right.
I am having a bit of trouble with my work with regards to working much more than my contract hours. However mine is not as bad as your situation, i get paid and get adequate breaks. Well done for making a complaint.
I can't recommend ACAS highly enough. They were really helpful to me, they told me what to say (even told me exactly how to phrase things), that I should keep records of everything, how long to give my employer to sort it out, etc.
Hope it all gets sorted out quickly and professionally. Let us know how you get on.
I've had a response and am having a meeting with our HR manager next week to discuss it further, he said he wanted to 'open communication with me about the issues I have raised'
The email I got was quite nice, saying thanks for bringing it to their attention etc so maybe they are taking it seriously. Who knows...
Now just need to get it all clear so I don't sound too emotional and like I'm going off on one!
hope it goes ok.
can you take someone in with you for support, an advocate or someone to take notes on your behalf?
It seems pretty informal so I think I will just go on my own
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Couples often engage in ineffective patterns of relating that lead them to experience moderate to sever dissatisfaction in their interactions and the life they share. Establishing clear boundaries, effective guidelines for communication, distributing power and influence among other, are strategies that can help couples thrive and develop higher levels of intimacy
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I have had you couples who have been together for just a few months ask me if it's too early for therapy. Of course my answer is no, please come in. Communication skills, empathic listening. understanding our partners background and family of origins issues is not something we are born with. Intimacy is a skill that develops over time. Often couples step over the little glitches in relationships and these issues become big later in life. If your relationship is new or you've been together 40 years its never too late to take a look inside and see where all the points of disconnection are. True intimacy involves knowing ourselves at a deep level and likewise learning about our partner.
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During my 25 years of working with couples, I have observed that many couples periodically run into relationship 'roadblocks' that are difficult to navigate. This can happen for many reasons, and often involves difficulty communicating, which is resolvable with the help of a therapist. I can help you identify where you are 'going off track' with each other, and offer you tools and suggestions for moving back in a helpful direction. Please contact me for more information - I look forward to helping you get your relationship 'back on track.'
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Mike Bruns Named Winner of 2010 IANA Silver Kingpin Award
CALVERTON, MD, Oct. 11, 2010 – The Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) has named Mike Bruns, recently-retired President and founder of Comtrak Logistics, Inc., as winner of the 2010 IANA Silver Kingpin Award. Bruns will receive this important intermodal industry award on November 15 during the Opening General Session of the 2010 IANA Intermodal Expo in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Silver Kingpin Award recognizes individuals for their significant, long-term contributions to the intermodal industry.
The Awards Committee specifically recognized Bruns' contributions to, and visibility within, the intermodal industry through his numerous volunteer and leadership activities. The Committee also noted his significant commitment to the Memphis community and various charitable organizations. Mike has been an active IANA member and was the association's first chairman from the organization's motor carrier division. He is an intermodal advocate who has played an active role in many other organizations as well, including the ATA Intermodal Council, Traffic Club International, the Society of Entrepreneurs, and the University of Denver's Intermodal Transportation Institute.
Bruns turned a small business into an industry leader by using not only his well-honed business skills, but by building and nurturing a base of employees that considered him more like family than an employer. According to IANA Chairman Steve Branscum, "Mike Bruns serves as an example to us all. He has contributed greatly not only to our industry, but to his employees, and shown us that nice guys don't always finish last."
Bruns began his freight transportation career in 1973 after graduating from the University of Illinois. In 1983 he founded Comtrak in an old freight shed with a tiny dock office that barely housed three employees. When he retired in April 2010, Comtrak had grown to 23 terminals, 1300 owner/operators, 350 company drivers, 250 non-driver employees, and annual revenue of $160 million.
The Silver Kingpin is one of the transportation industry's most well-established and prestigious awards. It has been given every year since 1977, when it was originally presented by the Chicago Piggyback Association. Subsequently, it was repositioned as a national award by the National Piggyback Association – which later became the National Railroad Intermodal Association – one of three organizations that consolidated to form IANA in 1991.


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US stock indexes yesterday showed strong growth amid expectations of extending the credit program for Greece for 6 months. At the same time, the increase was due to the company's corporate reporting Coca-Cola and other companies. Today, in the focus of investors will again be the news on Greece, as well as statistics on oil and petroleum products inventories in the US (15:30 GMT). Investors are also in no hurry to open new positions ahead of tomorrow's publication of statistics on retail sales in the country, the growth of which can lead to the achievement of levels of all-time highs. We maintain a long-term positive outlook, but do not exclude the fall in the coming days.
European markets showed no unified dynamics. Thus, the indexes of Germany and France were supported by the news about the possibility of extending the credit program for Greece. Industrial production in France unexpectedly rose by 1.5% in December, against the predicted growth of 0.3%. At the same time, industrial production in the UK fell by 0.2% against the expected growth of 0.3%. Today in Europe is not expected to be released the important statistics and investors are watching the news from a meeting of eurozone finance ministers, as well as the talks in Minsk with respect to the Ukrainian crisis. We maintain our positive outlook for the medium-term in connection with the launch of quantitative easing in the Eurozone.
Markets in the Asia-Pacific region showed a sharp dynamics. The Japanese market was closed due to the holiday in the country. Yesterday's statistics on reducing the consumer price index in China to its lowest level in 5 years may lead to additional measures to support the economy which shows a slowdown. At the same time, it is worth noting a decrease on the Australian market due to falling commodity prices. Investors ignored the positive statistics on the growth of consumer confidence to 8.0% in February, compared with 2.4% in January. In the near future indexes in the region may show a decrease, but in the long run, the stock markets in the region will likely continue to rise.


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Similar to years past, we're going to be featuring each of the 25 titles on the BTBA Fiction Longlist over the next month plus, but in contrast to previous editions, this year we're going to try an experiment and frame all write-ups as "why this book should win." Some of these entries will be absurd, some more serious, some very funny, a lot written by people who normally don't contribute to Three Percent. Overall, the point is to have some fun and give you a bunch of reasons as to why you should read at least a few of the BTBA titles.
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I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson, translated by Charlotte Barslund and the author
Language: Norwegian
Country: Norway
Publisher: Graywolf
Pages: 224
Why This Book Should Win: Because it was written by Per Petterson, arguably one of Scandinavia's finest living writers. The book has already won a slew of prizes. In Norway, it won the 2008 Critics' Prize and the 2008 Brage Prize. And in 2009 it won the prestigious Nordic Council's Literary Prize. Why not give it another one?
This post was written K.E. Semmel, a writer and translator whose work has appeared in Ontario Review, The Washington Post, World Literature Today, Best European Fiction 2011, and elsewhere. His translation of Karin Fossum's next novel will be published by Harvill Secker in the UK in 2011 and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the US in 2012. And he's a St. Louis Cardinals fan.
When Per Petterson burst onto the international literary scene in 2007 with his novel Out Stealing Horses, the English-speaking world got a glimpse of what readers in Scandinavia have known for quite a while: Petterson's work is special. On the dust jacket for this new novel is a quote from Richard Ford: "Per Petterson is a profoundly gifted novelist." That Ford is a fan of Petterson's work can be no surprise to readers of each author. Like Ford's narrators, particularly Frank Bascombe, the narrator of I Curse the River of Time, Arvid Jensen, is a self-reflective man whose story unfolds most powerfully as a kind of internal monologue.
This long passage, in a lively translation by veteran translator Charlotte Barslund, is an example of Petterson's power as a reflectionist. With a few deftly chosen words he tells us a lot about Arvid Jensen:
And then I entered the hall and walked into the kitchen, the living room, where everything was as it had been for almost ten years, the same posters on the walls, the same rugs on the floor, the same goddamn red armchairs, and yet not like that at all, not like it was in the beginning, when there were just the two of us against the world, just she and I, shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand, there is just you and me, we said to each other, just you and me, we said. But something had happened, nothing hung together any more, all things had spaces, had distances between them, like satellites, attracted to and pushed away at the same instant, and it would take immense willpower to cross those spaces, those distances, much more than I had available, much more than I had courage to use. And nothing was like it had been inside the car either, driving through three or four districts in Romerike, in eastern Norway, east of Oslo. There the car was wrapped around me, but up here, in the flat, things fell out of focus and spun off to all sides. It was like a virus on the balance nerve. I close my eyes to true up the world, and then I heard the bathroom door open and her footsteps across the floor. I would have known them anywhere on earth, on any surface, and she stopped right in front of me. I could hear her breath, but not close enough to feel it on my face. She waited. I waited. In one of the bedrooms the girls were laughing out loud. There was something about her breath. It was never like that before. I kept my eyes closed, I squeezed them tightly shut. And then I heard her sigh.
"For Christ's sake, Arvid," she said. "Please stop that. It's so childish."
Much like Out Stealing Horses, I Curse The River of Time is a novel in which time itself takes on the role of a character, bending backward and forward. The novel interweaves three strands of time:
'Do I have a tan now?' she said.
I laughed again. 'You and I,' I said. 'Just you and I."
'Isn't it fun,' she said and she smiled. I let the oars rest in the rowlocks. The water around the boat fell silent, and silently the cabin was floating up above the rocks and the smoke rose softly from the chimney, and how impossible it was to grasp that in the end something as fine as this could be ground into dust.
At a kiosk that was still open, there were newspapers stacked on a stand outside, and in large bold typeface on every front page it said THE WALL TUMBLES, and I could not breathe, where had I been? This was bad, I had not paid attention, it was really bad, and I started to cry.
I was searching for something very important, a very special thing, but no matter how hard I tried, I could not find it. I pulled some straws from a cluster of marram grass and put them in my mouth and started chewing. They were hard and sharp and cut my tongue, and I took more, a fistful, and stuffed them in my mouth and chewed them while I sat there, waiting for my mother to stand up and come to me.
The various strands loop together to form a bold and smart novel, one that portrays the complex relationship between a son and his mother, between time and memory, and finally between the individual and his struggle to find his place in society. Taken together, the novel's structure may seem deceptively simple, but it is extremely powerful on the whole. Perhaps most impressive of all, however, is that the novel doesn't telegraph what is to come next; like time and memory, it does not flow in a straight line: it jumps from A to D and back to A. As such, it's a novel that invites the reader to ask questions. Why are we back here, at this point in time? What does this have to do with his mother's journey to Denmark? These are simple questions, but they are certainly not simple answers, and, at times, you may find yourself wondering where Petterson is going with his story. Yet it's precisely this which makes I Curse the River of Time so special: In this novel, Petterson writes with venerable authority, like a master unafraid to try new, ever-bolder moves. By the end of the novel you know exactly where he's going with his story, and you know exactly where you've been. And it's quite a trip.
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To be, or not to be?
Hamlet's enduring question is one that Szilárd Borbély, acclaimed Hungarian poet, verse-playwright, librettist, essayist, literary critic, short-story writer, and, finally, novelist, answered sadly in the negative, through his suicide in 2014, at the. . .
A Greater Music is the first in a line of steady and much-anticipated releases by Bae Suah from key indie presses (this one published by Open Letter). Building off of the interest of 2016 Best Translated Book Award longlist nominee. . .
The dislocation of individuals from the countries of their birth has long been a common theme in contemporary literature. These two short novels recently translated into English appear firmly rooted in this tradition of ex-pat literature, but their authors eschew. . .
In Melancholy, Hungarian author, critic, and art theorist László Földényi presents a panorama of more than two thousand years of Western historical and cultural perspectives on the human condition known as melancholia. In nine chapters, Földényi contrasts the hero worship. . .
Pascal Quignard's __The Hatred of Music_ is the densest, most arcane, most complex book I've read in ages. It's also a book that covers a topic so basic, so universal—almost primordial—that just about any reader will be perversely thrilled by. . .
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Eliot Weinberger takes big strides across literary history in his genuinely breathtaking short work, 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, tracking translations of a short ancient Chinese poem from the publication of Ezra Pound's Cathay in 1915 to Gary. . .
Prose translators will likely disagree, but I believe translating poetry requires a significant level of talent, a commitment to the text, and near mania, all of which suggests that the undertaking is the greatest possible challenge. The task is to. . .
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Monday evening a hurricane hunter airplane found that Isabel's winds had fallen to 120 mph, a drop of 5 mph over six hours, but still a Category 3 storm. National Hurricane Center forecaster Miles Lawrence said it could lose a little more speed, but should remain a Category 3 storm until it hits by Thursday.
The Gulf Stream's warm water could feed the storm enough energy to maintain its strength in the final hours before it hits land.
At 5 a.m. ET Tuesday, Isabel was centered about 660 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., or about 435 miles east-northeast of Nassau in the Bahamas.
The Category 3 storm had weakened with sustained winds blowing at 115 mph. On Sunday, Isabel's sustained winds hit the 156-mph mark, making it a Category 5 storm, the most powerful.
Hurricane forecaster Stacy Stewart said he "could easily see" winds at hurricane force — 74 mph and above — extending 150 miles out from the storm's center when it strikes land. Winds slightly less than hurricane intensity could extend up to 300 miles from the center.
In a conference call Monday for federal and state disaster planners, Stewart said the storm could bring widespread damage inland, not just along the coast.
"Several hundred thousands of people, even millions of people, could be without power for several days," Stewart said. "We expect this hurricane will be a major hurricane when it makes landfall."
The accuracy of forecasts increases dramatically the closer a hurricane gets to land: Two days out, the forecasts could be off by 150 miles either way. At four days, it's nearly double that, according to a 10-year study by the hurricane center.
Four-day forecasts can err by 282 miles on either side of the storm's path. With a clearer picture today of where Isabel could strike, emergency managers will focus on evacuation zones.
Virginia Gov. Mark Warner already has declared a state of emergency that put National Guardsmen, state police and transportation crews on full alert.
Officials in Baltimore canceled leave for staffers in the police, fire, transportation and public works departments. "Right now, we are preparing ... as if the storm is coming right at us," Mayor Martin O'Malley said.
Residents along the coast also were paying attention.
They remember the last hurricane to batter the Mid-Atlantic states: Floyd, which wreaked havoc on the East Coast in September 1999 and led to 56 deaths.
John Snider, who lives near Ocean City, Md., spent Monday boarding up his home.
"I'm very concerned," said Snider, who plans to flee inland to stay with family in Wallingford, Pa. "We're praying. That's for sure."
• Authorities in North Carolina issued a mandatory evacuation order at midday Monday for all 921 residents of Ocracoke Island, a popular Outer Banks tourist destination reachable only by ferry.
At Cape Hatteras National Seashore, spokeswoman Mary Doll shouted on the telephone over the sound of plywood being hammered across the windows of the administration building. Campgrounds and other facilities at the national park will close today, she said. About 90 staff members will probably evacuate the slender 70-mile strip of barrier islands.
• Washington braced for the prospect of what one local disaster planning official called "the perfect storm" — a hurricane barreling up the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River and into the nation's capital.
Authorities there have set up the old convention center and Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, former home of the Washington Redskins football team, as disaster mobilization sites.
• Authorities in Delaware worried about a throng of up to 150,000 auto racing fans expected at Dover International Speedway for a NASCAR race this weekend. One official said fans are already camped out in an estimated 15,000 travel trailers around the racetrack.
• In Southampton, N.Y., an affluent community on Long Island that's home to millionaires such as fashion designer Calvin Klein, officials fear the prospect of being on the storm's treacherous northeastern side. Typically, the worst winds and storm surge occur to the upper right of a hurricane's eye.
"We can't force people to leave their homes," said Wayne Petry, chief dispatcher with the Southampton Village Police. "But we ask them to sign a waiver that they're taking their lives into the own hands."
With so many National Guard troops deployed overseas, there was concern Monday that hurricane response could suffer. But guard officials said they were confident their numbers were sufficient.
Of states in Isabel's path, North Carolina's ranks are the most depleted: 6,300 of 12,000 state National Guard members are unavailable — mobilized for federal duty overseas or elsewhere in the USA. That leaves 5,700 to respond to a disaster. At the peak of storm recovery after Hurricane Floyd, 4,800 National Guard troops were at work in North Carolina.
Contributing: The Associated Press


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Please confirm that you want to add Learn how to make sushi to your Wishlist.
In this course we start off teaching you the basics: how to make rice, select your fish and how to prepare your vegetables. Once you are good to go we've got 20 different types of sushi rolls we would like to show you how to make! Each lesson is roughly 5 minutes and very easy to follow
Making sushi at home is really easy to do if you know how. This course will have you making sushi like a pro in no time.
Here we demonstrate how to cut up your avocados and cucumbers
Sushi rice is a key ingredient to most forms of sushi. In this video you will learn how to make perfect sushi rice every time
Here we talk you through how to choose your fish and ensure it's fresh enough to use for sushi.
Maki Sushi rolls are easy to eat and make a great lunchtime meal. They are made by wrapping Sushi rice and ingredients in nori seaweed and shaping the rolls with a bamboo rolling mat. Watch this video to learn how!
Inside Out Rolls are called Uramaki in Japanese. They are prepared by putting the rice on the outside of the Nori (seaweed). The ingredients are then put on the inside. Watch this video to learn how to make this attractive type of sushi
Sashimi primarily consists of very fresh raw seafood, sliced into thin pieces, and served only with a dipping sauce Sashimi often is the first course in a formal Japanese meal, but it can also be the main course, presented with rice and Miso soup in separate bowls
Futomaki are Sushi rolls in which a whole piece of Nori (seaweed) is used. Several ingredients are then used as filling. Thick rolls can be rolled in a variety of ways to make decorative patterns in the rice
Hand Rolls - known as Temaki in Japanese - are absolutely delish and a treat for your guests. And they're a lot easier to make than you think!
This is your sushi masterpiece. Deep fried sushi - whilst blunting the health edge that sushi has - is an awesome addition to your repertoire. The texture and flavor of the Volcano Roll sets it apart and will have your guests begging for more
Looking for a bit of fire to add to your sushi plate? The Spicy Crunchy Tuna roll is a staple of many Japanese restaurants and a really welcome addition to any dinner party you are throwing. You will need tempura flakes for this one which you can buy pre made or watch our video on Tempura to see how to make yourself!
Rainbow rolls are often found on the menu under "Special Rolls". This is one of the most colourful pieces of sushi that you can make and will leave your guests begging for more
The Naruto Roll is one of the most extravagant rolls you will ever make. No rice, no seaweed - just cucumber and a fish of your choice. PLEASE NOTE - Do not attempt this roll if you do not have an extremely sharp knife and basic knife skills
This is the oldest and most common dish served in Japanese Sushi bars. In Japanese "Nigiri" means hand formed. Nigiri Sushi are made by gently squeezing together bite sized pieces of fish (or other ingredients) and small balls of rice
Replace your fish with a vegetable in this the oldest and most common dish served in Japanese Sushi bars. In Japanese "Nigiri " means squeeze. Nigiri Sushi are made by gently squeezing together bite sized pieces of fish (or other ingredients)vegetables and small balls of rice. Watch the video to see how you'll be able to cater to guests who are looking for something alternate to fish on their sushi
Fashion Sandwiches are a native sushi to South Africa. So unless your guests have been to South Africa – the chances are they have never seen this type of sushi before. Which means you get to look really clever and they get to look really impressed
California Rolls are inside out rolls prepared by putting the rice on the outside of the Nori (seaweed). The ingredients are then put on the inside. We generally use crab stick and avocado inside California Rolls. Californias are very popular amongst those who don't necessarily like the texture of the Nori. Flying fish roe or sesame seeds are usually used to garnish the finished California. Each roll makes 8 pieces
Just when you thought the only to come out of Philly was cheese steak. The Philadelphia roll is a modern addition to the sushi plate and brings with it a freshness and texture that is really unique. You will need some cream cheese along with your salmon and avocado to make this roll. Try it out - its super delicious
Another modern addition to the sushi family. "Te" means "hand" in Japanese and "mari" means "ball". This little "Hand ball" is pretty piece of sushi that adds a contempory look to your sushi platter. Try it out with all different types of fish for maximum effect
The sweetheart roll is a favorite and is designed to score major points with loved ones.
The Tiger Roll is a different way of rolling sushi that gives you an opportunity to show off your skills. Watch this video to find out how!
Kazari sushi - roughly translated as TBDC - The Bomb Dot Com.... You won't even find this piece of sushi on most restaurant menu's. Prepare to knock your guests out as they marvel at your sweet skills
Gunkan sushi – also known as "Battleships" are a different looking sushi that add some nice flair to your presentation dish. You can use ikura, chopped fish or even vegetables as the filling
I have been involved in the Sushi world since 2001 and I have had a passion for Sushi since first tasting it as a teenager. In the west, due to diet and lifestyle we become accustomed to the taste and texture of our daily food. I will never forget the first time I allowed myself to eat what should be considered unthinkable – raw fish wrapped in seaweed. That feeling of tasting something completely new, with a texture that was foreign and unlike anything I have ever eaten, still remains with me today.
And its this excitement that I want to share with you, and help you create that experience for your guests.
There is something about sushi that gets people really excited. In Japanese its called Otaku. A loose understanding of this word is a feeling that sits below obsession but above passion. Few people are indifferent about sushi. You either love it or you can't eat it. And those who love it, really love it. When you prepare a sushi meal for your friends who are "into" sushi, it will be received like nothing else you make. Chicken, steak, sirloin of tuna….. all have nothing on the simple maki or Californian role. It's a no contest and my goal is that after spending 3 hours with me, you are able to put on a sushi spread that will have your guests begging for more.
A bit about my sushi background, I was trained at my local Yo sushi in my home town of Johannesburg South Africa. Thereafter I ran my own small business consisting of Sushi vending stands (Nishi Sushi) from 2000-2003 and supplied some of the leading caterers and restaurants. I started my first sushi school when I lived in London in 2003 and then moved over to the United States where I opened one in New York.
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Just in case you are not on the Town's email list, the Comprehensive Plan Public hearing has been postponed due to inclement weather.
The meeting has been reschedule for Monday, February 13.
Stay tuned for more information.
Just in case you are not on the Town's email list, the Comprehensive Plan Public hearing has been postponed due to inclement weather.
The meeting has been reschedule for Monday, February 13.
Stay tuned for more information.
TELL GOVERNOR CUOMO: Stop the Pilgrim Pipelines
A proposed set of oil pipelines would threaten New York's water and communities, but Governor Cuomo can stop them.
The Pilgrim pipelines would carry billions of gallons of explosive fracked oil from Albany to New Jersey, and return flammable products north. The proposed path runs directly through the Town of Tuxedo, running near Laurel Ridge and transecting the Millennium Pipeline, . If constructed, the Pilgrim pipelines would:
Fortunately, Governor Cuomo can stop the Pilgrim Pipelines by denying the project's Thruway Right-of-Way permit.
Join the Statewide Call-In Week Against the Pilgrim Pipelines from January 23 – 27. Call Governor Cuomo to urge him to STOP THE PILGRIM PIPELINES: 866-846-4075
Please forward and share this alert widely!
Learn more and get involved at stoppilgrimpipeline.com
The Tuxedo Town Board is holding a public meeting on the Comprehensive Plan Update (available here: http://www.tuxedogov.org/Town-Board/comprehensiveplan-seeattached) Monday, January 23, 2017, beginning at 7:00pm at the Tuxedo Town Hall, 1 Temple Dr, Tuxedo Park, NY. The Comprehensive Plan is basically a guideline for the town's future, including identifying opportunities for development, conservation, education, transportation, marketing, and other initiatives.
"… if a plan is prepared, it should be adopted by the Town Board as an official statement of the community's land use policies. Once adopted, any subsequent land use regulations must be in accordance with the Town's adopted comprehensive plan".(pg.1)
It's an important document that we encourage everyone to take a look at and then attend the Monday, January 23rd meeting at Town Hall to demonstrate your interest and share comments.
Below is a list of issues excerpted from the document that seem of particular interest to NTRA members. The NTRA Executive Board continues to strive to be a liaison between the town board and our members. We hope that you can join us at this meeting to respectfully voice ideas that aim at building a better Tuxedo.
Ken English, Kristy Apostolides, Claudia Bakhtiary, Bahar Eratac
Hi everyone!
This is just a quick note to let you all know about the next member meeting:
Thursday, October 20th, beginning at 7:30pm
American Legion Hall, 16 Orange Tpk, Southfields, NY
This is the first meeting that includes our new membership (all Tuxedo residents in the Monroe-Woodbury school district) so come and meet some new members! Feel free to invite anyone you know who might want to attend (the meeting is open to all).
Guests will provide updates about the Pilgrim Pipeline, the activities of A Better Tuxedo, and the acting chief of police and a town board member will be present to answer questions about the transition to 911 and other town business.
Additionally, we are electing new officers, so if anyone is interested is serving in a greater capacity, we would love to have you! Click here to respond via email by October 18 with your desired role.
Thanks and see you soon!
Kristy on behalf of the Executive Committee
Northern Tuxedo Residents' Association
PO Box 484
Tuxedo NY 10987
Sterling Forest Day! 9:30am–4:00pm. Click here for the full schedule.
All activities will originate at the U.S. Senator Frank L. Lautenberg Visitor Center
116 Old Forge Road, Tuxedo, NY 10925
"Hiking in Bear County"
Wednesday, October 5, at 7:00pm
The Tuxedo Library, 227 NY-17, Tuxedo Park, NY 10987.
Don Weise, author of Circuit Hikes in Harriman and West Milford's Baker's Dozen, as well as Development Director of NY-NJ Trail Conference, will share his knowledge and passion for enjoying hikes in Tuxedo and the surrounding areas, while practicing outdoor safety. Don has over 20 years' experience as a hike leader, runner and environmental advocate. He will share tips on identifying extraordinary hikes and tailoring them to your group's ability level. Don's organization, the NY-NJ Trail Conference, builds, maintains and protects a network of over 2,150 miles of trails around Tuxedo and the greater New York area. A special guest will be TV news anchorman and Tuxedo resident Mike Schneider, who is starring in "On the Trail with Mike Schneider" on public television this fall. Don will also be bringing and signing copies of his new book, "Circuit Hikes in Harriman," which features hikes accessible from Tuxedo Station. Please call 845-351-2207 or visit the library to register. The library website is tuxedoparklibrary.org .
The Fall Family Music Festival (formerly Tuxedo Family Fun Day) will be held this year on Saturday, October 8, 2016 (rain date Sunday, October 9) at the Powerhouse Park, 57 Powerhouse Lane, in the East Village in downtown Tuxedo, from 1:00-5:00pm. The cost is $5.00 per family.
Three local musical acts will perform:
The following attractions will be featured:
There are loads of kids' activities:
One-Mile Splash Dash: Compete against your friends or yourself for the best time in a one-mile run. during the course, be prepared to be splashed with water, bombed with balloons and squirted with silly string.
Event Times:
1:30pm – Ages 4-6
2:00pm – Ages 7-9
2:30pm – Ages 10-12
3:00pm – Ages 12-16
Basketball Free-Throw Shout Out Contest: Each contestant, from one of three age groups, gets 15 free throws. In case of a tie, you will have 60 seconds to complete as many free-throws as possible. If another tie occurs, you will have 30 seconds to complete as many free-throws as possible.
Contest Times:
1:15pm – Ages 10-11
1:45pm – Ages 12-13
2:15pm – Ages 14-16
We hope you and your family can come and join us for a fabulous day of food, music, games, community and fun.
Hi everyone.
Volunteers are needed for the 15th Annual Tuxedo Family Fun Day, which is not called Fall Family Music Festival. Volunteers are needed specifically for Pumpkin Painting, Splash Dash, Pie Eating Contest and Basketball Free-Throw Contest. Please call Shari Brooks at 845-351-2265 or email her at firstname.lastname@example.com if you can help.
The Fall Family Music Festival will take place on Saturday, October 8, from 1:00-5:00pm at Powerhouse Park- 57 Powerhouse Lane, East Village.


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Burn Notice and Dancing Bears: A Day of Extra Work on South Beach
The hardest part was making the 7 a.m. call time. Since I'd been working from home, my out-of-sync circadian rhythm had me going to bed at 6 a.m. and waking up at 2 p.m. or later.
I'd signed up to be an extra on Burn Notice. And I understood I was a bottom-feeder, an expendable, barely noticeable flash of face in the background. But there is always that self-aggrandizing part of your brain that says: "You know, you could really be a star."
I was nervous. I could lose a few pounds, but I knew it wouldn't happen overnight, even with laxative. I wasn't tan enough, so I made a late-night CVS stop for some self-tanner. And I desperately needed my split ends clipped.
When I landed on set, I'd never seen Burn Notice. But according to the production assistant, it's the most watched show on cable. The episode we were filming was episode 13 of season 4, called "Eyes Wide Open." The trailers were hidden behind Joe's Stone Crab and I was one of ten extras, a clutch of average-looking men and women in their early- to mid-twenties. Our payment for ten hours of work: Free breakfast and lunch, and $100 plus overtime.
A Burn Notice PA and extra wrangler.
Jenny Grafiada
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That work, of course, is easy. We just walked across the street, again and again. For the scenes where extras weren't needed -- anything involving Jeffrey Donovan hunting a serial killer around South Beach -- we waited, melting in the shade, playing with our phones, and napping on the sidewalk.
Unfortunately, especially for another extra with a tongue ring and tats who called himself "VIP," there were no explosions. Instead, there was a lot of screaming to keep quiet and step out of frame. Someone would yell, "Rolling!", then someone would "Cue Background": A girl rode a bike, some guy pretended to talk on a phone, another sipped from an empty coffee cup. Meanwhile, VIP kept pushing for a kiss, especially after the PA told us to pretend to be boyfriend-girlfriend.
The set, crew, and infamous Burn Notice black Charger.
Jenny Grafiada
Coincidentally, another production company that advertises for extras on Craigslist was filming at a nightclub right down the block. A black Hummer limo pulled up and a gang of skanky girls filed out. It was a "Dancing Bear" shoot, VIP said, where some guy in a Yogi costume dances and shakes his wang in girls' faces. The payment: A c-note if you clap and cheer, another $100 if you grab it, $100 more if you suck it, and a full $500 for the money shot.
Moral of the story: Extra work can score a quick Benjamin, but if you want more, be prepared to do some serious schmoozing -- or a lot of sucking.
--Jenny Grafiada
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Amy Macdonald Pens Song About Chilean Miners
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However, Amy Macdonald doubts she will ever release the song, fearing she would be accused of trying to profit from their story.READ MORE
She is the the girl who toppled Radiohead off the U.K. Albums chart to take the crown at the highest place with her debut album "This Is the Life". She is the singer who shook the Scottish and the rest of European music scenes with her booming voice through singles like "Poison Prince" and "Mr. Rock and Roll". She is Amy Macdonald, a talented musician in her early 20s who started it all with a copy of Travis' CD. Macdonald who was born on August 25, 1987 attended a local high school in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire and never discovered her talent in music until the age of 12. During a family vacation, she was given a sum of money by her gran which she used to buy a CD she had an instinct for, Travis' sophomore effort "The Man Who". As soon as she found joy in listening to the Scottish band's songs, Macdonald picked up the guitar belonging to her father to teach herself how to play it. Beginning with a tune or two, she exposed herself to a wider range of music through listening to the radio. It was not until she sat on her sister's bed and stared at the "Trainspotting" poster did the idea of writing her own music strike her.
Seeing how her sister loved and admired the movie's main character, Ewan McGregor, Macdonald wrote a piece called "The Wall" that chronicles the infatuation for another being. This routine of spawning her own materials kept flowing until she was 'discovered' during a school extra session. When she was in her third year of the high school, a group of musicians naming themselves Impact Arts came to scout talents and improve those with interest in music. Macdonald, having mastered her guitar skill for sometime and even written her own songs, stood out in the crowd and was quickly promoted. At 15 she performed a lot of acoustic sessions, mainly covering songs from the bands she likes such as R.E.M., and Tears for Fears. One gig leads to another, she was starting to get her career on track.
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