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Contemporary knowledge about God, Evolution, and the meaning of human life.Methodology of spiritual development.
Vladimir Antonov
Translated from Russian by Mikhail Nikolenko
© Antonov V.V., 2010.
We have discussed already in our other conversations the subject of the meaning of human life and the ways of its realization. We said, in particular, that the ultimate goal of the life of every one of us consists in achieving spiritual Perfection and Mergence with the Primordial Consciousness (the Creator). The Path to this Mergence consists of stages of ethical and bioenergetical purification of oneself, and then of refinement and quantitative growth of the refined consciousness (soul) — through the growth of the spiritual heart, first of all.
It is important to emphasize that:
a) one's progress on this Path is determined by one's success in mastering the art of psychical self-regulation (it is described by us in detail in the book Ecopsychology and demonstrated in the film Psychical Self-Regulation).
b) Mergence with God, Who is Love (1 John 4:8, 4:16), is feasible only for those who themselves have mastered the functions of the spiritual heart (the organ of emotional love) and got rid of negative emotional states to such an extent that one may say about them that they, too, have become Love.
Such self-transformation — for every person who is well developed intellectually — is an obvious reality. One just needs to know HOW to achieve this.
Spiritual development was the subject of Teachings of Thoth-the-Atlantean, Pythagoras, Krishna, Lao Tse, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ, Babaji from Haidakhan, Sathya Sai Baba, and other Divine Teachers. But it is only by us that, for the first time, this Path was described in detail in a modern language understandable to all reasonable people. It was described, in particular, how one can traverse this Path quickly, avoiding unnecessary problems and tragic mistakes. This Path can be denoted by the terms 'modern developed Hesychasm', 'Raja and Buddhi Yoga', 'true Sufism, Taoism, or Buddhism'. It can be viewed also — in the scheme of modern scientific knowledge — as a well-developed and well-described, with the use of historical and modern information received from Divine Teachers, new direction of modern science — METHODOLOGY OF SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT.
This knowledge includes information:
— about the multidimensional structure of the Absolute and about the Evolution of the Universal Consciousness,
— about what God wants us, people, to be,
— about possible variations of one's advancement along the spiritual Path, which every one of us can use when advancing to Perfection,
— about the universal principles of development of individual consciousnesses (souls) and about possible errors,
— about concrete methods of self-development.
The Will of God is to make this knowledge available to all people living on our planet. And all people, including the leaders of countries, have to realize that they are interested in this: after all, if all people understand the meaning of their lives on the Earth, then it will result in a sharp decrease of the levels of crime, suicide, alcoholism and drug addiction, enmity in all its manifestations including international and inter-confessional ones. The health of the masses would improve as well: after all, many diseases result from our ethical mistakes. And people would be able to unite their efforts — for the sake of BECOMING BETTER before God!
Why do all these calamities happen to humankind? Because people do not know the meaning of their lives of the Earth! They do not know what to do — and thus many of them begin to do foolish things!…
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We have discussed already that the main suggestion of God for us is that we develop love in ourselves — love for other people, for all the living, love for God.
Realization of this task requires both personal intellectual efforts and use of the methods of psychical self-regulation. Among the latter, the most important ones are the methods of development of the spiritual heart and then the methods of transformation of oneself (as a soul, consciousness) — into a giant spiritual heart, which should be enriched then with all the valuable things accumulated by the person during the entire time of the personal evolution. It concerns, first of all, one's intellectual outfit and the ability to think creatively and wisely without using the material structures of the body.
If one knows HOW to do it — and it is described in our books and in films — then such a transformation (for an evolutionary matured soul) can be realized in a short period of time: for example, in several months or years of work on oneself.
One, who has mastered this, becomes a giant consciousness able to live and to act far outside the material body, to heal both one's own body and the bodies of other incarnated beings, to explore all the spatial dimensions (eons, lokas), to communicate easily with Divine Teachers — the Holy Spirits and to learn from Them, and together with Them to provide help to incarnated beings. And then the Divine Teachers guide Their worthy disciples to the Abode of the Primordial Consciousness. This signifies the beginning of the stage of Mergence with the Primordial Consciousness and mastering the ability of living and acting in this state.
I should make an important remark: it is only the emotions of love that enable souls to merge with each other!
… What does cause the pain of parting with the beloved one? It is caused by separation of ONE into parts, i.e. separation of souls formerly merged into ONE.
This sad situation, which is known probably to all adult individuals, illustrates very well what MERGENCE of souls is.
It is such a state of Mergence with the Creator that we have to achieve — and never become separated again!
… I want to make sure that everyone understands me correctly: the Creator, God-the-Father is not an old man sitting on a cloud, as He is depicted in primitive sects! He is the Universal Boundless and Eternal Ocean of the Subtlest Primordial Consciousness dwelling in the highest loka of the multidimensional Absolute! We have described this in detail in some of our books, for example in Anatomy of God, Ecopsychology, Spiritual Heart — Religion of Unity, also in our lectures and films.
… Can we trace: how do we merge by souls with each other?…
This happens in a natural way, involuntary…
But what does contribute to it? Usually it is long relations in the conditions of conformity of each other's worldviews and interests, also emotional harmony in relations. An important favorable factor can be the harmony of sexual relations if they take place.
This concerns mergence of human souls.
And when the spiritual warrior achieves in personal development (judging by the criteria of intellectual and ethical maturity, subtlety of the consciousness, size of the soul, and the ability to live and to act outside the material body) the capability of perceiving non-incarnated Divine Teachers and interacting with Them, in this case Mergence with Them — on the background of intensive emotions of mutual love — happens very simply and naturally.
… But how can one merge with non-personified Aspect of God — with the Ocean of the Primordial Consciousness?
In this case, one can benefit from the knowledge that this Ocean is an Aggregate of the countless number of Perfect Souls, Who attained Mergence with It in the past and Who abide now in the state of Unity, in the state of United We (which is the same as United Higher Self, or Paramatman, in Sanskrit). They are united by Their Perfect Love.
It makes sense for every one of us to prepare ourselves for this by learning love and the methods of "dissolution" of oneself through mastery of special techniques of laya yoga.
Laya yoga (we have discussed it in our corresponding conversation) is an important and essential section of buddhi yoga. Its task is to bring spiritual warriors, if they have achieved stability at the necessary level of the refinement of the consciousness, to the state of Nirvana. This allows one to stay in the state of Mergence with the Ocean of the Creator, feeling at the same time that "there is no me; there is only He". Those, who have achieved this, receive then the right to act on behalf of the United We, and then — to use the power of the United We for realization of particular tasks.
The main mechanism of Nirodhi is the total reciprocity, i.e. transfer of the consciousness into the state of "non-I".
The state of "non-I" implies dissolution of oneself in the object of one's love: "I do not feel former myself; I feel only him, her, it".
On this basis — when one has come to the Mergence with the Creator — there appears the perception of oneself not as the former individual "I" but as the United We.
In trainings intended for achievement of success in this task, two conditions must be fulfilled:
— full hesychia inside the expanded spiritual heart, and
— the ability to "switch off" temporarily (for the time of the training) the complex of the three upper chakras (i.e. the upper dantian).
Let us consider now some methods which prepare one for achievement of Nirodhi. (I am going to discuss only some methods, because there are certain meditative techniques which can be harmful for the practitioners if they are used untimely; they should not be publicly available).
… So, in the forest at the time of sunset, in clear and serene weather (it is especially good to do it in spring in the forest with many birches and singing of many birds) one can stay for a long time in the following blissful meditation: "There is only the forest: there is no me!".
… Another similar variation of this — is the words from the song Taiga composed by I.Zhdanov and performed by A.Duglov: "Taiga is everywhere around us! Only taiga! And we are in the midst of it!" In this state we merge with the sea of taiga over many kilometers around our bodies, while the vectors of attention are directed from all sides — toward the center.
… Or we can feel ourselves as an embryo in the body of the Universal Mother. First, we feel ourselves the embryo. Then we feel ourselves the Mother in whose body this embryo is contained. In this state, the attention is directed toward the embryo.
… One can also use meditations on mastering the state of total reciprocity at special places of power created by the Holy Spirits on Their working sites. (We discussed these possibilities in our corresponding conversations).
As the individual consciousness grows, one can embrace — from the state of "non-I" — larger and larger volumes of space.
… And now we have come to the meditation mentioned in the title of this conversation: "to be clothed in the four quarters of the sky". This is the summit of the sequence of training stages in mastering total reciprocity on the path to Nirodhi. This is a very large-scale meditation!
This meditation was suggested by the Founder of the Indian religious movement of Jains — by Mahavir.
This meditation is great! And He Himself was Great!
Yet He did not give for His followers a description (recorded on paper or on other mediums) of the methodical stages that could bring one to the possibility to perform this meditation…
Degradation of the movement of Jains, which happened with time, was depicted by Rajneesh (Osho) in one of His lectures. In the last incarnation, He was born into a family of Jains and knew very well their "religious life". (This lecture was published in the book titled Bible of Rajneesh). All the "methodology" of Jains was reduced only to… the keeping of certain rules. Among these rules are the following:
— representatives of different sexes (with exception of spouses) must not stay for a night in the same house, even if it is a multi-storied house in a city,
— one must not use tomatoes for food, because they resemble blood by their color,
— one must not urinate to water, even to water in a toilet…
And many other similar things…
Thus it requires the keeping of so silly "rules" — instead of transformation of oneself as a consciousness and aspiration for cognition of God and Mergence with Him in Love!…
(By the way, similar phenomena are found in some other religious movements, which also have lost God as the purpose for our cognition).
… At present time in India, nude Indian men dance in city squares during Jain celebrations… The call to be clothed in the four quarters of the sky was understood as the precept that one should not use ordinary material clothes… Merely this…
… By the way, you may see that my usual forest clothes do not prevent me from staying in this meditation! It is not necessary to undress the body for performing this meditation!
I saw on TV these non-sattvic dances of Indian Jain nudists. It was a non-pleasing view, to put it mildly…
I know that the true spiritual nudism has to be completely different. It can be really helpful for the correct development of one's emotional sphere — though cultivation of the emotions of tenderness! It can help also to establishing oneself in the state of harmony and hesychia. Also it teaches one to be detached from earthly passions. And all these are feasible only for those who are capable of living in the spiritual hearts.
However, our today's conversation is not about the nudism. Those, interested in this subject, can read the corresponding chapter from the book Classics of Spiritual Philosophy and the Present, namely from the section dedicated to the Teachings of Jesus Christ.
In conclusion, let me note that Jesus attached much importance to the development of love by people — love in the aspect of tenderness! After all, the emotions of tenderness are among the most subtle states of the consciousness! Habituating ourselves to these emotions makes us closer to the Divine state in which the Divine Teachers live, the state which is found in the Abode of the Primordial Consciousness!…
Articles and lecturesby Dr.Vladimir Antonov
Is God Cognizable?
The Clothed in the Four Quarters of the Sky
Five Stages of Growth of the Consciousness on the Spiritual Path
About the Path to God: Questions and Answers
Faith versus Knowledge
Psychical Self-Regulation and Spiritual Growth
Losing the Human Form and the Centrism in God
Why are we needed for God?
The Science of the Development of Souls
How Is It — to Merge with God?
"Babaji`s Formula" and "Allahu Akbar!"
On Yoga
Two Sexes
Vice of Condemnation. Mordancy Is an "Ulcer Disease" of the Soul!
"Is the Earth living?" and Some Religious Perversions
Sects, Heresies and the Straight Path
Jesus Heals Now As Well
The Absolute
In Connection with Recent Acts of Terror
In regards to reforms of spirituality in Russia
The Creator and His Creation
About Violence
What Is Consciousness?
On Sufi Practices
God, Gods, "gods", and the Spiritual Path
On Nirodhi and Ways to Achieve It
Three Steps of Centering
"Lower i" and "Modern Psychology"
Religious Disputes, Sects — and God
What Is Needed to Become Perfect?
God Is Living God!
Is It Right to Present Flowers to the Beloved?
Where Does God Live?
On the Principles of Correct Upbringing Souls
Conversations with Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin
For Successful Disciples of God
Books(author and editor Dr.Vladimir Antonov)
Classics of Spiritual Philosophy and the Present
How God Can Be Cognized. Autobiography of a Scientist, Who Studied God
Forest Lectures on the Highest Yoga
Bhagavad Gita with Commentaries
Tao Te Ching
The Original Teachings of Jesus Christ
The Gospel of Philip
The Teachings of Babaji
Sathya Sai Baba — the Christ of Our Days
The Teachings of Don Juan Matus
Life for God
Anatomy of God
"Bubbles of Perception"
Agni Yoga
Spiritual Heart — Religion of Unity
Spiritual Work with Children
Atlantis and the Atlanteans
Pythagoras and His School
The New Upanishad. Structure and Cognition of the Absolute
On the Other Side of the Material World
Book of the Warrior of the Spirit
Parables of Lao Tse
Divine Parables
Dialogues with Pythagoras
Lessons of Pythagoras
Parables about the Elder Zosima
Book of Those Born-Again in the Light. Revelations of Divine Atlanteans
Sufi Parables
Parables of the Masters
Story about Princess Nesmeyana and Ivan
To Understand God
Fairy Tales of Grandpa Vanya
Story of True Magic
Teachings of God on the Achieving the Spiritual Perfection
The Saga of Odin
Avalokiteshvara: On Reaching Nirvana
Gold Tablets of Atlanteans
Divine Tales of Slavic Lands
Kayr — On the Path and Travelers
Legend of Rada and Alexey
Ariadne. Pythagoras? School in Crotone
"Fakir. The Science of Miracles"
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I will say that the food was cooked properly, but that it was nothing out of the ordinary. Sides are basic, steaks are hard to mess up, and only the specials show-cased any of the talent the kitchen might have. Step up the creativity in this tough market!
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School Organization:
We start school at nine o'clock. Then, pupils
go to the playground at eleven o'clock. After that,
we come back to our classrooms. At one o'clock, we go home to have lunch. Some children stay in the school canteen. In the afternoon we start school at three o'clock and we finish school at five o'clock. Some pupils have extra school activities.
In short, we stay six hours at school everyday.
In our school there are three doors to enter
into the school. The biggest one is for the
teachers. The others are for the children.
One for the younger children and the other
for us (from 1st grade to 6th grade).
Our subjects:
• Science in Catalan is:Medi
• Maths in Catalan is: Matemàtiques
• English in Catalan is: Anglès
• Music in Catalan is: Música
• Art in Catalan is: Plàstica
• Spanish in Catalan is: Castellà
• Physic Education in Catalan is: Educació Física
• ITC in Catalan is: Informàtica
• Reading Time in Catalan is: L'hora de la Lectura
• Citizenship in Catalan is: Educació per a la Ciutadania
The English Classroom
Dobrý deň
Our School
Our English classroom is big with a high ceiling. The class is very bright.
There are several corners in the class. The library corner where you can read books, comics, magazine or look for words in the dictionary.
We are a group class of 31 boys and girls. There are 13 girls and 18 boys. We are 11 -12 years old and we live in Montornès del Vallès, a small village near Barcelona. Our families come from many different countries: Morocco, Romania, Gambia, Colombia, Cuba, Catalonia and other parts of Spain. In the playground we use to play football, basketball, hide-and-seek and reading books.
The name of our school is Marinada, (it's the name of a wind). Our school has got two buildings (Pre-school and Primary) and three playgrounds.
There are several rooms at school:
Music classroom
Radio Marinada
I.C.T classroom
The gym
The canteen
Montornès del Vallès is a small village near Barcelona.
People come from different countries: Romania, Morocco, Gambia, Senegal, Pakistan, Colombia, Peru, Equator, Cuba, China, etc.
In Montornès there are different services (cafes, English schools, a sports center, a theatre, a library, parks, shops, health center, youth center, an old people house and a hotel.
The most important place you can visit in Montornès is
a roman ruin from the 2nd
Century B.C.
There are also interesting places to visit:
a castle, a mountain and a romanic church.
Mons Observans
River Mogent
Pau Picasso Park
Sant Sadurní Church
Eva and Monica are very good friends. They started working together ten years ago.
They treat us well and teach us a lot.
Now we are going to describe Eva and later, Monica.
Eva is medium-height and is slim. Is thirty-seven years old, she lives in Sant Quirze Del Vallès, it´s a small village in Barcelona, and Barcelona is a city.
She's got brown, short and wavy hair. Eva doesn't have a ponytail because she has very short hair, and she sometimes wears glasses because she looks good.
Eva is wearing brown leggins and a pink T-shirt. She is nice but messy!
She likes taking photos and being with her children.
Now, we are going to describe Mónica.
Mónica is medium-height and slim, too; she is thirty-five years old.
She lives in Parets Del Vallès, is a small village in Barcelona. Monica's got dark brown and straight hair. Monica sometimes got a ponytail because she is hot.
She is wearing a grey T-shirt and blue jeans. Monica's a nice teacher and teaches us how to speak English. Monica likes dancing, doing jigsaw and loves wearing earrings, necklaces ...etc.
And this is the best description of both teachers.
Our group
Mónica and Eva
Montornès Nord
Our mail adress:
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Av. de la Llibertat, s/n
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So I woke up to a poopy mess. No, I didn't crap the bed. My kitty had a big mess in his butt fur that I had to clean at 5:30 in the morning. NOT. FUN. Bathing a grumpy cat when you are half asleep doesn't bode well for anyone. I've got the scratch marks to prove it. :P
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So I woke up to a poopy mess. No, I didn't crap the bed. My kitty had a big mess in his butt fur that I had to clean at 5:30 in the morning. NOT. FUN. Bathing a grumpy cat when you are half asleep doesn't bode well for anyone. I've got the scratch marks to prove it. :P
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Swap-Bot 5 Questions For My Blog Part Two
These questions come from Rhian!
If you could own any mythical creature, what would it be and why?
Definitely a unicorn. I have been fascinated with them since childhood!
What is your least favorite clothing item?
Probably shoes (unless we're talking flip flops...which I adore). Most shoes just feel uncomfortable to me.
What is your favorite tarot deck to use?
I love my Tarot for Cats deck. It's a whimsical deck that can be used to read your cat's cards (hilarious) and can also be used for human readings. The artwork is awesome!
What tattoos do you have or want to get?
I have a small butterfly above my left ankle that I got in my early twenties. I'm thinking about getting one more tattoo on the back of my neck.
What one toy from your childhood do you wish you still had?
I had a little Woodstock stuffed animal that I lost when I was a little girl. I would love to have him back. His loss was devastating to me. :(
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These questions are from J3ss1ca.
Who taught you to knitting and what was your first project?
I wanted to learn for so long but was unable to find a teacher. One summer while I was camping I met a lady in the next tent who knew how to knit and was more than willing to get me started! She gave me some yarn and needles and taught me the knit and purl stitches. I fell in love with knitting! My first actual project was a scarf. Which I made in the middle of summer. Go figure! :)
What is your favorite fruit and veggie?
My favorite fruit is definitely the raspberry. Not the kind you get from the grocery store but the kind you get from the farmers market (or better yet, the kind you pick yourself). I love most all vegetables so it is difficult to pick just one. I think I will go with the veggie I use the most. The carrot!
I noticed that you many hobbies. Which one are you the most passionate about?
Without a doubt, knitting! It's portable and easy. I can knit while chatting on the phone, watching tv, or even standing in line at the store.
Can you name 5 places that you would like to visit?
I've always wanted to visit Stonehenge, Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, the Pyramids, and Scotland.
What is your favorite topic to blog about?
My animals! :) They are so silly and I have tons of pictures of them that I love to share. :)
Rat Girls!
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
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Twenty Nine
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Day 28- a picture of you from last year and now, how have you changed since then?
Twenty Seven
Monday, September 13, 2010
My New Floor!
After two long years of dealing with cheap linoleum I finally got my lovely wood laminate floor! :)
Twenty Six
Day 26- what do you think about your friends.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Twenty Five
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Twenty Four
Twenty Three
Day 22- what makes you different from everyone else.
Twenty One
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Busy Girl
It has been a very hectic week here. I haven't been able to keep up with my 30 Days of Me challenge but I will remedy that this weekend! I've been struggling to keep up with my knitting however all I've managed to accomplish is a few rows here and there. Oh well, that's better than nothing, right?
What has been occupying your time this week? :)


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Excellent work life balance with work from home option (in my project) (in 45 reviews)
401k match is good, even though it is paid only at the end of the year - 9% for 150% match (in 68 reviews)
Hard to maintain a work-life balance as there are several out-of-work events that you are highly recommended to attend on a monthly basis (in 22 reviews)
Bonus program is a big joke because it's fully controlled by the head of the unit (in 35 reviews)
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- MSDN subscription (finally after several years of asking)
- Benifits are pretty good ( excellent 401k matching, reasonable health ins.)
- management borderline incompetent
- unresponsive to employee & client comments/requests/needs
- zero loyality ( eg. hire/fire)
- incompetent sales staff.
- fear that if your assignment ends they would rather fire you than try to find more work.
Advice to Management
Management & sales should cater to the needs of the client and the consultants. Their satisfaction should be your one and only priority.
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Sogeti forces you to learn new technology quickly, since they will frequently sell you as having skills you do not have.
Limited career growth.
Management focused on sales and metrics and not on the consultants.
Lack of any real training. I haven't had a Sogeti-sponsored class in 8 years.
The same day they lay off people for being on the bench too long, they'll send out recruiting emails for referrals.
Advice to Management
The consultans are your only real assets. You need to realize that the consultants you are angering today, may just be the decision-makers at potential clients in the future. I think we're already atrting to see evidence of this.
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Most consultants are good at sharing if you network with them - consultants are usually actively trying to find a more solid firm than Sogeti (either better consulting company or with a long term employer) and are willing to be helpful.
Do not sign anything but barebones agreement to get brought on board since revolving door management changes have broken any personal bonds that have existed in the last few years.
These are tough salespeople with very high overhead in a very tough market which they are failing in and as a result have sunk to playing a dishonest game to get clients. Very little depth of business potential other than from the current assignment.
Advice to Management
Be Honest, explain the true nature of the business you are selling, if you want to present yourself as a consulting company, structure yourself as a consulting company.
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Much larger job pool,for people to find opportunities.
Benefits package is pretty good.
HR/Management does not care about you.
Company truly seems to have a gang/mafia mentality when it comes to your tenure. Once you join, they don't want you to ever leave and they have the non-compete to back it up.
Advice to Management
Work on convincing people to be loyal to you.
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They have smart technical people.
Unprofessional management, burn and churn employee practices.
Advice to Management
Stick to staff augmentation and treat your employees with more respect.
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Anyone considering a position with Sogeti must realize that each unit is vastly different from other units. For broad corporate benefits things are the same, but at the individual level things can differ. For example, one unit might claim "no travel required," but for units that can't get local business travel might be more frequent, as is the case in Tampa, FL.
- MSDN subscription.
- Paid Microsoft certification exams (if you pass).
- Opportunity to travel to aid other units with their projects.
- Mileage reimbursement and travel/food reimbursement, although can be somewhat stingy and cheap about certain expenses. Don't expect a 5-star hotel or first class flights.
- No premiums for health insurance coverage, but high deductible before the insurance covers anything.
- PTO rolls over to next year, converted to COMP time.
- COMP time accrued for *billable* overtime
- Bonus plan can pay anywhere from $3000-$15,000 extra annually based on performance, trading in COMP time, and if you manage to earn sales-related points from a project.
- 401K with upto 6% match, profit sharing with 3% match (used to be 5%).
If you need to build experience this place might be for you, otherwise consider other options or a better consulting firm.
- Very low pay compared to the market rate. They will low-ball your salary offer tremendously and try to highlight their health insurance and bonus program as a way to make up for it. Negotiate a good base salary.
- No mentoring; they'll throw you into the deep end to sink or swim. The Counselor Program is a ghost program.
- Management in FL has been around forever and doesn't communicate well. Lack of respect and thoughtfulness when dealing with employees. The only time they act nice is when they first interview you and when they want you to start on a new client.
- Account Executives are somewhat clueless about the technology and might present you to a client which you're not a good fit for.
- Management adores a few "golden children" at the units and makes it obvious. Those are the people who get attributed on statements of work (SOW) and rake in big bonuses. This harms the ability of other qualified consultants from shining and being trusted with the same type of responsibility.
- Management doesn't respect work/life balance all the time. They have been known to ask some consultants leaving one client for a new one to continue working on issues for the previous client. That work isn't going down in your timesheet as billable usually, and you certainly aren't getting a dime for your work. Non-billable overtime doesn't earn you any COMP time.
- High attrition rate. Two people that interviewed me left the company by the time I accepted my offer, with 5 more leaving that same year. Six people left the year I left, with 3 more that I know of on their way out soon.
- When business is slow they may lay you off or ask you to travel.
- Mainly staff augmentation work, not many green field development opportunities.
- FL units go after repeat business, despite being around for several years, and find it hard to gain new clients.
- Bonus plan is hit or miss and isn't guaranteed. You can perform great one year, raking in a bunch, and next year get zilch. They're constantly tweaking the plan yearly, making it sound like it's in our benefit, but it's actually harder to get anything and the amounts have shrunk at the various levels. Account Executives also tend to work out deals with clients to attract business by offering consultants for free (i.e., non-billable) for a few weeks, which affects the points you accrue for any meaningful bonus plan category. Non-billable means you're a company burden, so your profitability points drop.
- PTO roll over is nice, but it is converted to COMP time which you don't get paid for if you leave the company or get laid off.
- Quarterly unit meetings are on your own time after-hours.
- Sometimes your work on a Statement of Work (SOW) can get attributed to someone else, which shrinks your piece of the pie and affects your bonus if the SOW results in new business. No real justification who gets credit sometimes.
Advice to Management
Long tenure at the company has caused attitudes to be nonchalant and insincere. Enable your consultants and recognize them based on skill rather than on how much business they bring in for you. That job is for the Account Executives and for the VPs. Pay competitive salaries and treat your employees better; the rate of attrition is ridiculous and management's attitude towards it is passive. Come up with a good bonus plan, make it attainable, and stop changing it every 6-12 months.
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If you like staff augmentation then this company is for you. They have been in business for a long time so they have built up relationships with companies so being staffed may come easier. Benefits are decent, but nothing that an extra $10 per hour can't buy. They only do work that is local to their location, but this can also be a double edged sword where if the local area is experiencing job loss then this is a very bad thing for you. If you want to further your career by becoming a sales man then this job is ideal because that is where all roads lead in order to advance.
If you like being a consultant vs just a warm body filling some seat then this staff augmentation based company is not for you. This company does not like to invest in their people or the infrastructure. Ultimately this is a French owned company so a huge portion of the profits are piped back to Capgemini. You had better remain billable with one of their clients (Even if it is work that you don't like), or there is a high likely hood that they will let you go. Just ask the dozens of consultants who stayed billable for years and then were let go on their first day back to the bench. This company is known for taking away pay and benefits from the employees in order to accommodate a certain profitability margin.
Advice to Management
The consultants that are under your employ are not liabilities and thus should be treated like assets where you invest in those assets and thus making your company stronger. Making retro-active benefit changes mid-year is clearly not ethical so stand by your benefit decisions all year long as this will earn respect from the employees. Focus more on becoming more transparent with the work rather than keeping everyone at bay in their own silo.
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Good 401k and usually there's a bonus deposit to the 401k in the middle of the year. They provide the full MSDN to developers along with a so so laptop. Pretty decent amount of vacation time once you hit 3 years.
You'll go where they need you be ready to be sold as an expert in something you've spent two day's on. The Sales reps tend to play favorites both in who they place where and providing points towards your year end bonus. When you land a project expect to be there from six months to several years there's not really any short term projects.
Advice to Management
If your going to provide us with laptops don't tailor them to the sales reps and go for the middle of the road dell's something with a decent amount of screen space and disk space will go a long way's towards making the development process easier. Also don't go changing the year end promotion process at the last minute.
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great management team at the seattle office!
fewer project based opportunities for consultants
Advice to Management
start a campus recruitment program
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They do pay consistantly. They hire people straight out school, so if you are under qualified it is a great place to start.
- They have a "you owe the company" approach to managment
- Managment has no real focus people, on hitting sales goals
- Pay to bill rate ratio is vastly out of line with national averages
- FTE/W2/IC clasifications are blurry, poorly documented, and based mostly on localized managment
- Have no backbone with clients and pass changes in contracts directly to employees
- Have an undocumented expense policy and routinely pay expenses 4 - 8 weeks after incurred
- 90% of back office and managment are H1 Visa with poor communication skills and have no critical thinking ability
- Ran like a government bueracracy
- Unethical, billing practices are underhanded
- Offshore model is horrible and terms are not flexible, Cognizant kicks there butt every time on price, quality, and availability
- The only way to get rewarded is based on the amount of money they make from you being at client
- They change benefits and policies without communicating
- They use the single most difficult time collection tool every made
In the 20 years I have worked in this industry, not one firm has been worse. Since the outsourcing to India boom started I have seen and worked with many off shore teams. It is very obvious that this company is owned and operated from and by resources from India. They think they are better than everyone else, that they add some value that does not exist, and refuse to accept that basically they are just the cheapest guys in town. They have major ethics issues which spawn every facet of the organization from finance to human resources to sales. They fail to meet goals on fixed bid engaments and sell clients on a track record of success that does not exist. The claim to have expetise and experience in markets and SME that are false or created with no backing.
Advice to Management
Understand that just becasue the economy is not doing all that well, that people will not stay with you. If you continue to treat people horribly, you will continue to loose market share. In our market, you are loosing clients hand over fist, and you have already lost another, it is just a matter of time.
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On the first day of school, Cheryl Ondra already has her third-graders reaching for a higher level. To reward her students, she invites them to "clip up" and move clothespins with their names on them from one tier to the next on a big wall chart. By 10 a.m., most had moved from "ready to learn," past "showing pride," and landed on "role model." All were closing in on "outstanding," which the 7- and 8-year-olds would surely need a stool to achieve.
Ondra has been an elementary school teacher in Mountain View for 22 years, and has worked at William Tyson Elementary School since it opened, she said. If she hadn't made a deep connection yet with her 15 kids on day one, she at least had their attention. They quietly participated in handwriting exercises, unwrapped their new math books, and walked the halls with their hands at their sides during at tour for the school of 385 students.
During her midday break Wednesday, she talked about the unique education challenges for a teacher in one of Alaska's most diverse neighborhoods, and what motivates her year after year.


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Touch the dark : Cassandra Palmer Series, Book 1. / Karen Chance.
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It's easy, as a small business, to lock on to one thing. While that in and of itself isn't a bad idea, the tendency to zero in on the one roadblock in a business's way can be.
I really like this quote from the superb Who's The Boss blog at the New York Times, talking about that very tendency in small business owners the world over:
First of all, Einstein had it wrong. Not his theory of relativity. That seems to be holding up quite well (not that I would know). But he's also the guy who said that the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Too often, I think that's really the definition of small business.
What exactly does this mean? Well, we're not talking about the repetition of things that work, because being flighty and flitting from project to project is no way to build sustained success. What we're talking about is being the bird that continually flies into the same pane of glass. You'll break yourself on it before you break it, and yet you keep coming back.
As an example, let's say your company sells sandwiches. You are successful in most areas of your business, but buffalo chicken wraps are poor sellers. Rather than continue to grow what's actually working for you, you neglect those segments of your business because it drives you absolutely insane that you cannot sell buffalo chicken. Your sales in that area increase only incrementally, to the detriment of roast beef on rye, chicken salad and even the rarefied Italian.
That kind of laser-like focus is traditionally held up as something to admire, but that's only true if you're concentrating on the things that are successful, or at least the things that are within your control. The key is to not fall into the trap of thinking that you can transform a flagging product through sheer force of will. You're better off coming around to it when you can and focusing on those core products, marketing efforts or hiring practices that have brought you success before.
If you're going to have tunnel vision, in other words, watch out for oncoming trucks.
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Fiber optic connectors are a substantial fragment of the global telecommunication industry. Optical fibers are joined using fiber optic connectors, which allow the light conduction between two consecutive optical fibers. An additional im…
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text: Comparative Education invites readers to consider theory in comparative education, purposes of schooling, educational access and opportunity, education accountability and authority, teacher professionalism, and how globalization is impacting education. Taking an issues-based approach, it addresses current educational concerns both at home and abroad, and includes analytic frameworks that foster critical thinking and reinforce a systematic method for examination. Biographical sketches add human interest and side-by-side comparisons explore various countries' demographic attributes, geophysical and economic realities, and socio political factors. Because the book focuses on issues instead of countries, it reinforces how and why comparative education is relevant for educators in today's global society.


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A while ago I had completed another project for Mudpuppy, the terrific-stuff-for-kids web site, for everything from books to puzzles, games, and more. The project I worked with them on was a First Puzzle item, and then this most recent project was Flash Cards for helping tots learn colors and shapes.
I finally received my complimentary shipment of the designed, boxed product… and as usual with Mudpuppy, it looks great. See an earlier post about this same project here.
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The Legal Profession is Recognizing the Indispensable Role of Legal Project Management
The New York City Bar Association has recognized the indispensable role that Legal Project Management plays in the modern practice of law. That's why they included a session on the topic in their July 24, 2013 16-Hour CLE entitled "Bridge-the-Gap: Practical Skills, Ethics & More". The session was called "Effective Project Management Techniques for New Attorneys", and had a seat at the table with the other classes offered that day, including "Introduction to Franchising Law", "Making the Most of Trail Graphics", and "Basic Legal Writing".
I was honored to be on the panel presenting this exciting session with a Senior Manager of Project Management & Pricing for Goodwin Proctor LLP, the president of a top consulting firm that works with large law firms, and the Project Director for Hospital Corporation of America – all thought leaders in the area of LPM. I believe we put together a truly unique presentation that illuminated Legal Project Management for new lawyers. Our program was designed to give the attendees practical skills that they could walk out of the session with that day and begin implementing in their practices -- whether they were associates at large firms, had just opened a solo practice, or were somewhere in between.
I taught another CLE on LPM at Lawline in December 2013; highlights in the next blog post.
Legal Project Management is a way of life at Itkowitz PLLC. We are constantly studying material on project management, our application of project management to the law evolves with each engagement, and we discuss and write about project management.
Our Legal Project Management material can be viewed in 3 ways:
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• On our Legal Project Management Blog as an ever-evolving series of posts at http://itkowitzlegalprojectmanagement.blogspot.com.
• As a free PDF E-Book downloadable from our website www.itkowitz.com.
In the next sub-chapter, we begin to examine information Gathering.
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Robert Smithson, Map of Broken Glass (Atlantis), 1969. Dia Art Foundation; Partial gift, Lannan Foundation, 2013. © Holt-Smithson Estate/Licensed by VAGA, New York. Photo: Bill Jacobson Studio, New York
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Rooms, services Arden Hotel and Leisure Club Birmingham would be glad to host you for a memorable journey in Birmingham. The hotel is offering 216 tastefully furnished rooms to those seeking accommodation in Birmingham. In case you'd like to have a meal or a drink on the spot, you will be provided freshly prepared dishes in the restaurant every day. For those arriving by car parking is available nearby. Refreshing wellness services will be available on the spot, you may also use the solarium and indoor pool. Nearby table tennis, bowling, billiard, minigolf, water ski, diving and sailing opportunities may provide an excellent option for those who love to spend their leisure time actively. Should you want to do sports while you are on travel, you may also take the services offered by the gym. The café or the bar can be an ideal place for a pleasant evening talk or a meeting. Wireless Internet connection (WiFi) is available at the hotel, ensuring that you can stay up-to-date during your holiday. The exact equipment and the exact list of available services of Arden Hotel and Leisure Club Birmingham can be read on the information sheet below.
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School Of Fish: A set of twelve (12) Fish Bones in Aluminum.
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Just a note about some redesign of this blog and why (it's for you).
|Dante hits the books.
Also, after about a decade with LinkedIn, I find it is pretty much useless. While it may help job-seekers, as social media, all it seems to do is stroke egos. Mine is large enough without help. I love all of my friends who are on LinkedIn. I'll put my time with that here. For more on my whys and wherefores see the skankworks link in the box you'll find on the right side of this page.
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Powerful Class D3 Amplifier Offered in $1K Elite SC-71 and SC-72
LONG BEACH, Calif.--Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today introduced the Elite® SC-71 and SC-72 home theater AV receivers, offering outstanding audio performance utilizing the power of Class D3 amplification. The 7.2-channel receivers are designed to deliver studio quality audio and video output along with multi-zone and multi-source capability, 4K Ultra HD upscaling, high-resolution audio playback and the convenience of wireless control via Pioneer's proprietary iControlAV2013 App.
"Enthusiasts and custom installers demand high power and excellent performance combined with installation flexibility from their home theater systems," said Chris Walker, director of AV marketing and product planning for the Home Electronics Division of Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. "Our new SC models are built with our most powerful Class D3 amplifier to deliver massive power output that exceeds what these types of users will ever need. Best of all, the amp technology is now available on a receiver with a suggested price under a thousand dollars."
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The receivers offer a wide range of music options including access to today's most popular Internet radio music services including PANDORA® and vTuner® internet radio. Pioneer's PUSH PLAYER, a feature on the iControlAV2013 App designed for the new Elite receivers, enables users to access the music libraries stored on their devices and create playlists for wireless streaming.
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How the Economic Crisis affects the Environment?
Over the last twenty years Romania's economy has grown. Many zones have reduced poverty and improved education. During the last two years, industrial production has been affected by the crisis. There are both immediate and long-term positive and negative environmental implications of the crisis. Some of researchers think that the decline in production will automatically lead to a lower level of pollution. On the contrary, other researchers think that the problem of pollution may become worse during the crisis period. In our country, environmental protection seems to have a lower priority but the sustainable development is no longer a "choice".
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Sense and Simplicity
The Windows Phone-tiles are about content before chrome; they give immediate access to information instead of hiding it behind a metaphoric icon.
In 2010, Microsoft released Windows Phone 7. The company made a bold move: it re-imagined the way icons are used in an operating system. Tiles are almost non-icons, as they are dynamic, contain descriptions and they are no metaphors anymore: the tiles refer to their applications by showing content from that application, instead of trying to represent what the application is. Those square or rectangular formed tiles, which are reminiscent of the works of Dutch painter Mondrian, are the heart and soul of Windows Phone, including 7's successor, Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8. The tiles are everywhere for Windows-users, so it is important to know what these tiles exactly are and how they are connected to their applications, as the tiles are used by a growing number of people. Furthermore, for the academic, Microsoft's shift is interesting as well. Linguists, as Ferdinand de Saussure notes, do not like an innovative language, as one have to re-learn that language.
Then, one could ask, what are the benefits of throwing the icon-system overboard – which is still dominant in Android, iOS and Linux – and how exactly do the tiles differ from icons? Moreover, what are these tiles and why are they called 'tiles' in the first place? Put shortly, what is behind the tile-image? With the help of Windows Phone design-manager Albert Shum, Charles Sanders Peirce's semiotics and Marianne van den Boomen's investigation of computer icons, these questions will be answered in the article Sense and Simplicity by Adriaan van Bart, master student at the University of Utrecht.


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Curriculum for Excellence and Scots Language 1
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Literacy and English, Principles and Practice
"I develop and extend my literacy skills when I have opportunities to explore the richness and diversity of language and how it can affect me and the wide range of ways in which I and others can be creative."
Texts are defined in the Principles and Practice and they include:
"Examples of writing by Scottish authors which relate to the history, heritage and culture of Scotland. They may include writing in Scots and Gaelic in translation."
Literacy and English Experiences and Outcomes Feb 2008.
"The languages, dialects and literature of Scotland provide a rich resource for children and young people to learn about Scotland's culture, identity and language. Through engaging with a wide range of texts they will develop an appreciation of Scotland's vibrant literacy and linguistic heritage and its indigenous languages and dialects. This principle suffuses the experiences and outcomes and it is expected that practitioners will build upon the diversity of language represented within the communities of Scotland, valuing the languages which children and young people bring to school."
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Terry Lee Roy Garren
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Have known Tylers Mission for over 7 years. As a retired minister, have volunteered with their Food Ministry and distribution of toys to needy. Have been blessed by the total honesty and transparency of Tyler, his mother, and volunteers. "Unto me who am less than the least of all saints is this grace given that I should share among others the unsearchable riches of Christ" is my life verse. When I see the folks with Tylers Mission, I catch a glimpse of Christ. God bless this ministry.
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Women in Judaism – Part 1. Biblical Women. Eve. As the mythological first woman, her story is powerful and open to different interpretations . Negative aspects: - One account has her created after Adam….and from Adam's rib.
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- One account has her created after Adam….and from Adam's rib.
- She chose to disobey God and tempted Adam to do the same.
- She thus becomes the cause for mankind's loss of paradise.
- She is punished with the pain of childbirth and a hard life.
Ruth's great grandchild becomes King David.
Historical Women
Gluckel of Hamlin (Germany,1600's)
Grace Aguilar (Spain, 1816-1847)
Wrote 12 novels, including Women of Israel
Henrietta Szold (U.S.,1860-1945)
Fought against poverty and human trafficking in Eastern Europe, started social welfare agencies for homeless and hungry Jews, and schools for girls.
Phyllis Trible tries to give a different interpretation to the Adam & Eve story that is more pro-women.
Rita Gross talks about how much of language about God in Judaism could be more feminine
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Representative James Lankford (R-OK) issued the following statement after the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Oklahoma in a 2-1 vote regarding an appeal of the EPA's Regional Haze Rule:
"I was very frustrated and disappointed to learn today that the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Oklahoma's appeal in a 2-1 vote on the EPA's regional haze rule. Attorney General Pruitt and the entire state worked tirelessly to protect Oklahoma from needless and excessive federal regulations that make no visible improvement to Oklahoma's air or air quality. Unfortunately, the EPA rejected Oklahoma's plan to comply with the rule and spare Oklahoma utility customers significant expense. It is now certain that Oklahoma utility customers will face a new rate hike without any health or economic benefit."
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I found a great deal on phyllo dough and bought some thinking I'd make something delicious with it. It sat in my freezer for a month until I ran into some gorgeous and well-priced heirloom tomatoes. That is when inspiration struck. What if I turned traditional caprese into a spanikopita-like handpie? I warned my husband that I was experimenting for dinner. Yes, sometimes I fail and I was worried on this one. Some quick googling warned me that it isn't a common thing to do. I ventured off into the somewhat unknown and played around with combining phyllo and caprese. The result was a delightful little hand pie with those clean flavors of bold tomato,creamy mozzarella, and sweet basil. Drizzled or dipped into a little balsamic vinegar for that bright acidic element and you have yourself one tasty little caprese pastry. Simple. Delicious.
1 package phyllo dough, thawed
1/2 cup melted butter
3 large tomatoes, sliced
1 large fresh mozzarella ball, sliced
Large handful fresh basil leaves
Salt and Pepper
Balsamic Vinegar
1. First off, read the instructions that come on the package of phyllo dough. Know how to prevent your dough from drying out.
2. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
3. Working with about 4 sheets at a time, lay out the sheets so that the longest side of the rectangle is parallel to the edge of the counter. Brush the top with a little melted butter. Use a sharp knife to cut it down the middle in half.
4. Lay out 3 slices of tomato and 2 or 3 slices of mozzarella in the center of each half. Season with salt and pepper and toss a few basil leaves on there. Fold in the sides over the filling, brush with melted butter, then fold the top and bottoms halves in brushing them with melted butter as well. Turn over to place the folds down on the bottom of the prepared baking sheet. Brush the top with melted butter so that all of the exposed phyllo dough has been buttered.
5. Repeat with remaining phyllo sheets and filling ingredients.
6. Bake at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes, until tops begin to brown. Remove from oven and serve hot drizzled with balsamic vinegar.


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Cuisinart KitchenSync
Developer: Conair Corporation
Cost: Free
Runs on: iPhone
Website: www.cuisinart.com
I own a lot of kitchen equipment, a lot! And with each new purchase comes a new recipe book to help inspire the creation of specific dishes using my new gadget—and this has resulted in an overflowing folder of recipe booklets. As such, I was really excited when I saw Cuisinart recently released an app that would connect recipes associated with some of the equipment I regularly use.
It didn't take long, however, to see that Cuisinart is better at building kitchen appliances than mobile apps. The Cuisinart KitchenSync app is free, so testing it yourself is a harmless endeavor. In the opening screen you're greeted with a recipe search box, a "Recipe of the Day" and a list of new products from Cuisinart (understandable and expected self promotion).
Across the bottom is a set of navigation for Recipes, Recipe Box, Shopping List, and More. More includes: Products, Pantry, Contests, Retailers, Preferences and Contact Us. For the Recipe Box, Shopping List and Pantry users must create an account for access—having seen enough shortcomings, I chose not to.
So why am I so negative about this app? For starters, it's slow. There seems to be a lag when clicking or searching throughout most of the app. I also found a typo on the contest page, and a product category "Steamers" that returned an error message because it didn't have a product! I know they make them, so where are they?
When conducting a recipe search, the results are horrible. Sure, you might find what you're looking for, but you'll have to sift through countless unfit results that are displayed in alphabetical order. For example, I searched "Grilled Chicken" and the first result I got was Ancho Chili Sauce, the fourth was Beef Barley Soup (presumably included because the recipe calls for "chicken" broth). Worse, the results load 10 at a time, so if you want to jump to "M" for marinated chicken, you're going to have to wait for countless result pages to load. "Grilled Chicken," by the way, generated 174 results. Compounding the results problem is that there is no polish—the results pages are stale and none of the recipes that I looked at included even a thumbnail image of the food.
Less forgivable is the lack of association between their products and recipes. I own one of their waffle makers and love it. I use it frequently to make a big batch of waffles, freezing most of them for later. Whenever I pull out the machine I need to grab my basic waffle recipe because I can't remember the ingredient portions. I was hoping this app would help streamline that process. Within the app I can search "Waffles" and find the recipe that I'm looking for. However, within each recipe card there's a "Products Used" tab to show what gadget you can use. In this scenario nothing shows up. In fact, not one of their four waffle makers was associated with any of their 20 waffle recipes (and vice versa). I suspect this isn't an isolated incident.
This app has a ton of potential, but just seems to fall short at every opportunity. I get the impression that they had a great idea and vision for this app, but didn't devote the time or resources that would allow it to succeed. This app's title is KitchenSync, but after using it I'm going to call it OutOfSync.
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Fans of 2013's "The Purge" should ready themselves with round two from "The Purge: Anarchy," to the strains of the same composer from the first scary flick. Nathan Whitehead returned to score the sequel, and HitFix today exclusively reveals the first piece to arrive from the soundtrack: the ominously titled "Don't Do This." Check out the song below.
"Scoring 'The Purge: Anarchy" was thrilling," Whitehead said of the new music. "Everything is bigger this time; the action, drama and tension all take place on a much larger scale. I worked hard to incorporate this larger scope in the music, and we went much further combining aggressive electronics and textures with a live orchestra. It was such a satisfying challenge, and I hope my score delivers the intense experience that moviegoers are looking forward to having."
The original soundtrack will be be released on July 15 via Back Lot Music, while the James DeMonaco-directed film heads to theaters on July 18. Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford, Kiele Sanchez, Zoe Soul, Justina Machado and John Beasley star.
Whitehead has previously composed and arranged for projects including "Desperate Housewives," "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" the "Gears of War" video game franchise, "Pride and Glory," "Your Highness" and more.
Here is the tracklist for "The Purge: Anarchy" original motion picture soundtrack:
1. Don"t Do This
2. Pictures
3. Unlock The Car
4. Did You Get The Raise?
5. Driving
6. Commencement
7. Foot Trap
8. Diego
9. Two For Big Daddy
10. I"m Doing God"s Work
11. I"ll Be A Martyr
12. New Rule
13. He Stole Our Pensions, Now He"s Gone
14. Subway
15. Running
16. Money
17. Hunting Grounds
18. I"m Sorry
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20. Better Citizens
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'This is my life on the line' Tulisa appears in court to deny assault
POP star Tulisa today denied punching a celebrity blogger and claimed the allegation was invented as part of a "vendetta" against her.
The 25-year-old former X-Factor judge is said to have punched Savvas Morgan in the face at the V Festival in Chelmsford, Essex, last August.
She appeared in the witness box at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court under her real name, Tula Contostavlos.
The former N-Dubz singer claimed Mr Morgan had made "unfounded and vicious allegations" as part of vendetta against her.
Tulisa told the court she had been watching megastar Beyonce on the night of the alleged incident before inviting a group of friends - including British rapper Wretch 32, X Factor singer Alexandra Burke and former Sugababes singer Mutya Buena - back to her winnebago in the early hours.
She told the court Mr Morgan followed her towards the VIP campsite, claiming he has an "unusual obsession" with her.
She said: "I might have said 'your journey ends here'. I was calm and stating the facts.
"I didn't want him following me." Tulisa told the court when she challenged Mr Morgan he became "very aggressive and intimidating".
She added: "I did feel he could attack me at any moment because of his level of aggression. He seemed to be losing it."
The singer, who wore all black in the witness box, admitted swearing during the argument but strongly denied attacking Mr Morgan.
She told the court: "I could literally compare it to playground slanging match. I have not laid a finger on him.
"This is a combination of a publicity stunt and a vendetta from him."
She continued: "This is my life on the line, my livelihood.
"I cannot believe it has been taken to this point and I'm standing here today."
Tulisa said she had to put up with abuse on a weekly basis - but claims Mr Morgan went too far in allegedly helping to spread a sex tape involving her in March 2012.
Recalling the events, she said: "I was horrified. It was one of the worst times of my life.
"I feel like some of the things he did were very mean. I didn't particularly like the person."
She outlined other incidents involving Mr Morgan, including an argument with him at the luxury Mondrian hotel in Los Angeles, and said at times he behaved like a stalker.
She said: "For the past two years he has been causing drama in my life as much as he can and has been following me to hotels across the world.
"It is something I have learnt to deal with."
Yesterday Mr Morgan told District Judge Angus Hamilton that Tulisa raised her fists in the air and was swinging her arms.
"Everyone was jumping around trying to get at me, there was a lot going on," he said.
Gareth Varey, who is Tulisa's assistant, is also accused of threatening behaviour in relation to the incident, which he denies.
Tulisa denies one charge of assault
The case continues.