Cozi Family Organizer (for iPad)

How do you keep your household in order? Between managing finances, planning meals, remembering everyone's health status (allergies, doctor appointments), and keeping up with your to-do lists, running a family takes a lot of work and organization. An organizational Web app called Cozi aims to help you run your household more smoothly, and its iPad app, Cozi Family Organizer, seeks to help you out when you're on the go.

Unfortunately, both the Web app and iPad app are underwhelming.

Cozi Setup
Cozi's concept is to centralize important aspects of day-to-day family life. The Cozi iPad app works as a standalone service, though most people will likely prefer to set up their accounts via the Web app to explore the full range of features and tools. It is possible to set up entirely via the iPad app, though. The most crucial part of setting up is to create an entry for each member of the family, which can include pets, nannies, and extended family members. Everyone entered into the Cozi system is assigned a color (which you can change) so that any activity associated with that person becomes color-coded.

When you add an email address to any user's account, it gives the person a username with which to log in. So Uncle Artie gets a login because he has an email address, but the goldfish doesn't.

Cozi takes a few key aspects of personal organization, like keeping a calendar and to-do list, and simply makes them synced and shared across every family member's account. Everyone in your family who has a Cozi login will see the same calendar, shopping list, to-do list, and so forth, when they open Cozi.

Cozi iPad Features
The iPad app opens with a simple interface, with a rail of buttons on the left and a photo placeholder where you can upload a picture of your family to personalize the experience on the right. The main navigation comprises Calendar, To Do, Shopping, Journal, and Settings, which is a pared-down version of the Cozi Web app.

In fact, the iPad app omits more than I think it should. What's missing here that you get in the full Cozi online are messages, an email system, recipes, and recipe planning. From the iPad app, you can pull up and edit a little more information, like family members' email addresses and phone numbers, but those fields are confusingly tucked away under settings. I'd rather see a "People" or "Family Members" button included with the other main buttons.

Other family organizers simply give you more tools that are better designed for the complex needs of an entire household?although it's worth noting that none runs the full gamut. Even the ones we rate highly don't combine all the features available in competing products. For example, PCMag's Editors' Choice in this category, Famjama (beta), is the best I've seen and does at an excellent job of centralizing important family information, but even it doesn't have financial tools. Another Web app called Doxo, on the other hand, specifically handles finances and bill payment, but skips many other areas of family management.. Cozi's sweet spot is in lists and calendars, a lackluster niche to have?especially on an iPad?seeing as better digital calendars and list-making apps already exist.

Not So Cozy Security
Cozi comes in two versions: a free account that contains advertisements and some feature limitations and a paid Gold account ($4.99 per month or $49.99 per year), which removes both. One account works for the whole family, which sounds appealing except that all users login with the same password. Cozi recognizes different user names, in the form of each family member's email address, but one password is reused for everyone. A child could easily log in to the family account using his parent's email address. It's a security nightmare waiting to happen.

Shopping lists and to-do lists work as advertised, but lack solid management tools. I'd like to see Cozi add more control over which family members have read-only capabilities and who can actually edit and change a list. For example, if a mother created a shopping list and asked her spouse to buy all the items, she wouldn't want her bratty teenage son to quietly add the list things he wants? at least not without showing the items as "pending approval."

A bonus feature in the Cozi Web app that's absent from the mobile app (rather unfortunately?I think it's a missed opportunity) is recipe suggestions. If you find a recipe you like, you can automatically add all the ingredients to your grocery shopping list in the Web app. Wouldn't you want that same functionality on an iPad?

Family Organization on the Go
The Cozi Web app is a family management center with some decent shared calendar and list-making functions, but ultimately is not a website we recommend using, and thus, we cannot recommend the Cozi iPad app either. Our Editors' Choice for family organizers, Famjama (which is technically still in beta), is a much better option with tighter security features and overall better tools for keeping your family running smoothly. While Famjama does not have a dedicated iPad app, it does have a mobile-optimized site you can access from a Web browser.

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Psychology Teacher Needed to Teach a Levels (Surrey) - Surrey ...

Impact Teachers has a fantastic vacancy for Psychology teacher in a Secondary school.

The post is to start in Sept and should be full time until the end of the school year. You will be teaching Psychology to A level pupils.

It is a smaller than average comprehensive school serving the town and local surrounding area. Students come from a wide range of social and economic backgrounds. Ofsted described it as a school with "good features, providing a caring environment and a sound education for its students."Students like coming to school and appreciate its caring ethos. Staff and students enjoy mutually respectful relationships with each other.

In order to apply for this post you must have a formal teaching qualification and have taught in a school environment within the past 2 years (NQT pracs ok).

If you would like to be considered for this post, apply today!

IMPACT TEACHERS provides:

• A personable staff providing high-quality client service
• Great pay rates for both Supply and Long-Term teachers
• Flexibility through our Guaranteed Work Scheme
• A free internet caf? and lounge
• Great social Events

Also, Impact Teachers provides opportunities to volunteer abroad in developing countries. Teachers can travel to AFRICA and INDIA with our International Development Team to perform teacher workshops. Through education, we can make a global impact!

Want to know more about IMPACT TEACHERS and our charitable works?

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Germany's Tarnished Credit Rating - Finance - Global Economic ...

Moody?s put Germany on notice Monday as the outlook on Germany?s Aaa rating was changed from ?stable? to ?negative.?? Even worse news would be if the announcement is followed by a full downgrade in the near future.? Moody?s also revised the outlooks on the credit ratings of the Netherlands and Luxembourg to ?negative.?

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Moody's said the revisions for the three countries were prompted by "the rising uncertainty regarding the outcome of the euro area debt crisis" and the "increasing likelihood that greater collective support for other euro area sovereigns, most notably Spain and Italy, will be required."

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The possibility of a Greek exit from the euro, Moody's said, could threaten banks throughout the eurozone. German banks also have significant exposure to other struggling countries on the continent, particularly Italy and Spain, the agency added.

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Even if the monetary union remains intact, Moody's said Germany, as the eurozone's largest economy, will likely bear an increased financial burden as further bailout funds are required.

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1.????? What impact would a credit downgrade have on Germany?

2.????? What impact would a German credit downgrade have on other Eurozone economies?

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World's smallest semiconductor laser created by University of Texas scientists

Public release date: 26-Jul-2012
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AUSTIN, Texas Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with colleagues in Taiwan and China, have developed the world's smallest semiconductor laser, a breakthrough for emerging photonic technology with applications from computing to medicine.

The scientists report their efforts in this week's Science.

Miniaturization of semiconductor lasers is key for the development of faster, smaller and lower energy photon-based technologies, such as ultrafast computer chips; highly sensitive biosensors for detecting, treating and studying disease; and next-generation communication technologies.

Such photonic devices could use nanolasers to generate optical signals and transmit information, and have the potential to replace electronic circuits. But the size and performance of photonic devices have been restricted by what's known as the three-dimensional optical diffraction limit.

"We have developed a nanolaser device that operates well below the 3-D diffraction limit," said Chih-Kang "Ken" Shih, professor of physics at The University of Texas at Austin. "We believe our research could have a large impact on nanoscale technologies."

In the current paper, Shih and his colleagues report the first operation of a continuous-wave, low-threshold laser below the 3-D diffraction limit. When fired, the nanolaser emits a green light. The laser is too small to be visible to the naked eye.

The device is constructed of a gallium nitride nanorod that is partially filled with indium gallium nitride. Both alloys are semiconductors used commonly in LEDs. The nanorod is placed on top of a thin insulating layer of silicon that in turn covers a layer of silver film that is smooth at the atomic level.

It's a material that the Shih lab has been perfecting for more than 15 years. That "atomic smoothness" is key to building photonic devices that don't scatter and lose plasmons, which are waves of electrons that can be used to move large amounts of data.

"Atomically smooth plasmonic structures are highly desirable building blocks for applications with low loss of data," said Shih.

Nanolasers such as this could provide for the development of chips where all processes are contained on the chip, so-called "on-chip" communication systems. This would prevent heat gains and information loss typically associated with electronic devices that pass data between multiple chips.

"Size mismatches between electronics and photonics have been a huge barrier to realize on-chip optical communications and computing systems," said Shangjr Gwo, professor at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwain and a former doctoral student of Shih's.

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Shih and Gwo's colleagues include Gennady Shvets, professor of physics at The University of Texas at Austin, and Lih-Juann Chen, professor at National Tsing Hua University.

For more information, contact Dr. Ken Shih at shih@physics.utexas.edu.

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Contact: Lee Clippard
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512-232-0675
University of Texas at Austin

AUSTIN, Texas Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with colleagues in Taiwan and China, have developed the world's smallest semiconductor laser, a breakthrough for emerging photonic technology with applications from computing to medicine.

The scientists report their efforts in this week's Science.

Miniaturization of semiconductor lasers is key for the development of faster, smaller and lower energy photon-based technologies, such as ultrafast computer chips; highly sensitive biosensors for detecting, treating and studying disease; and next-generation communication technologies.

Such photonic devices could use nanolasers to generate optical signals and transmit information, and have the potential to replace electronic circuits. But the size and performance of photonic devices have been restricted by what's known as the three-dimensional optical diffraction limit.

"We have developed a nanolaser device that operates well below the 3-D diffraction limit," said Chih-Kang "Ken" Shih, professor of physics at The University of Texas at Austin. "We believe our research could have a large impact on nanoscale technologies."

In the current paper, Shih and his colleagues report the first operation of a continuous-wave, low-threshold laser below the 3-D diffraction limit. When fired, the nanolaser emits a green light. The laser is too small to be visible to the naked eye.

The device is constructed of a gallium nitride nanorod that is partially filled with indium gallium nitride. Both alloys are semiconductors used commonly in LEDs. The nanorod is placed on top of a thin insulating layer of silicon that in turn covers a layer of silver film that is smooth at the atomic level.

It's a material that the Shih lab has been perfecting for more than 15 years. That "atomic smoothness" is key to building photonic devices that don't scatter and lose plasmons, which are waves of electrons that can be used to move large amounts of data.

"Atomically smooth plasmonic structures are highly desirable building blocks for applications with low loss of data," said Shih.

Nanolasers such as this could provide for the development of chips where all processes are contained on the chip, so-called "on-chip" communication systems. This would prevent heat gains and information loss typically associated with electronic devices that pass data between multiple chips.

"Size mismatches between electronics and photonics have been a huge barrier to realize on-chip optical communications and computing systems," said Shangjr Gwo, professor at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwain and a former doctoral student of Shih's.

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Shih and Gwo's colleagues include Gennady Shvets, professor of physics at The University of Texas at Austin, and Lih-Juann Chen, professor at National Tsing Hua University.

For more information, contact Dr. Ken Shih at shih@physics.utexas.edu.

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The nation's weather

Weather Underground Forecast for Thursday, July 26, 2012.

A very active weather pattern is expected to return to the East on Thursday as the storm system in the Upper Great Lakes reaches into the Lower Great Lakes region by Thursday evening. As the system progresses, areas of showers, heavy rain, and scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop along and ahead of an associated warm front that will reach from the Great Lakes into the Lower Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile, additional showers, periods of heavy rain, and thunderstorms will continue along and ahead of the associated cold front as it extends southwestward from the low through the Southern Plains with waves of low pressure. There is a moderate risk of severe thunderstorm development from Ohio through the Lower Northeast, while areas from the Upper Great Lakes and the Mid-Mississippi Valley northeastward to southern New England are at slight risk for severe weather development. The primary concern with storms in these areas is a significant widespread damaging wind event/derecho by the afternoon, while tornado development may occur near the warm front in parts of New York and southern New England. Residents in the Midwest and Northeast are encouraged to monitor their local conditions on Thursday and take proper precautions against inclement weather activity.

Elsewhere, hot and humid conditions coupled with continued instability will maintain chances of showers and thunderstorms along the eastern and central Gulf Coast. Meanwhile, monsoonal moisture and daytime heating will kick up areas of showers and thunderstorms in the Central and Southern Rockies through the afternoon and evening. Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Wednesday have ranged from a morning low of 35 degrees at Stanley, Idaho to a high of 107 degrees at Olney-Noble, Ill.

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Summer Theatre Program Presents Annie | Manassas Theater, Art ...

Thursday, August 2, 2012, 7:30 pm

Hylton Performing Arts Center, 10960 George Mason Cir, Manassas, VA | Get?Directions??
$8.00

Leapin? Lizards! The Saint Bernadette Summer Theatre Program presents ?Annie, the award-winning Broadway musical that tells the heartwarming tale of little orphan Annie and her new life with Daddy Warbucks. Performances are August 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee on Saturday, August 4^th at 2 p.m. All performances will be at the Hylton Performing Arts Center on George Mason University?s Prince William Campus, 10960 George Mason Cir, Manassas, VA 20110: Gregory Family Theatre. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.SUMMERTHEATREPROGRAM.ORG or at the DOOR, $10 for adults and $8 for students/seniors.

Librettist Thomas Meehan describe Annie as ?a metaphorical figure standing for innate decency, courage and optimism in the face of hard times, pessimism and despair.? Set in December of 1933, the height of the Great Depression, Annie follows the new adventure of Little Orphan Annie, an 11 year old, whose ?hard-knock life? turns into a dream come true when Oliver Warbucks, the billionaire, invites her to live with him for Christmas. This family show is full of catchy music and dance, new- found friendships, a friendly puppy, and the lesson that life is never truly complete without family.?

Now in its sixteenth season, the Saint Bernadette Summer Theatre Program draws talented high school students from the DC metropolitan area every summer.? The program seeks to provide a safe, supporting environment for young people to showcase their talent and grow in fellowship and community.? It is run by a full volunteer staff, many of whom were once themselves involved with the program as students.? Summers with STP, as it is familiarly known, is about community first and show second. A love of performance is just one uniting characteristic that bonds new friends together.?

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London Eater ? London food blog and restaurant reviews and ...

For my birthday this year, I was looking to drink something a little special and so BBR became an obvious choice for it carries a list of classy old world (and very collectible) wine labels but with modest mark-ups. Prices track closely to the market conditions, generally with 20 to 30% margin over retail and do present tremendous value compared to ?finer? establishments. Let?s see there the now luxury brand right bank star, Cheval Blanc, the 1996 for ?500; Conseillante, a consistent Pomerol estate (Merlot!) , from a generally positive vintage, 1990 for ?526; ?98 La Mouline, the most feminine of the trio of ?Lalas? from Northern Rhone producer Guigal for ?432. There?s even a Unico by Vega Sicilia, what is regarded as Spain?s version of a first growth, the 1999 for ?317.

1985 Ch Haut Brion, Graves. ?392 + 12.5%

It was an easy decision to pick this claret. It?s got a quarter century of bottle age, and a glut of cellartracker reviews indicating that it is in a really nice place at the moment. In another restaurant, a first growth Bordeaux would easily command a four digit price, so ?392 + 12.5% is a ?relative bargain?. It was also surprisingly close to cost price (330/btl in bond) so it seemed er, sensible to take a punt. So to secure it (by the time you read this, the wine list might have been reviewed), I had paid for the wine upfront sometime in April, 12 weeks ahead of this meal.

Of all the Bordelais, I am most familiar with wines from the Graves, perhaps the only region in Bordeaux where the white wines are as revered as the reds. While the mighty Pauillacs boast fruit and power, I believe they are not as intriguing as the clarets from Graves. The name is a direct reference to the soil character and it is the gravel and clay which are said to give rise to the trademark aromas of smoke and cigars, or broadly speaking the sense of place these wines are so famous for.

I?ve sampled small sips of ?78 Haut Brion (fucking wow), ?66 La Mission (fading in 2012 it seems), the lauded 09 Smith Haut Laffite (TANNINS) but my favourites are the fleshy Chevalier reds (I haven?t tried their whites) which are decent expressions of the region and relatively affordable at ?50 a pop. I have a case of the 09s cellared which I plan to break out when I retire.

I think there is no better way to experience the best of Graves than a good bottle from the Chieftain of Pessac that is Haut Brion (ok maybe its sister estate La Mission Haut Brion). It?s very noble stuff. The Domaine would probably tell you how it has been famously revered through its long history, it even found its way to King Charles II?s dinner table. In those days, it defined a new breed of claret while today it is reputed as the oldest and the only First Growth outside of the Medoc, per the dated left bank 1855 classifications.

Considering its age, the bottle was in a healthy state, at mid-neck fill levels. Though it was slightly worrying to see a perfectly legible label, suggesting a mostly dry shelf-life, which may make for dry corks, but that?s just speculating by inspection. The sommelier popped and poured a small sample in my glass and decanted the rest. He left maybe about a shot?s worth in the bottle, as there was quite a bit of expected sediment. The cork looked pristine, stained to about halfway up, indicating the wine had crucially taken in some air in its long life.

Even before swirling, savoury secondary aromas of tar, ash, cigar, leather and maybe smoked ham were present. It instantly reminded me of the ?78. So all fears subsided ? the bottle had been carefully stored through its lifetime.

As the wine breathed, the fruit started to unfurl, plums or maybe even figs ? a flash of its youth. Through the night, the wine became less shy, more perfumed and more floral. It was a tremendous pleasure to smell the wine and I spent more time doing that than drinking. Obviously I don?t drink trophy wines regularly ? if at all ? so there might be more aromas which I couldn?t detect. However it definitely felt like a step change to anything I?d drank in recent memory.

On the palate, it was simply the smoothest wine I?d ever tasted. This really was liquid silk, as abused as the term may be. It felt polished and precise. This mature claret seemed almost Rhone-like in weight with all the tannins now fallen away. Spicy, maybe soya sauce, but with black fruit in the background and some sweetness too ?somewhere in the mix.

The wine changed perceptibly in the glass as we drank it over four hours. It was fruitier to start and grew to a spicier and more savoury monster toward the end. All the while however, it maintained a poise, an ultra-smooth, lithe mouth feel and drank beautifully till the very last drop. I remembered the long sizzling finish and counted 15, maybe 30 seconds, lingering fruitiness?

?wow. So this is First growth quality.

We were still conscious that this was just fermented grape juice, but it was surprising how harmonious the wine was. There weren?t any rough edges, it was so smooth, so balanced and such a delight to drink.

Was it worth ?440? Is any liquid ? at least 80% water ? kept in a glass bottle for a long time worth that kind of money? It probably retailed closer to ?44 when it was bottled in ?88. So maybe not, but I suppose what you pay for is the promise of intangibles involving emotion and pleasure. Though we did entertain the idea of trying to quantifying this ?greatness? and subjectively, it felt like this wine could justifiable be worth ?300+. ?200 would be good value (in relative terms) , but if it were available for say ?100, we would probably buy a case of it.

Nevertheless, the 1985 is certainly in a nice place today, I felt we drank a great bottle of a great wine providing for a truly memorable experience and this was absolutely worth it.

And now to the food..

Six Colchester Grade ?A? Rock Oysters, ?13.25.

We started with healthy looking rock oysters from Colchester. Creamy, crisp but not as thrilling as the Dorset rocks which our fishmonger sell at our farmers market at Queen?s Park.

Venison Tartare Imperial, with 15g Sturgeon Caviar, ?29.75

I wasn?t expecting the caviar to be anything more than just an extravagant splurge, but the deep saltiness, sticky texture did appear to enrich the tartare. A little excessive but it was an enjoyable one-off.

Crab Salad with Chilli Avocado Mayo, ?11.50

Generously loaded with freshly picked crab, needed a lot of lemon juice but generally pleasing.

Crispy, Pressed and Roaster Belly of Suckling Pork, with Truffle Gravy, ?21.25

This was hugely enjoyable, the crackling was just smashing, the pork was delicious. The black pudding was a little sweet, lighted scented with truffle gravy. Yummy, but probably more so in winter.

Veal FIllet Holstein, with Quail Egg, Anchovies, Bacon and Truffle Gravy, ?21.75
with Lobster Mash, ?6.75.

I?ve had this dish on a couple of separate occasions and have always been impressed. It?s just so dependable, so classic. Served pink, also with lashings of truffle gravy, it was comforting, a joy to eat and it complimented the wine well enough.

Although the lobster mash was certainly the best thing we ate. It was like mash soaked in a lobster bisque. Flavours of fluidised shell, and with generous claw meat mixed in. It was a course unto itself. To me, it seemed exactly what you?d expect lobster mash to taste like. It?s miles ahead of the Goodman version.

Chocolate Glory, MK II. ?9.75.

With chocolate jivara mousse, brownie, meringue and passionfruit orange jelly in a golden shell that disintegrates as hot chocolate sauce is poured over it. The extra special message made out to me with hot chocoalate sauce around the plate, was more than appreciated.

So we paid ?440 for wine, ?139 for the food plus service, totaling ?579. In the end, it was a memorable meal. This old-fashioned-ish brasserie with an eccentric approach to hospitality was a success for a private celebration. Nothing but love for the plush leather-seated booths.

Details

Bob Bob Ricard
Anglo-Russian All Day Diner ?50pp
1 Upper James Street, London, W1F 9DF
Tel: +44 (0)203 145 1000
Tube: Piccadilly Circus

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