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Hi, I'm Dave. I'd be glad to try and help shed some light on the situation
Rheem service manuals are hard to come by, I can tell you that one scenario you could have, is too high of an ambient temp. the condensing unit becomes the evaporator in heat mode, which means that the ambient temp is driving your suction pressure WAY too high (as evidenced by the nearly identical suction and discharge pressures you've listed) it cold be that the compressor is trying to create a viable compression ratio, working too hard and tripping on the internal overload or some other safety. Another situation you could be getting here is a failed/malfunctioning reversing valve, or check valve. the valve that re-directs refrigerant flow in heat mode is the reversing valve. the valves that keep the refrigerant from flowing the wrong direction are check valves. if any of these are malfunctioning, it would cause the head that the compressor is creating, to be pushed into both sides of the system. which would also give you identical pressures. one suggestion would be to lightly spray the condensing unit's coil with water while it is running. if the suction drops to about one third of the head (or thereabouts) it's likely that the ambient temp is too high to be running the unit in heat mode. if both the head and suction drop, and remain pretty much the same as each other, you likely have a failing/failed valve, and will need further troubleshooting.
Hi Dave,
Thanks for your analysis of the situation. I figured that the problem was probably in the reversing valve. Also, given that the unit shutsdown after 1-1/2 minutes makes me think that a sensor/check valve is kicking in. I will execute the test you recommended to determine if the ambient air is too high and report back to you. Is there any way to further test the reversing valve or to find out what check valves/sensors may exist in this unit?
Hello , let me see if I can guide you here. First is the cause is th eoutdoor temperature thi sunit has a hi presure switch and th eboard will flash a code. Since yo ulisted Led 1 is off and Led 2 is on thi smeans you tripped on a low pressure lock out. It will auto reset three times then tuwning the power on and off or touching the test pins will reset.
Low pressur elock out typicall mean low charge so you may have a leak. The only way to know here is to put a set of guages on it. Now since it seemed to work in Cool mode you may also have a failed TXV on the outdoor unit. In the cool mode it is bypassed with an internal check valve in the heat mode it is metered. Again a set of guages will tel us what the system pressures are.
TXV can fail for many reason from a bad power head to poor installation. If an old line set was used and not flushed correclty or lack of a drier filter , or not running nitrogen through the lines during the brazing process can all be causes.
Let me know if I can be of more help thank you Richard
Hello also if you need a manual let me know I will send you a link.
Thank you Richard
Hello sorry there was a long delay in the message.
Let me see if I can answer all your questions. First even though you cool ok you can have a system issue. An over charged system will work fine in cool however one it is switched to heat refrigerant has to be taken out of the system by a charge compensator . On this model it will look like a big black can. If it is over charged the compensator can not remove enough so the head pressure goes up and trips the sensor. You have hi and low pressure sensor on this model.
To correct this issue it is simple first someone needs to check, measure and set the air flow to be close to 400 CFM per ton of cooling. You have 3 ton so 1200 CFM once the do this set to cool , they take the system running pressure convert them to saturation temps and subtract the temps of the lines. This gives them Super Heat and Sub cooling. Super Heat should be between 10 and 15 Sub cooling 10 degrees.on this unit. Then switch to heat mode. to check. The system should run fine with outdoor temp 80 and indoor temp 80 if it is hotter than that you will have to wait for a good test since the head pressure will naturally be hi at those temps.
The reversing valve on Rheem and Ruud is energized in heat mode. So ( it is not easy to access on the 13PJ series but there is a blue wire that comes from the thermostat un hook it while in the heat mode and it will shift to cool you will hear it to know it is shifting. Or if someone can access the valve get a couple of small earth magnets ( radio shack) place them on the brass body unit the stick then when the valve shifts you will see them move. ( there is probably a video in you tube somewhere lol ) .
To check the sensor look for them they small with two wires ( probably yellow and brown) pull one of the wires off where is goes to the board and the unit will shut down proving the switch will open.
Let me know if you need more. Ill look for your response.
Can you send me the service manual you referenced in your email.
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Let me know if these links work if not I can try a differant way thank you Richard
These look similar to the installation manuals that came with the AH and Heat Pump, though I think these might be more detailed. I hope so.
It rained all weekend so I was not able to troubleshoot the system.
I will get back to you this week with what I discover.
thanks for the help.
Hello Omar
These are all they offer in the way of technical documents. They stopped making service manuals a few years ago. Once the unit has a code ( flash code) then you can use that as a guide to troubleshoot the system. Pay close attention to the flash code and remember it is a guide not a diagnostic tool. Example if the Low pressure switch tripped you may have a dirty filter, low charge, low airflow or stopped fan. It does not mean the low pressure switch has failed. However, parts chage on some ofthe older models they used a 50 PSI low pressure switch this had a common issue of tripping for no real reason so they switched to a 15 PSI pressure switch. First steps to make sure the system was set up correctly Air Flow number 1 , 400 CFM per ton of cooling if this is wrong all measurement will be wrong. Then super heat and sub cooling for this you need system pressures and line temps. Then we can see how the system is doing.


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Dametra Café shines as a rare jewel in Carmel. Its uncommonness is startling, a shock to an established system that seems to relish chewing up diners and spitting them out onto the sidewalk.
At Dametra, they greet you out on that sidewalk with a hug and a smile, and escort you inside as if you were relatives on holiday. Inside, it's small (OK, slightly cramped), but also intimate and familial.
Once seated, you become swept up in the wackiness of Dametra, where a song and a belly dance can erupt at any moment. Co-owner Faisal Nimri breaks out his pear-shaped oud (a Middle Eastern guitar) and bewitched customers rise from their chairs and start to shimmy and shake. Often a line cook named Antonio joins the fun, leading all 14 tables in a rousing version of "Besame Mucho."
Remember the restaurant chain Bobby McGee's? Young servers dressed as pirates or Zorro or the Mad Hatter and played their roles to the hilt while we all tried to eat. It was distracting and tacky. At Dametra, the vibe is homespun and heartfelt, and they pace the celebratory waves so there are long moments of calm, and the interesting food becomes the focus.
Dametra owners Nimri and Bashar Sneeh throw out all conventions employed by restaurateurs. They don't rush diners despite the need to turn tables, they pass out free baklava and pour Turkish coffee to anyone who needs a wakeup call. There is no overt gouging and never any attitude.
Nimri, from Jordan, started his career as a waiter on Fisherman's Wharf and later at his family's International Cuisine restaurant in Pacific Grove. Likeminded Sneeh is from Syria and embraced the concept of serving food from the Middle East and throughout the Mediterranean basin.
Diners will find hummus, spanakopita, moussaka, shawarma and kebabs, but also cioppino, calamari, smoked salmon and nightly specials such as halibut or lamb chops.
Reservations are a must. If you arrive without one, a good option is to wait next door at the new Constance Wine Room, where you can get a quick snack and a nice pour (250-6482).
Chamisal loses its ace
Chamisal Tennis Club lost a huge feather in its cap with the departure of talented chef David Frappeia a few weeks ago. The problem? Customers loved his inventive food, but he didn't love the 90-hour workweek and the daily struggle to stay financially solvent under the club's business model.
The former chef-owner of Melange in Pacific Grove is looking to get off his feet for a while until another opportunity arises.
"Currently I am playing my guitars, tubas and piano, running, biking and cooking for my wife for a change," he said.
Here's my want ad for him: Talented chef needs a kitchen, some autonomy, the freedom of expression and a chance to prove that artists can still thrive here.
Fiesta at Holman Ranch
It's a party that dates back to 1928, when Calvin Coolidge was president, Amelia Earhart crossed the Atlantic and Holman Ranch was known throughout the state for its rodeos, horse shows and an annual shindig known as Fiesta de los Amigos.
Among those amigos were Hollywood celebrities, including Charlie Chaplin and Theda Bara. Everyone who was anyone showed up to celebrate the ranch's birthday. The tradition continues this year, with a bit of a modern twist. Look for food trucks, Holman Ranch estate wines, live music and family games. It's a benefit for the Alzheimer's Association and attendees can sign up to support the Holman Ranch Walk to End Alzheimer's team. The walk is Oct. 13 and departs from Custom House Plaza in Monterey. Attendees can sign up to join the team or pledge support.
The fiesta runs from 6-9 p.m. and costs $50 ($35 for wine club members). RSVP by Sept. 20 to 659-2640.
Chili at the Barnyard
The Carmel Valley Chamber continues its annual Great Bowls of Chili Cook-off tradition, moving the spicy festivities to The Barnyard Shopping Village on Sept. 19 from 5-8p.m.
The contest will showcase local professional and amateur chefs competing for the People's Choice, as well as local bartenders shaking up their own unique margaritas. Stormin' Norman and the Cyclones will play a wide variety of dance tunes, complemented by a wine and beer bar
Online advance tickets are $25/chamber members, $27/ nonmembers. Tickets will also be available at the event for $32.
Sign of the Apocalypse?
Chef Jean Paul Peluffo has changed much of the menu at The Forge in Carmel, but wisely has retained the popular Dog Pound menu. Peluffo says on a typical summer weekend, customers spend about $500 on items ranging from plain kibble ($2.50), Hen House Chicken Strips ($4.95), sliced New York steak ($12.95) and bottled mineral water for the dish. They've even turned one of the weekend servers into a Doggie Maitre d' and he passes out business cards to dog owners roaming Carmel Beach.
I have reached the pinnacle of my career — as a food judge for the first-ever Bacon, Blues & Brews Festival on Saturday, Oct. 27, from noon to 6p.m. at the Monterey Fairgrounds. Local chefs will cook the pig belly and we will all quaff area brews and get revved up by wails and guitar riffs. Check out www.baconbluesfest.com ... Speaking of pigskin, Peter B's Brew Pub has announced its football day specials served as a religious observance to the almighty NFL. A half-pound angus burger and fries? Ten bucks. Wings and nachos are $8 each while chili cheese fries check in at $6. Imbibe in brew master Kevin Clark's creations for $3 (this does not apply to fans of the Packers or Cowboys ... just kidding) ... Throughout the month of September all house Chardonnay or Cabernet is just $2.99 per glass all day at Abalonetti Bar and Grill. Bring a bottle of your favorite wine on Wednesdays and corkage is free ... Unpack your lederhosen and rinse out the old glass beer boot because Monterey Bay Oktoberfest nears. The Barnyard in Carmel hosts the two-day event on Sept. 15-16. Tickets $17 at the door. Look for bratwurst, Bavarian chicken, pretzels and, of course, plenty of sudsy Spaten. More at www.oktoberfestmontereybay.com ... Esteban chef Thomas Snyder will break out his 3-foot paella pan on Saturday in the outdoor courtyard. Paella on the Patio runs from 1-3p.m. and includes an educational/interactive component. Cost is $79. Reservations 375-0176 ... Celebrate il Vecchio's first anniversary with a Frittata Brunch on Sunday, Sept 16 from 9-11:30a.m. Their frittata is a bit different. In the old country, the Italian mother used leftover pasta for the next day's lunch. This baked version combines pasta, veggies, meat ragu, eggs and cheese. Fixed price for frittata and bread pudding is $5. Wow.
... Hats off to Mac McDonald of Mac About Town fame, who declined to doff his trademark hat as requested at the entrance of Restaurant 1833 (he chose another establishment). Many other restaurants still employ a no-hat policy. Gentle readers: Do you think that rule is ridiculous or refreshing? Let me know at email@example.com.
Mike Hale is a food writer and blogger from Monterey. Write to him at email@example.com and read more at www.thegrubhunter.com.

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This is one Wal-Mart without greeters at the door, where there are no signs touting low prices and where customers aren't welcome.
Last month, Wal-Mart quietly opened its $100 million, 210,000-square-foot corporate data center on Colorado Springs' far north side, a nondescript, mauve-colored building that looks like nothing more than a large distribution center.
There was no announcement and no grand opening gala to signal the building's completion. But as quiet as Wal-Mart has made this facility, some local business people say it has the potential to speak volumes on the community's behalf.
The data center was considered an economic development coup for Colorado Springs when Wal-Mart agreed in July 2011 to build the facility in a business park on Federal Drive, southeast of InterQuest and Voyager parkways.
Local government officials and business leaders wooed the world's No. 1 retailer with financial incentives — $4.5 million in sales and business personal property tax rebates. In exchange, local officials estimated the project would pump roughly $488 million into the local economy over its first 15 years.
Wal-Mart officials offered little comment when asked about the project recently; they simply confirmed the data center opened in October after more than a year of construction and said other previously reported details about the project were correct.
At the time Wal-Mart agreed to build the data center in the Springs, local officials said it would employ about 30 people and that Wal-Mart would spend about $100 million on construction and another $50 million to $100 million on machinery and equipment over 15 years.
Local officials also had said the data center would help the retailer operate its websites and internal computer networks.
The exterior of the sprawling Wal-Mart data center is nicely landscaped with vegetation, stones and large rocks, but it's ringed by a decorative wrought-iron fence to ward off intruders. A guard station checks employees and visitors in and out.
Because a data center contains sensitive technology and isn't open to the public, it's not usual for a business to open and operate such a facility quietly, said David White, chief business development officer for the Colorado Springs Regional Business Alliance.
"It's not uncommon for a data center not to have a grand opening or a ribbon cutting or something to that effect, since for the plain and simple fact that this is a mission critical facility," he said. "They don't want it to be publicized. It's a very critical facility. It has a lot of investment. Not a lot of job count, but a lot of investment by the company. And they need to maintain its security."
The building's low profile aside, White and others say they expect the data center to be a big plus for the community.
In addition to its long-term economic benefits, there were about 200 people who worked on the building's construction, while local suppliers benefited from Wal-Mart's purchase of building materials, White said.
Business leaders hope that being on Wal-Mart's radar screen will lead the retailer to locate offices, a distribution center or other future facilities in the Springs, he said.
Likewise, with Wal-Mart's data center joining those locally operated by Progressive Insurance, FedEx and Hewlett Packard, local officials hope other corporations will take notice of the Springs.
"Once you get a major company that makes an investment in your community, it sends a message to other companies that this is a good place to do business," White said. "A good place to have a data center. Wal-Mart is known to do their due diligence."
Colorado Springs general contractor Vince Colarelli, who's developing about 100 acres on the Springs' south side as a business park to house data centers, said Wal-Mart is providing a public relations boost for his project.
As he courts businesses to locate data centers in his business park, corporations are taking note of Wal-Mart's decision, Colarelli said. In every conversation he's had with potential users, Wal-Mart's name — along with that of Progressive, HP and FedEx — comes up, Colarelli said.
As a result, Wal-Mart's presence points to local benefits that city leaders say make the Springs especially attractive as a home for data centers — such as low-cost and reliable electricity and a lack of natural disasters that could knock out a data center and disrupt a corporation's internal operations, Colarelli said.
"The presence of Wal-Mart in Colorado Springs," he said, "helps provide credibility on a national market basis about all of the benefits of Colorado Springs as a location for data centers that we've been marketing."
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EDINBURGH 2010: BWW Reviews: CAROLINE RHEA 2010/08/14
To any 90s child, Caroline Rhea will be a familiar name from the credits of one of the era's best kids' TV shows, Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Caroline played Sabrina's lovably kooky aunt Hilda, and later went on to present TV shows such as The Biggest Loser, but it turns out that stand-up comedy is her first love.
Unusually for an Edinburgh comedy show, Caroline has her own warm-up act, and even more bizarrely it is her husband! Costaki Econompolous provided a few chuckles and a little back-story about the couple's experience of Edinburgh with their one-year-old daughter. Costaki's calm, structured jokes were put into sharp contrast with his wife's arrival on stage, as her own comedic approach is much more spontaneous and exuberant. She regales the audience with stories from her life which always seem to involve her making a fool of herself, and her openness about her unsophisticated ways is very endearing.
However, one aspect of the show was quite irritating, and this was Caroline's continuous criticism of her audience. Perhaps we were an unusually quiet bunch, but jokes about the British being reserved only stay funny for so long and being ordered to laugh more will only make the audience too self-conscious to laugh at all! Despite this it was still an overall enjoyable evening, and I would certainly recommend Caroline's show over the masses of 'ordinary bloke' comedians who populate the festival's comedy venues.
Caroline Rhea performs every night until 25th August at 9.30pm at the Gilded Balloon.
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Muna Zaki, Ahmed Helmi to bring romance back to screen
The Seventh Art Group, which is the most recent Egyptian conglomerate for film production, is currently negotiating with the renowned couple, Muna Zaki and Ahmed Helmi, to play a starring role together in a film to be shot as of the beginning of next September, according to the London based Arabic daily al Sharq al Awsat.
The film scripted by Medhat al Adel and directed by Said Hamed belongs to the romantic and comedy genre and depicts the story of two university students linked with a big love story which has always been the biggest incentive and drive foreword.
Ahmed and Muna agreed in principle on the offer particularly in view of the fact that the film is full of romance which the big screen lacks these days. The events of the film are close to the real story of their marriage.
The Seventh Art Group is comprised of 12 film production and sale companies. It began its actual activities this summer as it is currently distributing a number of films by comedy stars -- Albawaba.com


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Selex ES recently announced it signed two contracts, together worth about 60 million euro, relating to the SWave Software Defined Radio (SDR) portable terminals and Tactical Mobility Night Vision Goggles (TM-NVG) for Italy's Future Soldier program, which will modernize the systems and equipment of soldiers. The first supply consists of 2726 radio SDR Hand-Helds for the Italian Army's light infantry troops. The company also will provide 2726 TM-NVG night vision goggles, a third-generation binocular device developed to provide state-of-the-art equipment for the nocturnal tactical mobility of the future soldier.
SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, signed a contract valued at $16 million to provide the Kuwait General directorate of civil aviation with air traffic control systems. The company will equip the international airport of Kuwait City with an ATCR-33/S primary radar, an SIR-S secondary radar and a ground station Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system, a high-performance system for en-route, terminal area and airport surveillance applications. The contract, which will last about three years, also includes the supply of the logistic and post sales support and the relevant civil works.
SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, was awarded a contract by the Aeronautica Civil de Colombia, for the upgrading of the radar system set in Cerro Maco, near San Jacinto, in the region of Bolivar. The contract, which has a value of about 5.2 million euros (about $6.6 million), refers to the hardware and software upgrading of the ATCR 22M primary radar and the SIR-M secondary radar.


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After watching a video about the scores of birds who die from ingesting plastics found in our oceans, artist Denise Hughes put down her paints (for a bit) and started collecting bottle caps.
Using the tops of everything from milk containers to applesauce pouches to sports drinks and more, Hughes layers the different colored caps on top of each other to create incredible murals of the animals who "consume the plastics which bring them alive on canvas," she writes on her website.
Once she got started, Hughes, a mom of two, began to consider a much bigger canvas - an exterior wall of the Raleigh school that her boys attend. During this school year at Joyner Elementary School, families collected bottle caps at home for kids to drop off in bins around the school. In April, Hughes used the caps to create a massive piece - the Joyner Family Tree, she calls it - with the help of staff and students at the school.
I chatted with Denise by email about her project and her work. She'd love to bring the project to other schools. Here's our conversation.
Go Ask Mom: You've been an artist for a long time. How old were you when you first discovered your love of art. And tell us a little bit about your career before now.
Denise Hughes: I have been an artist for as long as I can remember! My second grade teacher, Mrs. Kelly, encouraged my mom to get me proper art lessons. However, due to limited resources, they were short lived. I went back to my elementary school while I was in college and Mrs. Kelly was still there. And to my amazement, she had laminated all of my old drawings which were still being used on the monthly wall calendars!! It was then that I realized I had made the right decision to pursue a career in art.
I studied medical illustration at East Tennessee State University for three years and graduated from East Carolina University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Upon moving to Raleigh, I began my mural business and have completed murals throughout the Triangle. When not painting murals, I work on commissioned landscapes and portraits in my home studio. My work can be seen in Marbles Kids Museum, WakeMed, First Citizens Banks throughout the southeast, Greystone Rec Center, Oberlin Road Pediatrics, as well as homes and other businesses around the country.
GAM: You haven't worked a lot with bottle caps until recently. How did this all get started?
DH: Ha. Good question. A friend of mine at Lacy Elementary School collected caps and worked on smaller pieces using the caps. I thought it was so clever! I then began researching plastic and got sucked into the dire situation of the plastics in our oceans! What struck me most was a video by Chris Jordan of Midway Island. The caps are literally killing the animals as they consume the floating pieces, thinking they are small fish. I encourage EVERYONE to watch this video, however, it is NOT for the faint at heart! A mere three-minute clip that will change your life forever!
Needless to say, after seeing that video, I began to take action! So began my plastic life!! I have created 10 pieces depicting ocean life in response to the worldwide problem of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It truly affects us all on so many levels. By collecting the caps and creating beauty from all the toxicity, we are raising awareness in our children, schools and communities.
GAM: Was there a lot of trial and error in working with the caps at first? Tells us about the process of experimenting with the caps and figuring out how to make large-scale works with them.
DH: There was a lot of trial and error in the figuring out.
How am I going to get thousands of caps?
How am I going to attach them?
And what will I attach them to? Having done murals on such a large scale really helped the cap art come to life. The bigger they are, the better they read. Walter Magazine did a lovely write up of the projects.
GAM: When did the idea come for creating something at Joyner? How did the collection work? How did the installation go?
DH: I have always wanted to do something for my boys' elementary school, but never knew what exactly. I approached the staff to discuss my ideas and they were totally on board. First, I did a presentation to the fourth graders, discussing the plastic problems in our oceans and what we can do to help. I put decorated trash bins in the foyer of the school as well as the cafeteria and the caps started pouring in! In April, I gathered our entire collection and washed the entire lot … quite a feat! Some of the school moms helped sort colors which was actually therapeutic. We held a Saturday morning "painting party" to cover all the plywood to be ready for the following week. The kids and parents had a ball! Mr. Fotta, the art teacher at Joyner, was amazing! When kids came to his class for art, they each were able to choose two caps and screw them into the wood to create our "Joyner Family Tree." The kids absolutely loved using a drill (most for the first time) and were thrilled to be a part of the project. That's 679 students, 2 caps each, 8000 caps total.
Installation was amazing! A group of four contractors volunteered to come to the school and hung it up within two hours. Later that day on Facebook, one of the contractors said, "Hanging this beautiful work on a perfect sunny breezy beautiful afternoon, surrounded by children laughing and playing, and sharing the community of it all with the teachers and faculty from the school...It may be the pinnacle of my professional life." WOW!
GAM: You'd love to do more of these at schools. What are your hopes for this project going forward?
DH: Yes, I would love to continue this project at other schools and possibly, businesses. I am currently looking into corporate sponsorship/partnerships to help facilitate this. It is a great learning tool on so many levels. Recycling, the environment, awareness, ocean pollution and turning trash to treasure! And, at the end of all that, you get an amazing piece of art created by everyone which will be enjoyed for years to come!
GAM: As a mom of two boys, how do you balance your life as a mom and an artist? Do you have the answer?
DH: BOY OH BOY! I wish I did have the answer! The boys have become accustomed to all of my crazy ideas over the years, but they seemed especially proud of the Joyner project. As for balancing, I can only quote Dr. Seuss who said, "So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's a Great Balancing Act."
You can see more of Hughes' work on her website.
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Brad Pitt not only looks sexy, he sounds sexy, and Chanel is playing off the appeal of his husky voice to build anticipation for the release of its new No. 5 fragrance campaign starring the actor. The French fashion house just released a series of videos featuring Pitt uttering come-hither phrases. Each clocks at under ten seconds, so it's not much time to get excited. But when he says things like "Do you feel lucky? Why?" and "Are you going somewhere? Where?" it's hard not to. Listen to his voice by watching the clip above, and stay tuned for the full campaign, set to debut Monday, October 15th.
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Best Windows 8 apps this week
Fifty-fifth in a series. As of this week, more than 90,000 applications are available in the US Windows Store. The overall app count rose to 90,848 in the store, up 1,066 apps from last week.
69,612 of those apps are free to download and install, an increase of 989 apps in comparison to last week. The remaining 21,236 apps are commercial applications or desktop programs. They have increased by 77 apps this week.
As far as news goes, Windows 8 users will soon be able to use their Facebook accounts for authorization and social features in apps that implement the Facebook Login APIs.
App of the week
Another popular application has found its way to the Windows 8 operating system. Flipboard is a news reading service that provides you with the means to create your own personal magazine. The core difference to RSS readers is that the selection of news sources is limited to those that have been added by the Flipboard editorial team.
While that means you do get access to the news feeds of popular news sites such as The Verge, The New York Times or ESPN, it means also that you won't get access to other news sources. You can subscribe to niches like technology, travel or business if you want, or narrow down the sources by sub-niche or individual news sources. To give you one example: you can either subscribe to the business category, a sub-niche such as startups or finance, or a popular source such as The Consumerist or Forbes.
News stories displayed on the front page are sorted by selected niche, a selection of cover stories, and social networks. You can connect social networking accounts to Flipboard to receive updates right from within the application. One interesting option that Flipboard makes available is the ability to create custom magazines.
You add news stories of interest to a magazine, which you can then share with friends or even publicly if you like. The app itself is easy to use, especially on touch devices. If you are using a keyboard or mouse, you use the mouse wheel to flip forward and backward in the app.
Other apps
The official 7-Eleven application includes a store finder that you can use to locate the stores closest to a select location.
Users who sign in get to see the latest coupons available to them, post ideas to the application's Idea Hub, and browse the events section to find out what is going on.
Newton is a side-scrolling arcade game in which you smash through objects along the way to collect the atoms that they leave behind. You control Newton -- a hamster -- either by touch or with the mouse.
All you have to do is press the left mouse button to attack and to collect atoms that objects that you have smashed leave behind. While that sounds easy enough, the controls are somewhat flaky which means that miss-clicks will result in unintentional attacks which in turn means that attacks may not be ready for when you actually need them.
Atoms can be used to purchase upgrades for the hamster in the lab, to make the collecting of atoms easier for instance.
This app brings Tripadvisor's travel database to Windows 8. You can use it to look-up a hotel or location that you are interested in. If you search for a location, a list of hotels, restaurants, attractions and guides is displayed to you.
Everything is sorted by popularity at first, with options to sort by price instead if that is preferred. Additional filtering options are available. For hotels, it is possible to filter by type, e.g. business or family, price per night, rating, hotel class and a variety of other parameters.
Here you can also click on map view to find out where the places of interest are located, and open a detailed profile of every place. For hotels, information includes reviews, photos, nearby places of interest, prices, amenities and a lot more.
The design of the application is excellent, as it lets you access all information easily with just a couple of clicks as everything is interlinked in multiple ways.
Users who log in to their account or sign up for one can post reviews or save places so that they can be accessed at a later date.
Mahjongg Artifacts brings the classic game of Mahjong to Windows 8. The game offers a story-driven mode that you can play through, and a classic mode that offers 100 different layouts in addition to that.
The game stays true to Mahjong for the most part, but introduces several minor tweaks to it that may make it more interesting to some users. Instead of having to clear a level completely to win, it is only required to match the golden pair in each story-driven level to do so.
Another change is the introduction of power tiles that you can use to clear each layout in different ways.
Asphalt 8: Airborne ($1.99, free trial available)
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SYSMark Performance Summary
The overall SYSMark scores summarize what we've seen thus far:
As a recap, here's what happens with the Internet Content Creation suite:
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In the Internet Content Creation tests, we see that although there is a difference in performance between current and previous generation hard drives, there's very little that separates the 10,000RPM Raptors from the 7200RPM drives.
Also recapping, here's what happens in the entire Office Productivity suite:
"In this scenario, the office productivity user creates a marketing presentation and supporting documents for a new product. The user receives email containing a collection of documents in a compressed file. The user reviews his email and updates his calendar while a virus checking software scans the system. The corporate web site is viewed and the user begins creating the collateral documents. The user also accesses a database and runs some queries. A collection of documents are compressed. The queries' results are imported into a spreadsheet and used to generate graphical charts. The user then transcribes a document. Once the document has all the necessary pieces in place, the user changes it into a portable format for easy and secure distribution. The user edits and adds elements to a slide show template. Finally, the user looks at the results of his work (both the slide show and the portable document) in an Internet browser. "
Office Productivity paints a much different picture, with significant advantages being seen over older drives. The Office Productivity suite also paints a much more compelling picture of the Raptors' performance; even the older Raptor manages to maintain a decent performance advantage over the cream of the crop 7200RPM 8MB Parallel ATA drives.
Overall performance is an average of the two suites, and thus, we see that a lot of the impressive performance gains in Office Productivity are diluted by the relatively little variation in Internet Content Creation performance.
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Athlonite - Saturday, March 24, 2007 - linkboth raptor drives are SATA and all the other drives are Pata i know for a fact the seagate baracuda 7200.7 comes in a sata II form coz i have two of them in raid 0 i'd pit the against your single raptor any day of the week as i said like comaring apples with peas Reply
peufeu - Monday, May 09, 2005 - linkStop benchmarking copies of 1 MB files !
Linux, with reiserfs4 :
My crap laptop harddrive does about 16 MB/second raw bandwidth. It does 15 MB/second reading 20 KBytes files. Not that bad.
I'd like to see the raptor benchmarked with reiser4. I'm pretty sure it can sustain at least 80% of its peak bandwidth with 1kbyte files...
jferdina - Sunday, August 22, 2004 - linkhere is a link:
http://www.buildsilentpc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t... Reply
jferdina - Sunday, August 22, 2004 - linkI want to WARN you all of Seagate Barracuda 7200.7
I just bought one for 1 day and I am terribly disappointed.
Unlike the seagate barracuda 7200.7 that was tested by AnandTech, the newer version is EXTREMELY noisy. It is the most noisiest HD that I have ever had.
The reason is Seagate got into a lawsuit problem with Convolve. Apparently Seagate steals their technology, and at least for now they have to remove it. The technology is 'Automatic Acoustic Management' (AAM).
But for those of you who are tricked, like me, there is some information that may give a hope, AAM is still there but they set it in "performance" mode by default on current firmware. But hardware.fr claimed they had firmware 3.16 and could change the setting.
So MAYBE IF they can settle the lawsuit, Seagate would provide firmware upgrade to solve this problem.
Anandtech, please change your review about Seagate since the information is already old because it is very frustrating for customers that wishes to find an accurate info, gets the completely opposite result from what informed. Reply
Fietsventje - Wednesday, June 16, 2004 - linkI didn't read all of the comments, but I would like to say that I, like some others here, would like to see what impact a RAID0-array has on these benchmarks. Could finally resolve the ever-lasting discussion (at least, for myself) about the influence of a RAID-0-setup to general performance.
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skyce - Monday, June 14, 2004 - linkI would really like to see a comparison of one 74GB SATA Raptor 10k to two new Raptors in Raid0. I'm building a system over the next couple months and would like to have this drive in my system, but am somewhat reluctant to fork over another $200 for a second drive for Raid0, as Wesley suggested in his High End System Guide (May 26th). Reply
HelzBelz - Monday, June 14, 2004 - link
... and also, it just so happens that I've just received the exact same hardware (see previous post), but for 2 different systems (upgrades for other people).
i.e. 2x 80GB ATA WD 8Meg w/ Highpoint 370 PCI RAID Card, and one 74GB SATA Raptor 10k...
Perhaps we could then compare results !?
HelzBelz - Monday, June 14, 2004 - link
Perhaps this has already been suggested, but here it goes:
- What about a RAID0 test of some pair of less expensive drives VS a Single Raptor ?
i.e. For "about the same money", I've often been asked: "Which of the abobe is better / faster ?"
For example, one could compare the performance of a "2x WD 80GB 8MB cache RAID0" setup, versus a Single 74GB Raptor 10k drive; since either way, you're paying about the same total price...
Just a thought,
artifex - Sunday, June 13, 2004 - linkI'd like to get a MTBF comparison, not just some data on warranties, too. Or better yet, it would be cool for Anandtech to actually set up a system to run the test drives continuously until they start failing.
Why? Our local Fry's often has drives like the PATA version of a Hitachi 200GB on sale for $50 after rebates, but if they burn up or crash in half the time as a $100 drive, I'd much rather get the $100 drive. This is particularly important for applications like adding drives to PVRs, where it's not easy to remap around known bad sectors after they're found, and at least one manufacturer's low level formatting utility won't work with Nforce-based IDE, so remapping at the lower level is out also.
I'm also hoping for thermal comparisons; in small form factor enclosures this is just as important as noise. Reply
MadAd - Saturday, June 12, 2004 - linkIMO you are missing a very important 'real world' test that has always interested me on machines through years.
Test: Tester starts stopwatch as power button us pressed. Tester stops stopwatch at the point that the desktop appears ready for use...... Record Time Taken. Thats it!
The funny thing is youve probably not realised how much you run this 'test' and its a valid one insofar as everyone needs to boot up at some point - just please, do us a favor, time it and chart it? :)
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Silver Line Project Online Comments
Last updated: March 1, 11 a.m.
Dulles Rail, Phase 2 and Silver Line station name comments received via the online comment form:
City: Herndon
Comment: My only comment about this project is that the station near the Herndon Monroe oarking structure be called HERNDON. Herndon is where the stop is located. It is a real town - not a subdivision or speiclal tax district. Reston has two stops that have the word reston and part of the probable station name - a third reston name is not needed 0 and it may confuse visitors. The Vienna station is named Vienna - not Fair Oaks, not Fairfax, - Herndon is the location of th e stop -
City: Fairfax
Comment: Please finish this Phase 2 ASAP. Thanks to the Great work !!!
City: Herndon
Comment: I just got done taking the survey about the station names and I felt I had to comment. I moved here twelve years ago, and only occasionally take the train, but to this day, each time I go to take the metro, I have to look up whether I want the East Falls Church or the West Falls Church station. These names may be extremely descriptive of the stations' locations, but they do not help me, the rider, in the least. It is too easy to make a mistake. I was appalled to see that three stations prospectively have Tysons in their names, and that two have Reston and two have Dulles. Please make the names entirely unique so there is no question where a rider will be getting off or on. I think it is less important to be geographically and/or politically accurate than to have distinctive names. This is especially true since the line will be going to Dulles Airport and there may be many occasional riders like me.
FCDOT staff response:
Thank you for your interest in the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project and for commenting on the proposed Silver Line station names. Staff from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), the agency operating Metro, indicated to staff from the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) that Silver Line station names previously recommended in 2011 were confusing to riders and non-riders alike. Through research, WMATA staff found that part of the confusion was related to the repeated use of "Tysons," "Reston," and "Herndon" in the proposed station names. Comments also indicated a concern with the name "Dulles" being part of another station name outside of the Dulles International Airport.
FCDOT staff are working with the public and project stakeholders now to recommended station names that meets WMATAs station naming policy principles to ensure names are relevant, brief, unique, and evocative. The timeline for the station naming process is to continue public discussion at four Dulles Rail public meetings scheduled for the evenings of March 12, 14, 15, and 19, and conclude the online survey the evening of March 21. From there, FCDOT staff will develop a report recommending names to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. We plan to provide recommendations to the Board of Supervisors' at the April 10 Board meeting. Station names endorsed by the county Board will be forwarded to WMATA. The WMATA Board of Directors is scheduled to act in May 2012 on adopting the station names based on Fairfax County's recommendations.
Thank you again for your input.
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City: Herndon
Comment: I'm a bit new to this, but based on what I know it seems that WMAA is getting an awful lot and being asked for precious little. Given MWAA's role as project manager for the project, the incentive structure for this project is so badly skewed toward getting rail to Dulles Airport (at any cost) that is is incumbant upon the County and other stakeholders to hold MWAA's feet to the fire every inch of the way.
First of all, it is patently ridiculous that toll road users should pay for any part of the airport metro station on airport property. Airport infrastructure should be paid by the airport or by other means, not through tolls. You can make an argument for tolls paying for rail and stations along the way but not at the airport.
According to research done by Bob B. and some quick research I have done, it appears that the costs of the Phase II rail line are grossly inflated. The County's response to this seems to be that it is a reasonable cost based on the cost of Phase I. Well maybe we paid too much for Phase I? I'm fairly certain that if you give a large road contractor $10 million to build a $5 million road, he's going to show quite effectively how he spent every last nickel. You are asking the wrong question. You should be asking why a rail project with relatively few engineering challenges with an existing right of way would be one of the most expensive rail lines in the country on a per mile basis. We would like an answer.
If we are giving over the toll road to WMAA (I realize it's not actually Fairfax County's but we are the most impacted positively and negatively by the toll road) let's at least ask for some reasonable improvements in return. For example:
-there is a four lane highway in the middle of the toll road that is grossly underutilized. How about WMAA gives up some of that capacity, for example as an express lane from Rt. 66 to around Herndon/Rt. 28.
-why can't we have a toll system that resembles modern best practice? How about paying at the exit for the actual distance traveled. With EZpass this is a fairly simply fix. A fair pricing system will reduce the impact of rising tolls so that a trip from say, Herndon to Reston, doesn't cost $1.50, forcing people onto local roads.
FCDOT staff response:
The formula that pays for the Dulles Metrorail Project has already been agreed upon by the funding partners. We are working to minimize the impacts to the toll road users and some of that relief could come from other sources like the State funding that was agreed upon in the Project Memorandum of Agreement. The cost estimate has been reviewed by the Federal Transit Administration, the independent cost estimator - MBP, and PE Engineering firm. The cost estimates have all been within the same range from three different sources. It is difficult to compare this system with others in the country without understanding each rail system has different design standards, safety and system requirements, and operational needs. The design had to comply with MWATA design standards since they will own and operate the system once it has been completed.
We will make MWAA aware of your suggestions related to the current toll system.


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SALT LAKE CITY — The Jazz got off to another slow start for the second consecutive game Wednesday. This time, the bench provided a big spark as Enes Kanter led the way with 17 points, nine rebounds and five blocks in 16 minutes of play as the Jazz topped the Milwaukee Bucks, 100-86.
GUARDS: Jamaal Tinsely managed two points and five assists in 19 minutes while Randy Foye scored 12 points on 4-of-12 shooting and dished out just one assist. There may have been more assists for the Jazz backcourt if players had made the first shot attempt. Several Jazz buckets came off second-chance points. GRADE: B.
FORWARDS: Paul Millsap played a great game with 19 points and six rebounds. The Jazz backcourt feasted on a Milwaukee team playing without its best defender in Larry Sanders. Marvin Williams reverted back to his low-scoring ways after stringing together a few solid games. Williams hit one 3-pointer for his scoring on the night. GRADE: B+.
CENTERS: Jefferson notched his 24th double-double of the season on 19 points and 11 rebounds — six of those rebounds came off the offensive glass. Samuel Dalembert scored above his season average with 10 points, but Jefferson did not allow the opposing center to score anywhere near the 35 points he dropped on Denver the previous night. GRADE: A-.
BENCH: Kanter's 17 points of the bench provided a great lift to the Jazz as they did not start the game off very strong. DeMarre Carroll, Derrick Favors, and Alec Burks all had solid nights off the bench. Favors nearly finished with a double-double with nine points and 11 rebounds. Carroll finished with 11 points while providing his expected spark on both ends of the floor.
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|Genes of Hypertension in African Americans
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|July 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Since the mid 1990s, the investigators have extensively characterized African Americans for phenotypes related to cardiovascular and renal function. Based on recently completed genome scans, they have identified several chromosomal regions likely to contain genes influencing hypertension-related phenotypes in hypertensive, African American sib pairs. For several phenotypes, overlapping QTLs have also been identified in related studies in a genetically isolated French Canadian population and/or in homologous chromosomal regions in the F2 cross of Dahl-salt sensitive x normotensive Brown Norway rats.
The investigators will extensively phenotype 500 hypertensive and 500 normotensive African American subjects to conduct a genetic association study, using a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genomic scan approach. To achieve a clear separation of blood pressures from hypertensive subjects, normotensive subjects will be selected from the lower third of the population-based blood pressure distribution. Hypertensive (BMI), and age. Inclusion of phenotypes is based on their relevance to the pathophysiology of hypertension and prior evidence of "heritability." Candidate genes for SNP analysis will be selected within chromosomal regions of two quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that they have previously demonstrated to be linked to hypertension-related phenotypes--a QTL for body mass index on chromosome 1 and a QTL for microalbuminuria on chromosome 18. SNP analyses will be carried out in 15 percent of the genes within each of these QTLs, and genes will be selected on the basis of their relevance to hypertension, including documented sequence conservation for blood pressure related QTLs with rat or mouse. The final goal of the project is to determine if distinct clusters of blood pressure related phenotypes can be identified that will permit stratification of hypertensive individuals into distinct subgroups to facilitate the analysis of the genetic determinants of hypertension and/or provide mechanistic leads to genes contributing to these traits.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00063505
|Principal Investigator:
|Theodore Kotchen
|Medical College of Wisconsin
|Responsible Party:
|Theodore Kotchen, MD, Professor, Asssociate Dean for Clinical Research, Medical College of Wisconsin
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00063505 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01HL070111 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|June 30, 2003
|Last Updated:
|April 22, 2014
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Diseases
Vascular Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 19, 2017


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By JESSE TEMPLE | Last updated 8/14/13
By JESSE TEMPLE | Last updated 8/14/13
MADISON, Wis. -- Well, say this about Wisconsin coach Gary Andersen: At least he is being patient in his quest to declare a pecking order in the Badgers' starting quarterback battle. Though practices would seem to clearly indicate a two-man competition brewing between Curt Phillips and Joel Stave, Andersen is not ready to proclaim junior-college transfer Tanner McEvoy out of the race. Not yet, anyway. "Not until we get past next Monday, and then I think we'll be able to really turn around and say exactly where it sits and what's going on," Andersen said following Wednesday's second practice. "Tanner still needs his opportunity. We all have to remember he's minus 15 practices (in spring) and he's also minus the opportunity. He had summer, but there's a lot that goes into that. Again, hopefully the waters calm a little bit and he has an opportunity to compete at a high level on Monday, and then we'll go from there with all three of them." Monday will represent the second of two fall camp scrimmages open to the public, scheduled for 4:45 p.m. at Camp Randall Stadium. Wisconsin's first scrimmage came this past Monday, and McEvoy struggled considerably, completing just 2 of 9 passes for 22 yards. Andersen may not want to rule out McEvoy just 12 practices into a 28-practice camp, but what is becoming increasingly obvious is the decreased number of meaningful repetitions for McEvoy in practice. During Wednesday's morning session, for example, Phillips and Stave rotated for six separate series in the 11-on-11 portion of practice open to the media. McEvoy did not enter until the final series of practice. He completed one pass underneath to tight end Brock DeCicco, took two sacks and handed off once to running back Corey Clement before practice ended. Following the first practice, offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig said the lack of repetitions for McEvoy and quarterback Bart Houston were part of a mapped-out script for the morning session. He noted both would garner more repetitions in the evening session. However, during the final portion of practice open to the media at night, McEvoy remained on the sideline. Phillips and Stave took turns once again in 11-on-11 drills, followed by a two-minute drill for each quarterback to end practice. During the Badgers' two-minute drill, Stave went with the first-team offense, while Phillips went with the second-team. Stave's drive began at the offense's own 45-yard-line, and he immediately completed a 30-yard pass to receiver Kenzel Doe and a quick slant to Jared Abbrederis down to the 12-yard-line. But the drive stalled after he was sacked by Chris Borland back to the 20. Stave then hit Abbrederis on a pass for about 10 yards. On third down, he was forced to throw the ball away, and on fourth down, his pass to Jordan Fredrick went through Fredrick's hands, but it likely wouldn't have resulted in a touchdown. Phillips' two-minute drive did not result in points, either, and he failed to garner a first down. Receiver Alex Erickson dropped Phillips' first pass. Phillips then completed a dumpoff to running back Melvin Gordon for six yards but was sacked on third down by linebacker Marcus Trotter. His fourth-down pass went over the outstretched arm of DeCicco, which ended practice. "I think it's really back and forth," Andersen said of which quarterback had the lead. "I'm not going to say anybody truly has an edge right now. Some days Curt's gone more with the first. Some days Stave's turned around and gone more with the first. It's narrowing down. It's getting closer to not a final decision by any stretch of the imagination. The key is to get the ones and twos right now and then move from there." It would appear Andersen wants to have a starting quarterback in mind by next Tuesday -- the day after the team's second scrimmage. He said he hoped to begin gameplanning that day for Wisconsin's opponents for the start of the season, which means a signal caller would need to be in place. "We'll definitely have to narrow those down soon," Andersen said. Snapping issues: Wisconsin starting center Dan Voltz injured his right hamstring during the Badgers' first practice on Wednesday, which forced left guard Dallas Lewallen over to center, Zac Mathias to left guard and Kyle Costigan to right guard. Lewallen struggled with his snaps, causing Stave to fumble one exchange and then bobble a snap just two plays later. Andersen said Lewallen's performance was "not very good," but he didn't blame Lewallen. "Any time something like that happens in that situation, I'll blame that on me," Andersen said. "Obviously, I didnt do a good enough job of getting him prepared in that situation. We can all look and say Dallas this, Dallas that. He wants to do it. He'll be fine and did a lot of it in the spring obviously. He'll be prepared, but we need to make sure in those moments we're doing everything we can to get him prepared." Lewallen did gain experience at left tackle, left guard and center during the spring when Wisconsin dealt with a shortage of healthy linemen. But he also has not needed to snap during the fall. Walk-on center Chris Gill, who joined the program after graduating from Ole Miss, has taken snaps with the second-team offense. Andersen did not have a timetable on Voltz's return. "I think we'll know more in the morning," he said. "Those hamstrings have a tendency to take 24 hours to kind of really heat up or kind of cool down. We're hoping for the best and we'll see where it goes." Badgers "de-striped": Following Wednesday's final practice, six Wisconsin newcomers were "de-striped" by their "Big Brothers" and earned the Motion W logo on the sides of their helmets: tight end T.J. Watt, safety Joe Ferguson, safety T.J. Reynard, cornerback Jakarrie Washington, quarterback Connor Senger and defensive end Chikwe Obasih. Noticeably absent from the list, of course, was McEvoy. Instead, Senger, a walk-on from Milwaukee Pius XI, was the first signal-caller to be de-striped. Those six joined five other newcomers who earned their logos last week as part of Andersen's new Wisconsin fall camp tradition: running back Corey Clement, outside linebacker Leon Jacobs, wide receiver Rob Wheelwright, outside linebacker Alec James and offensive lineman Chris Gill. "I'm proud of those kids that got them off," Andersen said. "They're fighting for it and it's important to them. It's important to be in front of your teammates and have them kind of validate you." 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This fund parent swoops in when the going gets tough.
Several prominent investment firms have grown by acquiring boutique investment shops. Management then must decide whether to combine the investment firms, as has been the case at Columbia, or let them operate independently.
Allianz Global Investors, the asset-management arm of German insurance giant Allianz SE, mostly has been a hands-off acquisitor. Since 1999, it has acquired NFJ Investment Group, Oppenheimer Capital (not to be confused with Oppenheimer Funds, a former sister company), RCM, and Nicholas-Applegate, all of which subadvise its mutual funds. (It also owns bond-giant PIMCO, though that firm operates more independently than other Allianz subadvisors.) Allianz handles most of the distribution, marketing, and compliance for its fund lineup but distances itself from the day-to-day investment process. Yet Allianz has demonstrated that during tough times, it doesn't sit on the sidelines.
Model Citizens
The success of Allianz ultimately rests on the strength of its subadvisors, so it's important for each to foster a culture that makes key investment personnel want to stick around. Some have done better in this respect than others. One of the most consistent has been value shop NFJ, which Chris Najork, Ben Fischer, and John Johnson founded in 1989. NFJ is a tightly knit firm where managers and analysts work closely together, using the same dividend-focused strategy across its fund lineup. Although Fischer is the only co-founder still involved in day-to-day fund management, he has a stable team behind him. Paul Magnuson and Jeffrey Partenheimer have been with the firm since the 1990s, and NFJ has gradually hired new managers and analysts as assets have grown. All of NFJ's funds are team-managed and use the same approach, so succession should be relatively smooth when Fischer eventually retires. What's more, NFJ has made an effort to retain top investment talent. After it lost a manager to a rival firm in 2006, it implemented a deferred compensation and equity ownership plan to help with retention.
NFJ's strong management team is a plus, but the continuity of its investment philosophy is just as important. NFJ has stayed true to its dividend-focused strategy, even when it has been temporarily out of favor, as seen in 2009. The strategy has been effective over the long run, with many of NFJ's funds, including Analyst Pick Allianz NFJ Small Cap Value
The same can be said for Cadence Capital Management, the only subadvisor that Allianz does not own. (Cadence employees own a majority stake, and a private-equity firm owns the rest.) The firm's independence has a few implications. For one, its employee-ownership structure gives investment personnel reason to stick around. Portfolio managers Michael Skillman and Bill Bannick have been at Cadence since the early 1990s, and Bob Fitzpatrick has been with the firm for a decade. The team also has some long-tenured analysts. Cadence's independence also means that Allianz has less control over its fund lineup and probably wouldn't push for sweeping changes to the funds or portfolio management. Fortunately, Cadence has been steady since its 1988 founding, using a single growth-at-a-reasonable-price strategy for all four mutual funds. The funds endured a rough patch during the recent credit crisis because Cadence's quantitative model had trouble navigating the frothy markets, but long-term performance has remained strong.
Problem Child
While Allianz lets its subadvisors have a fair amount of freedom in day-to-day fund management, it will intervene when there are persistent performance problems. Allianz has weeded out some of its weaker funds in recent years through fund mergers, liquidations, or subadvisor changes. The most notable example involves Oppenheimer Capital, a firm that relies heavily on analyst-driven research to construct bold portfolios. While that strategy has worked relatively well on the growth side, Oppenheimer Capital's value-oriented funds have struggled; a few also have undergone manager changes. In 2008, Allianz decided to remove all six nongrowth funds from Oppenheimer Capital's retail lineup. Poor performance was a driver, but it seems that Allianz also was unwilling to tolerate the volatile nature of aggressive funds like Allianz OCC Value and Allianz OCC Renaissance, which were subsequently handed over to the NFJ team. Four other funds were liquidated, leaving Oppenheimer Capital with just three growth-oriented mutual funds (other equity and fixed-income strategies remain part of its institutional business).
Manager turnover also has been a recent theme at Oppenheimer Capital. Martin Mickus, comanager and former analyst for Allianz OCC Target
Good Launch, Bad Launch
Allianz's willingness to address underperforming funds benefits shareholders in the long run, but the firm's record is mixed when it comes to fund launches. For the most part, Allianz has behaved responsibly. Recent fund launches have included Allianz NFJ Global Dividend Value
Mixed Signals
Allianz has done a better job looking out for shareholders' interests in other respects. It has closed small-cap funds before burgeoning assets have made them unwieldy. It also merged away or liquidated a few narrowly defined funds that didn't fit neatly into investors' portfolios, including Allianz RCM Financial Services and Allianz RCM Biotechnology. Furthermore, Allianz has made an effort to be more transparent with shareholders, recently announcing it would disclose a fund's portfolio holdings on its website five days after the end of the month instead of 30. Still, the firm could further improve its communications to fundholders by offering more detailed manager commentaries about fund strategy and performance. Doing so could help set expectations for investors and make them more likely to stick with a fund when it encounters a rough patch.
Overall, Allianz is a mixed bag. It has been a reasonable parent, giving its subadvisors a fair amount of autonomy and stepping in when necessary. However, some of Allianz's affiliates have not demonstrated best practices when it comes to manager turnover, easy-to-own investment strategies, and reasonable fees. All things considered, Allianz's corporate culture is average.
Katie Rushkewicz is a mutual fund analyst with Morningstar.
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Rampage beat Hamilton, win fifth straight
Updated 12:04 am, Tuesday, February 18, 2014
HAMILTON, Ontario — For the first time in two years, the Rampage have won five straight games after an impressive 4-1 victory over the Hamilton Bulldogs on Monday afternoon.
Colby Robak, Drew Shore, Dylan Olsen and Vincent Trocheck scored, while Jacob Markstrom stopped 30 Hamilton shots, including all 16 in the third period.
The Rampage now have points in 15 of 16 games with a 10-1-3-2 record. The only blemish was a 3-2 loss against Friday's opponent, the Rochester Americans. The current 11-game point streak is the longest in the AHL this year and a franchise mark.
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The Rampage also set a franchise record with points in seven straight road games and guaranteed themselves of a winning rodeo road trip (5-0-0-1) with the victory.
Notebook: The Rampage lost their first six games in Hamilton, but have won the last three. ... The Rampage are 15-1-2-1 when leading after two periods. ... Olsen played in his first Rampage game since Nov. 22 and most likely will return to the Florida Panthers after the Olympic break.
Next up: Friday @Rochester, 6:05 p.m.
Radio: KTKR-AM 760
AHL report: Page C9
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Estimates point to population growth for local cities
Cottage Grove's population is expected to reach nearly 50,000 within about 25 years, according to new Twin Cities population estimates.
The Metropolitan Council, which oversees regional growth, recently released a draft update of its 30-year population forecast for the seven-county metropolitan area.
Cottage Grove's population is predicted to grow from the 34,589 tallied in the 2010 census to 49,300 by 2040. St. Paul Park is forecast to increase from 5,273 to 7,900. Newport will steadily climb from 3,435 to 4,600, according to the Met Council.
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Carli Orozco won her sixth straight judo title, capturing the U.S. Winter Nationals in La Verne.
A member of the Salinas Judo Club, Orozco has not lost in nearly a year. Teammate Skyler Orozco finished third in his class.
Richard Levin won his fifth straight title at the City College of San Francisco Judo Tournament. Levin was joined in the winners' circle by Alexandra Mora.
Joshua Flores and Diego Mora earned silver medals while David Kim finished third.
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Sophomore kicker Andrew Franks was named to the All-East Region first team for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y..
Franks, a three-sport standout at Carmel, set a school record this year with a 50-yard field goal. He hit 31-of-34 extra points and 8-of-14 field goals.
Named to the All-Liberty League first team, Franks had 23 touchbacks on kickoffs, averaging 60.8 yards.
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John Bonano was named to the Capital One Academic All-American second team as a kicker for the University of Arizona.
The senior made 51-of-52 extra points. Dating back to last fall, Bonano set a school record with 75 straight extra points.
Bonano, a three-sport standout at Palma, converted 14-of-20 field goals, including a career-high 48-yarder this year.
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Laura's Miscellaneous Musings reports that the release date of the brand-spanking-new edition of Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide (From the Silent Era Through 1965) was moved up to yesterday, and since that time I've been checking Amazon.com every few hours or so to see if they've shipped my copy. I am so looking forward to this book, and of course, thank Laura profusely for tracking its progress. She's also got a bit of info on the new Maltin Movie Guide app available, so you should really try to get on over there in order to learn the skinny. (Update: Just received notification from Amazon.com at 3:24 p.m. that the Guide is on its way, baby!)
I had every intention of posting a pair of reviews from watching My Son John (1952) and I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) last night, but I'm going to have to postpone them until tomorrow. Instead, I thought I'd offer a brief heads-up and remind you that The Greatest Cable Channel Known to Mankind™ is going to take a Road trip this evening—namely, showcasing five of the popular Bob Hope-Bing Crosby-Dorothy Lamour musical comedies beginning at 8:00pm: Road to Singapore (1940), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Morocco (1942), Road to Utopia (1946) and Road to Bali (1952)
With the exception of Bali—which I've seen show up quite a few times on TCM—the rest of this lineup could be considered essential viewing (and recording, particularly if you're a fan) if only because the Road films aren't shown too often anymore (especially since AMC has committed itself to seeing how many times they can schedule Unforgiven [1992] in one month). If I had to choose one and only one, I'd go with Utopia simply because it is, hands down, the funniest of them all. (People might argue that
TCM had originally scheduled the final film in the series, The Road to Hong Kong (1962), to follow
After Brunette, TCM will show one of the Lum 'n' Abner films, Two Weeks to Live (1943), which I reviewed a good many years back when I lived in my old Salon Blogs neighborhood. I wouldn't consider it one of the best showcases for the popular OTR comedy duo but if you're curious to see "what's happenin' down in Pine Ridge" it's a painless way to kill seventy-six minutes…plus Franklin Pangborn has a small but funny part.