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Telstra HTC Desire A8183 (HTC Bravo)

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General AttributesGeneral Attributes

BrandBrand name of the device. This may match with the manufacturer Telstra
ModelOne or more (separated by /) specific model name identifies this device HTC Desire A8183
ReleasedOfficial release date 2010 Apr
Hardware designerThe company which designed this device HTC
ManufacturerThe company which produces this device HTC
CodenameThe codename internally identified the design project of this device HTC Bravo
Device CategorySmartphone, tablet, smart watch, PDA, palmtop, etc. SmartphoneCallular voice-capable usually touchscreen mobile computer which natively runs third-party apps.
Market CountriesCountries where the device was officially sold. Overlap is possible. Australia

Physical AttributesPhysical Attributes

WidthWidth is horizontally measured between the left and right edges of device according to the default display orientation 60 mm
HeightHeight is vertically measured between the bottom and top edges of device according to the default display orientation 119 mm
DepthDepth or thickness is usually the smallest dimension of the device 11.9 mm
DimensionsAll dimensions are maximal values (measured between the furthest points of the device) in closed state 2.36x4.69x0.47 inches
MassThe mass of the device including standard battery and stylus (if any and it can be inserted into the device) measured in grams 135 g
4.76 ouncesThe mass of the device including standard battery and stylus (if any and it can be inserted into the device) measured in ounces

Software EnvironmentSoftware Environment

Platform Android
Operating SystemPre-installed (usually embedded) operating system which the device was released with. Google Android 2.1 (Eclair)Google Android 2.1 (Eclair)
Software ExtrasVoice Command, business card recognition, pre-installed navigation software, etc. Navigation softwarepre-installed

Application processor, ChipsetApplication processor, Chipset

CPU ClockFrequency of the square signal which schedules the internal operation of microprocessor (synchronous sequential logic). The current consumed by the processor is approximately proportional to clock rate. 1000 MHz
CPUManufacturer part number and most important characteristics of the IC which includes the main application processor or processors Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250, 2008, 32 bit, single-core, 32 Kbyte I-Cache, 32 Kbyte D-Cache, 256 Kbyte L2, 65 nm, Qualcomm Adreno 200 GPUQualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250, 2008, 32 bit, single-core, 32 Kbyte I-Cache, 32 Kbyte D-Cache, 256 Kbyte L2, 65 nm, Qualcomm Adreno 200 GPU

Operative MemoryOperative Memory
RAM TypeType of volatile memory IC which specifies RAM architecture, timing characteristics, refresh mode, voltage levels and physical design of the IC. Two major types of random-access memory is static RAM (SRAM) periodically refreshed dynamic RAM (DRAM). LPDDR SDRAM
RAM Capacity (converted)RAM capacity in binary bytes (KiB: 1024 bytes, MiB: 1024 KiB, GiB: 1024 MiB) 576 MiB RAM

Non-volatile MemoryNon-volatile Memory
Non-volatile Memory TypeType of NV memory IC which determines storage technology, programming / erasing method and write endurance Flash EEPROM
Non-volatile Memory Capacity (converted)The value of ROM capacity converted to the most appropriate units (KiB: 1024 bytes, KB: 1000 bytes, MiB: 1024 KiB, MB: 1000 KB, GiB: 1024 MiB, GB: 1000 MB) 512 MiB ROM

DisplayDisplayAll parameters that related to display

Display ResolutionHorizontal and vertical resolution of the primary display 480x800
Display DiagonalThe distance measured between the furthest corners of the display 94 mm
3.7 inch
Horizontal Full Bezel WidthDefined as the sum of width of left and right vertical display bezels. If the display panel is located in the middle width of left and right bezels are the same and their width is the half of the full bezel width. 11.64 mm
Display Area UtilizationDisplay area per front panel area ratio 55%
Pixel DensityIndicates the number of pixels per inch 252 PPI
Display TypePossible options: Color/ monochrome e-ink, STN, PM-OLED, AM-OLED, TN-TFT, IPS TFT, ASV TFT, MVA TFT, PVA TFT, PLS TFT, etc. Color AM-OLEDColor AM-OLED (Active Matrix - Organic Light-emitting Diode) display techology.
Number of Display Colors/ScalesMaximal number of displayable colors or scales 16.8M
Display Subpixel SchemeSpecifies how and how many subpixels are pixels consists of. Possible schemes: RGB, RGBG, RGBW, PenTile, Diamond Pixel, etc. Yes
Scratch Resistant ScreenPossible types: Gorilla Glass generations, DragonTrail/X, Sapphire Glass, etc. Yes

Graphical SubsystemGraphical Subsystem
Graphical ControllerManufacturer and part number of the graphics controller IC or commercial name of the intellectual property (IP) if the graphics controller is the part of a chipset Qualcomm Adreno 200

Audio/Video InterfacesAudio/Video Interfaces
A/V OutAudio/Video outputs form a heterogeneous group of interfaces that allow the user to connect the device to various external analog/digital multimedia devices (monitors, projectors, HD TVs) and play multimedia content. For example: MHL, DisplayPort, HDMI, e No

Audio SubsystemAudio Subsystem

Microphone(s) mono
Loudpeaker(s) Yes

Cellular PhoneCellular Phone

Supported Cellular NetworksList of supported cellular networks with band names. For example GSM900 refers to the GSM system with the 890-915 MHz uplink and 935-960 downlink bands. GSM850GSM850 phones support GSM 850 MHz band (downlink: 869.2 MHz - 894.2 MHz, uplink: 824.2 MHz - 849.2 MHz) , GSM900GSM900 phones support P-GSM (Primary GSM) 900 MHz band (downlink: 935.0 MHz - 960.0 MHz, uplink: 890.0 MHz - 915.0 MHz) and may support E-GSM (Extended GSM) 900 MHz band (downlink: 925.0 MHz - 960.0 MHz, uplink: 880.0 MHz- 915.0 MHz. , GSM1800GSM1800 phones support GSM / DCS / PCS 1800 MHz band (downlink: 1805.2 - 1879.8 MHz, uplink: 1710.2 - 1784.8 MHz)., GSM1900GSM1900 phones support PCS 1900 MHz band (downlink: 1930.2 - 1989.8 MHz, uplink: 1850.2 - 1909.8 MHz) , UMTS2100 (B1)UMTS2100 phones support UMTS 1900 / 2100MHz (IMT, also refferred as UMTS Band I) band (downlink: 2112.4 - 2167.6 MHz, uplink: 1922.4-1977.6 MHz), UMTS850 (B5)UMTS850 phones support UMTS 850 MHz (CLR, also refferred as UMTS Band V) band (downlink: 871.4 - 891.6 MHz, uplink: 826.4 - 846.6 MHz)
Supported Cellular Data LinksList of supported cellular data links and rates. CSDCircuit Switched Data (CSD) is the original data link protocol of GSM. Up to 9600bit/s download speed, GPRSGeneral Packet Radio Service, GPRS C12, EDGEEnhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution also known as Enhanced GPRS (EGPRS), EDGE MSC12, UMTSUniversal Mobile Telecommunications System. UMTS Release '99 data link layer, W-CDMA grants up to 384 kbit/s pocket-switched download speed., HSUPAHigh-Speed Uplink Packet Access is a 3.5G UMTS uplink protocol., HSUPA 2.0, HSDPAHigh-Speed Downlink Packet Access is a 3.5G UMTS downlink protocol., HSDPA 7.2
SIM Card SlotSupported Subscriber Identification Card (SIM) Format like mini-SIM, micro-SIM, nano-SIM, embedded SIM, etc. Mini-SIM (2FF)
Complementary Phone ServicesPossible extras: voice transmission, voice speaker, vibration, speakerphone, active noise cancellation, PTT, HD Voice, VoLTE, etc. Speakerphone, Vibrate, Voice speakerDedicated voice speaker is located near to the ear when talking and optimized for the spectrum and peak-to-peak range of the human voice., Voice transmissionDevice is able to receive and transmit voice over cellular network

Secondary Cellular PhoneSecondary Cellular Phone
Sec. Supported Cellular Networks No

Control PeripheralsControl Peripherals

Touchscreen TypeDetermines how the touchscreen module senses the touch of the screen Capacitive multi-touch
Touchscreen Simultaneous Touch PointsDetermines how many touches the touch-sensitive screen module is able to simultaneously detect Yes
Touch Surface TypeDetermines how the touchpad, trackpad or other touch surface module senses the touch of the surface Capacitive multi-touch

Communication InterfacesCommunication Interfaces

Expansion InterfacesNon-volatile memory and/or I/O expansion interfaces. For example: microSD, microSDXC, SDHC, CF II., PCMCIA III., etc. TransFlash, microSDSupports memory cards with capacity of up to 2GB and may comply with some (not HC) memory cards with higher capacity than 2GB  , microSDHCA micro-SDHC-capable device supports High Capacity (SD 2.0/HC) memory cards with capacity of up to 32GB.
USBUSB is a common high-speed serial bus standard that allows data and power transfer between the mobile device and another computer. Version of USB identifies USB standard. USB 2.0Released in April 2000, USB 2.0 specification introduced USB Hi-Speed enabling devices to communicate at 480 Mbit/s data rate.
USB Speed Rate:  USB HS (480 Mbps)
USB ServicesPossible services: USB power supply, USB charging, USB fast charging, USB host, OTG, etc. USB chargingThe device is able to charge its battery supplied from the USB port.
USB Connector:  USB Micro-B (Micro-USB)
BluetoothIEEE 802.15 is a short-range radio technology standard that allows transfer of data, and the use of accessories such as wireless audio devices and printers. This field specifies the supported BT version. Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Wireless LANWireless LAN / WLAN / Wi-Fi: 802.11 defines a medium-range wireless data link that allows for internet access and data transfer. This field enumerates the supported protocols (like 802.11n). 802.11b, 802.11g

Multimedia BroadcastMultimedia Broadcast

FM Radio Receiver Yes

Satellite NavigationSatellite Navigation

Complementary GPS ServicesPossible extras: S-GPS, A-GPS, Geotagging, TMC, QuickGPS, QZSS, etc. A-GPS, Geotagging, QuickGPS

Built-in Digital CameraBuilt-in Digital CameraPrimary camera usually has better imaging capabilities than secondary camera if any

Camera PlacementRefers to the placement of the primary camera on the device Rear
Camera Image SensorRefers to the semiconductor technology of image sensor CMOSComplementary MOS circuit
Number of pixels 4.9 MP cam
Optical ZoomA feature that changes the focal length of the lens of a camera. Optical zoom requires the lens to move in and out, providing high-quality close ups from a distance 1 x
FocusPossible focus methods: fixed focus, manual focus, CD AF, PD AF, LASER AF, etc. CD AFContrast-detection (CD) is a passive autofocus method without distance measurement which adjusts the optical system until maximum contrast is measured through the lens.
Camcorder Resolution 800x480 pixel
15 fps
Built-in FlashA flash is used to brighten dark areas when taking photographs; is also used as a flashlight single LEDAlso known ad mobile light
Camera Extra FunctionsPossible extras: 3D photo,  EIS, EIS (video), OIS, Face detection, HDR photo, HDR video, Macro mode, Panorama Photo, Red-eye reduction, Refocus, Smile detection, Slow motion video, etc. Macro modeAn autofocus feature that allows for close-up photographs to be taken with the onboard digital camera, Face detection

Built-in Secondary Digital CameraBuilt-in Secondary Digital CameraWidely used for video telephony or taking selfies

Secondary Camera Sensor No

Power SupplyPower Supply

BatteryBattery technology Lithium-ion
removablePossible options: removable, built-in
Nominal Battery Capacity 1400 mAh

Ingress Protection Ingress Protection

Protection from solid materialsIngress Protection Standards. IP First digit: Protection from solid objects or materials Yes
Protection from liquidsIngress Protection Standards. IP Second digit: Protection from liquids Yes

Built-in SensorsBuilt-in Sensors

Built-in compassBuilt-in electroinc compass types: 1D, 2D, 3D Yes
Built-in accelerometerAn internal component that senses acceleration components of the device.  Used for automatic screen rotation and for games and applications that rely on acceleration measurement  on X, Y, and Z axis. Possible types: 1D, 2D, 3D Yes
Additional sensorsBuilt-in ambient (barometer, temperature, altimeter, light, etc.), biometric (fingerprint, HR, step, etc.) and comfort (hall sensor, gesture sensor, proximity, etc.) sensors Light sensorBy measuring the intensity of the ambient light device may control the brightness level of the screen, Prox. sensorBased on this sensor signal device may control the volume of the voice speaker or dim the display during a call

Datasheet Attributes
Data IntegrityData integrity level determines the integrity of the published information. Final datasheets are not intended to be modified in the future, preliminary ones can be based on unofficial information or speculations, incomplete ones are also preliminary b Final
AddedThe exact time of the datasheet addition 2010-05-03 22:48
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Distinct Summits Climbed

This list shows the peaks climbed by Freed, with one entry for every summit attained, by whatever means. Attempts and simple hikes are not shown. Only the first ascent date is listed for peaks climbed more than once. Sortable columns of information about each peak are also provided, including elevation, location, prominence, isolation, and high point status.

The "Pol HP" column shows a triangle for country, state/province, and county/etc. high points. The "Range HP" column shows 6 range highpoints based on the Peakbagger Mountain Range Classification Scheme. The "Isl HP" column shows island/landmass high points.

The "Pers Iso" column shows the distance of a peak to the nearest higher peak also climbed. Sorting by this column will highlight the geographical diversity of the list, with peaks furthest from other higher climbed peaks showing up at the top.

Peak NameAscent Date Elev-Ft Location Prom-Ft   Isol-Mi  Pol HPRange HPIsl HP Pers Isol-Mi
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U.S. State Park High Points

Highlighting only Selected Well-Known State Parks

Showing Robert Devin's first ascent dates for climbed peaks (6 out of 21, or 28.57%)

RankLand NamePeak Elev-Ft StateAscent Date
1.Mount San Jacinto State ParkSan Jacinto Peak10,839California1976-08-25
2.High Point State ParkHigh Point1803New Jersey2005-04-15
3.Baxter State ParkKatahdin5268Maine2005-07-31
4.Adirondack State ParkMount Marcy5344New York2010-06-09
5.Mount Washington State ParkMount Washington6288New Hampshire2010-07-11
6.Mount Mitchell State ParkMount Mitchell6684North Carolina2014-05-16
 Mount Spokane State ParkMount Spokane5883Washington
 Mount Pilchuck State ParkMount Pilchuck5340Washington
 Black Mesa State ParkBlack Mesa4973Oklahoma
 Catskill State ParkSlide Mountain4180New York
 Picacho Peak State ParkPicacho Peak3370Arizona
 Mount Blue State ParkMount Blue3180Maine
 Cardigan State ParkMount Cardigan3123New Hampshire
 Blue Knob State ParkBlue Knob3120Pennsylvania
 Mount Sunapee State ParkSunapee Mountain2726New Hampshire
 Moran State ParkMount Constitution2407Washington
 Miller State ParkPack Monadnock Mountain2280New Hampshire
 Camden Hills State ParkMount Megunticook1385Maine
 Radnor Lake State ParkDavidson County High Point1160Tennessee
 Petit Jean State ParkStouts Point1051Arkansas
 Pinnacle Mountain State ParkPinnacle Mountain1011Arkansas

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Gertrude A. Buck, 83, of Belle Center, passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.

She was born on August 28, 1929 in Geneva, New York, a daughter of the late Grover and Carrie (Fleece) Brown.

On June 12, 1951 in Rome, New York, she married Benjamin Buck and he preceded her in death on September 12, 1980. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Albert Brown.

She worked as a dietician at San Antonio Hospital in Kenton and also at Kroger’s and Big Lots in Bellefontaine.

She was a member of the Belle Center Presbyterian Church and also enjoyed gardening, sewing, and cooking.

She is survived by a daughter, Carrie (Jim Akers) Cavinder of Rushsylvania; sons, Benjamin Buck II of Marysville and Frank (Teresa) Buck of Kenton; grandchildren, Shawn, Scott, and Shannon Van Hoose, Freedom Cavinder, Trinity (Chet) Tavenner, Christopher (Makinizie) Cavinder, Kevin (Cindy) Williams, Jeremy (Heather) Buck, Janna (Jason) Hunt, Jennifer (Ryan) Thornburg, Jordy (Brittany) Buck, Jandra Buck, and Bailey Thiel and 24 great-grandchildren.

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February Newsletter: Fresh Ideas to Cure Cabin Fever

Inevitably, each new (almost daily) coat of snow in February just doesn't bring the kids running with snowpants and mittens like they did in December. Even as native Minnesotans, we're not too proud to say that we're ready for spring!

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Presentación del MIT Utility of the Future

El próximo día 15 se presenta el último estudio de MIT, Utility of the Future, dirigido por Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, y al que han contribuido muchos investigadores del IIT. Abajo encontraréis el link para apuntaros al streaming en vivo.

Join us for the release of the MIT Energy Initiative’s Utility of the Future study report, a comprehensive new research report to help regulators, policy makers, and industry to prepare for and shape the evolution of electric power systems.
The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) invites regulators, policy makers, industry stakeholders, research partners, and representatives of advocacy organizations to the release of a significant new research report resulting from a multi-year MIT study: The Utility of the Future. The report will be released in Washington, D.C., on December 15, 2016, from 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM at The National Press Club. Lunch will be provided. There is no charge for this widely attended event. The event will also be livestreamed for those who are unable to attend in person.
Important changes are now affecting the distribution side of electric power systems. Emerging distributed energy technologies are creating new options for the provision and consumption of electricity services. At the same time, information and communications technologies are becoming ubiquitous, enabling more flexible and efficient consumption of electricity, improved visibility of network use, and enhanced control of power systems.
The Utility of the Future study report presents a framework for proactive regulatory, policy, and market reforms designed to enable the efficient evolution of power systems over the next decade and beyond.
At this event, leading energy experts from MIT, IIT-Comillas, and other entities will present key findings and recommendations resulting from the comprehensive research study, related to reforms in pricing of electricity services, regulation of distribution networks, and market design to respond to the evolving sector and achieve substantial cost savings for consumers and industry.
Speakers include Robert C. Armstrong, MITEI director and MIT professor; Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga, study principal investigator, MIT visiting professor, and IIT-Comillas professor; Raanan Miller, study executive director, and members of the research team of authors. The study team from MIT and IIT-Comillas combines a range of skills in quantitative economic and engineering modeling, with a deep understanding of the complex interactions in the electric power industry.
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Pension Pulse: Transforming Hedge Fund Fees?

Stephanie Eschenbacher of the Wall Street Journal reports, Swiss Investor Calls for Big Cut in Hedge Fund Fees:

One of Europe’s biggest hedge fund investors, Unigestion, is pushing hedge funds to scrap management fees in place of a bigger slice of profits as investors attempt to crack down on high charges.

Nicolas Rousselet, head of hedge funds at the $16.7 billion investor, which has $1.9 billion invested in hedge funds, said that a zero management fee in exchange for a higher performance fee of 25% was “a great fee structure”. Hedge funds typically charge a 2% management fee and a 20% performance fee although better performing, more established managers can charge much higher fees. These top managers tend to attract investors easily, often having to turn away new ones, and can dictate terms to investors.

Mr. Rousselet said Swiss-based Unigestion had been pushing for a “transformation of fees”, that his team had successfully negotiated lower management fees with some hedge fund managers last year, and in two instances secured rates of lower than 1%.

Among those were both newer managers and more established ones that wanted to work with Unigestion on a new share class or fund.

Mr. Rousselet said: “If [a hedge fund manager] truly believes in his ability to perform, he should take my deal.” However, he acknowledged that low fees could pose a business issue for the hedge fund manager and conceded that the main challenge for investors was that the best-performing funds were oversubscribed.

He said that this transformed fee structure encouraged hedge fund managers to take on more risk, but that hedge fund investors like Unigestion needed to ensure that funds were prepared to take some risks. The aggressive stance is the latest development in a long-running fee debate between hedge funds and investors.

Data released earlier this month by Deutsche Bank Global Prime Finance showed that the success rate of fee negotiations was only gradually improving: some 37% of investors that negotiated fees were successful in one out of every two negotiations. This rate has increased from 35% a year ago, and 29% the year before that.

Investors are usually able to negotiate fees if they can commit a larger investment, and agree to invest for the longer term.

Deutsche Bank said that the most successful negotiators interviewed for its survey, which spanned 435 investors who have $1.8 trillion worth of investments in hedge funds, had an average of $5.6 billion invested in hedge funds. They agreed to invest on average $70 million for at least one year.

Institutional investors are finally openly discussing hedge fund fees and terms. Earlier this month, Ian Prideaux, CIO of the Grosvenor Family Investment Office, Marc Hendricks, CIO of Sandaire Investment Office and Simon Paul, Partner at Standhope Capital, wrote a letter to the FT on how the hurdle rate should apply to hedge fund industry as it does in private equity:

Sir, Sir John Ritblat makes a good point regarding hedge fund fees (Letters, March 2). Hedge fund managers should only be rewarded with an incentive fee for delivering performance that exceeds a “normal” hurdle.

For internal benchmarking purposes, many investors use an absolute return measure such as the return on short-dated Treasury bills plus 4 per cent. We should like to see a hurdle at a similar level adopted by the hedge fund industry generally, which by so doing would accept that it expected to deliver a “super return” in exchange for its incentive fee, as its highly talented managers no doubt consider themselves capable of producing. Otherwise investors can find themselves in the depressing position of paying an incentive fee on any positive performance however small.

If one assumes the “standard” — but by no means ubiquitous — 2 per cent plus 20 per cent fee structure, then a 5 per cent gross return to the fund is whittled down to a 2.4 per cent net return to the investor. A hurdle rate — typically of 8 per cent — is standard in the private equity fund sphere and only when the manager has delivered this return to the investor can he help himself to a share of the surplus. Why should the hedge fund industry not follow suit?

Good point, hurdles for hedge funds is something I discussed back in October, 2014. As far as fees, you know my thinking, it’s about time a lot of overpaid hedge fund managers follow other wiser managers and chop fees in half.

I know there is still plenty of dumb pension money piling into hedge funds, especially the larger ones all those useless investment consultants are in love with, but the gig is up. Hedge funds have been exposed by none other than Soros and Buffett as outrageously expensive money managers that typically underperform the market.

I can hear hedge fund managers protesting: “Leo, Leo, Leo, you don’t understand! We have ‘niche strategies’ and mitigate against downside risk. We need to charge hefty fees to all those dumb pension and sovereign wealth funds you mention on your blog so we can maintain our lavish lifestyle and make it on the Forbes’ list of the rich and famous. It’s expensive competing with Russian oligarchs and royalty from the Emirates for prime real estate in London and Manhattan. Not to mention the cost of Ferraris, yachts, private jets, fine art, and plastic surgery for our vain trophy wives is skyrocketing up in a world of ZIRP and QE!!”

Oh, cry me a river! When I was investing in hedge funds at the Caisse, one of the running gags was if we had a dollar every time some hedge fund schmuck told us he had “a niche strategy that’s uncorrelated to the market,” we’d all be multi-millionaires!

Thank god I’m no longer in that business because I’d be the biggest pension prick grilling these grossly self-entitled hedge fund prima donnas charging alpha fees for leveraged beta. And most hedge funds are still underperforming the market! No wonder hedge funds saw their worst year in closures since 2009 last year and a few top funds don’t want to be called hedge funds anymore. Most hedge fund managers absolutely stink and should follow Goldman’s fallen stars and pump away!

Alright, enough ranting on crappy hedge funds. Let’s get serious. I think it’s high time we critically examine what hedge funds and private equity funds offer pensions and other institutional investors. And by critically examine, I don’t mean some puffy article written in Hedgeweek, extolling the virtues of hedge funds using sophisticated and (mostly) irrelevant mumbo jumbo. I mean “where’s the beef baby?” and why should we pay these guys (it’s still an industry dominated by testosterone) all these hefty alpha fees so they become nothing more than glorified asset gatherers on their way to becoming part of the world’s rich and famous?

As far as fees are concerned, I don’t fully agree with Unigestion’s Nicolas Rousselet. I don’t want hedge funds to be compensated by taking higher risks, I want them to be properly compensated by taking on smarter risks. There’s a huge difference and incentives have to be properly aligned with those of investors looking to consistently achieve some bogey, however illusory it might be.

As I’ve stated, there’s a bifurcation going on in the hedge fund and private equity industry. The world’s biggest investors are looking for “scalability” which is why they’re increasingly focusing on the larger funds and using their size to lower fees. But they’re still paying huge fees, which takes a big bite out of performance over the long-term.

As far as the smaller funds, they typically (but not always) focus on performance but they need to charge 2 & 20 to survive. Big pension and sovereign wealth funds aren’t interested in seeding or investing in them, which is a shame but very understandable given their limited resources to cover the hedge fund universe. Typically, smaller endowment or family offices or a former hedge fund billionaire boss are their source of funding.

If I can make one recommendation to the Institutional Limited Partners’ Association (ILPA) as well as the newer Alignment of Interests Association (AOI) is to stop schmoozing when you all meet and get down to business and come up with solid recommendations on hedge fund and private equity fees and terms.

What do I recommend? I think hedge funds and private equity funds managing multi billions shouldn’t be charging any management fee — or they should charge a nominal one of 25 basis points, which is plenty to pay big salaries — and the focus should instead be on risk-adjusted performance. The alternatives industry will whine but the power isn’t with them, or at least it shouldn’t be. It should be with big investors that have a fiduciary duty to manage assets in the best interests of their stakeholders and beneficiaries.

I still maintain that most U.S. public pension funds are better off following CalPERS, nuking their hedge fund program. They will save big on fees and avoid huge headaches along the way. And forgive my bluntness but most pensions don’t have a clue of the risks they’re taking with hedge funds, but they’re all following the herd, hoping for the best, managing career risk even if it’s to the detriment of their plan’s beneficiaries.

On that note, I leave you with something else to chew on. Neil Simons, Managing Director of Northwater Capital’s Fluid Strategies sent me a comment on operational risk, A Hedge Fund Manager, an Astronaut and Homer Simpson walk into a bar…:

We would like to propose a question to you: Is it possible for an investment management firm to operate with the same level of precision and reliability found in industries where failure is simply not an option?

To answer this question, we looked at operational practices in industries such as nuclear power, space travel, aviation and healthcare, which face the prospect of catastrophic failure on a daily basis and have the highest standards for reliability and quality – after all, failure in these industries is a matter of life or death. While the consequences of success or failure in the investment management industry may not be quite as extreme, we do believe that investment managers must treat their investors’ dollars with the same level of respect and thus operate to the same standards.

In this post, we explore what investment management would look if we applied the same level of operational excellence found in these industries. Investment management is a business of precision, yet far too often you hear rumours of ‘fat-finger’ execution errors, or other more serious issues due to operational failures. And these are only the failures that you hear about – what about the failures that go unreported to clients, or even worse, failures that the investment manager itself is not aware of? What it all comes down to is that errors in investment management, no matter how small, are a sign of a lack of quality, and with a lack of quality there is a potential for loss and deviation from strategy.

Are Current Best Practices Sufficient?

Most major operational deficiencies (lack of proper oversight and separation of duties, for example) can often be uncovered by traditional manager due diligence activities. However, many approaches to manager due diligence are conducted through the use of questionnaires which are often built around a series of “check boxes” to ensure that nothing large falls through the cracks. This process places little attention to the quality and repeatability of investment operations. Third party due diligence firms conduct more detailed reviews, but can only see so far into the manager’s processes.

Most practitioners would agree that the intricacies of processes are a potential source of operational risk. For example, frequent small errors could be a reason why a fund might deviate from its benchmark or intended strategy. These errors may also reflect a general lack of attention to detail in the manager’s organization. But most importantly, they conspire to provide the investor with something other than what they are paying for – quality service and predictability of returns.

The Next Level: Systematic and Detailed Examination

Passing a due-diligence audit is a good first step, but managers have the ability to hold themselves to a higher standard. When we at Northwater think about operational deficiencies, we look at all potential failures that can occur throughout the investment process, e.g., inside the details of reconciliation processes, trade execution and model updates. It is only at the finest level of granularity that one can assess errors that may go unnoticed. A systematic method is needed in order to investigate, prioritize and the resolve potential failures.

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is one technique that we have implemented to assess quality and to reduce the probability of smaller errors, not just to prevent large, obvious ones. FMEA was originally developed by reliability engineers and is widely used today in many non-financial industries. To implement FMEA concepts, we have taken an in-depth look at our own processes to identify areas that can be improved, examine the potential results of errors that can occur, develop highly-documented processes to ensure accuracy and consistency, and continually review and improve these processes.

Nuclear power plants, airlines and hospitals have all adopted strict and well-documented quality control processes that prevent not just large errors, but the potential for a small error to propagate through a system with the potential to push a system beyond its tipping point.

Acknowledge the Human Element

Other industries explicitly acknowledge and manage the human factor and acknowledge that human error rates are not zero even for the simplest task.  Consider a study conducted by NASA to understand human error rates when performing relatively simple tasks; cognitive scientists have found that humans have base error rates in performing even the simplest tasks such as the classification of even vs. odd numbers or identification of triangles.

Despite the best intentions of employees, an underlying issue in investment management is that firms are made up of people and people make mistakes – it is inevitable. Even if the average employee isn’t Homer Simpson, the pilots from “Airplane!”, or the cast from TV’s “Scrubs”, the staff at these organizations face legitimate challenges such as time availability, stress levels, distractions, and even ergonomics and office culture. As such, a lot can be assessed from a review of the processes in place to manage the ‘human factor.’

At Northwater, we have explicitly acknowledged the human element within our processes as well as the performance shaping factors that can impact human performance. Automating processes is a standard method for minimizing the probability of an operational error. It is also possible to redesign processes to reduce complexity. This reduction in complexity helps to minimize the probability of error when a human is involved with a process. We believe that this is an important aspect of our approach to the minimization of operational risk.

By looking to other industries, investment managers can achieve a higher operational standard. If you are interested in learning more about our novel approach to understanding and minimizing operational risk, please contact us.

Neil followed up with these comments for my blog readers:

As discussed, we probably didn’t go into sufficient detail in the post. We did quite a few things in our opinion to reduce operational risk.

One, as mentioned, was the implementation of the FMEA methodology. Requires all the people involved in daily trading (PM’s, ops people, model people) to systematically map all processes and then brainstorm on how processes can fail. Then rank how failures can cause problems by severity and ultimately prioritize and implement changes to processes to eliminate or significantly reduce the probability of those failures.

FMEA is a standard practice in many other industries to assess operations but you don’t seem to hear about it in finance.

We believe that standard op risk practices are important and useful for finding issues associated with investment management firms. They play an important role in helping investors. This topic is more about assessing quality and repeatability of operations. And achieving the highest possible quality, resulting in minimizing the probability of an operational issue associated with day to day portfolio management.

We believe that the third party operational risk firms can’t ever go into as much detail as the management firm itself. It is only the people involved in the actual processes that can really understand how processes could fail. Benchmarking and big picture best practices are done well by the third party people but I don’t believe they can do a good job at assessing the real quality of the processes.

Financial firms typically strive to implement industry best systems. However, at times, these systems require workarounds and spreadsheets. As well, many of these workaround can be operated by junior people and we believe they are accidents waiting to happen. It is just assumed that these people won’t make mistakes or it is up to these people to show sufficient “attention to detail” to never make a mistake. But to us, that is an unrealistic assumption.

Humans make mistakes.

The next aspect that helped us was acknowledgement of the human side. Once you read some of the literature on how humans screw up simple things, you realize it is just a matter of time until someone makes a mistake while operating a process. Humans have small, but non zero error rates for even the simplest tasks. As task complexity increases, the error rate increases.

If a diligent person does 20 simple tasks per day and they do that every day for a year, then you should consider the potential error rate of those tasks. A 1 in 1,000 error rate will cause errors to become a reality for the case of 20 tasks per day for an entire year. If the potential consequences of one of those errors is severe then you have a real problem.

When humans are involved in a process, make their tasks as simple as possible. This accounts for increasing error rates that occur as task complexity increases.

Obviously automation is a well-known solution. Some tasks can’t be automated or at times, systems require some human intervention, and at times a human must intervene in the instance of an exception. These are the instances when the human element should be considered.

We have implemented many more checklists and improved existing checklists for clarity. Implemented many more double checks for tasks involving humans and have also strived to make the independent double checks truly independent. i.e., two people sitting beside each other looking at the same information at the same time is not an independent test since they will potentially influence one another and reduce effectiveness of what is supposed to be an independent check.

We have also implemented a daily pre-trading huddle with people involved with trading, model updates, operations in order to understand the portfolio management tasks for the day. This mirrors the huddles that are more frequently used in operation rooms before a procedure starts (see “Checklist Manifesto”, book by Gawande below).

Again other industries recognize some of these human elements and try mitigate. Finance doesn’t seem to do that, most just assume that humans involved in processes perform their tasks perfectly.

We intentionally also modified our working environment. During portfolio management model updates and trading times we do not permit any interruptions of the portfolio management team. We place an indicator in the office that says tells other people in the office that the portfolio management process is taking place and to stay away and do not interrupt the portfolio management team (operations, model updates, reconciliation, trading). An open office (most trading rooms) is great for communication, sharing ideas, etc. but a disaster waiting to happen if you consider how humans perform when they are interrupted or bothered while performing tasks. Again, other industries are aware of these issues.

The FMEA process changes need to be considered within that context. Obviously automation is key, but humans are involved in most processes at some point along the line. Making the human involvements as simple as possible and having safety modes that can catch failures is also key. FMEA is a manner for understanding all of that.

Implementing FMEA and also reading all about how humans make errors changes our way of thinking. We believe we have improved operational efficiency and minimization of operational risk.

Those of you who are interested in finding out more about the FMEA process and Northwater Capital’s Fluid Strategies should contact Neil directly at As someone who has invested in many hedge funds, I can unequivocally tell you human mistakes happen more often than investors and funds want to acknowledge and there should be a lot more rigorous industry standards to mitigate against operational risk.

As always, feel free to contact yours truly ( if you have any insights you want to share on transforming hedge fund fees and mitigating operational risks. I don’t pretend to have the monopoly of wisdom on these important topics and even though I come off as an arrogant cynical prick, I’m a lot nicer in person (just don’t piss me off with your bogus niche strategy and if you ever want to meet me, the least you can do is subscribe or donate to my blog!).

One astute hedge fund investor shared his insights with me after reading my comment:

The challenge is that the managers who know they can deliver sustainable alpha (ie the only ones it is worth investing in under the current fee structure paradigm), are still not negotiable today unless you are prepared to write 10 figure tickets and underwrite business risk yourself. There is a considerable capacity shortage for quality alpha generators. In rare instances, 2% and 20% might not be enough!

However, in many instances, 0% and 25% is too much if you factor in all the operational risks that you face.

Unfortunately, the biggest problem brought by high fees is borne by managers as a whole in the form of abnormal attrition rates. High attrition rates exist partly because investors cannot tolerate drawdowns from high management expense ratio operation. That triggers a window dressing exercise, whether it is voluntary or policy driven.

I think if managers rewarded long-term investors by reducing the fee paid by an investor by a notch on each of its investment anniversary, attrition rates would stabilize. It would be less psychologically painful to re-underwrite a losing fund if the fee structure comes down every year. The only risk from the manager view point is that if he is really successful, after a few years, every investor stuck around and now its entire capital base is charged below market rates. But there are ways to circumvent that second order problem.

That’s one approach we have tried to implement without success due to existing MFNs but we never lose an occasion to talk about that.

Ironically, MFNs signed by large investors who are members of high profile investor associations that supposedly promote better alignment of interest is what makes it almost impossible for managers to consider alternative fee structures where the economics are less skewed in favor of the manager.

Below, CNBC’s Kate Kelly reports on the new players in hedge funds leading corporate activism. I’ve got a great young activist fund manager looking to get seeded in a world where everyone is hot and horny for big hedge funds. If you’re interested, contact me directly (

Second, a discussion on alternative investing strategies amid changing trends in interest rates, with Colbert Narcisse, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management head of Alternative Investments Group.

As my friend Brian Romanchuk points out in his blog, investors are making mountains out of molehills on the Fed lift-off. In his latest comment, Brian critically examines why the Fed is keeping rates low looking at former Fed Chairman Bernanke’s first blog comment (for me, it’s simple, raising rates now would be a monumental mistake but don’t ever discount huge policy blunders!).

Lastly, Jamie Dinan, York Capital founder and CEO, shares his global economic forecast for Europe, Japan and China. He’s a lot more optimistic than I am on Europe, Japan and China but I’m still playing the mother of all carry trades fueling the buyback and biotech bubbles everyone is fretting about.

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“We’ve met a lot of nice guys on the show,” the American Pie star said Friday, playfully smiling with her pal and stylist, Karen Clarkson. “But we haven’t met any husbands yet!”

So is she on a hunt for Mr. Right? “Well no. But if he bumps into me, I’m not going to say no,” she joked.

If Mr. Right comes along, he’d better make it quick: Reid’s been on a whirlwind tour so frenzied that the name of her television show wasn’t even set until right before its debut.

Originally slated to be called Wild on Tara in the continuing E! Wild On series, the name was scrapped at the last minute in favor of Taradise. So far Reid has visited the Greek island of Mykonos; Pamplona, Spain; Athens and Monaco, among other spots. E! is airing episodes each night this week.

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Emma Stone paid a visit to The Tonight Show Monday, and she came prepared. That is to say, she came prepared to rap Ludacris’s hyper-fast part on DJ Khaled’s “All I Do Is Win.” By the end of her performance, the title certainly seemed apt.

Fallon called it the “the best one [lip-synching performance] that’s ever been done on the show ever,” and we’re inclined to agree.

It’s unlikely Stone’s current big-screen appearance (as Gwen Stacy, alongside longtime boyfriend Andrew Garfield’s Peter Parker, in The Amazing Spider-Man 2) will involve much rapping, but directors looking to cast Stone in the future should definitely be taking notes.

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I have an array with the following content, a list of URLs.

I'm creating a script that will look in this array, and remove all the self-referencing link, and non-local links for the base URL that I'm looking for.

So if I'm looking for (base URL), I will need to remove from the array,,, and

My problem is in the regular expression to do that, I got it to remove all the non-local links, but now I'm not sure on how to remove the self-referencing links. Can I get some help to complete the regular expression.

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Hi Ennio,

Maybe something like this?

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You should install the ODBC driver libs before installing DBD::ODBC

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This site doesn't have any admins/moderators. So, it's a free for all for the spammers. It's been this way for a long time.

I did PM the last person that dealt with this issue last year, but I don't expect to ever get a response.

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Introverted Intuition (Ni) deals with understanding how the world works through internal intuitive analysis. Ni relies on gut feelings and intuition about a situation to help them understand. Introverted Intuition does not look at what is seen. Introverted Intuition forms an internal map and framework of how things work. The map is slowly adapted and adjusted over time to allow the user to get a better sense of the “big picture of things” and what steps to take to get the desired outcome.

Introverted Intuition will take pieces of abstract information and make sense of it. It is not interested so much in concrete facts, as it is with the essence of ideas and theories, and how they all fit together. They are very good at recognizing patterns.

Introverted Intuition may sense that something is off. They may notice a person’s tone of voice, a momentary pause, or body language that is incongruent to how they typically behave. These factors are observed in a more abstract way, making it difficult for the Ni user to explain their conclusion to others. They just get an overall feel or aura of the situation.

Introverted Intuition can actually be compared very similarly with Introverted Sensing. Both take into account past events and how they unfolded. While Introverted Sensing will remember the facts and details of a past experience, Introverted Intuition will recall the essence of what happened and how events eventually played out. Ni users can take past experiences to assess a current situation, and then use this memory bank of experiences of what they sense will happen to envision whether a plan will be successful.

Ni users are also good at creating a persona. They understand how the world perceives people. They can create a vision of what they want to become, and take steps toward accomplishing their goal. For example, an Ni user can notice “If I wear a this suit here and present my story this way, I have a good chance of getting an investment for my business.” They understand what objects and events symbolize and how they can use them to their advantage.

Introverted Intuition asks questions like “what’s really going on here?” or “where have I felt this way before?” Introverted Intuition is one of the toughest functions to explain to someone else that doesn’t have it. Because of this, Ni has been labeled as “mystical” and “psychic.” And sure, it can appear that way to others, but it is more complex and involved than just “magically” coming to conclusions.

People with Introverted Intuition would be wise to develop their Extraverted Feeling or Extraverted Thinking function. An Ni user that is “too in their head” can come up with some unrealistic and imaginative interpretations of events.

Remember that Introverted Intuition is only as good as all the experiences one has had in their life. Denying new experiences will cause Ni to be less accurate over time. Extraverted Feeling and Extraverted Thinking deal more with observing the outside world. This will give the Ni user a sense of balance and better understanding of what is going on outside of their heads, as well as help ground the user. Going into new situations and observing without a preconceived bias will help the person to understand the dynamics of the world. The Ni user would do best to come to their conclusions after the experience is over instead of during it.

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Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Ken Black at the academy

Here are some pics that I should have posted a while back! Ken Black at the police academy impressing the recruits with his teaching style and strength prowess.

Wed: JM drills and Dynamic Drills

21-15-9-6 rep prescription

Mil Press- 2 16kg KBs
Ring Rows
DB Lateral raises (20lb DBs)
Box Jumps

I am varying up the weight range. The recent feelings of illness, rundown, and injuries on the California RKC circuit has me listening to my body even more. Come Novemeber, we are starting another academy class of 59 recruits in addition to the 48 recruits I have now. I will have morning PT and evening PT. Gotta keep healthy!

Ken Black said...

Good pics Pete. Thanks for having me out. Look forward to doing it again soon.
Glad you are training smart;)

Mark Reifkind said...

great pics Pete, Ken looks right at home teaching.and yes,be carefull with the rash of injuries happening lately. solid work too. Hey Ken are the those the russian reds? 16 kg?

Mark Reifkind said...

great pics pete. hope the knee is feeling better!

Pete Diaz, RKC said...

Thanks Rif, the knee is feeling much better due to ice and staying off of it!

Those aren't the Reds, I painted my chipped/rusted original KBs red for fun. It is a motivating color when I am feeling fatigued.

The recruits wrote a thank you card for you Ken! I wil bring it to you.

Ken Black said...

Thanks Rif. Teaching is in the blood;)
Thanks Pete. You going to make it tommorow?

Ken Black said...

Thanks Rif.
Thanks Pete. Glad the knee is feeling better. Are you coming tommorow?

Ken Black said...

Sorry foe the double now a triple post!

Tom Shook, RKC said...

Cool pics! Just one question though: Where is Ken's Smokey the Bear hat??!!
Geeze Pete, that's a LOT of recruits hitting the streets, what's going on? Sac Fire is doing the same thing, must be lots of retirements coming up?

Pete Diaz, RKC said...

Yes, this is the cycle for the past couple, three years. The mass hirings of cops of the Vietnam era are now retiring and many places did not prepare for this cycle. I know the fire dept. has 50 in their recruit class, too! I am going to be busy for the next few years! This class is really getting more exposure than previous classes to the kettlebell, and they are loving it! On thursday, I had a mini workout for those who wanted to stay after work. I was very happy with what a few of them were able to do. A couple of them were doing pistols, one recruit did a pistol with the 24kg!Another recruit snatched the 32 kg. for 3 reps. Ah, to be young (20-24) again!


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Spray a commercial cat repellent on the cabinets to deter your cat. Cats dislike the scent of the repellent and will stay away. Before applying the repellent, test it on an inconspicuous area of the cabinet to make sure it doesn't do any damage. Alternatively, clean the cabinets with a citrus-scented cleanser for a similar effect.

Booby-trap the off-limits cabinet with a pyramid of empty soda cans. Stack a bunch of cans on top of each other near the edge of the cabinet. When your pet companion jumps on the cabinet, the cans will fall and startle her, and make her think twice about jumping on there again.

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ICE: Ukrainian Hockey Coach Arrested On Sex Charge

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Ukrainian hockey coach accused of committing sexual acts with a 14-year-old boy has been arrested, federal investigators say.

Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Philadelphia said Thursday that Ivan Pravilov was arrested on charges of traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts with a minor.

Pravilov, who has been staying in Cherry Hill, N.J., committed sexual acts with a boy visiting in the United States and attending hockey clinics, according to a criminal complaint. Pravilov, 48, was in federal custody Thursday pending a detention hearing, authorities said in a news release, and he couldn’t be reached for comment.

According to federal court documents, two 14-year-old boys reported identical accounts of the night of Jan. 3 after they were transported by Pravilov from Delaware to Pennsylvania. Pravilov, while staying at an apartment in the vicinity of Elkins Park, a Philadelphia suburb, placed his hand on one of the boys’ genitals, the documents say.

When Pravilov learned that one of the boys told of the abuse, he threatened him and hit him, the documents say.

The website for the coach’s hockey school, Ivan Pravilov’s Unique Hockey School, lists former Philadelphia Flyers player Dainius Zubrus, who now plays for the New Jersey Devils, as among his former students.

Phone and email messages left with the school and with an attorney listed for Pravilov weren’t immediately returned Thursday.

NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said he was unaware of any connection Pravilov may have to the league.

Investigators asked anyone who has any information about Pravilov to contact ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations Office in Philadelphia. Authorities said the investigation was part of Operation Predator, a nationwide initiative to protect children from sexual predators.

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Man Struck By SEPTA Train In East Falls

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A man was reportedly struck and killed by a SEPTA train in East Falls early Saturday morning.

According to initial reports, a male in his mid-thirties was struck by the train and killed just past the East Falls station on the northbound Norristown line.

SEPTA used shuttle bus service for the rest of the night between Temple University Station and Norristown Transportation Center.

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    why dont they make a road a long the tracks so people can walk a long side the tracks people like to walk the tracks to get to the next train stop with out walking the tracks we can ride a long side the tracks on our bICYCLES and the kids can to. put up cameras all along the tracks to stop us from walking it BECAUSE IT CAN BE US GETTIG KILLEDTO STOP ALL OF THAT CAMERAS OUR GOOD for the POLICE TO See what they are doing I did not here about the person or the train at all I WAS HOME if Iwas their I wood of talk him off the tracks. ARE YOU SURE NO OTHER PERSON WAS WITH HIM AT 1;00 In the am I was not up at all.

  2. Robert Pines says:

    Is there like a magic line for for the “””just past””” the East Falls station or the railroad use that so they can do the evil doer trespasser as usual?

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Gloria-Gibo Cheating on May 10, 2010?

DESPITE my partisan optimism that former President Joseph "Erap" Estrada will regain the seat that he undemocratically lost during the 2001 EDSA 2 power grab by way of a new mandate in an orderly elections come May 10, 2010, what I actually expect is CHEATING. In that Gloria-evil-perpetuated cheating scenario, GIBO will emerge the "victor."

The 'VILLAROYO' talk of a 'secret' administration candidate strikes me as a charade. Just look at Gibo's obstinate "loyalty" to the Illegitimate President. This, amidst incessant reports of  presidential contender Manny Villar's (or Noynoy Aquino's?) supposed secret deal with Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, in which scenario Arrobo will be allowed to sit as House Speaker and then possibly alter the constitution to allow her to become Prime Minister.

Gilbert "Gibo" (daw) Teodoro rationalizes his astoundingly unwavering loyalty to his president by professing to don the Filipino value of "utang na loob" (sense/feeling of gratitude or indebtedness). How in heaven's name did the administration party's standard bearer come to regard the "Most Corrupt President in Philippine History" as worthy of his gratitude?

Then Vice-President Gloria showed nary a sense of utang na loob towards then incumbent President Joseph Estrada when she and her husband took part in the 2001 power grab. After all, Estrada trusted her so much so that he made her a cabinet member, appointing her Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. No less than the First Gentle__g Mike Arroyo divulged their crucial role in the ouster of Erap when he detailed "Plan A" and "Plan B" to acclaimed writer Nick Joaquin during the March 2001 Philippine Graphic magazine interview. If the object of the LAKAS official presidential candidate's professed utang na loob does not know gratitude, why would a seemingly intelligent man like Gibo insist on professing loyalty to Arroyo supposedly based  on that Filipino value?

Gibo being tied to a selfish, megalomaniac creature like Gloria by utang na loob makes no sense. Unless the rope of loyalty is more of  a dark scheme glued by the collusion of corruption with a vision of the post-May-2010 perpetuation of such a demonic arrangement. Take note of the danger signs abounding--Comelec mock polls showing 50% disenfranchisement; voters' list not being purged properly enough (the Board of Election Inspectors, instead of the computer, made in charge of the operation); Supreme court-upheld Comelec decision to push through with full automation despite non-pilot testing in what should have been two areas each in two provinces, municipalities, and cities; virtual elimination of security measures; PCOS failure; human intervention in the balloting, with the BEI doing checking for authenticity with hand-held UV lamps; and even printing errors that have misaligned the ovals, rendering them unreadable.

More disturbing is the Illegitimate government's apparent inclination to call the elections fraudulent. National Security Council chief Norberto Gonzales recently claimed that cheating for the 2010 polls has begun. Conveniently not naming names, Gonzales said candidates have supposedly started bribing officials of the COMELEC, Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police.

How ridiculous is it to hear the administration camp responsible for the 'Hello Garci'  2004 presidential electoral fraud operations warning about looming cheating in the coming polls? Further, this unsupported 'warning' comes amidst mainstream survey results showing their standard-bearer Gibo as tailender candidate. Doesn't this sound like a Plan B in case automated cheating fail.  Doesn't it sound like a propaganda ploy to condition the people's minds into peacefully accepting a failure of elections scenario in the bid to somehow stall Arroyo's step-down from power? Perhaps, create a mayhem situation to allow the outgoing Illegitimate to consolidate power and take power anew on her own terms?

The dangers signs of cheating for Gloria's continued de facto reign are too great to ignore. Gibo's unfaltering loyalty to his illegitimate, most unwanted "President" is equally disturbing. It is not difficult to see that Gloria would not be willing to face charges for her string of gargantuan crimes committed against the nation during her horrific nine-year reign. As insurance against her likely incarceration when she steps down, the Illegitimate simply  WONT allow a non-ally to take her place. Nobody should lose sight of that.

The Filipino people should not let them be taken in for another Gloria ride. Never underestimate the evil's mind! Despite his low survey ratings, Gilbert Teodoro, with Gloria's more-than-willing conspiratorial help, might just pull off the second biggest electoral (fraud) surprise in the nation's history. Next, of course, to the 2004 cheating conducted against Fernando Poe Jr., the genuine 14th President of the Philippines.

An automated Hello Garci this May? If the Filipinos failed to protect their votes in 2004 when elections were manual, how much more now with compromised "automation." All eyes on Gibo now.

by Jesusa Bernardo

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pian said...

My apologies for being out-of-place. I just would like to establish awareness.

Do consider
5. Dr. Martin Bautista
for the next elections obviously (a senatorial candidate of Liberal Party). He’s a 47-year-old gastroenterologist in the US who came home after 17 years. You can see from his background that he truly means service. For those who find him to be a hypocrite for working abroad, do understand he’s a family man who needs to sustain his family, that he will be able to keep his independence by not relying on public funds to support his family. He helps his countrymen in his capacity but it’s just not enough for there are millions of Filipinos. And as proof of his sincerity, he didn’t renounce his citizenship nor became a dual citizen even if he was long eligible. He’s able to work in the US by being a legalized alien instead. It’s a good start in Philippine Politics to have him around.
He used to be with the 'Ang Kapatiran' party but because of internal conflicts, he's now with Liberal Party. But allow me to discuss this Ang Kapatiran party.
The BIG DIFFERENCE is the ‘Ang Kapatiran’ party is God-centered. There is no lesser-evil component. Its members will be disciplined by its own party should they stray from its code of ethics. They promised to restore what a true public servant means: to serve the public and not make it as a means of livelihood.
Below are the lists of Senatoriables of the Ang Kapatiran:

11 Rizalito David
21 Jo Imbong
43 Zosimo Paredes
45 Maria Gracia Rinoza-Plazo
52 Adrian Sison
55 Reginald Tamayo
56 Hector Tarrazona
59 Manuel Valdehuesa

You will be able to gauge Dr. Martin Bautista's intelligence by reading the articles he posts in his website here:
I urge you to INFORM BY E-MAIL/TEXT/INFORM all your contacts about them. I believe they only lack exposure that’s why I’m doing this. But I can’t do it alone so I’m appealing to everyone’s help. If all will inform their contacts about them and urge them as well to forward, we might hit millions.
We cannot afford to be indifferent now if we want meaningful change. Otherwise we only have ourselves to blame. BUT TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

pian said...

Also, in case you don't have party list yet to vote... you may want to consider ABA.
Spread the news and make ABA known to our extended families, relatives and friends. ABA is

Alyansang Bayanihan ng mga Magsasaka, Manggagawang-Bukid at Mangingisda

ABA is a pro-people, pro-life and pro-family party list. The Catholic church supports ABA.
ABA is an alliance of groups that represent the rural poor, the urban poor, and the traditional natural family.

The nominees of ABA are:
1. 2009-10 party list representative Leonardo Montemayor
2. former ABA party list representative Dioscoro Granada
3. JOSE NEBRAO - founding member/president of Serve Life, founding member/vice-president for Task Force for Family and Life, Proponent of Organic Farming and Small Agri-based Business,
4. Jose Morales
5. Atty. Makilito Mahinay

ABA has been advancing and advocating the following legislations and housing policy reforms within and outside of the halls of Philippine Congress. These are:

• Legislation: Exemptions for cooperatives from EVAT; extension of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program; strengthening of the Crop Insurance Program; Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Act; Party List Act; Comprehensive Integrated Shelter Financing Act; Indigenous Peoples Rights Act; Fisheries Code; and the Safeguard Measures Act.
• Housing policy reforms: fast-tracking the identification of government lands for social housing projects thru Presidential proclamations; and the just and humane eviction of squatters through EO 152.
• Other advocacies: the creation of a congressional commission on the strengthening of the Filipino Family; the creation of the Omnibus Human Resource Development policy; and the promotion of bio-organic farming.

Here are some priority measures of ABA in Congress:

• To formulate new laws for: a National Land and Water Use Policy; a Magna Carta for the Urban Poor; and the creation of a Department of Housing.
• To properly implement Agrarian, Urban Land, and Natural Resources Reforms so as to attain the true benefits to the people.
• To strengthen: Sustainable Agricultural Modernization; the Cooperative sector; the micro-finance system; organic agriculture and community-based watershed/forest management programs; and the Party-List system.
• To work for the early recovery and proper use of the coconut levy funds.
• To nurture a Culture of Life and reject the death penalty, euthanasia, abortion, and radical fertility control; to defend the natural family as society’s primary unit and oppose divorce and same-sex marriage; and to preserve the primacy of the family in the rearing and education of its own children in all matters.

Ralphster said...

Aren't you a little pessimistic about the elections? I'm part of the Youth Sector... and we're very eager to put our man in the presidency. God bless the Philippines...

Jesusa Bernardo said...

@ Ralphster,

I'm a very open-minded and practical person. Why I see danger signs abounding, not to mention the pattern/history of the 2004 presidential poll fraud.

I expect fraud, if not failure of elections but I still hope that the genuine collective voice of the Filipino people will prevail. On election day, despite my fears, I'll cast my vote with as much hope as I can muster.


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— We considered this image for The Week in Pictures. The idea of the mother witnessing her son's detention was poignant. But, the execution of the image created some confusion. What does her expression mean? And what about the distracting elements, like the arm seeming to protrude from her back, and the large foreground of armored vehicle. Did we make the right choice to exclude it? See the week's images here: www.msnbc.com/twip