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A quarter of financial services professionals would engage in insider trading to make $10 million if they could get away with it, and a far higher proportion of younger Wall Street professionals, 38%, would do so, a new survey reveals.
A newly released report by Labaton Sucharow, a law firm specializing in SEC whistleblowing cases, reads like those surveys of high school students revealing the prevalence of behaviors their parents wouldn't approve of.
"We discovered that Wall Street's future leaders, the young financial services professionals entrusted with, literally, trillions of dollars, feel the most pressure, are the most willing to engage in illegal activity and are the most fearful of retaliation," the law firm reports in its second annual survey of the U.S. financial sector.
The survey's comparisons with the attitudes and behaviors were consistently worse than its findings in its 2012 debut. For example, 29% of those surveyed felt that success in the industry required unethical or illegal activity, a 17% increase from last year; and 24% thought that staff at their company had engaged in miscreant behavior, a 14% increase from 2012.
The overwhelming majority of findings in the survey of 250 respondents who work as traders, portfolio managers, investment bankers, hedge fund professionals, financial analysts, investment advisors, asset managers and stockbrokers, were likewise unflattering to Wall Street.
A majority of respondents, 52%, felt their competitors were breaking the rules to get an edge in the marketplace; 23% said they had firsthand knowledge of wrongdoing in the workplace; and 26% said their compensation structures incentivized unethical or illegal behavior.
The study was the subject of a CFA Institute ethics webinar Wednesday afternoon that reinforced those findings with similar points. For example, the CFA Institute's ethicist Michael McMillan cited jury testimony by Kweku Adoboli, whose rogue trading cost UBS $2.2 billion, to the effect that senior managers were aware of his actions and encouraged his risk taking. Circumventing rules was standard behavior at the firm, McMillan said, and Adoboli only got into trouble because he lost money.
McMillan also cited a Columbia University study finding that 40% of its graduates had been rewarded for ethically troubling actions, while 31% who refused to engage in misconduct felt penalized for their refusal (while just 20% felt they were rewarded for doing the right thing).
Within the Labaton Sucharow report about Wall Street is a message to Main Street to be very wary about the professionals with whom they do business. More than a quarter (28%) of respondents felt the industry does not put client interests first.
The only reported positive trend in the report was the growing faith in industry regulators, with 62% of respondents viewing the SEC as effective and 57% pleased with FINRA.
The report attributes this finding to the implementation of the SEC's new whistleblower program, which kicked in at the end of 2011 and received 3,001 submissions last year. A majority of respondents, 60%, were aware of the program, up 11% from the previous year, and 89% of respondents said that its anonymity, employment protections and potential monetary award would induce them to participate — an overwhelming majority, though less than last year's 95% figure.
Despite this, the report noted that "each critical faction of the marketplace — individuals, leaders and workplace culture — evidenced an astonishing ethical decline."
The whistleblower law firm hopes to reverse this trend with its online corporate ethics clearinghouse, which includes a confidential whistleblower eligibility calculator, among other site features.
The report warns Wall Street: "If we don't take swift collective action, the battle cry this can't happen again will be nothing more than background music to the next, more potent economic tsunami."


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text: Thursday, June 28, 2012 Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law; APTA Reiterates Priorities In a historic and long-awaited decision, the Supreme Court today upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA). APTA, which has remained neutral on ACA and the subsequent Supreme Court case, announced that its current legislative and regulatory strategies will continue, and reiterated its philosophy that the nation's health care system must address several fundamental patient-centered issues: coverage, access, quality, and costs. "APTA has for years been an advocate for a health care system that includes rehabilitation as a core benefit, demonstrates the value of physical therapy to patients, embraces innovation in reforms that are patient centered, and provides a solution to a system that for too long has been high in costs and disparate in outcomes and quality," APTA President Paul Rockar Jr, PT, DPT, MS, said in a statement. "We will continue to work with legislators, policy makers, insurers and other decision makers to ensure that these priorities are addressed in this law and future health care reforms—whether at the national or state level, or through individual private payment systems." APTA's Government Affairs staff is currently reviewing the Supreme Court decision and will provide a more detailed analysis to members in the coming days and weeks as more information becomes available. "We are committed to providing our leaders, members, and components with the information they need to advocate effectively for these priorities nationally and at the state level," added Rockar. Members should continue to follow News Now, Twitter, Facebook, and APTA's health care reform webpage for the latest information and updates. Comments this is another amazing departure from the principles of the American Revolution, it which individual liberty was the guiding light: freedom from tyranny of the church and state combined. That the state -meaning the federal government- has the power above the states to enforce mandatory health payments, in effect a tax, to redistribute wealth goes against the pioneer principles of our nation's founding fathers. I agree reform is needed, but not a cadillac program requiring that all pay into a system, is clearly a wealth redistributing system; government likes to mandate programs, then chronically underfunds them; nothing could be more threatening to our democracy at such a time as this when European banks are threatened with bankruptcy, governments of Western nations are over spending/ "stimulus spending" Posted by ben whittaker on 6/28/2012 5:09 PM couldn't agree more. I think we all know who to vote for--or rather who to vote OUT in November! #MittRomney Posted by Christina Willmann -> BFS\BG on 6/29/2012 12:19 AM Couldn't agree less. Great day for people in need of help! Posted by Jeroen Van Zwol -> ?FW\<N on 6/29/2012 10:55 AM Yet another attack on our rights as states and individuals. Socialism is coming strong. Yes we know who to vote OUT! Posted by Paul Mavrakos on 6/29/2012 12:20 PM I also agree, that the progressive movements to remove our rights, one by one, and moving toward a socialist society, is the decay of what this country was built on. Beginning with the lack of support for competitiveness in our schools, and our children, "everyone is a winner and there are no losers." This type of thinking is non-productive, at best. We will all now have the opportunity to pay larger deductibles in our insurance. Posted by Roberto Gutierrez on 6/29/2012 1:04 PM Another tax and increase cost for health care..that is what you get besides USA bankrupt and your increased taxes again!!!!! .DON'T ARGUE WITH ME UNLESS YOU HAVE READ AND REALLY KNOW WHAT OBAMACARE IS ABOUT..I KNOW I HAVE DONE MY RESEARCH NOT JUST LISTENED TO THE NEWS Today's ruling on ObamaCare is simply surreal. The Obama Administration sold the individual mandate again and again with the argument that it was not a tax. Then they argued before the Supreme Court that it was a tax, because that was the only way to defend it constitutionally. Justices Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy and Alito clearly saw through this exercise in semantics, and they deserve our thanks for their commitment to the Constitution and the law in their dissent. The best that can be said for Chief Justice Roberts, in voting to uphold the law, is that he rejected the administration's argument that the mandate was permitted by the commerce clause. That said, it should never have been the job of the Supreme Court to clean up a terrible piece of legislation perpetrated by Congress and the White House. ObamaCare may have been declared constitutional by five justices – although not in the manner the White House sold it, which is telling – but that doesn't change the fact that it is a horrible law that will bankrupt this country, explode health care costs and diminish the quality of care throughout this nation. Government tyranny has been slowed, but not stopped. What today's ruling means is that anything government can call a tax, it has the power to do. Regardless of the semantics, we are subjected to government tyranny. This merely emboldens the government to keep taxing and taxing and taxing. Today is a temporary setback. The American people have hated ObamaCare since its inception, and they can see that it is already driving up health care costs. The ruling that really matters will come on November 6, when We the People have the opportunity to replace the president and the Congress who created this monstrosity with new leaders who will replace it with measures that value market forces and free choice. Posted by Francine summers on 6/29/2012 4:40 PM No argument with Mr. Rockar's restatement of APTA member's committment to patients and quality of care, but what makes him think that ObamaCare is going to accomplish our goals? The new law's goal is first to over-regulate and reduce reimbursement to providers without regard to their viability. Quality of care is always impacted negatively in that kind of environment. It then becomes survival of the....hum. Posted by Elizabeth Perez on 6/29/2012 5:21 PM Finally the United States joins the majority of developed countries and recognizes that access to quality health care is a right for all citizens. This hardly represents a march to socialism or a loss of individual freedoms. You have been paying for the uninsured for some time with increased premiums for their unpaid bills. The overall health of this country will increase and lord knows it's about time we see our infant mortality rates move up from the bottom of the pack. The mandate is necessary to avoid people buying insurance "on the way to the hospital", given the other provisions that disallow exclusions. Woman can celebrate no longer being charged higher premiums than men of the same age. Preventative care will now be available to all, and I think we all agree this improves overall health and decreases the "disease management" focus of our current system. I anticipate the elimination of arbitrary preferred provider contracts that are nothing more than insurance companies holding providers of health care hostage for decreased reimbursement rates. Health care will still be privately administered and health insurance will be still in the hands of private industry...a far cry from socialism. The breaking down of state barriers for purchasing competitive and affordable insurance coverage is an ideal example of our beloved capitalism. Let these companies compete for the 40 million people about to join the ranks of the insured. Keep in mind by the way....the "tax" for not buying insurance is optional...you can avoid it by BUYING INSURANCE! Posted by Julie Warren on 6/29/2012 6:24 PM Truly one of the darkest days in our county's history. This has nothing to do with "helping people", it is about CONTROLLING people by governmental intrusion into our most personal and intimate choice: our health. Once the government regulates your health, it's control over you is complete. This is tyranny. Notice the elites IN government who voted for Obamacare EXEMPTED themselves; it is for us "little people" to endure. WE will suffer through outrageous insurance premiums and decreased quality/ availability of care (i.e. - rationing, which is inevitable) My husband an I pay for our own insurance - it has risen $6500.00 since Obamacare was passed. Obama promised that nobody's rates would increase; we have had to take worse and worse coverage in order to afford it. Of course rates must increase if the insurance companies are forced to cover everyone with pre-existing conditions. People will just pay the $2,000.00 a year fine... oops, "TAX"..., then slam themselves into an insurance policy when they have a serious problem - like insuring your house after it has burned to the ground. They will save tens of thousands every year by scamming the system - and the rest of us idiots are left holding the bill. If you are foolish enough to think that government run healthcare is the way to go (which this is leading to by design - surely private insurance will self destruct because of the mandatory inclusion clause), as with EVERY gigantic, inefficient government bureocracy, there will be plenty of waste, fraud and abuse. Just look at Social Security and Medicare, both of which are on the brink of bankruptcy. And how is Medicare going to fare when Obama pulls $500 billion out of it (part of the law) to pay for his signature Ponzi scheme? That's right - the seniors can "just go take a pain pill" like he said - if they aren't healthy enough to work, they can just go home, suffer and DIE. Like in any Marxist nation. Now just how is THAT doing what's best for our patients?????? Posted by Marilyn Jones, PT, DPT, MS on 6/29/2012 7:14 PM Increasing the DEMAND in an industry that already has a shortage of SUPPLY will DECREASE cost? Typical logic from a politician. This law is just further proof that all the previous attempts by the federal government to intervene in the health care industry were a complete failure in regards to the economics of it all. This is a short term gratification for people who think this is a "win", but long term, consider the provider-patient relationship destroyed. If people thought the insurance companies had too much power before and getting in the way of Tx, well this law just increased their power and decreased the autonomy between provider-patient. Posted by Josh on 6/29/2012 7:53 PM I think the salient points are here made. I must admit that I have for some time wondered just what most of my colleagues really think about this issue. I know what I think. It is refreshing, at least, to see a clear majority here speaking out against this monstrosity. For those who now think that socialism is a good idea: You never really know it until you are living it. Remember, it is the "progressive" socio-fascists who will be the ones who really push grandma's wheelchair over the cliff. Posted by John on 6/30/2012 12:38 AM How can APTA stay "neutral" with this Supreme Court ruling?! As I can see from prior comments, majority of us understands that the quality of care will go down dramatically simply because the same monetary funds will have to be distrbuted among much larder number of consumers. We already know that Medicare will suffer 30% decrease in payment to providers, although even with the present $1880 yearly cap many of our elrerly patients are left undertreated or have to pay out-of-packet for their PT. Where will we find the $$ for a preventative care if we don't have them now with the excisting system? Really, some people live in a dream world! Market don't lie: all insurance companies actions went down today, one day after Supreme Court ruling.. How, do you think, insurances will react? Of course, the premiums will go up even higher. I came from the country where medical care was free and available for everybody. I came from former Soviet Union, so I know first hand what Posted by bella kavalerchik on 6/30/2012 1:01 AM To see the comments made by our members and to hear that the APTA is "neutral" on the position of the Affordable Care Act is to demonstrate how far away we have come from deserving to call ourselves a profession. A health profession has an ethical duty to serve society not to make profits for ourselves. The ACA is a national necessity. The APTA needs to inform its members on why access to affordable care would actually benefit physical therapist; not because of our need to get paid but because society needs physical therapists to return people to health. It is not about access to a physical therapist so your private practice can be more profitable; it is about creating access for a child or adult who needs physical therapy for their health. Our society does not need more orthopedic specialists in physical therapy who will only see healthy people between 14-50 years old with a joint problem. That is actually a very small proportion of what all physical therapists actually do. What we need are primary care physical therapists who know something about physical function across the life course. We need to protect the health of the population from falls whether that is a teen off a skate board or an elder in their home; we need to know that a family who has a 4 year old that does not speak is most likely a child with autism; we need to be able to recognize the gait pattern and average gait speed of a healthy elder from the shuffling gait of someone with Parkinson's disease. We should hang our head in shame if we do not understand that lack of access to affordable health care for all is what has driven our healthcare costs up. If you are under 65, working and insured, you are lucky...30% of working adults under 65 are uninsured. If they get whip lash or hurt their back are you going to see them? The answer is NO...unless they pay you cash. Think about that...we are no better than other professionals who separate the haves from the have nots. When was the last time you saw a person in a wheelchair? Remember who those professionals were? They were physical therapists who took care of the poor and disabled along with people who ran again after our treatments. President Rocker, please bring our profession back to its roots. We have lost our moral compass. We are not the Association of happy, jumping people that you see on the Foundation for PT and the APTA website. We are the American PHYSICAL THERAPY Association. We have a professional obligation to speak up for all people with disability. Some have episodic health issues like LBP, others are born with congenital deformity or developmental motor dysfunction; some are permanently injured and will never recover full function. We are the profession responsible for all of them. Support Obama care, it will be good for people who need a physical therapist and do not get to see one. Posted by Katherine J Sullivan on 6/30/2012 3:30 AM Thank you Ms. Sullivan, I find your comments grounded and agree with your train of thought. The most heartbreaking times in my career are when patients come in my office seeking care they can not afford, insured or not! They always choose to go without. I wonder how many of our peers understand the true cost of that in the big picture of healthcare? Posted by Dana on 6/30/2012 11:37 AM All you raging against this, especially you, Francine Summers, you need to really understand what this law is about. These are the United States. And to make it a more perfect Union, we can't let people walk around with tumors because no one would insure them. We can't have little ones born with pre-existing conditions that either will never get covered, or will get stuck with year end limits and life term limits. 22 year olds that might be diabetic that cannot be covered under their parents or not denied coverage altogether. Live like them for once and then say the selfish things. What freedom are you losing here? The only Developed country in the world that turns health care into a profit model will remain the same. Nothing has changed, no freedom have been impinged or taken away contrary to blowhards on FOX News or any other Tea Partier. This is the same version that Republicans supported whole heartedly, once, but now that it comes from Democrats and Obama, it is all bad. Yeah, that is how the game is played. But many of you know this is about personal responsibility and accountability. I do not want to pay for the folks who walks into an ER with no insurance and expect to be treated. I want them to do the right thing and buy insurance. Small Businesses (under 50 employees) are not mandated under PPACA. No change for them. If they chose to provide it though, they will get tax breaks. Actually all businesses will get tax breaks. And lets swat down the lie about high taxes already. What Justice Roberts said was, the penalty should be more of a tax rather than a mandate. That's it. You can buy the insurance to prevent a small fine when you are filing your taxes, and if you cannot afford it, you will be provided subsidies. The tax penalty is required to have everyone join the plan, since without everyone joining, the private insurance companies cannot operate for a decent (not vulgar) profit. From CBO estimates, only around 1% of the population would ever come to paying the tax penalty. Close to 40 Million Americans will benefit from this. The rest of you will enjoy the benefits when you get sick as well. Educate yourself with the actual facts from Healthcare.gov, and not from ridiculous talking heads on TV and radio. Posted by P T Barnum on 6/30/2012 12:10 PM I appreciate all the insightful comments made by so many well informed professionals. I appreciate the education and actually have not read the ACA document. I know some of the implications but realize there may be much imbedded in the document that may be very controversial as well as upsetting to us (citizens). To put in a comment from a small Ma practice. We have legislated mandatory healthcare in Ma. I for one know because I have a number of patients come to me for therapy that cannot receive care otherwise as their insurance is not accepted by another practice or hospital. I am talking Mass Health, Neighborhood health, Network Health and some of the other insurances that were created to allow for Ma residents to obtain coverage. I am personally appalled that so few practices/hospital organizations accept these insurances. I applied to be a provider as soon as I was aware that these plans were in place. I hope that the changes coming will be positive for both the provider and the patient. What I most hope is that all providers will willing obtain contracts with these entities as the program is put into place. I think change is good and we are most definitely in need of change. Sorry that it has to be so drastic but you cannot say that you were not warned or aware something like this was coming and we do need to start somewhere. So it has been done. I know that there are many practices that will be affected myself included. As the prior commenter addresses there is a need for a comprehensive plan that allows so many that could not afford insurance to become insured. I have seen it work for many of the folks in my very small area. I see people coming in for therapy that had Mass not taken the stance it has and mandated insurance would not be able to obtain the care that they need. I am a PT just a small branch of the medical profession as a total entity. I am guessing that these very same folks I am speaking of are able to obtain coverage for their children or themselves for a vast array of potential medical issues that otherwise might not be available to them. The above comments are my opinion only. Thank-you Posted by Kaethe Flynn on 6/30/2012 2:06 PM I think its awesome for the most part. This is America people! We should be making healthcare available to ALL Americans! More people will be eligible for Medicaid services & only those that can afford to but their own insurance will be required to do so & they SHOULD. Everyone has to have car insurance so why not health insurance. Guarantee the nay- Sayers don't really have a clue how thus also helps insure they everyone has access to Physical therapy (now a requirement of every plan). Quit politicizing the issue, & get informed! The funny thing is that Mass did the same thing basically, and is providing 98% of their residents with healthcare,...where was the screaming then?!? Posted by KHartsell on 6/30/2012 7:04 PM Amen to the comments that support the bill. It's not perfect, but it's something when nothing was getting done. Medicare, I believe, has a longer 1/2 life I only hope that the necessity of the law is reviewed periodically until commercial health insurance is back on it's feet. Wake up people, people have not been buying health insurance or buying plans that offer the cheapest premium and commercial insurance companies don't have the money you all think they do, that's the fundemental reason why the feds need to get involved. Like K Flynn, I own and operate a 6 therapist location in a state that has already expanded their medicaid back in 2002 and again in 2009. The plans work! I feel so good that I can treat a Mrs. Gomez for a lumbar radic for 5-8 sessions that has been keeping her from working > 20 hrs a week in an area of need and be reimbursed > than any in-network commercial plan that exists in my state. My peers who have set up offices in more wealthy neighborhoods work out of network, treating someone with fibromyalgia 50 times a year because their out of network commercial plan favors benefits for those that pay for higher premiums. And my peers that call themselves health care providers set up rediculous out of network fees on superbills. Sickening! The new law is NOT socialism. It's initial competition to the commercial insurance programs to get people to invest in healtcare vs. a $300 cell phone. For those who have seen their premiums increase, its for a short term, because they will have to eventually compete for in-network health care providers when they have the money to do so. Posted by David Bullock -> >LU`CH on 7/1/2012 1:39 PM Reading some of these comments makes me very sad to be part of a health profession that has been hijacked by the pursuit of the almighty dollar. You people make me question my faith in humanity. Many of you sound just like the doomsayers back when Medicare first started, Boy you would have thought this country was dead back then, but no, it has continued to grow and be the powerful nation that it is. It did not turn into a socialist country when Medicare started like all the bozos claimed. It became stronger and more respected. This law drags the U.S. into the 21st century, kicking and screaming. Like PT Barnum said a few comments ago, educate yourself, for real, not just from the talking heads like Francine Summers has done thinking she can call that research. Then maybe you can speak of actual realities and not some fear-mongering inanities and conjectures. All of these opposing arguments are so old and based on so much bias and fabricated, made-up, potential scenarios, not anything based on reality. Posted by Joel Anderson -> AGVbDG on 7/1/2012 4:15 PM As a PT and an ethicist, I see health care reform as society deciding if health care should be a social program or a business industry. Most people have a bias to one way or the other. Currently, health care is straddling the line. I expect it will continue this pattern. How? is the question. As a person who is politically independent and philosophically moderate, I know that this is not the end of health care reform. Future Congresses and Presidents will make many changes - some I may agree with and some not. I also know that respectful public discourse will move us forward more as a profession and as a society than most of what has been written in this comment section. Posted by Debra Gorman-Badar on 7/1/2012 6:29 PM All though not perfect, something needed to be done. It seems like the APTA focuses a lot on Outpatient services, however the Acute Care and Rehabilitation areas have been suffering because of the large numbers on uninsured. Some progress towards improved quality for at risk populations is likely to come out of this. Posted by Brent Perdrizet on 7/1/2012 9:43 PM Why does everybody hate this law so much? As a small private practice owner, in the last year it has affected me by giving me more insured patients and my 20 year old son coverage. Yes, my insurance premiums rose, by 8 percent, but they rose by 8 percent last year and the year before, the same amount that they were going to anyway, just like they do every year. And my husband, who has diabetes and thyroid cancer, continues to have coverage. Oh and the insurance company that I use to provide me and my employees health benefits wrote me a letter saying that they were going to do their best to use 80 percent of my premiums for health care but in the event that they could not I would have to be prepared to figure out how I would issue a refund to my myself and my employees. What is the problem? Posted by S Foxx on 7/2/2012 12:17 PM Thank you to Katherine J Sullivan (above) for a great post! I agree with her philosophy. I'm also dismayed by the negative tone I see and hear from so many of my APTA peers who seem to "hate" the ACA because of who passed it and how it was passed. I'm sorry to see how politics have invaded the professional space physical therapists inhabit. I'm currently living in Spain and running a cash-based physical therapy practice. I've started small but I have a healthy, double-digit growth rate. I charge €25 per 45 minutes (about $42). If you think that's too low remember that Spain has 50% unemployment in the young and 28% unemployment overall. Also, people can go a get a "fisio" for "free" (covered under government social security) - but they elect to see me via direct access. They've "opted-up" to a higher level of service using the "free market" in place of the Spanish social security. Basic Spanish healthcare is fully covered. Their medications are free, basic screening, immunizations, family doctor visits and emergency room visits are fully covered. In short, Spanish citizens (and tax-paying business owners like me) have some semblance of what the ACA purports to deliver to Americans. I think the challenge, going forward, is to deliver these basic services to Americans without becoming financially insolvent, like Spain. People like Francine Summers, who post IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS to make their point, fail to remember that American innovation has delivered two centuries of surprising and wonderful change that have put America on top of the world's cultural, economic and scientific scale. I am optimistic that the the Supreme Court's decision on the ACA is just the beginning of another wonderful round of American innovation that will amaze the world. Tim Richardson, PT http://www.PhysicalTherapyDiagnosis.com Posted by Tim Richardson on 7/2/2012 4:42 PM While I agree that every American should have health care coverage and feel confident that they have somewhere to turn in the event they have a serious condition requiring medical attention, I am concerned about a few items in the ACA. One, that, as previously stated above, a person can essentially remain uninsured until a situation arises that require them to obtain health insurance then purchase a plan due to the fact that pre-existing conditions cannot be denied and have the insurance company pay for any services they require then drop the plan when everything has been paid. If you don't think this will affect all of our premiums then you don't understand the insurance industry's business. Second, while I am aware that the Obama plan will entitle all Americans to be covered, there is to be an "Administrative Board" that will make decisions on the care of individuals over a certain age. In order to save $$ I am concerned that there is an incentive to cut costs by denying or delaying care to these individuals (much like the current Workers Comp plans). Third, if the cost of operating a private practice rises and reimbursements diminish the logical next step is to reduce the budget by either laying off staff or cutting every therapist's pay. While many of the therapist above mentioned the idealism of providing care to ALL Americans regardless of the amount of reimbursement, they need to remember that (while we need to place the care of our patients over the potential for business profits) healthcare is a business and requires profits to remain in existence as well as to pay the ever rising demand for salaries and benefits by the PT's the private practices employ. Additionally, if anyone has ever started their own private practice they can appreciate the costs and (financial) STRESSES involved in opening and operating their own business in an ever changing economy and insurance market. For that alone ample remuneration should be expected. However, as a private practice owner myself I always have (and have often exercised) the option to waive or reduce payments for those that truly cannot afford to pay however this option may be diminished if my bottom line no longer permits me to be selectively magnanimous to those we feel are deserving. Additionally, I struggle with the fact that this will be another avenue for the certain lazy individuals that we occasionally see in our practices and our communities that have no desire to find work and welcomes the opportunity to enjoy yet another benefit afforded them by our tax-paying citizens while continuing to live off the system. If anyone read the Supreme Court decision and rationale, there is absolutely NO PENALTY that will be enforced if you do not pay the "tax" (penalty) for not carrying insurance coverage. In closing, it is my hope and prayer that the ACA will turn out to be a good plan for all Americans but from the highlights and articles I have read and the observations I have made when the government becomes involved in any system, I have my doubts. Posted by Randy Veroline -> =KS\=I on 7/4/2012 12:34 AM I think we have to realize that this bill is a decision at a point in time. I for one wholeheartedly support the direction this bill takes us. I am sure though that there are aspects of it that will need tweaking as we get into it. So did Medicare and Medicaid. As a profession it will allow us to see more individuals and provide the same care we can provide to those who have not only insurance, but insurance that is of a type that we can financially accept. We will have to make changes perhaps in our business structures in many areas of practice, including facility based practice in order to meet the needs of society...and that is what we are here for, to meet the needs of society. they give us the right to treat them. It is a privilege we have to earn every day. There are many "rights" that we enjoy as americans, but each of them comes with a responsibility we have to meet. I for one feel this helps me as a practitioner meet the privilege society has given me to take care of them Posted by Jim Dunleavy PT MS on 7/7/2012 12:03 PM The healthcare law is a JOKE, Obama is a JOKE, and the APTA is a joke because they cannot accomplish anything positive for our field. We waste all of our money with membership dues because as far as I can recall over the past 5 years there has not been one change in favor of Physical Therapy. Posted by Tony on 7/7/2012 1:51 PM Medicare, Obamacare, third party payer, it is all the same....good job (therapy), or bad job, SAME PRICE, until we have a cost/cash based system the reimbursement will be the same regardless of who provides the therapy, experienced therapist with name recognition and track record or new grad PT/PTA with no experience. People say health care is too expensive, meanwhile they get home loans for hundreds of thousands of dollars....there is no reason healthcare and Physical therapy cannot be financed the same way as major purchases like homes or cars..........supply and demand may create a market for those so called one percenters seeking physical therapy to find those of us who can get the job done without all the paperwork......GOD BLESS (AND SAVE) AMERICA. 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Thursday, December 10, 2009
Rule 5 Draft Day - Starring Shannon Tweed
His argument, we suppose, is that we shouldn't get all excited over minor leaguers considering our aversion to the levels of "prospect porn" demonstrated by people who love their own minor leaguers too much to give them up for a stud like Roy Halladay. (Also, our aversion to Jays fans who insist that the road to glory includes stockpiling infinite numbers of compensatory picks.)
We didn't think we'd need to address this, but since it was raised, we'll say this: The Rule 5 Draft isn't a prospect porn thing. It's more like a "prospect erotic thriller", where you know that you're not gonna get much good stuff, but it's the best thing that's on hand at the moment. So to speak.
Who needs a car jumper?
Joey Gathright can jump over cars. He can also post a career slugging percentage of .303. Which is 14 points lower than John McDonald's career mark.
I hate Joey Gathright.
(And no, this doesn't count as the Major League player that we wanted to see the Jays pick up at the meetings. Because we hate Joey Gathright.)
Update: Bastian tweets that the deal isn't done. So there.
The Roy Halladay Sweepstakes
From the sounds of some of the packages being floated in the media yesterday, it's on like Donkey Kong in the race to get Doc out of Toronto. And frankly, at this point, we're liking what we hear. (Optimism!!!1)
Also, Buster Onley from ESPN notes that AA is impressing his peers with the way he is going about his business in Indy. Which is good, because you'd hate to think they view him as some dilettante weird germaphobe.
Where To Find The Latest News, Analysis and Insight on the Winter Meetings
We've spent more time on the Drunk Jays Fans blog than any other Canadian site this week. Where the hell else are you going to go?
(This would be a good week for a winter DJF podcast, don't you think?)
The Manager Speaks
But we're not listening. La la la la la we can't hear you! La la la la!
26 comments:
- Peter DeMarco said...
Now that the Jays have signed John MacDonald, Alex Gonzalez and Joey Gathright, it looks like all the core pieces are together to assure future success.
Nice work AA, no if you could only deal Halladay for another SS like Aybar, the world would be perfect. What's that old saying, you can never have enough shortstop?
- December 10, 2009 at 10:14 AM
- The Ack said...
So, our guy Bastian informs that AA has already skipped town.
Quite the productive winter meetin', huh?
Info gathering!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- December 10, 2009 at 10:22 AM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
"Prospect erotic thriller" sounds about right. And who doesn't love a good Shannon Tweed reference? When I think of Tweed, I think of ShowCase, and "The Drambuie ShowCase Revue." Good times. Well done.
It was probably optimistic to think that Doc would actually be dealt at the meetings. AA had to get a reading on the market, and the meetings were his chance. I think it's safe to say there's no way Doc's a Jay come spring training, and that's all that matters to me.
And I'm surprised the Drunks didn't get sent to Indy by The Score. That would have been nails.
- December 10, 2009 at 10:28 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Jays grabbed two guys out of the Nats system in the Rule 5 draft. That'll show 'em!
Zech Zinicola in the MLB phase, and Rueben De La Rosa in the AAA phase.
- December 10, 2009 at 10:31 AM
- The Ack said...
Seriously, this week has to be the biggest collective case of Jays fan blue balls (& whatever the female equivalent is) in the history of the org.
Halladay trade!! nope.
Overbay deal!! negative.
New catcher!! nuh-uh.
Corner outfielder!! still waiting.
Info gathering!! YOU FUCKING KNOW IT!!!
The Ack is being an impatient, childish, irrational prick!! Definitely!!!!!
- December 10, 2009 at 10:44 AM
- Peter DeMarco said...
Gotta love that era on Zech Zinicola in triple A last year. How the hell do the nationals have anything worthwhile when they have complete garbage on their 40 man roster?
- December 10, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Joey Gathright is a good fielder is he not? (I could look this up, but I like to just ask)
At least he could help in the outfield. Give Vern a few days off etc.
- December 10, 2009 at 12:29 PM
- SP said...
Thank you Dana Brown!
- December 10, 2009 at 12:29 PM
- SP said...
Random D-bag, he's an above average fielder and he's also a fuck-awful hitter too. And if they don't get anyone else to hit lead off, and Bautista isn't brought back to platoon, Joey Gathright is your every day lead off hitter...*half-heartedly blows into party blower*
- December 10, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Tao, you lost me with your DJF reference. You have the best Jays site on the web. They are Wal Mart ,you are Tiffany's. Nuff Said! Even SP defected here, for Chrissakes, he prolly tired of ASS' Andrewa Stoeten Scumbag) tiresome immaturity.
@ ack, your self deprecation is amusing to say the least. Even at your most" childish" you are eons more mature than Captian Douchehat or Princess Assbag AKA Andrewa Stoeten.
- December 10, 2009 at 1:48 PM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
Bruno, I sense much anger in you. And when I think of The Tao of Stieb, I do oddly think of Tiffany's. And, from today, Shannon Tweed. Awesome.
- December 10, 2009 at 2:23 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
I think that ultimately, my goal has always been to get this blog to the point where I can make a Shannon Tweed reference, and people will call it awesome.
I might just call it a career after today.
@Bruno - Say what you will, I still enjoy the Drunks. I don't agree with everything they write, but still enjoy reading them every day.
(Even if they did take pot shots at me on their podcast because I bailed on them after they made me wait around for two hours for them to call me on the night of the Mad Men finale.)
- December 10, 2009 at 2:48 PM
- SP said...
Defected? DJF is the Communist Cuba of Jays blogs now?
I've always been here. I came for Jays perspective, but I stayed for Handsome Tony.
- December 10, 2009 at 2:58 PM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
Drunk Jays Fans started this gangster shit, and this the mother fucking thanks they get?
I wrote this over at GoF, but Parkes was right about Cito. All along. Now we've joined him in the mutiny. Parkes is a fucking genius.
And fire up the hot stove:
The Phillies are said to be including pitcher J.A. Happ, and either outfield prospect Domonic Brown or Michael Taylor in their offer.
In a separate report, the New York Daily News says that there is a chance that left-handed pitcher Cole Hamels could be the pitcher included in a Halladay deal.
The Angels package is believed to include pitcher Joe Saunders, shortstop Erick Aybar and outfield prospect Peter Bourjos.
The report also suggest that if the Jays and Angels make a deal, that the Jays would likely try to flip Joe Saunders to another club to help fill other needs.
- December 10, 2009 at 3:12 PM
- SP said...
Hamels really fell off recently, but I'd still want him in the deal over Happ. I'd take either of Brown or Taylor and I'd want them to add in catching prospect Travis D'Arnaud. I've said I don't want the Jays to target a catcher in the Doc trade just for the sake of filling a need, but this works out because D'Arnaud is one of the top catching prospects and they're not giving us both Brown and Taylor or Drabek.
- December 10, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Look, fact-finding is necessary and extremely important. My genius is in my grand-strategic scheming, not in knee-jerk, reactionary business deals.
I am at my best over expensive alcohols and silver platters of high-grade Peruvian marching powder, atop skycrapers overlooking my Rogers Center. Not in second-rate hotel suites in Middle America. Think Manhattan. Think, Hong Kong. Think... Paris.
I have the Angels and the Phillies right where I want them. It has been my stratagem all along to develop the market as it has, and the gambit shall be revealed in due time. Do not assume for one second that I ever considered trading Doc to NYY or BOS (or TBR for that matter).
My first priority is to seduce the Phillies into a one-sided deal, that includes their top prospects, and a long-term extension that keeps that Doc monster out of my way and far from my dreams at night. My underhanded and deceitful tactics will allow for this objective to be secured. I am that handsome.
Can you afford not to trust such a stylish and stately individual like me? Can you afford to continue this unhealthy practice of over-analysis and pessimistic outlook for the future? No, no you can't. Just trust me with all things Blue Jay, and enjoy the results of my sexy plan.
Handsome Tony Viner
- December 10, 2009 at 3:42 PM
- SP said...
Prospect porn! Bow chika wow wow...ohhhh yea that's hot...
- December 10, 2009 at 3:42 PM
- Gil Fisher said...
I'm all for flipping joe saunders. I don't want him anywhere near Rogers Centre.
- December 10, 2009 at 3:44 PM
Handsome Tony, I don't like you. You won't like me when I'm angry. at least Gay Jays Fan had a camp value that was over the top BUT the pseudo Vinerman? You make JB on DJF sound intelligent.;)BTW, your plan is absolutely sexless don't try to imbue any , quite while you are ahead.
@ SP. NO DJF is more like North Korea,man. Parkes is OK and so is Bergkamp BUT this is the Jays blog par excellence now!
@ Eye. Eye you have the second best Jays blog. You have a great site and engage all the posters in an intelligent back and forth. I think the drunkards could learn a lesson or two from you..... also, eye even though we disagree , you are most probably the most passionate Jays fan out there. You are my polar opposite BUT I like the fact that you exist to balance the Dark Side of the force!
The whole flipping saunders bit...strange. Can AA just trade Doc for prospects and that's that? The Angels have a really good system, all this Joe saunders talk is silly. Maybe Rube maro will wise up and cough up DRabek and CO for Doc. They need Doc to push them over the edge. The Yankee$ would have lost that World Series if both Lee and Doc were in their fold.
- December 10, 2009 at 4:33 PM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
The season has been saved.
- December 10, 2009 at 4:38 PM
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- December 10, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Translation: Cito Gaston has defected to Communist China! and he is taking Vernon Wells with him. There will be a National holiday in Canada tomorrow as a result.Translation courtey of Won Dum Fuck, former fluffer for JP Ricciardi!
- December 10, 2009 at 5:46 PM
shannon tweed can suck a golf ball through a garden hose, ask handsome tony
- December 10, 2009 at 6:49 PM
"And I'm surprised the Drunks didn't get sent to Indy by The Score. That would have been nails."
Yeah, that would add to the "quality" programming there. Who wants to listen to those three fucks?
- December 10, 2009 at 11:51 PM
does anyone think porn is the only business still thriving during the credit cruch? I think many folks seek refuge in buying and wanking porn during the crunch
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This will not have effect in reality, that is what I believe.
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Here is the situation for iPhone4 owners thinking about upgrading to iOS-5:
- Nice Twitter Integration
- Where's the Locked iPhone Photo Taking Ability?
- Issues with chargers
- Issues with network connections (Verizon) to Email Provider slow / inconsistent (Is this a BlackBerry)
- LONG download of 768MB (about 3.5+ hours). Perhaps it will be less in a few days after all early adopters have had their chance at downloads.
- Camera APP loses zoom feature that was there in iOS-4 ??? If you had the 8MP new camera in iPhone5 perhaps it would not be so awful
- The notifications on the locked screen are more configurable and therefore better
- More features and Apps to learn (is that a plus or a negative or neither?)
- new Music App found my lost purchased iPhone songs that was HUGE plus
- It took a LONG time to copy all of my existing photos (1800+)
- It did NOT lose my emails, books, songs, but I was uncertain for a while – unnecessary fear
- My contacts came over OK, even ones I had done recently.
- Better contact synching overall
- Slight re-arrangement of my Apps (due to the new Apps from Apple)
- I thought UPDATE had failed (due to odd error message)
- You must be there at the iTunes App and with iPhone to handle initial configs and ok licenses. This is a hardship when it takes 3.5+ hours to download and more time to update the iOS. Do not walk away.
- I do not KNOW what would happen if you lost connection during the 3.5+ hours of download or during the time updating the iOS and configuration. You may need to do a restore or possibly re-start download ???
I am NOT updating my wife's iPhone because she is less willing to be an early adopter and fight through the issues. I would NOT hurry to update if you have iPhone4. There is not enough value and too many issues, plus you lose zoom on camera APP.
The Email issue reminds me of the BlackBerry woes. My email still comes/goes, but it is slow and the connection tom Email provider is inconsistent. Sometimes, the first two lines do not fully appear on all messages. What gives? This all worked perfectly in iPhone4. The EMAIL app issues is what gets me to recommend that you DO NOT UPGRADE yet on iPhone4. Also if you need zoom on the Camera APP then do NOT upgrade. The niceties are too little to be worth the issues.


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Beep! Beep!What the F *#@ is going on….?
I love cussing. Always have. It is cathartic and liberating…. I have always believed cussing is good for health. If 'Cuss and be damned' is your mantra, you are actually doing your over worked heart a big favour . If more people cussed away uninhibitedly, chances are, the world would be a kinder, gentler place. But, here's the catch - there's a good way to cuss, and a nasty one. Good cussing is when there is no malice behind the swear word, and it is used to express love and admiration ( "Bitch! How dare you look this hot!"), frustration and irritation ( "Damn! Why the eff are you so effing late? I've missed half the effing movie!"). But bloody minded cussing is for the seriously badass types who harbour mean, evil thoughts towards the world and are mean, evil people themselves. The stupendous popularity of a slight, clever film ("Delhi Belly') has opened up a stimulating dialogue on the power of gaalis. Especially English ones. To be addressed as 'Dog' shows a level of familiarity that makes the person thus addressed feel accepted…. even adored! These days, 'Slut' is right up there, if you wish to belong to in an international league of women who are adopting it as a big time bonding tool. 'Whore' remains in a grey area… but who knows, it could well become a favourite appellation of the ultra cool ( both sexes). Language is like that only! Fluid and unpredictable. That's what makes language so seductive! Yesterday's abuses becomes today's terms of endearment. And all those embarrassed men whose real names happen to be 'D.K.Bose' need not run for cover - why 'bhaag' when you can dance to it, kyon Aamir?
Kader Khan (remember him?) made ' Kutey ke Aulaad' pretty acceptable. If that was okay by the censor board of the day, what's wrong with 'son of a bitch'? As kids would put it, "Same to same, no, uncle?" The 'B-word'
(b*****d) has always been trickier and more lethal since it is considered the ultimate abuse across cultures. To call someone a b****** is to question parentage and insult the mother. But to describe someone as a 'Chu****' ? Welllll – that depends. It's English equivalent ("c**t" ) is not considered as terrible. Since this season's most discussed movie centers around the impressive use of graphic expletives, apart from the even more graphic explorations of the two unmentionables of polite society ( shitting and fucking ), it merits a national debate on what is worse – the pornography of images or the pornography of words? Or, still more importantly, whether pornography itself needs a fresh definition. Now that the floodgates have been thrown open, it's time to be more upfront about the 'boldness' out there, and deal with this tricky territory - the way modern India thinks and speaks… and yes…. err… f***s. Wake up! Our movies have made the big leap and high jumped into the 21st century when no one was looking. From two flowers kissing or two bushes shaking violently to suggest on- screen love making… here we are watching full on, in your face sex scenes, including one of the female protagonist of 'DB' faking an orgasm while shouting, "From the back… from the back…. yes, yes, yessss!" Nobody fainted inside the multiplex where I watched the movie . If anything, people were rolling in the aisles with glee and cheering the girl on!
We have come a long, long way from the old 'wet saree' sequence or the 'girl under a waterfall' ( how I miss the erotic charge of those sensuous sequences!). Today's 'item songs' are as brazen and as blatantly sexual as anything one can find while surfing the net. But wait a minute – was 'Choli Ke Peechhay Kya Hai?" less of a tease? Less provocative? Was Madhuri's 'dhak dhak' not a turn on for an entire generation? Even in the cleavage stakes, we had our busty beauties willing to flash miles of it without blushing. What then is new? Avid Bollywood fans would say it's those tongue- rolling kisses ( Aishwarya and Hritik Roshan set the trend) as opposed to couples rolling over snow and across verdant hills ( nobody did it better than 'Yahoo' Shammi Kapoor)? Similarly, bump- and- grind routines ('Munni' and Malaika) are as old as the hills… or as old as Helen ("Piya tu…ab to aaja" ). So… what it really boils down to is language. The shock value generated by 'DB' has little to do with the sex scene… it's the effing language! How smart of Aamir Khan to zoom in on the last remaining frontier of 'taboo' in Bollywood (unparliamentary language). How smart of him to pepper the movie with 'dirty dirty' four letter words. And how smart of him to spoof recent item songs by performing one himself ( fully clad, but with the most suggestive pelvic thrusts ever). Aamir has taken Bollywood masala to the next level… by boldly testing the country's 'abuse meter' He has shrewdly left it to the audience to decide how far to go with expletives. In the process he has made Amitabh Bachchan's 'Beep Beep' in 'BHTB' appear old school and out of sync with today's movie goer.From 'Kuttey -kamineey… door ho jayo mere nazron se…" to " F*** off, you 'Chu….", Aamir has sensed the shift in our sensibilities - it's desi abuses that score over phoren ones, folks. And Aamir has cashed in brilliantly on the altered vocabulary of the youth brigade. If 'DB' is being seen as a game changer, it is the rawness of the lingo alone that has done the trick at the box office. People come out of theatres exclaiming "What the f***! I totally loved this shit!" And they are paying a huge compliment! The big grins on their faces as they throw the f-word around randomly, demonstrates something more than just the thrill of cussing and swearing in public. It represents absolute delight at this new found freedom to use 'forbidden words' openly and not shock anybody. Not even themselves!
Personally speaking… that's a bit of a shame. The F-word has just gone phooooos!And Aamir's to blame for killing it.


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Healing touch influences a
person's physical or emotional health without anyone physically touching the
person. Healing touch is a common practice. Healing touch is related to
spiritual or energy healing, therapeutic touch, and distant healing.
In the 1970s, nurses developed a specific form of healing touch called
therapeutic touch to provide a more holistic (viewing the body and mind as a
whole, not as individual components), compassionate approach to healing. Many
nursing schools in the United States teach therapeutic touch, and it is often
used in conventional medical settings (such as before and after surgery) to
help comfort patients.
Central to healing touch is the belief that
a vital energy or life force flows freely through space and sustains all living
organisms. In a healthy person, this energy is thought to flow in and out of
the body in a balanced way. It is believed that illness results when the energy
flow is out of balance.
Practitioners of healing touch use their
hands in an attempt to change a person's energy flow and restore health.
Healing touch does not require contact between the practitioner and the person
during treatment. The practitioner moves his or her hands several inches above
the person's body.
Like other complementary medicines, healing
touch starts with the idea that people are naturally healthy. The way people
live and think may disturb their natural energy, and they may become ill. The
aim of healing touch is to focus (or channel) healing energy to restore natural
People use healing
touch to help treat many diseases. Supporters of healing touch believe it is
especially helpful for healing wounds, curing infections, and relieving pain
and anxiety. Some research studies have shown that, like yoga and meditation,
healing touch reduces anxiety and stress.
Little research has been
done on the effects of healing touch, and it is a difficult form of therapy to
study using traditional scientific techniques. But some studies on distant
healing show benefits.
You can safely use healing
touch along with conventional medical treatments. But it is not considered
appropriate or safe for serious, life-threatening situations or to replace
other proven treatments that are known to help with a disease. There is no
known risk in adding healing touch or distant healing to your medical
Always tell your doctor if you are using an
alternative therapy or if you are thinking about combining an alternative
therapy with your conventional medical treatment. It may not be safe to forgo
your conventional medical treatment and rely only on an alternative
Other Works Consulted Coughlin P, Micozzi MS (2002). Principles and Practice of Manual Therapeutics, 1st ed., pp.
184–197. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. Weze C, et al. (2007). Healing by gentle touch
ameliorates stress and other symptoms in people suffering with mental health
disorders or psychological stress. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 4(1): 115–123.
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I have a Combo Box and when the user selects an item from the dropdown, I want to edit it before it shows up in the Edit Box. So I capture the CBN_SELCHANGE message and I read the user's selection, edit it a bit, and then set it in the Edit Box using ComboBox_SetText(hwndCtl, lpsz) which is equivalent to SetWindowText((hwndCtl), (lpsz)). After I set it I read it back and it is set. However, it does not show up in the Edit Box to the user. The contents of the Edit Box is the dropdown item the user selected and not what I set. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong.
So basically, I'm doing the following:
case CBN_SELCHANGE:
/* Get index of current selection and the text of that selection. */
TCHAR buffer[200];
int index = SendMessage(m_hRecipients, CB_GETCURSEL, (WORD)0, 0L);
SendMessage(m_hRecipients, CB_GETLBTEXT, (WPARAM)index, (LPARAM)buffer);
//Get current contents of Edit Box
int nLngth = SendMessage(m_hRecipients, WM_GETTEXTLENGTH, NULL, NULL);
csRecipients = (TCHAR *)CoTaskMemAlloc(nLngth);
SendMessage(m_hRecipients, WM_GETTEXT, nLngth+1, (LRESULT)csRecipients);
// concat new selection to contents of Edit Box (current rescipient list)
if (nLngth > 0) tcscat(csRecipients, L",");
_tcscat(csRecipients, buffer);
// set the new contents of the Edit Box
ComboBox_SetText(m_hRecipients, (LPCWSTR)csRecipients);
return TRUE;
Can anyone suggest what I'm doing wrong that the Edit Box doesn't persist the contents I set?
Thank you very much,
Rakefet Zdybel


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CUDA application programmers know that they have two metrics for success: The code must be correct, and it must run with high performance by exploiting massive parallelism. Low-wait algorithms are essential to preserving parallelism (and thus performance) even when presented with pathological situations that appear to require sequential processing. The NVIDIA SDK code samples are a useful repository of working code that demonstrates how to implement a variety of non-trivial computations in CUDA. In particular, the NVIDIA histogram SDK example is a good resource to consult to see how to use atomic operations.
Unfortunately, the performance of the NVIDIA example code can degrade severely when many threads need to increment the same histogram bin at the same time. This is unfortunate, as many programmers have adopted the NVIDIA histogram code into their own applications. Alternatively, the low-wait
ParallelCounter class from my earlier tutorial can be used to construct a histogram that maintains high performance regardless of how the histogram bins are incremented.
This article provides a complete working histogram example that preserves highly parallel performance when confronted with pathological situations in which every thread is simultaneously trying to increment a single
ParallelCounter object. A comparative analysis of performance relative to the more traditional "increment within a vector of integers" used in the NVIDIA SDK sample code demonstrate that equivalent high performance can be achieved when using histograms constructed from
ParallelCounter objects.
The histogram needs to be accessible from both the host and device for setup, computation, and reporting of results. Unfortunately, mapped memory is not an option due to the high reuse of the bins, and the expense of unnecessary PCIe data transfers; hence the need to transparently create and move potentially large numbers of objects between the host and device, which is why the
SHADOW_MACRO() method from my last Dr. Dobb's tutorial will be used to provide transparent host and device transfers. In this article, I also demonstrate the simplicity of dynamic parallelism introduced in CUDA 5.0.
To conform to the lowest common denominator of C structure compatibility, the source code for
ParallelCounter.hpp (Listing One) implements most of the code to transparently move data between the host and device as a macro,
SHADOW_MACRO(). Be aware that using a macro can cause name conflicts, among other issues.
The type of the class is passed via the variable
TYPE, which acts much like a C++ template argument and gives
SHADOW_MACRO() the ability to be used in many classes, structures, and C++ templates. This macro specifies the variable
my_d_ptr, which points to the device-side memory. The Boolean variable
usrManaged flags whether this code is performing the memory management or an external, user-allocated memory region is being used for the host and device transfers with
cudaMemcpy(). Public methods include:
d_ptr(): This method is called to get the device-side pointer. As needed, it performs any data allocation and/or initiates the data transfer between the host and device.
set_d_ptr(): This sets the device pointer to a user-allocated region of memory and sets
true(so this code will not call
free_d_ptr(): This frees the device pointer when appropriate.
cudaMemcpy(). If needed, memory is allocated on the device.
cpyDtoH(): This copies data from the device to the host with
The supporting macros
SHADOW_MACRO_INIT and
SHADOW_MACRO_FINI define code for inclusion in the constructor and destructor. The
ParallelCounter class from my previous article is modified to make use of
SHADOW_MACRO. Note that the
TYPE passed to the macro is
Listing One: Source code for ParallelCounter.hpp.
// Rob Farber #ifndef PARALLEL_COUNTER_HPP #define PARALLEL_COUNTER_HPP #include <iostream> #include <vector> using namespace std; #include <cstdio> #include <cassert> // parallel counter class definitions #include <stdint.h> #define SHADOW_MACRO(TYPE) \ private: \ bool usrManaged; \ TYPE *my_d_ptr; \ public: \ inline __host__ void set_d_ptr(TYPE* pt) { \ if(!usrManaged && my_d_ptr) cudaFree(my_d_ptr); \ my_d_ptr = pt; usrManaged=true; \ } \ inline __host__ TYPE* d_ptr() { \ if(!my_d_ptr) {cudaMalloc(&my_d_ptr,sizeof(TYPE));usrManaged=false;} \ cpyHtoD(); \ return my_d_ptr; \ } \ inline __host__ void free_d_ptr() { \ if(!usrManaged && my_d_ptr) cudaFree(my_d_ptr); \ my_d_ptr = NULL; usrManaged=false; \ } \ inline __host__ void cpyHtoD() { \ if(!my_d_ptr) my_d_ptr = d_ptr(); \ cudaMemcpy(my_d_ptr, this, sizeof(TYPE), cudaMemcpyDefault); \ } \ inline __host__ void cpyDtoH() { \ if(!my_d_ptr) my_d_ptr = d_ptr(); \ cudaMemcpy(this, my_d_ptr, sizeof(TYPE), cudaMemcpyDefault); \ } #define SHADOW_MACRO_INIT() my_d_ptr=NULL; usrManaged=false; #define SHADOW_MACRO_FINI() free_d_ptr(); template <uint32_t N_ATOMIC=32> struct ParallelCounter { private: uint32_t count[N_ATOMIC]; //////////////////////////// // Transparent data movement SHADOW_MACRO(ParallelCounter<N_ATOMIC>) public: __host__ __device__ ParallelCounter<N_ATOMIC>() { SHADOW_MACRO_INIT() } __host__ __device__ ~ParallelCounter<N_ATOMIC>() { #if !defined(__CUDA_ARCH__) SHADOW_MACRO_FINI() #endif } inline __device__ uint32_t operator-=(uint32_t x) { return atomicSub(count + (threadIdx.x % N_ATOMIC), x); } inline __device__ uint32_t operator+=(uint32_t x) { return atomicAdd(count + (threadIdx.x % N_ATOMIC), x); } // spread the counts across the counter __device__ __host__ void set(uint32_t x) { for(int i=0; i < N_ATOMIC; i++) count[i]=x/N_ATOMIC; for(int i=0; i < x % N_ATOMIC; i++) count[i] += 1; } inline __device__ __host__ uint32_t getCount() { #if !defined(__CUDA_ARCH__) this->cpyDtoH(); #endif // simplest slow method for right now. uint32_t sum=0; for(int i=0; i < N_ATOMIC; i++) { sum += count[i]; } return sum; } }; // end of class definitions #endif
Note that this code is predicated on the assumption that the object size and layout are identical between the host processor and the GPU. It is important to check that the classes that include
SHADOW_MACRO() are at least trivially copyable.
At some point in the future, CUDA will offer a form of high-performance cached mapped memory. Until then, the
SHADOW_MACRO() code is useful because it encapsulates device-side data allocation and data movement between the host and device. Regardless of how the data moves between the devices, the programmer must ensure that all C++ classes provide a data layout that is usable on both devices! This implies that C++ type traits and C++ compiler methods to check type traits will be important for the foreseeable future.


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Watch out, Vanguard. Capital Group wants the active investing crowd to up its game.
The group, which has about $1.2 trillion of investor and institutional assets under management (or roughly half of Vanguard's global AUM) in its American Funds and other products, released a study on Monday highlighting how often its funds have beaten the S&P 500. It's also beefing up its sales force in the hopes of stemming recent outflows and finding more ways to work with financial advisors.
According to Capital Group, the American Funds general sales force, which works with all types of financial advisors, will be expanded to 145 from 115 over the next six to eight months. The organization also has a separate group of institutional wholesalers, 10 of whom focus on the RIA channel.
"Recently, conversations about investing have become too narrowly focused," said James F. Rothenberg, chairman of Capital Group, in a press release. "It has become apparent that there is only one voice out there, a voice contending that passive investing is more attractive. We need to challenge that assumption."
Numbers in Focus
Overall, actively managed funds outpaced the S&P 500 47% of the time from 1993 to 2012. But, Capital Group believes, investors have a lot to gain by focusing on active managers that "add value" and beat the benchmark.
"Most of both the academic work and the cited references about passive investing use comparisons that are extraordinarily broad," Rothenberg said. "They take the whole mutual fund business and say that, on average, active managers do not outperform. However, we believe that if you look beneath all the data and ask the question not as, 'Do money managers underperform?' but turn it around the other way and ask, 'Are there certain managers who show a sustainable ability to outperform?' the answer is 'yes.'"
Capital Group's research looked at the results of 17 equity funds, excluding those in the moderate and world-allocation categories. Looking at one-year average performance, it found its funds topped the S&P 500 57% of the time between 1934 and 2012. That figure rose to 67% for a five-year average and 98% for a 30-year average.
Since 2003, the average one-year performance of equity-focused American Funds outpaced that of the S&5 500 58% of the time. The three-year results topped the index 77% of the time.
"The choices investors and their advisors make concerning the investment managers they hire can have important long-term consequences," Rothenburg said.
Comparing retirement portfolios with $500-a-month contributions over the past 30 years, an investor in American Funds (after deducting fees and expenses) would have had nearly $1.1 million versus about $805,000 for the index-dominated portfolio — a difference of about 35%.
"There can be an active advantage, and we think Capital can provide that," Rothenburg said.
"We think there may be some potential long-run hidden costs to investors who simply buy index funds for their equity allocations, and we'd like to see investors be in a position to evaluate their choices with the benefit of more information," he said. "For example, in the work we do in our funds, if we think the market is a little rich, we can change the mix of what we own, we can go to cash, we can do a variety of things to try to protect the shareholder's exposure. Index funds cannot."
In the Capital Group white paper, the asset manager notes the views of Morningstar global research chief Don Philips, who said, "The active-versus-passive debate has been grossly overplayed to the detriment of many fine, actively managed fund shops and to intelligent investment discourse."
Pushing for a Turnaround
Still, American Funds will most likely need to embrace a range of strategies to convince advisors and investors of the merits of its products.
While the Growth Fund of America (AGTHX) is outpacing the S&P 500 over the past 12 months, with returns of 24%, the American Mutual Fund (AMRMX) is underperforming the index with returns of about 17% versus 17.5% for the S&P, according to data from Yahoo Finance on Monday.
In its analysis of August fund flows, Morningstar found that American Funds lost $1.9 billion, bringing total 2013 outflows to $11.6 billion. In the same month, Vanguard attracted $552 million in flows and has seen $50.8 billion of inflows this year.
As of Aug. 30, Vanguard has about 17.5% of the fund market (excluding funds of funds and money-market funds), while Fidelty has 10.5%, American Funds 10% and PIMCO 5.4%, the research groups says.
In early summer, Los Angeles-based Capital Group began sharing more information with advisors about attribution analysis and other portfolio information, while soliciting more insights from advisors about their portfilio-building techniques. The first phase of this transparency-boosting initiative is under way, the company says, and it includes passing along reports and data to reps via e-mail communication and other methods.
Check outthese related stories on ThinkAdvisor:
- Who Will Slay the Index-Investing Dragon?
- Will Indexing Kill the Market?
- Your Move, Bogleheads: Advisor Finds DFA's Returns Trump Vanguard's


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Yesterday IUCN signed a new partnership agreement with France, which aims to support the Union's global biodiversity conservation work, focusing on sub-Saharan Africa, oceans and global governance of natural resources.
Delphine Batho, Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, Victorin Lurel, Minister of Overseas France, Pascal Canfin, Deputy Minister for Development and Anne Paugam, CEO of the French Development Agency signed the agreement with IUCN, represented by Julia Marton-Lefèvre, its Director General. The partnership aims to bring significant progress in biodiversity conservation that is expected to be achieved by 2016.
Initially signed in 2005 and renewed in 2009, the partnership agreement between France and IUCN has thus been extended for another four years, thereby strengthening France's commitment to protecting biodiversity, in accordance with its international engagements regarding the Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD).
France will invest almost 8 million Euros in order to support actions in three major areas aimed at protecting global biodiversity:
• The conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable management of natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa;
• The governance of the Oceans and the protection of the marine, coastal and insular ecosystems, the EU overseas entities;
• Global biodiversity governance.
With the signing of this agreement, France reinforces its position as one of IUCN's strategic partners. An organization that was founded in Fontainebleau in 1948, IUCN brings together over 1,200 members - government organisations (including 92 states) and non-government organisations – and 11,000 scientists and experts worldwide.
"With regard to biodiversity, France considers it has a particular responsibility, due to the great diversity of its natural heritage, its overseas territories and its marine areas," said Delphine Batho, Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy at the signing ceremony in Paris. "IUCN is carrying out essential work, exploring new areas that need to be monitored and protected. This agreement will help give substance to the priority France gives to the issue of the oceans, and to European and international commitments regarding marine biodiversity. The future of humanity is linked to that of biodiversity. It is simply a matter of protecting all living beings - protecting our living planet".
"Responding to the current crisis regarding nature on the African continent, ensuring better protection for the oceans and providing scientific knowledge to support the global governance of natural resources – these are the central themes of this new partnership between France and IUCN, said Julia Marton-Lefèvre, IUCN Director General. "I am very happy that we are going to intensify our joint efforts to prove that nature is a source of solutions to global issues such as climate change, poverty, and food and energy security,"
"Thanks to its overseas territories, France is unique in that it is present in all the oceans," said Victorin Lurel, Minister of Overseas France. "Thus, it has a unique responsibility regarding the protection and sustainable management of biodiversity. Due to their insular nature, France's overseas territories present specific features in terms of richness of their biodiversity, extremely high level of endemism, and also in terms of their fragility and the threats they face, including global climate change. IUCN's mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature, and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. Moreover, it benefits from an international network, which brings together over 1,200 members, from both the private and the public sectors. These characteristics clearly make IUCN a natural and privileged partner of the French Government in the consolidation of its political commitment to the protection of biodiversity."
"The protection of biodiversity is, along with the climate, a fundamental issue for sustainable development, said Anne Paugam, CEO of the French Development Agency. "The growth of the world's urban population, the intensive use of natural resources and the degradation of ecosystems and land threaten food and health security, above all affecting the poorest people in society. This situation is particularly serious in Africa. The French Development Agency (AFD) is about to publish its first biodiversity intervention strategy. Within this context, AFD plans to double its funding, which should reach 600 million Euros over the next four years. IUCN is an ideal partner for taking up this challenge."
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Optimyth Software's Kiuwan code measuring and analysis product now has a new Jenkins plug-in and has also been bolstered by the availability of a RESTful API.
"In a world where companies are embracing DevOps initiatives, we want to help them integrate the measurement and analysis of their application's code with their continuous integration and deployment processes with our new plug-in," said Jesus Martin, CEO of Optimtyh Software. "Nowadays, everything in software development has to be continuous: continuous builds, continuous integration, continuous deployment, you name it! Why not continuous code quality measurement?"
NOTE: Jenkins is the most widely used open-source continuous integration server in the IT industry — system integrators using Jenkins can drive the build and deployment of applications automatically assuring that all application modules and components are ready.
The Kiuwan plug-in allows system integrators to perform a code analysis as part of the process, and based on the results, they can decide whether or not to continue with the deployment process.
Results are automatically uploaded to Kiuwan so users can track the evolution of the relevant quality indicators, such as potential risks if they continue to develop with their current level of quality.
The Kiuwan Jenkins plug-in is open source under MIT license. Kiuwan users can now invoke the RESTful API to integrate the quality information of their application in their websites, their DevOps dashboards, or use them programmatically from other applications to make decisions based on their quality indicators.
"Interoperability is a key success factor for any cloud service. Kiuwan offers its RESTful API to anyone who wants to provide information about the quality of their applications. With our new RESTful API, they can easily pull that information directly from the source," Jesús Martín said.
NOTE: One of the key benefits of a RESTful API is that because it is completely independent of the programming language used, developers just have to issue an HTTP call to one of the endpoints provided by the API.