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Customized Golf Shirts from the Course to the Office
They may have been designed for wear during tennis matches and golf games, but the same comfort that customized golf shirts have brought to those playing fields can be found in the corporate playing fields today. Generally designed with a collar and a two or three-button placket, customized golf shirts are the ultimate wardrobe staple for professionals a part of a more relaxed business environment. Pair this article of clothing in any color with a nice pair of khaki slacks and you will look fresh and exude classic fashion sensibility. What's more is they offer a great opportunity for advertising potential when branded with your company name and logo.
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Customized golf shirts also allow others to easily recognize who are employees for your company. This is particularly important for companies with retail stores. Customers can know exactly who to turn to for questions and help with purchases when they see someone in a shirt emblazoned with the name of the store that they are in. This same idea can be applied to events like conferences and trade shows. With customized golf shirts, attendees will know exactly what organization with which wearers belong and can easily seek these persons out should they have inquiries or want assistance. The shirts also lend a sense of legitimacy to those wearing them, and customers thus feel more comfortable approaching them for advice.
Customized Golf Shirts for You and Your Brand
As mentioned previously, customized golf shirts do tend to all share the same general design, but there is still room for variety with many of their particular features. In addition to the availability of shirts in many different colors, they are also available for purchase in many different materials. Pique knit shirts with 100% ring spun combed cotton are a classic option. Supima cotton is a popular material too because, as one of the highest grades of cotton in the world, it is very soft and lightweight. Many materials are also wrinkle and shrink resistant which means these shirts will look great on the wearer with very little care necessary. And for those that actually do plan to break a sweat in their customized golf shirts, there are those with double polyester mesh construction that is engineered to wick away moisture with ease, keeping the wearer clean and cool.
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Video feature: 'Flowering in winter'
Brief glimpses of spring began to emerge through winter's snowy months. While snow is still making up its mind to finally leave this season, students' minds flower and thrive at Princeton. Bundled and bounding on wonderland paths, students in this video trail between havens that offer friendship, warmth and memories. They pause in spaces like Chancellor Green, which more than a century ago held the entire Princeton library -- and is now a comfortable space for study and reflection.
Life always blooms at the Frist Campus Center's Café Vivian, where friends find balance between the sciences and humanities -- and laptops and coffee.
For those who walked in Prospect Garden, the snow blanketed and protected the promise of spring.
Students, who conquer midterms March 7-11, will find regeneration in the various break trips abroad, community service activities and inevitable rest that happen March 12-20 while Princeton enjoys spring recess.

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text: Friday, July 06, 2012 CMS Releases Proposed 2013 Physician Fee Schedule Rule Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed 2013 Medicare physician fee schedule rule that updates 2013 payment amounts and revises other payment policies. Excluding the 31% projected sustainable growth rate payment cut, the aggregate impact on payment of changes in the rule is a positive 3% for outpatient physical therapy services. Additional proposed policies that will impact physical therapists include implementation of new functional status codes for reporting therapy services, updates to the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) program, and initiatives to promote care coordination. As required by the Middle Class Tax Relief Jobs Creation Act of 2012, CMS proposes to implement a claims-based data collection process to gather data about patient function for patients receiving outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy services. Therapists would be required to report new codes and modifiers on the claim form that reflect a patient's functional limitations and goals at initial evaluation, periodically throughout care, and at discharge. This data is for informational purposes and is not proposed to be linked to reimbursement. This reporting system is proposed to be implemented on January 1, 2013. Claims will be processed during the first 6 months until July 1, 2013, regardless of the inclusion of the functional limitation codes. Beginning July 1, 2013, all claims must include functional limitation codes to be paid by Medicare. CMS proposes to retain the 12-month calendar year reporting period for the PQRS program in 2013 and beyond. The incentive payment for 2013 will remain 0.5%. The 2013 reporting period data will be used to inform both the 2013 incentive payment (0.5%) and the 2015 payment adjustment (-1.5%). Successful reporting requirements for the program are proposed to remain as they were in 2012 requiring that participants report a minimum of 3 individual measures or 1 group measure via claims based reporting on 50% or more of all eligible Medicare patients, or report a minimum of 3 individual measures or 1 group measure via registry reporting on 80% or more of all eligible Medicare patients. CMS proposes to establish new procedure codes that would allow reporting and payment for additional resources required for a physician and nonphysician practitioner to coordinate a patient's care outside a face-to-face patient encounter in the 30 days following discharge to the community from an inpatient hospital stay and skilled nursing facility stay. The public will have until September 4 to submit comments in response to this rule. On behalf of its members, APTA will submit comments in response to the rule. After reviewing public comments, CMS will publish a final rule on or about November 1, which will become effective for services furnished during calendar year 2013. APTA will provide a more detailed summary of the rule in the upcoming week. Comments Great, more codes and modifiers. It was already a challenge setting up codes for the fee reductions this year on all but the code with the highest PE. It's still a challenge. Is there room for more modifiers? We already bill 59GPKX on many codes. Posted by Debbe on 7/6/2012 11:03 PM Wondering if the functional limitation codes will coincide with FIM levels, or if it will be a new set of codes. We have found that the current FIMs are not sensitive enough to capture progress in the neurological population. I have PT/OT/ST therapists in our hospital-based Neuro practice. This is complex. I hope there are some big thinkers on this team! Posted by Mary Anne Kramer-Urner on 7/7/2012 12:35 PM I am wondering if this functional limitation code will be base on ICF or will new codes be formed for these functional limitations. Thanks Posted by Raifu Olorunfemi on 7/7/2012 4:03 PM Great, more reporting. Will they be giving us a heads up on what we are measuring/reporting on and how we will do that? Posted by Jan on 7/8/2012 6:18 PM After the 31% reduction from projected sustainable growth rate payment cut, you really care about modifiers and new codes? If the payment cut does not happen, then we should do all possible to reduce not add onto our non-clinical responsibilities. Posted by Barry Broman on 7/11/2012 10:40 AM i was looking for the new policy that effects how much pt, ot, and st that a person can receive that will be covered by medicare. its called "manual..." something? please help Posted by witney martinez on 9/22/2012 10:19 AM


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This page describes experiments carried out to create an embedded video processing unit based on the OMAP3530 application processor from Texas Instruments using Gumstix Overo COMs. This is one branch of the Embedded Video Processing and Radio Unit project. Logbook is on the talk page.
- Capture video from one or more cameras
- Compress and multiplex the videos with telemetry into a single transport stream suitable for transmission over the air
- Process incoming telcommands
First flight on amateur rocket
The objectives of this flight are:
- To test the Gumstix Overo Fire under high acceleration (TBD g)
- To capture images and/or video during the flight
We learned about an opportunity to fly onboard an amateur rocket (up to 3 km high). Flight will take place on October 3, 2010. Time is very short so we will be focusing on getting the Gumstix Overo Fire up and running, and have it record video during the flight. No real time video downlink.
System overview
Operating principle:
- After power on system boots Linux
- WiFi and Bluetooth are switched off
- Video capture script begins
gst-launch -v v4l2src num-buffers=18000 (TBC) ! image/jpeg,width=640,height=480,framerate=30/1 !\ avimux ! filesink location="video-%d.avi" 1> stdout-%d.log 2> stderr-%d.log
OS version: Angstrom 2010.7-test-20100923
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root@overo:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/root 1.8G 595.2M 1.1G 35% / devtmpfs 245.0M 188.0K 244.8M 0% /dev tmpfs 40.0K 0 40.0K 0% /mnt/.splash none 245.0M 188.0K 244.8M 0% /dev /dev/mmcblk0p2 1.8G 595.2M 1.1G 35% /media/mmcblk0p2 /dev/mmcblk0p1 38.6M 3.2M 35.3M 8% /media/mmcblk0p1 tmpfs 245.0M 1.5M 243.5M 1% /var/volatile tmpfs 245.0M 0 245.0M 0% /dev/shm tmpfs 245.0M 0 245.0M 0% /media/ram root@overo:~# free -k total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 501752 103500 398252 0 7784 59172 -/+ buffers/cache: 36544 465208 Swap: 0 0 0
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root@overo:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/root 1.8G 154.7M 1.5G 9% / devtmpfs 118.1M 188.0K 117.9M 0% /dev none 118.1M 188.0K 117.9M 0% /dev /dev/mmcblk0p2 1.8G 154.7M 1.5G 9% /media/mmcblk0p2 /dev/mmcblk0p1 38.6M 3.2M 35.3M 8% /media/mmcblk0p1 tmpfs 118.1M 344.0K 117.8M 0% /var/volatile tmpfs 118.1M 0 118.1M 0% /dev/shm tmpfs 118.1M 0 118.1M 0% /media/ram root@overo:~# free -k total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 241856 45052 196804 0 3900 26996 -/+ buffers/cache: 14156 227700 Swap: 0 0 0
General tasks
| Get Gumstix Overo Fire up and running
|Update image and boot from microSD
|Flash updated image to NAND
| Power consumption (with and without WiFi and BT)
Measurements done with Overo Fire on the Summit board.
|Development environment
| Hardware DSP
For flight
| Console image
| Select software to capture and save video from camera during flight
→ Gstreamer pipeline capturing JPG to AVI selected
| Management software
|Pinto-TH breakout board
| Canceled
Using Summit due to need for TTY
| Disable WiFi and BT
| Batteries
|Mounting hardware
|Dry run using the Summit board
Power budget
We have about 7 watts at our disposal.
Gumstix Overo Fire (WiFi and BT off) + Tobi expansion board + Logitech Webcam Pro 9000 consumes less than 500 mA at 5 VDC
Mass budget
The weight of electronics, camera, battery and wires not including the mounting hardware is approximately 200 grams.
- USB interface on Gusmtix Overo Fire is too slow for HD (even in MJPG mode). Max throughput appears to be around 10-15 Mbps.
- For future UVC setups, a guvcview-like app to control all camera settings will be very useful.
- Overo: Setup and Programming on Gumstix developer site
- I/O, connectors & cabling
- WiFi and BT SoC specs (local copy).
- Setting up Wifi on Gumstix Overo Fire
- PIXHAWK – Many useful BeagleBoard and Gumstix Overo COM related things. In particular, they seem to use similar cameras to those I got with the Leopard board, see http://pixhawk.ethz.ch/wiki/pixhawk_camera_competition
- Minimal, quick booting Gumstix image and other resources
- http://specialcomp.com/index.htm – Nice acrylic cases
- OMAP Power Management – Embedded Linux Wiki.
- ↑ Gumstix users wiki: Overo Wifi
- ↑ Gumstix users wiki: Creating an Ad-hoc Network
- ↑ Gumstix users wiki: Bluetooth
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gumstix Overo: Connector Overview & Design Information. See in particular Signals PDF.
- ↑ Minimal, quick booting Gumstix image and other resources
See also Embedded Video Processing and Radio Unit
- 2010.09.06: Gumstix Overo Fire on a rocket
- 2010.09.12: Gumstix Overo Fire booting from microSD card
- 2010.09.13: Kernel panic, accidental downgrade and working webcam
- 2010.09.18: Gumstix Overo Fire status and re-scoping the project
- 2010.09.23: Video recorder update
- 2010.09.24: A few bits and pieces for the onboard video recorder
- 2010.09.28: Disabling the WiFi on the Gumstix Overo Fire
- 2010.09.28: Expected video quality during the rocket flight
- 2010.10.01: Pre-flight mockup
- 2010.10.01: Rocket integration
- 2010.10.01: Arduino flight computer
- 2010.09.12: Gumstix Overo Fire booting from microSD
- 2010.09.14: OpenGL Demos on Gumstix Overo Fire
- 2010.09.28: Disable WiFi on the Gumstix Overo Fire
- 2010.09.30: Arduino flight computer firing the igniter (related video)
- 2010.09.30: Video Recorder Test Setup (Gumstix Overo Fire)
- 2010.09.30: Assembled rocket interior - Gumstix Overo Fire video recorder
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There are perils in the pipeline. These range from bulges to gaping holes.
Failure to understand and manage these perils will just cause you to work harder, or worse, you will get discouraged and quit.
As we progress through a series of pipeline perils columns, I plan to accumulate various bits of pipeline wisdom for you here: www.billgood.com/salespipeline. You should start your own "pipeline library" by downloading my sales pipeline infographic you see on that Web page. It's a great cheat sheet on the critters that go in, inhabit and get ejected from your pipeline.
[Editor's note: See Bill Good's October column "Sealing Cracks in Your Sales Pipeline."]
Pipeline Ins and Outs
There are only three types of prospects that enter the pipeline.
A = Hot. By definition, a "hot lead" is very interested, financially qualified, and willing to begin the sales process by setting an appointment.
B = Red Cherry. Someone who is interested, qualified and willing to receive investment literature. This person is NOT hot.
C = Green Cherry. Interested but does not have the funds or ability to make a decision until a known or suspected later date.
Pits, are tossed. Rude and abusive folk are ejected. And some emerge as new clients.
What Happens Inside?
Oh I wish the pipeline were an orderly flow. You call back a Red Cherry. He or she sets an appointment.
In the first appointment, you do your profile. You set the second appointment. Your prospects show up on time. They like your presentation. They buy.
But the reality is different. The pipeline is a roiling, dirty flow. People you are certain are going to buy do not. They skip appointments, get scared, don't communicate.
Roberta Loblaw calls your office. She attended a seminar two years ago. She wants info on an IRA rollover. You send it. You tell her you will call her in a week. She's very upbeat, friendly and excited to retire in six months.
You make the promised call. You leave a VM. No return call.
You try three days later. VM. Nada.
You wait a week. VM. Zip.
Roberta is in a bad place. I call it "dark." But be careful now, don't confuse "dark" with someone who is a "false cherry"—generally a cold call prospect who looked like a cherry on a first call, but told you to send some info just to get you off the phone. They never accept a second call. If you are cold calling, and if a cherry does not answer the phone or return the call after two attempts, realize you have a pit. Move on.
When I talk "dark," I am talking about real cherries who go dark. They are worth the time and effort to recover.
The Dark Side
To me, one of the great mysteries of sales is why otherwise friendly, responsive prospects do not respond to calls, emails or letters.
My theory is that one or more of three conditions exists.
They are really undecided and do not want to be pushed.
There is a delay factor of some severity, possibly a family emergency. I'm going to deal with "delay" next month.
They have decided not to take your offer, but are afraid to tell you.
Since we do not know why someone has gone dark, then you risk blowing off those truly undecided or subject to delay.
In any case, you are dealing with one of the most powerful human emotions: FEAR.
So the question is: how do you deal with fear? Answer: very gently.
I don't have a formula for dark. I do have some suggestions.
After your second VM, I would suspect this person is dark.
You cannot force them to call you. And you should never make them feel guilty.
It is time now for some very gentle VMs, emails and perhaps a hand-written note or two. At least some of these should try to engage.
Start these messages maybe twice a week, then once a week, then once every two weeks, and then perhaps a final but very gentle "pitch and miss" message as below. In at least one, or even two of these messages, try to engage with an invitation to an event.
The hallmark of this approach is: gentle, light, non-threatening.
Here are two sample VMs:
Hi, it's Jill at Reliable Securities. I hope all is well. Call me.
Hi, Roberta, it's Jill. Reliable Securities. We're having a "bring a case of food" party for the Food Bank Thursday evening. I sent you an invitation. I hope to see you there.
And a couple of sample emails:
Hi, Roberta. Here's a very interesting article on IRA rollovers. I thought you would find it of great interest.
Hi, Roberta. Here is a copy of my Client Educational Seminar Calendar for next month. If any of these topics are of interest, shoot back an email and I will save you a seat.
Pitch and Miss
At some point you need to end the attempt to resurrect a dark prospect. If this is someone you want to do business with, you need to "pitch" them.
Roberta: Sorry we won't be doing business now. I am enclosing two of my business cards. Keep one in case you have any questions. Pass one on to a friend. Meantime, I'll stay in touch with info I hope you find helpful.
You have to end the prospecting process. By letting your prospect know you are done, there will be a certain relief on your part, and if you manage your pitch and miss file correctly, you may get them back down the road. We will cover managing the pitch and miss file in a future "Perils" column.
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When I was kid, I couldn't wait for June to arrive because that was the month when you could start picnicking. May was often too cool, and by August, it would be sweltering. The cool thing about living in Southern California is that you can picnic anytime. That's why I surprised my parents last January with a day trip to Palm Springs to buy some Medjool dates and to go on a picnic.
I couldn't pack just any picnic. After all, I remember vividly our family picnics that my mom used to prepare-- no bagged chips or hot dogs. Her picnics were typical Italian-American feasts, only placed inside Tupperware, set in coolers, and hauled to wherever we were going. Maybe there wasn't lasagna at a July picnic, but you can bet there was summer tomato and fresh mozzarella salad, crispy baked chicken cutlets, and hard, crusty bread to dunk in some silky extra virgin olive oil.
For our picnic I decided to go simple and Mediterranean. We started off with some wine, cheese, and bread from a local Italian deli. We then enjoyed a marinated olive, fennel, and orange appetizer I had made, and finished with a savory Mediterranean Wheatberry Salad with Lentils and Chickpeas.
Since we had already eaten quite a bit by the time we got to the wheatberry salad, I thought nobody would want it. I was wrong. After a few comments like, "Mmmm this is so good" and "Are you gonna finish that?" I wished I had made more. (It's the curse of being female and Italian. You NEVER feel as though you've made enough food.)
Since that day, both my mom and I have made this salad numerous times. In fact, Mom called this morning and said she had just made a double batch of it for a picnic she is going to on Saturday.
That's why it's the fifth installation of my Satisfying Super Salads series. Today's super ingredient is wheatberries, a wonderfully chewy, nutty flavored whole grain that is both protein and calcium rich.
Tossed with lentils and chickpeas (two fiber and protein powerhouses), this is one seriously healthy salad. With briny kalamata olives, savory sun-dried tomatoes and fragrant fresh herbs, the result is a pleasing medley of bold Mediterranean flavors and textures that will keep you satiated long after you've finished eating.
Enjoy it as a vegetarian main dish, or add sauteed pork, chicken, or shrimp. It's also a great side dish with grilled fish, and even works as a stuffing in peppers and zucchini.
I usually triple or quadruple the recipe because this makes the most delicious left-over lunch. In general, I am NOT a fan of left-overs, but this is one of those dishes that actually tastes better after it sits a day or two. Plus then you won't have to worry about anybody fighting over the last serving.
(Don't pass on the fresh Italian oregano pictured above; it's infinitely better than god-awful dried oregano in a bottle. Try it to see what I mean.)
Mediterranean Wheatberry Salad with Lentils and Chickpeas
Serves 4
Print recipe only here.
1/2 cup dry wheatberries**
1/2 cup brown lentils
1 (15 oz) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
12 sun-dried tomatoes, thinly sliced
2 small red bell peppers, thinly sliced
12 olives (Kalamata or Cerignola), sliced
2 tablespoons feta cheese
2 tablespoons pistachios, walnuts, or pine nuts
Zesty Lemon and Herb Dressing:
2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
4 teaspoons red wine vinegar
4 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
salt, to taste
1/4 cup mixed, finely chopped fresh herbs such as basil, mint, oregano, and parsley
Soak wheatberries in cold water for at least 30 minutes, or up to 8 hours overnight. (The longer the soaking time, the shorter the cooking time will be.) In a small pot add 1/2 cup wheatberries to 2 cups water. Bring to a boil for 2 minutes, then simmer partially covered for 40-45 minutes, or until tender. Check the water level periodically. If it evaporates up and the wheatberries aren't cooked, simply add a little more.
In a small pot, add 1/2 cup lentils to 1 1/2 cups water. Bring to a boil for 3 minutes, then simmer, partially covered for 30-35 minutes, or until tender. Check the water level periodically. If it evaporates and the lentils aren't cooked, simply add a little more.
To make the dressing, whisk all ingredients (except fresh herbs) in a small bowl and set aside. Add the herbs just a few minutes prior to assembling the salad so they don't absorb too much of the dressing.
Place cooked wheatberries and lentils in a large bowl and add remaining salad ingredients. Toss until well combined. Add the dressing and fresh herbs and toss well. Garnish will additional feta cheese and/or fresh herbs, if desired. Serve at room temperature or chilled.
A shortcut for cooking wheatberries is the microwave. Since microwaves differ, you'd have to experiment with your settings. I find the following works well: Place 1/2 cup wheatberries and 2 cups water in a corning ware dish. Cover and microwave on half power for 15 minutes. Then microwave on high power for 20-25 minutes, or until the wheatberries have absorbed the water and are cooked through. They should be firm, but not hard. Also check the water level occasionally to make sure it hasn't evaporated. Sometimes you need to a bit more water before the end of the cooking time.
**Wheatberries are usually located in the bulk section of specialty and organic markets. Sometimes they are labeled "hard" or "soft." Hard wheatberries need to be soaked in water overnight before cooking, whereas soft ones don't.
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Chip Roame, head of Tiburon Strategic Advisors, drew attention to several risky trends affecting the financial services industry during his keynote talk on Tuesday at the Tiburon CEO Summit XXV in San Francisco.
The first trend he pointed to was the fact that about two-thirds of investors do not understand what happens to their portfolios when interest rates change, according to a recent poll.
"This is the industry's next scandal," said Roame, a former McKinsey consultant and Charles Schwab employee. "Financial advisors are not telling investors what happens when interest rates rise."
The industry needs to take the opposite approach for its own good, he says. "Be out there real loud explaining this … in pamphlets, online and at quarterly meetings with clients. If two-thirds of investors don't get this, they will blame someone!"
Adding to the potential negative fallout for advisors, Roame says, is the hope that consumer confidence in the industry is going to come back. "No. Not with one stumble after another," he stressed before an audience of about 200 industry VIPs.
While the vast majority of financial advisors don't operate in the types of business schemes that Bernie Madoff and SAC Capital Advisors ran, "This is how [the industry] is perceived, and it's naive to think there will no scandals in the next six months."
The Madoff debacle has "scared investors for decades," Roame said. "We are underestimating its impact on consumer confidence … and, the fact that only Madoff has gone to jail, makes a lot of investors skeptical. The industry has got to deal with this."
Regardless of whether or not an advisor is independent, fee based or with a bank, "You are lumped in with Madoff … that may be unfair, but it's how it is perceived. I encourage you all to look at how investors perceive the industry."
Marketplace Movement
On the plus side, advisors who can overcome the PR crisis have consumers with total net worth of about $35 trillion as investible assets and about $18 trillion in retirement plans as potential clients.
"It's a very fragmented industry. The top play, BlackRock, has just $3 trillion of the $53 trillion," Roame shared.
Still, most U.S. households, 90%, have less than $500,000 to invest, and the average is under $270,000.
Nonetheless, the level of investible assets has risen about 40% since 2008, and the amount of money in retirement plans is up 30%. "So, on a combined basis, you're up 35%, if you were in the market. Most Americans, though, were not in the market," Roame said.
For the industry, the "vanishing middle class" has serious consequences, and "we are not close to the consumer confidence level of 2006," he noted.
This has led more and more investors, especially younger ones, to open do-it-yourself (or self-serve) accounts online, which is good news for TD Ameritrade and Merrill Edge, but not great news for more traditional broker-dealers.
"There is a fear that equity investors and the assets class may never come back," Roame said. ETFs and mutual funds, however, are seeing growth that surpasses that of equities.
"The mutual fund market is alive and well and will be here for a long time," the consultant stressed. "Consumers are pushing money, and advisors are going more into passive products."
Advisor Movement
Industry growth is strongest in the RIA and online banking segments, according to a survey of the Tiburon CEO Summit's participants, while it is slower for the regional broker-dealers and wirehouses.
Of the 320,000 advisors nationwide, some 45% are in the independent channel, 30% in the banks/insurance segments and 25% at the wirehouses and regional firms (down from 38% in 2005). But wirehouses still manage 57% of assets — down from 62% in 2007, but still dominant, Roame says.
Wirehouse assets per rep stand at about $93 million vs. roughly $21 million for independent reps and $50 million for reps at the regionals and fee-based advisors.


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text: Thursday, December 06, 2012 New Podcast: Reporting Under the Group Practice Reporting Option for 2013 In 2013, physical therapists (PTs) will be eligible to participate in the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) under the Group Practice Reporting Option (GPRO) for the first time, as a result of changes in the group practice definition and changes to the reporting methods for data submission under GPRO. A new APTA podcast explains the some of the important differences that PTs should consider before deciding whether to report as an individual physical therapist or as a part of a physical therapy practice under the GPRO option. The accompanying transcript also includes charts illustrating how these 2 reporting options work from a data analysis standpoint. For more information and resources on PQRS, go to www.apta.org/PQRS/. APTA podcasts are prerecorded discussions and interviews, not live events. Members can listen to podcasts at their convenience by clicking on the links provided in News Now articles, visiting www.apta.org/podcasts/, or subscribing to APTA podcasts on iTunes.