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Dr. Raymond's current research is focused on understanding the best clinical approach to pediatric patients with diabetes, specifically adolescents and young adults as they become more independent with their diabetes care. Dr. Raymond focused on clinical diabetes research in adolescents and young adults during her first years as a faculty member and during her fellowship training. She also completed advanced training in clinical research.
She currently has an American Diabetes Association Junior Faculty award titled: "T1DM Grows Up: Novel Intervention for Transitioning Patients from Pediatric to Adult Care". She is completing a provider-focused, problem-based learning intervention to improve clinical care in adolescents and young adults. Her goal is to improve providers' care of adolescents and young adults, which will ideally result in improved diabetes management in the adolescents and young adults.
Dr. Raymond also has a NIH/NIDDK K12 award focusing on an innovative approach to clinical care in adolescents and young adults. Her project is titled: "Shared Medical Appointments for Adolescents and Emerging Adults with Type 1 Diabetes". She is designing a clinic focused on group visits in adolescents and emerging adults to prepare them for management of their diabetes during and after high school. She is working with multiple medical disciplines to learn how to best provide care for this patient population.
Publications/Creative Work: Peer-reviewedRaymond JK, Duke DC, Shimomaeda L, Harris MA. Looking forward to transition: perspectives on transition from pediatric to adult diabetes care. J Adolesc Health. Undergoing revisions.
Duke DC, Raymond JK, Shimomaeda L, Harris MA. Hindsight is 20/20: informing transition from pediatric to adult diabetes care. J Pediatr Psychol. Submitted.
ReviewsHarris MA, Raymond JK, Duke DC. Optimizing transitional care for emerging adults with type 1 diabetes: what needs to be done and by whom? Diabetes Manage 2012;2(4):269-271. Raymond JK, LaFranchi SH. Fetal and neonatal thyroid function: review and summary of significant new findings. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 2010 Feb;17(1):1-7.
AbstractsRaymond JK, Duke DC, Shimomaeda L, Harris MA. Finding common ground?: parent vs. teen beliefs about transition in diabetes care. Poster presented at The American Diabetes Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 2012. Duke DC, Raymond JK, Shimomaeda L, Harris MA. Transitioning to adult diabetes care: what a difference a few years makes. [Abstract]. Diabetes 2012. Raymond JK, Gillingham MB. The intersection of fatty acid oxidation, diet-induced insulin resistance, and epigenetics. Poster presented at The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease 7th World Congress, Portland, Oregon, September 2011. Raymond JK, Duke DC, Kraus K, Hanna CE, Cable K, Shimomaeda L, Harris MA. Looking forward to transition: perspectives on transition from pediatric to adult diabetes care. Poster presented at The American Diabetes Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, June 2011. Duke DC, Raymond JK, Castle J, Joarder F, Hanavan KA, Shimomaeda L, Harris MA. Looking back to the future of transition: retrospective on the pitfalls of transition from pediatric to adult diabetes care. [Abstract]. Diabetes 2011;60:2179-PO. Raymond JK, Gillingham MB. Parental genotype, fatty acid oxidation, and diet-induced insulin resistance. Poster presented at The Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, May 2011. Raymond JK, Marks DL, Gillingham MB. Fatty acid oxidation and diet-induced insulin resistance. Poster presented at The Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 2010.Raymond JK, Rosen JM, Rhode PC. Assessing the feasibility of the Kansas pediatric obesity screening tool (K-POST) with primary care physicians. Poster presented at The North American Association for the Study of Obesity Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 2005.
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Miramar Al Aqah Beach Resort, an upmarket Moroccan-style property in the heart of Fujairah, announces its participation at this year's World Travel Market (WTM) which will run from 7th to 10th November in London.
The delegation will seek new partnership with travel agents and tour operators to promote Miramar Al Aqah and the emirate of Fujairah as a first class tourist destination.
Mr. Ashraf Helmy, General Manager & Area Business Development Manager, who heads the delegation said: "This year we are expecting higher demand for our hotel and destination as Fujairah became quite popular in both European & CIS markets. Al Aqah became a destination that attracts travelers from everywhere due to the great efforts exerted by the hotel companies and tourism board of Fujairah. We will also be announcing that we will start building our new hotel in Fujairah as well as the shopping and entertainment center."
Mr. Helmy expects that their participation at this year's WTM will further boost the property's performance for the remainder of the year. He added: "The year 2011 is going to be very good. We expect an overall occupancy rate of around 85 per cent. For 2012, we expect a good season for the global tourism business and I do believe that the worst for the industry is over."
Miramar Al Aqah will be exhibiting within the UAE stand along with other hotel properties in Fujairah. The group will promote the hotel being a first class resort offering great service with great value for money including its great location, great views and surrounding. Miramar Al Aqah is famous for its Moroccan-style building that compliments the natural surrounding.
World Travel Market is the leading global event for the travel industry. The four day business-to-business event presents a diverse range of destinations and industry sectors to UK and International travel professionals. It is a unique opportunity for the whole global travel trade to meet, network, negotiate and conduct business. The annual event attracts thousands of senior travel industry professionals, government ministers and the press.
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Namthip Siri
Namthip Siri would fit the stereotypical image of a Thai university student. Only she's attending a Thai university that is English speaking. The only daughter of proud and protective parents, Namthip has spent pretty much her entire life in Chiang Mai and frankly, couldn't imagine living anywhere else. She attended Sacred Hearts for her primary and secondary education. Although English is her second language - which means she could have easily attended any number of Thai uni's and studied in Thai - she nevertheless chose the challenge of an International College (IC). "I really wanted to improve my English," says Namthip. "So attending Payap's
Namthip is a Chiang Mai girl through and through. Her only experience outside
Namthip considered other schools for her college education, but in Chiang Mai, there really wasn't much in the way of competition. She had considered Chiang Mai University (CMU), but was not impressed. "Their international program is bi-lingual - which essentially meant that their classes were a bunch of Thai students and Thai Ajarns speaking Thai. I didn't want to spend the extra money attending an international program and speaking Thai the whole time. I can do that in a Thai program for a lot less." The Payap IC program, on the other hand, is strictly English-speaking with over 60% of the students non-Thai. "It's a real challenge for me. English is a hard language, but I think I'm improving. No, I'd say I'm definitely improving. My English skills, that is." Her academic record isn't yet what she'd like it to be, but she knows she can improve. Namthip will probably concede that she's excelling at Payap in other ways - mostly outside the classroom. Which is not to say she doesn't take her studies seriously. "It's a little harder than I thought it would be, but I'm adapting and I'm determined to improve."
Outside the classroom, she's making many friends and enjoying university life. Contrary to what people think, she vehemently denies that she is a "party queen." "I have no idea how that rumor got started, but it's absolutely not true," insists Namthip. "I'm quite the stay-at-home girl. Certainly, I like to hang out with my friends from time to time. But mostly, I just like to stay home and read or listen to music. I also help my mom out in our grocery store (family business)." One of her best friends, Ms. Siriket (or "Fern"), another Payap People profile, concurs. So it must be true.
Like many students in the IC program, Namthip enjoys the diversity in the program, with over 30 countries represented in the student body and faculty. She also enjoys the university activities, although she believes there's not enough. "We should definitely have more activities, especially activities with the Thai-side students." Truth be told, the IC can be somewhat of an island unto itself, separated from the rest of the university. But the university leadership has been trying to integrate the IC with the main side, although it's very much a work-in-progress. The IC Student Union, for example, has been participating more and more with their Thai side counterparts. Namthip also believes that the university can improve the cafeteria and sports facilities. "It would be great to have a swimming pool. I'd be swimming every day."
Namthip's goals upon graduation are still undecided. She may continue on with her education, or go to work, perhaps as an Air Hostess. The latter is a job that many young ladies in
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Adidas: World Cup to push sales to 2bn euroComment on this story
Herzogenaurach, Germany - German sportswear firm Adidas expects to meet its target for 2 billion euros ($2.7 billion) of soccer sales this year as the World Cup fires demand for its shirts, boots and balls, it said on Tuesday.
"I can confirm that we will reach the 2 billion euros for the first time in the history of our company," Adidas chief executive Herbert Hainer told a news conference.
Adidas, which has long dominated the market for soccer gear, is facing a challenge from Nike, the world's biggest sportswear company that has only been a serious player in soccer for the last 20 years.
While Adidas has supplied the match ball for the World Cup since 1970 and has extended its sponsorship of the competition to 2030, Nike is for the first time kitting out more teams - 10 out of 32 finalists - including hosts and favourites Brazil.
Hainer said he was disappointed that Spain had already gone out of the tournament but said he was happy with the performance of the other teams Adidas sponsors.
"Germany was fantastic... Colombia, Mexico. Argentina will get better and better. Messi is Messi. He is a genius," he said, referring to Argentina's Lionel Messi.
Adidas said it expected to sell more than 8 million jerseys of the nine national sides it is sponsoring at the World Cup - including more than 2 million of the German jersey, with more than half a million of those sold outside Europe.
It also expected to sell more than 14 million replicas of the "Brazuca" official World Cup match ball, a million more than the ball it produced for the 2010 competition.
In addition to the team of its home country Germany, Adidas is kitting out reigning champions Spain, as well as Argentina, including its goal-scoring machine Messi, and Colombia and Mexico. - Reuters
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What is the Source of Record Earnings?
by Barry Ritholtz - April 8th, 2011, 6:53am
Hey, its earnings season! Let's look at the overall profits recovery, and see if we can figure out where all this earnings goodness is coming from together.
As the Chart of the Day (below) shows, S&P500 earnings have recovered from their harrowing 92% plunge back up to to near record levels. We are higher than the Dot Com earnings peak, and coming up on the Credit Bubble earnings highs.
I guess the economy must really be healthy, and this is nothing but a positive sign for the future. After all, what else could be the source of such magnificent profit gains . . . ?
Courtesy of Chart of the Day
Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor implied. If you could repeat previously discredited memes or steer the conversation into irrelevant, off topic discussions, it would be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse . . . you are, after all, anonymous.
39 Responses to "What is the Source of Record Earnings?"
mathman says:
(as Tonto once said) "What do you mean 'we', Paleface?"
As if everyone is "sharing the wealth". The ownership class is decimating the population.
i saw the first $4 gas signs this week, so how about that? While the vaunted stock market grows and grows the majority of the population suffers on at the hands of the money hoarders.
If people are pushed to the limit of survival through the shenanigans of "the marketplace" (oh, you know, the eternal chase for profit leading to "genius" decisions like LET'S OUTSOURCE ALL THE GOOD JOBS TO CHINA), we'll have chaos and lawlessness to deal with as a reaction. When people make enough to live on, their disposable income is generally SPENT, while the few who have WAY TOO MUCH continue to hoard it (since they already have all the toys).
When are the people at the top going to learn to share so that everyone can at least live? (So much for all that "Christian" nation crap the "religious right" keeps spewing).
No response is necessary, since it won't matter any way. Humanity is most definitely on its way out.
Which "black swan" (or combination of the flock sweeping our way) causes the breakdown of civilization is up for grabs – more and more environmental catastrophes (including those due to climate change – like the extinction of bees or plagues caused by mosquitoes or other airborne sources), the currency being debased past the point of no return (the Zimbabwe scenario), resources becoming scarce to the point of not being available to the masses, the erosion and abandonment of infrastructure (like the electrical grid and water treatment plants for example) due to lack of local government money, DEBT (causing default by governments, leading to war), or another from a list too numerous to mention.
Okay, rant over – go back to counting shekels.
Petey Wheatstraw says:
Mark to fantasy GAAPs? QE? Direct participation in the markets by OMOs? Solid fundamentals? The invisible hand of the free markets? There never was a reason for the decline, in the first place? We're No. 1?
Nothing to worry about, here — the stock market never goes down. Buy in now, or be priced out forever. Everybody is doing it.
Remember back when we weren't bat-shit insane?
Bill Wilson says:
What are the threats to those earnings? A return to "mark to market," higher input costs, lower government spending, lower home prices, consumer de-leveraging, China slowdown?
A good bullish argument is that companies are lean and mean right now. Also, consumers may be re-leveraging, and employment is improving.
machinehead says:
Dumping of excess labor during the recession lowered breakeven points. Even with a weak overall bounceback in sales, plus an inflationary boost, profits can approach their pre-recession levels. Big Finance, as a ward of the government, is a special case, with both direct aid and mark-to-smoky mirrors accounting.
Yet … this scenario leaves millions as long-term unemployed, and social benefits ranging from Soc Sec, Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps with a permanently lowered negative net worth.
So, robust corporate profits have been achieved by socializing more risk onto the insolvent public sector, basically writing down its negative equity to a deeper abyss. I'm not focusing blame here; it's a 'public-private partnership,' you know!
MayorQuimby says:
Everyone should buy equities! Get your grandma to buy some if you can. Buy some NFLX after HELOCing your underwater home!
b_thunder says:
The picture without heavily-subsidized financials would look significantly different.
MayorQuimby says:
I'd like Barry to post a poll:
"Do you believe the Fed can successfully print itself out of a credit collapse?"
Yes or No
Mark E Hoffer says:
now, that's some fine figuring..
Orange14 says:
Pretty simple explanation, companies with solid balance sheets continue to do well. Even with 10% unemployment, a significant % of the rest of us are still consuming. Look at the retail numbers from yesterday, mid to high-end showed markedly improved sales figures. One just needs to be selective about which equities to be long in (duh!!!!).
lenw says:
When the market has discounted the price of a company's stock as a result of some event which management can't control, every opportunity is taken to write off expenditures or "bring forward" charges thereby worsening the income or loss position. A good portion of these charges may result in credits to reserves on the balance sheet which can be brought back into income at a later date.
Given the extreme depletion of earnings across the board, I suspect this occurred on a broad basis after the crash. Then companies went on extreme cost control initiatives to cope with the depletion of revenue.
A combination of these 2 significant issues now bump up against a recovery in earnings resulting in an abnormally high and DISTORTED earnings picture. I believe the manipulation of write offs and creation of reserves when the market plunged was excessive, hence such a significant dip in earnings at that time.
DShort in his chart yesterday suggests the average of the past 5 years trailing earnings of $6o is likely where earnings will settle, and I suspect he is close.
Potomac says:
Plain and simple. Management has taken advantage of the crisis to trim underperformers and hack away at cost centers. Everything has been done to the nth degree and most of those jobs simply ain't coming back. Margins however, will look juicier than ever.
Mike S says:
I know the reason for strong corporate profits, but I am not sharing it with you. I've got a cool chart that shows it too. One variable, R2 of 63% against corporate profits 1 year later.
Mike S says:
I will tell you to expect very high corporate profits for the next 2 quarters at least.
Chief Tomahawk says:
The Fed has channeled Monty Python's "Bring out yer dead!" line, and corporate America has applied it to refinancing.
What next after all debt has been rolled over at cheap rates? That would seem to be a one-trick pony.
P.S. The real estate market around me, particularly condos, is a disaster now. More and more listings are taking 20+% price cuts (noted on http://www.condo.com and select the "price drop newest to oldest" option.)
MayorQuimby says:
I wish RE were booming as THAT would put everything on a firm SELL.
But honestly – Ben is wasting his and our time. All that has happened is that – the richest people got richer.
Now they can spend their money on houses and boats and cars and when the free loot gets nixed, the value of all of those items will collapse in a hurry.
Unless Ben is prepared to do MANY iterations of QE (ie full debt monetization and hyperinflation) – things are going parabolic right now and the end is drawing near.
If we DID go hyper – we'll all lose and it will be more painful than any here can imagine.
Short version: Despite Ben's best attempts – we will all lose and regret having wasted so much time chasing after that which has no value to it whatsoever (and never did) – MONEY. It's what BACKS the money (labor – past and future) that made it so. When money is backed by ink – it isn't worth owning.
How sad.
wally says:
It would depend on what industry you are looking at… the aggregate number is no guide.
ashpelham2 says:
I agree with the poster that said unemployment rate is higher, which explains better profits in companies that probably had too many employees to begin with. Companies that simply cannot afford to lay off anyone else, or need more essential employees than the industry can withstand, explain why some organizations are continuing to fail. This "recovery" is going on. I don't doubt that. But it's a recovery in a very different economy than we had 5-10 years ago. I just changed jobs myself about a month ago, and the entire focus during my courtship and even now, that I'm on the job, is cost cutting. They even went as far as to tell me that they wanted to hire me as cheaply as they could. I asked them why they are a publicly traded company if they wish to operate as a charity? I passed on their first offer. I took the second offer. And while they promised great potential for bonus compensation, I've already learned that the structure of how that bonus is compensated is being tightened up.
Never fails. It's all about retaining profits at the top. Don't like the way it's being done? Get out and do it yourself. This is Amerika after all…
dad29 says:
Any IDIOT can build inventory for a year, lay off the entire factory, and sell the inventory.
ancientone says:
With a national government that no longer recognizes corporate leaders as ever being criminally liable for whatever their company does (just pay a fine as part of the cost of doing business, no one need go to jail), how long can this crooked system continue? Perhaps until the public wakes up and demands some kind of accountability………I wouldn't hold my breath waiting.
Bob is still unemployed says:
Two main ways to increase earnings are cutting expenses and increasing revenues. The current earnings boom is due to the former. Strong companies are due to the latter.
Francois says:
Here's an anecdotal source of free earnings: System analyst works in a mission critical facility for one of the Fortune Top 10 Applied Research division. He's on call 24/7 on a predictable and rotating schedule. He's been dong that for 14 years, good performer, stellar reviews, the works. (pun intended)
All those on call were earning extra pay (Duh!) until a month ago. One Monday morning, management told them the extra pay was gone…boom! pffffuit! Hasta la vista, Baby!
Now, to add two insults to injury: First, this corporation is raking in a tsunami of cash, has no debts and pay very good dividends TYVM. So, it's not as if times were tough. Second, the lame ass excuse and Orwellian newspeak used by management to "justify" this decision: "Of course, you guys are still on call, same conditions. But, since you are bound to do those on-calls anyway due to the nature of your work, we don't have to pay you for that!
Gee! By the same logic, since they're bound to do the work, why do they even bother to pay their workers at all? (Ooops! I forgot that slavery was abolished around here…even if it took a long time to get rid of it.)
How's that for insulting the intelligence of your people? Why don't just say: "Listen assholes! You are nothing! You've got mortgages,most likely underwater, colleges tuition to pay, so it's not as if you're free to go find something elsewhere, huh? Plus, we been consolidating the industry, our shareholders want more, We, the Management DESERVE much more (of course!) Hence, since we can, we're doing that to you. And by the way, be grateful you still have a job…bitchez!
Stories like that are not uncommon. Just multiply them across the board and there you have it.
That is what you get when the whole legal and political system systematically favor the corporations over the individual. BTW, fucking easy to become "successful" when you can cheat your workers like that with almost total impunity.
A) your kids
B) your kids kids
C) your kids kids kids
D) all of the above
Competition is what has raised profits.
Competition to be hired.
Competition to sell 1% loans
and competition to lease CRE
Competition built America don't ya know?
nofoulsontheplayground says:
BR, drop interest rates to zero, reflate the credit bubble, re-finance debt at much lower rates, and suspend mark to market.
That's your recipe for record corporate profits.
Of course, applying losses from the previous year to the current year's income reduces the current year tax liability, which also helped.
VennData says:
It's the way businesspeople feel about our blessed Commander-in-Chief and his people.
That smile, that twinkle in his eye, Barrack Obama just makes me feel good about our country. It's Morning in America.
God bless, Barrack Obama.
cognos says:
MayorQuimby SAYS:
"Buy some NFLX after HELOCing your underwater home!"
Would he have said the same thing last year? Bet he would!
I did that… NFLX went up 300%… and now Im rich, bitch. HELOC loan paid, millions made. Its called speculation. Stuff goes way down and then way, way up.
Seriously, the tragedy (besides the stupid perma-bears here and everywhere)… is the chart shown in this post. Real earnings #s never dipped below $55/shr on a trailing basis… maybe not even $60. What is driving this stupid chart is the inclusion of AIGs $150B+ loss in a single quarter. But this CANNOT effect the value of the other 98% of companies… so you have to adjust for that. Or… you can stare at this chart and get stupider.
barniebrains says:
Agree with "Bob is still unemployed". I think companies made deep cuts, probably too deep to sustain current revenues. As a result, we're seeing a nice bump in earnings.
Would be worth seeing S&P 500 revenues and expenses to see underlying trends causing this rise in earnings. Are revenues still on a downward trajectory or have they bottomed?
cognos says:
Uh, Im pretty sure revenues are at record highs.
At least they are for non-financial and non-energy companies. (Despite the whining energy is still down alot from 2008 prices).
cognos says:
Companies that had RECORD REVENUE in 2008 (most of them by a large margin, some by 50% or more above 2007-08 levels):
Very few large non-fin, non-energy companies didnt have record revs:
CAT, DE – down 10% ish versus great year in 07/08… PG (flat), T (flat)
budhak0n says:
People who think that this is all a result of the Fed trying to print themselves out of a credit collapse are missing the point.
I'm not saying the Fed hasnt' backstopped a lot of mickeyed nonsense, they have. But this is not all some slight of hand accounting.
We're slowly approaching what should have been about the fair valuation of the market prior to the craziness.
Then we'll see where this all goes but the earnings are real.
What happened was a lot of the "credit issuers" got spooked thinking that in the end the end user was going to leave them holding the bag on billions of unsecured and secured "credit" so they sought some form of insurance from Uncle sam.
Then when everybody deleveraged they were faced with the odd quandary of sitting on piles of cash that they had never expected to be repaid. Have to put the money somewhere.
If you personally took the credit bubble as a personal invitation to buy 400 bottles of dom and put a japanese hoopdie on your Amex, then all the power to you Mr Unsecured .. I don't have to actually pay for anything with real money…. you're our hero.
Now move along junior. Your baggy pants and stupid haircut are botherin me. Oh that's right, you recently found the suit racks.
Ever onward. Have a great weekend all.
seneca says:
Source(s) of record earnings:
1. Low input labor costs thanks to high immigration and 9% unemployment.
2. Corporations have pricing power, resulting in record profit margins.
3. Excess industrial capacity, so no need for new plants and equipment since final unit sales are growing slowly.
brianinla says:
It's called running $500B annual deficits pre-2008 and moving to $1.5T deficits now. The majority of the freshly diluted currency is going to the top 5%. The current path of currency dilution (of multiple countries) is not the signature of a healthy economy. The people who holler the most for more currency dilution (deficit spending) are the most unproductive of the classes – both the top and bottom segments of society.
Guillermo says:
Ummm welll maybe losses were overstated (esp. financials.. writedowns and such) and then reversals are starting to show up ? I wouldn't be surprised if that was a nice little bump to profits. I don't have a negative view, I just think that maybe the excess write-downs are now making the recovery seem steeper
at the end of the day, just remember that it's the integral, not the derivative, of the profit curve that matters
Guillermo says:
What cognos said!
socaljoe says:
I wonder how much earnings really dipped ex banks.
If you invest in individual securities or sectors, this chart really doesn't have any relevance. If I'm invested in ABT, what do I care what the earnings of AIG were or will be? I fail to see what possible use grouping them together has… unless you invest in the broad market in its entirety… and I can't figure out why anyone would want to do that.
MayorQuimby says:
Long are going to get obliterated.
snapwizard says:
I have to agree with Cognos. I worked in the technology industry and profit drops during the last recession were very modest. The semis, network equipment were affected much more but consumer internet, enterprise software barely dipped.
Marc P says:
"What is driving this stupid chart is the inclusion of AIGs $150B+ loss in a single
quarter. But this CANNOT effect the value of the other 98% of companies… so
you have to adjust for that."
I've never thought about that point before. Great observation. I checked to find the total S&P earnings.
"The expectations for the full year are very healthy, with total net income for 2010 rising to $791.5 billion in 2010, up from $545.1 billion in 2009. In 2011, the total net income for the S&P 500 should be $907.5 billion, or increases of 44.7% and 13.8%, respectively. The expectation is for 2012 to have total net income passing the $1 Trillion mark to $1.0308 Trillion."
From here (just the figures, not the commentary) http://www.zacks.com/commentary/17335/It%26%2339%3Bs+Still+About+Earnings
It does appear that AIG and bank losses in 4Q 2008 account for a lot of the downturn in S&P EPS in the chart. How much of it? This merits far more analysis than I have time for over lunch. Plus the other factors: companies seized the opportunity to downsize; corps cookie-jared revenues and profits so they could show a recovery; etc.
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What are profits? Profits result from Productivity (supply) – Demand (wages) + Investment (capital improvements).
When productivity grows, demand must grow to accomodate the consumption of the increased production. The only way this can be done is to increase both wages (demand) and expand investment to meet the increased demand.
This is what healthy ecomonies do. The balance between supply and demand is kept in equalibrium by sharing the increased productivity with workers.
What happens when debt replaces the increase in wages?
Here is how it works. For example purposes, let's say an economy is producing $8 worth goods and is paying $4 for labor costs and $2 in capital improvements. Then an upswing in technology increases productivity to $12 worth of goods, but instead of raising wages debt is used to consume the excess goods.
Here is what happens: in the first example, the profits are $2 from this formula: Profits = $8-(4+2)=$2. If this same relationship is held with the increase in productivity, we have $12-(6-3)=$3. But now, with the increased productivity and debt used in lieu of wages increases, the profits are $12-(4+3)=$5.
This is the mystery as to why profits are up. Debt as proxy for wages.


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A poster tied to a fence at the scene of the Bangladesh Rana Plaza building collapse and reading, 'We want a safe work place, not a death trap' is hung above the rubble on the first anniversary of the disaster. Thousands of people, some wearing funeral shrouds, staged demonstrations at the site of the now-infamous factory complex.
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The offseason started a little soon for the Mars hockey team.
After all, the Planets had competed for the previous six Penguins Cup Class A championships. They won three in a row (2009-11) and lost to Quaker Valley three other times (2008, 2012-13). For the first time in seven years, though, Mars did not make it to the title game.
Thomas Jefferson snapped the Planets' title-game appearance streak with a 4-2 win in the Penguins Cup semifinals. Meanwhile, Quaker Valley got back to Consol Energy Center and wrapped up its third consecutive championship with an 8-2 win.
"I thought it was a pretty good year for us. I would have liked us to finish farther. I think it was good for the league to have a team other than us and Quaker Valley to make it to the Penguins Cup championship game. I just wish it wasn't us that had to miss it," Mars coach Steve Meyers said. "It was kind of a weird year for us. We should come back strong next year, though, I hope."
The Jaguars jumped on Mars in the semifinal matchup. They scored the game's first four goals. Thomas Jefferson scored twice late in the first period and added a power-play tally 18 seconds into the second. The Jaguars held a 4-0 lead with 7:01 remaining in the second period.
After that, though, it was all Planets.
Beau Heakins scored a power-play goal with 6:37 left in the second. Craig Mazzotta added a goal 5:53 into the third, but the deficit was too big to overcome.
"I thought, for the most part, we outplayed them. Definitely in the second period and beyond, they were holding on by the skin of their teeth," Meyers said. "Our guys played our system to perfection. We're just not going to win many games giving up four goals on eight shots in the first two periods."
Mars finished the year at 18-6. The Planets were atop the Class A standings for much of the first half of the year. Their biggest win came just before Thanksgiving, when they posted a 4-3 victory over Quaker Valley on Nov. 26. It snapped the Quakers' 51-game unbeaten streak against PIHL competition. Quaker Valley's previous league loss came Nov. 3, 2011, against Mars, also a 4-3 decision.
"The second half of the year was tough for us. I think we peaked when we beat Quaker," Meyers said. "We never got back to the way we were playing. We just lacked a dominant scorer we have had in the past. We had a lot of injuries in the second half of the year, too. We lost Trevor Tisdale for the year, and that caused us to shuffle some lines around. Trevor is a gritty player who could have been a big help against Thomas Jefferson."
The Planets graduate eight seniors, including leading scorers Nick Makozy (24 goals, 41 points) and captain Mazzotta (24 assists, 39 points).
"Next year will be interesting. We will only have three seniors next year, assuming Ian Houk-Graves does not come back (because of a travel team commitment)," Meyers said. "We'll have a lot of young guys and a lot of young, important guys back. I heard some varsity-aged guys might be coming back to the program, too."
Sophomores Beau Heakins, Jonathan Kowalkowski, Mike McCann, Owen Vasbinder and Ian Newman and freshmen Keaton Hanna, Paul Maust and Tyler Spreng are the returning youngsters. Slater Hanna, Kyle Thomas and Tisdale will be seniors.
"Our program really lacks depth. We're getting into a little dry spell," Meyers said. "Our JV team looked really good when I saw them play in the playoffs, but they only have 10 guys and a goalie. Next year, Tyler Spreng will be the only goalie for JV and varsity. We have a bunch of eighth-graders coming up, but no goalies. We'll be in good shape, though. There are just a lot of unknowns."
The Planets aren't sure if they'll be in Class A next season, either. The PIHL has discussed shuffling the classifications.
Meyers said he looks forward to seeing Heakins (15 goals, 31 points) and Maust (25 points in only 14 games) develop.
Joe Sager is a freelance writer for Trib Total Media.
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What: Reds Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Who: First basemen Sean Casey (Reds 1998-2005); Dan Driessen (1973-1984); Long John Reilly (1880; 1883-91)
When/Where: Inductions before Reds 4:10 p.m. game against the Minnesota Twins (sold out); gala event Sunday night (sold out) at Duke Energy Convention Center, Downtown.
Additional festivities Saturday: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. meet and greet (photos only, no autographs) at Reds Hall of Fame and Museum with Hall of Famers Jack Billingham, Leo Cardenas, Clay Carroll, Sean Casey, David Concepcion, Eric Davis, Dan Driessen, George Foster, Cesar Geronimo, Wayne Granger, Tommy Helms, Lee May, Gary Nolan, Jim OToole and Mario Soto. Sundays gala includes those players plus Tony Perez, Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench, Jim Maloney, Tom Browning and the 2012 Reds players and staff.
Sean Casey, Mr. Nice Guy, who will be inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame this weekend, couldnt resist some mischieviousness at the end of the 2004 season, which was teammate Barry Larkins final year of a Baseball Hall of Fame career.
The Reds were 72-83, and limped into Wrigley Field for a late September game against the Cubs, who were 87-68 and very much still in the playoff race. Cubs starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano beat the Reds 12-5 that day. Afterward, the Cubs fans in the bar nearest the Reds team bus gave them a rough time as they boarded. The fans called them every name in the book, including the worst one, losers.
Turns out the Reds won the next two games, and then in the final game of the four-game series, finished off the Cubs hopes for good with a 12th-inning double to deep right field by Javier Valentin for the 2-1 victory.
Now it was Caseys turn. It was getaway day, and he was looking sharp in his suit and tie. After the game, he stuck his head into the bar to see how full of themselves the Cubs fans were now. It was pretty quiet, just a few souls drowning their sorrows at the bar, so Casey let it go.
But, about six blocks from the ballpark, with the team bus stuck in traffic, Casey was still stewing. Seeing a bar across the street with Cubs memorabilia in the window, he got an idea. He walked to the front of the bus.
Let me out, Casey told the driver.
You cant get out here, the driver replied.
Let me out, Casey repeated.
Let him out, joined in Larkin, not at all sure what his teammate was up to.
The bus driver let Casey out, and he beelined it for the bar, finding a bigger audience this time.
Losers, huh? he yelled. You guys thought you were going to the playoffs, and look at you now. Whos the losers now? The Cincinnati Reds just kicked your butts!
He had their attention now. A couple of the patrons recognized him, rising from their chairs. Casey did a quick 180 and hustled back to the bus, hoping it would be there, not a half block away, which wouldnt be good given his famous lack of foot speed.
Open the door! Open the door! Casey yelled, with a half dozen Cubs fans on his tail.
Is that you, Sean Casey? one of them yelled. Get back out here!
Casey jumped into the bus as the fans banged at the doors and yelled some more epithets. By now, Caseys teammates were at the bus windows, verbally coming to their teammates defense.
As Casey got back into his seat next to Larkin, the Reds team captain turned to Casey and said, Case, Ive been in this game 19 years, and thats the damndest thing Ive ever seen.
And off went the team bus, the traffic clearing at just the right time, a bus full of ballplayers happy to have taken the measure not only of the Cubs, but of their fan base as well.
I just had to do something, recalled Casey between laughs on his cellphone on Friday afternoon, happy to again be back in Cincinnati and holding court as The Mayor, first of Cinergy Field, later of Great American Ball Park and now what will be his latest hangout the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum. I was tired of listening to em.
Reds fans can relate. Who outside of Wrigley Field isnt tired of Cubs fans?
Somebody will probably coax Casey into telling the story again this weekend, and he will oblige, laughing like hes telling it for the first time, and everybody will join in.
Fellow first baseman Dan Driessen, who endured his own slings as the man who followed the Big Red Machines Tony Perez at the position when Perez was traded to Montreal after the Reds second straight world championship in 1976, will also be inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame before todays 4:10 p.m. game at Great American Ball Park, already a sellout, against the Minnesota Twins. Also being inducted is the late Long John Reilly, a first baseman, too.
On Sunday evening, there will be Hall of Fame gala. It, too, already a sellout, at the Duke Energy Convention Center downtown.
Casey said he bought four tables of 10 besides the one the Reds provide and that there will be another five or six tables full of his backers.
Its just amazing all this history with this great franchise, all these great players, and here I am going into the Reds Hall of Fame, Casey said. I never imagined anything like it. Its my biggest day in baseball.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Housing affordability conditions for all buyers reached a milestone in the first quarter, according to the National Association of Realtors.
NAR's composite quarterly Housing Affordability Index* rose to a record high of 205.9 in first quarter, based on the relationship between median home price, median family income and average mortgage interest rate. The higher the index, the greater the household purchasing power. This is the first time the quarterly index broke the 200 mark; recordkeeping began in 1970.
NAR President Moe Veissi, broker-owner of Veissi & Associates Inc., in Miami, said market conditions are optimal for homebuyers. "For those with good credit, we've never seen better housing affordability conditions or market opportunities than we see at present," he said. "Although home prices are stabilizing and sales are rising, some buyers still have to jump through a lot of hoops to convince a lender that they are creditworthy, even for a mortgage that would be well within their means. This is especially true for self-employed buyers."
Veissi noted home sales would be much higher if lending standards would return to normal.
The index shows the median income family, earning just under $61,000, could afford a home costing $325,500 in the first quarter, which is more than double the national median existing single-family home price of $158,100. The median monthly mortgage principal and interest payment for a median-priced home would take only 13.5 percent of gross income.
A companion index measuring the ability of first-time buyers to purchase a home also set a record, with the first-time buyer index reaching 135.8 in the first quarter.
Assumptions for the first-time buyer index include a lower income, at 65 percent of median family income, a starter home costing 85 percent of the median price, and a downpayment of 10 percent. This index means the typical entry-level buyer could afford a home costing $182,500, which is well above the overall median price.
"It's never been easy to buy a first home because of the cash required for downpayment and closing costs, but conditions for first-time buyers who are able to get a mortgage have never been better," Veissi explained.
Most first-time buyers choose a loan with a lower downpayment, often an FHA-insured loan with 3.5 percent down, and some use the VA program with no downpayment.
Both home prices and mortgage interest rates are expected to edge up modestly as the year progresses, but housing affordability will remain very favorable with the median-income household well positioned to afford a median-priced home. For all of 2012 the index is projected to set an annual record, averaging 191 for the year.
The National Association of Realtors, "The Voice for Real Estate," is America's largest trade association, representing 1 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.
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The merger and acquisition news this past month came from the publicly traded companies as we continue to see balance-sheet management, a focus on core strategic business and markets, and the slow return to the buy-side. Debt has handcuffed the publicly traded companies in the construction materials sector since the collapse of the credit markets in 2008. These companies have been restructuring and reducing debt, divesting of non-core assets, pursuing joint ventures in an effort to rationalize markets, and slowly dipping their toes back into acquisitions. The recent activity speaks to the success of balance-sheet management as well as an improved outlook for the market by the major players.
Recent transactions
Lafarge is selling six aggregates quarries in Georgia, for a total enterprise value of $160 million, to two yet-to-be disclosed buyers. These assets were considered non-core as Lafarge pursues a strategy of focusing on geographic areas where the company has integrated positions. Additionally, Lafarge and Elementia have agreed to combine their cement assets in Mexico, a move that will significantly strengthen Lafarge's position in the country. Lafarge will contribute plants at Vito and Tula, which have a total capacity close to 1 million tons per year, and Elementia will contribute a plant they are currently building in central Mexico, with a capacity of 1 million tons per year. Lafarge will hold a 47-percent stake in the new joint venture and Elementia will hold the remaining 53 percent.
Vulcan Materials Co. sold reclaimed and excess land in California and one small quarry in rural Virginia. Vulcan also sold a percentage of future production at four aggregates quarries in South Carolina to Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. (PCL), which will pay $75 million in exchange for an estimated 10.5-percent royalty interest in the sale of approximately 144 million tons of production over 25 years. These transactions generated approximately $149 million.
Vulcan also announced that it is acquiring aggregates businesses in Texas and Georgia with the acquisition of two active quarries and additional reserves adjacent to two existing quarries for approximately $80 million. Total reserves related to these investments are approximately 91 million tons.
George H. Reddin is a principal in FMI's Investment Banking practice. He can be reached at 929-785-9286 or email@example.com.
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Sussex History - a different view
West Sussex - Arundel Rape
East Preston and Kingston History
Lord of the Manor 1066 to 1800
[Note that the old calendar year ended in March, and so, for instance, Feb. 1725 by the old reckoning is 1726 by modern, and either usage may be found in this book]
The history of lordship may conveniently be separated from the general village history, and indeed even that of the manor itself. For both East Preston and Kingston the lord, as owner, was a person of paramount importance, but he generally played his part from far away through his steward and others.
In feudal hierarchy all property, ultimately, descended from the Crown. Under the crown, came the tenants-in-chief, and below them there was often a final tier in the mesne lords, usually knights. Effectively the mesne lord was the owner of the manor, in that he was the person to whom all rents and services from the village tenants were due.
We tend to imagine that feudal hierarchy is dead, and this is undoubtedly true except in one respect, property, even now, is not privately owed to any greater degree than of old, for it still devolves from the greater lord, and today that is expressed in fairly democratic terms through Parliament
Kingston, since the Norman invasion, had been held by Earl Roger, but then in the 12th century it and Wick were given to the re-founded Benedictine Abbey at Tewkesbury - its church, which survives, has been described as, "the most splendid monastic church remaining in England". The two manors were the only lands in Sussex owned by the monastery, the Abbot holding them from the crown, and not as mesne lords. [1]
For East Preston, the tenant-in-chief was the Earl of Arundel, except for a period of involved descent prior to the 16th century. Mesne lords held the manor by knights service, but this was eventually commuted to a payment of 20d a year. [2].
It is the immediate owners of the manor that were, and are, of greatest local
importance. The last Saxon owner of East Preston manor had been the obscure
woman Wulfeva, and after her the first Norman mesne lord was Robert, believed to
be the sheriff of Arundel. After he died in 1087, a complicated succession of
knights included the Milliers family from Norfolk, of Norman descent.
Henceforth the manor is described in deeds as East Preston alias Preston Millers, in recognition of the first lords in legal memory. But their significance may have been more tangible, and is with us today.
Parishes were becoming fully established, and related to the areas of manors. The manor and parish of East Preston were identical, and Kingston virtually so. Between 1147 and 1169 Bishop Hylary of Chichester created the Prebend of Ferring, which incorporated Preston and Kingston, and it is to this period that the parish church of East Preston has been dated - which is where the Milliers are involved, it is to be assumed.
The Milliers family would have required both a manor house in which to live, and a church in which to worship, when they were in the village. They alone had the incentive and right to found a church, and to build a manor house. Whilst the church was perforce sited in the old burial ground on the far boundary of the manor and parish, it was more convenient to have the manor house adjoining the village, some distance away. Needless to say an unusual arrangement, since in most places the church will be found in the village, with the manor house close by and often adjoining, for obvious convenience.
Whereas under Wulfeva the fifteen village households - as accounted for in Domesday - had tenancy of the whole land in the manor, they were now smallholders not only paying rent but in addition required to work on the demesne land taken over by the Milliers as their own farm. After the departure of the Milliers, and with absent landlords, a bailiff would have lived at the manor house managing the estate according to what would now be "custom" . However, the manor was often assigned to maintain a widow or son and various of these may have lived at the manor house.
TREGOZ of GORING
The family tree is involved, but the next member of interest is Sir Thomas, who had a survey of his manors in Sussex drawn up in 1321 [3]. Preston, was part of the Goring extent held by service of 5 1/2 knights fees from Sir Robert de Monte Alto. Altogether, Tregoz held the manors of Goring, Preston, Dedisham, Walderton, Ham in Angmering, and also Barpham which was then still a village and parish separate from Angmering. A history of this family is thoroughly recorded in SAC 93 by LF Salzman.
Last of the line, John Tregoz, died in 1404, his lands conveyed to Nicholas Carrew, in trust for John's wife Alice [or widow of his nephew]. By 1428 the trust had expired, the widow having died, and Sir Thomas Lewknor inherited the lands as nearest eligible cousin. [4]
Three generations of the Lewknor family owned Preston, until finally Edward of Kingston Buci (Kingston by Sea) who died in 1529, having sold East Preston only four years previously.
For much of the time when it was owned by Tregoz and Lewknor, the manor was
assigned to sons and widows. Whether or not any of them lived in the village is
an interesting point not resolved. There is one known early tombstone at the old
west porch, that is not identified but can only have been a notable person of
the parish.
ROBERT PALMER d1545
Robert came onto the scene opportunely, for shortly afterwards the Reformation and Dissolution of the Monasteries provided him with a windfall. In 1540 Henry VIII sold to Robert the erstwhile manors of Tewkesbury Abbey in Sussex, Kingston and Wick, together with the lands of Westminster Abbey, including Parham, for £1255 6s 5d. These lands were subsequently held by the family, as tenants-in-chief, for an annual rent to the Exchequer of £6 12s 4d.
At this same time, the related Palmer family of Angmering, purchased the Sion manors of Ecclesden and West Angmering. Later in the 16th century, they built the mansion New Place, and constructed the decoy ponds on lands unkindly appropriated from their villagers of West Angmering.
The purchase of Kingston was also deemed to include the advowson of the parish - the right to appoint the parish priest. And a chapel of unknown antiquity stood in the village for another hundred years until it was, in the phrase repeatedly used, "eaten up by the sea".
When Robert died in 1545, he left a widow and son Thomas aged 24, to enjoy the lordships so recently acquired. Their principal house was still presumably in London, for his IPM (Inquisition Post Mortem) described him as a "citizen and mercer of London". He must surely have stayed in the East Preston on occasion, especially when it was his only manor, but here again this is speculation.
Despite the Reformation, the family remained devout but covert Catholics into the following century. When they settled at Parham in Sussex, they had the company of many other influential gentry of like persuasion. The 13th Earl of Arundel died in the Tower because of the old faith.
Sir THOMAS PALMER 1520 - 1582
Religious conflict between Sir Thomas and the Bishop of Chichester is fully explored in a history of the period. [6] but fortunately the Elizabethan Settlement took a moderating course. In 1564 Bishop Barlow described Sir Thomas as a "fainte furtherer" of the Protestant religion. Then in 1569 it was found that he had harboured a deprived Marian priest, a Catholic, as his chaplain, and refused to take the communion other than in his own chapel. A Chancery writ of 1571 attempted to force his son, William, to take the sacrament; and the churchwardens of Parham had the audacity, or duty, to present Thomas and over twenty parishioners, for communicating infrequently.
However, the family had the patronage of the Queen and their fortune took a new course. A daughter married her own cousin, Sir Thomas Palmer of Angmering, and the association of the two branches of the family continued through the following generations. But of more significance was the wardship granted by the Queen to Sir Thomas, of Elizabeth Vernai, heir to an estate in Somerset. Not surprisingly she was soon married to William, who thereby effectively acquired this new inheritance.
The Vernai family had lived at Fairfield in Somerset, but William Palmer demolished the old house there, and built a new mansion very similar to Parham. Sir Thomas died in 1582, leaving his "sowle unto the holye and blessed Trinitye" and William his worldly heir.
In his will, William left £5 to the poor, but stressed it was not to "praye for my soule" which would have been too blatantly Catholic. He also wished Queen Elizabeth, "victory over all her enemies" the year of the Armada being at hand.
Young Thomas could not inherit the estates until he came of age, and in the customary way all the manors went automatically into the Crowns hands until that day. In 1587 one third of the estate was leased back to the family at its nominal value, however it may have been undervalued, as was the case in similar circumstances in 1605. Certainly the widow, Elizabeth, must have expected some profit, if only in the form of fines and heriots paid when tenancies changed hands.
The lease listed all of the manors owned, giving a total valuation of £160 7s 6d. East Preston at £20 15s was undoubtedly correct, for that remained its total rent roll for many years; but it may be wondered if the three manors of Kingston, Wick, and Parham, could have been worth only a total of £28 16s. The Old Marsh at Wick was separately valued at £60 10s.
Sir THOMAS PALMER 1574 - 1605
During an expedition to Peurto Rico, to capture bullion ships, both Hawkins and Drake died of dysentery. Thomas survived to take command of a ship the following year, in the defeat of a Spanish fleet and capture of Cadiz. After this exploit Thomas was knighted.
Perhaps because of his roving nature, he had leased Parham to Thomas Byshopp in 1598, and finally sold the manor to him for £4500 in 1601. The uncertain situation in England towards the end of Elizabeth's reign and accession of James, gave him the resolve to emigrate. In 1605 he departed for the continent and then to Spain, with the Earl of Nottingham, intent on providing a home in Valladolid for his family. No sooner did he arrive than he contracted smallpox and died.
His wife had taken temporary lodgings in London with her sons William and
Peregrine and, having lost Parham, the future family house therefore had to be
WILLIAM PALMER c1593 - 1665 Only twelve years old at his fathers death, the problem of wardship once more faced the family. The Somerset and Sussex estates were sold back to them for £435 a sum equal to the annual income from the Sussex manors.
William later lived at the house at Black-Friars, London, rather than in Somerset, choosing a life of study during those years of revolution when others were losing their heads. He died unmarried but the estate in Sussex had already passed to his younger brother Pergerine, probably at his marriage in 1659.
PEREGRINE PALMER c1605 - 1684 Peregrine married Anne Stevens of Gloster in 1659. It is evident that Protestant theology had impressed itself on him early in life, the influence of his father being absent. During the Palatinate wars he served as a volunteer, no doubt against the old enemy Spain, for he later became an officer in the Swedish army. Returning to England, as a monarchist he supported Charles I against Scotland, and later against the Roundheads. In the service of the Earl of Essex he obtained a captain's commission; then when civil war impended, he rallied to the king at Nottingham.
Rising to the rank of colonel-of-horse he served at several of the principal battles, from Edgehill, to Marston Moor, and Naseby. There is no evidence that he, or the family, suffered after the defeat of the royalists, although he was imprisoned for a time. The war on the whole was remarkably civilised.
Peregrine died at Fairfield in 1684, assuredly of great age for the time. His will provided bequests for the poor of his manors, including £10 each to Kingston and Preston. Both his will and his marriage settlement of 1659 mention his Sussex cousins, holding leases there from him. Thomas Palmer of Harting and son are particularly referred to. All the estates passed to his son Nathaniel.
It was Pergerine who had drawn-up that invaluable written survey, or terrier, of the Sussex estates in 1671. This provides detailed descriptions of the lands occupied by tenants, both copyhold, leasehold, and various of the freeholds.
NATHANIEL, THOMAS, and PEREGRINE
Peregrine continued the eighteenth century gentleman's life, serving in Parliament. Although he married and lived until 1762, he also had no sons, and the residue of the estates passed to the next of kin, Arthur Acland (owner of Rustington manors). But the Palmer estates in Sussex had already been sold by Thomas, the greater part going to the banker James Colebrooke in 1722, including the manors of Kingston, Wick, and East Preston, although the purchase price is not known. In addition the Barpham (not Burpham) farm was acquired, although it is not mentioned in the same deeds.
George, a brother of young James, became notable in Arundel as one of its two members of Parliament. The family is extensively noted in the Tomkin's diaries.
The younger James, who died in 1761, left a daughter named Mary, who came of age in 1771, the day after she married John Aubrey of Bucks, at Arundel. A lengthy marriage settlement, dated March 1771, provided for the sale of the Sussex estates, including the remainder of the manorial property, or farms, in East Preston and Kingston. [8]
Barpham was already in process of sale to John Shelley of Michelgrove, the ancient mansion north of Angmering. He proved to be the last of his dynasty there, and the house and lands passed to Richard Walker of Liverpool, and were then purchased by the Duke of Norfolk in 1828. The Duke had the house demolished, and only scant ruins remain today - the two families had long been in opposition in Arundel and the borough elections to Parliament.
In 1759 excellent estate maps were drawn up by Samuel Wilkinson for James Colebrooke. One map is of the manor of Wick and is now at Littlehampton Museum, while the other is of Kingston and East Preston, and is privately owned. They show the lands as occupied by various tenants and freeholders in the early 18th century, about thirty years previous. [9]
Both East Preston and Kingston now passed through several hands, their paths diverging.
Essentially the manor of East Preston Manor now consisted of several farms held on lease, together with quit rents (and associated perquisites) for a few of the freehold farms. This was sold to John Bagnall in 1771, but shortly afterwards, in 1773, the farms were entirely split up and dispersed in lots. This left only the quit rents, which were acquired by John Shelley as a pale shadow of the old manor of East Preston, and finally in February 1786 his widow sold "All that the manor of East Preston otherwise Preston Millers" to William and George Olliver, together with the more real estate of Kingston. [10]
In Kingston the Olliver clan practically dominated as tenants of the copyhold and leasehold land, while owning the few freeholds. Their 1786 purchase from Shelley gave them ownership and occupation of the whole manor and parish, and in 1788 a deed contained a schedule of fields which indicated how the manor was to be split between the two families, in a layout which persists to this day as East and West Kingston. [11]
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2013 Bowl Chairman John Hubbard announces Duck Commander as the new title sponsor for the Independence Bowl.
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The 39th playing of the Duck Commander Independence Bowl is set for Saturday, Dec. 27, with a 3 p.m. kickoff.
For the first time since 1990, the Independence Bowl will be played on a Saturday. It is the 14th time in the bowl's history to be played on a Saturday.
"We are so excited about this year's Duck Commander Independence Bowl being played on a Saturday," 2014 Independence Bowl Foundation Chairman Paul Pratt said. "A weekend game will create a new energy level for football fans who have supported the bowl for the 39 years this game has been played in the Shreveport-Bossier area. ...


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VA meets families hurt by outbreak in Pittsburgh
A year and eight months after Navy veteran John J. Ciarolla died, top VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System officials met last week with his family to apologize and to report that he probably contracted the deadly Legionella bacteria inside one of their hospitals.
VA Pittsburgh spokesman David Cowgill confirmed "institutional disclosure" meetings are being offered to all patients and/or their family members affected by the Legionnaires' disease outbreak here. As many as 21 veterans were sickened from February 2011 to November 2012 at the VA's Oakland and O'Hara campuses. Five of them died, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.
The disclosures occur months after the CDC told VA Pittsburgh leadership on Oct. 30, 2012, that contaminated tap water made some patients sick. Delays in the VA's disclosures might make it tougher for families who want to file wrongful-death claims, said W. Robb Graham, a malpractice attorney from Cherry Hill, N.J., who specializes in VA cases. He does not represent anyone in the Pittsburgh outbreak. He said such claims need to be filed within two years of a death.
"In a situation of someone who's deceased, the reason for disclosure is not just the legal-liability aspect," Graham said. "The families of these veterans have been wondering what they might have done that caused this. When the VA steps up to the plate and says, 'We did it,' it would uncertainly unburden the families."
Cowgill would not say why it took the hospital so long to disclose Legionnaires' was the likely cause of the July 2011 death of Ciarolla, 83, of North Versailles. He said patient privacy rules limited how much officials could comment publicly.
"I'm not going to criticize having the meetings. I question why they're having them all now when people have been contracting the bacteria for the last 18 to 20 months, admittedly on their (the VA's) end," said Philadelphia attorney John N. Zervanos, who represents the Ciarolla family.
Zervanos told the Tribune-Review he believes the VA waited until the matter "hit the fan" publicly to offer the disclosure meetings.
National VA policy calls for medical officials to tell patients or their survivors as soon as possible about "adverse events," including hospital conditions that might cause death or serious injury. In cases when dangers are spotted only after a death, the policy says "disclosure may be delayed to allow for a thorough investigation of the facts provided.
The policy does not, however, discuss how long it may be delayed.
Maureen Ciarolla, 60, of Monroeville said VA Pittsburgh CEO Terry Gerigk Wolf, chief of staff Ali Sonel and attorney Lisa Wolfe shared condolences with her family about the death of her father during an hourlong meeting on Wednesday.
VA officials did not admit any wrongdoing and no one who directly cared for her father was present to answer questions about his treatment, Ciarolla said.
Cowgill said that during any disclosure meetings the VA Pittsburgh holds, "all information available regarding questions veterans or their family members have are answered. We also offer the family the opportunity to call us back for any other questions they may have after the disclosure meeting."
Around the time of her father's death, Ciarolla said VA workers had indicated that they had seen no other recent cases of Legionnaires'.
"They've never — until now — said that my father died of Legionnaires'," Ciarolla said. "My father's death certificate doesn't even say that."
The elder Ciarolla's death certificate lists his cause of death as a complication from pneumonia. Legionnaires' is the second most common cause of pneumonia among patients in VA hospital intensive care units, according to a 2007 report from the VA Inspector General.
Within the past several weeks, Pittsburgh VA officials have contacted relatives of at least two other veterans who died of Legionnaires' disease at the Oakland hospital, family members reported.
Relatives of World War II Navy veteran William Nicklas, 87, of Hampton had a disclosure meeting with VA officials on Feb. 20, their attorney Harry S. Cohen said. He declined to talk about many specifics, but said VA officials did not comment on whether Nicklas was one of the five deaths cited by the CDC.
Neither the CDC nor the VA will publicly name the deceased, citing privacy laws.
As with the Nicklas and Ciarolla cases, the death of Navy veteran Lloyd "Mitch" Wanstreet, 65, of Jeannette aligns with an outbreak timeline at the VA cited in a Jan. 25 CDC report. His sister, Sandy Riley, 60, of Swissvale, said a VA worker called last month to arrange a discussion about Wanstreet's case and "what they're doing in the future."
"I'm curious to see what they have to say about the whole thing, why they didn't mention he could've gotten it there at the (VA)," said Riley, who plans to consult an attorney before her April meeting with VA officials.
Staff writer Mike Wereschagin contributed to this report. Adam Smeltz is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-380-5676 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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