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The double-the-damages law is an interesting fact. I wonder whether formula-based, contingent compensation qualifies under the statute. Further, I wonder whether a court would consider this to be an "unreasonable" measure under the wording of the statute, given the circumstances that the US government, and AIG, are now in.
The argument that AIG is bound by pre-existing contracts to pay bonuses is not cut and dried.
I'm a business and commercial transactions attorney, and I have worked with thousands of contracts, including executive compensation contracts. Every professionally drafted corporate contract has something called a "force majeure" clause (sometimes called an 'Acts of God' clause). It provides that in a number of exceptional situations, the parties to the contract won't have to perform, because they can't perform.
Here's an example of force majeure language:
"Neither party shall be liable in damages or have the right to terminate this Agreement for any non-performance of this Agreement, if such delay or default is caused by conditions beyond control, including but not limited to acts of God, government actions or restrictions, strikes or labor difficulties, acts of war, insurrections, and/or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the party whose performance is affected (including mechanical, electronic, or communications failure)."
Taking bailout money from the government in an economic crisis is certainly an exceptional situation which could qualify as an "act of God" to excuse AIG from paying its employees according to signed contracts. The government would have to impose the condition on AIG, and AIG would then have to comply with the government requirement.
But, from what I'm reading in the New York TImes, it looks like at this point the bonuses were already paid by AIG on Friday the 13th.
If so, the legal question then becomes, Can AIG get the bonuses back?
That type of language in a contract would be much less common, but it's possible, and is frequently seen in executive compensation agreements. (These are sometimes called compensation "clawbacks" and they are typically only triggered by illegal activity or theft from the company itself).
I haven't read the contracts, so I admit this is all conjecture on my part. I wonder how the Connecticut statute would square up against an argument based on a force majeure condition?
Carol Shepherd, Attorney
Arborlaw PLC
Ann Arbor, MI
RE: "the Connecticut Wage Act — generally speaking allows an employee to recover double damages and attorneys fees where an employer withholds wages and the employee can show bad faith or unreasonableness. Peikes says retention bonuses may well be considered "wages" under the statute, and a situation in which "a company knows it is contractually bound to make a payment, but fails to do so" might well constitute bad faith."
How can it be said that it would be "unreasonable" for AIG --which required an infusion of government funds just to stay afloat--to withhold those government funds from bonuses to employees who were primarily responsible for the debacle in which the company now finds itself? If these are "retention" bonuses, how can it be unreasonable for the company to be less than anxious to retain these particular guilty individuals?
And if the company truly determines that it is "contractually bound" to make these outrageous payments, then why not let it declare bankrupcy--a legal state that would allow it to renegotiate its employee contracts? After that, we, the taxpayers, can assess the new employee contracts to assure ourselves --before forwarding any more billions--that bonuses will not be part of the plan for OUR money. Period.
With respect to Carol Sheperd's illuminating force majeure language, I am wondering why she states that "taking bailout money from the government in an economic crisis is certainly an exceptional situation which would qualify as an "act of God" to excuse AIG from paying its employees according to signed contracts. Why rely upon "Act of God" when the very next "condition beyond control" listed there is "government actions or restrictions"? The unfortunate answer may be that the attempted government restriction comes after the government money was paid, which shines a bright light on government --not necessarily AIG-malfeasance. And now, as she points out, the bonuses hae already been paid. This is why the government is thinking about withholding the NEXT bailout installment unless the bonuses are disgorged. The notion that a voluntary decision by these employees to disgorge their already-received bonuses may give them extraordinary powers over AIG --for if they refuse, AIG could be without the bailout funds.
Open Email to Charles Rangel and his Tax Committee
Congressman Rangel, you will have the whole of the Congress, the Senate and the President behind you. You can pass and have signed a new tax law where the bonuses paid by companies like AIG involved in government bailouts are subject to a 100% tax rate. This avoids the individual execuive contract problem and runs up a massive laundry bill on the Wall Street greedy pigs.
Of course the Government can get the bonuses back. Without the four bailouts, AIG would have gone out of business last year, and then these contractual bonuses would have been void and not paid out. US Government saved AIG from bankruptcy, then US Government have the legal powers to stop and to get the bonuses back.
It isn't only AIG that could be in big trouble. My experience as a lobbyist and an insurance broker allows me to identify a fundamental problem with the industry and its regulation. States now have the responsibility of auditing insurance companies. States love to collect insurance premium taxes, but they also love to push the income from the taxes into the general funds of the states and not provide the money to the insurance departments that need to regulate the industry and do the audits. When I lived in New York, I discovered that the state was five years behind in its audits. That lag was usually not only cheered by the insurance companies and their lobbyists, but pushed by them. Every time the appropriations bill for the insurance departments came up, the insurance industry lobbied to keep the funding small so the regulators couldn't do their job. So, we shouldn't be looking to the states for sound evaluations of insurance companies unless they are current with their audits. One way to stop the deception is to require that all companies that are not current on state audits carry a "Conditional" rating until they are audited. It's impossible for the State of Pennsylvania or New York to audit the multi-national AIG. Why do we even pretend they can. It seem that companies like AIG, ACE, XL and other large multi-company conglomerates should be audited by the likes of the GAO. And we need to wonder if GAO could even complete an audit of such a giant in one year.
the incompetent captains of industry deserve bonuses like judges deserve raises for winking and nodding at their cronies and stealing from the public .......... Far too many KEN LAY / Enron , JAY SPECHLER / Mombach kleptomaniacs on the bench .
Why whine about AIG? The government gets back 33% of the AIG bonuses and if anyone cared about tax money they would of tried to save a little of it last week! If anyone deserves a bonus now it is AIG, they have to deal with an intrusive partner that seam to be bent on taking money from citizens that faithfully completed their obligations. Now, the Feds have created a situation where the talent will leave (has left) AIG and the dregs will riding AIG into the ground just for a pay check.
a vivid reminder that these financial companies should all have gone into bankruptcy..absent that obviously solution, its a simple matter of getting the names released (obviously legal and possible for Geithner to do this..and to audit their taxes for the past years - this is not harassment- this incident would give more than enough probable cause to review the tax returns for ALL AIG execs..I cant believe this administration thinks it can duck this and wimp out as per larry Summers's hedging ove r the weekend- ...lead, d--n it!
I don't remember 1L contracts class, but my first instinct is "unconscionability"
Can we bring back public hangings?
And who might be the outside counsel who delivered the advice to A.I.G. about the ironclad nature of the bonus obligation, even in view of A.I.G.'s insolvency?
And has the New York State Insurance Commissioner no ability to limit such actions on the part of A.I.G.?
Does New York State even pretent to have an Insurance Commiissioner anymore?
Many, many, many legal issues of interest to the business community here, both substantive and practical. Many.
But lawblog would need a full-time team to explore it for a while. Maybe some contract lawyers? Quite a few of them pounding the pavement these days, or so I understand from the lawblog.
These greedy pigs should be brought low. Not only should they lose their so-called bonuses there should be a witch-hunt to find and prosecute all those who have broken any security laws - they should be stripped of their wealth. They and their families can go live in trailer parks or tent cities along with those who are suffering as a result of their misdeeds.
maybe Geithner, Cuomo et al are too late if the checks have already been mailed (reportedly Friday)? the AIG folk are probably spending our money as we speak!
If there are clauses in these contracts that would allow nullification, this should be done without delay. When I heard Summers over the weekend during interviews cite the sacrosanct "hands off of contracts," I felt this was being done for the ears of China and other US creditors with large debt holdings and an expressed concern about the ability (and will) to repay these debts. Should the administration move to suspend or nullify these payouts, our creditors might be mollified rather than rattled.
By the way, I have not heard or read any commentary that describes the "talents" or "connections" that are so needed that they must be bought with obscene retention bonuses during a period when unconscionable and unsustainable losses are the norm.
they failed to the company, failed to investors, and failed to...., then they get bonuses. they should be sent to jail or homeless shelter
Re: "Can we bring back public hangings?"
Sure if you'd like to emulate the Taliban.
First - in the financial services world, the bonus structure is not a good thing for employees it is a bad thing. It means that upwards of 50%-90% of your annual pay is deferred to the end of the year and the employee has little to no visibility on what the number will be until it comes out. Imagine you work for an hourly wage all year and get $5 / hour all year and don't know until the end of the year whether you were really making $15 / hour or $20 / hour or $5 / hour. So when people are outraged with "bonuses" and have this notion that a bonus is something on top for doing a good jobit is really a part of a compensation package that your company holds over you all year.
It is much too easy to say - these guys caused the problems so just void their contracts. Even if their contracts could be voided or even if there was no contract, if these people have agreed to stay at a dead company where they have no chance of a future I think they should be compensated appropriately. If these "executives" (and I wonder what the definition of an executive is) are not needed to wind down the company's positions then they should not have been kept on in the first place and given the number laid off my sense is it is very tough to wind down a company of this size with no experienced people. Considering the US government is pouring tens of billions into this company, spending a small fraction to keep people who know what they are doing makes a lot of sense to me. Think of it as a mangement fee and the number looks very paltry compared to the amount of capital the US government has put at risk. I would rather be pound-wise than penny-wise. AIG did not get into trouble because of compensation.
But this notion that people who can easily walk across the street are going to stay with AIG and help protect the taxpayer's investment under these kind of conditions - you are fooling yourselves. Even though mistakes were made, these are still among the brightest and most desirable people in their fields. And politicians who continue to use the refrain - where will they go - there are still plenty of places that smart people can go as evidenced by the formation of a large number of private equity firms and boutique advisory firms in the early 1990s and the creating of a massive number of hedge funds after the dot-com bubble burst. The more regulations you add to the system, the more places there are for smart people to try to benefit from them as evidenced by the fact that the Obama administration is now talking about pumping large amounts of money into private firms to buy toxic assets - who knows these assets better than people who worked with them at a previous job.
I naively thought that government intervention under the right conditions could be a positive but now I very clearly see that the most damage can still be inflicted by the political class who have still shown no ability to demonstrate an understanding of the financial system despite the fact that we are one year in since the failure of Bear Stearns.
correct me if i'm wrong; arn't we talking about RETENTION payments and not bonuses. In my world these are salary awards (usually a percentage of annual salary) which management or Board have awarded key individuals at a time when they were considered critical to AIG's operation, and as such received presumably a letter from management or the Board stating that by staying with AIG until a particular date (March 15th 2009) they would receive a predetrmined amount. The purpose is to ensure RETENTION of that employee; and by not having left AIG by such date would, in my humble opinion, be contractually in his/her full right to receive the amount. The service / value provided is not the quality of his/her work (for which one normally receives BONUSES) but the mere fact that he/she stay on with the company!
Bonus *does not equal* Salary...? How are these guys paid?
Who are the blithering idiots responsible for giving AIG bailouts with no strings? Barney? Nancy? Harry?
What judge is going to decide any reasonable case against AIG in AIG's favour?
Not to get off topic, but your anonymous lawyer source knowingly committed a serious ethical violation. If his firm represents AIG, then so does he, regardless whether he personally works on the AIG account. The analysis he provided to you lends credence to the public attack against his client by suggesting they had not only a right but an obligation not to make the bonus payments, and yet made them anyway. Leaving aside the flaws in his argument (why would this compensation and not any other payment be regarded as a fraudulent conveyance, especially when made by a company with no current plans for bankruptcy), thats a pretty clear violation of the duty of loyalty. When asked for a comment about a client, your friend should have said "no comment, we represent them," not "Ok, just don't use my name."
Parade them out one by one in handcuffs...along with the Thacher Proffitt/Sonnenschein scoundrels who are taking taxpayer money in form of "legal fees" for Treasury! Our government is in bed with corporate crooks - if you get in bed with the devil, sooner or later you have to f---. AIG is just doing what comes naturally - they can't change what they are.
Put a hold on all the checks. Return them NSF.
You forgot Bush, Paulson, Cheney, Bernanke, Geithner, Shelia Bair. They're all related to the grossly incompetent Bush administration who started these unconditional bailouts.
Great article...also very interesting comment by Donald Cleveland above who points out the real question we need to ask, how did we allow 350 people at AIG FP to almost cause a worldwide financial meltdown? The lax regulation and self-regulation (the biggest oxymoron ever) need to end now. I believe the government should create a real financial enforcement agency, unlike the no bite or bark SEC, with zealous advocates to enforce regulations just like IRS and DEA agents.
As for the Mensa members at AIG, have fun dealing with Cuomo...if there was ever a case for a fraudulent conveyance, this is it. Also, note that AIG may be potentially liable under the 34 act for failure to disclose the problems in AIG FP in early 2008 when it entered into these "retention" contracts. For example, if AIG FP employees were leaving in droves because they knew these investments were about to blow up, and AIG failed to disclose this, well, you get the point.
Whatever happened to "never again" after Enron and Worldcom, history truly repeats itself. Hope Mark O'Sullivan has moved to Costa Rica by now.
How much of the $165 million went to individuals who actiually made money for AIG, or at least didn't lose any money for them? Oh, you don't know? Either does the President Obama, his polling firm, General Cuomo, and Secretary Geitner.
Everyone seems to agree that these bonuses clearly constitute "unreasonable compensation." That being so, if I were the Treasury Secretary, I would tell the Commissioner of the IRS to disallow any deduction for these bonuses as "unreasonable compensation." Then, I would file a shareholder's derivative suit asserting breach of fiduciary duties on the grounds of waste.
The TARP funds were not invisioned to be used for bonus payments. Normally bonus payments are based upon profits being realized by the corporation through the efforts of the executive and performance. AIG is in dire financial condition due to AIG's Finanmcial Products Division. To pay bonusus is to reward incompetence and theft.
The contracts should be voided as against public policy.
I have practiced law for 28 years. Let the executives bring a lawsuit and try to convince a hury they should be paid.
The right of the American people and the government to make sure the money is spent properly supercedes the company executive rights to the money as bonuses. You can't have a bonus when the company needs to be bailed out by the government in order to stay in business.
Don't know the CT Wage Payment Law, but PA's similar statute can impose personal liability on individual executives who participate in the decision to withhold compensation. If the feds "persuade" AIG not to pay, are they also going to indemnify the individual managers?
Why mess with contract law. Can't congress add a page to the IRS tax code...say if you worked at a company that recieved federal money your bonus is taxed at 99%?
The correct procedure then and now was bankruptcy not a loose receivership. All contracts would then have beeb subject to the bankruptcy court. The billions given away to crony counterparties might also have been avoided.
No, the U.S. will not get the money back. Our geniuses at Treasury have this solution: for the next $30 billion payment to A.I.G., the U.S,. will subtract $165 million and only pay $29.835 billion. Then Geithner will appear before the cameras and say to us taxpayers, voila, you have been made whole.
What a joke this is, what a very bad joke. And by the way, how many more of these $30 billion payments are there going to be? I think we ought to hear the end-number.
Every single legal avenue will remain unexplored, because the entire Obama team is clueless when it comes to law the way it is practice on Wall Street.
It's time to pull the plug. AIG should be denied further bailouts and forced into Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Other insurance companies will be happy to service the customers. The trustee could file a petition to reclaim the bonuses, although any that are properly due should be paid, and compensation for personal services could have priority. Unfortunately, some involved here apparently agreed to pay bonuses on the basis of sales, not profits, and some of those sales might have been imprudent, actually increasing AIG's losses.
6:43 p.m. -- "I don't remember 1L contracts class...." Obviously.
No one who helped create our current Great Recession should receive *any* bonus in *any* company, AIG or otherwise.
AIG would have gone bankrupt without the taxpayer bailout. If they had gone bankrupt and these were the people that drove it bankrupt, I do not think these bonuses would have been paid or would they.
they need to bankrupt! NOW!!! This company is not American values but only of Corporate (big business) values which continue to demonstrate that Companies are more important than their customers and tax payers trying to help them avoid bankrupcty and complete closure.. but.. the moral of this story.. CORPORATE LEADERS DON'T CARE AND IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL! No it's not!!! and.. no more help for them.. rescind our taxpayer help now! Those companies whereupon the Leaders demonstrate severe actions are needed (huge pay reduction or decline their salaries and all compensations for a job of FAILURE under their watch!!!) then.. perhaps.. and with GREAT restrictions of BAILOUT money use/distribution COULD be offered. Wow.. I am totally DISGUSTED!!
pay them only in AIG common stock - and see what their reaction is... then the real truth will come out. They will likely refuse... then fire them.
WE THE PEOPLE, will be repaid, since for the next $30 billion payment to A.I.G., the U.S will BE REPAID it PLUS $165 million.
I always believed that Bonuses on Wall St were given as a share of profits earned by your performance in the company. I fail to understand if the company has a loss and is taking Government money then why can AIG not, instead of paying the execs the contracted bonuses, actually ask the employe to bear the loss as a share of negative profit earned by them to the amount of bonus (Profit Share) guaranteed to them.
Bonus is a share in the profit and profits can be positive and negative and if they want a share in the positive profits they should share the negative profits as well. Is Geithner Listening...
the govt is modifying mortgage contracts entered into by people using supposedly mistated incomes and disclosures.. why can they not modify these contracts...
Geithner, Summers and Bernanke are whining loudly, but they're just whining. Meanwhile, Cuomo is kicking ass and preparing subpoenas.
If the Fed Honchos can't deal with this mess, then Obama had better deal with them. Now.
I would simply give the employees the following choice: you either willingly do not accept the bonus or your are fired.
Banks, Investment Companies, and Insurance Companies are generally seen as "too big to fail". Thus the US Government steps in with tax payer funds to rescue them from systemic failure when greedy management screws up. In the case of banks and investment banks, management legally paid themselves large salaries, bonuses and stock options based on writing huge volumes of bad loans, and credit default swaps, etc… In the case of AIG, management legally paid themselves large salaries, bonuses and stock options based on writing huge volumes of insurance policies that protected banks and investment companies if the unemployed, unverified people who were given loans on inflated real estate appraisals stopped paying their mortgages. Since banks, investment companies and insurance companies are not allowed to fail, there must be a new LAW passed through Congress that deals with this crisis. It should be called the "Financial Retribution Act of 2009". It should say: "if a Bank, Investment Company, or Insurance company is rescued with tax payer funds due to bad management decisions, then ALL EXECUTIVE PAY RETROACTIVELY COULD BE SUBJECT TO SEIZURE TO REPAY TAXPAYERS."
Unless executives realize that their own personal bank accounts WILL be affected if their "alleged" managerial incompetence brings risk of systemic failure, then executives will NEVER have the incentive not to crash the system next time they find a legal loop hole to exploit.
Will the Government get it's money back? Yes. President Obama and Congress should start by passing the Financial Retribution Act of 2009 and then begin asking questions like: why does Dick Fuld have 400 million dollars in his personal bank account? The Attorney General should look at all the personal bank accounts of all the executives at the banks, investment banks, and the insurance companies that caused this world wide crisis and make sure they aren't laughing all the way to the bank while unemployed taxpayers lose their homes.
Can someone tell us what is the basis for AIG's refusal to identify the name of the "outside" law firm that advised it concerning the bonuses? And what law firm is now advising the board of AIG about where its fiduciary responsibilities lie in view of its insolvency? I would like to say that it is amazing that this board and these executives are refusing to do the bidding of the company's owner. But that would be naive of me. What we are seeing now is the truth of corporate America. These companies are not run for the benefit of the shareholders, or upon insolvency the creditors. No, they are run for the benefit of executives and the law firms, accountants, and other vendors who paid by the executives. Now all I have to do is explain Geithner, Summers, Axelrod and their own boss and I will understand the entire mess.
To Mr. Financial Retribution Act of 20o9, please get serious.
If Fuld has any serious money in the bank, it'll be somewhere in the Caribbean by now next to Bernie and Ruthie's accounts. And/or invested in a Florida homestead mansion.
The best solution is to recover these payments as fraudulent conveyances or preferences, and legislation to prohibit any bonuses paid for performance in a year when a company did not make a profit - and of course prohibiting bonuses from any company that takes a government bailout.
And to seriously prosecute and jail anyone who broke the law by failing to disclose timely info to investors and the SEC, engaged in insider trading, etc.
The economic impact of these bonuses is insignificant, and there is no equitable case to be made for their recovery. Obama's just throwing raw meat to his rabble, who hate productive people.
We need to find out who each and every recipient of a bonus paid for by taxpayers is and make sure, at minimum, that they "never work in this town again."
Go, Cuomo, go!
Meanwhile, Geithner, Summers and Bernanke - grow some hair on your chests.
Note to AIG Board: Fire Liddy ASAP. No parachute. Zilch. Zero.
Note to the President: Let AIG go into Chapter 11 ASAP. Do us all a favor.
In response to It Doesn't Matter (11:29pm) "The economic impact of these bonuses is insignificant, and there is no equitable case to be made for their recovery. Obama's just throwing raw meat to his rabble, who hate productive people."
- I bet you work for AIG!
"Obama's just throwing raw meat to his rabble, who hate productive people."
dude, you're so called productive people are the ones who drove the company into the ground and we the taxpayers are having to foot the bill.
actually there is a case to recover the bonuses if it does go to trial because no one who is receiving those bonuses can stand up to the national rage at what they are doing during this time. they would be the shame of our nation.
I wholeheartedly agree!!!
Publish the names of those unpatriotic greedy pigs that take a bonus after bringing the country to its knees. Taking a bonus under these circumstancdes is akin to treason.
Any AIG officer or director receiving a bonus, involved in approving the bonus contracts or involved in or overseeing the London branch's activities should be sued by the U.S. Govt in its capacity as an investor in the company for BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY, NEGLIGENCE AND FRAUD. Perhaps, on receipt of the summons and complaint, they would seek to negotiate a settlement in exchange for their bonus.
I'm sick of hearing this lie repeated over and over, that bonuses must be paid to enhance productivity and keep the 'good people'. Rubbish. There is no evidence whatsoever that paying these excessive wages to managers makes one lick of difference to their performance.
From the pen of Bill Bonner:
"At the top in Japan, the average executive earns only 3 times as much as the average salaryman. In Britain, top executives earn more than 10 times as much as their Japanese counterparts - or 39 times the average guy on the shop floor. And in America, the poor working stiff supports an executive who earns more than 300 times more than he does."
"Is the American worth 10 times as much as his British confrere? Is he worth 100 times his Japanese competition? Is his business run better than either of theirs?"
I'm gonna make this really simple and explain it to the morons in the Treasury and at the Fed who don't seem to understand it. The 700+ trillion dollar derivatives gambling ring that caused all this is a ZERO SUM GAME. The system is paralyzed because the bets are astonishingly large, so large that it's pointless to try to bail any of these guys out, so STOP THROWING GOOD MONEY INTO THE VOID! Here's how to fix it: if A owes B a trillion dollars then let B acquire A, B then owes itself a trillion, canceling the debt. Stop propping up these losers with bailouts, loosen up the red tape and let the international buyouts and takeovers begin. We will see a bloodbath in the financial sector, consolidation and a possible shift of financial power out of America....SO BE IT! It will happen regardless, you either let it happen short and sharp, with minimal pain for the real economy, or you drag it out over decades and screw us all with protracted deflation as zombie banks suck money from the real economy in an effort to survive (ala Japan), followed by an enormous inflation bomb thanks to the insane amount of money that has been injected into a zero sum game and will eventually just come straight back out.
Screw AIG, let it go bankrupt, let the system collapse, and let these fools who work there join the unemployment queue, where they DESERVE to be for their sheer incompetence. The sun will still shine, crops will still grow, the ore will still be in the ground, and China and India will continue to develop. Too bad for America which built itself a castle of paper instead of stone, power is shifting east and it can't be stopped. Deal with it. Learn to speak Mandarin and go chase a business opportunity in an economy that's based on something real.
Contract law doesn't provide for additional recourse against a party simply because it wilfully breaks an agreement, it's quite the opposite. Bail out dough can be conditioned upon making the corp break the bonus agreements. Officers and managers then sue AIG, and if they win, get to attach at best. Uncle can put superior liens in place, making the officers' attachments worthless. They will have a difficult time executing a judgment against AIG while its going down in flames.
If a company is too big too fail, then it is too big. I think this should be the major lesson from this economic downturn.
Nothing wrong with a big business, but if a business gets so big that the government cant let them fail - you know capitalism at work - than that company should 1) not be allowed to grow that large through mergers or aquisitions 2) if a company gets that large naturallly (very unlikely), they should be forced to either start getting smaller or be forced to start paying large bailout insurance that will repay the taxpayers in case a bailout by the federal government is necessary.
AIG = PIG. Now they have thoroughly earned our irate, they should retreat from the feeding trough ASAP.
Outrage over a measly $165 million??? Where is the outrage over the billions in pork that was slammed through as "stimulus"????? What little respect and faith I had in the American public is gone forever
Does anyone have any insight on the claim that taxing these folks at exorbitant rates to get back their bonuses may violate the equal protection clause?
If the AIG executives who were rewarded with bonuses for increased sales are identified, it will be interesting to see how many contributed to Barack Obama and other Democratic candidates last year. I think I already know, which explains why these folk will not be identified.
This is just a stink bomb by the Big O's administration (the part that has started to work) to cover the TRILLIONS being destroyed by the Congress and Big O.
If the the retained management can save 2% of the bail out money, the bonuses are money well spent! Nothing The big Zero is doing has a 200% return. When will the voters demand he refund his salary?
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The Private Snafu films were clearly made to be seen by soldiers and
not by the general public. The dirty jokes, sexual innuendos and
language is relatively tame today but never would have been allowed in
the regular theaters due to the Production Code. But, such off-color
remarks went over very well with the enlisted men and helped to
illustrate important information in a humorous and memorable fashion.
This Snafu film is quite different from the rest in style and characterization. Here, Snafu is NOT an idiot and it consists of a more mature Snafu landing on a lonely island in the Pacific. At the same time, a very stereotypical Japanese officer arrives and they fight it out almost like Bugs and Yosimite Sam having a scrap. Very enjoyable but more like a mass-consumption cartoon and with a little less of an edge than usual--though the end is rather dark in spirit. Still, it's quite enjoyable and worth finding.
No Buddy Atoll to me is not quite among the best Private Snafu cartoons like Spies and Booby Traps are, not quite as funny as them and not as daring as a lot of the other cartoons in the series. The cartoon also for my tastes takes a little too long to set up. It is still very interesting however mainly to see a surprisingly mature Snafu and a Looney Tunes-like(the Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam comparison is apt) rapport between him and the Japanese general. It's also still very entertaining, the gags and dialogue still amuse and the chemistry between Snafu and the general is what holds the cartoon together and it's wonderfully witty. Snafu is very funny and endearing if different to how he's usually portrayed, and while the Japanese general is rather stereotypical(not offensively though) it was interesting and amusing to see a character for a change more inept than Snafu. The animation is crisp and smooth, the music rouses the spirits and adds a lot of character to the cartoon- it is Carl Stalling after all- and the story while not the most exceptional of stories moves at a sprightly pace. Mel Blanc does a stellar job with the voices of both Snafu and the general. In conclusion, not one of the best Private Snafu cartoons but still good fun. 8/10 Bethany Cox
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This is one of a series of training shorts for the US Army featuring
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Private Snafu is floating along in the Pacific, with no explanation whatsoever how he got there. We also see a Japanese officer floating on the water. They simultaneously spot an atoll and make for it from opposite sides. Both being rather dim bulbs, they make a great deal of noise, yet it takes them both entirely too long to realize they aren't alone.
It then takes too long for them to spot each other, but when they finally do, the Japanese officer comes at Snafu with a samurai sword while Snafu has the oddest Swiss Army knife ever. Because this is a Snafu short and Snafu has the brain God gave moldy cheese, you figure, "Well, that's it for Snafu" when suddenly Snafu flattens the officer with, of all things, an umbrella! Snafu does this twice and then finishes him off, scoring just about the only victory he'll see in his pathetic life. The end is a bit ruthless, but it's a training film being shown to soldiers, so it's appropriate.
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A fire destroys a warehouse at Giddings Equipment and Kubota Tractors in Pittsford early Thursday afternoon, closing Route 7 as fire crews from area towns cannot put out the stubborn blaze. Tractors were pulled out of the building as flames consumed the structure.PITTSFORD - Flames consumed a garage at Giddings' Kubota tractor dealership on Route 7 today.
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A NECESSARY MEANS of regaining self-confidence, Irish cultural nationalism acquired accentuated resonance after the collapse of political agitation and outbreaks of 'Pat-riot-ism'. In the aftermath, the first priority was to disabuse host attitudes, to refute the prejudice and ethnic denigration aroused to fever pitch by Irish 'commotion'. However, while confuting the derogatory portrayal of the Irish, nationalist cultural brokers, anxious to ensure against further defamation, exhorted their less fortunate fellow-countrymen along the path of reform, respectability and rehabilitation. Liverpool, they were only too well aware, was renowned for its 'unenviable pre-eminence in the unnecessary superfluity of its moral and material temptations to wrong-doing'.1 Much more than a rejoinder to ethnic defamation, respectable advocacy of Irish culture offered salvation for exiles of Erin adrift in an alien and corrupting waterfront environment.
Promotion of 'respectable' national values crossed the spectrum, from liberal advocates of integrative assimilation to ethnic purists campaigning for celtic separatism. At the same time, the specious 'anti-political' ethos of cultural activity provided ready cover for a 'revolutionary underground' disillusioned by the depredations, sleaze and compromise of constitutional politics. In trying to unravel some of these ironies and complexities, this chapter follows a chronological path through nationalist cultural endeavour. Most notably, it highlights a significant shift in focus from contestation of host stereotypes to inculcation of 'Irish-Ireland' culture, a project that exposed the gulf between cultural 'purists' and second-generation Liverpool-Irish. Where early nationalist
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Defeat spells end of Cumbria's national indoor bowls hopes
Last updated at 13:43, Thursday, 01 March 2012
Cumbria Indoor Bowls Club's last chance of a representative in one of the four main disciplines at the National Championships was scuppered on Sunday when Paul Barlow, Trevor Taylor and Stephen Farish went down to Alan Foulds, Tony King and Mark Dawes of Blackpool at Penrith.
It was a tight game throughout and after the sixth end when Blackpool led 7-5 there was never more than a single shot between the two triples.
Several times the Carlisle trio looked poised to score a count but a mixture of good bowls and the occasional slice of fortune from Dawes saw the two triples play the last end all square. And on that end it was the Lancastrians who just came out on top to put the seal on what has been a disappointing season for the Cumbria club.
Cumbria Indoor Bowls Club's new double triples league, for clubs throughout the area, is heading for an exciting finish and the destination of a total prize fund of £630 is still far from clear.
Favourites going into last Sunday's games were the Lockerbie Lions but they came unstuck in their battle with Courtfield Cougars and the points were shared 3-3. Sam Anderson, Gordon Armstrong and Eddie McGarr had a good battle with Betty Burgess, Len Docherty and Mike Dewhurst but looked to have taken the initiative when scoring five shots in two ends to lead 12-9.
The Cougars struck back, however, to pick up a single and a three to snatch a win despite a tremendous effort by Eddie McGarr on the last end.
The other game where George Braithwaite, Kevin Johnston and Paul Campbell met Tom Linton, Neil Shearer and Willie Linton was equally close though the Cougars looked to be on course for victory when leading 10-4.
In the last three ends, however, the Lions came to life picking up scores of 5-1-1 to snatch a single shot win and halve the points overall. Courtfield Cobras have slipped of late but back to full-strength this week enjoyed two good wins against the Penrith Pumas. Steve Delucci, Cindy Edmondson and Anthony Little were made to fight all the way by Bill Hunter, Ken Hesleden and Geoff Steele but scored 11 shots on the last three ends to secure a twelve shot win.
In the other game Jackie Wilson, John McGree and Ray Gall made the better start against Dennis Noble, Harry Beech and Andrew Lee but in the second half of this game it was the Penrith Pumas trio which finished the stronger scoring ten shots to one in the last five ends to go down by just two shots.
Sunday's final game was the Wetheral derby when the Wasps met the Wolves.
Both games were well contested and could have gone either way but it was the Wasps who came out on top taking all six points in a game where the result could easily have been reversed. Pat Griffiths, Bob Sewell and Steve Griffiths were just two shots ahead with two to play but scores of one and four saw them beat Peter Yates 14-7.
In the other game Ken Graham for the Wolves led 9-6 after nine ends but failed to add to his tally as Helen Sewell, Carol Smith and George Goodall racked up seven shots in the last four ends to win 13-9.
On Sunday, Lions meet Eagles and this seems likely to be a great battle while Cobras meet Wolves and Cougars play Wasps.
The results of Sunday's game may well settle the league but there is also every chance that the final positions will go right to the wire.
Also looking ahead to this weekend and there are some interesting club semi-final ties scheduled for both Saturday and Sunday.
At 10am, on Saturday, the Gents Restricted singles game between John Brew and Tom Linton takes place and at the same time Sheena Kirkpatrick meets Dorothy Jefferson and Janice Gower meets Victoria Kyle in the Ladies pairs and Paul Campbell plays Peter Angood in the Gents Restricted pairs.
The principal attraction on Sunday will be the two Gents Singles semi-finals which are to be played at noon. Neil Karge meets Stephen Farish and Stuart Airey will play Craig Docherty, two games which should prove attractive for spectators.
On Sunday at 10am, John Crozier plays Anthony Little in the Gents Restricted Pairs while at 12noon Stephen Farish meets Joe Menzies in the Gents Pairs. At 2pm in the Mixed Pairs Paul Campbell plays Rae Graham and Karen Edmondson meets Kate Peacock.
News from outdoor bowls is that Bowls England has agreed to revert the Under 25 Double Rink to Regional Finals and only the last four teams will therefore travel to Worthing. This will come into force in 2013.
One other point of interest or worry whichever way you look at it is the news that Southport BC are to be charged £12,000 a year by the local authority to keep the green in existence.
The club will manage this for the coming season from reserves which they have managed to build but unless there is a change in policy it seems unlikely to be a long term agreement.
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Sparse January snow means boarders and skiers won't ride the rails at Ruby Hill Park this year, Denver's Parks and Recreation Department said this afternoon.
The Ruby Hill Rail Yard, established in 2007, is billed by the city as the country's only free urban terrain park, but this year there just isn't enough snow. Denver has seen temperatures as high as 66 degrees and an average daily high of nearly 50 degrees this month. Denver has received 4.6 inches of snow, which is about 2.5 inches below normal, and most of it, 3.2 inches, fell on Jan. 11, according to the National Weather Service.
"Though we are enjoying this mild winter, we are disappointed we can't offer this amenity to Denver area youth," Lauri Dannemiller, Denver Parks and Recreation manager, stated.
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Posted on Tuesday, October 12th, 2010 at 7:36pm CDT by 6c4de4e9
Company: Lori Ward Realy
Location: 18383 Preston Rd. Ste 150
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Realtor Lori Ward of the Dallas Area is about as professional as a rabid badger.
She decided she wants to show a house we live in previous to her legal ability to do so; and upon hearing how she was not allowed, she became irate and began yelling and questioning my military credentials.
After being informed not to call again, she came out to the home on a Sunday night at 9pm and began kicking the door until she was informed the police were en route; to which she screamed something unintelligible, and fled the scene in her black Mercedes.
She is a mentally unstable woman whose erratic and unprofessional behavior make her a liability and a threat.


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For the first time in over a decade, a dog is back on Raoul Island—this time to help clear the island of noxious weeds.Continue Reading...
By Raoul Island Ranger Louise Mack
It is crazy to think that the Scottish pirates from the RV Braveheart—parading themselves as GNS workers and boat crew—were our first contact with people, outside our small team, in four months!
The scientists and divers from GNS were up here fixing their tsunami reader and checking over their gear on the island.
The trip was combined with a research expedition with Dr Tom Trnski, from Auckland Museum, and Steve Hathaway, an underwater videographer. Check out the blog of their trip, it has some amazing footage from the Kermadec Islands.
In preparation for our guests, we slogged away getting everything just right. Lawns were mowed, wood cut for the BBQ, the Ranch cleaned and sparkling. All was set. Now we just had to wait.
A bit of a dampener
I don't know if other ex-Raoulies got this feeling while they were up here, but every now and then I get the vibe that the island enjoys tormenting us. True to form, a few days before the arrival of our guests, the rain begins. Torrential. Non-stop. Rain. 102.5 mm over two days. Everything was wet. Everything was muddy. Good times.
Then, just for a bit of extra excitement, a water main to the house breaks. Figuring losing one tank of water was child's play, we opted to drain them both. That's 60,000 litres of water seeping into the ground.
Now, if this had happened two days earlier, finding the leak would have been easy—the wet spot would've been obvious in the dry. Unfortunately, the entire island was a wet spot—it also has very permeable and quick draining soil. This meant the job continued on over many hours (days)—digging in mud. In the rain. Always with the rain.
Let me tell you, water out of a tap is a luxury! I will never again take that for granted. Using buckets from the fire reservoir for flushing toilets and hiking up the hill to fill containers for drinking was not fun.
So, wet muddy clothes we had been wearing for a week and no showers was how we greeted our visitors to the island. I am not 100% sure, but it may have been the sight and smell of us that made them only stay ashore one night and then flee back to the comforts of their ship.
All good though! The island did a complete turn around and the day they came ashore was sunny and perfect.
A lot of merriment and cups of tea were had by all and it was a great visit by a nice bunch of people.
A couple of camping trips
It is not all work work work however, despite what it may sound like. Boss man Neil does occasionally let us off the leash and allow us a few hours of free time for exploring.
Labour Weekend at Sunshine Camp was the setting for an adventure for Ross, Jenny and myself.
Looking back now it feels like a Tui ad waiting to happen and I can actually laugh at the irony. A weekend camping + a place called Sunshine + Labour Weekend in New Zealand = non stop rainy good times.
Actually I shouldn't complain. We left home in brilliant sunshine and had it beaming down on us while we staggered there with full packs. It only started to cloud over as we arrived. And, even then, the rain held off until we were tucked up in our tents.
The plan for a second night quickly changed to a wet muddy slog back to the Ranch though. I cannot deny it, I am a fair weather camper.
There are so many places to go and things to see here. The humpbacks had gone, but their departure coincided with the arrival of a seabird bonanza. Amazing birds and strange noises became the norm—it's like a whole new channel on Raoul TV.
Tam and I spent a night camping out on Hutchies Bluff a few weeks ago and got to experience a pod of dolphins cruising past, with one of the humpback stragglers and her wee calf. The sun was setting directly in front of us, there were seabirds galore, and a full moon rising behind us. It was one of those moments when you pinch yourself and think, 'wait this is my job?'!
Under the sea
Snorkelling here is epic. The water is so clear, visibility is amazing, and the fish!
Schools of kahawai follow you around, tiny mimic blennies nibble your legs, mado, lion fish (definitely no touching those suckers), giant limpets the size of your hands, the noise of kina crunching away on the rocks.
Neil saw a kingi as big as himself (not a lot is as big as Captain Longshanks, so that is saying something). It is all a bit overwhelming really.
Last week I saw a turtle and had my first snorkel with the sharks experience. It was only a small one, but seriously, 1 metre looks massive underwater. Yes, I did use Tam as a human shield, but I stayed in the water! Big ups to me.
Tam, Neil and I decided that our first weekend, post pirate invasion, we should chill and have a relaxing visit to the Oneraki Beach Day Spa to recharge.
I really cannot think of a better way to round off a weekend than chilling in a hot tub, sipping on my home brew ginger beer with my Raoul family. The rates at the spa are fab, and the view immense.
Life is good. Home is beautiful.
Interested in becoming a volunteer on Raoul Island?
DOC is currently recruiting for volunteers for August 2014 to February 2015 now. See www.doc.govt.nz/raoulvolunteers for more information.
Come behind the scenes and into the jobs, the challenges, the highlights, and the personalities of the people who work at the Department of Conservation (DOC).
Today we profile Neil Forrester, Team Leader on Raoul Island in the Kermadec Islands.
At work
Some things I do in my job include… The core work on the island involves ridding the island of pest plant species, which is done by grid searching areas of known infestations to hunt down the villains and remove them once located. We collect and propagate seeds of some of the 'At risk' species to release back into their natural habitat with hopes they repopulate the island.
I conduct rodent monitoring to ensure the rodent free status of the island is up held. I keeping walking tracks and roads open so we are able to travel around—vegetation grows very quickly up here so it is a constant battle! I also release weather balloons daily and record sunlight hours for the Met Service, take water samples from the caldera for GNS, and take air samples for SCRIPPS (Institution of Oceanograhy). We maintain the buildings and equipment and man the most northern part of New Zealand to protect it from pirates and other undesirables.
This helps achieve DOC's vision by… protecting and enhancing the values of the island and ensuring it stays rodent free, thus allowing the once decimated bird populations to recover.
The best bit about my job is… everything. I get to live and work in paradise! Becoming part of Raoul history, working with a great bunch of people who love what they do and enjoying the banter on a daily basis with no mobile phone reception or shops. Bliss!
The awesome-est DOC moment I've had so far is… I guess getting to work on the Poor Knights Islands after spending so long only getting to see it from water level, and yes it is one of the most awesome-est places ever. Especially with the guys I got to spend it with, plus I scored a chopper ride off on my last trip there. What a way to end (I should thank Graham Taylor for that one).
The DOC (or previous DOC) employee that inspires or enthuses me most is… all DOC staff who are passionate about what they do and do it for the love of the job rather than the money they earn. My hat goes off to you all. Without all the hard work that everyone does, New Zealand would be a very different place.
On a personal note…
The song that always cheers me up is… anything by Manu Chao. If you have not heard of them, get some and enjoy!!!
My greatest sporting moment was when…ever I get in the water to go surfing—and the waves aren't bad up here either.
In my spare time I… surf, snorkel, explore the island and take photographs.
My secret indulgence is… branston pickle. No cheese sandwich is complete without it but most people who know me will know that!
Before working at DOC I… was a diving instructor on Poor Knights Island.
Deep and meaningful…
My favourite quote is… Love the life you live, live the life you love (Bob Marley).
The best piece of advice I've ever been given is… just give it your best and always have fun!
In work and life I am motivated by… fun. Everything in life should have a little fun associated with it.
My conservation advice to New Zealanders is… try to protect what we have today so we can enjoy it tomorrow and the day after. Even if whatever you do is something small, it all makes a difference.
Question of the week…
You are about to be stranded on a deserted island, what three items will you take with you?
Firstly, I already am stranded on a kind of deserted island – there are only five of us.
My surf board
My cameras
My current DOC team who make living and working on a deserted island a dream come true
By Sarah Matthew, volunteer and artist based in Wellington
The memories I have of Raoul Island are going to keep me smiling for a long, long time. Being a Department of Conservation (DOC) volunteer for six months was a fantastic opportunity to learn about and explore the remote rock, and meet some awesome people in the process.
From bird life to hostel life, there were loads of wonderful and inspirational things to stimulate creativity. There is a lot of history in the hostel and library, and also in the books and relics that can be found in the huts dotted around the island.
Weeding was our core purpose, and the biggest chunk of our week was spent in the bush hunting for rogue plants.
The weekends allowed us free time to go adventuring and enjoy our own activities.
I really appreciated being so far removed from the mainland and the sense of freedom it allowed. The absence of shops meant we were able to embrace the good old kiwi mentality of making the most out of what was at hand and, for once, money was not an issue!
The bush and the bird life are glorious on Raoul, and a trip to weed the Meyer Islands was a treat, as there are a large number of birds nesting there, including tropicbirds, petrels, terns and boobies! It was a delight to be able to get so close to such magnificent creatures.
There are tui, kakariki, and also a few families of cheeky pukeko living around the hostel. They graze the lawn and wake the entire population of the island with their lovely call—sounding something like a seagull getting strangled with a potato chip still in its mouth.
I took to walking around with a stick during nesting, not so that I could whack them, just so I could scare them away when they decided to attack!
From an artist's perspective, being surrounded by nature and not a lot else, gave me the space to be creative and think about the relevance of my work and the way I produce it.
Using my camera to document, I enjoyed taking photographs of things as I found them—or of things that I had made, that did not permanently alter or harm the environment.
Humour has always been a big part of my artwork and I have fun placing things out of context to create alternative meanings, sometimes using playful imagery to discuss more serious ideas.
An environment such as Raoul makes it impossible not to see the inevitable impact that we humans have on nature.
It was hard to leave the Island the when the time came, but I am extraordinarily grateful to be able to have gone, and to have gained the knowledge and experience it gave me. I hope very much to go back there someday.
More photos of my time there can be seen on my artist page on Facebook.
Raoul is the largest island in the Kermadec Islands Nature Reserve—a chain of islands lying some 1000 kilometres northeast of New Zealand.
All the islands of the Kermadec group are part of the specially protected reserve. It is the most remote conservation area managed by the Department of Conservation.
By Raoul Island volunteer Katie Grinsted
When there is work to be done on Raoul Island, the most difficult thing is to get the workers to the island. Fortunately for Raoul, the Navy ship Wellington agreed to make the journey.
Over the last two weeks the population of the island grew, at peak, fluctuating to 33 personnel – that's more than tripling the population! A party of three GNS (Geological and Nuclear Sciences), two MET (Metservice) and two DOC workers came to complete building work for ten days. Meanwhile, the Navy deployed several work crews to the island for a different training experience and to help DOC out with some track work.
In readiness for their arrival, as with the arrival of any ship to the island, we solemnly raised the New Zealand flag. With a slasher as our weapon of choice we paid homage to her majesty and prepared for the arrival of her NZ Navy representatives.
Late on a Friday evening, the first transmission was heard – "This is Warship Wellington. Warship Wellington calling Raoul Island. Do you copy?". We copied and from the hostel balcony we watched as the vessel anchored off the picturesque Meyer Islands, the angular grey metal hulk creating a sharp contrast in this place of rugged contour and line.
This was to be the first of many contrasts. Firstly in communication…
Warship Wellington: "We will contact you on channel one, two, I repeat, channel one, two"
Raoul Island: "But we don't have a channel one or two. Can you repeat?"
Warship Wellington: "Channel one, two. Twelve! I repeat, twelve!"
Raoul Island: "Ahh, copy that."
Then in timing…
Warship Wellington: "We will begin operations at sixteen hundred and thirty, I repeat"
Raoul Island: "Sixteen hundred and thirty? Oh, you mean, four thirty? That sounds sweet."
After sorting out some of these finer details, the unloading of the ship began. The new 'Civies' (civilians) set about to their building work. DOC worked hard to build a new quarantine shed…
GNS checked their monitoring equipment around the island and completed some building work, while the MET builders slaved away putting new doors onto the 'bomb shed' (the place where the weather balloons are released).
Meanwhile, the ship had kindly invited the volunteers out to the Wellington for lunch. It was a thrill to get up some speed on the boat ride over, as anything over 15k/hr is extreme here!
It was fascinating to get an insight into a totally different way of life. We unanimously agreed that none of us could handle living in such confined quarters.
When the first Navy team arrived we all had to have a little giggle. In ripped shorts and faded t-shirts we Raoulites shook hands with the smartly dressed Navy in their slick 'GWD' (General Work Dress).
After an amount of time taken up with the necessary Navy briefings, the shore crews worked hard and with good humour to carry out their latest 'deployment' – slashing and raking of cyclone damaged tracks.
Each team enjoyed the opportunity to eat as many cakes and biscuits as they liked, and even had the chance to have two different kinds of meat dishes for dinner!
Although I struggled at times to stop myself singing, "In the Navy, we can sail the seven seas, in the Navy!", I believe both the Raoulites and the Navy benefited greatly from the experience of the past two weeks. All those who came onto the island seemed to leave with a smile on their face, and no doubt, with as many stories to tell about us as we do about them!
So on Sunday the Wellington departed, leaving eight exhausted Raoulites waving goodbye at the flagpole. It had been an eventful, and at times challenging two weeks. By far the hardest part of it all has been the departure of our dear friend and colleague Dave, who left for home on the Navy ship. He is already sorely missed but we all wish him the best of luck and look forward to seeing him on the mainland. For him, the Raoul Salute.
As the Navy departed we raised a renegade skull and crossbones in tribute to Dave. Ragged and painted on an old bed sheet, once again we saw the contrast to the Navy ship. But, somehow it seems to fit the character of the island and of its inhabitants.
Interested in becoming a volunteer on Raoul Island?
DOC is currently recruiting for volunteers for August 2013 to February 2014 now. See www.doc.govt.nz/raoulvolunteers for more information.
Raoul Island is one of the Kermadec Islands, about 1000km north-east of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean. DOC have a small team of staff and volunteers who live on the island in relative solitude. Their main focus is controlling weeds on the island, maintaining infrastructure such as buildings, roads and tracks, and carrying out work for Met Service and GNS.
Since the island is so remote, we get these diary entries from the team and post them up on their behalf. Today's diary is by volunteer Katie Grinsted.
Interested in becoming a volunteer on Raoul Island? DOC is recruiting for volunteers for August 2013 to February 2014 now. See www.doc.govt.nz/raoulvolunteers for more information.
On our way
It has been just over a month since us five volunteers departed Auckland, waved goodbye to the world we knew, and began our life on Raoul Island. I have been to some pretty special places in my life but I think this may just take the cake. We are actually marooned on a (sub) tropical island. We're stuck here with the volcanoes, the earthquakes, surrounded by sharks and we are lovin' it!
The journey began with a five day crossing on the sailboat Ranui. Sometime on a Friday morning, the high cliffs of Hutchison Bluff appeared. We were almost there!
It seemed no time at all that we were onshore, after so long at sea firm ground felt like an illusion. Thankfully we were steadied by the welcoming arms of our new island mates. The nine Cruisers of Sunday Island united!
The island itself
Raoul Island is a beautiful place. Everyday as I walk around I try and take a moment or two to look around me and yell, more often out loud: "Woo hoo! So lucky to be here."!
Despite being located so far from NZ, much of the flora and fauna here is identical or at least very similar, to NZ. The plant and animal life has had a boost with the removal of mammalian predators. The climate here is excellent for growing and everything here seems to shoot up so fast.
This is actually a five-finger tree for those of you who recognize it in NZ.
What we do
With the animal pests removed it is now it is up to us to get rid of the other pests on the island – the unwanted plant species. Condemned for their lack of consideration for other plants, and their effects on the habitat of the animal species, the weeds on Raoul Island are the focus of the work here.
The forest here is no walk in the park! Sometimes it is even a walk in a volcanic area!
Yep! Weeding can take it out of you!
But it is a lot of fun and life isn't all hard work! There are plenty of other things to entertain your average cruiser. There are the water sports – snorkeling in New Zealand's largest marine reserve for example…
And brewing high-quality beverages for another…
Then there are the forest sports. The other weekend we spent a night at the wee sky-blue Mahoe Hut before battling our way down a large dry waterfall to the coast. We emerged sweaty and exhausted but none the less, happy.
And of course, there is the sport of 'just cruisin', a natural and accepted progression of island life…
Who could ask for more?


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Sharp Corp. expects the record-worst business results for this fiscal year mainly because of LCD panel and LCD TV business. The company intends to prepare IGZO panel production at its flagship 10th generation plant in Sakai expecting that demand for IGZO will expand to not only smartphones but tablets and monitors and note PCs.
"IGZO panels are expected suitable for smartphones and tablets, but there is much wider demand of IGZO applications is emerging. We are now proposing IGZO panels for notebook PC displays and PC monitor display and have got good reactions. We count on IGZO as new business," said Mikio Katayama, president of Sharp.
Among LCD TV suppliers that are suffering large amount of losses, Sharp's LCD TV businesses had been in the black up to the first half of this fiscal year (April-September).
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