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Post by knownuthin on Jun 11, 2009 8:25:03 GMT -5
JH, I actually loved it. I took a few months to get accustomed to it. I moved to AK from the UK, so I transitioned from a place with 2000 years of history and culture to one with about 50. You are right about the nights. In the winter on a cloudless night, there is nothing darker unless you are in a cave. If it was cloudy, the city lights would reflect off the snow and clouds and it was brighter than a full moon. On my drive up there from the lower 48, I stopped at Liard Hot Springs in BC not to far from the Yukon. I was floating in a natural hot spring at midnight watching the Northern Lights all by myself. It was beautiful. The water was hot and the air was cold (about 38 degrees). There are not many places like Alaska, but you still don't want to walk in the woods alone.
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Post by rhino on Jun 11, 2009 17:26:22 GMT -5
NOAA ? I can't find a thing on that on the Internet.....
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Post by lurker on Jun 12, 2009 6:17:28 GMT -5
Hey, Lurker - I have searched and searched and cannot find what thou hast found. Could you post a link ?[/quote] JH: I ran a simple google search for "federal administrative law judge anchorage" and came up with some state alj stuff and this page. If you scroll down on the page you will see a link to a .pdf opinion of an ALJ on Beluga whale management. Opening the opinion, you'll see that the ALJ writing the opinion serves the US. Dept. of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. The opinion is from 2000, and it's not completely clear that the ALJ was actually in Anchorage, but it's the best I found. www.fakr.noaa.gov/protectedresources/whales/beluga/management.htmThe following link describes the office of Administrative Appeals in the Alaska Regional Office of NOAA. www.fakr.noaa.gov/appeals/Personally, that sounds like a wicked cool ALJ job.
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Post by chinook on Jun 12, 2009 8:10:58 GMT -5
That office is staffed by Administrative Judges not ALJs.
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Post by morgullord on Jun 12, 2009 8:12:52 GMT -5
knownuthin, I am surprised that you did not mention the deadly threat of snowsnakes. When my battalion when from Fort Stewart to Alaska for winter maneuvers in 1977, we had three or four soldiers injured because of snowsnakes.
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Post by knownuthin on Jun 12, 2009 8:37:53 GMT -5
Morg, I never came across a snowsnake. Must have been eaten by the terradactyl mosquitoes that inhabit the area. Small children and animals have been known to vanish when a swarm of these creatures descend from the heavens to feast upon unsuspecting prey.
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Post by Propmaster on Jun 12, 2009 9:50:51 GMT -5
I lived in Anchorage a couple of years. It's a great city when the volcanoes are not spewing ash all over you, or the earth is shaking under your feet, or the wind blows up Cook Inlet at 100 mph, or moose walk down your street or the parking lot of the movie theater, or sleep next to your building. They advised people to wear bells, carry whistles, and pepper spray when walking in the woods. You can also tell what kind of bears are in the area by their droppings. Black bear droppings have a lot of seeds and berries. Grizzly bear droppings have bells and whistles and smells like pepper spray. Just remember, you don't have to out run the bear, just the person you are with. So never go out in the woods alone. When you leave the city limits of Anchorage, you have just entered the food chain and you are no longer at the top. That was some hilarious dry humor inserted in there.
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Post by ALJD on Jun 19, 2009 13:02:38 GMT -5
Apparently my joking fell flat. I have no idea who OPM is requesting on behalf of, and anyone with any information about the agency that is hiring in Anchorage is encouraged to post it here. Sorry for the confusion, but it is not FEC to my knowledge. ROTFL <hit PF with a rubber trout>. ;D
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Post by morgullord on Jun 19, 2009 13:45:33 GMT -5
shouldn't that be a rubber sock-eye salmon?
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Post by counsel on Jun 19, 2009 18:22:14 GMT -5
PF: I thought your post was hilarious and wondered if the ALJ would be able to "test" the evidence -- I need a new wardrobe, too!
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Post by jagghagg on Jun 21, 2009 5:22:14 GMT -5
You know you're in Alaska when...
. . .you know the 4 seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, and Construction.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alaska's More Important Laws
Moose may not be viewed from an airplane.
While it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.
It is the state policy that emergencies are held to a minimum and are rarely found to exist.-Sec. 44.62.270. State policy.
It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane.
In Fairbanks it is considered an offense to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
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Post by knownuthin on Jun 22, 2009 8:49:39 GMT -5
Just finished reading that other thread about all of the "insiders" and "outsiders" and I thought about Alaska. If you are an Alaskan, you are an insider and if you are not, you are an outsider. So, if SSA is hiring an ALJ for Alaska, he or she could be inside/out or vice versa.
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