Weekly Info 06/28/2010

by admin on June 30, 2010

Timucuan Weekly Information
Date:   June 29, 2010

News: Welcome this week to new employee:  Crystal Jackson and to our Teacher Ranger Teachers:  Pamela James, Mary Mott, Dawn Wiles, Shana Rodriguez, Alicia Spencer and Kimberly Kappel.  Best of luck to Doug!

Park Meetings/Open Season

Squad Meeting(s):   July 7 at 9:30 a.m. (Dan to attend for Brian)  includes budget!
Timucuan Safety Meeting: Changed to July 27 at 9:00 a.m. at HQ
Awards All Employee /Safety Meeting:   August TBD at HQ
Celebrations; Aug/Sept: RSP; Oct/Nov: Barbara; Dec/Holiday Celebration 2010-Facility Management Division; Jan/Feb Brian; Mar/Apr/May:  Lewis, June/July : Deb;
Supervisors:
Mandatory Diversity Training on Tuesday, August 24 from 12:30 to 4:30
Open Season:  none at this time

Leave and Earnings Statements. https://www.employeeexpress.gov problems? 478-757-3030

Park Reports

Date     Responsible                         *report has multiple due dates
due    individual    Title of Report                                      File Code
6/30    Goodman    Appleman/Judd/Lewis Cult Res Awards        P 44
6/30    Almaguer    FISSA Training                    P 86
7/1    LaCoste    Status of Funds by 1:00                F 34
7/28    LaCoste    GPRA Crosswalk                F 30
7/30    Lewellen    Property (multiple reports)            S 7419
9/15,30 Lewellen    Museum Data                    H 1817

Park Certifications (send certificate/email to TIMU Administration when completed)
When    Who    What                                    % complete
Cell Phone Users  Cell Phone Request Form    email from Rolando                https://doilearn.doi.gov/
6/30    All-IT    Federal Information Systems Security Awareness + Privacy and Records Management
??    All    2010 Discrimination and Whistleblowing in the Workplace
??    All    DOI General Environmental Management System Awareness Training
??    All    EAP/ Hazcom & chemical storage
FY 10    Supv    2010 Ethics (1 hr)
FY 10    Supv    EEO (4 hours)
FY 10    Supv    Diversity (4 hours)  August 24

Contracting/ Agreements/ Purchasing Info/UDO Monitoring

Contract Related Training and Refresher requirements:
COR/COTR for contracts:   8/2010 Riegle; 4/2011 Beech; 1/2012 Prettyman; 3/2012 LaCoste

Vacancy Announcements:    see “Talking Points for Response to Personnel Questions Asked”)

Have asked for WG-9 Maintenance Mechanic position to be announced- no word yet

Orientation:
Housing:  Division Chiefs are requested to use the ASU Sharepoint Site to update this information.

http://inpeverwebkrome/sites/EVER/ASU/Lists/TIMU%20Housing/calendar.aspx

TEL Broadcasts:        Let Rolando know if you have signed up to attend - -

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Weird Laws

by admin on June 30, 2010

Just thought I would share this.

Well, Ticket My Funnybone!

by Holly Rizzo Friday, October 17, 2008

You can understand why some laws exist: no speeding, don’t run the stop sign, yield to pedestrians. But other laws may leave you scratching your head – right in front of the officer who pulled you over for violating them.

In many states, for example, it’s as possible to earn a ticket for lollygagging to look at the scenery as it is for speeding. The legal reasoning is that going too slowly impedes traffic.
The reasons behind still other laws have been lost to history, and chances are you can get away with violating them. In Denver, for example, it’s illegal to drive a black car on Sunday. And in the foggy past, Minneapolis outlawed red cars on Lake Street.
Here are 12 more unusual laws related to cars and driving. But we must warn you: Reading these means you’ll have to answer truthfully when the officer asks “Do you know why I pulled you over?”


1.  Honk if you pass

Rural New Jersey might sound like a never-ending New Year’s Eve party if everybody obeyed the law. State law requires drivers to honk the horn when passing another vehicle going in the same direction outside a business or residential district.
However, watch it in Little Rock, Ark., where the law says “no person shall sound the horn on a vehicle at any place where cold drinks or sandwiches are served after 9 p.m.”
Honking at sandwich shops is OK in University City, Mo. – so long as you honk in your own car. It’s illegal to honk the horn of someone else’s.


2.  Kindly keep your cattle in the car

Hey, city slicker – you’ll have to keep that cow in your vehicle in Topeka, Kan. The city has made it “unlawful for any person to suffer or permit any livestock owned or controlled by such person to run at large, or to drive any herd of cattle, horses, mules or hogs, or any flock of sheep, upon any street in the city.”

3.  You’ll need permission to throw that brick

In Mount Vernon, Iowa, you’re not allowed to shoot arrows or throw bricks onto any street or highway without the City Council’s written consent.


4.  Clean up your act

In San Francisco, it’s illegal to wipe a vehicle with used underwear and to pile horse manure more than six feet high on any street corner.


5.  Unhand that nozzle!

In Oregon and New Jersey, you cannot pump your own gas. Supposedly this practice keeps gasoline prices lower in those states, because insurance costs for gas stations go down if attendants instead of customers pump the gas – but, on the other hand, that attendant must be paid, whereas you pump for free. So the jury’s out on the reasons for this one.

6.  Animal and vegetable antics

Palm Springs, Calif., forbids anyone from walking a camel down the main street, Palm Canyon Drive, between 4 and 6 p.m.
Hunting from moving vehicles is illegal in several states, including Connecticut and Tennessee, where only whale hunting by that method is allowed.
Thou shalt not sow a vegetable garden in any public street in Chico, Calif. The law, however, does not forbid flower gardens.


7.  No pillows on the roadbed

No matter how sleepy you get, you are not allowed to snooze in the middle of any street in Eureka, Calif.
Reno, Nev., won’t let you park yourself on a bench or chair in the middle of its roads, either.
As long as we’re on a roll, here are a few more tips to the lawful:

8. Yield to peacocks in Arcadia, Calif.

9. Don’t jump into a passing vehicle in Glendale, Calif.

10. Don’t change clothes in your car at the beach in Destin, Fla.

11. Don’t keep a car door open longer than is necessary in Oregon.

12. Don’t drive through playgrounds in Dublin, Ga.

How serious are they? Serious. Screeching your tires in Derby, Kan., could get you 30 days in Bad Boys’ Bed & Breakfast. And if you think switching back to a one-horsepower hay-burner might get you away from the long arm of the law, consider this: In Texarkana, Texas, it’s illegal to ride a horse at night without taillights.

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Timucuan Preserve News Release

April 14, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2010
Contact: Emily Palmer, Park Guide, emily_palmer@nps.gov
Become a Junior Ranger! Jacksonville’s National Park Participates in National Park Week

The Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Jacksonville’s National Park, will celebrate National Park Week with a wonderful range of activities available to visitors. We invite you to come out to the parks and participate [...]

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Weekly Info 04/12/2010

April 13, 2010

Timucuan Weekly Information
Date:   April 12, 2010            Deposit collection date: April 29,  2010
News:  We welcome Tracy Pellicer back to the NPS family today-  Tracy has accepted our GS-7 Administrative Support Assistant position and officially entered on duty  yesterday.  If you are new to the park since February, 2009- introduce yourself to Tracy (and tell [...]

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Target Opens Recycling Centers in All 1,740 Stores

April 13, 2010

Minneapolis based Target (NYSE: TGT) announced Tuesday that it is rolling out a massive nationwide recycling initiative with centers at the front of each of its 1,740 U.S. stores. The recycling stations will accept aluminum, glass and plastic beverage containers, plastic bags, MP3 players, cell phones and ink cartridges.
“The launch of store recycling stations allows [...]

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Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley: African Princess, Florida Slave, Plantation Slaveowner

April 3, 2010
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Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve: An historical analysis and interpretation

April 3, 2010
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12th Annual Kingsley Heritage Celebration

February 3, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2010
Contact: Brian Loadholtz, Park Ranger, brian_loadholtz@nps.gov
12th Annual Kingsley Heritage Celebration-“Resisting Enslavement and Preserving Dignity”
(Note to editors: An electronic version of this news release and more information is available at http://www.nps.gov/timu/planyourvisit/kingsley_heritage_celebration.htm)
The public is invited to join us for the 12th Annual Kingsley Heritage Celebration titled “Resisting Enslavement and Preserving Dignity”, Saturdays [...]

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2010 Salary Tables

December 29, 2009

The 2010 Salary Pay Tables are finally on OPM.
President Obama issued an executive order implementing an overall 2.0 percent 2010 federal pay raise for civilian employees.
This pay adjustment includes a 1.5 percent nationwide increase in base pay and a 0.5 percent average increase in locality pay.
The federal pay raise takes effect on [...]

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Cell phone-cancer link remains unclear, but some scientists urge caution

December 22, 2009

y Stephen Nohlgren, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Monday, December 21, 2009
U.S. cell phone use has quadrupled over the last decade to about 280 million customers.
Meanwhile, brain cancer remains as rare as ever. A city the size of St. Petersburg can expect only about 20 new cases a year.
Nevertheless, nagging worries that cell phones cause brain [...]

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