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Tim Lincecum throws no-hitter, strikes out 13 Padres on 148 pitches
SAN DIEGO -- The Freak is back.
Tim Lincecum tossed aside his recent struggles and pitched his first career no-hitter and the second in the majors in 11 days, a gem saved by a spectacular diving catch by right fielder Hunter Pence in the San Francisco Giants' 9-0 win over last-place San Diego on Saturday night.
Lincecum has won two Cy Young Awards and two World Series rings. Now he has something really remarkable -- a no-hitter in which he threw a whopping career-high 148 pitches.
"Right now I think I'm just kind of coming down and don't know where to be emotionally," a calm Lincecum said afterward.
The slightly built right-hander was in control from his first pitch until his last, which settled into left fielder Gregor Blanco's glove and set off a wild celebration in front of a pro-Giants crowd at Petco Park.
Catcher Buster Posey wrapped Lincecum in a bear hug and lifted him off the ground. Lincecum was then mobbed by his teammates behind the mound and doused with water.
Blanco, who caught Yonder Alonso's fly ball to end the game, found Lincecum in the mob and handed him the ball.
Lincecum, who witnessed Jonathan Sanchez's no-hitter against San Diego in 2009 and Matt Cain's perfect game last year, was given a champagne shower by his teammates in the clubhouse.
"It's pretty surreal for me just to be part of that," Lincecum said. "Obviously I got to see a couple with Jonathan's and Cain's perfect game, but to be in the middle of it is a little different. I think I'm still kind of pinching myself right now."
Lincecum (5-9) struck out 13. He walked four and hit a batter.
Still, he needed some help to preserve his no-no. Pence caught Alexi Amarista's sinking liner with a full dive to end the eighth. Lincecum pumped his fist as Pence excitedly jumped up and with the ball in his glove. Amarista put his hands to his helmet and pulled it off in disgust.
"That was really special. To be honest with you, I thought that was a hit off the bat by Amarista," Lincecum said. "But Hunter comes flying out of nowhere and makes the Superman catch. That was awesome."
Pence said he "just laid out and reached as far as I could and happened to just get there. I would say the whole game was one of the greatest feelings and greatest things to be a part of."
Said Amarista: "He got to the ball."
Lincecum's 148 pitches were the second most thrown in a no-hitter since at least 1988, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
Edwin Jackson needed 149 pitches for his no-no for Arizona in 2010.
Lincecum had 103 going into the seventh and might've saved his shot at history with an 11-pitch inning.
"You don't see a pitcher up over 140 pitches in a no-hitter often," Posey said. "You get fatigued."
Posey noted that Lincecum threw more than 200 pitches all night, including 40 in the bullpen warming up pregame and then eight pitches before each inning.
"It takes a toll on your body, so for him to be able to continue to execute pitches is remarkable," the catcher said.
Manager Bruce Bochy said he had pitching coach Dave Righetti -- who threw a no-hitter for the New York Yankees on July 4, 1983 -- check on Lincecum the last few innings.
"I'm superstitious at that point," Bochy said. "I'm not going to say anything. There was no way he was coming out. I was just praying he didn't hit the 150 mark.
"He was just right on all night with all his pitches," Bochy said.
Lincecum was in a season-long funk. He was the loser when Cincinnati's Homer Bailey no-hit the Giants on July 2.
Pablo Sandoval did his part, too, when he made a nice backhanded play on pinch-hitter Jesus Guzman's grounder deep behind third base and threw him out for the third out of the seventh.
Lincecum had been struggling coming in, losing his previous four decisions and hadn't won since June 4 against Toronto. He hadn't won on the road since April 3 at the Los Angeles Dodgers. Then again, he'd gotten only 12 runs of support in his last 10 starts.
The crowd gave Lincecum a standing ovation as he headed to the mound for the ninth.
Lincecum struck out Chase Headley and then retired Carlos Quentin and Alonso on fly balls to left.
Lincecum tossed the 15th no-hitter in franchise history and seventh since the Giants moved to San Francisco after the 1957 season. Cain was perfect last June.
The Padres remain the only team without a no-hitter.
Lincecum lost 15 games last year and ended the season as a reliever -- and a reliable one at that. He cut his hair short in the offseason, a new look as he started anew. He worked out with a personal trainer during the winter to add about 10 pounds of strength, and tweaked his mechanics.
Padres manager Bud Black said Lincecum was mixing his fastball, splitter, curve and cutter.
"He's evolved," Black said. "He knows how to pitch. He keeps his poise. He has us off-balance all night."
The Padres lost for the 18th time in 21 games and dropped a season-high 12 games under .500.
"We haven't been swinging the bats like we're capable," Black said. "We're not pitching. There's a lot of things we're not doing well. The last 2½ weeks have been unacceptable. We just haven't gotten it done."
While Lincecum dominated the Padres, the Giants jumped all over San Diego's Edinson Volquez (6-8).
Posey and Sandoval had three hits apiece. Pence hit a three-run double and finished with four RBIs against Volquez, and then homered off Joe Thatcher leading off the eighth.
Brandon Belt hit a two-run home run an estimated 414 feet into the sandy play area beyond the fence in right-center in the fourth inning.
Volquez allowed eight runs and nine hits in five innings, struck out six and walked one. He threw 107 pitches.
Game notes
The four-game series concludes Sunday with a matchup of lefties. Barry Zito, who went to high school in San Diego, is scheduled to start for San Francisco and Eric Stults is scheduled to start for the Padres.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
SF Wins 3-1
Game Information
- Umpires:
- Home Plate Umpire - Mark Wegner
- First Base Umpire - Laz Diaz
- Second Base Umpire - Tim Timmons
- Third Base Umpire - Mike Winters


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Super-sized aggressive mosquitoes with a 'stabbing' bite are set to be unleashed across Florida this summer, bringing misery for thousands of residents.
In what could have come from a B-list Hollywood film script, the floodwater mosquito is nearly 20 times its normal-sized cousins, can strike either day or night, its eggs can lie dormant for years – and the mosquito might even be tolerant to repellants. And it's all thanks to recent storms flooding coastal areas of the sunshine state, which paved the way for the mega-sized biters to call Florida their home. Just when you thought genetically modified mosquitoes were the worst we had to face.
The real threat of a surge in the large insects known as gallinippers came off the back of last summer's Tropical Storm Debbie, a storm responsible for flooding in many parts of Florida and unleashing the gallinippers. The gallinipper lays eggs in soil close to ponds, streams and other water bodies that overflow when heavy rains come. The eggs can remain dry and dormant for years, until high waters cause them to hatch.
And it's that scenario which has led to entomologists issuing alerts to local residents on the best ways to avoid getting painful bites this summer amid concerns that bumper squadrons of the gallinippers could strike again.
On their presence this summer, Phil Kaufman, University of Florida entomologist, said: "I wouldn't be surprised, given the numbers we saw last year. When we hit the rainy cycle we may see that again."
The species known as Psorophora ciliata is native to the eastern half of North America, has a body about half an inch long, with a black-and-white color pattern. And its females, the blood suckers, are very aggressive and carry that frightening bite.
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To help quell the threat, residents Kaufman and entomology graduate student Ephraim Ragasa have created a document on gallinippers for the department's "Featured Creatures" website.
Kaufman says gallinippers can be warded off with DEET-backed repellents but due to their large size they may be more tolerant of the compound than smaller mosquitoes. DEET is also known to present quite a few dangers to environmental and biological health overall. Scientists have even called it a 'toxic stew.'
Chemical-free precautions include wearing long pants and long-sleeved shirts when venturing into wooded areas, especially places where standing water collects after rain storms.
As the gallinipper has an enormous appetite at the larvae stage by chomping on other mosquito larvae, there were thoughts that they could be used to reduce populations of other pest mosquitoes. But Ragasa added that there was a fatal flaw in that thinking, it just results in more gallinippers: "That kind of defeats the purpose of using them for biocontrol."


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14.7 In the event of breach, or a threatened breach of the provisions of this Section 15 by customer, Nanos Sci shall be entitled to an injunction restraining customer from committing such breach without showing or proving any actual damage sustained.
15. Disposal Obligations
Commercial customers shall be solely responsible for the proper disposal of discarded Nanos Sci products, and any fees and other costs associated with such disposal, in accordance with any applicable statutory national regulation based thereon, as amended from time to time. Upon accepting delivery of such products, customer agrees to hold harmless, release, and indemnify Nanos Sci from any and all claims or demands by third parties or authorities in anyway resulting from or arising out of the proper treatment and disposal of these products at the end of their life cycles, unless otherwise required by mandatory stipulations of applicable law. In particular, customer shall impose a like obligation on any commercial third party to which the products are transferred later on. Should the customer fail to impose such contractual obligation on commercial third parties to which the delivered products are transferred, the customer shall remain responsible to Nanos Sci for the proper disposal of these products in compliance with statutory law. Customer´s obligation hereunder to hold harmless and indemnify shall not become time-barred before the expiration of two years following the date of final termination of use of the equipment (suspension of the statute of limitations). Said suspension period shall commence no earlier than upon proper receipt by Nanos Sci of a written notification by the customer indicating the final termination of use of the equipment. We reserve the right to reach a different, separate agreement concerning the takeback of used equipment with the customer in individual cases.
16. Data Privacy Protection
We shall treat all personal data relating to the customer confidentially. BY PLACING ORDERS, THE CUSTOMER CONSENTS TO THE STORAGE AND FORWARDING OF PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREDIT REVIEW, COLLECTION OF DEBTS AND NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ANY APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS. UPON REQUEST, WE SHALL INFORM THE CUSTOMER OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF A REFUSAL OF CONSENT.
17. Notices
Notices and other communications hereby required or contemplated shall only be effective if delivered in writing to the party for whom intended at its designated "Invoice Address" if to customer or the Nanos Sci contact address if to Nanos Sci, either by (a) personal delivery, (b) postage prepaid, return receipt requested, registered or certified mail, (c) internationally recognized overnight courier (such as DHL, FedEx, or TNT, UPS), or (d) facsimile with a confirmation copy sent simultaneously by any of the other methods described above. Notice by registered or certified mail shall be effective on the date officially recorded as delivered to the intended recipient by return receipt or equivalent, and in the absence of such record of delivery, the effective date shall be presumed to have been the fifth (5th) business day after deposit in the mail. Notices delivered in person or sent by courier shall be effective on the date of personal delivery. Notices delivered by facsimile shall be deemed to be effective on the date sent. Notice not given in writing shall be effective only if acknowledged in writing by a duly authorized representative of the party to whom it was given.
18. Refusal: Nanos Sci reserves the right to refuse orders without providing an explicit justification.
19. Miscellaneous
19.1 If any provision hereof is determined to be invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability, and the statutory provision shall apply instead; under no circumstances shall the provision in question be replaced by the customer´s general terms and conditions.
19.2 Amendments and supplements to these terms and conditions and/or any agreement concluded on the basis of these terms and conditions, as well as any and all collateral agreements must be in writing. This shall also apply to any waiver of this written form requirement.
19.3 The contractual relationship shall be subject to the laws of Slovenia only, excluding any conflict of laws provisions, and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) shall not apply.
19.4 The place of performance for the customer´s payment obligations and for our services shall be Ljubljana, Slovenia. The place of performance for our obligation to deliver shall be our relevant dispatch warehouse.
19.5 Place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising indirectly or directly from any contractual relationship based on these terms and conditions shall be the court of competent jurisdiction located at Nanos Sci´s principal place of business, Ljubljana, Slovenia.


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Post subject: Pinecam Forum Tips
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The Pinecam forum has many new features that were not present in the old forum software. Some of then are obvious (to some Pinecammers) but many of the new capabilities are not.
In this topic, we will point out some features that you may find useful. The topic will be locked so the tips do not get lost in conversations but, if you have a question about a tip, please start a new topic and let us know.
If you have discovered a feature you think other Pinecammers would benefit knowing about, send a PM with your tip to me and I'll post it here (giving you credit, of course ).
Subscribe and Unsubscribe to a Forum
Watch a Topic
New Posts in Topics
Date Order of Posts in a Topic
Upload an Image
Modifying HTML in Old Posts to Show Your Image
Slow Internet Connections
Add a YouTube Video
Display Flash Files
Who is Online
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Post subject: Subscribe (Watch) to a Forum
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Subscribe and Unsubscribe to a Forum
Do you have a favorite forum where you would like to know whenever a topic or reply is added? In this forum you can "subscribe" to a forum and get notifications when it changes.
If you have the option to get forum emails set to "yes", you will get an email whenever the forum changes.
Tired of getting notifications from a forum you subscribed to. Unsubscribe from the forum.
You will stop getting emails whenever the forum changes.
Manage Your Subscribed Forums
You can see what forums you subscribed to and can remove more than one at the same time.
You will no longer get emails when the forum(s) change.
Post subject: Watch a Topic
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Watch a Topic
Are you interested in knowing when a reply is posted to a certain topic? You can "watch" the topic and get notifications when the topic has a new reply.
Subscribe to a Topic
You can do this two ways.
When you are reading the topic, click on "subscribe" under the topic subject.
When you post a reply to the topic, make sure the box next to "Notify me when a reply is posted" is marked. This is the default when replying to a topic.
If you have the option to get forum emails set to "yes", you will get a notification email whenever the topic changes. The topic will also be listed in your User Control Panel.
Tired of getting email notifications about a topic you are watching? Unsubscribe from the topic.
When you are reading the topic, just under the topic subject, click on "unsubscribe".
You will stop getting emails whenever the topic changes and the topic will no longer be listed in your User Control Panel.
Manage Your Subscribed Topics
You can see which topics you are watching and can remove several topics at the same time from your watch list.
You will no longer get notification emails when the topic(s) change and the topic(s) will no longer appear in your User Control Panel.
Go To the Last Reply in a Subscribed Topic
You do not have to allow emails to be sent from the forum to find which of your watched topics has a new reply. And sometimes, the forum emails get "lost" and you do not get them all.
This works the differently from way the link in a notification email works. It does not go to the first reply made after you last read the topic like the notification email but goes to the last reply in the topic like the forum index does.
note: If you have used the Pinecam forums for a long time, when you look at your watched topics list in your User Control Panel, you may see several pages of watched topics. When the old forum was converted to this version of the forum, all the topics you were watching in the old forum were added to your User Control Panel.
Post subject: New Posts in Topics
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New Posts in Topics
Every forum and topic has an icon preceding its title. Icons with orange indicate a forum or topic has at least one new reply that you have not read.
When you click on a form title, you will see an index list of all the topics in that forum. If you are unsure what a topic icon means, you can look at the bottom of any forum index page and see the meaning of each icon. Some icons are a combination of different icon meanings. For example, a small lock on an announcement topic icon means that you cannot add a reply to the announcement topic. A black dot on a any topic icon means that you posted in that topic.
Mark All Topics in a Forum As Read
If you have looked at all the unread topics in a forum and are not interested in all the other topics, you can change all the topic icons to "no new posts" by clicking on "Mark topics read" (above the blue bar where it says "Last Post")
Mark All Forums as Read
If you have looked at all the forums you are interested in and want to change the the forum icons to "no new posts", on the main forum index page click on "Mark forms read" (above the blue bar where it says "Last Post"). This means that all the topics in every forum will indicate no new posts.
Persistent New Posts Icons
In the previous Pinecam forum, when you logged out of the forum, all forums and topics were marked as "no new posts". This forum does not do that. When you log out of the forum, topics you have not read remain as having new posts.
This means if you log in and out during the day but only have time to read one or two topics each time, you will not lose the "new posts" icon indicators for forums/topics you have not had time to read. The only way all forums and topics are marked as read is if you click on the "Mark forums read" on the index page.
This tip was suggested by watermanofevergreen. Thank you!
Post subject: Date Order of Posts in a Topic
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Date Order of Posts in a Topic
Forums are based on the concept of following a conversion. One person says something and another person replies. Therefore, the posts in a topic are in ascending date order - that is, the oldest post show first and the newer posts show last. You need to go to the end of a topic to see the latest posts.
Many social networking websites such as Facebook, twitter, and LinkedIn, however, show messages in descending date order - that is, the newest message is at the top of the list and the oldest at the bottom.
If you prefer the descending post order of social networking websites, you can change the ordering of posts in this forum.
Reorder the Posts in a Topic
If you want to change the post order for a single topic, while you are reading the topic:
The webpage will reload and all the posts in the topic will be in descending order. However, when you log out and log in, this topic will revert to ascending post order. This option does not persist across sessions.
Reorder the Posts in All Topics
If you want all topics to be sorted in descending order whenever you visit the forum, you need to change your board preferences.
All topics will show the newest posts first. This option will persist and whenever you log out and log in of the forums, the topics will be sorted in data descending order.
Post subject: Upload an Image
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Upload an Image
Pinecam has provided Pinecammers a simplified way to upload images to include in your posts. The images are taken from your PC or Mac and stored on ImageShack, an image hosting website. When the upload is completed, you merely copy the provided forum code text to your post.
You can, however, continue to upload your images to any website or server and use the bbCode [img]your_image_URL[/img] to show your images.
Using the Pinecam Image Upload
You must be logged into the Pinecam forums using the desktop version, not the mobile version. The Pinecam image upload link is on two pages:
1. Starting a new topic or add a reply to a topic page.
2. Sending a private message via your User Control Panel page.
When you are on either of these two pages, you will see a button labeled "Upload Image" below the options section and above the file upload section. The "Submit" button is on the same line. If you click on the "Upload Image" button, a new window will open in your browser that looks like:
Follow the instructions on the window to upload your image.
After the upload process completes, a new part of your window will show the image you uploaded and the forum code text for you to copy and paste into your post. If your image was very large, it was scaled to fit onto the forum pages.
You can upload as many images as you want, one at a time, in this window. However, be sure to copy and paste the forum code text into a post before you start the next upload or the forum code text will be lost. When you are finished, close the Pinecam Image Upload Window
Storing the Image in Your Private ImageShack Account
You can upload your image(s) to an existing ImageShack account. To do this, you must either:
1. Login to your ImageShack account prior to using the Pinecam Image Upload.
2. When you logged into ImageShack at any previous time, you chose "Keep me logged in ". If you did this, ImageShack placed a cookie in your browser and will read this cookie whenever you upload an image via the Pinecam Image Upload.
If you do not have an ImageShack account and want to store your images where you can find them later, you can create a free ImageShack account here.
Post subject: Modifying HTML in Old Posts to Show Your Image
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Modifying HTML in Old Posts to Show Your Image
You can not use HTML to reference your images in this forum. HTML tags are always bracketed by < and >. For example, this is an HTML reference to an image:
<img src="http://imageshack.us/a/img442/5594/marigold3.jpg" />
If you have topics or replies that were converted from the old forum and you want to go back and edit your HTML code to bbCode, do the following:
Your image will show like this:
Post subject: Slow Internet Connections
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Slow Internet Connections
Are you on a modem connection to the internet or have a very slow DSL or cable connection? Or perhaps you are with an ISP that limits your daily or monthly download volume. You can improve your experience with the Pinecam forums by choosing to not display images and things like avatars and signatures.
To do this:
If you turned off the display of images via your UCP, you will see a link to the image in place of the image in a post . If you click on that link, the image will open in your browser window. You will need to use your back button to return to the forum and the post where you clicked on the image link.
If you get a faster or less restrictive ISP, you can always turn these display choices back on.
Post subject: Add A YouTube Video
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Add a YouTube Video
Pinecam now has a bbCode tag pair that simplifies sharing a YouTube video.
Add the YouTube bbCode Tags to Your Post or Private Message
While you are composing either a new topic, a reply to a topic, or a private message, place your cursor where you want the YouTube movie to show and click on the button labeled "youtube". The beginning and ending bbCode youtube tags will appear in the text area. Each tag is delineated by square brackets. For example:
Get the YouTube Video Identifier
Go to the YouTube page that has the video you want to share here on Pinecam. Look at the URL for the video. The unique YouTube identifier is all the numbers and letters after "v=" at the end of the URL. For example:
I colored the unique identifier green so you can see it better.
Add the Unique Identifier to Your Pinecam Text Area
Copy the YouTube unique identifier and paste it between the Pinecam YouTube bbCode tags. If you want to type the unique identifier rather than use copy/paste, be sure to use capital and small letters just as the code appears in the URL. For example, here's a bbCode youtube tag pair ready to show a video:
Click on "Preview" to make sure you copied the unique code correctly. If you see the YouTube video and are finished with your topic, reply or private message, click on "Submit".
Here's the video from the example I've been using:
Hints on Watching a YouTube Video
The video is initially in "Pause" mode. Click on the sideways triangle to start the video. If you want to view the video fullscreen, after the video start playing, move your cursor to the bottom of the video. A bar will show that has buttons for controlling the video. On the far right, click on the icon that looks like an incomplete box. The video will open and fill your entire monitor screen. Be sure to note the instructions that show on how to get out of fullscreen mode. This is different for every browser.
Post subject: Display Flash Files
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Display Flash Files
Pinecam now has a bbCode tag pair to show Adobe Flash files. Flash files end with ".swf".
Add the Flash bbCode Tags to Your Post, Private Message, or Signature
While you are composing either a new topic, a reply to a topic, a private message or your signature, place your cursor where you want the Flash file to show and click on the button labeled "Flash". The beginning and ending bbCode Flash tags will appear in the text area. Each tag is delineated by square brackets. For example:
Required Information for a Flash file
You need three things to show a Flash file: the width, the height, and the file URL. You enter this information into the Flash bbCode like this:
Locating the Flash Information in HTML
Flash files are often shown using an HTML object tag; HTML is not permitted in these forums. Here is a typical way to show a Flash file using HTML:
<object width="290" height="130"><param name="movie" value="http://www.wunderground.com/swf/pws_mini_rf_nc.swf?station=KCOEVERG18&freq=2.5&units=english&lang=EN"><embed src="http://www.wunderground.com/swf/pws_mini_rf_nc.swf?station=KCOEVERG18&freq=2.5&units=english&lang=EN" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="290" height="130"></object>
How to Get the bbCode Required Flash Information
width: in the initial part of the HTML object tag, take the numbers between the quotes after width=
height: in the initial part of the HTML object tag, take the numbers between the quotes after height=
Flash URL: take all the information between the quotes after value=
Add the Flash Information to the bbCode
After you locate the required Flash file information in your HTML, copy/paste or type the information into the bbCode. For example, using the HTML object code above, here is the filled in Flash bbCode:
This is how this example Flash file displays:
Thank you SpazCat. The Flash file used in this tip is from in his signature.
Post subject: Who is online
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Who is Online
Forum User Categories
The "Who is online" list shows the three forum user categories.
Registered User
Anyone who is logged into the Pinecam forums. Most registered users are shown in blue. Pinecammers with special forum permissions such as administrators or moderators are shown in a color pertaining to their volunteer group.
A person who is reading the Pinecam forums but has not logged in.
A bot or spider or web crawler is an automated program that follows links and harvests data and statistics about websites. This is how search engines like Google and Yahoo find new and updated pages to view. They also do things like count the number of links to a website and determine how popular that website is for ranking. Bot and spiders are shown as gray in the "Who is online" list.
Who is Online
The "Who is Online" list shows different Pinecammers, guests, and bot/spiders who have been active in the last hour depending on what page in the forum you are reading.
Board Index
The "Who is online" displays all Pinecammers, guests, and bots/spiders who have accessed the Pinecam forums anywhere.
Forum Category
"Mountain Concerns" and "Community Agencies" are example of forum categories. If you click on a forum category, all the forums associated with that forum category are listed. Although you might expect a forum category to show who is reading any forum listed, it does not; only the Pinecammers, guests, and bots/spiders who have read that forum category show.
The "Pinecam Living Room" and "Scanner Updates Hwy/Road Info" are examples of forums. When you are on the forum index page, the "Who is online" shows Pinecammers, guests, and bot/spiders who have been on the forum index page or reading any topic in the forum.
When you are on a topic page, the "Who is online" shows Pinecammers, guests, and bot/spiders who have either been on the forum index page or read a topic in the forum.
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Registered Users Count
Why does the number of "Registered Users" and number of nicks of registered users not agree? Pinecammers may choose to hide their online presence in the forums and their nicks will not show to other registered users.
Hiding Online Status
You can hide your online status:
This will not take effect until you log out of the Pinecam forums and log back in.
Who Is Doing What
If you click on "Who is online" on any page, a new page will open with a list of Pinecammers and bot/spiders who have been active. A Pinecammer who has chosen to hide his/her online status will not show in this list. You can include guests in the list by clicking on "Display guests". This list shows what page each Pinecammer, bot/spider, and, optionally, guest is reading and will automatically refresh every minute.
Post subject: Bumping a Topic
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Bumping a Topic
The time honored tradition for updating the latest post date on a topic is to add a reply with just the word "Bump". Everybody understood what this meant. But there's a new way to update the latest post date on a topic you started - use the topic bump link.
Topics You Can Bump
You must be the originator of the topic. You cannot bump a topic somebody else started.
When You Can Bump Your Topic
Right now, the interval from when you posted your topic and when you can bump it is 7 days. This may change as the forum administrators get more experience with managing the Pinecam board.
Note, this is a full 7 days, including hours. So if you posted your topic at 6:00 in the morning, you can bump it 7 days later - after 6:00 AM.
How To Bump Your Topic
When your topic is eligible to be bumped, you will see a new link under the "postreply" button. Click on the link "Bump topic". For example, this topic is eligible to be bumped:
What Happens When You Click on the "Bump topic" Link
A line is added to the last reply in the topic with a message when you bumped the topic. This message is added to the last reply regardless of who posted the reply. Your topic now has a last post date and time of when you clicked on the "bump topic" link. The message looks like this:
Your topic appears in the forum topic list just as if you had added a reply with the word "Bump".
If someone adds a reply to a bumped topic, the bumped topic message goes away and the latest post date and time for the topic becomes the date and time from the new reply.
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5 things to know about registering to vote
The deadline to register to vote in this year's presidential election is coming up, and as a reminder to register, today is National Voter Registration Day. Here are five things to know about registering to vote.
1. National Voter Registration Day is a nationwide movement designed to remind people to vote and to register to vote. It is held on Sept. 25 each year, not long before states declare registration over.
2. States have different deadlines for registering. If you're not registered and want to check your deadline, go to the Election Assistance Commission's state guide: http://www.eac.gov/voter_resources/contact_your_state.aspx.
3. If you were registered to vote in the last election, you don't have to re-register unless you have changed your name, address or party affiliation.
4. Registering or re-registering is as easy as filling out a Voter Registration Form. Go to this EAC page to get the PDF form. Follow the instructions on the form.
5. If you need more information, go to http://www.eac.gov.


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The Christian's goal is not power, but justice. We are to seek to make the institutions of power just, without being corrupted by the process necessary to do this.
~ Charles Colson
The strength of a country is the strength of its religious convictions.
~ Calvin Coolidge
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievance.
~ Constitution of the United States, Amendment I
We the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for the preservation of the American Union and the existence of our civil, political, and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those blessings to us and our posterity; do for the more certain security thereof and for the better government of this State, ordain and establish this Constitution.
~ Preamble to the North Carolina State Constitution, 1868
We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.
~ Justice William O. Douglas, in a Supreme Court decision, March 1952
One of the painful indictments of our savorlessness is that according to voting records, there are enough unregistered Christians to swing any election.
~ Bill Gothard
God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?
~ Thomas Jefferson
Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe. And if a member of Civil Society, who enters into any subordinate association, he must always do it with a reservation of his duty to the General Authority; much more must every man who becomes a member of any particular Civil Society, do it with a saving of his final allegiance to the Universal Sovereign.
~ James Madison, in Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, 1785
We have staked the whole future of American civilization, no upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all our political institutions upon the capability of mankind for self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.
~ James Madison
The Bible is the Constitution of Christian civilization.
~ Gordon Palmer, in By Freedom's Holy Light (NY: Devin-Adair Co., 1964), page 4
Jesus said that we are to render to God the things that are God's and to Caesar those that are Caesar's. Our Caesar is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. In order for us to render to Caesar the things that are due him, we should indeed participate in our government. Our Lord would have it so.
~ Adrian Rogers
I do not know whether all Americans have a sincere faith in their religion. But I am certain that they hold it to be indispensible to the maintenance of public institutions.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
There is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men, than in America.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville, in Democracy in America (NY: Harper & Rowe, 1966. pages 303-304
It is impossible rightly to govern the world without God and the Bible.
~ George Washington
It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits and humbly implore His protection and favor.
~ George Washington, his his Thanksgiving proclamation of October 3, 1789
While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
~ George Washington
If I could have entertained the slightest apprehension that the Constitution which was framed in our convention, where I had the honor of presiding, might possibly endanger the religious rights of any ecclesiastical society, certainly, I would never have placed my signature upon it.
~ George Washington, inauguration speech
I have often expressed my sentiment, that every man, conducting himself as a good citizen, and being accountable to God alone for his religious opinions, out to be protected in worshiping the Deity according to the dictates of his own conscience.
~ George Washington, in a letter to the United Baptist Churches of Virginia, May 10, 1789
Whatever makes a person a good Christian makes him a good citizen.
~ Daniel Webster
If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we or our prosperity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity.
~ Daniel Webster
Let us not forget the religious character of our origin.
~ Daniel Webster
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First Monday - November 4, 2013
In this Issue:
- Faculty Book Publications
- Several College of Law Faculty and Alums Selected as Idaho Leaders in the Law
- College of Law Holds Native American Pipeline Recruitment Event
- Love the Law!
Faculty Book Publications
The College of Law is proud of the outstanding scholarship produced by our faculty. Three members of the faculty have book publications out this fall.
Mastering American Indian Law
Associate Professor Angelique Townsend EagleWoman published Mastering American Indian Law, which she co-authored with University of Arkansas School of Law Professor Stacy L. Leeds. This book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the field generally covering both Tribal Law and U.S. Federal Indian law. The text frames the important eras of U.S. Indian policy in its introductory chapter, covering historical through contemporary developments in American Indian Law. This book supplements classroom instruction by covering Tribal Law, Federal Indian Law and Tribal-State relations. It also includes full discussions on topics such as American Indian Property Law; Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country; Tribal Government, Civil Jurisdiction and Regulation; Tribal-State Relations; and Sacred Sites and Cultural Property Protection. Mastering American Indian Law serves as a useful supplement in the classroom.
Angelique EagleWoman is an associate professor of law and a James E. Rogers Fellow. Professor EagleWoman brings a diverse background that includes tribal economic development, legal code development, litigation, criminal law and scholarly interest in international Indigenous Law. She joined the University of Idaho faculty in 2008. Professor EagleWoman received her LL.M. in American Indian and Indigenous Studies from the University of Tulsa College of Law. She teaches in the areas of Native American Law, Native American Natural Resources Law, Tribal Economics & Law, and Civil Procedure.
The Fundamentals of Federal Taxation, Problems and Materials, Third Edition
Professor John A. "Jack" Miller has published The Fundamentals of Federal Taxation, Problems and Materials, Third Edition, co-authored with Jeffrey Maine from the University of Maine School of Law. This text features a balanced approach to tax planning and tax policy. The first half provides students an understanding of the overall structure of the federal income tax. Two major review problems assist students in integrating their new knowledge. The book also covers various taxation topics, including real estate taxation, intellectual property taxation, family taxation, tax consequences of litigation, and deferred compensation, with an emphasis on tax planning. The book is structured for easy accessibility, and each chapter can be covered in one, or occasionally two, class sessions. This current edition incorporates the changes that arose from the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 or "'fiscal cliff'" legislation. Every August, the authors prepare an annual supplement.
Professor Miller is the Weldon Schimke Distinguished Professor of Law and is an accomplished tax scholar who has authored more than a dozen law review articles. He holds law degrees from the University of Kentucky and the University of Florida. He has taught at six law schools including the College of William & Mary, the University of Florida, and the University of Western Australia. Professor Miller served as dean of the College of Law from 1995 to 2002.
Administrative Law: A Context and Practice Casebook
Professor Richard Henry Seamon published Administrative Law: A Context and Practice Casebook. This book is part of the Context and Practice Series, edited by Michael Hunter Schwartz, Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Development, Washburn University School of Law. Administrative Law: A Context and Practice Casebook helps students learn how to think and act like administrative lawyers. The book reflects that most law school graduates do not become appellate judges. Instead, they have actual clients with matters before administrative agencies or who are administrative agencies themselves on whose behalf the graduates must identify the relevant law, learn the applicable agency procedures, and build a favorable record. The book introduces the components of administrative law and shows students how to acquaint themselves with an unfamiliar agency, how to analyze and research various types of agency actions, e.g., agency rulemaking and adjudication, and how to obtain a review of agency actions at the administrative and judicial levels. The text uses problems to provide a practitioner-focused approach to administrative law. It includes learning tools, such as checklists and graphics, and provides excerpts of the major judicial opinions that make up the administrative-law canon.
Richard Seamon joined the University of Idaho in 2004, having previously taught at the University of South Carolina School of Law and Washington and Lee Law School. He currently teaches Administrative Law and Constitutional Law and serves as the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs. In the past, he has taught courses on civil procedure, criminal procedure, federal courts, and U.S. Supreme Court practice. He also served as the Associate Dean for Administration and Students from 2006-2009.
Several College of Law Faculty and Alums Selected as Idaho Leaders in the Law
College of Law faculty and alumni will be honored as Leaders in Law by the Idaho Business Review at an event on November 14th at the College of Law Boise campus. The College of Law is the lead sponsor of the inaugural event by the Idaho Business Review established to recognize an individual in the Idaho legal community whose leadership, both in the legal profession and in the community, has had a positive impact on Idaho. This year among the 21 individuals who will be honored are five from our College of Law family.
Interim President Donald Burnett will receive the lifetime achievement award which recognizes a lawyer who has represented the legal profession by exemplifying performance, leadership, integrity, and mentoring throughout his or her career while bettering the legal profession overall. Don Burnett had an impressive career as a practicing lawyer; member of the Idaho Court of Appeals; reserve officer in the Army Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps; dean of two law schools, University of Louisville's Brandeis School of Law and the University of Idaho College of Law; and most recently as the Interim Dean of the University of Idaho.
Interim Dean and Associate Professor of Law Michael Satz will receive the outstanding educator award which honors professionals who teach the practice of law and who provide a model of professionalism that prepares students for success in the practice of law, business, public service, teaching and more, and whose performance and dedication is considered exemplary by their students and peers. Mike Satz joined the University of Idaho College of Law in 2006 and teaches consumer law, critical legal studies, contracts and property securities. He became the Interim Dean of the College of Law in May 2013.
Professor Richard Seamon will also receive the outstanding educator award. Rich Seamon joined the College of Law in 2004, having previously taught at the University of South Carolina School of Law and Washington and Lee Law School. He teaches administrative law and constitutional law, and serves as the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs. He has been selected by the graduating law class on multiple occasions for the Peter Heiser Award for Teaching Excellence, an award that recognizes outstanding dedication to students.
Kinzo H. Mahara '08 will receive the firm associate award that honors associate attorneys whose legal contributions lead to the success of their client; service to the legal profession and improvement of the legal system through practice innovation, legal scholarship, advancing diversity within the profession; participation in professional associations; mentoring or serving as a role model; and volunteer and/or pro bono activities. Mr. Mahara is an associate attorney at Howard Funke & Associates, P.C. in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Richard W. Mollerup '93 will receive the firm partner award which, similar to the firm associate award, honors attorneys at the partner level for their professional achievement and whose legal contributions lead to the success of their client; service to the legal profession and improvement of the legal system through practice innovation, legal scholarship, advancing diversity within the profession; participation in professional associations; mentoring or serving as a role model; and volunteer and/or pro bono activities. Mr. Mollerup is a partner with the Boise firm of Meuleman Mollerup, LLP.
For more information on Leaders in Law or to register to attend the event go to: Leaders in the Law
College of Law Holds Native American Pipeline Recruitment Event
Tuesday, October 15th, Native Americans interested in the law participated in a day-long event at the University of Idaho College of Law. The Native Law Recruitment Event included a full agenda with Professor Angelique EagleWoman delivering a mock law class on the basic legal principles of Tribal land ownership. Admissions Director Carole Wells presented information on the law school application process and financing a legal education. Interim Dean of the College of Law Michael Satz followed with remarks on the importance of graduate education and the value of a law degree from the University of Idaho.
The day included a panel of four current law students—Adam Harper (3L); Neomi Gilmore (Navajo Nation)(3L); Ashley Ray (Muscogee Creek Nation)(3L), and Rhylee Marchand (Colville Tribes)(2L)—who discussed their experiences and offered encouraging words about entering law school. There was a tour of the law school followed by a luncheon where faculty members interacted with the participants, who included high school and college students, and people interested in pursuing second careers.
The final panel included law school alumni who work in Indian Country: Dylan Hedden-Nicely, Julie Kane, Helo Hancock, and Gloria Ochoa.
The program evaluations showed that the students gave the presentations high marks. Overall, it was a very successful event.
This event is partially funded by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe 2013 Education Donation to the Native Law Program and by LSAC Discover Law funding.
Love the Law!
Who doesn't love the law? For many Idaho high school students, especially those from underrepresented populations, careers in the legal profession seem far out of reach. With the two-year old Love the Law! pipeline program, the Idaho State Bar Diversity Section is lifting the veil on the legal profession through events, classes, videoconferencing and discussions.
Love the Law! has a mission: to develop and maintain a pipeline program that exposes Idaho high school, college, and university students from diverse, minority, and low-income backgrounds and underrepresented populations to the legal profession and encourage those students to consider pursuing a career in law.
Love the Law! seeks to expand student knowledge about legal careers and pathways to the profession and to provide social support and professional role models. Through these efforts, Love the Law! will promote diversity, equality, and cultural understanding throughout the Idaho State Bar to better serve the State's diverse citizenry.
Last month, on Monday, October, 7, three Love the Law! students attended the Bellwood Lecture Series luncheon and sat with noted civil rights advocate Morris Dees and Interim Dean Michael Satz.
Two of the students also met with Associate Law Librarian Michael Greenlee for the evening Bellwood lecture in Boise and had the opportunity to speak with other members of the Boise Law Program faculty, including professors Wendy Couture, Stephen Miller, and Barbara Lock. It is no surprise that students who attend Love the Law! events show an increased interest in seeking careers in the law.
Here is the Fall 2013 event outline for Love the Law! Wednesday, October 23, Kootenai County Law & Motion Day; Monday, November 4, Latah County Law & Motion Day; November 5, Ada County Law & Motion Day; Thursday, November 7, Lewis County Law & Motion Day. Seventy students have already committed to attending the Ada County Law & Motion Day, according to Jana Gomez, chair of the Love the Law! Committee and UI 2004 College of Law graduate.
At the Moscow Bellwood Lecture Series, attorney and retired professor Linda Pall accompanied UI CAMP students to a luncheon with Mr. Dees, where they met with Tony Stewart (retired professor from North Idaho College) and Marshall Mend (a CDA realtor), both of who were part of the original Kootenai County Task Force for Human Rights.
For more information on Love the Law! contact, Jana Gomez at 208-287-7700.


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Plans for reunion made in Paris
?Former Coldwater Sweet Adeline director, Patsy (Feller) Meiser of South Carolina, Jan Storrs of Tekonsha, Nancy (Forrister) Saunders of Connecticut and Amy McCarthy of Illinois met in Paris to make plans for the upcoming Coldwater Reunion Festival, which is set for Aug. 25 at the Tibbits Opera House.
The event will feature Coldwater bands and choirs from the 60s through now. Performing will be the Reunion Balladier Chorus, the Reunion Coldwater Band, the Reunion Coldwater Sweet Adelines Chorus and various other jazz bands, rock bands, trios, duets and soloists. There will be food, beer, wine and fun for all.
The proceeds from the Coldwater Reunion Music Festival event will be distributed equally between the Tibbits Opera House and Foundation and the Irma L. English Memorial Music Scholarship fund held within the Branch County Community Foundation.
Want to know more?
For more information, call Meiser at 864-888-2512 or email her at email@example.com.


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Track Day with Lexus F SPORT cars
Lexus is upping its game. The luxury brand has built a reputation over the years for elegant luxury vehicles, reliability and customer service. But now Lexus has made aggressive design and performance a priority and the changes are striking. The new design direction is most noticeable with the new spindle front grille that immediately grabs your attention and gives the vehicles a much sportier look. But buyers looking for even more aggressive design and performance packages will look to the Lexus F Sport lineup which now covers six of its vehicles. Buyers choosing the F SPORT packages will get increased handling along with unique design cues that set the vehicles apart.
I was on hand at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway as Lexus took the opportunity to show off the F SPORT lineup with challenging autocross and track courses. The idea was to push each vehicle in standard drive mode and then run the same route again in sport mode. The cars handled fine in standard mode but then became very impressive in sport mode, gripping the corners as we powered through the turns. With its F SPORT lineup Lexus offers worthy competitors to the top sport sedans on the market, along with designs that will attract the attention of younger buyers (and those who are young at heart).
We had the entire F SPORT lineup on hand at the track, including the IS 250/350 sport sedan, the GS 350 luxury sedan, the LS 460 flagship luxury sedan, the CT 200h premium hybrid compact, the IS 250/350C hardtop convertible and the RX 350 luxury utility vehicle.
We also had the two stand-alone F performance vehicles – the LFA supercar and the IS F performance sedan. These are completely distinct models built for optimal track performance.
The day started for our group on the tight autocross course with four F SPORT models – the CT 200h, the IS 250, the IS 350 AWD, and the GS 350. The course had plenty of quick and tight turns, and with each model we drove it in standard drive mode for one lap and then switched to the Sport or Sport+ mode for the second lap with a very impressive improvement in handling and stability around the corners. We could push the cars even harder as we got accustomed to the course.
Then we moved over to the big track where I got to drive the new IS 250 and IS 350 F Sport, the GS 350 F SPORT and the LS 460 F SPORT. This track had long straightaways and plenty of curves to put these models to the test, along with our own driving skills as we all worked on hitting the apex on each turn. Naturally, as I worked my way up to the bigger engines and then the flagship LS 460 F SPORT, then fun level and the tightness of my grip on the steering wheel increased as I had much more power at my disposal. The LS 460 in particular offered up a beautiful combination of power and handling but all of them performed well. I love cars with more power so I'd always choose the IS 350 over the 250.
Next I drove the 2014 IS F, which raised the performance bar even higher. This car sits on the last-generation IS platform and doesn't have the newer styling cues like the front spindle grille. But it's a beast with its 5.0-liter V8 engine and 416 horsepower that can go from 0-60 in 4.6 seconds. I felt like I was launched in a rocket as I powered the IS F around the track. Frankly, I did a little better job handling the LS 460 F SPORT as I hit the turns but this one definitely gave me an adrenaline rush as I powered through the track. Fortunately, I was already familiar with the course by then so I could be a little more aggressive. Some purists might quibble that these models offer paddle shifters as opposed to a manual option with a stick shift on the floor, but everyone else looking for performance and style will find an impressive lineup with the F SPORT and F vehicles.
Pro driver drifting the IS F in a circle
Finally, we got to experience how a pro driver would attack the track as we got to ride shotgun in the LFA with 5-time Rolex 24 Hour of Daytona Champion Scott Pruett at the wheel. That was a real treat as Scott showed what this supercar can do on the track. The LFA has a 552 horsepower engine that hits a top speed of 202 miles per hour, and is constructed primarily with lightweight carbon fiber materials. The LFA can hit 0-60 in 3.6 seconds and it handled flawlessly on the track. This amazing car can provide thrills on the track and then you can drive it home. Lexus has built just 500 of these amazing cars. We also got to experience hot laps in the IF CCS-R (Circuit Club Sports Racer) with Ken Gushi behind the wheel, which offered a somewhat different experience as there was much more drifting around the corners.
Having experienced the F and F SPORT models on the track, I can see how these vehicles will have a positive impact on the Lexus brand. The new 2014 IS is already selling with a 40% mix of F SPORT models, with over 50% on the West Coast, with buyers that are the youngest in the luxury segment. I suspect this trend will continue. Any buyer looking for performance cars in the luxury segment should check out them out.
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Who's hot, who's not: The number that shows how essential an agency is
WASHINGTON — NASA may have the Right Stuff, but it isn't essential.
In fact, of all the larger government agencies, NASA is sending the largest percentage home in the government shutdown because they are considered not essential.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Department of Veterans Affairs, which usually doesn't grab attention unless something goes wrong, has one of the highest percentage of workers considered essential and staying on.
In a city where being essential is considered as fundamental as breathing, the essential workers number is the real indicator of importance — politically and otherwise.
It is the essential number on being essential.
"It tells you who has juice and who can protect their workers," said Paul Light, a professor of public service at New York University. "It is an indicator of who is popular, who is homecoming queen, who is homecoming king and who is coming in last."
NASA comes up last.
Only 3 percent of its workers are essential. The space agency doesn't have a launch scheduled until November. The space shuttle has been retired for a couple of years. The phrase "The Right Stuff" showing astronauts' can-do spirit dates to a movie and book that are at least 30 years old.
The space agency, which turned 55 on the day it essentially shut its doors, took seriously the threshold of only using workers protecting life or property, so "it doesn't mean (NASA) isn't important by any stretch," agency spokesman Bob Jacobs said Monday before he was deemed nonessential.
In general, about 60 percent of the 2.1 million federal work force is still working during the shutdown. But some not-so-loved federal agencies can't even muster 10 percent on the essential meter.
The Environmental Protection Agency, often a whipping boy for Republicans in Congress, has only 6 percent of its workers listed as essential. So does the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Ever the decimal counters, the Internal Revenue Service has only 9.3 percent working during the shutdown.
On the low side of the essential ranking, you can find the departments of Education (10 percent), Treasury (18 percent), Interior (20 percent), and Labor (22 percent).
Even working in James Bond type agencies doesn't give you more juice than the people who deal with planes, trains and automobiles — or even tomatoes.
About 30 percent of civilian workers in the nation's intelligence agencies are still working, Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper told Congress Wednesday. That is about the same as the Department of Agriculture, but nothing compared with the 67 percent of Department of Transportation workers are still on the job.
The Department of Homeland Security with 86 percent and Justice Department with 84 percent are in the homecoming court of the essential worker list.
Then there is the VA, where 95 percent of employees are still on the job, and the Department of State. Unlike other agencies, State Department officials don't have an official percentage for how many of their workers are essential but said Wednesday essentially none of the 77,000 employees has been furloughed.
"You cannot close a VA hospital. You can't do it politically. You can't do it for the good of the patient," Light said.
The whole essential ranking "is a little bit of 'Mean Girls' mixed in with 'The Right Stuff,' " Light said. "Only 'The Right Stuff' doesn't happen to be the space program."