Mike Yohannes has run a food stand in downtown Washington, D.C., for the past 20 years, surviving economic downturns while selling hot dogs, candy bars and an a*sortment of other edible items.
But the latest government shutdown could be the death knell for his business.
With foot traffic markedly down at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 11th Street where he operates, Yohannes said sales have fallen about 60 percent during the closure, which has affected nearby federal offices, museums and other tourist spots.
While President Donald Trump and Democratic congressional leaders continue to haggle over his demand for $5.7 billion to fund a southern border wall, with both sides going on national TV to make their case Tuesday night, millions of Americans increasingly feel the impact of the impasse.
Within a few blocks are the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service and the Commerce and Justice departments, which have furloughed tens of thousands of federal employees or required many to work without pay.
At Nordstrom Rack on E Street, 10 or more customers are typically lined up at the checkout register around midday as federal workers stop in during their lunch hour. There was no line Tuesday, and manager Mary Alvarez said a drop in sales of roughly 25 percent during the closure has forced the layoff of five or six workers.
They're thankful the Department of Veterans Affairs across the street remains open.
"If the VA closed, we'd be almost dead,'' she said.
Outside the nation's capital, the shutdown's most obvious impact has come in the form of trash pile ups and overflowing toilets at national parks, where bathrooms have been closed and garbage is not getting picked up. On Tuesday, Joshua Tree National Park in California said it would close down Thursday morning to address maintenance issues.
Longer security lines are also cropping up at airports hampered by record numbers of Transportation Security Administration employees calling in sick.
Averting a massive outcry, the Trump administration announced Monday that tax refunds would be issued even if the shutdown lasts into the filing season, which this year begins Jan. 28.
Other residents throughout the country are also feeling the impact in a number of ways, with the departments of Agriculture, Homeland Security, Transportation, Justice, Interior, State, Commerce and Housing and Urban Development temporarily closing their doors.
•Accidents like last week's horrific crash in Florida that k*lled seven people – five of them children on the way to Disney World – is not being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board, whose employees are mostly on furlough.
Accident investigators rely on the NTSB's reconstruction efforts to pinpoint the cause, and those findings are used to recommend safety improvements on the nation's highways.
•The U.S. Department of Agriculture will delay the release of crucial crop reports that investors and farmers rely on to get a sense for what the agricultural market will look like in the upcoming season.
The USDA also runs the Supplemental Nutrition a*sistance Program, and there was concern the benefit commonly known as food stamps would be affected by the shutdown, but the agency announced on Tuesday that the 44 million recipients could count on them at least through February.
•Members of Native American tribes may have their health care and education programs threatened by the shutdown. Those services were guaranteed by the federal government as part of treaties in exchange for large extensions of land, but The New York Times reports the Bureau of Indian Affairs was furloughing 2,295 of its 4,057 employees, curtailing service.
•The Smithsonian Institution, which welcomed 30 million visitors in 2017 and includes the National Zoo in Washington, has temporarily closed. The Smithsonian – a cultural treasure with free admission – is composed of 19 museums and the zoo, mostly in nation's capital but also including two in New York.
•The courts that review the cases of undocumented immigrants will see their backlog increase because more than 300 judges have been furloughed. Current cases of detained immigrants will continue as scheduled, but future ones will be delayed, possibly for years.
•With access to national parks curtailed, dozens of weddings planned for those sites have had to be relocated or rescheduled.
•Fans of creative craft beers will have to settle for their current choices for a while, because the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau has ceased operations during the shutdown, meaning no new labels will get approved until the folks in Washington reach a deal.
20 comments for "Jan 9 - the shutdown is impacting americans in surprising ways"
Doesn't matter where he sets up in DC. If government employees aren't working, there won't be much foot traffic.
Last edited by deziking; 01-10-2019 at 09:14 AM..
Hasnt effected me in 1 way.
Its no surprise to me the dems put illegal immigrants lives before americans so this isnt news to me.
This shut down is also hurting reservations. Some aren't even able to get medicine they need.
This monster seriously needs to be stopped and republicans aren't doing anything to help the American people they took an oath to protect.
Trump and his supporters are way out of touch. We have people who live paycheck to paycheck with their backs against the wall all for politics. Our leader is amongst the least wise people in all of humanity and overall a coward. Nothing is lower than a coward and to be and support this coward is low. There is no brave reason to stand for this guy and what he believes in.
Probably makes 100k a year sellin hotdogs ole boy fk do i care go find another job.
this n*gga said he finna find another job knowing damn well he ain't and also he probably gets that bag from them government officials in DC.
about to look for this n*gga yelp page right now.
The only morons complaining about "DEY TOOK OUR JOBS" are pissed because they can't be janitors at Wal-Mart or fu*king motel housekeepers.
Get some fu*king life skills.


I've been doing it infrequently ever since I moved to Oregon several years ago, but it wasn't until last summer that I started hitting the waves on a regular basis. It's become easier to time a wave right and to actually stand up on it, but I still consider myself a beginner. I'm not very competitive by nature and I'm content if I stand up on a wave after it starts to break and just ride it straight in toward the shore, which is about all I usually do in the water.
Warming up before getting in the cold Oregon water.
No, I actually can't do that pose for more than 2 seconds.
Last Sunday, my friend Sylvan and I took our boards on a long overdue trip to the coast. It was a pretty mellow day, meaning the waves weren't anything big or spectacular, but a nice one would roll in from time to time. To my surprise, I dropped in on one of the first waves I went after, meaning that I caught it and stood up right before it broke. I was then able to turn right and ride parallel to the wave, across the wall of it, and stay a little in front of the break. It was a great ride, and it gave me that indescribable feeling of peace and oneness that reminds me why I go surfing in the first place.
Then I did it again on the next wave. And the next. And a whole bunch after that.
Something just clicked. Like I said, I'm not that competitive and I haven't been pushing myself to improve my surfing, but after a long time of going at it I now got it. It wasn't a change in logic or strategy, and there was no rational thought of trying a different technique. I was just suddenly able to feel when my speed and position were in the right place to drop my weight on the board and let the wave carry me off. I had a real connection with the wave that I never felt before, and it made me realize that in the past I took a much more logical approach. I stayed in my head and analyzed the physics of timing and position instead of letting myself just feel when it was right. That logic plays its purpose to learn technique and form and get you on the road, but at some point I just needed to let all that go and feel.
And that's where running comes in, because I learned today that the exact same principle applies to the trails.
I moved recently and have been running without a watch … only because I couldn't remember which box it was in. I haven't invested in a fancy Garmin yet (although I'm more than a little tempted), so my watch only serves two basic purposes: time my run and check my cadence.
I confess: keeping up a fast cadence has been a challenge for me. I've read from many sources that at least 180 footfalls (or 90 strides) per minute are ideal. Less than that and you're keeping your feet on the ground longer, which means more sluggish movement, more work to liftoff, heavier foot strikes and less efficient running. The problem is that I've always felt it's a losing battle to keep up the 180 BPM pace. I can do it when I'm timing myself and straining to move my legs as fast as I can, but as soon as I focus on other parts of my running form the pace drops like a dead weight. Even though I know it's beneficial, a high cadence just felt like so much strenuous work.
I've been considering listening to music paced at 180 bpm or using a metronome, although both are undesirable (I don't like running with music because I prefer to be alone with my thoughts, and running with a metronome just doesn't sound fun). Fortunately, the answer came to me another way.
I found my watch today and ran with it on the trail for the first time in weeks. Cadence was on my mind and for the first couple miles I had my usual struggle: work to keep it up only to have it fall when I stopped consciously trying to move my legs as fast as possible. At that time, my surfing experience was still on my mind and I started wondering if I could pull the same trick to let go of the logic and feel the benefits of the cadence without overthinking it. I stopped checking my watch and just ran for a while, zoning out and letting myself feel the difference when I changed the pace of my footfalls. And when I say "feel," I don't mean examining my physical sensations of muscle tension or form or speed, but just sensing the general state of rhythm around me. Then it happened: something clicked.
It took some practice, but I managed to let myself fall into this state of light, springy running. I felt like I could make a weight of sluggishness disappear, and I never realized it was there in the first place. After keeping it up for a while, I checked my watch and found I had been running at about 185 bpm naturally, without the strenuous effort. And it felt very similar to the surfing epiphany.
The best way I can describe it is to recall how I felt learning to swing as a kid. My sister explained to me over and over how I needed push and pull on the swing chains, but it didn't matter how much I thought about it or understood what I needed to do; I had to keep doing it over and over until I could just feel the rhythm of pumping back and forth to make the swing move. Call it muscle memory or call it zen. I don't care, it works.
A lot of runners may read this and think "Duh!" After all, running is very natural and this is something that probably comes naturally to many people, as it probably came naturally to me as a kid. I'm sure it did back in the day, but I forgot it somewhere along the way. It makes me sad to think that it's a challenge now to simply feel something so basic and innate, and I have to wonder what else I've forgotten to feel over the years.
I blame television. And my old Nintendo.


I've been playing blackjack in casinos for nearly 40 years. That includes casinos in the Midwest, Las Vegas, Mississippi. Louisiana. Atlantic City. Connecticut. New York, and New Mexico. (And many more places that would just bore you if I listed them all.) Therefore, I'm not kidding when I say I've played a lot of blackjack and watched many blackjack players during my lifetime. The good ones all have one thing in common. They know how to play their hand and they know when to increase their bets. The bad players, on the other hand, possess one or more of these five characteristics.
You would think that in the 21st century, all blackjack players would know that to win at blackjack, they must learn and correctly use the basic playing strategy. This is no secret. It's readily available in books, in articles, and on the Internet. For a couple of bucks you can even purchase a plastic strategy card that you can bring with you when you play. How easy is that? Nevertheless, I would venture a guess that at best 20% of playing public know basic strategy perfectly.
Yes, even the experienced players who tell me "Sure, I know basic strategy," rarely know all the plays. It's just not good enough to know half the strategy and guess at the rest, or worse, deviate from the right play because you get a "feeling" an alternate play might be better in a particular situation.
When you play blackjack, you need to play like a robot. This means every time the dealer gives you a 16 and he shows a 10 you must hit the hand regardless if you lost the last time or last ten times that you made this play. (Assuming the surrender option is not available; if it is, you should surrender the hand.) Ditto for a pair of eights against a dealer's 10. You shove out more money and split. Why? Because these are the correct plays to make, the ones that in the long run will either save you money or earn you more money. Don't believe me? I have billions of computer-generated hands to back me up.
I see this all the time. It seems players have a fascination with betting progressions because they mistakenly believe that what happened on previous hands will somehow affect their chances of winning future hands. Well, it won't and it can't.
You are fighting a losing battle with progressions for one simple reason. In the history of blackjack, there has never been any study that proved your chances of winning the next hand increase based upon what happened (won or lost) in previous hands. There is no magic bullet here.
Using betting progressions in blackjack might be fun because sometimes in the short run you get to make some adrenaline-pumping big bets that you will win. However, in the long run, guess what? The house edge doesn't change one iota. And what's worse, you will lose more using betting progressions in the long haul then just betting the same on every hand because your average bet increases when you use a progression (remember, even with basic strategy the house still has the slight edge — so the more you bet, the more you stand to lose). Nope, betting progressions don't work in the long run, so forget about it.
Player bets $5 a hand and loses four or five hands in succession. Now he increases his bet to $10 because he figures he is "due to win." You are not due anything in the casino, and certainly not a winning hand just because you lost the previous hands. Remember what we said earlier: The results of previous hands have no bearing on the outcome of future hands in blackjack. So don't bet more thinking you are due to win.
Player gets ahead by $100. The tide turns and he starts losing. What do you think the player does? How many say, "Quit with his profits." How many say, "Keeps playing." Probably 90% of all casual players will keep playing. Why? Greed, and the desire for action. I ask you, is it better to play three hours and end up losing your profits back to the house or quit with a $100 profit after playing one hour? I know what I would do.
These players put blackjack in the same category as slots. It's all luck, so why bother? You can say that about slots, roulette and most other casino games, but you'd be dead wrong about blackjack. Why? For the simple reason that blackjack is a game of skill, and the odds can be changed in your favor if you know how to play the game skillfully.
1. There is a mathematically correct way to play every hand dealt to you. This playing strategy has been developed by millions upon millions of computer simulations by a countless number of blackjack mathematicians. This strategy is the basic playing strategy. It's the only playing strategy that will allow you to improve your chances of winning. Learn it cold and use it for every hand dealt to you.
2. The only factor that correlates your chances of winning the current or future hands is the composition of the cards in the undealt deck(s). When the latter contain an abundance of small value cards, the odds shift to the dealer. However, when the composition of the undealt cards is rich in 10s, picture cards and aces, the odds of winning shift in your favor.
In order for you to take advantage of this fact about blackjack, you need to watch and keep track of the cards that are played. Those discards that are on the table for every one to see contain valuable information that astute players take advantage of. If you see more small cards on the layout compared to big cards then there must be more big cards in the undealt cards and now is when you should bet more.
There are formal techniques that you can learn to track the cards as they are played. This is known as card counting. However, most card counting systems require 20-40 hours of diligent practice before you would be ready to play accurately in the casino. However, this has changed, thanks to Dan Pronovost who invented Speed Count. You can read about Speed Count and what players have said about it by reading Frank Scoblete's book "I Am a Card Counter: Inside the World of Advantage-Play Blackjack."
Therefore, when it comes to being a winner at blackjack, you know what you have to do. Either you can continue to play with the characteristics of a losing player, or you can finally spend some time and learn how to win. The choice is yours.
Henry Tamburin is a blackjack and video poker expert. His website is www.smartgaming.com.


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An Outline of the History of the United States
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This paper "An Outline of the History of the United States" focuses on the fact that industrialization is the single factor that spurred the economic growth of America. The government aided railway construction by offering the land grant to the Illinois Central Railroad Company. …
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American History Industrialization is the single factor that spurred the economic growth of America. 2. The government aided railway construction by offering land grant to the Illinois Central Railroad Company. This enabled diversion from the Middlesex Canal for success.
3. Free labor indicated the concept of independence and freedom; where workers are given the chance to rise up the career ladder due to their individual potential.
4. A Coffin ships was the term used to refer to ships from Ireland in 1840's as they were old and rarely had enough food and water supplies.
5. The first wagon trains started to head West in 1841. The train was from Western Emigration Society and was led by John Bidwell.
6. The biggest threat to immigrant who travelled the trails to the west was sickness, such as cholera as a result of poor drinking water.
7. The sager children lost their parent in the Oregon Trail and were adopted by white parent who lived in Washington. However, they were orphaned again after the parents were killed in the white massacre.
8. The pioneers of Oregon Trail were mostly farmers and found good places to practice their farming.
9. The Mormons chose to settle near Salt Lake City because they were looking for a place to practice their religion without interference.
10. The "bear flag revolt" was California's revolt against Mexico in 1846 after the war between the United States and Mexico became more likely.
11. The United Stated Fought the Mexican American war over boundaries as it wanted to expand its territory. President Polk intended to push Mexico into negotiation by creating a threat of war, which resulted in to war.
12. The democrats slogan fifty-four forty or fight was used by Polk 1844 campaigns and meant the coordinates of the northern boundary of Oregon that President Polk wanted to go to war over.
13. Stephen W. Kearny was the American commander in charge of the army that captured Santa Fe in August 1846.
14. Most deaths of American army during the Mexican American war were caused by the guerrilla tactics of the defending Mexican forces.
15. By the year 1860, the USA had acquired land from United Kingdom and from Spain.
16. The Anglo miners singled out the Chinese for persecution due to racism and discrimination of the Chinese people.
17. What outraged outsiders about the Oneida community, was their doctrine of complicated marriage, where every man and woman is married to each other and they could have sexual intercourse.
18. Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis organized the first national womens rights convention in the United States.
19. Frederick Douglass, David Walkers Appeal and William Lloyd Garrisons were former slaves, who lectured to audiences about the cruelties of slavery.
20. The United States army invaded the Salt Lake City in the year 1857 after the polygamy practice of the community became a major concern.
Roark, James L., Michael P. Johnson, Patricia Cline Cohen, Sarah Stage, Alan Lawson, and Susan M. Hartmann."The Expanding Republic." The American Promise: A History of the United States. 4th ed. St. Martins USA: Bedford, 2008. Read More
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Earlier today, 64Digits user TwistyWristy used an exploit in 64Digits to take over DesertFox's account. He then made a news post to demonstrate his exploit. The site was taken offline temporarily, but is now partially back up.
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FRIENDS OF ADAIRE
Philadelphia, PA | www.friendsofadaire.org
Friends of Adaire is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit group consisting of parents, educators, and community members whose mission is to enrich the education of Alexander Adaire School students by providing additional resources and support for faculty and staff. Adaire is a public K-8 school located in the vibrant Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA. We work to engage parents, teachers, and the local community in creating an inspiring and challenging educational environment for our students.
Joseph McAteer
429 Belgrade St
Philadelphia, PA 19125 USA
Sasha Best
Community Partnerships Coordinator
Legal name of organization: Friends of Adaire
Single Organization Support (B11)
Schoolyard Revitalization
The Adaire Schoolyard Revitalization Project is the effort to transform the schoolyard of the Alexander Adaire K-8 Public School at Thompson and Palmer in Fishtown, Philadelphia, PA, from an asphalt expanse to something much more. Friends of Adaire is THRILLED to celebrate the realization of this long-held dream, with the first phase of the new schoolyard opening Sept. 29, 2017. The Schoolyard Revitalization is now in Phase II and accepting community member suggestions on which areas of Adaire's outdoor facilities to focus on next!
The Adaire Chess Club, founded and run by Friends of Adaire board member Stefan Zajic, meets Mondays after school. Each week, 15-30 students of all grades meet to play chess, solve puzzles, learn tactics & strategy, and have fun. In 2017-2018 school year, the Adaire Chess Club celebrated many team successes, including finishing sixth in the city-wide elementary school league, making the playoffs in their debut year. One of our players was awarded city-wide Top Female Player, Elementary School league, and in the Checkmate Violence tournament at Temple University in January, a third grade player placed 3rd among all K-3 players, city-wide.
Annual Fund Campaign: 2018-2019 PlayWorks Recess Coach
In 2018-2019, the Annual Fund Campaign funded a PlayWorks coach for recess monitoring and organized play activities every day of the week. Research shows that regular and targeted play is a critical part of every student's success and funding a PlayWorks coach also frees up our Principal and other teachers and administrators to focus on their other planning and teaching responsibilities enriching our students' educational opportunities.
Annual Fund Campaign 2019-2020: STREAM Intiatives
The FoA 2019-20 Annual Fund Campaign theme is to support Science, Technology, Recess, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics ("STREAM") initiatives at the school. The focus of the campaign will help strengthen and deepen Adaire students' understanding with these topics that are critical to future success while also increasing student focus and engagement in the classroom. Among other items, the STREAM Annual Fund Campaign will support the following areas:
Science - Aquaponics Lab maintenance and supplies
Technology - new laptops and equipment for teachers
Recess - a 2-year commitment to ensuring an engaged recess coach and curriculum every day of the school week for all classes
Engineering - Makers Space supplies and curricular support for the new STEM Prep teacher
Arts - Increased materials, supplies and/or instruments for Adaire's Arts and Music Teachers
Mathematics - Chess Club supplies and curricular support for the new STEM Prep teacher
Kate Hughes
Sarah Schindler-Williams
Denis Devine
Erica Edwards
Janneken Smucker
Einav Keet
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? No
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No


It is with great sadness that we are reporting that Stephen Hawking, the famed theoretical physicist who defied a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to live virtually his entire adult life with the disease – in a wheelchair and paralyzed but making constant contributions to a world few could understand – has died at age 76, a family spokesman said.
FOX News reports that although Hawking may have been incapacitated physically, he managed to write books, including the best seller "A Brief History of Time," teach physics and mathematics, deliver speeches and even float in zero gravity, all while working in the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity.
After graduating from Oxford, Hawking studied at Cambridge, where he was diagnosed with ALS. Also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, ALS is a fatal, motor neuron disease that causes progressive muscle weakness and atrophy.


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Sirius fun for west coast sailor
Published on January 13, 2016 by LCDR Paul Flynn (author), LSIS Bradley Darvill (photographer)
Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate Jabin Roberts on the helm of the fleet replenishment ship HMAS Sirius.
Following his twin brother into the Navy has been a life changing experience for Leading Seaman Boatswains Mate Jabin Roberts.
Future leader continues Albany legacy
Published on January 11, 2016 by CMDR Chloe Wootten (author), North Albany Senior High School (photographer)
Lieutenant Will Singer from HMAS Stirling presents the Long Tan award to Ms Breanna Payne from North Albany Senior High School.
Located in regional Western Australia, Albany is home to final Australian port for many who created the Anzac legacy in the First World War, and the site of major commemorations in 2014 for the 100 anniversary of the departure of the 'Anzac Convoys'.
Before her time - the tale of Navy's first female sailor
Published on January 10, 2016 by Ms Natalie Staples (author)
Nancy Bentley, honorary member of the Royal Australian Navy, on board HMAS Sydney (I) in 1920.
Twenty-one years before the first Women's Royal Australian Navy members (WRANs) entered service due to a shortage of telegraphists during the Second World War, a young Tasmanian girl was enlisted into the Royal Australian Navy.
Breaking with family tradition pays off at sea
Published on January 08, 2016 by CPL Mark Doran (author and photographer)
Royal Australian Navy sailor Leading Seaman Electronic Technician Ci-Anna Smith stands before HMAS Melbourne's 76mm Naval Gun. The ship is patrolling in the Middle East region for Operation Manitou.
A Hobart local up-gunned her working life when she decided to trade retail work for seaborne artillery.
Leading Seaman Electronic Technician Ci-Anna Smith is deployed with Adelaide class frigate, HMAS Melbourne, which is patrolling the waters of the Middle East as part of Operation MANITOU, Australia's contribution to the Combined Maritime Forces in the region.
Logisticians supported with new app
Published on January 02, 2016 by POML-P Stacey Brotherton (author), POIS Phil Cullinan (photographer)
Petty Officer Stacey Brotherton shows Commodore Michele Miller, RAN, Director General Navy People through the new Navy People app that was created for the Royal Australian Navy.
The Navy People App is now helping logisiticians across the fleet to better manage their careers from the palms of their hands.
Bordering on a lifetime at sea
Published on January 01, 2016 by SBLT Matthew Trewick (author)
CPO Marine Technician Andrew Border celebrates his 10,000th day at sea in the Royal Australian Navy.
Ten thousand days is a long time for anyone – it's 27.4 years, more years than the average person in the Navy has been alive. However in Chief Petty Officer Marine Technician Andrew Border's case, 12 November 2015 was a significant date as it marked his 10,000th day at sea in the Royal Australian Navy.
A day on the water for the kids
Published on January 31, 2016 by SBLT Kat Mulheron (author), LSIS Nina Fogliani (photographer)
Challenge-Kid, Adam (centre) with Cerberus water ski members Seaman Luke Bonanno and Seaman Phillip Murray enjoy a ride on one of the water biscuit provided by the Cerberus Water Ski Club at the National Watersports Centre, Bangholme, Victoria.
HMAS Cerberus Water Ski Club has started the year with a splash, in a day to support children and families with cancer.
Enter the sea dragon
Published on January 24, 2016 by CAPT Mick Trainor (author), LCPL Joel Honig (author)
Commander Peter Tedman (second from left) poses for the official photograph with senior officers of the People's Liberation Army - Navy with Chinese Defence staff and members of the Chinese diplomatic community.
The Navy has continued to build relationships in the Pacific, welcoming a visit from a Chinese warship to Brisbane earlier this month.
HMAS Anzac signs up to White Ribbon
Published on January 22, 2016 by CMDR Fenn Kemp (author)
Seaman Combat Systems Operator Dylan Gardiner (left) and White Ribbon Ambassador Chief Petty Officer Communications Information Specialist Mark Baker prepare for a morning tea on HMAS Anzac.
The crew of HMAS Anzac marked White Ribbon day at sea. But that didn't stop the ship's company from raising several hundred dollars to assist women who have suffered from domestic violence.
Whitsunday memorial for HMAS Sydney officers
Published on January 19, 2016 by CPO Greg Watsford (author), Unknown (photographer)
Warrant officer Michael Burrows, HMAS Cairns SWO (left); with Alan Miles, Operation Pilgrim program coordinator; Bill Rose, Airlie Beach RSL President and Commander Carl Capper, CO HMAS Cairns, at the Airlie Beach memorial for officers from HMAS Sydney.
A memorial has been unveiled in Airlie Beach, Queensland, to honour the sacrifices of a group of Navy officers 50 years ago.


Academic book related Tsugaru Shamisen is very few, so I ordered one of them.
Almost all of contents of this book is about Takahahi Chikuzan , the music notes of him is on the book.
The Enlglish writing about Oyama school is only a thesis written by Keisuke Yamada at Pennsilvenia University.
I think I have to write about it.
Oyama school present headmaster 30th anniversary.
Oya ma school is said to start playing together (emsemble ) of Tsugaru Shamisen.
Before then Tsugaru Shamisen was a solo instrument.
The father of present headmaster was a founder of Oyama school , and he started emsemble because Tsugaru Shamisen used silk strings in the past ,so it easily broke.And he hurt his wrist once, so he started emsemble try not to stop while playing.
I went to see a factory of Shamisen yesterday .
is unique for shamisen , it's used to shave the back of Tenjin, the head of Shamisen .
It's hard to shave roundly.
botanical name of Kouki is pterocarpus santalinus.
Why do people start laughing after giving this chocolates as a souvenir from the U.S?
"How long have you been training?"
who contacted me after seeing my workshop flyer.
there was no teacher in NYC, so the Tsugaru Shamisen remained not played until now.
I remembered the time when I first came to Tokyo 20 years ago.
At that time I found trouble with the train system in Tokyo the same as now in NYC..
Do you know they were deported?


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Q: Doubt/Confusion in De Broglie Wavelength of a particle in a box setup So I am pretty new to quantum mechanics (mostly related to atomic structures), and have some difficulties in the following setup:

Consider a particle of mass $m$ confined to a one-dimensional box of length
$L$. The particle moves
in the box with momentum
$p$ colliding elastically with the walls. We consider the quantum
mechanics of this system.
At each energy state, the particle may be represented by a standing wave given by the de Broglie hypothesis. Express its wavelengths
$λ_{dB}$ in terms of
$L$ in the
$n^{\text{th}}$ energy state.

First of all, (it may seem silly), what is energy state here? In atomic structure, I know it corresponds to electrons permissible energy in shells, as per Bohr's quantization. But here in this setup, I couldn't grasp the meaning of 'energy state'.
Secondly, question asked to express particle as a standing wave. I know the standing wave concept but from a classical mechanics point of view, not quantum mechanical. I couldn't figure which concept should I apply here.
Interestingly, the answer is $\lambda_{dB}=\frac{2L}{n}$, which is the same as the general formula of standing wave (classical) wavelength as shown in the figure. I don't know how the $n$ in the figure of standing waves and the
$n$ corresponding to energy state in our state are so related, so this is my major doubt. I may be confused between these formulae, but I can't help myself here.
Please help clear my doubts/confusion.

A: Well the energy for a particle in a box is as follows:
$$E_n = \frac{n^2h^2}{8mL^2}$$
Where each n represent the state, so $E_n$ represents the energy per state.
The n in the lambda represents the excited state of the wavelength, so for n=1 you have the ground state, n=2 is the first excited state etc. It represents the amount of knots etc in a wave. Hope this cleared things up! If not, let me know.
To come back to your question of where this formula came from:
The momentum is known to be $p=m v \longrightarrow v = \frac{p}{m}$
Inside a one-dimensional box there's kinetic energy: $E= \frac{1}{2}mv^2$. We can rewrite this as $E = \frac{p^2}{2m}$.
since $p = \frac{h}{\lambda} = \frac{hn}{2L}$
So we get $$E_n = \frac{n^2h^2}{8mL^2}$$ when we plug all of this in.

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Hey butterflies! It's that time again – release day! Secrets Don't Make Survivors is available today!
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DARK COMMANDOS is...
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VAMPIRES & SLAYERS EXCLUSIVE:
DAVID BOREANAZ SAYS GOODBYE
By Edward Gross
Needless to say, the WB is about to air the final episode of Angel , �Not Fade Away.� In conjunction with the end of the series, David Boreanaz took the time for an exclusive chat to sum up his feelings regarding the show, portraying Angel and the new direction his life is taking him.
Q: From what I've been reading, you seem pretty ready to move on from Angel at this point.
A: Yeah [laughs]. I felt strongly about it a year ago, but when they kind of revamped the show this year, it was a good enough thing to have happened just for the story structure and the people and the fans. It ended up really being a thoroughly enjoyable year for me. Probably the best year of all the years since the first one.
Q: Really?
A: Yeah, this year turned out better than I expected in terms of the characters and the storylines. But just in general, as far as the series is concerned, I was itching about a year ago or a year and a half ago. I always prescribe to the format that when every season is over, I consider the series over until it gets reordered and then I move on from there. So when I learned about the show not being picked up from Joss, I didn't really have much of a reaction. For me, you take the show for as long as you can, you work from it, you work on a character for �X� number of years and you build with it and you take it as part of your resume. For me, it was almost like a relief of pressure, so to speak. To have those words come in, it really took a lot of weight off of my shoulders. It wasn't like I was rejoicing, but at the same time it felt right.
Q: But from what you were saying, you had reached a point of wanting to leave before they even rejiggered the show.
A: There was a part of me last year that wanted to get out. Last year at this time they didn't even know if we were going to come back and I'd already accepted the fact that we weren't, but, like I said, I did that almost every season. In this business, things happen so quickly and so fast that I've always focused on getting the first episode done, then the following episode and not be so concerned about storylines and where the character is heading. I really kind of keep that unpredictable for myself, because you never know what's going to happen. I have a pretty good handle on the situation. Walking around thinking it's never going to end or that you're invincible � I think that's one of the traps in Hollywood, that you have to really be cautious and be aware of who you are as a person. And you have to remain strong in that foundation, which is something that I got from my parents growing up. They gave me that and it's helped considerably to go through moments like last year, go through the moments of this year. Truthfully, you kind of get sick and tired of people asking you, �What are you going to do now?� I know what I'm going to do, the cards have been laid out and I don't have to worry about shrinking something into a hiatus now. I have my whole life pretty much in front of me and the opportunities are going to be invaluable. I look forward to the many challenges. That's what's exciting about being an actor, a producer or a director in this business. You continue to grow and create yourself as an artist. That's where I am right now. It's exciting and it's refreshing to be in a place like this.
Q: A lot of people do tend to be so defined by their shows and their character to such a degree that when it ends, they don't know what the hell to do with themselves.
A: I've always remained cautious of that. But even with the roles I've taken on during hiatus, there's always been a piece of the Angel character that's with me. He's a very well-versed character and he has multiple personalities. When you define a character and play a character, I think every actor has a sense of what they've just done inside of them and they use that to the best of their ability, using it for them rather than against them. That's pretty much what it's about. You make choices and you make them for the right reasons and remain truthful to that conviction.
Q: You mentioned that seasons one and five were the best years for you. Is that because you prefer the more standalone storytelling?
A: Just getting the show off the ground was a lot of work and a lot of frustration and a lot of great energy and a lot of crazy stuff happening in my life. I was just really bombarded with tons of stuff and didn't know what was going to happen. You were kind of on the pulse of anxious anxiety and that energy of kind of grasping it and letting it slip away. It was really kind of intriguing and fresh. I don't really remember much about years two and three. Four was just a hard year and with five � maybe it was the standalone approach. I just enjoyed the comfort of different types of shows coming at me.
Q: One of the things I've admired about the show � and I guess it was true of Buffy as well � is that there was never the fear of having the characters do something that might not be what the audience expects; that they could go darker than most characters might. But with all of the censorship issues and all of this nonsense, do you think the end of Angel could also be the end of an era in terms of taking risks like that?
A: I think cable is the new outlet as far as extreme television is concerned. I think the cable media takes more chances than the networks do. It's a shame. The whole censorship thing, to be honest with you, I just think there's a big overreaction to it. People need to calm down, accept the change and just move with it. We're not living in the �50s here, it's not like black and white television with only three stations. There's a multitude of choices out there that is going to dominate the industry in five years � everything's changing and it's definitely the end of an era. You're even seeing the end of the hour drama, unfortunately. It will be there, but it will be in a different format. Just reality TV alone is really taking off because advertising dollars speak and Madison Avenue has a chance to exploit that. That's where the medium is right now. Look at all of the mid-season replacements that came up and got cancelled. Great shows that aren't being given a chance by the networks because it's easier to make a buck off of seeing Suzie screw Joe in the backyard with cameras watching. It doesn't make much sense to me; it's pretty irrelevant. But in today's society, where America is, people want to see that fast, furious pace; those dilemmas and those struggles and conflicts. I think the hour drama will always be around and I think that comedy will be around, it's just that it will be in a different format. It's definitely the end of an era for Joss and for true storytelling. With Angel , I think the way we ended this year is an open-ended book. You kind of see the characters going out with a fight, which I think has been prevalent for Angel since the inception of the show. He's always going to be fighting and I think that's true today with humanity and all of the things that are going on in the world.
Q: In the course of the series, would you say the gamut of what you were able to play was fairly unusual for television? I mean in terms of the shift from comedy to the darker places.
A: Oh, yeah. I just thought it was a fantastic journey to be able to do that. And it was great for me, because now it's enabled me to tap into those places on different levels and expand on those for different roles. I can use those opportunities to get certain parts or get into certain situations or to show certain directors and take on new projects. I really enjoyed the flexibility of the character and how the writers allowed me to interchange with him and move places. I welcomed that and it's one of the reasons I enjoyed it so much.
Q: From your point of view, has Angel evolved from where the series began to where it's ending?
A: I think the self-evolution of his character is ongoing. I don't think for his type of character that there will be an end to his evolution. As far as where he is and where he was – God, it's been leaps and bounds. The guy has just completely come out of the shadows, opened up and has become more vulnerable with a better sense of himself from the people around him. The evolution is amazing; emotionally he's evolved ten-fold.
Q: If there's never another Angel adventure, where would you say we're leaving this character?
A: In battle. Battle for his own self and battle for humanity, pretty much. Striving for excellence and continuing the good fight, whatever that good fight is.
Q: What would you like Angel the character and Ange l the series to be remembered for?
A: Again, just a sense of risk, a sense of style. A uniqueness to deliver story in a different manner; a uniqueness in character to expand with the other characters around him, to evolve into different types of characters, to be ever-changing; the angst of conflict within him. I think there's so much to be remembered and so much to be proud of about this show. And its use of mythology and verse and language and just texture, just the way it was shot. It will be remembered for a lot of things.
Q: When the cancellation happened, were you surprised by the intensity of the fans' reaction and their attempts to save it?
A: The fans are so committed, and it's cool to see. Even when the network moved us around, they were still following us. It's a sheer testimony to what these people are about, how much they love the story and don't want to give up on him. It's a blessing in disguise and it's bittersweet for all of us. Bitter for the fans and sweet that we get to go out like this with the sense of people yearning for it, rather than having the attitude, �You're in the seventh season, you now have Angel, Jr. running around.� There's a blessing to everything and I think that all of this is a blessing. You kind of take it on as one and move with it.
Q: Are you interested in those Angel TV movies they've talked about?
A: No. I'm interested in a feature film and it would have to be done right, it would have to be done with a higher bar. I've always thought this could be done really well as a feature film with the characters. Even if Buffy was to return, I think the whole mythology of it would be really amazing to see. I believe in that a lot and I think that may come to fruition one day. I don't forsee a television movie. Of course, that's me speaking right now.
Q: Have you got your next project lined up yet?
A: I have one that is lined up. I actually have a few and I'm just trying to figure out which one I want to do. There are a few independent films that are really small and kind of fit what I want to try. There's also the possibility of a bigger budget one with a smaller role. I'm just weighing it out right now.
Q: Is there a direction you see yourself going in?
A: Any kind of Harrison Ford or Clint Eastwood type of roles. Men of action. Fearless characters. I like the real conflicted characters, I like characters that have a lot going on and the odds are against them and they have to come up from the ashes. I'm really attracted to those kinds of characters. It's enjoyable to me. I love the Joe Luis type of guy: you can knock him down, but he's always able to get back up. I love the spiritual characters, I love the romantic characters – a lot of people haven't seen that part of me, which is going to be challenging, to show that other side of me, including humor and a kind of wackiness. It's really a matter for me of the people involved, the writer and the director.
Q: You sound like a guy excited to embrace this new future.
A: I'm very excited. Like I said, it's a whole new page and I'm really looking forward to writing a chapter in a vicious way.
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Ishqbaaz Shivaansh marriage talks begin in Oberoi house. Nani and Dadi call a pandit home and show Shivaansh's kundli to him. Shivaansh had hidden his kundli from them. Nani tells Radhika that she has stolen the kundli, since Shivaansh would have never given it if she asked him for it. Khanna learns that Nani has stolen the kundli. He goes to tell the truth to Khanna. Shivani stops Khanna from telling anything to Shivaansh. She warns him. Even then Khanna tells everything to Shivaansh. Shivaansh asks if pandit has come to get date for Angad and Shivani's marriage. Khanna tells him that Nani has shown his kundli to pandit. Shivaansh rushes and stops pandit from checking his kundli.
Nani asks pandit what did he check in kundli. Pandit tells them that he has seen the kundli and there is soon marriage in his fate. He tells them that Shivaansh's would be bride will be one in a million and have great qualities. He tells Shivaansh that the love story will be tough and pose many difficulties, but it will be a hit. Shivaansh's siblings start imagining Shivaansh's would be life partner.
They describe the girl who would be exactly like Shivaansh. Shivaansh has no wishes to get married, since he is soon going to die. He doesn't reveal his pain to his family. He knows his siblings are dreaming for his marriage. They all want to know Shivaansh's love interest and pull his leg. Meanwhile, Aditi suspects that someone is hiding inside the Oberoi mansion and planning attacks on Shivaansh. Since she is given the responsibility for Shivaansh's protection, she makes sure that she finds out the hidden enemy. Aditi wants to find out who is after Shivaansh's life.
Shivaansh isn't aware of his enemies. He doesn't care for enemies, since his fate has already written a short life for him. Oberois get troubled by the mosquitoes. Dadi calls police to complaint against mosquitoes. The moment gets funny. Aditi tries to find the person hiding in the props room. Everyone gets running around when the men spread the pesticides. The girl hiding behind the mask in bridal get up flees. Aditi finds the strange bride and follows her. She wants to catch up the bride and know the truth. There will be a new entry of Shivaansh's new love interest in the story.


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Recently opened in the old Post Office on Beeston high street, Lagan offers a tapas-style starter selection which provides much more than just samosas and onion bhajis. You can select three dishes for £14.95, or £12.95 if they're vegetarian.
We opted for the pan puri; a crispy, open-topped shell of pastry filled with potato, chickpeas, spices and tamarind that sits atop a shot glass of water flavoured with green chilli and coriander. Pour the liquid into the case and eat whole so the flavours can explode in your mouth. The prawn lollipops came as two prawns skewered head to toe, yin and yang style, in a crispy batter and with a sweet chilli sauce. The standout dish was the paneer ka sholay, which came marinated in mildly spiced yoghurt, lightly charred but soft and juicy in the middle.
To sample all the different flavours, we ordered a vegetarian thali (£14.95) and a Lagan Feast (£15.95). Our thali included a spinach and potato curry, lentil dhal, mixed vegetable curry, raita, nan, rice and a sweet gulab jamun; a doughnut-like ball, soaked in sweet syrupy rose water and cardamom. It was all exceptional, and would traditionally be replenished with no limit until your guests were satisfied; shame really, as we could have sat there for hours.
Mixed grills have their place but it's all a bit "lads-lads-lads" for me. The Lagan Feast is a more refined version with a selection of salmon tikka, chicken tikka, lamb chops and sea bass. This assortment is light and, unlike a mixed grill, they're finished in the tandoor, meaning it's lightly charred and succulent instead of indiscriminately blackened.
The service is excellent and included the occasional philosophical anecdote. Beeston's a quick tram ride away for one of the best Indian restaurants in the city.


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Tun Ismail bin Mohamed Ali (16 September 1918 – 6 July 1998) was the second Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia and the chairman of the Pemodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB).

Life
Ismail was born on 16 September 1918 in Port Swettenham, Selangor and is the eldest brother in the family. He was of Minangkabau descent from Rao, West Sumatera.

He is the brother of a number of famous figures such as Tan Sri Muhammad Hashim Mohamad Ali  (former Chief of the Armed Forces), Tan Sri Ahmad Razali Mohamad Ali (former Menteri Besar of Selangor), Abdul Aziz Mohamad Ali (former chairman of MARA), Datuk Jaffhar Mohamad Ali, Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, and Datin Shalleha Muhammad Ali. He is also the brother in-law of Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

Education
Ismail received his early education at the Malay School and Victoria Institution (VI), Kuala Lumpur from 1931 to 1938. He was active in Scouts, swimming, badminton and gardening. He is prefect of Shaw House. He is the second Malay student in the country won its competitive  Queen's Scholarship. He studied economics at the University of Cambridge (1938-1941). He was stranded in England as a result of the Second World War and continued to learn his law studies in 1943 at the Inns of Court in London, Middle Temple and became a lawyer after that.

Career
Ismail returned to Malaya / Malaya after the war in 1946. Tun Ismail joined the Malayan Civil Service; Assistant Secretary of State Government (1948) - one of the first non-European officers recruited directly into the MCS. In 1920, the British Secretary of State accepts that services should be recognized throughout Malaya. Services Malayan Civil Service was formally adopted in January 1921 with the creation of 183 posts. Candidates for the position must be a " natural born British subjects of pure European descent on both sides ". The number of Malay officers in the MCS on 11 November 1946 during the Malayan Union is 21 out of the total strength of 230 officers MCS .

He has served as Assistant Secretary in the Economics Department of the Treasury; economic officials in Andhra Pradesh, India; Guard in the Department of Commerce Ministry of Commerce and Industry; at the Malaysian Embassy in Washington DC (1957-1960); Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) in the United States .
Upon his return to Malaya in 1960, he was appointed Deputy Governor of the Central Bank and the Governor of the National Bank (26 July 1962). He held the post for 18 years until 26 July 1980 .

He was influential on planning and directing the historic 'Dawn Raid' attack of buying Guthrie's shares in London Stock Exchange in September 1981.

After retiring
Ismail involved in the Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad ; Permodalan Nasional Berhad, Golden Hope Plantations Berhad and Sime Darby Berhad. He is Pro - Chancellor of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and the board of directors of the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur.

Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia
Throughout his stint as the second Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, he has constantly improved the pristine of the country's banking system as well as to establish it as an emerging force and had helped garner respect from the world's over. He was the Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia; Malaysia's Central Bank, from 1962 to 1980, once a new record as longest-serving governor of a central bank in Asia .

Death
Ismail died on 6 July 1998 at the age of 79 in Ampang, Selangor due to Influenza. He was buried at the Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur.

Honours

Honours of Malaysia
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 Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PMN) – Tan Sri (1964)
 Grand Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (SSM) – Tun (1980)
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  Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (SPMS) – Dato' Seri (1977)

Places named after him
In Kuala Lumpur, there is a building named Menara Tun Ismail Mohd Ali at Jalan Raja Laut which was named after him in 2003.

References

1918 births
1998 deaths
20th-century Malaysian businesspeople
Commanders of the Order of the Defender of the Realm
Governors of the Central Bank of Malaysia
Grand Commanders of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia
Malaysian bankers
Malaysian Muslims
Malaysian people of Malay descent
Malaysian people of Minangkabau descent
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CNN's Begala: Trump will 'dump Pence' for Haley on day of Democratic nominee's acceptance speech
By Joe Concha - 03/02/20 04:54 PM EST
Longtime CNN political analyst Paul Begala predicted on Monday that President Trump Donald TrumpCIA chief threatened to resign over push to install Trump loyalist as deputy: report Azar in departure letter says Capitol riot threatens to 'tarnish' administration's accomplishments Justice Dept. argues Trump should get immunity from rape accuser's lawsuit MORE is "gonna dump [Vice President] Mike Pence Michael (Mike) Richard PenceFeds walk back claim that Capitol rioters sought 'to capture and assassinate' officials Trump tells aides to never mention Nixon after comparisons McConnell about to school Trump on political power for the last time MORE in favor of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley Nikki HaleyNikki Haley unveils PAC ahead of possible 2024 White House bid We've seen this movie before — Rumors of Trump's political demise are greatly exaggerated Nikki Haley on Capitol riot: Trump 'badly wrong with his words' MORE" on July 16 when the Democratic nominee is slated to give his or her acceptance speech.
The former "Crossfire" co-host "guaranteed" Trump will throw Pence "under the bus" because of his handling of the coronavirus, which the president tapped Pence to lead a task force on last week.
"This is not a prediction. It's a certainty. On Thursday, July 16 — that's the date the Democrat gives his or her acceptance address — on that day, to interrupt that narrative, Donald Trump will call a press conference at Mar-a-Lago. He's going to dump Mike Pence and put Nikki Haley on the ticket to try to get those suburban moms," Begala predicted during a panel discussion at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) conference in Washington, D.C.
"You watch. Guaranteed," Begala said. "Trump put Pence in charge of coronavirus to throw him under the bus."
In December, Begala predicted that Trump would be impeached again.
"This is not the last impeachment we will cover of Donald J. Trump," he said during a panel discussion on "Anderson Cooper 360."
Haley, who was nominated by Trump to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and was confirmed with a 96-4 vote in January 2017, has staunchly denied speculation she could replace Pence on the GOP ticket.
"The vice president and the president are a great ticket together," Haley told "Fox & Friends" in November. "They're solid. Solid enough that they're going to win together. There is no truth whatsoever that I would ever in any way look to get that position. I think Mike is great for that job and I think that he's the right partner for the president."
"Mike Pence is a great vice president," Trump said in November, while noting Haley would "absolutely" be involved in his 2020 campaign.
"She is a friend of mine, she endorsed me with the most beautiful endorsement you've ever heard. She did a great job at the U.N.," Trump added of Haley.
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Huta Pieniacka (, ) – was an ethnic  Polish village of about 1,000 inhabitants until 1939, located in Tarnopol Voivodeship, Poland (modern-day Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine). The site of what was once the village is currently located some 50 km from Ternopil, beside the village of Holubytsia () and Peniaky in Zolochiv Raion.

History
During the German-Soviet War the village was the location of the Soviet partisan detachment under the command of NKVD colonel Dmitry Medvedev.

On February 28, 1944 almost all the villagers of Polish ethnic background were murdered,  and the village razed during the Huta Pieniacka massacre in a pre-planned pacification action, by the 4th police regiment, which was later adjoined to the SS Galizien (the conclusion of both Polish and Ukrainian historical commissions).
The village of Huta Pieniacka no longer exists. Most of the houses were burned during the massacre and only the school and a Roman Catholic church remained. Both of these buildings were demolished after the war, and in the area of the village there is a pasture for cattle. There is a post with a Ukrainian inscription Center of the former village, but it does not mention the name of the village.

Recent events

In 2009, the then presidents of the two countries, Lech Kaczyński and Viktor Yushchenko respectively, visited the site to pay tribute to the victims.

The monument in the now non-existent village of Huta Pieniacka in Lviv region in western Ukraine was erected in memory of the hundreds of people who lived in the then Polish village and were brutally killed in 1944 by a police regiment.

On the 9th of January 2017 the Monument to Polish Victims of World War II Massacre was vandalized. A stone cross was blown up, while two stone tables with the names of the Poles killed during the 1944 massacre were damaged.

The memorial was restored in a month. Ambassador of Poland in Ukraine Jan Pieklo visited memorial on 28 February 2017 during remembrance ceremony and called it "a huge surprise". "This was a miracle of sorts. First, there was information that a cross returned to its place. A consulate employee went to Huta Pieniacka and returned with photos confirming the news. It is a replica of the original cross and it is made of granite", said  Jan Pieklo.

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Poland in World War II
Former populated places in Ukraine
History of Lviv Oblast


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Generally speaking, you want to make sure that the coat is even and fully dried before you go ahead and apply another. If you rush these coats then it will take a lot longer to dry and there's more potential for bubbles to creep in. If you want to be fully happy with the final result, then make sure you're paying attention to the application.
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HomeUSAU.S. at Covid pandemic crossroads as omicron subvariants emerge
U.S. at Covid pandemic crossroads as omicron subvariants emerge
Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House Chief Medical Advisor and Director of the NIAID, responds to questions from Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on January 11, 2022 in Washington, D.C.
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White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci on Thursday said the U.S. is at a crossroads in the Covid-19 pandemic as new omicron subvariants are gaining ground across the country.
Fauci, in a radio interview Thursday, said the pandemic has clearly eased since last winter, but deaths, which average more than 2,600 per week, remain far too high. At the same time, the new omicron variants are knocking out key tools used to protect the most vulnerable.
"We're really at a point that may be a crossroads here. As we're entering into the cooler months, we are starting to see the emergence of sublineage variants of omicron," Fauci said on the "Conversations on Health Care" radio show.
Natural infection from the BA.5 subvariant or vaccination with the new boosters should provide protection against these subvariants for healthy people, Fauci said. But U.S. health officials are concerned the subvariants will basically knock out antibody treatments such as Evusheld that play a key role in protecting people with severely compromised immune systems, he said.
The omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 are of greatest concern. They are resistant to Evusheld and are increasing in the U.S. every week. BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 represent 27% of infections combined while omicron BA.5 has declined to 50%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Fauci said the U.S. needs to dramatically reduce the number of Covid deaths, which currently stand at about 400 per day, before the country can declare the pandemic over.
"We're still in the middle of this — it is not over," Fauci said. "Four hundred deaths per day is not an acceptable level. We want to get it much lower than that."
Fauci said hospitals could face a "negative trifecta" this winter from emerging Covid variants as well as resurgent flu and respiratory syncytial virus. The U.S. should expect a more severe flu season based on what scientists observed in Australia, he said. And there's already a significant uptick in RSV cases in the U.S., he added.
"It's going to be very confounding and might even stress the hospital system, particularly for the pediatric population," Fauci said.
Though RSV resembles a mild cold for most people, the virus can be dangerous for infants and newborns. Between 58,000 and 80,000 kids younger than 5 are hospitalized with it every year, according to CDC.
The severity of the flu varies season to season depending on the efficacy of the vaccine and the strain circulating. The most severe season of the past decade was in 2017 when the virus killed 52,000 people and hospitalized more than 700,000, according to CDC. In the mildest season pre-pandemic, the flu killed 23,000 people and hospitalized 280,000.
There is no vaccine for RSV yet, though Pfizer has a candidate that was 81% effective at preventing severe disease in newborn infants. New boosters for omicron as well flu shots are widely available.
Fauci said everyone who is eligible should get their Covid boosters and flu shot. People who face a high risk from respiratory viruses should consider wearing a mask indoors in public, Fauci said. Those who have people in their homes who are vulnerable should do the same, he said.
People should also consider taking rapid Covid tests before going to social gatherings indoors where vulnerable individuals will be present, Fauci said.
"That is a very good way of making sure you don't spread infections, so utilization of tests, wearing masks where appropriate and getting vaccinated," he said.
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Total announces a successful appraisal of the A6 block Shwe Yee Htun-2 discovery, offshore Myanmar, completing a major step towards confirming a commercial project.
The well was drilled to a final depth of 4,820 meters and encountered 40 meters of net gas pay in a high quality reservoir. Total said that preliminary tests confirm good reservoir quality, permeability and well production deliverability.
"This new discovery on A6 block is a major step towards unlocking new gas reserves in an area closely located to the fast growing regional markets. Total's track record of Myanmar's Yadana gas field exploitation is a key asset to lead these discoveries to commercial development," outlined Arnaud Breuillac, President Exploration & Production at Total.
Total holds a 40 per cent interest in A6 block, alongside Woodside Energy (40 per cent, technical joint operator for exploration and appraisal operations) and MPRL E&P Pte Ltd (20 per cent, joint operator). As per joint venture agreements, Total is to take over operatorship in the development phase.


Warner previously called for their resignations.
Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) made an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday, where he backtracked on his own calls for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) and Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) to resign.
"Listen, as somebody who spent 20 years trying to build a brand about Virginia Democrats and candidly Virginia, where we most recently won the award of the Amazon headquarters, it's been very challenging," Warner told Jake Tapper.
"But if the governor and lieutenant governor are going to continue, I think the lieutenant governor needs — there needs to be a due process where the accusers get a chance to make their case, where the lieutenant governor gets to make his defense," Warner continued.
When Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was viciously smeared by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford as a sexual predator during his confirmation hearings, Democrats were much less lenient with the idea of "due process." Instead of giving Kavanaugh a chance to prove his innocence, they demanded he immediately withdraw his name from consideration.
Again, the Democratic Party double-standard is highlighted. No Republican in the same situation as Northam would be afforded the opportunity to "re-earn the trust" of his constituents. Instead, he would be ruthlessly attacked until he resigned in disgrace.
Tapper pressed a bit further before the end of the segment asking for a "yes" or "no" on whether both men should step down. Warner again dodged the question.