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"The U.S. government shutdown is nearly two weeks old and residents across the country are feeling its effects in one way or another.\nWhen Congress could not agree on whether or not to include adjustments to or a delay of the Affordable Care Act (colloquially known as \"Obamacare\") as part of a spending bill that would allow the government to pay its bills, about 800,000 federal employees deemed \"non-essential\" were furloughed on Oct. 1.\nSee also: How to Access U.S. Government Data During the Shutdown\nDue to the shutdown, national parks and monuments are closed, many federal agencies have temporarily taken down their websites and stopped updating social media accounts, Head Start programs for children have closed, and the panel appointed to review the National Security Agency's surveillance programs was furloughed, while the NSA continues to surveil.\nTo get a better sense of which regions have been hit particularly hard, the location analytics company Esri created the follow interactive graphic. The map lists information on the 10 metropolitan areas most affected by the shutdown as defined by percent of the region's wages that go to federal employees. \n\nFor a larger version of the above  graphic, click here.\nWith U.S. citizens bereft of many services they rely on, and funds drying up for many more, members of Congress continue to get paid. \nImage: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images\nBONUS: 15 Captivating Photos of the Government Shutdown\n\n\nGovernment Shutdown\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. The Lincoln Memorial \n\nImage: Mark Wilson/Getty Images\nA U.S. Park Police officer stands guard at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Yellowstone National Park\n\nImage: Flickr, NPCA Photos\nThe first of the nation's national parks did not escape the government shutdown.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. \"House of Turds\"\n\nImage: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images\nCongress' inability to strike a deal captured all the morning headlines. Some were more creative than others. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. The Statue of Liberty\n\nImage: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images\nThe shutdown closed the gates on Lady Liberty.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. President Barack Obama\n\nImage: Win McNamee/Getty Images\nFlanked by residents who've benefited form the new health care law, President Barack Obama urged Congress to end the shutdown during a mid-day press conference in the White House Rose Garden.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Rickshaw Driver\n\nImage: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images\nThis rickshaw driver usually makes his money taxiing tourists between attractions in Washington, D.C. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. United States Capitol \n\nImage: Twitter, M. Scott Mahaskey\nPolitico photo editor M. Scott Mahaskey tweeted this photo of the empty rotunda inside the U.S. Capitol. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Fort Point National Historic Site\n\nImage: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images\nEven in the shadow of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, the Fort Point National Historic Site could not hide from the shutdown.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Mount Rushmore National Memorial\n\nImage: Scott Olson/Getty Images\nMount Rushmore will remain closed during the shutdown.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Emoji Shutdown Explanation\n\nImage: Twitter, USA Today\nHere's a creative emoji visualization of the shutdown by USA Today -- thumbs up for services unaffected by the shutdown, thumbs down for those that are closed.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11. Republican Congressmen\n\nImage: Twitter, Eric Cantor\nHouse Majority Leader Eric Cantor provoked Senate leaders when he tweeted this photo of himself and his Republican colleagues waiting at the negotiating table. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12. World War II Memorial\n\nImage: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images\nA U.S. Park Ranger barricades the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13. World War II Memorial\n\nImage: Twitter, Leo Shane III\nAs Leo Shane III of Stars and Stripes showed us in a series of tweeted images, veterans managed to access the World War II Memorial, despite its closure. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14. The Jefferson Memorial\n\nImage: Flickr, NPCA Photos\nThomas Jefferson may have authored the Declaration of Independence, but that didn't spare his memorial from the shutdown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15. Some Government Websites Are Down\n\nImage: NASA.gov\nA number of federal agencies, such as NASA as seen in this image, took their websites down during the shutdown. Even though  a disagreement over Obamacare caused the shutdown, the law's online marketplaces opened today and remained operational, despite technical difficulties.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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