Paul Krugman: Obamacare Doublethink (New York Times)
In fact, politically the right is acting as if it fears that Obamacare will, in reality, be highly popular - that once the exchanges and the Medicare expansion go into effect, people will decide that they like the new system, and strongly oppose efforts to reverse course. (This is almost surely the more realistic view.) So the law must be stopped at any cost before it goes into effect, and people learn first-hand that the anti-Obamacare propaganda was false.
Andrew Tobias: If you happen to be L, G, B, or T . . .
YOU GOT: Marriage! A doubled Dow! DADT repeal! An averted depression! Trans inclusion! Free preventive care! Hate crimes legislation! Ended wars! Progressive Supreme Court Justices! Hospital visitation rights, immigration equality, the Army paying to fly you to a state that allows your marriage, a President making a public point to meeting with Russian LGBT dissidents, an anti-bullying program, Medals of Freedom . . . in the words of Aretha Franklin: R.E.S.P.E.C.T. All deserved the day we were born, but only delivered in the last five years.
Reeding is a technique wherein "reeds" are carved or milled into a surface.
In numismatics, reeded edges are often referred to as "ridged" or "grooved". Some coins, such as United States quarters and dimes, have reeded edges. One reason for having reeded edges was to prevent counterfeiting. Another benefit of certain coins having reeded edges is that it helps enable different coin denominations to be easily identified and distinguished from each other by sense of touch alone.
Historically, reeding was used to prevent damage to coins. Currency coins were minted from precious metals like gold and silver. Hence it was common for people to shave some of the metal from the coins. Since shaving went unnoticed unless the coin was closely inspected and compared to an undamaged coin, such practices often went unchecked. Reeding prevented shaving of the edges as a smooth edge on such a coin would be a clear indicator of tampering.
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Marian was first, and correct, with:
reeds
Alan J replied:
Reeded Edges
Jim from CA, retired to ID, wrote:
Some coins, such as United States quarters and dimes, have reeded edges.
One reason for having reeded edges was to prevent counterfeiting.
Charlie replied:
Reeds.
Not to be confused with
Adam answered:
Reeding.
Sally said:
The US Mint began adding ridges to coin edges (a process called reeding) in order to make it impossible to shave down (when they were silver) and making the design more difficult to counterfeit.
Oh that mint was on it's toes a way back when they had real silver with which to work...
PS: Just a few days ago, business owners and employees in Seaside, New Jersey were looking forward to the last summer weekends which would bring out the beach-lovers amass. On this beautiful Saturday morning, there will be plenty of looky-loos,
but no business or jobs here...
Over 50 businesses and miles of the newly installed wooden boardwalk were destroyed by a huge fire, fanned by fierce wind.
This town had just recovered from hurricane Sandy, and is already several millions of dollars in debt from it.
Many of the Mom & Pop businesses let their fire insurances go because they were already struggling financially. Now they have gone from being, 'in the hole,' to being just plain 'down and out.' So sad for the town and state. Hopefully, they will still be JERSEY STRONG!
Dale of Diamondy Springs, Norcali, responded:
It's called reeding. When the U.S. and other countries eliminated silver and gold from their coins, the new issues were usually struck from the same dies so reeding continued to be used as a matter of tradition and backwards-compatibility. Money, money, money!!!!!
And, Joe S wrote:
It's called reeding. I have a very distant cousin known as "Counterfeitin' Sol." He made his own silver and gold coins back in the very early days of the country. This was before reeding. It's said his coins were so good people preferred them over legal government coins.
One a different subject, Wallace came to visit and we had a really good time. He's 19 months old now and beginning to talk and that makes communicating with him a lot easier. He also invents words, and his logic impeccable. His word for car is "gar," his word for bird is "gull," which is very understandable if you live on Lake Michigan and the gull is the most common bird you see. Anyway, he points at things he sees and tells you what those things are. The first time he heard an airplane he looked up, found it and pointed at for a few seconds and said, "gar-gull."
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH'Big Brother', then a RERUN'The Good Wife', followed by a RERUN'The Mentalist'.
NBC fills the night with LIVE'Sunday Night Football', then pads the left coast with local crap, and maybe an old 'Dateline'.
ABC begins the night with a RERUN'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by '20/20', then the FRESH'The 2014 Miss America Competition'.
The CW fills the night with what passes for local news and other fluffery.
Faux has a RERUN'American Dad', followed by a RERUN'The Simpsons', then another RERUN'The Simpsons', followed by a RERUN'Bob's Burgers', then a RERUN'Family Guy', followed by another RERUN'Family Guy'.
MY has an old 'How I Met Your Mother', followed by another old 'How I Met Your Mother', then an old 'Big Bang Theory', followed by another old 'Big Bang', then still another old 'Big Bang Theory', followed by yet another old 'Big Bang Theory'.
A&E has 3 hours of old 'Duck Dynasty', followed by a FRESH'Bad Ink', then another FRESH'Bad Ink'.
AMC offers the movie 'Angels & Demons', 'Breaking Bad', followed by a FRESH'Breaking Bad' (runs 1hr., 4min.), then a FRESH'Low Winter Sun'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] THE NERDIST - Season 2 - Episode 5
[7:00AM] THE NERDIST - Season 2 - Episode 6
[8:00AM] WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 1 - Ep 5 - White Goliath Beetle
[9:00AM] WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 1 - Ep 6 - Army Ants
[10:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 5 - The Curry Lounge
[11:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 8 - Sabatiello's
[12:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 6 - Cafe Tavolini
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 2 - Leone's
[2:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 9 - Episode 3
[3:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 9 - Episode 4
[4:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 15 - Top Gear Season 15 Special
[5:30PM] SPECIES
[8:00PM] THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN
[10:00PM] COPPER - Season 2 - Ep 12 -NEW
[11:00PM] THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN
[1:00AM] COPPER - Season 2 - Ep 10 - The Fine Ould Irish Gentleman
[2:00AM] COPPER - Season 2 - Ep 11 - Good Heart and Willing Hand
[3:00AM] COPPER - Season 2 - Ep 12
[4:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 9 - Episode 3
[5:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 9 - Episode 4 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of NJ', another 'Real Housewives Of NJ', and still another 'Real Housewives Of NJ'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Role Models', 'Kevin Hart: Laugh At My Pain', and 'Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly'.
FX has the movie 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine', followed by the movie 'X-Men: First Class'.
History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', 'Mountain Men', followed by a FRESH'Mountain Men', then a FRESH'The Great Santini Brothers', followed by another FRESH'The Great Santini Brothers'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Bunk
[6:30AM] The Good, the Bad, the Weird
[9:30AM] Dilbert-Elbonian Trip
[10:00AM] Dilbert-Tower of Babel
[10:30AM] Dilbert-The Little People
[11:00AM] Dilbert-The Knack
[11:30AM] Dilbert-Y2K
[12:00PM] Arrested Development-Switch Hitter
[12:30PM] Arrested Development-Queen for a Day
[1:00PM] Arrested Development-Burning Love
[1:30PM] Arrested Development-Ready, Aim, Marry Me
[2:00PM] The Pledge
[4:45PM] Suicide Kings
[7:00PM] Undercover Brother
[8:45PM] Very Bad Things
[11:00PM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Casey Wilson Wears a White Lace Dress and a Black Blazer
[11:30PM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Adam Scott Wears a Red Oxford Shirt & Jeans
[12:00AM] Van Wilder: Freshman Year
[2:00AM] Very Bad Things
[4:15AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[4:30AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Bill Hader Wears a Grey Button Down Shirt and Sneakers
[5:00AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Casey Wilson Wears a White Lace Dress and a Black Blazer
[5:30AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Adam Scott Wears a Red Oxford Shirt & Jeans (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Funny Farm
[7:45AM] Pride
[10:00AM] Heathers
[12:15PM] Funny Farm
[2:00PM] Cassandra's Dream
[4:00PM] One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
[7:00PM] The Outlaw Josey Wales
[10:00PM] The Hurt Locker
[1:00AM] Casualties of War
[3:30AM] Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines', followed by the movie 'X2'.
Tim Robbins (L) and Jennifer Aniston laugh during the "Life of Crime" news conference at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, September 14, 2013.
Photo by Mark Blinch
Fans of "Breaking Bad" snapped up memorabilia from the hit television series on Saturday at a New Mexico thrift store, where the souvenir items sold out in less than two hours, organizers said.
A crowd of prospective buyers gathered in the rain outside the Albuquerque Goodwill store, and some people even slept outside overnight to grab a good place in the long line, said Goodwill Industries of New Mexico spokeswoman Shauna O'Cleireachain.
All in all, more than 200 pieces sold in less than two hours, she said. The series, about a high school chemistry teacher turned drug dealer, is set and produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Among the most recognizable items sold were a pair of shoes belonging to the main character, Walter White, that went for $75 and chemistry lab containers at $20 apiece, O'Cleireachain said.
Other items sold included khaki pants and dress shirts worn by White, furniture from the home of the show's former police officer, Mike Ehrmantraut, and hats embossed with Drug Enforcement Administration logos, she said.
Drummer Lars Ulrich (L) and bassist Robert Trujillo of heavy metal band Metallica pose in front of the Kremlin and Red Square during a photocall to promote the film "Metallica: Through the Never", before its Russian premiere in Moscow, September 14, 2013.
Photo by Ivan Burnyashev
When Woody Guthrie's dilapidated boyhood home was ordered torn down in the late 1970s, the demolition reflected the strained relationship between conservative Oklahoma and the native son famous for his folk singing and progressive politics.
Those tensions persisted for more than a generation, but attitudes about Guthrie have slowly softened. Now developers working with the blessing of Guthrie's relatives have announced plans to rebuild his 1860s-era boyhood home in Okemah, a time-worn town of 3,300 people desperately seeking tourism dollars.
"If you were to put a Mount Rushmore of American music here in the Midwest, the first two artists on it would be Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie," said Johnny Buschardt, a spokesman for the project. "Without Woody, there wouldn't be a Bob Dylan or a Bruce Springsteen."
In hundreds of folk songs and ballads, Guthrie's lyrics celebrated American workers, lamented the woes of the poor and advocated for civil rights. Although revered as one of the best songwriters in American history, he was rarely acknowledged, let alone honored, by his home state, even for decades after his death in 1967.
Cobwebs cover its furniture and its rooms are long deserted, but a crumbling house in northern Myanmar is at the centre of a conservation battle by locals who say it was once home to George Orwell.
The remote trading post of Katha on the banks of the Irrawaddy -- and the house lived in by Orwell in the 1920s -- were immortalised in the acclaimed British author's first novel, "Burmese Days".
Decades later, as the country emerges from nearly half a century of harsh military rule, a group of artists has launched a campaign to protect the legacy of one of literature's most scathing critics of dictatorship.
The two-storey house stands abandoned in an overgrown tropical garden in the remote town which lies about 250 kilometres (155 miles) -- or a 13-hour train ride -- north of Mandalay.
A young Orwell, then known as Eric Blair, arrived in Burma -- now called Myanmar -- in 1922 and stayed for five years, working as a policeman in the country, which was under British rule at the time.
Some of the more than 12,000 runners crossing the starting line throw colored powders in the air at the start of the Color In Motion 5k run in Washington, September 14, 2013. Color in Motion has run twenty 5k color races across the United States this year inspired by the Holi color festival in India and expects to have more than 45 in 2014.
Photo by Jim Bourg
When word got out that actor Hugh Jackman was going to visit a small northern Iowa city for the reopening of its old movie theater, John Whitesell didn't think it was unusual.
The new owner of the 114-year-old Metropolitan Theater in Iowa Falls had known Jackman for years, and recalled how the Australian actor called him a few months ago to express appreciation for his efforts to restore the famed but rundown theater.
"He said, 'You know, as I grew up in Australia, every little town had a movie theater.' He said, 'What happens is, cities start getting the bigger theaters and little towns start losing their theaters.' He said, 'I'm so glad that you're (restoring), because every little community should have a theater.'"
Jackman told Whitesell he'd like to visit the theater, which is nestled between several businesses on one of Iowa Falls' main roads. A few months later, Whitesell - whose adult son is Jackman's agent - got the green light that Jackman's Sept. 21 visit would be part of a promotional tour for his new film, "Prisoners." His other recent film, "The Wolverine," will play in the building's second, smaller theater. Jackman will give introductions before the start of each film.
Firefighters say today's homes, furnished with modern technology and oil-based products, burn faster and present dangers never seen before.
"Typically, 50 years ago, if a wool or cotton sofa was on fire you didn't see the wool or cotton sofa drip," Windsor Fire and Rescue chief training officer Paul Acton said. "So, what you now see is the synthetic material dripping. It's the oils; that's what all of the studies are finding leads to rapid fire spread and rapid pyrolysis and rapid combustion."
Kingsville Fire Chief Bob Kissner has been fighting fires for 33 years and now teaches courses on fighting fires in the modern home.
Kissner said today's house fires burn eight items faster and produce 200 times the amount of smoke that a fire would have 50 years ago.
A test by Underwriter Laboratories, a not-for-profit product safety testing and certification organization, found that an average-sized room furnished with modern products is fully engulfed in flames in three minutes. The same room, furnished with items 50 years of age took 30 minutes to do the same.
A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask holds a placard in Bucharest early September 11, 2013 during a rally against plans to open Europe's biggest open-cast gold mine in Romania. A long-running bid by Canadian miner Gabriel Resources Ltd to open the mine is set to be rejected due to mounting opposition, the country's prime minister said on Monday.
Photo by Bogdan Cristel
"Hatch," a 10-year-old male Bengal tiger, has lived in a 20-by-16-foot (6-by-5 meter) cage with cement walls and nothing green in sight since he was traded to the Villa Dolores Zoo after spending his first three years in a circus. A similarly dismal cage next door is home to an unnamed female tiger. A poster says tigers "love water" and "bathe on hot days, swimming across rivers and lakes."
But these cats don't even have a paddling pool.
Now, Montevideo's municipal zoo is giving up its two tigers, bending to pressure from animal rights protesters and a lack of funds to create a healthier environment for them. They will be sent to a sanctuary in the United States.
The city spends about $1,000 per month just to feed the tigers, but the social pressure was a more important factor than the money, authorities said.
A copy of the Vincent Van Gogh painting "Almond blossom" (1890) is seen in this handout photo provided by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam to Reuters on September 11, 2013. The Van Gogh museum hopes to raise tens of millions of euros from the sale of new, three-dimensional reproductions of the Dutch artist's works - faithful copies even down to the texture of the brush strokes and the official stamps stuck to the back of the frame - to fund its own renovation work and research. The copies, called "Relievos", are not painted but are produced using a new technique developed with Fujifilm called Reliefography, which combines a three-dimensional scan of the painting with a high-resolution print. The Van Gogh Museum picked five of Van Gogh's most famous works for the first set of Relievos, including "Almond blossom" (1890), "Wheatfield under thunderclouds" (1890), "Boulevard de Clichy (1887), "Sunflowers" (1889) and "The Harvest" (1888).
Older people searching for jobs have long fought back stereotypes that they lack the speed, technology skills and dynamism of younger applicants. But as a wave of baby boomers seeks to stay on the job later in life, some employers are finding older workers are precisely what they need.
"There's no experience like experience," said David Mintz, CEO of dairy-free products maker Tofutti, where about one-third of the workers are over 50. "I can't put an ad saying, 'Older people wanted,' but there's no comparison."
Surveys consistently show older people believe they experience age discrimination on the job market, and although unemployment is lower among older workers, long-term unemployment is far higher. As the American population and its labor force reshape, though, with a larger chunk of older workers, some employers are slowly recognizing their skill and experience.
About 200 employers, from Google to AT&T to MetLife, have signed an AARP pledge recognizing the value of experienced workers and vowing to consider applicants 50 and older.
One of them, New York-based KPMG, has found success with a high proportion of older workers, who bring experience that the company says adds credibility. The auditing, tax and advisory firm says older workers also tend to be more dedicated to staying with the company, a plus for clients who like to build a relationship with a consultant they can count on to be around for years.
In 2001, a Texas salesman posted a variation of his mother's lasagna recipe on AllRecipes.com.
John Chandler's "World's Best Lasagna," a three-plus hour, 21-ingredient dish, has been the top recipe on the site ever since. It boasts more than 12 million views over the past five years alone - and has collected more than 10,000 reviews, 7,500 of them being five stars.
The recipe has been liked on Facebook more than 11,000 times, and pinned to Pinterest more than 26,000 times.
Chandler, 43, a father of two, has only posted one other recipe on the site and was startled to learn of his recipe's massive popularity.
A sculpture containing 7,000 recycled plastic water bottles with LED lights, measuring 20 metres in diameter and 10 metres in height, shines at Hong Kong's Victoria Park September 14, 2013. The "Rising Moon", a giant lantern created to celebrate the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival which falls on September 19, 2013, is designed by four local architectural designers, combining the concepts of environmental conservation and vitality, according to the official news release.
Photo by Bobby Yip
The United States will help to preserve an 11th-century monastery in Nepal, a Buddhist shrine also deeply revered in neighboring Tibet, by donating $87,800 to protect it from flooding, the U.S. embassy said.
The money from the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation, created in 2001, will be used for projects at the Richenling Monastery in Halji village, about 355 km (221 miles) northwest of Kathmandu, capital of Hindu-majority Nepal.
Two years ago, Halji village was hit by floods that destroyed mud homes and killed cattle but caused no human casualties. Residents believe they were protected during the disaster by the monastery that stands close to the Halji river.
Nepal has more than 3,200 glaciers in the Himalayas. Scientists say 14 of them are at risk of causing flooding due to global warming, threatening millions of people downstream.
A visitor (R) photographs a wooden giant hare by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman, on display near the Peter and Pawel Fortress in St. Petersburg, September 14, 2013. The public art installation "Hare", part of the cultural program of Russia - The Netherlands Bilateral Year 2013, was exhibited during the "Contemporary Art in the Traditional Museum" festival, according to local media.
Photo by Alexander Demianchuk
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