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Floridians Still Struggling with Tropical Storm Fay Flooding
August 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our blog's RSS feed. That way, you'll be stuck with us more or less forever. (You know you want more Pajamadeen; how could you not?!!!) Thanks for visiting; come back anytime! As Hurricane Gustav churns towards the Gulf of Mexico, forecast to be a Category 3 major hurricane, we’ve been puzzled by the number of Florida residents interviewed on CNN who have water-damaged homes from Hurricane Tropical Storm Fay and no insurance to cover repairs. To a person, the complaint... [Read the full story]
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Patrick Swayze’s Death Wish
August 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Despite battling almost-always-fatal pancreatic cancer since a January diagnosis, actor Patrick Swayze, 56, has been smoking on the set of his new A & E TV series, “The Beast,” in which the movie star plays FBI agent Charles Barker. The Hollywood hunk and three-time Golden Globe nominee is best known for his roles as dance instructor Johnny Castle in the 1987 chick flick, Dirty Dancing, and as Sam Wheat in the 1990 movie Ghost. Swayze, chosen in 1991 as People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive,”... [Read the full story]
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Floridians Still Struggling with Tropical Storm Fay Flooding
August 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment
As Hurricane Gustav churns towards the Gulf of Mexico, forecast to be a Category 3 major hurricane, we’ve been puzzled by the number of Florida residents interviewed on CNN who have water-damaged homes from Hurricane Tropical Storm Fay and no insurance to cover repairs. To a person, the complaint seems to be that when they bought their home, there wasn’t any money “left over” to buy insurance. No, no, emphatically no! Insurance is part of the cost of home ownership, as Floridians are finding out.... [Read the full story]
Health
Your Eyes Can Predict Future Heart Disease
August 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Scientists have discovered that retinopathy, a type of eye damage most commonly caused by problems with the blood supply to one’s eyes, can signal heart disease even when a patient otherwise shows no signs or symptoms of heart disease. Retinopathy gradually damages tiny blood vessels in the eyes, with diabetic retinopathy and hypertensive (as in hypertension, or high blood pressure) retinopathy the most prevalent types of retinopathic disorders. The scientists studied retinal photos of 3,000 patients, most... [Read the full story]
Politics
John McCain: Countries Don’t Invade Other Countries
August 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Speaking today in Birmingham, Michigan about the Russia-Georgia crisis, Sen. John McCain experienced another startling memory lapse. He said: “I am interested in good relations between the United States and Russia…But in the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations.“ Really? In what century was 2003? Does this picture and the term “shock and awe” ring any bells for you, McCain? Yesterday, he made the curious statement that “We are all Georgians.” While... [Read the full story]
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Thunder over Louisville Fireworks Herald Kentucky Derby
April 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The 19th annual “Thunder over Louisville” fireworks extravaganza on Saturday — the largest fireworks display in North America — kicked off three weeks of festivities leading up the the 134th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 3. The carefully choreographed display, which each year requires a staff of 200 to plan it, opened with music from 2001: A Space Odyssey. A medley of ethnic, classic rock, patriotic and rap music reverberated throughout downtown Louisville and southern Indiana, returning... [Read the full story]
Women’s History Museum in Bardstown, Kentucky
March 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment
To celebrate Women’s History Month, Pajamadeen recently visited the Women’s Civil War Museum in Bardstown, Kentucky. The only museum in the country that focuses specifically on the role of women during the Civil War, it opened in 1999 in the c. 1840 Wright Talbott House at 310 E. Broadway. While some exhibits depict the roles that women played as factory workers, farmers, homemakers and nurses, others show women in less traditional roles as spies and, most notably, as soldiers in disguise on the battle lines.... [Read the full story]
Christmas on Boggs Run Road
December 30, 2006 · Leave a Comment
We spent Christmas Eve exploring Boggs Run Rd., in Benwood, WV. Tucked between sharply climbing mountain ridges near Wheeling, West Virginia, it’s an old blue-collar neighborhood, where steelworkers employed by Wheeling’s steel mills once lived. The old general store has been converted into a home. The Benwood Volunteer Fire Department and a church or two are among only a few non-residential structures. Unemployment hovers around 20 percent. Water run-off from the hills occasionally floods and... [Read the full story]
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Tadatoshi Akiba’s Hiroshima Anniversary Observances
August 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Every year on this date, in honor of Aunt Terry, a nisei aunt interned at Manzanar, California during World War II, we mark the anniversary of the world’s first wartime nuclear bomb blast. Thousands of people gathered in Hiroshima today at Peace Memorial Park to mark the 63rd anniversary of the unleashing of “Little Boy” and its lethal aftermath. Prayers were offered at 8:15 a.m., at the exact moment in 1945 when “Little Boy” dropped from the Enola Gay, an American aircraft, upon the city’s... [Read the full story]
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Politics
John McCain: Countries Don’t Invade Other Countries
Speaking today in Birmingham, Michigan about the Russia-Georgia crisis, Sen. John McCain experienced another startling memory lapse. He said: “I am interested in good relations between the United States and Russia…But in the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations.“ Really? In what century was 2003? Does this picture and the term “shock and awe” ring any bells for you, McCain? Yesterday, he made the curious statement that “We are all Georgians.” While it’s a heartwarming sound bite, the statement... [Read more]
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Business News
Why Starbucks Failed in Australia
When the Starbucks’ (NASDAQ: SBUX) coffee chain announced last month that it would close 600 U.S. stores over the next several months, — a move which will cost an estimated 12,000 Starbucks’ employees their jobs — it only amounted to a closure of five percent of the company’s U.S. locations. But job cuts were much deeper in Australia, where 61 of 85 Starbucks’ outlets closed last week. The only Starbucks remaining open Down Under are a few in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Starbucks has withdrawn completely from Australian Capital... [Read more]
Entertainment
Health News
Your Eyes Can Predict Future Heart Disease
Scientists have discovered that retinopathy, a type of eye damage most commonly caused by problems with the blood supply to one’s eyes, can signal heart disease even when a patient otherwise shows no signs or symptoms of heart disease. Retinopathy gradually damages tiny blood vessels in the eyes, with diabetic retinopathy and hypertensive (as in hypertension, or high blood pressure) retinopathy the most prevalent types of retinopathic disorders. The scientists studied retinal photos of 3,000 patients, most of whom were diabetic. Retinal photos are often... [Read more]
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World News
Tadatoshi Akiba’s Hiroshima Anniversary Observances
Every year on this date, in honor of Aunt Terry, a nisei aunt interned at Manzanar, California during World War II, we mark the anniversary of the world’s first wartime nuclear bomb blast. Thousands of people gathered in Hiroshima today at Peace Memorial Park to mark the 63rd anniversary of the unleashing of “Little Boy” and its lethal aftermath. Prayers were offered at 8:15 a.m., at the exact moment in 1945 when “Little Boy” dropped from the Enola Gay, an American aircraft, upon the city’s residents. At least 80,000 people died instantly.... [Read more]
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