Louisville, Kentucky

Essay Topic #2 In the story The Color of Water, there were a couple of different ways as to how James developed as a person. Some of these ways were his relationship with Hunter, His experiments with drugs and crime, His time spent in Louisville, and him and his family moving to Delaware. James has had a lot of ups and downs in his life. There were things happening to him at some points which made him change into a completely different person than he usually was, and there were things that…

The Louisville Metro Police Department is required by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, which oversees training for the state, to have Domestic Violence Training every two years. This block of instruction is most commonly taught during mandated training. This year’s topics include proper completion and utilization of the Lethal Assessment (LAP) Form how to properly document victim’s injuries and take necessary photographs. The instructor from the Domestic Violence Unit also reviews the…

The documentary, Unnatural Causes (Adelman, 2008), highlights the phenomenon of excess death occurring among the poorer echelons of society in Louisville, Kentucky. In society, within given time frames, an estimate of the occurrence of death within a population can be fairly estimated. When the number of actual deaths surpasses this estimate it is termed excess death (Adelman, 2008). An analysis into this troubling find can be explained using systems theory, with particular emphasis on the…

Muhammad Ali is an American hero. Muhammad’s original name was Cassius Clay Jr. He was born on January 17, 1942 in Louisville. Kentucky. He now lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. Muhammad was known as one of the greatest athletes n boxing. As a teenager he won both the National Amateur Athletic Union and Golden Gloves Championships. At eighteen years old, he competed in the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy and won the gold medal. In 1984, Muhammad was diagnosed with Parkinson center in Phoenix, Arizona.…

1955 I got a job at a children’s hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. While working I met a woman who had traveled the world. When I was shown pictures of Africa I wanted to go there someday, so I took out a huge loan and then left on September 26, 1963. While I was in Africa I met an anthropologist named Dr. Louis Leakey and told him about my love that I had for gorillas. When I returned to the United States in 1966, Dr. Leakey came back to Louisville, Kentucky for a lecture tour. I went to see…

Muhammed Ali was born on January 17, 1942 in Louisville Kentucky. He grew up with his father mother and older brother Rudolph. Muhammad was not born named Muhammad his birth name was Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. At a young age of just 12 Muhammad wanted to box, it started with his bicycle getting stolen and he reported it to a police officer say he wanted to whoop whoever took his bike, the officer told him if he wanted to whoop somebody he had to learn how to first and the next day…

Birth: Zachary Taylor was an American president born on November 24, 1784, in Barboursville, Virginia. Sadly Zachary died on July 9, 1850 in Washington D.C. Unfortunately, he died of an an infectious disease and that caused his presidency to be cut very short. Due to this short length of service, many people didn't consider him a president worthy of remembering and damaged his overall legacy. Party?: Zachary Taylor was in the Whig party. The Whig party was a political party active in the middle…

brain that control pain and emotions. When opiate drugs bind to these receptors, they can drive up dopamine levels in the brain’s reward areas, producing a state of euphoria and relaxation, some people get the urge to use the drug again and again. Kentucky in the past four years has had over 800 overdoses from heroin alone. Boone County has had almost 300 in the past four years. The Opioid Epidemic is a social justice issue that needs to be given awareness…

Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr, better known as Muhammad Ali was born on January 17th, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. Muhammad’s parents, Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. and Odessa Grady Clay, were middle-class citizens and lived in the “nice” part of town. His father was a sign and mural painter, and his mother was a stay at home mom. On sundays, him and his family, including his younger brother Rahaman Ali, would all go to Mount Zion Baptist Church. Muhammad attended DuValle Middle School, then he went…

Many people in Louisville, and throughout Kentucky, make the decision to put loved ones in nursing homes. When they do so, they believe their family members will receive the respect and care they deserve. All too often, however, nursing home residents are abused by those who are charged with their care, which may result in serious injuries or death. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 44 percent of the 2,000 nursing home residents interviewed in one study reported…