Louisville

The Louisville Metro Police Department is an agency made of up approximately twelve hundred sworn officers. They are responsible for providing services to 888,000 residents within a three hundred and ninety-nine square mile radius. In addition, during business hours from approximately 0600 hours until 1800 hours there is a population of 1.25 million due to the downtown area being a business hub for a seven county region, which includes southern Indiana. The department is made up of eight Patrol…

In the summer of 2013, I was overlooking the Panama Canal from its bank, watching some of the largest cargo ships in the world glide through with ease. At first glance, this was all I and the other students I was with saw. Then our tour guide asked us to think about the intrinsic value of the Canal. He illustrated to us the billions of dollars in revenue the Panama Canal brings in every year, the tens of thousands of jobs the Canal provides for Panamanians, and described how the Panama Canal has…

History in Louisville, Kentucky spans hundreds of years. Many famous people are from Louisville; actors, inventors, and a boxing legend. Louisville is also known for the Kentucky Derby at the Churchill Downs. During the 1770’s settlers moved into the Kentucky region area starting from scratch they built a settlement, forts, and farm lands on the Ohio River. One of the well-known residents was inventor Thomas Edison, he was a prolific inventor, holding over a thousand US patents in his name.…

One of the best indicators of a true democracy in a given country is how the government and local communities care about children and elderly populations. Only a children-friendly environment with high health standards can build and keep our free society. The timeless Marmot Review (1) reflected one of public health’s highest priorities: giving every child the best start in life because child development during the very early period of life is essential for later emotional and physical health…

Louisville's very own Mr. Joe Reeves and James Dixen who is the managing partner of Louisville's TKO Boxing Gym also known as Top Knotch Boxing Gym a premier amateur fight club partner to help reignite boxing back into the state of Kentucky and the city of Louisville. With a percentage of those proceeds…

Nursing Program at the University of Louisville, we are amongst the group who should work towards eliminating these disparities particularly in healthcare. As nurses, it is our duty to educate and be an advocate to our patients. Through these two duties as a nurse, we will be able to assist in the elimination of disparities for newly arriving immigrants. Background In the Spring semester of 2014, 11 students in a community clinical group at the university of Louisville…

being in a new place like this. Before i moved to Charlestown i lived in the beautiful city of Louisville, Ky. It’s a great place with so much diversity and just seeing different people everyday that you have never seen before is what made it a great city and place to involved in. Although it was just a thirty minute drive across the Ohio river, it still felt as if i was so far away from Louisville. Charlestown felt like it was a town that dreams of being a big city but it will always a be…

Denotation and Connotation Connotation and Denotation are the two principal methods of describing the meanings of words. While denotation describes the precise and literal definition of a word that would be found in the dictionary, connotation refers to the wide range of interchanging associations that most words carry with them. To use these two variances incorrectly can be a very negative thing, and could induce many damaging consequences. “The New York Times has a Communism fetish” (The…

Rubbertown is a movie created by Remington Smith, the documentary is based small district in the southwestern part of Louisville, Kentucky. In this city, the citizens are in constant danger because the many chemical plants that reside in Rubbertown. Some of the chemical plants have contributed to as much as 30% of the population is dying of cancer, the documentary focuses on the lives that are affected by these chemical plants rather than a neutral perspective. Primarily the creator follows two…

softballbatsunliminted.com most people prefer bats out of the “Big 3” which are DeMarini, Louisville Slugger, and Easton. The Louisville are able to hit low compression balls better with a better pop and greater distance, but other than that most of them perform fairly equally. A ball “pops” off a DeMarini bat very nicely, but it stuns your hands when you use it on a cold day if not hit in the right spot, as do the Eastons. The Louisville Xeno is probably the brand and model that most people…