Louisville, Kentucky Essays

  • Urban Legend of Glenn Dale Hospital

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    Glenn Dale Hospital Background Over the recent break, I mentioned to a friend that I needed to write about a ghost-related urban legend. He offered to tell me about Glenn Dale Hospital, which is supposedly a famous ghost legend in Maryland. Since I am a lifelong Maryland resident and did not know about the hospital, I was eager to hear the story. The story was told in the living room of a house by a 19 year old white male native to southern Maryland. He is from a middle class family and

  • The global century

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    The majority of all utilities that we use today are even from the United States, but instead were probably assembled in places other than the United States. Globalization doesn’t just help manufacturers in China and Singapore, but it greatly benefits the average American. In America, globalization really means better business with lower overhead and the American population is lavished with a large variety of products available to them but at lower, more competitive pricing as a result of a strong

  • UPS: Making Air Package Deliveries

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    structure and airport hub strategies UPS has seven regional hubs in the US with operations worldwide. UPS uses its own hub-and-spoke system to expedite its cargo around the world, but its principal hub is Louisville International Airport. The UPS air hub at Louisville is called Worldport. UPS selected Louisville has their hub for two reasons. First, because of its location as UPS can reach the majority of the US population within two or three... ... middle of paper ... ...n 185 countries reaching over

  • Young Cassius Marcellus Clay

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    The story of how young Cassius Marcellus Clay wound up in boxing has been told time and time again. It reads as if it a movie script. However, this story is better than fiction. Clay was born on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Ky. Growing up, Clay understood his place in the framework of the country – he was a black child of the middle class. But Toni Morrison, who worked on Ali's autobiography as a young editor, noted that was not the best situation in which to be raised. Because not only was he

  • UPS (2)

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    changed their name to what it is today: United Parcel Service. In 1981, UPS bought its first aircraft and in 1982, UPS obtained a portion of the Louisville Airport for use and began operations from the Louisville International Airport’s air hub ("UPS: About UPS", 2014). The decision to open in Louisville was no mistake: the city of Louisville, Kentucky, serves as a major transportation hub for supplies and center for logistical support throughout the United States. Possessing an international airport

  • Brown-Forman Business Analysis

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    though competition on their level is fierce, competition in other levels of alcohol knocks on their door. Brown-Forman is a large American owned company that sells spirits and wines, and they are also a publicly traded entity. Located in Louisville Kentucky, they manufacture multiple well known brands across the world. The kind of spirits they offer are whiskey, scotch, tequila, vodka, and wine as well. As anyone can see, that covers almost any genre of spirits or alcohol, including wine, which

  • Colonel Sanders: Success And Success Of An American Businessman

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    leaders. But I don't know of any entrepreneurs who have achieved any level of success without persistence and determination” -Harvey Mackay. Colonel Harland David Sanders was a very well known American Businessman that is best known for creating the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise and later acting as the company’s goodwill ambassador. Although it may have seemed that Colonel Sanders was not going to amount to much in life, he did however have one very important characteristic - a tremendous amount

  • Colonel Sanders Research Paper

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    Everyone knows that Colonel Sanders created Kentucky Fried Chicken, but do they know the complete story? Colonel Sanders created Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1953. Kentucky Fried Chicken is one of the top fast-food chains in the world. The paragraphs below will give most of the information about how Colonel Sanders’s childhood struggles, adult life, and success. Colonel Sanders’s childhood was full of struggles. A boy named Harland David Sanders was born in Henryville, Indiana on September 9 1890

  • Case Lawsuit: KFC Buckets Are Not Overflowing With Chicken

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    KFC Buckets are Not Overflowing with Chicken” by Jacob Gersham appeared in the Wall Street Journal on October 27, 2016 describes about the case brought up by the Newyork women against KFC for $20 million. The women filed a lawsuit alleging that the Kentucky fried chicken advertisement is deceptive (2016). Deceptive advertising as explained in the class lecture means false advertising. It is the use of false or misleading statements in advertising (Alessi, 2016). This is due to the fact that, the chicken

  • Muhammad Ali

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    Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali, whose birth name was Cassius Marcellus Clay, was born in Louisville, Kentucky January 17, 1942. He was named for a white, Kentucky abolitionist, Cassius M. Clay, and received the name Marcellus from his father’s name. Ali’s father, Marcellus Clay was a mural painter who did a lot of work for many churches in the community and his mother Odessa (Grady) Clay was a domestic worker. As a young boy, Cassius Clay was full of energy and carried a loud mouth wherever he went

  • Branzburg vs. Hayes

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    The case of Branzburg vs. Hayes all began in 1969, when a Louisville Kentucky reporter by the name of Branzburg wrote a story, in the Courier-Journal, which described how two local residences made hashish marijuana. The article went into great detail and revealed many facts, including the amount of money the two made on selling the hashish to the public. The article also featured pictures of the two individual’s hands working with a plant like substance and was identified for readers as hashish in

  • Kentucky Derby Research Paper

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    in Sports On the first Saturday in May, Louisville, Kentucky hosts one of the most traditional events in history. Dating back to 1875, the Kentucky Derby brings in about 170,000 people a year. This past year, I had the privilege of being one of those 170,000 people at the 142nd Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks. My mom, step-dad, sister and I all arrived in Louisville, Kentucky on Thursday, May 5th. We stayed at The Brown Hotel in downtown Louisville. When we arrived, we were moments away from

  • Wendell Ford Informational Piece

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    Wendell Ford was born on September 8, 1924 in Daviess County, Kentucky. He attended the Public schools in Daviess County and graduated from Daviess County High School in 1942; from 1942-1943 Ford attended the University of Kentucky (Quisenberry). On September 18, 1943 Wendell Ford married Jean Neel and later had two children and five grandchildren (Fampeople). In the summer of 1944, Ford enlisted in the army and served for two years before receiving and honorable discharge in the summer of 1946

  • Mohamed Ali

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    Beginnings Clay, named after his father and Kentucky abolitionist Cassius M. Clay, was born in Louisville, Kentucky. At age 12, he had his bicycle stolen, and reported the fact to a local policeman (and boxing trainer), Joe Martin. Martin suggested that Clay learn to fight; under his guidance, Clay rapidly advanced through the youth ranks. A low achiever academically, Clay won six Kentucky Gold Gloves while at high school and was allowed to graduate despite his poor grades. Presciently, his principal

  • Muhammed Ali

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    “people’s champ” (“Ali” 2). Born Cassius Clay Jr. on January 17, 1942 in Louisville Kentucky, he was far from over privileged. His father Cassius Clay Sr., worked to support the family as a sign and mural painter. His mother Odessa Clay, worked part time as a domestic. He attended school at Duvalle middle school with his brother Rudolph Clay. After this, he went on to high school at Central High in Louisville Kentucky. Though devoted fully to nearly every aspect of life, he was a rather poor

  • Charitable Works of Muhammad Ali

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    Muhammad Ali. Previously, I thought he was the greatest boxer of all time, however after my researching, I think he is one of the greatest persons of all time. I never would have guessed that by the time he was 19 years old he had already won six Kentucky Golden Gloves, two National Golden Gloves, two National AAU Titles, and an Olympic gold medal (Howard). I never knew that Ali refused to join the army because of his religion. Because of this, his boxing license was cancelled. He was stripped

  • Dian Fossey

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    thinking also could be linked to her murder. You will hear some examples later on in this paper. Dian did not start out working with gorillas in the mountains of Rwanda. She first had an office job at the Kosair Crippled Childrens Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. I'm not really quite sure how Dian Fossey became interested in gorillas, but she did and thats all that really matters. The first time Dian ever saw a real mountain gorilla, was in a place called Kabara Meadow, with Joan and Alan Root. After

  • The Stereotypes Of Appalachia In America

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    history that holds the greatest notoriety is a fatal family feud that occurred inside the Tug River Valley during the late nineteenth-century. Within this valley was the border between West Virginia and Kentucky and two families resided here, the Hatfields from West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky. This feud may be the most notorious and familiar to Americans, but many are unaware of the truth, which is masked by the legends and myths surrounding it. This embellished and folkloric version of the

  • The Benefits of FFA Membership

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    the FFA emblem on the back, embroidered with blue and gold thread. These members are standing in the center of Freedom Hall; the main auditorium used to hold the National FFA Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. They are anxiously awaiting the first session of the first National Convention to be held in Kentucky. Amidst the sea of blue and gold, one member stands silently in awe of the multitude of people. The sleeves of his blue jacket hang stiffly at his side and the copper zipper shines brightly;

  • Colonel Sanders Research Paper

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    Harland Sanders, better known as Colonel Sanders was certainly not the most qualified person to start an ultra-famous food brand that would be known across the Earth. Harland Sanders was born on Sept. 9 1890 in Henryville Indiana. His mother Margaret Ann was widowed when Harland was 7. His father, Wilbur David, came home one day after work with a fever. He died before the morning. When he was 10, Harland’s mother remarried to William Broaddus. Broaddus and Harland didn’t have a great relationship