...Kentucky House Bill 1 Kentucky House Bill 1 is an infringement on our basic civil rights because the Kentucky State Government is now involved with regulating what doctors can and can not prescribe; it denies access to medicine for lower socio-economic level patients, illegal, and legal substitutes will replace prescription medications and random urine tests and pill counts make patients guilty until proven innocent. The goal of this piece of legislation is to address the prescription drug abuse problem by limiting the availability of certain controlled substances through increased regulation and oversight. In order to uphold this Bill many people will have to give up their basic rights so that Kentucky Law Enforcement can crack down on any suspicious activity within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. One of the most important rights we have as Americans is our right to doctor patient confidentiality. The doctor patient confidentiality agreement was set in place so doctors could treat their patients as they see fit. Kentucky State Legislators do not believe that doctors are doing everything in their power to help stem the drug problem that has been killing people here for over 20 years. So their answer was KASPER, “Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting” system. This system was designed to track prescribed controlled substances and doctor visits. For example, if you were to feel extreme back pain you would go to your doctor, and he/she would write up a prescription...
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...The city of Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government, Kentucky’s fiscal year ended June 30, 2008. This is the sixth annual report issued for the consolidated government since the merger of the City of Louisville and Jefferson County governments on January 6, 2003. An elected Mayor governs the Metro Government and the Metro Council composed of twenty-six council members elected from each of the twenty-six council districts. All executive and administrative power of the consolidated local government is vested in the office of Mayor. Metro Government provides some of the following services: public protection and safety, streets and roads, planning and zoning, public improvements and community development, sanitation, public health and social services, parks, and other administrative services. The local government has achieved a prestigious award for four consecutive years; the Certificate of Achievement is awarded to government that publish an easily readable efficient organized CAFR that satisfied both generally accepted accounting principles and applicable legal requirements. The Certificate of Achievement is valid for one year only. The 2008 CAFR reflects that Metro Government continues to be financially strong and stable in a local economy. Metro Government is required to undergo annual single audit in conformity with the provision of the single Audit Act of 1984 and the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 and the US office of Management and Budget Circular A-133...
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...Ala Kentucky Ala Kentucky is famous for their Kentucky fried chicken. People think that a man found a chicken and made it. It was actually was invented by a man who lived in Kentucky at the time. His name was Al Shaw. He founded Kentucky in the late in the late 1400's. Most people think it was made a State in 1792, but it was the first modified State in all of America. Al named Kentucky, Ala Kentucky. It stood for (Al is Kentucky). Their basketball team went to the State Finals 74 years straight, (they had to play themselves because there was no other team. Al was the best basketball player in the history of the game. He averaged 82.6 points per game, 56.7 assists per game and he was the best three point shooter in the game taking 300,000 three pointers per year...
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...human goals. On the economic side of things the primary topics of discussion will be income, living conditions, isolationism, homogeneity, maximization of overall utility, timber and natural resources exploitation without resilience. Geographic view points, the final topic of discussion will pertain to environmental monitoring systems, human habitation, evolving spatial patterns, and the outcome of relative location isolation. A major issue behind the driving force of Appalachia's ecological impacts starts with the exploitation of natural resources. Timber is one of the primary resources Appalachia has to offer and it began being harvested in the very early ages. Around 1930 the federal government decided to begin buying acreage in Kentucky. Having the land already stripped, timber companies were the first to sell disappearing leaving the land with little hope for resilience or profits for decades to come. Shortly after during the Depression, substantial amounts of poor farmers were forced to...
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...WK8DCRNURS6561N-2 Cynthia L Williams Walden University Direct Care Roles in Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Across the Life Span NURS-6561N-2 October 19, 2015 Community Needs In week 6, I discussed my community of Louisville, KY. In that discussion I focused on the obesity and tobacco use rates in the state of Kentucky. These health issues contribute to the mortality and morbidities in Kentucky. In the 2014 Louisville Metro Health Equity Health Report, 51.7% of individuals in Louisville were pre-diabetic or diabetic in 2011 according to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), (Arno & Rock, 2014). Obesity and diabetes are correlated health statuses and are often referred to as “DIABESITY”, (A. Hollier, personal communication, October 21, 2015). The dietary lifestyles of adults and youth in Louisville combined with the lack of physical activity reflect in the overwhelming statistics of diabetes. Smoking complicates every disease process. As of 2014, 26.2 % of adults, 18 years old and over are currently smoking, (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC.gov], 2014). These lifestyle choices, disease processes and practices increase the risk of developing heart disease and stroke, (Arno & Rock, 2014). Strategies for Implementation Effort to improve the health state of the community, seem monumental when every patient is suffering from diabetes, smoking, lack of physical activity, dyslipidemia or has had some type of...
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...ocial and economic stratification in Appalachia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Areas included within the Appalachian Regional Commission's charter. The Appalachian region of the Eastern United States is home to over 20 million people and covers parts of mostly mountainous areas of 13 states, including Mississippi, Alabama, Pennsylvania, New York, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland, and the entire state of West Virginia.[1] The near-isolation of the area's rugged topography is home to communities with a distinct culture, who in many cases are put at a disadvantage because of the transportation and infrastructure problems that have developed in the area.[1] Appalachia is often divided into 3 regions—southern (portions of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia), central (portions of Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Virginia, and Tennessee), and northern (parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, and West Virginia) Appalachia.[1] Though all areas of Appalachia share problems of rural poverty, inadequate jobs, services, transportation, education, and infrastructure, some elements (particularly those relating to industry and natural resource extraction) are unique to each sub-region. For example, Appalachians in the central sub-region experience the deepest poverty, partially due to the area’s isolation from urban growth centers.[2] Appalachia is particularly interesting...
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...The United States is viewed as a progressive country that can provide infinite opportunities to its citizens. America has also been known to be a place of plenty for the oppressed. Today with the current economic climate and the displacement across the area this has become a growing concern. Although the US has been known as a superpower involving itself in world problems and decisions it really struggles to solve its own homeless issue. Although the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky is putting a small dent in the local homelessness it seems their vision is effective in moving individuals who have fell on their luck to a better situation. Their vision is that filling the basic necessities will allow the individual to recover and move on from homelessness. From my experience the gentlemen in the story is the typical candidate, one who was middle class, working a median paying job, and family to support and then a turn of luck with being hit by a car started a landslide of events that sometimes leave the situation unrecoverable. So it is touching to hear that a program that is turning a 10 year ordeal around for a man who was living in a car to proud independent man living and paying for his own housing. The other reason this article touched me was that the other day I had parked my car in the bank lot in Alexandria while we went on a family outing to Kincaid and I came back to what I thought was a ticket on my car. The reality was that it was a plea from a mother with children...
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...Essay on Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was a great man to some and other no so much. He was a very controversial figure in history and maybe the greatest man to be president during a time of civil strife. The reader needs to now a little back ground on Abraham Lincoln and who better to to it then himself. I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families--second families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks.... My father ... removed from Kentucky to ... Indiana, in my eighth year.... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up.... Of course when I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher ... but that was all. (Lincoln 1) Though Lincoln had it rough growing up he had a need and want to learn and attain knowledge and wisdom. He was a very smart person and when he became a politician he was very good was able to win support and become president. When that day came he was able to develop the republican party into a very capable organization. The civil war was a rough time for Lincoln but getting through it was one of his greatest achievements. He never would forget the men who died for this country and he sums that up very well in this quote. That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain--that this nation, under God, shall...
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...Internet Scavenger Hunt Use the Internet for finding the following answers. For each response provide the full URL or website (reference) where you got or found the information. 1. Who is the governor of Kentucky and what is his official mailing address? Include a photograph of the governor. Include the reference. ANSWER: 2. What is the date the Kentucky flag was adopted? Beside the date, include a picture of the Texas state flag. Include the reference. ANSWER: 3. What is the name of the Kentucky state flower and what other names it is called? Include the reference. ANSWER: 4. What is the Kentucky song? Include the reference. ANSWER: 5. What is the state bird? Include a picture of the bird. Include the reference. ANSWER: 6. Using your home college’s KCTCS website, where would you find the Student Code of Conduct? Include the reference. ANSWER: 7. If I want to appeal my grade, what are my rights? What page is this on in the Code? ANSWER: 8. If I am caught cheating, what are my rights? What page(s) is this on in the Code? ANSWER: 9. What is the population of the city/county that I live in? List your county and the answer. Include the reference. ANSWER: 10. Who is the state senator for the city/county that I live in? How would I contact him/her? Include the reference. ANSWER: 11. Who is given the credit for creating the Internet? Include the reference? ANSWER: 12. ARPANET 's development began in 1966. It was an experiment to connect...
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...Government Law vs. Individual’s Belief On June 26, 2015, it was marked a historical time for the LGBT community when the Supreme Court ruled to legalize same-sex marriage. Many homosexuals were ecstatic about this outcome and then there are some Americans that found this ruling unjustifiable. A Kentucky county clerk happened to be one of those people when she refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses in the county where she is employed. Kim Davis is the head county clerk for the Rowan County in Morehead, Kentucky and a person who practices the beliefs as an Apostolic Christian (Galofaro & Beam, 2015). U.S. Attorney Kerry B. Harvey said, “Government officials are free to disagree with the law, but not disobey it” (Ellis & Payne, 2015). As a county clerk, one of their job duties is to issue marriage licenses. Kim Davis refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses because it is against her religious beliefs, and if she were to issue them, it would seem as if she is supportive of that lifestyle. Her decision had caused tension between the LGBT community in Rowan County and the county clerks office. It had affected the credibility of the clerk’s office because they were not sure if they will be able to obtain a marriage license while Kim Davis was the head county clerk. The community had made it aware of the situation that was going on with the county clerk’s office that the judge had issued a court order instructing the office to start issuing licenses. Despite the...
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...The Southern Appalachian region has long been one of the largest sources of coal within the world. Miners have been digging and blasting their way into the mountains of Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, and Alabama for generations. The explosion in coal mining operations in Appalachia that started near the turn of the century altered the geographical region and the people of the region. There was little use for coal in the 18th and 19th centuries, other than in blacksmith fires. Early Appalachian explorers often talked about the “fine veins of coal” that spread across the region. Thomas Jefferson referred to the massive amounts of coal in his Notes on Virginia. The ending of the Civil War brought about a significant change and the Unites States entered a tremendous industrialization period....
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... Missouri 02/94 Professional Experience Ryder Atlanta, Georgia 11/00-03/04 Title: Technician and Fuel Island Tenant Fueled trucks and done minor checks like oil, tires, and clean windshields. Also did brakes, alternators, and preventive maintenance. Aperture Louisville, Kentucky 11/99-05/00 Title: Data Entry and Information Specialist General office duties which included inputting credential information for doctors into the computer; consisting of background history such as general information, education, malpractice and insurance. American Rental Title: Account Manager Bardstown, Kentucky 05/98-11/99 Performed general office duties, and was responsible for maintaining daily transaction and records. Directed all cash activities and prepared annual financial statements; dealt with various customers concerning their accounts. Green Baum Doll and McDonald Louisville, Kentucky 08/97-02/98 Title: Supply Clerk Did runs and sorted mail in the mailroom, worked the fax machine, made sure the right information went out to...
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...newspapers such as the Register-Herald and the Courier-Journal described stories of coal miners now suffering from Black Lung and what they face to come. They told stories instead of statistics and were written to be more personable to the reader. Stories that tend to pull at your heart strings bring more attention than those that are full of facts and figures. This is the beginning of an overlay between the different levels of government. State websites combine education with enlightenment. They provide the statistics with the stories to educate. It allows them to show the difference or indifference within their state compared to others. Websites such as West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Kentucky Coal Miners bring the reality of coal mining in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky to light. They provide the statistics with the individual stories to show the growing problem that Black Lung has caused throughout the coal mining states. National websites follow...
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...Ohio River quality After living in Sebree, Kentucky for the past twenty six years. I have seen some horrible water quality and a huge increase in bottle usage. Which only seems to make things worse as those bottles end up in the river. This water quality —of not only Sebree, but the Ohio River —has made me interested in what kind of water quality do we really have. This has brought out several questions that I hope to find answers to. These questions consist of: What is the quality of water we use every day? What is the quality of the surrounding water? Is the water quality good enough to use in the foods and drinks we make? What is causing all of the pollution we see? What is being used to purify the water? How is the purifying chemicals affecting the water quality? What is being affected by the water pollution and purifying chemicals? How can we improve the water quality of all water sources? Is there ways to improve the amount of waste pushed into the rivers? Is there a way to lessen the chemicals used to something less harsh? Is there ways to make water pollution and water quality more known to the public? Once I have found as many of those answers I can, I hope to accomplish this paper in making the readers a little more knowledgeable about the water quality of the Ohio River. I hope to get the readers a little more involved with improving the water quality in even just a little way. To make the water quality issues not only that of each city and factory, but...
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...Homeless in Kentucky Paul Jay Keys HSM/210 - Human Services in the United States February 8th, 2014 Ms. Angelique Spruill University of Phoenix One often thinks of homelessness as an urban problem. You think of a person, maybe wearing ragged clothing, walking down a street pushing an encumbered shopping cart, and living under the bridge or in a shelter. However, in Kentucky, our homeless have a very different face as our homeless are often living with friends or family or living in places that do not have running water or electricity. A person is considered homeless if they do not have access to safe, affordable and stable places to live. People become homeless for a variety of reasons such as health problems, family conflicts, limited life choices and the lack of a support system are common causes of homelessness. Loss of employment or the lack of affordable housing, are some of the economic factors that play a role in becoming homeless. Individually, the effects of homelessness are extensive and severe as homelessness means more than just a loss of self-esteem they face intensely higher rates of infectious disease, mental health problems, physical disorders, disabilities and premature death. They also face intensified risks of becoming imprisoned or institutionalized. Homelessness also has an intense impact on the community as well, taking an incredible toll on family stability by impeding the ability to find and maintain jobs, hindering the learning process of children...
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