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They blame either the geese or California. My dog would not drink this water but she did go over the bridge. Welcome to Louisville Kentucky, USA, home of the fastest two minutes of sports
Kentucky is one of the few states in the Nation which still employs the antiquated Combined Sewer Overflow System.
The above area is within a stone's throw of the Kroger Distribution Center in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. (2000 Nelson Miller Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40223), Jefferson County and a number of surgical centers including Baptist Eastpoint and Premier Surgery Center.
If I recall correctly (would take time to locate that publication if it still exists) this exemption for Louisville to retain the CSO's was at the request of then Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson (who later went on to become Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and finally Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Obama White House).
How long has this been going on? Since the 1800's here - and Louisville is still wallowing in it's own quagmire: www.msdlouky.org/aboutmsd/pdfs/msd04ar_med.pdf
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Combined Sewer Systems: Down, Dirty, and Out of Date
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1257666/
"CSOs flood waterways with contaminants including microbial pathogens, suspended solids, chemicals, trash, and nutrients that deplete dissolved oxygen. Microbial pathogens and toxics can be present in CSOs at levels that pose risks to human health. CSOs can therefore lead to contamination of drinking water supplies, beaches, and shellfish beds.
The EPA’s 2004 report indicated that the agency has limited information on the extent of human health impacts of CSOs. One health effect the agency can quantify comes from regularly monitored coastal and Great Lakes beaches. Using data from these locations, the EPA estimates about 3,500–5,500 gastrointestinal illnesses each year are caused by CSO and SSO pollution of swimming waters.
According to Rose, current estimates hold that microbial pathogens in U.S. public drinking water supplies sicken hundreds of thousands of people each year, though most of these waterborne illnesses are mild, disappearing after a few days. It’s difficult, moreover, to trace sources of these illnesses. Many outbreaks in the United States go unreported, and in most outbreaks the pathogen is not identified. CSOs may or may not be to blame.
However, several reports and studies, including one from the 22 November 2002 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, demonstrate that there has been an increase in waterborne disease outbreaks in the United States over the past few years. Rose says these community outbreaks are correlated with rainfall as well as associated overflows and leaks in public sewer systems. Sensitive populations—the elderly, the very young, and those with existing health problems—are most vulnerable to waterborne enteric microorganisms. These populations make up about 20% of the U.S. public."
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And today, MSD is digging a $200 Million tunnel under Louisville to store and transport "wastewater". 18 stories underground, 20' in diameter, 4 miles in length, 55 million gallon storage capacity - to be completed in 2020. If works as designed is purported to prevent 439 gallons of sewage and rainwater from combining and entering local waterways as it does now:
www.wdrb.com/story/38884668/himsd-starts-digging-massive-...
According to MSD this is the tunnel route:
There will be six construction staging areas located where the six drop shafts are being built to access the tunnel. These are located at:
11th and Rowan streets, also site of the tunnel and new Pump Station
8th and Washington streets downtown
Franklin and Buchanan streets in the Butchertown area
1198 East Main Street
Lexington Road near Grinstead Drive
East Water Street near North Shelby Street
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Kentucky likes tunnels. www.kentuckybids.com/bid_opportunities/2017/07/14/7912128...
Open Air Shelter.
Race and N Carlisle Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania #LetsGuide
A homeless person makes their bed beneath this surreal cabana. It sets the stage with fine nested lights and canned lighting pans the floor below. I catch myself with all of my residential real estate and architectural background; I force myself to take a deep breath and stop. To stop describing the architecture and the architectural beauty that a homeless person has chosen to take refuge in. This is the why I decided to take this photograph; that red blanket got my attention. Everything else was superfluous; and essentially beautiful. That red blanket; those shoes, the summation of COVID-19.
Note the police officers chatting with civilians. This is next to a large shopping center. The area was neither secured or blocked except to go around the Dodge SUV. One cannot stop shopping here in Louisville, Kentucky, USA Now if this were a protest the bullhorns would be out and the area would have been contained immediately. But this is not a protest - this is a real-life scenario where the lives of many civilians and civil servants were endangered with minimal attempt to protect the (shopping) public. The police officers and fire captains might want to set a good example on how to protect themselves by at least wearing a face mask or respirator (if that's legal). The stench of burning paint, rubber and gasoline was quite strong. The front line firefighters here are incredibly brave and skilled.
Spotted on a gravesite at Papa John's Pizza Corporate Headquarter's duck pond in the Blankenbaker Family Cemetery.
The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Inc. is a Federally Chartered Corporation located in Louisville, Kentucky. It is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation that describes its purpose as "maintaining and extending the institutions of American freedom, an appreciation for true patriotism, a respect for our national symbols, the value of American citizenship, and the unifying force of e pluribus unum that has created, from the people of many nations, one nation and one people." Sons of the American Revolution is a patriotic organization. Its members are male descendants of people who served in the Revolutionary War, or who contributed to establishing the independence of the United States. The society is dedicated to perpetuating American ideals and traditions, and to protecting the Constitution.
Membership in the society is open to any male of "good repute"[2] who can prove lineal bloodline descent from an ancestor who actively supported the American Revolution.[3] Acceptable ancestors include:
military veterans of the American Revolutionary War, including those who served in the Continental Army, Continental Navy, and state militias and navies
signers of the Declaration of Independence
members of the Continental Congress
civilians who provided arms or supplies to the American cause
people who served on political bodies supporting the Revolution, signed oaths of allegiance, or those who gave similar support to the Patriot cause.
Soldiers and sailors from allied nations such as France and Spain who fought in support of American independence.
No state society or chapter may discriminate against an applicant on the basis of race or creed. The SAR claims a membership of over 33,000 members in over 550 chapters representing all 50 states in the United States, as well as societies in Canada, Mexico, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Overall, about 175,000 descendants have been admitted since the founding of the S.A.R. in 1890.
The SAR insignia consists of a Maltese cross surrounded by a garland, with a relief of George Washington in a center circle.
The cross's vertical bar represents the commandment "You Shall Love Your God"; the horizontal bar represents the commandment "You Shall Love Your Neighbor as Yourself." The four limbs are a reminder of the four cardinal virtues; its eight points represent eight spiritual injunctions:
To have spiritual contentment
To live without malice
To weep over your sins
To humble yourself at insults
To love justice
To be merciful
To be sincere and open-hearted
To suffer persecution
Presidents of the United States[edit]
Ulysses S. Grant (posthumous)[7][8] 18th
Rutherford B. Hayes[9] 19th
Benjamin Harrison[9] 23rd
William McKinley[9] 25th
Theodore Roosevelt[9] 26th
William Howard Taft[9] 27th
Warren G. Harding[9] 29th
Calvin Coolidge[9] 30th
Herbert Hoover[9] 31st
Franklin D. Roosevelt[9] 32nd
Harry S. Truman[9] 33rd
Dwight D. Eisenhower[9] 34th
Lyndon B. Johnson[9] 36th
Gerald D. "Jerry" Ford[9] 38th
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter[9] 39th
George H. W. Bush[9] 41st
George W. Bush[9] 43rd
Note – Presidents Grover Cleveland, Richard Nixon, William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton and Barack Obama had or have qualifying lineage but did not join the Sons of the American Revolution. Presidents Woodrow Wilson, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Ronald Wilson Reagan did not have qualifying lineage. All US Presidents not mentioned above died prior to the founding of the SAR in 1889.
Charles G. Dawes
Levi P. Morton
Nelson Rockefeller
Theodore Roosevelt
President Theodore Roosevelt
Vice President Charles G. Dawes
Secretary of State Elihu Root
Medal of Honor recipients[edit]
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur – Legendary general[10]
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles – U.S. Army Commanding General, 1895–1903
Major General Adolphus Greely – Civil War veteran and Arctic explorer
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr., USN – aviator and Antarctic explorer
Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., AUS - Landed at Utah Beach on D-Day
Brigadier General John B. Babcock
Brigadier General Joseph Foss, SDANG – Governor of South Dakota
Brevet Brigadier General Horace Porter
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, USV - Hero of the Battle of San Juan Hill
Brevet Colonel Horatio Collins King
Major John Alexander Logan, Jr., USV
Surgeon John O. Skinner
Military and naval officers[edit]
Admiral of the Navy George Dewey – Hero of the Battle of Manila Bay
General of the Armies John J. Pershing – U.S. Army Chief of Staff and commander of the American Expeditionary Force in the First World War
General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower – Supreme Commander of Allied Forces Europe
General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold – Commander of the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II
Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey – Commander of the 3rd Fleet in World War II
General Joseph E. Johnston, CSA – Confederate general
General Frederick Kroesen – Former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
General Charles P. Summerall – U.S. Army Chief of Staff
General William C. Westmoreland - United States commander in Vietnam.
Admiral Thomas H. Moorer – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Admiral David Dixon Porter – Senior admiral of the U.S. Navy
Admiral Harry D. Train II – NATO Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
Lieutenant General Joseph Wheeler, CSA - Veteran of the Civil War and the Spanish–American War
Major General Thomas M. Anderson – Veteran of the Civil War, Spanish–American War and the Philippine Insurrection
Major General Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. – U.S. Army general
Major General Darius N. Couch – Union Army general during the Civil War
Major General Frederick D. Grant – Son of President Ulysses S. Grant
Major General Ulysses S. Grant III – Grandson of President Ulysses S. Grant
Major General Curtis Guild, Jr. – Governor of Massachusetts
Major General William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, CSA – Son of General Robert E. Lee
Major General William R. Shafter – Commanded U.S. Army V Corps in Cuba in the Spanish–American War
Rear Admiral John R. Bartlett, USN – Oceanographer
Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly
Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley – Hero of the Battle of Santiago de Cuba
Rear Admiral John L. Worden – Commander of the USS Monitor
Brigadier General James Devereux, USMC - Recipient of the Navy Cross and congressman
Brigadier General Charles Wheaton Abbot, Jr. – Adjutant General of Rhode Island
Brigadier General George Andrews – Adjutant General of the United States Army
Brigadier General George Lippitt Andrews
Brigadier General William H. Bisbee – Veteran of the Civil War and Spanish–American War
Brigadier General Charles A. Coolidge – Veteran of the Civil War and Spanish–American War
Brigadier General Charles Duke – Apollo 16 lunar module pilot
Brigadier General Winfield Scott Edgerly – Veteran of the Indian Wars and the Spanish–American War
Brigadier General Edmund Rice - Medal of Honor recipient.
Brigadier General George Miller Sternberg – U.S. Army Surgeon General
Brigadier General Charles Foster Tillinghast, Sr. – Veteran of the Spanish–American War and World War I
Captain Charles V. Gridley, USN – Captain of the USS Olympia at the Battle of Manila Bay
Colonel Ashley Chadbourne McKinley, USAF – Photographer on first flight over the South Pole
Lieutenant Colonel Russell Benjamin Harrison – Veteran of the Spanish–American War and son of President Benjamin Harrison
Major Archibald Butt – Presidential aide who died on the RMS Titanic
Major Washington Irving Lincoln Adams – Politician, banker and veteran of World War I
Brevet Major Augustus P. Davis – Founder of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Public officials[edit]
Charles F. Adams III – Secretary of the Navy
Sherman Adams – Governor of New Hampshire and chief of staff to President Eisenhower
Richard S. Aldrich – United States Representative from Rhode Island
Lamar Alexander – United States Senator
Joseph W. Barr – Secretary of the Treasury
Hale Boggs – Majority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives[11]
Augustus O. Bourn – Governor of Rhode Island
Scott Brown – United States Senator from Massachusetts
Morgan Bulkeley – Governor of Connecticut, United States Senator, Mayor of Hartford and longtime president of Aetna Insurance
Quentin N. Burdick – U.S. Senator from North Dakota
Harry F. Byrd – Governor and United States Senator from Virginia
Harry F. Byrd, Jr. – United States Senator from Virginia
HM Juan Carlos I – King of Spain[12]
Colonel Louis R. Cheney – Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut
Lawton Chiles – U.S. Senator and Governor of Florida
Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[13]
Owen Vincent Coffin - Governor of Connecticut
Arthur W. Coolidge – Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
George P. Cronk – Los Angeles City Council member, 1945–52
Charles G. Dawes – Vice President of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Arthur W. Dennis – Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
Chauncey M. Depew – Secretary of State, United States Senator and President of the Empire State Society of the SAR from 1890 to 1899
James P. S. Devereux – U.S. Congressman
Thomas E. Dewey – Governor of New York and presidential candidate
Angier Biddle Duke – Ambassador to Denmark
Elisha Dyer, Jr. – Governor of Rhode Island
Bob Ehrlich – Governor of Maryland
Sam Ervin – United States Senator and Distinguished Service Cross recipient
Phillips Lee Goldsborough – Governor of Maryland
Barry M. Goldwater – United States Senator and presidential candidate
Gilbert Gude – U.S. House of Representatives
Curtis Guild, Jr. – Governor of Massachusetts
John B. Hattendorf – Naval historian and professor at the United States Naval War College
David J. Hill – Ambassador to Germany
Lucius F. Hubbard – Governor of Minnesota and brigadier general during the Spanish–American War
Charles Evans Hughes (honorary) – Supreme Court Chief Justice, Secretary of State and Governor of New York
Hamilton Fish Kean – United States Senator from New Jersey
Kenneth B. Keating – United States Senator from New York and Ambassador to India and Israel
Charles D. Kimball – Governor of Rhode Island
Jefferson M. Levy – United States Representative and owner of Monticello
Charles W. Lippitt – Governor of Rhode Island
Henry F. Lippitt – United States Senator from Rhode Island
Henry Cabot Lodge – United States Senator from Massachusetts[14]
John Langeloth Loeb, Jr. - Ambassador to Denmark
Seymour Lowman – Lieutenant Governor of New York
John S. McCain, III – United States Senator
Wallace McCamant – Federal judge
Mitch McConnell – United States Senate Majority Leader
Jesse H. Metcalf – U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
Arch A. Moore, Jr. – Governor of West Virginia
Levi P. Morton – Vice President of the U.S. and Governor of New York
Franklin Murphy – Governor of New Jersey
Martin O'Malley – Governor of Maryland and presidential candidate
Rick Perry – Governor of Texas[15]
Gary Peters – United States Senator from Michigan[16]
John J. Rhodes - U.S. Representative for 30 years
Henry Roberts – Governor of Connecticut
Nelson A. Rockefeller – Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States
Winthrop Rockefeller – Governor of Arkansas
Winthrop Paul Rockefeller - Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
Ernest E. Rogers – Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
Theodore Roosevelt - Governor of New York and Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Elihu Root – Secretary of War and Secretary of State
John G. Rowland - Governor of Connecticut
Donald Rumsfeld - Secretary of Defense
Leverett Saltonstall – U.S. Senator and Governor of Massachusetts
George L. Shepley – Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
Henry L. Stimson – Secretary of War during World War II
Henry Stockbridge – U.S. Representative
Robert Taft, Jr. – U.S. Senator from Ohio
Royal C. Taft – Governor of Rhode Island
Herman Talmadge – U.S. Senator from Georgia
Strom Thurmond – U.S. Senator from South Carolina
John Tower – U.S. Senator from Texas
David Jenkins Ward – U.S. Congressmen
Edwin Warfield – Governor of Maryland
Roger Wicker – U.S. Senator from Mississippi
Bob Wilson – U.S. Representative from California
Henry L. Wilson – American diplomat and Ambassador to Mexico 1909–1913
Charles S. Whitman - Governor of New York
Rollin S. Woodruff - Governor of Connecticut
Other notable members[edit]
Henry L. P. Beckwith, Jr. – Genealogist and historian
Luther Blount - Inventor and shipyard owner
George Madison Bodge – Author, historian, and genealogist
John Nicholas Brown II – Philanthropist
Charles W. Burpee – Newspaper editor
Henry Louis Gates, Jr – Professor and chairman of the African American Studies Program at Harvard University[17][18]
Elbridge Thomas Gerry - Reformer and commodore of the New York Yacht Club
Howard B. Gist, Sr. – attorney and civic figure in Alexandria, Louisiana[19]
William Randolph Hearst – Newspaper publisher and U.S. Representative
William Randolph Hearst, Jr. - Newspaper editor
Benjamin Newhall Johnson – Attorney and historian
Rod D. Martin – former PayPal executive, former President of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies, technology entrepreneur and author[20]
Frederick Law Olmsted – Landscape architect and designer of Central Park
Norman Vincent Peale – Author and minister
H. Paul Pressler – Texas appeals court justice and leader of the Conservative Resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention
John D. Rockefeller – Founder of Standard Oil
Theodore Roosevelt - Author
George Albert Smith – President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[citation needed]
John Spencer-Churchill – Artist and nephew of Winston Churchill
Lowell Thomas – Author and news anchor
George Washington Vanderbilt II – Owner of the Biltmore estate
Edgar Williamson, Jr. – Insurance executive
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_the_American_Revolution
And the gates to what I'm told are Papa John's home:
www.flickr.com/photos/91593630@N08/27344970236/in/datepos...
Yet the USA holds the record for the #1 Nation in the world for the highest external debt? www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ranko...
This water also runs down into the storm sewer.
Watched them dump their grease down there for years.
Town did nothing.
Let alone the railroad.
LaGrange Road, Louisville, KY
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Photo taken at Aldi Food Market. Taken using the Google Maps app and uploaded to as part of the Local Guides program. #LetsGuide
They're painting this bridge now a yellow ochre color - it's quite pretty and different than the usual gray or camo green. This is the remaining non-toll bridge into Louisville - I hope it stays that way!
George Rogers Clark Memorial 2nd Street Bridge
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Culture
Locally, the Clark Bridge is known as the Second Street Bridge due to its direct alignment onto Second Street in Louisville. There is a pedestrian sidewalk on each side of the bridge deck. The Clark Bridge was previously the only regional Ohio River bridge open to non-motorized traffic, until the opening of the Indiana side of the nearby Big Four Bridge to pedestrian and bicycle traffic in May 2014.[7][8][9]
Since 1991, the bridge has been used as "ground zero" for the annual Thunder Over Louisville event, when a waterfall of fireworks flows along the entire length of the bridge during the fireworks show. This involves traffic being closed for much of the week. This is criticized as it cuts off both the only non-interstate and, prior to the Big Four Bridge reopening, the only pedestrian route between Louisville and southern Indiana, which can impact local businesses such as bicycle couriers. Future closures of the Clark Bridge will also cut off the only free vehicular crossing of the Ohio in downtown Louisville.
The bridge is featured in a scene from the 1981 movie Stripes in which Bill Murray drives his cab to the middle of the span, gets out of the vehicle and then tosses his keys into the river below.[10]
13th and Race Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania #LetsGuide
I carefully walk down this covered street with a keen awareness of the many homeless people who live and sleep here; borrowed segments have become their urinal, and these people have no fear of the vehicles traversing this passageway which is eerily silent because of Corona Virus, COVID-19 fears.
I'm sure there is a reason for this truck to park, idling for at least an hour (it also has a bad oil leak).. Interestingly enough the registration sticker on the back was expired. They're "special" - it's a Ford. Sung to the tune of Paul Simon's "You Can Be My Bodyguard": www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA
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UPDATE - December 5, 2018: : Armored Truck Guard Missing and So Is The Cash:
www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2018/12/07/what-we-kno...
Louisville Metro Police are continuing to look for the armored-truck driver who went missing Wednesday along with an unknown amount of cash from the truck.
LMPD Lt. Steve Kaufling said driver Mark N. Espinosa, 29, and an undetermined amount of money went missing Wednesday afternoon. The truck was parked outside Jefferson Mall, 4801 Outer Loop, and belongs to security services company GardaWorld. ...
Kaufling said Espinosa's employer had "good things to say about him" and that he has been with the company a "short period of time."
GardaWorld Corporation is the world's largest private security services company and is based in Montreal, Canada, according to the company's website.
Isabelle Panelli, a GardaWorld spokeswoman, told the Courier Journal in an email that the company "will not speculate as to possible scenarios" in Espinosa's case.
"GardaWorld is cooperating fully with local law enforcement," Panelli wrote. "We are also deploying all efforts to locate our employee and hope to find him safe and sound."
Reach Billy Kobin at bkobin@courierjournal.com or 502-582-7030.
This nice turtle was sunbathing at Bernheim Forest lake until Pancake saw him...
History
Isaac W. Bernheim established Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in 1929. I. W. Bernheim (1848-1945) was a German immigrant who settled in Kentucky. From a humble beginning as a peddler, he became successful in the whiskey distilling business where he established the I.W. Harper brand. Grateful for his good fortune, he gave Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest to the people of Kentucky as a gift.
bernheim.org/explore/
It's fun living next to this work being done - the sound penetrates the ground to the point the people in the gym were asking what it was. Now a few know. The drilling sound (or vibrations) is a tad different than underground drilling or underground water movement and can have an odd effect on the animals in the area. This is a short walk from my house, as long as one knows how to survive the walk without getting run over. This is not a good area to live if one can hear or is attuned to various movements of the ground.
Behind this site is the Gene Snyder Expressway (I-295), one of the more notorious highways here. The center grassy area is a popular dumping ground for mattresses. Cars frequently are spotted there crashed or in ditches.
When Pancake got lost a few years ago. She was clocked by a Ford employee doing 60 MPH down this Gene Snyder Freeway. She is a fast dog. Her genetic testing indicated she has some hound in her - she loves to run.
In Praça do Giraldo the lights are adorned with the coat of arms of Évora. It features Giraldo the fearless on horseback with his sword pointed up. The sword is covered in blood when on colored flags and banners.
The two heads at the bottom are moors, a gatekeeper and his daughter, Giraldo beheaded allowing the Christians to take over Évora.
Left to right - Peter, Duke of Coimbra (son of King John I of Portugal)
Queen Philippa of Lancaster
Fernão Mendes Pinto (explorer and writer)
Frei Gonçalo de Carvalho, O.P. (Dominican Missionary)
Frei Henrique de Coimbra, O.F.M. (Franciscan Missionary)
Luís de Camões (renaissance poet who celebrated the navigations in the epic Lusiads)
Nuno Gonçalves (painter)
Gomes Eanes de Zurara (chronicler)
Pêro da Covilhã (traveller)
Jácome de Maiorca (Jehudà Cresques, cartographer)
Pedro Escobar (pilot)
Pedro Nunes (mathematician)
Pêro de Alenquer (pilot)
Gil Eanes (navigator)
João Gonçalves Zarco (navigator)
Ferdinand the Holy Prince (son of King John I of Portugal)
Now, this little Ford Fusion was driving down the road with no problem. It did pass me on the right at one juncture. He has a tinted license plate cover. This is the exact location where I was pulled over by a nice LMPD officer who indicated he could not read my plates. He said there was a glare on it and he could not read it 300 ft. away. (Note - the sun was setting at the time). He said the plate cover had some mud on it.
I asked the nice officer if I could get out of the car so he could show me the problem. He said I could.
As I exited the vehicle he grabbed my arm, twisting it, and slammed me into the car and proceeded to cuff me, while stating, "Is this what you like?". I asked why he chose to do that. He said "Because you moved too slow". No, officer. I expect you to be able to see well, hear well and act professionally, as that is your job which you accept a salary for. Your job is not to rough up, bruise and maim individuals you believe you can for the "sport" of it. You were well aware I was not a threat to you and your partner. "Serve and Protect" - remember?
He then said I was being detained and walked me to the back of my car. He took my purse (fanny pack) with him into the patrol car and sat with it over 30 minutes. He did go through my address book as he commented on it's contents when he returned. I suggested to his partner perhaps this officer might want to invest in a good pair of glasses and hearing aids.
He gave me a ticket for "improper display of registration plates". This occurred on Good Friday.
I then drove to Auto Zone with the plate cover. Auto Zone stated they were legal in Kentucky but they did then replace the plate cover with a clear one at my request.
The man at Auto Zone told me he also had a problem, and then went on to tell me about the unlawful searches on others that have occurred here in Louisville. He said men and boys were being bodily searched, unlawfully, by police officers while on the road. This one was fairly recent: youtu.be/LtQG0JlCORI
I met a nice lady today who told me the same thing happened to her, and many of her Church friends. She says they just pay them and don't attempt to fight them, as they want a peaceful existence. Even though they did nothing wrong and the charge was false.
I am inviting others from law enforcement AND the military to visit Louisville - they are welcome to ride in the back seat of my vehicle, hunkered down, if/when the next violation occurs. Without identifying themselves, of course. Let's see if *they* get roughed up. I'm 5/2 and weigh 115 lbs. I wonder if they would do the same to someone who was a male, 6' weighing 250 lbs.
The above car doesn't seem to be having any problems.
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Update: 16 November 2018
Appeared in court - with the help of an outstanding Pubic Defender (Christopher Schramm) all charges were dropped. The attorney also advised me of my right to institute legal proceedings against LMPD if I so chose.
It is indeed unfortunate those with any type of hearing, auditory processing or language barriers are not able to be aware of what, exactly, their rights are.
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Update: April 14, 2023
In light of the recent horrendous mass shooting here in Louisville, KY this week on April 10, 2023, a good deal of retrospect is due. Sometimes seeing both sides of the fight to survive makes a world of difference. My heart breaks for this community, their families, the deceased but most especially for 26 year old LMPD Officer Nickolas Wilt, a rookie police officer who previously served as an EMT, firefighter, and emergency dispatcher and is now clinging to life today. We have shootings here every day but this one....this one hits home.
To the officers involved in my above encounter with them on April 16, 2018 - I do owe you both my sincerest apologies for what transpired. No harm done and I hope we can all rethink our roles in this world. Life is precious. Value it - I am thankful I am not walking in your shoes and proud that you do. Thank you. I do understand now how unimportant and petty the 04/16/18 incident really was and appreciate the learning opportunity from you all. You are indeed heroes.
Who is Louisville rookie Officer Nickolas Wilt? - www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/who-is-louisville-officer-ni...
U.S. Strategic Command - "Peace is Our Profession"
I was told STRATCOM was where President George Bush was taken for safety after September 11, 2001, as this article states - www.nonpareilonline.com/news/local/president-bush-made-ke... however this article states it was Laura Bush who was taken there for safety: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Bush
Located at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Neb., U.S. Strategic Command is one of ten unified commands in the Department of Defense.
General John E. Hyten is the commander, USSTRATCOM, and serves as the senior commander of unified military forces from all four branches of the military assigned to the command. The USSTRATCOM commander is the leader, steward and advocate of the nation's strategic capabilities. USSTRATCOM integrates and coordinates the necessary command and control capability to provide support with the most accurate and timely information for the President, the Secretary of Defense, other national leadership and combatant commanders.
The mission of USSTRATCOM is to deter strategic attack and employ forces, as directed, to guarantee the security of our Nation and our Allies. The command's assigned responsibilities include strategic deterrence; nuclear operations; space operations; joint electronic spectrum operations; global strike; missile defense; and analysis and targeting. USSTRATCOM's forces and capabilities underpin and enable all other Joint Force operations.
USSTRATCOM combines the synergy of the U.S. legacy nuclear command and control mission with responsibility for space operations, global strike, and global missile defense. This dynamic command gives national leadership a unified resource for greater understanding of specific threats around the world and the means to respond to those threats rapidly.
The Global Operations Center, or GOC, is the nerve center for USSTRATCOM. The GOC is responsible for the global situational awareness of the Commander, USSTRATCOM, and is the mechanism by which he exercises operational command and control of the Nation's global strategic forces.
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While working at #Honeywell here in Kentucky (2700 Blankenbaker Pky, 150, Louisville, KY 40299 502- 297-5700), we frequently received calls from install and repair techs from Stratcom who were unable to activate or engage their fire & security systems. Honeywell knew beforehand these systems did not work and would not work, but did not advise these facilities of such. Nor were we permitted to advise these install techs of the known failure - we were simply instructed to state "send it back - we'll replace it" IF they called in. This also included other installations, government agencies and facilities such as the New York Fire Department. This is why anything with the name Honeywell (inside or out) no longer exists in my home. I do not recall their new company names now. Honeywell also has (or had) an aerospace division, home & commercial video security systems and an appliance division. The names of these companies and divisions have been changed to protect the guilty. It is difficult for someone who has ethics and integrity to work for a defense contractor with none. We were also permitted to take home all of our log books (including setup parameters, customer names, MAC IDs, serial numbers, phone numbers and contact information for every call taken, training notes and equipment. These have since been given to someone who I'm sure did the right thing. I am very grateful to whomever the security guard somewhere was who apologized on behalf of the conscience of the USA - he was not from Honeywell.
Thanks to Sabrina Starr and Angela Gaddy from Spherion in Georgia for giving me the opportunity to see how things work here in Kentucky.
I fought for this job because I liked the building. It was solid, it was low to the ground, and is was close to Taco Bell and McDonalds which allowed me the time to grab a quick bite during a 30-minute lunch break. Location was everything. My boss at Honeywell said they selected me "because they needed a woman".
And a very, very special thank you to one of my old bosses, Sanford Zeitler, USMC, who I drove up to NJ to discuss the situation with, among others. He advised me not to return to Kentucky. Sandy said, "Let it go, honey....you can't fight them", and took long, strenuous walks with me each day as my legs had started giving out while in Kentucky, I was falling frequently and was having difficulty speaking. Many times he would be 50' in front of me, turning around frequently yelling, "C'mon honey, walk!!!" Here was a man nearly 20 years my senior, leading the way, showing me what true strength and true grit really was, when he could barely walk himself or lift his feet up off the ground as he shuffled along. He took me up some pretty good hills. RIP, Sandy.
#Honeywell is also listed at one of the top 100 toxic polluters in the world. Simply do a Search for "Honeywell Class Action Lawsuit" and one can read to infinity.
Honeywell Leadership: www.honeywell.com/who-we-are/leadership
Honeywell Board of Directors: investor.honeywell.com/IRW/OD/4121346
Honeywell Board Committees: investor.honeywell.com/IRW/CommitteeChart/4121346
Reminder: Periodically test your alarm and security systems (or get a dog) - Tier One Protection Dogs:
www.facebook.com/tieroneprotectiondogs/?eid=ARBhfll3rjMHu...
Louisville pastor says he learned the security system he had been paying for wasn’t working after church break-in - www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/louisville-pastor-says-he-learn...