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Kentucky Derby
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The Kentucky Derby /ˈdɜːrbi/ is a horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of one, colts and geldings carry 126 pounds and fillies 121 pounds. It is the first leg of the American Triple Crown and is followed by the Preakness Stakes, unlike the Preakness and Belmont Stakes, which took hiatuses in 1891–1893 and 1911–1912, respectively, the Kentucky Derby has been run every consecutive year since 1875. A horse must win all three races to win the Triple Crown, the attendance at the Kentucky Derby ranks first in North America and usually surpasses the attendance of all other stakes races including the Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes, and the Breeders Cup. The 2017 Kentucky Derby will be the 143rd running, and is set for Saturday, May 6,2017 with a $2 million guaranteed purse. In 1872, Col. Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. grandson of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition, traveled to England, visiting the Derby, a famous race that had been running annually since 1780. Returning home to Kentucky, Clark organized the Louisville Jockey Club for the purpose of raising money to build quality racing facilities just outside the city, the track would soon become known as Churchill Downs, named for John and Henry Churchill, who provided the land for the racetrack. Officially, the racetrack was incorporated as Churchill Downs in 1937, the Kentucky Derby was first run at 1 1⁄2 miles, the same distance as the Epsom Derby. The distance was changed in 1896 to its current 1 1⁄4 miles, on May 17,1875, in front of an estimated crowd of 10,000 people, a field of 15 three-year-old horses contested the first Derby. Under jockey Oliver Lewis, a colt named Aristides, who was trained by future Hall of Famer Ansel Williamson, won the inaugural Derby, later that year, Lewis rode Aristides to a second-place finish in the Belmont Stakes. Despite this, the business foundered until 1902 when Col. Matt Winn of Louisville put together a syndicate of businessmen to acquire the facility, under Winn, Churchill Downs prospered and the Kentucky Derby then became the preeminent stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses in North America. Derby participants are limited to three-year-old horses, no horse since Apollo in 1882 has won the Derby without having raced at age two. The three races offered the largest purse and in 1919 Sir Barton became the first horse to win all three races, however, the term Triple Crown didnt come into use for another eleven years. In 1930, when Gallant Fox became the horse to win all three races, sportswriter Charles Hatton brought the phrase into American usage. Fueled by the media, public interest in the possibility of a superhorse that could win the Triple Crown began in the leading up to the derby. Two years after the term was coined, the race, which had run in mid-May since inception, was changed to the first Saturday in May to allow for a specific schedule for the Triple Crown races. Since 1931, the order of Triple Crown races has been the Kentucky Derby first, followed by the Preakness Stakes, prior to 1931, eleven times the Preakness was run before the Derby. On May 12,1917 and again on May 13,1922, the Preakness, on eleven occasions the Belmont Stakes was run before the Preakness Stakes
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A thoroughbred horse is depicted on the reverse of the Kentucky
state quarter
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Churchill Downs in 1901
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Louisville Clock (often called the Louisville Derby Clock)
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Louisville, Kentucky
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Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 30th-most populous city in the United States. It is one of two cities in Kentucky designated as first-class, the other being the states second-largest city of Lexington, Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County. Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark and is named after King Louis XVI of France, making Louisville one of the oldest cities west of the Appalachian Mountains. Sited beside the Falls of the Ohio, the major obstruction to river traffic between the upper Ohio River and the Gulf of Mexico, the settlement first grew as a portage site. It was the city of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Its main airport is also the site of United Parcel Services worldwide air hub, since 2003, Louisvilles borders have been the same as those of Jefferson County because of a city-county merger. The official name of this consolidated city-county government is the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, the citys total consolidated population as of the 2014 census estimate was 760,026. However, the total of 612,780 excludes other incorporated places and semiautonomous towns within the county and is the population listed in most sources. As of 2014, the MSA had a population of 1,269,702, the history of Louisville spans hundreds of years, and has been influenced by the areas geography and location. The rapids at the Falls of the Ohio created a barrier to river travel, the first European settlement in the vicinity of modern-day Louisville was on Corn Island in 1778 by Col. George Rogers Clark, credited as the founder of Louisville. Several landmarks in the community are named after him, two years later, in 1780, the Virginia General Assembly approved the town charter of Louisville. The city was named in honor of King Louis XVI of France, early residents lived in forts to protect themselves from Indian raids, but moved out by the late 1780s. In 1803, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark organized their expedition across America in the town of Clarksville, Indiana at the present-day Falls of the Ohio opposite Louisville, Kentucky. The citys early growth was influenced by the fact river boats had to be unloaded and moved downriver before reaching the falls. By 1828, the population had swelled to 7,000, the city grew rapidly in its formative years. Louisville was a shipping port and slaves worked in a variety of associated trades. The city was often a point of escape for slaves to the north, during the Civil War, Louisville was a major stronghold of Union forces, which kept Kentucky firmly in the Union. It was the center of planning, supplies, recruiting, and transportation for numerous campaigns, by the end of the war, Louisville had not been attacked, although skirmishes and battles, including the battles of Perryville and Corydon, took place nearby
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From top:
Louisville downtown skyline at night,
Cathedral of the Assumption,
Thunder Over Louisville fireworks during the
Kentucky Derby Festival,
Kentucky Derby,
Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory,
Fourth Street Live!,
The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts
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Louisville's founder,
George Rogers Clark
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View of Main Street Louisville in 1846
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Memorial to the
1890 tornado, on Main Street in
downtown Louisville
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Kentucky
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Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Kentucky is one of four U. S. states constituted as a commonwealth, originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States, Kentucky is known as the Bluegrass State, a nickname based on the bluegrass found in many of its pastures due to the fertile soil. One of the regions in Kentucky is the Bluegrass Region in central Kentucky. In 1776, the counties of Virginia beyond the Appalachian Mountains became known as Kentucky County, the precise etymology of the name is uncertain, but likely based on an Iroquoian name meaning the meadow or the prairie. Kentucky is situated in the Upland South, a significant portion of eastern Kentucky is part of Appalachia. Kentucky borders seven states, from the Midwest and the Southeast, West Virginia lies to the east, Virginia to the southeast, Tennessee to the south, Missouri to the west, Illinois and Indiana to the northwest, and Ohio to the north and northeast. Only Missouri and Tennessee, both of which border eight states, touch more, Kentuckys northern border is formed by the Ohio River and its western border by the Mississippi River. The official state borders are based on the courses of the rivers as they existed when Kentucky became a state in 1792, for instance, northbound travelers on U. S.41 from Henderson, after crossing the Ohio River, will be in Kentucky for about two miles. Ellis Park, a racetrack, is located in this small piece of Kentucky. Waterworks Road is part of the land border between Indiana and Kentucky. Kentucky has a part known as Kentucky Bend, at the far west corner of the state. It exists as an exclave surrounded completely by Missouri and Tennessee, Road access to this small part of Kentucky on the Mississippi River requires a trip through Tennessee. The epicenter of the powerful 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes was near this area, much of the outer Bluegrass is in the Eden Shale Hills area, made up of short, steep, and very narrow hills. The Jackson Purchase and western Pennyrile are home to several bald cypress/tupelo swamps, located within the southeastern interior portion of North America, Kentucky has a climate that can best be described as a humid subtropical climate. Temperatures in Kentucky usually range from daytime summer highs of 87 °F to the low of 23 °F. The average precipitation is 46 inches a year, Kentucky experiences four distinct seasons, with substantial variations in the severity of summer and winter. The highest recorded temperature was 114 °F at Greensburg on July 28,1930 while the lowest recorded temperature was −37 °F at Shelbyville on January 19,1994, due to its location, Kentucky has a moderate humid subtropical climate, with abundant rainfall
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Narrow country roads bounded by stone and wood plank fences are a fixture in the Kentucky
Bluegrass region.
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Kentucky's regions (click on image for color-coding information.)
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The
Eastern Kentucky Coalfield is known for its rugged terrain.
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Native Americans meeting with Europeans, 1764
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Flag
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The signing of the
Mayflower Compact, 1620.
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The
Declaration of Independence: the
Committee of Five presenting their draft to the
Second Continental Congress in 1776
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Thunder Over Louisville
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Thunder Over Louisville, the annual kickoff event of the Kentucky Derby Festival, is an airshow and fireworks display in Louisville, Kentucky. It is generally held each April, about two weeks before the first Saturday in May, or Derby Day, in years where Easter Sunday falls on the usually scheduled weekend, Thunder is moved a week earlier. It is the largest annual fireworks display in North America and began as part of an opening event in 1989 with daytime fireworks. 1990 brought the first nighttime fireworks event and it officially began in its current location along the Ohio River in 1991 with fireworks, and an annual air show was added in 1992. Thunder generally starts in the afternoon with an air show, followed by the show starting at 9,30 PM, along with a synchronized soundtrack through PA. An average of 625,000 people have attended each year since 1997, lining the banks of the Ohio River in Louisville, some also watch from the river on boats, docked in positions auctioned off for charity. In the twenty-first century the attendance at Thunder has usually been approximately five times that of the main attraction. Thunder Over Louisville began as a concept at a Kentucky Derby Festival workshop in the summer of 1988, the first opening ceremonies were held in 1989 at the Chow Wagon on the river and broadcast live to the Theyre Off. Luncheon crowd at the Galt House East, in 1991 the event moved to Waterfront Park, and Zambelli Fireworks Internationales Master Pyrotechnician Lorenzo Alfredi began handling the fireworks. The Air Show began in 1992, and has featured such notable aircraft as the Harrier, the B-2, the event expanded rapidly in scale and attendance, by 1996 more shells were exploded in the first minute than in the entire 1990 show. In 1997, the Air Force designated Thunder Over Louisville as one of the events for its 50th anniversary celebration, more than 125 military aircraft performed that year, making it the largest combined fireworks and air show in the United States. The event relies heavily on corporate donations, in 2000, when Kroger pulled out after 10 years of sponsorship, the Kentucky Derby Festival was left scrambling for money. They announced the Thunder Funder program, in which individuals can make small donations, in 2006, McDonalds announced that they would be the title sponsor for Thunder Funder and donate 10 cents from the sale of every 32-ounce drink in a commemorative cup to the Derby Festival. In 2015, the restaurant chain pledged $100,000 to the event, the fireworks show has grown in size and scope every year, with over 52,000 shells used in 2004, and 60,000 in 2005. The fireworks show usually lasts 30 minutes, there is traditionally a 3-minute finale which organizers call by the name Gargantuan. The 2007 event had a crowd, whose size was estimated at 850,000 by the event producer. In 2010, a computer glitch 30 seconds before fireworks during a minute long audio countdown to the fireworks caused an 18-minute delay while the problem was troubleshooted. Due to the complexity of the event, including road closures, police presence, the event has never been canceled
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2006 show from the upstream side of the bridge on the Indiana shore of the Ohio River
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Thunder Over Louisville
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2006 show as seen from the
Kentucky side of the
Ohio River
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Fireworks
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Fireworks are a class of low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. The most common use of a firework is as part of a fireworks display, Fireworks competitions are also regularly held at a number of places. Fireworks take many forms to produce the four primary effects, noise, light, smoke and they may be designed to burn with colored flames and sparks including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and silver. Displays are common throughout the world and are the point of many cultural. Fireworks were invented in ancient China in the 7th century to scare evil spirits. Such important events and festivities as Chinese New Year and the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival were, China is the largest manufacturer and exporter of fireworks in the world. Fireworks are generally classified as to where they perform, either as a ground or aerial firework, in the latter case they may provide their own propulsion or be shot into the air by a mortar. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube or casing filled with the combustible material, a number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a great variety of sparkling shapes, often variously colored. The skyrocket is a form of firework, although the first skyrockets were used in war. The aerial shell, however, is the backbone of todays commercial aerial display, such rocket technology has also been used for the delivery of mail by rocket and is used as propulsion for most model rockets. The earliest documentation of fireworks dates back to 7th century China, the fireworks were used to accompany many festivities. It is thus a part of the culture of China and had its origin there, the art and science of firework making has developed into an independent profession. In China, pyrotechnicians were respected for their knowledge of techniques in mounting firework displays. Chinese people originally believed that the fireworks could expel evil spirits and bring about luck, during the Song Dynasty, many of the common people could purchase various kinds of fireworks from market vendors, and grand displays of fireworks were also known to be held. In 1110, a fireworks display in a martial demonstration was held to entertain Emperor Huizong of Song. A record from 1264 states that a rocket-propelled firework went off near the Empress Dowager Gong Sheng, rocket propulsion was common in warfare, as evidenced by the Huolongjing compiled by Liu Bowen and Jiao Yu. In 1240 the Arabs acquired knowledge of gunpowder and its uses from China, with the development of chinoiserie in Europe, Chinese fireworks began to gain popularity around the mid-17th century. Lev Izmailov, ambassador of Peter the Great, once reported from China and his writings would be translated in 1765, resulting in the popularization of fireworks and further attempts to uncover the secrets of Chinese fireworks
Fireworks
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Sydney leads the world in one of the first major
New Year celebrations each year.
Fireworks
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A fireworks show celebrating
Independence Day in the
United States
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A fireworks display on
Taipei 101,
Taipei,
Taiwan,
New Year 's
2008. The 2005 New Year fireworks display is the first fireworks on a supertall
skyscraper in the world.
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Hot air ballooning
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Hot air ballooning is the activity of flying hot air balloons. Attractive aspects of ballooning include the exceptional quiet, the lack of a feeling of movement, the first clearly recorded instance of a balloon carrying passengers used hot air to generate buoyancy and was built by the brothers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier in Annonay, France. The first free flight with passengers was on November 21,1783. King Louis XVI had originally decreed that condemned criminals would be the first pilots, modern hot air ballooning was born in 1960, when Ed Yost launched a balloon with a new nylon envelope and propane burner system of his own invention. Yosts first balloon was basketless, with nothing but a seat for him to ride on, today, hot air balloons are used primarily for recreation. According to the FAAs General Aviation Survey data, in 2012, there were about 2,300 personally owned and flown balloons, since piloting a balloon requires some effort, many people opt to purchase a balloon flight from a company offering balloon rides. Balloon rides are available in locations around the world and are especially popular in tourist areas. Balloon festivals are a way to see hot air balloons close up. Balloon festivals usually include other activities like entertainment, amusement rides. Hot air balloons are able to fly to extremely high altitudes, on November 26,2005, Vijaypat Singhania set the world altitude record for highest hot air balloon flight, reaching 21,290 meters. He took off from downtown Mumbai, India and landed 240 km south in Panchale, the previous record of 19,811 meters had been set by Per Lindstrand on June 6,1988 in Plano, Texas. However, as with all unpressurised aircraft, oxygen is needed for all crew and passengers on any flight that reaches. On January 15,1991, a called the Pacific Flyer carrying Per Lindstrand and Richard Branson of the UK flew from Japan to Northern Canada. With a volume of 74,000 m³, the envelope was the largest ever built for a hot air craft. Designed to fly in the trans-oceanic jetstreams the Pacific Flyer recorded the highest ground speed for a balloon of 245 mph. Most hot air balloon launches are made during the hours of the day. At these times of day, the winds are typically light making for easier launch, flying at these times also avoids thermals, which are vertical air currents caused by ground heating that make it more difficult to control the balloon. In the extreme, the associated with strong thermals can exceed the ability of a balloon to climb
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Hot air balloon pilot and passenger in basket
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A model of the Montgolfier brothers balloon at the
London Science Museum
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Hot air balloons in flight
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Early morning departures
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Great Steamboat Race
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The Great Steamboat Race is an annual steamboat race, taking place the Wednesday before the first Saturday of May, three days before the Kentucky Derby, as part of the Kentucky Derby Festival. The race was first run in 1963 and it takes place on the Ohio River in the span that runs between Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana, until 2009, the race was traditionally between the Belle of Louisville and the Delta Queen, although other steamboats have participated. Since 2009, the Delta Queen has been retired and the Belle of Cincinnati has taken its place in the competition, in 2012, the Belle of Louisville and Belle of Cincinnati were joined in the race by the American Queen. The race is scheduled annually as part of the Kentucky Derby Festival, the event pits at least two riverboats against each other in the span of the Ohio River that runs between Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana. Spectators can watch the event from the shore or aboard a competing vessel, the race began underneath the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge, which served as the start/finish line. Both steamboats raced to Six Mile Island, where they turned around to return to the bridge, the distance is 14 miles, with boats averaging a speed of 7 miles per hour. The competitors were traditionally the Belle of Louisville and the Delta Queen, the annual winner received the Golden Antlers, which would remain with the winner until the next race. 2008 was the last year to feature the Delta Queen as a prior to it being renovated into a dry-dock hotel. In 2009, the event organizers changed the format prompting the Belle of Cincinnatis Capt, kerry Snowden to note that here are no rules in riverboat racing, so whatever goes, goes. The new format features a series of tasks that the crews must perform for points prior to the race, because the Cincinnati is a diesel ship with more power, it is required to travel further to Harrods Creek. The 2012 race featured, for the first time since 2008, the American Queen, returned to overnight steamboat service in April 2012, competed in the three-way race on May 2,2012 and finished as second. The first Great Steamboat Race was held in 1963 between the Belle of Louisville and the Delta Queen, establishing the traditional rivalry until 2008 when the Queen was retired, the Queen won the first race. As of the Delta Queens last race in 2008, the Louisville won 22 races compared to the Queens 20 wins, the Louisvilles winning record compared to the Queens larger size and more powerful engines has helped fuel the unproven speculation that the race is predetermined. Several other riverboats have participated in the race, Julia Belle Swain competed in 1975 and 1976, natchez IX of the New Orleans Steamboat Company in 1982, which it won. Spirit of Jefferson raced in 1999 in the Louisvilles stead while the Louisville was recovering from sabotage and it is diesel-powered and has been used as an observation boat for the race. Belle of Cincinnati was a contestant in 2002, and followed as a boat in latter years. Since 2009, it has replaced the Delta Queen as the annual competitor and it is diesel-powered and has also been used as an observation boat for the race. American Queen competed for the first time in 2012, in a 3-way race with the Louisville and Cincinnati, popular viewing areas for the race are the old Water Tower in Louisville, and along Utica Pike in Jeffersonville, especially near Duffys Landing
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The 2007 Race, as seen from Duffy's Landing in
Jeffersonville, Indiana
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Competitors start to arrive at the start point of the 2007 Race
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Spectators of the 2007 Race at Duffy's Landing in
Jeffersonville, Indiana.
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The Belle of Cincinnati follows the competitors in 2007
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Belle of Louisville
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Belle of Louisville is a steamboat owned and operated by the city of Louisville, Kentucky, and moored at its downtown wharf next to the Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere during its annual operational period. Originally named Idlewild, she was built by James Rees & Sons Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, constructed with an all-steel superstructure and asphalt main deck, the steamboat is said to hold the all-time record in her class for miles traveled, years in operation, and places visited. Belle of Louisvilles offices are aboard Mayor Andrew Broaddus, also a National Historic Landmark, Idlewild operated as a passenger ferry between Memphis, Tennessee, and West Memphis, Arkansas. She also hauled cargo such as cotton, lumber, and grain and she then came to Louisville in 1931 and ran trips between the Fontaine Ferry amusement park near downtown Louisville and Rose Island, a resort about 14 miles upriver from Louisville. Idlewild operated a regular schedule from 1934 through World War II. She also served as a floating USO nightclub for troops stationed at military bases along the Mississippi River, in 1947, she was sold to J. Herod Gorsage, and honoring the death-bed wish of Master Ben Winters, long time captain of Idlewild, was renamed Avalon. Over the next few years, Avalon visited ports all along the Mississippi, Missouri, St. Croix, Illinois, Kanawha, Ohio and her many stops included Omaha, Nebraska, Stillwater, Minnesota, Montgomery, West Virginia, and Nashville, Tennessee. She came to Louisville and was re-christened Belle of Louisville, the purchase of Belle of Louisville sparked the beginning of multiple attempts to reform the relationship between the city of Louisville and the river on which it was located. The restoration of the boat was supervised by marine architect Alan L. Bates, whose book, Belle of Louisville, remains a primary source on the history of the boat and the crews who worked on her. These were stripped and repaired in dry dock or removed by volunteers, what remained was cleaned, surface prepared, supplied with new finish carpentry, and painted in a style consistent with the boats early 20th-century origins. Captain Clarke Doc Hawley, had worked aboard the boat during her Avalon days and he had salvaged the brass nameplates from the ends of the two massive cylinders in order to prevent them from being sold for scrap, and now he returned them to the boat. Hawley had also, before the auction, at his own cost hired an assistant to drain the boats water-filled fittings for winter, so that they would not freeze and burst. This meant that the restoration of the boat was now possible. Various of her workings, though not her engine and drive train, had been stripped and sold in separate lots at auction, volunteers donated materials which could be adapted to use. Some of them, such as brass steam-powered bilge clearing pumps known as siphons, were cannibalized from sunken steamboats whose hulls could still be seen, some missing components were custom-fabricated by local foundries in a style copied from photos of the boat in her earlier days. The degree of preservation was considerable, and the boat is still piloted with a 19th-century skill set, although authentic to its core, the boat has occasionally seen improvements not part of the original restoration. The new calliope was built by Morecraft Manufacturing of Peru, Indiana, the instrument is a reproduction of the Nichol instrument that the boat carried when named Avalon. On April 30,1963, Belle of Louisville made her first cruise in a race against the steamboat Delta Queen and that race was the beginning of an unparalleled river tradition
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Belle of Louisville
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Belle of Louisville flying the
Jolly Roger during the 2006 Great Steamboat Race
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The
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers assists in the salvage of Belle of Louisville after the 1997 incident.
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Parade
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Parade is an American nationwide Sunday newspaper magazine, distributed in more than 700 newspapers in the United States. It was founded in 1941 and is owned by Athlon Publishing, the most widely read magazine in the U. S. Parade has a circulation of 32 million and a readership of 54.1 million, as of 2015, its editor is Anne Krueger. The magazine was started by Field Enterprises in 1941, john Hay Whitney, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, bought Parade in 1958. Booth Newspapers purchased it in 1973, booth was purchased by Advance Publications in 1976, and Parade became a separate operating unit within Advance. The magazine is printed on newsprint, although usually a quality of newsprint than the rest of the newspapers it accompanies. The magazine has one feature article, often a smaller feature article. There is also a significant amount of advertising for consumer products, Parade Digital Partners is a distribution network that includes the web site Parade. com and over 700 of the magazines partner newspaper web sites. Occasionally she will pose a brainteaser of her own or poll her readers, cartoon Parade, Panel cartoons by various creators, including Dave Coverly, Carla Ventresca, Dan Piraro, and Gary McCoy. By 2016, due to the expense and lack of interest, in Step With by James Brady, Celebrity interview column which ceased after Bradys 2009 death. “Intelligence Report, Your guide to health, life, money, entertainment, Numbrix was introduced in July 2008. In addition to the print version, vos Savant also produces daily Numbrix puzzles for Parades Web site. Since 2014, Parades site has published a much more difficult variant, Jadium. Our Towns is a feature written by journalists from Parade newspaper partners. The Parade High School All-America Teams, This sports franchise honors as All-Americans the best U. S. high school athletes in boys and girls basketball, football, Parade began its series in 1957 with its boys basketball honors, and expanded to football six years later. Girls basketball was added in 1977, boys soccer in 1979, in 2010, Parade introduced its All-America Service Team, which honors high-school students for commitment to service and volunteerism. Walter Scotts Personality Parade by Walter Scott, In Q&A sessions, views, an editorial column by various authors, including CNN political analyst David Gergen and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Connie Schultz. Keeping Up with Youth Fresh Voices, A former column where readers would give their opinions on a different topic
Parade
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Marathon
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The marathon is a long-distance running race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres, usually run as a road race. The event was instituted in commemoration of the run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens. The marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896, more than 800 marathons are held throughout the world each year, with the vast majority of competitors being recreational athletes as larger marathons can have tens of thousands of participants. The name Marathon comes from the legend of Philippides or Pheidippides and it is said that he ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the assembly, exclaiming νενικήκαμεν, before collapsing and dying. Lucian of Samosata also gives the story, but names the runner Philippides, there is debate about the historical accuracy of this legend. In some Herodotus manuscripts, the name of the runner between Athens and Sparta is given as Philippides, in 1879, Robert Browning wrote the poem Pheidippides. Brownings poem, his story, became part of late 19th century popular culture and was accepted as a historic legend. This route, as it existed when the Olympics were revived in 1896, was approximately 40 kilometres long, and this route is considerably shorter, some 35 kilometres, but includes a very steep initial climb of more than 5 kilometres. When the modern Olympics began in 1896, the initiators and organizers were looking for a great popularizing event, the idea of a marathon race came from Michel Bréal, who wanted the event to feature in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens. This idea was supported by Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics. The Greeks staged a race for the Olympic marathon on 10 March 1896 that was won by Charilaos Vasilakos in 3 hours and 18 minutes. The winner of the first Olympic marathon, on 10 April 1896, was Spyridon Louis, the marathon of the 2004 Summer Olympics was run on the traditional route from Marathon to Athens, ending at Panathinaiko Stadium, the venue for the 1896 Summer Olympics. The womens marathon was introduced at the 1984 Summer Olympics and was won by Joan Benoit of the United States with a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 52 seconds. It has become a tradition for the mens Olympic marathon to be the last event of the athletics calendar, often, the mens marathon medals are awarded during the closing ceremony. The Olympic mens record is 2,06,32, set at the 2008 Summer Olympics by Samuel Kamau Wanjiru of Kenya, the Olympic womens record is 2,23,07, set at the 2012 Summer Olympics by Tiki Gelana of Ethiopia. The mens London 2012 Summer Olympic marathon winner was Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda, per capita, the Kalenjin ethnic group of Rift Valley Province in Kenya has produced a highly disproportionate share of marathon and track-and-field winners. Johnny Hayes victory at the 1908 Summer Olympics contributed to the growth of long-distance running and marathoning in the United States. Later that year, races around the season including the Empire City Marathon held on New Years Day 1909 in Yonkers, New York
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Competitors during the 2007
Berlin Marathon
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Competitors during the 2014 Orlen Warsaw Marathon
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Luc-Olivier Merson 's painting depicting
Pheidippides giving word of victory at the
Battle of Marathon to the people of
Athens
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Burton Holmes ' photograph entitled "1896: Three athletes in training for the marathon at the Olympic Games in Athens".
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Arnold Jackson (athlete)
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Brigadier General Arnold Nugent Strode Strode-Jackson, CBE, DSO & Three Bars was a British athlete, British Army officer, and a barrister. He was the winner of the 1500 m at the 1912 Summer Olympics and he was a brigadier general and amongst the most highly decorated British general officers of the First World War. He was born Arnold Nugent Strode Jackson at Addlestone, Surrey and he was the son of Morton Strode Jackson and Edith Rosine Martin, and grandson of Lieutenant General George Jackson. His uncle was Clement Jackson, athlete, academic, bursar of Hertford College, Oxford and his sister was the novelist Myrtle Beatrice Strode Strode-Jackson. He was educated at Malvern College, where he was head of his house and head of the athletics team, Jackson entered Brasenose College, Oxford in 1910, where he took a degree in law. Jackson rowed and played football and hockey for Brasenose College, being captain of the hockey team and he won the mile race for Oxford against Cambridge three times and was President of the Oxford University Athletic Club. In 1912, while still an undergraduate, Jackson cut short his holiday in Norway. He had to compete as an entry, not having been chosen by the Great Britain team, along with his friend from Cambridge. This was the last Olympics at which such private entries were allowed, even when compared to the amateurish race preparation of the era, Jacksons training regime of massage, golf and walking seemed very relaxed. At Stockholm, American hopes were high to win a gold in 1500 m, as the USA dominated mile racing at that time, the race started at a modest 65 second pace, until Norman Taber from USA took the lead and increased the pace. At the bell for the lap, Abel Kiviat, a world record holder in 1500 m from USA, was first, followed by Taber and John Paul Jones. On the final turn, Mel Sheppard and Jackson also joined the crowd on his heels, the three Americans ran abreast in an attempt to stop anyone from overtaking, so Jackson had to run wide. With 50 yards left, Jackson came even with Kiviat and Taber, as Jones, Jackson summoned one last burst and captured the gold in 3,56.8, an Olympic record. Kiviat and Taber both clocked 3,56.9, and the photo had to be reviewed before officials handed the silver to Kiviat, at the time, it was widely acclaimed as being the greatest race ever run. Aged 21, Jackson was the youngest ever Olympic 1500 m gold medalist until Asbel Kiprop in 2008, aged 19. He went over to France with the battalion and was with them until promoted lieutenant colonel in May 1918, in December 1914, he was promoted to temporary lieutenant. On 1 July 1916, he was promoted to captain and he was made an acting major by the time of his first DSO on 4 June 1917, and in August 1917, acting lieutenant colonel. He was made a lieutenant colonel in May 1918
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Arnold Jackson at the 1912 Olympics
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Peter Max
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Peter Max is an American artist known for using bright colors in his work. Max synthesized the Summer of Love into artworks from canvas to mugs, clocks, scarves, clothes, a master of Pop Art, he is the official portrait artist for the Statue of Liberty and welcome banners at the U. S. His work is a guide for cultural literacy of the 1960s. In 1938, Maxs parents fled Berlin, Germany, his place of birth, to escape the fomenting Nazi movement, settling in Shanghai, China, in 1948, the family moved to Haifa, Israel where they lived for several years. From Israel, the family continued moving westward and stopped in Paris for several months—an experience that Max said greatly influenced his appreciation for art. Max and his parents first settled in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn in 1953 where he attended Lafayette High School, in 1962, Max started a small Manhattan arts studio known as The Daly & Max Studio, with friend Tom Daly. Daly and Max were joined by friend and mentor Don Rubbo, much of their work incorporated antique photographic images as elements of collage. Maxs interest in astronomy contributed to his self described Cosmic 60s period, Maxs art was popularized nationally through TV commercials such as his 1968 un cola ad for the soft drink 7-Up which helped drive sales of his art posters and other merchandise. integralyoga. org. The Yoga master was invited to open the 1969 Woodstock Festival as he was known in New York for his message and example of peace. Max appeared on The Tonight Show on August 15,1968 and he was featured on the cover of Life magazines September 5,1969 edition under with the heading Peter Max, Portrait of the artist as a very rich man. In 1970, many of Maxs products and posters were featured in the exhibition The World of Peter Max, july 4,1976, Max began his Statue of Liberty series leading to his efforts with Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca to help in the restoration of the statue. In 1976, Peter Max Paints America were commissioned by the ASEA of Sweden, Max has been the official artist for many major events, including the 1994 World Cup, the Grammy Awards, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Super Bowl and others. In 2000, Max designed the paint scheme Dale Earnhardt drove at the Winston all-star race and he was also the Official Artist of New York Citys 2000 Subway Series, the World Series of Major League Baseball, between the New York Yankees and the New York Mets. Max is on the Board of Selectors of Jefferson Awards for Public Service, in 1990, Max purchased a collection of Chevrolet Corvettes for an intended art project, but never used them and let them rot in a series of garages. In 1994, he designed the artwork for progressive rock band Yess fourteenth studio album, in 2012, he was chosen to paint the hull art of the New York themed ship Norwegian Breakaway by Norwegian Cruise Line. In 2016, he created a painting for David Ortizs final season with the Boston Red Sox. Maxs art work was first associated with the culture, neo-expressionism. He is known for using bursts of color, often containing much or all of the visible spectrum and his work was influenced by others
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U.S. postage stamp featuring Max's artwork commemorating Expo '74
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One of Max's art galleries, at
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Obstacle course
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An obstacle course is a series of challenging physical obstacles an individual or team must navigate usually while being timed. Obstacle courses can include running, climbing, jumping, crawling, swimming, sometimes a course involves mental tests. Typical courses involve obstacles the participants must climb over, crawl under, balance, hang, jump, puddles of muddy water, ropes/nets, and no touch restrictions are often used to make the course more difficult. Often, specialized courses are made to focus on specific needs, such as movement, assault. Military courses can also contain climbing walls and rappelling walls, at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario, officer cadets in first year participate in an obstacle course, which is designed by senior cadets. The obstacle course lasts a little over an hour and consists of thirteen obstacles built by each squadron located around the RMC grounds, obstacles such as a 12-foot wall and truck pulling are designed to test teamwork and physical fitness of First Years. The First Year flights are judged on the time it takes to complete each obstacle, the annual obstacle course race is memorialized by a sculpture by John Boxtel, To Overcome, which was a gift of the class of 1991. Officer Cadets in third year take a physical education courses Obstacle Course, in the Obstacle course, cadets design obstacles with the available equipment and are evaluated on their leadership and innovation in the design of an obstacle course for their classmates. In the WB training, cadets learn about aquatic obstacle courses training, at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, Cadets must take and pass the Indoor Obstacle Course Test. The test consists of 11 obstacles that must be navigated sequentially and is a vigorous test of total body fitness, First year Cadets take the IOCT as part of mandatory gymnastics training, while Third Year Cadets must pass the IOCT as a stand-alone test of fitness. Some larger inflatables have even more areas, an assault obstacle course can be done inside or outside. The outside course is usually messy and filled with mud and muddy water, an inside course is similar to an inflatable course, but it is used in physical education lessons or holiday camps, using gym equipment or whatever is at hand. Rugged Maniac, a 5K obstacle course racing company, was featured on season 5 of Shark Tank on ABC, the owners received $1.75 million from Mark Cuban to invest into their company. Superstars featured a course, usually featured as the final event. Battle of the Network Stars featured a course as one of its many events. Survivor makes extensive use of obstacle courses for its challenges, gladiators had an indoor obstacle course called The Eliminator at the end of each episode. The Peruvian childrens series Nubeluz featured a course called El Circuito Glufico as one of its many games in rotation. Viking, The Ultimate Obstacle Course is a Japanese endurance game show, show jumping is an obstacle course for horse riding
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At the
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Leaders Reaction Course September 25, at
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Military pentathlon in Germany
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Obstacle-course training at the
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Racial profiling
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Racial profiling is the act of suspecting or targeting a person of a certain race based on a stereotype about their race. Criminal profiling, generally, as practiced by police, is the reliance on a group of characteristics they believe to be associated with crime. Examples of racial profiling are the use of race to determine which drivers to stop for traffic violations. Under the narrow definition, racial profiling occurs when an officer stops, questions, arrests. Sociologist Robert Staples emphasizes that racial profiling in the U. S. Enshrinement of racial profiling ideals in United States law can be exemplified by several periods in U. S. history. In 1693, Philadelphias court officials gave police legal authority to stop, starting around the mid 18th century, slave patrols were used to stop slaves at any location in order to ensure they were being lawful. Similar discriminatory practices continued through the Jim Crow era, terry v. Ohio marked the first challenge to racial profiling in the United States in 1968. This case concerned three African American men who were suspected of a possible stick-up or robbery by a policeman, the decision in this case allowed for greater police discretion in identifying suspicious or illegal activities. In 1973, U. S. v. Brignoni- Ponce was decided, felix Humberto Brignoni-Ponce was traveling in his vehicle and was stopped by border patrol agents because he appeared to be Mexican. The agents questioned Ponce and the passengers in the car and discovered that the passengers were illegal immigrants. In 1996, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled in U. S. v. S, constitution which guarantees the right to be safe from search and seizure without a warrant, and the Fourteenth Amendment which requires that all citizens be treated equally under the law. To date there have no known cases in which any U. S. court dismissed a criminal prosecution because the defendant was targeted based on race. This Supreme Court decision doesnt prohibit government agencies from enacting policies prohibiting it in the field by agents, the Court also decided the case of Whren v. United States in 1996. Upon approaching the vehicle the officers observed that Whren was in possession of crack-cocaine, the law states that Any person who is arrested shall have the persons immigration status determined before the person is released. Arizona made it a crime for an illegal immigrant 14 years of age. This came about there was an established trend from persons who fit into this ethnicity. In June 2012, the majority of SB1070 was struck down by the United States Supreme Court, there are currently 24 states that have stop and identify statues, however, the criminal punishments and need to produce identification vary from state-to-state. In early 2001, a bill was introduced to Congress named End Racial Profiling Act of 2001, the bill was re-introduced to Congress in 2010 but also failed to gain the support it needed
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Shawnee Park
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Shawnee Park is a municipal park in Louisville, Kentucky. It was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed 18 of the citys 123 public parks, along with the rest of the citys Olmsted-designed park system, Shawnee Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Shawnee Park was proposed in 1890 to be one of the three parks in Louisvilles new park system. All three were located on the edges of the city, in Shawnees case it was the western edge bordering the Ohio River. The land at the time was mostly used for truck farms. Shawnee was the slowest of the parks to develop, as much of the land was owned by investors who figured they could increase the sale price by holding out. The city had to condemn the properties to acquire the land for park, in 1896, the city began to create access to the park, another area in which Shawnee was lagging behind the other two parks. River Park Drive was paved in 1899, but the Broadway entrance remained unfinished until 1914, all three parks had the intended effect of spurring residential development near them. The interest was so great that developers found themselves advertising the parks rather than their own developments, dozens of subdivisions were built near Shawnee Park, and the neighborhood itself came to be called Shawnee. Shawnee Park was legally restricted to whites from 1924 to 1954, although park officials, the only sizable park blacks were allowed access to was nearby Chickasaw Park, which many people entered by traveling through Shawnee. Although now overshadowed by the Louisville Waterfront Park, Shawnee boasts an expansive Great Lawn which is useful for formal gatherings. The Great Lawn, the feature of the park, is enclosed by plantings. Louisvilles Riverwalk Trail, which passes through Shawnee Park, extends across Louisvilles waterfront, the one-way distance between the Belvedere and Shawnee Park is 6.2 miles
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Pond and Shelter in Shawnee Park
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Shawnee's Great Lawn
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Civil rights
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Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure ones ability to participate in the civil and political life of the society, Civil and political rights form the original and main part of international human rights. They comprise the first portion of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the phrase civil rights is a translation of Latin ius civis. Roman citizens could be either free or servile, but they all had rights in law. After the Edict of Milan in 313, these included the freedom of religion. Roman legal doctrine was lost during the Middle Ages, but claims of rights could still be made based on religious doctrine. According to the leaders of Ketts Rebellion, all men may be made free. In the 17th century, English common law judge Sir Edward Coke revived the idea of rights based on citizenship by arguing that Englishmen had historically enjoyed such rights, the Parliament of England adopted the English Bill of Rights in 1689. The Virginia Declaration of Rights, by George Mason and James Madison, was adopted in 1776, the Virginia declaration is the direct ancestor and model for the U. S. Bill of Rights. The removal by legislation of a civil right constitutes a civil disability, in early 19th century Britain, the phrase civil rights most commonly referred to the issue of such legal discrimination against Catholics. In the House of Commons support for civil rights was divided, the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 restored their civil rights. In the 1860s, Americans adapted this usage to newly freed blacks, congress enacted civil rights acts in 1866,1871,1875,1957,1960,1964,1968, and 1991. Marshall notes that civil rights were among the first to be recognized and codified, followed later by political rights, in many countries, they are constitutional rights and are included in a bill of rights or similar document. They are also defined in human rights instruments, such as the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Civil and political rights need not be codified to be protected, although most democracies worldwide do have formal written guarantees of civil, Civil rights are considered to be natural rights. Thomas Jefferson wrote in his A Summary View of the Rights of British America that a free people their rights as derived from the laws of nature, the question of to whom civil and political rights apply is a subject of controversy. According to political scientist Salvador Santino F. Regilme Jr. Custom also plays a role, the United States Declaration of Independence states that people have unalienable rights including Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. It is considered by some that the purpose of government is the protection of life. Ideas of self-ownership and cognitive liberty affirm rights to choose the food one eats, the one takes
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Savka Dabčević-Kučar,
Croatian Spring participant; Europe's first female prime minister
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Hillbilly Outfield: Kentucky Derby party
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The Hillbilly Outfield, Kentucky Derby party is hosted annually by a group of volunteers called the Hillbilly Coalition. The Hillbilly Outfield Kentucky Derby party began in 2001, and is one of the biggest Kentucky Derby parties in Louisville. Because of its location in Middletown, Kentucky, being a part of the Louisville metropolitan area and fairly far from the actual Derby and this is jokingly a reference to the famous Infield at the Kentucky Derby. The event consists of a weekend of drinks, food, live music, audio and video Derby coverage, games. Most importantly, however, the motivation behind the event is that it is a non-profit event with no paid personnel solely to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The Hillbilly Outfield is becoming a Kentucky Derby tradition for many, between 400 and 500 people are in attendance each year. Ticket sales hover around $70, and cover food, drinking, camping space,2016 is going to be the first year that The Outfield will be implementing a $1 charge per beer. There is a plethora of characters that appear every year in the artwork. From year to year, they all seem to even more interesting and charming traits than before. The most important facet of the artwork is that every year it is based thematically on some related Derby event, such as this years Chow Wagon, Kentucky Derby Festival List of attractions and events in the Louisville metropolitan area Louisville and the Road to the Roses. Warren Brown - Horses and Sense, in a Big Way, shafer, Sheldon S. Kentucky Derby Fun | The Courier-Journal. Kentucky Derby Fun | The Courier-Journal
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Art from 2005
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More Art from 2006
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Churchill Downs
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Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, is a Thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby annually. It officially opened in 1875, and held the first Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs has also hosted the renowned Breeders Cup on eight occasions, most recently in 2011. It is next scheduled to host the Breeders Cup in 2018, Churchill Downs Incorporated owns and operates the racetrack. With the infield open for the Kentucky Derby, the capacity of Churchill Downs is roughly 170,000, in 2009, the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating system for 65 Thoroughbred racetracks in North America. Churchill Downs was ranked number 5 on this list, in 2014, prior to the start of their spring meet, Churchill Downs announced an increase in parimutuel takeout rates. As a result of the increase, Churchill Downs was ranked number 22 in the 2014 Horseplayers Association of North America Track Ratings. His father-in-law, Richard Ten Broeck, was a horse breeder and trainer. Churchill Downs filled a void in Louisville left by the closing of Oakland and Woodlawn, the then-rural location was along Louisville and Nashville Railroad tracks, allowing for easy transport of horses. Clark, who preferred longer races to the short ones that had become popular by the 1890s, was running short of funds. Among the new people Applegate brought on board to help him run the rack was Col. Matt Winn of Louisville, Churchill Downs prospered and the Kentucky Derby then became the preeminent stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses in North America. During that early period, a new clubhouse was built in order to promote interaction, and new events such as steeplechases, automobile races. The State Fair was held on the grounds, featuring the odd spectacle of two locomotives being intentionally crashed head-on in the infield. On June 5,1907, African American jockey James Lee set a record that has never beaten when he won the entire six-race card at Churchill Downs. In 1908, parimutuel betting machines were introduced as gambling began to be less controversial again, Churchill Downs was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986. On Friday, June 19,2009, Churchill Downs hosted its first-ever night race with an attendance of over 27,000, Churchill Downs ventured into the music business, organizing the inaugural HullabaLOU Music Festival, held on the weekend of July 23–25,2010. The track had planned to make this an event to compete with other summer music festivals. HullabaLOU attracted 78,000 people but that short of the more than 100,000 expected by the company. The company attributed this to the heat, but others cited high ticket prices in a poor economy
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Thoroughbred racing at Churchill Downs
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Composite image of Churchill Downs on Derby Day, 1902
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Churchill Downs—with the
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American City Business Journals
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American City Business Journals is an American newspaper chain based in Charlotte, North Carolina, owned by Advance Publications. It also controls the Street & Smiths Sports Group, which publishes motorsports periodicals, including SportsBusiness Journal, Sports Business Daily, five sports annuals, the company is the United States leading publisher of NASCAR magazines, which includes NASCAR Illustrated and Scenedaily. com. American City also publishes specialty publications, which include a business newspaper, a law journal. In 2009, ACBJ took over management of Portfolio. com, mike Russell founded American City Business Journals. The President and CEO of American City is Whitney Shaw, Shaw was previously senior vice president of ACBJ and president of its sports-publishing division. He succeeds his father, Ray Shaw, who was chairman, Ray Shaw, the companys chairman from 1989 until his 2009 death, bought a controlling interest along with a partner in 1989, selling to Advance Publications in 1995. It was Russell who suggested Shaw buy the company rather than just a few journals. Under Ray Shaws leadership, the company moved from Kansas City, Missouri, to Charlotte, North Carolina, and greatly increased the number of its publications. The site contains local news from around the nation, updated throughout the day. The Business Journals sites have more than four million visitors each month. The Business Journals Forty Under 40 is an annual list compiled and published by the Business Journal newspapers since 1992, the purpose is to list the 40 most successful entrepreneurs under the age of 40. The 40 are usually nominated from within individual areas in range of the local business journals publication, American City Business Journals corporate website The Business Journals The Business Journals mobile Street & Smiths SportsBusiness Journal Hemmings Motor News
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American City Business Journals' corporate office is in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company's major divisions are metropolitan weekly publications and sports publications.
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Courier-Journal
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The Courier-Journal, locally called The Courier or The C-J, is the main newspaper for the city of Louisville, Kentucky, United States. According to the 1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, the paper is the 48th-largest daily paper in the U. S. the Courier-Journal was created from the merger of several newspapers introduced in Kentucky in the 19th century. Pioneer paper The Focus of Politics, Commerce and Literature, was founded in 1826 in Louisville when the city was a settlement of less than 7,000 individuals. In 1830 a new newspaper, The Louisville Daily Journal, began distribution in the city and, in 1832, absorbed The Focus of Politics, Commerce and Literature. The Journal was an organ of the Whig Party, founded and edited by George D. Prentice, Prentice would edit the Journal for more than 40 years. In 1844, another newspaper, the Louisville Morning Courier was founded in Louisville by Walter Newman Haldeman, the Courier was suppressed by the Union and had to move to Nashville, but returned to Louisville after the war. In 1868, an ailing Prentice persuaded the 28-year-old Henry Watterson to come edit for the Journal, during secret negotiations in 1868, The Journal and the Courier merged and the first edition of The Courier-Journal was delivered to Louisvillians on Sunday morning, November 8,1868. Henry Watterson, the son of a Tennessee congressman, had written for Harpers Magazine and he became nationally known for his work as The Courier-Journal emerged as the regions leading paper. He supported the Democratic Party and pushed for the industrialization of Kentucky and he attracted controversy for attempting to prove that Christopher Marlowe had actually written the works of Shakespeare. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1917 for editorials demanding the United States enter World War I, the Courier-Journal founded a companion afternoon edition of the paper, The Louisville Times, in May 1884. In 1896, Watterson and Haldeman opposed Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan over his support of Free Silver coinage and this unpopular decision upset readers and advertisers, many of whom pulled their support for The Courier-Journal. Kentucky voted for the Republican candidate in 1896, the first time in state history, only the popularity of The Louisville Times, which had no strong editorial reputation, saved the newspaper company from bankruptcy. The Courier supported Bryan in future elections, Haldeman had owned the papers until his death in 1902, and by 1917 they were owned by his son, William, and Henry Watterson. On August 8,1918, Robert Worth Bingham purchased two-thirds interest in the newspapers, the liberal Bingham clashed with longtime editor Watterson, who remained on board, but was in the twilight of his career. Wattersons editorials opposing the League of Nations appeared alongside Binghams favoring it, I have always regarded the newspapers owned by me as a public trust and have endeavored so to conduct them as to render the greatest public service. As publisher, Bingham set the tone for his editorial pages, and pushed for improved education, support of African Americans. During Barry Bingham, Sr. s tenure, the paper was considered Kentuckys Newspaper of Record, in 1971, Barry Bingham, Jr. succeeded his father as the newspapers editor and publisher. The Binghams were well-liked owners popularly credited with being more concerned with publishing quality journalism than making heavy profits, Barry Bingham Jr. sought to free the papers from conflicts of interests, and through The Louisville Times, experimented with new ideas such as signed editorials
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The July 27, 2005 front page of The Courier-Journal
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Editorial staff of The Courier-Journal, 1868.
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Courier-Journal offices in downtown Louisville, built during the Bingham era
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1876 Kentucky Derby
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The 1876 Kentucky Derby was the 2nd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 15,1876, winning horse Vagrant ran carrying only 97 pounds, one of the lightest loads carried by a winner in Derby history. The winner received a purse of $2,950
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1876 Kentucky Derby winner Vagrant in an 1877 drawing by T.J. Scott
