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    1837 John Deere fashions a polished-steel plow in his Grand Detour‚ Illinois‚ blacksmith shop that lets pioneer farmers cut clean furrows through sticky Midwest prairie soil. 1838 John Deere‚ blacksmith‚ evolves into John Deere‚ manufacturer. Later he remembers building 10 plows in 1839‚ 75 in 1841‚ and 100 in 1842. 1842 John Deere adds retailing to his business‚ filling orders for the Patent Cary Plow. 1843 Deere and Leonard Andrus become "co-partners in the art and trade of blacksmithing‚ plow-making

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    Betty Friedan

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    General Information: Betty Naomi Friedan was born on 4th February in 1921‚ at Peoria‚ Illinois‚ USA‚ and died on 4th February in 2006 (at age 85)‚ at Washington DC‚ USA. Her parents were Russian Jewish immigrants. She was an American writer‚ activist and feminist. She married Carl Friedan‚ in 1947. Carl and Friedan had three children In one of her books (“Life so far”)‚ she accused him of beating her. Betty Friedan was a leading figure in the women’s movement in the United States of America

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    CAS Agreement In today’s world‚ a bachelor’s degree has become the norm. I recognize that ability to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a great privilege. My family is a tremendous source of inspiration for me. In a time when financial aid was unavailable‚ my grandfather worked many different jobs to support himself through college. As a boy‚ he acquainted me with the struggles he faced to attain an education. His fierce determination was what put him through college and law school

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    DATA COMMUNICATION COEN 3193 Assignment No. 1 Brief History of Data Communication Submitted by: Camille A. Bonito BSCpE IV-2 Submitted to: Florinda H. Oquindo TIMELINE OF HISTORY OF DATA COMMUNICATION 1800 Telegraph defined from the Greek... TELE = Afar GRAPHOS = Write 1809 First telegraph in Bavaria. Samuel Soemmering. Used 35 wires with gold electrodes in water. Detection at distant end 2000 feet away was by the amount of gas caused by electrolysis. 1828 First telegraph in the USA

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    Village of Schaumburg Sex‚ Age‚ and Employment Demographics The village of Schaumburg is a large village located in Cook County in Northeastern Illinois. The village is a northwestern suburb of Chicago and is part of the Golden Corridor. Schaumburg has the reputation of being the model community of Cook County. Schaumburg is located roughly 28 miles (45 km) northwest of the Chicago Loop and approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of O’Hare International Airport. As of the 2011 community survey

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    John Deere Case Study

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    UNIVERSITY SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Assignment One Executive Summary John Deere is an American based company out of Moline‚ Illinois currently trying to assess one of it’s supplier company’s performance. The company in question is Complex Parts Inc. who has been a supplier for Deere for the past ten years with annual sales to its Moline unit of approximately $3.5 million. The issue in question comes after five members of an evaluation team discussed Complex Parts’ performance over the past

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    The weekend trip to the Illinois River On the journey to the Illinois River I couldn’t help to be anything but excited‚ for it was my first float trip to the Illinois River. Upon arrival to the War Eagle Resort; i exited the vehicle to the refreshing country air and the sounds of children playing‚ the sound of different kinds of music‚ and the trickle of the Illinois River; however‚ I was also hit by the sweltering‚ hot July air. As my friends and I set camp up I had become excited for the nights

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    John Deere

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    newlyweds perceived to have 5 children‚ Francis Albert‚ Jeanette‚ Ellen‚ Francis Alma and Charles. Demarius’s past away and Deere married Lucinda Lamb‚ in June 1867. They had four children together Emma‚ Hiram‚ Alice and Mary. John Deere was an Illinois blacksmith from the Midwest and inventor. John Deere realized the wood and cast iron plow invention currently being used was weak and not working to its full ability. 1837- John Deere invents the first steel plow in his shop located in grand detour

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    SYNOPSIS With the help of two different CEO’s‚ Caterpillar transformed itself. For three consecutive years‚ 1982‚ 1983‚ and 1984‚ the Caterpillar Company lost $1 million a day. Caterpillar’s major competitor was a Japanese company call Komatsu. Due to tough global challenges‚ the collapse of its international markets and an overvalued dollar‚ Caterpillar had to reinvent itself or stop business. With the help of two different CEO’s‚ Caterpillar transformed itself. CEO George Schaefer introduced

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    81.3% of the students who attended Illinois State University (ISU) for the fall 2013 semester‚ returned for their second year of college. This statistic alone shows that ISU is a great University to attend. In this essay I discuss why I feel that ISU is a good fit for me and for what I want to accomplish in college‚ my academic strengths and weaknesses‚ and how playing sports in high school affected my academic performance positively. I feel that ISU is a good fit for me personally because ISU has

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