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The state of Illinois was admitted as a state on December 3, 1818 and is the 21st state of America. The official name of the legislature of the state is Illinois General Assembly. The state adopted the name officially in the same year that it was founded. Chicago is made up of 77 community areas that are regularly grouped into 9 defined districts. These community areas do not overlap and consist of one or more neighborhoods that not defined and heterogeneous. The issue that any inhabitant of any

The History of Mr. John Deere "I will never put my name on a product that does not have the best that is in me." This is arguably the most famous quote made by Deere and that has stuck with the company for the last 175 years. Deere was the man who kick started modern farming by inventing the first ever cast steel plow, as opposed to the much heavier cast iron plow that worked alright in the sandy soil but the fertile heavy soil of the plains would just stick too. This is how john Deere’s steel

consists of short stories, which are not hard to publish, and keep in the public eye. His stories have stayed in print for nearly three decades.      Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920, in a small town of Waukegan, Illinois. His parents were Leonard Spaulding and Esther Moberg Bradbury. His mother, Esther Moberg loved films, she gave her son the middle name Douglas because of Douglas Fairbanks, and she passed

Carl Sandburg's Use of Allusion in "Grass" Carl Sandburg's short poem "Grass" represents a metaphor for the disguise of history. The persona tells how histories that have taken place are sooner or later disregarded. The persona tells that the histories should not be disregarded, but be left the way it is as cited in the poem "I am the grass .Let me work." People should notice the events that took place and learn from their mistakes and be better people. The places that are mentioned in the poem

Bradbury was surrounded by a loving extended family during his early childhood and formative years in Waukegan. This period provided foundations for both the author and his stories. In Bradbury's works of fiction, 1920s Waukegan becomes "Green Town," Illinois. In his stories, Green Town is a symbol of safety and home, which is often juxtaposed as a contrasting backdrop to Bradbury as a senior in high school, of his tales of fantasy or menace. It serves as the setting of his modern classics Dandelion Wine

Scott Hedrick March 19, 2012 1. History of John Deere “Deere & Company began when John Deere, born in Rutland, Vermont, USA on February 7, 1804, moved to Grand Detour, Illinois in 1836 in order to escape bankruptcy in Vermont. Already an established blacksmith, Deere opened a 1,378 square feet shop in Grand Detour in 1837 which allowed him to serve as a general repairman in the village, as well as a manufacturer of small tools such as pitchforks and shovels. What was more successful

Running Head: RESEARCH PAPER: CATERPILLAR 1 Research Paper: Caterpillar David M. Adkison American Military University RESEARCH PAPER: CATERPILLAR Abstract The topic of my research was the global management expertise and effectiveness of the company Caterpillar Inc., a global leader in the production and manufacturing of construction and mining equipment. I researched the company's website for core information and sought information outside the company for its global perspective. What I

famous for not only writing in the perspective or about the life of himself, the writing for and about the people of the world. Not only was Sandburg a poet, but he also did some folk singing along with everything else. Carl Sandburg was born in Illinois in 1878 to his Swedish parents. His family was very poor and Sandburg dropped out of school to work and support his family. He was never known for being school smart due to his dropping around the age of 13. Sandburg worked many jobs before starting

HI, I am a groundhog, and I am one of many in the world. Punxsutawney Phil is my name. I like to think of myself as a rare species because there is a whole holiday dedicated to myself and other groundhogs. The place I call home is in a well-vegetated area. It is not much, but it is still my home. Most of my favorite foods are there, nevertheless, I like to live there. Because I am a groundhog, I am famous for predicting longer winters, or sometimes smaller winter. Groundhogs can also be known as

Personal Narrative- Living for God As I was driving into the church parking lot I had to take a deep breath. After leaving another frustrating day at school and then going to work right afterwards, I needed to calm myself down. I looked in the rear view mirror one more time to make sure I looked halfway presentable. I fixed my wind-blown hair by pulling it back in a high ponytail and put on some Burt’s Bees lip balm before exiting the car. I grabbed my Bible and notebook and locked the doors