AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HERBERT HENRY SCHMIDT This is an autobiography of Herb Schmidt as told to Rhonda Schmidt in July of 2011. Herb was 93 years old at the time and his memory of past events was crystal clear. November 24, 1917, I was born in West Alton, Missouri to George Schmidt and Mary Smith Stormer. I was the sixth of eight kids: Bertha, Bill, Frank, Charlie, George, me, Albert and Ed. It was so cold in 1917 that my Mom could not give me a bath for 9 days.
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leaves are rich in nitrogen, an important soil nutrient. Hence, the discarded leaves can be applied to the field as an organic fertilizer. He also recommends fanners to put several leafy branches of kakawate tree in between rice plants two days after planting to prevent pests from attacking the crop. To prove this research finding, Rabena and Flora Cely Rodilias did a demonstration in Naglaoa-an, Sto. Domingo, Ilocus Sur as well as in Vigan City and Lidlidda, Ilocus Sur where the kakawate leaves botanopesticide
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Historic Setting The footprint traverses the Santa Clara Valley, passing through the major urban setting of San Jose and the smaller communities of Morgan Hill and Gilroy. Between Pacheco Pass and Merced, the APE corridor crosses through rural agricultural lands and hilly uplands in Santa Clara, Merced counties, and the northern edge of San Benito County. As the footprint crosses I-5, it enters into the western edge of the Central Valley. Information gathered from the Program EIR/EIS; local groups;
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1. Sony is currently pursuing an operations strategy where most of its high-definition TV production is contracted to other firms. By contrast, Samsung is committed to keeping production of its TVs in-house. Why do these firms pursue different operations strategies for basically the same products? Advantages of Sony using the “Buy” (Outsource) strategy: • Allow Sony to concentrate resources on unique applications like movies, video games, and music. • The fastest growth is in low-end televisions
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China is known for its rich cultural history, large population and some of the grandest mountain ranges in the biosphere. This country is the third largest continent and contains the world's largest population. It is also home to one of the very first recorded civilizations. Thanks to its vast mountains, it is rich in natural resources that have come up from the earth. China produces a large variety of things from steel, to cameras and synthetic materials. Since the beginning of time, China has risen
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VOCABULARY LIST (COMMON 2) ------------------------------------------------- THE CORN PLANTING gnarled(adj): twisted. Gnarled hands or fingers are twisted, rough and difficult to move because they are old. stand out(v): to be very easy to see or notice straightforward: of a person or their behaviours, honest and open, not trying to trick sb or hide something lard with something (enrich): to include a lot of particular kind of word or expressions in a speech or in a piece of writing. “His conversation
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Melting Point: The Issue of Global Warming What is Global Warming? Well, it is just that, our planet is getting warmer. Due to increased carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in our atmosphere, we are retaining excess heat that usually is radiated into space. This excess heat that is being captured by our CO2 enriched atmosphere is now causing a rise in temperature that could affect nearly every aspect of life. If we do not stop our excessive carbon dioxide output, major changes could happen to our environment
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The Sugar Revolution Slaves at work in the sugar fields In the seventeenth century both in the English and to a lesser extent in the French islands, a change occurred in the basic cash crop. This change was so rapid and far-reaching that ‘revolutionary’ is a fitting word to describe it. It ranks in importance with emancipation, for the sugar revolution changed the Lesser Antilles completely. It was not just that sugar replaced tobacco as the chief crop: the population changed from white to black;
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CASE STUDY 1 BUNGE LIMITED Jonathan West ‘We are at a very special moment in the history of Bunge. We have reached one plateau. Now, we need to go to the next round of change. We constantly need intellectual jolts to the company.’ (Alberto Weisser, CEO of Bunge Limited) In July 2002, Bunge, a global agribusiness and food company, announced that it would purchase Cereol, a global oilseed processor, based in France. The acquisition would transform Bunge, making it the world’s leading oilseed-processing
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What is global warming? Global warming is when the earth heats up (the temperature rises). It happens when greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrous oxide, and methane) trap heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere, which increases the temperature. This hurts many people, animals, and plants. Many cannot take the change, so they die. What is the greenhouse effect? The greenhouse effect is when the temperature rises because the sun’s heat and light is trapped
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