...growth of population along with financial crisis generated a chronic food shortage all around the globe. Despite these adversities, Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revolution, saved billions of lives by introducing an exceptionally vital genetically modified organism (GMO). Not only had this eminent GMO diminished suffering from privation, its influences have been shown through social and political advancements. Hence, Norman E. Borlaug, who fully utilized his understanding of genetics which unlocked the secret of how life works, is the most influential scientist in the course of history. In the middle of the 20th century, the whole world was undergoing catastrophic circumstances due to World War II and inflation. Eventually, these calamities led to acute famine. Numerous countries attempted to ameliorate their situations by husbandry; however, the lands were not arable on account of poor soil quality, inefficient strategies, and ineffectual grains. Although the situation seemed incorrigible, Norman Borlaug firmly believed that there was a way to engender a high yielding grain: invent a genetically modified grain by uncovering a secret of genome. In the 1940s, he started conducting research in Mexico with thousands of different crops to breed the highest yielding crop. Through Backcrossing, a crossing of hybrid which was used in his research, Norman Borlaug invented a semi-dwarf, high-yield, and disease resistant rice called the IR8. The magic rice, IR8, has countless advantages...
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...The Norman Conquest of England To make it clear we should remember: before the Normans, there were four different peoples who invaded England.They were: the Celts (the 6th century BC) the Romans (the 1st century AD) the Anglo-Saxons (the 5th century) the Vikings (the end of the 8th century) The Norman Conquest was the fifth invasion. And it is so well-known because it was the last invasion of Britain. In the 11th century the Normans came to England from Normandy. They were Norsemen who had already settled in the northern part of France. This means that the Normans adopted the French language, French manners, customs and way of life, because they lived among French people. On October 14th, 1066, King William (Duke of Normandy) defeated the army of the English King Harold in the Battle of Hastings. No matter how hard the people of England tried to defend their country, the Normans were still much stronger than the Anglo-Saxons. The Normans made many poor English people their own serfs. Besides this they burnt their houses and killed them. When William, Duke of Normandy, was crowned, he became the King of England. He settled in London and was called William the Conqueror. For 500 years the Normans were masters of Britain. A great number of important changes are connected with the Normans. They brought with them Latin and French civilizations, the laws and the organization of the land. Many Latin and French words penetrated into the Old English language. Commerce and...
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...and was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day, 1066. The Norman period in English history had begun. Some historians argue concerning possible ways of English, history, had the Anglo-Saxons defeated William. But History doesn't rely on the Conditional Mood. All the invasions, raids and conquests were contributing new and new waves of peoples to be integrated into a newly appearing nation of the English, to understand which we must know its historical roots, studying historical facts. The Norman Conquest had immediate social, political and cultural implications. The new tough foreign aristocracy captured power and lands. By 1100 there were 500 Norman castles in the English countryside. There was a blow against the Church as well. Normans replaced Saxon bishops. During the 11th and 12th centuries efficient Government was established. England itself was also drawn into close links with the other side of the Channel. But there was a language gap between the local (Anglo-Saxon) population and the new landowners, of both the Church and the Norman Aristocracy. Latin was a language of monasteries; Norman French was now the language of law and authority. English, spoken in the various regions remained the language of the ordinary people.The brightest evidence of the situation in the country was the Book appeared in 1086, a survey of England's land and people; according to it Norman society still rested on «lord-ship, secular and spiritual, and the King, wise or...
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...entry because, at 6 feet (1.83 m) tall and 140 pounds (64 kg), he was eight pounds underweight. To compensate, he spent one night gorging himself on bananas, liquids and doughnuts, and weighed enough to enlist the next day. However, he was given the role of a military artist and did not see any action during his tour of duty. The Four Freedoms:Freedom of Speech The Four Freedoms:Freedom from Want Rockwell's family moved to New Rochelle, New York when Norman was 21 years old and shared a studio with the cartoonist Clyde Forsythe, who worked for The Saturday Evening Post. With Forsythe's help, he submitted his first successful cover painting to the Post in 1916, Mother's Day Off (published on May 20). He followed that success with Circus Barker and Strongman (published on June 3), Gramps at the Plate (August 5), Redhead Loves Hatty Perkins (September 16), People in a Theatre Balcony (October 14) and Man Playing Santa (December 9). Rockwell was published eight times total on the Post cover within the first twelve months. Norman Rockwell published a total of 322 original covers for The Saturday Evening Post over 47 years. Rockwell's success on the cover of the Post led to covers for other magazines of the day, most notably The Literary Digest, The Country Gentleman, Leslie's Weekly, Judge, Peoples Popular Monthly and Life Magazine. [edit]Personal life Rockwell married his first wife, Irene O'Connor, in 1916. Irene was Rockwell's model in Mother Tucking Children into Bed, published...
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...Title Harvey Norman 1.0 Introduction Harvey Norman, a main brand name under Harvey Norman Holding Limited, is an Australian Retailer Giant that comprises of Electrical goods, Carpet and Flooring, Computer software and hardware products, Communications, Furniture and Home Improvements etc... It was established by Gerry Harvey and Ian Norman in October 1982. Harvey Norman stores operate on a global scale, with 166 stores based all over Australia and 68 in other countries i.e. Croatia, Ireland, New Zealand, Slovenia, Singapore and Malaysia. Majority of the company’s income emerge from house ware, appliance, and furniture retailing in the Australian industry. The company employs a diverse and integrated business model. Basically, Harvey Norman operates an array of Harvey Norman franchised functions (Australia), company-owned stores (primarily overseas), and store under Joyce Mayne and Domayne brands (Australia) on top of supplementary business interests within the retail sector. The principal activities of Harvey Norman are that of an integrated franchise, property, and retail entity including retail, property investment, media placement, lessor of premises to franchisees as well as other third party, and provision of consumer finance. 2.0 PESTEL Analysis A PESTEL analysis assists an organization to evaluate external environment. A PESTEL analysis for Harvey Norman as below: 2.1 Political Firstly, Harvey Norman has benefits from an economic stimulus...
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...Norman Bethune (Norman Bethune, March 3, 1890 - November 12, 1939), the Communist Party of Canada, internationalist, famous department of thoracic surgery physicians. Hearst was born in 1890 in Ontario Province town of graven Canada in 1935 to join the Communist Party of Canada, 1938 Chinese came to participate in the Anti Japanese revolutionary, died of illness in 1939. He is in a year and a half China work to make painstaking efforts China Anti Japanese revolutionary, Mao Zedong called it is a noble person, a pure person, a moral person, one from the vulgar person, a benefit to the people.All Chinese people,Dr.Bethune is a hero. In March 3, 1890, Henry Norman Bethune was born in the northern province of Ontario, Canada . Bethune was brave...
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...What was the impact of the Norman Conquest? With the Norman Conquest there certainly came change, impacting certain areas of government and society, some clear and some more superficial, yet despite this there was underlying continuity from the Anglo Saxon era in other areas. There was clear change in areas such as the military, geopolitics, land tenure and social life under the Normans took on a different pattern. The underlying continuity can be seen in the administration system, justice and religion. Indeed it could be argued that this underlying continuity ensured that the potentially revolutionary change remained evolutionary. The social life of the vast majority of the English population changed quite considerably under the new “Conqueror King”. William was much more ruthless than previous Kings, with many contemporary commentators noting that he was “stronger” than any past kings. This ruthless nature was shown in his savage policy of wasting where many villages were burnt to the ground. This is especially seen in the “Harrying of the North”. These were a series of campaigns undertaken by William in the 1069-70 Winter to bring the rebellious North to tow. A previously independent part of the country was now subjugated under Norman rule, and this wide spread destruction dealt with the previously ever lingering problem of the North being separate from the rest of the country. This savage way of dealing with rebellions set a precedent for the rest of the country...
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...The Norman Conquest of England [600 B.C.E-1154 C.E] Janice Hamilton's The Norman Conquest of England guides the reader through England and Normandy, before a drastic change happened in the history of these countries. It reveals what happens during the Battle of Hastings and the outcomes. Hamilton has been a freelance writer since 1984. She has written several articles that have appeared in magazines like Canadian Geographic. This book gives the reader a fine understanding of the events that occurred from between 600 B.C.E. to 1154 C.E. England came about from the term "Engla-land" meaning "Angle land." The Celts arrived around 600 B.C. and took control of the north and west of Great Britain. In A.D. 43, the Romans invaded and ruled for appropriately 400 years until the Roman Empire broke apart. In due time, Germanic tribes settled in and took control of South and East of Great Britain. By the late 700's, England was very vigorous and flourishing which cause Vikings to become attracted. As soon as the Vikings crossed the North Sea to...
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...the Lake Norman YMCA. It then splits into main sections including: For Youth Development, For Healthy Living, For Social Responsibility, Facilities & Equipment, and About Us. As the website goes further into depth, the main sections are broken down further into numerous subsections that provide information for the customer. The purpose of the structure displayed on the Lake Norman YMCA website is to strictly provide information. It provides information on what the YMCA is about, what they offer, and what their purpose is. The website serves as an informative purpose because it strictly provides information to the customers of the Lake Norman YMCA. This Lake Norman YMCA’s website audience is adults and parents. It is specifically designed to target adults who are mildly intelligent. The language on the website uses simple, yet meaningful words to convey the messages of the website to the reader. As this site is targeting middle class adults, it is not loaded with wordy or complicated explanations because some of the users may not understand the content. The language, of the informative website, is appropriate and appealing to the YMCA’s target market. The design and appeal of the website is designed for delivering information to specific audiences. Since this website is designed for information purposes, it usually does not include many fancy animated graphics or pictures. Although a well constructed information site is attractive, like the Lake Norman YMCA’s. They...
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...keen to consolidate his power over his new kingdom and display his authority to his English subjects. Norman oppression can be judged by castles, law/taxes and the means by which William dealt with the English rebellions which arose. However, were the years 11066 -1075 a period of growing oppression for the English or was William merely taking action appropriate to the situations he found himself in? Oppression is keeping people of a kingdom suppressed and powerless against their rulers. When the Normans arrived in 1066, they decided to take a geopolitical approach to their new kingdom. Before The Battle of Hastings began, the Normans had already built two castles and after William became King he started having these castles built across England, especially the White Tower. Even after the rebellions during the years of 1067 to 1071, castles became a common sight through England. This proves that the geopolitical form of oppression did indeed grow over time. Castles were built in precaution to make the rebellious kingdom more stable, to intimidate the locals and to protect the Norman soldiers. These castles were also placed for strategy purposes and they were used to protect borders, trade and communication. The Normans used these castles to display their authority to the English people as they destroyed hundreds of homes in order to make way for construction, the Normans even got the local people to build the castles for them which shows that they were in charge and not the...
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...year 383 marks the end of Roman rule in northern and western Britain. In that year, Roman troops were withdrawn from those regions of Britain for the last time. 3. Who was William the Conqueror? What did he accomplish? Why was William significant - William the Conqueror was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. - When he was eight he became duke of Normandy. Violence plagued his early reign. in 1052 he married Matilda of Flanders. William and Matilda had six daughters and four sons. Crowned king of England in 1066. - William the conqueror shifted the culture of England itself to one much more recognizable as the modern nation-state. Change the language we are formally use to. 4. Briefly describe the invasion of England. - Basically started a new era in British history. It happened with 7000 troops and calvary marched to Hastings. After and all day battle King Harold II was killed shot in the eye with an arrow. 5. What were 3 major reforms that William implemented? - 1. Only one God will be worshipped throughout the whole of England and there will be only one faith. This will preserve peace between the English and the Normans. - 2. All freemen will swear an oath that they will be loyal to the king. All freemen will swear to defend William against all of his enemies. - 3. No live cattle can be sold outside of...
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... King Malcolm. King Swegn Viking army Supported by native Anglo Scandinavians Northumbrian aristocracy. Welsh (1)Edwin + Morcar allied with Welsh princes (2)Thegn - Eadric the ‘wild’ the Welsh princes rising put down fitzOsbern. (1)Edwin + Morcar allied with Welsh princes (2)Thegn - Eadric the ‘wild’ the Welsh princes rising put down fitzOsbern. 3 of Harold’s sons came of over from Ireland. 3 of Harold’s sons came of over from Ireland. Foreign – Eustace of Boulogne. Foreign – Eustace of Boulogne. Nature of Leader ship Nature of Leader ship Lack of royal authority. Anti-Norman. Lack of royal authority. Anti-Norman. North had been semi-dependant of south before 1066. Northern earls didn’t try to save Godwin (1051) or Edward (1052) and ejected Tostig (1065). Lack of royal authority + monastic influence. Allowed...
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...Bayeux Tapestry Experience Dear family, I hope you find this letter in the best spirit and health. I am writing you to inform you that I am still alive and that I have experienced some unpleasant situations. The Bayeux Tapestry was one of the most memorable and successful battles that I have ever participated in as a Norman soldier. The battle was fought between the strong Norman soldiers and the English soldiers. The battle of Hastings (a small town) saw the clash of two military systems. The Saxon army, centred on the King’s personal bodyguard of “housecarles”, comprised the universal levy, the “Fyrd”, led by the local leaders of each shire with their households. Thank god I am still alive. Most of my soldiers are dead or wounded. In the summer of 1066, I was a part of an army of noblemen and adventurers from across Northern France to invade England, promising lands and titles in the name of the new kingdom to my followers and obtaining the support of the Pope for the venture. I was a part of a fleet of around 1,000 vessels, designed in the style of the old Norse “Dragon Ships” (80 feet long; propelled by oars and a single sail), was built and assembled to convey the army across the Channel. We also had soldiers who could afford it wore leather jackets with steel chain or ring mail sewn into the leather and a conical helmet with a nose guard, carrying a spear, sword and the characteristic kite shaped shield. Archers in my army were armed with a short bow....
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...amount of ships to carry his army over the English Channel. William used the very clever trick of retreating down the hill to make the English follow and lose their ground. After that, the Norman army quickly doubled back on themselves and surrounded and killed the helpless English. As well as all this, William had a store of the finest weapons in France. Leadership William was one of the bravest people of his time. When his army was having difficulties during the battle, he bravely led his army back up the hill to make another attack upon the English. Due to William's intelligence, he arranged his army in long rows, archers at the front to try and soften up the English's shield wall, footsoldiers in the middle, and the cavalry at the back for a big attack.The retreating trick explained in the above paragraph also shows great leadership. Luck Luckily for William, the wind changed direction in his favour on his journey north to England. When Harold had been fighting the Vikings in the north of England, some of his best troops were killed, giving a huge advantage to the Normans. Very luckily for the Normans, Harold was killed by an arrow in the eye at a key stage of the battle, leaving the Saxons without their leader. Another advantage to the Normans was that the Saxons were already exhausted after their battle with the Vikings and then had to march straight away on the long trip from Stamford Bridge to Battle. My...
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...To what extent were family disputes within William the Conqueror’s family the main cause of frontier disputes from 1066-1100? Frontier disputes were an occurrence that plagued the Norman rule of England throughout both William the First and his son William the Second’s reign. With the forces of Malcolm III, King of Scots encroaching upon Northumbria in the north eastern border and Cumbria in the west, and with Norman authority collapsing in Normandy, we see a pair of English Kings run ragged, marching up and down the country, over the English Channel and back again in a desperate attempt to consolidate their rule and affirm superiority in a cross channel government. But with twice the military commitments and two different sets of jurisdiction, rebellion and dispute spread like wildfire along the fringes of Norman control. This came down to three main reasons; the deep rooted disunion between English constitutions and Scottish rule had been a problem for centuries, and while inroads were made to settle this division, Kings William I and II found it hard to leave a lasting effect. The impact of a cross channel government, and how this arrangement made it easy for rebel forces to initiate attempts at claiming whatever land or possessions they liked when William left England to deal with discord in Normandy or vice versa. Finally, how family disputes, between William the First and his son Robert, and also between William Rufus and Robert after William came in to the throne, were...
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