Europe has a long tradition of being the continent of explorers and inventors. It is this heritage that has given rise to Europe's privileged economic and social situation, created for the benefit of its citizens. There had been signs that Europe was losing its traditionally strong position, and not only as a result of the political turbulence unleashed since the Brexit announcement: the risk of severe upheaval in society at large, as a direct result of the economic and social situation, is generating uncertainty over our future.
The same type of phenomenon can be observed in the space sector with companies like Blue Origin, SpaceX, OneWeb and Rocketlab now driving developments across a range of areas. One particularly powerful example is in the launcher sector, where global competition has been intensifying with the advent of very cheap systems. In addition, breakthrough developments from new space sector players such as reusable launchers and marketing wheezes like sending a car into space are attracting attention and increasing pressure on the public sector.
Due to time and cost pressure, however, these aspects did not make it onto the agenda for Ariane 6 and Vega C. Yet in the meantime, the world has moved on and today's situation requires that we re-assess the situation and identify the possible consequences. In many discussions on the political level, the strategic goal of securing European autonomous access to space has not changed, however there is a growing sense that pressure from global competition is something that needs to be addressed. With Vega C, Ariane 62 and Ariane 64 approaching completion, it seems logical to complete these launchers in order to at least take that major step towards competitiveness. At the same time, it is essential that we now discuss future solutions, including disruptive ideas. Simply following the kind of approaches seen so far would be expensive and ultimately will fail to convince. Totally new ideas are needed and Europe must now prove it still possesses that traditional strength to surpass itself and break out beyond existing borders. In this sense, the process of discussing and deciding on a launcher system that eschews traditional solutions can send a powerful signal out into other areas as well. I therefore intend to invite innovative, really interested European players to come together to define possible ways forward.
Je souhaite que l'Europe prenne la tête de cette révolution par l'innovation radicale.
Wir setzen uns dafür ein, die Europäische Weltraumorganisation (ESA) als eigenständige internationale Organisation zu erhalten und wollen sie weiter stärken.
Lets take another look at the Star-Raker concept created by Rockwell in the 70s. If viable, lets finally build and fly it!
This is one of the fruits of Elon's vision and execution — it creates passion in others to up their game, to truly attempt their best. Fantastic.
"Europe must now prove it still possesses that traditional strength to surpass itself and break out beyond existing borders." Yes, you must do exactly that. But, in the direction of "international cooperation", not competition. The exploration of space is a humankind endeavor, not a single human political entity endeavor.
Europe's future will be more like that of the population that is replacing Europeans than like that of the Europeans who are being replaced. The future of all European nations depends more on their demographic evolution than on the history of the Europeans that European governments have been replacing via immigration, etc. People whose plans, predictions and expectations are based on Europe's past history will be disappointed. I predict that a moderator will censor this comment.
1. Accelerate the development of the Skylon spaceplane concept.
2. Apply more effort into manufacturing large Structures in Space. Pultrusion etc.
I consider myself both a friend of Europe; and a believer that we on Earth are all better off if all free nations both compete, as well as cooperate and coordinate, when it comes to space development. To that end, I applaud you for being the first European space leader to recognize that the current plan a la Ariane 6 et al is not sustainable. In fact, in my view it is clear that Europe – an area of both greater population and greater economy than the United States- is already 'behind the curve' here in 2018; much less in 2020 and beyond. So it is already past-due to address the situation.
1. You essentially emphasize that Europe must change course in space, and in particular space launch, if for no other reason than that it will likely lose competitiveness. That is true; but it is also, secondary.
What those companies – and most 'newspace' companies have – is a driving vision. SpaceX and Blue have related – but still different – visions. Elon's driving vision- at least the first step in such – is to see humanity established, off-planet, in his lifetime; the reason he has focused so much on Mars. Doing whatever it takes to accomplish high flight rates, reusability, and a drastic reduction in costs, are necessary, not in and of themselves, but because without them (and other things), the vision simply can't happen. Simple, but true.
In Blue's case, since high school – literally- Jeff Bezos has believed that for humanity to increase its chances of survival, as well as saving Earth, requires the establishment of, among other things, off-world industries. A sustainable in-space economy cannot happen without, among other things, higher flight rates, reusability becoming the norm, lower costs…..again, it is the division that drives those; not per se 'competitiveness', or some such other.
What's Europe's vision in space, Mr. Woerner? It's got to be more than just 'be competitive for the next few years'. That's not a vision; that's just surviving.
May I suggest one possibility?
What is needed is for a "New European Space Vision for the 21st Century" (by whatever title).
•VISION: Millions of free people living and working in thriving democratic communities beyond the Earth enabled by harvesting the vast resources of the solar system and using the products, wealth and technology so generated to greatly improve and protect the quality of life on earth.
the solar system, by the end of the 21st century.
space economy and overall competitiveness, but for the over-all economy and security of the Europe, and the free peoples of Earth.
development faster, cheaper, and in a more economically sustainable way.
All decisions regarding specific ESA strategic plans, missions, and budgets, will be informed by the above 21st Century plan.
I would maintain that a Europe that adopted some such path- using an actual guiding vision – would, automatically, remain 'competitive' or more; in fact, the rest of humanity would end up reacting to Europe's leadership; not, as is now the case in space, with Europe having to react while others- even small, individual companies- do the leading.
This is just one possible path; there are others. But I hope my basic point is clear. As someone once said, long ago…….Where there is no vision, the people perish. (And, they might have added, without vision, so can space programs).
As a friend of Europe, please do not hesitate to contact me further if you feel it would be beneficial.
Aim for the starsm land on … Mars?
I second this point, the call for a vision.
The way I see it, it rhymes very poorly with public management in general to establish so vast visions.
Also, to so boldly declare the vision to be off-world societies — further away than the moon — absolutely scares a great deal of people for various reasons, and a very common criticism is that funds are being spent for visions they may not agree with. Earth Sciences is much easier to motivate with "earth hugging" minds, and ESA is very strong in this area IMO, with the Copernicus and other initiatives.
But it is nonetheless true that "in order to spend money to do something", a clear vision is necessary. Elon (and others, but Elon's got the right set of parameters to strongly influence the outcome) initial spelled out goal is clearly settlement of Mars. Mr Wörner has expressed concerns with too ambitious goals because, I assume, what a professional career under 5 year public funding cycles does to you.
NASAs ambition there is quite clear. ESA's not as much. In part it is understandable; political/financial-gridlock.
What I would really love to hear from Mr Wörner is, if the political/financial grid-lock was to easen, let's say from immense public support, A) Is Mars and beyond really then still "scary"? B) Can ESA lead on the grand multi-generational vision?
I've been participating in this growing young space folks community via reddit etc and attended the past two IAC's and I can say there is a enormous appetite for all things space, but most of the progressive forward looking types I have run into — exactly the type of characters Jan is speaking about above — have the one thing in common: they/we all want a lot more space than the moon (that's already checked in my book). A great majority of these folks are, like people before and after Sagan, more identifying as a 'human' than as a European, etc, as well. I guess the beginning appreciation of the enormous size of "space" does that to people. This is an area where the positive space industry can contribute enormously to society at large.
This (vision & role) would be a great debate for ESA to host and I would love to participate.
So ESA: Let us give people hope!
As an American I wholeheartedly agree here, but what about dropping all focus on the access portion of space and focus on the research and technologies you could develop in space. Utilizing one of these low cost suppliers already running could work and allow you guys to focus on a niche without care for the accessing part of space. giving you a head start or advantage if specifically focused in that area!
Hello Jan Woerner, you might find this interesting as one possible solution. Kindest Regards Robert, Founder & CEO Tachyon Aerospace.
en faisant envoyer des astronautes européens avec des moyens navettes et lanceurs russes soyouz !
et en envoyant des sondes vers mars avec des fusées américaines ou russes c'est cela l'autonomie de l'europe !
I do agree with your statement, that Europe must bring disruptive ideas to the world to maintain a strong position in the world, be it in Aviation, Blockchain technology, space etc.
I attended the DLRK 2017 (Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress : German Aerospace conference) last year and had the opportunity to attend discussion rounds regarding the future of space with many industry and agency veterans. As a student, I am not too well versed in the ongoings of development, industry, funding and trends. I was very amazed to see that pretty much everyone agreed that the politics are too slow, investors do not want to take risks and therefore do not fund and Europe is left with many good ideas, people willing and capable of realising them but no funding. Many examples were given of events in the past, e.g. how the Galileo satellites built by OHB were unnecessarily expensive because OHB didn't receive one contract for all satellites at the same time and had to restart their production lines every time, substantially increasing cost.
Many examples like this were mentioned and I sensed great frustration in the room. Everyone seemed to be extremely passionate and yet felt so left alone and disappointed by governments (and investors) not allowing these disruptive ideas you mention to become a reality.
My question is, how do you think this cycle can be broken? How can governments (or perhaps investors with governmental support in case of failure?) be convinced to support funding of new ideas? I worry we are stagnating and watching the world go forward without us. For me, the recent Bundestagswahl in Germany just shows how terribly slow and unresponsive our governments have become and I truly do worry that the systems of old can not support the future of tomorrow.
Complete the current developments, but start developing a 100% reusable solution right now, based on SpaceX experience: a BFR class system using the same technology (methalox engines, propulsive vertical landing, carbon-fiber tanks). It is a very versatile solution that can competitively cover the whole launch market (probably with the exception of very small payloads <500kg) at very low cost, including future markets (solar system/planetary exploration and colonization, space resource extraction, space manufacturing, space hotels, micro-gravity research, etc.). At the moment this is the best technical solution so doing anything else is irresponsible (unless there are some new breakthrough inventions) – and *every* European citizen knows this who has any interest in space.
SpaceX took <5 years to develop Raptor for <$1B, so this should be doable roughly within the same timeframe. There are some hard decisions to make: there must be a new innovation and manufacturing infrastructure that is optimized for efficiency (for political reasons development cost is probably "non-optimizable").
Within 10 years space will start to be industrialized and real, mass volume cheap access (vs taxpayer-sponsored "looks-like" cheap access) will be a must. If Europe does not have a competitive solution by then (sooner is better) then the next industrial revolution and colonization will happen without us.
Europe can gain major long-term advantage by developing low cost launch from the lunar surface. This would open the door to multiple forms of lunar ISRU.
Bigelow spacecraft use layers of Nextel and Kevlar and foam. Basalt fibre could replace these expensive fibres at much lower cost, particularly, if it would be produced on the Moon. Why not build the spacecraft to reach Mars from lunar materials?
Low cost launch from the Moon may be possible with elecromagnetic catapults reducing launch costs to possibly less than 1 euro per kg. Development of such technology would be consistent with the Moon Village idea and put the EU ahead in an area where the U.S. is not a player at present.
I'm actually wondering if, looking at the recent successes of the private sector, we should actually invite them to come to Europe as well since it should not be a battle more like a together and if someone can supply a proven launch system, why not use it, adapt it and concentrate on what can we actually do with it.
"If you can't beat them, join them". Yes, this is an obvious idea. I am quite afraid the industrial-political system in Europe would not enjoy the situation, which IMO is unfortunate. The alternative ought to be to "demand" of said industrial-political system to create compelling and competitive solutions. A "X Prize" scheme comes to mind as a good roadmap driven method to get certain key components into place for a BFR-class fully reusable vehicle as goal with engines as first stop. But without a strong "whip" it can be difficult to motivate said industrial-political system sufficiently. Thought leaders typically don't have overwhelming public support despite simply seeing the next 5-10 years developments roll out rather clearly.
I believe there is a window of opportunity for ESA to partner with companies like SpaceX while NASA has its own way regarding launch vehicles. Consider taking a participation in SpaceX negotiating a technology partnership and licensing.
Why not engage in a collaboration between Raptor and Prometheus design teams?
Why not send ESA astronauts to train on the future Dragon2 capsule?
Why not build a 16t payload to be send by Falcon heavy to Mars?
So many opportunities are shaping fast, Europe could build its own version of BFS by joining the train!
Pierre – this would be optimal but the US government will never allow to share SpaceX technology know-how. If Europe wants to be in the launcher game (and I believe we should) we will have to put in the effort.
Dave Huntsman makes some extremely valid points, based upon his long and distinguished career within NASA human spaceflight, which I fully endorse. Nevertheless, I believe the fundamental reason for the advances made by both Musk and Bezos, as opposed to other launch companies such as Arianespace and ULA, boils down to the basic difference between a 'dictatorship' and a 'democracy'.
Both Musk and Bezos are essentially self-funding so they can dictate the goals and direction of their companies. Others must first persuade their funding agencies or shareholders of the 'worth' of their goals and directions, which is more akin to the democratic process of persuading 'stakeholders'.
This has deep implications for the decision to develop a reusable launch system because, though many would agree that we now have the technologies, the 'business case' for this more expensive solution (i.e. reusable rather than expendable) is still difficult to close because of concerns over the necessary markets, in terms of sufficiency (i.e. will there be enough demand) and elasticity (i.e. will demand increase as launch costs reduce).
Musk and Bezos both seem to believe in the 'Field of Dreams' philosophy (i.e. "build it and they will come"), which may well turn out to be correct but is not a persuasive argument to 'pitch' at your stakeholders, who will almost certainly have other pressing demands on their limited resources.
2) It can 'retire' the market risks by stimulating the development and growth of new markets and/or provide launch market guarantees.
Nonetheless, if ESA wants to justify such developments it must present a long-term vision that focuses on space as an effectively infinite set of resources, in terms of energy and materials, that can be harnessed for the benefit of *all* humankind. Moreover, this focus should not see space as 'refuge' from planet Earth but as an 'extension' of it (i.e. a place to off-load heavy industry and so ensure people will choose to remain on Earth, though a few may wish to 'colonise' space). By the way, this is not a new idea, though Mr Bezos is probably the most recent to propose it… Krafft Ehricke coined the term 'Extraterrestrial Imperative' around half a century ago.
Without the prior investment in ISS and the cancelation of Constellation and the rest of the Vision for Space Exploration of George W. Bush Musk would not have had a destination and NASA would not have had the funding to pay for commercial cargo and commercial crew. Given the start that was provided and some early successes Musk's ambitions expanded and others entered the game with vigor.
The European Commission could fund the creation of a destination and a combination of member state resources and private investment could achieve comparable results. The most logical destination would be the Moon. Commission support for lunar resource development including the key elements of low cost launch from the lunar surface and electrical power from SPS for lunar development could accelerate private investment from European sources.
In the early 2000s European finance and industry were actively promoting a scheme to generate solar power for Europe in the Sahara desert and transmitting the power via cable to across the Mediterranean. Vast investments were under consideration ranging to upwards of 2 trillion euro. In 2004-5 ESA funded a study of linking SPS with the power generation in the desert with the rectenna feeding into the grid where the desert power facility were to be located. SPS power could feed into the grid on the European side. With two trillion in financing competitive power could be secured from SPS. See – http://www.nss.org/settlement/journal/NSS-JOURNAL-New-Developments-in-Space-Solar-Power.pdf .
European financial interests clearly have the resources to fund major programs. SPS and lunar development funded in a way that attracts private investment could become a major success for European space leadership in the coming decade.
What's needed is some European billionaires to step up to privately fund rocket development. That will accelerate the European space program.
Just a reduced repetition and reminder of what I posted for the "Challenge the DG" a few years ago, which seems to fit here as well.
Space Infrastructure – Does ESA want to support the private sector to conquer space?
Transportation costs is THE key to space exploration! The current transportation costs are a killer for bigger visions like a Moon village. This does not mean to discard the vision of a Moon (or Mars) village, but to focus on the necessary steps to reach such a long term goal.
Instead of thinking to transport a few people to a Moon village we should focus how to allow "millions" of people using space around Earth. That's what currently happening in the private sector.
The private sector is already active (and successful) in this field. We as ESA should not try to re-invent the wheel or try to compete with them (e.g. by developing new launchers); instead we should support them now. At the end we will benefit from the resulting cheap transports to Earth orbit. Based on these transports we can develop our road to Moon and beyond; such a solid space infrastructure around Earth (used by "everyone" like cars and airplanes today) will make greater visions sustainable and not becoming a one-time-event.
Referring to historical experiences, governments shall not build settlements but provide the required infrastructure to motivate the private sector to do so. E.g. cars: Let's go some years back in time. A government sees the benefit of cars. Instead of trying to design cars the government builds roads. This motivates the private sector to design and build cars because these cars can be used by everyone and therefore they can easily be sold. And finally the government can buy good developed cars from private companies.
Let's transfer the car experience to space flight.
The current development in the private space sector shows that there are private motivations for space flights. I think it's time in Europe to realise that private space flights will soon become real. We can ignore it, go on with our traditional "thinking" and leave the complete market to U.S. companies. Which is really an option, but do we want it?
The question for ESA is (which brings us back to the subject): What will be our role in this new era of private space flight?
One of ESA's purpose is the support of Europe's space industry, including recommendation of space objectives to our member states (funny, the ESA convention does not reduce our purpose to guarantee only geo return, but wants us to provide smart recommendations to Europe). This includes the analysis of the current situation, trends and predictions of future space explorations.
The only need for a private spaceship should be to integrate a standard "radio". There should be no need to care about ground stations and pass times for communication with a spacecraft.
– Could we extend EDRS to provide such a service (to allow permanent spacecraft communication around Earth, perhaps space internet as well)?
– Or has OneWeb already a next generation of satellites in their pipeline, which will extend internet access to Earth observation satellites? Yes, I'm writing about using an IP address, ssh and sftp to connect to your satellite around Earth (and yes, bye-bye SCOS, my satellite as a web interface powered by apache… ok, and was just hacked by my neighbour… but security is another subject).
Like integrating a standard GPS in a plain, a standard navigation device could be integrated in private spaceships. Could Galileo already provide such a service? Or can it be extended to do so?
Like air traffic control, there will be a need to track and coordinate space flights in real time. Could we extend SSA to provide the required tracking tools. Like transponders for airplanes a similar standard one could be developed for space (to automatically send flight number and position).
It's clear that we cannot blindly provide an infrastructure which will not be used. Therefore the use cases of private companies must be identified. And I'm sure that there is more than space hotels and space extreme sports. We have many colleagues which are very well informed about commercial space flight ideas, let's ask them to bring us all up to date.
I am convinced that we need a strong space infrastructure around Earth. A fundament which is used by everybody and therefore stable and consistent. Only such a wide fundament can ensure that missions going further (e.g. Moon) will not become one-time-events only.
Just focusing on geo return and reduction of internal costs, could at the end risk our jobs (at ESA). And our focus would ignore an on-going evolution in the space sector which would allow us (if we participate) to move to new jobs.
Instead of standard internet protocols consider using the Interplanetary File System which integrates a distributed ledger (blockchain) to maintain data integrity. https://ipfs.io/ . IPFS can manage the long time delays that may be involved in outer space operations.


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The Top is a legendary Columbus steak house, "a true mid-century throwback that's been virtually unchanged since the doors opened in 1955." Located on the East Side of Columbus between Bexley and Whitehall, the 1950s-style supper club is well-known for its steaks, martinis, and nightly live piano music – see the full schedule here. The Top presents jazzy piano showman Dave Powers on Mondays at 6pm (except when Powers is otherwise engaged, check our Columbus Jazz Calendar for updates).
The story of The Top from the restaurant's website:
The Top Steak House, a 1950s supper club-style fine dining restaurant, opened its doors in April of 1955. The Top was originally owned and operated by Lee Henry and Bill Sapp, well-known Columbus restaurateurs who also owned the legendary Polynesian palace The Kahiki as well as beloved hot spot The Wine Cellar.
Thanks to nightly live piano music, excellent cuisine and above-and-beyond service, The Top quickly earned a reputation as "the place to be"—especially as a local hangout for politicians. In fact, to accommodate the growing clientele, owners installed phone jacks at every table so politicians could make and receive important business calls.
The Top is still locally owned and operated. During 60 years in business, the steakhouse has been through only three ownerships. The current incarnation is run by Regina Adkins and her husband Denver Adkins, who also serves as chef. Co-owners are Regina's mother and stepfather, Joyce and Craig Hoover, and her sister and brother-in-law Emily and Matt Schoedinger. The Bexley family purchased The Top in 2006. Our house pianist Sonia Modes has played almost nightly since 1965. "There isn't much difference," she says. "Playing the piano last night was just like it was in 1965."

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As the volume of data that Cision is managing continually increases, MapR is helping Cision to expand their business more flexibly and efficiently, and Cision is also now able to expand their offerings into new areas.
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Stiff Upper Lip es el decimocuarto álbum de estudio realizado en el año 2000 por la banda australiana de hard rock AC/DC donde destacan canciones como Stiff Upper Lip (que le da nombre al disco), Give It Up y Can't Stop Rock n' Roll. Fue así su vuelta a los estudios de grabación después de años de ausencia. Se publicó el mismo día que Warning de Green Day y Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants de Oasis.
Precediendo al disco de Black Ice, este no obtuvo el éxito esperado con tan solo 2 millones de discos vendidos en todo el mundo a pesar de haber sido disco de platino en los Estados Unidos.

Lista de canciones
 «Stiff Upper Lip» – 3:34
 «Meltdown» – 3:44
 «House Of Jazz» – 4:00
 «Hold Me Back» – 4:00
 «Safe In New York City» – 4:02
 «Can't Stand Still» – 3:42
 «Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll» – 4:03
 «Satellite Blues» – 3:50
 «Damned» – 3:52
 «Come And Get It» – 4:03
 «All Screwed Up» – 4:40
 «Give It Up» – 3:54

En el sencillo "Safe In New York City" apareció una canción llamada "Cyberspace", que no aparece en el álbum, por lo que se mantuvo inédita hasta 2009, cuándo salió en el Box set, "Backtracks".

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Stiff Upper Lip Live es el nombre de un DVD en vivo lanzado en 2001 por AC/DC, grabado el 14 de junio de 2001, durante el Stiff Upper Lip Tour en Múnich, Alemania.

La lista de canciones es la siguiente:

 «Stiff Upper Lip» (A. Young , M. Young )
 «You Shook Me All Night Long» (A.Young, M.Young, Johnson)
 «Problem Child» (A.Young, M.Young, Scott)
 «Thunderstruck» (A.Young, M.Young)
 «Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be» (A.Young, M.Young, Scott)
 «Hard as a Rock» (A.Young, M.Young)
 «Shoot to Thrill» (A.Young, M.Young, Johnson)
 «Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution» (A.Young, M.Young, Johnson)
 «What Do You Do for Money Honey» (A.Young, M.Young, Johnson)
 «Bad Boy Boogie» (A.Young, M.Young, Scott)
 «Hells Bells» (A.Young, M.Young, Johnson)
 «Up to My Neck in You» (A.Young, M.Young, Scott)
 «The Jack» (A. Young, M. Young, Scott)
 «Back in Black» (A. Young, M. Young, Johnson)
 «Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap» (A. Young, M. Young, Scott)
 «Highway to Hell» (A. Young, M. Young, Scott)
 «Whole Lotta Rosie» (A. Young, M. Young, Scott)
 «Let There Be Rock» (A. Young, M. Young, Scott)
 «T.N.T.» (A. Young, M. Young, Scott)
 «For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)» (A. Young, M. Young, Johnson)
 «Shot Down In Flames» (A. Young, M. Young, Scott)

Miembros
 Brian Johnson - voz
 Angus Young - guitarra solista
 Malcolm Young - guitarra rítmica y coros
 Cliff Williams - bajo y coros
 Phil Rudd - batería

Certificación

Posición en las listas

Sencillos

Referencias

Álbumes de 2000
Álbumes de AC/DC
Álbumes de hard rock
Álbumes en inglés
Álbumes de rock

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Q: Results from MATLAB's crosscorr function and R's ccf different I'm using MATLAB's crosscorr function and R's ccf. For the same data, the results differ. It appears that the lag axis is flipped in one of them. Why is this happening?
I've reproduced the crosscorr documentation example in both platforms and this is what I see. Any help will be appreciated.
R Studio
MATLAB
The data for the example can be found here:
R  data:
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ccf (xx, yy)

Matlab data & code:

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text:
Osiris + Apis = Serapis = Apis bull = Baal
Horus was the keeper of wisdom as was Jesus.
Horus is the ascending Sun as Jesus is the ascending Son.
Horus and Jesus are both born of immaculate conception.
After death the Spirit of Osiris enters Isis to immaculately conceive Horus.
Pharoah was the incarnation of Osiris as Horus.
In the same way, Jesus is considered to be the incarnation of the Father.
Like the Egyptian pharoah incarnation of Horus, Jesus was a "shepherd".
In the catacombs at Rome are images of the baby Horus being held by the virgin mother Isis, the original "Madonna and Child."
Jesus is homoousion as Horus is homoousion.
Horus had an evil adversary named "Seth".
Ahura Mazda an evil adversary named "Angra Mainyu".
Hebrews had evil adversaries that took the form of "an alien human ruler".
Jesus had an evil adversary named "Satan".
Mohammad had an evil adversary named "Iblis".
"In the last days, Horus and Seth will fight one last time.
Horus will defeat Seth forever, and Osiris will be able to return to this world.
On that day, the Day of Awakening, all the tombs shall open and the just dead shall live again as we do, and all sorrow shall pass away forever."
Seth tryed to prove his dominance by seducing Horus and sodomizing him.
Horus pretending to submit, gives Seth a hand job between his thighs, catches Seth's semen and throws it in the river, so that he may not be said to have been inseminated by Seth.
Horus then deliberately spreads his own semen on some lettuce, Seth's favorite food.
After Seth has eaten the lettuce, they go to the deities to try to settle the argument over the rule of Egypt.
The deities first listen to Seth's claim of dominance over Horus, and call his semen forth, but it answers from the river, invalidating his claim.
Then, the deities listen to Horus' claim of having dominated Seth, and call his semen forth, and it answers from inside Seth.
In consequence, Horus is declared the ruler of Egypt.
Horus cast Seth into the darkness where he lives to this day.
Horus was considered the Savior after defeating Seth.
Horus had four sons.
Imsety - human headed son of Horus.
Hapi - the baboon headed son of Horus.
Duamutef - the jackal headed son of Horus.
Qebehsenuef - the hawk headed son of Horus.
The four evangelists are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Matthew is symbolized as a human.
Mark is symbolized as a lion.
Luke is symbolized as an ox.
John is symbolized as an eagle.
The hiding of the infant Horus in a marsh by his mother parallels the story of the hiding of the infant Moshe Rabbenu in a marsh by his mother.
When Horus died, Isis, light of the Moon, implored Atum, the Sun, to restore Horus to life.
Atum stopped his ship mid way to heaven and sent down Thoth, architect of the Noumenon, to bring Horus back to life.
The stopping of the sun and moon by Isis recalls the myth of the stopping of the sun and moon by Joshua.
The difference between Osiris and Horus, father and son, blurred after a few centuries, it came to be said that Horus was the resurrected form of Osiris.
Concepts from The Book of the Dead or The Papyrus of Ani, 1240 BC
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American social mores and values have declined precipitously over the last century as the corrupt international cartel has garnered more and more power. This power rests in the ability to deceive the populace in general through corporate media by pressing emotional buttons which have been preprogrammed into the population through prior mass media psychological operations. The results have been the destruction of the family and the destruction of social structures that do not adhere to the corrupt international elites vision of a perfect world. Through distraction and coercion the direction of thought of the bulk of the population has been directed toward solutions proposed by the corrupt international elite that further consolidates their power and which further their purposes.
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Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) is a widowed single parent living in a suburban Portland home with her daughter Annie Haskins (Perla Haney-Jardine). By night, she works in the FBI's cybercrime division with Griffin Dowd (Colin Hanks), fighting identity theft and similar crimes. One night, an anonymous tip leads them to a website called killwithme.com. The site features a streaming video of a kitten being tortured and killed.
After the kitten's death, killwithme's webmaster (Joseph Cross) 'graduates' to human victims and makes their deaths correlate directly with the number of hits the site receives. At a press conference, the public is urged to avoid killwithme but, as Marsh feared, this only increases the site's popularity.
The videos are recorded in the killer's basement and his various victims include a helicopter pilot (who is bled to death by injections of anticoagulant), a newscaster (burnt by heat lamps) and Dowd (killed by slowly increasing the concentration of sulfuric acid solution in which he is submerged).
At first it seems the victims were randomly chosen, but this is not the case. The first two victims were chosen because they were part of filming or presenting the suicide of a junior college teacher.
The teacher's unstable, techno-prodigy son, Owen Reilly, broke down and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. When released, he decided to prove a point (that the public is insatiable for the suffering of others), as well as wreak vengeance on those he felt had exploited his father's tragedy. Dowd was killed because he came close to the truth of who the murderer was. Marsh, who figures this out, is soon targeted as well.
Captured by Reilly, Marsh escapes her death-by-mulcher by swinging out of the way while dangling from the ceiling. She ends up breaking free and gunning down the murderer just as the other police show up, Marsh kills Reilly on his own website. As the film ends, the website receives numerous requests for a video of Reilly's death.


text:
Pte William Sylvester Bousfield 10-F-8
William was born on December 23 1914 in Langley Park Durham, England as the son of Mr. T. (name unknown and deceased in 1916) and Margaret Bousfield, of Oliver, British Columbia. His parents were married on June 29 1907 in Durham, England. His stepfather was Wilfred Bousfield.
His brother was Thomas Wilfred Bousfield who also was a soldier of his regiment and his half-brothers were John and Frank Bousfield. His sister was Elsie Lindsay and half-sisters were Annie Neid, Gladys Caughlin and Margaret Bousfield.
His profession was a logger and he was member of the Church of England.
He enlisted on March 30 1942 in Vernon British Columbia and he went overseas to the UK on September 1 1943 and he went thereafter to France on June 6 1944 for the D-Day landing.
William was killed in action on Saturday July 8 age 29 in the B Coy near Cussy and he was temporarily buried in Beny S/Mer and was reburied on April 16 1945 there.
At his headstone: WHO COULD DIE A BETTER DEATH FOR HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ONE AND ALL. MOTHER


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Boycott - Divestment - Sanctions Campaign
Palestinian Civil Society
Calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel Until it Complies with International Law and Universal Principles of Human Rights.
One year after the historic Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which found Israel's Wall built on occupied Palestinian territory to be illegal, Israel continues its construction of the colonial Wall with total disregard to the Court's decision. Thirty eight years into Israel's occupation of the Palestinian West Bank (including East Jerusalem), Gaza Strip and the Syrian Golan Heights, Israel continues to expand Jewish colonies. It has unilaterally annexed occupied East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights and is now de facto annexing large parts of the West Bank by means of the Wall.
Israel is also preparing - in the shadow of its planned redeployment from the Gaza Strip - to build and expand colonies in the West Bank. Fifty seven years after the state of Israel was built mainly on land ethnically cleansed of its Palestinian owners, a majority of Palestinians are refugees, most of whom are stateless. Moreover, Israel's entrenched system of racial discrimination against its own Arab-Palestinian citizens remains intact.
In light of Israel's persistent violations of international law, and
Given that, since 1948, hundreds of UN resolutions have condemned Israel's colonial and discriminatory policies as illegal and called for immediate, adequate and effective remedies, and
Boycott - Divestment - Sanction CampaignGiven that all forms of international intervention and peace-making have until now failed to convince or force Israel to comply with humanitarian law, to respect fundamental human rights and to end its occupation and oppression of the people of Palestine, and
In view of the fact that people of conscience in the international community have historically shouldered the moral responsibility to fight injustice, as exemplified in the struggle to abolish apartheid in South Africa through diverse forms of boycott, divestment and sanctions;
Inspired by the struggle of South Africans against apartheid and in the spirit of international
solidarity, moral consistency and resistance to injustice and oppression,
We, representatives of Palestinian civil society, call upon international civil society organizations and people of conscience all over the world to impose broad boycotts and implement divestment initiatives against Israel similar to those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era. We appeal to you to pressure your respective states to impose embargoes and sanctions against Israel. We also invite conscientious Israelis to support this Call, for the sake of justice and genuine peace.
These non-violent punitive measures should be maintained until Israel meets its obligation to recognize the Palestinian people's inalienable right to self-determination and fully complies with the precepts of international law by:
Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands and dismantling the Wall;
Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality; and
Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN resolution 194.
YMCA-YWCA Norway encourages broad economic boycott of Israel
Category: Boycott - Divestment - Sanctions Campaign
Published in Norwegian - 20th Feb 2014 on www.kmglobal.no
Just Peace for Israel and Palestine
KFUK-KFUM Global (Y-Global Norway) encourages broad economic boycott of Israel as a means of resisting the occupation of Palestine
The aim is to reach a solution that brings just peace for both Israel and Palestine. God created all people equal in His image and human dignity is violated daily in the Palestinian territories today.
We believe that both Israel and Palestine have the right to self-determination and security. Webelievethatthere is a need forstronginternationalpressureto makeIsrael end theoccupationofthePalestinianterritories. Economic boycott is a legitimate and non- violent method that we encourage people to use to stop fundamental and serious injustice.
YMCA-YWCA Global is working closely with the YWCA and YMCA in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. They work with youth who are suffering because of a long lasting and seemingly entrenched conflict. Palestinianyouthwanttheirfreedomofmovement, freedom to chooseeducation and work and freedom to influencetheirownfuture .
The occupation is affecting young girls who are being kept inside and away from school to avoid harrasment, young boys who become traumatized by fear, arrests and violence, and all palestinian society whichis losing the opportunity to build their state and to create a well functioning democracy.
We believe that the road to peace is through justice and protection of human rights for all. This means the occupation has to end.
We encourage a wide boycott of goods from Israel, from Israeli settlements and from companies that contribute to the occupation until the occupation has ended and Palestinians enjoy their basic human rights.
BDS Movement held its Fourth Conference in Bethlehem


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United Nations Security Council Resolution 101, adopted on November 24, 1953, noting reports by the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine the Council found that the retaliatory action taken by Israeli forces at Qibya on October 14–15 and all such action constitute a violation of the cease-fire provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolution 54 and are inconsistent with the parties' obligations under the General Armistice Agreement between Israel and Jordan as well as the Charter of the United Nations.  The Council expressed the strongest possible censure of this action and took note of the substantial evidence of crossings of the demarcation line by unauthorized persons.  The Council then called on the Israeli and Jordanian governments to co-operate with each other and requested that the Chief of Staff of the TSO report within three months with recommendations.

The resolution was adopted by nine votes to none; Lebanon and the Soviet Union abstained from the vote.

See also
List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 101 to 200 (1953–1965)

References
Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

External links

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It was a little easier to produce this time around. It's fun even if it does rack up the hours. I reckon it will take up 40 – 50% of my time in the future. That means I will have about the same amount of time for painting watercolour. My life drawing will have to take a lower priority.
It will be interesting in the coming months to see if I succeed at vlogging or not. I am learning so much these days when it comes to film editing, I do enjoy being challenged.
Djurgårdsbron is at the entrance to Djurgården which is a royal island close to the city center here in Stockholm. There are many museums, walks and even an amusement park. I definitely recommend you to visit if you are in Sweden's capital city.
A friend of mine, Susanna Janfalk published a photo on her Instagram account and I felt very inspired to try and paint it when I saw it. I asked for permission and then set about drawing some sketches initially and then finally I did the final watercolour which you see here.
On seeing the painting my friend immediately wanted to buy the watercolour. Business is good when I sell paintings fresh off my desk!
There is no point in replicating a photograph as a watercolourist, this is why I sketch first. I want to find out – what is important and what can I take out, I am trying to make an interesting composition. A bridge between the reality of a photo and the execution of a watercolour.


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My favorite movie of the last five years or so, Wes Anderson's eternally fresh teen comedy held up nicely during this summer's re-viewing. This was an especially cool time because I'd read the screenplay beforehand, so a lot of the good lines were fresh in my mind as I watched it. I eagerly await The Royal Tenenbaums.
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Q: Template class member vs. non-member template function ambiguity I'm developing a header-only library for automatic/algorithmic differentiation. The goal is to be able to simply change the type of the variables being fed to a function and calculate first and second derivatives. For this, I've created a template class that allows the programmer to select the storage type for the private data members. Included is a snippet below with an offending operator overload.
template <typename storage_t>
class HyperDual
{
    template <typename T> friend class HyperDual;
    public:
        template <typename T>
        HyperDual<storage_t> operator+(const HyperDual<T>& rhs) const
        {
            HyperDual<storage_t> sum;
            for (size_t i = 0; i < this->values.size(); i++)
                sum.values[i] = this->values[i] + rhs.values[i];
            return sum;
        }
    protected:
        std::vector<storage_t> values;
};

Later on, to maximize the versatility, I provide template functions to allow interaction.
template <typename storage_t, typename T>
HyperDual<storage_t> operator+(const HyperDual<storage_t>& lhs, const T& rhs)
{
    static_assert(std::is_arithmetic<T>::value && !(std::is_same<T, char>::value), "RHS must be numeric");
    return HyperDual<storage_t>(lhs.values[0] + rhs);
}

template <typename storage_t, typename T>
HyperDual<storage_t> operator+(const T& lhs, const HyperDual<storage_t>& rhs)
{
    static_assert(std::is_arithmetic<T>::value && !(std::is_same<T, char>::value), "LHS must be numeric");
    return HyperDual<storage_t>(lhs + rhs.values[0]);
}

What I'm encountering is that the compiler is trying to instantiate the second non-member template function.
#include "hyperspace.h"

int main()
{
    HyperDual<long double> one(1); // There is an appropriate constructor
    HyperDual<double> two(2);

    one + two;

    return 0;
}

I get the static_assert generated error "LHS must be numeric" for this. How would I resolve the ambiguity?

A: use enable_if_t to make the non-member template can only be applied in the specific context?
template <typename storage_t, typename T, typename = enable_if_t<std::is_arithmetic<T>::value && !(std::is_same<T, char>::value)>>
HyperDual<storage_t> operator+(const HyperDual<storage_t>& lhs, const T& rhs)
{
    static_assert(std::is_arithmetic<T>::value && !(std::is_same<T, char>::value), "RHS must be numeric");
    return HyperDual<storage_t>(lhs.values[0] + rhs);
}

the static_assert may be duplicated here.

A: Ok. I found my own issue. It comes down to the difference between static_assert and std::enable_if
Replacing my template declaration and removing static_assert, I achieve equivalent functionality:
template <typename storage_t, typename T,
          typename = typename std::enable_if<std::is_arithmetic<T>::value && !std::is_same<T, char>::value>::type>
HyperDual<storage_t> operator+(const T& lhs, const HyperDual<storage_t>& rhs)
{
    return HyperDual<storage_t>(lhs + rhs.value());
}

(Small detail, but rhs.values[0] was replaced with rhs.value(). This had nothing to do with the template issue, but was related to member access.


by Jason King November 22 2018 202 AMORE?
Maserati Multi 70 and Giovanni Soldini arrived late on Monday night in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, from where the 5th edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race, organized by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, will start on Saturday November 24th, 2018: approximately 2995 miles across the Atlantic Ocean to Grenada, Caribbean.
During the delivery, right before reaching the Strait of Gibraltar, the Italian trimaran lost its starboard rudder's blade. "It happened on Sunday night," explains skipper Giovanni Soldini. "We probably bumped into some sort of big net or fishing gear. The fuse system unhooked, as was expected, but the rudder's blade got tangled and it was strongly pulled downwards, breaking its blocks and slipping out of the fitting".
The rudder's fuse system, assembled aboard Maserati Multi 70 during the summer, was designed to limit the damages in case of violent shock with floating objects, letting the rudder's blade rise above the water. In this case, because it got tangled, the blade couldn't get out of the water, but the fuse system was able to save the bushes, the tubes and the fitting.
The Italian Team is already working to solve the problem: the T-shaped lost rudder will be replaced with a classic MOD rudder, so the trimaran will be able to sail, but it won't be able to fly port tack.
On the starting line, alongside Maserati Multi 70 and Giovanni Soldini's crew, will be the direct rival PowerPlay, the English MOD 70 skippered by Ned Collier Wakefield, which was already challenged by the Italian trimaran in October during the Rolex Middle Sea Race.
The two trimarans, as well as competing with each other, will have to challenge the race's speed record for multihulls, which belongs to Lloyd Thornburg. Aboard the American trimaran Phaedo3, he crossed the finish line in 5 days, 22 hours, 46 minutes and 3 seconds in 2015.
In this edition of the transoceanic race, in addition to the two MOD 70s, there will be 8 more teams: the Class 40s Eärendil, Hydra e Sirius, the First 47.7 Kali, the Cookson 50 Kuka 3, the Baltic 130 My Song, the Sun Fast 3600 Black Sheep and the XP 44 Xtra Staerk.
Aboard Maserati Multi 70, skipper Giovanni Soldini is joined by 6 professional sailors, all already crew members in the last edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race: the Italian Guido Broggi (mainsail trimmer), Nico Malingri and Matteo Soldini (both grinder and trimmer); the Spanish Carlos Hernandez Robayna (trimmer) and Oliver Herrera Perez (bowman); the French François Robert (pitman).


I'm always on a quest for a good taco in my city, and thanks to the fact that there are tons of Mexican immigrants here, it's not too difficult to seek out the best changarros for the most authentic tacos.
A few months ago, my friend Steve told me he knew this awesome place for tacos. Given that I have an incredibly high standard for what meets my expectations for a "good taco" or an "awesome taquería," I usually nod and say something nice when someone tells me they had a good taco somewhere. My circle of trusted taco advisers is admittedly small. Yes, I'm a self-admitted taco snob. I bet you are, too.
But he was persistent about these tacos inside a little Mexican grocery store in his neighborhood. I'd been there before because I liked the butcher but the produce wasn't great, so I didn't shop there very often. And I knew I'd eaten at the taquería inside the store but I couldn't say that I remembered it one way or the other. So we went out one Saturday morning for tacos with Steve to give it a shot.
This was the taco I ate. (OK, I ate more than one…) Mmmm, carne asada.
While not perfect (I'm not a fan of the double tortilla, for starters, and their salsa was a bit weak for my taste), I can't list any other complaints because this taco de carne asada really hit the spot.
Two other factors won me over this time, despite being underwhelmed by my previous experience eating here. First, they've renovated and expanded the eating area so it's no longer terribly cramped trying to eat lunch there (which can get pretty busy). And second, although they've usually got several different kinds of aguas frescas to choose from, the grocery section sometimes carries glass bottles of Yoli, a beloved Mexican lemon-lime flavored refresco. I admit I've been back there several times just looking for Yoli and have grabbed a taco on my way out.
There are plenty of other tacos on the menu, of course, and we've tried most if not all of them. José really liked the cecina. But I personally only return for the carne asada.
Have you been to Carnicería Guanajuato? What's your favorite taco there?
Yes, my grocery store has a salsa aisle. It's a little slice of heaven, no?
How do I know posadas are almost here? One of my favorite ingredients in ponche Navideño showed up on the shelves at my Mexican mercado this past weekend… tejocotes!
What's the one ingredient you see in the grocery store that makes you think of the holidays?
I've been stalking visiting my local farmers markets lately looking for flor de calabaza. And every week since they started bringing them three weeks ago, I've arrived too late because they sold out before 9 or 10 A.M. So this past weekend, I got up early on Saturday hoping to get my hands on some, only to discover I'd arrived just a bit too late.
How do you like to eat huitlacoche? Have you ever had it before?
I've always been fascinated by the different salsas served alongside my meal at any taquería. I ate all three of these (rojo con chile de árbol; verde con chile serrano y aguacate; cebolla roja con habanero) at my favorite taquería in Chicago, La Lagartija, this past weekend. They were just too pretty to not take a picture! One of the things I love about eating at taquerías is that each one has different salsas, and often the salsas are just as important as what goes in the taco.
What's your favorite kind of salsa?
I ate this incredible taco de cecina last week at La Lagartija Taquería here in Chicago, our favorite changarro. With a homemade tortilla, a light smear of frijoles and a perfectly salted cut of cecina, I was in taco heaven. I topped it with cebolla, cilantro and a drizzle of salsa roja. It's not on the everyday menu (it was off the daily specials list), but it most definitely should be! If you haven't had cecina before, it's a salted and partially dried thin cut of beef (kind of like how some steak houses serve dry-aged steaks).
What's the best taco you've eaten recently? We want details!
Just when I'm missing Mexico and checking my calendar to see how many days are left until I leave for my holiday trip next month, I find something amazing and unexpected in the grocery store that makes me feel relieved that a little piece of Mexico is never too far away. Thanks to the fact that there are more than 1.5 million Mexicans in Chicago, and therefore no shortage of Mexican grocers, I can often find foods or other Mexican things I'm missing within a 10 or 15-minute drive from our apartment.
These leaves, called hojas or pencas de maguey, from the maguey plant (also known as agave) are often used as an envoltorio, or wrapper, to cook barbacoa. Seeing them at the grocery store this week reminded me of a recent trip to Querétaro with my suegros, while we were en route from Mexico City to Aguascalientes to celebrate José's abuelita's 90th birthday.
More on that trip (and barbacoa) later this coming week – I just couldn't resist sharing the highlight of my day!


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British Empire Medal
The British Empire Medal (formally British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British medal awarded for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown.[1] The current honour was created in 1922 to replace the original medal, which had been established in 1917 as part of the Order of the British Empire.
Obverse (left) and reverse of the British Empire Medal on civil division ribbon
Awarded by Elizabeth II
Medal affiliated with an order
Awarded for
Meritorious service
Currently awarded
For God and the Empire
Post-nominals
1993–2011 Commonwealth but not UK
Last awarded
2019 New Year Honours
Next (higher)
Royal Victorian Medal[1]
Next (lower)
Queen's Police Medal[1]
Order of the British Empire
Ribbon bars of the Civil and Military BEM
1 Award
2.1 1917–22
2.5 From 2012
AwardEdit
The British Empire Medal is granted in recognition of meritorious civil or military service. Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "BEM".
The honour is divided into civil and military medals in a similar way to the Order of the British Empire itself. Like the ribbons used for other classes of the Order of the British Empire, the ribbon of the British Empire Medal is rose-pink with pearl-grey edges, with the addition of a pearl-grey central stripe for the military division. While recipients are not technically counted as members of the Order, these medals are nevertheless affiliated with it.
Between 1993 and 2012, the British Empire Medal was not awarded to subjects of the United Kingdom, although it continued to be awarded in some Commonwealth realms during that time. The practice of awarding the British Empire Medal to subjects of the United Kingdom was resumed in June 2012, to coincide with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee,[2] although only in the civil division.[3]
1917–22Edit
The Medal of the Order of the British Empire was first established in 1917, along with the Order of the British Empire. The medal was part of the Order and could be awarded for either meritorious service or for gallantry. It was awarded to 2,015 people, 800 of whom were from foreign countries.[1]
In 1922, the original medal was discontinued and split into two separate honours, which still formed part of the Order of the British Empire. These two honours were known as the Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Meritorious Service (usually referred to as British Empire Medal, BEM) and the Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Gallantry (usually referred to as Empire Gallantry Medal, EGM). Of these medals, the EGM was awarded for acts of bravery, until it was replaced by the George Cross in 1940. The BEM was awarded in similar circumstances as the lower classes of the Order of the British Empire, but usually to people below management or professional level. In the uniformed services, it was awarded to non-commissioned officers of the armed forces, officers below superintendent rank in the police,[citation needed] and personnel below divisional officer level in the fire services.[citation needed]
On 24 September 1940, the George Cross was established and the EGM was revoked by Royal Warrant from the same day. All living recipients, other than honorary recipients, and the next-of-kin of recipients who had been posthumously awarded the EGM after 3 September 1939, the start of the Second World War, were to exchange their insignia for the George Cross. Recipients of the BEM were not affected by these changes.
The BEM was instituted in 1917 was for meritorious service but from the beginning some awards were for acts of gallantry. There were an increased number of cases in the Second World War for service personnel and civilians including the merchant marine, police and emergency services and civil defence. From 1940, the BEM was awarded for acts of gallantry that did not reach the standard of the George Medal. Such awards often had citations, some detailed and graphic while awards for meritorious service usually appeared without a citation.[4]
From 14 January 1958, awards of the BEM made for acts of gallantry were formally designated the British Empire Medal for Gallantry and consisted of the BEM with a silver oak leaf emblem worn on the ribbon.[5] The first recipients of this newly designated award were two Board of Customs officers, George Elrick Thomson and John Rees Thomas, who ventured into a dangerous steamship hold in an attempt to rescue a colleague.[6] Like the GM, the BEM for Gallantry could not be awarded posthumously and was eventually replaced in 1974 with the Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM). Again, recipients of the BEM for services other than acts of bravery were not affected by these changes.
1992–2012Edit
The BEM continued to be awarded to subjects of the United Kingdom until 1992. Those awarded the honour did not receive it from the monarch in person, but from the Lord Lieutenant of their county, or from a local authority. After a 1993 review of the British honours system, the government decided that the distinction between the BEM and MBE had "become increasingly tenuous" and the Prime Minister, John Major, expressed a view that he wanted more local people to receive their awards from the Queen herself.[7]
While awards of the BEM therefore ceased to be made to subjects of the United Kingdom, the medal continued to be awarded in the Commonwealth realms, such as the Bahamas and the Cook Islands.[8]
From 2012Edit
Following the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Prime Minister David Cameron announced that the BEM would once again be awarded in the United Kingdom, although only in the civil division; this would start beginning in 2012, to coincide with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.[7] In the 2012 Birthday Honours, released on 16 June 2012, the BEM was awarded to 293 people.[9]
^ a b c d "ORDERS OF WEAR" (PDF). direct.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
^ Second Report on Operation of the Reformed Honours System, The Cabinet Office, 12 December 2011, pp.3–4
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015. CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ P E Abbott; JMA Tamplin (1981). "chapters 35 to 38". British Gallantry Awards. London: Nimrod Dix & Co. ISBN 0-9026-3374-0.
^ "No. 41285". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 January 1958. p. 365.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017. CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ a b "British Empire Medal is to return". 29 October 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ See the 2008 New Year ( "No. 58558". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 2007. p. 29. ) and Queen's Birthday Honours ( "No. 58731". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2008. p. 31. )
^ "Birthday Honours: 'Working class' British Empire Medal revived". BBC News. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
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The video game industry, as broad and as diverse as it is, features very few distinguishable and truly unique titles. And most games wouldn't be much different if they bore a name 'Military Shooter 420' or 'Racing Simulator 69'. And while most games are nothing more than your usual run of the mill ''products'', then throughout the years we all had a chance to play certain titles, which we remember fondly to this day due to their unique gameplay, or aesthetics. And one of such games is the highly regarded Out Run. A title so unique, and so easily recognisable, that developers world over have been trying to copy it, or rather replicate it, since 1986.
Over the last thirty years many have tried to create a game worthy of sharing the pedestal of arcade racers, with the abovementioned Sega classic. However, no matter how hard they tried, they ultimately have all failed. And the story of the recently released Super Night Riders by Neko Works, is not much different, because just like the multitude of all the other Out Run copycats, it tries its best to replicate its charm, appeal, and excitement, but ultimately fails at each and every single hurdle. Because just like all the other copies, it does its best to try to replicate Sega's racer, but at the same time does very little to differentiate itself from it.
The biggest difference between Out Run and Super Night Riders is the fact that the latter features motorcycles, rather than the iconic Ferrari's. And if not for the fact that Super Night Riders features some, but not many three-dimensional elements, it would be the one and only difference between the two. But considering that the models in question are not of the utmost quality, I would not brag about them too much, if I were in the developer's shoes. And that's because they are simply not that great – in fact they are rather unpleasant. And can be an eyesore, if one plays the game on lower difficulty settings, and has time to look at certain details, such as the rather rough models, or the overly simplistic textures which entail them.
As far as gameplay goes, Super Night Rider and Out Run are virtually identical, as they both have you go down a bendy track at high-speed, while bobbing and weaving between other racers, while trying to reach the next time gate. And while such approach to gameplay is not exactly original, as it copies other racers of this particular sub-genre to a point, then it has to be commended for its somewhat impactful sense of speed, which as most of you know, the vast majority of Out Run copycats lacks. But that being said, if you are looking for an Out Run'esque game with a great sense of speed, then you are much better off simply playing the classic. Because as good as Super Night Riders might be, it is nowhere near the original, in fact it is not even in the same neighbourhood.
Super Night Riders is in no way, shape, or form unpleasant, nor offensive. It is unfortunately much worse, as it is an unambitious, mundane, and largely spineless arcade game, which offers no excitement, entertainment, nor challenge. And there would be nothing wrong with it if it was a free-to-play mobile game with unlockable, rather than a pay-to-play console release, with nothing significant to unlock. And this is perhaps might be the greatest gripe with the title. As besides simply driving in circles, there is no other significant aim, nor objective. And if not for the rather easy Platinum Trophy, which can be earned in under two hours, Super Night Riders would simply have no inherent value.
As a consumer product, Super Night Rider has very little to show for itself. And what it possesses doesn't shine particularly strong either – as you already had a chance to see for yourself. But ultimately, this title will not be judged by the features and attributes which it possesses, but by the things it lacks. And unfortunately, it lacks a lot of basics, such as the aforementioned unlockables, auxiliary modes, and ultimately any form of quality. And as harsh as it may sound, it is ultimately true, as from the splash screens, all the way down to the in-game tracks, Super Night Riders is simply not good enough to be called average, as many of its components, such as the main menu, are miles below par. And if not for the fact that it works relatively well, and is only 123MB small, it would probably now be in the depths of the PlayStation Store alongside classics such as The Life of The Black Tiger, Alekheine's Gun, or the now infamous, Honor_And_Duty:_Arcade_Edition.
Ultimately, Super Night Riders does not feel like a complete game. It does looks and play like a promising game demo, or even an alpha of what would become an indie classic, but not a complete and ready to sell product. And for that reason, it simply cannot score it any higher. And if not for the fact that it is a fully playable game, with a couple of redeeming features, the score probably would have been much, much lower. But even then, I simply cannot recommend this title to anybody at its full price, but if you happen to come across it during a sale, where it costs less than £2, then you should go for it, as the Platinum Trophy is easily worth that price alone.


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