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Opposition To M&A Activism Has Spiked From The U.S. To Europe
Posted By: ActivistInsight Sep 25, 2019, 1:00 pm
Activist Insight is delighted to publish M&A Activism 2019, a report providing a thorough qualitative and quantitative analysis of M&A activism and the trends that have emerged in recent years. The report also features commentary from industry experts at Skadden and MacKenzie Partners.
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Forewarned on m&a activism
In the more than two years since Activist Insight's last report on M&A activism, the landscape has changed in many significant ways, writes Activist Insight's editor-in-chief, Josh Black.
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Take as your starting point the second half of 2018 and M&A activism has apparently swung violently from enjoyment of last year's record M&A volumes to a trend of opposing large-cap transactions. Cigna and Dell highlighted the trend in the second half of 2018, and this year's prime specimens – Bristol-Myers Squibb and Occidental Petroleum – provide lessons because of the lengths to which activists and traditional asset managers went in protesting them.
The emergence of traditionally silent market participants as sometimes vocal activist allies has been another key talking point in 2019. They have lent credibility to activist arguments when suspicions have been raised – sometimes without evidence – about activists' trading activity. Thanks to the deteriorating deference paid to management teams, proxy advisers are important gatekeepers. Few deals have been troubled that were blessed by Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis, but activists have also made deep impressions with increasingly sophisticated analyses.
While opposition to M&A has indeed spiked from the U.S. to Europe, support for M&A remains a more common strategy for value creation. Some opposition to acquisitions is merely a prelude to a sales process, although a sound standalone strategy is a must-have for such campaigns to succeed.
Then there is the direct approach. Elliott Management's expansion of its private equity arm in late 2017 fired the starting gun on a new phase of convergence, collaboration, and competition with private equity. Twelve takeover bids were made by hedge funds in the first six months of 2019, equalling 2018's record, according to Activist Insight Online.
Overall, takeover demands are at their highest level since at least 2013, despite much higher valuations. As Skadden, a sponsor of this report, points out in an interview within these pages, private equity strategies provide flexibility for funds lucky enough to have long-term money but raise questions about their alignment with other market participants.
Indeed, as noted by our other sponsor, MacKenzie Partners, the flexibility of M&A activism – its ability to shift between different types of demands, taking different sides of deals – is a reason why it can flourish at any point in the economic cycle. M&A activism may need M&A but doesn't need much else to thrive.
We have divided this report up into thematic sections, highlighting new developments as well as lessons in how to defend against M&A activism. We hope its findings, including data on the many strands of this complicated strategy, are helpful to practitioners on all sides.
Our thanks go in particular to our sponsors, Skadden and MacKenzie, but also to all those who agreed to be interviewed over a summer in which there were distinctly few breaks from M&A activism.
Rapid growth in the number of investment banks offering corporate defense services to companies speaks to how intertwined the worlds of activism and M&A have become. The fact that a select number of investment bankers have moved the other way, most recently with Goldman Sachs' Steven Barg joining Elliott, merely reinforces that point.
This is likely the first special report in a bumper few months for Activist Insight and we are planning an expanded roster for 2020. If you would like to suggest a topic or participate in a future publication, please do get in touch.
Note: Data throughout this report is as of June 30, 2019, although anecdotes and interviews may have taken place later.
Stop that deal
With M&A activity on the rise, activists are not only hunting for the proverbial price bump but also opposing deals on strategic grounds, writes Iuri Struta.
When Starboard Value invested in Bristol-Myers Squibb with the stated intent of blocking the latter's takeover of Celgene, it seemed like a manifestation of activists' growing desire to shape the U.S. corporate landscape. The hedge fund's subsequent failure to do so showed their limitations.
In that respect, Starboard is by no means alone. Later in 2019, both Pershing Square Capital Management and Third Point Partners expressed opposition to United Technologies' plans to acquire Raytheon with stock, although the former exited in protest. Carl Icahn unsuccessfully campaigned against Occidental's buyout of Anadarko Petroleum and is now pursuing board seats.
One of the reasons activists have struggled may be that, with the growth of passive investing, deals are evaluated as a whole, rather than from only one side of a transaction. "It's important when looking at a deal to understand the economic crossownership at the fund level," says Pete Michelsen, head of activism and shareholder advisory for the Americas at Goldman Sachs. "An investor that may be on the fence on the buyside could be receiving a premium on the seller's side."
Advisers interviewed for this report said activists' track record in stopping deals counts for little, given the specificity of each situation. "Activists tend to be a pretty confident bunch and I suspect most of them think that they would have different success in other campaigns," David Rosewater, global head of activism defense at Morgan Stanley, told Activist Insight.
Indeed, 18 U.S. companies have seen their deals opposed in 2019 so far, the highest number in the opening six months of the year since at least 2013. Europe, a historically fertile ground for bumpitrage campaigns, experienced a resurgence of these kinds of demands, with eight companies targeted in the first half of 2019 – already close to the 10 registered in the entire of 2018. In 2019, globally, 33 deals were opposed, nearing the record of 35 reached in the same period of 2016, although opposition to deals was lower in Asia, and Japan than recently (see charts overleaf).
Questioning the bidder
While in Europe most of the activity centered around squeezing out higher prices from the bidder, the U.S. increasingly saw activists questioning the strategic rationale of the acquirer.
A favorable environment marked by falling interest rates, high equity valuations and plentiful cash from U.S. tax reforms has created opportunities for companies to boost earnings growth through mergers. Averse to empire-building and keen on more focused companies, shareholders have started to rebel.
At the same time, deals are increasingly questioned not only by dedicated activists but by traditional investors, part of a broad trend of institutional investors becoming more vocal with their shareholdings. So far this year, five companies have seen opposition from institutional investors that do not typically engage in activism.
"You can't ignore any of your top shareholders anymore. It's not just waiting for an Icahn," Christopher Ludwig, head of shareholder advisory and M&A at Credit Suisse, told Activist Insight.
You see a convergence of the trends on opposing M&A and typical institutional investors who don't use activism coming out more regularly," Rosewater agreed. Wellington Management backed Starboard in its opposition to Bristol-Myers' deal, while the tie-up between Occidental and Anadarko stirred the public anger of T. Rowe Price. In Europe, Fidelity International and Legal and General joined activist Odey Asset Management in demanding a higher price for their shares in Acacia Mining.
Mixed record on m&a activism
Of the 54 U.S. cash-only deals that have seen opposition since 2013, over half proceeded unamended and 19% were canceled, according to Activist Insight Online data. In Europe, 29% of the 34 cash-only deals opposed by activists since 2013 completed in their original form, with the rest either abandoned or changed and in part, that may be because minority shareholders are afforded more protections in Europe.
In the U.S., not all acquirers provide a shareholder vote, as in Occidental's purchase of Anadarko. Moreover, pressure is higher on the activists to show there are better options when they try to scuttle a deal than when they ask for a price increase for the buyout target. For one thing, it is more difficult to convince proxy advisers Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis, particularly if there is no clear affront to corporate governance best practices.
"The problem of when you are attacking an acquirer is that the campaign is certainly more amorphous. Even though the math may be black and white on a spreadsheet, it's harder to translate
that into an effective campaign," Darren Novak, global head of activist defense at UBS, said in an interview for this report.
Activists have tried to resolve the problem of upside visibility by promising a sale, with mixed success. Icahn, for instance, successfully stopped Xerox and SandRidge Energy completing their respective deals with Fujifilm and Bonanza Creek Energy in mid-2018, while Corvex Management and 40 North blocked Clariant's takeover of U.S. peer Huntsman. All three campaigns had unique circumstances that helped the activists win, but each promised to ultimately sell the company and failed.
M&A activism in numbers
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Some of you might be hearing about Kaleido for the first time. But those who have been following enterprise-level blockchain implementations must already be aware that it aids businesses in implementing decentralized use cases in pretty much all niches.
Since Amazon is also taking a keen interest in blockchain technology and is quite rapidly expanding its outreach, Kaleido has partnered with them – for mutual benefits, of course! With the help of this partnership, they aim to launch a marketplace where enterprises could buy different tools, services, and protocols as per their requirements.
Indeed, it happens to be a very decent initiative, given that several businesses are willing to adopt the blockchain technology but their 'twisted and complicated' use cases do not allow much automation. Well, that issue seems to be resolving now.
In such a short span, the milestone achievement is going pretty well and it was expected to happen since Amazon is a very well-known brand across the Planet and Kaleido has a decent reputation in its niche as well.
Cerveny, the overseer of Kaleido Marketplace, issued a statement and said that the potential customer base is quite huge. But the real problem is that they need more automation to set up a blockchain based environment for different processes. In order to achieve that, Kaleido must provide a platform where they could buy tools to enable efficient integrations.
One of the primary things to be noticed here is that this latest marketplace allows the users to take help in development as well as front end. Moreover, it does not only enable you to utilize the tools related to the main blockchain network. In fact, if you want to do some configurations on the supporting infrastructures or work with other protocols, there is a wide variety of tools available.
Therefore, mainstream users do not have to worry about the variance in different technologies.
It is important to realize that Amazon is not the only giant in this exploration. There are several companies including IBM, SAP, and Deloitte trying to roll out newer solutions for the community. However, Amazon has partnered with Kaleido at the time of its launch and together they have crafted several AWS integrations for Amazon's enterprise-level blockchain customers.
Let it be HD wallet, data backup tools or private networking. With the help of this marketplace, customers will have easy access to pretty much all of the Amazon Web Services related to the blockchain.
Kaleido confessed that a couple of its early adopters have already realized that it cuts about 80% of the extensive work required to write custom code.
It does only stop here. In fact, this joint venture will also allow different traders, developers, and resellers to list their products on the marketplace. Moreover, Kaleido also offers consultation services to the budding ventures looking forward to penetrating the market.


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IICSA sets out topics for final hearing in July
Clergy Discipline Measure is among the topics to be scrutinised
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The chair of the inquiry, Professor Alexis Jay (centre, left), with the other panel members at the IICSA centre, in London, at a previous hearing
THE seal of the confessional, the Clergy Discipline Measure (CDM), and the House of Bishops' forthcoming teaching document on gender and sexuality are to be scrutinised by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse (IICSA) during a final hearing, in July.
IICSA has conducted two other hearings as part of its investigation into the extent to which the Anglican Church has failed to protect children from child sex abuse. The first, in March 2018, used the diocese of Chichester as a case study; the second, in July 2018, focused on the abuse carried out by the disgraced former Bishop of Lewes, later Gloucester, Peter Ball.
The lead counsel to the Anglican investigation, Fiona Scolding QC, explained at a preliminary hearing in London, on Tuesday: "The purpose of this final public hearing will be to draw together the evidence already received, and to investigate the ways in which the already acknowledged largely failures in respect of the diocese of Chichester and the case of Peter Ball are representative of wider failings as they may have been, or are, within the Church of England.
"In addition, the hearing will explore more generally the adequacy of the policies and practices of the Church of England and the Church in Wales in relation to safeguarding and child protection."
The safeguarding policies of the Church in Wales and its handling of child sex-abuse allegations are to be more closely examined — as are other allegations in dioceses across England.
Ms Scolding went on: "The investigation team does not seek to replicate the intensity of focus it brought to bear upon the diocese of Chichester to other dioceses. However, it does wish to consider the responses made to other allegations of abuse reported to the Church. The investigation team has already been provided with materials about other alleged perpetrators in other dioceses, some of which have resulted in internal reviews by the Church."
This includes the Elliott review, and allegations that resulted in a report by Judge Cahill (who was then a QC) and the subsequent resignation of a former Archbishop of York, Lord Hope.
Other topics to be scrutinised in the July hearing will include the effectiveness of diocesan safeguarding officers; the appropriateness of reparations' being made by the Church and its insurers to survivors of clerical abuse; the issue of clericalism; how the Church manages allegations made against deceased persons; vetting and barring of churchpeople, including volunteers; and record-keeping, including an update on the proposed national clergy register (News, 22 June 2018).
Those present at the preliminary hearing included lawyers representing survivors of clerical abuse, the lawyer of Peter Ball, and the lawyer of the Secretary of State for Education, Damian Hinds.
The inquiry panel, chaired by Professor Alexis Jay, will next sit for two weeks from 1 to 12 July. This falls during the General Synod in York. "We do not intend to call any witnesses during those days when they will need to be attending General Synod," Ms Scolding said.
Witness statements will be disclosed to core participants by the end of May, when there may also be a second preliminary hearing to cover "housekeeping" issues. The list of witnesses who will give oral evidence has yet to be finalised.
David Greenwood, of Switalskis Solicitors, requested that the case of his client the Revd Matthew Ineson be heard by the inquiry (News, 16 March 2018). The case demonstrated, Mr Greenwood said, "how the Clergy Discipline Measure system has thwarted his attempts to achieve accountability for the failings in his case".
He also asked for a more in-depth investigation into the Past Cases Review and the subsequent report by Sir Roger Singleton on this review (News, 29 June 2018).
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The discoverie of witchcraft, wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected…
London, William Brome, 1584.
FIRST EDITION. 4to in 8's. pp. [xxviii] 352 [iv] 353-560 [xvi]. Black letter, Roman and Italic, with side-notes, woodcut historiated initials, head- and tail-pieces, 4 unnumbered pp. of full-page woodcut engravings between 352-353, 5 pp. of woodcut astrological diagrams on pp 397-401. Light age browning, t.p. slightly dusty and repaired at head with some loss to ornament, repairs to margins of a few ll. throughout with no loss to text, occasional light foxing, a good, clean copy in early c19 crushed morocco, covers gilt-stamped with arms of the Society of Writers to the Signet within panel triple-ruled in gilt with corner flourishes, spine in gilt with five raised bands, a.e.g.
FIRST AND ONLY EARLY EDITION of the definitive treatise denying the existence of witches, to such an extent that it is also considered the major source for early attitudes toward, and rituals of, witchcraft, citing no less than 212 authors as well as examples from the courts of law in England. Scot is as sharp as he is humane in his attack on "witchmongers" who seek "to pursue the poore, to accuse the simple, and to kill the innocent", pointing out how unreasonable it is to accuse vulnerable persons of having "power which onelie apperteineth to God". The first four books list the procedures of identifying witches and using torture to procure confession, found in the Malleus Malificarum as well as Jean Bodin's work. Scot quotes heavily form his sources, and refutes them only after. He suggests to his readers that they skip the next book, which discusses in detail the many "filthie and bawdie matters" that cling to belief in witchcraft, such as sex with the devil, "how maides hauing yellow haire are most comred with Incubus", and including excerpts from Chaucer. Next, Scot attacks beliefs in transformation into animals, transportation by air, and control of the weather. References to the Book of Job in this section leads to lengthy discussion of witchcraft as mentioned throughout Scripture, working from the Old Testament to the pagan origins of augery and astrology. The twelfth book deals with the full gamut of charms and spells, from Hebrew to English, and book 13 follows up with an inventory of materials used in magic: animals (toads and cats), minerals, crystal balls, and more relevant to modern magicians, instructions on tying trick knots, every manner of juggling, how "to make one danse naked", and how "to thurst a bodkin into your head without hurt" (these "trick" instruments including bodkins and knives are illustrated on the four unnumbered pages of woodcuts). The final portion, and the majority of the book, considers the art of conjuring devils and spirits, including woodcuts depicting the proper symbols and commands, used to command spirits, and cause or prevent demonic possession. This section also takes into account the history of exorcism, and the laws surrounding it, of the Catholic Church. The book ends with a chapter-by-chapter summary of topics.
Reginald Scot (1538? – 1599) never seems to have taken a degree from Hart Hall, Oxford, where he studied law, and he spent his life instead managing his property in the countryside of Kent. He was the author of only two works, both significant in their own right: the "Perfect Platform of a Hop-garden", the first practical treatise of its kind in England, and this, the more celerated of the two. The Discoverie elicited several heated responses from George Gifford and Henry Perkins, and even Meric Casaubon later wrote against Scot. Copies of this edition are rare, however, because King James I, demanded them to be burnt upon his accession to the throne in 1603. While the book was well received on the continent and appeared in Dutch editions of 1609 and 1637, it was not printed in England again until 1651.
STC 21864. Caillet III 10061. Graesse p. 58. "Many copies were burnt by order of K. James I an author on the other side of the question…This learned and curious work, with which Shakespeare was evidently acquainted, is frequently quoted by Steevens, Malone, Douce, &c." Lowndes VI 2221 Thorndike VI p. 529. DNB XVII p. 1001. Not in Pforzheimer or Groiler.
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IMUS — Prince Rivero scored 18 points while Bobby Ray Parks had 13 points and a league-record 15 assists as Mandaluyong atoned for an opening loss by beating Zamboanga, 71-61, on Saturday night in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Datu Cup.
The El Tigre notched their first-ever franchise win thanks to Rivero's timely explosion and a record-setting night at the Imus Sports Complex.for Parks, who surpassed the previous record of 14 assists set by Paolo Hubalde of the Valenzuela Classic in the Rajah Cup.
Mandaluyong improved to 1-1 and made up for a loss to Muntinlupa on opening day last June 12.
The El Tigre led by as many as 16 points, 40-24, but saw the gap dwindle to three points, 48-45, before Rivero scored seven straight points to restore order.
The Valientes cut the deficit to five points in the fourth quarter, but Rivero and Parks hit baskets to bring the lead back to 69-59 for the El Tigre.
After a 30-point MPBL debut, Reed Juntilla had 16 points for the Valientes while Rudy Onde added 14 points.
Mandaluyong 71 – Rivero 18, Parks 13, Boholano 9, Abrigo 8, Lozada 8, Bonsubre 6, Torres 3, Cauilan 2, Javillonar 2, Alabanza 2, Cunanan 0, Andaya 0, Vidal 0.
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Au Coeur de Beaufort is a 200 year-old stone 'Maison Vigneronne', with private garden and swimming pool, in the centre of Beaufort- a small, Medieval hill-top winemakers' village near to Olonzac in the Herault (Occitanie, South of France). We are in the heart of the Minervois wine region and central to many Cathar historical sites, including Minerve, a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is equidistant to Carcassonne and Beziers and only 55 minutes drive to the nearest beach.
Au Coeur de Beaufort
3, Rue Centrale,
34210 Beaufort
email: mckenna.beaufort@gmail.com
Beaufort is easily accessible from either Carcassonne (45 minutes), Beziers (45 minutes), Perpignan (50 minutes) or Toulouse and Montpellier (1:20 minutes) Airports. Narbonne TGV station, from Barcelona, Paris, Avignon and Lyon is only 25 minutes away.
We highly recommend car-hire which is readily available from all the airports and stations, but for shorter stays and very relaxing romantic stress-free, long weekends, we can arrange for you to be collected and returned to either Narbonne, Carcassonne or Beziers by private car (additional fee), then organise bicycles for you to enjoy the surrounding countryside and especially the many boutique wine domains nearby.
The Canal du Midi is just down the road in Homps (5km) and there are numerous small villages to explore within an amateur's cycling distance. Or you can just enjoy walking through the vineyards that surround us.
Directions by road
From Carcassone or Toulouse, take the A61, exiting to the D611 at Lezignan Corbieres. Follow the signs through to Homps then Olonzac to the main roundabout at the junction of the D11 to Beziers and the D910 leading to Aigne, Beaufort and Saint-Pons-de-Thomières.
From Montpellier head southwest on the A9, direction Barcelona, then exit at Junction 36 towards Beziers 'Ouest'. Follow the D11 towards Montady, Capestang and Carcassonne in the direction of Olonzac, then Beaufort at the main roundabout.
You will see the village sign for Beaufort as you rise up the hill then, after 500 metres, just after the Mairie (on the left-hand side), take the right hand fork (D168 – Oupia) to the top of the old village. At the crest you will see the Cypress trees that shade our garden. Rue Centrale is just before the garden on the left hand side.
From Narbonne take the D6113 from the centre (Direction Carcassonne) until Villedaigne then take the right D11/D611 in the direction of Olonzac, to a T junction of the D611 to the main roundabout outside the village (it has a cast-iron sign with a painted cassoulet within it), looking out for the turning off onto D910 in the direction of Beaufort.
From Perpignan take the A9 autoroute north towards Narbonne, but leave the motorway at junction 38 to connect with the D6113 (direction Carcassonne) and follow the directions as above.
Au Coeur de Beaufort is marked with a placard on the garden fence opposite the house – the front door has a bright red heart dangling from the knocker. You can park on the road outside the house, which is wide enough (just) for two cars to pass and space for three cars to park, or you can unload your baggages and then park in one of the three public parking areas in the village.
NB: SatNav takes you to the far end of rue Centrale around the corner from us and further up the D910, so follow directions described here to find us.
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Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world...
--"The Second Coming," William Butler Yeats
Has there ever been a crazier season in college football?
Don't look now, but nine of the teams in the AP Preseason Top 10 have fallen. The number is eight of 10 for USA TODAY.
Oh, and the No. 5 team in that poll lost at home to a Division I-AA Football Championship Subdivision team.
The preseason, consensus, absolutely unbeatable No. 1, Southern Cal, just lost to Stanford.
South Florida is already ranked; Illinois likely will be. When Kentucky was knocked off Thursday (by South Carolina), they were in the Top 10.
And let's go beyond the Top 10 in that AP Preseason Poll, the one created by the so-called experts. No. 11 Ohio State is undefeated, as is No. 12 California. They will now battle for the right to be called No. 2. Georgia, ranked No. 13 at the time, has been defeated by South Carolina and blasted by then-No. 15 Tennessee, now unranked. No. 14 UCLA just became the first team to lose to Notre Dame.
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One idea could be to bin ages (or any other continuous variable) in discrete categories [0-5], [5-10], etc... and to use DESeq2 to perform a time-series analysis.
Thanks for the reply, that is one possibility but it is what we are hoping to avoid having to do, as it is technically still grouping the data. Obviously if there is no way around it, then we will have to go down that route,, but we are hoping to avoid that as much as possible.
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Thanks for the reply, I shall have a look at the GLM capabilities of edgeR and DESeq.
will different proportion of control/patient samples affect gene's Pearson correlation?
Is it possible to combine micro array data and RNA-Seq data and perform meta analysis for differential gene expression analysis.
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Met Office and BBC Weather forecast for Milton Keynes, High Wycombe and Aylesbury on Saturday April 10
A dry day looks set to give way to light rain in many areas of Buckinghamshire this afternoon - Saturday April 10
Many areas of Buckinghamshire are set to be a dry but cloudy day give way to light rain in the afternoon
A dry morning is set to give way to light showers in the afternoon for Buckinghamshire - according to the latest Met Office and BBC Weather forecast for the area today (Saturday April 10).
We looked at today's weather forecasts for the biggest towns in the county - Milton Keynes, High Wycombe and Aylesbury.
While the morning is set to be dry but cloudy, rain is expected from the late morning until early afternoon, with the Met Office currently predicting it earlier than BBC Weather.
We've looked in more detail at each of three towns below - although as always the weather forecast is subject to change.
The latest Met Office weather forecast for London and South East England, which includes all of Buckinghamshire, states it will be 'cloudy with patchy rain today'.
The forecast states: "A dull, cloudy day with intermittent rain, becoming more persistent during the afternoon with some heavier bursts at times. May briefly turn wintry in the north late in the day. Cold and breezy, especially along the coast. Maximum temperature 5 °C.
"The rain will steadily die out during the evening but it will remain overcast for most of the night. Blustery winds along northern coastlines with wintry showers at times. Minimum temperature 1 °C."
Milton Keynes Met Office and BBC Weather forecast on Saturday April 10:
Milton Keynes is set to have a damp afternoon, according to the latest hour-by-hour weather forecast from the Met Office.
The forecaster predicts a mainly overcast morning, with some light rain at around 8am, will turn to light rain by around 11am - with wet weather set to continue until after 2pm before the day becomes overcast again.
The Met Office also predicts a maximum temperature of six degrees Celsius at around 5pm.
The BBC Weather forecast for the area predicts 'light rain showers and a moderate breeze' for MK.
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High Wycombe Met Office and BBC Weather forecast on Saturday April 10:
An overcast morning is set to give way to light rain in High Wycombe today, according to the latest hour-by-hour weather forecast from the Met Office.
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Aylesbury Met Office and BBC Weather forecast on Saturday April 10:
Unlike some other areas of Buckinghamshire, the latest hour-by-hour Met Office weather forecast for Aylesbury predicts a mainly dry day.
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However, the BBC Weather forecast for the town predicts 'light rain showers and a moderate breeze' - with light rain forecast from around 3pm until after 7pm.


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Meritorious Service Medal (United States)
This article is about the medal awarded in the United States. For similarly named decorations, see Meritorious Service Medal.
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Meritorious Service Medal
Awarded by the
Department of the Army [1]
Department of the Navy [2]
Department of the Air Force [3]
Department of Homeland Security [4]
Military medal (Decoration)
Military Personnel Only
Awarded for
Outstanding meritorious achievement or service to the United States
Currently Awarded
1969;49 years ago (1969)
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The Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) is a military award presented to members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguished themselves by outstanding meritorious achievement or service to the United States subsequent to January 16, 1969.
The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States of America. It consists of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. The President of the United States is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and forms military policy with the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), both federal executive departments, acting as the principal organs by which military policy is carried out. All five armed services are among the seven uniformed services of the United States.
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The MSM was previously awarded as a decoration for achievement during peacetime, but effective 11 September 2001, this decoration may also be bestowed in lieu of the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement in a designated combat theater. [5] Normally, the acts or services rendered must be comparable to that required for the Legion of Merit but in a duty of lesser, though considerable, responsibility. Within the U.S. Army, according to AR 600-8-22, Paragraph 3-16, the MSM may not be upgraded to or downgraded from a recommended Bronze Star Medal. In the Army, an MSM recommendation that is downgraded will be approved as an Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM).
The Bronze Star Medal, unofficially the Bronze Star, is a United States decoration awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces for either heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone.
The Legion of Merit (LOM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements. The decoration is issued to members of the seven uniformed services of the United States as well as to military and political figures of foreign governments.
The Commendation Medal is a mid-level United States military decoration which is presented for sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service. For valorous actions in direct contact with an enemy, but of a lesser degree than required for the award of the Bronze Star Medal, a Commendation Medal with "V" Device or Combat "V" is awarded; the "V" device may be authorized for wear on the service and suspension ribbon of the medal to denote valor. On January 7 2016, The "C" Device or Combat "C" was created and may be authorized for wear on the service and suspension ribbon of the Commendation Medal to distinguish an award for meritorious service or achievement under the most arduous combat conditions. A Commendation Medal with Combat Device is unofficially named the "Combat Commendation" and is often considered to be a higher level form of the Commendation Medal, regardless of the Awarding Branch. Retroactive award of the "C" device is not approved for medals awarded before 7 January 2016. Each branch of the United States Armed Forces issues its own version of the Commendation Medal, with a fifth version existing for acts of joint military service performed under the Department of Defense.
A higher award and decoration known as the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (DMSM) is intended for similar services performed under joint duty within the United States Department of Defense, to include the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, and joint task forces under their cognizance.
The Defense Meritorious Service Medal (DMSM) is an award bestowed upon members of the United States military by the United States Department of Defense. In the order of precedence of the United States Armed Forces, it is worn between the Purple Heart and the Meritorious Service Medal. The medal is awarded in the name of the Secretary of Defense to members of the Armed Forces who, while serving in a joint activity, distinguish themselves by non-combat outstanding achievement or meritorious service, but not of a degree to warrant award of the Defense Superior Service Medal.
The Department of Defense is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the United States Armed Forces. The department is the largest employer in the world, with nearly 1.3 million active duty servicemen and women as of 2016. Adding to its employees are over 826,000 National Guardsmen and Reservists from the four services, and over 732,000 civilians bringing the total to over 2.8 million employees. Headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., the DoD's stated mission is to provide "the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security".
In the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) are typically field grade officers in pay grades O-4 through O-6 (major, lieutenant colonel, colonel), senior U.S. Army chief warrant officers in pay grades W-3 through W-5 (CW3 to CW5), and senior non-commissioned officers (E-7 to E-9) in both the Army and the Air Force. Award of the MSM may be for meritorious performance while serving in a staff position as a field grade officer, senior chief warrant officer, or senior non-commissioned officer, or, in the case of field grade officers, for successful completion of a command tour at the battalion (Army) or squadron (Army or Air Force) level. Award of the MSM to company grade officers in pay grades O-1 through O-3 (second lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain), junior warrant officers and chief warrant officers in pay grades W-1 and W-2 (WO1 and CW2, Army only), and junior NCOs in pay grades E-6 and below is rare and typically by exception.
A pay grade is a unit in systems of monetary compensation for employment. It is commonly used in public service, both civil and military, but also for companies of the private sector. Pay grades facilitate the employment process by providing a fixed framework of salary ranges, as opposed to a free negotiation. Typically, pay grades encompass two dimensions: a "vertical" range where each level corresponds to the responsibility of, and requirements needed for a certain position; and a "horizontal" range within this scale to allow for monetary incentives rewarding the employee's quality of performance or length of service. Thus, an employee progresses within the horizontal and vertical ranges upon achieving positive appraisal on a regular basis. In most cases, evaluation is done annually and encompasses more than one method.
Junior officer, company officer or company grade officer refers to the lowest operational commissioned officer category of ranks in a military or paramilitary organization, ranking above non-commissioned officers and below senior officers.
The U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard ascribe to a slightly different philosophy from the Army and the Air Force in awarding the MSM, typically reserving it for senior Navy and Coast Guard officers in pay grades O-5 and O-6 (commander and captain) and Marine Corps field grade officers in pay grades O-5 and O-6 (lieutenant colonel and colonel), with the first award of the MSM typically occurring after completion of a successful commanding officer assignment at the O-5 level. Award of the MSM to USN, USMC, and USCG officers in pay grade O-4 (USN & USCG lieutenant commander / USMC major) and below, to include chief warrant officers and below (other than as an award at retirement to CWO5 and CWO4) is typically by exception and normally limited to those who have held one of the service's handful of O-4–level commanding officer assignments (e.g., Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship) or serving on a USN or USCG flag officer staff or USMC general officer staff. [6] [7]
Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships are a class of 14 ships constructed for the United States Navy from 1987 to 1994, designed to clear mines from vital waterways. The ships have the hull designator MCM.
Enlisted award of the MSM in the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard is likewise typically limited to pay grades E-8 (e.g., USN/USCG senior chief petty officer and USMC master sergeant or first sergeant) and E-9 (e.g., USN/USCG master chief petty officer and USMC sergeant major or master gunnery sergeant), while award of the MSM to pay grade E-7 (e.g., USN/USCG chief petty officer and USMC gunnery sergeant) and below is very rare and by exception. In the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, the awarding authority for the MSM must be either a flag officer or general officer holding the pay grade of O-7 or above. It is most common for Navy and Coast Guard master chief petty officers (typically command master chief petty officers) and Marine Corps master gunnery sergeants and sergeants major to receive the MSM as an end-of-tour award upon retirement. [6]
A flag officer is a commissioned officer in a nation's armed forces senior enough to be entitled to fly a flag to mark the position from which the officer exercises command.
A General Officer is an officer of high rank in the army, and in some nations' air forces or marines.
Master chief petty officer (MCPO) is the ninth, and highest, enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, just above senior chief petty officer (SCPO). Master chief petty officers are addressed as "Master Chief " in the colloquial and they constitute the top 1.25% of the enlisted members of the maritime forces.
Foreign military personnel in the ranks of NATO OF-5 (US O-6 equivalent) and below and individuals who have displayed a level of service that warrants an award of such magnitude may also be eligible to be awarded the MSM, subject to approval by a U.S. flag officer or general officer. To receive this medal, the individual must exhibit exceptionally meritorious service at that level of responsibility. [5]
The Meritorious Service Medal is a bronze medal, 1.5 inches in diameter overall, consisting of six rays issuant from the upper three points of a five-pointed star with beveled edges and containing two smaller stars defined by incised outlines; in front of the lower part of the star an eagle with wings upraised standing upon two upward curving branches of laurel tied with a ribbon between the feet of the eagle. The reverse has the encircled inscriptions "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" and "MERITORIOUS SERVICE." The suspension ribbon is 1 3/8 inches wide and consists of the following stripes: 1/8 inch Crimson 67112; 1/4 inch White 67101; center 5/8 inch Crimson; 1/4 inch White; and 1/8 inch Crimson. [8]
Additional awards of the Meritorious Service Medal are denoted by bronze oak leaf clusters in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, with one silver oak leaf cluster denoting five additional awards. (1 silver OLC plus the medal itself represents six) and gold 5/16 inch stars in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard (with a 5/16 inch silver star denoting five additional awards). These devices are also authorized for wear on the suspension and service ribbon of the medal. In certain instances, the U.S. Coast Guard also authorizes an Operational Distinguishing Device for the medal.
At the Tri-Department Awards Conference (February 5, 1968), there was a discussion on the need for a third meritorious award to provide appropriate recognition for non-combat achievement or service comparable to that of the Bronze Star Medal for combat achievement or service. It was felt that the Legion of Merit's prestige was slipping because it was being used with increasing frequency to reward service below the Legion of Merit's intended standard, but higher than that required for the Commendation Medals of the various military services. [9]
An ad hoc committee was formed by the Secretary of Defense (M&RA) to select a name. On November 8, 1968, the committee unanimously approved the name "Meritorious Service Medal". President Lyndon B. Johnson established the Meritorious Service Medal per Executive Order 11448, dated January 16, 1969. The Executive Order was amended by President Ronald Reagan per Executive Order 12312, dated July 2, 1981, to authorize award to members of the armed forces of friendly foreign nations.
Prior to 2004, the MSM could only be awarded for peacetime service and could not be awarded in a combat zone, the MSM equivalent for those zones being the Bronze Star Medal (BSM). As in 1968 when the MSM was created, there were concerns that the prestige of the BSM was also slipping during combat operations in Southwest Asia that had essentially been continuous since 1990. In 2004, authority to award the MSM for combat zone service was authorized, retroactive to 11 Sep 2001.
The medal was designed by Mr. Jay Morris of the Institute of Heraldry, and the design was approved by the committee on March 20, 1969. The ribbon design purposely follows the colors used for the Legion of Merit to reflect the parallel between the two medals. The eagle, symbol of the United States, stands on laurel branches denoting achievement. The star is used to represent the military service and the rays emanating therefrom denote the constant efforts of individuals to achieve through excellent and meritorious service.
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Meritorious Civilian Service Award – a comparable award given to civilian employees of the United States Departments of Defense and its agencies.
The Defense Superior Service Medal (DSSM) is a senior American military decoration of the Department of Defense, awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces who perform "superior meritorious service in a position of significant responsibility".
Staff sergeant is a rank of non-commissioned officer used in the armed forces of several countries. It is also a police rank in some police services.
The Navy and Marine Corps Medal is the highest non-combat decoration awarded for heroism by the United States Department of the Navy to the members of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The medal was established by an act of Congress on 7 August 1942, and is authorized under 10 U.S.C. § 6246.
The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the United States Armed Forces who distinguishes himself in support of operations by "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight, subsequent to November 11, 1918."
A petty officer (PO) is a non-commissioned officer in many navies and is given the NATO rank denotion OR-5. In many nations, they are typically equal to a corporal or sergeant in comparison to other military branches. Often they may be superior to a seaman, generally the lowest ranks in a navy, and subordinate to a more senior non-commissioned officer, such as a chief petty officer.
The Combat Action Ribbon, is a United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, and United States Coast Guard military decoration awarded to those U.S. sea service members "who have actively participated in ground or surface combat."
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Chief warrant officer is a military rank used by the United States Armed Forces, the Canadian Armed Forces, the Pakistan Air Force, the Israel Defense Forces, the South African National Defence Force, the Lebanese Armed Forces and, since 2012, the Singapore Armed Forces. In the United States Armed Forces, chief warrant officers are commissioned officers, not non-commissioned officers (NCOs) like in other NATO forces.
A United States Aviator Badge refers to three types of aviation badges issued by the United States Armed Forces, those being for Air Force, Army, and Naval aviation.
In the United States Armed Forces, the ranks of warrant officer are rated as officers above senior non-commissioned officers, candidates, cadets, and midshipmen but subordinate to the officer grade of O‑1. This application differs from the Commonwealth of Nations and other militaries, where warrant officers are the most senior of the other ranks, equivalent to the US Armed Forces grades of E‑8 and E‑9.
This article covers the organization of the United States Coast Guard.
An officer is a member of an armed forces or uniformed service who holds a position of authority.
The Legion of Merit is a decoration of the United States of America and is awarded to foreign military personnel in four grades and to U.S. military personnel without distinction of degree. The following are recipients within the award.
The California Maritime Academy Corps of Cadets is the undergraduate student body at the California Maritime Academy. As a State Maritime Academy, as required by Title 46 Part 310 of the Code of Federal Regulations students are considered Cadets, required to wear uniforms, and utilize a demerit-based disciplinary system. Participation in the Corps of Cadets is mandatory; participation in the Navy Reserve Merchant Marine program is optional. Cadets still utilize Merchant Marine Navy-style uniforms, customs, and traditions. Based on academic majors cadets are organized into Squads, Sections, Divisions and Companies which regularly muster in Morning Formations multiple times a week, as well as stand watches on campus and aboard the training ship.
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Galway city's Latin Quarter stretches from Cross Street down to Galway's famous Quay Street to the Spanish Arch. It's a hive of activity with shops, bars, restauarnts and street performers.
The Spanish Arch, which is located on the banks of the river Corrib, was built in 1584. It was originally an extension of the famous city walls, designed to protect the quays. The Spanish Arch is, in fact, a misnomer, as there is no proven association between the Spanish in Galway and the building of the Arch. In the past it was known as The Blind Arch and it is located on the site more appropriately known as Ceann na Bhalla (The Head of the Wall). The Arch features a wooden sculpture, called Madonna of the Quays, which was sculpted by the well known artist, Claire Sheridan, who lived in the adjacent building during the 50's. Today The Spanish Arch is home to the Galway City Museum, which nestles into one of its impressive walls.


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The NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund gets numerous requests for assistance. Therefore, the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund has a procedure for determining whether to fund a court case. The NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund has guidelines for submission of cases for the trustees' discretionary review. Cases presenting compelling unsettled or new issues of law are of special interest to the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund. The Trustees normally meet three times a year: in the late spring, fall, and winter. A request for litigation funding should be submitted to the secretary not later than 30 days prior to the meeting in which the request is to be considered. Late submissions will be considered only upon the approval of the trustees assigned to review the case and only upon emergency.
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Thanks to my global readers!
Today is the first anniversary of my LA International New Music Festival blog. What a rewarding journey thus far – I'm making a great meal tonight to celebrate, as your encouraging readership is the best surprise imaginable!
88 countries around the globe. 5300 readers for 49 posts. 20 countries from Asia, 16 from the Americas (North, Central and South), 31 from Europe, 8 from Africa, and 5 from the Middle East. But let's not stop there. God bless the island countries of Planet Earth for adding 8 more locations from Mayotte to Jamaica, Cape Verde to Mauritius. I should have started this sooner!


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La provincia de Thai Nguyen (en vietnamita: Thái Nguyên ) es una de las provincias que conforman la organización territorial de la República Socialista de Vietnam. Es una provincia montañosa interior con una área de 3534.45 kilómetros cuadrados y una población de 1,149,100 cuando de 2008. Su sociedad multiétnica está compuesta de ocho grupos étnicos.

Etimología
El nombre de la provincia proviene del Sino-vietnamita 太原.

Geografía

Thai Nguyen se localiza en la región de la Noreste (Đông Bắc). La provincia mencionada posee una extensión de territorio que abarca una superficie de 1.526,3 kilómetros cuadrados.

Demografía

La población de esta división administrativa es de 1.792.700 personas (según las cifras del censo realizado en el año 2005). Estos datos arrojan que la densidad poblacional de esta provincia es de 1.174,54 habitantes por cada kilómetro cuadrado.

Referencias

Provincias de Vietnam

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Aatxe (někdy také bývá nazýván Beigorri, Aatxegorri a nebo Aatexegorrila) je duch z lidové mytologie Baskického lidu. Jeho jméno doslova znamená "Mladý Býk", a někdy bývá známý jako Etsai. Je to duch, který obývá jeskyně, a má podobu mladého rudého býka. Aatxe je také měňavcem, díky tomu někdy na sebe bral podobu člověka. V noci za bouřlivého počasí vylézal ze svého úkrytu a útočil na zločince a jiné zlomyslné lidi. Také chránil lidi tím, že je přiměl být doma, když bylo poblíž nebezpečí.

Lidé se domnívají, že Aatxe je zástupcem bohyně Mari, nebo mohl být vymahačem její vůle vůči lidem, kteří ji podvedli, a ty následně trestal. Lidé věřili, že Aatxe obývá jeskyně a prohlubně; v mnoha z nich (Isturits, Sare, Errenteria, a mnoha dalších) byly nalezeny rytiny a malby zobrazující tury, býky a voly, což vede k myšlence, že tento Baskický mýtus má své kořeny již v Paleolitu.

V populární kultuře
Aatxe je jméno rohatého stínového monstra ve hře Guild Wars.

Dne 12. prosince 2014 byl Aatxe přidán do populární hry na chytré telefony pod jménem Disco Zoo.

Ve filmu Poslední Jednorožec z roku 1982 je netvor, který se nazývá Rudý býk a který má mnoho společného s Aatxem. Mezi tyto podobnosti patří obydlí v jeskyni, vylézání z jeskyní v noci a označení jako duch podle postavy jménem Princ Lir.

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Sysinfo is central system information kpart which is the central part of OpenSuSE's workplace. I think we could tune it to Sabayon and make it the default page for Konquerror.
The only thing I need is a good website style which can replace the blue border. The site should contain of a plain html file an images directory and stylesheet file. The slave loads the html site fills the information in and loads in Konqueror. Therefore the stylesheet is static, where the html site is manipulated on loading.
I can add a source package, if you need to it to fit you work.
The SuSE version has a hardcoded stylesheet. It could get a little bit more difficult to make it work with dynamic colors and a general graphics in the layout. I propose building a static layout first.
we seem to be porting a lot off suse, i'm not saying this is bad, but is this the right way to go?
Maybe its because Novell tries to enhance some things and some other distributions dont?
I dont think that taking the best stuff available in the FLOSS-world and putting it together to something unique is that evil.


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Principalities are either hereditary, in which the family has been long
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The new are either entirely new, as was Milan to Francesco Sforza, or they are,
as it were, members annexed to the hereditary state of the prince who has
acquired them, as was the kingdom of Naples to that of the King of Spain.

Such dominions thus acquired are either accustomed to live under a prince, or to
live in freedom; and are acquired either by the arms of the prince himself, or
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Cuphead is een computerspel uitgegeven door Studio MDHR. Het spel kwam uit voor Windows en de Xbox One op 29 september 2017 en is sinds 28 juli 2020 ook beschikbaar op PlayStation 4. Het spel werd bijzonder goed ontvangen door recensenten en spelers. In Cuphead moet de speler meerdere eindbaasgevechten achter elkaar spelen in een surrealistische tekenfilmwereld die sterk beïnvloed is door tekenfilms uit de jaren 30, met name het werk van Max Fleischer.

Het spel werd twee weken na de uitgave meer dan een miljoen keer verkocht.

Gameplay
In Cuphead bestuurt de speler Cuphead, een klein wit mannetje met een koffiekopje als hoofd. Het is ook mogelijk om met twee spelers te spelen, de tweede speler bestuurt dan Mugman; een soortgelijk personage die een koffiemok als hoofd heeft. De speler heeft oneindig veel levens en bewaart items en wapens nadat hij dood gaat. Cuphead heeft een pistool met oneindige kogels en een sprint aanval. Naarmate de speler vordert in het spel kunnen verzamelde gouden munten gebruikt worden om extra voorwerpen en wapens te kopen. In ieder veld moet de speler het opnemen tegen een veel sterkere tegenstander die minutenlang onder vuur moet worden genomen voordat deze verslagen is. Tegelijkertijd mogen Mugman en Cuphead maar enkele keren geraakt worden door de op hen afgevuurde projectielen of het spel is ten einde.

Stijl
Cuphead is geïnspireerd door vooroorlogse tekenfilms en striptekeningen van onder andere Fleischer Studios, Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks, Grim Natwick, en Willard Bowsky. Chad en Jared Moldenhauer, de ontwikkelaars van Cuphead, waren sinds hun jeugd fan van deze stijl en dan vooral van de meer absurdistische creaties. Het spel heeft een korrelig filter, gelijkend aan oude videobanden die in kwaliteit afgenomen zijn na meerdere keren afspelen. De dialogen, lettertypen en vijanden zijn met opzet ouderwets en oubollig, typisch voor de stijl van de jaren 30. De muziek in Cuphead bestaat voornamelijk uit ragtime en jazz, genres die ook veel voorkwamen in oude tekenfilms zoals Merrie Melodies van Warner Bros.

Recensies
Cuphead wordt over het algemeen goed tot zeer goed beoordeeld. Het spel wordt vaak wel gekarakteriseerd als moeilijk, maar de meeste recensenten menen dat dit geen afbreuk doet aan de goede gameplay en stijl. Op Metacritic heeft de pc-versie een score van 89/100, en de Xbox-versie een score van 87/100.

TV serie
In 2022 bracht Netflix een animatie serie uit gebaseerd op het computerspel. The Cuphead Show! werd over het algemeen goed ontvangen door recensenten.

Externe links
 Officiële website

Computerspel uit 2017
Windows-spel
Xbox One-spel
Actiespel