PS Rising Star

PS Rising Star was a paddle steamer warship, nicknamed the Rising Sun. It was a revolutionary design that included twin funnels and an internal retractable paddle wheel. She was the first ever British steam warship to cross the Atlantic from east to west, in 1821.

She was built in Rotherhithe for Thomas Cochrane (later tenth Earl of Dundonald). Cochrane, a Scot who had a very high reputation as a superior seaman, aimed to construct a warship that would eliminate the differences in capability between the Chilean and the Spanish naval forces. Cochrane intended the vessel to be used as a steam warship within the Chilean War of Independence. He made efforts to conceal the ship's real purpose, to be used to sail to the North Pole.

Propulsion and guns

She was driven by a centerline paddle wheel powered by engines of 70 n. h. p., of twin cylinders which were constructed by Maudslay and Sons and Field.

Cochrane was excited about the prospect of a ship that did not have to depend on the wind for power and he contributed ₤3000 of his own money into the venture. Edward Ellice, a South-America trader, supplied ₤4000.

Growth–share matrix

The growth–share matrix (aka the product portfolio, BCG-matrix, Boston matrix, Boston Consulting Group analysis, portfolio diagram) is a chart that was created by Bruce D. Henderson for the Boston Consulting Group in 1970 to help corporations to analyze their business units, that is, their product lines. This helps the company allocate resources and is used as an analytical tool in brand marketing, product management, strategic management, and portfolio analysis. Analysis of market performance by firms using its principles has recently called its usefulness into question.

Overview

To use the chart, analysts plot a scatter graph to rank the business units (or products) on the basis of their relative market shares and growth rates.

Rising Star

Rising Star may refer to:

Places

Film and TV

Rising Star Games

Rising Star Games is a video game publisher formed in 2004 as a joint business venture between Scandinavian distributor Bergsala and Japanese video game publisher and content developer Intergrow. The company is based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England while in North America is based in California, USA.

Its focus was to publish titles from Japanese companies for release in European, Australian and North American markets however now has a wider range of products from developers all over the world. So far, the company has published over 105 titles for Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and PC.

In late 2007, the company was surrounded with controversy over what appeared to be its decision to censor the European version of No More Heroes, though it was later revealed that the decision was made by its parent company and the developer Grasshopper Manufacture to release the censored version in Europe unlike what was released in North America.