Order of the Rising Sun, Japanese Kyokujitsu-shō, Japanese order founded in 1875 by Emperor Meiji and awarded for exceptional civil or military merit.
Twenty-three young people were brought together by World Merit and Rise from all over the world to tackle two of the world's most pressing issues: Climate change and gender equality.
The Riksbank, the central bank, said robust recovery in the Swedish economy merited a rise to 0.50 percent from a record low of 0.25 percent, though two of six board members had wanted to hold rates this time round.
While the increasingly financially-driven nature of the professional game has seen a corresponding merit-based rise in the number of black players – and banana throwing and racist chants are unacceptable at English grounds – the lack of black faces in senior administrative positions reveals that in 40 years we simply haven't made as much progress as we like to think.
In 1936, the ranks of Star and Life became mandatory, and the number of required merit badges rose to 13.
Our approach has the merit of giving rise to rapid computational times in comparison to the molecular dynamics simulations approach.
"He kind of came to epitomize, if not exactly a rags-to- riches story, but more of how a person from a relatively humble background, out of sheer hard work and merit, could really rise to the top of the ladder," said Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, a political commentator.
To some, this characterisation sits oddly with the fact that he received a merit-based pay rise less than a month before leaving.
"Let all be accepted on their merits, let them rise or fall as they may," he declares as the book begins.
People like rags-to-riches stories, wanting to think everyone has a fair chance to rise by merit and effort – even when it's patently not so.
