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Nottingham University Press

Nottingham University Press (NUP) was the academic press of the University of Nottingham, England. Founded in 1992 by Des Cole and Phil Garnsworthy, the press specialised in scientific and technical publishing, particularly in the areas of animal and food science (in line with the university's strengths).

In 2012, NUP was purchased by 5m Publishing.

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Baron Forester

Baron Forester, of Willey Park in the County of Shropshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 17 July 1821 for Cecil Weld-Forester, who had previously represented Wenlock in the House of Commons. Born Cecil Forester, he assumed the additional surname of Weld by royal licence in 1811. His son, the second Baron, also represented Wenlock from 1790 in Parliament, and later served in the Tory administration of Sir Robert Peel as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords) from 1841 to 1846.

He was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baron. He sat as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Wenlock for 46 years, and was Father of the House from 1873 to 1874. His nephew, the fifth baron, also represented Wenlock in Parliament as a Conservative. Both his son, the sixth baron, and grandson, the seventh baron, served as mayor of Wenlock. , the title is held by the latter's grandson, the ninth baron, who succeeded his father in 2004.

The family were anciently hereditary foresters of Wellington Hay in Mount Gilbert Forest, and lived at Wellington or at Watling Street Hall (later Old hall), where they had a half virgate of land held by keeping the Hay. John Forester (died c. 1521) leased Wellington Hay from perhaps 1512, and another John Forester bought its freehold in 1555. The family became gentry and several of the family became Members of Parliament for Wenlock. Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, was a great-great-granddaughter of the 1st Baron Forester.

The family seat since 1811 is Willey Hall, near Willey, Shropshire. The estate was inherited by Brooke Forester through his wife, Elizabeth Weld, and has remained in the Weld-Forester family for over two centuries.

Predecessors

 * Francis Forester (b. 1623) was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1652.
 * Sir William Forester (1655–1718), his son, inherited Dothill from his half-brother, Richard Steventon (died 1659), in about 1675 and became a Member of Parliament in 1678.
 * William Forester (1690–1758), his son, served as MP for Wenlock (with substantial gaps) from 1715 until his death.
 * Brooke Forester (1717–1774), his eldest son was its member continuously from 1734 to 1761. He married the heiress of George Weld of Willey Park and inherited that estate.
 * Cecil Forester (c. 1721–1774), the younger brother of Brooke Forester, held the same seat from 1761 to 1768, during a gap in George's representation of it, and he was the father of the 1st Lord Forester.
 * George Forester (1735–1811) sat for Wenlock (with gaps) from 1758 to 1790, when he was replaced by his cousin and heir, Cecil, later 1st Baron Forester.
 * Francis Forester (1774–1861), the younger son of Cecil Forester and brother to the 1st Baron Forester, held the same seat from 1820 to 1826.

Baron Forester (1821)

 * Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester (1767–1828)
 * John George Weld Weld-Forester, 2nd Baron Forester (1801–1874)
 * George Cecil Weld Weld-Forester, 3rd Baron Forester (1807–1886)
 * Orlando Watkin Weld Weld-Forester, 4th Baron Forester (1813–1894)
 * Cecil Theodore Weld-Forester, 5th Baron Forester (1842–1917)
 * George Cecil Beaumont Weld-Forester, 6th Baron Forester (1867–1932), educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, and served as a captain in the Royal Horse Guards, later gaining the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Shropshire Yeomanry; Mayor of Wenlock between 1920 and 1922. Succeeded as the 6th Baron on 20 November 1917.
 * Cecil George Wilfred Weld-Forester, 7th Baron Forester (1899–1977), served during the First World War as a lieutenant in the Guards Machine Gun Regiment, educated for some time at Durham University (apparently without taking a degree), and eventually became colonel in the Royal Horse Guards. Succeeded as the 7th Baron on 10 October 1932.
 * George Cecil Brooke Weld-Forester, 8th Baron Forester (1938–2004), educated at Eton and Royal Agricultural College. Succeeded as the 8th Baron on 4 January 1977.
 * Charles Richard George Weld-Forester, 9th Baron Forester (born 1975)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Brook George Percival Weld-Forester (born 2014).

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North Isles

The North Isles are the northern islands of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The main islands in the group are Yell, Unst and Fetlar. Sometimes the islands in Yell Sound are included in this group.

Importance
They are a significant group, since Yell and Unst are the second and third largest islands in the archipelago, and also the third and fourth most populous (Whalsay, which is not in the group, is the second most populous). Combined, their total land area is far larger than the rest of the Shetland Islands (excluding Mainland) combined.

Extreme points
The group also contains the most northerly land of the United Kingdom and Shetland at Out Stack near Muckle Flugga, and its most northerly settlement Skaw on Unst. These also happen to be the most northerly British territorial claims currently in existence, since Canadian independence. In similar fashion, Britain's most northerly maritime claims are also based on these islands, having great effect on its fishing and oil industries.

Fetlar also contains some of the most easterly points of Scotland with the exception of the Out Skerries, and much of Fetlar and Unst are under 350 km from Norway.

Travellers do not encounter any further land masses between Out Stack and the North Pole if heading directly north.

Other British records include -
 * Most northerly castle Muness Castle
 * Most northerly post office - formerly Haroldswick now Baltasound
 * Most northerly lighthouse - Muckle Flugga
 * Most northerly road
 * Most northerly brewery - Valhalla Brewery
 * Most northerly coastline - Hermanness
 * Most northerly church - Haroldswick Methodist Church
 * Most northerly ferry route - Gutcher (Yell) to Belmont (Unst)
 * Most northerly "wood" - near Baltasound

Ferries
The regular ferries are the most northerly scheduled routes in the British Isles (excluding those going to the Faroes and Iceland). They operate between Yell and Unst, Yell and Fetlar and Yell and Mainland.

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Modo Hockey

Modo Hockey (or MoDo with uppercase letters) is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The team currently plays in Sweden's first-tier league SHL after having won promotion from HockeyAllsvenskan following the 2022/23 season. The club was founded in 1987 and has won one title, SHL championships;2007. The team's home arena since 2006 is the Hägglunds Arena (previously known as Fjällräven Center and Swedbank Arena). Before then, the team played at Kempehallen, beginning in 1964.

Alfredshems IK and Modo AIK (1921–87)
The club was founded on 27 March 1921 as Alfredshems IK, however it existed without an ice hockey program until 1938. Twenty years later, in 1958, the club joined Hockeyallsvenskan, Sweden's highest division at the time. Alfredshems IK played under that name until 1963, when it was renamed Modo AIK after their main sponsor, industrial corporation Mo och Domsjö AB (commonly abbreviated MoDo). The following year, the club made the newly constructed Kempehallen their home arena. In 1975, Modo AIK joined the Elitserien as one of the premier league's original ten teams. Four seasons later, Modo AIK won their first regular-season championship in 1979, en route to defeating previous ten-time champion Djurgårdens IF to also capture their first Le Mat trophy as playoff champions.

Modo Hockey (1987–present)
In 1987, Modo AIK dropped the "AIK" suffix to the club's name, becoming known simply as Modo Hockey. After coming off its championship year in 1979, the club spent the majority of the 1980s with losing records. Coming out of the club's junior program, however, hometown stars Peter Forsberg and Markus Näslund played their rookie seasons with the senior team in 1990–91. Näslund went on to lead Modo Hockey in scoring as an eighteen-year-old in his second season with the club, while Forsberg became the first Modo player to win the Guldpucken as Swedish player of the year since Nils Johansson in 1964, capturing the title back-to-back in 1993 and 1994.

With both Forsberg and Näslund having been chosen as first-round selections in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, however, their time in Sweden was limited. Näslund departed for the NHL in 1993, while Forsberg remained to lead Modo to their second Elitserien playoff final in 1994, where they lost to Malmö IF. Soon after Forsberg's inevitable departure to the NHL in 1995, identical twin brothers Daniel and Henrik Sedin represented the next wave of young talent coming through the Modo system. At seventeen-years-old, they captured the Guldpucken together as co-recipients in 1999, while leading Modo to a 33-win season (in a 50-game schedule) for the club's second regular-season title. As second- and third-overall selections in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, respectively, Daniel and Henrik left Modo for the NHL in 2000. Regardless, Modo became consistent contenders for the Le Mat trophy, appearing in three out of four playoff finals – losing all three – between 1999 and 2002.

Due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout, many former Modo stars returned to the team from the NHL, including Forsberg, Näslund, the Sedins and František Kaberle. Several foreign NHL players also signed with Modo, including Canadian defenceman Adrian Aucoin and American forward Dan Hinote. Swedish goaltender Tommy Salo (a product of VIK Västerås HK) joined as the starting goaltender. Despite a bolstered lineup, Modo finished sixth in the regular season.

Having played in Kempehallen as their home arena since 1964, Modo moved into the then newly constructed Swedbank Arena, which was partially funded by former star Forsberg and his father Kent, who was also a former club head coach. Modo returned to Elitserien supremacy that season, defeating Linköpings HC on April 14, 2007, to capture their second Le Mat trophy in franchise history. The championship-winning club featured the 2007 Guldpucken-recipient Per Svartvadet, team leading-scorer Per-Åge Skrøder and future NHL defenceman Tobias Enström. The return of Niklas Sundström, who had originally played with the club alongside Forsberg and Näslund in the early 1990s, bolstered Modo's roster as he finished second in team scoring in his first season back from the NHL. An approximate 8,000 fans were in attendance at the Swedbank Arena for Modo's first championship in 28 years.

In the 2008–09 season the team finished ninth in Elitserien, thus missing the playoffs. In the 2009–10 season, Forsberg returned to play for Modo on a conditioning-basis to prepare for an anticipated return to the NHL after having been inactive for a season due to injury. With Näslund back in Sweden, having retired after the 2008–09 NHL season, he correctly predicted that Forsberg would not return to the NHL and finish the season with Modo instead. Several days later, on November 17, 2009, Näslund announced he was coming out of retirement to also rejoin Modo with Forsberg. The announcement crashed the Modo web server as a result of the heavy volume of people visiting the site. As a board member of the club, Näslund also announced he would play without a salary, along with Forsberg. Despite Näslund's and Forsberg's return to Modo, the team finished ninth and thus missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year. After the 2009–10 season, Näslund retired again, and Forsberg left Modo again. After Näslund's second retirement, he was named the general manager of Modo.

In the 2010–11 season the team were closer to relegation to HockeyAllsvenskan than since 1990. The team finished last in Elitserien after a very tight battle in the bottom of Elitserien and thus were forced to play in Kvalserien for the first time since 1990 (the team survived the 1990 Kvalserien). After the 2011 Kvalserien's ninth round, Modo and Södertälje both had 17 points. Modo and Södertälje met each other in Fjällräven Center in the final round, for a game that directly decided which team would be relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan. Modo won the game 2–0 and thus stayed in Elitserien for the 2011–12 season. Nearly two weeks later, Peter Forsberg was named an assistant general manager of the Modo organization. Just a day later, on April 21, 2011, Modo Hockey's then head coach Charles "Challe" Berglund was forced to leave the club.

On May 2, 2011, Ulf Samuelsson, who had been an assistant coach in the National Hockey League (NHL), was named the head coach of Modo Hockey, a position he held for two seasons.

Women's team
During the 2012–13 Riksserien season, Modo finished first in the regular season, but were eliminated in the semifinals by Brynäs IF.

NHL alumni
Although Örnsköldsvik is a small town with an approximate population of just 29,000, the city has produced numerous born-and-raised NHL talents through the Modo system. The hockey-centred town has six indoor rinks, with the Hägglunds Arena boasting regular attendances of 7,000 for Modo home games, marking nearly a quarter of the population.

Anders Hedberg was one of the first Swedes to succeed in the NHL, in the 1970s. In the early 1990s, forwards Peter Forsberg and Markus Näslund emerged from Modo's junior system and were drafted 6th and 16th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins, respectively in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. They became arguably Modo's first NHL stars. Forsberg went on to win the Calder Memorial Trophy as NHL rookie of the year in 1995 with the Nordiques and the Hart Memorial Trophy as NHL MVP with the Colorado Avalanche in 2003, while Näslund won the Lester B. Pearson Award as NHL MVP chosen by the players in 2003. Furthermore, Forsberg and Näslund finished first and second in league point-scoring for the Art Ross Trophy in 2003. Besides the two league-leaders, the 2002–03 season featured 13 NHL players originating from Modo, as well as seven others who were born and raised within a couple miles of Örnsköldsvik. Forward Niklas Sundström also played alongside Forsberg and Näslund with Modo and was drafted 8th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers.

Eight years after Forsberg and Näslund's draft selections, identical twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin were drafted second and third overall, joining Näslund in Vancouver. In 2005–06, Näslund, Henrik and Daniel finished first, second and third, respectively, in Canucks team-scoring. In fact, from the 1998–99 season until the 2016-17 season, no Canucks player has led the team in scoring besides either Näslund, Henrik or Daniel. During the 2009–10 season, Henrik became the second former Modo player to win the NHL's Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer and the Hart Memorial Trophy as league MVP. The next year fellow Canuck and twin brother Daniel Sedin would go on to win the Art ross trophy making it the first time in NHL history that two brothers won scoring titles consecutively.

In 2008–09 defenceman Victor Hedman began drawing considerable attention from the NHL and was eventually selected second overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning, matching Daniel Sedin as the highest-drafted Modo player in team history.

Victor Olofsson found success with the Buffalo Sabres upon joining the team in 2019, becoming a permanent member of the team in the 2019–20 season.

Season-by-season results
''This is a partial list of the last nine seasons completed by Modo. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Modo Hockey seasons. Code explanation; GP—Games played, W—Wins, L—Losses, T—Tied games, GF—Goals for, GA—Goals against, Pts—Points. Top Scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)

Current roster
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Notable players

 * František Kaberle
 * Victor Olofsson
 * Kristian Kuusela
 * Mattias Timander
 * Per-Åge Skrøder
 * Alexander Steen
 * Justin Morrison
 * Victor Hedman
 * Mikael Tellqvist
 * David Výborný
 * Martin Hosták
 * William Nylander
 * Adrian Aucoin
 * Donald Brashear
 * Markus Näslund
 * Peter Forsberg
 * Samuel Påhlsson
 * Peter Högardh
 * Mattias Weinhandl
 * Mats Zuccarello
 * Kyle Cumiskey
 * Tomas Jonsson
 * Mikko Leinonen
 * Daniel Sedin
 * Henrik Sedin
 * Ulf Thors
 * Anton Forsberg
 * Linus Ullmark

Team

 * SHL regular-season titles
 * 1979
 * 1999

 * Le Mat Trophy
 * 1979
 * 2007

Individual

 * Guldpucken
 * Nils Johansson – 1964
 * Peter Forsberg – 1993, 1994
 * Daniel Sedin – 1999
 * Henrik Sedin – 1999
 * Per Svartvadet – 2007

 * Guldhjälmen
 * Peter Forsberg – 1993, 1994
 * Mats Zuccarello – 2010

 * Håkan Loob Trophy
 * Peter Högardh – 2002
 * Magnus Wernblom – 2003
 * Mattias Weinhandl – 2005
 * Per-Åge Skrøder – 2009

 * SHL Rookie of the Year
 * Tobias Enström – 2003
 * Victor Hedman – 2009

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Polivanov system

Polivanov system is a system of transliterating the Japanese language into Russian Cyrillic script, either to represent Japanese proper names or terms in Russian or as an aid to Japanese language learning in those languages. The system was developed by Yevgeny Polivanov in 1917.

In terms of spelling the system is a middle ground between Kunrei-shiki and Hepburn romanisations, matching the former everywhere except for morae hu and tu, which are spelled as in Hepburn (fu and tsu), moras starting with z (which are spelled with dz, as in archaic Hepburn, but following the consistency of Kunrei-shiki with Jun being spelled as Dzyun) and syllabic n, which is changed to m before b, p and m as in traditional Hepburn.

The following cyrillization system for Japanese is known as the Yevgeny Polivanov system. Note that it has its own spelling conventions and does not necessarily constitute a direct phonetic transcription of the pronunciation into the standard Russian usage of the Cyrillic alphabet.

Main table
Hiragana and Katakana to Polivanov cyrillization correspondence table, for single/modified kana.

Syllabic n (ん/ン) is spelled м (m) before b, p, m, and spelled нъ before ya, yu, yo.

Grammar particles は and へ are written ва and э. Syllable を is written either во or о depending on pronunciation (albeit о is more preferred).

Diphthongs
It is permitted to use й instead of и in diphthongs (e.g. shinjit ai → синдзит ай , s ei nen → с эй нэн). However, и is always used on a morpheme clash: Kaw ai (kawa + i) → Кав аи .

Yevgeny Polivanov recommended (but not prescribed as mandatory) to use й for Sino-Japanese (on'yomi) words, and и for native Japanese (kun'yomi) words. Another Polinanov's recommendation is to spell the diphthong ei as a long vowel э:, but this recommendation is almost never followed in practice. Instead, long vowel ē in the name ending -bē is often transliterated as -эй, e.g. Gonb ē → Гомб эй .

Geminate consonants
Consonants are geminated exactly as they are in romaji: e.g. -kk- > -кк-.

Long vowels
Long vowels may be marked by macron as in Hepburn, but since letter ё has a diacritical mark already it is permitted and much more common to mark long vowels by using a colon (e.g. сё:гун). The sequence ei may be written э:, эй or эи. In regular texts long vowels are usually unmarked.

Vowel omission
Normally, vowels in the Polivanov system are always spelled, even if they are not pronounced. However, the voiceless u in the name ending -suke may be omitted:

Ryūnosuke → Рюноскэ.

Some translators tend to omit voiceless u in all cases when su (and, less often, tsu) is followed by a k-syllable, e.g. Akatsuki → Акацки, Daisuki → Дайски. However, this omission is considered non-standard.

Another non-standard (if not controversial) practice is omitting the voiceless u at the end of words, mostly in desu → дэс and masu → мас. This spelling can be found in some learning materials, but most professional translators oppose it, because native speakers may pronounce su at the end of the word with a distinctive u sound (especially in "feminine" speech).

Common mistakes and deviations
In English texts, Japanese names are written with the Hepburn system. Attempts may be made to transcribe these as if they were English, rather than following a dedicated Japanese Cyrillization scheme.

A common example of this is attempting to transcribe shi (Polivanov: си) as ши and ji (Polivanov: дзи) as джи. This is inadvisable for use in Russian, because ши is actually pronounced like шы in Russian, and джи like джы, thus making the vowel closer to Japanese  than to Japanese. Whereas, щи would have a correct vowel sound, but be pronounced more like Japanese sshi.

Equally often, people transcribe cha, chi, chu, cho as ча, чи, чу, чо. This is phonetically correct, but does not conform with the Polivanov scheme (тя, ти, тю, тё), which more closely resembles the Kunrei-shiki romanisations (tya, ti, tyu, tyo) for these particular characters.

Sometimes е, rather than э, is used for e, despite е being pronounced ye in Russian (though not in other languages). This is typically not done in the initial position, despite older romanisations such as "Yedo" doing so. In any case, it does not conform with the Polivanov scheme, although it is seen as more acceptable for words that are in general use (e.g. kamikaze > камикадзе instead of камикадзэ). Replacing ё (yo) with е (ye) is incorrect, however, as it will change the Japanese word too much.

The sound yo (Polivanov: ё), when in the initial position or after a vowel, is often written as йо (yo), which has the same pronunciation: Ёкосука -> Йокосука (Yokosuka), Тоёта -> Тойота (Toyota). Although, the spelling "йо" is not common in Russian words, these are more generally accepted for Japanese names than the transliterations using "ё". "Ё" is not often used in Japanese Cyrillization due to its facultative use in the Russian language (and possible substitution with the letter "Е" which would affect the pronunciation), but for professional translators, the use of ё is mandatory. Some personal names beginning with "Yo" (or used after a vowel) are written using "Ё" (e.g. Йоко for Yoko Ono, but Ёко for Yoko Kanno and all other Yokos).

Exceptions
Some proper names, for historical reasons, do not follow the above rules. For example, the geographical names of Japan in Russian are transmitted according to special instructions for the transfer of geographical names (other language names, for example from the Ainu language, do not fall under the Polivanov system). Other Japanese names and concepts were adapted into Russian from other languages (for example, under the influence of Hepburn or other transliteration systems). Those include but are not limited to:

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Baron Feversham

Baron Feversham is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation, in the Peerage of Great Britain, came in 1747 when Anthony Duncombe, who had earlier represented Salisbury and Downton in the House of Commons, was made Lord Feversham, Baron of Downton, in the County of Wilts. He had previously inherited half of the enormous fortune of his uncle Sir Charles Duncombe. However, Lord Feversham had no sons and the barony became extinct on his death in 1763. The peerage was revived in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1826 in favour of his kinsman Charles Duncombe, who was created Baron Feversham, of Duncombe Park in the County of York. He was a former Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury, Aldborough, Heytesbury and Newport. Duncombe was the grandson of Thomas Duncombe, son of John Brown (who assumed the surname Duncombe) by his wife Ursula Duncombe, aunt of the first Baron of the 1747 creation. Ursula had inherited the other half of her brother Sir Charles Duncombe's fortune. Lord Feversham son, the second Baron, sat as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Yorkshire and the North Riding of Yorkshire.

He was succeeded by his son, the third Baron. He represented East Retford and the North Riding of Yorkshire in the House of Commons as a Conservative. On 25 July 1868 he was created Viscount Helmsley, of Helmsley in the North Riding of the County of York, and Earl of Feversham, of Ryedale in the North Riding of the County of York. He was succeeded by his grandson, the second Earl, who sat in Parliament as a Conservative representative for Thirsk and Malton. He was killed in the First World War, when the titles were inherited by his son, the third Earl. He notably served as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) from 1934 to 1936 in the National Government. On his death in 1963 the viscountcy and earldom became extinct. However, he was succeeded in the barony of Feversham by his distant relative (his fourth cousin), the sixth Baron. He was the great-great-grandson of Admiral the Honourable Arthur Duncombe, fourth son of the first Baron. the title is held by his eldest son, the seventh Baron, who succeeded in 2009.

Several other members of the Duncombe family have also gained distinction. Anthony Duncombe, father of the first Baron of the 1747 creation, was Member of Parliament for Hedon. The aforementioned Sir Charles Duncombe, uncle of the first Baron of the 1747 creation, was a wealthy banker. Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, nephew of the first Baron of the 1826 creation, was a Radical politician. The aforementioned Admiral Arthur Duncombe, fourth son of the first Baron, was an Admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament. He was the father of 1) Arthur Duncombe, a Conservative Member of Parliament, and 2) George Augustus Duncombe, who was created a baronet in 1919 (see Duncombe baronets). The Very Reverend Augustus Duncombe (1814–1880), younger son of the first Baron, was Dean of York. The Honourable Octavius Duncombe, younger son of the first Baron, represented the North Riding of Yorkshire in Parliament.

The ancestral seat of the Duncombe family is Duncombe Park near Helmsley, Yorkshire.

Barons Feversham, first creation (1747)

 * Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham (1695–1763)

Barons Feversham, second creation (1826)

 * Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham (1764–1841)
 * Charles Duncombe (c. 1795 – 1819)
 * William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham (1798–1867)
 * Hon. Albert Duncombe (1826–1846)
 * William Ernest Duncombe, 3rd Baron Feversham (1829–1915) (created Earl of Feversham in 1868)

Earls of Feversham (1868)

 * William Ernest Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham (1829–1915)
 * William Reginald Duncombe, Viscount Helmsley (1852–1881)
 * Charles William Reginald Duncombe, 2nd Earl of Feversham (1879–1916)
 * Charles William Slingsby Duncombe, 3rd Earl of Feversham (1906–1963)

Barons Feversham, second creation (1826; reverted)

 * (Charles Anthony) Peter Duncombe, 6th Baron Feversham (1945–2009)
 * Jasper Orlando Slingsby Duncombe, 7th Baron Feversham (born 1968)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Orlando Balthazar Duncombe (born 2009).

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Opéra Bastille

The Opéra Bastille (, "Bastille Opera House") is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's Grands Travaux, it became the main facility of the Paris National Opera, France's principal opera company, alongside the older Palais Garnier; most opera performances are shown at the Bastille along with some ballet performances and symphony concerts, while Palais Garnier presents a mix of opera and ballet performances.

Designed by Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott, it is situated facing Place de la Bastille. It may seat 2,723 people in total, with a main theatre, concert hall and studio theatre, making it the largest opera house in Europe.

Background and construction
The idea of a new "popular and modern" opera house in Paris first arose in the 1880s, only years after the opening of the Palais Garnier. It would remain virtual for a century and reemerge periodically due to the recurrent "crisis at the Opera" and to the limitations imposed on modern opera production by the palais Garnier. It was notably promoted in 1965–1968 by stage director Jean Vilar, the most prominent figure in "popular theatre" at the time, who had been commissioned a reform project for the National Opera Theatre and echoed composer Pierre Boulez’ provocative appeal to "blow up opera houses", as well as by senior civil servant François Bloch-Lainé in a 1977 report on the Opera's management and perspectives.

In 1981, the newly elected President François Mitterrand included a new opera house in his large monument-building programme known as the "Grands Travaux". The project was originally part of the Cité de la musique, a complex of musical institutions in North-Eastern Paris. It was quickly decided to separate it and to build it in the Bastille area of Paris, a relatively working-class district that also evoked the French Revolution and was a traditional starting or ending point for demonstrations. The following year, an international competition was launched, under supervision of the Opéra Bastille Public Corporation (EPOB), to select an architect. 756 entries were received, and, in November 1983, the competition was won by little-known architect Carlos Ott, an Uruguayan living in Canada. It was said that the jury, who—as it is common with architectural competitions—did not know the names or track-records of the entrants, mistakenly assumed the design was by the distinguished American architect Richard Meier.

Construction began in 1984 with the demolition of the gare de la Bastille train station, which had opened in 1859 and closed in 1969, and where art expositions had been held thereafter. In 1986, the new right-wing government led by Jacques Chirac considered canceling the project, but eventually decided it was too advanced and gave it the green light again. President Mitterrand remained personally involved throughout the building process, to the point that the planning team referred to him to decide on the seats’ colour following internal disagreement. (He chose black.)

In the original project, the house also included a small concert hall and a multi-purpose hall ("salle modulable"). The latter was a public request by Pierre Boulez, who had long been publicly lamenting the lack of a proper venue for contemporary music and experimental performances in Paris. However, due to the construction delays, it was eventually shelved, much to Boulez’ irritation, and a similar facility was eventually built as part of the Cité de la musique. The concert hall, known as the Bastille Amphitheatre (amphithéâtre Bastille), was maintained and built.

After massive budget overruns, the final construction cost was at 2.8 billion French francs.

The building was inaugurated by François Mitterrand on 13 July 1989, on the eve of the 200th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, in the presence of thirty-three foreign heads of state or heads of government. A semi-staged gala concert, directed by Robert Wilson under the title la Nuit avant le jour (The Night Before the Day), was conducted by Georges Prêtre and featured singers such as Teresa Berganza and Plácido Domingo. The Paris Opera's traditional Bastille Day free concert was given there the following day.

The opera house was unfinished at the time of the official inauguration, and did not see its first opera performance until 17 March 1990, with Hector Berlioz’ les Troyens, directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi.

Troubles and controversies
The Opéra Bastille's management and reputation were marred by a number of controversies and scandals in the house's first decade, from before its opening.

In 1987, conductor Daniel Barenboim, who had previously led the orchestre de Paris, was hired to become the house's first Artistic Director, and began planning the first seasons. In January 1989, six months before inauguration, the company's board chairman Pierre Bergé, otherwise head of the Yves Saint Laurent fashion house, fired Barenboim, reportedly after the conductor's refusal to cut his pay by half as well as due to his modernist stance, which Bergé deemed unfit for a "popular" opera house. It was also noted that Barenboim had been hired by a right-wing government, while Bergé was a prominent supporter and donor of the Socialist Party. This decision proved extremely controversial in the artistic field: Patrice Chéreau backed off the staging of the inaugural gala, composer Pierre Boulez resigned from the Board of Directors, and Herbert von Karajan and Georg Solti, along with several other prominent conductors, signed a letter of protest and called for a boycott of the opéra Bastille, canceling their own concerts there. This made the search for a new artistic director difficult; in May, Bergé was finally able to announce the appointment of Korean pianist and conductor Myung-whun Chung, then young and practically unknown in France. Chung took the pit for the first opera performance in May 1990.

Although his term was later extended to last until 2000, Chung was fired in 1994 after the right-wing coalition's election victory, the end of Pierre Bergé's board tenure and a power play with the company's Director designate, Hugues Gall, who cancelled his contract; at the height of the conflict, Chung was physically prevented from entering the building despite a judicial ruling in his favour.

The building was as much a source of trouble as the leadership conflicts. As early as 1991, a few of the 36,000 Burgundy limestone panels covering the facade began to fall, which led to the installation of safety nets over some external walls in 1996; they were dubbed "condoms with holes" by the disgruntled Director. Several major alterations had to be carried out in the following years, including that of the soundproofing structure and adjusting the orchestra pit's acoustics; each change proved complex and sometimes involved court proceedings to determine who was responsible. The facade problems were not solved until 2009 with the installation of new tiles made of composite material and attached differently. However, many nets are still in place on facades in 2022.

Operations
The Opéra Bastille was originally expected to become the company's sole opera venue, with the Palais Garnier turned into a dedicated ballet venue. However, this strict division was abandoned in the 1990s when some operas were performed at the Palais Garnier and the company's ballet also danced at the Bastille. Since then, most opera performances take place at the modern house with some ballet performances and a few symphony concerts every season, while the traditional house presents a mix of opera and ballet performances.

Hugues Gall, who took over as the Paris National Opera's Director in 1995, was originally an opponent of the Bastille project, famously quipping that the new opera house was "the wrong answer to a problem that did not exist". In his nine-year term, he is however credited with stabilising the company's administrative, artistic and financial situation, partly due to the possibilities offered by the modern theatre: higher revenues due to the larger seating capacity, wider range of technical means for stage directors, better working environment, higher scheduling flexibility.

Design
The Opéra Bastille is located on the place de la Bastille. In order to make it "blend into" the landscape, the square was not remodelled to be aligned with it in a general parallel plan, but the left-hand side of the facade was left partly hidden behind an older and smaller building, which was expected to give the impression that the opera house had been part of the area for a very long time. The building then elongates itself behind the facade following a generally triangular shape, hidden by other buildings around. The theatre is "surmounted by the opaque cube of the stage building and wrapped in gridded walls of glass… the Opera stands sociably open to the world outside, whereas the foyers, with their broad overview of the city, have the slick, impersonal look of an airport lounge." These foyers run around the theatre's auditorium on several levels and give the external glass facade its round shape.

Access to the entrance hall is directly from the square at street level. Although a monumental external staircase leading to the first-level foyer and a direct underground access from the Bastille subway station to the entrance hall were built, they were eventually closed.

The theatre's auditorium was designed with 2,723 seats, later reduced to 2,703. It is organised in an arena format with two huge balconies at the back, with a few narrow balconies on the sides. It was a conscious, egalitarian, departure from the Palais Garnier, which has several dozen types of seats and does not offer stage visibility from all of them. Every seat at the Opéra Bastille offers an unrestricted view of the stage, it is the very same type of seat with the same level of comfort, and there are no boxes. Subtitles are visible from every seat except for those at the very back of the arena and of the first balcony. In 2005, two small standing room areas were created at the back of the arena; tickets are sold for €5, only on the evening of the performance. There is no "royal" or "presidential box"; instead, one of the regular seats in the arena, on the "VIP" row (row 15) just after the central aisle, is considered the presidential seat, although not all Presidents since 1989 have been avid opera-goers.

Due to its size, the auditorium is frequently—and unfavourably—called a "vessel", and, compared to other world-class opera houses, the acoustics have been described as at best disappointing. One technical feature destined to make it better is that the floor of the orchestra pit is actually a small elevator, which makes it possible to adapt the pit to the requirements of the performance, elevating it for a smaller orchestra and lowering it for a larger and louder one; in its largest configuration, the pit has room for 130 players.

The hall is generally cold in colour due to the prominence of grey granite, black or white stone and black fabric in the structure and decoration as well as to the lightning from the giant white glass ceiling, although the use of pearwood for the seats and handrails and of oak for the floor brings a warmer, light brown touch. This modern design has been controversial ever since the house's opening, with part of the audience preferring the elaborately ornate and gilded decoration of the traditional Palais Garnier.

The backstage occupies an enormous area (5,000 m2), six times larger than the stage: the stage area is flanked left and right with areas of the same size, and these three areas are replicated towards the back of the theatre. A system of rails and a rotating dock make it possible to roll entire sets on and off on giant motorised platforms in a few minutes and to store these platforms on the available backstage spots; quick changes of set enable the artists to rehearse a work in the afternoon and to perform another one in the evening within the same space, something impossible at the Palais Garnier. The use of such platforms also makes it considerably easier to use three-dimensional sets rather than traditional flat images. Under the stage is a giant elevator, which is used to lower unused set platforms to an underground storehouse as large as the backstage itself.

The building also includes a rehearsal room that is identical in size and shape to the theatre's pit and stage areas.

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Saturn Award for Best Make-up

The Saturn Award for Best Make-up is one of the annual awards given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards, which are the oldest film-specialized awards to reward science fiction, fantasy, and horror achievements (the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is the oldest award for science fiction and fantasy films), included the category for the first time at the 2nd Saturn Awards for the 1973 film year, eight years before the introduction of the Academy Award for Best Makeup; the winner was An American Werewolf in London (1981).

Rick Baker currently holds the record for most wins with seven and for the most nominations with seventeen.

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Baron Fisher

Baron Fisher, of Kilverstone in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1909 for the noted naval reformer Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Fisher.

His son Cecil Fisher, the second Baron, was the adoptive heir of Josiah Vavasseur (1834–1908), an arms manufacturer. Vavasseur left part of his enormous estate to Fisher on the condition that he adopted the Vavasseur name. Fisher assumed the additional surname of Vavasseur in 1909 by Royal licence. the title is held by the latter's grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 2012.

The family seat is Kilverstone Hall, near Kilverstone, Norfolk.

Line of succession

 * Coronet of a British Baron.svg John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (1841–1920)
 * Coronet of a British Baron.svg Cecil Vavasseur Fisher, 2nd Baron Fisher (1868–1955)
 * Coronet of a British Baron.svg John Vavasseur Fisher, 3rd Baron Fisher (1921–2012)
 * Coronet of a British Baron.svg Patrick Vavasseur Fisher, 4th Baron Fisher (b. 1953)
 * (1) Hon. Benjamin Carnegie Vavasseur Fisher (b. 1986)
 * (2) Hon. Robin Carnegie Vavasseur Fisher (b. 1996)
 * (3) Hon. Benjamin Vavasseur Fisher (b. 1958)
 * (4) Peter Vavasseur Fisher (b. 1986)

The heir apparent is the present holder's second son, the Hon. Benjamin Carnegie Vavasseur Fisher (b. 1986), who is married to Katy Lee Fisher. His elder brother, the Hon. John Carnegie Vavasseur Fisher (b. 1979), died on 2 August 2015.

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Florida-class battleship

The Florida-class battleships of the United States Navy comprised two ships: USS Florida (BB-30) and USS Utah (BB-31). Launched in 1910 and 1909 respectively and commissioned in 1911, they were slightly larger than the preceding Delaware-class battleship design but were otherwise very similar. This was the first US battleship class in which all ships received steam turbine engines. In the previous Delaware-class, USS North Dakota (BB-29) received steam turbine propulsion as an experiment while USS Delaware (BB-28) retained triple-expansion engines.

Both ships were involved in the 1914 Second Battle of Vera Cruz, deploying their Marine contingents as part of the operation. Following the entrance of the United States into World War I in 1917, both ships were deployed to Europe. Florida was assigned to the British Grand Fleet and based in Scapa Flow; in December 1918 she escorted President Woodrow Wilson to France for the peace negotiations. Utah was assigned to convoy escort duty; she was based in Ireland and was tasked with protecting convoys as they approached the European continent.

Retained under the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, both ships were modernized significantly, with torpedo bulges and oil-fired boilers installed and other improvements made, but were demilitarized under terms of the 1930 London Naval Treaty. Florida was scrapped, Utah converted into first a radio-controlled target ship, then an anti-aircraft gunnery trainer. She served in the latter role until sunk by the Japanese during the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Her hull became deeply stuck in silt and mud as she sank, and thus was never raised. It remains on the bottom of the harbor as a war memorial.

Design
The Floridas were the third of 10 separate classes built between 1906 and 1919, a total of 22 battleships being commissioned. The new dreadnoughts of the American battle line were being designed from pre-dreadnought experience and observation of foreign designs, as no US dreadnought had yet been commissioned at the time that the Floridas were designed; all were either at some stage of building or in design. American capital ship design was also heavily influenced by war games conducted at the US Navy's Naval War College. Captain William Sims led a reform movement that assigned warship design to the General Board.

These ships were an improvement over the preceding Delaware-class battleship. Their engine rooms were larger to hold four Curtis or Parsons steam turbines. Their larger beam gave them greater metacentric height, in which the Delawares were notably deficient, which improved buoyancy and reduced hull stress. The ships mounted new 5 in/51-caliber guns as secondary batteries in casemates that boasted increased armor protection. The class retained the large and fully enclosed conning towers that were adopted for the preceding Delawares, as a result of American studies of the Battle of Tsushima in 1905. The design reduced the vulnerability of the command staff. Overall, these ships were much better protected than their British counterparts, although they were modified extensively during the interwar period.

General characteristics
The Florida-class ships were 510 ft long at the waterline and 521 ft overall. They had a beam of 88 ft and a draft of 28 ft. They displaced 21825 LT at standard displacement and 23033 LT at full load. This was an increase of approximately 2500 LT over the previous Delaware class. The ships also had some of their superstructure rearranged, including the lattice masts and the funnels. The Florida-class ships had a crew of 1,001 officers and men. The wider beam increased the vessels' metacentric height, which allowed the Floridas to accommodate their larger medium-caliber guns without any real penalty in topweight.

Florida was fitted experimentally with a larger bridge than was then standard, to house both ship and fire control personnel under armor, while Utah received a heavily armored fire-control tower atop a standard-sized bridge. The former proved especially successful, to the point that when a larger armored fire-control tower and standard bridge was proposed for the Nevada class, it was rejected in favor of a roomier bridge like that of Florida.

The two ships were modernized in 1925–27; among the improvements were the addition of torpedo bulges, which were designed to increase resistance to underwater damage—this widened the ships to 106 ft. The ships also had their rear lattice masts removed and replaced with a pole mast. A catapult for launching aircraft was mounted on the number 3 gun turret.

Propulsion
The ships were propelled by four-shaft Parsons steam turbines; steam was provided by 12 Babcock & Wilcox coal-fired boilers. The engines were rated at 28000 shp to give a top speed of 21 kn. On trials, Florida made 22.08 kn on 40511 shp; Utah's turbines produced only 27028 shp but still propelled the ship at 21.04 kn. However, the engine and boiler room arrangements remained the same as in the Delawares, with the engine room situated between the rear main turrets and steam lines running beneath the superfiring rear turret. The ships had a range of 5776 nmi at a cruising speed of 10 kn.

The engine rooms on these ships were lengthened to accommodate the larger Parsons steam turbines, which meant the after boiler room had to be eliminated. Funnel spacing was therefore closer than in the Delawares. The remaining boiler rooms were widened by 4 ft; to do this and maintain adequate underwater and coal bunker protection, the ships were made 3 ft beamier than the Delawares. During Florida and Utah's reconstruction in 1925–1927, their coal-fired boilers were replaced with four White-Forster oil-fired boilers. The reduction in the number of boilers allowed their twin funnels to be trunked into one single larger funnel.

Main guns
It was intended originally to arm these ships with eight 14 in/45-caliber guns then in development in superfiring fore-and-aft mountings. As this gun did not go into service until 1914, the arrangement of ten 12 in/45-caliber Mark 5 guns in five twin gun turrets was retained from the Delaware class. The gun housings were the Mark 8 type, and they allowed for depression to −5 degrees and elevation to 15 degrees. The guns had a rate of fire of 2 to 3 rounds per minute. They fired 870 lb shells, of either armor-piercing (AP) or Common types, though the Common type was obsolete by 1915 and put out of production. The propellant charge was 310 lb in silk bags, and provided a muzzle velocity of 2700 ft/s. The guns were expected to fire 175 rounds before the barrels would require replacement. The two ships carried 100 shells per gun, or 1,000 rounds in total. At 15 degrees elevation, the guns could hit targets out to approximately 20000 yd

Unfortunately, the turret layout of the Delawares was also retained, with its respective challenges. Two turrets, Numbers 1 and 2, were mounted fore in a superfiring pair, while the other three were mounted aft of the main superstructure, all on the centerline. The rearmost turret, number 5, was placed on the main deck, facing rearward, the next turret, Number 4, was placed on the main deck facing forward, but could only have fired on either broadside, it could not have fired straight forward or aft. The center turret, Number 3, placed in a superfiring position facing rearward, could not fire astern when the turret directly under it had its guns trained forward. This left only the rearmost turret, with its pair of 12-inch guns, to cover the rear quarter of the ship. Also, since the engine room was situated between the superfiring rear turret and the ones behind it, steam lines ran from the boiler rooms amidships around the ammunition magazine for Number 3 turret to the engine room. These lines, it was later found, had the potential to heat the powder in the magazine and degrade its ballistics. This design flaw was also prevalent in several British dreadnoughts but was considered inescapable by naval designers on structural grounds.

Other weapons

C&R proposed 6 in secondary guns for these ships, protected by 6.5 in casemate armor. This would have been the only change from the protective scheme carried over from the Delaware class. However, a new 5-inch/51-caliber gun was adopted instead after concerns about inadequate splinter protection for secondary gun casemates and smoke uptakes led to an increase in armor. Sixteen of these weapons were fitted in individual casemates. These guns fired a 50 lb armor-piercing (AP) shell at a muzzle velocity of 3150 ft/s and a rate of 8 to 9 rounds per minute. The guns could depress to −10 degrees and elevate to 15 degrees. The guns were manually operated, and had a range of train of about 150 degrees in either direction.

Florida and Utah received two 3 in/23-caliber guns in 1917 for anti-aircraft (AA) defense. This was increased to eight guns between 1926 and 1928. These guns fired a 16.5 lb shell at a muzzle velocity of 1650 ft/s to a maximum range of 8800 yd and ceiling of 18000 ft at an elevation of 75 degrees and a rate of between eight and nine rounds per minute.

The ships were also armed with two 21 in submerged torpedo tubes. The tubes were mounted one on each broadside. The torpedoes were 16.4 ft long and carried a 200 lb warhead. They had a range of 4000 yd and traveled at a speed of 26 kn.

Armor
The armor layout was largely the same as in the preceding Delaware-class battleships. The armored belt ranged in thickness from 9 to 11 in in the more important areas of the ship. Casemated guns mounted in the hull had between 8 and 10 in of armor plate. After modernization, some of the casemated guns were moved to the superstructure; these guns were protected with only 5 in of armor. The barbettes that housed the main gun turrets were armored with between 4 and 10 in of armor; the side portions more vulnerable to shell fire were thicker, while the front and rear sections of the barbette, which were less likely to be hit, received thinner armor to save weight. The gun turrets themselves were armored with 12 in of armor. The conning tower was 11.5 in thick. The armored deck was slightly reduced in thickness, from 2 to 1.5 in.

Construction

Florida, ordered under hull number "Battleship #30", was laid down at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York on 9 March 1909. She was launched on 12 May 1910, after which fitting out work commenced. She was completed on 15 September 1911, and commissioned into the United States Navy. Utah was ordered under hull number "Battleship #31". She was laid down in Camden, New Jersey, at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, 6 days later on 15 March. Work proceeded faster on Utah than on her sister ship, and she was launched about four and a half months earlier, on 23 December 1909. Her fitting out lasted until 31 August 1911, when she was commissioned into the Navy.

USS Florida

Florida took part in the Second battle of Vera Cruz in 1914. She and her sister Utah were the first two ships on the scene; the two ships landed some 1,000 sailors and Marines under the command of Florida's captain on 21 April. Fighting lasted for 3 days; the contingent from Florida and Utah suffered a total of 94 casualties.

After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, Florida was dispatched to Europe; she departed the United States in December 1917. After arriving in the North Sea, she was assigned to the British Grand Fleet. The ship, part of the US Navy's Battleship Division Nine, under the command of Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, arrived on 7 December and was assigned to the 6th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet. Following training exercises with the British fleet, 6th Battle Squadron was tasked with convoy protection duty on the route to Scandinavia. Following the end of the war, in December 1918, the ship escorted President Woodrow Wilson on his trip to Europe to participate in the peace negotiations at Versailles. Later in December, Florida returned to the United States to participate in the Victory Fleet Review in New York harbor.

Post-war, Florida returned to the US Navy's Atlantic Fleet; she operated along the east coast of the United States and into Central America. In July 1920, she was assigned the hull number "BB-30". In December 1920, she carried the US Secretary of State, Bainbridge Colby, on a diplomatic trip around the Caribbean and South America. Florida was the oldest American battleship that was retained under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. She underwent extensive reconstruction and modernization during the mid-1920s. After emerging from the shipyard, she was assigned as the flagship of the Control Force, US Fleet. The ship conducted a series of training cruises for the remainder of the decade. Under the London Naval Treaty of 1930, the ship was to be discarded. She was decommissioned in February 1931 and towed to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, where she was broken up for scrap.

USS Utah

Utah's first assignment was with the US Navy's Atlantic Fleet. During 1913, she took a goodwill voyage to the Mediterranean. Utah was also involved in the Second Battle of Vera Cruz, alongside her sister Florida. The ship also saw front-line duty in the First World War, although she was not attached to the British Grand Fleet. Starting in September 1918, Utah was based in Bantry Bay, Ireland. Here she conducted convoy escort duties on the approach to Europe.

Post-war service saw Utah again in the Atlantic Fleet; during 1921–22, she was stationed in Europe. Utah was also retained under the Washington Naval Treaty. In 1924–1925, the ship sailed on a goodwill cruise to South America. Following her return to the United States, she was taken into dry dock for significant reconstruction. After she rejoined the active fleet, she was assigned to the US Scouting Fleet. Late in 1928, she steamed to the South Atlantic, where she picked up President-Elect Herbert Hoover, who was returning from an ambassadorial visit to several South American countries.

According to the London Naval Treaty, the ship was to be removed from front-line service. In 1931 she had her main battery guns removed and was converted into a radio-controlled target ship. She was redesignated AG-16, and served in this capacity through 1941. In 1935 she was rebuilt again, gaining a single 1.1 in/75-caliber anti-aircraft gun in a quadruple mount for experimental testing and development of the new type of weapon. She continued her role as a target ship, and in 1941 had several additional anti-aircraft guns installed to increase her capacity to train gunners. Later that year she was transferred to the US Pacific Fleet and based in Pearl Harbor. She was present in Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, was hit by two torpedoes, capsized, and sank. A few years later, the hull was partially righted and towed closer to Ford Island in a failed salvage effort, where the wreck remains today.

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Saturday Night at the Movies

Saturday Night at the Movies was a weekly television series on TVOntario, the public educational television network in Ontario, Canada. The series presented classic movies, followed by interviews and feature segments with directors, actors and other people involved in making the films presented.

The show was initially formatted in this way due to requirements that all programming shown on TVO (including dramatic programming) needed to contain educational elements, which was usually accomplished by including interviews and analysis of the programming. Nevertheless, even after these requirements were dropped, the format was maintained; all told, the series presented almost 1,500 films and over 1,000 interviews.

The show was produced for much of its run by Risa Shuman.

Elwy Yost era
First aired on March 30, 1974, the program was originally hosted by Elwy Yost. The first film shown was Ingmar Bergman's Through a Glass Darkly. During Yost's 25-year tenure as host, he showed a variety of foreign films, but tended to concentrate on Hollywood-produced films from the 1930s through the 1950s, slowly expanding into also showing films from the 1960s and 1970s as the series progressed. Films shown spanned all genres; Yost famously said that of all the films he had ever seen in his life, he had disliked only two. For a number of years, however, the show was unable to broadcast films from the Warner Bros. studio, as TVOntario's transmitter in Windsor created a programming rights conflict with stations in Detroit.

Although the hosts did interview actors and film directors, they often interviewed film crew, such as cinematographers and film editors, who much more rarely receive widespread publicity.

In his final decade hosting the show, Yost lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, and would travel to Toronto to prepare many episodes of the show at once.

Yost retired as host of the series in 1999. The last film he presented was, atypically, a then-recent Hollywood blockbuster: Yost chose Speed to conclude his run as host, as it was written by his son, screenwriter Graham Yost. Around the same time as his retirement, he was inducted into the Order of Canada.

After Yost
Soon after Yost's retirement, the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris appointed Isabel Bassett as chair of TVOntario, with a mandate to refocus the network's broadcast schedule more clearly on education. Although there was some concern that the network would lose Saturday Night at the Movies, its highest-rated program, Bassett instead negotiated an agreement with York University to include the series in its film studies curriculum.

Yost was replaced as host for one season by Shelagh Rogers, concurrently with her continuing role as host of CBC Stereo's classical music program Take Five. When Rogers became the host of CBC Radio's morning news program This Morning in 2000, she left Saturday Night at the Movies, which briefly changed to a hostless format. At this time, the series added a Sunday night companion series, Sunday Night at the Cinema, which focused more on international film.

The program was then hosted by Johanna Schneller for two seasons beginning in 2004. The show's final host, for the remainder of its run, was Thom Ernst.

On November 13, 2012, it was announced that TVO would cancel Saturday Night at the Movies as of the end of the 2012-2013 season, amidst budget cuts incurred by the network. The final edition of Saturday Night at the Movies was broadcast on August 31, 2013, featuring two foreign films as its last movies: The Lives of Others (at 8 P.M.), and Black Book (starting at 10:50 P.M.)

Copies of many of the show's interviews have been donated to the archives of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Baron Faringdon

Baron Faringdon, of Buscot Park in the County of Berkshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1916 for Sir Alexander Henderson, 1st Baronet, who had previously represented Stafford West and St George's, Hanover Square in the House of Commons as a Liberal Unionist. He had already been created a baronet in 1902. He was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Harold Henderson, eldest son of the first Baron, who predeceased his father. Lord Faringdon was a member of the London County Council. the titles are held by his nephew, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1977. He is the son of the Hon. Michael Thomas Handerson, second son of the Hon. Harold Henderson.

The family seat is Buscot Park, near Faringdon, Oxfordshire.

Barons Faringdon (1916)

 * Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon (1850–1934)
 * Hon. Harold Greenwood Henderson (1875–1922)
 * Alexander Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon (1902–1977)
 * Charles Michael Henderson, 3rd Baron Faringdon (b. 1937)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. James Harold Henderson (b. 1961).

The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, George Alexander Henderson (b. 1992).

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Saturn Award for Best Costume Design

The Saturn Award for Best Costume Design is one of the annual awards given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards, which are the oldest film-specialized awards to reward science fiction, fantasy, and horror achievements (the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is the oldest award for science fiction and fantasy films), included the category for the first time at the 4th Saturn Awards in 1977.

Multiple nominations

 * 13 nominations
 * Colleen Atwood

 * 10 nominations
 * Bob Ringwood

 * 7 nominations
 * Kym Barrett

 * 6 nominations
 * Joanna Johnston
 * Jany Temime

 * 5 nominations
 * Alexandra Byrne
 * Michael Kaplan
 * Judianna Makovsky

 * 4 nominations
 * Jenny Beavan
 * John Bloomfield
 * Ngila Dickson
 * Jacqueline Durran
 * Robert Fletcher
 * Lindy Hemming
 * Sandy Powell
 * Penny Rose
 * Anna B. Sheppard
 * Richard Taylor
 * Michael Wilkinson

 * 3 nominations
 * Trisha Biggar
 * Milena Canonero
 * Jean-Pierre Dorleac
 * Louise Mingenbach
 * Ellen Mirojnick
 * John Mollo
 * Isis Mussenden
 * Gabriella Pescucci
 * Arianne Phillips
 * Joseph A. Porro
 * Emma Porteous
 * Deborah Lynn Scott
 * Sammy Sheldon
 * Albert Wolsky
 * Janty Yates

 * 2 nominations
 * Theoni V. Aldredge
 * Deena Appel
 * Richard Bruno
 * Vin Burnham
 * Ruth E. Carter
 * David Crossman
 * Glyn Dillon
 * Ingrid Ferrin
 * Jean Paul Gaultier
 * Eiko Ishioka
 * Catherine Martin
 * Anthony Mendleson
 * Norma Moriceau
 * Ruth Myers
 * Patricia Norris
 * Rosanna Norton
 * Wendy Partridge
 * Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
 * Erica Edell Phillips
 * Anthony Powell
 * Mayes C. Rubeo
 * Theadora Van Runkle
 * Marilyn Vance
 * Mary E. Vogt
 * Julie Weiss
 * Jacqueline West
 * Timmy Yip

Multiple wins

 * 3 wins
 * Colleen Atwood
 * Jacqueline Durran

 * 2 wins
 * Trisha Biggar
 * Alexandra Byrne
 * Ngila Dickson
 * Jean-Pierre Dorleac
 * Bob Ringwood

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Baron Forteviot

Baron Forteviot, of Dupplin in the County of Perth, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created 4 January 1917 for the Scottish businessman and Liberal Member of Parliament, Sir John Dewar, 1st Baronet. He was Chairman of the Scotch Whisky distilling company John Dewar and Sons and also represented Inverness-shire in the House of Commons. Dewar had already been created a baronet, of the City of Perth, on 24 July 1907. Since 1993, the titles have been held by his grandson, the fourth Baron.

The name Forteviot comes from the historic village, the last Pictish capital of Scotland. Kenneth MacAlpin, King of the Scots, died at Forteviot in 859.

Barons Forteviot (1917)

 * John Alexander Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot (1856–1929)
 * John Dewar, 2nd Baron Forteviot FRSE (1885–1947)
 * Henry Evelyn Alexander Dewar, 3rd Baron Forteviot (1906–1993)
 * John James Evelyn Dewar, 4th Baron Forteviot (born 1938)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Alexander Dewar (born 1971).

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Saturn Award for Best Special Effects

The Saturn Award for Best Special / Visual Effects is one of the annual awards given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards, which are the oldest film-specialized awards to reward science fiction, fantasy, and horror achievements (the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is the oldest award for science fiction and fantasy films), included the category for the first time at the 2nd Saturn Awards in 1975.

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Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries

To make sure articles are not selected (bolded item) more than once, search for the article's name at Selected anniversaries/All.

Question about reviews
I was previously aware that the inclusion of earlier dates as options for OTD were encouraged, and recently noticed that the date of death for Alfred the Great was included in the article. Presuming I am not mistaken that such proposals are welcome, and before adding it to the relevant template, I had wanted to check how these things are reviewed. Is it simply the case that any changes will be reviewed by before the template appears on the main page, or is there another process I may have missed? CSJJ104 (talk) 21:22, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
 * OTD setters should be reviewing articles they place in the template. This process usually happens a couple days before the date when the hooks are "swapped". I suggest editors add articles to the "eligible" list on the date of the event or the person's birth/death date if the article is properly cited (a citation at the end of every paragraph) and there are no orange banners. Z1720 (talk) 21:33, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for explaining :) CSJJ104 (talk) 00:10, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Too many 1960's South Vietnam events
Could an effort be made to stop posting events from South Vietnam in the 1960s? Ngo Dinh Diem, the Buddhist crisis, the 1963 coup that led to his death, and other articles in that period have been posted multiple, multiple times on OTD. I seem to recall that OTD was supposed to try for a variety of topics, and I even more dimly recall mention that once an article was posted an effort was supposed to be made to not post it again. In any case OTD would be better off if 1960's South Vietnam was retired as a topic. Abductive (reasoning) 07:00, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Sinéad O'Connor on Saturday Night Live
Sinéad O'Connor on Saturday Night Live was recently rated a Good Article. I was wondering if it could appear on OTD on October 3rd, the anniversary of the performance. Thriley (talk) 20:00, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Add it to the "eligible" list for that day, and make sure the date is cited in the article. Z1720 (talk) 23:03, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

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Baron Forres

Baron Forres, of Glenogil in the County of Forfar, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in the 1922 Birthday Honours for the businessman and Liberal politician Sir Archibald Williamson, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet of Glenlogil in 1909. Williamson was the son of Stephen Williamson. who represented St Andrews and Kilmarnock in the House of Commons.

the titles are held by the first Baron's great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1978. He lives in New South Wales, Australia.

Barons Forres (1922)

 * Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres, 1st Baronet of Glenlogil (1860–1931)
 * Stephen Kenneth Guthrie Williamson, 2nd Baron Forres, 2nd Baronet of Glenlogil (1888–1954)
 * John Archibald Harford Williamson, 3rd Baron Forres, 3rd Baronet of Glenlogil (1922–1978)
 * Alastair Stephen Grant Williamson, 4th Baron Forres, 4th Baronet of Glenlogil (b. 1946)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. George Archibald Mallam Williamson (b. 1972).

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1994 Danish general election

General elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1994. The coalition of the Social Democratic Party, the Danish Social Liberal Party and the Centre Democrats led by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen remained in power despite the Christian People's Party, which had been part of the government, failing to cross the 2% threshold and losing all four seats. Voter turnout was 84.3% in Denmark proper, 62.3% in the Faroe Islands and 56.7% in Greenland.

Results
The sole elected independent MP in Denmark proper was Jacob Haugaard, who was associated with the Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements. As of 2023, this is the only time an independent candidate has been elected to parliament under the current constitution. The re-election of the prime minister was also notable for being a rare example of Condorcet paradox observed on a country scale, discovered through prior opinion polls.

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Yevgeny Polivanov

Yevgeny Dmitrievich Polivanov (Евге́ний Дми́триевич Полива́нов; 12 March 1891 – 25 January 1938) was a Soviet linguist, orientalist and polyglot who wrote major works on the Chinese, Japanese, Uzbek and Dungan languages and on theoretical linguistics and poetics.

Life
He participated in the development of writing systems for the peoples of the Soviet Union and also designed a cyrillization system for Japanese language, which was officially accepted in the Soviet Union and is still the standard in modern Russia. He also translated the Kyrgyz national Epic of Manas into Russian. Polivanov is credited as the scholar who initiated the comparative study of Japanese pitch accent across dialects.

During the Russian Revolution of 1917, Polivanov was active first in the Menshevik Party, then he joined the Bolshevik Party. He worked in the Oriental section of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs in 1917–1918 and in the Comintern in 1921.

In 1928–1929 he expressed disagreement with Nicholas Marr's Japhetic theory, which was promoted by the regime at the time. After this he was blackballed from all scholarly institutions in Moscow and Leningrad and until his arrest "was essentially in exile in Central Asia, where he accomplished fruitful work on the local languages."

During the Great Purge, Polivanov was arrested on 16 August 1937 in Bishkek and was charged with spying for Japan. On 1 October, in the Butyrka prison, he requested in writing that the NKVD halt severe interrogation methods against him, arguing that they made him issue false statements that confused the investigation against him. On 25 January 1938, he was tried in a closed session of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR and pleaded not guilty. He was sentenced to death and executed by NKVD near Moscow. He was rehabilitated in 1963. In late October 2018, a memorial containing his name alongside over 6,000 others was erected at Kommunarka.

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Baron Freyberg

Baron Freyberg, of Wellington in New Zealand and of Munstead in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1951 for the prominent military commander Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg. He served as Governor-General of New Zealand from 1946 to 1952. His only son, the second Baron, was a Colonel in the Grenadier Guards.

, the title is held by the latter's only son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1993. Lord Freyberg is one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sits as a cross-bencher.

The family seat is Munstead House, near Godalming, Surrey.

Barons Freyberg (1951)

 * Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889–1963)
 * Paul Richard Freyberg, 2nd Baron Freyberg (1923–1993)
 * Valerian Bernard Freyberg, 3rd Baron Freyberg (b. 1970)

The heir apparent and sole heir to the peerage is the present holder's son, the Hon. Joseph John Freyberg (b. 2007)

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Talk:Pushout

This article might want to include mention of the movie Pump Up The Volume, which deals somewhat with this phenomenon. --Daniel C. Boyer 20:52, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

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Talk:Stanley Ho

Order of paragraph
OK!!! the new order fo paragraph is good. -- 21charlesliu 18:27, 29 Feb 2004 hong kong

Is it better to re-arrange the order? I think we should distinguish between personal affairs and business, so I prefer to put "personal life" forward, just after "early life" --23Tung 04:22, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)

yes we need to re-arrange the order. As seen other page (which also introduce people) in wikipedia, they also put personal life at the end. So I like we would better put 'personal life' at the end instead of put it after 'early life'. I suggest the order of table of content can be like this.

1 Current Positions 1.1 Business 1.2 Community 1.3 Politics 2 Early Life 3 Career path 4 Gambling and Macau 5 Future of his business 6 Community Commitment 7 Honors 8 Triads and Ho 9 Personal Life 10 See also 11 External links 11.1 Business 11.2 Education 11.3 Gambling 11.4 Others

Do you agree on it? If no one have any suggestion, I would do it soon. look forward to your reply. --24yuenching 06:32, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Early life and Studies
Can we just put "Studies" into "Early life" so as to combine them together? --23Tung 10:15, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I think combine this section is okay only if the time of sequence is right. In the current article (you already combined one), the sequence is like that

 * his family background
 * his father bankrupt and two brothers commit suicide
 * education queen's collage (but the information talks about b4 and after his father bankrupt)
 * university life
 * Current committment in HKU (So straight!!! why it is put in early life?? this is his current committment?)

do any one have any suggestion about that --24yuenching 06:20, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Casino pic
Is the picture of Casino Lisoba taken by you, 24yuenching? if yes, you can state below the photo that it is your photo. i think it is safer -- 21charlesliu 23:00, 2004 Feb 26 hong kong

yes I took it. Sorry, but it is unnecessary to 'state' that i is took by me, it is common sense in wikipedia. --24yuenching 10:02, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * I don't think it's necessary to claim credit in the caption, but
 * i do think it's wise to explicitly do so on this talk page, since many people fail to understand what is and isn't protected by copyright, and many add photos under very debatable claims of fair use, and many (uh, especially Americans) imagine that the only copyright protections are those of the jurisdiction they live in. --Jerzy(t) 17:59, 2004 Mar 2 (UTC)

Family pix
are there any sources for the two pictures of Ho's daughter? i think they will infringe copyright if they are posted here. Also, can something find out the english names of Ho's wives and daughters that i put in Chinese? thanks!!!-- 21charlesliu 22:16, 2004 Feb 25 hong kong

Maybe we should remove the two photos in order to prevent the problem of copyright.-- 23lawrencelaw 22:28, 2004 Feb 25 hong kong I want to ask the source of the photos so as to let us to judge it infringe copyright issue? --24yuenching 16:51, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I just got those photos from the PHOTO section in the Google Search engine. It says that the photo of Josie Ho comes from www.lovehkfilm.com/people/ho_josie.htm and the one of Pansy Ho comes from www.china.org.cn/chinese/TCC/98391.htm

I'm sorry that I did not aware about the copyright when I got these photos, so I think We'd better remove them from the page now.

Ho pic
But do you think that the photo of Stanley Ho can still be kept?-- 23lawrencelaw 10:58, 2004 26 Feb hong kong

okay, as these two photos are not important and infringe copyright, let delete it. According to what the lecturer said, stanley ho picture is okay because it is small and we just get one only. --24yuenching 06:02, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)
 * Is the lecturer an attorney specializing in internation intellectual property issues? I'm not going to push for deletion, but i urge against considering the question closed. --Jerzy(t) 17:59, 2004 Mar 2 (UTC)

Ho's POV; Gambling
I would like to add something about Stanley Ho's point of view towards different aspects and also how people comment on him (his personality) and his movements. What topic do you think I should add and write under? -- 23pklai 19:48, 2004 Feb 25 hong kong

Thanks for the suggestion. Do any one have the suggestion on the order of the table of contents? And do you think it is neccessary to put the information about the gambling industry in Macau in this page? -- 24yuenching 18:30, 2004 Feb 24 hong kong

I don't think it is necessary to have paragraph to talk about Stanley Ho point of view on different issues. If you want to add people comment on him, simply add title Views of Stanley like what it does in John Kerry --24yuenching 11:44, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I think it will be difficult for us to include Ho's view because we can't make an interview with him. But if anyone can find it and think it is suitable, then try to post it and let's see.

For the gambling industry in Macau, as there's already one being done by another group, so maybe what we've already done is enough. (focus on Casino Lisboa, which is owned by Ho, but not others) -- --23Tung

The external link http://ho368.com/ and the textual mention of http://ho388.com/ are in conflict.Bustter 23:34, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

The Title "Dr."
What is the source of the title Dr. Ho? Honorary, medical, earned academic? From where and date would be desirable. --Jerzy 20:53, 2004 Feb 23 (UTC)

The general approach on WP is to describe the source of such degrees or titles(except in cases like the Josiah Bartlett article where we don't know any more of the name than the surname and "Dr.", but not to use the honorific, any more than we use "Mr." Without trying to thoroughly copy edit this article that is growing with (IMO) pleasingly great vigor, i'm going through again striking that title. --Jerzy 16:26, 2004 Feb 24 (UTC)

My would-be edit with
 * Kill many "Dr."s (see Talk:Stanley Ho), w/ the exception of the one in "Dr. Stanley Ho Avenue ', which is appropriate.

as summary ended in an edit conflict, which is fine. If no one else does this work, i'll find a time when the editing has subsided and do them again.

I see that (at least now) Ho's education is mentioned, but no earned degree is. If he left w/o an earned degree, the article should say so; if he ever earned any degree, the highest earned degree should be mentioned. --Jerzy 16:49, 2004 Feb 24 (UTC)

The Four Wives of Stanley Ho
I applaud the unusual inclusion of this information, tho it confuses me somewhat. I'm pretty sure that Portuguese, Hong Kong, PRC, and Canadian law prohibit polygamy, and therefore suspect that "wife" is being used here in a sense that differs from US usage and IMO from standard international English.

It may be worth consulting Personal relationship or other authorities in an effort to clarify this. --Jerzy 16:26, 2004 Feb 24 (UTC)

 * in this article the "wife" meaning is the same as international English. You are right that Hong Kong, PRC and Macau also prohibit polygamy. But due to the tradition culture of Chinese -- one man can have more than one wife, in about 40-50 years, polygamy is still allow. That's why he can have 4 wives right now.

24yuenching 18:05, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Tnx, Ching; perhaps i understand you correctly as saying
 * "Wife" is used in this article to mean a woman who traditionally would have been accepted as one of several wives, even tho the place(s) she lives do not recognize her as having the legal status of being married.

I am guessing, however, when i try to understand
 * in about 40-50 years, polygamy is still allow.

Does this mean the same as
 * For the last forty or fifty years, polygamy has continued to be allowed?

I note that what you say seems to contradict the information at Marriage which says
 * In Imperial China, formal marriage was sanctioned only between a man and a woman, although a man could take several concubines and the children from the union were considered legitimate.

My dictionary defines and i wonder if the article may not use "wives" where "concubines" (or some less formal term) would be the accurate one. --Jerzy(t) 17:38, 2004 Feb 25 (UTC)
 * concubinage as: cohabitation of persons not legally married

We also have an article Concubinage. --Jerzy(t) 17:43, 2004 Feb 25 (UTC)

To Jerzy: Thanks for your questions about our article. Actually, according to mass media, the 3rd and 4th wife of Dr. Ho are not under law i.e. there's no marriage in between them. However, their positions are no different with legal wife, so we still call them "Mrs Ho". We'll try to clarify in our later. --23Tung 16:37, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)

And thank you, Tung, for helping understand; i think i see now: #1 was legal, and when she died, #2 could be. IMO "Mrs. Ho" is not an issue, since WP avoids honorifics like Dr., Mrs., Mr., Ms., at least when a given name is known and is sufficient to avoid ambiguity. So the real question is not names, but descriptions that don't misinform readers about the difference in legal status.

I'm also not looking for an immediate solution; i'm quite satisfied to know that the most active editors are not intending to ignore the need for clarity.

By the way, i like your use of the phrase "our article", because i am assuming you realize that the article is what amounts to being jointly "owned" by the whole body of WP editors, and the "we" involved in is in theory that whole body; one reason i am as relaxed as i am, about however long it takes to work out wordings like this, is that what it should be is not up to me, nor to you (i'm addressing 23Tung) nor to the whole group of numbered users whom i've seen here. If it takes the attention of dozens more editors to achieve consensus on how it should read, that's how may editors will get involved eventually. --Jerzy(t) 08:50, 2004 Feb 26 (UTC) --Jerzy(t) 08:50, 2004 Feb 26 (UTC)

I killed, regarding one wife under == Personal Life ==, the word "nearly", making it read instead
 * A mainlander about half of Ho's age, Leung is said to have nudged aside others.

I removed "nearly" because it is the wrong word, whether she is less or more than half: it would imply "less than" but emphasize that she is almost old enough to qualify as "half", despite the fact that the sentence is about her being young, and should emphasize how young she is, not how old she is or almost is. I replaced it with "about" because the use of "nearly" left it unclear whether that editor intended to say "more than half, but only by a small margin" or "the difference in the ages is almost half his age". "About" is adequate, but someone who knows whether "less" or "more" is the actual case could improve it: --Jerzy(t) 17:31, 2004 Mar 3 (UTC)
 * If she is a little less than half his age, a good wording would be : not quite half
 * If she is a little more than half his age, a good wording would be : barely half

British numbering system?
In this article, the terms billion and thousand million are used side by side. Such usage is ambigous because according US numbering standard, thousand million is the same as billion. These number should be clarified with definition and specify which system is in use. '' 07:00, 2004 Feb 26. . Kowloonese'' [as noted by Jerzy(t) from page history]

I may have created this mixing of numbering schemes, tho i thot i saw my edits from "billion" to "thousand million" changed back. My reasoning was twofold:
 * Carelessly, i assumed the influence of Hong Kong (where i expect the British scheme to prevail) would result in use of the same scheme there, which is hardly obvious [blush].
 * In any case, while billion is likely to be written by either UK or US, and misunderstood by the other, and while "thousand million" feels awkward for Americans, still "thousand million" can be figured out by them, and provides the only unambiguous means of expressing these numbers.

I suggest avoiding explicit specifications of which meaning of billion is used in the article (since failing to read the whole article, or to read carefully, probably means the specification is wasted on you). IMO there's no perfect wording, but "thousand million" (with or without explanation) is probably better than any alternative approach. --Jerzy(t) 08:50, 2004 Feb 26 (UTC)
 * I find what i wrote a little ambiguous, and have added bolded wording to clarify it. --Jerzy(t) 18:08, 2004 Mar 2 (UTC)

Naming
I have changed the name in the 1st paragraph into this form

Stanley Ho (何鴻燊博士) (born November 25, 1921 in Hong Kong)

because it would be the same format as other articles which descirpting people. Plz, do not change it back. --24yuenching 15:38, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * One format works well for the great majority of WP names, and it helps to stick to that format for them. But because there is no widely recognized single format in English for expressing names from all the world's cultures, some people's names do not fit well into what is probably best described as "the default WP name format".  (See, for instance, my recent contribution at List of people by name and the differences expressed at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Japanese).)  Therefore some innovation can be required, and the most important criteria are clarity and thoroughness rather than standardization.  In fact, IMO one thing true about a good first sentence for Stanley Ho would be that its existence would be of interest in a discussion of adding something about bio articles, beyond Names, to Naming conventions (Chinese).  --Jerzy(t) 19:19, 2004 Mar 2 (UTC)

 * Another question, as I just stumbled upon this page for the first time. And to me, the first impression of the headline is somewhat ambiguous: "Stanley Ho … This is a Chinese name, the family name is Ho." I must say I was not exactly aware that Stanley was a Chinese name, and reading the name "Stanley Ho", I would have assumed that the family name was Ho, exactly as in "Stanley Kubrick" the family name was Kubrick. — Should this line be rewritten in a way (or in a place) that refers unambiguously to the Chinese version of Mr Ho's name (which, I suppose, was Ho Hung-sun)? Jochen64 (talk) 05:46, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Income is 1/3 of Macau GDP?
The article says: " As for his businesses: their incomes constitute about one-third of the gross domestic product of Macau; "; this is unimaginable! Can someone verify if it is income or revenue? thks.

Currency
There are some references to "$", without specifying whether it is HK$ or US$. (The former should be the default in an HK article, but I fear these may be US$.) Could someone who knows the amounts fill that in? LachlanA 21:02, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 04:33, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Are some statements presented in a clinical fashion
I don't want to make these changes, but some appear to be made in an unclinical fashion.

Here are some things I noticed:

the Lisboa Casino hotel business blossomed, and later became a famous international casino

- requires a reference.

''STDM invests large amounts of money to promote tourism in Macau. One example is that of the Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Center''

- this is a debatable statement. Can it be written in a more neutral fashion, as it assumes that the Tower was built for promotional reasons.

Ho has also made great contributions to education

- When followed by examples, this sets the piece up as an argument rather than a factual excerpt. Perhaps rephrased as "Mr. Ho has made the following contributions to education in Macau / Asia...

in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the community, playing an important role in promoting education, sports and other community services for the youth

- Is this a direct quote?

125.31.43.33 09:09, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Diamond?
Anybody else hear about the Star of Stanley Ho Diamond? Its a 218-carat cushion shape. It ought to be mentioned in the article. He's going to put it on display at this casino in Macau. Not to be outdone, Steve Wynn has purchased a 234-carat pear-shaped diamond and will be displaying it at his own casino across the street. --Ragemanchoo (talk) 07:55, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Stock market crash in 1934??
The "History" section states that when he was 13 (i.e., in 1934) his father lost money in the stock market crash. Was there a crash in 1934, or does it mean the Great Depression which followed the crash of 1929? LachlanA (talk) 06:13, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

This is such a one sided article on the Ho multi-millionaire. It is about time that users start citing all the details, or removing them. I have added a small amount of text in the career section regarding Mr. Ho's connection to organized crime.The citation has also been added, but badly by me. I have to admit that I could not quite get the link to the source material in the right spot. Please have a look and if anyone can clean it up I would appreciate it. I will try to see what you did so I do not make the mistake again. 119.42.75.172 (talk) 08:43, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Article in SCMP Magazine
"Taking control", Neil Gough (13 February 2011)

Article's secondary headline: "At stake in the bitter wrangle between Stanley Ho and his family is a fortune worth billions. The King of Gambling's life has been a riches to rags to riches story"

Assessment comment
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Collaboration with Japanese in WWII
This article completely ignores his rampant collaboration with the Japanese in WWII, which is what made him rich. Seven Pandas (talk) 11:54, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

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Incubation

The word incubation may refer to:

Science and technology

 * Egg incubation, sitting on or brooding the eggs of birds and other egg-laying animals to hatch them
 * Incubation (psychology), the process of thinking about a problem subconsciously while being involved in other activities
 * Incubation period, medical term for the time between being exposed to infection and showing first symptoms
 * Incubator (culture), a device used to grow and maintain course of cell cultures

Arts and entertainment

 * Incubate (festival), an annual independent culture festival in Tilburg, The Netherlands
 * Incubation: Time Is Running Out, 1997 turn-based tactics computer game from Blue Byte
 * "Incubation", song released on the B-side of the Komakino flexi-single in 1980, and on the Substance (Joy Division album) in 1988
 * Biohazard 4 Incubate, a 97-minute DVD detailing the story of Resident Evil 4

Religion and spirituality

 * Dream incubation, practiced technique of learning to "plant a seed" in one's mind for a specific dream topic to occur
 * Incubation (ritual), a religious practice of sleeping in a sacred area with the intention of experiencing a divinely inspired dream or cure
 * Salaat-ul-Istikhaarah, an Islamic prayer with the intention of searching for guidance for a decision or issue

Other uses

 * Business incubator, a company that helps new and startup companies to develop by providing services such as management training or office space

title: Incubation