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26-633: The Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1,000 wealthiest people or families resident in the United Kingdom ranked by net wealth . The list is updated annually in April and has been published as a magazine supplement by British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times since 1989. The editorial decisions governing the compilation of the Rich List are published in the newspaper and online as its "Rules of engagement". The Rich List

52-417: A co-author of The Book of Lists , described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us in organizing what is otherwise overwhelming". While many lists have practical purposes, such as memorializing needed household items, lists are also created purely for entertainment, such as lists put out by various music venues of

78-481: A fiftieth birthday, the centenary of an event, or the millionth visitor or customer to a location or business. On January 1, 2000, the round-number year 2000 was widely celebrated . Technically, the 3rd millennium did not begin until January 1, 2001, a year later, as there is no year zero in the Gregorian calendar . Round number bias is the psychological tendency to prefer round numbers over others, which

104-414: A general to-do list (or task-holding file) to record all the tasks the person needs to accomplish and a daily to-do list which is created each day by transferring tasks from the general to-do list. An alternative is to create a "not-to-do list", to avoid unnecessary tasks. Task lists are often prioritized in the following ways. A completely different approach which argues against prioritizing altogether

130-443: A giving index of 88.89%, which amounted to donations in 2018 of £299.6 million. A fuller version of the Rich List is also published in a reference book edition, edited by Philip Beresford . This list covers the top 5,000 richest people, rather than the top 1,000, and includes their business addresses: List It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky,

156-691: A list evaluating things so that better items on the list are ahead of less good items is called ranking . Lists created for the purpose of ranking a subset of an indefinite population (such as the top 100 of the thousands of bands that have performed in a given genre) are almost always presented as round numbers . Studies have determined that a list of items falling within a round number has a substantial psychological impact, such that "the difference between items ranked No. 10 and No. 11 feels enormous and significant, even if it's actually quite minimal or unknown". The same list may serve different purposes for different people. A list of currently popular songs may provide

182-423: A number ending in the digit "5" is also considered more round than one ending in another non-zero digit (but less round than any which ends with "0"). For example, the number 25 tends to be seen as more round than 24. Thus someone might say, upon turning 45, that their age is more round than when they turn 44 or 46. These notions of roundness are also often applied to non-integer numbers ; so, in any given base, 2.3

208-493: A ranked list) within some given text corpus, serving the purpose of vocabulary acquisition. Many connoisseurs or experts in particular areas will assemble "best of" lists containing things that are considered the best examples within that area. Where such lists are open to a wide array of subjective considerations, such as a list of best poems, best songs, or best athletes in a particular sport, experts with differing opinions may engage in lengthy debates over which items belong on

234-720: A task list. Task lists are also business management , project management , and software development , and may involve more than one list. When one of the items on a task list is accomplished, the task is checked or crossed off. The traditional method is to write these on a piece of paper with a pen or pencil , usually on a note pad or clip-board. Task lists can also have the form of paper or software checklists . Numerous digital equivalents are now available, including personal information management (PIM) applications and most PDAs . There are also several web-based task list applications, many of which are free. Task lists are often diarized and tiered. The simplest tiered system includes

260-416: A value whose magnitude is actually 592, because the actual value is more cumbersome to express exactly. Likewise, a round number may refer to a range of values near the nominal value that expresses imprecision about a quantity. Thus, a value reported as 600 might actually represent any value near 600, possibly as low as 550 or as high as 649.99..., all of which would round to 600. In decimal notation ,

286-434: Is based on a degree of opinion . Certainly, each "best of" list is based in some type of more scientific method than simple opinion, but this varies from list to list. Other "best of" lists are even more subjective, essentially coming down to a nonscientific approach to a single person's opinion. Lists of this sort still appear in mainstream media, such as Billboard magazine's "Top 30 Breakup Songs ". The practice of ordering

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312-741: Is not limited to British citizens and it includes individuals and families born overseas but who predominantly work and/or live in Britain. This excludes some individuals with prominent financial assets in Britain. The editors estimate subjects' wealth from a range of public information, based on values in January each year. They typically explain their actions by stating: "We measure identifiable wealth, whether land, property, racehorses, art or significant shares in publicly quoted companies. We exclude bank accounts—to which we have no access... We try to give due consideration to liabilities." The 2015 list marked

338-478: Is passed onto a person through socialization. Round numbers are also easier for a person to remember, process, and perform mathematical operations on. Round number bias has been observed mainly in retail and grocery , where prices are often just slightly less than a rounded number (ex. $ 9.99 or $ 9.95), in investments, including crowdfunding , in the real estate market through mortgages , and number milestones . Round numbers are often used when estimating

364-563: Is rounder than 2.297, because 2.3 can be written as 2.300. Thus, a number with fewer digits which are not trailing "0"s is considered to be rounder than others of the same or greater precision. Numbers can also be considered "round" in numbering systems other than decimal (base 10). For example, the number 1024 would not be considered round in decimal, but the same number ends with a zero in several other numbering systems including binary (base 2: 10000000000), octal (base 8: 2000), and hexadecimal (base 16: 400). The previous discussion about

390-514: The Rich List , The Sunday Times has produced an annual Giving List , which tracks the most generous philanthropists in the UK as a proportion of their wealth. In 2018, it was reported that, of the 300 philanthropists listed in the Giving List , a total of £3.207 billion was given away. Jamie Cooper, the former wife of hedge fund manager Sir Christopher Anthony Hohn , was ranked in first place with

416-606: The "best bands" or "best songs" of a certain era. Such lists may be based on objective factors such as record sales and awards received, or may be generated entirely from the subjective opinion of the writer of the list. Musicologist David V. Moskowitz notes: There are now top 100 or top 10 lists of a great variety within the music industry and its associated media. Rolling Stone issues top 100 lists of albums, songs, guitarists, and bass players. Guitar Player and Bass Player magazines contain similar lists as do other types of music magazines. This type of "best of" list   ...

442-439: The average person with suggestions for music that they may want to sample, but to a record company executive, the same list would indicate trends regarding the kinds of artists to sign to maximize future profits. Lists may be organized by a number of different principles. For example, a shopping list or a list of places to visit while vacationing might each be organized by priority (with the most important or most desired items at

468-470: The beginning of that work, and an index is a list of concepts or terms found in such a work, usually at the end of the work, and usually indicating where in the work the concepts or terms can be found. A track list is a list of songs on an album, and set list is a list of songs that a band will regularly play in concerts during a tour. A word list is a list of the lexicon of a language (generally sorted by frequency of occurrence either by levels or as

494-438: The digit "5" generalizes to the digit representing b /2 for base- b notation, if b is even . Psychologically, round numbers form waypoints in pricing and negotiation. So, starting salaries are usually round numbers. Prices are often pitched just below round numbers to avoid breaking the psychological barrier of paying the price of the round number. Round-number anniversaries are often especially celebrated. For example,

520-590: The first year Queen Elizabeth II was not among the list's top 300 most wealthy since the list began in 1989. She was number one on the inaugural Sunday Times Rich List 1989 . The most recent list was published online on 17 May 2024 and in print on 19 May 2024. The Sunday Times Tax List was inaugurated on 27 January 2019 in the Sunday Times Magazine , using data collected for the Rich List and edited by Robert Watts. Since 2005, as part of

546-414: The following. Round number A round number is an integer that ends with one or more " 0 "s (zero-digit) in a given base . So, 590 is rounder than 592, but 590 is less round than 600. In both technical and informal language, a round number is often interpreted to stand for a value or values near to the nominal value expressed. For instance, a round number such as 600 might be used to refer to

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572-403: The list, and in which order. A task list (also called a to-do list or "things-to-do") is a list of tasks to be completed, such as chores or steps toward completing a project. It is an inventory tool which serves as an alternative or supplement to memory . Writer Julie Morgenstern suggests "do's and don'ts" of time management that include mapping out everything that is important, by making

598-418: The most important either". A list that is sorted by some principle may be said to be following a ranking or sequence . Items on a list are often delineated by bullet points or a numbering scheme . Kinds of lists used in everyday life include: Many highly specialized kinds of lists also exist. For example, a table of contents is a list of the chapters or other features of a written work, usually at

624-444: The only relationships between data elements consist of the list predecessor and successor relationships". For example, in her book, Seriously... I'm Kidding , comedian Ellen DeGeneres provides a list of acknowledgements, notes her difficulty in determining how to order the list, and ultimately writes: "This list is in no particular order. Just because someone is first doesn't mean they're the most important. It doesn't mean they're not

650-415: The top and least important or least desired at the bottom), or by proximity, so that following the list will take the shopper or vacationer on the most efficient route. A list may also completely lack any principle of organization, if it does not serve a purpose for which such a principle is needed. An unsorted list is one "in which data items are placed in no particular order with respect to their content;

676-600: Was put forward by British author Mark Forster in his book "Do It Tomorrow and Other Secrets of Time Management". This is based on the idea of operating "closed" to-do lists, instead of the traditional "open" to-do list. He argues that the traditional never-ending to-do lists virtually guarantees that some of your work will be left undone. This approach advocates getting all your work done, every day, and if you are unable to achieve it, that helps you diagnose where you are going wrong and what needs to change. Various writers have stressed potential difficulties with to-do lists such as

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