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Talk:Progressive Party (United States)

Division?
Should we divide this into United States Progressive Party (1912), United States Progressive Party (1924), and United States Progressive Party (1948)? john k 16:42, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * The only thing militating against such a change is that each of the Progressive Parties was pretty ephemeral, so it's not clear that each deserves its own entry. - Nat Krause 18:07, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * yes they should be split because there was no continuity between them and each represented very important forces specific to its own time period. 67.176.74.236 19:41, 10 November 2005 (UTC) Richard Jensen

 * I will split the article into 4 parts, a disambiguation page and three main articles. With some cross references added it should not confuse any users (and it will eliminate the confusion that tends to run the movements together). Rjensen 06:03, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

7 The article now looks gutted, with near-empty section titles. I hope it will not stay like this. If all components are to be moved to a separate article, then this should become only a disambiguation page. --AladdinSE 07:02, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

 * good point-- I fixed it so that it's only a disambig page. (but doesn't that require a little more?) Rjensen

I replaced section titles with bullet points. Much closer to the classic Wikipedia disambiguation page.--AladdinSE 08:21, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Nice job! Rjensen 08:27, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Links to this page
Hello. Can an expert go through the links to this page and fix them so they point directly to whichever incarnation of this party is appropriate? There are some tools available to help with this kind of work (see AutoWikiBrowser or Tools/Navigation popups). Thanks! Ewlyahoocom 12:02, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Minnesota Progressive Party Reference
My recollection is that in Eugene McCarthy's 1988 campaign he was running as the candidate of the Consumer Party and was only on the ballot in Pennsylvania. I have not heard of him running with a Minnesota Progressive Party. Any support for the MN party statement? meyerlondon

The Progressive Party of California
This article is incomplete. There is absolutely no mention of the Progressive Party in California lasting from 1900-1910. The progressive party at its peak with Gov. Hiram Johnson was a major factor in cutting the strangle hold of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company on California politics and instituting several progressive changes which are still in affect today. These include the State Propositions, term limits, non party local elected officials, and the primary system to name a few. Not mentioning the progressive party in California does severe injustice to an article about the progressive party. In fact, it is clear that there was a progressive movement in California because Governor and later Senator Hiram Johnson was the vice presidential candidate under Theodore Roosevelts Progressive party platform in the 1912 presidential election. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.62.8.183 (talk) 01:49, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

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Aleksander Jabłoński

Aleksander Jabłoński (born 26 February 1898 in Woskresenówka, in Imperial Russia, died 9 September 1980 in Skierniewice, Poland) was a Polish physicist and member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His research was in molecular spectroscopy and photophysics.

Life and career
He was born on 26 February 1898 in Woskresenówka near Kharkiv in Imperial Russia. He attended Gymnasium high school in Kharkiv as well as a music school where he learned to play the violin under supervision of Konstanty Gorski. In 1916, he started to study physics at the University of Kharkiv.

During the World War I he served in the Polish I Corps in Russia. After the war he settled in Warsaw in 1918. In 1919–1920 he fought for Poland against aggression by Soviet Russia (and was consequently decorated with the Polish Cross of Valour).

Jabłoński initially studied the violin at Warsaw Conservatory, under the virtuoso Stanisław Barcewicz, but later switched to science.

He received a Ph.D. from the University of Warsaw in 1930, writing a thesis On the influence of the change of the wavelength of excitation light on the fluorescence spectra. He then went to Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Berlin, Germany for two years (1930–31) as a fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation. He worked with Peter Pringsheim at the FWU and later with Otto Stern in Hamburg. In 1934 Jabłoński returned to Poland to receive habilitation from the University of Warsaw. His thesis was On the influence of intermolecular interactions on the absorption and emission of light, the subject to which he would devote the rest of his life. He served as president of the Polish Physical Society between 1957 and 1961.

Jabłoński was a pioneer of molecular photophysics, creating the concept of the "luminescent centre" and his own theories of concentrational quenching and depolarization of photoluminescence. He also worked on pressure broadening of emission spectra lines and was the first to recognize the analogy between pressure broadening and molecular spectra. This led to development of the quantum-mechanical pressure broadening theory.

Fluorescence is illustrated schematically with the classical Jablonski diagram, first proposed by Jabłoński in 1933 to describe absorption and emission of light.

In 1946, he settled in Toruń where he was appointed Head of the Faculty of Physics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University.

Awards and honours

 * Cross of Valour (1920)
 * Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation (1930–31)
 * Golden Cross of Merit (1951)
 * Marian Smoluchowski Medal (1968)
 * Honorary degree of the University of Windsor (1973)
 * Honorary degree of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (1973)
 * Honorary degree of the University of Gdańsk (1975)

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Roundstone

Roundstone may refer to:

Australia

 * Roundstone, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Banana, Australia

Ireland

 * Roundstone, County Galway, a village in the Republic of Ireland

United Kingdom

 * Roundstone, West Sussex, a village in England
 * Roundstone Music, an English rock band

United States

 * Roundstone, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
 * Roundstone Creek, a stream in Kentucky

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Dallas Theological Seminary

Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) is an evangelical theological seminary in Dallas, Texas. It is known for popularizing the theological system of dispensationalism. DTS has campuses in Dallas, Houston, and Washington, D.C., as well as extension sites in Atlanta, Austin, San Antonio, Nashville, Northwest Arkansas, Europe, and Guatemala, and a multilingual online education program. DTS is the largest non-denominational seminary accredited by the Association of Theological Schools.

History
DTS was founded as Evangelical Theological College in 1924 by Rollin T. Chafer and his brother, Lewis Sperry Chafer, who taught the first class of thirteen students, and William Henry Griffith Thomas, who was to have been the school's first theology professor but died before the first classes began. Their vision was a school where expository Bible preaching was taught simply, and under Chafers' leadership, DTS pioneered one of the first four-year degrees in theology, the Master of Theology (Th.M.). The present location of the school was purchased in 1926 and Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) program was started in 1927. Chafer remained president until his death in 1952.

The seminary had a considerable influence in the fundamentalist movement by training students who established various Bible Colleges and independent fundamentalist churches in the southern United States.

DTS has continually published a quarterly entitled Bibliotheca Sacra initially edited by Rollin T. Chafer, since 1934. In 1983, a complete collection of "Bib Sac" articles was published as a book commemorating fifty years of the journal.

John F. Walvoord took over as president in 1952 after Chafer's death in 1952. In 1974, DTS added a two-year Master of Arts (MA) program in biblical studies, and in 1982, a two-year program in Christian Education was begun. In addition to these, a Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) program was opened in 1980. Walvoord retired as DTS president in 1986.

From 1986 to 1994, Donald K. Campbell served as president of DTS. During his tenure, DTS opened a three-year MA program in Biblical Counseling and a two-year MA program in Biblical exegesis and linguistics.

Chuck Swindoll served as president of the seminary from 1994 to 2001. Mark Bailey followed, serving as president from 2001 to 2020. Under Bailey's tenure, the seminary added a two-year MA program in media and communication, a two-year MA in Christian leadership, a Spanish D.Min. program, and a multi-lingual online education program. He was succeeded by Mark Yarbrough in 2020.

As of Spring 2014, DTS had over 15,000 alumni serving in various ministerial capacities in 97 countries worldwide.

Accreditation
DTS was first accredited in 1944 by the Board of Regents, State Education Department of the University of the State of New York of Albany. After that institution stopped accrediting institutions outside of New York, DTS was accredited in 1969 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and in 1994 by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.

The school is also a member of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), the Evangelical Training Association (ETA), the Jerusalem University College, and the Institute of Theological Studies (ITS).

Theology
DTS is known as a center of modern dispensational teaching    due to Dr. Chafer's development of a systematic theology which approaches the Bible with a "premillennial, dispensational interpretation of the Scriptures." Systematic Theology, his eight-volume work describing this approach, was first published in 1948 and is still a required textbook for some courses at DTS.

Notable theological beliefs of the school include: premillennialism, dispensationalism, and Biblical inerrancy. The school considers itself non-denominational within Protestantism, and offers classes in all 66 books of the Protestant Bible.

Notable people
In a 2009 study conducted by LifeWay Research, Protestant pastors named preachers who had most influenced them. Three DTS alumni were among the top ten: Chuck Swindoll ('63), founder of radio broadcast Insight for Living; David Jeremiah ('67), founder of Turning Point Radio and Television Ministries; and Andy Stanley ('85), founder of North Point Ministries. Other notable people associated with the seminary include:

Alumni

 * Gregory Beale, former president of the Evangelical Theological Society and professor at Westminster Theological Seminary
 * Darrell L. Bock, New Testament Scholar
 * Steve Breedlove, bishop of the Anglican Church in North America
 * Ted Budd, United States Senator from North Carolina
 * Charlie Camlin, bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church
 * Michael J. Easley, former president of Moody Bible Institute
 * Tony Evans, pastor and widely syndicated radio broadcaster
 * Buist M. Fanning, Biblical Scholar
 * F. David Farnell, professor of New Testament at The Master's Seminary
 * Arnold Fruchtenbaum, Messianic Jewish scholar and founder of Ariel Ministries
 * Harold Hoehner, New Testament scholar
 * Chip Ingram, pastor and orator, founder of Living on the Edge
 * Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas
 * David Jeremiah, author, pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church
 * Howard Clark Kee, American Bible scholar
 * Mark Keough, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives
 * Lawrence Khong, senior pastor of Faith Community Baptist Church
 * David Klingler, former NFL player and current professor of Bible Exposition
 * Peter Lillback, president and professor of historical theology and church history at Westminster Theological Seminary
 * Hal Lindsey, author of The Late, Great Planet Earth
 * Duane Litfin, former president of Wheaton College
 * J. Vernon McGee, founder of "Thru the Bible Radio Network" program
 * Paul Mills, current head men's basketball coach at Oral Roberts University
 * Mark Nordstrom, bishop of the Anglican Church in North America
 * Paul Nyquist, former president of Moody Bible Institute
 * Scott O'Grady, pilot whose story formed the basis for the film Behind Enemy Lines
 * J. Dwight Pentecost, Bible Expositior
 * Ernest Pickering, former president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis
 * Jim Rayburn, founder of Young Life
 * Haddon Robinson, former president at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
 * Brian Rosner, Principal of Ridley College Melbourne
 * Charles Caldwell Ryrie, Systematic Theologian
 * Priscilla Shirer, author, motivational speaker, and actress
 * Andy Stanley, author, and pastor of North Point Community Church
 * Ray Stedman, evangelical Christian pastor, and author.
 * Joseph Stowell, former president of Moody Bible Institute, current president of Cornerstone University
 * Chuck Swindoll, author, pastor of Stonebriar Community Church
 * Kenneth N. Taylor, creator of The Living Bible and the founder of Tyndale House
 * Robert Thieme, author, pastor of Berachah Church, Houston, TX
 * John Townsend, co-author of Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
 * Merrill Unger, Old Testament scholar and archeologist
 * Daniel B. Wallace, New Testament textual critic
 * Bruce Waltke, Old Testament Scholar and a former professor at Westminster Theological Seminary
 * John Walvoord, Systematic Theologian
 * Steven Waterhouse, pastor and Bible teacher
 * Bruce Wilkinson, founder of Walk Thru the Bible

Current and former faculty

 * Craig A. Blaising, Professor of Systematic Theology, proponent of progressive dispensationalism
 * Darrell L. Bock, Senior Research Professor of New Testament
 * Buist M. Fanning, Professor of New Testament studies
 * John D. Hannah, Scholar of Reformation Theology
 * Everett F. Harrison, Professor of New Testament (deceased)
 * Howard Hendricks, Professor of Christian Education (deceased)
 * Zane C. Hodges Scholar of Free Grace Theology (deceased)
 * Harold Hoehner, Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies, (deceased)
 * Harry A. Ironside, visiting lecturer from 1925-'43 (deceased)
 * David Klingler, Associate Professor of Bible Exposition
 * Eugene Merrill, Distinguished Professor of Old Testament Studies (Emeritus)
 * J. Dwight Pentecost, Distinguished Professor of Bible Exposition (deceased)
 * Charles Caldwell Ryrie Professor of Systematic Theology (deceased)
 * Merrill Unger, Professor of Old Testament Studies (deceased)
 * Daniel B. Wallace, Professor of New Testament Studies (prolific textual critic and Greek grammarian)
 * Bruce Waltke, Professor of Old Testament Studies
 * John Walvoord President, Professor of Systematic Theology (deceased)
 * Roy B. Zuck, Professor of Bible Exposition (deceased)

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Whalers

Whalers may refer to:

Geography

 * Whalers Bluff Lighthouse, Victoria, Australia

Sports

 * Danbury Whalers, US ice-hockey team in the Federal Hockey League
 * Hartford Whalers, former US ice-hockey team
 * New Bedford Whalers, name of three US soccer teams
 * Plymouth Whalers, US ice-hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League
 * Sag Harbor Whalers, US collegiate summer baseball team

Entertainment

 * Whalers (film), a 1939 Swedish film

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Rylane

Rylane Cross is a village in County Cork, Ireland. The town is situated roughly midway between Millstreet and Cork city, north of Macroom in the parish of Aghabullogue.

Ringfort
A ringfort was depicted on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m), truncated on the northeast side by roadway, with external fosse (ENE->N) shown on 1904 OS 6-inch map; on 1938 OS 6-inch map as hachured raised area (diam. c. 40m) with external fosse, entrance to the southeast. Two ramparts with intermediate fosse and entrance to the southeast (Wth 24 feet) were recorded by Hartnett (1939, 85). According to local information leveled late 1970s.

Transport
Rylane is served by a single Bus Éireann bus service daily, which is timed to get commuters and school children into Cork in the morning and back in the evening. There is also a twice weekly bus service to Macroom. The nearest railway station is Millstreet railway station on the Mallow–Tralee line, 20 km away.

People

 * Johnny Tom Gleeson (1853–1924), Irish poet and songwriter who wrote the ballad "The Bould Thady Quill" (c.1895), was born in Rylane.
 * Derek Blighe (born 1980), anti-immigration activist

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Talk:Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer

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Commentary on the source: the 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica is a laudable thing and a reputable source. However, when it comes to 18th century subjects, it is very partisan. In particular, it treats Whig figures very differently from Tory ones, and Harley is one of the princes of the Tory cause. In particular, the 1911 editors still had the shadow of Thomas Babbington Macaulay over them, and Macaulay's "Whig History." Thus, Tory figures were all distempered or foolish, and Whig figures were always wise and honorable. Keep that in mind when reading this biography. The Dictionary of National Biography is far less biased but far wordier in its treatment of Oxford. (Also note that nothing of Harley's book collecting is mentioned -- something I will correct in a moment. The man's book collecting single handedly saved the fields of Anglo-Saxon, Renaissance, and Middle English literature.  This is the "Harley" of "The Harleian Collection" in the British Museum.) Geogre 16:45, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Yes, 1911 is definitely biased in that way - you should feel free to edit it as you see fit. john k 16:54, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Mortimer
I know why the title is not simply Oxford, but why Mortimer? —Tamfang 19:04, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

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Schull

Schull or Skull ( or Scoil Mhuire, meaning "Mary's School") is a town on the south-west coast of County Cork in Ireland.

Located on the southwest coast of Ireland in the municipal district of West Cork, the town is dominated by Mount Gabriel (407 m). It has a sheltered harbour, used for recreational boating. The area, on the peninsula leading to Mizen Head, is a tourist destination, and there are numerous holiday homes along the adjoining coast. Schull had a population of 669 in 2022. The town's secondary school, Schull Community College, houses one of the only planetariums in Ireland, along with a sailing school. Each year Schull harbour hosts the Fastnet International Schools Regatta.

Name
The first recorded place name for this area is "scol", from a Decretal Letter of Pope Innocent III in 1199 to the bishop of Cork confirming the rights of the bishop of Cork. Both Skull and Skul are used in the Down Survey of 1656–58. Skull is also used in the Grand Jury Map surveyed in the 1790s and published 1811.

The Placenames (County Cork) Order of 2012 lists "An Scoil" as the Irish name for the village, in which "Scoil" is translated from "school". This is attributed by some to a school which was ostensibly located in the area.

However, others question this derivation, and Gary Dempsey's thesis ("Whispered in the Landscape/Written on the Street, A Study of Placename Policy and Conflict in Ireland from 1946 to 2010") suggests that the "Scoil Mhuire" form dates to 1893 when the parish priest of Schull at the time, Very Rev. John O'Connor (P.P. Schull 1888–1911), who "fancied himself as a historian, misread a Latin sentence as referring to a 'College of St. Mary' in Skull; in fact, the text referred to a collegiate church in Waterford but the PP had set the ball rolling".

History
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, rock art and fulacht fiadh sites in the townlands of Skull, Caherlusky, Cooradarrigan and Gubbeen. The megalithic Altar Wedge Tomb lies to the west of the town. The tomb, which is estimated to have been built between 3000 to 2000 BC, was used as a Mass rock in the 18th century. Settlement in Schull itself dates to at least the 12th century,

In the early 17th century, the townland of Leamcon was a pirate stronghold, at a time when pirates traded in nearby Baltimore and Whiddy Island. Between the 17th and 18th century, the center of the town may have shifted somewhat, from the now ruined medieval church, towards the modern main road. The now ruined church that stands in the graveyard in Schull was first referenced, alongside the town, in a letter to the Bishop of Cork from Pope Innocent III in 1199. The medieval church itself was largely rebuilt in 18th century, but later fell into ruin when the Holy Trinity church, closer to today's town centre, was built.

The workhouse, which still stands in Schull, was home to around 600 inmates during the Great Famine. During this period, in the mid-19th century, the graveyard near the workhouse doubled in size.

By the late 19th century, businesses in Schull (including banks, pubs and an inn) served the surrounding area. In 1889, a stick barometer was gifted to the people of Schull by representatives of the London Meteorological Office who gave a series of lectures on barometers to fishermen and sailors. The barometer is now on display next to the local An Post office.

Transport
Schull once had its own railway station, which was the western terminus of the Schull and Skibbereen Railway, a steam-operated narrow gauge railway. Schull railway station opened on 6 September 1886, closed for passenger and goods traffic on 27 January 1947, and finally closed altogether on 1 June 1953.

The main bus route is Bus Éireann's number 237 to/from Cork City, though only some services reach Schull. Also, on occasional days there are buses to/from other towns/villages in the local area.

There is a ferry service between Schull and Cape Clear Island.

Amenities
Schull's Garda station is located on the main road into the town (R592). Schull's fire station was inaugurated on 1 March 1984.

There is also a Coast Guard station, which was established in the 19th century, and has since been replaced by holiday homes called the Coast Guard Cottages. Schull's second Coast Guard station was renovated into a Garda station in the early 2000s. Since then, a new Coast Guard station has been built by the Garda station.

There is also a tourist office, medical centre and community hospital.

A planetarium, which is one of the only planetariums in Ireland, is located and operated from Schull Community College.

In literature
The book Silver River (2007) by Daisy Goodwin includes a section on the efforts of her 3x great-grandfather, the Rector of Skull, to help the populace during the Great Famine.

Events
The Schull Show, an agriculture show, takes place in late July in Schull Town Park. The Schull Regatta, which started in 1884, was "re-vamped" in 2014. Taking place over a weekend, usually in early August, markets stalls are typically set-up around Schull Harbour Pier. The weekend is centered around the rowing and sailing races, but also has food and shop stalls, carnival games, bouncy castles, music events and other activities.

Notable people

 * Fionn Ferreira, scientist and winner of the 2019 Google Science Fair, attended Schull Community College.
 * Timothy O'Hea, recipient of the Victoria Cross was born in the area
 * Ralph Allan Sampson, astronomer, born here
 * John Sampson, linguist and Romani scholar, born here
 * Sophie Toscan du Plantier, French television producer murdered at Dreenane, Toormore, near Schull, on the night of 23 December 1996
 * Robert Traill (1793–1847), the local rector, who was notable for his efforts to alleviate suffering during the Great Irish Famine.
 * Colin Vearncombe, English singer-songwriter, known professionally as Black,  lived in Schull

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Samsung Tower Palace 3 – Tower G

Tower G, or simply Tower Palace Three, is a 73-floor luxury residential skyscraper in Seoul, South Korea. The structure was originally designed to be 93 stories high, but was later scaled down due to zoning rights imposed by city regulations. A notable feature of this structure is the implementation of the Y-shaped tripartite floor geometry which maximizes views and floor space. This innovation pioneered the way for the development of the buttressed core, which is used in the floor plan of the Burj Khalifa as a result of its potential application in megatall skyscrapers. It was the tallest building in the country in 2004 but was surpassed in height by the Northeast Asia Trade Tower in Incheon when it was topped out in 2009. It was designed by United States-based architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.

The building is 263.7 m high. Its shape is formed by three oval lobes joined together. It is the eighth-tallest all-residential building in the world.

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The Pendragon Cycle

The Pendragon Cycle is a series of historical fantasy books based on Arthurian legend, written by Stephen R. Lawhead. The cycle was originally planned as a four-book series, but the original publisher opted to stop after the first three books, resulting in an abrupt ending to Arthur and the existence of many unexplored stories and plotlines. The first three books were thus originally called "The Pendragon Trilogy". Lawhead moved to a new publisher a few years later. It was decided to expand on the trilogy by finishing the series, and two additional books were planned. These books, Pendragon and Grail, are set in between events covered in Arthur. Lawhead later wrote a final book Avalon,  which is not considered to be a true addition to the cycle but rather a "related semi-sequel" to round out the "Once and Future King" aspect of the legend. The film and television rights to the series were purchased by DailyWire+ in November 2022.

Overview
The series is a work of fiction that takes place in the 5th and 6th centuries and attempts to present the Arthurian legends in a historical setting while presenting the story with a reality the reader can connect with. Lawhead bases his stories on the Mabinogion, the History of the Kings of Britain and other works of Geoffrey of Monmouth, the writings of Taliesin, Gildas, and Nennius, and several other legends that he manages to interweave into the Arthurian legend.

The books, with the exception of Taliesin and Avalon, are narrated in the first-person, and, except for Pendragon, Grail, and Avalon, are each split into three sections (Pendragon has four, Grail one, and Avalon five). Merlin and Pendragon are narrated by Myrddin (Merlin). The first third of Arthur is narrated by Pelleas, the second by Bedwyr (Bedivere), and the third by Aneirin/Gildas. Grail is mostly narrated by Gwalchavad (Galahad), with a short narration by Morgian (Morgan le Fay) at the beginning of most chapters. Taliesin follows Taliesin and Charis (the Lady of the Lake), alternating in each chapter; Avalon mostly follows James Stuart (the reborn Arthur), Merlin, and the fictional Prime Minister Thomas Waring.

Novels

 * Taliesin (1987)
 * Merlin (1988)
 * Arthur (1989)
 * Pendragon (1994)
 * Grail (1997)
 * Avalon (1999)

The series proceeds as told in the following descriptions:

Taliesin
Tells simultaneously the story of the fall of Atlantis, the subsequent travel of Princess Charis and her family to Ynys Prydein (Britain), and the discovery and training of Taliesin as a druid/bard. The two eventually meet and marry, and Myrddin (Merlin) is born just weeks before a tragedy brought about by Charis' jealous half-sister, Morgian.

Merlin
Narrated by Myrddin. Tells of Myrddin's dual upbringing among the druids and Christian priests, his capture and mystical training among the Hill Folk, and his brief time as a king of Dyfed. He experiences a doomed romance with Princess Ganieda and long years of madness as a wild man of the woods before finding his destiny.

Arthur
Narrated by Pelleas (first third), Bedwyr (second third), and Aneirin (last third). Tells of Arthur and Myrddin's attempt to create the paradisaical "Kingdom of Summer". Arthur is made Duke and Battlechief of Britain after drawing the sword of Maximus from a stone, but must fight back the Saecsens and other barbarian invaders and unite the peoples of Britain before he can be accepted as High King.

Pendragon
Narrated by Myrddin. Tells of an invasion of Ireland and Britain by the Vandal army of Twrch Trwyth, the Black Boar, and a subsequent plague that sweeps across Britain, threatening Arthur's Kingdom of Summer while it is still newborn.

Grail
Narrated by Gwalchavad (majority) and Morgian (short narration at each chapter's beginning). Tells of Arthur building a shrine to house the Holy Grail and how the beautiful and mysterious Morgaws joins his court. When treachery follows, Arthur's warriors brave the Wasteland of Lyonesse to retrieve the sacred relic.

Avalon: The Return of King Arthur
In Portugal, the reprobate King Edward the Ninth has died by his own hand. In England, the British monarchy teeters on the edge of total destruction.

And in the Scottish Highlands, a mystical emissary named Mr. Embries—better known as “Merlin”—informs a young captain that he is next in line to the throne. James Arthur Stuart is not the commoner he has always believed himself to be; he is Arthur, the legendary King of Summer, reborn. The road to England's salvation is dangerous, however, and powerful enemies wait in ambush. Arthur is not the only one who has returned from the mists of legend, and Merlin's magic is not the only sorcery that has survived the centuries.

Characters
Many historical personas (some already included in the Arthurian legend) exist in the cycle, alongside less "factual" characters: Taliesin, Magnus Maximus, Theodosius, Ambrosius Aurelianus, Vortigern, Constantine III, Myrddin Wyllt, Clovis I, Gwyddno Garanhir, Elffin ap Gwyddno, Horsa, Hengest, Cerdic, Aelle, Gildas, and Aneirin (in the series, it is revealed that the last two are the same person; born with the name Aneirin, he changes it to Gildas after Arthur's death).

Locations
A listing of the locations and place names used in the series, and their modern equivalents (see also List of Roman place names in Britain):

Television series
In November 2022, The Daily Wire announced its intention to produce an adaptation of the series.

In July 2023, it was announced that The Daily Wire Co-CEO Jeremy Boreing would be taking a leave of absence from the company, to co-direct the seven-episode television series. Additionally, it was revealed that the series would film in Italy and Hungary, and would premiere on DailyWire+ in 2024. In September, British actor Tom Sharp was announced to have been in the series' lead role as Merlin, as filming began in Europe. Later that month, the series' main cast was revealed, which includes Brett Cooper as Ganieda, Rose Reid as Charis and James Arden as Taliesin.

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Shanagarry

Shanagarry is a village in east County Cork in Ireland. The village is located near Ireland's south coast, approximately 35 km east of Cork, on the R632 regional road.

Shanagarry is known for the Ballymaloe Cookery School, in the home and gardens of celebrity chef Darina Allen. Also resident here is Darina's daughter-in-law and chef Rachel Allen.

Shanagarry Castle passed to the family of William Penn in the 1660s; it was his occasional residence before he left for Pennsylvania and started his Holy Experiment. Also to be found in Shanagarry is the historic Old Road, an ancient Irish causeway and home to the original residents of the village.

Shanagarry is also the home village of the Russell Rovers hurling and football teams. The teams are made up of people from Shanagarry, Ballycotton and Churchtown South.

Surrounding area
About 2 km from Shanagarry, just off the road to Ballycotton, lies Ballynamona beach. The coastline at Shanagarry and Ballynamona forms part of the Ballycotton Bay Special Protection Area (SPA) and is home to herons, oystercatchers and cormorants.

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Sylwester Kaliski

Sylwester Kaliski (19 December 1925 – 16 September 1978) was a Polish engineer, professor and military general. He was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN).

Born in Toruń, Kaliski was a specialist in the field of applied physics. He developed the theory of continuous amplification of ultra and hyper-sounds in semiconductive crystals and obtained plasma temperature of tens of millions of kelvins using laser impulse. He died in Warsaw, Poland in car crash. It has been speculated that Kaliski was killed by the Soviet KGB, as he headed the Polish clandestine program of developing thermonuclear devices intended for military use. The program began on orders from the highest levels of Polish communists and was reportedly opposed by the Soviet Union.

Accolades

 * Order of Builders of People's Poland - 1978 (posthumously)

 * Order of the Banner of Labour 1st Class - 1968

 * Commander's Cross Polonia Restituta - 1973

 * Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta - 1961

 * Gold Cross of Merit - 1957

 * People's Republic of Poland 30th Anniversary Medal - 1974

 * Gold Medal "Armed Forces in Service of the Fatherland" - 1970

 * Silver Medal "Armed Forces in Service to the Fatherland" - 1970

 * Bronze Medal "Armed Forces in Service to the Fatherland" - 1970

 * Gold Medal "For Meritorious Service to National Defence" - 1974

 * Silver Medal "For Meritorious Service to National Defence

 * Bronze Medal "For meritorious service to national defence"

 * Order of Friendship of Nations (Soviet Union) - 1973

 * Order of War Merit with a Great Star (Yugoslavia) - 1967

 * Entry in the "Honorary Book of Soldierly Deeds" - 1973

 * and others.

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User:Jkh.gr/WikiLive

Please note that this DVD does not actually exist yet, it is just an idea!

I think a 'WikiLive'(tm) DVD would simplify things for most users. It would avoid novice users having to install and configure complicated PHP and PHP-MySQL server 'thingies' and would run on any computer.

A basic setup could be a stripped down Knoppix CD, with PHP-MySQL requirements pre-installed and configured to optimise running off the DVD. Firefox can be adapted to provide the best possible viewing and browsing experience.

One of the open source search-engines could be used to search for material on the CD/DVD/hard drive.

Beyond the PHP-SQL-MediaWiki engine, which should be able to install completely and EASILY, possibly as a Knoppix based operating system, there are database dumps in specific languages. Big ones, like English, most people would presumably keep/swap/buy on DVD/CD, but small ones could be downloaded and installed to this OS, if desired. Having this OS installed to your hard drive, you could then download additional databases of Wiki material off the net and run them on your hard drive, and then maybe even share them on an intranet (off the internet). WikiLive(tm) reference

--Jkh.gr 16:41, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

The CD already exists. Here is a flash demo. http://phi.livecd.net/wikipedia.html

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Sheep's Head

Sheep's Head, also known as Muntervary (Rinn Mhuintir Bháire), is the headland at the end of the Sheep's Head peninsula situated between Bantry Bay and Dunmanus Bay in County Cork, Ireland.

The peninsula is popular with walkers, and the Sheep's Head Way is an 88 km long-distance trail which follows old tracks and roads around the peninsula from Bantry to the headland and back. The trail is very accessible and is well signposted (see image on right). The route combines low and rugged hills with coastline and cliffs.

The walkway is straightforward and can be walked during any time between April and October. The trail is divided into eight stages—each representing a half-day's walking. Among those responsible for establishing the Sheep's Head Way were Tom Whitty, an American, local farmer James O’Mahony, and Jim Leonard.

The Sheep's Head Way network of trails includes 20 looped walks, and extends eastwards to include Kealkill, Drimoleague and Gougane Barra where it intersects with the Beara-Breifne Way.

A Sheep's Head Way cycle trail also exists, and begins in Ballylickey, County Cork. It extends around the coastline of the Sheep's Head peninsula, and ends in Ballydehob.

The peninsula has three villages, Durrus (six miles from Bantry), Ahakista (twelve miles from Bantry), and Kilcrohane (sixteen miles from Bantry). Durrus has been identified as one of the key staging posts on the Wild Atlantic Way driving route along the Irish coastline and is the home to Durrus Cheese.

Awards
The peninsula was named as a European Destination of Excellence for Sustainable Tourism in 2009. In March 2015, the Sheep's Head won Silver at the Irish Responsible Tourism Awards, and was longlisted for 'Best Destination' in the World Responsible Tourism Awards 2015.

The area's tourism cooperative won a special judge's commendation at the Irish Tourism Industry Awards in 2015.

Durrus

 * Boulder Burial, Ballycomane
 * Burial Ground, Brahalish, Clashadoo, Coolcoulaghta, Dunbeacon, Kilvenogue,
 * Cairn, Coolcoulaghta, Moulinward
 * Castle, Dunbeacon
 * Church, Moulinward (in repair 1639; ruins 1699)
 * Fulacht Fiadha (cooking pit), Dunbeacon (Celtic Iron Age, 600 BC - 400 AD)
 * Graveyard, Moulinward
 * Holy Well, Dunbeacon
 * Mill Stone, Brahalish
 * Promontory fort, Coolcoulaghta (Celtic Iron Age, 600 BC - 400 AD)
 * Ring forts, Ballycomane, Brahalish, Clonee, Drumtahaneen, Dunbeacon, Gortyalassa, Kealties, Rushineska (Celtic Iron Age, 600 BC - 400 AD)
 * Shell Midden, Dunbeacon
 * Standing Stones (Gallauns), Ballycomane, Coolcoulaghta (Stone Pair, Bronze Age, 2200 - 600 BC, Kealties, Parkana)
 * Stone Row, Moulinward (Bronze Age 2200 - 600 BC
 * Stone Circle, Dunbeacon (Bronze Age 2200 - 600 BC)
 * Tower House (medieval post 1200 AD), Rossmore (O'Mahony/McCarthy?)

Kilcrohane

 * Ardahill, Ardintenant, Caher, Caheragh, Derrycluvane, Drumnea, Faunmore, Gortalassa, Gortaneish, Killoveenogue, Knockroe, Raferigeen, Letter East, Rossnacaheragh, Tullig Ringfort (Celtic Iron Age, 600 BC - 400 AD)
 * Aughaleigue, Gouladoo, Laherandota, Letter East, Holy Well
 * Ballytransna, Kilcrohane, Cashel
 * Ardaneig, Caher, Farranamanagh, Gortnakilla, Killonoveenogue, Letter West, Kilcrohane, Burial Ground
 * Caherurlagh, Holed Stone for healing
 * Dooneen, Galladoo, Keelovenogue, Promontory Fort (Celtic Iron Age, 600 BC - 400 AD)
 * Dromnea, Bardic School Medieval post 1200 AD, Ornamental Tower erected Lord Bandon, Holy Well (tober na nduanairidhe well of the poets), possible fulach fiadh
 * Farranmanagh, Stone Row Bronze Age, Children's Burial Ground, Souterrain, Tower house (O'Daly), Gallaun (standing stone
 * Gouladoo, Holy Well
 * Letter West, Children's Burial Ground
 * Kilcrohane, Souterrain
 * Signal Towers, Tooreen

Natural history

 * Owen's Island c. 1 hectare
 * Sheep's Head, Coastal heathland includes rare plants Viola lactea (pale dog violet), Tuberaria guttata (spotted rock-rose) and also has choughs and fulmars.
 * The Sheep's Head peninsula contains Special Areas of Conservation for peregrine falcons and choughs.

In literature

 * Sheep's Head features as a central location in David Mitchell's 2014 novel The Bone Clocks, being referenced throughout and providing the setting for the book's final section. A character in that section, Mo Muntervary (also a main character in Mitchell's debut novel Ghostwritten), takes her surname from the headland.
 * Following his retirement from active writing, novelist of Irish descent J. G. Farrell moved to Sheep's Head, where he was later swept away to his death in a storm at the age of 44.

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Aelle

Aelle, also seen as Ælle, Aella, or Ælla may refer to:

 * Aella (Amazon), an Amazon in Greek mythology
 * Ælle of Sussex, king of Sussex (r. 477–514)
 * Ælla of Deira (died 588), king of Deira
 * Ælla of Northumbria (died 867), king of Northumbria (r. 860s)
 * Aella (influencer), a researcher on sex workers' rights issues, and former camgirl

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Spanish Point, County Clare

Spanish Point is a village in the parish of Milltown Malbay in County Clare on the west coast of Ireland. It has many holiday homes, and in winter a significantly smaller population. The Beach, over a kilometre long, has Blue Flag Status and is suitable for swimming and surfing. It is also one of the better known surf breaks in County Clare. The name refers to the wrecking of some ships of the Spanish Armada off the coast.

History
On the coast, 2.5 km from Milltown Malbay, Spanish Point was named after the Spanish who died here in 1588, when many ships of the Spanish Armada were wrecked during stormy weather. Those who escaped from their sinking ships and made it safely to land were later executed by Sir Turlough O'Brien of Liscannor and Boethius Clancy, High Sheriff of Clare.

It was not known by the English authorities in Ireland whether the Spanish sailed this way around Ireland because their ships were damaged and the storm prevented them from sailing back the quick way or if it was part of a Spanish plan to invade Ireland. As news of the English victory had not reached William FitzWilliam, the Lord Deputy of Ireland, he had issued a blanket command that all Spanish found in Ireland were to be executed with their ships and treasure seized. The executed Spanish were buried in a mass grave in an area of Spanish Point known locally as Tuama Na Spáinneach (Tomb of the Spaniards). Despite this, there was no archaeological evidence for the claim until 2015 when a group of historians investigating the location of the wreck of San Marcos stated they had found a mass grave under Spanish Point which contained the bodies of the executed Spanish sailors.

Hotel
Spanish Point is home of the Atlantic Hotel which was built in 1810 and was promoted as the largest hotel in the British Isles. The hotel closed in 1930 as it had relied upon members of the British nobility visiting for income. This was as a result of the Irish War of Independence and subsequent establishment of the Irish Free State that dissuaded the wealthy from travelling to Spanish Point.

Sport
Spanish Point has a nine-hole golf course which was founded in 1896, making it one of the oldest courses in Ireland.

Spanish Point Beach has Blue Flag Status, with facilities and free parking, and is a top surfing spot in Clare. Celtic Surf School is based here.

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Michael Bryant (actor)

Michael Dennis Bryant (5 April 1928 – 25 April 2002) was a British stage and television actor.

Biography
Bryant attended Battersea Grammar School and, after service in the Merchant Navy and the Army, attended drama school and appeared in many productions on the London stage. He made his film debut in 1955. He had a role as Mathieu in the BBC2 serial The Roads to Freedom, a 1970 adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's trilogy of the same name. His guest star appearance as Wing Commander Marsh, who feigns insanity in the 'Tweedledum' episode of the BBC drama series Colditz (1972), is still widely remembered.

Bryant was chosen by Orson Welles to play the lead role in The Deep, Welles's adaptation of the Charles Williams novel Dead Calm. The production frequently ran out of money, and following the death of actor Laurence Harvey in 1973, Welles stopped production and announced the movie – which had been completed except for one special effects shot of a ship exploding – would not be released. (The novel was finally adapted to film in 1989.)

In 1969 Bryant took his love of the stage on a strange trip into the realm of cult films, playing a clever male prostitute who outwits a delusional family of killers in the dark comedy Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly, an adaptation of a play by Maisie Mosco. Due to poor marketing and a lack of faith in the project by the distributor, the film quickly sank into obscurity.

One of Bryant's most memorable performances was in the classic BBC television play The Stone Tape (1972), in which he plays the leader of a team of scientists who investigate ghost sightings in a brooding Gothic mansion. Equally memorable is his later performance in an adaptation of M. R. James's The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974).

Bryant also had a supporting role as a sadistic psychiatrist in the cult classic black comedy The Ruling Class, with Peter O'Toole and Alastair Sim. He also appeared in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi (1982) as a British diplomat.

Having played Vladimir Lenin in the film Nicholas and Alexandra, Bryant later reprised the role in Robert Bolt's play State of Revolution (1977), having previously co-starred in Bolt's unsuccessful Gentle Jack. State of Revolution was significant for featuring the first role Bryant performed at the National Theatre, where he went on to be a constant presence for a quarter of a century. Described by Michael Billington as a "rock-solid company man", he had earlier performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1964, including the premiere production of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming (1965), in which he played Teddy, the returning academic.

In 1980, Bryant won the London Drama Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor, and his other theatrical performances were equally well-thought-of. He won Laurence Olivier Awards in 1988 and 1990 and was nominated twice more.

Stage credits
This table contains selected known professional theatrical roles for Bryant.

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Spiddal

Spiddal, also known as Spiddle (Irish and official name: An Spidéal,, meaning 'the hospital'), is a village on the shore of Galway Bay in County Galway, Ireland. It is 18 km west of Galway city, on the R336 road. It is on the eastern side of the county's Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking area) and of the Connemara region. According to the 2022 census, approximately 75% of the population are Irish-speaking and, of these, approximately 40% speak Irish on a daily basis outside the education system. It is a centre for tourism with a beach, harbour, and shore fishing. The village is part of the civil parish of Moycullen.

Name
The name of the village in Irish, An Spidéal, derives from the word ospidéal, which in turn derived from the Insular French, or Anglo-Normand, word 'ospitel'.

The name originates from a medieval leper hospital situated in An Spidéal Thiar. A number of other hospital facilities were based in the area over the years, including a famine hospital during the Great Famine of the mid-1840s. While 'Spiddle' is recorded, in the Placenames Database of Ireland, as the English variant of the name, 'Spiddal' is used locally.

History
Spiddal like much of the west of Ireland suffered greatly during the Great Famine, with many people being evicted and many people starving. Appeals were made by the parish priest John O'Grady and by A.W. Blake, as a result the board of works employed some local men in the improvements to the harbour in Spiddal.

From 1848, the evangelical Protestant Irish Church Missions were active, establishing the Connemara Orphan's Nursery (Spiddal Orphanage or Nead Le Farrige) in the early 1850s, the home could accommodate up to 90 boys and girls, and became affiliated to the Protestant-run Smyly Homes (and was even referred to as The Bird's Nest, the name of the Dublin home). Following its closure as an orphanage, it became a secondary school for girls run by the Catholic Sisters of Mercy.

The local Catholic church, Cill Éinde (church of Enda), was built in 1904. The ruin of an older chapel, dating to 1776, is nearby.

Facilities
There are a number of pubs, shops and other services in the area. Spiddal's Garda station is on Mountain Road. On the eastern side of the village is An Cheardlann ('the workshop' in Irish), a craft village.

There is a primary school (Scoil Náisiúnta Éinne) and a secondary school (Coláiste Chroí Mhuire) in the village.

The area is served by Bus Éireann route 424 from Galway City. The Boluisce river flows south from Boluisce Lake and enters Galway Bay at Spiddal.

Culture and sport
Each summer, groups of Irish teenagers visit Spiddal for three-week Irish language courses. Coláiste Chonnacht and Coláiste Lurgan are two local Irish language summer schools. American students visit for the autumn semester each year to study Irish-language literature and culture.

Live traditional Irish music is regularly performed in the village's pubs. The music group The Waterboys recorded part of their Fisherman's Blues album in Spiddal. They also recorded a song called Spring Comes to Spiddal on their album Room to Roam. The television series Ros na Rún is filmed there, and broadcast on TG4.

The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Cumann Lúthchleas Gael An Spidéal, with Gaelic football and hurling being the most popular sports. There is also a sailing club in the village.

Notable people

 * Mary Bergin, musician
 * Ronan Browne, musician
 * Thom McGinty, actor and stillness artist
 * Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, journalist and the sixth president of the International Olympic Committee, had family connections to the area.
 * Máirtín Ó Cadhain, writer of modern literature in Irish, and author of the comic and modernist work Cré na Cille.
 * Dónall Ó Héalai, actor
 * Seán Ó Neachtain, former Member of the European Parliament and Fianna Fáil politician
 * Eimear Ní Chonaola, journalist and broadcast news presenter
 * Gráinne Seoige, television presenter
 * Síle Seoige, television presenter
 * Máirtín Thornton (died 1984), Irish heavyweight boxer in the 1940s
 * Máire Ní Thuathail (1957–2016), television producer.

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Timoleague

Timoleague is a village in the eastern division of Carbery East in County Cork, Ireland. It is located along Ireland's southern coast between Kinsale and Clonakilty, on the estuary of the Argideen River. Nearby is the village of Courtmacsherry. It is about 17 km south of Bandon and 48 km from Cork on the R600 coastal road.

History
Timoleague gets its name from its original Irish name Tigh Molaga, meaning the 'home (or house) of Molaga'. St. Molaga was reputed to have brought beekeeping/honey to Ireland. Honey production is still evident in the area. The village was formerly spelt Tagumlag, Tymulagy, Tymoleague. The town of Timoleague and much of the adjacent country belonged to the Hodnetts, an English family who settled in the area from Shropshire. Prior to this, it belonged to the O'Cowigs. In the reign of Henry III, a great battle was fought at Timoleague, between the Hodnetts, under Lord Phillip Hodnett, and the Barrys, under Lord Barrymore. The Hodnetts were routed, and their leader was killed. The Barrymores then became the owners of Timoleague, and they and their descendants retained possession until the 1800s, when it was purchased by the Travers family.

In 1832, the Timoleague parish priest, Reverend Mr. Charles Ferguson, was murdered when trying to collect tithes by force.

Places of interest
Timoleague Friary was founded by the Franciscan order in 1240. The abbey was built on the site of a monastic settlement founded by Saint Molaga in the sixth century. The Four Masters state that the Monastery of Timoleague was founded by MacCarthy Reagh, who lived near Kinsale, in 1240. The McCarthys were over-lords of Corca Laidhe, at least since the 13th century, and received tribute from the chiefs of the district. The abbey was extended by Donal Glas McCarthy in 1312, and by Irish and Norman patrons in the 16th century. The monks were dispersed by the Reformation, but returned in 1604. In 1612, the abbey was sacked by English soldiers who also smashed all of the stained glass windows, but much of the significant architecture remains. The friars remained in the abbey until 1642 when the friary and town were burnt by English soldiers under Lord Forbes.

In Abbeymahon, on the road to Courtmacsherry is the ruins of a Cistercian Abbey – Abbeymahon Abbey. The abbey was founded in 1172 by Dermot MacCormac MacCarthy, King of Desmond. The site was originally at Aghamanister and was colonized with a group of monks from Baltinglass. Almost a century lapsed before the monks decided to move to a new site. The monks moved to Abbeymahon in 1278 when Diarmuit MacCarthaig, son of Domnall Cairbreach, was buried in the new monastery.

The Church of Ireland church, the Church of the Ascension, is also decorated internally in mosaic work carried out and paid for by the Travers family and the final wall completed by the then Maharajah of Gwalior (Madho Rao Scindia) of India in 1925 in memory of his doctor, Dr Crofts, who came from Timoleague. The church itself dates from 1811.

Economy
Some of the local industries are based around tourism, agriculture and craft. One of the main employers in the local area is Stauntons Food a local producer of Pork/Bacon products. There are many other small and medium-sized businesses in the area including a small local maker of bespoke kitchens/furniture.

Timoleague Brown Pudding, a type of blood sausage, has been granted Protected Geographical Status under European Union law.

Demographics
As of the 2011 census, Timoleague had the highest proportion of Polish people of any settlement in Ireland at 25% of the population of the village.

Events
The Timoleague Harvest Festival is held every year in August. In 2006 it attracted acts like Mundy and The Walls, and also hosts events in the village.

Sport
The local GAA club, Argideen Rangers, have won the 2005 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship as well as a number of Junior Football and Hurling County Championships.

The club was home to Mark Foley, who scored 2–7 from play during the 1990 All-Ireland Hurling championship against All-Ireland champions (Tipperary) in the Munster Final in Thurles. He went on to score 1–1 in the All-Ireland Final against Galway in September of that year and brought the Liam MacCarthy Cup to the streets of Timoleague a few days later.

Transport
Timoleague railway station once connected the village to the West Cork Railway, by a branch onto the Clonakilty railway line, opened by the Ballinascarthy & Timoleague Junction Light Railway in 1890. The Timoleague & Courtmacsherry Extension Light Railway later extended this to Courtmacsherry in 1891 and its pier in 1892. It had three locomotives, Slaney, St. Molaga and Argadeen. Regular passenger traffic ceased in 1947 with post-war fuel shortages, and the line was closed completely by CIÉ in 1961. Timoleague railway station opened on 20 December 1890, closed for passenger traffic on 24 February 1947 and finally closed altogether on 1 April 1961.

Notable people

 * Fachtna Murphy (b.1947), Garda Commissioner from 2007 to 2010
 * Tim Severin (1940–2020), British explorer and writer who lived locally until his death in December 2020

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Monheim

Monheim may refer to the following places in Germany:

 * Monheim am Rhein, in the Mettmann district, North Rhine-Westphalia
 * Monheim, Bavaria, in the Donau-Ries district, Bavaria
 * Monheim Town Hall, the town hall of Monheim, Bavaria.

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User talk:Jalar

Referring to: "If wikipedia decides to use the utility 'dvipng' instead of the awkward dvips->gs route, there is a '--bg Transparent' switch in dvipng that enables this. -- jalar 14:24, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)" It doesn't make a real transparent background: it leaves white pixels, exactly like dvips + convert. How do you have reached a complete transparent background? --80.116.0.70 16:52, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

You were using an outdated version of dvipng. Upgrade and try again jalar 18:58, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

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Basse-Côte-Nord

Basse-Côte-Nord Territory (French: Territoire de la Basse-Côte-Nord, meaning "lower north shore") was a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) in eastern Quebec, Canada. The territory, whose geographical code was 982, was formed in 2002 when it separated from the Minganie Regional County Municipality and was superseded by Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality that was formed in July 2010.

Together with Minganie RCM, Basse-Côte-Nord formed the census division of Minganie–Basse-Côte-Nord (now renamed Minganie–Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent), whose geographical code is 98.

Basse-Côte-Nord had a land area of 5803.26 km2 and a 2006 census population of 5,505 inhabitants. It included all the communities along the Gulf of Saint Lawrence between the Natashquan River and the Newfoundland and Labrador border, but it had no regional administration.

Basse-Côte-Nord consisted of the following subdivisions, with their codes in parentheses:

 * Municipality of Blanc-Sablon (98005)
 * Municipality of Bonne-Espérance (98010)
 * Municipality of Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent (98015)
 * Municipality of Gros-Mécatina (98014)
 * Municipality of Saint-Augustin (98012)
 * Indian reserve of La Romaine (98804)
 * Indian settlement of Pakuashipi (98802), located within the legal territory of Saint-Augustin.

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List of universities and colleges in New Brunswick

This is a list of universities and colleges in New Brunswick, Canada:

Public chartered universities

 * Mount Allison University
 * St. Thomas University
 * Université de Moncton
 * University of New Brunswick

Private chartered universities

 * Crandall University
 * Kingswood University
 * St. Stephen's University

Private universities recognized under the Degree Granting Act

 * University of Fredericton
 * Yorkville University

Colleges

 * Canadian School of Natural Nutrition
 * Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick
 * Eastern College
 * Maritime College of Forest Technology
 * McKenzie College
 * Moncton Flight College
 * New Brunswick College of Craft and Design
 * New Brunswick Community College
 * OLS Academy
 * Oulton College
 * Union of New Brunswick Indians Training Institute, Inc. (UNBITI)
 * Atlantic Business College,Fredericton,NB


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Marla Gibbs

Marla Gibbs (born Margaret Bradley; June 14, 1931) is an American actress, singer, comedian, writer, and television producer whose career spans seven decades. Gibbs is known for her role as George Jefferson's maid, Florence Johnston, on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons (1975–1985), for which she received five nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

Gibbs also starred on the show's spin-off Checking In (1981) and the NBC sitcom 227 (1985–1990); Gibbs coproduced the latter series, played the lead role of Mary Jenkins, and sang the theme song. Gibbs has won seven NAACP Image Awards. In later years, Gibbs played supporting roles in films The Meteor Man (1993), Lost & Found (1999), The Visit (2000), The Brothers (2001), Madea's Witness Protection (2012), Grantham & Rose (2015), and Lemon (2017) and on the Shondaland-produced TV shows Station 19 (2018) and Grey's Anatomy (2022). In August 2021, Gibbs began playing Olivia Price on the NBC daytime drama Days of Our Lives. She also played Sweet Gam Gam on The Thundermans.

Early life and education
Marla Gibbs was born Margaret Bradley in Chicago, Illinois, at Cook County Hospital. The middle of three sisters, Gibbs was raised in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the city's south side. Her father, Douglas Bradley of Waterproof, Louisiana (d. 1947), was a self-taught mechanic of Jamaican ancestry who owned an ice company. Her mother, Ophelia Birdie (née Kemp; d. 1967) was a businesswoman of Haitian descent who occasionally ran numbers in the gambling trade. In 1936, Gibbs's parents divorced. Her mother married Charles Cady and relocated to Detroit. Gibbs and her siblings remained in Chicago with their father and grandmother Hattie Sims.

Gibbs attended Corpus Christi Elementary School. After graduating from Corpus Christi in 1945, Gibbs attended St. Elizabeth High School, where she completed her freshman year and the first semester of her sophomore year. During the middle of her sophomore year, Gibbs transferred to Wendell Phillips Academy High School. When she was 16, her father died and Gibbs was sent to live with her mother and stepfather in Detroit where she attended Northern High School for a semester during her junior year. After months in Detroit, Gibbs returned to Chicago, re-enrolling at Phillips where she graduated in June 1949. Several years later, Gibbs returned to Detroit, Michigan, where she attended Peters Business School.

Career
In 1963, Gibbs relocated to Los Angeles to recuperate from an ulcer and began working as a reservations agent for United Airlines. She first acted in local Los Angeles black theater before she got her first acting job in the early 1970s, in the blaxploitation films Sweet Jesus, Preacher Man and Black Belt Jones.

In 1975, she was cast in the CBS comedy series The Jeffersons as Florence Johnston, the family's maid. For the first two years with CBS, Gibbs continued working for United Airlines. She would work at CBS during the day and then leave for her second job, where she worked the night shift. When the series became an established success, CBS requested that she take a leave of absence from her United job. Gibbs's performance on the series garnered her five nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and one nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.

In 1981, she starred in a short-lived spin-off of The Jeffersons titled Checking In. Gibbs responded in a 2015 interview on Broadway Showbiz, when asked if she'd based any of her characters on real-life people: "Yes, Florence was like my aunt and grandmother so I lived it. She came easy to me so I'm like Florence in giving smart answers, but I was also shy so I wouldn't have dared to say some of the things Florence said. I prefer to do whatever I can do at the moment. Whoever's hiring me at the moment...that's what I'm supposed to do. My favorite is drama. I'm doing that now (on Scandal), but also still doing comedy on Hot in Cleveland."

In 1985, when The Jeffersons was cancelled after 11 seasons, Gibbs was the lead actress in the NBC sitcom 227. 227 was adapted from a play directed by Cambridge Players' then-president Ed Cambridge and was presented to NBC by Cambridge at Gibbs's Crossroads Theater in L.A. Cambridge served as artistic director. The series aired until 1990, producing 116 episodes. Two decades later, Gibbs teamed with former 227 co-star Jackée Harry in The First Family, where Gibbs had a recurring role as Harry's mother Grandma Eddy. She worked with Harry again in the independent film Forbidden Woman.

Gibbs had a number of supporting film roles. She also guest starred on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Martin, Touched by an Angel (with Della Reese), Judging Amy, ER, and Southland. From 1998 - 2002 she had a recurring role on The Hughleys. Gibbs appeared in the 2012 Tyler Perry film Madea's Witness Protection, and starred in the 2012 independent film Grantham & Rose. In 2015, Gibbs made two appearances in the Shonda Rhimes' drama series, Scandal. She later guest starred on Hot in Cleveland, American Horror Story: Hotel and This Is Us. In 2018, she was cast in a recurring role on the ABC drama series Station 19. Gibbs also had starring roles in two television pilots: Old Soul alongside Ellen Burstyn and Rita Moreno for NBC in 2014, and ABC's Jalen Vs. Everybody in 2017. In film, she co-starred in Lemon and Please Stand By. In 2019, Gibbs reprised her role as Florence on Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons, less than a month before her 88th birthday.

In 2021, Gibbs began appearing as Olivia Price in a recurring role on Days of Our Lives. That same year, for her contributions to the television industry, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Other ventures
From 1981 to 1999, Gibbs owned a jazz club in South Central L.A. called Marla's Memory Lane Jazz and Supper Club. She released a number of albums as a singer. In 1990, she moved her Crossroads Arts Academy and Theatre into the former Leimert Theatre in Los Angeles. Plans included the construction of a second stage, but the project ended in debt in June 1997.

Personal life
Gibbs was married to her high school sweetheart Jordan Gibbs from 1955 - 1973. The couple had three children: Angela, Dorian, and Joseph. Her older sister, the late actress Susie Garrett, played Cherie's grandmother Betty Johnson on the NBC series Punky Brewster. Her daughter Angela, also an actress, appeared on Sanford and Son and in films such as Together Brothers, Drumline and Think Like a Man Too.

On July 31, 2014, Gibbs attended the Leimert Park Village Book Fair in Los Angeles to pay tribute to Maya Angelou, who died on May 28, and Ruby Dee, who died on June 11. On January 11, 2016, Gibbs and former 227 co-star Jackée Harry attended the funeral of Grammy Award-winning singer Natalie Cole at the West Angeles Church of God in Christ in Los Angeles. Gibbs co-starred opposite Cole in the television film Lily in Winter.

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Travis Tomko

Travis David Tomko (born March 23, 1976) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 2003 to 2006 under the ring name Tyson Tomko, with New Japan Pro-Wrestling from 2006 to 2008 under his real name, and with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) between 2006 and 2010 under the ring name Tomko. Championships held by Tomko include the IWGP Tag Team Championship and TNA World Tag Team Championship.

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2002–2003)
Tomko was signed to a World Wrestling Federation (WWF) developmental contract in April 2002 and assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) to sharpen his skills. While in OVW he was a member of the Disciples of Synn stable and along with stablemate Seven captured the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship, on March 5, 2003, though they lost them less than a month later to the Acolytes Protection Agency (APA).

Raw (2003–2006)
In July 2003, Tomko began working dark matches for the Raw brand. He made his television debut on the April 19, 2004, Raw, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, interfering in a Christian versus Chris Jericho match on Christian's behalf and helping him pick up the win. His gimmick was that of "The Problem Solver", and acting as an "enforcer for hire" for Christian and his kayfabe girlfriend Trish Stratus in their feud with Chris Jericho. His singles matches were few and far between; his main goal was ensuring victory for his clients, usually by interfering. When Christian suffered a legit back injury, Tomko continued to stand by Stratus and aid her in gaining an advantage in feuds against Jericho, Victoria, and Steven Richards, among others. The duo occasionally paired together for mixed tag team matches. Upon Christian's return, Tomko immediately paired with him again, filling the same role as before. Following the on-screen split between Stratus and Christian (their dispute was seemingly over Tomko's services), Tomko remained Christian's enforcer. The duo also wrestled as a tag team on occasion, sometimes aligning themselves with Christian's former tag team partner and real-life friend Edge. In June 2005, Tomko, Christian, and Edge joined forces with Eric Bischoff in his crusade against Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).

Tomko and Christian were separated on June 2005 when Christian was drafted to SmackDown!. Now on his own, Tomko was pushed as a "monster heel", winning singles matches against many jobbers by (kayfabe) knock out after hitting a big boot to the back of the head. On Raw, he knocked out both World Tag Team Champions, The Hurricane and Rosey. His winning streak ended after he was pinned by John Cena on Raw two weeks in a row. Tomko then went on to form a tag team with Snitsky, however, they were not given much of a push.

On April 3, 2006, Tomko quit WWE on good terms. He then began to work in Japan.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2006–2008)
Tomko debuted in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) on July 1, 2006, participating in an eight-man tag match which he won. A few days later, Tomko and Giant Bernard took part in a tournament to determine the interim IWGP Tag Team Champions and reached the finals before losing to Shiro Koshinaka and Togi Makabe. Tomko participated in a tournament for the vacant IWGP Heavyweight Championship, which had been vacated by Brock Lesnar, and lost in the first round to Yuji Nagata. He also participated in G1 Tag League 2006 in block B with Giant Bernard and reached the semi-final before losing to the eventual winners, Masahiro Chono and Shinsuke Nakamura.

At Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome, Tomko teamed up with D'Lo Brown and Buchanan to take on Tomohiro Ishii, Togi Makabe and Toru Yano, Makabe pinned Buchanan. Tomko lost to Togi Makabe in the first round of the New Japan Cup 2007. On March 11, 2007, Tomko and Giant Bernard defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship. Tomko and Bernard joined Masahiro Chono's BLACK faction and would eventually defect to RISE. The pair won G1 Tag League 2007 by defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi and Koji Kanemoto.

At Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome II, Tomko and Bernard defeated The Steiner Brothers. They lost the titles on February 2, 2008, to Great Bash Heel members Togi Makabe and Toru Yano. Tomko was released early in March 2008 after NJPW decided not to renew his contract. NJPW were struggling financially and could not afford to keep him going. They did however, re-sign his tag team partner Giant Bernard.

Christian's Coalition (2006–2007)

On the November 23, 2006 episode of TNA Impact!, Tomko made his debut in a run-in during a NWA World Heavyweight Championship number one contender's match between Christian Cage and Sting, attacking Sting and siding with Cage, once again acting as Christian's enforcer. On the January 11, 2007 episode of Impact!, Tomko went one on one against NWA World Heavyweight Champion Abyss in a non-title match. To avoid interference, Jim Cornette locked Christian in a cage, and also had Kurt Angle at ringside. During the bout, Angle got into a brawl with Samoa Joe, leaving Cage to escape the cage and interfere in the match, causing a disqualification. On the March 1 edition of Impact! he beat Samoa Joe for a chance for an NWA title shot against Cage.

On the March 8 edition of Impact!, Christian's Coalition lost to Kurt Angle, Rhino and Samoa Joe by disqualification after interference from Abyss who Black Hole slammed Angle. At Destination X, while getting out of the limo onto the black and blue carpet, Christian Cage received a telegram from Tomko stating that Tomko was in Japan and would come back if Cage would give him a title shot. Once Tomko returned from Japan, Cage offered Tomko a spot on Team Cage at Lockdown, but Tomko said he would not choose a team until he got a title shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. It ended up being that Jim Cornette came out and said that the main event on Impact! that night would be one member from Team Cage fighting one member from Team Angle. Whichever team member won, Tomko would go to the team the member was from. It would be Abyss from Team Cage fighting Kurt Angle from Team Angle. In the end, Kurt Angle won by pinfall, but after the match, Tomko signed on to Team Cage instead of Team Angle, making him the final member of Team Cage to fight Team Angle at Lockdown along with Abyss, A.J. Styles, Scott Steiner, and Christian Cage. A match was held to see who would go into the cage first. It would be a match between Samoa Joe and Styles, Jeff Jarrett interfered to become the fifth member of team Angle. Tomko entered that match as the third member, and was successful, until being gored through the cage door. In the end Jeff Jarrett hit Abyss with a guitar full of tacks, and Sting got the pin.

On the following episode of Impact!, Tomko took part in Team Cage's attack on Abyss for being a liability to the team's success after Abyss and Cage failed to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship from Team 3D. One week later, Tomko and Scott Steiner were given a tag team title shot of their own, but failed thanks to botched interference from The Latin American Xchange (LAX). At Sacrifice, Tomko and Steiner met LAX and 3D in a three-way match for the title, but failed again.

After this loss, Rick Steiner debuted in TNA and helped Scott attack Tomko. Tomko remained in what was from then on once again known as Christian's Coalition, once again focused on aiding Cage. Some friction did set in after Cage cost Tomko his May 31, 2007 King of the Mountain qualifying match by distracting him with a chair. Tomko had been placed in the match against fellow Coalition member A.J. Styles because original contestant Jeff Jarrett no-showed (due to his wife's death). Christian was able to convince Tomko to continue on as his ally, which later came in handy as Tomko would go on to do much of the brunt work in the Coalition's feud against the returned Abyss and Sting, though he would be twice pinned by Abyss at PPV's after taking a Black Hole Slam each time. However, the Coalition finally avenged these losses with another bloody beatdown of Abyss which also featured the laying-out of Sting on the July 26 Impact!.

On the PPV that followed, Hard Justice, Tomko, along with Styles and Christian, had taken part in a "Doomsday Chamber of Blood Match", which Abyss picked a week after winning the contract to make it. The match was a barbed-wire six sides of steel cage match in which the objective was to make an opponent bleed and pin that opponent. The Coalition was able to lock Sting out for a while, but after he appeared in the ring, Tomko would be the first man busted open. After a long match, Christian would escape the cage, and Styles was pinned by Abyss.

Teaming with Styles (2007)
At No Surrender he and Styles won a 10-tag team gauntlet match to win title shots at Bound For Glory. At Bound for Glory on October 14, A.J. Styles and Tomko won the TNA World Tag Team Championship from Team Pacman.

Styles and Tomko defeated LAX on the November 1 edition of Impact! to retain the TNA Tag Team title. Styles and Tomko's success led to some uncertainty within the Coalition, causing Tomko to ask Christian what the chain of command was. Christian said that when he wasn't around, it was Styles - disappointing Tomko. AJ would go on to make some foolish decisions without Tomko's advice or help, starting with a take-down match against Scott Steiner that night. The last major choice Styles made for the Coalition was to join forces with Kurt Angle, forming the Angle Alliance at Genesis by assisting Angle in retaining his TNA World Heavyweight Championship. This plan quickly fell apart, as Christian and Angles could not cooperate, leaving them to fight over Styles and Tomko. The tension between Christian and Kurt would make Styles doubt himself, and he'd often turn to Tomko for advice, which Tomko would not give, telling Styles that he got into this mess himself since he was the one in charge. Tomko's continued distancing of himself from both groups would lead him to separate from the Alliance two weeks before Final Resolution on an episode of Impact!, stating that from now on he works for Tomko. He and A.J. Styles defeated Kevin Nash and Samoa Joe to retain the TNA World Tag Team Championship at Final Resolution. When Styles interfered on behalf of Kurt Angle to help him retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Christian Cage, staying with the Angle Alliance and turning his back on Cage, Tomko was not present with him, leaving both Christian and Angle, staying true to his word.

Kurt Angle's henchman (2008)
On the January 3 Impact! clarified Tomko's new outlook. While Styles worried about Christian's wrath in Kurt Angle's dressing room, Tomko explained to him that he's on his own. The following week, in an interview, Tomko said Styles got himself into the situation - matter of fact, he created it - and that Tomko knew it was no-win, generally stayed out of it, and now is making his own decisions. That same night, Tomko had his first singles match since becoming independent against Shark Boy, who in storyline was injured, and quickly defeated him. At Against All Odds Tomko cost Christian the world title, then reluctantly aligned with Kurt Angle, following Styles' example so they could stay partners - with no intention of being a team player to the point of becoming a lapdog again. He also became frustrated with Styles constant attraction to Karen Angle, claiming it's hurting the team's focus and even exploding on Styles on an episode of Impact!.

At the 2008 Lockdown PPV, Tomko was captain of his own team in the Lethal Lockdown match, though his team lost to Team Cage after Rhino pinned James Storm. The following episode of Impact, Styles and Tomko lost the TNA Tag Team Titles to Eric Young and Kaz in controversial fashion relating to Young's alter-ego of "Super Eric". This resulted in the titles being vacated and put on the line in a tournament at Sacrifice, which was won by The Latin American Xchange. Following the tournament, Tomko returned from a storyline injury suffered in Japan, and expressed unhappiness towards Styles for participating in the tournament with Super Eric, who was responsible for their title loss in the first place. Styles, in turn, expressed frustration over having to follow others for the past months and wanted to break out on his own. Following that, Tomko wished Styles the best of luck and officially disbanded their tag team.

Tomko continued to act as Kurt Angle's henchman, notably harassing Karen Angle on the debut of her interview segment Karen's Angle on the July 31 episode of Impact!. He was then scheduled to feud with Matt Morgan but the program was cut short when Tomko parted ways with TNA in late July 2008, with reports circulating that he was unhappy with management. His final television appearance was on the August 7 edition of Impact! in an 8-man gauntlet in which he was pinned by Samoa Joe.

Tomko had planned on working regularly for the Inoki Genome Federation in Japan but they cancelled many of their upcoming shows, opening up his schedule to appear one last time with TNA on a non-contractual basis. On the September 11, 2008, edition of Impact! he appeared as the third of three challengers to Samoa Joe as a part of Kevin Nash's challenge.

Hustle (2009)
Tomko debuted in June 2009 under a mask and the ring name Arma in the Japanese wrestling promotion Hustle, where he formed a villainous tag team called "Armageddon" with fellow former WWE star René Duprée, who served as his partner Geddon. This team would disband shortly thereafter when Geddon turned face and changed his ring name back to René Bonaparte. On July 30, 2009, Bonaparte defeated Arma in Tomko's final Hustle appearance.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2009–2010)
On the November 19, 2009, edition of Impact! Tomko officially returned to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in an interview with Lauren, seemingly as a face. He made his in-ring return on the December 17 edition of Impact!, where he, A.J. Styles, Kurt Angle, Abyss and Bobby Lashley defeated Scott Steiner, Doug Williams, Brutus Magnus, Dr. Stevie and Raven. On the January 14 edition of Impact! Tomko turned heel as he was revealed as the man who had attacked Styles multiple times during the past three months, successfully scoring a match for Styles' TNA World Heavyweight Championship later that night as a result. However, Styles defeated him to retain the title. On the February 4 edition of Impact!, Tomko lost to Kurt Angle in an 8 Card Stud Tournament Qualifying match. On the March 4 edition of Impact!, Tomko lost to Jeff Jarrett. On the March 22 edition of Impact!, Tomko was defeated by Rob Terry in a match for the TNA Global Championship. He was seen in a group of heels Eric Bischoff had directed to remove Abyss' mask, and on the May 13 edition of Impact!, Tomko lost to Orlando Jordan via submission which turned out to be his last match in TNA. On August 19, 2010, Tomko's profile was placed in the alumni section on TNA's official website.

Independent circuit (2013–2016)
On September 4, 2013, Tomko made his debut in Ring Warriors, where he claimed to be the next Ring Warriors Grand Champion. The following week, Tomko defeated Michael Sain. On November 2, 2013, Tomko challenged Bruce Santee for the NWA FUW Bruiserweight Championship, but the match ended in no contest. On February 1, 2014, Tomko wrestled Francisco Ciatso at the USA PRO WRESTLING 20th Anniversary Show in Orlando, Florida. Tomko won by disqualification when Ciatso introduced a chair into the match. On January 21, 2016, Tomko made a tweet on Twitter that he his returning to the ring. Tomko faced Locke and QT Santee at FHW Wrestling in Palm Beach, Florida. on January 22, 2016. On February 13, 2016, Tomko faced Tommy Vandal at Independent Championship Wrestling in Miami, Florida. On February 22, 2016, Tomko faced James "The Kid" Sabin at Florida Hardcore Wrestling and ended up in a disqualification when Sabin hit the referee with the chair.

Other media
Tomko appeared in the video games TNA iMPACT! and TNA iMPACT!: Cross The Line as a playable character, as well as having various WWE action figures produced by Jakks Pacific.

Personal life
Prior to his wrestling debut, Tomko served as a bodyguard to nu metal band Limp Bizkit. He appeared in their 2000 music video for "My Generation." Tomko owns a gym in Delray Beach, Florida, called Purlife Fitness Center, an organic restaurant called PurLife Cafe, and a property investment company called Coastal Properties Investment Group (Coastal P.I.G.) In Florida Keys, Florida.

Championships and accomplishments

 * New Japan Pro-Wrestling
 * IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Giant Bernard
 * G1 Tag League (2007) – with Giant Bernard

 * Nikkan Sports
 * Best Tag Team Award (2007) with Giant Bernard

 * Nu-Wrestling Evolution
 * NWE World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

 * Ohio Valley Wrestling
 * OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Seven

 * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 * Ranked No. 25 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2008

 * Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
 * TNA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with A.J. Styles
 * Gauntlet for the Gold (2007 – TNA World Tag Team Championship) – with A.J. Styles

 * Wrestling Observer Newsletter
 * Worst Worked Match of the Year (2004) vs. Stevie Richards at Unforgiven

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