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Anthony Trueman

Dr Anthony Trueman is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by British actor Nicholas Bailey. He made his first appearance in the episode broadcast on 11 December 2000 and left in 11 July 2003 but returned in 2004 and 2005 for brief stints such as the wedding of Yolande Duke (Angela Wynter) and Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker). Anthony made a brief return on 22 July 2014 following Patrick's stroke.

Storylines
Anthony is the younger son of Patrick (Rudolph Walker) and Audrey Trueman (Corinne Skinner-Carter) and the brother of Paul Trueman (Gary Beadle). He is the brains of an otherwise dysfunctional family, and his dodgy-dealing brother Paul always feels under his shadow. Anthony works as a doctor in the Square. Audrey becomes deeply involved with his life, whilst ignoring Paul. She disapproves of Anthony dating Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) and tries to interfere many times, leading to Anthony rebelling against his mother. When Audrey dies, Anthony's long lost father, Patrick, arrives for Audrey's funeral, reuniting with his two sons after decades apart. After a period of adjustment, the Trueman brothers accept Patrick; however, Paul grows suspicious of him and secretly performs a DNA test, where it is revealed that although Anthony is Patrick's biological son, Paul is not.

After Kat breaks up with Anthony, he and Kat's teenage daughter Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan) begin an affair. Zoe disowns Kat for disapproving of their relationship, and later runs away when Anthony reveals that he is still in love with Kat. Anthony and Kat's relationship resumes, but Zoe returns and catches them in bed together. Zoe then accepts they are together. After Kat fails to impress Anthony's colleagues she breaks up with him as he is about to propose. Kat discovers she is pregnant by him and decides to have an abortion. Her boss Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) persuades her not to, but she suffers a miscarriage while on her way to tell Anthony of the pregnancy. Kat then breaks up with Anthony again after realising he is not who she wants. In 2003, when Anthony causes the death of a pregnant patient, he leaves the Square to go travelling, but returns for Patrick's wedding to Yolande Duke (Angela Wynter) and Paul's funeral.

After living in Cambodia for several years, Anthony returns to the UK and settles in Glasgow, marries a woman named Sophie and has children. In 2013, Patrick falls from a ladder and considers staying with Anthony but decides not to. In 2014, Anthony is featured in a medical journal, in an article about his work in Cambodia, a copy of which Patrick buys. After hearing about Patrick's stroke, he returns to Walford, though Patrick mistakes him for Paul. Despite feeling obliged to take care of his father, Anthony admits he cannot forgive Patrick's absence during his childhood. He writes Denise Fox (Diane Parish) a cheque for £2000 to help look after Patrick and returns to Scotland. In 2020, while the show is offscreen, he returned to look after Patrick in hospital after he contracted COVID-19 during the pandemic. He later invited Patrick and Sheree to stay with him during lockdown and the pair make amends.

Creation and development
In early 2000, it was announced that a new doctor would arrive in EastEnders. A few days later it was announced he would be played by Nick Bailey. Bailey was working for an investment bank unloading boxes, when he received the call about auditioning for Anthony. He explained "I was alone in the stockroom when my agent's wife rang and told me I'd got the part. I just jumped up and punched the air, then did a rumba round the room." EastEnders marked Bailey's first major television role. Anthony was introduced as the son of B&B owner Audrey Trueman (Corinne Skinner-Carter). He made his first on-screen appearance on 11 December 2000. It was later announced his family would arrive later in the year.

In December 2002, it was announced that Anthony will begin a relationship with Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace). "Kat and Alfie is a romance just waiting to happen and we don't have to wait long," an insider told The People today. "Bosses are convinced they will become the next Den and Angie." Kat, who has only just rekindled her love with her daughter's former fiancé Anthony Trueman, will ditch him after embarrassing herself at a dinner party the Doc has taken her to.

"Kat and Anthony's romance has been on-off from day one," the insider added. "Kat first realises she has a thing for Alfie when he coaches her on table etiquette before the big date. And after the night goes pear-shaped she flings herself at Alfie saying, 'Anthony is not the man for me'. Alfie, who's fancied Kat since he gave her barmaid's job, is delighted. They kiss and soon become a serious item."

Bailey reprised his role in July 2014 for one episode. Anthony returned to Walford following his father's stroke. In 2015, Bailey stated that his return in 2014 was confusing, saying, "Anthony was always a man of duty and responsibility so I don't know why he would abandon his father. It was never explained to me and it was all a bit surreal. I'm baffled myself, but then EastEnders now doesn't resemble the show I was in."

In popular culture
The character of Anthony Trueman has been spoofed in the cartoon sketch show 2DTV.

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Shane Ross

Shane Peter Nathaniel Ross (born 11 July 1949) is an Irish former Independent politician who served as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport from May 2016 to June 2020. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Rathdown constituency from 2016 to 2020, and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the Dublin South constituency. He was a member of Seanad Éireann for the Dublin University from 1981 to 2011, until his election to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election.

He is a former business editor of the Sunday Independent. He was a Fine Gael Wicklow County Councillor, and a one-time Fine Gael general election candidate in the Wicklow constituency. In the 31st Dáil he was a member of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee. He co-founded the Independent Alliance with Michael Fitzmaurice in 2015. He was re-elected to the 32nd Dáil, and subsequently appointed by Taoiseach Enda Kenny as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in May 2016.

Early life and career
Shane Ross was born in Dublin in 1949. He is the son of former Senator and prominent member of the legal fraternity, John N. Ross, and the noted gardener and writer Ruth Isabel Sherrington. He was schooled at St Stephen's School, Dundrum, and Rugby School, before attending Trinity College Dublin, where he graduated with a degree in history and political science in 1971. During his time at Trinity he was the Record Secretary of the College Historical Society. A stockbroker with NCB, Ross was Business Editor of the Sunday Independent, Ireland's biggest-selling weekend broadsheet, until his election to the Dáil in 2011, when he resigned from the post. He is married to Ruth Buchanan, a former presenter and journalist with RTÉ, Ireland's national broadcaster. His son-in-law is Nick Webb, who succeeded him as Business Editor of the Sunday Independent.

He was first elected to the Seanad in 1981, as an Independent candidate for the Dublin University constituency, and was re-elected on nine occasions, becoming the longest-serving member of the house.

He stood unsuccessfully as an Independent candidate at the 1984 European Parliament election, for the Dublin constituency. At the 1991 local elections, he was elected as a Fine Gael candidate to Wicklow County Council for the Bray local electoral area, and served until 1999. He stood as a candidate for the party in the Wicklow constituency at the 1992 general election, but did not gain a seat, remaining instead in the Seanad where he once again sat as an Independent Senator following the 1997 election.

He is one of Ireland's most visible business commentators, promoting free enterprise, small government and low taxes, and is widely identified as one of the most visible champions of laissez-faire capitalism in Irish politics, praising former Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy, as a "brilliant Minister in the boom years" and lauded McCreevy's controversial tax individualisation as "visionary". He profited from the boom in Irish land prices, selling his home at Carrickmines to a developer in 2004 for an estimated €4 million to €4.5 million an acre; however, he subsequently bought a house in Enniskerry, County Wicklow, for €6.2 million in 2005. Despite labelling himself as one of Ireland's foremost business commentators his record as a stock picker is mixed: as he noted himself, "my record when a stockbroker was so bad that Dermot Desmond rightly gave me my P45. ...if any readers are beginning to take me seriously, remember it was I who advised people to sell First Active Shares when they went public and subsequently quadrupled and it was I who told innocent investors not to touch Ryanair shares with a barge pole at the flotation. They rocketed."

Shareholder activism
Ross promotes himself as standing up for small shareholders and consumers. In 2000, he and Eamon Dunphy championed the case of small shareholders of eircom, after shares in the former state-owned company fell in value by more than a third in just over a year. Ross took the board of directors to task over the level of salaries, bonuses and fees being paid, and denounced a plan whereby senior management were to get share options at a value below the flotation price. He was also sharply critical of the decision to sell the mobile phone arm Eircell to Vodafone and later sought the dismissal of 5 board members at the March 2001 AGM, citing poor share price performance and poor acquisitions.

At a shareholders' meeting in May 2005, Ross highlighted the monopolistic practices of tolling agency NTR plc. Ross persisted in drawing attention to the issue, criticising the National Roads Authority in August 2008, for its inadequate and confusing management of the M50 barrier-free tolling system, and was reported in The Sunday Times of London as having declared that "the removal of the barrier should have been cause for celebration. Instead, we have higher tolls, an administrative mess and pending chaos".

Stance on corporate governance and cronyism
The packaging conglomerate Smurfit Group, small shareholdings in which were held by many Irish investors, has also been a frequent target for Ross, specifically its high executive pay, poor shareholder returns, and alleged nepotism and cronyism.

Criticism of Bank of Ireland
Prior to the Irish financial crisis he was a persistent critic of the performance of Bank of Ireland, of which he was a shareholder. He contrasted the conservative performance of the "establishment" Bank of Ireland with other financial institutions, notably Irish Nationwide Building Society (INBS) and Anglo Irish Bank (Anglo) which he praised. In his Sunday Independent column he described Michael Fingleton's Irish Nationwide as publishing "a cracking set of figures... he even leaves superstar Sean Fitzpatrick's Anglo Irish standing". In another column, he dismissed shareholder critics of Fingleton, notably Brendan Burgess, and contrasted the small shareholder rebellions of eircom, Smurfit and First Active with that of the INBS, the CEO of which, he claimed, "despite all his abrasiveness, was delivering small riches to them", Ross dismissed the corporate governance concerns of Fingleton's critics, writing "for all his faults, has delivered the only thing that matters in business: profit".

In his article on Pernod Ricard executive Richard Burrows' appointment as the Governor of the Bank of Ireland, Ross claimed it was mainly due to Burrows' social status as a "toff" and criticised the bank for not even interviewing the "far too dynamic" Sean FitzPatrick, then CEO of Anglo Irish Bank. In 2007, Ross praised Sean Quinn's purchase of a stake in "anti-establishment Anglo Irish Bank" and referred to Quinn as "this genius... [who] has combined being a champion of the customer with making a mint", describing Quinn Direct as "the most successful insurance business in Ireland".

Anglo Irish Bank revelations
In April 2008, Ross revealed that a group of Anglo customers were planning to launch a leveraged fund to buy Anglo shares to "squeeze" the Anglo "short sellers" whom Ross blamed for the collapse in the Anglo share price. Ross had been briefed by a member of the group, and quoted him saying "We are going to teach the brokers and hedge funds that damaged the bank a salutary lesson... They will come out of this with their fingers burned"; the episode became known as the Maple 10 and cost Anglo and ultimately the taxpayer €451 million. As leverage for the Anglo share purchase was provided by Anglo, this coordinated action would have constituted market abuse.

Ross was also a trenchant critic of the under-performance of the Irish Pension Funds, and contrasted their performance with the SVM Global's Saltire Fund, the hedge fund which he chaired; however, in 2013, the Saltire Fund revealed a large loss of 32.4% during a period in which global stock markets had gained 17.7%.

Campaigning and political activism
In the aftermath of the voters' rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in its first referendum in June 2008, in spite of support for the treaty by the major political parties, Ross highlighted the "disconnect" between the ruling caste of the nation's politicians and the democratic will of the public.

In January 2009, he took the Central Bank of Ireland and Ernst & Young to task for their failings leading up to the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank. In his capacity as Senator, Ross pressed Allied Irish Bank executives on the bank's fraudulent offshore dealings involving subsidiaries and Caribbean front operations, charging that the only party to be disciplined in the affair was the whistleblower who brought it to light and forcing from the bank's CEO Eugene Sheehy, the admission that the institution may have been in breach of the Companies Act. He authored an account of the Irish financial crisis later that year – The Bankers: How the banks brought Ireland to its knees. In October of that year Ross drew the ire of the public transport company CIÉ for publicising charges of widescale fraud and mismanagement within the semi-state organisation. He has criticised government inaction in voicing concerns about the Sellafield nuclear plant, and has called for stronger legal protection for whistleblowers in cases of fraud and corruption.

For his investigation into waste at the state training agency FÁS pursuant to the FÁS expenses scandal, Ross was recognised by his peers as the 2009 Journalist of the Year. Ross is frequently featured as a source by international news media, and has been cited as "one of Ireland's foremost financial commentators" by the Associated Press.

Dáil Éireann
On 15 January 2011, during the course of a television interview, Ross announced that he would stand in the Dublin South constituency at the next general election, which at that date had not been announced but was expected very soon. He had refused an offer to run for the resurgent Fine Gael party and become an "insignificant backbencher", and was determined instead to stand as an Independent candidate, declaring: "I think you're going to see in this election a huge number of similar independents who want to put an end to cronyism, who want to see a change in the political system, who want to put an end to Civil War politics in Ireland, who want to see an end to the kind of tribal politics we've got, who are going to stand in the election as well". During the general election campaign Fine Gael TD Alan Shatter attacked Ross, saying the Senator "was a cheerleader for Sean FitzPatrick and Michael Fingleton" and had "reserved his criticism of bankers for AIB and Bank of Ireland and celebrated the enormous profits earned by Anglo and Nationwide". In the election Ross received the second-highest vote in the country, heading the poll in Dublin South with 17,075 votes.

In April 2011, Ross claimed the Government was "wearing the clothes of the last government of Brian Cowen" in its economic policy. He asked why senior bondholders had to be treated in the same way as depositors. "They are completely different creatures", he said. "Senior bondholders go out there and take a risk and make an investment." He claimed that Enda Kenny's greatest cheerleaders in his policy were in Fianna Fáil. "The support is coming from the last government", he added. "And very few people can see the difference, if there is any, between this government and the last government in its attitude to the banks." Ross accused the Government of completely and utterly surrendering to the IMF and the EU. "They know that, we know that . . . everybody knows that", he said. "Default, apparently, is the word which cannot be mentioned in this chamber."

In February 2013, Ross spoke in the Dáil against water fluoridation, referring to a Hot Press article he cited Declan Waugh whom he called "a well known scientist" and claimed fluoridation was the cause of Ireland's "high rates of cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes". He also claimed that Ireland had double the incidence of Down's syndrome of Northern Ireland as a result.

In March 2015, Ross and Michael Fitzmaurice founded the Independent Alliance, which was later joined by John Halligan, Finian McGrath, Tom Fleming and Feargal Quinn.

Ross lost his seat at the 2020 general election. "I don’t think I’ve been punished at all," he said afterward. "I think what's happened is that what the constituents have done is said we want to try something else we want a change from Fine Gael and the Independent Alliance and that is absolutely their entitlement and I accept it fully and I wish my successors a great deal of success." Ross claimed that the alliance had been a "very responsible if radical" part of the Government, stating: "My colleagues and I certainly had an effect on the way government operated and we're proud of that."

Transport
At the 2016 general election Ross topped the poll in Dublin Rathdown, and was elected. Taoiseach Enda Kenny nominated him as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in May 2016. His most significant action as minister for transport was the introduction of the Road Traffic Act(2018). The law up to that point had allowed a first-time drink-driver offender, if they were between 50 mg and 80 mg, to opt for a fine and three penalty points instead of disqualification. This option was removed. Another section of the Act made it an offence for the owner of a vehicle to allow an unaccompanied learner driver to use it.

In December 2018 Ross announced that the NTA (National Transport Authority) was being tasked with setting up a dedicated National Cycling Office to provide cycling infrastructure.

Tourism
It had been a demand of Kevin "Boxer" Moran of the Independent Alliance in the Programme for Government that a new tourism brand for the midlands would be launched by the new government. Ross launched the "Ireland's Hidden Heartlands" brand in April 2018.

Sport
There were two major dramas while Ross held the Sports brief.

At the 2016 Olympics in Brazil a story broke alleging the involvement of the Olympic Council of Ireland in a ticket-touting scandal. Pat Hickey, president of the Olympic Council of Ireland, was arrested. Hickey claimed that there was no foundation for the accusation and that an OIC inquiry would show this. He temporarily stepped down from his position. Ross insisted that there had to be a member independent of the OIC on any inquiry; Hickey resisted. The government set up an independent non-statutory inquiry under retired judge Carroll Moran. Hickey and other OIC members refused to give evidence at the tribunal. After the publication of the Moran report the OCI met and voted unanimously not to reinstate Hickey.

On 17 March 2019 an article in The Sunday Times reported that John Delaney, head of the Football Association of Ireland for many years, had given a loan of €100,000 to the FAI. Subsequently, it became obvious that the FAI was in serious financial trouble. When the 2018 accounts became available in December 2019, the FAI was shown to have liabilities of €55 million. In an article in the Irish Times, Professor Niamh Brennan, an expert on corporate governance, wrote "The organisation is at death's door. As I see it, only government intervention can save Irish soccer."

A tripartite bailout was arranged involving the government, UEFA and Bank of Ireland.

Post-political career
In November 2022, Ross claimed that Fine Gael needed to be out of government "for the good of the party and the good of the country". He also claimed that Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald would be next Taoiseach, calling her "a superstar" who left other politicians "trailing in her wake".

He has written articles for the Irish Independent, UnHerd and the News Letter.

Sporting gaffes
Ross's apparent lack of knowledge of sports in multiple disciplines has been repeatedly observed. He tweeted, "Go Katie go!", shortly after Finnish boxer Mira Potkonen knocked Katie Taylor out of the 2016 Summer Olympics. A few days later, after Thomas Barr twice broke the Irish record on his way to finishing fourth in the final of the men's 400 metres hurdles at the same Olympics, Ross instead congratulated a "Thomas Barry". Following the Ireland national rugby union team's 2018 Six Nations Championship Grand Slam, Ross tweeted a photograph of himself alongside Ireland players Johnny Sexton and Rob Kearney; the photograph's caption stated, "Congratulations and welcome home this evening to superstars Johnny Sexton and Dave Kearney". Rob Kearney responded to Ross's error by tweeting: "You're welcome Leo", followed by a wink emoticon.

In May 2018, Ross tweeted that he was "delighted to confirm" that a fee-paying school, Wesley College (located in his constituency), would be given a grant of €150,000 to resurface its field hockey pitch. Ross was then criticised for announcing increased funding for the Ireland women's national field hockey team following their second-place finish at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup in August 2018, the timing being seen to indicate a publicity stunt on Ross's part. The following month, a statement from Ross congratulated a "Dominant Pušpure" after Sanita Pušpure's gold medal win at the 2018 World Rowing Championships. In mid-November 2018, Ross tweeted a photograph of himself inside the stadium celebrating the Ireland rugby union team's victory over the All Blacks in Dublin; the photograph portrayed his tie poking through an open trouser fly.

During a radio interview on Newstalk on 30 November 2018, Ross displayed a lack of knowledge of association football; initially crediting the goalkeeper Shay Given with having scored the winning goal against Germany in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying in October 2015, Ross corrected himself and credited Given with the assist and Shane Long with the goal. The problem, which was not corrected during the interview, was that Given had gone off injured after half an hour and it was his replacement, Darren Randolph, who had provided the famous assist. During the same interview Ross congratulated a "Shane Kenny" on being appointed manager of the Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team, with the intention of being promoted to the senior job after UEFA Euro 2020.

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Mary Henry (doctor)

Mary Elizabeth Frances Henry (born 11 May 1940 in Blackrock, Cork) is an Irish former politician and medical doctor. She was an independent member of Seanad Éireann. She was elected Pro-Chancellor of the University of Dublin in 2012. By profession she is a University Professor and medical practitioner. In 1966 she married John McEntagart of Dublin, Merchant and they have three children. She is a member of the Church of Ireland.

She is a graduate of the Trinity College Dublin (B.A. in English and History of Medicine 1963, M.B. (Honours) (1965), M.A. (1966) M.D. (1968)). As an undergraduate, among many other distinctions she won the Sir James Craig Memorial Prize in Medicine.

She represented the Dublin University constituency in the Seanad from 1993 until 2007.

From 1997 she served a two-year term as president of The Irish Association for Cultural, Economic and Social Relations.

She did not stand in the 2007 Seanad election, and Ivana Bacik was elected to succeed her.

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Brendan Ryan (Cork politician)

Brendan Ryan (born 6 August 1946) is an Irish politician and former member of Seanad Éireann for the National University constituency. He was an independent senator until 1999, when he joined the Labour Party.

Career
Born in Athy, County Kildare, Ryan's political interest arises from his involvement in the 1970s and 1980s with the Simon Community, an organisation which works with and for homeless people.

Political career
He was first elected in 1981 to the 16th Seanad by graduates of the National University of Ireland in 1981, defeating Professor Augustine Martin. His election was welcomed by an editorial in The Irish Times as "one of the best deeds in a naughty world". The paper noted that "the graduates of the National University of Ireland, the privileged as many would see them, the people who have had the inestimable gift of university education, gave their vote to a man who had devoted his life wholeheartedly to the Simon Community – Mr. Brendan Ryan".

He was a member of the Senate from 1981 until his defeat at the 1993 election to the 20th Seanad. He was re-elected to the 1997 to the 21st Seanad, and was a member until he lost his seat in 2007.

In 2004, Ryan he stood as a Labour Party candidate in the European Parliament election for the South constituency, and in the 2002 general election, he stood in the Cork South-Central constituency. He was unsuccessful on both occasions.

In May 2006, he introduced the Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006 in Seanad Éireann which aimed to provide a sound legislative basis for the State's delivery of heraldic services.

Academic career
Ryan is a lecturer in Chemical Engineering at the Cork Institute of Technology. In 1995 he wrote "Keeping Us In The Dark", a book concerning censorship and freedom of information in Ireland. He also wrote a weekly column for the Evening Echo newspaper.

Personal life
Ryan is a fluent speaker of the Irish language.

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Joe O'Toole

Joseph John O'Toole (born 20 July 1947) is an Irish former independent politician, who was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1987 to 2011.

He was born and brought up in Dingle, County Kerry, O'Toole was a teacher for ten years and then a school principal in County Dublin. From 1990 to 2001, he was appointed General Secretary of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO), and from 2001 to 2003, he was President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU). He lives in Kilsallaghan, County Dublin.

He was first elected to the 18th Seanad in 1987 for the National University (NUI) constituency, and was re-elected by the same constituency at each subsequent election until he retired from politics at the 2011 Seanad election.

In the Seanad, he was a member of the Parliamentary Joint Finance Committee. His autobiography "Looking under stones: roots, family and a Dingle childhood", was published in 2003.

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Feargal Quinn

Feargal Quinn (27 November 1936 – 24 April 2019) was an Irish businessman, politician and television personality. He founded the Superquinn supermarket chain and served as a Senator for the National University constituency from 1993 to 2016.

Early and personal life
Quinn was born in Dublin in 1936. His father, Eamonn, founded a grocery brand, and later the Red Island resort in Skerries. He was a first cousin of Labour Party politician Ruairi Quinn and of Lochlann Quinn, former chairman of Allied Irish Banks (AIB).

Quinn was educated at Holy Faith Secondary School, Clontarf, then with a mixed junior school, and Newbridge College, and was a commerce graduate of University College Dublin.

He was married to Denise, daughter of Ned and Grace Prendergast, and they had five children. He lived in the Baily area of Howth near Dublin, near the former head office of the Superquinn chain at Sutton.

Business and public sector career
Quinn built a career in business and later took on a range of public service roles.

Supermarkets
Quinn founded the national supermarket chain, Superquinn (originally Quinn's Supermarkets), in Dundalk in 1960. As chairman of the company, he developed a reputation for having a high level of customer service compared to other supermarkets, and wrote a manual on customer service, Crowning the Customer". He introduced a number of innovations to the Irish supermarket sector, including Ireland's first supermarket loyalty card in 1993, SuperClub (rebranded in 2007 as Reward Card).

On 26 August 2005, Superquinn was sold to a consortium called Select Retail Holdings, which had been formed in 2002. Quinn was replaced as chairman but remained as non-executive President.

On 18 July 2011, it was announced that receivers had been appointed to the business. The following day, it was reported that the business had been sold to Musgrave Group for just over €100 million. All Superquinn shops were rebranded to SuperValu in 2014.

Public sector work
Quinn became the chairman of the Interim Board for Posts and served as chairman of its successor An Post (the Irish postal administration) until 1989 – he also served on several other public authorities and boards. From 1993 to 1998, he chaired the steering committee which oversaw the development of the Leaving Certificate Applied.

In 2006, he was appointed an adjunct professor in marketing at NUI, Galway. He was also chairman of Springboard Ireland.

Business groups
He is a former President of EuroCommerce, the Brussels-based organisation which represents the retail, wholesale and international trade sectors in Europe. He also served on the board of directors of CIES – the Food Business Forum based in Paris as well as the American-based Food Marketing Institute.

Television work
In 2009, he worked with independent shops and helped them to revamp, modernise and stave off stiff competition from multi-national retailers. It aired as RTÉ's six-part television series, Feargal Quinn's Retail Therapy. A second series aired in 2011, and a third series aired in 2012.

In 2011, he fronted RTÉ's Local Heroes campaign in Drogheda, County Louth which an assembled team of experts to kick-start the local economy. It aired as RTÉ 1's six-part television series, Local Heroes – A Town Fights Back.

Political career
Quinn was first elected as a senator in 1993 from the National University constituency and was re-elected in 1997, 2002, 2007 and 2011. He was a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs, the Joint Committee on Finance and Public Service and was an Oireachtas member of the National Economic and Social Forum, along with the Joint Committee on Jobs and Innovation.

During his time in Seanad Éireann he tabled many amendments to government Bills and introduced 17 Private Members Bills. The most successful of those was the Construction Contracts Bill 2010 – to protect building sub-contractors which was enacted as the Construction Contracts Act 2013 and was brought into force on 23 July 2016.

The proposals contained in several of his other Bills were implemented; for example, in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship and Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2003, Quinn sought to bring an end to the 'passports for sale' scheme. The following year, Quinn's proposal was enacted in the form of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2004.

A further example relates to the Social Welfare and Pensions (Amendment) Bill 2014 – a Senator Quinn Bill which sought to remove from Irish Water, the power to require its customers to provide their PPS numbers to the entity. Following the publication of the Bill, the Government announced that it had decided to "discontinue" the requirement for Irish Water customers to produce their PPS number. The Government subsequently amended the law to mirror Quinn's proposal.

Quinn was one of the co-founders and was a driving force behind Democracy Matters – a civil society group that was formed to oppose the Government's plans to abolish Seanad Éireann. In May 2013, with Senators Katherine Zappone and Mary Ann O'Brien, he introduced the Seanad Bill 2013 to reform the system of electing the elected members of Seanad Éireann (as provided for in Article 18.10 of the Constitution of Ireland) through a one-person, one vote franchise. The Seanad Bill 2013 succeeded in being passed at Second Stage in the Seanad. During the Seanad abolition referendum campaign, the Bill demonstrated to the electorate, in a very palpable way, that reform of the Seanad was achievable if they voted for its retention. In a referendum held in October 2013 on the Abolition of Seanad Éireann, the people voted to retain the Seanad by 51.7%.

In 2014, Quinn revealed that since being first elected to Seanad Éireann, he had donated his entire salary to charity and in more recent years he had refused to accept any salary.

In March 2015, he opposed the Marriage Equality bill in the Seanad, and voted 'No' in the referendum.

He was Chairman of the Independent Alliance. He did not contest the 2016 Seanad election.

Publications
Quinn wrote Crowning the Customer (O'Brien Press, 1990), which has been translated into many languages, as well as Mind Your Own Business (O'Brien Press, 2013). In 2016, he published his memoirs, entitled "Quinnessential Feargal" (O'Brien Press 2016).

Recognition
Quinn was the recipient of five honorary doctorates from education institutions (including NUI Galway in 2006), a papal knighthood along with a fellowship and the French Ordre National du Mérite. He shared with Oprah Winfrey the 2006 "Listener of the Year" award of the International Listening Association.

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Does anybody have pictures of the new statue of the Headless Horseman and Ichabod Crane? -Arcking

Legend?
Isn't it a bit contrived to have an article about Sleepy Hollow with NO mention of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"? I get that the town is more than just the story, but geez, that's what people are going to be looking for when they come to this article. The way it is now, they're left thinking "Well, is this the right Sleepy Hollow?" Applejuicefool 13:54, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

 * OK, I added a brief but prominent mention of the legend. Applejuicefool 13:58, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

historic buildings that belong in other towns???
Someone needs to clear up 2 of the 3 historic buildings. I added links which illustrate my confusion:

 * 1) Van Cortlandt Manor seems to be in the village of Croton-on-Hudson within the Town of Cortlandt.
 * 2) The Sunnyside (Tarrytown, New York) page indicates Sunnyside is in Tarrytown and not Sleepy Hollow.

I grew up in Tarrytown, but it's been years since I've been back. I seem to recall, though, that Sunnyside was in what is now called Sleepy Hollow. If that's the case, then the Sunnyside page should be fixed.

I remember Van Cortlandt Manor being close by, but being in Cortlandt rather than either Sleepy Hollow or Yorktown - which also claims it here at wikipedia - looks right to me. I really don't remember which of the 3 towns it is in fact located in.Peter (talk) 00:28, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Follow-up to above. I have checked the Historic Hudson Valley pages on both of these and their National Register and National Park pages, too.  Van Cortlandt Manor is in Cortlandt, and Sunnyside is in Tarrytown.  Therefore, I am removing them from the Sleepy Hollow page, and will make certain they are both referenced in the towns where they are actually located.Peter (talk) 00:37, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Except that I now notice the article puts these "in the area" and not within Sleepy Hollow. So I'll leave them be on this page, and the only fix I'll make will be to remove Van Cortlandt Manor from Yorktown's page.  Sorry for any confusion.Peter (talk) 00:42, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Notable Residents
The only listings in the "Notable Residents" section were Aaron Copeland and Joe Queenan. It turns out that Copeland lived in Ossning and Cortlandt, and that Queenan lives in Tarrytown - so I removed both, and commented out the section. Anyone who knows of notable residents of Sleepy Hollow should re-instate the section title and add the names -- with citations, please. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz)  (talk / cont)  06:49, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Well, you could mention John Paulding, who captured Major John Andre (Benidict Arnolds spy) in Patriot's Park. And John D. Rockafeller had his mansion there (Now rockafeller state park, the foundation is still there). If you really want to mention me, I think I'm the only multi-afghanistan vet from Tarrytown (j/k).

 * There was also Gregory Doherty, who was the assistand DA of New York if I'm not mistaken. I could be getting him confused with some other family members though.

 * You could also mention how Tarrytown got its name. It was a stopping point for caravans going between NYC and Albany, where they would Tarry (Hense Tarrytown and North Tarrytown).
 * Any other questions that you have, please E-mail them to justin.blodgett@us.army.mil. I'll be in Afghanistan for a year.

SGT Justin Gregory Blodgett, US Army (talk) 07:12, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

P.S.: Here's a page I found: http://www2.lhric.org/pst/shms/tnfam.htm

4 images of different vehicles
This looks ridiculous in an article on a village!. It is distracting and almost makes the article look like one of a Fire or police force's vehicles. Why do we need four images of cars in an article on a village?? I would accept one image of a vehicle but why four? Why not show off the beautiful buildings instead?♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:21, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * If you'd like, I can make it into a collapsed gallery, as I did for Pleasantville, New York. Otherwise, looking ridiculous or reminding people of a fire department article are not justification for content removal. Sorry.-- ɱ    (talk)  13:24, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Why though?? Why put so much weight on random vehicles belonging to a fire department?? They don't belong in articles on settlements. Maybe if it was an article on the county fire service or town services it would be appropriate. They add nothing of encyclopedic value to the article.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:26, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * In the absence of articles on individual fire departments (there are probably 45 FDs in Westchester, and only three have articles, and only the one I wrote is above Start class), the content belongs on the parent page, i.e. the municipality. Fire departments are integral to communities, especially ones so small as Sleepy Hollow. I know that for municipalities such as the neighboring Archville, their FD is the only establishment other than a single restaurant. Talk about notable, it's the only thing to the place.-- ɱ    (talk)  13:30, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

At best it should be a section on the emergency services and a hidden gallery like in your Pleasantville article..♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:32, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll do that.-- ɱ    (talk)  13:33, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It would be better if you could add a bit of information on the town's services and fire/police department, at least then having multiple images of fire trucks in a gallery would look less bizarre in a village article. Also a Fire services of Westchester County, New York would be a good one to start and you can then use as many of your images as you like! I can understand you being interested in the fire services. Wikipedia really should have decent individual articles on every one of them or at least summaries by county if some aren't that notable, but I can't imagine them attracting much interest.

♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:35, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It's not about using my images; but anyway, sure I'll look into that later today. I'm actually leaving for a photoshoot right now.-- ɱ    (talk)  13:39, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I took these out agin: they serve absolutely no encyclopaedic purpose whatsoever. To have them in a section with no text at all, thus robbing them of any contextual basis, renders them utterly meaningless. - SchroCat (talk) 14:23, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

 * The relevant guideline is WP:Gallery. These pictures do not illustrate aspects of Sleepy Hollow that cannot be easily described by text. They look to me like a fire engine and three Chevy trucks in some town somewhere. The truck pictures are very similar indeed, but no point of contrast or comparison is being made in the text. Nothing in the text mentions the subjects of the pictures at all. I support their removal. Aymatth2 (talk) 16:07, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Further the details of the equipment the fire and police departments have is rather unencyclopedic also. Every community has some sort of fire and police protection.  We do not need to discuss it, unless it is either vast and historic (think NYPD or LAFD), in which case it should have its own article, or unless there is something really different about it. (Think Kalamazoo, MI or Scotsdale AZ with their combined police fire departments).  Vast listings of equipment is simply too esoteric for a general encyclopedia article. John from Idegon (talk) 16:34, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Yeah listing every vehicle and photographing it is isn't encyclopedic. It's sort of like having an article on gas stations and telephone boxes. However, I can see the value in having fire department articles if they have enough info and sources but most could probably be summarised in a county article. Whatever, having four images of trucks in this village article (originally down the right side) is inappropriate. I wouldn't mind the hidden gallery so much if there was actually text written about the fire department..♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:50, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

 * I live not ten minutes from here, so I can tell you the significance that locals place in their fire departments. Indeed these vehicles are paraded and the departments have great pride for them; they do hold much more significance than just any municipal service, especially the many volunteer departments. As I mentioned, in Archville, there are houses, a restaurant, and the fire station/department. That makes its fire department perhaps the most notable thing there. Sleepy Hollow is not too dissimilar. As well, I believe that the images hold great encyclopedic purpose. The point of Wikipedia is to host encyclopedic content: not just text, but also images and videos. Images are often preferable to text, they say one is worth a thousand words. Also, there doesn't need to be much contextual basis, SchroCat, I already listed when the vehicles were made and what models they are, that's enough context. I'm not sure what else would be relevant. Also, Aymatth2, photographs generally have value over text by default, and any text that could be used instead would likely have no reliable sources (the trucks themselves aren't that old), and would just be deleted, while photographs hold enough evidence and don't make debatable statements to warrant a reliable source. I support the inclusion of the photographs - the article has too few, the firetrucks hold great significance to locals (who will make up most of our reader base for this article), and the trucks are interesting and part of the village's municipal services, making it encyclopedic. I see no reason why the photographs can't be included, unless policy or guidelines suggest not to (although we should ignore such policies if it betters the encyclopedia and its inclusion of encyclopedic content, even if there's little context). Also, it's not like we need to cut down this very long article.-- ɱ    (talk)  21:27, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I'd also like to note that I'm astonished and offended that SchroCat violated the policy WP:TALKDONTREVERT. I said that I would be leaving for a while, and he and others talked about it enough for him to want to remove the photographs, and meanwhile he knew that the only opposing party was away. We were in the middle of this dispute, and therefore no actions should be taken since the status quo (with the photographs) until a fair consensus should be reached. Consensus cannot be gained before the initial opposer is able to respond to further comments from others.-- ɱ    (talk)  21:43, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * And for the record, I'd like to say that I left because I was taking photographs at Sleepy Hollow Country Club. And I'm not sure any of you have even driven by the area, not to mention being a local and therefore knowing certain items' significance (yes, like fire departments and their vehicles).-- ɱ    (talk)  21:47, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * , what matters to the locals is one of the least important things in making a good article about a place. It isn't for the locals; they live there and don't need to look in the encyclopedia to find stuff out about their town.  The encyclopedia article is for someone in Boise or Bhopal trying to find info on a community.  Do you think they care whether the ladder truck is a seagrave or an american lafrance?  What needs to be in a community article regarding the public safety departments are things that make them different than any other communities, like officers killed in the line of duty, truly monumental fires that got press from out of the area, scandals that received widespread coverage, "firsts" that can be documented through reliable sources.  Pretty much, stuff that is and always will be.  There is no need to talk about the chiefs, cause they will change in a few years.  same with equipment. John from Idegon (talk) 21:49, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * That's the wrong way of looking at it. Sleepy Hollow, as it got its name, is a small town that most likely haven't heard of. Neither will anyone outside of New York ever visit the pages for neighboring Tarrytown, Briarcliff Manor, Sparta, Scarborough, Elmsford, etc. Only locals will truly know about these small municipalities and communities, and they'll be interested in the details. Anyway, through my research of Briarcliff Manor, it doesn't have officers killed, monumental fires, or scandals. And neither does practically any place in Westchester County.-- ɱ    (talk)  21:53, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * As well, you might find the above listed statistics interesting, but other people might find firetrucks interesting. I appreciate fire departments and equipment. One man's trash is another man's treasure. I'd also like to note the following valid argument: It's easy to just sit down and say "I don't know anything of that or that or that, let's delete it!" about local people, politics, economics, religion, events, science, arts, literature, movies, theater, food and drinking/restaurants, geography, astronomy, dance, music, sports, education and whatever all around the Earth, but when it's your own hometown or native country, you've often heard of it over the local media or been taught about it at school as a child, and since you know of its local importance you know it's worth keeping.-- ɱ    (talk)  22:00, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

 * , I agree entirely, which is why I took out the rather pointless images. Alarm bells always ring when a supposed encyclopaedia includes something because of things like "the significance that locals place in their fire departments". ALL communities place significance in their fire services, and I see nothing that places the good department of Sleepy Hollow as being somehow special or notable. Four rather ordinary vehicles adds nothing to our understanding of the town. Ɱ, we are not writing an encyclopaedia for those living in a few miles radius of Sleepy Hollow: it's an international reference work and we have guidelines of what should and shouldn't be included. - SchroCat (talk) 22:02, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, but I've lived in places where fire services are just that and nothing more, while in the Hudson Valley, it's a totally different story. Also, sure, we generally have a wide audience, but it's irrefutable that most people who read Pleasantville, New York live within a 30 mile radius. There's nothing about the town that'll make others read about it elsewhere. It's a small and quiet community, just like Sleepy Hollow. As well, just because the encyclopedia's international doesn't stop random, obscure, niche content from being added, nonetheless whole articles about such things being created.-- ɱ    (talk)  22:16, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

 * Images of four fire vehicles are not encyclopaedic in their own right: that's about as blunt as it gets. yes, of course we have random, obscure and niche articles, but they, and their content need to be notable, and these four very ordinary vehicles are not, in the wider scheme of things, notable. And whether a local community thinks highly of its fire service or not... so what? Is that really encyclopaedic? Not by an awfully long shot! - SchroCat (talk) 22:23, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I've gone over this before, but I'll go over it again: these vehicles are the primary instruments of a municipal service. So inclusion in the article about the municipality is encyclopedic and correct on all accounts. Please read all of my above statements, half of which nobody's addressed yet.-- ɱ    (talk)  22:30, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

 * Straws and clutching. Shall we have a picture of the rubblish lorry and the mayors desk too? The traffic lights in the centre of town? I think you need to think about what an encyclopaedia is actually for, and I'll start you off with the answer: it's not to host your own images of some rather ordinary fire vehicles, especially in a section devoid of context, explanation of encyclopaedic value. - SchroCat (talk) 22:35, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * As said earlier, it's not about that they're my own images. That has no significance to me. And, yes, the mayor's desk would be interesting. You clearly have an opinion that fire services aren't any more notable than trash disposal services, and because of that, clearly I just can't get through to you.-- ɱ    (talk)  22:41, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

You have absolutely no idea of who I am and what my opinions on anything are, so please don't try and double guess what I think about anything. Several editors have raised concerns about your images. All those concerns have been based on guidelines and policies, and that doesn't seem to have got through to you. - SchroCat (talk) 22:55, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Because you followed the policy WP:TALKDONTREVERT. I am following WP:IAR to the letter. These images improve Wikipedia.-- ɱ    (talk)  23:13, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * That has to be one of the most childish responses I've ever had the misfortune to hear on Wikipedia. Your images in themselves are not improving this article, and it would  be more beneficial if you added reliably-sourced text to the article, rather than the rather limp photos of four rather ordinary and boring fire vehicles. - SchroCat (talk) 23:29, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm just saying, you blame me for not following policy; I just showed you that the reverse is true. And please go take a look at this thing, it's neither ordinary nor boring. Regardless, you can't justify removing content because of your opinion that "reliably-sourced text is better".-- ɱ    (talk)  23:48, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * See Image use policy: "Images on Wikipedia should be used in an encyclopedic manner. They should be relevant and increase readers' understanding of the subject matter. In general, images should depict the concepts described in the text of the article." It's not my opinion. We're an encyclopaedia, not a photgraph album. Ɱ, I am not attaqcking you, and I suggest you are a little less defensive with this: if you listen to what several people are telling you, it may aid you understanding of the encyclopaedia and turn you into a better author. - SchroCat (talk) 10:31, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

 * Many people for whom Wikipedia is a key resource are blind. Pictures may supplement text but should not be used as a substitute. The text does not mention emergency vehicles. Commons is where sighted readers will go if they want to see a gallery. WP:Gallery is explicit about cases like the three Chevy trucks: the images are very similar and should not all be shown unless the text discusses the differences between them. Aymatth2 (talk) 01:14, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Schrocat, you're taking that out of context, it is clear that was written to tell people to include relevant images (e.g. not put a helicopter randomly in a science article), that all photographs have to have understandable relevance. And I think we all understand how Sleepy Hollow FD photographs relate to the municipality. I may appear defensive because I solely support the photographs' inclusion, but I can assure you that I objectively support their inclusion. I haven't noted above that at the time, the FD images were the only photographs in the article, making their inclusion obvious. Articles need illustrations, even if there isn't yet too much description. Aymatth2, that makes more sense than most of the "It's against policy!" arguments, which I described as limiting the improvement of the encyclopedia. How about this as a good balance; there is only one chief's car and the fire engine, so there shouldn't still be an issue with WP:Gallery.-- ɱ    (talk)  11:27, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It's not out of context: it's something that tells us to use images when appropriate, to illustrate the text that is used and to further people's understanding of a subject. Is my understanding improved by four images of fire vehicles with no contextual text at all? No. (Even worse, do the staggering TEN images of similar vehicles help me understand Pleasantville, New York? No, no, no! - SchroCat (talk) 11:35, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It helps you understand the fire department, which is a key municipal department. And many will find interest in fire vehicles just as much as they will a list of notable places or people, which by the way doesn't have context describing when or where the people lived, and where the notable places are. So by your reasoning, the "notable landmarks" and "notable residents" sections should be deleted for having absolutely no context. Anyway, as I told Dr. Blofeld earlier, in lieu of a fire department article, a list and photos of the fire department's vehicles rightly goes on its parent page. When an FD article is created, that content can and should be moved to the more specific article.-- ɱ    (talk)  12:06, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Best to write the text first, then add a picture if appropriate. One is enough. A picture taken in Sleepy Hollow would be preferable, e.g. fire station with vehicles outside. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:08, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It is best, but we can't go with the ideal situation. There aren't any free images of Sleepy Hollow's fire station with or without vehicles, and relevant text to the vehicles will be difficult to find. Images with such descriptive captions are sufficient. Aymatth2, isn't my sandbox that I linked above sufficient for you? And one is certainly not enough. Fire departments consist of more than just engines, and need to be represented in full. There are pumpers, hook and ladder trucks, heavy rescue vehicles, ambulances, utility trucks, chief's cars, and often even department antiques. All should be documented and catalogued fully.-- ɱ    (talk)  12:15, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * One is sufficient. Any information that is also included will also need to carry reliable citations. That is especially true of the notable local people you've removed: as per WP:BLP, these really do need to have supporting citations. - SchroCat (talk) 12:22, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay, but you both likely wouldn't have said "one is enough" back when I added the images. They were the only photographs on the entire article, which still desperately needs images, regardless of slight redundancies.-- ɱ    (talk)  12:25, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Aymatth2, you've proved me wrong. I'm satisfied with how the article is now.-- ɱ    (talk)  13:47, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

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Tryad
This is really just a vanity page, with nothing notable about this band whatsoever. The fact that they collaborated over the internet applies to hundreds of bands. Completely useless. --Brendanfox 12:59, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, self-promotion. Wyss 17:19, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as above. Brookie 18:46, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't Delete What hundreds of bands? I'd have to disagree that this isn't a noteworthy example, considering that their work has been used as an example of the use and worth of the Creative Commons movement by one of its founders, Professor Lawrence Lessig.  Certainly, though it's not there yet, we shouldn't let the page die because of a quick-triggered user or so that doesn't know otherwise. BCarea 19:29, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * This band doesn't even come up when audio searching the creative common's website, furthermore a search with "lawrence lessig" and tryad yeilds less than ten results. The only mention of it, seems to be on band-members websites.  There are plenty of creative commons examples given in the wikipedia article here. A search for "creative commons" and "tryad" yields less than twenty results, with almost all, being clones of a "press release" created by the band, promoting themselves, made to sound like an article.  These twenty results, should be compared to the 5.6 million results that "creative commons" alone yields, how can we say that Tryad is of any significance to the creative commons movement? I really don't believe that the unverified claim that Professor Lessig played one of their songs makes the band noteable. This is just self-promotion. --Brendanfox 01:09, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable - fails Google test, possible band vanity. Megan1967 01:36, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Alphanumeric shellcode

Description of what the program does:

%## = and ax, ## (remember that x86 uses little endian order!) -## = sub ax, ## P = push ax (search for "computer stack" or something) X = pop ax \ = pop sp T = push sp A = inc cx

1. The program calculates the value of "50 bytes after where the algorithm ends" 2. It sets the stack pointer to point to that location 3. It calculates a hexadecimal C3C3 and places it in the AX-cpu register. (Sort of like a very-very-fast variable) 4. It pushes (overwrites) "C3C3" to the stack 5. It jumps to the written code.

The reason why it has to calculate the values is that it is impossible to store this information in alphanumeric writeable ASCII. The values are simply way out of the reach for anything that you can write with an ordinary keyboard.

C3 means "RET" in x86 assembly language. It returns back to the previous routine/function by popping a new IP (Instruction Pointer) off the stack.

The reson why I choose to rewrite the code first after 50 bytes is because of the Prefetch Input Queue. Kind of complicated. The CPU reads its codes some cycles before it executes them, so, well, i had to be sure it wasnt allready loaded into the PIQ.

0912:0100 252121       AND     AX,2121      ; %!! 0912:0103 254242       AND     AX,4242      ; %BB   .. null ax-register (register = very very fast variable hardcoded in the cpu) 0912:0106 2D747A       SUB     AX,7A74 0912:0109 2D2121       SUB     AX,2121 0912:010C 2D2563       SUB     AX,6325      ; zero minus large numbers equals 0x146 (the program starts at 0x100 + code + 50 bytes) 0912:010F 50           PUSH    AX 0912:0110 5C            POP     SP           ; ser the stack pointer to this location (*sp = 0x146 in C'ish) 0912:0111 252121       AND     AX,2121 0912:0114 254242       AND     AX,4242      ; null ax-register again 0912:0117 2D3D3C       SUB     AX,3C3D      : 0 - 0x3D3C = 0xC3C3 (remember little endian byte order) 0912:011A 50           PUSH    AX           ; *sp = 0xC3C3 ... C3 = "RET" in x86 assembly, meaning "return from function" or "}" in Cish. 0912:011B 7528         JNZ     0145         ; "goto *sp", think of it as the last "}" in the main-function (...)

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Links to alphanumeric/unicode shellcode articles
Even though the topics of these articles mention shellcode, the information applies to alphanumeric code in general. They are more relevant to alphanumeric code then they are to shellcode. SkyLined (talk) 08:46, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Alphanumeric vs printable
This article states that alphanumeric code uses any printable character. This is not true; alphanumeric code uses only 0-9A-Za-z (hence the name alphanumeric). Printable code uses any printable character (charcodes 0x20-0x7F). SkyLined (talk) 08:46, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm planning on rewriting and expanding this article. Here's what I think should be in it: 1) alphanumeric / printable code  1.1) Techniques 1.2.1) individual instructions create code, which is executed (rix, others?)    1.2.2) decoder loop decodes code, which is executed (Alpha2, others?) 1.2) uppercase/lowercase 2) Platform specific sections: 2.1) IA-32    2.1.1) The GetPC problem 2.1.2) uppercase/lowercase  Other platforms? 3) Semi-alphanumeric/printable code: 3.1) toLowercase / toUppercase safe code  3.2) unicode safe code 3.3) Ascii art code - SkyLined (talk) 18:49, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Removed BSCS Reference
I removed this:
 * In BSCS the alphanumeric character have meaning: "a"-"z", "A"-"Z", "0"-"9". No special characters are included.

because there's nothing to explain what it means, and BSCS is an irrelevant link. Also it duplicates later content. johantheghost (talk) 13:54, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

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Abbeydorney Abbey

Abbeydorney Abbey, also known as Kyrie Eleison Abbey or Odorney was founded by the O Torna, chieftain of the region, in 1154 for the Cistercians from Monasteranenagh.

The abbey was the daughter-house of Monasteranenagh in County Limerick, and was the only medieval Cistercian house in County Kerry.

The name given by the Cistercians, Kyrie Eleison (from Greek: Lord Have Mercy) was in accordance with the order's tradition of giving names which reflected the locality - in this instance the word Kyrie (Lord) being similar to Ciarrai (County Kerry).

Christian O'Conarchy the first abbott of Mellifont retired to the abbey where he spent his remaining years, and was buried here in 1186.

A subsequent abbot was deposed in 1227 after being involved in the Conspiracy of Mellifont.

The foundation was dissolved in 1537.

The remains visible today include the 15th century abbey church with west tower and some of the claustral buildings. The grounds are largely occupied by gravestones and are currently in use as a cemetery.

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Idar, Gujarat

Idar is a town in Sabarkantha district, Gujarat, India. It is known for the manufacture of handmade wooden toys, tiles, its temples and various beautiful architectural monuments on its hills, and its historical background. Idar is at the southern end of the Aravalli Range. The new prince of Idar is shrinivash Vanzara kingofshrinivash

Etymology
Idar was historically named Ilvadurg, which means the fortress of Ilvan. Its name was later corrupted into Idar. It was mentioned in Padma Purana as well as in the Mahabharata as Ila.

Legends
The town is mentioned in Mahabharata and Bhavishottar Puran as 'Ilvadurg'. The exact date of its origin is not known; but it is believed that it came into existence at the time when Yudhishthira was ruling over Hastinapur at the end of the Kurukshetra War of Mahabharata.

According to tradition, Idar has been celebrated from the earliest times. Even in the past cycle, yuga, it was known, and in the present cycle, before the days of Vikram, the legendary king Veni Vachh Raj ruled at Idar, the possessor of a golden figure which helped him to build the hillfort and its reservoirs. His queen was a Nagputri, the daughter of a snake-king of the under world, whither, the legend says, she and her consort betook themselves when the queen found that men were mortal.

Ancient history
The first clear tradition shows Idar in the possession of Bhils. Raja mandlik Bhil was King of Ider. After the fall of Vallabhi in 770, Kamalavati or Pushpavati, one of the wives of Maitraka king Shiladitya was at Ambaji to fulfil a vow. She heard news and took refuge in a cave in the mountains and there gave birth to a son called Gruhaditya or 'Goha' or cave-born. Making over the child to a Brahmin woman, the queen followed her husband through the fire. The young prince, of a daring character and adventurous spirit, soon passed out of his guardian's hands, and joining the Idar Bhils was by them chosen king. Whether in sport or earnest, the election was real, and for several generations his successors ruled in Idar. At last Nagaditya or Aparajita the eighth prince was killed by his subjects. He left a son named Bappa Rawal who never succeeded to his father's chiefship, but became the founder of Mewar dynasty. The Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang (640) mentions a place which he calls O-clia-li, the Chinese way of writing Vadali, a village nearby. British General Cunningham identified this place with Idar. He further noted that in the eleventh century Vadali or Vadari was the capital of a family of chiefs claiming descent from Raja Bhara Gupta, whom the General believed to be the same as the above-mentioned Bappa. According to tradition, Idar was refounded by Parihar Rajputs, who, subject to Chittor, ruled there for several generations. Towards the close of the twelfth century, the Idar chief took part with Prithviraj Chauhan, king of Delhi, against the Ghurid Sultanate and was killed in the Battles of Tarain (1192). Idar then fell into the hands of a Bhil king named Hathi Sord who founded the Sord dynasty and was succeeded by his son Samalio Bhil. The latter was killed by a Rathod prince named Sonangji, who took occupied Idar, and became the founder of the dynasty of the Raos who ruled there for several generations. After numerous changes of fortune and many struggles with the Muslims, the Raos had at last to leave Idar, and were, in 1728, succeeded by the Rathod dynasty from Marwar.

Modern history
Raja Anand Singh, with the help of his brother Rai Singh and a few horseman from Palanpur and the Kolis of Gadhwara, he established himself in Idar without difficulty in 1728 or 1729. He died in 1753. Then HH Maharaja Rajendra Singh became the ruler of princely state of Idar. In 1924 it was made part of the Western India States Agency. It was transferred to the Rajputana states in the early 1940s. In 1949 it was dissolved and split between Sabarkantha and Mehsana districts which were at that point in Bombay State. Both these districts became part of Gujarat when it was formed in 1960.

Notable people

 * Lieutenant-General Maharaja Sri Sir Pratap Singh Sahib Bahadur of Idar GCB GCSI GCVO (22 October 1845 – 4 September 1922), commonly known as Sir Pratap, was a career British Indian Army officer, Maharaja of the princely state of Idar (Gujarat). Sir Pratap commanded his regiments heroically during the First World War in France and Flanders. He travelled to Europe often and was close to Queen Victoria and her family.
 * Pannalal Patel (7 May 1912 – 6 April 1989) who was a Gujarati author. He was the recipient of Jnanpith Award in 1985 and Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1950. Pannalal used to write novels in a dialect which is generally spoken in Sabarkantha district. He was educated at Sir Pratap High School of Idar.
 * Umashankar Joshi (12 July 1911 – 19 December 1988) was an eminent poet, scholar, and writer. He received the Jnanpith Award in 1967 and Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1939 for his contribution to Indian, especially Gujarati literature. He was also an alumnus of The Sir Pratap High School of Idar.
 * Arvind Trivedi, an Indian actor. He, alongside his brother Upendra Trivedi, has been prolific in Gujarati cinema. He is also famous for portraying Ravan in Ramanand Sagar's television series Ramayan. Both the brothers belong to village Kukadiya near Idar town.
 * Rao Sonag, the first Rao of Idar, who was from the Marwar Dynasty.

Geography
Idar is located at 23.83°N, 73°W. It has an average elevation of 195 metres (639 feet). Idar is home to the very scenic and beautiful mountains with round shaped grey or red granite rocks.

Climate
Idar has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) with a very long dry season and a moderate wet season. Daytime temperatures are high throughout the year, but nighttime temperatures can dip below 10 C in the dry season.

Highest recorded temperature:48.5 C on 22 May 2010 Lowest recorded temperature:4.8 C on 22 January 1962

Economy
Idar is a region which has become a hub for cotton ginning and processing. It also has a very strong network of dairy co-operatives which helps it stay firm on an economic footing in years where the rains are not good.

Demographics
India census, Idar had a population of 29,567. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Idar has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 61%. 13% of Idar's population is under 6 years of age.

Jain, Brahmins, Patel, Mansuri, Darbar, Suthar (Mistry), Vaishnav Vaniya, Desai, Darji, Soni (goldsmiths), Vankars, and Thuri community live here.

Places of interest

 * Ramaleshvar lake, said to have been built by Rao Ranmal, with its western bank covered with picturesque domed cupolas, chhatris, raised over the ashes of the forefathers of the leading Idar families.
 * Shantinath Shwetambar Jain Dersar: It is placed on Idar Gadh almost 450 steps. Very ancient and historical temple with full of architectural marvell. Revered place for Jain Community. Chief idol of Shantinath is believed to be old of the Maurya Era.
 * Fort: The town was surrounded by a brick wall in the past which had three gateways named Mira Darwaja, Dhuleta Darwaja, marked with many red hands each recording a victim to the rite of sati. Inside of the wall, a road, running round the town, leads to the Gantino Darwajo, a rock-cut passage giving access to the main route to Rajasthan in past. Only a portion of the fortification is present now.
 * Clock Tower, the starting of old town
 * Chaturbhuj Stepwell, an ancient stone stepwell
 * Idargadh palaces: At the end of the town and immediately under the hill is the palace, a large building with no architectural pretensions. The palace is said to have been built by Maharaja Dowlatsinhji in early twentieth century. Behind the palace, on the south-western face of the range of hills, which joins the Vindhya and Aravalli Range, rises Idargadh, so steep, rocky, and well fortified, that according to the local saying, to take Idargadh is to achieve the impossible. So, a famous folk song was mostly sung in traditional marriages, Áme Êderio Gadh Ĵitya Re Aanand Bhayo (We are very happy that we have conquered Idar Fort). From the palace a steep and easily held pathway leads through more than one gateway and fortified work to the fortress plateau, a table land raised well above the plain surrounded by heights, and with the gaps in the crest filled in and strengthened by ramparts. From below, two buildings, on opposite peaks, attract attention. The other building, on an enormous granite peak to the right, domed and of fine stone, lately smothered with whitewash, is known as the Roothi Rani no Mahel or Angry Queen's Palace. Indien 2010 0771 Idargadh Roothi Rani no Mahel.png It measures twenty-five feet long by nineteen broad and twelve high. The story is that when Rao Narayanji or Narandas (1573) driven from Idar by Akbar, took refuge in Polo forests, in spite of a terrible ulcer on his back, he continued to harass the Musalmans. One day, when his back was being dressed, his Rani came into the room, and, seeing the fearful sore, mournfully shook her head. Noticing this in a mirror, the Rao asked why she shook her head. She said 'from what I see I have no hope that you will regain your lost throne.' This so annoyed her husband that he left the house, and, afterward, when he retook Idar, he refused to see the Rani's face. Disgusted at this treatment, and unwilling to live in her husband's palace, the Rani had a dwelling built on the highest peak of the hill and there passed the rest of her life. Some centuries after, this palace was the scene of a cruel assassination. Surajmal, Thakor of Chandni who had saved Idar from the Marathas, was so puffed up by his success that he gave great offence, especially to Bhavanisingh the son and heir- apparent of the old Maharaja Shivsingh. Bent on revenge the prince invited Surajmal to a feast, and, under pretence of inspecting the fort, took him up to the Angry Queen's Palace and there killed him. The way into the fort is by a stone paved pathway, the stone slippery and polished from the wear of ages. Passing under more or less ruined gateways the pathway leads to a part of the hill between, and much lower than, the two peaks.
 * Following the path, on the right hand is a house built by the late Maharaja after a Mount Abu pattern. There are some ruins said to be remains of the Raos' old palace. Further on is a well-preserved freestone.
 * The Queen's palace is rather difficult to reach, as, besides climbing to the top of the peak, a high smooth narrow granite ridge, unsafe for booted feet, has to bo crossed.
 * Sheela Udyan, a rock garden
 * Harishchandra Ki Chouri, where Raja Harishchandra got married
 * Kharadi Bazaar, the market of toys

Main temples

 * Shantinath Shwetambar Temple:This temple belongs to the Śvetāmbara Jain sect and dedicated to Shantinath, the sixteenth Tirthankara. This temple, measuring 160 feet by 125 and 55 high.Chief Idol of Lord Shantinath is evidently of considerable age of Maurya Era- King Samprati, 2300 years old. Kumarpal maharaja renovated it with the preaching of Kalikalsarvagya Hemchandracharya in the 11th century. In the 15th-16th century,temple again renovated. Its last and grand Jirnodhhar/Renovation was done by Samast Shwetambar Murtipujak Jain Sangh in the 1970 Vikram Samvat by the blessings of Kamalsuriji and Labdhisuriji. Shankheshwar tirth pedhi has given considerable amount. This is revered place for jains. Temple have marvellous structure and architecture. Temple is form in 52 jinalayas
 * Sambhavanath Temple : Sambhavanath Temple is a Digambara Jain sect and dedicated to Sambhavanath, the third Tirthankara. This seems of even greater age than the other, but, like it, bears no date.
 * Within the limits of the fort, with a wall and terraces in front, is a natural cavern twenty-eight feet by eighteen and seven high, containing an image of Vajra Mata a goddess worshipped by Hindus of all castes. The whole of the hill is surrounded with more or less ruined fortifications. To the rear are the remains of a fortified gateway, opening on the plain behind, a way of escape for the too hard-pressed defenders of the fort. It was through this gateway that Maharaja Anandsingji fled in 1733 and was attacked and slain by a party of Rehvar horse. The interior of the hill-fort, or rather fortified hill, is very striking from the dense brushwood by which the ruins are more or less hid. Perhaps the finest view is near Shambhavnath's temple, whence, looking towards the Angry Queen's Palace, the sheer scarp of the great granite peak, towering above the trees, stands clear against the sky.
 * Rani Talav, a lake, half a mile to the north-east of Idar, has an area of ninety-four acres and a greatest depth of seventeen feet. Its supply lasts throughout the year but is used for irrigation. The east side of the lake is banked with masonry steps. It is said, but this is doubtful, to have been dug and built about 380 years ago by the wife of Rao Bhau, chief of Idar. The Pavapuri Jain temple of Swetambar sect built recently in the centre of the lake which can be reached by a bridge. The main temple is around 72 feet high, 72 feet long and is built on 72 pillars. The height of central idol of Mahavira is 72 cm which is surrounded by 72 carved figurines.

 * Shrimad Rajchandra Vihar, a Jain temple complex on eastern hillock dedicated to Shrimad Rajchandra.
 * Swaminarayan temple: raised at a cost of about £5000 (Rs. 50,000) around the 1870s.
 * Cave temple of Khokhanath Mahadev, thirty feet long by twenty broad and from four to sis high, supposed to bo upwards of 400 years old. On a rising ground, south of the town and close to the wall, is the cave temple of Dhaneshvar Mahadev, a natural rock cavern twenty feet long by ten broad and from five to seven high. Three-quarters of a mile south-west of the town, on a rising ground, is the cave of Mankaleshvar Mahadev, twenty feet long by twelve broad and from five to ten high.
 * Haveli: A temple belonging to the Vallabhacharya sect, completed around 1878 at a cost of about £2000 (Rs. 20,000).
 * Ranmal's Choki or guardroom, seems to be an unfinished Jain temple, the building of which was stopped after the flat stone ceiling had been put on.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cassar Desain

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. dbenbenn | talk 22:24, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Cassar Desain
More genealogy, consisting of a literal quote from a book (but it says, 'used with permission' so not sure if it's copyvio) Radiant! 13:02, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, genealogy, possible copyvio, reads as if there's an underlying political agenda. Wyss 17:09, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as above. Brookie 18:43, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: User:Tancarville has written tons of these articles about Maltese nobility, all copied from a website which he claims to own. RickK 20:45, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * We should form a consensus on all of them, then. I hold that WP is not a genealogy db, and possible copyvio. Radiant! 11:46, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Mmm, to a degree. I would say that Maltese nobility are not intrinsically notable; but I am sure there are some Maltese nobility who are notable.  While an opinion that Maltese nobility are not intrinsically notable would be a Good Thing, I hope it doesn't lead to the deletion of articles where notability actually DOES exist for independent reasons.  (Interestingly, we had this debate about UK peers a couple of days back and there seemed to be a lot of opinion - which I disagreed with - that being a UK peer is intrinsically notable.) TSP 15:32, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Not a copyvio if the author is who he claims to be, which I see no reason to doubt. The issue is perhaps whether he really wants to release it under GFDL and accept the edits of others. And the "by permission" thing should be on the talkpages. /u p p l a n d 17:29, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Additional comment as to notability: Aristocratic families (i.e. not the petty nobility of low-level officers and civil servants that exists in most of Europe) are almost always somewhat notable because of landownership, patronage of churches etc and the political significance of their relationships. In most cases at least a few members were notable in themselves. But this article is not really written in encyclopedic style, lacks wikilinks and other things which would put things better in context. The important individuals should be in articles of their own, the others could perhaps be mentioned in passing in an shorter article on the family (more like the British peerage articles). I wish the author would spend some time cleaning up his articles and adapting them to Wikipedia style. / u p p l a n d 18:08, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Harvester of Sorrow

"Harvester of Sorrow" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on August 28, 1988, as the first single from their fourth studio album, ...And Justice for All (1988). The song debuted at a live performance prior to the release of ...And Justice for All while the band was on the summer Monsters of Rock Tour in 1988 with Van Halen, Scorpions, Dokken and Kingdom Come.

The single contained two B-sides, both of which were cover songs: "Breadfan", originally by Budgie, and "The Prince", originally by Diamond Head. There was an error in the mastering of the recording: At the end of "Breadfan", a distorted voice can be heard saying "Mommy, where's Fluffy?". This was actually intended to be the intro to the next track, "The Prince". However, it was separated in the wrong place. The band decided not to correct this error when the tracks were included on their 1998 Garage Inc. compilation.

Lyrics and musical style
The song's subject matter refers to a man who is traumatically abused during his childhood, descends into alcoholism and drug addiction, and takes out his anger on his family. At the end of the song, it is implied his sanity snaps and he murders them.

It is the second shortest song on the album ...And Justice for All and is notable for its groovy sound, comparable to that of the groove metal scene that was popular in the 1990s. However, at this point in time, groove metal was not considered a genre yet, so the song could be seen as an early influence on the creation of the genre.

Cover versions
The song was covered by San Francisco–area punk rock band Link 80 for the 2000 compilation album Punk Goes Metal. Apocalyptica covered the song for the A Tribute to the Four Horsemen cover album. German electronic group Funker Vogt also covered the song on The Blackest Album Vol. 3 tribute album.

Personnel
Personnel adapted from the ...And Justice for All liner notes
 * Metallica
 * James Hetfield – vocals, rhythm guitar, production
 * Kirk Hammett – lead guitar
 * Lars Ulrich – drums, production
 * Jason Newsted – bass

 * Technical personnel

 * Flemming Rasmussen – production, engineering
 * Toby "Rage" Wright – assistant and additional engineering
 * Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero – mixing
 * George Cowan – assistant mixing engineer
 * Bob Ludwig – mastering
 * George Marino – 1995 remastering
 * Reuben Cohen – 2018 remastering

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Macintosh Guide

Macintosh Guide, also referred to as Apple Guide, was Apple Computer's help and documentation system, added to the classic Mac OS in System 7.5 and intended to work alongside Balloon Help.

Functions
In addition to hypertext, indexing and searching of the text, Macintosh Guide also offered a system for teaching users how to accomplish tasks in an interactive manner. However, the process of creating guides was more complicated than non-interactive help and few developers took full advantage of its power. Apple enhanced the help system with HTML-based help in Mac OS 8.5 which worked in conjunction with Macintosh Guide providing links to Macintosh Guide sequences. Macintosh Guide was not carried over into Mac OS X, which uses an HTML-based help system.

Macintosh Guide made use of the AppleEvent Object Model (AEOM), allowing the system to examine the state of the application as it ran, and change the help in response. Help content was created in individual steps, and each step could have assigned to it conditions to determine if the step should be skipped, or if the step was needed. For instance, if the user had already completed several steps of an operation and needed help to complete it, Macintosh Guide could "see" where they were, and skip forward to the proper section of the documentation. Additionally AEOM allowed Macintosh Guide to drive the interface, completing tasks for the user if they clicked on the "Do it for me" buttons (or hypertext).

A distinctive feature of the system was support for Coaching. Using the AEOM, Macintosh Guide could find UI elements on the screen, and circle them using a "red marker" effect to draw the user's eye to it.

Macintosh Guide was also somewhat integrated with Balloon Help, optionally adding hypertext to balloons that would open the right portion of the documentation based on what object the user was currently pointing at with the mouse.

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