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Stephen F. Hayes

Stephen Forester Hayes is an American journalist and author. In October 2019 Hayes co-founded the online opinion and news publication The Dispatch. Previously, he was a senior writer for National Journal and Editor-in-chief of The Weekly Standard. He was a staunch proponent of the Iraq War and an influential figure in promoting the debunked conspiracy that Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda had an operational relationship.

Early life
Stephen F. Hayes was born in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. He graduated from DePauw University, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He went on to study journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Career
As a career political journalist, his work has appeared in the New York Post, Washington Times, Salon.com, National Review, and Reason. He has been a commentator on CNN, The McLaughlin Group, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNBC, and C-SPAN.

He became editor-in-chief of The Weekly Standard in 2016. On December 14, 2018, Clarity Media Group announced that it would cease publication of the magazine after 23 years.

In 2019, Hayes along with Jonah Goldberg and Toby Stock, formed the conservative media company, The Dispatch. In 2021, Hayes was hired by MSNBC as a "contributor across all our platforms".

Iraq War proponent
Prior to the proposed 2003 invasion of Iraq, Stephen Hayes spoke to BBC News, arguing for American intervention: "I think liberating Iraq will send a strong message to Iran, North Korea, other hostile regimes not only because it will show that we will - the United States will not tolerate bullies, especially bullies with weapons of mass destruction, but it will also I think hopefully show what a free liberated people, what a free liberated Iraqi people can do for themselves and it will be - again it will be a fabulous model, not only for the Middle East but for places throughout the world that haven't had these kinds of freedoms in the past or haven't had them realised."

Claims of collaboration between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda
In 2004, Gideon Rose, editor of Foreign Affairs, described Hayes as "most indefatigable proponent of the Iraq-Al Qaeda link outside the [George W. Bush] administration." In 2008, Spencer Ackerman characterized Hayes as one of the most effective amplifiers of the Bush administration's Iraq War claims about an Iraq-Al Qaeda link. Inquiries into the Hussein-Al Qaeda link have concluded that there was no link. In 2004, the 9/11 Commission concluded there were "no collaborative operational ties."

His 2004 book, The Connection: How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein has Endangered America claimed to prove an operational relationship between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and al-Qaeda. His major source was a leaked memo from Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas J. Feith to the U.S. Congress on 27 October 2003; Feith had been asked by Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz to tie Hussein to Al Qaeda. Hayes covered the contents of this memo in a 2003 Weekly Standard article, where he concluded "there can no longer be any serious argument about whether Saddam Hussein's Iraq worked with Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda to plot against Americans." Other intelligence officials disputed the accuracy of the contents in Feith's memo, including W. Patrick Lang who was a former head of the Middle East section of the DIA and described the Weekly Standard article as "a listing of a mass of unconfirmed reports, many of which themselves indicate that the two groups continued to try to establish some sort of relationship. If they had such a productive relationship, why did they have to keep trying?" Assessments by the Pentagon and the CIA disavowed the contents of Feith's memo.

Personal life
Hayes resides in Davidsonville, Maryland with his wife and four children.

In September 2014, Hayes' name was added to the United States Department of Homeland Security's Terrorist Watchlist after receiving additional scrutiny on several airline flights. He has since been cleared and is currently not on the terrorist watch list.

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Doppler broadening

In atomic physics, Doppler broadening is broadening of spectral lines due to the Doppler effect caused by a distribution of velocities of atoms or molecules. Different velocities of the emitting (or absorbing) particles result in different Doppler shifts, the cumulative effect of which is the emission (absorption) line broadening. This resulting line profile is known as a Doppler profile.

A particular case is the thermal Doppler broadening due to the thermal motion of the particles. Then, the broadening depends only on the frequency of the spectral line, the mass of the emitting particles, and their temperature, and therefore can be used for inferring the temperature of an emitting (or absorbing) body being spectroscopically investigated.

Derivation (non-relativistic case)
When a particle moves (e.g., due to the thermal motion) towards the observer, the emitted radiation is shifted to a higher frequency. Likewise, when the emitter moves away, the frequency is lowered. In the non-relativistic limit, the Doppler shift is

 * $$f = f_0 \left(1 + \frac{v}{c}\right),$$

where $$f$$ is the observed frequency, $$f_0$$ is the frequency in the rest frame, $$v$$ is the velocity of the emitter towards the observer, and $$c$$ is the speed of light.

Since there is a distribution of speeds both toward and away from the observer in any volume element of the radiating body, the net effect will be to broaden the observed line. If $$P_v(v) \,dv$$ is the fraction of particles with velocity component $$v$$ to $$v + dv$$ along a line of sight, then the corresponding distribution of the frequencies is

 * $$P_f(f) \,df = P_v(v_f) \frac{dv}{df} \,df,$$

where $$v_f = c \left(\frac{f}{f_0} - 1\right)$$ is the velocity towards the observer corresponding to the shift of the rest frequency $$f_0$$ to $$f$$. Therefore,

We can also express the broadening in terms of the wavelength $$\lambda$$. Since $$v/c \ll 1$$, $$\left|f/f_0 -1\right| \ll 1$$, and so $$\frac{\lambda - \lambda_0}{\lambda_0} \approx -\frac{f - f_0}{f_0}$$. Therefore,

Thermal Doppler broadening
In the case of the thermal Doppler broadening, the velocity distribution is given by the Maxwell distribution
 * $$P_v(v) \,dv = \sqrt{\frac{m}{2\pi kT}}\,\exp\left(-\frac{mv^2}{2kT}\right) \,dv,$$

where $$m$$ is the mass of the emitting particle, $$T$$ is the temperature, and $$k$$ is the Boltzmann constant.

Then

 * $$P_f(f) \,df = \frac{c}{f_0} \sqrt{\frac{m}{2\pi kT}}\,\exp\left(-\frac{m\left[c\left(\frac{f}{f_0} - 1\right)\right]^2}{2kT}\right) \,df.$$

We can simplify this expression as

 * $$P_f(f) \,df = \sqrt{\frac{mc^2}{2\pi kT f_0^2}}\,

\exp\left(-\frac{mc^2\left(f - f_0\right)^2}{2kT f_0^2}\right) \,df,$$

which we immediately recognize as a Gaussian profile with the standard deviation

 * $$\sigma_f = \sqrt{\frac{kT}{mc^2}} \,f_0$$

and full width at half maximum (FWHM)

Applications and caveats
In astronomy and plasma physics, the thermal Doppler broadening is one of the explanations for the broadening of spectral lines, and as such gives an indication for the temperature of observed material. Other causes of velocity distributions may exist, though, for example, due to turbulent motion. For a fully developed turbulence, the resulting line profile is generally very difficult to distinguish from the thermal one. Another cause could be a large range of macroscopic velocities resulting, e.g., from the receding and approaching portions of a rapidly spinning accretion disk. Finally, there are many other factors that can also broaden the lines. For example, a sufficiently high particle number density may lead to significant Stark broadening.

Doppler broadening can also be used to determine the velocity distribution of a gas given its absorption spectrum. In particular, this has been used to determine the velocity distribution of interstellar gas clouds.

Doppler broadening, the physical phenomenon driving the fuel temperature coefficient of reactivity also been used as a design consideration in high-temperature nuclear reactors. In principle, as the reactor fuel heats up, the neutron absorption spectrum will broaden due to the relative thermal motion of the fuel nuclei with respect to the neutrons. Given the shape of the neutron absorption spectrum, this has the result of reducing neutron absorption cross section, reducing the likelihood of absorption and fission. The end result is that reactors designed to take advantage of Doppler broadening will decrease their reactivity as temperature increases, creating a passive safety measure. This tends to be more relevant to gas-cooled reactors, as other mechanisms are dominant in water cooled reactors.

Saturated absorption spectroscopy, also known as Doppler-free spectroscopy, can be used to find the true frequency of an atomic transition without cooling a sample down to temperatures at which the Doppler broadening is negligible.

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Removed from Speedy as fails to fit criteria. Possibly meritorious article. Might be too obscure to develop properly though. Manning 01:41, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy, this is a barely disguised attack page, which does fit the criteria. -Splash 01:46, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
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Francisco, North Carolina

Francisco is an unincorporated community in northern Stokes County in the U.S. state of North Carolina, approximately thirteen miles northwest of the county seat, Danbury, on North Carolina State Highway 89, and less than three miles from the North Carolina/Virginia border.

The community is located adjacent to the Dan River and includes a volunteer fire station, Francisco Elementary School (now closed), a trash disposal and recycling site, a Presbyterian church, and a Ruritan meeting house/community building. At one time, Francisco had its own post-office address. At its closing in the 1960s, Francisco addresses were consolidated with the Westfield Post Office, and became Rural Route 2, Westfield, NC.

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Stitchbird

The stitchbird or hihi (Notiomystis cincta) is a honeyeater-like bird endemic to the North Island and adjacent offshore islands of New Zealand. Its evolutionary relationships have long puzzled ornithologists, but it is now classed as the only member of its own family, the Notiomystidae. It is rare, being extirpated everywhere except Little Barrier Island, but has been reintroduced to two other island sanctuaries and four locations on the North Island mainland. Current population estimations for mature individuals in the wild are 2,500–3,400.

In addition to hihi, the stitchbird is also known by a number of other Māori names, including: tihi, ihi, tihe, kotihe, tiora, tiheora, tioro, kotihe-wera (male only), hihi-paka (male only), hihi-matakiore (female only), mata-kiore (female only), tihe-kiore (female only).

Taxonomy and systematics
The stitchbird was originally described as a member of the primarily Australian and New Guinean honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It had remained classified as such until recently. Genetic analysis shows that it is not closely related to the honeyeaters and their allies and that its closest living relatives are within the endemic New Zealand Callaeidae. In 2007 a new passerine family was erected to contain the stitchbird, the Notiomystidae.

Description
The stitchbird is a small honeyeater-like bird. Males have a dark velvety cap and short white ear-tufts, which can be raised somewhat away from the head. A yellow band across the chest separates the black head from the rest of the body, which is grey. Females and juveniles are duller than males, lacking the black head and yellow chest band. The bill is rather thin and somewhat curved, and the tongue is long with a brush at the end for collecting nectar. Thin whiskers project out and slightly forward from the base of the bill.

Stitchbirds are very active and call frequently. Their most common call, a tzit tzit sound, is believed to be the source of their common name, as Buller noted that it "has a fanciful resemblance to the word stitch". They also have a high-pitched whistle and an alarm call which is a nasal pek like a bellbird. Males give a piercing three-note whistle (often heard in spring) and a variety of other calls not given by the female.

Behavior and ecology
Research has suggested that they face interspecific competition from the tūī and New Zealand bellbird, and will feed from lower-quality food sources when these species are present. The stitchbird rarely lands on the ground and seldom visits flowers on the large canopy trees favoured by the tūī and bellbird (this may simply be because of the competition from the more aggressive, larger birds).

Their main food is nectar, but the stitchbird's diet covers over twenty species of native flowers and thirty species of fruit and many species of introduced plants. Important natural nectar sources are haekaro, matata, pūriri, rata and toropapa. Preferred fruits include Coprosma species, five finger, pate, tree fuchsia and raukawa.

The stitchbird also supplements its diet with small insects.

Breeding
The stitchbird nests in cavities high up in old trees. They are the only bird species that mates face to face, in comparison to the more conventional copulation style for birds where the male mounts the female's back. Stitchbird have some of the highest levels of extra-pair paternity of any bird with up to 79% of the chicks in the nest sired by other males, possibly as a result of forced copulations.

Status and conservation
The stitchbird was relatively common early in the European colonisation of New Zealand, and began to decline relatively quickly afterwards, being extinct on the mainland and many offshore islands by 1885. The last sighting on the mainland was in the Tararua Range in the 1880s. The exact cause of the decline is unknown, but is thought to be pressure from introduced species, especially black rats, and introduced avian diseases. Only a small population on Little Barrier Island survived. Starting in the 1980s the New Zealand Wildlife Service (now Department of Conservation) translocated numbers of individuals from Hauturu to other island sanctuaries to create separate populations. These islands were part of New Zealand's network of offshore reserves which have been cleared of introduced species and which protect other rare species including the kākāpō and takahē.

The world population is unknown; estimates for the size of the remnant population on Hauturu (Little Barrier Island) range from 600 to 6000 adult birds. There are also translocated populations on Tiritiri Matangi Island, Kapiti Island, Zealandia, Maungatautari, Bushy Park and Lake Rotokare. Attempts to establish populations on Hen Island, Cuvier Island and Mokoia Island and the Waitākere Ranges failed. Reintroduction to these new sites has created genetic bottlenecks that have reduced genetic diversity in the newly founded populations and led to inbreeding.

The Tiritiri Matangi population is one of the most successful reintroduced populations with relatively fast population growth and now stable at around 150 individuals. Despite this, high levels of hatching failure (around 30% of all eggs fail to hatch) occur due to inbreeding. Only the Little Barrier Island population (Te Hauturu-o-Toi) is self-sufficient and does not require intervention for the population to survive. This species is classified as Vulnerable (D2) by the IUCN because of its very small range and number of populations.

Reintroduction
In 2005, 60 stitchbirds were released into Zealandia (wildlife sanctuary) in Wellington and in October that year, three stitchbird chicks hatched there, the first time for more than 120 years that a stitchbird chick had been born on the mainland. The hatchings were described as a significant conservation milestone by sanctuary staff, and in early 2019 Zealandia banded their 1000th hihi chick although the adult population is believed to remain at about 100 birds.

In autumn 2007, 59 adult birds from the Tiritiri Matangi population were released in Cascade Kauri Park, in the Waitākere Ranges near Auckland and by the end of the year the first chicks had fledged there.

In 2017, 40 birds were released into the Lake Rotokare Scenic Reserve in Taranaki, with 17 chicks raised. A further 30 were released in 2018.

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No indication of notability. Also appears to be a badly formed article name (no space before paren). Delete. -- Jmabel | Talk 01:43, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
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Mk VI light tank

The Tank, Light, Mk VI was a British light tank, produced by Vickers-Armstrongs in the late 1930s, which saw service during the Second World War.

Development history

The Tank, Light, Mk VI was the sixth in the line of light tanks built by Vickers-Armstrongs for the British Army during the interwar period. The company had achieved a degree of standardization with their previous five models, and the Mark VI was identical in all but a few respects. The turret, which had been expanded in the Mk V to allow a three-man crew to operate the tank, was further expanded to give room in its rear for a wireless set. The weight of the tank was increased to 10800 lb, which although heavier than previous models actually improved its handling characteristics, and an 88 hp engine was added to the model to increase its maximum speed to 35 mph. It had the Horstmann coil-spring suspension system, which was found to be durable and reliable, although the fact that the tank was short in relation to its width and that it pitched violently on rough ground made accurate gunnery whilst moving exceptionally difficult. The Mk VI possessed a crew of three consisting of a driver, gunner and commander, who also doubled as the radio operator, between 4 mm and 14 mm of armour, which could resist rifle and machine gun bullets, and its armament consisted of one water-cooled .303 inch (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun and one .50 inch (12.7 mm) Vickers machine gun.

Production of the Mk VI began in 1936 and ended in 1940 with 1,682 Mark VI tanks having been built. Many of those produced were actually variants designed to solve problems found with the original design. The Mk VIA had a return roller removed from the top of the leading bogey and attached to the hull sides instead, and also possessed a faceted cupola. The Mk VIB was mechanically identical to the Mk VIA but with a few minor differences to make production simpler, including a one-piece armoured louvre over the radiator instead of a two-piece louvre, and a plain circular cupola instead of the faceted type. The Mk VIC, which was the last in the MK VI series, had the commander's cupola removed and had wider bogies and three carburettors to improve engine performance; it was also more powerfully armed than the other models, replacing the .303 and .50 Vickers machine guns with co-axial 15 mm and 7.92 mm Besa machine guns. A small number of specialized variations were also built based on the Mk VI chassis. The Tank, Light, AA Mk I was built in the aftermath of the Battle of France and was intended to act as a counter-measure against attacks by German aircraft. It featured a power-operated turret fitted with four 7.92 mm Besa machine guns; a Mk II was produced which was mechanically similar but had improvements, such as better quality sights for the machine guns and a larger turret for easier access. A variant on the Mk VIB was produced for service with the British Indian Army, in which the commander's cupola was removed and replaced with a hatch in the turret roof.

Operational history
When the Mk VI was first produced in 1936, the Imperial General Staff considered the tank to be superior to any light tank produced by other nations, and well suited to the dual roles of reconnaissance and colonial warfare. Like many of its predecessors, the Mark VI was used by the British Army to perform imperial policing duties in British India and other colonies in the British Empire, a role for which it and the other Vickers-Armstrongs light tanks were found to be well suited. When the British government began its rearmament process in 1937, the Mk VI was the only tank with which the War Office was ready to proceed with manufacturing; the development of a medium tank for the Army had hit severe problems after the cancellation of the proposed "Sixteen Tonner" medium tank in 1932 due to the costs involved, and cheaper models only existed as prototypes with a number of mechanical problems. As a result of this, when the Second World War began in September 1939, the vast majority of the tanks available to the British Army were Mk VIs; there were 1,002 Mk VI light tanks, 79 Mk I (A9) and Mk II (A10) cruiser tanks and 67 Matilda Mk I infantry tanks. Of these tanks, only 196 light tanks and 50 infantry tanks were in use by operational units of the army.

When the Battle of France began in May 1940, the majority of the tanks possessed by the British Expeditionary Force were Mark VI variants; the seven Royal Armoured Corps divisional cavalry regiments, the principal armoured formations of the BEF, were each equipped with 28 Mk VIs. The 1st Armoured Division, elements of which landed in France in April, was equipped with 257 tanks, of which a large number were Mk VIB and Mk VICs. The 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, which formed part of the division's 3rd Armoured Brigade, possessed by this time 21 Mark VI light tanks.

The British Army lost 331 Mark VI light tanks in the Battle of France of 1940. Several of these vehicles were captured by the Wehrmacht, redesignated as ''Leichter Panzerkampfwagen Mk. IV 734(e)'' and used for training purposes until the fall of 1942. During 1941 several of these captured vehicles were converted to create self-propelled artillery and supporting vehicles for the 227th infantry division, the first self-propelled artillery in the Wehrmacht. They carried a 105 or 150 mm field howitzer and were designated G.Pz. Mk. VI (e). In September 1941 the division deployed to Army Group North in Russia where they provided valuable service during the winter 1941–42 battles.

The Mk VIB was also used in the North African campaign against the Italians late in 1940 with the 7th Armoured Division. At this time, the British had 200 light tanks (presumably Mk VIBs) along with 75 cruiser tanks (A9, A10, A13) and 45 Matilda IIs. An attack by the 3rd Hussars at Buq Buq on 12 December 1940 resulted in its tanks getting bogged down in salt pans and severely mauled. In ten minutes, 13 tanks were destroyed, ten officers and men killed – including the CO – and 13 wounded. The 7th Armoured Division had 100 tanks left on 3 January 1941; this increased to 120 tanks on 21 January, at which time they were used in flanking far into the rear and gathering up scattered Italian troops, sometimes joining or leaving the main attacks to the cruiser and Matilda II tanks. During an engagement at Mechili on 24 January, six Mk VIs were destroyed by newly arrived superior Italian Fiat M13/40s for no loss, forcing a retreat until cruiser tanks arrived. The 2nd RTR continued to battle the Italians with light tanks as late as 6 February 1941.

Being widely used by the British Army, the tank participated in several other important battles. The Mk VIB made up a significant amount of the tanks sent over to the Battle of Greece in 1941, mostly with the 4th Hussars. Ten Mk VIB tanks fought with the 3rd The King's Own Hussars during the Battle of Crete. The same armoured unit had previously embarked three MK VIB tanks for the Norwegian Campaign, but they were lost in transit to a German aircraft attack. The tanks also saw limited service against the Japanese in Malaya and Dutch East Indies.

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Murray Hamilton

Murray Hamilton (March 24, 1923 – September 1, 1986) was an American stage, screen and television character actor who appeared in such films as Anatomy of a Murder, The Hustler, The Graduate, Jaws and The Amityville Horror.

Early life
Born in Washington, North Carolina, Hamilton displayed an early interest in performing during his days at Washington High School just before America's entry into World War II. Bad hearing kept him from enlisting, so he moved to New York City as a 19-year-old to find a career on stage.

Career
In an early role, he performed on stage with Henry Fonda in the wartime story Mister Roberts as a replacement for David Wayne, playing Ensign Pulver. In 1960, he was onstage again with Fonda in Critic's Choice; Howard Taubman of The New York Times called him "properly obnoxious as the director". Hamilton was teamed once more with Fonda in 1968 for the drama film The Boston Strangler.

Hamilton's best-known performance is as Larry Vaughn, the mayor of Amity, in the Steven Spielberg thriller Jaws (1975). Hamilton reprised the role in the sequel, Jaws 2 in 1978. He had agreed to reprise the role again in Jaws: The Revenge, but died in 1986, before production began. Other notable big-screen appearances include the critically acclaimed 1959 film Anatomy of a Murder with James Stewart, in which he played the bartender Al Pacquette, who gives testimony in the murder of Barney Quill. He also worked with Stewart in The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) and The FBI Story (1959).

The actor made dozens of TV guest appearances. In 1955, Hamilton guest-starred on the NBC legal drama Justice, based on case files of the Legal Aid Society of New York. Hamilton appeared in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Deadly Double" (1958) as murderer Johnny Hale the shadowy boyfriend of a woman with a split personality who is the sister of Perry Mason's client.

In 1957 he played a conniving cowboy who sets up Chester for a murder charge as "Jake Buley" in the Gunsmoke episode "Chester’s Murder". In 1959, he appeared in a few episodes of the crime drama The Untouchables, as well as co-starring in the second episode of Rod Serling's television series The Twilight Zone, "One for the Angels", playing Mr. Death opposite Ed Wynn. Also, Hamilton portrayed Calhoun, on (S4E9) of Gunsmoke, which aired in April, 1959. His character is swindled in a land deal along with other members of a wagon train & his wife tries to leave Calhoun with the swindler.

In the 1959-60 television season, Hamilton also co-starred with William Demarest, Jeanne Bal and Stubby Kaye in the NBC sitcom Love and Marriage. He played attorney Steve Baker, who resides in an apartment with his wife (played by Bal), two daughters and a father-in-law (portrayed by Demarest). He soon appeared as a guest star on another sitcom, The Real McCoys, starring Walter Brennan, on ABC. In 1961, he appeared in another science fiction series, 'Way Out, hosted by Roald Dahl, with fellow guest stars Doris Roberts and Martin Huston. He guest-starred in an episode of the James Stewart legal drama Hawkins in 1973. In 1986, he played Curtis "Big Daddy" Hollingsworth, Blanche Devereaux's father, in a first-season episode of The Golden Girls.

Hamilton complained in a newspaper article about being typecast, stating "After I was first cast as a heavy on The Untouchables, I couldn't ever persuade them [producers] that I could also do something else." While comic roles were rare for Hamilton during his Hollywood career, he had one opposite Andy Griffith in the 1958 military comedy No Time for Sergeants, as well as an appearance in Steven Spielberg's raucous comedy 1941, released in 1979. He also appeared in a comedic guest spot on  Mama's Family  in the second-season episode "Mama Cries Uncle" as Uncle Roy. He was more often cast in dramatic works, such as the science-fiction drama Seconds (1966), which starred Rock Hudson. In his most high-profile performances, Hamilton appeared with Paul Newman in The Hustler (1961), playing Findley, a wealthy billiards player who gambles for high stakes, and with Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate (1967) as Mr. Robinson, husband of the seductress Mrs. Robinson. In 1975, Hamilton appeared again with Newman in The Drowning Pool. He also worked with Robert Redford in a pair of films, The Way We Were (1973) and Brubaker (1980). In early 1982 he appeared as a judge presiding over an impromptu court case on an episode of Bret Maverick.

For many years before and during his film career, Hamilton was a prominent dramatic stage actor, earning a Tony Award nomination for his role in the 1965 production of Absence of a Cello. New York Times theater critic Brooks Atkinson praised his work in the play Stockade, which was based on a part of the James Jones novel From Here to Eternity: "Murray Hamilton is an ideal Prewitt. Modest in manner, pleasant of voice, he has a steel-like spirit that brings Prewitt honestly to life." When the actor was suffering from cancer and found film roles harder to come by, his old co-star George C. Scott helped out by getting him a part in the made-for-television movie The Last Days of Patton (1986).

Death
Hamilton died of lung cancer at age 63, and is interred at Oakdale Cemetery in his native Washington, North Carolina. He and his wife, Terri DeMarco Hamilton (of The DeMarco Sisters), had a son, David.

Filmography

 * 1944 Song of the Open Road as Crop Corps Kid (uncredited)
 * 1944 Reckless Age as Member of Soldier Quartet
 * 1944 Something for the Boys as Soldier (uncredited)
 * 1951 Bright Victory as Pete Hamilton
 * 1951 The Whistle at Eaton Falls as Al Webster
 * 1956 Toward the Unknown as Major Bromo Lee
 * 1956 The Girl He Left Behind as Sergeant Clyde
 * 1957 The Spirit of St. Louis as Bud Gurney
 * 1957 Jeanne Eagels as Chick O'Hara
 * 1958 “Gunsmoke” as Calhoun
 * 1958 Darby's Rangers as Private / Sergeant Sims Delancey
 * 1958 Too Much, Too Soon as Charlie Snow
 * 1958 The Silent Service as Captain Latham
 * 1958 No Time for Sergeants as Irving S. Blanchard
 * 1958 Perry Mason as Johnny Hale
 * 1958 Houseboat as Captain Alan Wilson
 * 1959 Anatomy of a Murder as Alphonse Paquette
 * 1959 The FBI Story as Sam Crandall
 * 1959 The Twilight Zone "One for the Angels'' as Mr. Death
 * 1960 Tall Story as Coach Sandy Hardy
 * 1960 Route 66 as Dr. Stafford
 * 1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Season 5 Episode 37: "Escape to Sonoita") as Marsh
 * 1961 The Hustler as Findley
 * 1962 The Farmer's Daughter (TV movie) as Nordick
 * 1963 Papa's Delicate Condition as Mr. Harvey
 * 1963 13 Frightened Girls as Wally Sanders
 * 1963 The Cardinal as Lafe
 * 1965 Inherit the Wind (TV movie) as E.K. Hornbeck
 * 1966 Seconds as Charlie
 * 1966 An American Dream as Arthur Kabot
 * 1965 The Fugitive as Joe Steelman
 * 1967 A Bell for Adano (TV movie) as Sergeant Leonard Borth
 * 1967 The Graduate as Mr. Robinson
 * 1968 Sergeant Ryker as Captain Appleton
 * 1968 No Way to Treat a Lady as Inspector Haines
 * 1968 The Boston Strangler as Detective Frank McAfee
 * 1968 The Brotherhood as Jim Egan
 * 1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium as Fred Ferguson
 * 1971 Vanished (TV movie) as Nick McCann
 * 1971 Cannon (TV movie) as Virgil Holley
 * 1971 A Tattered Web (TV movie) as Sergeant Joe Marcus
 * 1971 The Police (TV movie) as Chief of Police
 * 1971 The Harness (TV movie) as Roy Kern
 * 1971 The Failing of Raymond (TV movie) as Sergeant Manzak
 * 1972 Deadly Harvest (TV movie) as Sheriff Bill Jessup
 * 1973 Incident on a Dark Street (TV movie) as Edmund Schilling
 * 1973 Murdock's Gang (TV movie) as Harold Talbot
 * 1973 The Way We Were as Brooks Carpenter
 * 1974 After the Fall (TV movie) as Mickey
 * 1975 Jaws as Mayor Larry Vaughn
 * 1975 The Drowning Pool as Kilbourne
 * 1977 Murder at the World Series (TV movie) as Harvey Murkison
 * 1977 Damnation Alley as General Landers (uncredited)
 * 1977 Killer on Board (TV movie) as Dr. Folger
 * 1978 Casey's Shadow as Tom Patterson
 * 1978 Jaws 2 as Mayor Larry Vaughn
 * 1979 Donovan's Kid (TV movie) as Henry Carpenter
 * 1979 A Last Cry for Help (TV movie) as Ralph Muir
 * 1979 The Amityville Horror as Father Ryan
 * 1979 1941 as Claude Crumn
 * 1980 Swan Song (TV movie) as Jack McCauley
 * 1980 Brubaker as John Deach
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KXPT

KXPT (97.1 FM) is a commercial radio station located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The station is owned by Lotus Communications and it airs a classic rock music format branded as "97.1 The Point."

KXPT's studios and offices are in the unincorporated community of Spring Valley in Clark County and its transmitter is on Potosi Mountain southwest of the Las Vegas Valley.

KORK-FM (1961–1983)
On November 29, 1961, the station first signed on as KORK-FM. At first it simulcast its AM counterpart, KORK (1340 AM). But by the 1970s, under Donrey Media, it had switched to a beautiful music format, playing mostly instrumental versions of popular songs. At the time, it could only be heard in and around Las Vegas, broadcasting from a tower only 195 feet in height above average terrain. But by the early 1980s, it got a boost in power to 50,000 watts and an increase in antenna height to 1,950 feet.

Top 40 (1983–1993)
In 1983, the station changed its call letters to KEER. A year later in 1984, it switched formats to Top 40 as KYRK "Y-97." In the late 1980s, the slogan changed to "POWER 97". Some of the KYRK DJs included Pat Garret, Anthony Miles, Shaun St John, "Wild Child" Johnny West, Don "Action" Jackson, Harmon and Holiday, Dr. Jerry Thomas, Greg Spin, James and The J Man. The station was known for the "Tookie-Tookie Bird" which was the cue to call in and win prizes. The bird appeared at local events, and was mocked on an episode of Cheap Seats which featured the mascot appearing at a 1986 International Roller Derby event televised by ESPN at the Showboat Hotel & Casino.

Adult alternative (1993–1997)
In 1993, Lotus Broadcasting purchased the station and switched call letters to KXPT "The Point". For the first four and a half years, The Point aired an adult album alternative (AAA) format, playing new artists who went onto big careers, including Sheryl Crow, the Dave Matthews Band, Blues Traveler, Jewel and others. Original Point DJs included Chris Foxx, Mike Fox, Rob Landry and JD, Byrd (now with WDRV Chicago), Lark Williams, Dusty Street, Randy Morrison and Mike O'Brian (now at rival 96.3 KKLZ).

Classic hits (1997–2005)
In 1997 the station shifted to a Classic Hits format, keeping "The Point" name.

Classic rock (2005–present)
In 2005, it moved to a Classic Rock format. In 2007 KXPT became the only classic rock station in the Las Vegas Metro as KKLZ changed to a classic hits format.

Current DJs on the station include "Foxx & Mackenzie" (Chris Foxx and Steph Mackenzie), Lark Williams (formerly of KOMP), and Lorrin Bond. KXPT is unusual for a classic rock station, in that all of its weekday shows are either hosted or co-hosted by women. Mike Culotta, formerly of KOMP, was a DJ on the station until his death in December 2010 (though he didn't appear on the air in the months prior to his passing).

The signal was once rebroadcast on a translator at 99.3 MHz in Henderson with the call sign K257BU; this translator then moved to 98.9 MHz and now broadcasts the sports radio format of 1340 KKGK.

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Talk:Culture of Uganda

Merge proposal
I propose merging Ugandan Traditions into Culture of Uganda. The latter could be expanded. Cheers, -- The Lonely Pather (talk) 00:13, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

 * ^ I support this. Better to have one more comprehensive page than two small ones. ForsythiaJo (talk) 03:29, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

 * Merge, per nom. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 17:08, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

 * I also support this. Ahiise2 (talk) 15:25, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Support merge - the content of Ugandan Traditions should be incorporated into the Culture of Uganda article as both articles are fairly short. PhilKnight (talk) 09:58, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

 * It's been a month, I think the discussion is pretty clear. I will merge Ugandan Traditions into Culture of Uganda in the next few days when I am free. Cheers, -- The Lonely Pather (talk) 12:38, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅! Cheers, -- The Lonely Pather (talk) 14:43, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2005 July 19

Category:Maharaji

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 12:53, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Following consensus on talk:Prem Rawat, an alternate category, category:Prem Rawat was created and all of the articles re-categorized. Category:Maharaji is now empty and redundant. -Willmcw 21:52, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as agreed. ≈ jossi ≈ 00:25, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete No argument. siafu 00:27, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

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Category:Alfalfa Club members

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The result of the debate was listify --Kbdank71 13:15, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Category which does not significant aid in the categorization of its members. The club, according to its article, exists to put on a banquet in honor of Robert E Lee. Putting Ronald Reagan, for example, in this category does nothing to help the reader get a better understanding of him. Better served with a list. --BaronLarf 15:15, July 19, 2005 (UTC)

Keep - three of their nominated "presidential candidate" members went on to become ACTUAL presidents. - Eric 00:42, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment ...so what? I still don't believe that the articles on Walter Mondale and Ronald Reagan should be included in a category based upon a club to honor Robert E. Lee.  Cheers.  --BaronLarf 02:57, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

List - A list seems like a more compact solution, and one that won't add tags on the bottom. -Falcorian 02:55, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep I have to vote keep on this, it is an established fairly well known organization, we cannot cast votes based on what the organization stands for, but whether or not the category fits within the guidelines of a category. Both questions are simply yes. I would suggest listify, if it was a historical organization with no current members, but it seems it is active up to at least 2004. Also, we cannot ignore the fact, that the organization can be credited for successfull presidential candidacies. If it were some minor gentlemans club that was not noted for much more than cigars and drinks, I would not support keep. However, I am still willing to hear comments to the contrary.  ∞ Who ? ¿ ?  03:21, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Listify and delete. Radiant_ >|< 09:49, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Listify and delete'. -Splash 17:41, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Listify/delete Pavel Vozenilek 19:58, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

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Category:Back to the Future time travelers

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 12:55, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Unnecessary sub-cat of Category:Back to the Future characters, with all "time travellers" already appearing in the parent category. JW 11:06, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom. --Kbdank71 16:57, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete no argument. siafu 21:36, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

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directors categories

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The result of the debate was rename --Kbdank71 13:16, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Category:Hitchcock films → Category:Alfred Hitchcock films, or "Films directed by Alfred Hitchcock".  ∞ Who ? ¿ ?  23:47, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Category:Kubrick films → Category:Stanley Kubrick films
 * Category:Spielberg films → Category:Steven Spielberg films
 * Rename to Category:Alfred Hitchcock films. Per Category:Films by director, this seems to be the standard format. siafu 23:52, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Update added additional cats. ∞ Who ? ¿ ? 09:51, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Agree. Makes much more sense. Consider what would happen with a category like Category:Coppola films, for instance. Grutness...  wha?  10:39, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

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Category:Companies of Surinam and Category:Surinamese companies

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The result of the debate was wait until naming convention is resolved --Kbdank71 13:26, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Category:Companies of Surinam and Category:Surinamese companies need to be merged. I don't know what the naming conventions say about the proper name for this category, but if the latter category needs to be merged into the former category, the former category needs to be renamed as well, because the country is called Suriname. Aecis 09:25, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * There is currently a discussion about this exact principle underway at Categorization/By country. Might be better to hold off this kind of CfD until that's resolved. -Splash 12:45, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Merge to Category:Companies of Surinam, though the word "companies" isn't terribly wonderful. siafu 15:17, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Follow suggestion picked by Categorization/By country --ssd 04:37, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

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Category:WaRP Graphics titles

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The result of the debate was keep --Kbdank71 13:22, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Just ran across this page again. As I'd originally mentioned on the talk page, this is an indy label created for the purpose of publishing a single title. Thus, no real use for an entire category. --InShaneee 05:28, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * In addition to 17 separate series of Elfquest titles, WaRP also published MythAdventures, a four issue series called Blood of the Innocent, and 12 issues of Thunder Bunny, the latter two of which we don't have and possibly will never have articles on. I'm not familiar with them or the publisher; just wanted to set that out there.  Postdlf 05:37, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * It may have started as indie but has persisted for twenty-five years and published a large amount of heavy-selling graphic novels, that were even translated in at least five other languages. Strong keep. Radiant_ >|< 07:54, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm not saying it's not a comic juggernaut, just that 'Elfquest' is going to be the only thing we ever have in the cat. --InShaneee 04:36, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per comments above. Gamaliel 03:37, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per Radiant. siafu 18:21, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

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Category:Black_gangsters

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The result of the debate was no consensus (keep) --Kbdank71 13:25, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Originally posted by 64.109.253.204 on 03:34, 19 July 2005 (UTC), as a Vfd (which needs to be deleted), just listed here. ∞ Who ? ¿ ? 03:39, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Wikipedia does not include categories of loosely associated topics. The property of being Black and the property of being a gangster have no connection; this category is useless and nonencyclopedic. Delete it. 64.109.253.204 03:45, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Nominated only because 64.109.253.204 has failed to read and understand Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point.—chris.lawson (talk) 04:19, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Nomination by 64.109.253.204 in violation of WP:POINT, merely because his Irish-American Mayors article is on VfD. --Calton | Talk 04:22, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. Calton does not know what he is talking about. He has no knowledge as to why I nominated this category. This category was nominated for valid reasons.64.109.253.204 04:36, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Bad faith or not, I agree with the anon comment's rationale—all of these "occupation" by ethnicity subcategories should go.  Failing that, rename to Category:African American gangsters or Category:African American criminals.  Postdlf 04:37, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, but Rename to Category:African-American criminals or gangsters or mobsters or even the ham-fisted "organized crime members" or whatever. The members of the category are not simply "black", they also happen to be, exclusively, Americans. Organized crime, for good or ill, does involve a great deal of focus on ethnic background (see, e.g., Mafia or Triad). siafu 05:27, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Are you sure they are all from Africa? Perhaps their family hails from Jamaica?  I think if we're going to keep it (which I'm against), we shouldn't rename it.  --Kbdank71 16:56, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment I originally wanted to vote delete, but kept from doing so, due to the fact of the current disntinction that everyone has for "1920's--1950's" gangsters and modern gangsters. I was not sure "black gangsters" was an appropriate title, but refrained from voting for the time. I think we should rename both categories to show the distinction: something on the lines of "Organized crime members", "Drug lords", & "Street gang members". I only make this distinction, out of the type of gangsters, earlier being more organized crime, latter being more drug-related and street gangs. Note this pertains to both cats Gangsters and "Black Gangsters" ∞ Who ? ¿ ?  05:32, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge to Category:Gang members & Category:Drug lords. However, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson should go in Category:Gangsters.. Then Delete.  ∞ Who ? ¿ ?  06:06, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Why exactly do we categorize by skin color? Delete as racist. Radiant_ >|< 07:55, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, being a gangster might be encyclopedic, but there's no further encyclopedic information extracted by categorising by skin colour too. -Splash 12:46, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Agree with above reasons.  --Kbdank71 16:56, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Wikipedia carries several categories/articles specifically on African Americans in various enterprises, why exclude one group simply because it is a negative category?  Sounds like a PC-POV operating here amongst the Delete crowd; this is as "encyclopedic" a category as any others which highlight black Americans or gangsters from within the general national populace, and there are plenty of both.  Renaming as African American Gangsters, or African American Crime Leaders ("gangster" is pretty 1930-ish term) would be useful to ensure title conformity with default term, but that is the most that should be done.
 * Comment. While I agree with the classification of mobsters, specificly American mobsters, by ethnicity (with the exception of syndicate organizations of course) the category should be clarified between "gangsta" rap artists, gang members, and organized crime figures. MadMax 19:39, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

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Category:Antiepileptics

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The result of the debate was rename --Kbdank71 13:34, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Needs to be renamed to Category:Anticonvulsants per Anticonvulsants (Antiepileptics redirects there). siafu 02:12, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Rename. --Kbdank71 16:59, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

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Category:Brontë sisters

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The result of the debate was no consensus (keep) --Kbdank71 13:41, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Seems rather pointles, only 5 articles an no potential for growth. Either way it's poorly named (theyr brother Branwell Brontë is alo listed in the category). Should be renamed to Brontë family. Not sure what the guidelines for "family" categories are, but with only 5 articles I for one would not oppose a delete vote either. The articles could easily be tied together by wikilinks instead of a category. --Sherool 10:52, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Rename - should really be Brontë family. - Eric 00:44, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't think this really requires a category. A short article (which already exists at the title Brontë) should suffice. Delete category. Bearcat 01:34, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Category unwarranted. RedWolf 05:24, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

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Category:Nestlé Classics brands

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The result of the debate was delete --Kbdank71 13:44, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Overly specific category for a product line that only Nestlé employees would refer to as "Nestlé Classics." Contained five articles at its peak. Another MascotGuy creation. tregoweth 01:08, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: I agree with tregoweth, it's overly spesific. Aside from the low number of articles, there is no substantial difference between a "regular" Nestlé product and a Nestlé Classics product to warrant a seperate sub-category. The article Nestlé Classics (should probably be renamed to "List of Nestlé Classics products" by the way.) already list the 6 products in this product group, and they are all currently listed under Category:Nestlé brands so no information is lost by deleting the category. --Sherool 19:51, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

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Hello. Roy Masters broadcasts on about 130 stations! Too long a list. Larry R. Holmgren 16:45, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Laura Kaczor

The article Laura Kaczor has been proposed for deletion because, under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one reliable source that directly supports material in the article.   The nominator also raised the following concern:
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Second German Bundestag

The Bundestag is the German federal parliament, and the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It was established in 1949 by the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany and is the historical successor to the Reichstag. The Second German Bundestag came into being in 1953 and ended in 1957.

Dates of Session
1953-1957
 * The 2nd Bundestag convened in Bonn on 6 October 1953.
 * The session ended on 6 October 1957.

Coalitions

 * CDU/CSU and FDP form coalition (311 seats, 63.9%) to reelect Konrad Adenauer as Chancellor of Germany

Major political events

 * Bundestag reelects Hermann Ehlers as the second President of the Bundestag, 6 October 1953
 * Bundestag reelects Konrad Adenauer Chancellor of Germany, 6 October 1953.
 * Upon Ehlers' death, Bundestag elects Eugen Gerstenmaier third President of the Bundestag, 16 November 1954
 * Bundestag passes first reform of state-funded pension system
 * Bundestag ratifies Treaty of Rome
 * In 1955, constitution is amended to allow for defensive military and conscription over the strong opposition of the SPD minority
 * Germany joins the NATO

Officers

 * President of the Bundestag - Hermann Ehlers, Eugen Gerstenmaier

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Go North East

Go North East operates both local and regional bus services in County Durham, Cumbria, Northumberland, North Yorkshire and Tyne and Wear, England. It was previously known as the Northern General Transport Company and Go-Ahead Northern. The company was the foundation of today's Go-Ahead Group, which now operates bus and rail services across the United Kingdom, as well as Germany, Ireland, Norway and Singapore.

1980s: Post-deregulation
In October 1986, at the time of bus deregulation in Great Britain, the company operated from fourteen depots: Chester-le-Street, Consett, Gateshead, High Spen, Houghton-le-Spring, Jarrow, Murton, Percy Main, South Shields, Stanley, Sunderland, Wallsend, Washington and Winlaton.

As part of the privatisation of the National Bus Company, a management buyout led by Chris Moyes and Martin Ballinger saw the purchase of the Northern General Transport Company in February 1987.

1990s: Early expansion
Early expansion saw the acquisition of a number of smaller competing bus operators in the region, including Langley Park-based Gypsy Queen in January 1990.

In February 1990, the company's Murton depot was closed, with the loss of 20 jobs. The remaining 109 staff were redeployed to other nearby depots in Houghton-le-Spring and Sunderland. In September 1990, the loss-making depot at Jarrow, and High Spen, which was making a marginal profit, were closed. Following the closures, a total of 20 jobs were lost, with a further 150 staff redeployed.

By January 1991, the parent company was split in to five separate subsidiary companies: Coastline, Go-Ahead Gateshead, Go-Ahead Northern, VFM and Wear Buses.

In March 1995, the Go-Ahead Group acquired Bishop Auckland-based OK Motor Services for £5.4 million. Following the acquisition, many of OK's staff, including the general manager, Charles Marshall, became employees of Go-Ahead. OK initially became one of Go-Ahead's locally managed subsidiaries, with Marshall remaining in charge. Go-Ahead later took steps to streamline the business, with several of the group's earlier acquisitions transferred to OK.

In August 1998, a new depot was opened on Deptford Terrace, Sunderland. This saw the closure of the nearby Park Lane depot, which was demolished to allow the development of the current Park Lane Interchange, which opened in May 1999, ahead of the introduction of Tyne and Wear Metro services between Pelaw and South Hylton via Sunderland. Additionally, the company's depot at Philadelphia Lane, Houghton-le-Spring, was also closed at this time. The depot remained in situ until the early 2020s, until it was demolished to allow for redevelopment of the area.

2000s
In February 2005, the company's depot in South Shields was closed, with operations transferred to Sunderland (Deptford).

The following year, in March 2006, Bishop Auckland depot and some operations were acquired by Arriva North East. Remaining operations transferred to Chester-le-Street, with the company retaining an, albeit smaller, presence in and around the town.

In October 2007, the company acquired Stanley-based operator Stanley Taxis, which operated both commercial and tendered local bus services in County Durham and Tyne and Wear. At the time of acquisition, operations consisted of a fleet of 13 vehicles and 16 staff.

2010s
In March 2010, the company swapped around 50 staff and half-a-dozen routes, as well as depots in Ashington and Hexham, with Arriva North East, allowing both companies to consolidate their operations.

In June 2010, the company was awarded a five-year contract to operate the QuayLink network of services. Award of the contract saw the introduction of a fleet of nine Euro 5 diesel-powered single-deck Optare Versa.

In January 2012, as a celebration of the company's centenary year, the OK Motor Services branding was briefly revived, following the introduction of two routes serving Bishop Auckland, Crook and Darlington.

In February 2014, depots in Gateshead (Sunderland Road) and Winlaton were replaced by an £8.5million "super depot", known as Riverside. The 5.75 acre site, located in Dunston was constructed with capacity for over 160 vehicles and 500 staff.

In June 2018, Hull-based East Yorkshire Motor Services was acquired by the Go-Ahead Group, bringing an end to 30 years of family ownership. Following acquisition, the company was rebranded as East Yorkshire and operated as a standalone company within Go North East.

In March 2019, after almost 100 years in service, Stanley depot was closed. Following closure, operations were subsequently moved to a new 2.23 acre depot at Hownsgill Industrial Estate in Consett, which is located on the site of the former Consett Steelworks. The £3.5million depot was constructed with the capacity for 63 vehicles and 180 staff.

In December 2019, a "farewell" event was held to mark the retirement of the final remaining Scania L94 vehicles – the first of which joined the fleet in March 2001. The fleet, including four articulated vehicles, grew to a total of 87 of the type – the last of which entered service in 2006.

2020 – the present day
In July 2020, the company's first fully-electric zero-emission vehicle trial took place, with a single-deck Optare Metrocity serving a series of routes in Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside. Following this, in November 2020, the first of a fleet of nine zero-emission single-deck Yutong E10 were introduced on routes 53 and 54, as part of a jointly-funded project between Go North East and the UK Government's Ultra-Low Emission Bus Fund – at a cost of £3.7 million.

In February 2022, a further zero-emission vehicle trial took place on route 21, with the evaluation of a Wright StreetDeck Electroliner double-deck vehicles.

In March 2022, the company's depot in Peterlee, an outstation of Sunderland (Deptford) depot was closed, with operations transferred to nearby depots in Chester-le-Street and Sunderland (Deptford).

In June 2022, just over four years after acquisition, it was announced that East Yorkshire would be split from Go North East, becoming a separate company within the Go-Ahead Group.

In the same month, it was announced that the company intended to close Chester-le-Street depot.

Following the departure of Martijn Gilbert in August 2022, the former Go North West Managing Director, Nigel Featham, assumed Gilbert's role at Go North East. At East Yorkshire, former Area Manager, Ben Gilligan, was promoted to Managing Director.

In September 2023, following the closure of Arriva North East's Jesmond depot, Go North East took over operation of a number of the company's routes in Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside, which were subsequently rebranded as North Tyne Rockets. At the time of transfer, routes were operated by a fleet of single-deck Wright StreetLite buses, branded in a purple livery.

Industrial action
In late 2023, operations suffered serious disruption, due to strike action by employees. Organised by Unite the Union, the first strikes each took place for a period of one week, beginning 30 September 2023 and 14 October 2023 respectively.

Following this, union members began an indefinite strike on 28 October 2023 – during which no services across the region, with the exception of some school and works services, operated. A limited intra-peak hour service was introduced on certain routes from 14 November 2023.

The strike was brought to an end on 1 December 2023, when union members voted in favour of an improved pay offer, with normal service resuming the following day. Following the strike, a special promotion was introduced whereby customers were able to travel on the network free-of-charge between 2–8 December 2023.

Depots
As of January 2024, the company operates from seven bus depots across the region: Consett (Hownsgill), Gateshead (Riverside and Saltmeadows Road), Hexham, Percy Main, Sunderland (Deptford) and Washington.

Vehicles
As of May 2023, the fleet consists of 599 buses and coaches. The fleet consists mainly of diesel-powered single and double-deck buses manufactured by Alexander Dennis, Optare, Volvo and Wrightbus.

The company also operate a fleet of eighteen fully-electric single-deck buses: nine Yutong E10, introduced in November 2020,   and a further nine Yutong E12, introduced in September 2022.

Branding
From the late 1990s until the early 2010s, the standard fleet livery consisted of vehicles branded in a red, blue and yellow colour scheme. In 2006, the company introduced route branding – a practice which aimed to give each service, or group of services, a recognisable identity, colour scheme and logo. Route branding has since led to the company adopting a multi-coloured fleet of vehicles across the region.

In 2013, an updated standard fleet livery was introduced, which saw the red, blue and yellow colour scheme phased out. The rebranding exercise saw vehicles without route branding painted in an all-over red colour scheme. This proved to be short-lived, with the standard fleet livery further updated in 2016. Vehicles were repainted red at the front, and blue at the back, separated by a white strip, with a tagline and website featuring above the windows on single-deck buses, or below the lower-deck windows on double-deck buses.

In 2019, a number of minor adjustments were made to the, now standard, standard fleet livery – including the use of a lighter shade of blue at the rear and replacement of the curved white separation strip with a double white and yellow diagonal line. At the time of the refresh, only around one-third of vehicles in the fleet wore the standard fleet livery.

The following year, a fleet of coaches used for private hire and contract services, were repainted into a range of retro-inspired heritage liveries, with a number of single and double-deck buses used on local and regional services, as well as private hire and contract services, following later.

As well as local and regional bus services, the company also operate coach services under contract to National Express. Vehicles are painted in an all-white livery, featuring the client's distinctive blue and red logo.

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Pyapon

Pyapon (ဖျာပုံမြို့; ဖျာပုၚ်, ) is a town and seat of Pyapon District as well as Pyapon Township in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar, along the Pyapon River, a distributary of the Ayeyarwady River. It is located about 15 km inland from the Andaman Sea, about 75 mi south of the previous capital, Yangon. It has a population of approximately 65,601 in 2021. It serves as a center for collecting rice from the surrounding agricultural areas, and is home to a diesel-run power plant, using equipment by the German firm Siemens.

The natural beauty of Pyapon attracts tourists to cruise nearby backwaters where nearby mangroves are home to birds, crocodiles and, occasionally, dolphins.

History
The city's name is believed to derive from the Mon name, MY ဖျာပုၚ်, which literally translates to "rice market." The Mon were the first to settle the city on the Pyapon River, choosing the furthest inland a ship could travel on low tide. In 1782, Badon Min declared Pyapon as a town. The modern city of Pyapon was formally elevated to city status in 1972.

In the early 20th century, Pyapon reclaimed alluvial marshlands for rice cultivation, attracting a large number of settlers.

Culture
Since 1878, Pyapon's theatrical troupe has hosted annual performances of the Yama Zatdaw, Myanmar's adaptation of the Ramayana, a Sanskrit epic.

Notable people

 * San Hlaing, artist

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