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Duluth International Airport

 * For the United States Air Force use of this facility, see Duluth Air National Guard Base.

Duluth International Airport is a city-owned public-use joint civil-military airport located five nautical miles (9 km) northwest of the central business district of Duluth, a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. It serves the Twin Ports area, including Superior, Wisconsin. Mostly used for general aviation but also served by three airlines, it is Minnesota's third-busiest airport, behind Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport (MSP) and Rochester International Airport.

The Minnesota Air National Guard's 148th Fighter Wing, equipped with F-16C Fighting Falcons, is based at Duluth Air National Guard Base, which is located on the grounds of the airport. Aircraft manufacturing company Cirrus is also based on the airport grounds, where it has its main manufacturing facility and headquarters.

History
The City of Duluth purchased the original property for the airport in 1929 from Saint Louis County. The airport was constructed on 640 acre of land with two 2650 ft sod runways. In 1930, the airfield was dedicated as Williamson–Johnson Municipal Airport.

In 1940, Northwest Airlines began the first regularly scheduled air service to Duluth. Two years later, operations were temporarily halted by World War II.

In 1942, three runways were paved. Each runway was 4000 ft long, 150 ft wide, and at nearly equal angles from each other, 30, 90, and 130 degrees. They were identified as runways 3–21, 9–27, and 13–31, respectively. The Corps of Engineers extended Runways 9–27 and 3–21 to 5699 ft in 1945. In 1951, the USAF extended Runway 9–27 to 9000 ft with a 1000 ft overrun and the control tower was built. Runway 9–27 was rebuilt in 1956 and extended in 1966 to 10152 ft in length.

The original terminal building was built in 1954, south of Runway 9–27 and west of Runway 3–21. The terminal floor area was 14200 sqft with 280 parking spaces. It would serve the airport for nearly 20 years.

In 1961, the Duluth Airport Authority Board renamed the facility Duluth International Airport.

In 1973, a new Terminal Building and U.S. Customs, International Arrivals Building, were completed east of Runway 13–31 and opened for operation. Runway 13–31 was shortened to 2578 ft to accommodate construction of an addition to the International Arrivals building. This resulted in Runway 13–31 being closed as a runway due to obstructions. Runway 13–31 was re-striped in 1980, decreasing its width to 75 ft, for use as a taxiway. In 1989, the newer terminal building and the adjacent structures were connected to form one enclosure. The original terminal building was then converted for use as offices for general aviation, the FAA, and the U.S. Weather Bureau.

Since 2001, Minnesota's largest airshow, the Duluth Air & Aviation Expo, takes place each year on the grounds of Duluth International Airport.

In 2013, a new passenger terminal was built directly in front of the 1973 terminal (with the 1973 terminal building having its last flight take place on January 13, 2013). This new building solved several problems of the previous terminal building, including that the tails of parked airplanes extended too close to the runway due to FAA airspace changes made after the building's completion. This terminal building has restrooms and concessions beyond the TSA security checkpoint, something the previous terminal lost when screening processes were put in place after 9/11. The first flight to leave the new terminal was on January 14: United Express Flight 5292 to Chicago O'Hare.

On October 30, 2015, the new terminal was named for the late U.S. Representative Jim Oberstar, who represented the congressional district in which the airport lies from 1975 to 2011 and helped secure funding for the facility before its 2013 opening.

A 370-stall parking ramp with skywalk connection to the terminal was completed in fall 2014.

On May 23, 2019, American Airlines began twice-daily service to Chicago O'Hare International Airport. American ceased operations into Duluth in April 2020, citing lackluster demand. This route is still served multiple times daily by United Express.

In 2020, the airport received a $5,246,844 federal grant via the CARES Act.

Facilities and aircraft
Duluth International Airport covers an area of 3020 acre at an elevation of 1,428 feet (435 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 9/27 is 10591 x with a concrete surface and 3/21 is 5719 x with an asphalt surface.

For the year ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 61,302 aircraft operations, an average of 168 per day: 78% general aviation, 7% military, 11% air taxi and 3% scheduled commercial. At that time, there were 89 aircraft based at this airport: 49 single-engine, 10 multi-engine, 4 jet, 4 helicopter and 22 military.

Ground transportation
The Duluth Transit Authority operates route 108 from the downtown Duluth Transit Center. Sun Country operates a Landline bus service to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport's Terminal 2 from DLH.

Accidents

 * On May 31, 1954, a USAF Douglas C-47 crashed in a gravel pit in heavy fog at then Duluth-Williamson-Johnson Municipal Airport. Eleven of the 14 occupants on board were killed.

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Belgium at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Belgium competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Athletics

 * Key
 * Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
 * Q = Qualified for the next round by position in race or, in field events, by achieving the automatic qualification target
 * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

 * Men
 * Track and road events

 * Track and road events

 * Women
 * Track and road events

Equestrian

 * Eventing

 * Jumping

Gymnastics

 * Artistic
 * Sigrid Persoon
 * Women's Individual All-Around – 43rd place
 * Horse Vault – 18th place
 * Floor Exercise – 54th place
 * Uneven Bars – 64th place
 * Balance Beam – 68th place

Judo

 * Men

 * Women

Sailing
Two men and two women competed in the Sailing competition in four different events.

 * Men

 * Women

Shooting

 * Women

Swimming

 * Men

 * Women

Table Tennis

 * Men

Tennis

 * Women

Triathlon
At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Belgium was represented by two women. One finished, placing sixteenth, while the other withdrew during the second phase.

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Pam Tillis

Pamela Yvonne Tillis (born July 24, 1957) is an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She is the oldest child of country singer Mel Tillis. After recording unsuccessful pop material for Elektra and Warner Records in the early 1980s, Tillis shifted to country music. In 1989, she signed with Arista Nashville, entering top-40 on Hot Country Songs for the first time with "Don't Tell Me What to Do" in 1990. This was the first of five singles from her breakthrough album Put Yourself in My Place.

Tillis recorded five more albums for Arista Nashville in the next ten years, including a greatest hits album. She charted twelve top-ten hits on the Billboard country music charts while on Arista, including the number-one "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" in 1995. Other major hits of hers include her signature song "Maybe It Was Memphis", along with "Shake the Sugar Tree", "Spilled Perfume", a cover of Jackie DeShannon's "When You Walk in the Room", and "All the Good Ones Are Gone". After exiting Arista, Tillis released It's All Relative: Tillis Sings Tillis for Lucky Dog Records in 2002, and RhineStoned and the Christmas album Just in Time for Christmas on her own Stellar Cat label in 2007. Her albums Homeward Looking Angel (1992), Sweetheart's Dance (1994), and Greatest Hits (1997) are all certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, while Put Yourself in My Place and 1995's All of This Love are certified gold.

She has won two major awards: a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals in 1999 for the multiple-artist collaboration "Same Old Train", and the 1994 Country Music Association award for Female Vocalist of the Year. In 2000, she was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. In addition to her own work, Tillis has written songs for Barbara Fairchild, Juice Newton, and Highway 101, among others. Tillis's music style is defined by her singing voice, along with her influences of country, pop, and jazz.

Early life
Pamela Yvonne Tillis was born July 24, 1957, in Plant City, Florida. She is the oldest of five children born to country singer Mel Tillis and his first wife, Doris. Because of her father being a country musician, she spent most of her early life in Nashville, Tennessee. When she was eight, her father invited her to sing "Tom Dooley" onstage at the Grand Ole Opry. She also began taking piano lessons at this age, and taught herself how to play guitar by age 12. At age 16, she was nearly killed in a car accident. She underwent five years of surgery, including facial reconstruction. Pam described her relationship with her father as "strict", and that she often felt "alienated" from him. She also stated that her father disapproved of her musical interests at the time, which included Linda Ronstadt and the Eagles.

Tillis enrolled at the University of Tennessee, where she performed in two different groups - a jug band called the High Country Swing Band, and a folk duo with Ashley Cleveland. She dropped out of college in 1976 and moved to San Francisco, California. There, she founded a band called Freelight, which played jazz and rock. Tillis also sold Avon products for additional income. She briefly worked as a backing vocalist in her father's road band, but later quit this role over creative differences. Despite this, she sang backup on his 1980 hit "Your Body Is an Outlaw". Mel also hired her to work at his publishing company, which led to her writing Barbara Fairchild's 1978 single "The Other Side of the Morning".

1983–1990: Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey and other early work
In 1981, Tillis signed her first recording contract with Elektra Records. The label released her debut single "Every Home Should Have One" that same year. Unlike her later music, "Every Home Should Have One" was a disco song. While this was her only release for Elektra, she remained with its parent company, Warner Records. The latter label released her debut album in 1983 called Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey. The album was co-produced by Dixie Gamble, then-wife of record producer Jimmy Bowen. Assisting her was the production team Jolly Hills Productions, which included session musicians Josh Leo and Craig Krampf. Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey featured the singles "Killer Comfort" and "Love Is Sneakin' Up on You". While neither single charted, the former received a music video that aired on MTV. Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe rated the album two stars out of five, stating that "Pam Tillis, even in her early days, is a smart songwriter with cutting insights on the human experience. To try and make her a carefree New Wave pop star is to undermine what makes her special in the first place."

Citing dissatisfaction with the pop music she was recording, Tillis returned to Nashville, while retaining her contract with Warner. She made her first entry on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 1984 with "Goodbye Highway", a song she co-wrote with Mary Ann Kennedy and Pam Rose. Her follow-up "One of Those Things" did not chart. Janie Fricke later recorded a version of the song, as well. After this came four other singles that made the lower regions of the charts between 1986 and 1987. One of these, "Those Memories of You", was later a top-five hit for Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt. Due to the poor performance of her singles, Tillis was dropped from Warner in 1987. Despite her lack of commercial success, the Academy of Country Music nominated her in 1986 for Top New Female Vocalist. She supported herself in this timespan by performing at various nightclubs and in her own local revues. These included Twang Night (where she sang covers of 1960s country standards) and Women in the Round (where she sang with other female songwriters). The latter featured writers such as Ashley Cleveland, Tricia Walker, and Karen Staley. According to Tillis herself, these revues led to her gaining increased exposure throughout the city. She also supplemented her career by singing advertising jingles for Country Time powdered drink mix, Coca-Cola, and Coors beer.

1989–1992: Put Yourself in My Place
In mid-1989, Arista Records' then-president Clive Davis announced the creation of the label's country music division titled Arista Nashville. Tillis was one of the first five acts signed to the label, alongside Alan Jackson, Lee Roy Parnell, Michelle Wright, and Asleep at the Wheel. Prior to releasing any material of her own, Tillis and Kix Brooks (who later signed to Arista Nashville himself as one-half of Brooks & Dunn) co-wrote the promotional single "Tomorrow's World", released on Warner to honor the 20th anniversary of Earth Day. Twenty different country music acts contributed vocals to the project, including Highway 101, Lynn Anderson, Vince Gill, Dan Seals, and Brooks and Tillis. The song entered the Hot Country Songs charts in May 1990, peaking at 74. Tillis also co-wrote Juice Newton's 1989 single "When Love Comes Around the Bend" (later covered by Dan Seals in 1992) and Highway 101's 1990 single "Someone Else's Trouble Now".

Tillis made her debut on Arista Nashville in late 1990 with "Don't Tell Me What to Do". It peaked at number five on the Billboard country charts in early 1991, thus becoming her first successful single release. The song also went to number one on the country music charts of the former Radio & Records. Marty Stuart also recorded the song for Columbia Records in 1988, although his rendition was not released until 1992. The song served as the lead single to her breakthrough album Put Yourself in My Place, which was issued in January 1991. Paul Worley (a producer and guitarist known at the time for his work with Eddy Raven and Highway 101) co-produced the project with Ed Seay. A re-recording of "One of Those Things" was the album's next single, also reaching top 10 on the country charts. After it came the album's title track, which Tillis co-wrote with Carl Jackson. The album's highest-charting single was "Maybe It Was Memphis", which peaked at number three in early 1992. "Maybe It Was Memphis" has since been described as Tillis's signature song. Tillis had originally recorded the song while on Warner, but did not release this version at the time. According to Billboard, Arista Nashville executives were initially reluctant to release "Maybe It Was Memphis" as a single until Tillis was "firmly established" as an artist, due to the song's more country pop sound. The album's fifth and final single was "Blue Rose Is", another song which Tillis co-wrote. This song was less successful on the charts. All of the singles from Put Yourself in My Place except "Blue Rose Is" also made top 20 on the Canadian country music charts then published by RPM. Another cut from the album, "Ancient History", was later a single for the Canadian band Prairie Oyster in 1996.

Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly gave Put Yourself in My Place a "B+" rating, saying that it "shows how well she can craft smart and sassy country material...and also sell it with a commanding, big-voiced presence". Kevin John Coyne wrote in a 2007 retrospective of Tillis, "It’s easy to overlook Put Yourself in My Place when discussing Pam’s body of work because of the much stronger albums that would follow...However, that’s more of a tribute to the quality of the music to come than any deficiency of the album itself." Brian Mansfield of AllMusic wrote that "The album that established Pam Tillis as a performer in her own right has a traditional country base cut with bluegrass, folk, and rock." The Country Music Association (CMA) nominated Tillis in both 1991 and 1992 for the Horizon Award (now called the Best New Artist Award). The same association nominated her twice in the category Single of the Year: for "Don't Tell Me What to Do" in 1991 and "Maybe It Was Memphis" one year later. She was also nominated by the Academy of Country Music for Top Female Vocalist five times between 1991 and 1995. "Maybe It Was Memphis" also gave Tillis her first Grammy Award nomination, in the category of Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, at the 35th Grammy Awards in 1993. Put Yourself in My Place was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in June 1992 for sales of 500,000 copies.

1992–1995: Homeward Looking Angel and Sweetheart's Dance
In 1992, Arista Nashville released Tillis's next album, Homeward Looking Angel. The lead single, "Shake the Sugar Tree", reached the top five on the country charts the same year. Tillis and Worley both enjoyed the sound of Stephanie Bentley's vocals on the demonstration track and chose to retain them on the final recording. The album charted another top-10 hit with the Gretchen Peters composition "Let That Pony Run". After it, "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" and "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" peaked in lower chart positions. Homeward Looking Angel also included a duet with Diamond Rio lead singer Marty Roe titled "Love Is Only Human". Tillis co-wrote half of the album's songs including "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" with her then-husband, songwriter Bob DiPiero. Worley provided backing vocals on "Do You Know Where Your Man Is". The album was certified platinum in 1995 for sales of one million copies. Alanna Nash rated Homeward Looking Angel "C+", calling Tillis's vocals "irritatingly in-your-face". Roch Parisien of AllMusic called it a "very solid" album, praising the songwriting of the singles in particular.

Tillis contributed to two collaborative singles in 1993: Dolly Parton's "Romeo" and George Jones's "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair". The former was nominated that year for Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, while the latter won Vocal Event of the Year from the Country Music Association (CMA). The CMA organization also nominated her for Female Vocalist of the Year, while "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" was nominated by both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association for Video of the Year. In early 1994, several of Tillis's archived recordings for Warner were compiled into an album titled Collection. Included on this were the singles "There Goes My Love" and "Those Memories of You", along with the original Warner recordings of "Maybe It Was Memphis" and "One of Those Things". Also included was her previously unreleased rendition of "Five Minutes", a single in 1990 for Lorrie Morgan. Mansfield considered the inclusion of the latter three songs "interesting" in a review for AllMusic.

Sweetheart's Dance, Tillis's third Arista album, was released in April 1994. A year later, it became her second platinum album. It was also certified platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (now Music Canada). Tillis intentionally sought more songs by outside writers than on the first two Arista albums, stating that she "wanted to paint a landscape rather than a self-portrait". She also co-produced for the first time, doing so with guitarist and producer Steve Fishell. The album's lead single "Spilled Perfume" (which Tillis co-wrote with Dean Dillon) reached top five on the country charts after its release. Its follow-up was a cover of Jackie DeShannon's "When You Walk in the Room", which peaked at number two on Billboard and number one on Radio & Records. This cover featured backing vocals from Mary Chapin Carpenter and Kim Richey. After it came "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)", Tillis's only number-one single on both the Billboard and RPM charts. The album's next single, "I Was Blown Away", made number 16 before Tillis requested that it be withdrawn as a single, as she thought the title would be insensitive to listeners after the Oklahoma City bombing. Its replacement was "In Between Dances", which became a top five hit by year's end. The album's closing track "'Til All the Lonely's Gone" featured bluegrass musician Bill Monroe on mandolin, plus backing vocals from Mel Tillis along with Pam's siblings Carrie, Cindy, Connie, and Mel Tillis Jr. Brian Mansfield rated the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, writing that it "found the magic blend of Nashville sound, California country rock, and post-Beatles pop." John D. McLaughlin of The Province called Tillis "clear-eyed and confident", while praising the inclusion of her family on the closing track. The CMA awarded her Female Vocalist of the Year in 1994, and she was nominated again in the same category again every year through 1997. "Mi Vida Loca" was nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards in early 1996.

1995–1997: All of This Love and Greatest Hits
During this time, Tillis played a benefit concert for Nashville Cares, a local association dedicated to support of those with HIV/AIDS. In late 1995, Tillis released All of This Love, her fourth disc for Arista and fifth overall. All of This Love produced top-10 hits with "Deep Down" and "The River and the Highway". Also included on it were the number-14 "It's Lonely Out There" and "Betty's Got a Bass Boat", her first Arista single to miss the top 40. She produced the album by herself. At the time, Tom Roland of The Tennessean noted the rarity of female producers in country music, citing Gail Davies, Rosanne Cash, and Wendy Waldman among the few. Tillis compared her role as producer to that of a film director and noted that all of the musicians involved were supportive. She also considered her role "ironic" because the song "The River and the Highway" contrasts how men and women perceive a relationship. Billboard rated All of This Love favorably, saying that Tillis "continues to mature as a singer". All of This Love became Tillis's second gold album. She supported the album by touring with Lorrie Morgan and Carlene Carter.

A Greatest Hits package followed in 1997, compiling her most successful Arista singles to that point. The album featured two new tracks which were both released as singles. These were "All the Good Ones Are Gone" and "Land of the Living", which both reached top five on the country charts in 1997. The former was nominated Song of the Year at the 1997 Academy of Country Music awards, Music Video of the Year and Single of the Year at the Country Music Association awards, and Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the 40th Grammy Awards. Greatest Hits became Tillis's third and final platinum album in 2001.

1998–2001: Every Time and Thunder & Roses
Tillis released Every Time for Arista Nashville in 1998. Unlike her previous albums, Tillis did not co-write any of the songs. She told The Tennessean at the time of the album's release that she thought her then-recent divorce from Bob DiPiero would make any song she co-wrote "dark and depressing". Contributing writers on the album were Beth Nielsen Chapman, Leslie Satcher, and Eagles member Timothy B. Schmit. Tillis co-produced with guitarist and producer Billy Joe Walker Jr., with additional production from Chris Farren on his composition "We Must Be Thinking Alike". One of Satcher's compositions, "I Said a Prayer", was the album's lead single. This song reached number twelve on the American country charts and number seven on the Canadian country charts. The title track was the album's only other single. Jana Pendragon of Allmusic praised Tillis's voice and song selection, although she criticized the "usual overproduction that characterizes Nashville in the '90s". Joel Bernstein of Country Standard Time was mixed toward the album as well. He thought that "I Said a Prayer" sounded like a "sixties girl group" and said that the rest of the album "lacks her usual playfulness."

Tillis was involved in multiple collaborative efforts after the release of Every Time. One of these was recording the original song "After a Kiss" for the soundtrack to the 1999 film Happy, Texas. This song charted at number 50 on Hot Country Songs that year. She was also one of several artists on the single "Same Old Train" from the 1999 Columbia Records tribute album Tribute to Tradition. This song won the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals that same year. The Academy of Country Music also nominated this collaboration for Vocal Event of the Year, her last nomination to date from that association. She and Jason Sellers covered George Jones and Tammy Wynette's 1976 duet "Golden Ring" on Sellers's 1999 album A Matter of Time. Also in 1999, Tillis played several concerts with her father. In 2000, country singer Little Jimmy Dickens invited Tillis to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Marty Stuart inducted her on August 26, 2000. Later that year she appeared at a ceremony honoring the Grand Ole Opry's 75th anniversary, which was televised on the former TNN (The Nashville Network). Kenny Chesney's 2000 single "I Lost It" featured Tillis on background vocals.

Restructuring of Arista Nashville's parent company Sony Music Nashville delayed release of Tillis's last Arista album Thunder & Roses. Originally slated for release in 2000, it was not issued until early 2001. The album included another duet with her father called "Waiting on the Wind". The pair had previously sung the song in concert several years prior. Walker and Worley alternated production duties with Dann Huff and Kenny Greenberg. The only chart entry off Thunder & Roses was "Please", which peaked at number 22 on the Billboard country chart. Kevin Oliver of Country Standard Time described "Please" as "one of those uplifting slice of life anthems that sounds great on the radio and connects with women on some level that men will never completely understand." He also thought the album as a whole had a "strong yet deft touch". Tillis herself cited the song as one that would appeal to single women.

2002–2003: It's All Relative
Tillis exited Arista Nashville in early 2002, citing both the expiration of her contract and her dissatisfaction with Arista executives prioritizing songs that had potential radio success over songs she wanted to record. After exiting the label, she began recording a tribute album to her father, consisting of songs that he recorded or wrote for other artists. Although she originally intended to record the project independently, she signed with Epic Records' Lucky Dog branch in 2002. Titled It's All Relative: Tillis Sings Tillis, the tribute album was released through Lucky Dog that same year. Ray Benson, frontman of the Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel, produced the album. One of the songs covered was "I Ain't Never", a number-one single for Mel Tillis in 1972. It also featured covers of Patsy Cline's "So Wrong" and Bobby Bare's "Detroit City". Dolly Parton contributed vocals to a cover of "The Violet and a Rose", Mel Tillis's first chart entry in 1958. Trisha Yearwood and Rhonda Vincent sang backing vocals on a cover of "Honey (Open That Door)", a number-one single written by Mel Tillis for Ricky Skaggs. Other musicians on the album included Marty Stuart, Delbert McClinton, and The Jordanaires. Country Standard Time writer Eli Messinger praised Pam Tillis's vocal delivery on her father's songs, calling the collection "heartfelt".

In June 2003, Tillis was dropped from Lucky Dog following another label re-structuring. Despite this, she began performing her own shows in Branson, Missouri at a theater owned by comedian Yakov Smirnoff. These shows included both her and her father's hit singles, as well as stories about her childhood. Her sister Carrie contributed backing vocals to these shows. Smirnoff had offered her the opportunity to perform there, and she accepted because she thought it would allow for a different presentation style than her standard concerts. In particular, the use of a theater allowed her to incorporate costumes into her performance. She continued to perform in Branson in 2004 with Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers. In 2005, she replaced Linda Davis as the lead act of an annual Christmas concert held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville. She continued to tour at this point, and compiled both a concert DVD and a Christmas album sold exclusively at her shows.

2007–present: Founding her own record label
Tillis did not release another album until 2007, when she founded her own label called Stellar Cat. Her first album for her own label was RhineStoned. Co-writers on the album included Leslie Satcher, Lisa Brokop, Matraca Berg, Jon Randall, and Verlon Thompson. John Anderson sang duet vocals on "Life Sure Has Changed Us Around". Tillis thought that being on her own label allowed her more creative freedom than before, including her decisions to market the album to Americana music formats, and to make a music video for the track "Band in the Window" despite not officially promoting it as a single. She co-produced the project with singer-songwriter Gary Nicholson. Kevin Oliver of Country Standard Time found influences of rock music and jazz, stating that the album was "widely varied and enjoyable". The Christmas album previously available only at her concerts was released later in the year as Just in Time for Christmas. It featured a mix of Christmas standards and original content. Also in 2007, the Country Music Hall of Fame opened an exhibition called "It's All Relative", featuring artifacts from Mel and Pam's music careers.

Tillis started a tour in 2008 that included Regina, Saskatchewan dates in January. For this tour, she sang both her and her father's songs, along with album cuts and new material. She recorded no other albums until 2012's Recollection, which comprised re-recordings of her hit singles from Arista Nashville. She chose to do this when noticing how "dated" she thought some of her old songs sounded, and relied on her road band to provide instrumentation. After she booked tour dates with Lorrie Morgan, the two artists decided to record a collaborative album called Dos Divas in 2013. The album included a mix of solo songs from each artist as well as a number of duets. They also toured together to promote this album on a tour called Grits and Glamour. A second collaborative album, Come See Me and Come Lonely, followed in 2017. Also at this point she began performing acoustic concerts with two acoustic guitarists as the Pam Tillis Trio. Tillis, Morgan, and Terri Clark held a benefit concert in 2018 for country singer Anita Cochran after she was diagnosed with cancer. Tillis also revived Women in the Round in 2017 with Ashley Cleveland, Tricia Walker, and Karen Staley.

In 2020, Tillis announced that she had been recording a new album. On February 28, 2020, Tillis released the title track of the album, "Looking for a Feeling". The album itself was released two months later. It features twelve tracks, six of which were co-written by Tillis, as well as a cover of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings's "Dark Turn of Mind". On June 29, 2022, Tillis had been nominated for induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame alongside Kirk Franklin, Brad Paisley, and Shania Twain, though Twain ultimately received the honor.

Musical styles
Colin Larkin wrote in the Virgin Encyclopedia of Country Music in 1999 that "her powerful vocal styling may not suit everybody". He also wrote at the time that "it still remains to be seen whether she can really establish herself with the hardline country traditionalists." The editors of the Encyclopedia of Country Music described Tillis as a "vocal stylist...pairing contemporary country lyrics with traditional country vocals, paving the way for such singers as Mindy McCready". Tillis described her own vocal style as "not the twangiest country singer out there", as she thought her voice also contained rhythm and blues and rock phrasings. Roch Parisien of AllMusic described her voice as "pure, full-bodied country" and a "genuinely throaty twang", despite considering it "exaggerated to the point of annoyance" on "Do You Know Where Your Man Is". Steven Wine, reviewing Looking for a Feeling for the Associated Press, said that she "has mastered the art of singing without raising her voice. She swoops and slides, yes, but most of all she smolders, an alto with a blue hue." Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly wrote of Sweetheart's Dance that "Moving beyond the attention she gained from her Kewpie doll face and piercing soprano, she’s gone the distance to incorporate all of her musical past into the country framework for an updated, '90s feel." Robert K. Oermann, in the book Behind the Grand Ole Opry Curtain: Tales of Romance and Tragedy, described Tillis as having a "torrid soprano", "vivid songwriting", and "enchanting wit".

Writers have taken notice of Tillis's use of wordplay in her material. Reviewing All of This Love for Country Standard Time, Joel Bernstein noted Tillis's affinity for wordplay in her song titles, such as on that album's "Tequila Mockingbird". Nash criticized the song for similar reasons, and Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe cited "Blue Rose Is" as another example of wordplay. Bernstein also thought of her decision to produce All of This Love by herself that "tastefulness continues to be Tillis' trademark". In an interview with Country Universe in 2020, Tillis stated that her later albums featured fewer songs she wrote than her earlier albums due to her own criticism of her work. She ultimately decided to start co-writing again on Looking for a Feeling because she considered her own writing to be "words out of [her] heart". Nash, reviewing Collection in 1994, thought that because the album contained material recorded earlier in her career, it lacked the "plucky personality and the supercharged vocals that now punch their way out of the radio". Both Nash and Larry Crowley of The Arizona Republic thought that "Spilled Perfume", which is about one woman confronting another over a one-night stand, displayed feminist themes. Coyne thought that Put Yourself in My Place showed an unusual amount of artistic freedom for a new country music act in the 1990s. He considered "Maybe It Was Memphis" to be her signature song, stating that its "fiery performance and the aggressive production still sound fresh today".

Being the daughter of a country musician, she was regularly compared to her father. Because of this, she told the Associated Press in 2017 that she felt the best advice to give to an aspiring musician was "be yourself". She also said that her father exposed her to other musical influences besides himself, such as Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn. Despite this, she also noted that her father was very strict about what music she could listen to and what concerts she could attend as a child; specifically, she stated that her listening to The Beatles "alienated" him. In addition, she stated that differences in musical tastes were what ended her role as his backing vocalist. Of her attempts to establish a musical identity separate from her father, Colin Larkin wrote in 1999 that she "has made a promising start".

Acting
Tillis holds several acting roles in television, film, and theater. One of her first was the 1993 movie The Thing Called Love, in which she and several other country music singers made guest appearances. She also had cameo appearances in the NBC crime show L.A. Law, along with episodes of Diagnosis: Murder and Promised Land on CBS. Of acting, Tillis said that she did not find it considerably different from singing, because both roles require "taking the raw material of emotion and making something out of it." In 1999, she appeared in the Broadway revue Smokey Joe's Cafe, where she and others performed various show tunes by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Of doing so, Tillis stated at the time that she "wanted to branch out", and took a role in the show when her agent found the position was available. She also appeared as herself on the American Broadcasting Company musical drama Nashville. Drag queen RuPaul, a fan of Tillis's, invited her to appear as a guest judge on an episode of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Personal life
Pam Tillis' first marriage was to Rick Mason in 1978. The couple had one son named Ben, with whom Tillis was pregnant when the couple divorced that same year. She told Closer Weekly in 2019 that she divorced Mason due to his alcoholism and her concerns that she "was not ready" to be in a relationship. She assumed custody of Ben after the divorce. As of 2019, Ben works as a wilderness guide.

In 1991 Tillis married songwriter and guitarist Bob DiPiero. He occasionally toured as a member of her road band Mystic Biscuit. DiPiero co-wrote "Blue Rose Is", "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial", and "It's Lonely Out There". In 1996, the couple bought a house in Nashville which was previously owned by Rodney Crowell and Rosanne Cash prior to those two singers' divorce. Tillis and DiPiero divorced in 1998. In 2019, she told Closer Weekly that the two divorced because she felt that their musical careers were overtaking their personal lives, although she also stated that she still considered DiPiero an "awesome person". Tillis began dating musician, photographer, and record producer Matt Spicher in 2001. The two married in 2009.

Tillis' brother Mel Tillis Jr., often credited as Sonny Tillis, is also a singer and songwriter. He co-wrote Jamie O'Neal's number-one single "When I Think About Angels" along with singles by Clinton Gregory, Tammy Cochran, and Ty Herndon. Tillis' dad, Mel Tillis, died at age 85 in 2017, after which Sonny began touring as a tribute act to him. Tillis' mom and Mel Tillis' first wife, Doris, died at age 79 in 2019.

Discography
Studio albums
 * Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey (1983)
 * Put Yourself in My Place (1991)
 * Homeward Looking Angel (1992)
 * Sweetheart's Dance (1994)
 * All of This Love (1995)
 * Every Time (1998)
 * Thunder & Roses (2001)
 * It's All Relative: Tillis Sings Tillis (2002)
 * RhineStoned (2007)
 * Just in Time for Christmas (2007)
 * Recollection (2009)
 * Dos Divas with Lorrie Morgan (2013)
 * Come See Me and Come Lonely with Lorrie Morgan (2017)
 * Looking for a Feeling (2020)

Awards and nominations

 * Notes

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Talk:Far Cry (video game)

Vehicle: blow up doll ?
I don't recall this one! Vandalism?

Film
A film that is based on the movie has been announced and I think it ought to be mentioned in the article, but which section should it be put in? Create a new section for it? Here's the IMDb info: - Quirk 19:17, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Oh, no!
Uwe Boll is directing the Far Cry movie? Even after the mess he made out of House of the Dead?! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY??????????????????!!!!!!!!!!?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????? Link 486 8: 43 a.m, on Wednesday December 13th, 2006.

 * I heard this directly from Boll himself: it's specifically to piss YOU off. Go fig. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.94.56.107 (talk) 01:38, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Pistol Identity. Desert Eagle?
The picture caption states, "Standing on a beach area with a Desert Eagle". Im not certain but I think the pistol is called something else. Falcon something I think. Does anyone else know for sure?

There is a chance that the pistol in diferent versions (Far Cry, Far Cry: Instincts, etc) may be different, I know some weapons are.

Also I belive Rythie (bellow) is right. The original 'Far Cry' is PC only, 'Far Cry: Instincts' is X-Box exclusive. There is also another called 'Far Cry: Evoulution' which is out for X-Box and X-Box 360, and possibly PC. Im not quite sure; all the different versions are a little confusing.

Guest, The-Edge.

 * In the PC version, the pistol is named the "Jungle Falcon", apparently a play on the title "Desert Eagle" Far Cry: Instincts is different from the PC version in that it appears that you gain abilities similar to the Trigens. Delta 19:23, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

In the manual included with the PC version of the game and in the game itself the pistol is called the Falcon 357 but I have no idea about console versions of the game. You could ask the guy who submitted it to say what console the screenshot is from to clear up the problem. Hydraton31 15:38, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Surely there can be at least one decent screen shot!!! (Lachlan, Far Cry gamer, 15/12/2006).

This was never released on Consoles
I do not believe this game was released on consoles. I do not know for sure, but I believe that to be true. However, Farcry Instincts is an Xbox Exclusive. Mrja84 24:09 EDST

I think the text could be slightly clearer, from what I can tell, 'Far Cry' is the original game for the PC and 'Far Cry Instincts' is the port to the Xbox, it's not clear what the differences between the version are. User:Rythie

The Xbox version is a whole different game, only shares the engine, universe and character name really...

 * All the sequences and story line are the same. Other then the resolution was 800x600, uses the controller S made simular, having all the multiplayer maps coming with v1.0, it is the same exact game. User:Renegadeviking

M4?
Might I ask what an m727 is? It looks very, very much like an M4 to me. Delta 20:18, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Correct me if I'm wrong, anyone who can, but most modern FPS' change the names of weapons in order to avoid a lawsuit or having to pay royalties for using the names of actual weapons. 207.5.213.97 (talk) 05:19, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

No plot summary
The instincts article has one, but this one does not. :/

- I just added one, although it has been a while since I played the game. It should all be correct though. --Tenkosaurus 18:14, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

I've played it through 3 times, and added details to it including quotes from Doyle and Kriegger. You did pretty well though, good job. -psych787

q 0:51, 29 Jan 2006 EST

How do you get God mode? It doesn't work for me!

Saving
The article claims a quick saving feature was added in a later patch. It must be well hidden, as I've never noticed it yet.

Cyanara 14:01, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

The current version allows players to manually save and load via console commands. Not much, but it beats relying on the checkpoints. BobBQ 08:53, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Removal of the HDR section
I removed the HDR section because that information should be in the HDR article, not in the Far Cry one. ~Uniclyclopedia

Patch 1.4 multiplayer changes
i added the minor changes in player classes section, much more info is outdated since 1.4 (HntrXXL 00:03, 4 November 2006 (UTC))

1.4 patch
Why is the 1.4 patch not available on the official web site? This is why I tried to change this article to reflect the fact that 1.33 is the latest officially available, but someone changed it back :-(. Krymzn.

Krymzn, Patch 1.4 is available from the UBI Patch downloads page... http://www.ubi.com/US/Downloads/Info.aspx?dlId=691

CuZ (UBI Far Cry Forum Moderator, member of Patch 1.4 Dev Team)

Use by the military
Hi guys, I am not a big wikipedian, but thought you might find this interesting http://tsj.dnmediagroup.com/story.php?F=2483939. The military is using Far Cry as a training tool. You might like to add this to the article.

--Matt 23:42, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Criticism Section removed
I'm removing the criticism section, all the info in that section is purely POV and unsourced. PowderedToastMan 08:41, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

It Is But Requires The New Patch Include This

Free/not free? What's the deal with that?
99.55.162.206 (talk) 05:05, 31 May 2009 (UTC) 10;00 pm 5/30/09

So About that "No Plot Summary For Three Months" Thing
As stated, I am dissapoint, and will therefore make this the first article I add to my watchlist, as everyone else watching this article is clearly an invalid. ScottMcTonyJuice (talk) 04:28, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Please do not resort to personal attacks. Furthermore, I just pruned and reworded the plot section that you added. Better flow, less clutter. Eik Corell 07:38, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I had to resort to personal attacks bro, how else was I to be sure mumble mumble something something. And yeah, I just added the old one, which was way too long, but it's better than not having one, and I'm lazy. Thanks and good work, then. (This edit was totally useless) ScottMcTonyJuice (talk) 02:01, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Total sales claim.
As the world wide sales are unsourced I have added one. The latest verifiable source that I could find for world wide sales, quoted figures for Jan 2009. I have changed the world wide figures to reflect this and added the source. Metafis (talk) 22:32, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Expand on Plot
I'll admit I'm new at this, and I probably don't have a clue as to what's going on, but shouldn't there be more in the plot section? After reading some of the plot sections of other articles, I just think that this one could expand on it a little more. Talk about the missions, the Trygens, Doyle. Again, if this is out of line, please forgive me. Talson Kaot (talk) 04:03, 4 May 2011 (UTC)Talson Kaot

Genocide
"genocide of local islanders"? Where did this come from? Is there any support for it? I don't recall seeing much evidence of an indigenous population on the islands, apart from ancient ruins. I rather assumed that Krieger had been mutating mercs who displeased him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Denorios (talk • contribs) 22:47, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

The Band section
It seems the band 'Farcry' has nothing to do with the actual game, so I imagine that the section should be removed.

Honestly it seems like someone's trying to advertise the band on this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.160.179.174 (talk) 16:19, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

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 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. – ABCD 23:20, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

118 999
Delete. Not encyclopedic, admitted parody. Tufflaw 19:18, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, but put into BJAODN. Made me laugh. The JPS 21:13, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Carnildo 22:52, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Josh Cherry 00:02, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * BJAODN Dsmdgold 01:41, Apr 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * BJAODN. Megan1967 02:17, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Must be a British thing.  Sure doesn't make me laugh.  RickK 07:00, Apr 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Didn't make me laugh either. Sjakkalle 09:15, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as self-admitted parody, and not even a funny one at that. Those Britons are crazy!   — J I P | Talk 12:12, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * BJAODN. I may not understand the reference, but the European users sure seem to. - Lucky 6.9 08:57, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm European, and I don't understand the reference at all.   — J I P | Talk 05:29, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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DAT (airline)

DAT A/S, formerly named Danish Air Transport, is a Danish airline headquartered in Vamdrup, Kolding Municipality, operating scheduled and chartered passenger and cargo flights mainly from airports in Denmark.

History
DAT was founded as Danish Air Transport and started operations in 1989, initially as a cargo airline. Soon special operations like the transport of live horses or supplies for the Paris Dakar Rally in Africa were offered, too. Passenger charter flights were added in 1994, with the subsequent launch of scheduled services on 18 November, 1996.

Since 2003, DAT also owns DAT LT which operates under its own Lithuanian AOC. Prior to 2020, the airline changed its legal name and brand from Danish Air Transport to the abbreviated DAT.

In September 2021, DAT retired their sole McDonnell Douglas MD-83 which was the last aircraft of its type operated in Europe.

Fleet
As of February 2024, the DAT fleet consists of the following aircraft:

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Talk:Baldwin Street

Much steeper hill in Andalucia
There is a very much steeper hill in the Andalucian village Alcalá de los Gazules and the street is called Calle Nuestra Señora de los Santos. In fact, in the town there are several streets much steeper than this. Sounds like this is a non-article. Alcalainonuevo 14:37, 15 January 2010 (GMT)
 * You misunderstand - the criteria is notability, not gradient. XLerate (talk) 22:00, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, so why is this street notable but for its gradient? Excuses, excuses... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.150.172.71 (talk) 01:12, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

 * Actually Baldwin Street is only notable because it is said to be the steepest street in the world - a claim which seems to be incorrect.203.184.41.226 (talk) 06:52, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Do you have pictures? Or do you have coordinates if they're on streetview?--Dqeswn (talk) 19:47, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
 * The location is here, Street View is available: It doesn't look very steep to me. 143.252.80.100 (talk) 14:27, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Improvements needed
Apart from obvious referencing shortcomings, the article lead is too short. There is little on early history. Some digging in PapersPast may reveal valuable information. Is the classic Dunedin history City of Dunedin silent on Baldwin Street?  Schwede 66  08:53, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

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Special Duties Unit

The Special Duties Unit (SDU; ), nicknamed the "Flying Tigers", is the elite tactical unit of the Hong Kong Police Force tasked with countering terrorist attacks, hostage rescue, underwater search and recovery, and tackling serious crime involving firearms.

The SDU is a subdivision of the Police Tactical Unit which is part of 'A' Department (Operations & Support). The SDU is based at the Police Tactical Unit Headquarters in Fanling.

History
The SDU was established in 1974 by the British Hong Kong Government in response to the ever-increasing threat of international terrorism. The SDU, then consisting of ten odd members, used existing police weaponry and devised their own tactics.

In early 1978, the British Special Air Service sent an advisory team to Hong Kong, which was initially to evaluate the SDU and subsequently trained two land assault teams resulting in considerable changes to SDU equipment and tactics. In 1982, the British Special Boat Service sent an advisory team to Hong Kong to establish a water assault team including training in military diving.

Organisation
The Special Duties Unit consists of a support group, administration group, and the action group. The action group is the core of the SDU, further categorized into the assault team and the sniper team.

The SDU structure consists of the following as of 2014:

 * Administration Group (Headquarters) which is responsible for all administrative works, as well as providing intelligence to operations
 * Action Group
 * Assault Teams
 * Team A, Team B, Team C (Training of SDU officers)
 * Sniper Team
 * Boat Team: Provides sea transportation for the assault team, and maintains the SDU fleet of small vessels
 * Support Group
 * Medical Support Team: Consists of combat medics who perform operations along the assault team
 * Transportation Team: Maintains the SDU fleet of land vehicles

The SDU has five Belgian Shepherd dogs.

Selection and training
A volunteer for the SDU has to successfully complete an 11-day selection course known as Hell Week which is held annually that has a success rate of only 25%. After successfully completing selection, the applicant is required to complete a nine-month training course that includes weapons handling and marksmanship, tactical movement, unarmed combat, breaching, climbing and roping, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents, and combat medicine. Applications are open to women officers, with no female officers to date. Between 1974 and 2014, 383 officers had served in the SDU.

Prior to 1998, the SDU selection course was 10 to 14 days in length with most of the emphasis placed on physical endurance. In 1998, this changed to a basic four-day selection course with more emphasis on mental attributes than physical ones. Those who successfully passed the basic selection course were given a five-week build-up course followed by a week-long advanced selection course. The course concentrated on weapons handling and use, elementary close-quarter battle, camouflage and concealment, physical fitness, observation and commentary, first aid, and map reading. For the period 1998–99, 44 officers applied with 14 selected.

Equipment and weapons

SDU officers deploy in Crye Precision G3 combat dress of various camouflage patterns depending on the environment. Officers may also deploy in plain clothes during a rapid response when there is no time to change. Armor and accessories include Ops-Core FAST ballistic helmets with attachable night-vision scopes and ear protection, MSA Advantage 1000 CBA-RCA respirators, and Dräger LAR V rebreathers (for tactical diving). Unlike many similar units around the world, most of the SDU officers do not display the word "Police" on their uniforms.

The SDU mainly uses firearms manufactured in the United States and Europe, and its latest equipment primarily include the Glock 17 handgun, the HK MP5 submachine gun, and the SIG Sauer SIG516 assault rifle. Shotguns include the Remington 870 and Benelli M1 Super 90. Snipers rifles used are the Remington 700, Knight's Armament Company SR-25, Accuracy International AX308, CS/LR4, QBU-203, Accuracy International AS50 and SIG Sauer SSG 3000.

In 2020, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, placed restrictions on the sale of military equipment to Hong Kong following the passing of the national security law. As a consequence, an order of 1000 replacement MPX submachine guns and SIG516 assault rifles for the SDU and other units placed in early 2021 was cancelled by SIG Sauer, and the Hong Kong police will need to source firearms elsewhere for all units, including the SDU.

The SDU has several land vehicles including the Mercedes-Benz Unimog U5000 armoured personnel carrier, the Jankel Guardian Tactical Intervention Vehicle based on a Ford F-450 chassis, Mercedes-Benz Vario van and Man LE14.224 truck. The SDU has two types of watercraft to support its maritime operations; the FB Design RIB 55 ft high speed interceptor and Zodiac inflatables. The Government Flying Service provides aviation support with Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma and Eurocopter EC155 helicopters.

Known operations

 * 1992: During a raid, the Unit was met with heavy resistance by four jewel robbers armed with AK assault rifles and hand grenades. Seven officers, including members of the Unit, were severely injured from a grenade blast. As a result of the incident, the Unit's Close Quarters Battle techniques were further refined to fit Hong Kong's unique urban environment and new equipment was added to the unit's arsenal. All suspects were apprehended.
 * 2003: Kwai Ping-hung, the most wanted person in Hong Kong, was arrested in his flat in a raid by the Unit with no shots fired. This was the most high-profile arrest made in Hong Kong's history.
 * 2005: During the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2005 in Hong Kong, the Unit was deployed to protect WTO delegates.
 * 2014: In a heavily televised standoff, the Unit was deployed to a flat in a residential skyscraper in Kowloon Bay after a disgruntled man armed with a heavy calibre pistol shot and killed another man in the building and barricaded himself in the flat. Multiple shots were exchanged, along with the use of flashbang grenades, which were clearly seen and heard on live television. Several SDU officers breached the flat through the front door while others rappelled from the roof of the skyscraper and entered the flat through the windows. By the time the officers reached the man, he had shot himself. The man later died from suicide.
 * 2019: During the Christchurch mosque shootings, two members of the Unit training in Christchurch helped respond to the shooting alongside local police by providing medical treatment to victims of the attacks.
 * 2019-2020: During the anti-extradition protests, SDU operators as part of the Special Tactical Contingent (STC) took part in dispersing and arresting protestors. STC officers were accused of using excessive force during arrests with an Amnesty International field investigation finding that the STC was responsible for "the worst violence" by the police force. Apple Daily and New Tang Dynasty Television reported that SDU operators disguised as protesters provoked fights with protestors in order for them to be arrested. Newtalk reported that SDU operators disguised as protestors committed illegal acts such as setting fire on the street as part of a false flag operation. Police arrested a Hong Kong Museum of History employee for obstruction who uploaded photos to social media of a SDU observation post in the museum that was observing the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

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Blue Grass Airport

Blue Grass Airport is a public airport in Fayette County, Kentucky, United States, 6 miles west of downtown Lexington. Located among horse farms and situated directly across from Keeneland Race Course, Blue Grass Airport is the primary airport serving central and eastern Kentucky. More than 1.3 million passengers depart or arrive annually at Blue Grass Airport. In 2017, the airport served 1,316,847 passengers via four major airline carriers: Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines.

Facilities
The airport covers 911 acre and has two runways. On August 4, 2010, a new 4,000 foot runway, 9/27, opened replacing the previous 3,500 foot runway, 8/26. The previous runway, which is in a similar location as the new runway except that it overlapped runway 22, was removed after a 2006 crash of a Delta Connection flight, during which all aboard except the co-pilot were killed after an attempted take-off from the wrong, shorter runway. Blue Grass Airport is home to the Aviation Museum of Kentucky, which features more than 25,000 square feet of exhibit space displaying restored aircraft and memorabilia. The current main terminal building opened in 1977. On April 18, 2007, Blue Grass Airport opened an extension of Concourse B, adding six boarding gates with four new jet bridges.

Law enforcement and fire protection
This airport is protected by the Blue Grass Airport Department of Public Safety, located at 4101 Aviator Road, approximately the middle of the airport. This is an Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) facility with five apparatus bays, administration and operations, on-site residential living quarters, classroom-style training and physical training facilities, and a flight line watch room. The apparatus bays are located on the level aligned with the airfield, along with the frequently used spaces are located as close as possible to the apparatus bays to minimize response times. All of the DPS officers are trained and certified in law enforcement, firefighting, and EMS. Officers of the DPS work shifts of 24-on and 48-off, which is a typical firefighter's shift. During the 24-hour work shift, they perform all aspects of public safety - law enforcement, firefighting, and EMS. They are required to have 100 hours of fire training every year on top of the 40 hours of law enforcement training each year.

Economic impact
Blue Grass Airport is a catalyst for economic growth in the region, contributing to both the Lexington area and other parts of Kentucky. The airport is an important component of Lexington's economy, providing 3,478 jobs for Lexington and an annual economic impact of $370 million. In addition to commercial passenger service, the airport also offers corporate and general aviation services, including a newly constructed general aviation terminal, U.S. Customs, charter flights, aircraft maintenance, hangars, and flight instruction.

Passenger numbers
The airport is the third busiest airport in Kentucky, behind Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (9.1 million passengers/year) and Louisville International Airport (4.2 million passengers/year).

History
Blue Grass Airport began as a municipal airfield that was developed with the assistance of the Federal Civil Works Administration as part of a state-wide airport development policy in 1933. The town share for construction was $1,362 with a portion of $22,427 spent in Lexington overall. Blue Grass Airport opened with a star-shaped layout. In World War II it was used by pilots training at Bowman for dead-stick landing practice in preparation for glider assaults.

The original airport logo was designed by a student who attended and graduated from the University of Kentucky. Dr. Jill Reiling Markey (class of 1978) designed the logo in 1976. The current logo is based on Dr. Markey's design. For her efforts, Dr. Markey was awarded the Commission of Kentucky Colonel by then Governor Julian M. Carroll in 1976.

Accidents and incidents

 * November 14, 1970: An Aero Commander 1121 Jet Commander operated by Royal Crown Cola Corp. impacted terrain at a steep angle during a missed approach procedure possibly caused by spatial disorientation, low ceiling and rain. Both occupants were killed.
 * December 5, 1987: After suffering an in-flight engine fire en route from Dallas, Texas to New York, the flight crew of a Hawker Siddeley HS.125 business jet, registration number N400PH, touched down short of the runway while attempting an emergency landing. The jet crossed a highway and struck an automobile, utility poles and two fences, killing the pilot and copilot and injuring both passengers in the aircraft and two people in the automobile. The accident was attributed to the crew's inadvertent retraction of the aircraft's flaps, causing the jet to suddenly lose altitude.
 * November 1993: The flight crew of a commercial jet was cleared for takeoff on Runway 22 but mistakenly entered the shorter Runway 26 instead. Tower personnel noticed the mistake and canceled the aircraft's takeoff clearance just as the crew realized their error. The aircraft subsequently made a safe departure from Runway 22.
 * August 30, 2002: A Learjet 35C, registration number N45CP, overran Runway 4 on landing, killing one passenger and seriously injuring four other occupants of the aircraft. The accident was attributed to the pilot's application of additional forward thrust after failing to properly deploy the jet's thrust reversers.
 * August 27, 2006: Comair Flight 5191, a Bombardier CRJ-100ER operated by regional carrier Comair on behalf of Delta Connection, overran Runway 26 and crashed after being cleared for takeoff from the much longer Runway 22. There were 49 fatalities and first officer James Polehinke was the only survivor.
 * March 25, 2009: A Cessna 182, registration number N4871N, crashed 3 mi (5 km) west of the airport, killing the pilot, who was flying alone. The pilot apparently became disoriented during the landing approach after losing electrical power in densely clouded IFR conditions, but the cause of the crash was not positively determined.
 * March 24, 2010: A medical helicopter, Eurocopter EC135, made an emergency landing with a patient on board, skidding to a stop along a grassy area next to a runway after an engine had lost power. There were no reports of injuries, but emergency vehicles flooded the area moments after the helicopter landed.
 * March 9, 2011: NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and two others were unhurt after the landing gear of their Falcon 20 collapsed as the plane landed, causing the plane to skid to a stop on the runway. The plane was en route to Lexington from Statesville, North Carolina.
 * The evening after Biffle's accident, around 7:00 p.m., an Atlantic Southeast Airlines Bombardier regional jet flying for Delta Connection made an emergency landing in Lexington. The plane carried 38 people, including the entire football coaching staff from Marshall University. The jet was supposed to land in Charleston, West Virginia but diverted because of landing-gear troubles. The Marshall coaches were reportedly on their way back from trips to Mississippi State University and Texas Christian University.
 * December 21, 2011: An AirTran Boeing 717 carrying 106 passengers experienced engine trouble on its way from O'Hare International Airport to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport and safely landed at Blue Grass Airport just after 4 p.m. An AirTran spokesperson said that the captain shut the engine down during flight and diverted to Lexington. Crews replaced that engine overnight. There were no reported injuries.
 * May 19, 2018: An Endeavor Air Bombardier CRJ-900 operating as Delta Connection Flight 3359 from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport skidded off the runway after an inch of rain had fallen in an hour. No one was injured.

Popular culture
Bluegrass Field was Auric Goldfinger's flight destination in the James Bond film Goldfinger.

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Germany at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Germany competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 422 competitors, 241 men and 181 women, took part in 234 events in 29 sports.

Medalists
Germany finished in fifth position in the final medal rankings, with 13 gold medals and 56 medals overall.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Archery
The German women's archery team won its second Olympic medal in 2000 by defeating Turkey in the bronze medal match.
 * Men

 * Women

Combined events

 * Men's decathlon

 * Women's heptathlon

Sprint

 * Men

 * Women

Road Cycling

 * Men

 * Women

Track cycling

 * Sprint

 * Pursuit

 * Time trial

 * Keirin

 * Omnium

Diving

 * Men

 * Women

Show jumping
* Simons de Ridder was qualified to compete in the Grand Prix Freestyle but due to a restriction on the number of nation quotas (maximum number is 3), four Germans qualified for the Freestyle event but Simons de Ridder was placed fourth highest of the other German competitors (Capellmann, Salzgeber and Werth) which meant that she could not continue to the final round.

Fencing
18 fencers, 12 men and 6 women, represented Germany in 2000.

 * Men

 * Women

Football
Key:
 * Summary
 * FT – After full time.
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Women's tournament

 * Roster

 * Goalkeepers
 * Nadine Angerer (FC Bayern München)
 * Silke Rottenberg (FC Brauweiler Pulheim 2000)
 * Defenders
 * Doris Fitschen (1.FFC Frankfurt)
 * Jeanette Götte (FFC Flaesheim Hillen)
 * Stefanie Gottschlich (WSV Wolfsburg-Wendschott)
 * Steffi Jones (1.FFC Frankfurt)
 * Sandra Minnert (1.FFC Frankfurt)
 * Kerstin Stegemann (FFC Flaesheim Hillen)
 * Tina Wunderlich (1.FFC Frankfurt)

 * Midfielders
 * Ariane Hingst (1.FFC Turbine Potsdam)
 * Melanie Hoffmann (FCR Duisburg)
 * Renate Lingor (1.FFC Turbine Potsdam)
 * Nicole Brandebusemeyer (FC Brauweiler Pulheim 2000)
 * Bettina Wiegmann (FC Brauweiler Pulheim 2000)
 * Forwards
 * Inka Grings (FCR Duisburg)
 * Maren Meinert (FC Brauweiler Pulheim 2000)
 * Claudia Müller (WSV Wolfsburg-Wendschott)
 * Birgit Prinz (1.FFC Frankfurt)

 * Group stage

 * Semi-finals

 * Bronze medal match

Men

 * Team

 * Individual events

Men's team

 * Team roster
 * Markus Baur
 * Frank von Behren
 * Mike Bezdicek
 * Henning Fritz
 * Jan Holpert
 * Florian Kehrmann
 * Stefan Kretzschmar
 * Jörg Kunze
 * Sven Lakenmacher
 * Klaus-Dieter Petersen
 * Bernd Roos
 * Christian Schwarzer
 * Daniel Stephan
 * Bogdan Wenta
 * Volker Zerbe

 * Summary

 * Results

 * Quarterfinals

 * 5-8th place semifinals

 * 5/6th classification game

Men

 * Team roster
 * Clemens Arnold
 * Christoph Bechmann
 * Philipp Crone
 * Oliver Domke
 * Christoph Eimer
 * Björn Emmerling
 * Michael Green
 * Florian Kunz
 * Christian Mayerhöfer
 * Björn Michel
 * Ulrich Moissl
 * Sascha Reinelt
 * Christopher Reitz
 * Christian Wein
 * Tibor Weißenborn
 * Matthias Witthaus
 * Head coach: Paul Lissek

Key:
 * Summary
 * FT – After full time.
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Women

 * Team roster
 * Friederike Barth
 * Britta Becker
 * Birgit Beyer
 * Caroline Casaretto
 * Tanja Dickenscheid
 * Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
 * Simone Grässer
 * Franziska Gude
 * Katrin Kauschke
 * Natascha Keller
 * Denise Klecker
 * Heike Lätzsch
 * Inga Möller
 * Fanny Rinne
 * Marion Rodewald
 * Julia Zwehl
 * Head coach: Berti Rauth

Key:
 * Summary
 * FT – After full time.
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Rhythmic gymnastics

 * Group all-around

 * Individual all-around

Men

 * Reserves
 * Martin Weis
 * Bernd Heidicker
 * Jörg Lehnigk
 * Philipp Stüer

Women

 * Reserves
 * Angelika Brand
 * Peggy Waleska

Sailing
Eleven men and four women competed in ten Sailing event competitions, winning one silver medal and one bronze medal.

 * Men

 * Women

 * Open
 * Fleet racing

 * Match racing

Shooting

 * Men

 * Women

Women
Key: * – swimmers who only competed in the preliminary heats.

Volleyball

 * Team roster
 * Christina Benecke
 * Beatrice Dömeland
 * Judith Flemig
 * Angelina Grün
 * Tanja Hart
 * Susanne Lahme
 * Hanka Pachale
 * Anja-Nadin Pietrek
 * Sylvia Roll
 * Christina Schultz
 * Judith Sylvester
 * Kerstin Tzscherlich
 * Head coach: Lee Hee-Wan

 * Results

Weightlifting
Men

Women

Wrestling

 * Freestyle

 * Greco-Roman

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Paul Reps

Paul Reps (September 15, 1895 – July 12, 1990) was an American artist, poet, and author. He is best known for his unorthodox haiku-inspired poetry that was published from 1939 onwards. He is considered one of America's first haiku poets.

In association with his writing, Reps was also a well-received artist. Many of his books have artwork influenced by Zen Buddhism displayed in association with his writings.

Life
Reps had widely traveled and spent a large amount of his time in Asia. In Japan, his art was widely accepted and he often went there in association with the displays of his artwork in galleries and to reaffirm his Buddhist understanding.

Reps was well-regarded in Japan. When his 2-month visa expired, he applied for a 1-year commercial visa at the consulate in Japan. They said it would take a month, "no exceptions." He returned 3 days later with the needed papers and agreed to wait the month. But he also included a poem: Drinking a bowl of green tea I stop the war.

The visa officer told him to return the next day. He did and was granted a one year visa with an extension good for 4 years. As Reps commented, "This is what a poem can do for you."

In the later years of his life, Reps made his home on the island of Maui in Hawaii. In the two years before his death, he lived at the Haven Institute (Gabriola Island, Canada) with his friends Jock McKeen and Bennet Wong.

Works

 * Zen Flesh, Zen Bones. A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings (ISBN 0-8048-0644-6). This book includes Zen texts, but also the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra
 * Unknot The World In You. His second book, which published through Sequoia University Press
 * Zen Telegrams (ISBN 0-8048-2023-6)
 * Letters to a friend: Writings & Drawings, 1939 to 1980 (ISBN 0-938286-01-3)
 * Gold Fish Signatures (ISBN 0-8048-0210-6)
 * Square Sun, Square Moon (ISBN 0-8048-0544-X)
 * Sit In: What it is Like
 * Let Good Fortune Jump on You (ISBN 0-9620812-7-2)
 * Big Bath: Poems
 * Unwrinkling Plays (ISBN 0-8048-0607-1)
 * Ten Ways to Meditate (ISBN 0-8348-0163-9)
 * Be! New Uses for the Human Instrument (ISBN 0-8348-0058-6)
 * Juicing: Words and Brushwork (ISBN 0-385-13250-6)

title: Paul Reps


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No Name

No Name or Noname may refer to:

Geography

 * No Name, Colorado
 * No Name Key, an island in the Florida Keys
 * No Name Tunnel, located near the town in Colorado

Fictional entities

 * No-Name (character), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe
 * No Name (Nanashi), the protagonist of the anime film Sword of the Stranger

Literature

 * No Name (novel), an 1862 novel by Wilkie Collins
 * Noname, a pen-name of Luis Senarens

Artists

 * Noname (rapper), American rapper, poet, and record producer
 * No Name (Montenegrin band)
 * No Name (Slovak band)
 * NO NAME, a subgroup of nine members from the Japanese girl group AKB48, formed to provide the singing and voices for the Japanese TV Series AKB0048
 * (K)NoW_NAME, a Japanese musical unit

Albums

 * No Name, a studio album by Irish singer Ryan O'Shaughnessy
 * No Name (EP) a 2022 EP

Songs

 * "No Name" (Ryan O'Shaughnessy song), 2012
 * "No Name" (NF song), 2018
 * "No Name Nos. 1-4", four songs by Elliott Smith from Roman Candle
 * "No Name No. 5", a song by Elliott Smith from Either/Or

Enterprises

 * No Name (brand), a private-label brand of Loblaw Companies Limited grocery stores in Canada

Other uses

 * Cocaine (drink), also marketed as "No Name", an energy drink
 * No Name Restaurant

title: No Name


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Halo Anime
Since Toei is working on a Halo anime (albeit with other companies), where should we put the mention? In OVAs, Movies, Series or Outsourced? Personally, I think OVAs would be a better choice. Philipnova798 (talk) 19:49, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Are they the main production company? Is it a series being released on TV, straight to video, or in theaters? ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe 20:11, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Well, look for yourself on the Halo page of Wiki. I'm certain you'll see. Because I know that there are four other companies involved and that it's being released onto DVD by Warner Brothers. 142.177.75.72 (talk) 11:40, 5 August 2009 (UTC) Sorry, the above was me not logged in. Philipnova798 (talk) 22:04, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Toei With Marvel In The 1980's
Hi, I thought Toei also animated episodes of the 1982 Incredible Hulk cartoon? Should't that be included in the Toei list of foreign work?

Addition to the above anonymous post: Yes, so strange! They did a LOT of work for Sunbow/Marvel in the 1980s, which is almost completely ignored here? I am 100% certain that they also did 'G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero', 'Jem', and a few others the same time they were doing 'The Transformers' in the mid-1980s? Is there a reason why these are omitted? In fact, Wikipedia even notes it on-site here:

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe:_A_Real_American_Hero_(1983_TV_series),

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe:_The_Movie,

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Pony_(TV_series),

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Pony:_The_Movie_(1986_film),

· Jem,

· X-Men pilot, "Pryde of the X-Men"

I am 100% certain there's more, but these are confirmed. Can anybody edit the page proper? I've tried to edit pages and had my work deleted, even if it was 100% factual and verified, so I tend to not do it anymore.

--ChrisChrusherComix (talk) 08:06, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

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Blocking on YouTube
Apparently, Toei Animation has often blocked videos of Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon on YouTube due to copyright infringement claims. Should a whole section based on that be there? CoolGamer23 (talk) 20:45, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Not really significant unless Toei has made a big public show of protecting its copyright. And the content must have reliable sources, which wouldn't be a problem if Toei was making a big show of it. —Farix (t | c) 01:54, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
 * That's fine, but the sources would be difficult to find. CoolGamer23 (talk) 02:19, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
 * If sources are going to be difficult to find, then that may be an indication that it shouldn't be included based on WP:WEIGHT. Companies protect their copyrights all the time, so unless there is something significant with how Toei is protecting theirs—like making a public show of it—it probably shouldn't be included. —Farix (t | c) 03:15, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

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Heidi: A New Beginning
I searched the internet for Heidi: A New Beginning and I can't find anything about it meaning it's probably fake (the only thing I found was Nippon Animation's Heidi anime). 71.95.63.155 (talk) 17:44, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Red Gendered Companies
She is Based in Japan. Her first debut of the year is 1957 as the same thing as Toho. She released Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1702:4B28:F760:6050:1170:963E:3873 (talk) 17:54, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

wait elemon too
Elemon is a TV series created by Toei Animation 210.23.224.178 (talk) 10:14, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

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