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Chemical warfare
Self nomination: I've been putting a huge amount of work into this subject, and I think it's just about ready for its first pass through the FAC process. Even if it doesn't pass, the crucible of the review process should help to mold my beloved article into something even better. -- ClockworkSoul 02:04, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I've made a large number of the requested changes and improvements that were suggested; I will hopefully finish tomorrow, including that graph issue that was brought up. Sorry for the delay, the holidays have been holding me up. I look forward to any comments that the objectors may have. :) – ClockworkSoul 19:39, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Support. - Extensive, researched, referenced, edited. - Trick 02:11, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Minor quibbles: The Brussels Declaration (1874) is listed after the Hague Convention (1900) -- should they be chronological?  The table for "Chemical weapon proliferation" is no longer "To the right...".  The John Doughty story appears twice.  The formatting of the two "Main article:" links is inconsistent (I don't know which format is preferred).  Both "World War I" and "First World War" is used -- perhaps be consistent and use one or the other.  In the WWI section, the paragraph on disposal talks about a US disposal program but I'm not clear whether that has anything to do with WWI weapons.  Perhaps add a separate section on disposal of chemical weapons that covers all periods.  Is it acceptable to cite sources using external links within the body of the article?  Otherwise, congratulations. Geoff/Gsl 05:50, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I see you've started making fixes - thank you kindly. After staring at the same article for so long, it's easy to miss the same typos again and again. I'll take a look at your other points as well: my goal is perfection. -- ClockworkSoul 06:17, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I know you already supported, but I made changes according to your points. The "disposal" section is one that I will be doing later today (it is almost 2am here) -- ClockworkSoul 06:48, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Absolute brillance, ClockworkSoul. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality/ talk ]] 05:52, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * Wow - high praise! Thank you sincerely, Neutrality. It's nice to know that my hard work seem to be paying off. -- ClockworkSoul 06:17, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Minor object. Lead section needs to be longer and I'm missing external links. BTW, what is the difference between suffocation and asphyxiation? Support as soon as other objections are resolved. Mgm| (talk) 09:56, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
 * (Above post by MacGyverMagic) Lead section: I was thinking that also. I'll enhance it a bit tonight (I only have a couple minutes available to me now). Suffocation and asphyxiation are often used interchangably, but suffocation is the act of mechanically causing asphyxia – the restriction of oxygen to the brain. I'll clarify. -- ClockworkSoul 14:59, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * According to Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (30th edition): -
 * Asphyxia: pathological changes caused by a lack of oxygen in respired air, resulting in hypoxia and hypercapnia.
 * Suffocation: asphyxiation
 * The definition of asphyxia strikes me as rather odd, because a 'lack of oxygen in respired air' alone will not cause hypercapnia. In my opinion, the definition should be: -
 * pathological changes caused by a lack of respired air, resulting in hypoxia and hypercapnia.
 * [Note to pedants: my definition is slightly loose because one interpretation may include other causes of type 2 respiratory failure such as COPD or neuromuscular weakness, which are not normally considered as asphyxiation.] Axl

 * Support. Rd232 11:59, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Object. Sorry, as what is there is great, but in correcting the intro I noticed what could be a lot of missing information.  The article seems to cover quite little about the actual technology and methods involved.  What is there is almost entirely discussed interspersed in the history section. The rest is in the agents section, which is very short in comparison to the history section. What could be covered for ex is how they work, dispersal methods (conventional explosives, planes, crop dusters, etc).  What has been tried and what is theorized?, etc. As I understand it, the reason they have not been used more is that they are so difficult to disperse and to get where they are supposed to go without causing casualties to the side using them.  Now I did not have time to read the article so some of this may be mixed in, but for presentation sake it should be separate. - Taxman 00:32, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
 * Why be sorry? This is exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping for, and I genuinely appreciate the constructive criticism. Dispersal methods would be an excellent addition, and I'll begin a section on them. As a side note, however, historically the main reason that CW weapons have not been used more often is fear of reprisal in kind (this is why the Nazis chose not to employ their new nerve agents against the Allies). Historically, societies have used CW's very successfully against foes that could not respond in kind. The agents themselves were mentioned somewhat briefly because they each already have their own section (nerve agent in particular is fairly detailed). -- ClockworkSoul 01:07, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Today added an entire section on chemical weapon delivery as part of a greater section on chemical weapon technology that may satisfy one point of your opposition. I'm looking forward to your comments and or criticisms. -- ClockworkSoul 06:47, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Object. - most of this should this excellent, and I want to support, but should it be at chemical weapon / chemical weapons instead (these are currently redirects)? The article mentions the use of Zyklon B in the Nazi concentration camps - while clearly genocide, is this really "chemical warfare" (or even the use of a chemical weapon)?  The last section is entitled "Chemical weapons and terrorism" - notwithstanding the "war on terror", terrorists using chemical weapons are not really undertaking chemical warfare.  Perhaps a daft question, but is napalm a chemical weapon?  If not, why not?  Shouldn't there be something about persistent versus non-persistent chemicals, decontamination, and NBC countermeasures (antidotes, NBC suits)? -- ALoan (Talk) 10:33, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Many people would not agree that the Nazi use of Zyklon B is chemical warfare (and I updated the sentence appropriately, but did not remove it entirely). It is the use of a chemical weapon: hydrogen cyanide, a potent blood agent.
 * Regardless of whether the use of chemical weapon agents by terrorists is "chemical warfare" according to the dictionary definition is not entirely the point: the terrorists themselves believe that they engaged in asymmetric warfare. To exclude the use of chemical weapons by terrorists from this article would be doing our readers a disservice.
 * Napalm is not a chemical weapon because its destructive effects are primarily due to fire, and not direct chemical action. I added that to the list of "not chemical weapons because". -- ClockworkSoul 06:47, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Object. The "Chemical weapon proliferation" is poor and unbalanced. No mention of North Korea or Syria -probably the main proliferators but half the section was about Israel who is certainly not helping any other country gain chemical weapons. No mention of Western companies assisting countries like Libya, Syria and Iraq. More importantly, there is no section at all on the destruction of chemical weapons, armaments and production facilities under the Chemical Weapons Convention. Rmhermen 21:30, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
 * This section will require a great deal of effort, and this is the subtopic that I am weakest in. I am going to update this last, and tackle the low-hanging fruit first. Because you are a great deal more versed in this subtopic, if you have time, would you be able to lend a hand? -- ClockworkSoul 06:47, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * There is a sub-article Chemical_weapon_proliferation. And its lack of extensivity is slightly realted to lack of access to such (reliable and up-to-date) information to the public.--ZayZayEM 04:31, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Comment. I don't understand the graph (Image:Cw development.PNG). What do the numbers on the y-axis measure? If the numbers are purely qualititative, then I think it's highly misleading for the information to be in graph form (Edward Tufte would call it "chartjunk"). It would be much better to put the same information in a table (it would also be much easier to read). Gdr 13:11, 2004 Dec 29 (UTC)
 * Conditional Support. Please fix up that graph (perhaps to convert to a 3/4 tiered timeline). Other than that a smashing article.--ZayZayEM 04:31, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Excellent article. Axl 11:26, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Brilliant work here, and I agree that it is at the right page. The amount of visual detail and exposition is stunning. Wally 23:45, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)


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Honda Passport

The Honda Passport is a line of sport utility vehicles (SUV) from the Japanese automaker Honda. Originally, it was a badge engineered version of the Isuzu Rodeo, a mid-size SUV sold between 1993 and 2002. It was introduced in 1993 for the 1994 model year as Honda's first entry into the growing SUV market of the 1990s in the United States. The first and second generation Passport was manufactured by Subaru Isuzu Automotive in Lafayette, Indiana. Like various other Honda models, it re-used a name from their motorcycle division, the Honda C75 Passport. The other two name candidates were Elsinore and Odyssey, the latter would be re-used a year later on a minivan.

The Passport was a part of a partnership between Isuzu and Honda in the 1990s, which saw an exchange of passenger vehicles from Honda to Isuzu, such as the Isuzu Oasis, and trucks from Isuzu to Honda, such as the Passport and Acura SLX. This arrangement was convenient for both companies, as Isuzu discontinued passenger car production in 1993 after a corporate restructuring, and Honda was in desperate need of an SUV, a segment that was growing in popularity in North America as well as Japan during the 1990s. The partnership ended in 2002 with the discontinuation of the Passport in favor of the Honda-engineered Pilot.

In November 2018, Honda announced that the Passport nameplate would return as a two-row mid-size crossover SUV slotted between the CR-V and Pilot. The third-generation Passport was unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 27, 2018. It is built at Honda's factory in Lincoln, Alabama, and available for the 2019 model year. On July 16, 2024 Honda posted teaser images of the 2026 Honda Passport TrailSport and said it would release sometime in Early 2025.

First generation (C58; 1993)
The first generation Passport was offered in three trims, the base model DX, mid-range LX, and upscale EX. DX models had a 5-speed manual transmission, rear-wheel-drive (RWD) layout and a 2.6 L four-cylinder engine producing 89.5 kW. LX models could be had with an optional 4-speed automatic transmission, optional four-wheel-drive (4WD) and a 3.2 L V6 engine producing 130.5 kW as standard. The upscale EX offered the 3.2 L V6 engine and four-wheel-drive as standard. Some first generation Passports were equipped with a rear axle built by General Motors. Others had a Dana built "Spicer 44" rear axle.

Model year changes

 * For 1995 MY, the Passport received driver and front passenger airbags. EX trims gained extra equipment and features.
 * For 1996 MY, the 3.2 L V6 was upgraded from 130.5 kW to 142 kW. A shift-on-the-fly four-wheel-drive system became available.
 * For 1997 MY, the DX trim was dropped. The 2.6 L engine option was also dropped. All models now had the V6 engine.

Second generation (CK58/CM58/DM58; 1997)
For the second generation model, two trim levels were offered: LX and upscale EX. EX had the spare tire below the cargo area and LX mounted in a swing carrier at rear. Minor changes for the 2000 model year included the introduction of an even more upscale EX-L trim which added leather seats, 2-tone exterior colors, and a CD changer. The LX trim received an optional set of 16 in wheels.

In 2010, a recall was issued for affected 1998-2002 Rodeo and Passport for frames with severe rust issues. On September 22, 2010, NHTSA campaign number 10V436000 was issued to recall 149,992 vehicles because of excessive corrosion near the forward bracket for the left or right rear suspension lower link. If the rust damage was severe, Honda bought back the vehicles from their owners. Under U.S. federal regulations, automakers are not required to correct problems on vehicles that are ten or more years old.

Third generation (YF7/8; 2019)
The third generation Passport was unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 27, 2018, with retail sales starting in February 2019. Unlike previous generations, it was designed in the United States and is manufactured in Lincoln, Alabama alongside the Honda Pilot. It is based on the third-generation Honda Pilot, although the Passport is shorter in length and loses the Pilot's third-row seating. The Passport slots between the smaller CR-V and longer Pilot, filling the gap left when the Honda Crosstour was discontinued after the 2015 model year. The Passport competes against 2-row five-seater midsize crossovers like the Chevrolet Blazer, Ford Edge, Nissan Murano, and Hyundai Santa Fe.

Trim levels at launch included the base "Sport", mid-level "EX-L", "Touring", and the top-of-the-line "Elite”. Unlike most other Honda nameplates like the CR-V and Pilot, the Passport does not have an LX trim. Consequently, the price of the Passport in Sport trim started above that of the contemporary Pilot in LX trim. All trim levels included front-wheel drive (FWD) as standard equipment, with all-wheel drive (AWD) optional, except for the "Elite", where it is standard equipment.

All Passport models are equipped with a 3.5L J35Y6 V6 producing 280 hp and 262 lbft; paired with a nine-speed, push button-controlled automatic transmission also found in the Ridgeline and Pilot. Front-wheel drive is standard; Honda's all-wheel drive system, dubbed i-VTM4 (Intelligent Variable Torque Management), is optional, and features drive settings for Normal, Sand, Snow, and Mud. A two-speed transfer case is not available. Ground clearance is 7.5 in for front-wheel drive models and 8.1 in for all-wheel drive models and the Passport can tow up to 5000 lb.

Two rows of seats provide room for five passengers. There is 41 cuft of storage behind the rear seat, which increases to 78 cuft with the rear seat folded.

For the 2021 model year, all trims received the 8-inch touchscreen and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto as standard equipment.

Marketing
On April 1, 2019, Honda released a YouTube advertisement for the all-new 2019 Passport. The advertisement featured a 2019 Passport, called the "Past-Port", with a first-generation Passport's interior, touting features that were popular in the mid-to-late-1990s, including automatic power windows, an audio system with cassette player and cassette adapter and pager holder. The advertisement features an actor wearing 1990s-era clothing, and holding a Motorola cellular phone. Viewers of the advertisement could also call a special toll free number, 1-833-PAST-PORT (1-833-727-8767), where they would be greeted by a voice message from Fred Savage, and could then leave a voicemail on Honda's microcassette answering machine explaining why they would like to own a 2019 Past-Port. The advertisement is no longer viewable on Honda's YouTube channel as of May 2019, and the toll free number is no longer in service.

Facelift
The Passport was facelifted for the 2022 model year with a new front end design similar to the facelifted second-generation Honda Ridgeline as well as the addition of a new TrailSport trim level that offers a more aggressive off-road-oriented appearance package. The TrailSport model receives model specific bumpers, cosmetic skid plate inserts, all-weather TrailSport-logoed floormats, as well as all-season tires with a more aggressive shoulder tread.

The Sport and Touring trims were also dropped, leaving a simplified lineup of three trims: EX-L, TrailSport and Elite.

For the 2023 model year, the front-wheel drive EX-L option was discontinued from the lineup, making all-wheel drive standard on all Passports onward.

For the 2024 model year, changes include a larger center console and new armrest. The top Elite trim has been replaced with a new "Black Edition" trim.

Passport TrailSport (2022)
The TrailSport trim was introduced for the 2022 model year, and is the first TrailSport model in the Honda lineup. The Passport TrailSport comes standard with an all-wheel drive (AWD) system that is tuned for off-road use. Also included are more aggressively-styled tires, rugged exterior styling, a synthetic leather (leatherette)-trimmed interior that is easier to clean, unique orange stitching on the interior, and all-weather front and rear floor mats. The TrailSport is based on the equipment of the EX-L trim.

For the 2024 model year, the TrailSport receives trim-specific suspension tuning and all-terrain tires.

Safety
The 2019 Passport received a "Top Safety Pick" award by the IIHS.

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Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

The Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (also known as the Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine) is the veterinary school of Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland, College Park - both of which are public research universities in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland, respectively. The college was created as a joint venture of the two universities and their respective state governments in order to fill the need for veterinary medicine education in both states. Students from both states are considered "in-state" students for admissions and tuition purposes.

It is one of 28 colleges of veterinary medicine in the United States and is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association's Council on Education and the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International. In 2011, the U.S. News 'Veterinary Medicine' Ranking placed the college tied for 17th with Iowa State University in a poll of 25 ranked schools.

The college is considered a constituent college of both Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland. The college's main campus is located on Virginia Tech's campus in Blacksburg, with a branch on the University of Maryland's campus in College Park. It also operates the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Virginia. The college's Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) program is designed to be finished in four years.

History
Historically, there was a shortage of veterinary colleges in the southern and Mid-Atlantic states. In 1950, the state of Maryland began a contract to allow 10 Maryland students to attend the vet school at the University of Georgia in exchange for the admittance of 10 Georgians into the University of Maryland School of Dentistry. By 1972, Maryland expanded its relationship with out-of-state vet schools to include Tuskegee University, Ohio State University, University of Florida, University of Pennsylvania, and Cornell University. Virginia also tried to address the absence of an in-state veterinary school. In 1971, Virginia entered into contracts administered by the Southern Regional Education Board, allotting 15 seats to Virginia students in the University of Georgia's veterinary school and two seats at Tuskegee University's school.

In June 1971, the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association initiated a study of the need for and feasibility of a college of veterinary medicine. In 1973, a commission of veterinarians and members of the Virginia General Assembly found that Virginia did need a veterinary college to adequately meet its need for veterinary services. The commission recommended that this college should be a regional college, should emphasize service to farmers in Virginia, and should be located at Virginia Tech.

In 1978, the Virginia General Assembly officially established the college as a part of Virginia Tech, one of Virginia's two land-grant universities. Meanwhile, in Maryland, the State Board of Regents decided in 1977 to establish a veterinary school at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; however, on May 11, 1979, the Board of Regents decided to join the Virginia school instead. In February 1980, a memorandum of understanding with the then-Virginia school stated that 24 slots in the entering class would be reserved for Maryland students and 40 places would be allocated to Virginia students. This founding class of 64 students entered the college on September 15, 1980 and graduated with DVM degrees in June 1984. The new college was fully accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association in 1990.

The college opened a $10.5 million, 16,000-square-foot Infectious Disease Research Facility in November 2011 and completed a $14.1 million, 30,000-square-foot Veterinary Medicine Instruction Addition in the fall of 2012. Located on the Blacksburg campus, both facilities connect to the main college complex.

Starting with the Class of 2016, the college expanded the number of students in its DVM program. Of the 120 anticipated spots, 50 are reserved for Virginia residents and 30 for Maryland residents. The remaining spots are for at-large applications and include space for up to six West Virginia residents under a new agreement.

Academics
The Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine offers students a DVM degree or an M.S. or Ph.D. in biomedical and veterinary sciences. The college also has a joint program with the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine that leads to a master of public health. In addition to these degrees, students may participate in residency and internships in their desired fields of interest.

Rankings
The College of Veterinary Medicine has a highly reputed Veterinary Medicine program and is one of a handful of core recruiting schools for some of the most selective assignments. Listed below is the 2015 ranking by the U.S. News & World Report:
 * Veterinary Medicine: No. 19 U.S. News & World Report 2014 Best Graduate Schools.

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program
The college offers a four-year full-time program leading to the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree. In 2016, it launched a new DVM curriculum that integrates the basic and clinical sciences, incorporates team-based learning, and allows for early entry into the clinics. Veterinary students complete three years of classroom instruction and 12 months of clinical rotations in total. The curriculum also allows students to choose a track in small animal, food animal, equine, mixed species, or public/corporate veterinary medicine.

Over the past five years, the Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine's DVM program has had over 97 percent of its students pass the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE). In 2013–14, all of the college's 95 graduating students passed the exam.

Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences program
The Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences program is part of the Graduate School at Virginia Tech. The program offers a Ph.D. degree that requires 90 credit hours of course work, research, and a dissertation. The Ph.D. can be completed in four years, and prospective students do not need a master's degree to apply. The master's degree requires 30 credit hours of coursework, research, and a thesis and can be completed in two years. The college also has a dual-degree program that leads to both a DVM and Ph.D. in six years. In this program, students can pursue research opportunities in biomedical and/or clinical studies.

Master of Public Health
In collaboration with the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, the veterinary college offers a Master of Public Health professional degree program through the Department of Population Health Sciences. The program is the first of its kind to be accredited at a veterinary college.

Residency and Internships
The Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine provides students with discipline-specific residency programs. All residents must complete a graduate degree (M.S. or Ph.D.). Small-animal clinical residencies and large-animal clinical residencies are designed to provide three to four years of advanced training in specific disciplines in preparation for certification examination by appropriate specialty boards within the veterinary profession. The biomedical sciences and pathobiology residencies, which are part of a combined residency/Ph.D. program, prepare graduates for careers in veterinary clinical pathology or anatomic pathology. The Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center offers residency programs in equine internal medicine and surgery. These programs are fully approved by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and the American College of Veterinary Surgery.

Internships at the veterinary college are designed to provide post-DVM students with the opportunity for experience in advanced diagnostic and therapeutic techniques in medicine and surgery as well as seminary and manuscript preparation. Internships are also aimed at providing students with training and experience in clinical instruction and preparing them for residency and graduate study or clinical practice.

Hospitals
Students of the Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine can gain veterinary experience by working in one of the college's hospitals: the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, which comprises the Small Animal Hospital and the Harry T. Peters Large Animal Hospital, or the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center.

Veterinary Teaching Hospital
The Veterinary Teaching Hospital, which comprises the Small Animal Hospital and the Harry T. Peters, Jr. Large Animal Hospital, provides care to clients in the surrounding area. Since the hospital focuses on teaching, residents and interns work closely with clinical faculty members to provide care to small and large animals. Veterinary students in the DVM program participate in three-week clerkships designed to give them hands-on experience; these students welcome patients, record a case history, and conduct the initial examination of the animal prior to consulting with the supervising veterinarian.

Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center
The Marion DuPont Scott Equine Medical Center is a full-service equine hospital located in Leesburg, Virginia. The center, which opened in 1984, has board-certified veterinarians in internal medicine, surgery, and sports medicine as well as veterinarians in residency training programs and licensed veterinary technicians. Since the center's inception, faculty members have helped develop Marquis, the first FDA-approved treatment for equine protozoal myelitis, and GastroGard, a treatment for gastric ulcers.

Research

Students may also gain experience through the college's various research centers, which are spread out across Virginia and Maryland. Under the leadership of the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, the college conducts a broad spectrum of basic/molecular and translational/applied research with a focus on animal health and productivity as well as human health and wellbeing.

Additionally, the school operates a library on its Blacksburg campus that is a part of the Virginia Tech library system.

Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine
The Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine (CPCVM) primarily supervises the public and corporate track of the DVM program. It also coordinates internship opportunities and provides summer fellowships for veterinary students from the United States and several other countries. In 2014, the center's headquarters moved from College Park, Maryland, to Blacksburg, Virginia.

Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases
The central theme of the Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases (CMMID) is "Animal Model of Diseases." The faculty specializes in using various animal models that include not only traditional laboratory animal models (mice and rats), but also non-traditional (chickens, pigs, dogs, fish, crab, equine) animal models. CMMID employs animal models to better understand the disease processes that impact both humans and domesticated species. The center is geared toward addressing current problems in public health that require the use of appropriate animal and tissue culture models, as well as gene-expression analysis.

Center for Animal Human Relationships
The Center for Animal Human Relationships (CENTAUR) is an academic center conducting instructional, research, and outreach programs designed to foster a greater understanding of the mutual benefits associated with human-animal interaction. It provides education, research, and service related to the therapeutic benefits of companion animals. In 2015, the center began a partnership with Saint Francis Service Dogs, a Roanoke-based nonprofit, to raise puppies for future service dog training and teach veterinary students about the human-animal bond.

Center for Reproductive Excellence Using Advanced Technology and Endocrinology
The Center for Reproductive Excellence using Advanced Technology and Endocrinology (CREATE) has three board-certified theriogenologists, each with their own research and species interests. The CREATE Lab offers advanced reproductive services—from breeding soundness and infertility evaluations to genetic counseling—for the following species: equine, bovine, canine, feline, ovine, and caprine.

Laboratory for Neurotoxicity Studies
The Virginia Tech Laboratory for Neurotoxicity Studies conducts investigations studying the effects of toxins on the nervous system. Currently, the laboratory is conducting interdisciplinary research in experimental neurotoxicology studying the effects of agents such as pesticides, solvents, heavy metals, mycotoxins, and nanomaterials in in vitro and in vivo models, funded by federal agencies and industries. Faculty with expertise in toxicology, pharmacology, neuropathology, and veterinary pathology conduct this work.

Veterinary Medical Informatics Laboratory
The Veterinary Medical Informatics Laboratory (VMIL) is an interdisciplinary research and service program within the Office of Research and Graduate Studies. VMIL studies conceptual and structural features of the medical information unique to animals. VMIL also assists in analysis and development of medical information models, databases, and systems. In addition to its research, VMIL acts as a service program by developing terminologies for veterinary organizations.


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Salvador Bahia Airport

Salvador–Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport, formerly called Dois de Julho International Airport and known by the trade name Salvador Bahia Airport, is the airport serving Salvador, Brazil. Since 16 June 1998, by Federal Law, the airport is named after Luís Eduardo Maron Magalhães (1955–1998), an influential politician of the state of Bahia.

It is operated by Vinci SA.

Some of its facilities are shared with the Salvador Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.

History
The airport, originally called Santo Amaro do Ipitanga Airport, was established in 1925. In 1941 Panair do Brasil participating in the World War II efforts with the support of the American and Brazilian governments completely rebuilt the facility.

On 20 December 1955, the airport had its name changed for the first time: it became known as Dois de Julho International Airport, celebrating Bahia Independence Day. This is still the name by which the population of Salvador da Bahia call the facility. On 16 June 1998 the airport name was again changed to honor Luís Eduardo Maron Magalhães (1955–1998) an influential politician of the state of Bahia. This second change remains however controversial and there have been attempts to revert it. Since 2017 the concessionary has been using the Trade name Salvador Bahia Airport.

The airport is located in an area of more than 6 million square meters between sand dunes and native vegetation. The lush, bamboo-covered road to the airport has become one of the scenic attractions of Salvador da Bahia.

A brand new passenger terminal was opened in 1998, replacing an original outdated terminal. This new terminal continued to be upgraded and was completed by the end of year 2000. The main terminal, which includes a shopping mall has 69,400 m2, 11 jetways and a capacity to handle 6,000,000 passengers/year. Traffic has been growing at an average of 14% per year.

Responding to critiques to the situation of its airports, on May 18, 2011, Infraero released a list evaluating some of its most important airports according to its saturation levels. According to the list, Salvador da Bahia was considered to be in good situation, operating with less than 70% of its capacity.

Previously operated by Infraero, on 16 March 2017, the concession of the facility was won by Vinci SA, for which it paid R$ 2,35 billions (€ 640 millions). The concession is for a period of 30 years. The new concessionary then planned to duplicate the passenger terminal.

On 26 April 2018, the Aeroporto station on Line 2 of the Salvador subway was opened to the public.

Passenger
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 * Flight operated with Voepass equipment on behalf of LATAM Brasil.

Accidents with fatalities

 * 21 September 1944: A Panair do Brasil Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar registration PP-PBH crashed shortly after take-off from Salvador da Bahia. All 16 occupants died.

Access
The airport is located 28 km north from downtown Salvador da Bahia.

A free shuttle bus runs every 15 minutes from 5am to 1am to Aeroporto station of Salvador subway, which connects to downtown Salvador at Lapa.

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Don's Plum

Don's Plum is a 2001 black-and-white independent drama film directed by R. D. Robb, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Kevin Connolly. It was filmed in 1995–1996, and written by Robb with Bethany Ashton, Tawd Beckman, David Stutman and Dale Wheatley. The film takes place over the course of one night in which a group of young adults discuss life while eating at a diner.

The film was blocked from release in the U.S. and Canada, as DiCaprio and Maguire claim that they had only agreed to star in a short film but not a feature film.

Blake Sennett of Rilo Kiley provided the soundtrack for the film. His bandmate Jenny Lewis has a role as Sara.

It is the second film collaboration between Maguire and DiCaprio, the first being This Boy's Life, released in 1993, and the third being The Great Gatsby, released in 2013.

Premise
The film is centered around a group of young male friends, about 20 years old, who meet at a Los Angeles restaurant, Don's Plum, every Saturday night. The four friends like to bring new girls they've picked up to hang out with them. Ian, a strange but somewhat charismatic young man is seen at a Jazz bar attempting to bring a woman to hang out with his friends at the eponymous diner. He’s rejected twice before asking out a waitress acquaintance to of his, Juliette. Amy, a young drifter, is kicked out of a car by her boyfriend and hitchhikes, getting picked up by Ian’s friend Jeremy, a brash aspiring actor. Jeremy and Ian’s friend, Derek, meets up with a fellow acquaintance, Leon, takes his phone, and mostly ignores Leon’s rambling as he attempts to call a girl to hang out with to no avail, upsetting Leon after refusing his invitation for a hangout.

Brad, Ian, Derek’s, and Jeremy’s bisexual friend, finishes sleeping with Sara, and invites her to hangout which she agrees to as long as he pretends they only just met. At the dinner, the group meet and introduce themselves before chatting and ordering food, from the gitty Flo, who through various narration is revealed to hate her job and put on a fake persona, and sleeps with the owner, Don, in order to get a better schedule. The group chat about various topics such for a bit, before Amy becomes upset when Derek insults an overweight woman, despite mostly everyone finding it funny. Jeremy and especially Derek begin to isolate and antagonize her, with only Ian coming to her defense. She storms out in a fit of rage, briefly returning to throw a bag at the group. Sara’s friend Constance joins the group after spotting her through the window. The group conversate more about various topics, getting into a minor spat with a man at another table. Jeremy sees a big time female producer that he auditioned for and goes to introduce herself. She drunkenly flirts with him and tells him to meet up with her the next day for a sexual liaison. As they discuss this, they see a young woman slap her boyfriend after an argument, shocking them, with Derek particularly going silent. Jeremy pries Derek for information, eventually making Derek tell the group how he felt uncomfortable due to his father committing suicide due to his mothers abuse. He retreats to the bar, and is followed by Sara, who relates to his woes, due to her own struggles with her parents. The two begin to make out at the bar, but she eventually relents, upsetting him briefly. He apologizes for his forwardness and politely asks to be left alone, but Sara becomes aggressive, leading to an argument, with Sara eventually retreating to the bathroom, breaking down in tears over her failures.

Ian and Jeremy argue over Derek’s trauma, eventually resulting in a fist fight. Derek arrives and breaks it up. The group then excitedly leave the diner and walk down the street in glee, looking forward to another night at Don’s Plum. In various scenes in the mid credits, Jeremy discovers his car destroyed and his tires slashed, due to Amy being shown earlier, unleashing her rage on it, Brad and Sara walking away, Brad asking to see her again, and Ian and Juliette looking forward to another date.

Cast

 * Amber Benson as Amy
 * Scott Bloom as Brad
 * Leonardo DiCaprio as Derek
 * Tobey Maguire as Ian
 * Kevin Connolly as Jeremy
 * Jenny Lewis as Sara
 * Heather McComb as Constance
 * Meadow Sisto as Juliet
 * Marissa Ribisi as Tracy
 * Nikki Cox as Karen
 * Jeremy Sisto as Bernard
 * Ethan Suplee as Big Bum

Production
Much of the film is improvised. DiCaprio and Maguire were paid $575 per day to appear in the film.

Release issues
DiCaprio and Maguire were opposed to having the film released. They claimed the film was pitched to them as a short film but was later re-edited into a feature-length film. Producer David Stutman said Maguire opposed the film's release due to his improvised performance revealing too much about him.

Stutman filed a lawsuit in 1998 against DiCaprio and Maguire. They settled on allowing the film to be released outside the U.S. and Canada, and had some scenes removed.

Free streaming
In 2014, Dale Wheatley published an open letter to DiCaprio on the website freedonsplum.com, giving his take on the history of the film and the ensuing legal issues. Wheatley also uploaded the film to the website so that it could be streamed for free. It was removed in January 2016 after a third-party notification by DiCaprio and Maguire claiming infringement. Wheatley made the following statement to Fox News: "It saddens me deeply that in 2016 we witness the senseless oppression of film and art by one of America's most beloved actors". "While the world celebrates — and certainly Americans celebrate — his great achievements in cinema, he chooses to use an iron fist to suppress the work of many other artists including him in a film made 20 years ago."

Reception
It premiered on February 10, 2001, in Berlin. Time Out New York writer Mike D'Angelo called it "the best film [I saw] in Berlin". Variety called it an "unpleasant and tedious ensemble."

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Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" (or "Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)") is a song by American rock band Green Day, released in December 1997 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Nimrod (1997). It is one of their most popular songs and has also become a staple of their concerts, usually played as the final song.

"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" became a chart hit, peaking at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart and reaching the top 20 in Australia, Canada, Iceland, and the United Kingdom. As of November 2022, the song had sold over five million copies and is certified quintuple platinum in the United States and double platinum in Australia and the United Kingdom, making it the band's most commercially successful single.

Background
Billie Joe Armstrong wrote "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" in 1993 about his girlfriend named Amanda who moved to Ecuador, with him naming the song "Good Riddance" to show his anger towards her. He did not show the song to his bandmates until the Dookie recording sessions later the same year. During the sessions, however, the song was determined to be too different from the rest of the songs on Dookie, and producer Rob Cavallo was unsure of how to structure the recording.

An early version of the song (in a different key, with a faster tempo and sparer arrangement) simply titled "Good Riddance" appeared as a B-side to the European single for "Brain Stew/Jaded".

When the time came to record Nimrod, Armstrong decided to record the song again, and Cavallo suggested they add strings to the track. He sent the band to play foosball in another room while he recorded the strings, which took "like fifteen, twenty minutes, maybe a half an hour at the most." Cavallo reflected on his decision to add the strings "I knew we had done the right thing. It was a hit the second I heard it."

Composition
In comparison to previous Green Day material, "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" features more mellow, contemplative lyrics with acoustic music. Band member Mike Dirnt said that the release of this song was probably the "most punk" thing they could have done.

The song has been labelled alternative rock, folk, folk punk, and acoustic rock.

Album version
The album version of the song begins with Armstrong messing up the opening chords twice, muttering "fuck" under his breath before starting over and getting it right, thus starting the song. The mistakes were deliberately kept to add a lighthearted introduction to a song with emotionally deep lyrics. Radio versions and the music video omitted Armstrong's second attempt with the expletive.

Music video
The music video was directed by Mark Kohr in Los Angeles in November 1997, and is based on a concept by Armstrong. The video features Armstrong singing and playing an acoustic guitar in an apartment (filmed in LA's Ambassador Hotel), intercut with "pull-in" shots of various people involved in mundane activities. All of the subjects are shown seemingly staring into space absent-mindedly. Dirnt and Tré Cool make cameo appearances in the video as a person pumping gas (Dirnt), and an injured bike rider being attended by paramedics (Tré). When the video came out, the name of the song was inverted, hence the video's title is "Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)". This title was also used on the single cover.

In 1998, Green Day won their first MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video for "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" and they were also nominated for Viewer's Choice.

The video can be found on their music video compilation DVD, International Supervideos!

Legacy
To the band's surprise, the song became a hit at prom dances. Because of the song's lyrics, which many graduating seniors interpret as nostalgic and reflective of their time in high school, it has become a staple song at proms. Armstrong remarked that, in retrospect, the lyrics make sense when viewed that way. "The people that you grew up and braved the trials of high school with will always hold a special place. Through all the BS of high school you hope that your friends had the time of their life, and that's what the song is talking about".

The song is featured in the season nine episode of Seinfeld, entitled "The Chronicle" (also known as "The Clip Show"). The song plays in the closing minutes of the episode, which feature a series of bloopers, behind the scenes production, and a montage. It is the second-to-last episode of Seinfeld before the show's series finale in 1998.

The song was played on ITV in 1998, when the England National Football Team were knocked out of the France 98 tournament, losing to Argentina.

On May 28, 2015, Rolling Stone named "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" as one of the 20 Best Graduation Songs of the Past 20 Years (1995–2015).

Credits

 * Billie Joe Armstrong – acoustic guitar, vocals
 * David Campbell – strings arrangement
 * Conan McCallum – first violin

Additional credits

 * Billie Joe Armstrong – words
 * Green Day – music
 * Rob Cavallo and Green Day – production

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Open interest

Open interest (also known as open contracts or open commitments) refers to the total number of outstanding derivative contracts that have not been settled (offset by delivery).

For each buyer of a futures contract there must be a seller. From the time the buyer or seller opens the contract until the counter-party closes it, that contract is considered 'open'.

Open interest also gives key information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for an option, there is no secondary market for that option. When options have large open interest, they have a large number of buyers and sellers. An active secondary market will increase the odds of getting option orders filled at good prices. All other things being equal, the larger the open interest, the easier it will be to trade that option at a reasonable spread between the bid and ask.

As a confirming indicator
An increase in open interest along with an increase in price is said by proponents of technical analysis to confirm an upward trend. Similarly, an increase in open interest along with a decrease in price confirms a downward trend. An increase or decrease in prices while open interest remains flat or declining may indicate a possible trend reversal.

The relationship between the prevailing price trend and open interest can be summarized by the following table:

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Talk:La Brabançonne

Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté !
Aura pour devise immortelle : Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté ! Aura pour devise immortelle : Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté ! Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté ! Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté !

at the end? the article only mentions Aura pour devise immortelle : Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté ! (3X)

 * I take it you are referring to the previously shown English translation of the French words? I have now replaced it with a new translation of my own. -- Picapica 12:05, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The french and english text are incorrect

 * Would you care to indicate how? -- Picapica 13:20, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

For King, for Freedom, and for Law? = translation from the Dutch lyrics? I think Voor Vorst, voor Vrijheid en voor recht should be translated as " for king, for freedom and for justice " What do you think?

 * I've given a heading to the above, which was conversation in 2004-2005.

 * Now: for the French version I translated "Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté !" as "The King, and Law, and Liberty!" but for the same in translating the trilingual version (reference needed, please!), one user prefers "the" instead of "and" both times - and I've changed it back to "and".  Let's assume that the translation need not be literal but should be, as nearly as possible, an English equivalent.  Then, while "the Law" sounds ok, "the Liberty" certainly does not.  One could say "The King, the Law, and Liberty!"  But my take on the meaning is that the praise of law is praise not for the particular legal system but for legality against arbitrary rule - a contrast often made around that time.  That is also how the Dutch and German versions read.  Hence my preference for "The King, and Law, and Liberty!" --Wikiain (talk) 23:03, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Article name
See Talk:Belgium. — SomeHuman 2007-06-05 00:06 (UTC)

The former became archived: Talk:Belgium/Archive_3. As no further reactions came, there has not been any support for a continued violation of the WP article naming convention, which does not allow the name to start with a definite article that is not absolutely necessary. Note that my archived comment mentioned "Das Lied von Brabant" as a name in German, but this appears to be an erroneous 'translation' like one may occasionally encounter "The Song of Brabant" in English. Whatever may have been in mind when the 'Brabançonne' was created as a national anthem, it had not been some old song of e.g. the Duchy of Brabant, its original lyrics did not mention Brabant, and that area went far into the Netherlands from which Belgium was being separated. Perhaps the patriotic author still hoped to conquer that part for Belgium - far from unthinkable during te 1830 revolution. The Dutch and the German language Wikipedias and the now available German text on the official site of Belgium, have "Brabançonne".

I put a footnote in the article, that explains to readers of English how the French, German, and Dutch languages use 'Brabançonne' with a gender that, together, does not allow an implied 'song'. It nevertheless remains unclear which substantive that in French and German is of female grammatical gender and in Dutch of male gender, may fit, or how else these genders became attached to the anthem name 'Brabançonne'. For speakers of either language, the usage of a wrong gender is as immediately recognized as referring to some Jack by 'she' in English. (There are some regional differences in Dutch, but not for the neutre gender, which must be applied to "lied", 'song'). This footnote also exemplifies the definite article not to be a fixed part of the actual name of the anthem.

The definite article is not felt to be an intrinsic part of the name: For instance, Belgians might express not to like some new lyrics to become highly patriotic, by saying one does not want another Brabançonne, ("une autre Brabançonne", "nog een Brabançonne", etc.). Used in a sentence, the definite article in French, Dutch and German is not capitalized, which means it is not considered part of the name. [Dutch people, please do not start about "T/the" Netherlands or "les Pays-Bas", at present I found even those WP article titles as "Netherlands" and fr:Pays-Bas without a definite article, ;-) or :-( as you please - and I had nothing to do with that.]  ▲ SomeHuman 2011-08-28 15:28-21:28 (UTC)

Overlapping
I noticed in the lyric section, that the unoffical translations seem to be overlapping the images. Someone wanna fix it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.164.197.120 (talk) 01:41, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Clean it up.
1., we severly need to clean this up. 2., restore the article before my edit, if you want. 3., if you do, than: GIVE AN ACCURATE TRANSLATION. How I know it isn't accurate, is that the first line should read in English: "Oh Belgium, Oh mother darling." "ô Belgique, ô mère chérie."

VTAbenakiMD (talk) 22:00, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Order
It would appear that the Brabançonne was originally written in French. As such, wouldn't it make sense to give the French version first? john k (talk) 19:27, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

English translations
With apologies to Picapia and predecessor(s), I've revised both of the English translations, which had omissions and inaccuracies as well as sometimes not being "English" - e.g. "the Freedom" (1860 version).

To translate "la Loi" as "Justice" (formerly in the translation of the current French version) is surely wrong. Outside a religious context, "la Loi" means "the Law" (as in "against the law"). Here it appears to signify a written constitution and codified laws, centrally (for Belgium then and now) the Napoleonic code - in contrast with arbitrary rule (l'arbitraire), as was debated in Europe at the time. Thus the German text has "Gesetz" (statute). The idea seems to be that of national and individual liberty under constitutional monarchy. If the committees had wanted to refer to "Justice" ("la Justice"), they surely would have done so.

But the two translations still don't succeed, in my own view. I just can't get them into plausible English. That may be because the French is already implausible - what may have seemed fine to committees a century or so ago doesn't (to my ear) survive echoes of the crowd scenes in Monty Python's Life of Brian.

Yet translation doesn't seem to be the main problem with this article. Its French and German Wikipedia equivalents (I can't read Dutch) show that: So, would someone who knows the topic like to undertake a thorough revision? Sources are in the other articles. --Wikiain (talk) 21:05, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * both text and tune have a very chequered history
 * the official versions (those on government websites) depend only on ministerial circulars and are not legally established
 * several versions are in use (not counting a bawdy student version) in all three (or four or five) languages
 * the line referring to about "invincible unity" is sometimes silenced (music only), since it is rather sensitive in a period when there is hot debate over possible break-up
 * to revise the English article by drawing heavily on the French, Dutch and/or German versions would have POV risks.

 * Good tries, CalicoCatLover! I've labelled all of the English translations "unofficial" and made the heading levels consistent as "====".  In your translation of the German version, I've made a few changes.  One is to render "hoch!" as "hail!":  here "hoch!" seems to have the sense of "give a cheer for".  There are other places in your translations where you might find alternatives or something might occur to me - but, as I've said above, the basic problem is the antiquated spirit of the originals. --Wikiain (talk) 03:33, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah Brian (CalicoCatLover), I think you have been a bit unwise. Wondering how you managed to translate from three languages without, evidently, having a very good knowledge of any of them, I investigated. I now find that you have not provided your own translations but have simply fed the texts through Google translator and then adjusted some (but, even so, not all) of the moments when the result made no sense whatever. Although you didn't claim to have provided your own translations, you put them in and so appeared to be their author;  I think you should have acknowledged how they came about. However, I'll leave them in and have begun to try to rescue them. I am a professionally qualified translator from French and also have experience in translating from German;  I'll only tinker with the Dutch. --Wikiain (talk) 23:03, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

I have now re-translated all three of the French versions of the song and the German version, and tinkered with the Dutch. (I don't know any Walloon, though so far as I can see the Walloon version is substantially different from all of the other versions.) It will be seen that these are literal translations, with no poetic aim. If anybody desires to create poetic versions, I suggest that this be done separately. As to the rest of the article, my suggestions are above. --Wikiain (talk) 23:49, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

CalicoCatLover: Sorry to do this to your work, but I am reverting your recent additions, for the following reasons: The latitude sun casting light on your ways, And fearlessly stares you in the future. You mint your prince, His love flows from you, His hand guides you to the glory job.
 * The original text is French and for WP:en there is no point in permuting translations, of that text or of later French versions, into Dutch or German - at the very least, with no indication of their historical significance, and according to WP:de it isn't much.
 * As I have noted before, your English translations have evidently been produced simply by churning the text through Google Translator and then going to a dictionary to alter some, but by no means all, of the nonsensical elements in the result. Translation states: "Machine translation often produces very low quality results. Wikipedia consensus is that an unedited machine translation, left as a Wikipedia article, is worse than nothing.". However, the advice goes on to say, by way of example:  "a German article on the topic of oysters might have Austern findet man . . . (word for word: Oysters finds one . . .), which could be translated as Oysters are found".  Your translations have a lot of things like "Oysters finds one" - such as "Aspiring to through his courage in".  And, making even less sense: "surprised sprouts" (which might sound most odd in Brussels), "Never will they fire us from our crowd" or:

 * The result is not to provide any useful information. The article already has some decent (I think) translations of the various versions of the French original, and of the current officially recognised French, Dutch and German versions.  Translating other translations, even if it were done well, would only clutter the article.  Adding bad translations of translations is not helpful.
 * By all means do this as a hobby, just for yourself and I wish you fun with it, and think of contributing to WP in other ways. --Wikiain (talk) 23:25, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Recordings of music
User 69.160.120.125: HU12 has reverted your additional recording, without a reason. I'm sure you added it in best faith, but to my ear it is really not as good as the others already there. --Wikiain (talk) 22:54, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Dutch or Flemish
On 6 July user 96.25.192.54 changes some of the references to the "Dutch" version to "Flemish", that being actually the language spoken in northern Belgium. That is of course correct about the language spoken. However, it doesn't follow that this text must be in Flemish and not Dutch. WP:fr, WP:ne and WP:de all refer to it as being in Dutch. So does the cover of the Helmut Lotti trilingual CD  Wikiain (talk) 01:30, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Flemish to Dutch is the equivalent of English(U.K.) to English. Just like English(U.K.), the term Flemish ("Vlaams") is typically used if one makes a distinction between Dutch(Belgium), and Dutch(Netherlands), (for example, when selecting subtitles, or voice actors) or when refering to a dialect.
 * But the official language of Belgium is Dutch ("Nederlands").
 * Trying to specify they speak Dutch(Belgium) in Belgium, is unnecessarily specific. And because it's a different word, it might be confusing for any reader who's unaware Flemish is Dutch(Belgium). Qube0 (talk) 06:35, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move 7 January 2017

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: page moved. (non-admin closure) — Sam Sailor 06:03, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Brabançonne → La Brabançonne – This is the complete title of this work, see the sheet music, the poster in the article and the Wikisource text. The Evil IP address (talk) 18:35, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Support. Analogous to La Marseillaise. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 01:56, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Support. Not just analogous:  in both cases, including "La" makes a correct French noun, while just "brabançonne" and "marseillaise" are adjectives. Wikiain (talk) 02:08, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Support. That's the title. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:34, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Queen
If Belgium has a queen in charge, do the lyrics change? – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 04:58, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Not an obvious parallel
Both slogans obey the Rule of Three and both contain the word "liberty". But one is a royalist slogan of privileged Belgians and the other a republican slogan of people who hate hierarchy. The parallel is less than obvious. If somebody wants to source a claim that there's a parallel, fine. Otherwise, I'm gonna delete this. — Isaac Rabinovitch (talk) 19:35, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

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Everybody Loves You

Everybody Loves You is the debut album by American guitarist Kaki King, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music).

Reception
In his review for Allmusic, critic Thom Jurek wrote that "Simply put, Kaki King possesses the most original voice on the acoustic guitar in a generation. Her sound, full of gorgeous tapped melodies and popping basslines, is as deeply emotional as John Fahey's, as technically savvy as Preston Reed's, and as energetic as Leo Kottke's (à la 6- and 12-String Guitar, Greenhouse, and Mudlark). Citing these legendary players is not for the sake of comparison in style or approach, but in metaphor only for she sounds only like herself... Everybody Loves You is the most auspicious, tender, and tough instrumental debut by any guitarist in a decade at least. It is singular in approach and peerless in execution; and in its poetic, raggedly graceful manner, it is simply a treasure of individuality and idiosyncratic virtuosity, visceral truth, and verve."

Track listing
All tracks written by Kaki King
 * 1) "Kewpie Station" – 2:14
 * 2) "Steamed Juicy Little Bun" – 2:01
 * 3) "Carmine St." – 3:15
 * 4) "Night After Sidewalk" – 3:33
 * 5) "Happy as a Dead Pig in the Sunshine" – 3:22
 * 6) "The Exhibition" – 3:09
 * 7) "Close Your Eyes & You'll Burst into Flames" – 3:19
 * 8) "Joi" – 4:36
 * 9) "Everybody Loves You" – 3:16
 * 10) "Fortuna" – 9:36

Bonus Tracks:
 * 1) "The Government"
 * 2) "L Train, 1st Ave: Low"
 * 3) "Kewpie Station (Version 2)"
 * 4) "Steamed Juicy Little Duck"

Personnel

 * Kaki King – guitar

Production

 * Producer – Kaki King
 * Executive Producer – Jeff Patrick Krasno
 * Engineers – Brian Bauers, A.J. Tissian
 * Mastering – Sarah Register

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Talk:Saqifa

I am not sure it's accurate to call him the founder of Islam. That is like calling Jesus the founder of Christianity or Abraham the founder of Judaism. He is a focal point but he was not the first Muslim (his wife was) so, I don't think that is a correct way to put it. gren —Preceding undated comment added 02:17, 22 December 2004 (UTC)

The details of saqifa
The details should be presented using authentic references. The phrase "the details of which are highly contested" is not a good reason to justify avoiding to disclose the narrated facts. Mhhossein (talk) 06:54, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Complete revision
One down, and Succession to Muhammad to go. This is a complete rewrite. I've tried to make it as NPOV as possible. We'll see what happens.

Besides all the stubs to be done, we also need references to Sunni and Shi'a accounts of the meeting. I took three hours to write this with just Ibn Ishaq and Madelung, and didn't take the time to google. It would be good to have a selection of Sunni and Shi'a websites with their versions of the matter. Zora 00:12, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I added some to the Shia section. Now we only need to wait for the VFD and the regular accusations of Shia biased propaganda :) --Striver 22:43, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Oh, dang it, Striver, the Shi'a section is now a DISGRACE. You know your command of English is poor. You know that I'll rewrite if you bring up a good point in Talk. Why do you INSIST on presenting the Shi'a as illiterate tub-thumpers? Zora 00:05, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Well said. --AladdinSE 03:37, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

Muslim

 * Striver, well written and an excellent article that introduces topics better than many I have seen. To those that advocate putting more in the Sunni section, after many debates it is apparent to me that there is not much of a Sunni section at all. The answer by the

Sunni brothers is that one should forget about the whole incidence and go on. In this regard there are two groups. One group wants to completely refuse all proof and label anyone discussing the issue as an enemy who hate what they call the pure sahaba and, the other, that think that it's no use crying over spilled milk as they call it. What is important for them to understand is that if Ali [as] was Divinely commissioned to make sure the real sunna of our Holy Prophet [saww] was not changed and appointed as a Khalifa by Allah, then we cannot forget about anything. Especially when there were wars over the same issue and there are so many interpretaions of the correct sunna. It is this point that rather needs to be dicussed and understood.

Striver, I went through your version and found the claims relating specifically to Saqifah that I had not included, and I wrote them into the Shi'a section. I deleted the rest of your version, and here's why:

You dragged in everything but the kitchen sink in trying to prove the complete Shi'a case against Abu Bakr and Umar. This article is only about Saqifah, it is not intended to cover the whole succession dispute. I am working on rewriting the Succession article right now -- I've spent hours and hours on it -- and many of the matters you included will be covered there. By the way, please DON'T start writing articles like "The Event of the Pen and Paper". That's completely opaque and useless.

It is not fair or right for the Shi'a section to be five times longer than the Sunni section.

A great many of your references are annexed from the tradition of Sunni-Shi'a debate, which I'm starting to think requires its own article. The game seems to be proving YOUR case with references to works that the opponent is believed to accept, which is why you cite Bukhari and Muslim so much. Most readers of this article will not be Sunnis and they are not going to accept Bukhari as an unimpeachable source. The Sunni hadith are completely irrelevant. Most readers are going to be more impressed with academic references. It's as if I were to try to convince you of something and kept bringing up quotations from Dogen Zenji to prove my points. "Dogen Zenji says X, so there!" That would leave you completely cold, because you don't recognize Dogen Zenji as an authority. Well, the hadith-hurling style of argument is just as irrelevant to Wikipedia.

I am rewriting the Succession to Muhammad article to remove all the hadith-hurling, which I think should be put in the Sunni-Shi'a debate article. It is a long-running debate, centuries old, with its own history and intricacies. It's worthy of attention -- it just shouldn't hijack all the Islamic history articles. Zora 00:38, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Zora, i hade no hadith dumping. I quoted where it was in place, quoted or not, the information needs to be there. As far as the preeceding events, why not have a succesion box following a timeline? As for the other events like the "pen and paper" event, it is a relevant and often refered to event and i realy do not see why it does not deserve its own aritcle, but this one does. --Striver 09:46, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Zora, you are in violation of WP rules, do not delet information. Is it a new rule that the minority also need to have less space than the others? As long as there is relevant informatino to write, it will be writen. And the reason i quote Sunni sources is simply that i am more accustomed with them. If you find a Shia source for it, you are more than welcome to add it as well. --Striver 22:41, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Striver, it is not exactly a rule... it's common sense to have some sense of proportionality. We are not going to represent Qur'an aloner views on hadith equally with Sunni.  Zora didn't violate any rules... to put it maybe crudely yet very correctly your edits sucked... it's good they were reverted... your edits are incredibly paranoid. gren グレン 04:53, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

Zora is not in violation of WP rules. There is such a thing as the art of narrative of which you possess absolutely nil. You cannot dump large tracts of religious text like that with no analytical condensation. Don't you notice how the rest of the articles in an encyclopedia are written? Do you not notice a huge difference in general style with your own? That should tell you something. --AladdinSE 03:47, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * I know that i dont write good, i have admited it and its common knowledge. Wikipedia does not demand that i write good, however it does demand that information is not to be deleted due to pov or bad grama. Stop deleting, fix what is wrong. I am reporting the Shia view, in the Shia view section.

 * If the information is to big and is dominatning the article, we can have a summary and have the complete version in a "shia view of Saqifah". --Striver 17:35, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 * No, we don't have to include all your "information" -- some "information" is not encyclopedic. I'm trying to give the gist of your arguments, and cutting the hadith dumps. When I get round to writing Sunni-Shia debate, the hadith dumps could find a home there, if not in their current form. The best thing you could do, Striver, is to provide links to Shi'a sites -- the ones that you're using as sources of argument and hadith -- where real Shi'a scholars, who can spell and write grammatical English, can make a better case than you can. Do you want to convince people? Let them do it. Zora 18:43, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I dont need to hear you calling legit information on the topic for "information". The topic is Saqifah. The section is the Shia view. I represent the shia view of Saqifah there. I did extensive sourcing. You do not have the right to remove the information. Dont like the spelling? Fix it. Dont like the grama? Fix it. To much verbatim quoting? Refrase it. But do not delet the information. As in your version, the Shia view of the timeline is not represented.--Striver 03:22, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

 * If the page links to Shi'a sites with what Shi'a think is detailed "information", there's no need to present it all here. I also dispute your assessment of your material as "information". You're presenting polemics. Zora 07:23, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Rename
Saqifah is a arabic word meaning something i dont remeber, so im going to rename the article to The meeting at Saqifah. --Striver 16:42, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Striver, you don't DO that without consulting other people. Saqifah means shed, and it is the usual shorthand for the meeting. The title you picked is bad WP style -- we don't use "the"s. I'm going to move the article BACK. Zora 10:16, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * So the article describing the event is named "shed", and not "the meeting at the shed"? Sure. Lets do that, im not going to bother... --Striver 11:16, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Some time have passed now. We need to fix the title of this article, this article can not simply be named "shed". Maybe "the meeting at the shed/Saqifah" or "the shed/Saqifah of Bani Sa`idah". Comments? --Striver 14:23, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Another complete revision
The article had been revised by Shi'a editors, and included huge swathes of Shi'a polemic and invention presented as fact, and later worked over by a Hizb ut Tahrir editor who larded it with references to caliphs and the caliphate.

I cut it down drastically. This is NOT the place to argue the succession to Muhammad, Shi'a/Sunni differences, or push HuT propaganda. Zora 08:02, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Please be civil, provide evidence of the specific sentences you believe are Shia inventions, and what exactly you object to in menioning the word caliphate, after all that was what the purpose of the meeting was about. For your information do not throw around wild accusations, I am not a HT memeber, and most of what you deleted was not added by me, but was referenced so we cannot delete it unless it is challenged. Please list the sentences, or statements you diagree with and we can talk about it sis. I concede your point that there is a Shia bias, especially citing sources 2,3,7 & 8 is disingenious, because they are Shia websites, so it does need a reworking, but try and list your objections first Aaliyah Stevens 18:34, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Read Crone and Hinds; book, God's Caliph, which discusses the invention and use of the term khalifa. They believe that it was first used as khalifat Allah, meaning deputy of God, by the Umayyads starting with Uthman, and was only later understood as khalifat rasul Allah, successor to the prophet of God. They argue that hadith claiming that Abu Bakr and Umar called themselves khalifat rasul Allah are later, anti-Umayyad, inventions. Abu Bakr and Umar were leaders of the faithful, amir al-muminin. Hence larding the discussion with references to the caliphate is anachronistic and POV -- because it's assuming that the caliphate is the characteristic institution of Islam, and that it has always meant the same thing.

As for being civil -- if I say that the article should not be used to push HuT propaganda, and you assume that I'm talking about you, then you're the one accusing yourself of POV pushing. Zora 20:00, 21 February 2007 (UTC)< -My what a clever point! Who are you referring to then?

 * Crone and Hinds; book, God's Caliph is a POV in itself, and contradicted by many western scholars (e.g. John O. Voll: Professor of Islamic history at Georgetown University), contradicts the Shia and Sunni scholars, and historical records, on the use of the term, but assuming they may have a point, so what? Call the caliph Amir al-Mu'mineen if you like, and call the Caliphate, the Imarat-al-Mu'mineen, or Imamah. The point is; it was a dispute on who should be the "successor" to Muhammads authority, or Imam of the ummah, or Amir of the believers, they are all the same. And for all intents and purposes, the ENGLISH terms Caliphate, and Caliph is de-facto term used now to refer to Abu-Bakr, whether the term khaleefa was used at his time or not. This is wikipedia engllish, and you can look up any dictionary on the meaning of these terms, you cannot contradict the english dictionaries, (let alone the arabic ones like lisan-al-arab)

 * If the term Caliph is what you have a problem with, as this is the only thing you have listed, then I will replace it with Amir-al-Mu'mineen, or leader of the Muslims. YOu still need to list your other issues if you want them changedAaliyah Stevens 21:25, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

You have restored some completely A-HISTORICAL material
All those quotes from a Shi'a website are complete invention. If they aren't, they should be sourced to wherever the Shi'a got them.

Your lavish insertion of links to caliph, caliphate, Islamic state, etc. are links, I think, to other articles that have been slanted to the HuT POV. This is definitely an attempt to use WP for sectarian purposes. The links are not needed to explain the article, which should be a minor one. All the major arguments should be at Succession to Muhammad. This is not the place to push your agenda. Zora 23:16, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Enlighten me on what my agenda is? Please calm down, and be civil, I want to accomodate you as much as I can, and I recognise that the article has a Shi'i slant, hence I have already removed material.  I am neither pro-Shia or Sunni/HT on this, but we can't remove referenced material just like that, and just because the article uses the words Caliph does not mean it is automatically a HT slanted article - HT do not and should not have a monopoly on the word, after all it is the core political institution of Sunni Islam, this fact is undisputed, regardless of if you believe it is an invented word, the Sunni Ulema considered it core to their political theology. I have removed most mention of the word caliph, and caliphate, except where it is used in the referenced quotes, or it states that a particular sect argue a point regarding it. Guillaume's translation of Ibn Ishaq is not a Shia source, ibn Ishaq is accepted by Sunnis, as a tabi'i. Ibn Ishaq has the earliest account of the whole issue, so we cannot discount him. I have removed more, but I am at a loss to work out what you want: I will remove anything you suggest if it is not properly referenced, or you convince me is irrelevent, please provide a specific list of issues you have instead of throwing accusations, possibly quote which parts you disagree with, and then we can move forward. Aaliyah Stevens 11:30, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Aaliyah, I have my copy of Guillaume's translation of Ibn Ishaq sitting right here in front of me and all the dialogue that has been added, from a Shi'a site, is not in Ibn Ishaq. It's either invented, or taken from some unspecified earlier source. You can't put it in an encyclopedia as if it were some reliable source.

In the version I restored, there's a section for Ibn Ishaq and a section for other sources. The account in Tabari is long, but I could insert chunks of that, in yet another section. If you want to find relevant hadith from the MSA database, you can. If you can read classical Arabic, and can find accounts of the meeting in Ibn S'ad, Waqidi, and Baladhuri, add them in the original and translate them. But don't defend material that's as unverifiable as dialogue from a taziyeh.

As for the repeated refs to caliph -- they're intrusive and the word wasn't even being used at that time, so far as I can tell. Translation of caliph as successor is POV -- Crone and Hinds say that it means deputy, which is how it is used in the Qur'an. The Umayyads called themselves khalifat Allah, deputies of God -- not khalifat rasul allah, successors to the prophet of God. You say that this is disputed -- fine -- argue it at the caliph article (which I really need to fix). Don't just blandly write your beliefs re the caliphate, and the centrality and necessity of the caliphate, into what should be a minor article. This article solely concerns what happened at the shed. It is not the place to push POVs or debate larger issues. Zora 21:07, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

To my extreme shame, I must humbly accept your points about ibn Ishaaq. I admit that although I have the book in arabic, I have not checked it. My problem is that I followed the 'Assume good faith' principle, in Islam, and as a policy in wikipedia. Feel free to edit those bits out. Regarding the definition of the english word Caliph and Calipahte, we simply need to look them up in english dictionaries. However it is defined in english dictionaries, is how it should be used. Regarding the arabic words Khaleef, and Khilafah, we can discuss this in the Caliph article, but it was a word used even before Muhammad, and by Allah to refer to Adam, and if needs be I can prove my point in that article, with reference to ancient arabic dictionaries. Thanks for you patience, and hope to speak soon Aaliyah Stevens 22:23, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

=Revise=

"Sunnis believes that Abu Bakr, first converter to Islam, Muhammad’s closest companion, adviser and Mohammed's father-in-law, is the successor of Mohammed, because he was the one had been appointed by the prophet to led Muslims in their prayers at Prophet's Holy Mosque at the time of the prophet's illness"

Abu Bakr was not the first converter to Islam. Ali is credited in more accounts to have been the first early convert to Islam. Change it or make it neutral and add "by some accounts Abu Bakr is believed to have been the ...

I am the city of knowledge and Ali' is it's gate so whoever desires knowledge let him enter the gate. Muhammad

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New edits
I'd like to improve the flow of the text, add a few new primary and secondary sources, and expand or clarify the Shia viewpoint in some places. I'll discuss major changes (if any) here on the talk page. Albertatiran (talk) 12:31, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

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Paul Wong Koon-chung (born 黃貫中; 31 March 1964), known professionally as Paul Wong, is a Hong Kong musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He achieved fame in Asia as the lead guitarist of the rock band Beyond until the band disbanded in 2005. After lead vocalist Wong Ka Kui's death, Wong became the lead vocalist and main songwriter for Beyond. He also earned the award "The Best Rock Singer" of the Hit Awards in 2012.

1964–2005: Early life and Beyond
Paul Wong was born on 31 March 1964, growing up with father, mother and two younger brothers in Kowloon City. Still, his mother later lived separately from her husband and children as his parents divorced.

As a juvenile, he was the champion at a couple of art contests. Until he majored in design at Hong Kong Polytechnic College, he was invited by drummer Yip Sai Wing to handle a design project for Beyond's first concert. Later he became friends with them as well as a member replacing the former lead guitarist Chan Sze On. While he worked as a designer at an advertising company, he was meantime in progress of several pieces of design work, such as the envelope design of the cassette Goodbye Ideals (1986) and the clothing design for Contact of Life Concert (1991).

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On 30 June 1993, the mainstay of Beyond Wong Ka Kui was deceased. Thereafter the remaining three members switched to Rock Records making the band's next album The 2nd Floor Flat (1994). After Wong Ka Kui's death, Paul Wong and Wong Ka Keung became the band's primary songwriters. In circa 1999, the media told that Paul Wong and Wong Ka Keung had discorded due to the difference between their musical ideas. Beyond in 2003 resumed conducting the concerts Beyond Beyond Beyond Live. Still, they held the band's final and break-up concert Beyond The Story Live in 2005.

1999–present: Solo career
In late 1999, Wong launched his work as a solo singer while Beyond was taking a break. He formed the band Hann consisting of Jun Kung, Mak Man Wai (member of LMF) and Dino Acconci from the band Soler. Later on Wong established his own studio Polar Bear Studio. Afterward he signed a contract with Universal Records and then released Yellow Paul Wong (2001) and Black White (2001) in order. By these two albums, he won "The Gold Award as a Singer-songwriter" in Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation (2001 & 2002).

Wong showed his interest in musicals. In 2000 he played the protagonist Tony in the musical The Dream Broken in Victoria Harbour by troupe Theatre Space. The story was adapted from a broadway musical West Side Story, which was localised and whose background was moved to Hong Kong. At the performances, local conductor Henry Shek took the lead and played with Hong Kong New Philharmonic Symphonic Orchestra as all performers at the seashore of Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

In November 2002 Wong held his debut concert Play It Loud in Hong Kong Coliseum. After the contract with Universal had ended, he issued an album Existence (2004), where he invested in by himself.

In 2005 by the dissolution of Beyond, they ran eight sessions of Beyond The Story Live 2005 at Hong Kong Coliseum, which is the band's last world tour. Consequently, he worked as the musical supervisor for the musical Akapi Shooting Incident by Commercial Radio Hong Kong, in which Sammy Leung and Kitty Yuen engaged and Wong also wrote a few soundtracks.

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