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Hi sorry this message is a bit late, but i hope you find some of thinks useful. Theresa knott 14:42, 6 Nov 2003 (UTC)

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For your information, Eton is actually part of the Unitary Authority of Windsor and Maidenhead, in Berkshire. The Buckinghamshire page was correct and has been reverted; the Eton College page was incorrect and has been amended. Graham :) 17:34, 26 Nov 2003 (UTC)

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Centaurus A/M83 Group
I edited your changes to Centaurus A/M83 Group in an attempt to integrate the material into the article better and make it seem less like a HIPASS/HIDEEP press release (see WP:COI). One of the things which I thought was way too technical for a general audience was the discussion on the neutral hydrogen luminosity function. Could you possibly rewrite this for the non-professional astronomer?

Also, I prefer using the PGC numbers versus the ESO numbers for galaxy identification. Neither seem to be preferable to each other or in common use, but the PGC numbers are easier to type into NED. Does this explain the use of PGC numbers in the article? Dr. Submillimeter 10:11, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I thought about this some more after writing you this message. From what I understand of Karachentsev's analysis, he assigns group membership based on whether the objects are gravitationally bound based on a careful analysis of distances and velocities (although he almost certainly lacks information on velocities perpendicular to the line of sight).  Is your group simply assigning objects to galaxy groups based on distance?  This may be worth discussing in more detail in the Centaurus A/M83 Group article.  (I do mention similar things in some of the other articles that I have rewritten, such as the Sculptor Group article.)

 * Regarding the luminosity function: Wikipedia has a lot of defective astronomy articles. If you create an article on the astronomical luminosity function, I recommend using the title luminosity function (astronomy).  If written well, this could be a useful reference for undergraduate and graduate astronomy students as well; most astronomy majors (and possibly a fraction of people with PhDs) have trouble with the concept.

 * Wikipedia has a reference on astronomical object names at Naming conventions (astronomical objects). I wrote the sections on galaxies and galaxy groups.  I am really not certain whether something would be more commonly identified by a PGC or ESO number.  Could you cite a few examples from the literature?  (I certainly know that Karachentsev's designations are not in common use.)

 * Finally, be careful of running afoul of No original research. Removing or replacing bogus redshifts is OK (if you give a rationale on the talk page), but you will need to write a peer-reviewed paper before you can declare him wrong on Wikipedia.

 * Also, revision of the galaxy infobox templates is open for discussion. Just discuss it at Wikipedia Talk:WikiProject Astronomical objects first.  Dr. Submillimeter 16:12, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Your rationale for using the ESO names makes sense. Could you add it to Naming conventions (astronomical objects)?  Also, line 4 in the galaxy naming conventions is vague, but it is needed to support the name of objects like Arp 220.  A better-worded term would be acceptable, although 'Primary NED identification' might not work for some objects.  NED sometimes gives a less well-known designation from a well-known catalog instead of a better-known identification from a less well-known catalog.

 * The problem with listing every galaxy that has been listed as part of a group in any reference is that the references produce some wildly contradictory results, partly because the hierarchical and percolation methods work very differently in some situations. (See the discussion on this in the Sombrero Galaxy article, for example.)  I prefer listing objects which are frequently listed as group members in all catalogs of galaxy groups.  The exceptions are the galaxy groups studied by Karachentsev et al., where they have performed some analyses to demonstrate that the objects are gravitationally bound.  However, I do not think that it would be a problem identifying group members not identified by Karachentsev et al. in the articles for the nearby groups if it is handled properly.  For objects that are only candidate members, listing them at the bottom of the tables seems appropriate.  Objects that are definitely members should be listed in the tables, but these should be referenced with inline citations and a special note should be placed at the top of the table indicating that these objects with the inline citations are identified by groups other than Karachentsev et al.  Does this seem like a way forward?

 * I myself would use (and indirectly have used) Karachentsev's results for research on nearby groups and disregard all catalogs for more distant groups (but not for clusters). It is fairly clear that group identification is still unreliable, especially in the direction of the Virgo Cluster.  Dr. Submillimeter 08:03, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:Martin Rees at Jodrell Bank in 2007.jpg
Hi did you take this pic?Genisock2 16:19, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
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Good photo, well done! User:Seanjacksontc —Preceding comment was added at 20:28, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

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The ranks are now incorrect.  Jolly  Ω   Janner  23:32, 18 February 2017 (UTC) I think I fixed it.  Jolly  Ω   Janner  23:42, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

The JD is a second-entry degree, and the fact that one source says that a professional degree "can be" a first-entry degree doesn't negate that. hth
Canada's most renowned publication for attorneys and legal practitioners:

"The JD is internationally regarded as indicating a second-entry professional degree program, unlike the LLB, which in most common law countries indicates a first-entry degree program with no post-secondary entrance requirements."

Every single law school in Canada with a JD program describes the JD as being second entry and REQUIRES prior undergraduate education.

Monahan added that the JD will be “a clearer reflection of the nature of the Osgoode degree,” particularly for international audiences who may not be familiar with the LLB and who may incorrectly think that an LLB is a first-entry degree.”

''“The Americans and Canadians, long ago we developed a very different model of legal education, one that’s a second-entry program,” he said. “The LL.B. programs in England and Australia are basically 18-year-olds just out of high school. Instead of studying English, philosophy or history, they’re just studying law, and it’s not a very sophisticated legal education. “The product that we offer is an entirely different product.” The second-entry professional program, like the one at Queen’s, is increasingly recognized internationally as a superior form of legal education.''

Take the MD. No one actually thinks the MD in Canada is a “bachelor’s degree.” It has baccalaureate standing in medical and academic settings because it is the “first” medical degree, although it is a "second-entry" program. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IcarusLivesX (talk • contribs) 15:12, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

 * All you have to do is add the citations to the article, rather than trying to rely on a source that doesn't say it is second entry. This discussion would also be better held on the article's talk page. Robminchin (talk) 19:01, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * Sorry I don't know what happened there with all the styling issues. I edit conflicted with you (your changes started after I opened the editor) and I guess I messed something up trying to fix it. Many apologies. I would've fixed it straight away but got pulled away straight after the edit; I must remember to check the preview more carefully. Shadowssettle(talk) 18:55, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

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Then also President of the Royal Astronomical Society should be updated. Hobbema (talk) 17:53, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

 * Yes, these things need to be updated every couple of years. That's not a good reason to go around reverting the updates. Robminchin (talk) 07:47, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I did not see that I reverted something. Thought the infobox was not updated with the info given in the text and the above list. Can happen. Hobbema (talk) 08:27, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

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In what way is my edit "puffery". I'm not saying it's the best University and I didn't put in my own praise. I'm just saying what the stats show which constantly ranks Cardiff as the best University in Wales. Don't be foolish 😑 AtishT20 (talk) 16:34, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Especially as a former Alumni yourself, I simply don't see what the problem is. AtishT20 (talk) 16:36, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

 * "considered the most prestigious and highest ranking university in Wales" is text book puffery. And the assertion that it is the highest ranked in Wales runs up against the fact that it is nine places behind Swansea in the Guardian table. As an alumnus (not a former alumnus), I want to see the best article on Wikipedia for the university, not one that over-puffs it and makes us look like a bunch of blow-hards. Robminchin (talk) 02:11, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I understand your point however I've noticed on pages such as that of the University of Oxford and Cambridge this puffery which you mention is included. Of course this is not me comparing, arguably the two of the best universities in the world to Cardiff however that's why I had made the edit as I believed it was in good faith. Also you don't need to correct my grammar. It was a minor error as I didn't realise I had written the word 'former'. AtishT20 (talk) 13:52, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

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I believe that Cosin's library is not a scheduled monument. Please check the citation on the infobox where it lists the library as a scheduled monumnent. That takes you to the Historic England's page where the id number 1121382 shows the library as a Listed building, not a scheduled monument. I searched Historic England for "Cosin's Library" and "Scheduled monument" and found 0 results. I should have noticed the infobox details and changed it, but I was focusing on removing the category. If you disagree with what I found, please let me know. MauraWen (talk) 12:29, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

 * You need to search for "scheduled ancient monument". The first hit on Historic England is the listing page, which states (in the Details section of the Official List Entry tab): "A scheduled ancient monument". It is also a listed building, which is a rather unusual situation, which I suspect caused problems with the HE database (the same occurs for Prebends Bridge, which is also both listed and scheduled). The second hit is in HE's images collection (which notes, incidentally, that it was previously in the database as "Cousin's Library") that repeats the same details.
 * A more general web search brings up Durham County Council's appraisal of the Durham City Conservation Area which states about Cosin's Library (p 51): "Adjacent to the Exchequer stands Bishop Cosin's Library, it is an important building of 1667-70 and Grade II* Listed (Image 36). The property is 2 storied and of 1 wide bay including a fine central door in a stone architrave containing a coat of arms and 3-light stone mullioned windows and transomed windows. The roof was altered in the 19th century from castellations to conceal the heightened roof pitch. This building is also a Scheduled Monument." (Emphasis added) Robminchin (talk) 16:29, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for doing all that research! On first search on the HE website it appeared to be a listed building only and I thought the citation was incorrect. MauraWen (talk) 21:51, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
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Just so you know the edit of mine you reverted at New College, Durham (17th century) was removing hyphens not n-dashes—blindlynx 23:30, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

 * I realised that afterwards, which is why I made the second edit. Robminchin (talk) 01:38, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry, i noticed after i posted this—blindlynx 03:31, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Unreferenced?
With respect to one of your edits summaries at the University of Chicago. A "claim" is not "unreferenced" just because the inline reference for it and the next sentence, is after the next sentence. Some information from sources is written in more one consecutive sentence. Alanscottwalker (talk) 18:34, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
 * The way it was written, with the next sentence specifically stating what information was from the author of the citation given, makes it look unreferenced. It needs re-writing to make it clear where the opinion is coming from. Robminchin (talk) 19:38, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

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English edu.
Thanks for accepting the mods - still think16+ is a tad slangy.

I do think it is in a really odd position in the article.

It has a lot of value - not a lot of prior dialog on non-core academic paths.

Many thanks though --

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 * Yes, the structure is rather a mess. It's possible that it's actually in the right place under 'stages of compulsory education', but a lot of other things (school dinners, school uniforms) have also been stuck into that section that really should be elsewhere. Robminchin (talk) 21:06, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Agreed - the school uniforms section was a stand out.
 * I like the current language - can it be moved to a more appropriate area?
 * Perhaps under the core discussion.
 * Many thanks. BeingObjective (talk) 21:12, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

Errors on Education in England
Hey there, can you list the errors of my edit? What I was trying to do was seperate the sections a bit better. For example, move a picture of a sixth form college to the correct section and add some of the rankings of the higher education sector in England.

Thank you for reverting my edits if there were errors and I am sorry for such mistakes. 2A00:23C7:69C9:5101:A892:322B:ADF2:3D01 (talk) 13:57, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

 * Hi, New College Durham isn't a sixth form college, it's a college of further and higher education (with foundation degree awarding powers), which is why it was described as such as pictured in the higher education section as an example of a non-university institute delivering higher education.
 * Post-16 students typically don't study a wide curriculum, they specialise at 16 onto a much narrower curriculum than almost every other country.
 * The listing of post-16 qualifications was weird, mixing up qualifications and exam boards that award the qualifications.
 * Discussion of rankings shouldn't be based on a single ranking, particularly one that English universities do particularly well on.
 * The description of the universities in the top ten of the QS ranking as including "colleges of the University of London, and King's College London" was incorrect. King's has never been in the top ten and is a member institution of the University of London.
 * As a more general rule, this article should discuss the performance of the English system rather than focusing on listing individual universities, and would have to note the decline in performance in recent years that had been commented on in the press (e.g. Our universities are at risk of terminal decline in The Times)
 * Robminchin (talk) 15:35, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Got you, thank you. Sorry for the mistakes. Could I please have another go at adding some of the rankings?
 * Also, when I said  wide , I meant the fact students can study a wide range of options (there are wide range of organisations offering cources). Not per-say how much they study. 2A00:23C7:69C9:5101:A892:322B:ADF2:3D01 (talk) 15:44, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Sure, just bear in mind the points above that we need to take a broad sample of rankings (generally generally QS, THE and ARWU) and that the focus should be on the system rather than individual performance. Robminchin (talk) 15:53, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the feedback, I will put those into note when I do my edit. Please check my edit once it's done to see if its to high standard. 2A00:23C7:69C9:5101:A892:322B:ADF2:3D01 (talk) 16:03, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Could I ask for your help with something, please? I've noticed the references table at the bottom of the page is not like others, it's one sided, other pages have two sections lined up to each other. Is there a way we could have that on this page?
 * Compare education in Canada to education in England and see the references. 2A00:23C7:69C9:5101:A892:322B:ADF2:3D01 (talk) 17:45, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I managed to do it! :) 2A00:23C7:69C9:5101:A892:322B:ADF2:3D01 (talk) 17:50, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
 * 👍 Robminchin (talk) 03:03, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I do think more universities should be noted in the rankings, because the higher education sector doesn't just focus on Oxford and Cambridge. It's nice to note, imho, note some other universities to make sure the diversity is there (showcasing that there are other universities outside of Oxford and Cambridge that rank highly in subjects).
 * However, I respect your view completely. 2A00:23C7:69C9:5101:75A8:B2C7:1427:1DD8 (talk) 04:26, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
 * The problem is that getting balance across the global rankings, which is necessary for NPOV, does tend to remove other universities. I've added links to other universities with very high proportions of international students and I'm looking around for other things that can be added. Robminchin (talk) 17:28, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Skills for Life
Hey again,

The reason why I didn't link Skills for Life to Skills for Life is because the page is really oudated and claims Skills for Life is no longer a thing.

Now, I understand why. Skills for Life is actually a new strategy introduced over the past few years by the government with free courses for jobs and training in skill bootcamps (can be found in sixth form/FE colleges). The information on the page is about the old Skills for Life programme under the last Labour government.

Do you want to help me revamp the page to make it updated? I have some links about the strategy:

• https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/skills-for-life • [Https://www.gov.uk/guidance/free-courses-for-jobs https://www.gov.uk/guidance/free-courses-for-jobs] • [Https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-for-life-campaign-introduction-frequently-asked-questions-and-background/skills-for-life-campaign-introduction-and-frequently-asked-question https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-for-life-campaign-introduction-frequently-asked-questions-and-background/skills-for-life-campaign-introduction-and-frequently-asked-question]s

Plenty more you can find online. 2A00:23C7:69C9:5101:75A8:B2C7:1427:1DD8 (talk) 17:20, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

 * Yes, I was wondering about that page. I think Skills for Life probably should be linked, because it's what is being talked about, but I've added a tag to the Skills for Life article to warn people that it's badly out of date and no longer accurate. If you've got the time and information to update it, that would be great. Robminchin (talk) 17:25, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. I'll update the page for sure when I'm free :) 2A00:23C7:69C9:5101:75A8:B2C7:1427:1DD8 (talk) 17:27, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

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The British educational 16 v 18 thing.
I still confess the language used to explain this is still not exactly concise - I did take another run at this - and I know this is clearer than it was originally - I think you have contributed to many articles on British education - as a Brit living in the US - it is something academic folks ask me to explain over and over - I think moving away from the legal language to more direct explanatory language might help - it is a small detail but it is actually important and many US readers have read this and are still confused. Dr. BeingObjective (talk) 15:47, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

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You reverted me here. I was implementing my closure of the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 December 13. — Qwerfjkl  talk  17:01, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I saw that afterwards. Given the small number of pages involved, that really should have been advertised at the pages affected to allow editors of those pages to participate. As it is, the discussion went ahead without knowledge of the topic and based on factually incorrect assumptions. Robminchin (talk) 17:06, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * It is not standard to notify the editors of pages in a category when that category is nominated for discussion. — Qwerfjkl  talk  17:19, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * As a result of the lack of notification, the discussion proceeded under factually incorrect assumptions and with very limited participation. While not required, I note that WP:CFD does actually say that "it may be helpful to invite other subject-matter experts" and also recommends notifying relevant wikiprojects. Higher Education Degree Datacheck is an organisation specifically created to combat education fraud, not (as was incorrectly stated) an accreditation body. This was, therefore, never a single-page category and the rational for deletion is therefore also incorrect. Robminchin (talk) 18:04, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Punctuation
You're reverting edits which include fixes to punctuation. Could you discuss each one? Summerdays1 (talk) 22:38, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Well, in some places you removed a full stop and ran two sentences together, e.g. "from 1878These certificates", "in DurhamThe college's" and "Langford, Grads)Ramsey House". You also got plurals wrong and removed parenthetical commas in a way that made no sense. You re-wrote things, e.g. changing "that campus" to "the campus" that made the statement factually incorrect. Robminchin (talk) 23:19, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * You should also follow WP:BRD and not re-instate your grammatically incorrect versions without addressing the issues that caused them to be reverted. Robminchin (talk) 23:21, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Typos do happen. The campus is a good substitute for that. Most of the edits are right. Summerdays1 (talk) 02:08, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * You edited out something about Christian ethos previously, not in these articles. This link could be interesting to you. It supports some of what has been posted. nytimes.com/2013/10/04/education/the-christian-dorm-at-the-public-university.html Summerdays1 (talk) 02:23, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * You're making errors. I have said typos occur. Most of my edits are fine. I suppose you could realize that there is usually more than one way to express or explain things.Summerdays1 (talk) 02:25, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * If you claim to be copy-editing, you shouldn't be making repeated edits that remove full stops and run sentences together and introducing other typographical and grammatical errors. If you are introducing multiple errors with your copy-edits, you should expect the edit to be reverted. There are multiple ways of putting things, but there are also incorrect ways of putting things: for example, "the campus" refers to the campus of a university generally while "that campus" refers to the specific campus under discussion, these are not interchangeable in the context of that article. Similarly, in your recent edit to the University of London, you changed a plural, "these were issued", to a singular, "a certificate was issued", that is simply not correct – many certificates were issued, not just one. Robminchin (talk) 16:46, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Also, please read the WP:MOS: "from1869–1878" is bad style, even if it were correctly spaced.
 * I don't know what you're referring to when you say I "edited out something about Christian ethos". I've looked over the edit history, and this doesn't appear to refer to any edits I made, nor does the article you cite appear relevant to any of the institutions we've interacted on. Robminchin (talk) 16:59, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * It was about something you have edited before. Are you able to look at a group of edits. I am kind of discouraged at the lack of ability and even conscience, so to speak on this site. It's not overstating it to say it's tragic.Summerdays1 (talk) 01:43, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * It's possible to look at a group of consecutive edits from the history page, but I'm afraid 'something you have edited before' doesn't really narrow it down enough for me to be able to know what you're talking about. However, it's likely that whatever was removed wasn't supported by the citations given – if citations are found that support it, it can always be re-instated. Robminchin (talk) 16:38, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

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Why is the date and birth removed from Harlette when it's been there since page was created
how does the blp have a problem with date of birth and nationality when designers are linked to their date of birth and the country they design for. David Cameron has his date of Birth Theresa May has her date of Birth other designers have their date of birth. Why is it today it's been removed. The designer is a United Nations expert. You have removed everything linked to uk parliament saying uk parliament is poorly sourced when it's a government server

Harlette De Falaise (born 17 July 1975) is an Australian-born British fashion designer, specialising in lingerie. Harlette Born 17 July 1975 (age 48)

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Nationality British Citizenship British Occupation(s) Designer, fashion, lingerie Years active 2005–present Website http://www.harlette.com LuxuryUK72 (talk) 10:03, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

 * Because it was unsourced, contrary to WP:BLP. Robminchin (talk) 17:30, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Why is a radio Astronomer removing details from a British Fashion designer with itu 7b space
Rob, Durham University why would you remove King's College London same University Russell Group. ITU, 7B is space 5b is Suborbital. Why would you say that British Government papers are poorly sourced. You should know 7b covers Astronomy and your removal of UK space telecommunications information from designers page is needed an more answers this page was static till today till you removed UK space Government information why ? LuxuryUK72 (talk) 10:13, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

 * Those aren't British government papers, they are evidence submitted to parliament. Nothing in them was written or approved by the British government, they are simply published on the parliament webpage as a record of evidence submitted. Beyond this, they are WP:PRIMARY sources that do not verify the information that was claimed to be verified. Further, the named author is not Harlette but Naomi McGill. Robminchin (talk) 17:33, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

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Eid al-Adha

Eid al-Adha (عيد الأضحى, ; ), commonly translated as the Feast of Sacrifice and also known as Yawm an-Nahr (يوم النحر), is the second of the two main Islamic holidays alongside Eid al-Fitr. In the Islamic calendar, Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of the twelfth and final month of Dhu al-Hijja, and celebrations and observances are generally carried forward to the three following days, known as the Tashreeq days.

As with Eid al-Fitr, the Eid prayer is performed on the morning of Eid al-Adha, after which udhiyah, or the ritual sacrifice of sheep, may be performed. In Islamic tradition, it honours the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God's command. Depending on the narrative, either Ishmael or Isaac are referred to with the honorific title "Sacrifice of God". Pilgrims performing the Hajj typically perform the tawaf and saee of Hajj on Eid al-Adha, along with the ritual stoning of the devil on the Eid day and the following days.

Eid al-Adha is also sometimes called the "Greater Eid" (العيد الكبير). In South Asia it is also called Bakra-Id.

Etymology
The Arabic word عيد (ʿīd) means 'festival', 'celebration', 'feast day', or 'holiday'. The word عيد is a triliteral root (ʕ-y-d), with associated root meanings of "to go back, to rescind, to accrue, to be accustomed, habits, to repeat, to be experienced; appointed time or place, anniversary, feast day". Arthur Jeffery contests this etymology, and believes the term to have been borrowed into Arabic from Syriac, or less likely Targumic Aramaic.

The holiday is called عيد الأضحى (Eid-al-Adha) or العيد الكبير (Eid-al-Kabir) in Arabic. The words أضحى (aḍḥā) and قربان (qurbān) are synonymous in meaning 'sacrifice' (animal sacrifice), 'offering' or 'oblation'. The first word comes from the triliteral root ضحى (ḍaḥḥā) with the associated meanings "immolate; offer up; sacrifice; victimize". No occurrence of this root with a meaning related to sacrifice occurs in the Qur'an but in the Hadith literature. Assyrians and other Middle Eastern Christians use the term to mean the Eucharistic host. The second word derives from the triliteral root (qaraba) with associated meanings of "closeness, proximity... to moderate; kinship...; to hurry; ...to seek, to seek water sources...; scabbard, sheath; small boat; sacrifice". Arthur Jeffery recognizes the same Semitic root, but believes the sense of the term to have entered Arabic through Aramaic.

Eid al-Adha is pronounced Eid al-Azha and Eidul Azha, primarily in Iran and influenced by the Persian language like the Indian subcontinent; ; عيد الأضحى,.

Origin
One of the main trials of Abraham's life was to receive and obey the command of God to slaughter his beloved son Ismaeel (AS). According to the narrative, Abraham kept having dreams that he was sacrificing his son. Abraham knew that this was a command from God and he told his son, as stated in the Quran,"'Oh son, I keep dreaming that I am slaughtering you'. he replied, 'Father, do what you are ordered to do.'" Abraham prepared to submit to the will of God and to slaughter his son as an act of faith and obedience to God. During the preparation, Iblis (Satan) tempted Abraham and his family by trying to dissuade them from carrying out God's commandment, and Abraham drove Iblis away by throwing pebbles at him. In commemoration of their rejection of Iblis, stones are thrown during Hajj rites at symbolic pillars, symbolising the place at which Iblis tried to dissuade Abraham.

Acknowledging that Abraham was willing to sacrifice what is dear to him, God honoured both Abraham and his son. Angel Gabriel (Jibreel) called Abraham, "O' Ibrahim, you have fulfilled the revelations," and a ram from heaven was offered by Angel Gabriel to prophet Abraham to slaughter instead of his son. Many Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha to commemorate both the devotion of Abraham and the survival of his son Ishmael.

This story is known as the Akedah in Judaism (Binding of Isaac) and originates in the Torah, in the first book of Moses (Genesis, Ch. 22). The Akedah is referred to in the Quran in its 37th surah, As-Saaffat.

The word "Eid" appears once in Al-Ma'ida, the fifth surah of the Quran, with the meaning "a festival or a feast".

Observances
In the days preceding Eid al-Adha and during the Eid and Tashreeq days, Muslims recite the takbir. Like on Eid al-Fitr, the Eid prayer is performed on Eid al-Adha any time after sunrise and before the Zuhr prayer. In the event of a force majeure, the prayer may be delayed to the day after, or the second day after Eid. The Eid prayer is followed by a khutbah (sermon). At the conclusion of the prayers and sermon, Muslims embrace and exchange gifts and greetings with one another, such as the phrase Eid Mubarak. Many Muslims also take this opportunity to invite their friends, neighbours and colleagues to the festivities to better acquaint them about Islam and Muslim culture.

Udhiyah
After the Eid prayer, udhiyah, or the ritual sacrifice of cattle, may be performed. Affluent Muslims who can afford it sacrifice halal cattle, usually a camel, goat, sheep, or ram, as a symbol of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his only son. The animals have to meet certain age and quality standards to be considered for sacrifice. In Pakistan alone, roughly 7.5 million animals, costing an estimated $3 billion (equivalent to $ in ), were sacrificed in 2011. The meat from the sacrificed animal is generally divided into three parts: the family performing the udhiyah retains a third; while the remainder is equally divided between friends and relatives, and the poor.

The tradition for Eid al-Adha involves slaughtering an animal and sharing the meat in three equal parts – for family, for relatives and friends, and for poor people. The goal is to make sure every Muslim gets to eat meat. However, there is a dissent among Muslim scholars regarding the obligatory nature of this sacrifice. While some scholars, such as Al-Kasani, categorise the sacrifice as obligatory (wāǧib), others regard it only as an "established custom" (sunna mu'akkada). Alternatives such as charitable donations or fasting have been suggested to be permissible by several fuqaha. Muslims are expected to dress in their finest clothing to perform Eid prayer in a large congregation in an open waqf ("stopping") field called Eidgah or mosque. Cuisine traditionally associated with Eid al-Adha includes ma'amoul and samosas.

In the Gregorian calendar
While Eid al-Adha is always on the same day of the Islamic calendar, the date on the Gregorian calendar varies from year to year since the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar. The lunar calendar is approximately eleven days shorter than the solar calendar. Each year, Eid al-Adha (like other Islamic holidays) falls on one of about two to four Gregorian dates in parts of the world, because the boundary of crescent visibility is different from the International Date Line.

The following list shows the official dates of Eid al-Adha for Saudi Arabia as announced by the Supreme Judicial Council. Future dates are estimated according to the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia. The Umm al-Qura calendar is just a guide for planning purposes and not the absolute determinant or fixer of dates. Confirmations of actual dates by moon sighting are applied on the 29th day of the lunar month prior to Dhu al-Hijja to announce the specific dates for both Hajj rituals and the subsequent Eid festival. The three days after the listed date are also part of the festival. The time before the listed date the pilgrims visit Mount Arafat and descend from it after sunrise of the listed day.

In many countries, the start of any lunar Hijri month varies based on the observation of new moon by local religious authorities, so the exact day of celebration varies by locality.

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Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act

The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (,, PBA Ban) is a United States law prohibiting a form of late termination of pregnancy called "partial-birth abortion", referred to in medical literature as intact dilation and extraction. Under this law, any physician "who, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion and thereby kills a human fetus shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both". The law was enacted in 2003, and in 2007 its constitutionality was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Gonzales v. Carhart.

Provisions
This statute prohibits a method of abortion; the statute calls the prohibited method "partial birth abortion". The procedure described in the statute is used in the second trimester, from 15 to 26 weeks, most of which occurs before viability. The law itself contains no reference to gestational age or viability. The statute is directed only at a method of abortion, rather than at preventing any woman from obtaining an abortion.

The statute includes two findings of Congress:"(1) A moral, medical, and ethical consensus exists that the practice of performing a partial-birth abortion ... is a gruesome and inhumane procedure that is never medically necessary and should be prohibited.

(2) Rather than being an abortion procedure that is embraced by the medical community, particularly among physicians who routinely perform other abortion procedures, partial-birth abortion remains a disfavored procedure that is not only unnecessary to preserve the health of the mother, but in fact poses serious risks to the long-term health of women and in some circumstances, their lives. As a result, at least 27 States banned the procedure as did the United States Congress which voted to ban the procedure during the 104th, 105th, and 106th Congresses."

The statute also provides that:

"A defendant accused of an offense under this section may seek a hearing before the State Medical Board on whether the physician's conduct was necessary to save the life of the mother whose life was endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself."

Hadley Arkes commented, in an editorial in the National Review, "[t]hat provision went even further than the law was obliged to go, for as the American Medical Association testified during the hearings, a partial-birth abortion bore no relevance to any measure needed to advance the health of any woman."

Citing the Supreme Court case of Doe v. Bolton (1973), some pro-life supporters have asserted that the word "health" would render any legal restriction meaningless, because of the broad and vague interpretation of "health". This was of particular concern when it came to anticipated arguments that such a definition would encompass "mental health", which some thought would inevitably be expanded by court decisions to include the prevention of depression or other non-physical conditions. Pro-choice groups object to this statute primarily because there is no exemption if the health of a woman is at risk.

Partial-birth abortion defined by law
The phrase "partial-birth abortion" was first coined by Douglas Johnson of the National Right to Life Committee. The phrase has been used in numerous state and federal bills and laws, although the legal definition of the term is not always the same. The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act defines "partial-birth abortion" as follows:

"An abortion in which the person performing the abortion, deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living fetus until, in the case of a head-first presentation, the entire fetal head is outside the body of the mother, or, in the case of breech presentation, any part of the fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body of the mother, for the purpose of performing an overt act that the person knows will kill the partially delivered living fetus; and performs the overt act, other than completion of delivery, that kills the partially delivered living fetus. (18 U.S. Code 1531)"

In the 2000 Supreme Court case of Stenberg v. Carhart, a Nebraska law banning partial-birth abortion was ruled unconstitutional, in part because the language defining "partial-birth abortion" was deemed vague. In 2006, the Supreme Court in Gonzales v. Carhart found that the 2003 act "departs in material ways" from the Nebraska law and that it pertains only to a specific abortion procedure, intact dilation and extraction. Some commentators have noted that the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act's language was carefully crafted to take into account previous rulings. Although in most cases the procedure legally defined as "partial birth abortion" would be medically defined as "intact dilation and extraction", these overlapping terms do not always coincide. For example, the IDX procedure may be used to remove a deceased fetus (e.g. due to a miscarriage or feticide) that is developed enough to require dilation of the cervix for its extraction. Removing a dead fetus does not meet the federal legal definition of "partial-birth abortion", which specifies that partial live delivery must precede "the overt act, other than completion of delivery, that kills the partially delivered living fetus". Additionally, a doctor may extract a fetus past the navel and then "disarticulate [i.e. decapitate] at the neck", which could fall within the terms of the statute even though it would not result in an intact body and therefore would not be an intact dilation and extraction.

Legislative and judicial history
The Republican-led Congress first passed similar laws banning partial-birth abortion in December 1995, and again October 1997, but they were vetoed by President Bill Clinton.

In the House, the final legislation was supported in 2003 by 218 Republicans and 63 Democrats. It was opposed by 4 Republicans, 137 Democrats, and 1 independent. Twelve members were absent, 7 Republicans and 5 Democrats. In the Senate the bill was supported by 47 Republicans and 17 Democrats. It was opposed by 3 Republicans, 30 Democrats, and 1 independent. Two Senators were absent, Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), a supporter of the bill, and John Edwards (D-NC), an opponent of the bill.

The only substantive difference between the House and Senate versions was the Harkin Amendment expressing support for Roe v. Wade. A House–Senate conference committee deleted the Harkin Amendment, which therefore is absent from the final legislation. On November 5, 2003, after being passed by both the House and the Senate, the bill was signed by President George W. Bush to become law.

The constitutionality of the law was challenged immediately after the signing. Three different U.S. district courts declared the law unconstitutional. All three cited the law's omission of an exception for the health of the woman (as opposed to the life of the woman), and all three decisions cited precedent set by Roe v. Wade (1973) and Stenberg v. Carhart (2000). The federal government appealed the district court rulings, which were then affirmed by three courts of appeals. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the Carhart case on February 21, 2006, and agreed to hear the companion Planned Parenthood case on June 19, 2006.

On April 18, 2007, the Supreme Court in a 5–4 decision, Gonzales v. Carhart, held that the statute does not violate the Constitution. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority which included Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, and Chief Justice John Roberts. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the dissent which was joined by Stephen Breyer, David Souter, and John Paul Stevens. Kennedy's majority opinion argued that the case differed from Stenberg v. Carhart, a 2000 case in which the Supreme Court struck down a state ban on partial-birth abortion as unconstitutional, in that the Partial Birth Abortion Act defined the banned procedure more clearly. In dissent, Ginsburg argued that the decision departed from established abortion jurisprudence, and that lack of a health exception "jeopardizes women’s health and places doctors in an untenable position". The replacement of O'Connor by Alito was identified as a key difference between the 5–4 decision against the Nebraska law in Stenberg and the 5–4 support for the abortion ban in Gonzales.

Public opinion
A Rasmussen Reports poll four days after the court's decision found that 40% of respondents "knew the ruling allowed states to place some restrictions on specific abortion procedures". Of those who knew of the decision, 66% agreed with the decision and 32% were opposed. An ABC poll from 2003 found that 62% of respondents thought partial-birth abortion should be illegal; a similar number of respondents wanted an exception "if it would prevent a serious threat to the woman's health". Additional polls from 2003 found between 60–75% in favor of banning partial-birth abortions and between 25–40% opposed.

Clinical response
In response to this statute, many abortion providers have adopted the practice of inducing fetal demise before beginning late-term abortions. Typically, a solution of potassium chloride or digoxin is injected directly into the fetal heart using ultrasound to guide the needle. This is often done by providers who do not perform intact dilation and extraction procedures (as well as by those who do) because they feel the broad wording of the ban compels them "to do all they can to protect themselves and their staff from the possibility of being accused".

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User talk:Jimbreed

Hello Jim and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you ever need editing help, see How to edit a page. You can also see how to format pages at Manual of Style. If you need pointers on how we title pages visit Naming conventions. If you have any other questions about the project then check out Help or post a question in my talk page. Cheers, Muriel Gottrop 14:50, 6 Nov 2003 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the welcome! I'm not much of a writer, so I generally limit myself to menial tasks like fixing links to disambiguation pages (see Disambiguation pages with links).  Just today I've started fixing broken links by adding redirect pages (see User:Daniel Quinlan/redirects). Jimbreed 17:46, Nov 6, 2003 (UTC)

Hey Jim, I am writing a paper on "Is semiprime a NP-Complete Problem?", So I am trying to start from Prime decomposition, and go to semiprimes, but you are the only one to mention anything about prime decomposition not being in any complexity class, so can you help, is there any proofs? Is Prime decomposition a NP-Complete problem... Write me to dani-cas at uniandes dot edu dot co Thanks

Article Licensing
Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:
 * Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
 * Multi-Licensing Guide
 * Free the Rambot Articles Project

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the " " template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

 * Option 1
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

OR
 * Option 2
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions to any U.S. state, county, or city article as described below:

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace " " with "  ". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

COPYRIGHT
I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below: Jimbreed 14:12, Feb 11, 2005 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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