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Michelle Donnelly: Why abolishing the Human Rights Act won't make Britain any more sovereign and could be the road to #indyref2
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Michelle Donnelly, a tutor in Human Rights Law at the University of Strathclyde, examines the Tories plans to abolish the Human Rights Act, and argues that its likely to come into conflict with leaders in Brussels and Edinburgh
THE incumbent British Government are moving forward with plans to scrap the Human Rights Act, expected to feature in the forthcoming Queen's Speech on 27 May. In light of its recent election win, the Conservatives will capitalise on the party's slim majority to deliver this manifesto promise on an accelerated timetable. The newly appointed Justice Secretary, Michael Gove, will do so under the caustic banner of "bringing rights home".
The abolition of the landmark legislation will constitute a key element of the 100-day policy offensive which will set the tone of David Cameron's second term in office.
The Conservative's commitment to this proposal has grabbed the headlines, and rightly so, given that it has far-reaching constitutional ramifications that will be felt across the UK.
Paradoxically, in spite of the SNP's landslide election victory in Scotland, the Scottish people are faced with a Government prepared to scrap, not Trident, but the Human Rights Act.
Gove is tasked with implementing a key proposal outlined in the Conservative manifesto: to repeal the Human Rights Act and to supplant it with a British Bill of Rights.
This process will undoubtedly be fraught with legal complexities and political opposition. The manifesto pledged simply that the Bill of Rights would "remain faithful to the basic principles of human rights, which we signed up to in the original European Convention on Human Rights."
Beyond this, details are scarce as to what the Conservative's Bill of Rights will include, not least the extent to which it will differ from the Human Rights Act itself.
The Human Rights Act 1998 incorporates into the domestic law of the UK the European Convention on Human Rights. It guarantees that the rights, and obligations, contained are observed and protected throughout the UK.
The Human Rights Act has two principal effects: first, it transposes the rights contained in the European Convention into the domestic legal systems of Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales.
Secondly, and crucially, it places an absolute obligation on all public bodies, including institutions such as the police, local authorities and the National Health Service, to act in a way that is compatible with those rights.
How might the Conservative's Bill of Rights differ from the scheme of protection afforded by the Human Rights Act?
The implementation of the Human Rights Act in 2000 had the effect of giving individuals standing to raise claims of human rights violations before the domestic courts, allowing them to avoid pursuing protracted proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
The pallet of rights protected by the Human Rights Act includes, but is not limited to: the right to life; the right not to be tortured or subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment; the right to liberty and security; the right to a fair trial; the right to respect for private and family life; the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; the right to freedom of expression; and, the right to freedom of assembly and association.
The rights to life and a fair trial are designated as "basic rights" by the Conservatives and so presumably would be included in its Bill of Rights.
Any bill that claims to "remain faithful to the basic principles of human rights" must also, at the very least, make provision for freedom from torture, freedom of religion, freedom of expression and the right to private and family life.
In fact, it is difficult to conceive of a British Bill of Rights that excludes any of the rights contained in either the European Convention or the Human Rights Act.
While many civil rights groups have condemned the Conservative's pledge to repeal the Act, many commentators have pointed out that the superseding Bill of Rights might look indistinguishable.
However on one decisive issue, the Conservative manifesto is clear: a British Bill of Rights will "stop terrorists and other serious foreign criminals who pose a serious threat to our society from using spurious human rights arguments to prevent deportation".
The Conservatives' plans appear to reflect a commitment against the extraterritorial application of human rights and towards extraordinary rendition and deportation, irrespective of whether the individual concerned will be subject to human rights abuses in the receiving country. This position directly conflicts with the case law of the European Court.
The Court has been robust in the face of increasing political pressure to relax human rights constraints on counter-terrorism measures deployed by signatory states.
Such cases invariably engage the right not to be tortured or subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. This right is absolute in its nature and cannot be derogated from by any signatory of the European Convention, neither in peace nor in wartime.
Any dilution of this right, or indeed others, could place the UK in breach of its international obligations. These fundamental rights cannot be cherry-picked for political gains; they constitute the essential foundations upon which any democratic society is based and, as such, must endure.
Overall, it seems that the Conservative's approach, as it states in its manifesto, lies in an imperative to "break the formal link between British courts and the European Court of Human Rights, and make our own Supreme Court the ultimate arbiter of human rights matter in the UK."
It appears that the Conservative's problem is not with the Human Rights Act but, rather, with the European Court and it's supervisory jurisdiction.
Ironically, the Conservative's plans would serve only to ensure that more decisions are made by judges of the European Court, than by judges in the UK courts.
In the UK, where constitutional guarantees are divined rather than codified, the case law of the European Court constitutes an invaluable source of human rights protection for British citizens.
The promotion of human rights should be progressive not regressive, a sentiment which is given practical effect by the evolutive interpretation of convention rights by the Strasbourg court.
The idea that the European Convention is a living instrument that must be interpreted in light of present-day conditions is clearly opposed by the Conservatives. It has, however, been a central feature of the European Court's case law from the outset.
The British establishment's obsession with parliamentary sovereignty is out-dated, self-aggrandising and detrimental to European and wider international relations.
The UK cannot break from its responsibilities under the European Convention or the binding influence of the European Court simply by repealing the Human Rights Act.
While repealing the Act would make it more difficult, more time-consuming and more expensive for individuals to assert their rights, they would remain able to do so before the Strasbourg court.
Ironically, the Conservative's plans would serve only to ensure that more decisions are made by judges of the European Court, than by judges in the UK courts. The obligations under the European Convention would continue to apply in the event that the Act were scrapped.
Over 60 years ago the UK ratified the European Convention and, in doing so, agreed to secure its rights and freedoms for everyone within its jurisdiction and to rectify any violation found by the European Court.
Crucially, the UK remains bound by these fundamental responsibilities regardless of the legal status of the Human Rights Act.
The only way for the Conservatives to achieve what they hope would be to withdraw completely from the European Convention. Although this is a legal possibility, requiring the serving of a six-month notice period, it is unlikely to be a political probability.
Withdrawing from the European Convention would have far-reaching consequences at both a domestic and European level.
It could have serious implications regarding the UK's continued membership of the EU, given that ratification of the Convention is a prerequisite to membership.
Any proposal to repeal the Human Rights Act or to withdraw from the European Convention will be tied up inextricably with the devolution settlements in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Under the Copenhagen Criteria, applicant states must have "stable institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities."
The European Commission's opinion of July 1997 on Bulgaria's membership application elaborated on these political conditions and confirmed that any country wishing to join the EU must first have ratified the Convention and its main additional Protocols.
Any such withdrawal from the European Convention would therefore significantly undermine the UK's future role within the EU.
Additionally, any proposal to repeal the Human Rights Act or to withdraw from the European Convention will be tied up inextricably with the devolution settlements in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
The legal instruments that grant power to the devolved legislatures presuppose ratification of the European Convention.
Furthermore, under the terms of the Sewel Convention, the implementation of the Conservative's proposals would likely require the prior consent of each separate nation of the UK. The Scottish Government has confirmed that such consent will not be given.
Moreover, the Committee for the Administration of Justice in Belfast has made clear that repealing the Act would breach the Terms of the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland.
In the immediate aftermath of the election results, speculation as to the potential for a second referendum on Scottish independence has grown. It is clear that the SNP will be reluctant to call a second vote until confident that independence will be won.
However a "once in a generation" referendum might conceivably happen twice if exceptional circumstances arise, such as a UK vote to leave the EU within which Scotland votes to remain.
During the recent election, Scotland returned an overwhelming majority for a party prepared to scrap trident and has wound up with a government prepared to scrap the Human Rights Act.
It may well be that the Conservative's plans could create the exceptional conditions required to open the door for a second referendum.
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Did ICE Detain an American Citizen Despite His Proof of Citizenship?
Posted on July 25, 2019 by Kim LaCapria
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained a teenaged American citizen at a camp for nearly a month, despite receiving proof of his citizenship.
In July 2019, multiple news organizations reported that American-born teenager Francisco Galicia was apprehended and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the previous month — who then kept him for close to a month:
A United States citizen has been detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for nearly a month, his lawyer confirmed to CBS News.
Francisco Erwin Galicia was born in Dallas in 2000, a birth certificate provided by his lawyer, Claudia Galan, shows. Galan told CBS News she has provided ICE with several documents proving her client is a U.S. citizen. These documents include his birth certificate, his temporary I.D., health insurance cards and a high school school I.D.
Galicia's mother was not informed of his detention or whereabouts for several days.
A July 22 2019 Dallas News article ("A Dallas-born citizen picked up by the Border Patrol has been detained for three weeks") reported that the American teenager was taken into ICE custody on June 27 2019, along with his younger brother Marlon. Marlon Galicia was deported after two days:
An 18-year-old Dallas-born U.S. citizen has been in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more than three weeks, his attorney says.
Now his family fears he may be deported.
Francisco Erwin Galicia was detained at a CBP checkpoint in Falfurrias on June 27, said Claudia Galan, his attorney.
Galicia was traveling with his 17-year-old brother Marlon Galicia and a group of friends from Edinburg where they live to Ranger College in North Texas for a soccer scouting event when they came upon a CBP checkpoint, said Sanjuana Galicia, his mother.
It was about 8 p.m. Marlon, who was born in Mexico and lacked legal status, had only been through a border checkpoint on school trips and had never been pressed to provide travel documents.
[Attorney Claudia] Galan said she met with CBP officers [in July 2019] and presented them with Galicia's birth certificate and some other documents but was unsuccessful in getting him released. She plans on presenting the same documents to ICE officers [the week of July 21 2019].
Galan told reporters that she provided proof to US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officials, as well as agents from ICE. Neither released the boy despite receiving the proofs:
Galan said she met with CBP officers [weeks after Galicia's detention] and presented them with Galicia's birth certificate and some other documents but was unsuccessful in getting him released. She plans on presenting the same documents to ICE officers later [in July 2019].
Media reports about Galicia's wrongful detention did not begin appearing until he had been detained for the better part of a month. Within days, subsequent reports indicated Galicia was released. A local July 23 2019 story, "Edinburg teen released after wrongful detainment," confirmed that Galicia had been released:
After nearly a month in detention, Edinburg student-athlete Francisco Erwin Galicia was released [on the] afternoon [of July 22 2019].
Following an interview with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, McAllen-based immigration attorney Claudia Galan confirmed to the media that her client, Galicia, had been released from custody after being held since Saturday at the South Texas Detention Complex in Pearsall, Texas.
His detention came despite presenting a birth certificate showing that he was born in the U.S.
Galan said that agents continued to detain the boy despite their clear and acknowledged access to information validating his birthright citizenship:
… Galan further noted that Border Patrol agents had his birth certificate "from day one," and that his brother had said he overheard Border Patrol agents "checking the database and saying that he did appear in the database as being born in Dallas, Texas, and that he was a U.S. citizen."
Galan added: "So Border Patrol did confirm this information yet they kept him under custody."
CBS News reported that in cases like Galicia's, holds are not supposed to last longer than 72 hours. Galicia was held for close to a month:
Galicia was detained by the Border Patrol for well above the 72 hours that CBP says it is supposed to hold detainees. But in South Texas' Rio Grande Valley, where Galicia was arrested, the Border Patrol is holding hundreds of adult men and women accused of entering the country illegally for longer than 72 hours. In McAllen, Texas, adult men are being held in fenced-in pens. Vice President Mike Pence visited those pens this month, and reports and video of conditions there sparked outrage.
Galicia was released from detention on July 23 2019, just days after Galan alerted the media and told them that her client's citizenship had repeatedly been proved to ICE and CBP to no avail:
Francisco Erwin Galicia, a Dallas-born U.S. citizen, spent 23 days in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in conditions that made him so desperate he almost opted to self-deport.
Galicia says he lost 26 pounds during that time in a South Texas immigrant detention center because officers didn't provide him with enough food.
He said he wasn't allowed to shower and his skin was dry and dirty.
He and 60 other men were crammed into an overcrowded holding area where they slept on the floor and were given only aluminum-foil blankets, he said. Some men had to sleep on the restroom area floor.
Ticks bit some of the men and some were very sick, Galicia said. But many were afraid to ask to go to the doctor because CBP officers told them their stay would start over if they did, he said.
The news organization also noted that Galicia was only released after their reporting shed light on the situation:
Galicia was released [on the] afternoon [of July 22 2019] from the ICE detention center in Pearsall where he'd been since [the prior] Saturday. His release came less than 24 hours after The News first reported on his detention. Before [he was transferred to Pearsall], he'd been held for about three weeks at a CBP facility in Falfurrias, where he reported the squalid conditions.
Galicia said that he tried to let his mother know that he and his brother had been detained en route to a soccer game, and that when he did so that agents informed him he did not have any rights.
Agents have also not refused to return his documentation, leaving him unprotected in the event of another encounter with ICE or CBP agents:
Francisco Galicia told Border Patrol agents that he was a citizen and presented them with a Texas ID, Social Security card and a wallet-sized birth certificate.
But agents doubted the validity of his documents right away, Galicia said.
Agents then took the brothers and another passenger into custody. They held them at the checkpoint for a day and then moved them to a CBP holding facility, where Francisco hoped he would be allowed a phone call.
"I told them we had rights and asked to make a phone call. But they told us, 'You don't have rights to anything'," Francisco Galicia said.
"Powerless. That's how I felt. How with all this proof that I was giving them could they hold me?" he said.
Galicia says the documents he presented at the CBP checkpoint have not been returned to him.
Obed Manuel, a border reporter based in Texas, said Francisco Galicia is neither the first nor the only American citizen to be detained and face deportation.
Manuel added that if ICE or CBP so much as think you are in the country without proper documentation, that "they basically have right to hold you."
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Nixon's View: He is "a good man" and "a source of information"
During the two hour C-SPAN interview, Lamb asked McNamara about his relationship with the Nixon administration, and whether McNamara thought President Nixon and national security adviser Henry A. Kissinger handled the Vietnam War in an appropriate manner.
McNamara, who in the 2003 Academy Award-winning documentary The Fog of War stated "you never answer the question asked of you; you answer the question you wish had been asked of you", naturally avoided giving a direct answer to Lamb's question.
Instead, McNamara suggested that he remained on good terms with President Nixon and Henry Kissinger, and alluded to meetings that he participated in with them, after McNamara had become president of the World Bank. However, the actual recordings of those meetings have never been made available to the public in an easily accessible format, until now. These far-ranging conversations, which touched on Vietnam, tension in South Asia between India and Pakistan, the international monetary situation after the collapse of Bretton Woods, and other topics, are fully available below for the first time.
Listening to the two conversations from 1971 and 1972, one gets the sense that Nixon, Kissinger, and Treasury Secretary John B. Connally summoned McNamara to the White House simply to get his reading on a variety of potential flash points in contemporary world affairs. McNamara, who as the president of the World Bank was working in a non-political position at the time, was reserved in his commentary. Nixon clearly thought it was to his benefit to be seen with McNamara, which explains the presence of Nixon's official White House photographer at both meetings, as well as members of the Press at the second meeting.
When McNamara entered the familiar Oval Office on the morning of October 15, 1971, he exchanged warm greetings with President Nixon (mp3, 60k, :03). Also of interest, upon the conclusion of the second meeting, recorded in Nixon's private office in the Executive Office Building on February 8, 1972, Nixon and Connally agreed it was useful to talk to McNamara from time to time. Nixon and Connally further agreed (mp3, 285k, :18) that McNamara was "a good man", a "good student", who is "very compassionate", and "a source of information."


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Q: Poincaré recurrence but infinite measure I'm trying prove the following problem:
Let $f : M → M$ be an invertible transformation and suppose that $µ$ is an invariant infinite measure. Let $B ⊂ M$ be a set with finite measure. Prove that, given any measurable set $A ⊂ M$ with positive measure, $µ$-almost every point $p ∈ A$ either returns to $A$ an infinite number of times or has only a finite number of iterates in $B$.
Obs1: µ infinite measure means µ(M)=$\infty$;
Obs2: f is a function preserving µ;
Obs3: $f^{-1}$ isn't requered be measurable.
Obs4: $µ(B)<\infty$, $µ(A)>0$
Obs5: $n$ iterates means $f^{n}(p)$ for a point $p$
What I tried:
Separate the set A in 9 parts, combining iterates that never return to B, return a finite times to B, and never return to B with the analogous to A, where the iterates are done over points of the set A. But I didn't get success in prove that the appropriate intersections have null measures.
I hope any suggestions to proceed ahead, thank you!

A: First, note that $M$ can be partitioned into $M_1 :=\limsup_n f^{-n} B$ (the set of points which come back infinitely often in $B$) and its complement $M_2$, and both are $f$-invariant sets.
Points in $M_2 \cap A$ are points in $A$ which go finitely often in $B$. They are good. If $M_1 \cap A$ has zero measure, then we are done; let us assume that $\mu (M_1 \cap A) >0$, and let us look at the measure-preserving system $(M_1, f, \mu_{|M_1})$. Since $M_1 = \limsup_n (f^{-n} (B \cap M_1))$ has positive measure, $B \cap M_1$ has positive and finite measure. All is left to prove is that almost any point in $M_1 \cap A$ comes back infinitely often in $M_1 \cap A$.
Hence, without loss of generality, by focusing on $M_1$, we can assume that any point comes back infinitely often in $B$, but that $\mu$ may be finite or infinite. Then we want to prove that almost any point in $A$ comes back infinitely often in $A$. Without loss of generality, we may also assume that $\mu (B)=1$.
For $x \in M$, let $g (x) := |\{n \geq 0: f^n (x) \in A\}|$. Write $M_0 := \{g<+\infty\}$, which is $f$-invariant.
Let $n(x) := \inf \{n >0: f^n (x) \in B \} < +\infty$. For $x \in B$, let $f_B (x) := f^{n(x)} (x)$ be the induced map in $B$. Then, by general nonsense, $(B, f_B, \mu_{|B})$ is a measure-preserving dynamical system, and $B \cap M_0$ is $f_B$-invariant.
Then $(g \circ f_B^n)_{n \geq 0}$ converges almost surely to $0$ on $B \cap M_0$, but the distribution of $(g \circ f_B^n)_{n \geq 0}$ is stationary on $B$, so $g \equiv 0$ almost everywhere on $B \cap M_0$.
Now, do the same induction process with $A \cup B$. We get a measure-preserving system $(A \cup B, f_{A \cup B}, \mu_{|A \cup B})$. Note that $M_0$ is $f_{A \cup B}$-invariant, so that $((A \cup B)\cap M_0, f_{A \cup B}, \mu_{|(A \cup B)\cap M_0})$ is still measure-preserving. Hence, for all $n \geq 0$:
$$\mu_{|(A \cup B)\cap M_0} (f_{A \cup B}^{-n} (A) \cap B) = \mu_{|(A \cup B)\cap M_0} (f_{A \cup B}^{-n} (B) \cap A).$$
But $g \equiv 0$ on $B \cap M_0$, so $\mu_{|(A \cup B)\cap M_0} (f_{A \cup B}^{-n} (A) \cap B)=0$. Hence, $\mu_{|(A \cup B)\cap M_0} (f_{A \cup B}^{-n} (B) \cap A)=0$.
Hence, for almost every $x \in A \cap M_0$, we have $f_{A \cup B} (x) \notin B$ for all $n \geq 0$, that is, the trajectory $f^n (x)$ never go to $B$. If $M_0 \cap A$ has positive measure, this contradicts the hypothesis that every trajectory goes infinitely often through $B$.
Hence, $\mu (A \cap M_0) = 0$: almost any point in $A$ comes back infinitely often in $A$.

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The Importance of the Medication History in Oral Healthcare
Eric T. Stoopler, DMD
Outpatient Medication Use and Implications for Dental Care: Guidance for Contemporary Dental Practice
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J Can Dent Assoc. 2015;81:f10
Medications Taken by Dental Patients
Increased numbers of patients with complex medical problems are seeking dental treatment.[1] This can be attributed in part to the demographic shift in the United States: By the year 2050, it is estimated that 56% of the US population will be at least 55 years of age and 25% of the population will be at least 65 years of age.[2] The most rapidly growing segment of the population is over the age of 85.[2]
According to one report, 39% of persons over the age of 65 have chronic conditions that limit daily activities.[3] The most prevalent conditions noted in this report were heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, chronic bronchitis, and arthritis.[3] Pharmacologic management of systemic disease has grown significantly, with nearly 60% of the US population taking at least one prescription medication.[1,2] Fitzgerald and colleagues sought to characterize the current state of medication use in outpatient dental practice.
A total of 352 consecutive patients referred to a periodontal practice in a 2-month period were enrolled in the study; however, data from only 322 patients were included for analysis because 30 patients refused to provide written consent. The primary source of study data was patient self-reported medication use and medication allergies documented in their health history forms on admission to the practice, which were confirmed through personal interview. The data was de-identified for research purposes and analyzed using Microsoft Excel.
The results of the study were:
Participants included 164 females and 158 males with a median age of 52 years (range, 6-94);
64% of patients were taking prescription or over-the-counter (OTC) medications or both;
The average number of total medications (prescription and nonprescription combined) taken per patient was approximately three;
The average number of prescription medications taken per patient was approximately two;
The five most common prescription medication classes were antihypertensives (35%), blood thinners (12%), psychiatric medications (10%), hypoglycemic medications (9%), and gastric ulcer medications (8%);
The most common OTC medication classes were dietary supplements (22%) and vitamins (12%); and
The most commonly reported medication allergy was to antibiotics (19%), with penicillin-allergy ranked highest (11%) followed by sulfa medications (5%).
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Associate Professor of Oral Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine; Director, Oral Medicine Residency Program, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Disclosure: Eric T. Stoopler, DMD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: American Academy of Oral Medicine (Trustee); Commission on Dental Accreditation (Consultant)
Served as a speaker or a member of a speakers bureau for: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration
Received income in an amount equal to or greater than $250 from: Various legal firms
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Wolff-Dietrich Webler (* 28. April 1940 in Berlin) ist ein deutscher Soziologe und Historiker (Schwerpunkt Wissenschafts- und Bildungsforschung von der Mikroebene der Lehr-, Lern- und Erkenntnisprozesse bis zur Makroebene internationaler Systemvergleiche) sowie Verleger (UniversitätsVerlagWebler in Bielefeld).

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Wolff-Dietrich Webler studierte von 1965 bis 1972 im Doppelstudium Geschichte und Soziologie mit den Nebenfächern Öffentliches Recht sowie Pädagogik an den Universitäten Heidelberg und Mannheim mit dem Magisterabschluss in Geschichte. Er war Referent der Grundordnungsversammlung der Universität Heidelberg (1968/1969) sowie Beauftragter für Studienreform, Evaluation, Qualitätssicherung der Historisch-Philosophischen Fakultät (1969 bis Ende 1973).

Lehraufträge am Institut für Politische Wissenschaft der Universität Heidelberg hatte er von 1973 bis 1976. Danach erfolgte ein Wechsel an die Universität Bielefeld. Er hatte eine Doppelmitgliedschaft sowohl in der Fakultät für Soziologie (Lehrgebiete Bildungs-/Berufssoziologie und Bildungsplanung im Praxisschwerpunkt Wissenschafts- und Bildungsplanung) als auch im dortigen Interdisziplinären Zentrum für Hochschuldidaktik (IZHD), anfangs Aufbaubeauftragter, dann war er periodisch geschäftsführender Direktor dort von 1974 bis 2005. Parallel war er Mitglied des Zentrums für Wissenschaft und Praxis der Universität Bielefeld von 1974 bis 1980.

1979 wurde er an der Fakultät für Soziologie der Universität Bielefeld mit einer Dissertation über "Staat und Hochschulen. Empirie und Theoriebildung am Beispiel Baden-Württemberg" zum Doktor der Sozialwissenschaften promoviert. 1981 hatte er einen Forschungsaufenthalt am Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto (OISE) sowie an der McGill University, Montreal, 1983/84 folgten Forschungsaufenthalte an der Princeton University (New Jersey/USA) und University of New Brunswick (Fredericton/Kanada). In getrennten Verfahren an den Universitäten Bielefeld (1981) und Essen (1994) wurde die Erfüllung sowohl der Berufungsvoraussetzungen in eine Professur für Hochschuldidaktik als auch der für Soziologie festgestellt (jeweilige Habilitationsadäquanz).

Es folgte ein Aufbau und die Leitung der Projektgruppe Hochschulevaluation am IZHD Bielefeld 1991 bis 2005 mit Evaluationen von Lehre, Studium und Forschung an 80 Fachbereichen von Universitäten und Fachhochschulen sowie von kleineren Hochschulen insgesamt in Deutschland. Ab 1991 war Webler geschäftsführender Herausgeber der Zeitschrift "Das Hochschulwesen" bis 2001 im Luchterhand Verlag. Von 1994 bis 1996 war er Vertretung einer Professur für Soziologie (insbes. Bildungs- und Berufssoziologie) an der Universität Essen. Seit 1999 ist er Begründer, Mitglied und zeitweise Leiter des "Interdisziplinären Zentrums für Lehren und Lernen an Hochschulen", einer gemeinsamen Einrichtung der 7 Universitäten und Akademien in Jaroslawl/Wolga. 2003 kam es zur Verleihung einer Ehrenprofessur an der Staatlichen Pädagogischen Universität in Jaroslawl/Russland. Ab 2005 beteiligte er sich an der Gründung und Leitung des Instituts für Wissenschafts- und Bildungsforschung Bielefeld (IWBB). 2007 erhielt er eine Berufung als Professor of Higher Education an die Universität Bergen in Norwegen. Er ist Gründer und geschäftsführender Gesellschafter des UniversitätsVerlagsWebler (UVW) in Bielefeld seit 2002.

Forschungsschwerpunkte
 Historische und gegenwärtige Rahmenbedingungen von Bildung und insbesondere Studium; Verhältnis von Staat und Hochschulen.
 Entwicklung der Hochschularten (öffentliche und private Universitäten, Fachhochschulen, Berufsakademien, neuerdings fusionierte Universitäten); Verbindung von Hochschule und Region.
 Lernen in der Hochschule (auch in Form der Forschung), Verknüpfung von Forschung, Lehre, Studium; Gleichwertigkeit von Lehr- und Forschungsleistungen.
 Studienstrukturen und Lernsituationen für die Bildung bzw. Kompetenzentwicklung durch die Studierenden.
 Professionalisierung aller Funktionen in Forschung, Lehre, Wissenschaftsmanagement (auch als Weiterbildungsbedarf), Förderung des Nachwuchses.
 Entwicklung von Konzepten für "Qualität" in Forschung, Lehre, Studium und Administration und von Strategien zur Qualitätssicherung; Forschungs- und Evaluationsmethoden.

Sonstige Aktivitäten
Webler war Vorsitzender des Großen Senats der Universität Heidelberg 1969/1970, Mitbegründer und Vorsitzender des Gesamthochschulrates des Landes Baden-Württemberg 1970 bis 1973 und Gründungsmitglied der Sektion Wissenschaftsforschung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS)1978. Er war in der Leitung des Projekts "Sozialgeschichte des Gelehrten Unterrichts von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart" mit Ausstellungen zur Hochschule im Nationalsozialismus sowie zur Sozialgeschichte des Gelehrten Unterrichts von 1983 bis 1986 tätig. Außerdem war er Sprecher der Sektion Bildung und Erziehung der DGS (1988 bis 1992) und Sprecher der Arbeitsgruppe Hochschulforschung der DGS (1988 bis 1996). Von 1989 bis 2001 war er Mitglied des Bundesvorstandes der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Hochschuldidaktik (AHD), davon 12 Jahre deren Vorsitzender. Außerdem war er Gründungsmitglied beim Aufbau des Weltverbandes "International Consortium for Educational Development in Higher Education (ICED)" und von 1993 bis 2001 Mitglied in dessen Leitung. Als Sachverständiger des DAAD war er für das Phare-Projekt der Europäischen Union "Management and Excellence in Higher Education and High Quality in College Education" in Litauen 1997 bis 1998 und für das TACIS-Projekt der Europäischen Union "Support for the Strengthening of the Accreditation System in Higher Education in Ukraine" 1997 bis 1999 tätig. Er bekam auch Kurzeinsätze im Auftrag der GTZ in Simbabwe und Äthiopien zur Weiterbildung von Hochschullehrern in den Jahren 1998, 2007/2009. 1999 bis 2005 gehörte er zur Leitung des Projekts "Ausbildung von Multiplikatoren für Lehrkompetenz an russischen Hochschulen"(DAAD/Robert Bosch Stiftung) in Jaroslawl/Wolga. Von 2005 bis 2008 war er Mitglied der Steuerungsgruppe des EU-Projekts Network of European Tertiary Level Educators (NETTLE) und Koordinator der Themengruppe "Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Seit 2007 beteiligt er sich an der jährlichen Veranstaltung des "Hochschulforums Sylt. Er ist Gründer und Mitherausgeber der Zeitschriften "Qualität in der Wissenschaft (QiW)", "Personal- und Organisationsentwicklung in Einrichtungen von Lehre und Forschung (P-OE)", "Hochschulmanagement (HM)", "Zeitschrift für Beratung und Studium (ZBS)" sowie "Forschung. Politik – Strategie – Management". Von 2008 bis 2011 war er Mitglied der Jury des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz für die Vergabe der Landespreise für Lehre und Studienreform.
Webler ist Mitglied der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS), der Gesellschaft für Hochschulforschung, der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hochschuldidaktik, der Vereinigung deutscher Wissenschaftler (VDW), der (British) Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) und der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (DVPW).

Schriften
 mit Doris Janshen, Otto Keck (Hrsg.): Technischer und Sozialer Wandel. Eine Herausforderung an die Sozialwissenschaften. Königstein/Taunus 1981 (Schriften des Wissenschaftszentrums Berlin).
 (Hrsg.): Hochschule und Region. Wechselwirkungen. Weinheim 1984.
 mit Dietrich Goldschmidt, Ulrich Teichler (Hrsg.): Forschungsgegenstand Hochschule. Überblick und Trendbericht. Frankfurt am Main 1984.
 Staat und Hochschulen. Empirie und Theoriebildung am Beispiel Baden-Württemberg. Köln, Wien 1984 (Sozialwissenschaftliches Forum. 21).
 mit Christoph Oehler (Hrsg.): Forschungspotentiale sozialwissenschaftlicher Hochschulforschung. Weinheim 1988 (Blickpunkt Hochschuldidaktik. 84).
 Zur Zukunft der Fachhochschulen. In: Das Hochschulwesen. 41, 6, 1993, S. 264–269.
 Professionalität an Hochschulen. Zur Qualifizierung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses für seine künftigen Aufgaben in Lehre, Prüfung, Forschungsmanagement und Selbstverwaltung. In: Das Hochschulwesen. 41, 3, 1993, S. 119–144.
 L'université Allemande et les Régions. La formation professionnelle supérieure dans une société de services. In: Universités et Territoires. Les Annales de la Recherche Urbaine. 62/63, 1994, S. 38–49.
 Qualitätssicherung in Lehre und Studium an deutschen Hochschulen. In: Zeitschrift für Sozialisationsforschung und Erziehungssoziologie. 2, 1996, S. 119–148.
 mit Barbara Schwarze (Hrsg.): Lernen in Europa. Neue Anforderungen an die Ausbildung von Ingenieurinnen und Ingenieuren. Weinheim 1998.
 Lehrkompetenz. Über eine komplexe Kombination aus Wissen, Ethik, Handlungsfähigkeit und Praxisentwicklung. Bielefeld 2004 (Reihe Beruf: Hochschullehrer/in. Karrierebedingungen, Berufszufriedenheit und Identifikationsmöglichkeiten in Hochschulen).
 German Policy Perspectives on Enhancing the Quality of Student Learning by University Teaching. In: Carolin Kreber (Hrsg.): Enhancing the Quality of Student Learning. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco 2006.
 (Hrsg.): Universitäten am Scheideweg?! Chancen und Gefahren des gegenwärtigen historischen Wandels in Verfassung, Selbstverständnis und Aufgabenwahrnehmung. Ergebnisse des Hochschulforum Sylt 2008. Bielefeld 2009.
 Zur Entstehung der Humboldtschen Universitätskonzeption. Statik und Dynamik der Hochschulentwicklung in Deutschland – ein historisches Beispiel. Bielefeld 2008.
 mit Olga Dysthe: Pedagogical Issues from Humboldt to Bologna. The Case of Norway and Germany. In: Higher Education Policy. 23, 2010, S. 247–270.
 Über nationale und internationale Standards der Entwicklung guter Lehre. Bielefeld 2011.
 Konzepte und Prozesse britischer Forschungsförderung (1986 bis 2014). Teil I: Bilanz und Perspektiven des Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)(1986 bis 2008). Ein Bericht zum Forschungsstand. Teil II: Künftige Forschungsbewertung und -finanzierung in Großbritannien ab 2014. Die Weiterentwicklung des Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) zum Research Excellence Framework (REF) (2008 bis 2014). In: Forschung. 4, 1–2, 2011, S. 23–34 und S. 35–55.
 (Hrsg.): Studieneingangsphase? Das Bachelorstudium braucht eine neue Studieneingangsphase! Doppelband. Bielefeld 2012.

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How to Measure Your Head Size
A large part of finding the perfect hat is finding a hat that fits your head perfectly. A hat that fits properly can enhance the features of your face and compliment any outfit.
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You'll need a measuring tape or a long piece of string and a ruler to start. Then follow these three easy steps:
Use the tape measure or piece of string to measure the circumference of your head by placing it just about an inch above your ears.
If you're using a tape measure, record the measurement in inches and centimeters onto a piece of paper. If you're using a string, place the piece of string and measure it using your ruler, then record those measurements.
Take the measurements and then compare them to the hat sizing chart of the manufacturer. We've added the one from American Hat Makers below for your reference.
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Use the same mantra carpenters use and measure twice before placing your order. Take your first measurement, record it in inches and centimeters, wait a few minutes and do it again.
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Finding the right hat for your face shape is also essential, but what's more important is you pick the style of hat that fits you so that you can wear it confidently.


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Take your choice of No. 1 this week, Duke with the AP or Virginia with the Coaches. Add in Florida State and Virginia Tech, and that makes 40 percent of the top-10 coming from the ACC. North Carolina and North Carolina State are in the AP top 20. Every single team in the league – all 15 – hit Christmas break with a winning record, and of the 38 losses for the entire conference, 21 have come by six points or under.
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1. The three national leaders in scoring margin are all lodge members – Duke (27.8), North Carolina State (23.9) and Virginia Tech (23.1). Plus, Virginia (22.1) is at No. 5.
2. Duke's fab four freshmen of Zion Williamson, RJ Barrett, Cam Reddish and Tre Jones are averaging 65.8 points and 7.3 steals a game. Duke's opponents are averaging 63.8 and 6.6.
3. Balance, thy name is Florida State. Five different Seminoles have scored at least 20 points in a game. The bench is averaging 34.1 points. They're 11-1 and in the top 10, despite the fact Phil Cofer – the top returning scorer from last season – has played only 22 minutes so far with an injury and scored seven points.
MORE: Zion Williamson is among the 7 best players we've seen this season
4. Virginia Tech is in the top 10 for the first time in 23 years.
5. Virginia has held six opponents under 50 points in a game.
6. North Carolina broke 100 points four times and 90 seven times in its first 10 games. The Tar Heels hadn't done that since 2008-09. That season ended with a national championship.
7. In nine of 12 games this season, Duke's defense has produced double figures in steals or blocked shots, or both. The Blue Devils have gone six games in a row with at least 10 steals, the longest streak in 18 years.
8. Eight different ACC teams have beaten a ranked non-conference opponent this season.
9. The league is 134-35 against every team in the nation not named Tennessee. The Vols seem to be the ACC antiserum, with a 3-0 record.
10. Ten North Carolina State players are averaging at least 13 minutes a game. Six of them are shooting 52.8 percent or better.
11. Louisville has made 41 more free throws than its opponents have shot, and leads the nation by getting 27.1 percent of its scoring from the line.
MORE: Andy Katz's Power 36 rankings
12. Duke junior Javin DeLaurier has put up 29 shots this season. He's missed four. He's made his last 13 in a row.
13. Virginia has committed five or fewer turnovers in a game five times, and leads the nation in assist-turnover ratio.
14. Four of the five starters for Virginia Tech the other night had already completed requirements to graduate.
15. Besides being Boston College's third leading scorer, guard Jordan Chatman teams with student manager Siqi Wang to give BC video updates in Chinese Mandarin and maintain a presence on Weibo – China's most popular social media site. That means 445 million users can hear about how Ky Bowman is averaging 18.8 points, 7.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists, and leading the league in minutes played, sitting out barely two minutes a game.
16. Marcquise Reed, with an 86.4 career percentage, is statistically the best free throw shooter in the history of Clemson. The former record had stood for more than 50 years. But last season, Reed wasn't even the best free throw shooter on the team. Shelton Mitchell edged him 85.7-84.5, and has moved into ninth on the career list.
17. Notre Dame has three of the top eight players on the ACC in assist-turnover ratio, though one of them – Rex Pflueger – is gone for the year with a knee injury.
18. In its first 11 games, Georgia Tech has started 10 different players, in five different combinations. Not one Yellow Jacket has started all 11.
19. Louisville forward Jordan Nwora averaged only 5.7 points a game last season as a freshman. This year, he's at 17.8, the biggest jump anyone has made in the ACC. He's the first Louisville sophomore or freshman in 41 years to score 20-plus points in at least six of the first 10 games.
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20. North Carolina has led by double digits in 10 of its 11 games. The only exception was the loss to Kentucky.
21. Pittsburgh won eight games all last season. The Panthers reached that mark this season on Dec. 15.
22. Syracuse lost back-to-back non-conference games for the first time since joining the Big East in 1979, and was beaten by Buffalo for the first time in 55 seasons. But these are the same Orange who gave No. 13 Ohio State its only loss so far, by 10 points, on the Buckeyes' home court.
23. Miami is the only ACC team with all five starters averaging in double figures – from 16.2 to 12.5.
24. Wake Forest leading scorer Brandon Childress has 656 career points. His father Randolph had 2850 at Wake in the 1990s. That makes them the top-scoring father-son duo in ACC history.
25. ACC teams played in three overtime games on Nov. 23 alone, but one the entire month of December.
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27. And finally, Jan. 19 could be interesting. Virginia at Duke. When's the last time you saw No. 1 playing against . . . No. 1?
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Image ownership has become more and more blurred with Instagram and other social media "re-purposing" original images. I recently read a great article with an update on this fascinating and important subject, especially for artists. I wrote extensively about originality and what constitutes an original work of art in my book, Point of Art in 2007. The definition hasn't changed.
Even since the advent of social media, one thing is still clear, FB, Instagram, Twitter and the rest do not claim the rights to the images posted on their sites. They are still owned by the creator. If you take an image off Instagram and re-purpose it into a work of art, it must be significantly altered for it to be considered original. If not, permission must be explicitly granted by the artist and a credit or a mutually agreed upon financial arrangement is in order. "Sharing" is good. Stealing isn't.
I've experienced more than once the singular compliment of having my images stolen to make mousepads, coffee mugs or tee shirts. Putting work out there doesn't imply the right to use it for personal or financial gain. I see people photograph images at art openings and know they may use it to make a giclee for that tricky spot on their wall they've been trying to fill.
In the very well written article (linked above), Madison Malone Kircher explores mega famous artist, Richard Prince, who thinks nothing of stealing images from Instagram to make his very expensive art. Are those from whom he steals entitled to a cut of the profit? He says no.
The question is, do normal working class people (most artists I know fall into this category) have the resources to go to court over plagiarism against a rich artist like Richard Prince or an internet mousepad merchandiser?
I like the solution the would be plaintiffs came up with. Rather than a costly court battle, they are selling Richard Prince images that he stole from them, at a fraction of the price on their own sites. Instagrammers, @SuicideGirls, are selling prints of Prince's pieces and donating the proceeds to a group that focuses on digital copyright issues.
It really comes down to simple question of fairness, which has been lost in the shuffle with society's moving away from individual privacy, and the explosion of social media. I'm just here to remind you, however, stealing ideas and images is still wrong, unless you have something significant to add to the conversation that transforms it.
I don't like the solution of selling out. The Artist owns the rights to the image, no one else… If they are using your images, or the images of your models online it maybe a cyber crime and as such something that you can report to the FBI.
"Where Can I Get Help?
A complaint may be filed online at the Internet Crime Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov and, again, it will be properly routed.


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A Song for Arbonne
Guy Gavriel Kay / Jan 19, 2020
A Song for Arbonne Based on the troubadour culture that rose in Provence during the High Middle Ages this panoramic absorbing novel beautifully creates an alternate version of the medieval world The matriarchal cultu
Title: A Song for Arbonne
Author: Guy Gavriel Kay
Based on the troubadour culture that rose in Provence during the High Middle Ages, this panoramic, absorbing novel beautifully creates an alternate version of the medieval world.The matriarchal, cultured land of Arbonne is rent by a feud between its two most powerful dukes, the noble troubador Bertran de Talair and Urte de Miraval, over long dead Aelis, lover of one, wifeBased on the troubadour culture that rose in Provence during the High Middle Ages, this panoramic, absorbing novel beautifully creates an alternate version of the medieval world.The matriarchal, cultured land of Arbonne is rent by a feud between its two most powerful dukes, the noble troubador Bertran de Talair and Urte de Miraval, over long dead Aelis, lover of one, wife of the other and once heir to the country s throne.To the north lies militaristic Gorhaut, whose inhabitants worship the militant god Corannos and are ruled by corrupt, womanizing King Ademar His chief advisor, the high priest of Corannos, is determined to irradicate the worship of a female deity, whose followers live to the south.Into this cauldron of brewing disaster comes the mysterious Gorhaut mercenary Blaise, who takes service with Bertran and averts an attempt on his life The revelation of Blaise s lineage and a claim for sanctuary by his sister in law sets the stage for a brutal clash between the two cultures Intertwined is the tale of a young woman troubadour whose role suggests the sweep of the drama to come.
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Guy Gavriel Kay is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction Many of his novels are set in fictional realms that resemble real places during real historical periods, such as Constantinople during the reign of Justinian I or Spain during the time of El Cid Those works are published and marketed as historical fantasy, though the author himself has expressed a preference to shy away from genre categorization when possible.
I am in awe. This might be the best book I've read this year. It might be one of the best books I've ever read.If you like epics, this is for you. Romance, intrigue, artistic expression, mystery, combat scenes, sex, violence, passion, compassion, bitter revenge, redemption. It's all here.This book was what makes fantasy great. It is what makes historical fiction great. A perfect blend of the two, with very human elements there to give life to the characters. The reader is constantly on the edge [...]
*** 4.75 ***A Buddy Read with the Fantasy Buddy Reads Group, because we love G. G. Kay!Have you ever read a book and felt completely inadequate to write a review for it? Not that the book was that overwhelming in scope or plot lines, nor because it tackled some deep philosophical issues whose gravity would be impossible to put in several paragraphs. The ineptitude I find myself in, is because this is the forth book written by Kay I have read in the last couple of months and with each volume I be [...]
Insert rant about the many reasons why I really like a lot of Kay's early work here.
Mayim De Vries
Artisans, it seems, are very important for Kay. Tigana had musicians, Sarantine duology a mosaicist as the main protagonist, in Arbonne, fashioned after the medieval Provence and Occitania, troubadours are in the middle of things (along with joglars and trobairitz, that is female performers). With them, the ideals of court love, gallantry, poetry, tournaments, knights and dames and all the associated drama constitutes a backbone of this novel. To give you a proper context: Dante Alighieri saw th [...]
Guy Gavriel Kay molds characters from ideas and a splash of his imagination, shapes them with delicate letters and beautiful words, and then he breathes life into them with his pen. And they become real, almost. Then he creates a world, based on our own, a world so beautiful yet so cruel, rare but typical, charming from afar but revolting at a closer inspection. Then he releases all of those characters into this newly crafted world, and let them roam the fields and populate the emptiness, and so [...]
My fourth book by GGK and once again I liked the the world, story and the characters created by him. This is a beautiful story of love, loyalty, honor, family, courage, sacrifice, betrayal and survival. First I must confess I was not impressed in first five chapters but after that I was unable to put it down. It took me a little time to understand the plot. Arbonne a land famous for its troubadours which is ruled by a woman and worship a goddess. Their passion for their country is remarkable. It [...]
Eilonwy
Two countries, two deities. Arbonne: Southerly, warm, goddess-worshipping, and filled with songs of love. Gorhaut: Northern, harsh, god-worshipping, and ruled by a cruel and twisted king. They couldn't seem more different. Blaise de Garsenc has a foot in both lands: A younger-son noble of Gorhaut, he has come to Arbonne to work as a mercenary coran. As the two countries come closer to war with one another, he begins to recognize a disturbing parallel between them. Each has internal rivalries t [...]
This book is like a nice painting splattered with mud. It's a great story - intrigue, war, love, mystery, politics, tension, regret, impending doom, death, surprises, clear good guys, clear bad guys, and some you aren't sure about. And the setting is nice if you like traditional fantasy of the medieval/Renaissance style - more swords and nobles than magic and monsters. I enjoyed it. But the author threw up a lot of unnecessary chaff between me and my enjoyment of the story. It wasn't enough to r [...]
Pure poetry. A tale of undiluted love on both an epic and a personal scale. A tale of pride, regret and music. Of courtly love and the hard game of nations. Of family, hatred, war and betrayal. Of ambition and endless longing. Of the timeless seasons of one's own homeland. A tale of men and women.Kay works his magic with emphatic brilliance and exquisite execution, regaling us with a thought-provoking story of beauty and suspense.There were ripples to events, and they went a long way sometimes [...]
I can understand people who don't like Guy Gavriel Kay's work. I think I've said it before, but there are definite quirks of style, ways he plots and deals with characters, that can drive even me mad in the wrong mood -- which is why I first picked this up to reread in April, and now it's November when I've finally finished. I do love most of Kay's work when I'm in the right mood, though, and A Song for Arbonne is additionally up my street because of the Court of Love, the troubadours, all the s [...]
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ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature.Blaise, a sellsword from Gorhaut (a violent and chauvinistic northern country), has moved to the warmer country of Arbonne. Blaise doesn't have much appreciation or tolerance for Arbonne's womanly culture which is highly influenced by the Court of Love. He also doesn't have much hope that Arbonne – which values singers over soldiers, and troubadours over troops – will put up much of a fight if Gorhaut decides to try to eradicate Arbonne's godde [...]
Υπέροχο φαντασιακό μυθιστόρημα του Kay (νομίζω ότι διαδραματίζεται στο ίδιο σύμπαν με την Τιγκάνα, αλλά δεν είμαι σίγουρη). Έξτρα πόντοι για το βαθύτατα φιλογυνιστικό (ως αντίθετο του μισογυνιστικού) μήνυμά του.
This was my first Guy Gavriel Kay, and I was not disappointed. I would recommend this book for any fans of emotional, historical epics. There's really not too much fantasy here, besides that the story takes place in a fictional world with two moons. This story centers around Gorhaut, a God-worshipping, male dominated nation that recently went through an upheaval in leadership, and Arbonne, it's neighbor. Arbonne is a Goddess worshipping nation in which troubadours are greatly admired and women h [...]
How I found this book is a story in itself. A few years ago I was living in what basically amounted to a "boarding university" (not merely a dorm, but all the restrictions you'd expect at a closed campus boarding school somewhere in North England) The guy living next door, who impressed me before only with the incredible number of days he could go without showering, unexpectedly impressed me with his reading materials. In a burst of gratitude that I helped him figure out how to play something on [...]
Reggie Kray
Superb in all aspects. A literary gem!
A Song For Arbonne is a lyrical portrayal of one tumultuous year in Arbonne, as its peace-loving people — aristocracy, mercenaries, troubadours, priests and priestesses — deal with the threat of invasion from their war-hungry neighbors to the north.Much to my astonishment, some folks don't enjoy the works of Guy Kay as much as I do. That said, the overall ratings for A Song For Arbonne is well above four, which puts it in pretty rarified territory. Even the negative reviews of Kay usually [...]
Buddy Read with the Kay Squad at FBR.
Que livro!!Se Tigana tinha sido uma experiência muito boa com o autor, A Song for Arbonne cravou o nome de Guy Gavriel Kay naquela lista de "Autores que eu preciso ler absolutamente TUDO que eles publicaram na vida!" .O livro como um todo foi emocionante, os personagens são muito marcantes, apesar de talvez no inicio ser possível ficar meio perdido, quando você se familiariza com todos, a história flui de uma forma muito gostosa. Até os vilões, que são totalmente odiáveis, no final voc� [...]
StoryTellerShannon
Lyrical prose; developed characters; but not enough happening! Not enough wonder or plot; it's more like a Historical epic; I never liked any of his characters and he meanders too much on the prose for my tastes; a lot of people love him though; if you loved LOTR then you may very well like this one . . . while I can appreciate his style, he isn't for me; if his pacing was faster, there would have been promise.
This is a generous five stars, to be honest. It is based on the prose and the characters and the worldbuilding. The plot itself isn't much, and should bring the book to four stars, but I can't bring myself to do so, because the writing was so beautifully crafted. I love GGK's rhythm and word choice, and his ability to evoke a feeling with just a sentence. Stunning.
Guy Gavriel Kay has the kind of prose that makes me want to bury myself and cry because I'll never be able to write like him. A Song for Arbonne has everything: romance, troubadours, intrigue, war, passion, revenge. It's an epic story. Guy Gavriel Kay writes something I wouldn't call fantasy but more alternative history. He takes a place (here it's the lovely Provence) then does his research and sets a story in an alternative version of it. Beautiful plot, great characters and a lot of heartbrea [...]
An enchanting, highly recommended historical fantasy that pulled me into the world of Provence, land of 'courts of love' and of troubadours, and other kingdoms or dukedoms of medieval France, with Kay using each civilization as a basis for his fantasy concept of these places. The story begins and ends with excerpts from the written 'vidans' or lives of two of Arbonne's most famous troubadours: "the first and perhaps most famous", Anselme of Cauvas and ending with that of Lisseut of Vezét, the l [...]
This was my first exposure to Kay's work, and I've to say that I've already fallen in love with his writing. In A Song for Arbonne, he created a dazzling and extraordinary tale of mere mortals, whose life were entangled by malevolence, political intrigue and love. From this overtly distinct mix, Kay managed to weave such a convoluted story that acquire a life of its own. This, coupled with the story's multi-layered characters, interesting plot and Kay's very own magnificent prose produced an awe [...]
Teeuhh
STOP THE PRESSES! THIS MIGHT BE MY NEW FAVORITE GUY GAVRIEL KAY NOVEL!I NEED SOME TIME ALONE.
"Until the sun dies and the moons fall, Gorhaut and Arbonne shall not lie easily beside each other."This is my third book by Guy Gavriel Kay and, while all have been excellent, this one is my favorite so far. I give that qualifier because there are more Kay books to read and with every story he manages to enthrall me all over again. In each book he has managed to make his fictionalized lands seem real and familiar by evoking the memories of our world's own past. Tigana conjures visions of [...]
I write this review as an aggrieved reader. What I thought this book would be like and what it actually is are so different that I begin to wonder if I am really reading the same author who wrote Tigana.Many or most of you will perhaps disagree with me or my issues with the book, and even might complain that a book should not be compared to another book and must be read for what it is, rather than what it should have been. Generally I would agree. However, seeing that GGK Sacrifices so many thin [...]
A Song for Arbonne. "Damn glad to meet you, Mr Kay. We seem to have been traveling separate avenues until now. Do you mind if I tag along for awhile?" I am giving this one a 4-Star slap on the back, admiring some fine wordsmithing and in the expectation that I will enjoy other books by GGK. I was on the verge of putting this one on my "never-finished" shelf as I plodded through the first two chapters. Set in a thinly-disguised alternate earth version of medieval France, I thought the int [...]
Just over halfway into this book, I already knew it was going to be one of my favorites, for a number of reasons:1. I really enjoyed the characters. There were just so many of them, all of which were so different, and almost all of which I loved. Though majority of the main female characters were described as extremely beautiful, which is definitely something we could've done without, we had a lot of strong female characters, which was pretty great.2. This book was kind of dramatic, possibly eve [...]
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A Song for Arbonne is a lovely book, and Kay is on his way to becoming one of my favorite fantasy authors. The book focuses on the conflict between Arbonne (inspired by Provence, with a troubadour culture and a goddess and women in some powerful positions) and northern Gorhaut (a warrior-based culture that brutally oppresses its women). I was a little concerned by what the bookjacket built up as a war of the sexes, but in reality the focus is on the conflict between two very different cultures. [...]
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I lent Evan my umbrella.
Raman's son was killed in a traffic accident last winter.
Cindie is still in Australia.
I never had to order Kristen to do anything.
Ritchey never bothered to tell Jarvis that he wasn't going to be there.
Rich went back to where he had met Lin earlier.
Are you sure we can count on Syd?
Ray is the guy I was telling you about yesterday.
Blair suddenly slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting a dog.
Jane doesn't seem too worried.
Nathan's due any minute now.
Monica is going to stop by today.
I asked Irfan to keep an open mind.
Eddie says he doesn't want me hanging around here.
Josip went to the tanning salon.
Kevin didn't have enough money to buy the guitar he wanted, so he bought a cheaper one.
Danielle didn't know which bus to take.
Marsh has always made good in every work he has had.
Hohn was so drunk that he spent the night in a ditch because he could not find his way home anymore.
I tried to get Blayne to stop.
Does Billie ever talk about his work?
Brandi is afraid of snakes.
We have to deal with this, Jem.
So Sanche, you're a house-husband now?