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A stronger word than "snob"
I recently stayed at a charming boarding house and had the pleasure of meeting one of the most curious people I have ever come across in my life. He was polite, and yet standoffish. He reminded me of Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers in his servility but without the bursts of uncontrolled rage (thankfully!). During my entire stay I willed myself to find a noun, an adjective or any appropriate expression to describe the landlord in question but I was stunned by his bizarre behaviour. His wife, au contraire, was kind, intelligent, witty and a true saint.
So, a brief description of the landlord's character and I hope someone will supply the word or expression that does the chap justice!
Someone who is concerned with social class; who fancies himself belonging to the upper-middle class when it is clear from his speech and mannerisms he did not enjoy those privileges as a child. A person who is fixated with appearances; always lays the table with expensive looking cutlery, cut lead crystal glasses, linen napkins and even lit candelabras but then serves pre-cooked food bought from Tescos (U.S Walmart). A person who addresses you as a "young lady", is obsequious to a fault but then drinks too much at dinner and slurs his words. Whose talk borders on vulgarity but somehow manages to never cross that line. A person who will boast of owning two cars when he cannot drive. A person who will continually ask if you slept well, if you are enjoying the food, if you are fond of this or that, and whether you are comfortable in the first ten minutes but will then proceed to ignore you for the rest of the evening by watching the television.
What do you call someone like that? During my stay I could only think of snob but it seemed so inadequate, so measly compared to the sheer magnificence of his.... what?!
EDIT [original comments 17/7/2013]
The landlord was always polite, even obsequious, never aggressive nor disdainful towards me because I was "the perfect guest". (I was very conscious about my table manners while staying there!). He was anxious to impress me because I was a visitor from Italy and proclaimed to love Italian music, art, food and wine, while knowing next to nothing about them.
My landlord spoke of his travels abroad, his cruises to islands and he waxed endlessly about how fine the women dressed on board, how they dressed differently during the day and evening and how their handbags and shoes matched their dresses. The man was, frankly speaking, quite bizarre! I've never met anyone quite like him.
He was very right-wing, a real conservative and even expressed admiration for Berlusconi because he is a man of immense wealth and power, while personally I abhor the politician. He did express disapproval about the number of young men and women who would fill the bars, pubs and nightclubs at the week-ends and would often advise me from going out late at night, in case I should witness their vulgar, cheap, drunken behaviour. This piece of advice I always ignored and often enjoyed a pint with friends myself, I had a wonderful time! :)
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Mari-Lou AMari-Lou A
Social clamberer? – James Waldby - jwpat7 Jul 16 '13 at 7:31
Hyacinth is the character in the TV programme Keeping up appearances, who has strong pretensions of being upper class, and who despises her sister and family who are very stereo-typical working class. See this question from yesterday. – TrevorD Jul 16 '13 at 11:33
@Mitch: No, no, clamberer is much better, because this person is not exactly succeeding. It's a nice word. – Cerberus_Reinstate_Monica Jul 17 '13 at 4:37
@Mari-LouA: Almost everyone belonging to traditional upper classes will strongly disagree with that definition, which by the way was taken from a book about African-American culture. This is probably caused by a confusion with the definition commonly used in sociology/economics. But normally, in modern society, it's mainly about who you hang out with and your behaviour, including manners and attitudes. Money and birth help, but they're only secondary. In some past societies, like Rome, money was more important than now. In Renaissance France, titles and genealogy were more important than now. – Cerberus_Reinstate_Monica Jul 17 '13 at 15:26
I think it's important to note that this is sposta be UK speech. We don't have a class system quite like that in the US, though some would disagree. In any event, the fascination with overt social class is not generally a part of American assholism, as Geoff Nunberg calls it. We don't really have the words for it, so only UK speakers' answers are likely to be le mot juste. – John Lawler Jul 19 '13 at 16:43
Tutto fumo niente arrosto would easily translate in the United States to All hat and no cattle, which makes reference to a wannabe cowboy (or rancher) who dresses the part but lacks any real personal experience. It means full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.
This link has a way of describing the expression as being rather derogatory, but has that U.S. Southern sound of politeness (in the same way that "bless your heart" is used) where one might get away with saying it to a person's face without them realizing how badly they have been stung. You can read the coarse language interpretation yourself at the link, but the oafish target might simply respond "Uh, thanks, so you like my hat?"
Country singer Trace Adkins has a song based on the expression. The lyrics might metaphorically describe your host fairly well:
See that boy standing there by the dance floor
He's lookin' like the Marlboro Man
Starched shirt, starched jeans, big trophy buckle
And an empty Copenhagen can
He's talkin' cowboy this and cowboy that
Well I'll bet one thing's for sure
The only stampede that he's ever seen
Is the clearance at the western store
All hat and no cattle, that boy just ain't real
All boots and no saddle, don't know how to make a cowgirl feel
Think I'm gonna tell him to pack up his act
And go back where he came from
'Cause all hat and no cattle ain't gonna get it done
He's just a smooth-talkin', long-tall slow-walkin'
Drugstore-made-up dude
So honey don't you fall for that fake Texas drawl
He ain't right for you
What you need's a man that ain't just a hat stand
When you get him home
Well, I don't look like much, but I can sure saddle up
And ride with you all night long
All hat and no cattle ain't gonna get it done
(You can hear the song at this link.)
From a description of cowboy culture in wikipeidia:
Actual cowboys have derisive expressions for individuals who adopt cowboy mannerisms as a fashion pose without any actual understanding of the culture. For example, a "drugstore cowboy" means someone who wears the clothing but does not actually sit upon anything but the stool of the drugstore soda fountain—or, in modern times, a bar stool. Similarly, the phrase "all hat and no cattle" is used to describe someone (usually male) who boasts about himself, far in excess of any actual accomplishments. The word "dude" (or the now-archaic term "greenhorn") indicates an individual unfamiliar with cowboy culture, especially one who is trying to pretend otherwise.
You should know that modern Texans (and Western Americans in general to a lesser degree), take the cowboy culture seriously. - I would imagine that the wealthiest oil barons, ranchers, sport team owners, and techno-wizards of the region would treat the cowboy culture just as the British Royals treat their foxhunting and equestrian sports. The phrase "all hat and no cattle" would be an often used phrase among these elite. (If you have ever acquainted yourself with the television series "Dallas", you may understand this better.)
By the way, let me point out the word wannabe that I used in the description above. (Wannabe cowboy, meaning someone who wants to be a cowboy or rancher). "Wannabe" is a derogatory noun, one who aspires, often vainly, to emulate another's success or attain eminence in some area.
Stuffed shirt (n) a pompous, self-satisfied, and inflexible person.
Pretentious (adj) characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved; making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious.
Pompous (adj) characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance
Prideful (adj) having a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
Supercilious (adj) displaying arrogant pride, scorn, or indifference; feeling or showing haughty disdain.
Vainglorious - characterized by or exhibiting excessive vanity; boastful.
Slurring his speech while drinking at dinner makes me think of bumptious - (adj) presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive; full of ones self.
Of course, adding "jerk" or, better yet, "ass" to any of these adjectives makes them more disdainful, as with pretentious jerk or pompous ass.
Canis LupusCanis Lupus
Up vote, though I'd suggest "proud" instead of "prideful". Don't forget "haughty". It is gender-neutral. – Ellie Kesselman Jul 17 '13 at 0:40
Yes, at some point this list and a moderately good thesaurus points to so many related words. I had to stop. I do think prideful is more commonly understood in a negative sense, even though it is not necessarily so. :) – Canis Lupus Jul 17 '13 at 0:47
After seeing this fine list I now realize why OPs rarely up-vote these type of answers. Each word describes, to a certain extent, a facet of his character but grouped together they give a distorted view of the person. The landlord was always polite, even obsequious, never aggressive or disdainful towards me, because I was "the perfect guest".(I was very conscious about my table manners while staying there!). He was anxious to impress me because I was a visitor from Italy and proclaimed to love Italian music, art, food and wine, while knowing next to nothing about them. – Mari-Lou A Jul 17 '13 at 5:46
He was very right-wing, a real conservative and even expressed admiration for Berlusconi because he is a man of immense wealth and power, while personally, I abhor the politician. He did express disapproval about the number of young men and women who would fill the bars, pubs and night clubs at the week-ends and would often advise me from going out late at night, in case I should witness their vulgar, cheap drunken behaviour. This piece of advice I always ignored and often enjoyed a pint with friends myself, I had a wonderful time! :) – Mari-Lou A Jul 17 '13 at 5:57
My landlord spoke of his travels abroad, his cruises to islands and he waxed endlessly about how fine the women dressed on board, how they dressed differently during the day and evening and how their handbags and shoes matched their dresses. The man was, frankly speaking, quite bizarre! I've never met anyone quite like him. – Mari-Lou A Jul 17 '13 at 6:34
Prig
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
Wikipedia: a person who shows an inordinately zealous approach to matters of form and propriety – especially where the prig has the ability to show superior knowledge to those who do not know the protocol. They see little need to consider the feelings or intentions of others, relying instead on established order and rigid rules to resolve all questions.
The prig approaches social interactions with a strong sense of self-righteousness.
A perhaps even better description would be
A pretentious prig
since it gives the impression that the prigness does not stem from actual superiority
Hypocritical plebeian prig
mplungjanmplungjan
That's a good one. The landlord was fussy over details that were trivial but according to the dictionary definition you posted; a prig could be cultured, belonging to a high social class and be knowledgeable about "protocol". My landlord wanted to give this impression but it was all pretence. Very superficial. In Italian there is the saying: tutto fumo poco/niente arrosto which comes close. – Mari-Lou A Jul 16 '13 at 8:48
Hypocritical plebeian prig ;) – mplungjan Jul 16 '13 at 9:28
I would have said that prig has implications of "standoff-ish", which may not be appropriate from Mari-Lou's description. – TrevorD Jul 16 '13 at 11:37
And pretentious is something like Mrs Bucket from keeping up appearances – mplungjan Jul 16 '13 at 16:12
Amusingly, Mrs. Bucket came up in conversation tonight. I'd never heard of her before. – Bradd Szonye Jul 21 '13 at 8:09
One who makes a great pretense and display of belonging to a much higher class than that to which he or she actually belongs, and of possessing much more elegance and refinement than he or she actually possesses, and who unjustifiably looks down upon those who do not attain to his or her pretended level, is a poseur.
Adding just a bit here: The Anglicized version, poser, lends the additional forcefulness sought in the original question, especially when it's spoken with the requisite level of dismissive revulsion. Although many of the suggestions made in answer here are really excellent, I think this is the only single word which truly fills the bill with reasonable precision.
John M. LandsbergJohn M. Landsberg
If I could upvote twice I would. – Mari-Lou A Jul 27 '13 at 7:54
I would describe him as being a smug, mealy-mouthed, ostentatious, gaudy, self-serving, self-satisfied ninny or boob.
Now, if you'd rather not use the word prat in company, I suggest refining the above to :
I had such an ostentatious and smug landlord. ;-) hehehe
excessively self-satisfied or complacent
Mealy-mouthed
avoiding the use of direct and plain language, as from timidity, excessive delicacy, or hypocrisy; inclined to mince words; insincere, devious, or compromising.
characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
cheaply showy in a tasteless way; flashy.
ostentatiously ornamented; garish.
Self-satisfied
self-satisfied - marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction; "a smug glow of self-congratulation"
smug, complacent, proud of yourself, well-pleased, puffed up, self-congratulatory, flushed with success, pleased with yourself, like a cat that has swallowed the canary, too big for your boots or breeches You're so bloody self-satisfied.
Self-serving
preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
serving to further one's own selfish interests.
Ninny
Fool, simpleton
British . a blunder; mistake.
I hope my infused humor is appreciated
A prat.
More contemptible
A pretentious prat
A person characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved; who is an incompetent, ineffectual, arse.
I won't list all the synonyms, but suffice to say, it is a word I use frequently, particularly prefaced with pretentious; and has the dual meaning of arse.
I live in a 'well-to-do' area and the number of 'would-bes-if-they-could-bes' clambering to get their children into the local schools and putting on airs and graces to gain what they believe to be acceptance. Dealing also with the 'nouveau riche' with an underlying insecurity and self doubt. Basically these people confuse the 'money with the man' so to speak. Did you like my flood of cliches?? So imagine Basil Fawlty times 1000.. :-/
— n slang an incompetent or ineffectual person: often used as a term of abuse
informal 1British an incompetent or stupid person; an idiot.
2a person's buttocks.
British : a stupid or foolish person
NB I could not find a decent link for "confuse the money with the man" any finders??
Edit 2
I am offering this insight into my own experience so, when I comment, people will understand, I am not being mean spirited, but commenting out of my experience with these matters.
I am Australian and have always lived in the well-to-do areas (that is all I will elaborate). I have rubbed shoulders with all sorts in all directions and can hold my own in any social class.
I married an English man, who's mother (yes, my mother in law) was extremely pretentious and in the most egregious manner.
Where I live, some people pride themselves on being snobs. It is a, relatively neutral term. It sounds crass when people take pride in it. I for one, know, that I am a snob, but spend most of my life trying to hide this and not be like this. (the first is easier than the latter). I mean even making that statement is just, wrong,...
I have downvoted the answers with terms that the likes of, my mother-in-law and your landlord, in question are likely to use.
Prig, Priggish, plebian or pleb, supercilious, vainglorious, poseur and parvenu (and, yes, ostentatious).
These are the sort of words the pretentious use (trust me, I spent my life avoiding them).
When describing someone, as you require, to do so effectively, entails, not using a description that reflects the same status upon the speaker!! Makes sense?? I personally don't use snot, or snoot, but have English friends who would look at this man, wrinkle their noses and use these words, aptly. I, personally, like prat and it is socially acceptable. To me it sums up any man who puffs himself up, and man, I'm surrounded by them.
This is within the context of a culture which shuns self-promotion. An example of the Australian attitudes of the ostentatious :-)
I liked your final edit. – Mari-Lou A Jul 25 '13 at 13:52
@Mari-Lou I'm really having trouble understanding what word or words were accepted here as answering your question. Is it somewhere in the final edit? Several of the highlighted words in the original seem to touch on parts of the character attributes you described, while others (ptat, boob, ninny, gaudy) wouldn't begin to describe the man. Prig and poseur are closer to the mark. – Canis Lupus Jul 27 '13 at 15:50
@Skippy, why does your dislike of "high-brow" words warrant down votes? I didn't see any especially high-brow, and even if some of them were, wouldn't it make sense to point this out individually, so we can all recognze which ones they are? – Canis Lupus Jul 27 '13 at 15:54
Ah @Jim leave it alone. I liked the sentiment; Skippy connected to the story and that final edit clinched it for me. I was differing until then, time was running out and I made my choice. My bounty. My decision. Visitors can make their own minds up as to which answer fits best. And Jim, one more thing, please direct any questions to me under my post and not someone else's. – Mari-Lou A Jul 27 '13 at 16:05
To cheer you all up look at these clips. They are both hilarious 1) youtube.com/watch?v=Cz2-ukrd2VQ 2)youtube.com/watch?v=aJ0nFQgRApY – Mari-Lou A Jul 27 '13 at 16:23
My suggestion would be affected. This seems a good fit to me because this man tends to misrepresent himself by affecting attitudes not his own (e.g. acting as if he belongs to a different social set).
Mason HemmelMason Hemmel
The word that comes to my mind is unctuous, which Webster's Eleventh Collegiate Dictionary (2003), defines as "full of unction; esp revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality." The meaning of unction that this definition refers to, I believe, is "exaggerated, assumed, or superficial earnestness of language or manner." Another meaning of unction is "something used for anointing: ointment, unguent," so you get an element of oiliness with the word, as well.
Sven YargsSven Yargs
Unctuous is a good word, but is too negative for the man and reminds me of slimy and sliminess. I could never describe him as that. Although I do agree with the "false earnestness of language or manner" bit. – Mari-Lou A Jul 17 '13 at 6:58
I quite like the word and thought it didn't deserve the negative score. Thanks Sven! – Fuzzy Analysis Jul 24 '13 at 2:01
There are lot many like as follow..
parvenu, vulgarian, snoot, haughty, perky.
Choose whatever you like..
Regards..
Java DJava D
As you said...
...so measly compared to the sheer magnificence of his grandiose vainglorious meretriciousness.
...he is an egocentric aggrandizer
That about covers it...
Will ReevesWill Reeves
I propose hoity-toity, especially for its second meaning according to Merriam-Webster:
having or showing the insulting attitude of people who think that they are better, smarter, or more important than other people
There is also another lovely (I think at least) word I just came across (same source) : highfalutin meaning:
pretentious, fancy
and pompous (though this last one refers mainly to language use).
marantoumarantou
Snot and Prig
The meaning of these words completely describe a person like your case in my culture. I'm agree with mplungjan.
Mohsen Gh.Mohsen Gh.
He seems to have portrayed a number of characteristics, including obsequiousness, and I don't know whether you may have considered him to be maladroit on account of his failed attempts at impressing.
A person may have a humble background, but still have an appreciation of fine things, that they seek to surround themselves with, that goes beyond a superficial concern with the status such things are ordinarily intended to afford, and to an extent, display a slightly eccentric or incongruous set of characteristics, which they nevertheless make their own, and which has a certain integrity to it, and which one might say is well performed. Your host may have been a rather harmless soul, caught in conflicting notions of self-worth predicated on the perceived value of certain 'airs and graces' which made for a rather inept performance by comparison.
I've just found the other word I was searching for in my mind which is: grotesque
+1 for his behaviour is based "on the perceived value of certain 'airs and graces'" – Mari-Lou A Jul 24 '13 at 4:46
I'm no psychologist/psychiatrist, but sounds to me this poor soul is suffering from a bizarre mix of narcissistic and histrionic personality disorders and perhaps even a disorder all his own!
I would have to proffer the term 'mentally disordered' to satisfy your requirements.
Persons with this disorder present severely overly-inflated feelings of self-worth, grandiosity, and superiority over others. Persons with narcissistic personality disorder often exploit others who fail to admire them, and are overly sensitive to criticism, judgment, and defeat.
Persons with this disorder are overly conscious of their appearance, are constantly seeking attention, and often behave dramatically in situations that do not warrant this type of reaction. The emotional expressions of persons with histrionic personality disorder are often judged as superficial and exaggerated.
From: http://medicalcenter.osu.edu/patientcare/healthcare_services/mental_health/mental_health_about/personality/Pages/index.aspx
IconDaemonIconDaemon
This is one of the most fun threads I have seen on Stack Exchange!
To my eye, the most obnoxious characteristic of this charming man is that he is all style and no substance. I lived in Texas for many years, so I love the expression "All hat and no cattle," (user: Canis Lupus) but it seems misplaced for this seemingly nouveau riche man (user: user52080), or perhaps more accurately, nouveau bourgeois. If you want a colorful analogy, I believe you could start with "all style and no substance" and substitute words that are personal to his character. "Two cars and no license." "All dress and no tango." It seems the possibilities are endless with this man.
As a teenager in the US, one of the most damning insults of the skater subculture was "poser" (from poseur, see user: John M. Landsberg). Of the suggestions so far, I firmly believe the American spelling, poser, is the best word to describe your long-toothed, faux-deaf host. "Poser," by itself, is highly dependent on context, however, so it does not capture what kind of poser he is. "Snob" at least tells the listener that the man is overly concerned with social class.
user52080 wrote something that I believe is profoundly insightful: the description must be something that could not be answered with, "Now the pot is calling the kettle 'black.'" This insight, I believe, helps to narrow the field of accurate descriptions.
In total, I doubt there is a single word or already existent phrase to describe him. The quantity and quality of the suggested words in this thread, but the absence of a perfect description, is strong evidence that the man is sui generis. I think you should invent your own phrase for him. Above, I suggested some variation of "all cattle and no hat," which could be fun to invent a new phrase each time you tell the story.
My suggestion, however, is bourgeois poseur because I feel that it captures most of the qualities you described, and it is even more damning than nouveau riche because he is not even aspiring to be a member of the highest class of society.
hunterhoganhunterhogan
If you like the meaning of the word "prig" but dislike how it sounds too similar to "prick", you could always try the adjective "priggish". Perhaps "priggish snob" or some other adjective+noun combination.
auroraaurora
Yes 'Prig' sounds very lower class, as does 'snob' or 'snot'. I'd avoid using them myself. – Fuzzy Analysis Jul 22 '13 at 4:24
disdainful
toffee-nosed
Fuzzy AnalysisFuzzy Analysis
The word you may be looking for is parvenu .
See wikpedia and Merriam-Webster
for an explanation. However, this word is applicable only if the person has actually moved to a higher social class from a lower one; not if they just pretend to be of a higher social class.
A less stuffy word you can use is wannabe
T.E.D.
moonstarmoonstar
I like the implications of this word and it could explain the person's behaviour. Unfortunately, although he did confess to coming into a bit of money I do not know if he actually moved to a higher class. His family might have already been wealthy to begin with. – Mari-Lou A Jul 18 '13 at 20:51
Not only is "wannabe" less stuffy, it is much more common in the wild, and frankly much more English. "parvenu" is a straight-up French word, as is the more common term nouveau riche. (Does it say more about English speakers or French speakers that we borrow terms of extreme social condescension straight from the French with no alteration?) – T.E.D. Jul 25 '13 at 14:00
@T.E.D. not quite without alteration, in French an arriviste could be new to anything, as borrowed into English, only money. – Jon Hanna Jan 7 '15 at 14:10
Not a word but two phrases for you. "Fur coat and no knickers" (but the origins of that may make it somewhat unacceptable for use) and "mutton dressed up as lamb"
noonandnoonand
On the basis of your vignette of this man, to describe him as an obsequious, self-absorbed and hypocritical snob seems as accurate a summation as any:
'Obsequious' covers his apparent solicitude in securing your good opinion of his establishment and hospitality;
'Self-absorbed' captures the shallowness of his actual interest in other people, coupled with his fondness for talking about himself and his claimed accomplishments;
'Snob' relates to your host's manifest belief in his own social, cultural and moral superiority, as well as his fixation on the trappings of elevated social status; and
'Hypocritical' points to the discrepancy between his judgmental pronouncements about others and his own behavioural shortcomings.
(He could as validly be termed a prig as a snob. I also think the pleasing sonic similarity of 'prig' and 'prick' is rather fortuitous.)
edited Jan 9 '15 at 7:45
answered Jan 9 '15 at 4:27
Erik KowalErik Kowal
Oh dear, my question/bounty is attracting some very good "new" answers! – Mari-Lou A Jan 9 '15 at 4:38
You're asking for a word or two to encapsulate the man, but I doubt it's possible to satisfactorily capture all of his contradictions and his intricacy in the span of just two words.
But here's my attempt at distilling all your comments about him into the sort of brief description you might write for a character in a novel:
He was a churlish boor who fancied himself a proper gentleman. He vacillated between haughty standoffishness and the sort of genteel displays he (mistakenly) thought suited a person of high standing.
And here's my attempt at an even shorter phrase:
A boor putting on airs.
(But perhaps that's a little too negative. It sounds like, in spite of his unpleasantness, there was something likable about him, too.)
William BloomWilliam Bloom
"Supercilious" qualifies through being a near-homophone to "super silly ass", as pointed out on vocabulary.com.
Also, if someone strongly resembles a literary character, why not use that character to render him/her? For instance, "a Babbitt" leaves few people in doubt (not that it fits here). One can even modestly attempt some arithmetics on characters, for instance "a lot of Babbitt with some Sackville-Baggins into the bargain".
anemoneanemone
Characters like him abound in British literature. You could call him, say, a Cecil Vyse after the character in, A Room With A View by E. M. Forster.
Description of Vyse:
Cecil is handsome and refined. He is also arrogant, unimaginative, and overbearing. He is completely unable to see the beauty in human beings, and he looks down his nose at everyone outside his circle of friends and acquaintances in the London aristocracy.
PitarouPitarou
To me this person sounds "unpleasant"! The detail about women on cruises wearing matching handbags and shoes is hilarious. (PS Cecil Vyse is not a member of the aristocracy, he's just upper-middle-class. Real aristocrats have titles and lands, and don't have to be as pretentious as Cecil.)
RichmondeRichmonde
Appearing somewhat of a parvenu perhaps? Someone nouveau riche?
Parvenu has been suggested by three different users, so despite it being an accurate description I cannot upvote your answer. – Mari-Lou A Jan 6 '15 at 7:16
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"There was everything about me in there; there was no need to censor myself. It was as honest as possible." This is what Atlanta-based composer Joel Thompson said of the cantata he composed in 2014, Seven Last Words of the Unarmed, in a 2020 interview with The New York Times. The work is an intensely personal one, born of the grief, sadness and horror Thompson felt as the composer and the world witnessed the highprofile police killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner in 2014. Thompson also found inspiration from visual artist Shirin Barghi's #lastwords project, which turned the last words spoken by 15 different Black men and boys murdered at the hands of police and armed vigilantes into a series of simple black and white drawings. The words of seven of these men—Kenneth Chamberlain, Trayvon Martin, Amadou Diallo, Michael Brown, Oscar Grant, John Crawford, and Eric Garner—serve as the text of each of the cantata's seven movements.
The journey to performance
Once the work was completed, Thompson put it away with no intent of hearing it performed, fearing there would be no one willing to listen to a piece with such sensitive subject matter. Spurred by friends, a read-through of the score was organized, after which Thompson was persuaded to send the score to Dr. Eugene Rogers, director of choral activities and associate professor of choral conducting at the University of Michigan. Despite the way Dr. Rogers was able to connect to Thompson's work, he too was hesitant to bring it to life. In a 2020 interview with the National Endowment for the Arts, Dr. Rogers relates: "I loved it and it resonated with me. But I didn't know how I was going to do it with an historic group of mostly non-African American singers. I worried how it might be received by this community. It took me a long time, but I couldn't put it away, I kept coming back to it."
Eventually, Dr. Rogers was able to find an avenue to be able to introduce the piece to his musicians, saying that "...the idea of focusing on a universal theme—of love, loss, and humanity...helped me figure out a way to get my students to consider the piece as not just a political piece of music, because it never was intended to be political. Whatever you thought about the different cases surrounding these seven individuals, we could all come together and unite around the value of human life." Dr. Rogers made a concerted effort to ensure that his musicians educated themselves on each of the individual seven men and their cases to ensure that his students could "form their opinions based on the facts."
Dr. Rogers and the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club premiered Seven Last Words of the Unarmed in fall 2015. The fears that both Thompson and Dr. Rogers had about performing a work of this nature were not completely unfounded. At the time of its premiere, Dr. Rogers' dean received letters. Several audience members stormed out of the auditorium in plain view of the choir, destroying their programs as they left. But in the intervening years since, Seven Last Words of the Unarmed has gained popularity and critical acclaim, as the United States continues to grapple with the continued killings of innocent, unarmed Black men, women and children at the hands of the police. "Here we are seven years later, and it's still frighteningly relevant," Thompson reflected during a recent visit to Minneapolis in which he discussed his music with Minnesota Orchestra musicians, staff and the community.
Detailed information about Seven Last Words of the Unarmed and U.S. policing and reforms, as well as educational resources, are available at the Seven Last Words of the Unarmed website.
About the composer
Composer, pianist, conductor and educator Joel Thompson this month completes a doctor of musical arts degree in composition at the Yale School of Music. He received a bachelor's degree in 2010 and a master's degree in choral conducting in 2013, both from Emory University. From 2013 to 2015, Thompson was the director of choral studies and an assistant professor of Music at Andrew College in Cuthbert, Georgia, and from 2015 to 2017 he taught at Holy Innocents' Episcopal School in Atlanta. His teachers include Eric Nelson, William Ransom, Laura Gordy, Richard Prior, John Anthony Lennon, Kevin Puts, Robert Aldridge and Scott Stewart. As a fellow at the Aspen Festival, Thompson worked with Stephen Hartke and Christopher Theofanidis. He and Dr. Eugene Rogers won an Emmy Award in 2017 for Craft Specialty—Musical Composition/Arrangement" for their work on Love, Life & Loss, a documentary performance of Seven Last Words of the Unarmed from the Michigan chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Thompson, who comes from a Jamaican family, was born in 1988 in the Bahamas and moved with his family to Houston when he was 10, then settled a few years later in Atlanta.
A borrowed melody with complex meaning
Thompson weaves the melody of L'homme armé, an anonymously composed 15th-century secular French song, throughout Seven Last Words of the Unarmed. Within just a few years after its emergence, L'homme armé had been used as a cantus firmus in dozens of masses. Its only surviving verse warns of the dangers of the armed man:
The armed man should be feared.
Everywhere it has been proclaimed
That each man shall arm himself
With a coat of iron mail.
The use of L'homme armé in religious masses allowed composers to imbue their works with complex layers of meaning. Its inclusion here not only provides thematic unity throughout the piece, but also a stark reminder that man has perpetrated horrifically violent acts against fellow man for centuries.
The composer's description
Originally scored for tenor and bass choir, strings and piano, the work is heard this week in a newly revised version scored for soprano, alto, tenor and bass choir and orchestra, with bass singer Marcus Simmons as soloist in the third movement, "Mom, I'm going to college." The composer has provided the following descriptions of the cantata's seven movements.
I. "Officers, why do you have your guns out?" Encapsulating the sense of gloom that arises upon the news of the death of another unarmed black man, the chorus rises from the funereal piano ostinato singing Kenneth Chamberlain's last words interpolated with the medieval tune, L'homme armé doibt on doubter - "The armed man must be feared." After the final iteration of the 66-year old's dying breath, the chorus repeats one important word: "why?"
II. "What are you following me for?" This movement uses the classical form of the fugue not only to portray Trayvon Martin's last moments trying to escape death, but also to sonically capture the daily paranoia of the black experience while driving on roads, walking on sidewalks, and congregating at various social gatherings. Quotes of L'homme armé in the strings underneath the imitative counterpoint in the voices lead to a climactic yell of surprise at the movement's end.
III. "Mom, I'm going to college." In New York, February of 1999, four police officers fired 41 shots at Amadou Diallo, a 23-year-old immigrant from Guinea. The undulating pattern in the piano simultaneously yields a sense of calm with its simple harmonic underpinning and unease with its odd 5/4 meter.
IV. "I don't have a gun! Stop shooting!" Of the seven movements, this one contains the most anger. Through the use of agitated rhythms and multiple harmonic exclamations on the word "stop," the target of the rage is media portrayal of black men on the news, in comedies, and in dramas. Even in the aftermath of such tragedies, the rhetoric and images used to describe the deceased was markedly appalling across all media. This was the case, especially, for Michael Brown.
V. "You shot me. You shot me!" Oscar Grant III's exclamations of surprise and incredulity were caught on several cellphone recordings in the BART station in which he was murdered. The movement honoring his life is a sonic representation of this epidemic. Aleatoric spoken exclamations of the last words crescendo alongside the humming of L'homme armé in the style of the Negro spiritual. Underneath the cacophony, the pulsing C of the piano, violin, and viola persist unflinchingly like a heart monitor until the end.
VI. "It's not real." Although they were referring to the BB gun he was carrying in the Walmart where he was killed, John Crawford's last words escape the lips of thousands of African-Americans. Thus, the movement's beginning is the soundtrack to my mental utopia. Saccharine sweet and soaring, the voices and strings are joined by the piano "heart monitor" which persists and gradually infects the strings, like reality interrupting a reverie.
VII. "I can't breathe!" The decision of a Richmond County grand jury to not indict the officer responsible for Eric Garner's death was the impetus for this entire work, and it is only fitting that his last words end the piece. After using a mournful Byzantine texture for the first half of the movement, I tried to capture the panicked death thralls of asphyxiation in the music.
Changing "one heart, one mind"
When Thompson visited Minnesota earlier this year, he reflected on the evolving meaning of Seven Last Words of the Unarmed both to himself and audiences. "I don't believe that one piece of music can completely change these big ideas and problems that we are tackling," he noted. "But I think it's a part of being an ethical artist nowadays, to understand the important role that community plays in music-making, that music can create community, that music can transcend boundaries....Holding these men and these victims and these communities in our memory will be a part of saving lives. I know that music has a transformative power, and if it could change one heart, one mind, then it's worth it."
Instrumentation: 4-part mixed chorus with orchestra comprising 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, marimba, harp, piano and strings
Program note by Michael Divino.
A look back at some of the pianists who've played a key role in Minnesota Orchestra history.
Music with Purpose: A Conversation with Dr. Adolphus Hailstork
Program Notes: El Mesías (The Messiah)

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Imperial Power and Local Autonomy in Greek Garrison Communities: The Phrourarchia and the Polis
Horne, Ryan. Imperial Power and Local Autonomy In Greek Garrison Communities: The Phrourarchia and the Polis. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School, 2015. https://doi.org/10.17615/yh8s-g153
Horne, R. (2015). Imperial Power and Local Autonomy in Greek Garrison Communities: The Phrourarchia and the Polis. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School. https://doi.org/10.17615/yh8s-g153
Horne, Ryan. 2015. Imperial Power and Local Autonomy In Greek Garrison Communities: The Phrourarchia and the Polis. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School. https://doi.org/10.17615/yh8s-g153
Horne, Ryan
Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History
From controlling cities within the Athenian Empire in the 5th century BCE to maintaining isolated outposts on the border of the Parthian Empire in the 2nd century CE, the institution of the phrourarchia was a critical component of Greek civic and military identity. Despite its longevity and importance to the Greek world, the office has long been overlooked in scholarship. The only broad overview remains a brief article in the Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (1941), while subsequent work has largely viewed the office as an isolated or regional phenomenon without considering its broader social or historical role. There has yet to appear a comprehensive investigation of the phrourarchia and its effect upon political and social life. My investigation addresses this deficiency. Focusing on the interplay of imperial power and civic identity, I argue that imperial powers used the phrourarchia to control local populations through ambiguous civic and military authority. Conversely, I show that a phrourarchia employed by smaller polities had clear, highly regulated legal and social constraints on its jurisdiction, remaining subordinate to local laws. I then examine the numerous strategies deployed by cities to navigate the complexities of the phrourarchia. In addition to the chapters of text, these findings are presented in a web-GIS application that for the first time places the phrourarchia within a broad geographic and temporal context.
Mediterranean Studies
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History, Ancient
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Millions across the globe have been inspired by Tao Porchon-Lynch--World War II French Resistance fighter, model, actress, film producer, wine connoisseur, ballroom dancer, and yoga master. Named "Oldest Yoga Teacher" by Guinness World Records in 2012, Tao exemplifies her mantra: There Is Nothing You Cannot Do.
Dancing Light: The Spiritual Side of Being Through the Eyes of a Modern Yoga Master is an inspirational autobiography that shows us what is possible--that we each can live to our Highest Potential by inhaling life, exhaling strife and dancing to our own rhythm. Through Tao's reflections, we are given the gift of insights from almost a century of wisdom that can be applied to our modern-day challenges. We learn about her deep connection with nature and "secrets" to vitality while taking a soulful odyssey of love and loss, hope and joy, and ultimately the triumph of resilience.
Tao's life was a journey within to answer the age-old questions, "Who am I?," "Why am I here?," "What is my Truth?" Born during World War I, she grew up in the disquiet of the world not a cloistered spiritual sanctuary. Called the real "Forrest Gump," Tao participated in historic events most of us only read about from marching with Mahatma Gandhi in the 1930 Salt March and helping her aunt hide Polish Jews in cement wine vats to performing nightly during the Nazi bombing Blitz when "all of London was on fire." She worked with the French Resistance for General Charles de Gaulle during World War II helping Jews hiding in the caves under Paris escape the Germans and cross over to safety. After the war, she modeled for famous couture houses such as Jean Dessès, Coco Chanel, Jeanne Lanvin, Marcel Rochas, Jean Patou and Elsa Schiaparelli. Later, she was under contract with MGM surrounded by the excesses of high society in old-time Hollywood going to parties with the Barrymores. She greatly admired Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and even participated in the March on Washington and later went to Dr. King's funeral.
Tao helped to lay the groundwork for TV in India and was early in international film distribution. She brokered and introduced new wine producers in Napa Valley to the European wine industry elite for quality products and was later a co-founder of the American Wine Society. Tao has personal stories on icons such as Ernest Hemingway, General Charles de Gaulle, Prime Minister Nehru, Marlene Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Wilding, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marcel Marceau, Burgess Meredith, Debbie Reynolds, Burt Lancaster, Cesar Romero, Vincent Price, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Joan Crawford, Quentin Reynolds, Sir Noel Peirce Coward, Ezra Stone, Joan Davis, Jim Backus, Lucille Lortel, Errol Flynn, Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Katherine Dunham, Ilka Chase, Sol Siegel, Jack Cummings, Robert Mondavi, Dr. Welthy Fisher, Jack LaLanne, and others. Tao still has pay stubs from Coco Chanel, her W2 from the William Morris Agency, residual checks from MGM, pictures with Bob Hope--many of these mementos are featured in the book.
Yet, ALL of this is simply the backdrop for a very human search for the spiritual side of being. As Tao got more into the sex-obsessed material world of modeling and acting, she needed to find balance and come back to her spiritual core. She had to learn to be in the world but not of the world. She witnessed the hate of pre-civil rights era and the prosecution of Cold War Communist fever in America. She saw that the Jewish people had to seek refuge by creating their own clubs in Hollywood and there were even disagreements amongst the Christian denominations. She was saddened by the crackdown in Tibet and on the practice of Buddhism. She wondered how she could go beyond all of this exclusion and discord and get to the Truth.
In Dancing Light, we gain wisdom from Tao's many teachers--from her uncle Vital Porchon to the teachings of revered spiritual figures Sri Aurobindo and Swami Vivekananda who is credited with bringing yoga to the West. We are privy to Tao's personal experiences with legendary leader Mahatma Gandhi and the iconic Transcendental Meditation founder The Maharishi who taught meditation to The Beatles and spurred a worldwide movement. We learn from Swami Prabhavananda of the Vedanta Society, Mataji Indra Devi, metaphysics teacher Dr. Roman Ostoja, and two of the most acclaimed yoga masters, B.K.S. Iyengar and K. Pattabhi Jois. We see how Tao assimilated all of these layers of study and influence to form her own philosophy of Oneness. Tao trained and certified over 1,600 yoga teachers and shared her light at various forums from the Newark Peace Education Summit with His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama and offering insights with Sadhguru at the United Nations to teaching yoga at the Pentagon and doing a TEDx talk at Columbia University.
At the age of 87, Tao became a ballroom dancer and won over 750 First Place Awards with dance partners that were thirty years her junior. In 2017, she was named Oldest Ballroom Dancer by the World Book of Records. Tao believed that life is a dance of Eternal Energy. Sometimes we weave in and out of consciousness. That's the dance - back and forth, up and down, sometimes spinning around, always looking to come back to center. That's our journey--the search for how to be present with the wonders of life and maintain harmony of mind, body and spirit. In many ways, Dancing Light is a modern Autobiography of a Yogi--a manifesto for a new generation of light seekers taking us on a search for peace, the Oneness behind everything and your exceptional profound Self.
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Dancing Light: The Spiritual Side of Being Through the Eyes of a Modern Yoga Master has received endorsements from a number of notables:
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Rodney Yee
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"Tao is a true inspiration to one and all. I feel privileged that I have met her. When I look at her life, I think, 'How can one person do it all?' and she says everyone can do it as long as you can harness the power within you! Her nature, spirit and energy is something that I salute."
Actress and Former Miss Universe 1994
"All the world has been graced by the presence and independent spirit of our great yoga teacher, Tao Porchon-Lynch. Her fascinating memoir shows us that through the difficulty of her first breath, she learned the importance of breath in all of life, and in yoga. Through the injustices she witnessed in her childhood, she learned the importance of peace. I'm honored to know her and follow in her footsteps."
Rama Jyoti Vernon
International Peace Mediator, Yoga Teacher and Author of Yoga: The Practice of Myth and Sacred Geometry
"I feel I am the most fortunate man in this world who has gotten an opportunity to share the stage with a legend like Tao not just once but three times. Each time I danced with Tao I learned new things about myself and my dance. Being with Tao is like being in a class - a class about life and spirit where you grow not only as a dancer but even as a human being. I hope I can be a student of this class of Tao forever!"
Sandip Soparrkar
Dancer-Choreographer, Actor and Humanitarian
"I could never imagine that at this age Tao could dance so beautifully. It shows her dedication and commitment for the art. I love the way she has taken care of herself. At 96 years old, she is so fit and beautiful. Her love for art is what I feel makes her so alive."
Member of Indian Parliament, Actress and Bharatanatyam Dancer-Choreographer
"It has been one of the greatest honors of my career to have the opportunity to create images together that continuously inspire people of all ages, all over the world. Never before have I met a brighter, lighter, warmer, sweeter, kinder human being than Tao. She has inspired countless works of art in our sacred, creative collaborations."
Robert Sturman
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"Tao's presence is a life changer for anyone who experiences her movement and wisdom. She is a living example of her own philosophy that 'Anything is possible.' Yoga is the root of all eastern martial arts. It is the healing and harmony that is essential for life. Tao's approach at 96 makes people realize that there are no excuses to make things happen in your life. Thank you Täo for being a great friend and teacher!"
John P. Mirrione
Founder, Harmony By Karate and National Stop Bullying Campaign
"The inspiration from collaborating with Tao is second only to being friends with her. Her warm spirit, positive outlook, and heartfelt message of oneness have enriched my life beyond measure. Congratulations to Tao for all of her life's accomplishments and for deeply touching so many people. I love you!"
Valerie Romanoff
Composer/Producer, Valrock Music and CEO, Starlight Orchestras
"When I heard about Tao, I never believed that such a person could exist. I was mesmerised to see Tao dance such difficult moves with Sandip Soparrkar. She is an inspiration to all dance lovers. I wish all dance lovers can live a life like hers and keep dancing forever!"
Actress and Former Miss Asia Pacific 1970
For more on Tao, including her blog, go to www.TheTaoExperience.com.
Dancing Light: The Spiritual Side of Being Through the Eyes of a Modern Yoga Master focuses on storytelling using Tao's own poignant voice based on over seventy hours of video interviews conducted by mother-daughter writing team Janie Sykes-Kennedy and Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy.
Janie Sykes-Kennedy, MA is a 45-year veteran of international media/culture and an early advocate of integrative health. After almost dying from an ectopic pregnancy in 1972, she dove deeply into holistic practices including yoga to heal herself. She received her BA in Economics and Accounting from Howard University, MA in African Culture and Theatre at the University of Ghana, and MA from the Graduate School of Journalism- Columbia University. She studied screenwriting at Columbia with Samson Raphaelson, the writer of the first talking movie "The Jazz Singer." She also did professional studies with Lee Strasberg Actors Studio and the Herbert Berghof Studio. President of Sykes-Kennedy & Associates, Inc. since 1984, she has served as a consultant and has produced marketing materials, written articles and books, including the EXCEL series with over one million in print.
As an actress, journalist and business executive, she has worked in the U.S., Africa, Australia, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. She and her late husband, Dr. James Scott Kennedy, owned and operated one of the first multicultural theatre companies in New York in the 1950s. In the late 1960s, they lived in Africa, working at the University of Ghana and producing for the 1966 First World Festival of Negro Arts in Dakar, Senegal, and the First Pan African Cultural Festival in Algiers, Algeria in 1969. In the 1970s, they were invited as Fulbright scholars by the Prime Minister of Australia to live in Adelaide and introduce new concepts of people--African-American and African--via theater and other arts, to that continent. They also produced for the Papua, New Guinea Independence Arts Festival. In the late 1980s, she was invited by HUD and the U.S. Department of Commerce as one of 14 delegates to go to the People's Republic of China on the first trade mission of American women which led to her distributing the journal, Building in China. In 2011, she was invited by the President of Senegal to speak at the Third World Festival of Black Arts & Culture in Dakar, and was covered extensively by their media. She is currently working on multiple book, theatre and film projects. For more, go to www.janiesykeskennedy.com.
Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy, Ph.D., MBA, CPC, RYT is a Harvard-trained strategist and internationally-recognized thought leader with over 25 years of cross-sector experience as a corporate executive, award-winning entrepreneur, academic, writer/producer and yoga/mindfulness teacher. As President of Power Living Enterprises, Inc., she operates a lifestyle media, training and consulting company focused on inspiring minds and empowering success. This includes the publishing/e-commerce platform www.PowerLivingMedia.com, the consumer empowerment platform www.IAmPowerLiving.com and PLE Consulting which has advised billion-dollar companies on their own multi-platform engagement strategies. Through the Power Living Institute, she has also led programs for over 200 organizations and coached over 2,000 individual client-hours. She started her career on staff at Harvard Business School, consulting with Fortune 500 companies and writing case studies on Operations Strategy. As founder of VH1 Interactive and VH1@Work radio network, she negotiated VH1's first deal with AOL, and integrated online and on-air with superstars such as Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney and Garth Brooks. As Vice President of Business Development & Operations for MTV Networks, she managed the 200-person MTV/VH1 Interactive operations, negotiated landmark content/distribution deals, managed strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Yahoo! and Intel, and planned/launched "The Suite" of six digital cable channels. She also was Creative Consultant to Universal Studios working with legendary studio head Lew Wasserman.
Inspired by her mother, she started playing with yoga when she was four years old. After almost dying in 1997, she transformed herself through yoga and holistic health. A student of Tao Porchon-Lynch, her original teacher training was at Integral Yoga Institute, and she has been greatly inspired by Dharma Mittra, Srivatsa Ramaswami, Swami Ramananda, as well as her lineage guru, Sri Swami Satchidananda. In 2002, she founded the Ta Yoga House--the first yoga studio in Harlem - and also served six years on the Board of Yoga Alliance, including Chair of the Board. A sought-after speaker/moderator, she is a National Spokesperson for the American Heart Association and has served on various local, national and international committees.
In 2009, the World Economic Forum named her one of its Young Global Leaders recognizing her potential for shaping the future of the world. She has participated in Forums in Brazil, China, India, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, South Africa and Tanzania, and has been a discussion leader for the Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. She incorporates mindfulness into her leadership talks and has also taught yoga in places like The Great Wall of China. She has a dual BA in Sociology and Studio Art from Wellesley College, an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Ph.D in World Religions, and executive education in Global Leadership and Public Policy. She is also a Certified Professional Coach, and holds a variety of other certifications in yoga, fitness and holistic health counseling. She contributes to various blogs such as The Huffington Post, the World Economic Forum, Impatient Optimists (Gates Foundation), and Speaking of Women's Health (Cleveland Clinic). Called "smart with a heart," she has been featured in media from CNN, Tokyo FM and ARD TV in Germany to Prevention, El Mercurio in Chile, Oprah's book Live Your Best Life! and the cover of Yoga Journal. Although she is American, she was born in Ghana, started school in Australia, lived/studied in Italy, and has traveled to over 40 countries. For more, go to www.drterrikennedy.com.
Dancing Light: The Spiritual Side of Being Through the Eyes of a Modern Yoga Master is packed with stories and insights. Tao Porchon-Lynch's life was a great adventure! Here's a teaser:
On Life...
"No matter what has happened in the past, I wake up each morning knowing that this is the best day of my life! This is my meditation for the day. Nothing is impossible."
On Gandhi...
"One day I returned home from my daily adventures and when I walked in, I saw a man sitting in a chair talking with my uncle… I figured he was one of Uncle's new friends… I soon found out that this little funny-looking person was Mohandas Gandhi – or "Mahatma" as people called him."
On helping Jews escape...
"When the Germans came to inspect the area, my aunt pretended to be courteous by asking, 'Oh, wouldn't you like to have a glass of wine?' Inside the vat were people who were hardly breathing because of fear."
On WWII Bombing Blitz...
"Many nights, after performing at the cabarets, I'd come home and find that many of my clothes and things didn't make it. I'd come in and find only one shoe left... All of London was on fire."
On The Maharishi...
"He seemed to have known me forever and understood my search. With a smile he said, 'Come, we talk.' After a brief discussion about India, we silently entered into a deep meditation."
On Aging...
"Nature is constantly recycling itself and it's telling us something. We can recycle ourselves. We don't have to fade. If I'm tuning into the Creator of life with every breath I take... I'm recycling my body."
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Martin Heße (* 4. Mai 1933 in Magdeburg) ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Politiker (SED). Er war von 1987 bis 1989 Staatssekretär im Ministerium für Schwermaschinen- und Anlagenbau der DDR.

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Der Sohn eines Kaufmanns und einer Kindergärtnerin besuchte die Volksschule und arbeitete 1947/48 als Landarbeiter. Von 1948 bis 1950 erlernte er den Beruf des Maurers. Er trat 1949 in die FDJ ein und war von 1950 bis 1952 Instrukteur der FDJ-Kreisleitung Wernigerode. Von 1952 bis 1957 fungierte er als Sekretär und 1954/55 als 1. Sekretär der FDJ-Stadtleitung Magdeburg. Im Jahr 1954 wurde er Mitglied der SED.

1958/59 qualifizierte er sich im VEB Schwermaschinenbau "Ernst Thälmann" Magdeburg zum Stahlwerker, wurde 1. Schmelzer und 1960 Meister. Ein Fernstudium an den Ingenieurschulen Leipzig und Riesa bestand er als Ingenieur-Ökonom. 1962 wurde er Obermeister, 1964 stellvertretender Abschnittsleiter der Stahlgießerei und später stellvertretender Betriebsleiter im Ernst-Thälmann-Werk Magdeburg. Von 1966 bis 1969 war er einer der stellvertretenden Parteisekretäre der SED des Ernst-Thälmann-Werkes. Von 1969 bis 1973 war er politischer Mitarbeiter der SED-Bezirksleitung Magdeburg. Ein Fernstudium an der Parteihochschule "Karl Marx" schloss er 1973 als Diplom-Gesellschaftswissenschaftler ab. Von Dezember 1973 bis Juli 1979 war er als Nachfolger von Hans Winterfeld Parteiorganisator des ZK der SED und Parteisekretär der Betriebsparteiorganisation (BPO) des Schwermaschinenbau-Kombinats "Ernst Thälmann" (SKET). Heße war von Februar 1974 bis Dezember 1987 Mitglied der SED-Bezirksleitung Magdeburg.

Am 3. Juli 1979 wurde er von Minister Gerhard Zimmermann als Generaldirektor des VEB Schwermaschinenbaukombinat "Ernst Thälmann" Magdeburg eingesetzt (Nachfolger von Eckhard Netzmann). Als Vorsitzender des Gesellschaftlichen Rates der Technischen Universität Magdeburg wurde ihm am 24. März 1987 durch die TU Magdeburg die Ehrendoktorwürde verliehen.

Wegen seiner Berufung zum Staatssekretär im Ministerium für Schwermaschinen- und Anlagenbau der DDR wurde er am 8. Juli 1987 von Minister Hans-Joachim Lauck als Generaldirektor des SKET abberufen. Die Funktion des Staatssekretärs mit dem Zuständigkeitsbereich für Außenwirtschaft und Absatz behielt er bis Dezember 1989.

Nach der Wende in der DDR kehrte er nach Magdeburg zurück und wurde Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung der ASUG Antriebstechnik GmbH.

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We are the Amazon
In support of the Catholic Church's Synod on the Amazon, Christian Aid and partners launch ecumenical liturgy
ByLeonardo Godoy
SourceLAB & Christian Aid
After the Catholic Church started the preparation for its Amazon Synod, Christian Aid's Latin America and the Caribbean division worked with faith-based organisations across the region. Together they created a declaration to support the Synod and to ask that all decisions be made taking into account the peoples of the Amazon forest. This declaration, called We are the Amazon, highlights the commitments made by churches and faith-based organisations to protect the forest and its peoples and to propose a different economical model to replace the destructive model being applied at present in the Amazon region. The declaration was described in a previous article on LAB.
The declaration was endorsed by more than 130 organisations in all parts of the world, which we contacted directly or by email.
The commitments made in the declaration supported the Amazon Synod, but also made connections to the ecumenical and inter-religious movement. We understood that We are the Amazon could be used to generate more solidarity for the Amazon. Alongside the declaration, we created, with Christian Aid's Global Theology Advisor and faith leaders from the Amazon, the We are the Amazon Liturgy.
Leonardo Godoy, from Christian Aid's LAC office in São Paulo, describes the declaration and the liturgy.
The Catholic Church's Amazon Synod came to a close on 27 October. The final document of the event recognises the importance of the Amazon rainforest for the environmental balance of the world and the need for ecumenical dialogue as a concrete gesture of faith to protect the forest and its peoples. Most of all, the Synod highlighted the need to keep our minds and hearts alongside those struggling to protect the Amazon forest and, therefore, our Common Home.
We Are the Amazon Liturgy – Belem
As part of an ecumenical initiative for the Amazon rainforest and its peoples, Christian Aid has led the 'We are the Amazon' initiative – a declaration endorsed by more than 130 churches and faith-based organisations (FBOs) in different parts of the world. Since 17 October Ecumenical Celebrations have been taking place as part of the initiative.
The Ecumenical Celebrations are part of process of reflection and a spur to act for the Amazon and its peoples, proposing ways for churches and FBOs to show solidarity and pray for justice. For this, a common liturgy was developed, with faith leaders from all over the Amazon region, designed to capture the voices and cultures of the Amazon in an ecumenical approach to religious celebration.
We Are the Amazon Liturgy – São Paulo
The first Ecumenical Celebration took place in São Paulo, in the Holy Trinity Parish of the Anglican Church. A beautifully conducted liturgy in the city centre of one the major cities of Latin America, invited people to plant a seed symbolically and share their commitment to the Amazon. This was followed by celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, with representatives from religions of African origin and indigenous faith-leaders, and Belem, in the Amazon, where people carried candles in procession along the banks of the Guamá river and sang together cultural songs from the region. The celebrations were inter-religious events, with representatives from distinct faiths, and a demonstration of how social movements can connect up with churches and FBOs for the Amazon.
We Are the Amazon Liturgy – Rio de Janeiro
The Celebrations in Brazil have been a symbol of the strength of the ecumenical movement when it connects to those on the ground, fighting and struggling against an unfair economic system that corrodes the Amazon rainforest and murders those who protect the Common Home. 'We are the Amazon' shows us a path in which ecumenical dialogue is a tool to join forces with the peoples of the Amazon, using faith as an element of connection to justify conscious actions for justice.
The defence of the Amazon is enriched by the ecumenical perspective when faith raises awareness of the challenges faced in the region. Furthermore, the element of faith alongside demands for social justice can help in the process of effecting relevant changes in the lives of those who live in the Amazon. It is an attempt to create commitment among churches and FBOs to pressure states, to defend human rights and nature defenders, to support the promotion of sustainable economic alternatives to confront the current destructive economic system.
There is still a long way to follow in the 'We are the Amazon' initiative, sharing this religious action with people in different parts of the world. There are celebrations scheduled for Porto Alegre, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Bogotá and London. The declaration is still open for new endorsements and any Church and FBO is welcome to use the 'We are the Amazon' liturgy in their celebrations.
If you are interested in using the liturgy, please write a message to SomosLaAmazonia@gmail.com so you can receive support to adapt the document to meet your needs! You can read the declaration here and the liturgy here.
An extract from the We are the Amazon liturgy
Reader 1: There are three basic principles that organize the climate on Earth and maintain the web of climate:
the solar heating of the planet is balanced out by the loss of energy in space;
of the atmosphere, oceans, land and ice to global warming, which has decreased or increased changes in temperature of the planet;
regional environmental systems that have a climatic variability produced by their unique physical-chemical-biological conditions.
Reader 2: these types of climate are like artists on a tightrope, each one in its own beauty, as it moves along it shakes the cord and interferes in the movement of other artists;
Reader 3: a single cord extended between us and the universe: each movement is unique but each movement is necessary for dialogue and balance;
Reader 4: no-one dances alone, no-one can balance on their own without realizing and feeling that they interfere, modify and demand answers from other parts of the world.
Reader 5: the Amazon is part of this climate web and is important for its wealth of biodiversity, in the guarantee of cycles of rain, in the absorption of CO² … Defending the Amazon is defending the climate of the planet. The climate web is us!
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En spann jord i maskineriet (A Spaniard in the Works) är en bok från 1965 av John Lennon. Boken består av meningslösa berättelser och teckningar som liknar stilen i hans tidigare bok, På eget sätt. Det svenska bokförlaget Bakhåll publicerade 1997 boken i en engelsk och svensk utgåva, tillsammans med en CD som innehåller intervjuer och annat material av Lennon som tidigare aldrig släppts. Originaltiteln syftar på det engelska uttrycket "a spanner in the works".

1997 års CD-spår
"My Life" (Lennon) 2:30
"John Meets Yoko - Teacher/Pupil" (Lennon) 1:44
"Dear John" (Lennon) 4:10
"Cosmic Joke Number 9 / The Future Is Ours To See" (Lennon) 1:30
"Lord, Take This Makeup Off Me" (Lennon) 2:18
"Do It Yourself" (okänd) 1:13
"Make Love Not War" (Lennon) 3:13
"Groupies" (Lennon) 1:45
"Here We Go Again" (Lennon/Spector) 2:57
"What Does It Mean When You're Such A Pacifist That You Get Shot?" (Lennon) 0:57
"His Spirit Is Still Around" (Yoko Ono) 0:46

Skönlitteratur 1965


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The Sand-Reckoner's Diagram
For Patty and others, who'd like to follow the action more closely…
This diagram, which figures so prominently in The Bellini Card, is an eight-pointed star inside a square. The above illustration comes from a Japanese website and it is, as far as know, the only illustration of the Sand-Reckoner's diagram online.
The idea that it was used as a fencing diagram, governing positions and strokes, was put to me in Hampshire some years ago. It has been on my mind ever since, not least because of its delightful name: I was glad to unpack it for The BelliniCard.
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Patty February 18, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Many thanks, it's quite different from my spatially distorted imaginings which I don't think anyone could have used for fencing positions unless they were a spider!
Ownie April 6, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Thank God I looked this up when I got to it in the book- otherwise much mental gymnastics.
John Owen July 3, 2009 at 4:22 am
Thank you for your knowledge. I would have been crazy trying to think what it was otherwise.
Malcolm Stewart July 3, 2009 at 5:49 pm
I made up the name "The Sand Reckoner's Diagram" for that device, five years ago and gave a presentation at the Research Into Lost Knowledge Organisation (RILKO) on the topic. With the encouragementy of John Michell (New View over Atlantis) and John Martineau of Wooden Books I am publishing my 35 years of study of the device under the name "Patterns of Eternity – Sacred Geometry and the Starcut diagram".
PS people most certainly DID use it for fencing. My book "Paterns of Eternity" (coming out in early November) goes into some detail – and shows also the uses of this device in Indian, China and Egypt as well as releavnec to the Cabala, alchemy and the Sufi tradition.
Michael October 8, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Thanks. It has helped my poor imagination to see a picture. I am engrossed in the novel.
Peter Maleady November 9, 2009 at 10:00 pm
devices such as the sand reckoner's diagram have been used in sword practice for centurie. the japanese used and still use them in kendo. the spanish school of rapier fencing also used a similar diagram. the antonio bandera's film of zorro shows him exercising on a spanish fencing star. each point of the star required a different stance, grip, etc. the spanish practiced on these obsessively which led to reflexive actions in a duel and made the spanish amongst the best swordsmen in the renaissance. there is a web article on this subject in one of the historical fencing sites out of new york (sorry, i don't have the reference at hand)..
thebellinicard Post author November 10, 2009 at 12:10 am
What you say about diagrams is so interesting; the particular diagram I refer to, the Sand Reckoner's Diagram, has of course an ancient and interesting history which Malcom Stewart's 'Patterns of Eternity' explores.
I've just taken up fencing again myself, this time foil; I'm proud to record that my son Izzy has emerged as West Dorset champion.
John Howard November 19, 2010 at 9:14 am
The Spanish theory of rapier play in the 16th and 17th century was heavily geometrical. The method is fully described in the manual by Girard Thibault d'Anvers published in 1628 (not 1630 as some sources say.) The diagrams show a geometric pattern on the floor of the fencing school against which all moves are calibrated. The pattern is known by some as "The Spanish Circle". (Image here http://sjaqua.tripod.com/spanishc.htm).
Thibault's treatise has been translated into English (in 1990) and may be available at the Royal Armouries where they have several historic manuals of sword play. Excellent pictures can be seen in The History and Art of Personal Combat by Arthur Wise published in 1971.
I have taught stage combat and choreographed sword fights in the amateur theatre for 40 years and while I can see that the method provided discipline and structure, I suspect that it was a handicap in real swordplay.
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