Chestnut is a British slang term for an old joke, often as old chestnut . The term is also used for a piece of music in the repertoire that has grown stale or hackneyed with too much repetition. A plausible explanation for the term given by the Oxford English Dictionary is that it originates from a play named The Broken Sword by William Dimond ref http www.worldwidewords.org qa qa che3.htm World Wide Words Chestnut ref , in which one character keeps repeating the same stories, one of them about a cork tree , and is interrupted each time by another character who says Chestnut, you mean . . . I have heard you tell the joke twenty seven times and I am sure it was a chestnut . The play was first performed in 1816, but the term did not come into widespread usage until the 1880s. See also Wiktionary old chestnut old chestnut in Wiktionary References references Category Humor humor stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. v. Twentieth Century Fox Corp. 1939 4 D.L.R. 353 is a leading Judicial Committee of the Privy Council opinion on copyright law . The Council held that copyright cannot subsist in non original work or in the title of a work alone unless it is original and distinctive. Francis, Day and Hunter had released a song titled The man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo . Years later, 20th Century Fox put out a movie by the same title, but had no other connections to the song. Francis sued for copyright infringement. Lord Wright held that a name alone cannot possess copyright unless it is sufficiently original and distinctive. To break the bank is a hackneyed expression, and Monte Carlo is or was the most obvious place at which that achievement or accident might take place. See also John Brodel v Telstra Corporation similar Australian case Dick v. Yates 1881 18 Ch D 76 DEFAULTSORT Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. V. Twentieth Century Fox Corp. Category 1939 in case law Category Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases on appeal from Canada Category United Kingdom copyright case law Category Legal articles without infoboxes Case law stub ... more details
unreferenced date August 2008 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Supared Type Album Artist Michael Kiske Cover Released 20.01.2003 Recorded Genre Rock music Rock Length 55 10 Producer Michael Kiske Reviews Metal Rules Rating 2 5 http www.metal rules.com review viewreview.php?month August&year 2008&pos 397 link Last album This album SupaRed br 2003 Next album SupaRed is an album by ex Helloween vocalist Michael Kiske . Track listing Reconsider Can I Know Now? Let s Be Heroes He Pretends Freak Away Hey Boiling Points Of No Reburn Ride On Hackneyed That s Why A Bit Of Her Overrated Dancers Bug Turn It Credits Band members Michael Kiske Singer vocals , guitarist guitar , Keyboardist keyboard Sandro Giampietro guitars Aldo Harms Bass guitar Bass Jurgen Spiegel Drummer drums External links Michael Kiske Official Fanclub http www.michaelkiske.net Category 2003 albums Category Michael Kiske albums 2000s rock album stub ... more details
Dia libh a laochruidh Gaoidhiol is a poem by Aonghas mac Doighre U Dh laigh . The title can be translated as God be with you, O war band of the Gaels. In the poem, U Dh laigh blockquote contrasts the hardship endured by the U Bhroin Byrne on the Wicklow mountions, not with the ease they would have enjoyed in peace time, but with the prosperity of their Anglo Irish enemies occupying the fertile lowlands which were once the patrimony of the U Bhroin themselves. ... it belongs ... to the late sixteenth century, when the original idea of the contrast between ease and hardship had become pherhaps a little hackneyed, and required some new slant to lift it out of the commonplace. blockquote References Katherine Simms 1990 Images of Warfare in Bardic Poetry , Celtica 21. P Harbison 1976 native Irish arms and armour in medieval Gaelic literature, 1170 1600 , The Irish Sword 12, 173 99 S. Mac Airt ed. 1944 Leabhar Branach Dublin, no. 35. DEFAULTSORT Dia Libh A Laochruidh Gaoidhiol Category Irish literature Category Irish poems Category Irish texts Category Irish history stubs Category Early Irish literature Category Irish language literature Category Medieval literature ... more details
wiktionarypar saying A saying is something that is said, notable in one respect or another, to be a pithy expression of wisdom or truth. ref When is a Pig a Hog? A Guide to Confoundingly Related English Words by Bernice Randall Galahad Books, New York, 1991 . ref There are a number of specific types of saying Apothegm . an edgy, more cynical aphorism such as, Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children. ref name wtd What s the Difference? A Compendium of Commonly Confused and Misused Words by Jeff Rovin Ballantine Books, New York, 1994 . ref Aphorism . A concise definition, notably memorable. Adage . An aphorism that has gained credibility by virtue of long use. Clich . An overly commonplace, hackneyed or trite saying. Epigram . A poetic form of comment on a particular idea, occurrence, or person. Epithet . A descriptive word or phrase that has become a popular formulation. Gnome rhetoric Gnome Ancient Greek Greek gnome , from gignoskein , to know . A type of saying, especially an aphorism or a maxim philosophy maxim , that is designed to provide instruction in a compact form. Idiom . an expression whose meaning can t be derived simply by hearing it, such as Kick the bucket . ref name wtd Mantra . A religious or mystical syllable or poetic phrase. Maxim philosophy Maxim . A principle or rule. A maxim is a wise saying, especially one intended to advise or recommend a course of conduct. In comparison to its approximate synonyms saying, adage , saw saying saw , motto , epigram , proverb , aphorism , the term maxim stresses the succinct formulation of an ultimate truth, a fundamental principle, or a rule of conduct. The word derives from the Latin word maximus , greatest , via an expression maxima propositio , greatest premise . Motto . A concise expression of motivation used by a group or individual Platitude . A flat, insipid, trite, or weak remark. Proverb . An expression of practical truth or wisdom. Quip . A witty or ... more details
Otheruses2 Texas Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Texas translator image Image Mich texas 1st ed.jpg 175px image caption 1st edition cover author James Michener country United States language English language English genre Historical novel publisher Random House release date 1985 media type Print Hardback pages 1096pp. isbn 0 394 54154 5 Texas 1985 is a novel by James A. Michener based on the history of the Lone Star State . Characters include real and fictional characters, explorers particularly lvar N ez Cabeza de Vaca , Spanish people Spanish and German Texan settlers, ranchers, oil men, aristocrats, Chicano s, and others, all based on extensive historical research. Although Michener received a tremendous amount of support from the Texas government, with then Governor Bill Clements offering him access to numerous state archives and research staff at the University of Texas at Austin , the novel was not well received in the state. Texas Monthly magazine awarded James Michener its Bum Steer of the Year Award given to people who have done something to merit ridicule or embarrassment for the novel s hackneyed dialogue and tendency to resort to stereotypes. ref http www.texasmonthly.com 1986 02 01 feature.php 1986 Bum Steer Awards, Texas Monthly , February 1986 ref It was adapted into a 1994 made for TV Texas 1994 film movie of the same name , directed by Richard Lang and featuring actors such as Stacy Keach , Benjamin Bratt , Rick Schroder , and Patrick Duffy . The TV daytime series Texas TV series Texas is not related to the book or film. References Reflist External links imdb title 0108316 Texas 1994 JamesAMichener DEFAULTSORT Texas Novel Category 1985 novels Category Novels by James A. Michener Category American historical novels Category Texas literature Category Random House books Category Novels set in Texas hist novel stub ... more details
Orphan date June 2011 notability date October 2010 Image Whitecar coaches map.gif thumb Areas serviced by Whitecars The Whitecars Coaches company ran daily Coach vehicle coach services between Cairns and the Atherton Tableland , Australia until December 2007 when it ceased operation. History The inaugural trip of Cairns Tableland Motor Service Ltd was down the Gillies Range Gillies Highway on 10 June 1926, the day the Gillies Highway was officially opened, and the company was registered the day before 9 June 1926. Whitecars became a hackneyed title for Cairns Tableland Motor Service Ltd as the first buses were Studebaker cars stretched to include an extra row of seats, and they were painted white for safety. The company was bought by other interests in 1947 and the founder purchased the company back in 1950 where it has remained in the family to this day, officially trading as Whitecar Coaches Pty Ltd. Services These services are now operated by Trans North Bus & Coach ref http www.transnorthbus.com ref Cairns Kuranda, Queensland Kuranda Mareeba, Queensland Mareeba Atherton, Queensland Atherton Herberton, Queensland Herberton Ravenshoe, Queensland Ravenshoe Ravenshoe, Queensland Ravenshoe Herberton, Queensland Herberton Atherton, Queensland Atherton Mareeba, Queensland Mareeba Cairns Cairns Kuranda, Queensland Kuranda Kuranda, Queensland Kuranda Cairns References Reflist Use dmy dates date October 2010 Category Bus companies of Queensland Category Cairns ... more details
Infobox film name 40 Pounds of Trouble image 40 Pounds of Trouble.jpg image size alt caption Theatrical release poster director Norman Jewison producer Stan Margulies writer Little Miss Marker Story br Damon Runyon br Screenplay br Marion Hargrove narrator starring Tony Curtis br Suzanne Pleshette br Larry Storch music Mort Lindsey cinematography Joseph MacDonald editing Marjorie Fowler studio distributor Universal Pictures released 31 December 1962 USA runtime 106 minutes country flag United States language English language English budget gross preceded by followed by 40 Pounds of Trouble is a 1962 film directed by Norman Jewison that marks his directorial debut. The film was shot on location at Disneyland Park Anaheim Disneyland and Lake Tahoe . ref http www.imdb.com title tt0057069 locations ref It is a retelling of Damon Runyon s story Little Miss Marker . ref name nytimes1 http movies.nytimes.com movie review?res 9B03E1DA173CEF3BBC4C51DFB7668388679EDE ref Plot Tony Curtis plays a casino manager who must take care of an 8 year old girl. Principal cast class wikitable Actor Role Tony Curtis Steve McCluskey Suzanne Pleshette Chris Lockwood Larry Storch Floyd Howard Morris Julius Edward Andrews Herman Stubby Kaye Cranston Warren Stevens Swing Critical reception Bosley Crowther of The New York Times sums up the film cquote The trouble with 40 Pounds of Trouble is that it is just too hackneyed and dull. ref name nytimes1 References reflist External links imdb title 0057069 amg movie 125653 Norman Jewison DEFAULTSORT 40 Pounds Of Trouble Category 1960s comedy films Category 1962 films Category American films Category Directorial debut films Category English language films Category Films directed by Norman Jewison Category Gambling films Category Universal Pictures films 1960s comedy film stub ... more details
Infobox film name Disappearing In America image image size alt caption director Erik Rodgers producer String And A Can Productions, Inc. in association with Damian Collier Entertainment writer David Polcyn, Erik Rodgers screenplay story based on based on title of the original work writer of the original work narrator starring music Chris Fudurich cinematography editing Eric Grush studio distributor Anthem Pictures released 2009 07 USA runtime 88 min country USA language English budget gross external site http www.stringandacan.com SAACP Disappearing In America.html www.stringandacan.com followed by Disappearing In America is a 2009 character drama written by David Polcyn and Erik Rodgers and produced by String And A Can Productions in association with Damian Collier as Damian Collier Entertainment . It debuted at the 2008 Newport Beach Film Festival and was released in July 2009 on DVD by Anthem Pictures. ref http www.imdb.com title tt0928362 Disappearing In America 2009 IMDb ref ref http www.stringandacan.com SAACP Disappearing In America.html OFFICIAL SITE ref Plot A fugitive, wanted for helping the Irish Republican Army IRA in a bombing gone horribly wrong. is smuggled into the SF harbor. In order to hide here, and to lose all vestiges of his Irish past and disappear into the new American identity. Sean soon finds himself at the mercy of one of his captors who is intent on using him in as series of hackneyed drug deals to make money. Sean searches desperately for a way out, but everyone seems to have their own motives with him. As Sean s past and future seem to disappear, Sean is left with little hope of a way out. Cast David Polcyn Sean br Devin DiGonno Jackie br Mark Pellegrino Bodyguard br Richard Eden actor Richard Eden Mickey br Michael Morrison The Cousin br Anna Marie Wayne Sara br Production Principal photography took place over 10 days in Downtown Los Angeles, with 2 days of second unit photography in San Francisco. Release Premiered at the 2008 Newport ... more details
Trajano Boccalini 1556 in Loreto AN Loreto November 16, 1613 in Venice was an Italy Italian satirist. The son of an architect , he himself adopted that profession, and it appears that he commenced late in life to apply to literary pursuits. Pursuing his studies at Rome , he had the honor of teaching Bentivoglio , and acquired the friendship of the cardinals Gaetano and Borghesi, as well as of other distinguished personages. By their influence he obtained posts, and was appointed by Gregory XIII governor of Benevento in the Papal States states of the church . Here, however, he seems to have acted imprudently, and he was soon recalled to Rome, where he shortly afterwards composed his most important work, the Ragguagli di Parnaso News sheet from Parnassus , in which Apollo is represented as receiving the complaints of all who present themselves, and distributing justice according to the merits of each particular case. The book is light and fantastic satire on the actions and writings of his eminent contemporaries, and some of its happier hits are among the hackneyed felicities of literature. To escape, it is said, from the hostility of those whom his shafts had wounded, he returned to Venice , and there, according to the register in the parochial church of Santa Maria Formosa , died of colic accompanied with fever on November 16, 1613. It was asserted by contemporary writers that he was beaten to death with sandbags by a band of Spain Spanish bravadoes, but the story seems without foundation. At the same time, it is evident from the Pietra del Paragone , which appeared in 1615 after his death, that whatever the Spaniards felt towards him, he cherished against them the bitterest hostility. The only government which was exempt from his attacks is that of Venice, a city for which he seems to have had a special affection. The Ragguagli , first printed in 1612, has frequently been republished. The Pietra has been translated into French, German, English and Latin the English ... more details
unreferenced date February 2011 Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 How Not to Write a Play is a book written by Walter Kerr , one time chief theatre critic for the New York Times . The first edition was published in 1955 by Simon and Schuster , four years after Kerr had begun work as a theater critic for the New York Herald Tribune . His book is an examination of what Kerr perceived were various negative trends and flaws in playwriting. Kerr s tone is at various points jocular, learned and lucid, with humorous titles, clear prose and an evident wide knowledge of playwrights from the Greek literature Greeks all the way to Arthur Miller and other playwrights of the mid 20th century. Of moderate length 244 pages , the book takes on many themes and topics. Kerr offers insights both into the practice and finances of contemporary theatre, blaming the declining audience declining even in 1955 on the poor and un entertaining fare being put before the public by both commercial and institutional producers. In particular, he blames decades of slavish imitation of Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov , not only because their styles had become hackneyed and arthritic Ibsen, himself, had abandoned Ibsenism after only a decade , but because they were created by and for an intelligentsia, and no thriving theatrical culture has ever been built that way, citing the case of William Shakespeare vs. the school of John Lyly , among others. He asserts that plays will always be more successful if they are highly entertaining, and argues that that entertainment can be at once enjoyable and artistically sophisticated. He also calls for a return to verse, pointing out Christopher Fry as an example of a new and supple 20th century theatrical verse style. Above all, Kerr is an advocate for creating believable, active characters and putting them into interesting stories, even at the expense of clean structures in plays, overarching intellectual political theses, or ... more details
Lifeforce Records is a German record label that specializes in metalcore , death metal , and post hardcore . Their current roster contains bands such as Burning Skies , This or the Apocalypse, Light Pupil Dilate and Nightrage , and they have helped to launch the careers of a number bands who went on to larger labels, such as Heaven Shall Burn , Between the Buried and Me , Caliban band Caliban and Trivium band Trivium . While Lifeforce has signed and continues to sign both European and American artists, they announced in October 2002 that they were going to shift focus away from the latter following the breakup of Endthisday and Beyond the Sixth Seal , as well as Between the Buried and Me who were at the time one of their most successful bands leaving the label for Victory Records . ref http www.lifeforcerecords.com news 80 ref Bands Current col begin col 4 At the Soundawn Burning Skies By Night Deadlock metal band Deadlock Destinity Dioramic Hackneyed Hand to Hand band Hand to Hand Hell Within Last Winter Left to Vanish Light Pupil Dilate Miseration Nahemah Name band Name Nervecell Nightrage Omnium Gatherum One Without Raintime Raunchy band Raunchy I.N.K Seneca band Seneca The Blackout Argument col 4 The Faceless The Last Felony The Psyke Project This or the Apocalypse War From a Harlots Mouth Winterus col 4 col end Former col begin col 3 Between the Buried and Me Beyond the Sixth Seal Caliban band Caliban Cataract band Cataract Cipher System Darwin band Darwin Deadsoil Death Before Disco Destiny hardcore band End This Day Endstand col 3 Enforsaken Fall of Serenity Fear My Thoughts Heaven Shall Burn Herod band Herod Intronaut Liar Mindfield Sunrise band Sunrise The Underwater The Year of Our Lord col 3 Trivium band Trivium Withered col end References References See also List of record labels List of Lifeforce artists External links http www.lifeforcerecords.com home Official site http www.lifeforce america.com home American Site Germany record label stub Category Ge ... more details
orphan date May 2010 Infobox comic book title Wikipedia WikiProject Comics title Jimmy Zhingchak Agent of D.I.S.C.O. 1shot y Superhero y Humor y multigenre y publisher Virgin Comics date July 2008 in comics 2008 main char team D.I.S.C.O. writers Saurav Mohapatra artists pencillers Anupam Sinha creative team month creative team year creator Saurav Mohapatra ISBN 158240383X subcat Virgin Comics sort Jimmy Zhingchak Agent of D.I.S.C.O. Jimmy Zhingchak Agent of D.I.S.C.O. is a one shot comics one shot comic book written by Saurav Mohapatra , with art by Anupam Sinha . It was originally published by Virgin Comics in 2008 in comics 2008 in collaboration with UTV Spotboy. Plot A parody of the 80s hindi cinema fascination with disco and Hindi movies of the period, it deals with the rise of Jimmy, a young dancer who helps defend India from Sir John and his dreaded organization F.I.R.A.N.G. He is helped by Col. Jaani of the Department of Internal Security and Covert Operation D.I.S.C.O. . The foreword was written by Mithun Chakraborty , an Indian film star known for his DISCO potboilers. ref name rediff cite web url http www.rediff.com movies 2008 jun 03look.htm title Now, Mithunda s got his own comic publisher rediff.com accessdate 2009 06 17 ref ref cite web url http www.mohaps.com ?page id 122 title Jimmy Zhingchak on the author s webpage publisher mohaps.com ref Themes The comic introduces the concept of Zhingchak , a nonsensical homage to Force Star Wars The Force of Star Wars and Libido Mojo from Austin Powers film series Austin Powers movies. It uses hackneyed plot devices from Hindi movies like a blind mother made famous by Nirupa Roy , ref name IBNLive cite web url http ibnlive.in.com news superhero jimmy says its time to disco again 67327 8.html title Superhero Jimmy says it s time to disco, again last Pillai first Varsha date June 18, 2008 publisher IBNLive accessdate 2009 06 17 ref miraculous restoration of sight by divine intervention again a Nirupa Roy staple , ... more details
Infobox film name Circumstantial Evidence image Circumstantial Evidence Poster.jpg image size alt caption Theatrical release poster director John Larkin producer William Girard screenplay Robert F. Metzler br Samuel Ornitz story Sam Duncan br Nat Ferber narrator starring Michael O Shea actor Michael O Shea br Lloyd Nolan music David Buttolph cinematography Harry Jackson cinematography Harry Jackson editing Norman Colbert studio distributor Twentieth Century Fox released Film date 1945 04 20 United States runtime country United States language English budget Circumstantial Evidence 1945 is an American film noir directed by John Larkin. The drama features Michael O Shea actor Michael O Shea , Lloyd Nolan , and Trudy Marshall . ref imdb title id 0037598 title Circumstantial Evidence . ref Plot Innocent reporter escapes from prison on the eve of his planned execution. Cast Michael O Shea actor Michael O Shea as Joe Reynolds Lloyd Nolan as Sam Lord Trudy Marshall as Agnes Hannon Billy Cummings as Pat Reynolds Ruth Ford actress Ruth Ford as Mrs. Simms Reed Hadley as Prosecutor Roy Roberts as Marty Hannon Scotty Beckett as Freddy Hanlon Byron Foulger as Bolger Critical reception Bosley Crowther , the film critic for The New York Times panned the film, writing, Darryl Zanuck must have had his back turned when Circumstantial Evidence slipped out the front gate of the Twentieth Century Fox Studio. For a sillier and more tediously worked out piece of crime melodrama than the picture which opened yesterday at the Rialto hasn t reached Broadway in a long, long time. Circumstantial Evidence is so full of hackneyed and incredible plot turns that one can never get even slightly interested in the involved set of circumstances which almost send a quite innocent, if belligerent, Michael O Shea to the electric chair. ref http movies.nytimes.com movie review?res 9A0DE1DA173BEE3BBC4951DFB266838E659EDE Crowther, Bosley . The New York Times, film review, April 21, 1945. Last accessed Febru ... more details
Crazy Sunday is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald originally published in American Mercury on October 1932. Plot The story centers on a young screenwriter , Joel Coles, as he comes to terms with his personal and professional failures. Coles is already 28 and has not yet distinguished himself. Moreover, the material he has been working on is trite and hackneyed. During the course of the story Coles becomes involved with a high profile couple, Miles and Stella Calman. Coles sees Calman at the studio lot during the course of many weeks, but most of their interaction occurs on Sundays. Coles who is an alcoholic is soon invited to a party thrown by the couple. He promises himself he won t drink but soon imbibes. During this party he performs for the audience and subsequently falls flat. Humiliated, he writes a letter to the host, Miles Calman. Calman s wife, whom Coles knew when she lived in NY, is described as near an emotional bursting point. Calman has been cheating on her for some time, and Crazy Sunday opens with him doing this. Stella intends to stay faithful to him but confides in Joel she feels she must cheat on him to balance the scales. Calman also confides in Joel that he is frantic over losing Stella. At the close of the story Joel a self described hack has not developed professionally nor personally from his associations with Hollywood. However, he manages to have sex with Stella one Sunday night when Miles is away on business. Afterwards, Joel basks in the glory of his conquest, and pours himself a drink. The phone rings and Stella answers it. She is informed Miles has died in a plane crash. She hysterically begs Joel to stay with her and it becomes clear she did love him despite his faults. ref The Short Stories of F Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli 1998 ref History The short story is noteworthy because although Fitzgerald commanded respectable compensation and respect for his work Crazy Sunday was turned down by nearly ... more details
Infobox Film name Meenaxi Tale of 3 Cities image Meenaxi, A Tale of Three Cities, 1995 film.jpg writer Owais Husain br M.F. Husain starring Tabu actress Tabu br Kunal Kapoor br Raghuvir Yadav director M.F. Husain producer Reima Husain music A. R. Rahman cinematography Santosh Sivan editing Sreekar Prasad line producer Chetan Motiwalla released Film date 2004 4 2 df y language Hindi , Urdu language Urdu Meenaxi A Tale of Three Cities or Meenaxi is a 2004 Hindi film directed by M.F. Husain and starring Tabu actress Tabu , Kunal Kapoor and Raghuvir Yadav . The film centers on Hyderabad, India Hyderabad novelist Nawab, Yadav , who is suffering from writers block. After five years and no stories, Nawab comes across an unconventional muse, Meenaxi Tabu . The three cities referred to in the title of the film are , Hyderabad, India Hyderabad , Jaisalmer and Prague . The film features an acclaimed Meenaxi soundtrack score and soundtrack by A.R.Rahman . It is semi autobiographical in some respects. There are allusions to Husain s own experiences with his muse, Madhuri Dixit , with whom he made his previous film, Gaja Gamini 2000 . ref http www.hindu.com thehindu mag 2004 03 21 stories 2004032100370500.htm Cinematic vision The Hindu , 21 March 2004. ref Synopsis Nawab, a popular Hyderabadi novelist, is suffering from a classic case of writer s block. Five years have passed, and stories of substance seem to have dried up. Then, almost providentially, Nawab comes across a young woman named Meenaxi. She s enigmatic and individualistic and not quite willing to perform the part of a passive muse. But that doesn t deter a rejuvenated Nawab from giving her different personae she can be the mysterious perfume trader of Hyderabad, the exotic desert bloom of Jaisalmer, the orphaned Maria of Prague. Inexorably, she consolidates her command over the novelist. She dismisses his renewed attempts at writing as insubstantial and hackneyed, plunging him into a state of deeper despair. She is s ... more details
Bryan Bowers born August 18, 1940, Yorktown, Virginia is an United States American autoharp player who is frequently credited with introducing the instrument to new generations of musicians. ref http www.bluegrassmusic.com index.php?em192 96720 1 0 0 445 1 3 2008 0 0&issue 190007&search string Bowers&em193 Bluegrass Unlimited Bot generated title ref Career Bowers became very popular with the audience of the comedy radio program The Dr. Demento Show with his 1980 recording of Mike Cross musician Mike Cross song The Scotsman . In 1993, Bowers was inducted into the Autoharp Hall of Fame whose membership includes Mother Maybelle Carter , Kilby Snow , and Sara Carter . ref http www.mlag.org Hall of Fame inductees.html Autoharp Hall of Fame Inductees Bot generated title ref In two consecutive years, 2006 and 2007, he released new recordings Bristlecone Pine and September in Alaska . Although such guests as Tim O Brien, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, and Enright and O Bryant play and sing on a number of cuts, this is a Bryan Bowers disc all the way, with his exquisite autoharp flavoring many of the tunes, wrote a November 2006 Bluegrass Unlimited reviewer of Bristlecone Pine . Bowers selects thematically diverse and lyrically strong material. There are powerful love songs When You And I Were True and Magnolia and non cloying meditations on life and death Bristlecone Pine, Friends For Life, and When I Go , as well as haunting instrumentals. He nicely avoids the hackneyed stuff of so many folk bluegrass country performers. ref http www.bluegrassmusic.com index.php?em192 93094 1 0 0 445 1 3 2008 0 0&issue 190007&search string Bowers&em193 Bluegrass Unlimited Bot generated title ref He maintains an active performance and teaching schedule. Awards Contemporary Inductee, Autoharp Hall of Fame, 1993. Lifetime Achievement Award, California Autoharp Gathering, 2006. ref http www.calautoharp.com about.html California Autoharp Gathering Bot generated title ref Induction into Frets Magazine ... more details
Isaac S.D. Sassoon is an observant Sephardic rabbi hakham and educator. Hakham Sassoon was born into the Sassoon family of London. His initial education was under the tutelage of his father, the renowned scholar Rabbi Solomon David Sassoon , Hakham Yosef Doury, and others. Later studies were at the prestigious Gateshead Yeshiva and various Yeshiva yeshivoth in Israel. He holds a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Lisbon . Continuing his family s tradition of academic achievement, Hakham Sassoon has published on topics ranging from Scriptural commentary ref Torah Readings De Lange The Expository Times.2003 114 177 ref and history, to issues of current concern to the Jewish community http www.jewishideas.org node 26 . Hakham Sassoon teaches at the Institute of Traditional Judaism The Metivta and lectures widely. Highly esteemed in the Sephardic community, Hakham Sassoon has contributed to the maintenance of the heritage of the Babylonian Jewish community http www.babylonjewry.org.il new english nehardea 14 25.htm and has provided the Syrian Jews Syrian Jewish community with an updated and corrected siddur Jewish prayer book reflecting that community s traditions. He has recently published a book called The Status of Women in Jewish Tradition addressing the particular religious tradition s outlook on women. He primarily refers to the Tora, Talmudh, and Dead Sea Scrolls in exploring the authentic position on the continuum of patriarchal condescension. His goal, in writing the book, was to give authentic answers to a popular if not hackneyed question. Selected works The Status of Women in Jewish Tradition, Cambridge University Press 2011 Destination Torah Notes and Reflections on Selected Verses from the Weekly Torah Readings , a commentary on Chumash Hebrew language edition Ve ha arev Na , ISBN 0881256390 ISBN 0 88125 639 0 Uriel da Costa , Examination of Pharisaic Traditions , ed. and trans. with Herman Prins Salomon , Brill, Leiden, 1993 orig. ed. Amsterdam, 1 ... more details
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