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The tables are turning
Now that anyone can be a DJ, is the art form dead?
The era of the talented DJ is not over. It is just that they are getting harder to spot
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by B.R.
THE best nightclub DJs possess a shamanistic power. They have it within them to control the movements of thousands of people as if they were a single being; to hold the mood of a crowd in their hands; to force it to turn, arms aloft, and await instruction. That need is deep-rooted. In "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life", a history of the subject, Bill Brewster imagines night falling on prehistoric savannahs, where early man "abandoned the taboos of waking life" and "joined the gods". To a relentless beat struck by an army of drummers, he would lose himself in dance. The witchdoctor who led this carnal parade, writes Mr Brewster, was the modern DJ's antecedent.
To gain such lofty status, DJs, particularly back in the days of vinyl records, had to sweat. Before digitisation, mixing records in a nightclub was a technical discipline as difficult to master as learning chord progressions on a guitar. Flitting between two records, with different beats-per-minutes and in different keys, meant the best managed to create unique music in real time, using nothing but two turntables and a mixing desk. Playing a set that lasted for hours, with no audible joins between tracks, took years of practice. Skills were honed in bedrooms on "ones-and-twos"—the Technics 1200 turntables that were the only choice for an aspiring mixer.
In the 1990s, DJs who rose to the top had generally paid their dues. Alan Banks, onesuch, says he started on school radio and graduated to local bars before promoting his own nights in big London clubs such as Heaven. Mr Banks would spend hours preparing for a set, learning the break-points of records, counting bars and arranging the tunes in his box by their musical keys.
The tables, though, were about to turn. At the turn of the century, DJs began to embrace digital technology, swapping their ones-and-twos for zeroes and ones. In 1999, Pioneer released its first "CDJ", which mixed CDs instead of vinyl. CDJs would eventually allow DJs to loop passages of music at the touch of a button and to interact with computers using MIDI, a digital interface. Many DJs welcomed the change. Notwithstanding the greater functionality, it saved them lugging heavy record-boxes—perhaps holding just 100 tunes—to nightclubs. CD wallets, in contrast, could house a thousand or more.
Even that now seems passé. Today's DJs saunter into a club carrying nothing more than a USB stick, on which they keep an almost unlimited selection of music. But has digitisation meant that the art of DJing has been lost? Using modern programs such as rekordbox, computers will automatically put DJs' music in sync and save them from beat-matching. They will also show which music is in a complementary key, and mix the two together at command.
Such advances have made it easy for those with limited talent to sound professional. YouTube videos abound that purport to show DJs miming their mixes—their hands a whirl of activity over the controls, but never actually alighting on any of them. For many, this confirms a long-held suspicion that some now simply turn up with a pre-recorded set, press play, and rake in the cash.
Easy-to-use technology has prompted celebrities with little grounding in the art, such as Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, to declare themselves DJs and secure lucrative gigs around the world. "Youngsters don't seem to mind if someone is just a front person, without actually doing anything," says Chad Jackson, a former winner of the World DJ Championship. "Fame is the important thing. Anyone can say that they are a DJ, but if you are just putting records on you are just a jukebox." Mr Jackson, who also tutors aspiring DJs, complains that too many people seek him out because they want a shortcut to fame and fortune, not because they love dance music.
It is easy to see the allure. Superstars command mind-boggling fees. In the 1990s, reports that DJs such as Paul Oakenfold were receiving five-figure sums for a night's work made music headlines. But that looks a pittance now that America has rediscovered the cult of the DJ. The country that invented house music in the 1970s, through pioneers such as Frankie Knuckles, was something of a bystander as the phenomenon took hold in Europe during the 1980s and 1990s. No longer. Electronic dance music (EDM) has reconquered its birthplace. Last year, Calvin Harris, a Scottish pop-star-turned-DJ, signed a contract reported to be worth $400,000 a night for a residency at Hakkasan, a Las Vegas club.
Yet DJing has always been about more than simply mixing records. The skill is in reading, and then reacting to a crowd, something a jukebox cannot do. "It doesn't matter which medium you use," says Seb Fontaine, one of Britain's most celebrated house DJs. "It is about how you mould the evening, how you create the story."
And if it has become technically easier to sound professional, in other aspects the requirements are getting tougher. Nightclub DJs have always distinguished themselves by playing records that no one else owns. For those spinning American R&B in Britain's "Northern Soul" clubs in the 1960s, for example, that meant importing rarities, or crossing the Atlantic to uncover gems themselves. For house DJs in the 1990s, it meant trawling record shops in search of rare cuts. Because most vinyl had small press-runs they could be sure that the other DJs on the bill wouldn't have the same records.
Today, virtually every dance record is available to download through specialist dance-music sites such as Beatport. That makes things more democratic: "No one, wherever in the world, need be behind the times," says Mr Fontaine. But it also means that people have less chance of laying claim to remarkable finds. DJs of the past learnt to shield labels on their seven-inches, or even put records into the wrong sleeves, to thwart competitors taking a sneaky peek over their shoulders. Nowadays anyone can use Shazam, a smartphone app that can identify the tracks being played in even the most underground of clubs.
That is one reason why building a reputation now means either producing your own records or remixing others'. Production is both a way for DJs to market themselves, and to lay claim to something unique to play on the dancefloor. The very best technicians will use isolated audio files (drums, say, or vocal or bass) and remix tracks live in a nightclub, setting themselves apart from the arrivistes. But these days Mr Banks says he will spend most of his day in his studio. Although he makes little money from the music he creates there, if he wants to get lucrative gigs he is expected to have a body of work behind him.
Few DJs pine for the days of ones-and-twos; the possibilities of modern technology are too alluring. But Mr Fontaine says that purists still ask him whether he ever thinks about a return to vinyl. "No," he tells them. "I also don't plan to go to work on a penny-farthing."
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Bill Griffiths Collected Poems and Sequences 1966-1996: A Review
Bill Griffiths: Collected Earlier Poems (1966-80), Collected Poems & Sequences, (1981-91) and Collected Poems Volume 3 (1992-96). Reality Street 2010, 2014 and 2016. Eds. Alan Halsey and Ken Edwards.
When the Collected Poems Volume 3 (1992-96), the third volume in Reality Street's vital edition of Griffith's poetry over three decades, arrived in the post, it became evident that it would make no sense to review it in isolation. And so, what follows is a review of all three volumes, or rather a survey of Bill's poetic career up to 1996. Griffiths is, in my view, a major poet, one of the towering figures of late 20th and early 21st century British poetry. What follows is, of necessity, all too brief and somewhat unsatisfactory, but, I hope, better than nothing.
In 1976, Griffiths distributed a prose text called A Note on Democracy, consisting of six single-sided typewritten quarto pages with wide right-hand margins, stapled in the top right cornet to a green light card back cover which has a list of Pirate Press pamphlets. I say distributed because, as a note at the end of the end of the text says 'this is not a publication but a private set of copies not for resale'. The reader is encouraged to use the wide margin to make their own comments on the text and share them with the author by post. The Note is a tract against power and what Griffiths sees as the pretence of power sharing inherent in the democratic system. He picks out as examples the treatment of the English gypsy community and the role of prison as a tool of repression and a microcosm of society at large. He also draws a contrast between 'Roman' ideals of order and 'Celtic/pagan' ideals of individualism, with a clear preference for the latter. This is in keeping with the Note's essentially anarchist position; Griffiths is not interested in proposing an alternative form of government, but an alternative to government. As Alan Halsey notes in his introduction to the latest volume, Griffiths 'fails to address the question of criminality itself', but this possible naivety does not change the fact that his politics were heartfelt and consistent and also very understandable in the context of 1970s English policing, with its barely concealed racism. In any case, you don't have to agree with his ideas to appreciate the power of the poetry they informed.
It's a pity that this text has never been made more widely available, as it represents possibly his clearest statement on so many of the concerns that run through the poetry: the concern with marginal social groups like gypsies, prisoners, bikers, canal people and coal miners; the repeated references to Charlemagne's destruction of the Irminsul; the need to resist power in all its forms. Crucially, it also informs his belief that social activity must be based on collaboration rather than coercion.
This belief in collaborative effort underpins much of the writing, from the prison and biker poems that are, in effect, co-written with prisoners and bikers, to the frequent use of found text and collage to the poems written for multiple voices or as text for group performance, Griffiths wrote with the social and linguistic landscapes he inhabited, rather than against them. In many cases, his primary collaborator was himself, as he recycled texts through numerous versions and configurations from publication to publication, creating quite a complex editorial job for Halsey and Edwards in the process. To their credit, they have managed to organise the materials at their disposal to produce three volumes that make this essential body of poetry available in a coherent form.
Griffiths' essential method is declared early on, in the opening lines of 'Cycle 1', the first of a sixteen-poem set of cycles 'on Dover Borstal', which he wrote in his early twenties:
Ictus!
as I aint like ever to be still but
kaleidoscope,
lock and knock my sleeping
This is a passage that has been analysed frequently but it still bears considerable unpacking. The opening 'ictus' operates on a number of levels. It is, of course, a reference to the stress of Griffiths' characteristically accented line, but also to the rhythm of the pulse, the flow of blood through the speaker/poet's intensely physical presence. It is a word whose use implies a kind of knowledge, of culture even, that contrasts sharply with the demotic 'I aint' that follows. Although this usage reflects the poet's South London dialect, as 'ictus' is part of his academic idiolect, this is a fictional 'I' as Griffiths inhabits the persona of an inmate rather than documenting his own experience. This degree of identification with the liminal groups he writes about typifies the early work and, as we will see later, a move from first to third person is one of the markers of a change in his later political poetry. This tension between idiomatic and specialist language registers runs through all of Griffiths' work and one of his core technical achievements is the way he marries them into a cohesive style, or set of styles.
The isolation of 'kaleidoscope' as an entire line emphasises it as a marker of how to read the text it is embedded in. Grifffiths' poetry is kaleidoscopic in a number of senses; words are rearranged in ever-shifting provisional patterns and the constituent elements are hard, sharp, bright shards of dislocated matter, the dynamic, multiply reflected objects of a kaleidoscope, not the static, frozen tesserae of a mosaic. Take, for instance, these lines from Delvan's Book (1993):
Belook, in opening Ramuyi
the loop-feathered art,
a prayer,
prowled out in light,
a slide of a dance,
to pronounce
coming offering me to Hanuman
the oil of the human
to the unfolded fur
Then the fourth line of the cycle enacts the typical Griffiths, a short unit of one to three densely-packed stresses, jagged, full of assonance and consonance.
Not that Griffiths only wrote in short lines; passages, and even whole poems, feature longer units, and even prose paragraphs. In fact, the lines that immediately follow burst this bound:
The complex of the fort against the French, Dover,
'S mighty imperfection: fits to the sea.
The moat (and ported, kinging the blue) closed, so built-made and the salty
grass and rubble of chalk growing.
Writing the chalk –– kid
Shout for separation.
But even here the tendency for the long line to break into short half-lines is evident. It is tempting to argue that this underlying structural strategy reflects Griffiths academic background in Anglo Saxon and his editing and translating of numerous Old English texts. What is certain is that this short line became a tool of immense flexibility in his expert hands, with a range that comprised the poems in Metrical Cookery (1991):
Bread is body
and staff
and rough
and those in Materia Boethiana a decade earlier:
speaks of the same time-tumble too.
starts suns storms.
A torrential land
like glasses tuned and sharded.
It's a method that is summed up neatly in these lines from A Book of Legends (1991)
Everything moves into pattern
like words in poetry
(tho few enuf stay there)
Cycles is the first of the three great early works that dominate the first volume of the set, the others being War With Windsor, a shape-shifting immersion into biker culture, and the second being Building: The New London Hospital, a book about reincarnation through the filter of manual labour.
The biker poems (Windsor are/were a chapter of bikers) continue the theme of the dispossessed and reviled outsider, potential or actual fodder for the prison system whose parallel version of the social order is laid out in dazzling, if occasionally somewhat dispiriting, detail:
Close up wolf about my mouth
He would go in
Sit in his cave, like me
Smell at the daylight.
Animals an' criminals
Among the legs of the animals
Criminals hands in belts.
Jesu 'pecker
My eyes is loose with worry.
The war is also with another Windsor, much of the text being concerned with the nature of monarchy and of the contract between people and rulers when the rule is unjust: 'Fealty, or the link between monarch and subject is revocable, as are all feudal ties.'
Building is my personal favourite of the major early works, although Griffiths himself was never really satisfied with it. Perhaps this was because it is something of a transitional text, partly because the subject of death and of ghosts enters his work, but mainly because while the labourers are as much a marginal group as prisoners and bikers (indeed, some of them are individuals who appear in earlier poems), they represent a different kind of community who exist within rather than without the margins of wider society and because the theme of manual work now enters Griffiths' imaginative vocabulary.
the great slabs or sills mad as hell
I rolled em uphill rather than lift em
still they caught me so I was eating blood some more
it was strength I
wanted to show, not
The early 1980s represented a relatively fallow period for Griffiths, who was studying for his PhD and leaving London to live on a houseboat in Middlesex. When he started publishing more frequently again, from 1986, the work is focused on this new margin of canals and the people who live on them. The relatively slower pace of this world is reflected in the poems of The Bournemouth, The Book of the Boat and Morning Lands, the three books that represent the heart of the second volume of the Collected. Like the building site, boats represent work but they also bring a greater awareness of the natural world, an almost environmental consciousness that is not present in the London work.
Asleep a minute on the soil,
I part
a thousand facets of celery,
look through my woodland
not a'hunt but hopeful,
land-awake
on a tiny pivot
of love.
The boat was destroyed in a fire and, after a peripatetic few years, Griffiths moved to Durham, where he was to spend the rest of his life. This move is pivotal for the work, and the transition is marked by two 1991 titles, Coal and the aforementioned Metrical Cookery. In an unpublished review written at the time of publication, I focused on the various aspects of coal as signifier that run through that book: coal as work, wealth, artifice and so on. But I have since come to realise that there is a larger significance to it. Coal represents a kind of entering in to the life of an entire community, a shift from nomad to settler in an entirely other kind of marginality, and a life that centres on various ideas of family:
Sea coal
is coal by sea.
Family is
these and these,
not a more,
but same,
your soldiers,
lads and ladies,
a letter lode
for the matrix.
The recipe poems Metrical Cookery are an extension of this sense of community; they are charms for the shared meals that bound families and mining villages together. The effect is underscored by the entry of Durham dialect into the work, marking the beginning of what was to be a major preoccupation for the rest of his life.
If the early 80s were relatively quiet, the period 1991-96 were enormously productive for Griffiths, and the third volume contains over 500 pages of poetry written during those five years. Unavoidably enough, the results can be somewhat uneven. For instance, while it is interesting to see Griffiths try on ballad forms and submerge himself in the local dialect, the resulting Dialect Poems is, ultimately, unsatisfactory as poetry, smacking a bit too much of the academic exercise. Equally, in the poems in Satires (1993) the anger drowns out the poetry, with the result that they feel too easy, too much like shooting fish in a barrel.
It's David Frost!
Shit from the shit-monger.
Shit straight from the Court of St Shit.
However, this period also sees some of Griffiths finest work appearing. The early 90s pamphlets Calendar Contents and Quotidiana see the sense of community of Coal broaden and deepen. The latter sequence is particularly fine and includes poems where the Durham dialect really works as a kind of tender mark of absorption in his new home. In The Coal World (1995), the dialect becomes fully integrated into Griffiths' method as he versifies stories of mining life in the 19th century in a manner that brings to mind some of the early gypsy poems.
But the heart of Griffiths achievement at this time are the three great poems about Delvan MacIntosh, a young man of Pakistani ethnicity who was a prisoner in Wandsworth. These poems, Notes from Delvan Macintosh, Delvan's Book and Star Fish Jail push Griffiths' poetic of collaboration to their logical conclusion, with the poet acting as editor and amanuensis for MacIntosh, whose story is told mainly in his own words. In his introduction to the volume, Halsey notes that while in the earlier prison poems 'the speaker or persona is unidentified and thus easily mistaken for the poet himself', in these works we see 'a clear distinction between the prisoner … and Griffiths as empathetic audience and transcriber'. The result is a body of work that skewers the brutal racist prison regime that takes for granted that prisoners should be seen as fair game on the basis of skin colour and of a wider justice system that accepts confessions extracted on the basis of torture and the administration of drugs as valid reasons to condemn suspects.
Here, the problem of criminality ceases to be an issue, nobody, regardless of what they may or may not have done, deserves the treatment meted out to MacIntosh as a matter of course, and the poems are triumphs of documentary condemnation:
An' I was in solitary ; it's a sort of bare bed of concrete
but you can't use it even : they come and check
and then the doors open : a screw comes in
sez, get against that back wall ; or we'll put you there.
An' you cannot see out : or smoke, or read, or nothing,
And my hands were hell : with them twisting the thumbs behind your back
to walk down the landing : some screaming exhibit.
(Star Fish Jail)
Griffiths fuses the prisoner's words with a line derived from Anglo-Saxon verse and something of the tone of the Old English 'Wanderer' poem to produce political poetry of the very highest order.
The three other major sequences in this final volume, The Lion Man (1995), Baldur's Lacrimosa and Rousseau and the Wicked (both 1996) see the 'old' and 'new' Griffiths integrating. Most of his major themes and preoccupations are here, but now seen very much from a Northern perspective rather than a London one. It is a mark of his sense of being at home in Seaham that he more or less abandons dialect and writes in his own voice, but with newly adjusted eyes.
The appearance of Jean Jacques Rousseau as an exemplar at this stage in Griffiths' career casts a new light on his writing. In particular, it brings into focus his treatment of the liminal outsider groups he writes about as exemplars of innately good people, who are corrupted by the civilisation that would exclude them. It also illuminates the strain of Romanticism that runs through his work: his preference for the individual over the collective; his identification with the marginalised; a syntax of the irrational; poems based on works by Borodin and Mussorgsky; and a Wordsworthian emphasis on 'the real language of men'.
In addition to bringing Griffiths' hard to find pamphlets and books back into print, the second and third volumes also contain substantial bodies of previously uncollected poetry that previously appeared in magazines, anthologies, collections published after 1996, and the self-edited two floppy disk 'collected poems' that Griffiths put together in 1992 and updated in 1996. Most of this work is of the highest quality and rounds out Griffiths' oeuvre. A good example is the long sequence 'How Highpoint is Better than Wandsworth'. This is another collaboration with Delvan MacIntosh, apparently based on letters between him and the poet. Here we see an experience of a saner, more humane prison system which serves somewhat to balance the unrelenting grimness of the Wandsworth poems:
They open it in front of you,
for to see if there's any drugs or stuff that's not allowed
but they don't actually read
what's in the letters.
When your posters came in, Bill,
the screw looked at them, sez to me,
Jeez you ain't gonna put them up, are you?
This necessarily short and selective chronological skim inevitably fails to reflect the full range and power of this major body of writing. Another way to slice it is to review the range of genres Griffiths worked in and how the poetry relates to his work as a scholar, translator, prose writer and purely visual and sound poet.
The dialect poems relate closely to his almost single-handed effort at revitalising the study of the language of his adopted Durham home. While there is much lyricism in the poetry, there is little enough lyric, and almost no conventional love poetry. Indeed, despite the Romantic vein identified earlier, Griffiths' favoured genres reflect his interest in the medieval. There are narratives, elegies, praise poems, satire, riddles, recasting of myth and poems that verge in the condition of rite. In addition to the Old English echoes already mentioned, there are translations and adaptations embedded in the work, with sources ranging from the Padderborn Epic to Rimbaud. There are also passages, like this from another prison poem Liam's Song (1994), that remind the reader that Griffiths also translated Y Gododin:
Wobbut thoo ettled ti meet god.
Woz his stick bray-ey enough?
Did his bottles hilp thaw runaway heed?
Efter his mirikles, hoodee thaw shackle-banes feel?
Wor the bizzun-foak anjel an' lowery aareet?
Hev thaw raxy brawn limbs com wick ageyn, man?
What-like is stane like tiv eet? (Aye, Aa thowt seea)
An' ti cowp seea much blud – all tis haw thaa's a regular guy
While all of these genres are handled unconventionally, there are also more overtly 'experimental' modes employed, too. These include found texts, documentary poems, cut-ups, texts for multiple voices and others with visual elements integrated into them. The natural world, when it appears, can be Edenic:
Cheshire: On a long-abandoned RAF camp,
the ruins of the demolished buildings are almost hidden
under brambles and briars
and seas of rosebay willowherb and plants
escaped from cultivation, especially lupins
and Shasta daisies which increase year by year
Griffiths' achievement is that he managed to write poetry about anything that interested him while, at the same time, reconciling the tension between being and doing, the often conflicting urges to make poems that are and poems that do, that make things happen. The hard surfaces and formal adventurousness of these poems chime with an avant garde concern with the materiality of language but they are underpinned by that sense of social and political engagement that the Note on Democracy spells out. The result is that he writes a poetry that is questioning not just of the nature of writing, but also of the public context in which it exists and intervenes.
All things that work
are fun.
There is an incipient magic.
(from poem 47 in the Rousseau and the Wicked)
While I was writing this review Ken Edwards posted a farewell to publishing on the Reality Street blog. The press has published a wide range of very fine work, but if it had only published these three volumes it would have been enough to mark it out as one of the most significant publishers of the "parallel tradition" of British poetry. He and Halsey have navigated the complications of Griffiths' editing and publishing history to produce a cohesive, wonderfully readable text with just the right level of annotation to allow the reader to discover the depths of the writing for themselves. A small indication of the difficulties involved can be seen by considering what may be of Griffiths earliest publications, two A4 broadsheets from around 1971. They mark the beginning of one of the most significant and exciting British poets of the period since the 1960s, just as the last volume of the collected sadly marks his end.
One consists of three poems, 'Terzetto', 'In Gypsy, 1970' and 'Short', the other of a single poem, 'Black Mass'. This last has eight irregular stanzas, and Griffiths started typing the last stanza after the sixth, realised his mistake, xed over the words he had typed and then continued the correct order on the next line. 'Terzetto', 'Short', and 'Black Mass' are included in the first volume as stand-alone poems, with adapted lines from 'Terzetto' and 'Black Mass' also featuring in other, longer pieces. 'In Gypsy, 1970' is not collected, but reworkings of the material appears in two other works. The broadsheets have no date, publisher name or place of publication on them, and to add a final twist, the name at the bottom of both is Billy Griffiths.
Note: This clarification is from Ken Edwards: 'the credit for editing the texts – the scholarship and drudgery – should be attributed entirely to Alan Halsey. My role was largely confined to typesetting, book design, production and marketing.'
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Great review Billy. Really makes me want to read this body of work. Thanks.
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Thank you. That is really the only thing a review should do.
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Dowsing Presentation: The Future of Dowsing is in the Balance
Keynote Dowsing Presentation
In 2010, Nigel & Maggie Percy were invited to present the keynote address at the Canadian Society of Dowsers Annual Convention in Toronto. Unfortunately, the presentation was not able to be recorded. What you see in the video is an abbreviated version of that presentation. We thought the content and subject matter to be important. Plus we liked it so much that we decided we would record the whole thing again. Obviously, it isn't exactly the same, word-for-word, as what we said in Canada, but we used our notes; the same ones we used there, for this recording.
The dowsing presentation covers the importance of using both left and right brain. There are also some self-tests that will help you determine your preference. Are you more left-brain or right-brain?
If you are interested in a long look at the spinning dancer test, visit:?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CEr2GfGilw
Here's another test of side preference:
When Maggie took both tests, she came out left-brain dominant for the dancer and right-brain dominant for the test above. It may be that the dancer is a more dynamic test of how you use your brain in daily life. You might find that what you are working on or thinking about affects the direction the dancer moves. Maggie and Nigel can make it go both ways.
Maggie feels that perhaps the pink/blue image above is using a test that is more a reflection of natural inclination. As with personality tests, you have to be careful of what you are measuring. You might be measuring how someone chooses to move through life, even if it isn't their natural preference. It might be an indication of culture, training and various pressures.
For Maggie, her intensive training in science and her parents' preference for rationality and logic may have caused her to develop that left brain ability as a way of pleasing them and succeeding, when in reality, her right brain is her dominant side. Couple that with the long-held belief that she had no artistic ability, and you can see why she used the left brain more. But since the 90s, she has focused on using both sides, seeing her innate talents and valuing both left and right brains.
Which side of your brain is dominant? And how does that influence your dowsing? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Netflix Defends Pedophilic Film 'Cuties': 'We'd 'Encourage' Watching It
Sep 11, 2020 Cuties, Defends, Encourage, Film, Netflix, Pedophilic, Watching, Wed
Though Netflix apologized for promo material depicting hyper sexualized images of scantily-clad 11 year-old female dancers for its movie Cuties a couple weeks ago, they are now defending the film against critics who say the movie and the platform exploits the child actresses. But that's strange, because the movie's treatment of these young ladies is much worse than the promo material ever was.
Variety reported on September 10 that Netflix is "is encouraging critics to watch the movie" and insisting that, beyond its graphic scenes where underage actresses are doing very provocative things for a potential audience of millions of Netflix streamers, it "makes a statement about pressures young girls face in conforming to societal role models of female sexuality."
Yeah, yeah. We aren't seeing the moral of the story. Perhaps the outrage generated upon viewing long crotch shots of preteen girls distracted us from the wholesome lesson at heart. Forgive us for being outraged.
A Netflix spokesperson told Variety, "'Cuties' is a social commentary against the sexualization of young children." Oh that's smart. It's pretty wild that in their valiant attempt to protect children being exploited, they managed to exploit these young actresses worse than anyone could have imagined.
IMDB, the internet's foremost movie and ratings database, described a few salacious scenes from the film and gave a "parental warning":
Parental Warning: During one of the many highly sexualized & erotic dance scenes that purposefully exploit & objectify numerous scantily clad underage girls, one of the female child dancers lifts up her cropped top to fully display her bare breast. This is lawfully defined as pedophilia and can be extremely distressing to many viewers.
But don't worry. These girls doing these things on camera are being used to promote awareness. The Netflix spokesperson stated, "It's an award-winning film and a powerful story about the pressure young girls face on social media and from society more generally growing up." Oh yeah, thank you for reminding us Netflix. The spokesperson added, "we'd encourage anyone who cares about these important issues to watch the movie."
Though that seems inconsistent with Netlfix's August apology for the movie's pedophilic tendencies. When outrage and a Change.org petition hit the internet over promo images featuring the girls in their skimpy outfits prior to the flick's debut, Netflix apologized for the artwork. They even called it "inappropriate."
But now that the film has dropped, not only are these girls on camera in those once-deemed "inappropriate" outfits, they are performing aggressive sexual dances on film as well. But now, it's somehow worth watching? Perhaps Netflix is just talking out of both sides of its mouth. Perhaps they just needed the backlash and petition off their backs so they could get to the premiere date without pulling the movie.
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Shockingly many in the media have been covering for Netflix's disgusting blunder. Outlets like the Washington Post have dismissed criticism of the movie as just adults acting "stupid" over a provocative movie. Their passive aggressive headline read, "The people freaking out about 'Cuties' should try it. They might find a lot to like." No thanks, pervs.
Rolling Stone referred to it as a "coming-of-age movie caught in the culture wars," and UK paper The Telegraph really bungled their headline, calling the movie, "a provocative powder keg for an age terrified by child sexuality." Gosh us and our stigma, right? Wrong. These people must be pretty depraved to not see the problem here.
If you're disturbed by Netflix and the media's support of this harmful film, please call Netflix at 888-373-8390 and tell them to cancel Cuties.


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Hey all you Kaira fans, Shivangi and Mohsin are coming up with a special video message for you
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As we all know that Shivangi and Mohsin are one of the most popular jodis of the Indian television. Their love story and progression has kept the audience hooked for the last four years. So, on Monday (November 30), Rajan Shahi has ensured that they take on this new journey but by first addressing their fans for all the love and support they have showered on them over the years. The duo is going to talk to their admirers and supporters through a series of special video messages starting from Monday.
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Speaking about this interesting idea, Rajan Shahi said, "The audiences have always supported Kartik and Naira. So we have a devised a unique way through which Shivangi and Mohsin will be sending their personal messages to their fans and the first video will be launched on Monday, which is the day on which they embark on a new journey in their show 'Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai'. So to commemorate the new journey of Kaira, from November 30 onwards, they will be sending a video message."
"Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai" has given the audience their daily dose of entertainment for over 11 years now. Keeping the new generation's preferences and inclination in mind, the makers have always made the sequences keeping their taste in mind. So, stay tuned to watch your favorite show Monday to Saturday at 9 p.m. on Star Plus
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The North Wales Weekly News
Issue: 15th October 1909
Nid yw statws neu berchnogaeth hawlfraint yr adnodd hwn yn hysbys.
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COLWYN BAY.
COLWYN BAY. FOR WEDDING STATIO,NERY.-Latest de- signs. Specimen Book sent to any address on -ipplication,R. E. Jones & Bros., Weekly News "I Office, Colwyn Bay. THE LATEST and up-to-date Specimens of Ball and Dance Programmes may be seen at R. E. Jones & Bros., Weekly News Office, Colwyn Bay. COLWYN BAY LITERARY SOCIETY.— The new session begins on Tuesday, October Igtlh, in The Cafe Royal, at 8 p.m. Syllabus may be had from the Hon. Secretary, Miss Ayles, Glen Home, Colwyn Bay. 1553 SHEEP WORRIED.—Penywain Farm, Flag- staff, occupied by Mr. John, Lloyd, has been the ,scene of the operations of some dogs which have worried a number of sheep to death. At an early hour on Thursday morning, Mr. Thomas Lloyd, the farmer's son, on going into the fields discovered that no fewer than eight sheep out of a flock of about forty had been killed during the night. Information has been given to the police. I.O.G.T., PIONEER LODGE.—The lodge had a very good meeting on Thursday evening, there being a considerable increase in the mem- bers present. The business was quickly disposed of and the evening given up to an excellent pro- gramme, consisting of solos, recitations, read- ings, and selections on the gramophone. The .C.T. (Pro,. Edward Jones) gave a short address upon the prospects and prospective work of the lodge, which are both bright and important, and only need the united efforts of the members to realise and maintain. Incidentally it was stated that a new branch of the Order will shortly be opened in the district. Fuller report upon this next week. The Templar Re-union—previously alluded to—is 'fixed to take place on the 21st inst., when everyone who has at any time been connected with the Order, those of our members who have been for some time absent, as well as those who are in sympathy with our movement are most earnestly requested) to be present, to rally round the standard on, that evening.- O.L.R. COLWYN BAY LITERARY SOCIET.-The Colwyn Bay Literary Society begins its new session on. Tuesday, October 19th, when the President, the Rev. J. Hunter Smith, M.A., will deliver the inaugural lecture. The subject will be Some expression of Optimism and Pessim- ism1 in Modern Literature." The new syllabus and all particulars may be obtained from the Hon, Secretary, Miss Ayles, Glen Home. DELIGHTFUL PICTURES.—At the Public Hall this week we are given a magnificent pic- torial representation of Charles Dickens' famous work, Oliver Twist," in which all the princi- pal incidents in the novel are pourtrayed. A very instructive, interesting, and attractive travel scene is the one of Calcutta and its en- virons. "The Call of the Heart" is a new dramatic play, well acted, in picturesque sur- roundings, the main incident in which is the saving by a wife of her husband. This is the means of reconciling the parents to. the marri- age, which had been looked upon, with disfavour. The Right of Seigneurr is a most thrilling drama with a very tragic ending. The views we get of beautiful fountains in The Park of Caserta" are truly magnificent and call forth expressions of dtelight. A very touching story is The blind man's daughter," which shows how a rejected suitor plots to deprive the blind father of his only joy, his, daughter. An abduction is attempted; in the struggle the old man rips away a piece of the villain's clothing, which provides the clue to a speedy recovery. There are other pictures, most diverting, which make up a splendid two hours' enjoyment. To-night fThursdiay) there will be a change of pictures. Next week's programme (which we are assured is an up-to-date one) will be found on. our front page. Look out for Lieutenant Shackleton's Dash to. the Pole." PRESENTATION.—At the close, of the deacon's meetinig at Engedi chapel last week, the Rev. Robert Roberts (pastor), on behalf of the deacons, presented Mr. Henry O. Jones, Freshfield, with a silver teapot and coffee pot on the occasion of his marriage. Congratulatory speeches were made by other deacons present, Messrs. Hugh Daivies, Pryce W|illiams, John Williams, and Edward Williams, who wished the recipient every happiness. Mr. Jones re- sponded in an appropriate manner. WELCOME HOME.—We are pleased toob- serve that Mr. Noble, the esteemed station- master, who returned from his holidays on. Mon, day night, looks well after his well-earned period of rest and change. A part of the time was spent at the meetings of the Baptist Union held at Reading, which Mr. Noble greatly en- joyed. NEW MANAGER OF THE PIER AND PAVILIO'N.—We are informed that Mr Renault Eldrid will be succeeded as Secretary and Man- ager of the Victoria Pier and Pavilion by Mr E. G. Bradshaw, who has for sixteen years been connected with the North Pier Company, Black- pool. Mr Bradshaw will commence his new duties immediately ENGEDI PREACHING MEETINGS.—On Tuesday evening the annua,I preaching- meetings in connection with Engedi C.M.. Chapel were commenced, and hev were continuedthrougihou.t yesterday (Wednesday), and were well attended. Remarkably eloquent and convincing sermons were preached by the Rev. John fery-n- siencyn, and the Rev. J. J. Howard, Cwmavon. THE REV. J. PULESTON JONES.—This gifted preacher and lecturer delivered a very in- teresting lecture on Thursday evening at the Bethlehem C.M. Chapel, before a large attend- ance. The reverend: gentleman took as his sub- ject, The Birds of Heaven and their nests." The lecture was one of the most enjoyable, and was presided over by Mr Pryce Williams, West End Stores. A congregational tea preceded the lecture in the, afternoon, v nd wag very largely attended. THE HOUSE OF LORDS.—A lantern lectme on this timely topic will be given at the Lecture Hall, Sea View Crescent, on Friday evening, under the auspices of the- Colwyn Bay Liberal Association, this being the first meeting of the winter session. Mr. John Jones, Victoria-park, is announced to take the chair at 7.45. The meeting will be open to the public. On Friday of next week the Association will hold their an- nual social gathering. C.M.S..SALE OF WORK.—A charming little sale of work in connection with the Church Mis- sionary Society was held yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, in the Church House There was a good attendance at the opening ceremony. The five stalls were presided over by the following ladies —Fancy stall: Miss: Southall and Miss Scott. Work stall. Mrs. and the Misses Prior, Miss Plews, and Miss Grundy. Birds stall: The Misses Prior. Cakle and sweet stall: Miss Buck- ley and Miss Vincent. Toy stall: Miss Dorothy and Master Charlie Prior. Refreshment stall: Mrs. Roberts, Misses Shepherd, and Mrs. Watts. The Vicar (Canon Roberts) said it was not neces- sary to formally introduce Mrs. Jesse Roberts, late of Walshaw, to a Colwyn Bay audience, and especially to those ladies present. Mrs. Roberts was IhOn. secretary of this Society for many years, and when she left Colwyni Bay he was greatly concerned as to her successor. How- ever, Mrs. Prior came forward and undertook the work with heart and soul, and that sale of work was due to her enterprise, assisted by many friends. They were very pleased to see Mrs. Jesse Roberts amongst them again. (Ap- plause.) Mrs. Jesse Roberts, who was cordially received, said she was glad to see so many old faces. lit: was very kind1 of Mrs. Prior to ask few things that she would not do for the C.M.S. It was like old times being amongst them again, her to open their sale of work for the Church was like old times being amongst them again, and it was a very! great pleasure for her to de- clare the sale open. (Applause.) Mr. David Gamble proposed a hearty vote of thanks to Mrs., Roberts. The Rev. J. Pritchard, Colwyn Bay (formerly of Blackenhall Heath), seconded, and it was carried. Mrs. Roberts briefly re- sponded., During the afternoon Mrs. Schiele, Miss Jones (Plas Isa'), Miss Olive Brooke, and Miss Frances Mobley gave selections upon the pianoforte, which were much enjoyed.
OLD COLWYN.
OLD COLWYN. A BIRD NOTE.—The writer of A Country Diary 'in the Manchester Guardian says under date October nth —After the silence of the moult many birds are beginning to sing .again. This morning, about eight o'clock, there was a considerable volume of song; robins were, of course, the most vigorous, but dun- nocks, 'wrens, and house sparrows were also singling freely. On Saturday morning I heard the loud clear notes of the missel-thrush in full song, and my Old "Colwyn correspondent writes that the bird was singing in, his garden on Fri- day, and suggests that it was returning thanks for the feast it had enjoyed in. his beam trees. Yesterday I watched a fair-sized 'party J?f house martinis, accompanied by a few young swallows, passing south-east up the Dane Valley, and I do not for one moment think that these are the last, although there are now very few left in this neighbourhood.
LLYSFAEN.
LLYSFAEN. EBUENCTYD YR ARDAL.-No;s Iau diwedd- af, Hydiref 7fed, agorwyd tymor gauaf y Gym- deithas Lenyddol Undabol,pryd y traddodwyd yr anercihiad agoriado.1 gan Isgaer." Brodor o Gaernarfon yw Mr Lewis1, yr hwn, ar gyfrif ei alilu fel bardd a lienor, sydd yn wybyddus i gylch eang yng Nghymru. Athrylith oedd ei destyn, a mwynhawyd y cyfarfod yn fawr gan y lliaws1 oedd wedi dod ynghyd. Gobeithir y piery y symudiad hwn i fynd ymlaen yn ei ry- musder.
ABERGELE.
ABERGELE. THE FREE CHURCHES.—Does the Free Church Council, as represented in Abergele, justify its existence? I can scarcely bring myself to believe that it does. I will give you an instance of how the Council arrange business." On Thurs- day of last week we had the united thanksgiving services at all the Nonconformist places of worship, excepting the Baptist chapel. On Sundav, Monday and Tuesday, the Wesleyans held their annual preaching meetings on Wednesday evening, and all day to-day (Thursday), the Independents held similar meetings. Therefore, in the course of one short week fifteen distinct meetings have been held. Do you think that men of the world would arrange matters in such a way as that ? Not a bit of it. The preachers at the Wesleyan chapel were the Revs. David Morris (the new resident minister of the circuit); D. Tecwyn Evans, B.A., Port- dinorwic; and R. W. Jones, Bethesda. The preachers at the Independent chapel, on Wednes- day night and all day to-day (Thursday), were the Revs. O. L. Roberts, Liverpool, and J. A. Enoch, Llanddulas.—SEARCHLIGHT.
LLANDUDNO JUNCTION.
LLANDUDNO JUNCTION. MR. W. H. ROBERTS, painter and decora- tor who recently carried on business at Ty'ny- fron, where a fire 'destroyed the premises, has removed to* new premises opposite the Stanley -Stores, where he will -carry on his business as usual,'and all orders will receive prompt atten- tion. 155j2 HARVEST THANKSGIVING SERVICES.— Yesterday (Wednesday), harvest thanksgiving ser- vices were held at Holy Trinity Church and the several Nonconformist places of worship, and they were well attended. TEMPERANCE DELEGATE—Mr William Davies, 5, Glan" rafon-terr ace, will attend as a delegate from the Junction Railwaymen's Tem- perance Union, +he 27th annual conference of delegates from branches of the Union), by the kind invitation of Mr A. Faulkner (Chairman of the Executive Council), at St. Alban's, on Saturday.
DEGANWY.
DEGANWY. THE ELECTIOiN.-The date of the meeting to be held in Deganwy for the selection of can- didates for the Municipal election has been al- tered to to-morrow (Thursday) night, at the Penuel Schoolroom, at 7 p.m. .NEW BUILDINGS.—At the last meeting ot the Corporation, the following plans -of new buildings were submitted —One villa in Glaln. nock-road, for Mr Edward Jones, Marine-cres- cent, approved conditionally; two villlas in Gan- nock-road, for Mr J. H. Jones, Conway, ap- proved and 'a 'villa in Gannock-park, for Mr Willoughby Gardener, approved.
GLAN CONWAY.
GLAN CONWAY. HARVEST THANKSGIVING SERVICES.— The services of thanksgiving and praise for the harvest at the Parish Church of St. Ffraid were commenced on Tuesday evening, and continued all day yesterday (Wednesday). The edifice had been beautifully decorated for the occasion with flowers, fruit and vegetables. The preachers were the Rev. J. Ll. Richards, Dolwyddelen, and the Rev. W. Hughes, Llanuwchllvn. The special music for the occasion was well rendered, and the services were bright and hearty. Collection were made in aid of the Home and Foreign Missions. THE SCHOOL.—At a meeting of'the Educa- tion lAiuthority, held at Llanrwst on Monday, at- tention was drawn to the overcrowding at Glan Conway school. It was stated that there were 207 scholars, with only 190 square yards' space, and only one wash hand basin for the whole school. The Clerk was instructed to write to the County Education Authorit- drawing their attention to the matter.
MOLD.
MOLD. A POLICEMAN'S TEMPTATIO,N.-At the Police Court, on Monday, Thomas Clarke, jun., licensee of the White Lion Inn, Mold, was charged with s,eliling drink om Sunday, the 26th September, and Michael Shannon was charged with aiding and abetting.—Mr J. B. Marston prosecuted on behalf of the police. This, he said, was only a six days' house. On Sunday, the 26th September, Police-Constable Jones saw Shannon ;coming from the direction of the side door. Shannoin had a bottle containing beer in his coat pocket. The constable took Shannon back, and the licensee admitted that he had served him with a pint of beer and a bottle of stout. Mr and Mrs Clarke wanted the constable to look over the matter, and Shannon pulled a ,handful of silver out of his pocket, and wanted the constable to take some of the money. The constable, however, said he would have to re- port the matter.—Both Clarke and Shannon were ordered to pay £ 1 19s. 3d. each, inclusive of the costs.
RUTHIN.
RUTHIN. SOMETHING LIKE A RECORD. — The Clerk of the Ruthin Guardians (Mr R. Hum- phre;- Roberts), on Monday, called attention to the fact that during the past, fortnight not a single person was admitted to the workhouse, no inmate left it, no death took place, and no birth occuired. During his experience of over 36 years this had never occurred before.
WREXHAM.
WREXHAM. WANTED FOOD.—At the Police Court, on Monday, Thomas Jones, who said he came from .Southampton, was charged with stealing a pair of trousers from outside a pawnbroker's shop. The prise>ner said he stole the trousers because he was hungry and wanted food. He had four- pence in his pocket, but hej was keeping that to pay for his night's lodging.—The Mayor (Mr Sauvage) said he did not like to send a man to gaol for stealing because he was hungry. He considered it a great injustice that a man could not get food .unless he stole so-mething.-The Clerk said there was the workhouse, but a good many did mot like doing the .task the following morning. The magistrates sent the prisoner to gaol for fourteen days with 'hard labour.
ICONWAY.
I CONWAY. A GOOD PLACE FOR BOOTS.—For the best and cheapest of al,l classes of boots and I shoes, go to Joseph Jones, Ciompton House, Castle-street, Conway. Best shop for repairs. Agent for K Boots and other best Brands. IN DANGER.—Before Dr R. Arthur-Prichard on Thursday morning a Manchester labourer named William Graham was charged by P.C. Owen with being drunk on the highway at ren- maenbach on the previous night. The officer stated that he found the man lying across the roadway. He was fined ss. and costs, or in de- fault 14 days' hard labour. CONWAY BOY'S ELECTION.—At an elec- tion which took place at Wolverhampton Or- phanage (Staffordshire), on the 6th inst., at which there were 35 candidates for admission to the orphanage, Hywelil Glynne Jones, aged nine years, only son of the late Mr. John Jones, vet- erinary surgeon, of Uppergate-street, Conway, and Mrs. M. Jones, of Walsall, was successful. There were altogether 22 candidates who were elected, and Hywell Glynne Jones received 999 votes, and was one of the topmost in the list of successful ones. His term at the orphanage is one of six years, so that he remains, till the age of 15 years. OHORAL' SOCIETY.—There was a good muster of members at the first practice of the Choral Society in. the Guildhall on Sunday night. The choir was taken through several of the choruses in J. iH. Maunder's Martyrs," the production of which it is estimated will be about ninety minutes. To fill up the programme the Committee proposed engaging excellent artistes fori the annual concert. There was a further practice on Tuesday night. ST. AGNES' CHURCH GUILD.—The bal- ance-sheet showed that there was a sum in hand of £ y 8s., and out of this ^5 has been contribu- ted towards the purchase of surplices and cas- socks for the Church choirs. With the remain- der the members decided to continue the meet- ings on the .same lines as last season and to work for money to provide a white altar cloth for the Parish Church GIRLS' SCHOOL.-During last month new glass partitions have been put up in the Girls' and the Infants' School, and other repairs are necessary in the Girls' School. The whole of the expense has been borne by the Foundation Managers, and an appeal is being made for con- tributions to pay off the debt incurred. PICTURES.—On Friday and Saturday nights li-vTng picture entertainments were given, in the Town Hall by Mr. Davies, of Holyhead, who is a native of Conway. There were good houses on each occasion., and the pictures were greatly appreciated. CHURCH COLLECTION'S.—The Church collections during the month of September real- ised a sum of -131 8s. id. A HISTORIC FIND.—At the last meeting of the Corporation the Borough Engineer reported that he had inspected the excavations made at Castell Seiont, on the Conway Mountain, by Mr. Picton, Penmaenmawr, and had had a num- ber of photographs taken showing the work that had been done. Mr. Picton recommended that the work be covered up to prevent any weather- ing taking place. A letter on the same subject was read from Mr. W. R. Halihed, LIanrwst, on the subject, and the Council decided to appoint a committee to meet on the site to consider the question. A NEW BOAT HOUSE.—The Surveyor re- ported to the Corporation, that he had visited and examined sites for the purpose of a boat- house for Dr. Chetwynd Atkinson, and he was of opinion 'that the most satisfactory site, both for the lessee and the Council, would be that Sliituatedi near and adjtoining Crossfield's boat yard. This, he believed,- would not interfere with anyone, and as there was a shed immedi- ately adjoining it would not be as noticeable as on any other part of the shore. It was decided to lease the site to Dr. Atkinson upon the usual terms of tenancy, at a rental of £5 per annum. THE CASTLE.—At the last meeting of the Oorrporartion a letter was read from the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings stating that they would be much honoured to be al- lowed to see the designs with reference to the proposed alterations to the Castle entrance. The permission was granted. The question of the free admission to the Castle and the preserva- tion of the Castle was deferred until the next meeting. itihe receipts farom the Castle and Town Walls to date isihioiw an increase of £44 15s. 3d. in the Castle receipts and an increase of £6 IIIIS. od. in the Town Wall receipts. BOROUGH BAND'S COFFEE SUPPER.— We are requested to announce that the tea and coffee supper and entertainment organised on behalf of the Borough Band will be held in the Town Hall on Thursday, October 21St, instead of on the previous day, as originally arranged. FOOTBALL.—Conway have Holyhead as visitors in a League game on the Mo-rfa on Saturday next. 7 he final selection of the team will not take place until Thursday, when the executive committee hope to put on the lieia their strongest possible team. SALE.-On Tuesday, Mr A. J. Oldman con- ducted a very successful sale of household fur- niture and effects at Hendre Fawr, Upper Gyffin-road, the property of the late Mr Geor°e Sims. There was a good attendance of the pub- lic, and some very satisfactory prices were real- ised.—On Friday, the 22nd October, at the Castle Hotel, Conway, Mr Oldman will offer for public auction the valuable freehold detached villa residence known as Hendre Fawr whicn has excellent, accommodation, and the plot of land situate at the rear, containing about 17 perches. The sale will commence at 4.30 p.m. SALE OF WO!RK.-On Thursday a very suc- cessful sale of work was held in the Town Hall, the proceeds of which were devoted towards li- quidating the debt on the Baptist Chapel. At the opening ceremony there was a good' con- course of people, the meeting being conducted by the pastor, the Rev. W. Edwards. The Rev. W. Hughes, African Institute, Cblwyn Bay, occupied the chair, and delivered an address, followed by the Rev. B. Harries, Fforddlas, who led the meeting in prayer. In a neat little speech, Mrs Roberts, Station Hotel, Llandudno Junction, declared the sale open, and afterwards made a handsome donation to. the funds. She was presented with a beautiful bououet by Elwynnej John. At the close of the ceremony, votes of thanks were accorded, on the proposi- tion of Mr Levi John, seconded' by the Rev. Bryn Davies, Llandudno. An address was also delivered by Mr J. P. Griffiths, the Chairman of the local Free Church Council. The ladies of the church are to be heartily congratulated for the excellent way in which they disposed of the beautiful articles which were for sale. PROPERTY SALE.—Mr John Pritchard, Ban- gor, has received instructions from Mr R. Arthur Jones, Estate Office, Conway., to sell by auction several excellent properties situate in a select quarter o Cadnant-park. The sale will be held at the Castle Hotel on Saturday next, at 2.30 p.m. The property comprises five semi-detached freehold villas and grounds known as Gwyn- ant," "Eirianedd," Chelwood," "Ty'nllwyin," and Corby Villa." Building plots known,, as Gadnant and Pamtygraianog, which are charm- ingly situated, will also be offered for sale. HARVEST FESTIVAL.—The harvest festival services at Conway were commenced on Sun- day, when there were good congregations at the English Wesleyan Chapel, the Rev. W. Mellor officiating. The church) had been very prettily decorated for the occasion,. The offertories were in aid of the District Nurse Fund.—Yesterday (Wednesday) there was a general holiday in the town whei festival services were held by both Church and Nonconformists. At the Parish Church Holy Communion was celebrated at o a.m. and 9.45 a.m., followed by Matins and ser- mon at II a.m. by the Ven. Archdeacon Mor- gan, M.A., Rector of Trefdraeth. At 3 p.m., a children's service was held, and! in the evening a service was held, when the Rev. J. LI. Rich- ards, iB.A., Vicar of Dolwyddelen, officiated. The thanksgiving service, at St. Agnes' Church will be held on Sunday evening, when the Rev. T. H .Richards, M.A., Penmaenmawr, will offi. ciate. The offertories at all the Church services were devoted to the Home and Foreign Missions. Services were also held in the Nonconformist p'ces of worship throughout the day, and these were excellently attended.
GYFFIN.
GYFFIN. .SOAR WESLEYAN CHAPEL.—.Services for next-Sunday :—10 a.m., Rev. Philip Price, Con- way; 6 p.m., Rev. Moses Roberts, Junction.
LLANDUDNO.
LLANDUDNO. DEGANWY-STR'EET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.—The anual preaching meetings in connection with this church were held on Tues- day evening and all day yesterday (Wednesday). The preachers were the Revs. J. Jones, Rhyl, and Stanley Jones, of Carnarvon. CRICKE|T CLUB.—The annual meeting of the Llandudno Cricket Club was held on Tues- day. From the Secretary's report, which was adopted, it appeared that the playing season had been one of the best in the history of the club. Their record was,: Played 26 matches, won 16, drawn 4. lost 6. A. Halstead headed the batting averages, with an average of 47.7 for eleven in- nings W. ,E. Jones being second, with 28.6 for thirteen innings. The new professional from Nelson, A. E. Hartley, captured 101 wickets at a cost of 8.7 runs Hiowel Jones, 45 wickets for 11.8, and W. E. Jones, 14 for 9.8. Lord M-os- tyn was elected president of the club the Rev. W. E. Jones, captain; T. Farrington, vice-cap- tain J. W. Gardiner, treasurer; and E. P. Morris, secretary, who with Howel Jones, H. E. Richards, Goodman Jones, Ernest Parry, and Charles Jones form the Committee. It was de- cided to defer the question of the engagement of a professional for next sea.son. GALE CAUSES INJURIES.—On Saturday evening a hurricane suddenly burst over Llan- dudno, and the wind blew over a large show case, glazed with plate-glass, which was under the verandah of Messrs. Bunney's, Limited. In falling it knocked down an elderly woman Mrs. Roberts, of 12, Council-street, and a child which was accompanying her. Mrs. Roberts was held on the ground under the case until it was lifted. She suffered from shock and bruises, but, fortunately, was not injured by the broken glass. Mrs. Roberts was removed home in a cab. The case had only been placed in position ,about three months, since the shop was re- fronted, and had not been secured against the winter gales. There was some fear that the hur- ricane wonld be too strong for it, and at the time it went over the porter was trying to hold it up. THE AMATEURS F.C.—The Llandudno Club meet Carnarvon United on the Council ground on Saturday in a League match. The executive is arranging a strong team to meet the visitors. HARVEST THANKSGIVING SERVICES.— The Free Churches of the town observed Monday as a day of thanksgiving for the harvest, and special prayer meetings were held in the various places of worship, which were well attended. A PROMISING YOUNG COMEDIENNE.—At the Town Hall on Monday evening, at a benefit concert, much pleasure was evinced at the appear- ance of Miss Florrie Luther, the nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Luther, of this town. Amongst other things she sang to her own accompaniment Down the Vale," which greatly pleased the audience. FOUND DEAD.—Early on Wednesday morning two horses belonging to Mr John Owen, Ty'ny- ffrith, were found dead in different fields in Craig- y-don. It is not known whether they were struck by the lightning on Tuesday ni ght, or whether they have been poisoned. The animals were re- moved to the Electric Light Works, where a post-mortem examination will be conducted.
PENMAENMAWR.
PENMAENMAWR. P.S.A.-At the weekly meeting of the P.S.A. on Sunday afternoon, there was a good" attend- ance of the inhabitants, when the Rev. J. Rowe, of Bangor, delivered an inspiring address. Solos were rendered by Miss Masser and Mr J. E. Williams. A very enjoyable afternoon was spent. CO'NCERT.-—On Friday evening, a rare musical treat was provided for the inhabitants by the members of the band of the Training Ship Clio," under the leadership of Band- master J. Bates, the proceeds being devoted to the Baptist Chapel building fund. There was a very good house, presided over by Colonel Dar- bishire, J.P. Solos; duetts, recitations, &c., were given by the boys, as well as the cake-walk dance, for which the boys are famous. A very interesting programme concluded with a grand descriptive fantasia entitled A Soldier's Life," which was very highly appreciated by the audi- ence. At the close the Chairman, made a pre- sentation to each of the boys for the excellence of their performance. HARVEST FESTIVAL.—The harvest festival services were held in Penmaenmawr yesterday (Wednesday), when the majority of places of busi- ness closed for the day. Prayer meetings were well attended in all the places af worship. THE SCOUT MOVEMENT.—A public meet- ing was held in the Drill Hall, on Tuesday, October 5th, which was largely attended by those interested in the above scheme. The Rev. J. Rowlands was voted to the chair, and enthusiastic addresses setting forth the object of the Scout Movement, were given by Mr. C. H. Darbishire, J.P., Dr. Jenkins, and Sergt. Cox. The following gentlemen have been elected to act as Scout Council for the Penmaenmawr district: President, Col. C. H. Darbishire, J.P. Vice-Presidents, Dr. Jenkins and Dr. J. R. Williams Treasurer, Mr. H. W. Jones, Fairfield" Secretary, Mr. F. Dun- bavand, with Rev. J. Rowlands, Rev. E. C. Hart, Mr. J. E. Williams, Mr. J. Hughes, Mr. W. J. Roberts, Mr. H. Christmas Jones, Mr. J. Edwards, and the Scoutmasters, Messrs Hugh Roberts, Evan Evans, Robert S. Jones. FATAL ACCIDENT.—Early on Saturday morning a fatal accident occurred at Darbi- shire's Quarries. It appears that a man named Charles Evans, Tanyclogwyn, Dwygyfylchi, was following his employment in the quarries, and whilst in the act of pitching some waste out of a waggon over a tip," he overbalanced him- self and fell down tfri side of the slope, a dis- tance of eighteen yards. He was picked up by his fellow workmen seriously injured. Dr. Mc-reton Roberts was called- and he found the man suffering from severe injuries to the head and back. He was taken home on the ambu- lance, and late;: in the day taken to, Bangor In- firmary, where he afterwards died. An; inquest was held yesterday (Wednesday), when a verdict of accidental death was returned.
CAERHUN.
CAERHUN. HARVEST FESTIVAL,-On Thursday the Harvest Thanksgiving Festival was held at the Caerhun Church. In the morning at 10.30, Holy Communion was celebrated in the afteraoon at 3 o'clock, English evensong and sermon, and in the evening Welsh evensong ond sermon. The services were intoned by the Vicar, the Rev. D. Pryce, and very appropriate and excellent sermons were delivered by the Rev. W. A. Ellis, vicar of Rhesycae, Holywell. Although the weather was very unfavourable, especially towards the evening, the services were very well attended and appreci- ated. The offertories in all the services were given towards the S.P.C.K. funds. The church was very beautifully decorated by Mrs. Gee, Caerhun Hall; Miss Brazil, Ffynon Bedr Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Price, Caerhun Vicarage, and the following ladies very kindly contributed flowers, fruit, &c., for the decorations: Mrs. Edwards, Coed Mawr Mrs. Holland, Gell y Forwyn Mrs. Norton, Penrhiw- ardwr Miss Taylor, Gerlan Mrs Roberts, Maes- ycastell; and Mrs. Turner, Gro. Much praise is due to these ladies for their thougtfulness and generosity which made it possible to have the sacred edifice so appropriately decorated for one of the chief services of the year.
LLANFAIRFECHAN.
LLANFAIRFECHAN. ENTERTAINMENT.—There was a crowded attendance at the Public Hall on Tuesday night, when an animated picture entertainment was given, in aid of the Baptist Chapel. Grama- phone selections were given during an interval by Mr Fisher. THE STOiRM.—A terrific storm raged over Lianfairfechan on Tuesday night and; early on Wednesday morning. There were vivid flashes of lightning and the rain came down in torrents, with the result that the river was flooded. This drew out several fishermen, who, had good sport during the day. HARVEST FESTIVAL.—The harvest festal services in connection with the .Nonconformists of the village were held yesterday (Wednesday), when services were held at all the places of wor- ship. There were good congregations at all the meetings. The festival services at the English WTe.sleyan Chapel were held on Sunday, when the Rev. John Percy, Carnarvon, officiated. The church services will be held on Wednesday next. A CHURCH PAGEANT.—For some months past, the question of the production of a Church pageant has been under consideration by the leading Churchmen of the village, and it has now been, definitely decided to produce such a pageant, under the direction of Mr H. L. North, at the commencement of the new year. There will be six scenes, and the characters will num- ber close on fifty. The first rehearsal was held last (Wednesday) night. INTERESTING WEDDING.—On Tuesday a very interesting wedding took place at Christ Church, Lianfairfechan,, the ceremony being per- formed by the Rev. W. B. Hughes, curate. The contracting parties were Mr. Richard Williams, cashier at the Metropolitan Bank, Colwyn Bay, in which town he is well-known and greatly re- spected, and Miss Mary Williams, second daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Williams, Plas Menai, Lianfairfechan,. yhe bride was given, away by her father and was attended as bridesmaid by her sister, Miss Williams, whilst Mr. Owen Williams (borfher of the bridegroom) was the best man. After the ceremony the breakfast was partaken of at the bride's parents' home. In the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Williams left by train for the Midlands, where the honeymoon will be spent. There were numerous and valu- able presents. It is interesting to note that Mr. Williams, who like hlis bride is exceedingly well-liked in Lianfairfechan and district, has been a member of Christ Church for twenty- five years. WORSHIPPERS' NARROW ESCAPE.—At the Bangor Police Court on Tuesday, Henry Teago, 71, Chapel-street, Carnarvon, who was connected with the roundabouts at the Lianfair- fechan fair, was charged with riding a motor cycle to the danger of the public on the village bridge on, Sunday, the 26th September. De- fendant did not appear, but wrote a letter to the magistrates. -P. C. Charles Williams said that 11.20 a.m. on Sunday, the 26th ult., he saw the defendant riding a motor cycle from the direc- tion of Village-road at a terrific pace, between 25 and 30 miles an hour. At the time there were several people coming from the different places of worship, and the village bridge was crowded with people. It was really a miracle that the defendant got through them without in- juring anybody. Witness called out to the de- fendant to stop and put up his hand, but he took no notice and went up Penybryn Hill at the same rate. Witness followed defendant to the show ground, and asked him why he did not stop when requested, and his excuse was that if he had got off he would have to push his machine up the hill- He was told that he would be reported, and the defendant replied, I must admit I was going at a fast rate." Corrobora- tive evidtence was given by Mr Williams, head- master of the Council School, and Idwal Davies, Valley-road, the latter stating that he never dreamt a motor cycle could Jaket such a hill as Penybryn at the rate defendant was going. A fine of £ 1 and costs was imposed. MATRIMONIAL DIFFERENCES.-For some months past the Bangor magistrates have been endeavouring to settle differences which have oc- curred between William Williams, Pool-street, Lianfairfechan, and his wife, who resides at the Crossing, Aber. The wife applied for a separa- tion order some months ago, and on each occa- sion the magistrates adjourned the case, and ordered the husband to pay 7s. 6d. weekly in the meantime. At the Court on, Wednesday the case was again mentioned, the defendant stating that he had done alii he possibly could to live with his wife and to provid-e a home for her. The wife now informed the magistrates that she did not intend to live with her husband any more. The Bench then decided to revoke the order madle, and refuse to grant the separation order sought for.
BANGOR.
BANGOR. THE NEW POST OFFICE.—The handsome new Post Office, built by the Government in the New-road (Ffordd Deiniol), Bangor, is now prac- tically ready for use, and will be formally opened on the 1st November by the Mayor of Bangor and the Post Office Surveyor for the North Wales district. A MONSTROUS JUDGMENT.—At the Bangor County Court on Monday Mr Roger Evans applied for judgment to be set aside in a case in which judgmenlt was obtained by Woolf Jackson, Manchester, against Richard Roberts, Mr Evans stated that the defendant received a letter from Jackson telling him to take no notice of the summons and that the case would be withdrawn. His representative, however, went into Court, and in the absence of the defendant obtaiin,ed judgment.—The Judge set aside the judgment., saying it was a monstrous thing to secure it in that way.
PENYGROES.
PENYGROES. CHARGE AGAINST A LICENSEE DIS- MISSED.—At Carnarvon, on Saturday, Saran Davies, licensee of the Victoria Vaults," Pe&y- groes, was summoned for permitting drunken- ness. The person who was alleged to have been drunk was R. C. Owen, a Llanberis farmer, who had already been fined.—Mr Jenkins prosecuted on behalf of the police.—For the defence, Mr S. R. Dew said there was no evidence of drink having been supplied. The only witness called on that point was Owen himself, and as he had sworn that he was sober there was an end of the case.—The Bench retired, and the Chairman afterwards announced that they considered tr*- evidence rather weak.—The case was therefore dismissed.
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BETTWS-Y-COED.
BETTWS-Y-COED. PETTY SESSIONS.—Before Colonel Johnstone, Mr. Jelf Petit, and Mr. R. Parry, on Saturday, Morris Williams, the Hand, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in the village of Bettws-y-Coed on the 18th September. The case was proved by Sergt. Breese, and a fine of 2/6 and costs was inflicted. HARVEST FESTIVAL.—The English portion of the harvest: festival took place on Sundav at St. Mary's Church. The Welsh portion com- menced on Wednesday evening and will be con- tinued to-day (Thursdiay), the special preacher being the Rev. Morris Roberts, late Vicar of Penmachno. SITE OF NEW SCHOOL.—On Friday even- ing, at the Girls' School, a meeting will be held of the members of the Urban District Council and the Ratepayers' Association to discuss the site of the proposed ,new school. The County Education Authority have decided upon the Trawsfynydd site, and this meeting will afford an opportunity for suggesting alternative sites. SPECIAL JUSTICES.—At Saturday's Petty Sessions, it was decided to submit to Quarter Sessions the names of magistrates to make or- ders for the reception of lunatics not being pau- pers. The Justices nominated were Colonel Johnstone, Messrs L. W. Jelf-Petit, R. Parry, E. C. Buxton, George Bovill, and T. P. Os. borne-Yale.
GWYTHERIN.
GWYTHERIN. LITERARY SOCIETY.—At the monthly meet- ing of the Education Authority held at Llanrwst, on Monday, application was made for the use of the Gwytherin Council School for the purpose of holding a debating society. The application was granted on condition that the society paid for the light and the cleaning. ANNUAL SALE.—On Friday last, Messrs Robt. and Rogers Jones conducted their 17th great annual sale of store stock, the property of the principal farmers in the district. The stock this year included 127 head of cattle, 670 sheep, and several horse colts and fillies. There was a record attendance of buyers from far and near, and a capital trade was effected. The cattle were all disposed of, with the exception of eight, at excel- lent prices. The best bullocks, eight in number, the property of Messrs J. and E. Davies, Bryn Tan, made an average of ^13 7s. 6d. each. Mr. Owen Jones, Dolfadyn, had a large consignment of useful cattle, amongst which were two fine calving heifers which brought over £ 15 a head. Bullocks which were the property of the same farmer made up to £ 9 5s a head. Amongst the vendors were Messrs Robert Thomas, Tuhwnt i'r Afon Robert Thomas, Pant y Fotty John Jones, Merddyn Griffith Jones, Cwm Isa David Davies, Bryn Clochydd; James Davies, Nant Merddyn; Ellis Williams, Bryn Goleu, and Robert Williams, Tai Pella all of whom showed very useful stock quite up if not superior to their usual standard. The sheep trade was as satisfactory as expected under the circumstances the breeding ewes made up to 15s. 6d., and wethers to 13s. gd. Several colts and fillies changed hands at market prices.
EGLWYSBACH.
EGLWYSBACH. THE BODNANT FOOTPATH.—The gate leading to the footpath from Furnace to Ty Gwyn is still locked every Saturday. Though this has been continued for a long time, the Parish Council has not taken any action in the matter so far. Evidently they are a very kind-hearted set of Councillors. BIBLE SOCIETY.—The Rev. Gwilvm Roberts this week acts as a deputy to the Rev. D. C. Edwards, M.A., in various parts of Merionethshire. THE HARVEST.—The weather continues very unfavourable for the harvest. A good deal of corn is still ungathered in the lowlands, whilst in the uplands very iittle has been had.
TALYBONT.
TALYBONT. READING ROOM.—At an adjourned meeting of the Committee it was decided to postpone the usual entertainment until Friday, Nov. 19th. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR SOCIETY.—This Society has restarted its meetings for the winter session. Mr. R. Wynne, Perthi, has been appoint- ed Chairman; Mr. W. E. Hughes, Tv Newvdd Secretary; and Mr. D. Roberts, Tyucha'rffordd,' treasurer, with Mrs Williams, Bryn Awel, and Mrs. Jones, Plas Arfon, added to form the Committee. Last Sunday, Mr. Griffith Jones, Ty'nterfyn, gave an excellent address on Character and the way to form it."
PENMACHNO.
PENMACHNO. ANNNAL SALE.—Messrs. Robert and Rogers Jones, Llanrwst, conducted their annual sale at the Benar Farm on Wednesday last, and good prices were realised for the stock but it is said that the purchasers were not so numerous as in previous years owing to the inclement state of the weather SILOH (W.) LITERARY SOCIETY.—At the first meeting, on Tuesday evening, presided over by Mr. Ellis Lewis, Peniarth, the Rev. D. Lloyd Davies gave an opening address on The Battles of Nonconformity." BETHANIA (W.) DEBATING SOCIETY.-At the opening meeting, on Saturday evening, Mr. Harri Edwards, Council School, delivered an address on "The Welshmen and Welsh of the early ages." WELSH DRAMA.—The Penmachno Dramatic Company intend giving a second performance of the Welsh drama "Aelwyd Angarad," at the Public Hall, on Saturday next.
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Gelato comes in a huge range of flavors. Some of these flavors are very exotic and delicate, so they wouldn't work well if they were combined with ice cream. Gelato is incredibly silky in texture, and it slides down smoothly while leaving an amazing burst of flavor in your mouth. Authentic Italian gelato comes in almost any flavor imaginable. From caramel sea salt to Tahitian vanilla and even apple pie, the flavors are amazing. You will never run out of flavors to try, and it is a great dessert for any occasion. If you want an amazing dessert, then gelato is the way to go.
Ice cream is usually served at a very low temperature. The cold itself can also impede the flavor, and it can numb your taste buds. Gelato is often served at a higher temperature, and it does not melt the same way that ice cream does, because there is less air pockets in the mixture. Some people warm their gelato to the point of melting so they can experience the full range of flavor that these deserts have to offer. Gelato is considered to be much healthier than ice cream, and it is a tantalizing treat that can be served any time of the day or night. You can indulge without breaking your diet, and once you try it you will definitely keep coming back for more.
GS Gelato distributes a huge range of Authentic Italian gelato. They have hundreds of flavors available, and they are known for their quality products.


In 2001, the Christian Study Center began its program at 112 NW 16th Street. 15 years later it continues to serve as the thoughtful presence of Christ to the university community.
Celebrate with us this Friday, June 17th.
1 -2:15 p.m. - Luncheon presentation and discussion of Leisure and Spirituality: Biblical, Historical, and Contemporary Perspectives by Paul Heintzman. Discussion led by Dr. Karl Johnson of Chesterton House at Cornell University.
6-8:30 p.m. - Evening reception at Pascal's the Jazzology Trio and lecture by Dr. Karl Johnson.
Good memories, great coffee, heavy hors d'oeuvres, smooth jazz. Join us for a great evening!
For more information, visit the Study Center website.
Well, he was one of our super hip baristas. But he graduated, which means he's moving on to some pretty cool stuff. What you might not know about Ethan was that he devoted much of his time to some pretty sweet research and will be presenting his honors thesis at Pascal's on June 15th. His presentation is entitled The Centrality of the Torah in the Gospel of Matthew.
His presentation is one of three undergraduate presentations all taking place in the classroom at Pascal's on Wednesday, June 15, from 2-4:30 p.m.
A reception will follow the presentations, which means some tasty finger food and good coffee.
We're stoked to host these talks and hope to see you there!