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Subcultural Capitalism: Some Meditations on Race, Class and Streetwear
N.B. The following piece explores the intersections of race and class, as well as the erasure and manipulation of black bodies, in fashion and streetwear. I've weighed up a number of thoughts on these issues for quite a while and wanted to explore them, but in doing so must necessarily acknowledge my own whiteness, and that the presence of another white voice does not resolve issues of black erasure. As a result, I've tried to approach this first and foremost as a critique of whiteness and its known mechanisms. There are numerous websites such as gal-dem and Media Diversified doing amazing work highlighting black voices in fashion, music, art, literature and beyond. Please check them out, subscribe and support.
Jayson Musson, aka Hennessy Youngman
Jayson Musson is a New York-based artist whose work sits somewhere on the intersections of social commentary, mixed media communication and performance art. His work focuses primarily on ideas of the black experience in America and its interactions with whiteness. Using everything from canvas paintings and posters to newspaper columns and installations, Musson exposes schisms of affect in society; where one particular group, such as white people, might look at a scenario and see one thing, whilst another group, particular minorities and marginalised peoples, see another.
In 'Too Black for B.E.T.' a series of 34 posters featuring big, bold text and occasionally images from popular culture, Musson subverts clichéd American values, challenging accepted truths with alternative perceptions; one poster declares 'The fastest route between obscurity and fame is a straight line of cocaine with the right person'; another presents images of Jesus Christ and Osama Bin Laden and warns, 'Beware of persuasive men with beards'.
In another series, 'Barack Obama Battles the Pink Robots', Musson creates paintings of (now former-) President Barack Obama performing increasingly-absurd acts of good will, from rescuing a cat from a tall tree, to saving Jesus Christ from the crucifixion, to battling a giant monster made entirely of diamonds. As America prepared to inaugurate the most unqualified and inexperienced President in its nation's history earlier this month, discussions flared up again about 'black excellence' and the racism that says for a black person to be president (or any other prominent role, for that matter), then they must be over-qualified, scandal-free, spotless and beyond reproach. If a white person wants to be president, all they have to be is rich and male.
One of the most interesting of Musson's creations is his character, Hennessy Youngman, a sort of exaggerated black caricature who waxes lyrical about art practice, theory and academia. White academia, white media and white spaces in general have historically dismissed African American Vernacular English (AAVE) as a means of invalidating black thought and creativity and, in doing so, erase and exclude black people from certain spheres — it's this which makes our parents comfortable trashing all rap music as "just noise" and "not saying anything" whilst praising Sergeant Pepper's as one of the greatest albums ever made in the same sentence. By dismantling art theory and pulling the curtain back from the "impenetrable" world of modern art whilst speaking in AAVE, Musson subverts the structure and excludes the Eurocentric art world from his own sphere.
In late 2013, Hennessy Youngman moved into the music world, releasing a series of mixtapes entitled 'CVS Bangers'; named for the popular American chain of drugstores, the tapes consist entirely of cheesy, 1980s easy listening music that CVS plays in their stores, overlaid with trap and hip-hop samples such as gunshots, airhorns, 'excluuuuusive!'s and 'more fire's. Think of 'St. Elmo's Fire', 'I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight' and countless Steve Winwood tracks being interrupted by 'Daaaaamn Hennessy, where'd you find this track?!' and you're halfway there.
At first I took the mix at face value, enjoying it for the humour of hearing super-white, super-corny 80s music overlaid with familiar artefacts of contemporary trap music. It's pretty funny to hear Rod Stewart singing, 'Some guys get all the luck' only for Hennessy Youngman to cut in and go, 'Awwww, poor Rod Stewart!' But then I came across a piece by Gavin Mueller for Jacobin where he unpicks a deeper subtext in the CVS Bangers mixtapes.
In his piece, Mueller discusses the historical context of the songs Youngman selects for his mixtapes; released in the mid-to-late 1980s, performed by white artists and loosely classified as 'Adult Contemporary'; 'a format that combined easy listening with gracelessly aging Boomer rockers and New Wavers moving into more lucrative slow-dance territory'.
Most importantly, Mueller highlights the prominence of a number of black easy listening artists who are omitted from the mixtapes, such as Lionel Ritchie and Whitney Houston, and interprets 'CVS Bangers' as a commentary on mainstream radio and record labels' attempts to appeal to a 'silent majority' audience of middle-aged white people, appropriating and stealing numerous elements of black soul, funk and R&B, whilst erasing the voices that created them. Consider Youngman's telling ad-lib over Baltimora's classic single, "Tarzan Boy" — 'Racism… but so good!' CVS Bangers is the soundtrack to an audience that wants to indulge in the black creativity and musicality, but does not wish to engage with the politics of its own consumption and inherent racism.
Mueller then explores Youngman's use of trap samples and airhorns to theorize Trap music's appropriation as Adult Contemporary for a new generation, whilst Youngman's placement of those sound effects over corny 80s pop music lampoons modern rap artists like Macklemore, Lil Debbie and Iggy Azalea by drawing attention to the real "music of their people". White people want to be hip-hop now? Okay, but they're bringing their own music with them.
Anyway, Mueller's article is a brilliant read, and I go back and re-read it often, so I really recommend taking the time to go and have a look. The reason I mention it is that a lot of what I'm about to talk about concerns similar concepts and ideas, though nowhere near as well constructed, so you'd be doing yourself a favour to see a professional unpacking this shit before bothering with my dirge.
This whole topic got me thinking about streetwear, as a concept. It's been said countless times by people within the industry that nobody quite knows where the term 'streetwear' came from. One day this new wave of clothing brands started making printed t-shirts, sweats and caps and eventually the term 'streetwear' was created as a category. What's interesting is that streetwear, like street culture, is inherently connected to black American culture; rooted in hip-hop, graffiti and b-boy culture in cities like New York, Chicago and L.A. But when we think of the iconic, original streetwear brands, like Stüssy, Supreme and Fuct, all were founded by white men. There were numerous black-owned streetwear brands in the 90s such as Fubu, Phat-Farm and later Rocawear, but you're more likely to find them categorized as "hip-hop clothing labels" these days.
'Streetwear' occupies as interesting space of placing its roots in street culture, whilst charging a comparative premium for its products. Brands like Supreme promise the credibility and authenticity of a label peppered with references to the archaeology of 90s street culture, but at a price that elevates it above street culture itself. Certainly, many of the brands have credible roots in the subcultures that they celebrate, but it's in recent years that I noticed the young kids buying Supreme these days are the same that, when I was at college, would more likely be buying Jack Wills, American Eagle and Abercrombie & Fitch.
Where kids were previously seeking out higher-priced casual clothing that spoke to notions of White British and White American middle-class identity, they're now looking to brands loaded with streetwear 'edge' and the symbology that comes with it. Even if the kids in line for Supreme London don't know or care for the brand's referencing 90s menswear labels like Tommy Hilfiger, Polo Sport and Nautica, there's no way that Palace's product descriptions and social media copy, dripping with slang and what has come to be known as "roadman talk", is slipping past them.
Nonetheless, since the style and the accompanying term were established in the early 90s, the brands have sat somewhere on the periphery of fashion. Stüssy became a global brand, but it's never been perceived as more than a t-shirt brand; Certain menswear writers were describing Supreme as the best kept secret in menswear as far as back as the early 2000s, but the brand certain wasn't on the map in any significant sense outside of the insular streetwear community until a few years back.
The majority of people consuming brands like Supreme, however, were tacitly aware of the culture they were immersing in when buying Supreme product. When I first got into streetwear, growing up in a town where weekly wages are supposed to be spent on pints of beer and a gram of coke, I turned to Internet forums like StrictlySupreme and Superfuture to learn more and explore the culture, and the people in these places took pride in unearthing the references and messages in graphic t-shirts and ripped-off Ralph Lauren jackets. Every hip-hop album, every graff artist, references to the Rock Steady crew and so on, knowing this stuff was necessary.
I always found it confusing, then, how often discussions that would occasionally arise in forum threads and chat-boxes about race and class, exposed worrying levels of ignorance. You can probably imaging the topics; 'It's okay for me to say the N word because…'; 'If X group don't want to be hassled by police then they shouldn't…'; 'If a white person did that to a black person there'd be this, so why isn't it the same the other way round'. For a group of people so passionate and vocal about their deep knowledge of street culture — something innately interwoven with black culture — there didn't seem to be much critical engagement with the source material. You always wonder how a group of guys can scoff at somebody for not getting the KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions references in a Supreme collection and then fire off a diatribe of ill-informed, anti-black clichés in the same conversation and not see the irony. If there is one rapper who has consistently pointed out the connections between hip-hop, race, politics, class and society throughout his career, it's KRS-One.
I brought this up in private conversation with another member at some point and they pointed out that lots of those guys really don't interact with black people or minorities on a regular basis and based their views on, basically, feeling around in the dark and going with what makes sense. But how can a subculture such as streetwear become so removed from black culture?
The same issue is present on the forums of today; Facebook groups. A few months back I took the decision of removing myself from most of the "big" Facebook buying & reselling groups because I just got total fatigue reading discussions between kids in provincial English towns with minority populations in the fractions of a percent weighing in on discussions about race, class and gender with completely backwards views. That somebody can gas about Palace and "roadman culture" (shudder) one minute and then totally dismiss the Black Lives Matter movement the next makes me feel ill.
Facebook, as a social media platform, is inherently about expression of self. Unlike Twitter, which facilitates engagement with views and opinions outside of your immediate sphere, most people use Facebook to connect with their friends, talk to like-minded people and express their own views. There's a reason that arguments on Facebook rarely achieve anything and only leave the two parties even more steadfast in their views. People don't go on Facebook to have their views challenged. They go on there to say, 'This is who I am, this is what I stand for and this is how I view the world', and to then accumulate the likes of people that agree with them. People have been pushing Facebook to provide a "dislike" function for years now, but it's never happened. Even the angry reaction face that they introduced is just ambiguous enough that using it could suggest you angrily share somebody's view rather than disagreeing.
Back to streetwear. The thing about streetwear, particularly in the age of social media and Facebook groups, is that it's become more and more about consumption and spending. The celebrities of these groups are the kids that buy new stuff every week, post it, get likes and build rep. Those who purchase and consume the most, thus posting the most fits and pick-ups, thus getting the most likes, are those with the most respected views. With this considered, it's little surprise that most of the prominent figures in these groups are mostly white, male and middle-class. So you get this weird situation of the authorities of streetwear, and occasionally the social, cultural and political discussions that are connected to them, having zero connection or insight whatsoever.
There was a funny exchange on Twitter back in October, around the time that Wonder Woman was revealed to be a lesbian. A man in a tweet exchange explained to Gail Simone, 'Baby, I've been reading comics since BEFORE you were born. Wonder Woman is not gay. Shoo dear.' This prompted Simone to send the following razor-sharp response: 'Dear, I WROTE Wonder Woman, and I can tell you we've been saying this for years, and it goes all the way back to her origins. Nice try.'
What this exchange highlights is a misguided notion that consumption within a particular field equates to authority or expertise in that field. The capitalist mechanism of 'if you have the money, you can buy the clothes' cultivates a similar attitude of 'if you bought into the culture, you can speak on the culture'. You're welcome to be a member of those groups, post and be active, engage with the community — on occasion I've seen some very encouraging attitudes on there, but mostly very surface-level things. I'm just saying, don't be surprised if a community that creates threads like "Post a photo of your outfit and post the total price" turns out to be grossly out of touch with more pressing social issues.
It's this that got me thinking about Hennessy Youngman and Mueller's piece. The mystery of that term 'streetwear', and its origins; that equally street-heavy black labels such as Fubu are retrospectively labelled as 'hip-hop brands'; that even today a number of black and minority kids growing up in cities like London, New York, Chicago or Philadelphia are not wearing Supreme or Palace, they're not wearing big-S 'Streetwear', but the clothes they are wearing would unlikely be categorized as 'streetwear'. Even in music videos with up and coming rap artists; sure, they might be wearing some of the big brands, but how many of their friends are in the back?
I wonder if, like the 'Adult Contemporary' genre of the 1980s, there isn't some strange code going on in streetwear, clothing predominantly rooted in black music, culture and creativity but sanitized into a more palatable form for a majority white, middle-class customer. The same thing has happened in London with the foul term 'roadman clothing', a coded term for tracksuits, caps and trainers that promises all the edge of the life of a young black person in London without any of the danger. As Jammer explained when I interviewed him a few months back, they always knew they looked good, they always had their own fashion, it's just now the fashion world is paying attention. Most kids hyping up about 'roadman clothing' and paying premium prices from labels like Palace will never have encountered the life that label entails, let alone lived it, but it's a great selling point.
How are we then supposed to feel about high fashion's increasing interest in "streetwear" now? Gucci has made massive inroads with its embroidered sneakers and jeans; Demna Gvasalia, with both Balenciaga and Vetements, has been repeatedly praised for supposedly "elevating" streetwear to the catwalk. Supreme's collaboration with Louis Vuitton has been hailed as solidifying the status of two fashion icons in the cultural zeitgeist.
But then the Supreme x Louis Vuitton collaboration was allegedly inspired in part by late 80s/early 90s New York style, including Dapper Dan, a designer who transformed those same luxury brands into street products and was effectively chased into hiding by threat of lawsuits and financial ruin. Yeah, sure, his influence is being celebrated in the high fashion world now, but will a penny go to him for leading the way nearly thirty years ago? And only the other week it was revealed that Versace uses a code-word for black customers in its stores. And as for Gvasalia, fashion's golden boy, I hope it didn't go over anybody else's head that of the three black models in Vetements' F/W'17 runway presentation, one was dressed in an imitation Fubu ensemble, and the other like a leather jacket-clad bouncer. So for all the shift the fashion world is making in adopting "streetwear" into its own language, how big is its change in general attitude? I'm not so sure.
Streetwear just seems, to me, to be a coded term that works for the people who have control over it; white fashion designers, white consumers and white audiences. When a black designer like Sam Ross or Virgil Abloh makes waves in the fashion industry, as both have done consistently over the past few seasons, their 'streetwear' brands are praised, simultaneously celebrating them but maintaining their distinction from fashion proper. But then when a high-fashion brand chooses to make tracksuits and sweats, they are praised for incorporating 'streetwear' style without sullying their high-fashion status. For customers, 'streetwear' is clothing that carries many of the connotations and credibility of street culture, allowing the wearer to immerse themselves in the identity, but without having to be truly engaged with what that might entail. There are two ways to be a roadman; grow up black and poor in London, or buy a tracksuit jacket that conveys an amplified, fictionalized idea of what 'roadman' is.
Returning to Hennessy Youngman, I suppose over the past few weeks I've noticed an element of streetwear which could be viewed through the same lens as what CVS Bangers communicates. It's important for me to stress, in closing, that my aim with this piece is not to suggest that blackness is inherently connected to poverty. Rather, I am interested in how streetwear has become the style du jour for Britain's white, middle-class youth and other sections of white society, and then acknowledge that any system which has elements of class, race and society at play will necessarily carry the weight of issues that accompany it. When you make clothing "for the streets" and then sell it at a price that is exclusionary to many people who grow up in those streets, the effect is a cultural whitewashing. Think of what the connotations are when America's President talks about "inner-cities". Then think about what streets "Streetwear" is referring to. Couldn't they be one and the same thing? And yet we know they aren't. Why is that?
Silent Majority Music — To put it most unkindly, trap music is adult contemporary for the prosumer age.
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stainlesscity
This is a very good read. I like that you comment on fashion in terms of it's influences to society and cultures. I'm not a person who studies fashion but I am a sociologist who likes fashion so this was very educational. Thank you for writing!
Stefan Schwartze
nice read man ! very refreshing


Optometry has changed forever. While some practices are struggling to turn a profit, others are raking in the dollars. Whether you're an independent or a corporate, there's plenty you can do to unlock potential in your existing business.
It was not so long ago that operating a profitable optometry practice was relatively easy. Most optometry businesses provided a service that was in demand; patients were prepared to buy products and services (provided there was some sort of relationship between quality and value); and businesses grew if they didn't make any horrendous errors. For most practices, competition was not a major consideration.
Quite simply, economics. There was an opportunity in the market and business moved to take advantage.
Competing in a crowded and complex industry requires a more rigorous approach and a determination to overcome new challenges.
The quest to find strategies that create change can't start with an inventory of best practices or problems. Our goal must be to create a business model that is forever changing, adapting, and taking advantage of opportunities and trends. If we get this right there should be fast, painless change with no major surprises, crises, re-organisations, or trauma. It will be very exciting and stimulating.
A core enemy of success is a creature called complacency. It is insidious and pervasive. It is very easy to be comfortable and accept what is, rather than question and move forward.
Complacency has three friends: inactivity, nostalgia and denial. They support complacency in holding back change when it is most needed.
A commitment to promise only what can be delivered, and deliver what was promised.
You will never win Bathurst in a 1990's Daewoo. You will not win the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in your neighbour's 10 year old catamaran.
You and your staff cannot provide premium services from a practice that has not changed for 15 years and does not have finely tuned, well-developed systems set up to support excellence in service delivery.
As a business owner, one of your primary tasks is to make sure your staff have the backing and resources in equipment, tools, environment, IT, systems, and policies that will make practices run perfectly. There is no point tying ribbons on a pig. Fix the basics first.
If you are not actively working on your practice and patients, you can bet someone else will be trying to take your market share. Give your patients what they want and they will not leave. Do it better than your competitor and your practice will grow. Understand your market and make sure you are fine tuned to it. As a practice owner, this is your job.
In 1968, Frederick Hertzberg put forward a now widely recognised principle: "Your staff will be most satisfied with their jobs when their jobs allow them to achieve".
The hardest thing is to give someone authority and let them go with it, particularly if you own the business.
As a practice owner you need to trust your staff, provide the things that allow projects to move forward, and remove obstacles that get in the way.
Provide constant feedback to your staff about how they are progressing towards goals and arrange celebrations when you hit milestones.
The value of planning has been known for thousands of years. Why some still refuse to do it is a mystery.
"He will win who prepares himself ".
A successful practice needs an edge. Planning is the key to success – the direction of the business is clear as are the steps on how to achieve your goals. You can use your plan to communicate and assign responsibility to others, to compare changes in the environment, as a guide to managing resources, and a measure of progress towards goals.
Take time to understand what is going on inside and outside your practice. Set up simple measures and reports to get a snapshot of where things are at. Read trade magazines and media, log in to forums on the internet. Get media feeds to your mobile phone.
Also, focus on your market. Understand what is going on in your local area. How is it changing? What do people think? What is happening in retail and health care locally? Network and speak to people.
Information is the basis for decision making. The more information you have as a manager, the more effective your decisions will be.
Know the marketing strategy of your competition. This is often obvious and sometimes publicly stated… know what drives their business – how and why they do what they do and their core competitive advantages.
Understanding the environment surrounding your practice ensures you can direct the resources of your practice appropriately to best position your own practice.
In my experience the best practices in optometry are masters of implementation. They make changes happen. Implementation or change management is a topic for at least two days of education in itself, but besides patient care, almost nothing is more important.
Start with something small but useful. Get together a small crew of keen staff you know will get behind the project. Be clear about the outcome, set a target for completion, and set aside time to work on it – a sense of urgency and impetus is important.
Build momentum – turning neutrals into supporters and creating active helpers.
A good short term win is obvious, needs little explanation, and is clearly related to the change.
To grow your practice and maintain a market advantage you cannot afford to neglect marketing. For most large businesses, marketing is a major activity and expense. It should be the same for optometry practices.
You need a marketing plan that ties into your practice objectives and strategies. There are many ways to market your practice and they do not have to cost big dollars – local direct marketing tactics that are low cost but more time intensive can be very effective in targeting potential patients who are close to you.
Electronic and social media are critical and will give your practice the opportunity to engage directly with patients on a very frequent basis. It's not intrusive if done properly. You can also work on creating a database of potential customers to market to.
A successful practice can no longer be taken for granted, however it is achievable. The game has changed and it's not easy, but you don't have to change the world. Just be the best you can be and the best in your local market. You will succeed.
Consumers' expectations of eyewear have changed significantly. While once eyewear was all about functionality, today it is perceived as a true fashion accessory.
Recognising this attitudinal shift, Luxottica has adopted the fast and frequent buying cycle of fashion retailing.
The best, positive cultures are living and breathing. They self-regulate, no-one is exempt, and they are not hierarchical. The culture directs how people think, make decisions, and behave. According to Rob Ellis, Retail Operations Manager of ProVision, there is sufficient empirical evidence to show that a positive culture delivers sustainable performance improvement.
For this reason, three years ago, ProVision developed a three day training program for its members.
"While 'culture' had become a common buzz word to describe the reasons associated with an organisation's success or demise, we knew our members had little understanding of the key aspects of developing a culture and even where to start," explained Mr. Ellis.
He said culture training had a transformational affect on a number of practice owners. "One practice in Queensland decided to close their practice on the last Friday afternoon of every month. The team shares lunch, reflects on what they could be doing better to live up to their vision, mission, and values, and each team member is asked to single out any colleague who deserves praise for a particular good deed.
"One of the most pleasing aspects has been the recognition by practice owners that culture requires an inclusive process from all practice staff. It's not something that can be developed in isolation and pushed down to ensure compliance. To that end, practice owners actively involved their staff to help formulate their values and behaviours," said Mr. Ellis.
Technology is rapidly evolving and offering increasing opportunities to create efficiencies in practice management, target niche markets with strategic communication, and enhance the overall patient experience.
This is something that George and Matilda has invested in since its inception, says Managing Director, Chris Beer.
Mr. Beer believes investing in technology is necessary if you want to keep up in an ever changing market. "One big area of opportunity is leveraging data science to help provide more personalised, tailored marketing to our patients. Our platform allows us to send hundreds of different variations of our marketing campaigns, providing more relevant, compelling information to the patient. This leads to much, much higher response rates and ultimately has a significant impact on revenue.
Lily Wegrzynowski, Chief Business Development Officer at EyeQ Optometrists, says "the single most important element in any business is having the right people as part of your team.
"Optometry is a people business. At EyeQ Optometrists, we often talk about relationship optometry. Everything we do involves building relationships; with patients, with our practice team and with everyone we come into contact with, including suppliers and other health professionals. Finding the right people to join your team is an activity that takes time and thought," she said.
When it comes time to recruit new team members, she advises, think about your practice, patients, and current team members.
"Cultural fit is a key consideration – it is the glue that binds a team together – its values, goals, and practices. A poor culture fit will cost time, money, and opportunity for the business. A person with the required technical skills or experience may appear to be an ideal candidate but if they don't fit well with your team and reflect your practice attitudes, they will cause an unhappy environment and impact on your practice success… you may lose patients and valuable key employees.
What values are you drawn to and what's your ideal workplace?
"Another important consideration is team development. No matter the level of skills, knowledge and experience, a regular performance discussion ensures that areas of development are identified together. This is important for not only new employees who are learning skills, such as optical dispensing, but also the experienced ones who may take on a mentoring role – that in itself requires new skills.
"We are in the people business and to really enjoy your practice and create a successful and lasting business, you need to find and nourish the right people who share the joy," she said.
Benchmarking – 'a standard or point of reference against which things may be compared' – is a widely accepted technique used across many industries as a means to increase consistency and enhance quality of work. Yet according to Peter Larsen, Optometry Director, Specsavers Aus/NZ, this form of quality assurance has not been embedded into routine optometry practice to date.
The impact of continued professional development on individual optometrists is another area that should be benchmarked according to Mr. Larsen.
"There is no process to check that that the activities undertaken by a practitioner are directly related to their professional learning needs, or, perhaps even more importantly, any method to measure the impact of the learning activity on the individual's quality of practice and resultant outcomes for their patients… However, there is no reason why this cannot be achieved, especially when all of the data on our eye care performance is at our fingertips, in small practices as well as large. That includes our individual and collective Medicare billings, our disease detection, referral rates and more. How we assess and manage that data performance is the key – and that is how we determine and set the pertinent benchmarks.
"Referral rates should be in alignment with population statistics on disease prevalence. Furthermore, clinical processes should be refined based on benchmarking and data obtained about patient outcomes. And through this, all optometrists should have access to up to date benchmarks for clinical care, to understand expected standards.
"We are pleased to have made a very solid start to this benchmarking process at Specsavers, enabling all of our optometrists to access their own data and review it against a broader local and national cohort. This paves the way for self-reflection and self-selected professional development, all geared to improved patient outcomes," said Mr. Larsen.
Eyecare Plus recently released a range of videos on social media that formed part of an eight week national social media campaign to create greater awareness of its optometrists. This campaign helped build awareness and trust in its brand, as well as humanise Eyecare Plus by putting its optometrists in the forefront of its messaging.
Katrina Camacho, Marketing Executive at Eyecare Plus, says it's important to participate in social media. "People are influenced by a brand's reputation and presence online, so it's important to use your social media as a channel for you to build trust in your products and services.
To attract traffic to your website Ms. Camacho recommends linking your posts directly to your website. "If your posts generate clicks, it will help boost your website's search ranking," she said.
Robyn Weinberg, Director of Eyecare and Community at Bailey Nelson, says a practice's atmosphere and brand will help unlock potential.
"Looks aren't everything, but when it comes to optometry boutiques, they mean a lot. We all know that an in-store experience is nothing if it's not backed up with great product, and the same is just as true on the contrary. Without an appealing interior and inviting atmosphere, other elements of a brand experience are easily overlooked. By creating unique in-store environments that appeal to the local audience, we encourage a community and an ongoing positive relationship with patients and customers.
"At Bailey Nelson, we believe it's not only possible, but essential to offer a stylish and beautiful retail space without compromising on clinical standards. Our full range of optometry services is extensive, including contact lenses and the recent additions of Optos and visual fields in select stores. Despite clinical standards, however, practices have the potential to be so much more than austere, sterile environments. We aim to strike a balance between a warm and inviting exterior while maintaining a unique minimalism, distinctive to the brand. The key to nailing in-store aesthetic and a smooth customer journey, in our opinion, is through clean and clear branding with uncomplicated product offerings, a simple pricing structure, transparency and straightforward processes. If these elements are done effectively in-store, patients are more likely to return for their future eye tests and shopping experiences.
"Bailey Nelson's coastal heritage is woven through our stores, with many of our light boxes featuring photos of Bondi Beach, ensuring our story and purpose remains clear in everything we communicate. We also adapt facets of the design and feel of each store to the location it's in, with references to the local area in our decor, signage and imagery.
"For example, we've integrated the work of local artists into our stores with murals and feature walls in a number of our boutiques. Inner-west resident and artist Elliott Routledge AKA Numskull painted our Newtown store; Jen Sievers embellished our High Street, Auckland boutique; and the work of Abbey Rich adorns the walls of our Fitzroy store.


n and high awareness about the same, in the region. Asia Pacific (including Japan and China) and Europe are expected to follow North America in the global carrier screening market, in terms of revenue. China is, however, expected to exhibit highest growth rate during the forecast period. Besides this, Latin America and MEA is also expected to witness a significant growth rate during the forecast period.


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How We Help the Homeless and Those At Risk of Homelessness
Volunteers of America-Greater New York is a major provider of services to individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Achieving housing stability is often the first step to addressing the underlying causes of homelessness, including behavioral health and substance use issues, domestic violence and intergenerational poverty.
While the majority of our clients are referred to us by city and state agencies, we do conduct some outreach through Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) and at JFK and LaGuardia Airports.
We operate dozens of residential programs — transitional and permanent supportive — that provide service-rich environments in which clients receive intensive case management. Case managers help clients identify their strengths and challenges and create an Independent Living Plan (ILP) to achieve their goals. The ILP is specific to the individual and may include paths to housing, education, employment, life skills development, budgeting, or securing benefits to which they are entitled.
Outreach teams engage with people at JFK and LaGuardia Airports who appear to be homeless. Our skilled and caring workers build a rapport with these individuals and assess their needs, with the goal of convincing these men and women to accept help. We also conduct outreach to homeless and at-risk veterans and their families through our Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program which serves all five boroughs.
Many individuals and families need short-term stabilization before they can find housing that will meet their long-term needs. Volunteers of America-Greater New York operates programs for those who are in need of immediate shelter, allowing staff to assess and determine the services for which these men, women and children are eligible.
Transitional housing is usually the step taken after an individual or a family has entered an emergency shelter and before permanent housing can be found. During this time, our staff work with individuals and families to develop an ILP and help them obtain a more permanent living situation.
For many people who are homeless and living with physical or behavioral health challenges, permanent housing paired with intensive support services may prevent chronic homelessness. In 2017, the Creston Avenue Residence in the Bronx was awarded "Residence of the Year" by the Supportive Housing Network of New York.
As the need for affordable housing and supportive services grows, Volunteers of America-Greater New York continues to respond by providing safe, supportive, environments that are long-term for some of the city's most vulnerable residents.
Watch a video about Didi, a former resident of Regent Family Residence:
"If it wasn't for Volunteers of America I would be in a cardboard box somewhere with my kids. I cannot finish thanking VOA. I cannot thank them enough."
-Debra, mother of three, former residents of Bushwick Family Residence.
The Love of a Family
Fashioning Community at Home
We are a member of The Supportive Housing Network of New York (SHNNY).

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Press Forward SLADES: August 2014 - 1st Day of School!!
Brock - a Junior at MHS!!
Mary - in 5th grade - She has Mrs. B for a teacher.
Tyton - in 4th grade - He has Mrs. Tenney for a teacher.
Nate - in 6th grade - He has Mrs Ferriter (who is new) for a teacher. The 3 Rug Rats are all at Capps Middle School this year which will be nice - plus if they cause any trouble they can go straight to the Principal's office:) We LOVE Mr. Slade!


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News Professor Candace Currie
Professor Candace Currie
Professor Candace Currie, CAHRU Director, will leave the University of St Andrews and resign her Directorship of CAHRU at the end of February 2019. Thank you for your support of CAHRU which was founded in 2000 at the University of Edinburgh and moved to St Andrews in 2011. It has been a pleasure working with you.
For communication about future collaboration with Candace – after the end of January 2019 and until her new institutional email is set up – please use email address: candace.currie@hotmail.co.uk
For information on the future of CAHRU please contact the School of Medicine
CAHRUProf Candace Currie


How do I force an Open GL window to have no border in KDE (FC2)?
If I draw the window, then right-click on the top bar and select no border, then type Alt-F3 and select save window settings, later versions of that window will continue to open borderless for the remainder of that session.
How can I make an application default to this behavior?
RE: How to force a KDE OpenGL window to have no border?
You have to specify Window Specific Rules for these applications.
Right click a title bar, select Configure Window Behaviour and choose the Window Specific Rules section. There, you can force certain windows to start without a border.
That will work for FC3 and on, but not FC2.
BUT... we're switching to new computers and FC5, so that will do the job!


This simple equation has been the backbone of The Baltimore Sun's determination that a series of city speed camera tickets have been erroneous.
That, two bricks, and a roll of yellow measuring tape.
When trying to analyze the accuracy of a ticket, Sun colleague Scott Calvert and I first need to receive a copy of the citation. The city and vendor will not release copies of actual citations, so we rely on citizens to provide us with their copies. Once we have one in hand, we're in business.
Then we wait for a break in traffic and run into the road. Once there, we mark the spots of the two photos with bricks, and then measure the distance traveled with the measuring tape. We always double-check the measurements, and fact-check each other's work.
Take the Subaru hatchback clocked going 56 mph on Cold Spring Lane on Oct. 5. If that were true, it would have traveled 41 feet in half a second. But we found it went just under 23 feet, translating to a speed of 31 mph — a hair over the 30 mph limit and not nearly fast enough to merit a $40 ticket.


Downbeat is 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, for a free concert by one of Northeast Indiana's premiere performing ensembles.
The Old Crown Brass Band brass and percussion ensemble is made up of local music educators and freelance professional musicians.
They discussed how to get players, what kind of music to perform, and even tossed around what it should be called. An Old Crown Beer logo on the wall caught their attention, and they decided on the spot to name it Old Crown Brass Band in honor of the former Fort Wayne brewery.
They put the word out and 15 musicians showed up for the first rehearsal in September. The plan was to show off the new ensemble at a December concert, but a snow storm delayed it until January.
According to Gnagey, brass bands originated in England in the early 1800s during the industrial revolution. Companies formed bands in order to defuse political activities of employees and as entertainment for the working classes.
Though they were made up of a variety of instruments, most of the workers were provided brass instruments because, as Gnagey explained, many of them had lost fingers in industrial accidents. It was found that brass instruments were ideal since they required only three fingers to play a cornet or baritone and even fewer for a slide trombone. Companies actually hired musicians to work for them and play in their bands.
Standard instrumentation for such a band is 28 brass players and several percussionists, depending on the requirements of the music being played. Today's brass band includes cornets, flugelhorns, tenor horns, baritones, trombones, euphoniums, basses, and percussion.
Since OCBB has no string or reed instruments, it performs music either written or arranged specifically for brass bands.
Thirty-seven bands from all over the country will be competing in several categories, including championship, open, youth, and full band levels. Soloists and small ensembles will perform as well. OCBB has a 10-piece mini-brass band participating.
According to Gnagey, when OCBB started, many members had not touched their horns for years. Ninety percent of its members have music degrees and many were or still are high school and college band directors.
The band offers well-trained musicians an opportunity to participate in a first-rate group that performs at the highest level. T.J. Faur and Bryen Warfield share the conducting duties.


The 1981 HONDA CB900 Parts Bike For Sale is 98% complete. If you have an 81 CB900C to restore or repair, this bike has a LOT of used parts that will save you money.
The motorcycle was running less than a year ago, but I haven't had the time to put a wrench on it so I might as well pass it on to somebody else.
I will consider any reasonable offers for the Honda but nothing ridiculous!
If you have any questions regarding the used Honda motorcycle parts for sale or if you would like to make an appointment to see it in person or make payment and pick up you can do so using the space below that has been provided by Strike Lightning's GoGoCycles Used Motorcycles for Sale and PLEASE do not neglect to include your contact information in your email or to provide a phone number or email address so that I can respond with answers to your questions or set up an appointment as quickly as possible.
In my opinion there is not a better deal on a used parts or project motorcycle for sale as this one in Yakima, Washington WA on Craigslist or in an Ebay auction so hurry and make an offer before this deal slips by you!
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Business Immigration Weekly for August 14, 2015
September 2015 Visa Bulletin Update
The Department of State (DOS) released the monthly Visa Bulletin and below is a summary of the availability of employment-based immigrant visa categories for the month of September.
The EB-2 India category was retrogressed to January 1, 2006 after it had stalled at October 1, 2008 for several months.
The EB-2 China category retrogressed significantly from December 15, 2013 to January 1, 2006.
The EB-3 India category advances from June 1, 2004 to December 22, 2004.
The EB-3 World and Mexico categories are almost current, advancing from July 15, 2015 to August 15, 2015.
The EB-3 Philippines category sees modest advancement from June 1, 2004 to December 22, 2004.
The EB-3 China category advances slightly from June 1, 2004 to December 22, 2004 after a drastic retrogression in August from 2011 to 2004. The DOS has indicated that this category will advance and may return to 2010 or 2011 at the beginning of the next fiscal year.
The EB-5 China advances three weeks from September 1, 2013 to September 22, 2013.
Comparison to Prior Months
The following is a comparison of priority date movement since the inception of the current retrogression in 2007:
EB-3 World
EB-2 China
EB-2 India
EB-3 Other Workers


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Der Okrug Srem () ist ein Verwaltungsbezirk und erstreckt sich im nördlichen Teil Serbiens.
Er umfasst den östlichen, zu Serbien gehörenden Teil der Landschaft Syrmien und grenzt im Westen an die kroatische Gespanschaft Vukovar-Syrmien. Syrmien bildet mit Batschka und Banat die drei historischen Regionen der autonomen Provinz Vojvodina.

Er besteht aus folgenden Opštine:
 Šid
 Inđija
 Sremska Mitrovica
 Irig
 Ruma
 Stara Pazova
 Pećinci

Bevölkerung
Dieser Bezirk hat laut Volkszählung 2002 eine Einwohnerzahl von 335.204. Der Hauptverwaltungssitz ist die Stadt Sremska Mitrovica.

Die nationale Zugehörigkeit setzt sich aus Serben (84,51 %), Kroaten (3,13 %), Slowaken (2,78 %), Jugoslawen (1,52 %), Ungarn (1,26 %) und anderen Volksgruppen.

Geschichte

Der Name der Region stammt vom römischen Sirmium, heute Sremska Mitrovica in Serbien. Sirmium war eine der wichtigsten Städte des römischen Balkans, Sitz der Provinz Pannonia inferior und zeitweise auch kaiserliche Residenz unter Galerius. Nach dem Zusammenbruch des Römischen Reiches und der Einwanderung slawischer Stämme im 7. Jahrhundert kämpften Awaren, Bulgaren und Byzantiner um den Besitz dieser fruchtbaren Region. Im 10. Jahrhundert kam die Region ganz unter die Herrschaft von Byzanz, und dieses errichtete den Verwaltungsdistrikt Syrmien.

Zwischen dem 11. und 12. Jahrhundert war Syrmien zwischen Byzanz und Ungarn umkämpft. Ab dem 13. Jahrhundert bis ungefähr 1521 herrschten Ungarn in Syrmien, danach die Osmanen bis 1698.
Mit dem Vordringen der Osmanen setzte eine serbische Einwanderungswelle aus den altserbischen Ländern, die unter osmanische Herrschaft kamen. 1471 wurde unter Matthias Corvinus das serbische Despotat in Syrmien gegründet, welches bis etwa 1540 bestand.

1699 gewannen die österreichischen Habsburger die Region von den Osmanen. Das Kaiserreich Österreich sollte in Syrmien bis 1918 regieren. Die Habsburger ordneten den größeren Teil Syrmiens der Militärgrenze zu und siedelten ebenso wie im Banat und in der Batschka in mehreren Orten u. a. Donauschwaben an. Zur Zeit Österreich-Ungarns (also ab 1867 bzw. mit der Auflösung der Militärgrenze 1881) war Vukovar Sitz des Komitates Szerém (ungarisch "Szerém vármegye").

Ab 1918 gehörte Syrmien zum Königreich Jugoslawien. 1941-1944 wurde es Kroatien der Ustascha angegliedert. 1945 wurden durch Syrmien die Grenzen zwischen den jugoslawischen Teilrepubliken Kroatien und Serbien festgelegt. Mit dem Zerfall Jugoslawiens wurden diese Grenzen zu internationalen Staatsgrenzen. Der zu Serbien gehörenden Teil Syrmiens bildet den Bezirk "Srem", das dieser Artikel behandelt.

Kultur
Die serbisch-orthodoxen Klöster auf dem Berg im Nationalpark Fruška Gora sind die wichtigsten Kulturschätze dieser Region. Die ältesten zwei Klöster sind das Grgeteg-Kloster (1471) und das Jazak-Kloster (1522).

Die historisch wertvollsten Wandmalereien befinden sich im Krušedol-Kloster. Das Kloster wurde im Jahre 1514 fertiggestellt und galt als Stiftung des Bischofs Maksim Branković und seiner Mutter Angelina.
Weiters ist auch das Novo-Hopovo-Kloster aus dem 16. Jh. eine wichtige Sehenswürdigkeit. Das genaue Jahr der Erbauung dieses Klosters ist unbekannt. Bekannt ist lediglich die Restaurierung im Jahre 1765.

In Sremski Karlovci (welches zwar zu Syrmien gehört, heute jedoch ein Bezirk von Novi Sad ist) wurde 1791 die erste serbische Grundschule ("Serborum Primum") gegründet.

Wirtschaft
Die wirtschaftlichen Schwerpunkte des Bezirks sind die Papier- und Zellulosefabrik "Matroz", der Holzkonzern und die "1. November" Möbelfabrik.

Größte Siedlungen
(Stand: Volkszählung 2002)

Weblinks

Srem

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O circo das qualidades humanas é um filme brasileiro de 2000, do gênero drama, dirigido por Milton Alencar, Paulo Augusto Gomes, Geraldo Veloso e Jorge Moreno, e com roteiro de Cunha de Leiradella.

As filmagens ocorreram entre 9 de novembro e 18 de dezembro de 1998 e concluído em 2000. O Circo das Qualidades Humanas apenas foi lançado no circuito comercial no Rio de Janeiro em 2004.

Sinopse
Num domingo de manhã chegam à cidade de Congonhas, em Minas Gerais, Ulysses, Maria Germana, o engenheiro Eduardo e a dupla Carioca e Preto. Cada um tem seus motivos para chegar à cidade, alguns pessoais e outros profissionais. Ulysses nasceu na cidade e, vivendo uma crise de identidade, decidiu retornar para se reencontrar. Maria Germana é uma modelo que veio fazer um trabalho fotográfico, se interessando por Ulysses após vê-lo em um bar. Eduardo é um engenheiro que também veio a trabalho e se apaixona por uma mulher misteriosa chamada Helena, que encontra nas ruas da cidade. Já Carioca e Preto vieram à procura de Chicão, com quem desejam prestar um ajuste de contas. Além deles há também Bosco, um jovem que acabou de retornar para casa e ainda se recupera da dependência de drogas, que precisa ainda lidar com problemas na família, como o assédio sexual de sua irmã e o desprezo de seu pai.

Elenco
Daniel de Oliveira.... Bosco
Eduardo Lago.... José Ulysses de Almeida
Thaís Garayp.... D. Geralda
Francisco Milani.... Seu Antônio
Stênio Garcia.... Chicão
Henrique Pires.... Carioca
Romeu Evaristo.... Preto
Jonas Bloch.... Eduardo da Cunha Junior
Elvécio Guimarães.... Jofre
Rogério Cardoso.... Seu Nilo
Cléo Carmona .... Maria Germana
Selma Mello .... Joyce
Márcia Barros .... Jussara
Paula Burlamaqui.... Helena
Maria Olívia .... Tia Prisciliana
Regina Bahia .... Aurentina
Geraldo Carrato .... Marcos
Carl Schumacher.... Silviano
Luiz Arthur .... Fábio
Michele Castro .... Marilene
Cristina Rizzo .... Janaína
Eduardo Peixoto .... Noca
Jeane Terra .... Marlene
Eduardo Villa .... Dudu
Cássia Kiss

Filmes do Brasil de 2000
Filmes em língua portuguesa
Filmes de drama do Brasil


Bleedingham Film Festival exclusively accepts films through FilmFreeway.
To submit your film, please click the below link to FilmFreeway.
1. Once your film has been selected for screening, Bleedingham will send you a confirmation email that your film has made the official selection. Please read the email for instructions on uploading your film to our Dropbox folder so we have the full resolution of your film for screening.
2. Please install the Dropbox Desktop App (available at Dropbox.com) then upload your submission to the Shared Folder using the Dropbox App on your computer.


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NFU Has Elected It's First Female President
Team Atmo Posted 3 years ago
Minette Batters is now NFU President.
Taking it back to 2011, Minette Batters wrote to her local newspaper to say that within two decades, there'd be a female president heading the National Farmers Union. And her prediction has manifested.
Seven years later, Batters has been elected to President for the NFU following her success in a ballot at a Birmingham conference on Wednesday afternoon.
In spite of the fact that her election is significant, she is the first female president in the 110 years of the organisations existence, she said to Sky News: "I like to think farming is all about men and women, most businesses have men and women involved in them so I don't see it as any big issue.
"We have got colleges now with many more women coming through wanting to be the farmers of the future.
"But it is not about men and women, it is about both, and having our voices heard."
Batters was one of the co-founders of Ladies in Beef, a group of female beef farmers formed for the promotion of British Beef. Determined to compensate for the government's ignorance towards the sector, Batters stated:
"There is a clear need for the Government to start taking food seriously"
Team Atmo


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package de.SweetCode.TextAdventure;

import de.SweetCode.TextAdventure.Conversations.Conversation;
import de.SweetCode.TextAdventure.Conversations.ManagedConverstations;
import de.SweetCode.TextAdventure.Conversations.Option;
import de.SweetCode.TextAdventure.Conversations.OptionCallback;
import de.SweetCode.TextAdventure.Enchantments.Enchantments;
import de.SweetCode.TextAdventure.Entity.Entities.Player;
import de.SweetCode.TextAdventure.Inventory.ArmorInventory;
import de.SweetCode.TextAdventure.Inventory.Inventory;
import de.SweetCode.TextAdventure.Item.Item;
import de.SweetCode.TextAdventure.Item.ItemStack;
import de.SweetCode.TextAdventure.Item.ItemTypes;
import de.SweetCode.TextAdventure.Item.Items.DiamondBoots;
import de.SweetCode.TextAdventure.Item.Items.DiamondChestplate;
import de.SweetCode.TextAdventure.Item.Items.DiamondHelmet;
import de.SweetCode.TextAdventure.Item.Items.DiamondLeggings;
import de.SweetCode.TextAdventure.Utils.Text.Text;

/**
 * Created by Yonas on 18.08.2015.
 */
public class TextAdventure {

    private Player player;
    private static TextAdventure instance;

    public TextAdventure(Player player) {
        this.player = player;

        TextAdventure.instance = this;
    }

    public static TextAdventure getInstance() {
        return TextAdventure.instance;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Conversation conversation = new Conversation();
        conversation.add(new Option(
                Text.of("Wie moechtest du denn deinen Helden nennen?"),
                new OptionCallback() {

                    @Override
                    public void callback(String answer) {

                        Player player = new Player(answer, 100);
                        Inventory inventory = player.getInventory();

                        ItemStack stoneSword = new ItemStack(ItemTypes.DIAMOND_SWORD);
                        Item i = stoneSword.getContent().get(0);
                        i.addEnchantment(Enchantments.DAMAGE, 5);
                        i.addEnchantment(Enchantments.DROP_LUCK, 3);
                        i.addEnchantment(Enchantments.DURABILITY, 5);

                        inventory.addItemStack(
                                new ItemStack(ItemTypes.STONE, 50),
                                new ItemStack(ItemTypes.WOOD, 50),
                                new ItemStack(ItemTypes.SAND, 50),
                                new ItemStack(ItemTypes.APPLE, 50),
                                new ItemStack(ItemTypes.GOLD_INGOT, 4),
                                new ItemStack(ItemTypes.IRON_INGOT, 50),
                                new ItemStack(ItemTypes.METAL_PLATE, 8),
                                new ItemStack(ItemTypes.CIRCUIT_BOARD),
                                stoneSword
                        );

                        ArmorInventory armorInventory = inventory.getArmorInventory();
                        armorInventory.setBoots(new DiamondBoots());
                        armorInventory.setLeggings(new DiamondLeggings());
                        armorInventory.setChestplate(new DiamondChestplate());
                        armorInventory.setHelmet(new DiamondHelmet());

                        TextAdventure textAdventure = new TextAdventure(player);
                        textAdventure.start();

                    }

                }));

        conversation.start();

    }

    public void start() {

        ManagedConverstations.CRAFT_MENU.create();
        ManagedConverstations.SHOW_INVENTORY.create();
        ManagedConverstations.SELECT_DUNGEON.create();

    }

    public Player getPlayer() {
        return this.player;
    }
}

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Hospitality companies, hotels make 11 sales, marketing appointments
by Chuck Dobrosielski |
The Central Station, a Curio Collection by Hilton, opening this fall in Memphis, Tenn., named Helen Nelson director of sales and marketing. Photo credit: The Central Station, a Curio Collection by Hilton
Chris Walker. Photo credit: The Leading
Hotels of the World
The Leading Hotels of the World, Teneo Hospitality Group and an assortment of hotels around the United States have made appointments in sales and marketing recently. Here's the latest.
The Leading Hotels of the World
The Leading Hotels of the World, a collection of more than 400 independent luxury hotels, appointed Chris Walker SVP, global sales, effective July 11. Reporting directly to interim CEO Shannon Knapp, he will lead the global sales organization and strategy across the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Walker previously spent four years at Leading Hotels, serving as SVP, sales, Americas. In that role, he was responsible for streamlining sales efforts while driving double-digit annual hotel revenue growth within some of the company's largest offices.
Effective Sept. 13, Philip Ho will step down as SVP, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Ho, who has worked at Leading Hotels for the past 10 years, will work with Walker until then to help facilitate a seamless transition.
Hotel Optimization Part 3 | January 27, 2021
With 2020 behind us and widespread vaccine distribution on the horizon, the second half of the new year is looking up, but for Q1 (and most likely well into Q2) we're very much still in the thick of what has undeniably been the lowest point of the pandemic. What can you be doing now to power through and set yourself up for a prosperous 2021 and beyond? Join us at Part 3 of Hotel Optimization – A Virtual Event on January 27 from 10am – 1:05pm ET for expert panels focused on getting you back to profitability.
Teneo Hospitality Group
Teneo Hospitality Group doubled its Washington, D.C., sales office staff with the addition of two new sales professionals: Kyla Knudson and Helena Dechant. Knudson, who most recently worked as director of sales and marketing for Business Events Canada, has held sales positions at hotels in Alberta, Virginia, Florida and Washington, D.C. Dechant, formerly director of global accounts at Conference Direct, previously has worked in sales leadership positions with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and Hilton. Teneo Hospitality Group is an independent sales organization specializing in the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions industry. It has more than 350 independent and small-branded member hotels.
New York Hilton Midtown
The 1,878-room New York Hilton Midtown promoted Kellie Cahill from director of sales and marketing to commercial director. In the newly created position, she will oversee all commercial areas of the hotel's business, including catering, group events, sales and marketing. Cahill has worked in the New York City market with Hilton for more than 20 years. Before her most recent role as director of sales and marketing, she was the hotels' director of group sales. Before that she served as assistant director of sales at the DoubleTree by Hilton Somerset (N.J.) Hotel and Conference Center.
JW Marriott Chicago
The 610-room JW Marriott Chicago appointed Kelli Tretina destination sales executive. She will work with the hotel's larger sales team to increase earnings through arranging group events with area sales teams, effective site visits and strategic group placement. Before joining the JW Marriott Chicago, Tretina managed catering sales at The Ritz-Carlton and Renaissance hotels in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and worked as the assistant event operations manager at the Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel.
The Benson Hotel
The Benson Hotel in Portland Ore., added two new members to its sales management team. As group sales manager for the 287-room property, Stephanie Wood will work to drive business to the property, specifically in the sports, military, education, religious and fraternal organization markets. Wood previously has held sales management positions at The Oregon Golf Club in West Linn, Ore., Portland City Grill and the Arizona Snowbowl Ski Resort in Flagstaff, Ariz.
The hotel chose Tracy Ann St. Martin to oversee the planning and execution of meetings, conventions and other special events as conference service manager. St. Martin, who has more than 12 years of sales, event planning and catering experience, most recently worked as catering sales manager at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Portland Washington Square. Coast Hospitality operates The Benson Hotel.
The Central Station, a Curio Collection by Hilton
In Memphis, Tenn., The Central Station, a Curio Collection by Hilton named Helen Nelson director of sales and marketing ahead of its fall 2019 opening. Before joining the 123-room hotel, Nelson held sales and marketing management roles at hotels across Memphis, including the Crowne Plaza Memphis East, the Crowne Plaza Memphis Downtown, the Holiday Inn Memphis Downtown and Whispering Woods Hotel Conference Center. Valor Hospitality Partners is managing The Central Station, a Curio Collection by Hilton for the Kemmons Wilson family, Henry Turley and a handful of other Memphis business leaders and citizens.
The Abbey Inn & Spa
The Abbey Inn & Spa in Peekskill, N.Y., named Olivia Calcagnini director of sales and marketing. Before joining the 42-key hotel, Calcagnini worked as director of sales and marketing at the Holiday Inn Mt. Kisco (Westchester County) in Mount Kisco, N.Y.; account manager at Convene, a network of meeting, event and conference venues; and catering sales manager at the InterContinental New York Times Square. Managed by Hay Creek Hotels, The Abbey Inn & Spa is scheduled to open in early 2020.
Mirbeau Inn & Spa Rhinebeck
The 50-room Mirbeau Inn & Spa Rhinebeck (N.Y.) named Kaycee Darby director of sales and marketing. Darby joined the hotel after more than five years with Context Summits, a producer of events for the alternative asset management industry. While there, she rose from events coordinator to senior account manager. Mirbeau Inn & Spa Rhinebeck, managed by Mirbeau Hospitality Services, is slated to open this fall.
Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel
Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., promoted Steve Woods, formerly its director of group sales, to director of sales and marketing. In addition to taking on marketing and promotional initiatives, Woods also will act as the hotel's representative with the Lake Tahoe Visitor's Authority and serve on the LTVA Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Expositions Advisory Board. Before joining the 400-room resort, Woods spent a year as sales and meeting manager for Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe and 10 years in event management at Marriott International hotels.
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Classification of Armed Conflicts: Relevant Legal Concepts
In E Wilmshurst (ed), International Law and the Classification of Conflicts (OUP 2012) chapter 3
Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No 50/2012
68 Pages Posted: 21 Aug 2012 Last revised: 24 Aug 2012
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Dapo Akande
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law
Date Written: August 20, 2012
This chapter provides an overview of how and why international law classifies situations of violence for the purpose of application of international humanitarian law. The chapter examines the distinction between international and non-international armed conflicts as well as the distinction between armed conflicts and situations of violence that do not qualify as armed conflicts. The chapter examines the history of the distinction between the two categories of armed conflict, the consequences of the distinction and whether the distinction still has validity. The chapter discusses the meaning of the concepts of 'international armed conflict' and 'non-international armed conflict', including the legal standards by which such qualifications are to be made. Particular attention is paid to foreign intervention in non-international armed conflicts, extraterritorial hostilities by one State against a non-state armed group and conflicts in which multinational forces are engaged. The chapter provides an overview of those legal concepts that are relevant to an undertanding of the case studies discussed in the other chapters of the book.
Keywords: international humanitarian law, international armed conflict, non-international armed conflict, classification of conflicts, transnational conflicts, extraterritorial conflicts, war, occupation, peacekeeping
Akande, Dapo, Classification of Armed Conflicts: Relevant Legal Concepts (August 20, 2012). In E Wilmshurst (ed), International Law and the Classification of Conflicts (OUP 2012) chapter 3, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No 50/2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2132573 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2132573
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Scariest Movies On Streaming Services
There are some truly terrifying movies on streaming services that are perfect for Halloween. Here are some of the scariest movies on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.
Netflix has a number of great horror movies, including "The Conjuring," "The Babadook," and "Hush." "The Conjuring" is a based on a true story about a family who hires a team of paranormal investigators to help them get rid of a demon that is terrorizing them. "The Babadook" is a psychological thriller about a mother and son who are terrorized by a monster that may or may not be real. "Hush" is a thriller about a deaf woman who is terrorized by a masked killer in her home.
Hulu has a number of great horror movies, including "The Shining," "Psycho," and "A Quiet Place." "The Shining" is a classic horror movie about a family who moves into a haunted hotel and is terrorized by ghosts. "Psycho" is a classic thriller about a woman who is terrorized by her mother's killer. "A Quiet Place" is a thriller about a family who must live in silence in order to avoid being killed by monsters.
Amazon Prime has a number of great horror movies, including "Nightmare on Elm Street," "Friday the 13th," and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." "Nightmare on Elm Street" is a classic horror movie about a man who terrorizes a group of teenagers in their dreams. "Friday the 13th" is a classic slasher movie about a group of teenagers who are killed by a madman who wears a hockey mask. "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is a classic horror movie about a group of teenagers who are terrorized by a family of cannibals.
1 What streaming service has all scary movies?
2 What is the #1 scariest movie on Netflix?
3 What streaming service has the best scary movies?
4 Which is the No 1 horror movie?
5 Which is better Shudder vs Screambox?
6 Is Shudder worth getting?
7 What movie has the most jump scares?
What streaming service has all scary movies?
There are a number of streaming services that have a selection of scary movies. However, not all streaming services have the same selection of horror movies.
Netflix, for example, has a large selection of horror movies, including classics like "Night of the Living Dead" and modern favorites like "The Conjuring." Hulu also has a good selection of horror movies, including "The Blair Witch Project" and "The Ring."
Some other streaming services that have a good selection of horror movies include Amazon Prime, Shudder, and HBO Now. So if you're looking for a good scare, any of these streaming services should have you covered.
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What is the #1 scariest movie on Netflix?
Netflix is one of the most popular streaming services in the world. It has a wide variety of movies and TV shows to choose from. But with so many options, it can be hard to know which movie to watch.
That's why we're here to help. We've compiled a list of the 10 scariest movies on Netflix. And the #1 movie on our list is…
The Conjuring is a 2013 horror movie directed by James Wan. It tells the story of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a married couple who are paranormal investigators.
The movie is based on a true story, and it was praised by critics for its scares and suspense. It has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 85% and an IMDb rating of 7.5.
If you're looking for a scary movie to watch on Netflix, The Conjuring is a good choice.
What streaming service has the best scary movies?
Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video are all great streaming services, but which one has the best scary movies?
Netflix has a lot of great scary movies, including The Conjuring, Insidious, and The Nun. They also have a lot of horror movies that are not necessarily scary, such as The Shining and Cabin in the Woods.
Hulu also has a lot of great scary movies, including The Ring, The Grudge, and Saw. They also have a lot of horror movies that are not necessarily scary, such as The Hills Have Eyes and Night of the Living Dead.
Amazon Prime Video also has a lot of great scary movies, including The Amityville Horror, The Conjuring 2, and A Quiet Place. They also have a lot of horror movies that are not necessarily scary, such as Shaun of the Dead and Army of Darkness.
Which is the No 1 horror movie?
Horror movies have been around since the late 1800s, and they continue to be popular to this day. With their suspenseful and spooky storylines, horror movies are the perfect choice for those who enjoy a good scare.
So which is the No 1 horror movie? It's difficult to say, as there are so many great horror movies to choose from. But some of the most popular horror movies include The Exorcist, The Shining, Saw, and Paranormal Activity.
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The Exorcist is a classic horror movie that tells the story of a young girl who is possessed by a demon. The Shining is another popular horror movie, and it is based on the novel by Stephen King. Saw is a gory horror movie that is known for its shocking scenes, and Paranormal Activity is a recent horror movie that has become popular thanks to its realistic scares.
So which is the best horror movie? It's hard to say, as everyone has different preferences. But these are some of the most popular and well-known horror movies out there, so they are a good place to start.
Which is better Shudder vs Screambox?
Shudder and Screambox are both streaming services for horror movies, but which one is better?
Shudder is owned by AMC Networks, and offers a library of horror movies, TV shows, and documentaries. New content is added every month, and there are no ads.
Screambox is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. and offers a library of horror movies and TV shows. New content is added every month, and there are no ads.
Well, both services offer a great selection of horror movies and TV shows, with no ads. However, Shudder has a slight edge over Screambox, because it offers a wider variety of content, including documentaries and horror movies from around the world.
Is Shudder worth getting?
Shudder is a streaming service for horror fans. It offers a library of horror movies, TV shows, and documentaries. Is Shudder worth getting?
The short answer is yes. Shudder offers a great selection of horror movies and TV shows. It's especially great for horror fans who want to watch horror movies and TV shows that they may not be able to find on other streaming services.
Shudder also offers a great selection of documentaries about horror movies. This is a great feature for horror fans who want to learn more about their favorite horror movies and horror filmmakers.
Shudder also offers a great selection of horror movies and TV shows that are exclusive to their service. This is a great feature for horror fans who want to watch horror movies and TV shows that they can't find on other streaming services.
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However, Shudder does have a few downsides. The biggest downside is that Shudder is a bit more expensive than other streaming services. Shudder also doesn't have as many movies and TV shows as other streaming services.
Overall, Shudder is a great streaming service for horror fans. It offers a great selection of horror movies and TV shows, and it's the only streaming service that offers a great selection of horror documentaries.
What movie has the most jump scares?
There are a lot of popular horror movies that are known for their jump scares. These are the movies that can make you scream or jump out of your seat, even if you're expecting them. So, what is the movie that has the most jump scares?
There is no definitive answer to this question, as it depends on personal preference. However, some popular horror movies that are known for their jump scares include "The Conjuring," "A Quiet Place," "Halloween," "Nightmare on Elm Street," and "Psycho."
"The Conjuring" is a 2013 horror movie that was directed by James Wan. The movie is about a family that is being terrorized by a demonic entity. It is known for its jump scares, as well as its creepy and suspenseful atmosphere.
"A Quiet Place" is a 2018 horror movie that was directed by John Krasinski. The movie is about a family that is forced to live in silence in order to avoid being killed by monsters that hunt by sound. It is known for its jump scares, as well as its suspenseful and intense atmosphere.
"Halloween" is a 1978 horror movie that was directed by John Carpenter. The movie is about a masked killer who terrorizes a group of teenagers. It is known for its jump scares, as well as its suspenseful and intense atmosphere.
"Nightmare on Elm Street" is a 1984 horror movie that was directed by Wes Craven. The movie is about a group of teenagers who are being killed in their dreams by a masked killer. It is known for its jump scares, as well as its intense and suspenseful atmosphere.
"Psycho" is a 1960 horror movie that was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The movie is about a woman who is being terrorized by a serial killer. It is known for its jump scares, as well as its suspenseful and intense atmosphere.
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The Drum Arms: Brands urged to 'fill the vacuum' after the Brexit fog lifts
Brexit - what next? Brands need to 'fill the vacuum' after the fog lifts
Brands have been reluctant to spend over the last two years as Brexit looms large but "when the fog lifts" they will have to act fast to "fill the vacuum," according to a panel of marketers.
Amid the economic uncertainty, some agencies have reported brands forming more "collegiate" relationships as they look to adopt a positive, entrepreneurial mentality moving forward.
The findings emerged during 'Brexit - what next?', a panel at The Drum Arms Advertising Week pop-up, which looked to outline how brands should communicate with people in the post-Brexit (whatever that may look like) Britain.
It was hosted hours after Theresa May said she "hopes" the UK will leave the EU with the deal, pleading for an extension to Article 50 despite the looming EU election.
Amid the chaos, Brexit presents UK brands and businesses an opportunity if they are bold and agile enough to act after the "fog lifts" according to Richard Jukes, chairman of PR company Grayling UK & Ireland, who suggested there will be a vacuum for UK brands to "fill with post-Brexit bliss".
Jukes said that Brexit creates for UK business an "unprecedented unknown" but he said there are some positivess as clients and brands become more open in their dialogue with each other.
"Across corporate, consumer and public affairs, we are having conversations with different people because this is an unprecedented unknown. Nobody can claim to have all the answers or know what is going to happen," he said.
"Therefore, you are in a much more collegiate conversations with clients, not just the ones we have been working with for the last few years business as usual but other parts of the business. Then, there is opportunity."
As the clock ticks down for a deal to be made, he urged brands to be ready to make a move. "Brands will have to be ready to fill the country with post-Brexit bliss", he said, "and that work should start now. When it comes, it will come quickly."
That clients are leaning heavier on their partners to guide them through the next steps was a sentiment echoed by Dani Bassil, chief executive at Digitas UK. She admitted that clients have exhibited spending trepidation over the last few years, but that appears to be subsiding as they turn their thoughts to what happens post-March.
"We have had a bit of Brexit fatigue from clients. They did hold back [on spend] but they can't hold back forever," Bassil said.
But they still need to talk to consumers, we have to understand how they're feeling and that is where we can add the most value. We need to use this as an opportunity to create brands that have purpose for consumers... and continue the positive story.
"Brexit opens doors for global opportunity so now is time to focus on that. What is missing from government is an inspiring vision of what this country can become."
While Bassil is optimistic that clients are now on the road to investing in advertising, there's a lingering concern of the long-term that the continued uncertainty will have. Following on from a second rejection of Theresa May's Brexit deal in parliament and the prospect of a "disorderly" withdrawal from the EU looming, trade bodies have predicted "brand disinvestment" amid the chaos.
The Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (Isba) previously told The Drum that the continued uncertainty will likely see the industry take a financial hit.
Stephen Woodford, chief executive of the Advertising Association, has been among those to have repeatedly voice concerns. However, he said that one silver lining is the ad industry finally making a concerted effort to work with government.
It was his belief that the EU will reach an agreement with the UK at the final possible moment. Nonetheless, he said the best business leaders can adapt to their environment or even thrive when new opportunities appear.
He said: "In uncertain times, thinking and waiting for bad stuff to happen is wrong, it is about being entrepreneurial and bolder, in tough times always do the counter-intuitive thing, open up trade, and get more foreign talent and diverse talent. There are things in our day-to-day control, people are doing just getting on with it.
"London is by far the most diverse city in the world, that is not going to change," Woodford concluded.
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Malmstrom AFB welcomes new wing commander
By: Brianna Juneau
MALMSTROM AFB — A change of command ceremony was held at Malmstrom Air Force Base on Monday, July 18, 2022, as airmen welcomed a new wing commander.
Malmstrom is home to the 341st Missile Wing, which operates and maintains 150 Minuteman III nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles. The missiles are located in silos across north and central Montana.
During the ceremony, Colonel Anita Feugate Opperman relinquished command of the 341st Missile Wing to Colonel Barry Little.
Little comes to Malmstrom after serving as the vice commander of 20th Air Force at FE Warren AFB in Wyoming.
Little told the crowd, "I am looking forward to continuing that tremendous partnership that you've built over the last 80 years between the base and the [Great Falls] community," he said. "To say that I'm excited to be here, to say that I'm humbled to be here, is an understatement. It is an absolute honor and privilege to be entrusted with the command of one of the most powerful combat wings in the greatest air force on earth."
Feugate Opperman is now headed to the Pentagon to serve on the Joint Staff as the assistant deputy director of command, control, and nuclear operations. Highlights of her nearly two-year tenure as wing commander include navigating base resources through the COVID pandemic, and leading the airmen to their fourth consecutive Blanchard Trophy for best intercontinental ballistic missile wing in the Air Force.
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Sun Mar Rehabilitation Services LLC
PPP Loan Data — Sun Mar Rehabilitation Services LLC, Brea, CA
Industry: Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Location: Brea, CA
Sun Mar Rehabilitation Services LLC is a limited liability company (LLC) located at 3050 Saturn St in Brea, California that received a Coronavirus-related PPP loan from the SBA of $3,919,845.00 in April, 2020.
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Sun Mar Rehabilitation Services LLC in Brea, CA received a Paycheck Protection Loan of $3.92M through FIRST BANK, which was approved in April, 2020.
The size of company's PPP loan indicates that the number of employees on payroll during the eligibility calculation period (typically 2019) was higher than the 93 jobs reported as retained on the PPP application3. This could be caused by a reduction in employment since 2019, due to Coronavirus or other factors.
Based on standard PPP eligibility rules, Sun Mar Rehabilitation Services LLC's total 2019 payroll expenses were approximately $18.82M (not accounting for salary amounts > $100k) in order to qualify for the PPP loan amount received.
Because the 93 jobs reported are not enough to account for the loan range received, per-employee payrolls cannot be estimated.
Because the loan received by Sun Mar Rehabilitation Services LLC is at least $2M dollars, it is subject to a full review by the SBA to ensure eligibility and compliance with PPP program requirements.
Business Information - Sun Mar Rehabilitation Services LLC in Brea, CA
3050 Saturn St
Continuing Care Retirement Communities (NAICS code 623311)
Nationwide, 2,172 businesses in the "Continuing Care Retirement Communities" industry received a total of $1,251,764,538.00 in PPP loans. These businesses account for 0% of total PPP applications submitted, and received 0% of the total PPP funding allocated.
PPP recipients in this industry report an average of 69 employees, 26% lower than Sun Mar Rehabilitation Services LLC's reported 93 employees, and received an average PPP loan of $576,319, 85% lower than this company's loan of $3.92M.
Source: www.federalpay.org/paycheck-protection-program/sun-mar-rehabilitation-services-llc-brea-ca


Bleachers is your first solo project; what has it been like being on your own, as opposed to being in a group? It's almost the exact opposite. It's awesome to have those different experiences. Being in a group, you're constantly bouncing ideas off each other and working together to create something bigger than yourself. With this, it's just me wrestling with the ideas in my head. It reads more like a diary or something. I like that.
Have you had a favorite moment yet since you began touring as Bleachers? Kind of those moments on the bus after the shows when there's a great sense of camaraderie and we just had a great show. That's sometimes my favorite part because you've gone through so much during the day to reach that moment. It's just a wonderful feeling to go to bed and you've done what you wanted to do.
What is your favorite song to perform live? "You're Still a Mystery." We added this saxophone solo in the middle of it's become like this giant celebration in the middle of the set.
What's your favorite part about playing festivals? When you're playing festivals, there's a general excitement about the music and it's also a celebration of this time period in music. So I feel like festivals are an amazing way to document art and music in a moment and I like being a part of that.
You and [girlfriend] Lena Dunham looked amazing at the Emmys, so I have to ask: Which is more fun: getting dressed up for award shows or for the stage? Performances! I like wearing suits, but stage attire is less constricting.
Summer has officially ended, what's the best concert you went to? I saw Outkast in London and it was amazing. They really killed it—they're still the best.
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Microsoft takes control of websites used by China-backed hackers
Microsoft has disrupted the activities of a China-based hacking group, gaining control of the malicious websites the group used to attack organisations in the US and 28 other countries around the world.
San Francisco, Microsoft has disrupted the activities of a China-based hacking group, gaining control of the malicious websites the group used to attack organisations in the US and 28 other countries around the world.
The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) said in a statement that a federal court in Virginia granted its request to seize websites of the hacking group called 'Nickel', enabling the company to cut off Nickel's access to its victims and prevent the websites from being used to execute attacks.
"We believe these attacks were largely being used for intelligence gathering from government agencies, think tanks and human rights organisations," said Tom Burt, Corporate Vice President, Customer Security and Trust at Microsoft.
Obtaining control of the malicious websites and redirecting traffic from those sites to Microsoft's secure servers will help the company protect existing and future victims while learning more about Nickel's activities.
"Our disruption will not prevent Nickel from continuing other hacking activities, but we do believe we have removed a key piece of the infrastructure the group has been relying on for this latest wave of attacks," Burt said late on Monday.
To date, in 24 lawsuits - five against nation-state actors -- Microsoft has taken down more than 10,000 malicious websites used by cybercriminals and nearly 600 sites used by nation-state actors.
"We have also successfully blocked the registration of 600,000 sites to get ahead of criminal actors that planned to use them maliciously in the future," the tech giant informed.
In some observed activity, Nickel malware used exploits targeting unpatched on-premises Exchange Server and SharePoint systems.
"However, we have not observed any new vulnerabilities in Microsoft products as part of these attacks. Microsoft has created unique signatures to detect and protect from known Nickel activity through our security products, like Microsoft 365 Defender," the company noted.
Nickel has targeted organisations in both the private and public sectors, including diplomatic organisations and ministries of foreign affairs in North America, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe and Africa.
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Paul Weller + Special Guests
*Date change: The Artist has issued the below statement*
We're saddened to announce that Paul's March 2021 tour will now take place in November and December 2021 due to the ongoing restrictions and uncertainty through the pandemic.
We're sorry for any disappointment caused. Please keep hold of your tickets, they will remain valid. In better news, we'll be adding three new shows to this run in Bath, Sheffield and Lincoln!
Crosstown Concerts presents:
Paul Weller announces his first UK tour since 2017 with 12 dates lined up in May 2020.
Paul was last on the roadwhen he played several shows as part of the 'Forest Live' outdoor gigs in summer but is always most at home performing at great concert venues.
Paul has recently beenin the studio writing & playing new songs. The fruits of these labours will surface in the new year… watch this space!
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