If you have a toddler, you'll have your hands full! But if you have a young baby too, getting out and about together can be a challenge. Of all the baby gear you'll buy, a stroller can be one of the most expensive items you'll need. So, it's vital to make the right choice the first time.
One way to travel with both your children is by using a sit-and-stand stroller. Sit-and-stand strollers come in tandem style. There's a front seat for the younger child and a back bench seat and standing area for the older sibling. Parents typically prefer sit-and-stand tandem strollers over side-by-side double strollers, firstly because the older child has more freedom to walk when they want to, and secondly because tandems are easier to maneuver than side-by-side strollers.
For a full, in-depth comparison of side-by-side and tandem strollers, check out our informative article.
In this guide, we compare two of the most popular sit-and-stand strollers that are currently on the market, the Joovy Caboose and the Graco RoomFor2, to help you decide which of these great strollers would suit your situation and budget best.
Joovy is a relatively new kid on the block in the children's gear marketplace. Based in the U.S. in Dallas, Texas, Joovy manufactures a broad range of products, including high chairs, play yards, toys, strollers, and bike trailer strollers too.
Joovy's design team are all family people with their own kids, so they're all too familiar with the challenges that are faced by parents, especially those with more than one child. Therefore, it's no surprise to discover that their strollers are robustly built, practical, and have a distinctive, stylish look too.
The Caboose Graphite is pretty lightweight at just 28 lbs. The stroller's capacity is generous, being able to hold up to 90 lbs, split evenly across the front and back of the vehicle. The Caboose measures 37" W x 21.5" L x 41.5" H, so it will comfortably fit through standard store doorways and aisles.
The front seat has three recline positions, and the rear passenger can sit or stand looking backward or forward, depending on their mood. Also, although you'll need to buy most of the accessories separately, that does allow you to ensure that everything is to your taste, and you won't finish up having to store stuff you don't use.
You can check out the Joovy Caboose Graphite in action in their official promotional video at this link.
The lack of included accessories is where the Caboose disappoints. You don't get standard items such as a cup holder or a parent's organizer that are usually included with other comparable brands.
Accessories are available, but you have to buy them separately. Also, the stroller's handlebar is shaped so that generic accessories and other brands' products don't fit.
The basic seat is comfy and roomy enough for a small child or baby. However, if your children are close together in age, you might want to buy the Caboose rear seat, which turns the rear area into a forward-facing reclining seat.
The sun canopy is a good size and gives protection to a large area, keeping both your children safe from the risk of sunburn or from being dazzled while the seat is reclined. In comparison, the Graco RoomFor2 has a canopy that only covers the front passenger.
Folding can be done with one hand and is really simple. Once folded, the stroller takes up very little room, although it isn't self-standing.
The Caboose has sealed-bearing wheels, making for a smooth ride for your passengers and an easy push for you.
There are harnesses for both the front and back seats, so you have the peace of mind that both your children are buckled in and safe.
The Caboose's brakes are linked. That means only the rear brakes are connected, making it easy to stop the stroller quickly in an emergency. A single lever operates the brakes, so engaging them is quick and straightforward. In comparison, the RoomFor2 has a non-linked system, so applying the brake is more time-consuming.
The underseat storage basket is a pretty reasonable size, but it's awkward to access quickly. If you want to improve the storage space on the stroller, you'll need a parent's organizer, and you have to buy that separately.
Graco was first formed in Philadelphia in the 1950s by an engineer, David Saint. Saint was inspired by the wife of a colleague who soothed her cranky baby by swinging him in their backyard glider swing. This simple act prompted Saint to design and create a whole range of strollers, car seats, cribs, swings, and other baby and child products.
Graco uses modern patterns and colors that are designed to complement your home décor, and contemporary, striking designs are sure to turn heads as you push your children in your stroller.
Despite the budget prices, Graco places their emphasis on comfort for you and your child. The most durable fabrics are used to create comfy, padded seats, and Graco strollers are designed to be easy to push and fun to ride in.
The Graco RoomFor2 sit-and-stand stroller has a slightly larger weight-carrying capacity than the Caboose, taking two children up to 50 lbs each. The stroller is slightly larger too, measuring 34.6" W x 20.8" L x 40.1" H, and weighing in at a little over 27 lbs.
The seating layout is standard for a tandem sit-and-stand stroller; the older child sits or stands in the back of the stroller, while the baby or infant rides in the front seat. You don't have the rear seating option that you get with the Joovy Caboose.
The RoomFor2 is compatible with a car seat, but you may find that this takes away the seating room in the back of the stroller, so your child would have to stand.
You can see a video of the Graco RoomFor2 in action at this link.
The RoomFor2 comes with accessories that you don't get with the Caboose, including a parent tray and a child tray for the front passenger. The front tray is movable and pivots outwards, making it easy for you to take your baby or infant in and out of the stroller.
The parent tray has two cup holders and space where you can keep your keys, phone, and perhaps some cash. That's such a bonus, allowing you to enjoy a coffee during your stroll without juggling your cup and trying to push the stroller with one hand.
Most double strollers don't have enough room for child trays, but the RoomFor2 is an exception. The child tray has room for sippy cups, bottles, and snacks too. Even better, the tray swivels open for easy access to the seat.
The RoomFor2's sun canopy is a good size for the front child, but unfortunately, it doesn't reach the back and isn't as generous as that of the Caboose.
The seat is well-padded and comfy, as is the rear bench. The seat cushion is machine washable and can be line-dried without damaging the fabric or the padding.
There's a five-point harness for the front seat, which is more than you get with many similar strollers that only provide a three-point harness. Like the Caboose, you get a three-point harness for the rear bench seat.
A nice touch that's lacking on the Caboose is two riding handles on the rear of the stroller, which are designed to prevent the standing child from falling if you hit a bump in the road.
The front seat takes any Graco car seat, allowing you to have a complete travel system for a new baby. The seat also features a multi-position recline that includes completely flat, making the stroller suitable for a newborn.
The brakes are easy to engage, so you can stop the stroller on a dime if you need to. Unlike the linked braking system on the Caboose, the RoomFor2 has a two-step set of brakes, meaning that you'll need to engage the brakes on each set of wheels to lock each one.
The underseat storage basket on the RoomFor2 is pretty generous and is quite a bit larger than that on the Caboose. Access to the storage basket isn't the easiest, and that's where the parent tray comes into its own. The parent tray is included with the stroller and will comfortably hold your keys, wallet, phone, etc. Items such as diaper bags, coats, etc., can be placed in the underseat basket.
Like the Caboose, the RoomFor2 has an easy, one-handed fold feature, and an auto-lock is included so that the stroller frame can be secured for quick, compact storage.
The RoomFor2 gives a pretty smooth ride on flat surfaces, but it can be a bit bumpy over grass or gravel. Steering is easy and effortless thanks to the design of the stroller and the large tires.
The RoomFor2 includes several important safety certifications, so you can relax knowing that your family is safe when riding in this stroller.
The stroller is JPMA Certified and meets all ASTM standards.
When it comes to value for money, you certainly get more bang for your buck with the Graco RoomFor2 than you do with the Joovy Caboose. Both strollers are well-made and look great, but Graco has included many great accessories that you have to purchase if you choose the Caboose.
Both the Joovy Caboose and the Graco RoomFor2 are nice quality, double sit-and-stand strollers that do the job very well. The materials and design used to create both these tandem strollers are top of the range, and the ride quality is comparable too. However, there are a few differences between them that could be deal-breakers for you.
First of all, there's the glaring lack of accessories included with the Caboose. You even have to pay extra for a cup holder! Compare that with the extras you get with the RoomFor2; cup holders, parent tray, child tray, extra storage space, etc. That's surprising, considering that the Caboose is the more expensive of the two strollers.
That said, the Joovy Caboose offers you the versatility of adding a seat to the rear of the stroller that you can't do with the RoomFor2. Also, the Caboose has a super-sized canopy that offers shade to both passengers, where the RoomFor2 only gives coverage to the front passenger.
So, there are pros and cons to both these strollers. If you have a little more to spend and you don't mind buying all the accessories separately, you may want to choose the Caboose. For a more all-inclusive, budget stroller, check out the RoomFor2.


text:
package main

import (
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"os"
	"time"

	"gopkg.in/pivo.v2"
)

type Hub struct {
	hub *pivo.Hub
	pub chan *pivo.Message
	sub chan pivo.Connector
}

type HubEvent struct {
	hub *Hub
	pivo.OnHubBroadcaster
	pivo.OnHubCloser
	pivo.OnHubJoiner
	pivo.OnHubLeaver
}

// Error is transmited when the hub is closing
var ErrHubIsClosing = errors.New("hub is going down")

// Error is thrown when the hub receives invalid data
var ErrProtocolViolation = errors.New("protocol violation")

// Define a hub with custom settings
var chat = &Hub{
	hub: &pivo.Hub{
		JoinLimitRateInterval: time.Second,
		JoinLimitRateBurst: 8,
		JoinMaxQueueSize: 16,
	},
	pub: make(chan *pivo.Message),
	sub: make(chan pivo.Connector),
}

func (e *HubEvent) OnHubBroadcast(msg *pivo.Message) (pivo.Ports, error) {
	log.Printf("Broadcasting message from %s: %q",
		msg.From.RemoteAddr().String(), msg.Data)
	return nil, nil
}

func (e *HubEvent) OnHubJoin(conn pivo.Connector) error {
	msg := fmt.Sprintf(WelcomeBanner,
		conn.RemoteAddr().String(), pivo.Version)
	conn.Send(pivo.TextMessage(nil, msg))
	log.Printf("Connector from %s has joined the hub",
		conn.RemoteAddr().String())
	return nil
}

func (e *HubEvent) OnHubLeave(conn pivo.Connector) {
	log.Printf("Connector from %s has left the hub",
		conn.RemoteAddr().String())
}

func (e *HubEvent) OnHubClose(ports pivo.Ports) {
	fmt.Println()
	log.Println("Hub is shutting down")
	for c, _ := range ports {
		log.Println("Closing connection from",
			c.RemoteAddr().String())
		c.Close(nil)
	}
	os.Exit(0)
}

func run() chan<- bool {
	exit := make(chan bool)
	go chat.hub.StartAndServe(&HubEvent{hub: chat})
	go func() {
		defer chat.hub.Stop()
		// Forever loop.  Subscribing or publishing.
		for {
			select {

			// Subscribing
			case c := <-chat.sub:
				if err := chat.hub.Join(c); err != nil {
					fmt.Printf("%s: %s",
						c.RemoteAddr(), err)
				}

			// Publishing
			case msg := <-chat.pub:
				chat.hub.Broadcast(msg)
				msg.From.Send(msg)

			// Shutting down
			case <-exit:
				return
			}
		}
	}()
	return exit
}

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In partnership with Hack Day organizers at the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA), we're happy to introduce the four individuals who will act as our virtual cross-pollinators this year! If you're interested in Audio-Visual resources, be sure to follow our DLF-funded fellows, as they connect discussions of use & preservation across the DLF Forum, NDSA's Digital Preservation 2016, and the fourth annual AMIA/DLF Hack Day. We're looking forward to seeing the team in action!
Rachel will be attending both the Forum and AMIA this year.
Sarah will be attending DigiPres16!
Ethan will be attending AMIA/DLF Hack Day! Read his blog here.
Lorena will be at the AMIA/DLF Hack Day!
To participate in all the great A/V conversations to come, use #AVhack16 on Twitter.


Raka Raka is a game of elimination where you have two teams where X represents one team and the dot [O] the opposition. It can be played by an even number of players from four upwards.
The diagram above was usually drawn on concrete using charcoal, soapstone or in the sand.
All team members [X] start in the Home Base [Start] and move into a safe zone [B] and start counting from 1.
X needs to get from one safe zone [B] to the next.
You get a point with each time you make it safely into a safe zone.
Team O will have two representatives [C] who will throw a ball between themselves.
They eliminate any member of team X from getting to the next safe zone by striking them with the ball.
If hit before you make it to the next safe zone, you get eliminated.
If you make it you gain a point, each safe zone is worth one point and the number accumulates each time you enter a safe zone.
[D] is a safe passage. You can get penalized if [C] reaches 10 passes between themselves without anyone running from one safe zone to the next.
Team X can regain the lives of those eliminated by reaching the games limit which can be 54 which is all the points accumulated with 54 being the Home base [Start].
Once 54 had been reached everyone who was eliminated would have to run from the sidelines into the save zone again.
You could get struck and be eliminated before you got back into the safe zone.
If you wander out of the safe zone you can be hit by the ball and eliminated.
Once all team members have been eliminated team X and O swap and you start again.


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Elmhurst Publishes Future Homes Standard consultation - draft response
On 1st October 2019 the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published The Future Homes Standard consultation with proposals to require, amongst other things, an 80% reduction in carbon emissions from new dwellings by 2025. This was accompanied by a proposed interim step in 2020 and put forward two options: a reduction of either 20% or 31% in carbon emissions. The deadline for responding to the Consultation is 10th January 2020. You can
Lottery to fund community energy projects
The National Lottery Community Fund has launched a new £100 million Climate Action Fund. The Fund is a not for profit organisation that awards money raised by National Lottery players to communities and has made over 200,000 grants and awarded over £9 billion to projects, since 2004. The aim is to enable people and communities to take the lead in tackling the climate emergency and build a network of people and communities, well-placed to drive
Labour Party Pledges £60 billion for home energy upgrades
As the election draws closer the manifesto promises are coming in thick and fast. Most recently Labour has promised to cut home emission by 10% through what is being described as the largest home improvement programme for decades. The 'Warm Homes for All' policy would receive £60 billion of funding from a Labour government in order to implement energy saving upgrades such as loft insulation, enhanced double-glazing and new heating systems. Low-income households would receive
Elmhurst releases update for Design SAP 10 Beta
Elmhurst are delighted to announce the release of the updated Design SAP 10 Beta software. This SAP calculation software will allow energy professionals to model new build assessments against the new "Future Homes Fabric" and "Fabric plus Technology" compliance standards proposed in the government's Future Homes Standard Consultation. Energy professionals and house builders can use Elmhurst's Design SAP 10 Beta to give them an indication of how projects will perform against the proposed standards and
Why train to become a DEA?
Working as a Domestic Energy Assessor is a career choice that many people are starting to make. Whether you have previous experience in this area or are new to it all, this is one job that offers many benefits - both on a personal and professional level. It involves visiting domestic homes and buildings in the UK to assess how energy efficient they are. If you have not thought about this as a viable career
Scotland pledges £3 million to boost energy efficiency of social homes
The Scottish Government has granted £3 million to 11 social housing associations to improve energy efficiency of homes across the country. The money is part of the Decarbonisation Fund, which supports the installation of energy efficient technologies such as insulation, ground source heat pumps, solar panels and underfloor heating. The Scottish Government released its Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing post-2020s (EESSH2) earlier in the year, with the aim of maximising the number of homes
ECO to require PAS 2035 and reward early adoption with a 20% uplift
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has now issued their response to the ECO3 consultation proposal that PAS 2035 should be mandated for ECO energy efficiency installations. BEIS received 110 responses to the consultation and, broadly, the responses were supportive of the Government's main proposals. The essence of the response confirms Government has decided to incorporate TrustMark and the new and updated PAS standards into ECO3. The new regulations will; come into force
A comparison between an EPC and a DEC
When it comes to assessing the energy efficiency of a building, EPCs and DECs are the major two ways used to measure this. While you may have heard of these terms before, you might not know exactly what they mean and how they differ. This is certainly something worth knowing more about if you plan to engage in energy assessor training and gain accreditation in this field.Display Energy Certificates explainedA DEC is basically a certificate
Commercial buildings to have EPC band B by 2030?
On 15th October the Government's Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published its future trajectory for minimum energy efficiency standards for non-domestic (commercial) buildings. The Government introduced minimum energy efficiency standards in 2018 with the aim of improving the worst performing buildings in both the domestic and non-domestic sector. From April 2018, landlords of non-domestic private rented sector (PRS) properties have not been permitted to grant a new tenancy or to extend or
The UK to go further and faster to tackle climate change
Andrea Leadsom, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) yesterday established measures for the UK "to go further and faster to tackle climate change", in response to a critical progress report released earlier this year by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). In a day of many announcements regarding the environment, the government has suggested the following main headlines: A new Environment Bill A new package of energy efficiency measures for

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Failure is a possibility with any component on any PCB. In many cases wearout is the culprit, leaving engineers to deal with the aftermath of dissecting what went wrong and possibly re-engineering the component to avoid recurrence.
Just because an automotive power module has a projected 20-year life expectancy doesn't guarantee long-term reliability. In fact, these modules are routinely exposed to vibration, shock, humidity, salt spray and other factors that can quickly degrade power and ultimately cause failure.


Posted by The Guys on May 9, 2013 | Comments Off on Episode 34: O Canada!
Gabe phones in from Canada this week! The guys discuss Blood Dragon, Borderlands 2, the mashup with the Boom Headshot guys, arcades and much more!


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Azeem Rafiq's emotional testimony about his experiences of racism at Yorkshire Cricket Club rocked the sports world
Tuesday's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee hearing offered Rafiq the chance to speak with the protection of parliamentary privilege
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posted on Nov. 17, 2021 at 5:27 pm November 17, 2021
Azeem Rafiq's emotional testimony | OyeYeah News
Azeem Rafiq's emotional testimony about his experiences of racism at Yorkshire Cricket Club has rocked the sports world.
The 30-year-old Pakistan-born English cricketer fought back tears during the testimony given in front of the British parliamentary committee onTuesday as he claimed racism put an end to his cricket career.
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"Me and other people from an Asian background… there were comments such as 'you'll sit over there near the toilets', 'elephant-washers'," the 30-year-old Rafiq said.
"The word 'Paki' was used constantly. And there just seemed to be an acceptance in the institution from the leaders and no one ever stamped it out."
The off-spinner, who had dreamed of playing for England, said cricket was blighted by institutional racism "up and down the country".
Rafiq, a practicing Muslim, also recounted an experience of being "pinned down" and forced to drink alcohol at the age of 15 when he was at his local cricket club.
And in a highly emotional segment of his evidence, which lasted nearly 100 minutes, he spoke of the "inhuman" treatment by Yorkshire when his son was still-born in 2017.
"They weren't really bothered about the fact that I was at training one day and I get a phone call to say there's no heartbeat," he said, his voice cracking.
Rafiq, who had two spells at Yorkshire, said: "Do I believe I lost my career to racism? Yes, I do."
'Kevin' was something Gary used to describe anyone of colour in a very derogatory manner," he said. "It was an open secret in the England dressing room."
Rafiq, who said he had refused to sign a confidentiality form and take a pay-off from Yorkshire, added 2005 Ashes winner Hoggard had apologised to him for his comments.
Former Yorkshire allrounder has named nine high-profile cricketers
He also mentioned a number of former teammates, including ex-England internationals Matthew Hoggard, Tim Bresnan, and Gary Ballance, the latter still at Yorkshire, had used racial slurs towards him.
Michael Vaughan: "He may not remember it because it doesn't mean anything to him, but three of the four Asian players he mentioned do remember it. He then used his platform (newspaper column) to discredit me. He seems to have taken the same stance as the club – deny, deny, deny," Rafiq said.
Asked about Vaughan, Rafiq said: "Michael might not remember it… three of us, Adil, myself, and Rana remember it."
During a match, former England captain Vaughan is alleged to have told four Asian cricketers, "There are too many of you lot, we need to do something about it."
However, Vaughan has "categorically" denied making the comment.
Gary Ballance
Rafiq said, "Gary would regularly make belittling or derogatory comments about my Pakistani heritage like 'don't talk to him, he's a P***'. Or 'Why are you talking to him, he's a P***?' It became unbearable. At the PCA Awards in 2014, Gary made another racist, belittling comment to a woman about me in front of me. I was so fed up that I wanted to hit him and we had to be pulled apart by our agent, Will Quinn."
The former England batter has admitted to calling Ballance 'p***'. However, he claims it was just banter.
Rafiq said: 'Kevin' used a derogatory term for players of colour and was first introduced by Ballance. Hales, a close friend of Ballance, even named his dog Kevin which Rafiq feels was a direct result of the meaning attached to it.
Matthew Hoggard
Former England bowler Hoggard is claimed to have started calling Rafiq as 'Raffa the Kaffir'.
Rafiq said: "The comments from Hoggy towards myself and the other Asian players – Adil (Rashid), Ajmal (Shahzad) and (Naved Ul) Rana – were constant, on a daily basis. He would also call us things like 'elephant washers' and P***.' After my Sky interview, I took a phone call from Matthew Hoggard. And he basically said, 'I didn't realise… I'm really sorry if some of the comments made you feel the way you describe it. I just want to apologise'. When someone does that, I was like, 'Mate, thank you, really appreciate it."
Tim Bresnan
The former England allrounder is alleged to have made regular racist remarks with Rafiq filing a formal complaint against him in 2017.
Rafiq said, "Tim was very powerful at YCCC and it is worth noting that Tim and Andrew Gale are related – Tim is Andrew's brother-in-law. As with Andrew, Tim frequently made racist comments and was unduly harsh towards me compared to white British players. I made a formal complaint against him in 2017. Six or seven players made a complaint about Tim Bresnan that year but it was me who was portrayed as the troublemaker."
Andrew Gale
Rafiq alleges mistreatment from Gale who referred to him as 'Raffa the Kaffir', 'P***', and so on.'
Gale, the former Yorkshire captain, and coach has been suspended for a historic tweet.
Martyn Moxon
Moxon, Yorkshire director of cricket, is on leave as of now. Rafiq alleged he ignored and failed to stop racist behaviour.
Rafiq claims the day he returned to the club after his son's death, "Martyn Moxon literally got me in a room and ripped the shreds off me. I've never seen him speak to anyone like that through my time at the club. I couldn't believe it."
Rafiq called Root 'a good man' whom he has never heard of making any racist comments. However, the allrounder says the fact Root doesn't remember racist language being used reveals how normalised it is.
"Joe Root is a good man. He never engaged in any racist language. But Rooty was Ballance's flatmate and was involved in those social nights out where I was called a 'P***'. He might not remember but it shows how normal it was that even a good man like him doesn't see it for what it is," Rafiq said.
Rafiq also said former England batsman and coach David Lloyd had made derogatory remarks about him and Asian cricketers in general, such as "getting subs (subscriptions) out of Asian players is like getting blood out of stone".
Lloyd apologised in a tweet on Tuesday, with the 74-year-old saying of his "private" October 2020 comments:
"I deeply regret my actions, and I apologise most sincerely to Azeem and to the Asian cricket community for doing this, and for any offence caused."
https://twitter.com/BumbleCricket/status/1460650330627186694
In September 2020, Rafiq made accusations of racism and bullying at Yorkshire.
An independent report found that a number of his accusations were true and the case became a major media story in the United Kingdom.
It led to resignations from top administrators, the suspension of a coach as the club was the subject of investigations by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee in the British parliament.
The fallout for Yorkshire over the scandal has been devastating, with sponsors making a mass exodus, and the club has been barred from hosting lucrative international matches.
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Outside the big horse shoe reef of Tobago Cays, there is a smaller horsehoe reef with a small island – Petit tabac. We passed a catamaran anchored in the bay entrance, and achored on 3 m depth.
The island has a lot of coco nut palm trees and some guys from the UK were trying to get some and to open them on the beach. The beach has soft, rather course white sand and the reef not far away. We did some snorkeling and then raised the anchor to move to Canouan before sunset.


A portfolio including typefaces named after Bill Gates and Elton John is one that's hard to ignore. Combine this with expertly designed specimens that are both accomplished and humorous and you're onto a winner. For the Copenhagen-based designer, Paw Poulsen, the combination of popular culture, typography and print design has helped him define a distinctive aesthetic and tone of voice.
Having started in 2017 with an exchange at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, Paw then returned to his hometown of Copenhagen for the summer before undertaking an internship with Spassky Fischer in Paris. "During the past two months I've been an intern at Wrong Studio here in Copenhagen," he explains. During these internships, Paw got to work a variety of projects, mainly for clients in the cultural fields. These interactions allowed him to develop a love for design, no matter the client, cultural or not. "I know some designers, who use this as their reference for their practice. For me, I don't really care if it's an artist or a dentist, as long as the client is cool," he tells It's Nice That.
With a host of other projects that showcase his adeptness for editorial and print design, Paw's portfolio strikes the perfect balance between skill and character. His dream is that one day, one of his iconic inspirations will actually make use of their namesake typeface. "I also have an Oprah and Paris Hilton font lying around on my computer," he teases.


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election 2016 Nov. 11, 2016
10 Women of Color on Their Fear of a Donald Trump Presidency
By Diana Tsui and Anna Silman
The Cut asked for reflections from women of color after this week's election results, and we received an overwhelming response. Women told us they feel lost, hurt, and scared: from the fate of their families, to health-care access, to their own personal safety, they gave us brutally honest replies. Despite the anxiety, there was a willingness to fight and share their stories. Read on and share your own in the comments.
Stephanie, 21, Ohio
I come from a conservative family. My parents were born and raised in Lebanon during the civil wars, and they came to America in 1993, like many immigrants, to provide a better chance at life for their children. This election has brainwashed my parents to believe a deceiving man and his version of democracy. They don't view it this way, but I do. I voted for Clinton in this election, and the tension between me and my parents has been at an all-time high. But how could they vote for Trump? His beliefs stretch as far as hating the type of people that my parents are. I hate what this election has done to them. I hate what it has done to my family and to me. I don't want to regret that which my parents have granted me: a chance at living in a society of freedom and democracy, in a place of diversity and acceptance. But I fear that I have.
Cecilia, 37, New York
I come from a tiny family of mostly retired single black women (widowed or that have always been single parents by choice) that all reside in the Northeast, and are financially secure. It was all a foregone conclusion that I would go to college. I've never been told I was worthless to my face — as my parents and grandparents who were born in this country obviously have — until today. I feel young, stupid, and naïve for underestimating the potential for misogyny to be anywhere near as damaging as racism. I saw the light at the end of the tunnel and it has just been blasted shut.
I'm afraid of fashion houses downsizing and outsourcing more of their [expensive] design work going forward. Being a black woman will only compound any difficulties I may have maintaining a foothold in an industry that is notoriously hostile to outsiders of any kind. My only plans this week are to go to Walgreens and buy up all of the Plan B.
Liz, 24, New York
My mom is from Colombia and a U.S. citizen, but my dad is an illegal immigrant from Mexico. I've petitioned for him to become a U.S. citizen for over four years now with no luck at all. He was waiting on immigration reform to pass in order to help his case, but I have little hope now. It hurts because I know my dad is a hard worker who paid his taxes for all 20 years that he's been living in the U.S. He speaks English well and has a life here. My dad's mother is really sick in Mexico and he was so desperately hoping to go home and see her. I don't think he will be able to.
My friend told me this morning she overheard a white man walk by a day laborer at the local gas station where they stand and wait for work in the mornings. The man said in an upbeat voice, "Hey, buddy, what's got you down today?" before laughing and walking away.
El, 26, New York
My parents are immigrants from Mexico. They are now naturalized, but they come from very, very, very poor towns in Mexico. They came here and my dad worked his way up from being a busboy at a pizzeria to owning four of them. My mom is awesome and is a certified nurse assistant and I've been very lucky to be able to go to great schools. I got scholarships in high school and college and full rides to incredible institutions. I've been very lucky and it's the most debasing feeling to feel that despite the work that I've put in and my family has put in and despite all of the accomplishments that my parents have done — there's still no recourse. There's still someone who can be elected to this position.
I've been fighting battles most of my life: being the poor kid at a rich school or being the only Latina in the room, or the only nonwhite, or the only one from the Bronx, or the only one who's parents didn't get past middle school. It's always been a battle. I want to galvanize. I'm usually very positive and action-oriented, but at a certain point, I'm just exhausted. I'm tired of fighting a battle on every front. I think that's the scariest part. It's like, "When do I get a chance to rest and when can I hand the baton over?" I don't want it back. Take that shit.
JiYoung, 31, Seattle
I am acutely afraid. Not for me or my family — I'm a natural-born U.S. citizen in a liberal city. I think people consider Asians to be harmless minorities. What I am really afraid of is the possibility that oppression will occur against other groups and I will have to speak up. I am afraid of what might happen when I speak up. I'm not a brave person and this new reality will have to force me to get over my chicken-shit cowardice.
I feel indicted for being poor, yellow, and female by white people in general and white evangelicals in particular. My current church is multi-ethnic and has several women pastors, but I grew up in the white evangelical church, so this rejection is reopening old wounds. I always felt like I didn't quite belong with them and this election has confirmed that I'm an other.
Hawa, 28, New York
As a black person, as a Muslim, as a woman, as a daughter of Somali parents, I can't begin to describe how paralyzed I feel for the future of my family, friends, and my country. I just messaged my younger brother to see how he was doing (it was his first time voting in a presidential election), and he said: "I'm scared, to be honest. And confused that this actually happened. These voters are scarier than Trump." I share his feelings.
For the first time in my life, I am sincerely scared of white people. I fear traveling in red states, even for vacation. This is a demographic that historically and presently commits violent discriminatory acts against those that are different from them. I don't know how to act now when in their presence (even at work) … I worry my anger and fear will hinder my relationships with them, even those who share the same beliefs. I recognize how hypocritical and unfair this may appear and is something I must combat and will actively do so, but I don't find my sentiments irrational, either, considering the current political climate. No matter their political affiliation, they will be fine. But others and myself cannot afford to wait four years for things to shift to the left.
Jasmine, 40, Chicago
I am a college-educated Asian white-collar worker living in Chicago, a blue city in a blue state. For those reasons, I don't feel immediately fearful, and for that I am profoundly grateful. Especially since Illinois is sending Tammy Duckworth to the Senate. But I have a lot of loved ones that are afraid of what the future may bring, and despite what little privilege I have I feel powerless to be able to help them.
When it comes to action, I think I've already begun. Working as an election judge was an eye-opening and empowering experience for me. I would encourage more citizens to do it, if only to see what politics looks like at the very local level, and understand the importance of civic engagement all the time, not just during campaign season. At the moment, I'm gonna get back to my job, continue to make (possibly inappropriate) jokes with my brother because humor is how I cope when I'm not stress-eating, and send notes to my precinct captain, alderman, mayor (yes, it's Rahm Emanuel, but better or worse he's what I've got to work with), state representatives, congressmen, Senator-elect Tammy Motherfuckin' Duckworth, and Senator Dick Durbin to thank them for the service and ask one very important question: What's next?
Neha, 26, New York
As an immigrant, I feel homeless. I'm sure some people might find that dramatic. But as someone who was raised in this country (I moved here when I was 1), I would always be so proud of America in front of my family in India. I really believe in democracy and thought America was this beacon of hope and light and freedom. Today it feels like I've been living a sham. I'd be scared to visit most places outside of New York or California. It's been shocking seeing how many people I went to high school with or friends-of-friends who supported Trump and basically don't support me or my choices as a person at all. But I also don't feel like I could go back to India and ever feel connected because America is my home. So, to sum up, I just feel lost. What makes it worse is I'm dating a Pakistani Muslim man (who was born and raised here). We are trying to unite our families despite deep cultural and religious problems in our home countries, and keep reassuring our parents that one day our kids will be fine in America and accepted as Indian-Pakistani-Muslim-Hindus, but I just now realized that they may have it just as hard here (if not much worse) as they would've there. I feel naïve.
Diana, 34, New York
I've watched as a select few Asian-Americans on my feed rejoice in a Trump victory. To them, it means more money in their pockets without a thought to the consequences it has on all people of color. They're quick to claim it won't affect them because it doesn't affect their own ethnicity. But as we've seen this year with the Fox News Chinatown segment and the Michael Luo "Go back to China" incident, racism is insidious. It's a subtle feeling that you never truly belong here. You're a stereotype, trotted out to show that the American Dream is within reach — but only if you're an obedient Asian American who doesn't cause too much trouble.
Today I'm going to cry and protest. Tomorrow I'm donating my time and money to the next generation. I want them to speak out, empathize, and stand up for the progress we desperately need.
Chrystina, 34, Los Angeles
Self-care is a luxury that I'm not sure as a black woman in America I have. I try to not be callous and hardened but after all of the police shootings and constant punches in the gut to people of color and women in this country, on days like this you feel helpless. I am spending my day researching the ACLU and making sure that the high-school student that I mentor understands that she can still go to college regardless of Trump's opinions on immigrants' (and children/grandchildren of immigrants) access to higher education. I'm also checking on loved ones, including my 85-year-old grandmother who has been on such a high post-Obama, and now — well, you can imagine. In fact, just received a text from my sister-in-law who lives in France asking if she could FaceTime with my son to "cheer her up from afar." Tomorrow is a new day.
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Inflating War: Central banking and militarism are intimately linked Followthemoney.com
Inflating War: Central banking and militarism are intimately linked
By Thomas DiLorenzo
August 01, 2010 Issue
Copyright © 2010 The American Conservative
"One can say without exaggeration that inflation is an indispensable means of militarism," Ludwig von Mises wrote. "Without it, the repercussions of war on welfare become obvious much more quickly and penetratingly; war weariness would set in much earlier."
This explains why American politicians have always resorted to the legalized counterfeiting of central banking to finance wars, the most expensive of all government programs. If citizens had a clearer picture of the true costs, they would be more inclined to oppose non-defensive intervention and to force all wars to hastier conclusions.
Government can finance war (and everything else) by only three methods: taxes, debt, and the printing of money. Taxes are the most visible and painful, followed by debt finance, which crowds out private borrowing, drives up interest rates, and imposes the double burden of principal and interest. Money creation, on the other hand, makes war seem costless to the average citizen. But of course there is no such thing as a free lunch.
As a general rule, the longer a war lasts, the more centrally planned and government-controlled the entire economy becomes. And it remains so to some degree after the war has ended. War is the health of the state, as Randolph Bourne famously declared, and the growth of the state means a decline in liberty and prosperity.
As Robert Higgs wrote in Crisis and Leviathan, among the effects of World War I were "massive government collusion with organized special-interest groups; the de facto nationalization of the ocean shipping and railroad industries; the increased federal intrusion in labor markets, capital markets, communications, and agriculture; and enduring changes in constitutional doctrines regarding conscription and governmental suppression of free speech."
Inflationary war finance inevitably leads to calls for price controls, which inflict even greater damage on the private enterprise system by generating shortages of goods and services, which are falsely blamed on capitalism. The state uses this excuse to grant itself even greater central-planning powers. Inflating the currency as a method of war finance is often a first step in the adoption of what is essentially economic fascism.
Paper and printing were invented in China, but American politicians were the first to use government paper money. It was adopted by the colonial government of Massachusetts in 1690. As Murray N. Rothbard wrote, the Massachusetts government was "accustomed to launching plunder expeditions against the prosperous French colony in Quebec." The loot was typically used to pay mercenary soldiers, but when one of the expeditions failed and the soldiers threatened mutiny, the Massachusetts government printed 7,000 British pounds in paper notes to pay them. The government promised to redeem the paper money in gold or silver, but took 40 years to do so. Meanwhile, the public was so suspicious of the notes that they depreciated by 40 percent in the first year.
By 1740, every colony except for Virginia had followed Massachusetts' lead in issuing fiat paper money. The results were dramatic inflation, boom-and-bust cycles, and depreciated currency.
During the Revolution, a form of centralized banking was adopted when the Continental Congress issued "the Continental" in 1775. Because it was not backed by anything of value, the Continental depreciated so severely that it was virtually worthless by 1781. "Not worth a Continental" became a popular slang.
Some of the states attempted to deal with the inflation caused by the massive printing of Continentals with price-control laws. The predictable effect: shortages so severe that George Washington's army almost starved in a field in Pennsylvania. The situation became so desperate that the Continental Congress issued a resolution on June 4, 1778 urging all the states to abolish their price-control laws: "Whereas it hath been found by experience that limitations upon the prices of commodities are not only ineffectual for the purpose proposed, but likewise productive of very evil consequences—resolved, that it be recommended to the several states to repeal or suspend all laws limiting, regulating or restraining the Price of any Article." Within three months, "the army was fairly well provided for as a direct result of this change in policy," write Robert Schuettinger and Eamonn Butler in Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls: How Not to Fight Inflation.
Despite the economic calamities caused by America's first foray into centralized control of the money supply, at the end of the Revolutionary War the nation's first central bank—the Bank of North America—was created, with defense contractor/congressman Robert Morris implanted as its president. Centralized banking might have been ruinous for the general public, but political insiders like Morris profited handsomely. The bank was given a monopoly license to issue paper currency, and it used most of its newly created money for loans to the central government. In so doing, it inflated its currency so rapidly that within one year the market lost all confidence in the bank and it was privatized.
Alexander Hamilton was the real founding father of central banking, as the Federal Reserve Board declares in one of its publications. His Bank of the United States (BUS), established in 1791 after a momentous debate between Hamilton and Jefferson over its constitutionality, was partly intended to finance "sudden emergencies" like war, in Hamilton's own words. He rejected Washington and Jefferson's foreign policy of commercial relations with all nations, entangling alliances with none. Instead, he advocated a permanent military establishment complete with a large navy and standing army that would pursue "imperial glory." As historian Clinton Rossiter explains, "Hamilton's overriding purpose was to build the foundations of a new empire."
Hamilton praised public debt as a "blessing" and complained to George Washington, "We need a government of more energy!" Jefferson, on the other hand, opposed both a large public debt and a national bank, arguing, "the perpetuation of debt, has drenched the earth with blood"—a reference to European monarchs' endless wars of conquest funded by public debt.
Hamilton's Bank of the United States ran up 72 percent inflation in its first five years and created such economic instability that its 20-year charter was not renewed by Congress in 1811.
Then came the senseless War of 1812. There was no central bank, but the federal government still devised a way to monetize the war debt. It encouraged the creation of dozens of private banks, then in 1814 declared a "suspension of specie payment." That is, banks were not required to redeem their paper currency in gold or silver. Thus, under the direction of the U.S. Congress, banks were allowed to inflate their currencies at will for two-and-a-half years as a means of monetizing the war debt, thereby disguising the costs of the conflict to the public. Inflation during the war years averaged about 35 percent.
This was exacerbated when the BUS was resurrected in January 1817 and empowered to create a national paper currency, purchase public debt, and receive deposits of U.S. Treasury funds. Rothbard explained the politics in his History of Money and Banking in the United States:
The Second Bank of the United States was pushed through Congress … particularly by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas … a wealthy Philadelphia lawyer [and] close friend, counsel, and financial associate of Philadelphia merchant and banker Stephen Girard, reputedly one of the two wealthiest men in the country. … Girard was the largest stockholder of the First Bank of the United States, and during the War of 1812 Girard became a very heavy investor in the war debt of the federal government. … [A]s a way to unload his public debt, Girard began to agitate for a new Bank of the United States.
The Second Bank of the United States "launched a spectacular inflation of money and credit," writes Rothbard, coupled with a great deal of fraud. It promptly created the "Panic of 1819," the first real depression in American history. For the first time there was large-scale unemployment in cities such as Philadelphia, where employment in the manufacturing of handicrafts fell from 9,700 persons in 1815 to only 2,100 in 1819.
After nearly 20 years of inflation, fraud, political corruption, and boom-and-bust cycles caused by the Second Bank of the United States, President Andrew Jackson heroically vetoed the bill to recharter the Bank in 1834, and it went out of business. But the Hamiltonian nationalists did not. They would wage a political crusade for the next two decades as members of the Whig and Republican parties to inflict central banking on the nation once again.
They finally succeeded during the Lincoln administration with the Legal Tender Act of 1862, which empowered the secretary of the Treasury to issue paper "greenbacks" that were not redeemable in gold or silver. The National Currency Acts of 1863 and 1864 created a system of nationally chartered banks that could issue bank notes supplied to them by the new comptroller of the currency. The Acts also placed a 10 percent tax on competing state bank notes to drive them out of business and establish a federal monetary monopoly.
The predictable effect was massive inflation, with the greenback dollars so devalued that within one year they were worth only 35 cents in gold. All of the negative economic effects of inflation—devaluation of private wealth, unfair redistribution of income from creditors to debtors, and hindrance to rational economic calculation—damaged the Northern war effort, but not as much as that of the South. The North funded most of the war with public borrowing; the South funded most of its wartime expenditures by printing Confederate dollars. Consequently, inflation in the Confederacy averaged more than 2,200 percent per year.
The nationalization of the money supply created an engine of inflation—and a powerful lobbying force to advocate that it keep running. Northern manufacturers realized that during periods of inflation, domestic currency tends to depreciate faster than prices are rising. A falling dollar makes domestic goods cheaper and the price of imports higher. Henceforth, they became a powerful political force in favor of an even further centralization of banking. Meanwhile, the heavily indebted railroads realized that inflation cheapened their debts, so they allied with manufacturers as a permanent lobby for inflation.
These special interests joined the political coalition that created the Federal Reserve Board in 1913, which became an important source of finance for America's disastrous participation in World War I four years later. The Fed did not just print greenbacks, as was the case during the Civil War. It printed enough money to purchase more than $4 billion in government bonds that were used to finance the war. The amount of money in circulation doubled between 1914 and 1920—as did prices. This was an enormous hidden war tax on the American people: wealth was cut in half, along with real wages, and just about everything consumers purchased became more expensive.
The boom created by the Fed's war financing inevitably caused a bust—the Depression of 1920, the first year of which was even worse than the first year of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Gross domestic product declined by 24 percent from 1920-21, while the number of unemployed Americans more than doubled, from 2.1 million to 4.9 million. The Great Depression of 1920 only lasted one year, however, thanks to President Warren Harding's inspired policy of cutting both government spending and taxes dramatically.
In the wars that have followed, central-bank financing has inflicted essentially the same kind of damage on American society: inflation, economic chaos, reduced real wages, price controls and other government interventions, and ideological attacks on capitalism rather than the real culprit, the Fed.
Adam Smith recognized the advantage of financing wars with taxes rather than public debt when he wrote, "Wars would in general be more speedily concluded, and less wantonly undertaken. The people feeling, during the continuance of the war, the complete burden of it, would soon grow weary of it, and the government, in order to humor them, would not be under the necessity of carrying it on longer than it was necessary to do so." Central-bank inflation renders the costs of war even more invisible than debt financing does and is therefore even more disastrous for the American public.
Thomas DiLorenzo is professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and the author of How Capitalism Saved America, The Real Lincoln, Lincoln Unmasked, and Hamilton's Curse.
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Die römisch-katholische, denkmalgeschützte  Herz-Jesu-Kirche steht in Neckarsteinach, einer Gemeinde im Kreis Bergstraße in Hessen. Die Kirche gehört zur Kirchengemeinde Neckartal im Dekanat Bergstraße-Ost des Bistums Mainz.

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Die im neobarocken Baustil erbaute Saalkirche nach einem Entwurf von Friedrich Pützer wurde am 8. November 1908 eingeweiht. An das Kirchenschiff schließt sich die halbrunde Apsis im Osten an. Der Kirchturm, der mit einer glockenförmigen Haube bedeckt ist, steht im Süden des Kirchenschiffs. In seinem Glockenstuhl hängen seit 1963 vier Kirchenglocken. Im Westen hat die Fassade einen Volutengiebel. Das Portal hat einen gesprengten Giebel, über dem die Statue von Jesus Christus steht.

Der Innenraum ist mit einem flachen Tonnengewölbe überspannt. Der spätbarocke Hochaltar entstand um 1750 und stammt von der katholischen Kirche St. Stephan (Mainz-Gonsenheim). Die zwei Seitenaltäre, die der Maria und dem Josef geweiht sind, standen von 1711 bis 1908 in der evangelischen Kirche. Zur weiteren Kirchenausstattung gehören ein Taufbecken aus dem 17. Jahrhundert und die Kanzel aus einer abgebrochenen Kirche in Mannheim-Neckarau aus dem 18. Jahrhundert.

Die Orgel mit 16 Registern, zwei Manualen und einem Pedal wurde 1974 von der Orgelbau Oberlinger gebaut und 2010 von der Raab Plenz Orgelbau restauriert.

Literatur
 Georg Dehio: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Hessen II, Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / München 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03117-3, S. 602 u. 604.

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•September 28, 2014
•Patrick Lagreid
•Cigars, Honduras, Limited Edition, Reviews, Viaje
Viaje White Label Project PL TB#7
It's been more than three and a half years since Viaje unveiled the White Label Project, a range of cigars that run the spectrum from candela to dark Nicaraguan leaves that pack a serious punch. The line was one described by Andre Farkas of Viaje as "the vehicle by which we will release experimental blends, shapes, mash ups, factory errors, etc. It's a peek behind the factory curtain."
Since that first White Label Project released in January 2011, a tweaked version of the Viaje Summerfest in a corona gorda vitola, there have been three annual releases for St. Patrick's Day, a Thanksgiving line known as the Stuffed Turkey that has steadily grown and this year will leave the WLP as well as add a new member, plus a handful of other one-offs. With the release of the PL TB #7, Viaje's White Label Project collection now 13 releases.
Viaje White Label Project (OR) (5 5/8 x 46) — January 2011 — 50 Bundles of 25 Cigars (1,250 Total Cigars)
Viaje White Label Project St. Patrick's (5 x 50) — March 2011 — 100 Bundles of 25 Cigars (2,500 Total Cigars)
Viaje White Label Project Fifty Fifty Red (6 x 48) — June 2011 — 200 Bundles of 25 Cigars (5,000 Total Cigars)
Viaje White Label Project Stuffed Turkey (5 x 60) — November 2011 — 150 Bundles of 25 Cigars (3,750 Total Cigars)*
Viaje White Label Project Winter Classic (4 1/2 x 48) — February 2012 — 250 Bundles of 25 Cigars (6,250 Total Cigars)
Viaje White Label Project St. Patrick's (2012) (5 x 52) — March 2012 — 150 Bundles of 25 Cigars (3,750 Total Cigars)
Viaje White Label Project Stuffed Turkey White Meat (2012) (5 x 60) — December 2012 — 150 Bundles of 25 Cigars (3,750 Total Cigars)
Viaje White Label Project Stuffed Turkey Dark Meat (2012) (5 x 60) — December 2012 — 150 Bundles of 25 Cigars (3,750 Total Cigars)
Viaje White Label Project Super Super Shot 12 Gauge (3 1/2 x 52) — May 2013 — 300 Bundles of 25 Cigars (7,500 Total Cigars)
Viaje White Label Project Stuffed Turkey White Meat (2013) (5 x 58) — October 2013 — 150 Bundles of 25 Cigars (3,750 Total Cigars)
Viaje White Label Project Stuffed Turkey Dark Meat (2013) (5 x 58) — October 2013 — 150 Bundles of 25 Cigars (3,750 Total Cigars)
Viaje White Label Project PL TB#7 (6 x 40) — August 2014 — 300 Bundles of 25 Cigars (7,500 Total Cigars)
Interestingly, this is the first WLP release for Viaje this year, despite having released an otherwise steady stream of cigars under existing and new names and the project having made additions across the calendar in years past.
A spokesman for Viaje told halfwheel that there isn't much of a backstory to the PL TB#7's history, other than that "Andre had been wanting to roll a petit lancero for some time." Instead of adding the size to an existing line in Viaje's portfolio, however, it was decided that the cigar would come out under the White Label Project. As for the name PL TB#7 translates into Petit Lancero Test Blend #7, as the blend went through seven rounds of revisions before being approved.
This latest addition began arriving at retail in late August, joined by new churchill sizes in the Viaje Oro Reserva (V.O.R.) and Viaje Platino Reserva (V.P.R.), both called the Aficionado. Additionally, select retailers also received the latest Viaje Friends & Family release, a 6 x 50 box-pressed toro called Bel Air.
Cigar Reviewed: Viaje White Label Project PL TB #7
Factory: Fabrica de Tabacos Raíces Cubanas S. de R.L.
Wrapper: Nicaragan Corojo '99
Binder: Nicaragua
Size: 6 Inches
Vitola: Petit Lancero
MSRP: $8.32 (Boxes of 25, $208)
Number of Cigars Released: 300 Bundles of 25 Cigars (7,500 Total Cigars)
Number of Cigars Smoked for Review: 3
I'm glad to see Andre Farkas using a size that is a personal favorite of mine and the first impression is certainly favorable. The wrapper covering the long and lean WLP PL TB#7 offers a couple shades of brown along its length, getting lighter near the veins and noticeably darker near the foot, a collection that evokes images of different roasts of coffee beans. There's a little bit of sheen to it and the texture is fairly smooth on the fingers thanks to some small tobacco hairs. The pre-light aroma has a note that reminds me a bit of beef jerky in that it's not outright meaty or saucy, but rather a combination of the two that has had time to mesh and mellow. One sample is much brighter and pepper-laden than the other two, but regardless of the intensity it's an enjoyable and engaging start. The cold draw is equally as interesting but in a much different way, as it is heartier and more concentrated, almost what I think of beef broth tasting like, though again one leaned more towards hot-and-sour soup due to a complex spice note. The air movement ranged from spot on to a little firm but not seemingly problematic, as the cigar has a bit of give to it from head to toe.
The first puffs of the Viaje WLP PL TB#7 are a bit hard to describe other than saying it's a fairly restrained yet balanced approach for this Nicaraguan puro that I was expecting a bit more kick from. There is a bit of pepper, chalk, earth. An early retrohale is almost surprisingly easy, but it does let on some hints that there's more in store, and in fact it's just a few puffs later before the pepper breaks through and retrohales get much fuller. Flavors of earth and coffee start to distinguish themselves on the palate, with a lingering tingle on the tongue left by gradually increasing amounts of pepper. There is a very enjoyable interplay between the cigar's taste and its aroma, as the nose gets a brighter sensation than the tongue does, yet they work together very well. Pepper doesn't begin to show up on the palate in earnest until the second third is on the horizon, and with the leash off it takes a few good steps forward in the flavor. It seems to be a bit lighter of a pepper note than I found earlier, making it punchier and eliciting a different physical reaction. So far the cigar has burned well, with ample smoke production, a sharp and even burn line and decent ash for the smaller ring gauge that has a fair amount of black and dark gray in it, almost to the point of being noteworthy.
The flavor profile seems to shift gears fairly quickly, shifting to bright notes of chalk and white pepper and shedding the heavier base notes that were present at the start. There is an ample amount of pepper in both the flavor and aroma, yet it doesn't seem to overpower or dominate the cigar, save for maybe a bit of a residual hit towards the back of the tongue and into the throat. Even with a bit of dryboxing, the first Viaje WLP PL TB#7 isn't without a few burn issues, needing a total relight at the midpoint despite what has been an otherwise impressive burn. The second and third cigar overcame this with a day and day-and-a-half, respectively, in an empty cigar box, and in fact burned beautifully from start to finish, quite possibly one of the best burning Viajes I've had. The strength of the cigar continues to increase but by and large doesn't regain the heavier base notes and now sits with its toes on the line of being a full-bodied smoke despite not offering what I would describe as lots of pepper, though a few retrohales show that the cigar does have a more polished kick to it. In the nose, the smoke is much brighter and aggressive than it had been earlier.
The profile seems to have sharpened up a bit a bit more, with the pepper becoming more pointed and direct, something that gets amplified with too quick of a draw, as is the case with pretty much every smaller ring gauge cigar. Assuming you have helped this cigar along its development process with a bit of dryboxing, there's no need to rush through it as the flavors can be bright and bold, with no lack of pepper either. Beyond that, there are plentiful notes of earth and coffee, a hearty and robust flavor that is very enjoyable provided its intensity isn't too much for your palate. Again, burn issues hamper the final third in the first sample which didn't have as much dryboxing time, but the second and third were as good as I could have asked for; as the burn line didn't waver a bit. Given the smaller ring gauge, care has to be exercised not to puff too frequently on the cigar in the final third to keep the smoke from getting overly hot and rough on the palate, otherwise it's a pleasantly full-bodied finish that will keep your taste buds and olfactory senses fully engaged until you decide you've had your fill.
One thing that struck me as I was smoking the third cigar for this review was just how much the dryboxing helped not only with the burn, but it seemed to bring the flavors to a new level of vitality.
I happened to smoke a fourth sample at a local retailer, though it was before this review was assigned to me and as such not a factor in the score. What I will say is that it had some burn issues and made me think I should dry box these before reviewing them.
So with those two points, I must advise you to drybox these before you smoke them, otherwise you run the risk of muted flavors and an uncooperative burn.
With the original White Label Project release, Andre Farkas wanted to keep them from being sold on the Internet. That demand has clearly been dropped since that initial release.
Brian Burt and Charlie Minato's visit to Viaje's IPCPR Convention & Trade Show booth this year yielded a pretty good look at what's in store from the company.
In my correspondence with Viaje about this cigar, I was intrigued that the Stuffed Turkey was referred to as the "first graduate of the WLP program." It makes sense, but just caught my off guard on first read.
Final smoking time was one hour and 40 minutes on average.
The cigars for this review were purchased by halfwheel.
Site sponsor Atlantic Cigar currently lists the Viaje White Label Project PL TB#7 as being on backorder, meaning they are likely sold out. You can always call them at 800-887-7877 to confirm; if you do, please mention that halfwheel sent you.
88 Overall Score
If there's one thing that can be said about the Viaje White Label Project as a whole, it's that you're never quite sure what you are going to get. For the notoriously tight-lipped company, the line is that much more of a mystery from release to release. In this installment, Viaje delivers a medium-plus to full bodied cigar that shifts more in intensity than flavor, save for steadily ramping up the pepper as the cigar goes along. I can't stress enough the benefits that dryboxing the cigar offered, other than to say it was worth a couple of points to the final score. While not Viaje's most complex offering to date, it's certainly not a let-down when it comes to a full-bodied cigar.
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I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it's about so much more than the cigar – it's about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I'm the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for MLB.com, plus I'm a voice over artist. I previously covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.
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The most exciting movie in the world of football – Sequent Occupation
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When the new season kicks off in October, football fans will have a new home away from home for the first time since 2007, and for the second time in just a few years.
The move is being spearheaded by the UK Football Association and the Premier League, the two biggest football leagues in the country.
The new home of the Sequent occupiers is in the form of a stadium in the heart of Glasgow, and the players and their families will be part of the grand reopening celebrations that kick off on Thursday morning.
The city of Glasgow is a world-class city, but it has also seen some tragic and unfortunate incidents in recent years.
Glasgow's last Major League Soccer team, which played at the old Hampden Stadium in the 1960s, was destroyed by fire in 1992.
But Glasgow is no stranger to football, having hosted the FA Cup Final for the last four years, and last season saw the opening of a new stadium for the club.
"The Sequent occupation has had an enormous impact on the football community in Glasgow," said the SNP's Glasgow city director, Mike Weir.
What is Sequent? "
A stadium in Glasgow is going to provide a safe environment for the Sequents, as well as bringing together people who might not otherwise be able to come together on the same day."
What is Sequent?
The Sequent occupy have a long history in Glasgow, having been part of Glasgow's Black Country for centuries.
From the 1950s to the early 1970s, there were between 3,000 and 4,000 people living in Glasgow's Scottish Borders, and in the late 1970s a new community of Black Countryers took over Hampden.
After a year in which the city's Black population began to decline, in 1992 the Black population in Glasgow dropped below 1,000.
After years of campaigning by the Scottish Government and the SNP, the city council announced in 1997 that it was considering a plan to create a permanent Black community.
The plan was backed by a host of public bodies, including the Scottish government and the National Lottery.
A group of Black people living on the outskirts of Glasgow in 1997.
In 2002, the Sequences began their own Black community, the Black Country Club, in the centre of Glasgow.
The club attracted thousands of fans, but by 2002 the city had seen the number of people leaving the Black communities on the city rise, and by 2005 the number was nearly 400 people.
"It was very hard to find a place to stay and stay in Glasgow and to move around in the city," said one of the club's members, Steve McLeod.
"So we decided to move and we were all looking for somewhere to go."
The Sequents have lived in Glasgow for decades, with the majority living in the Black Borders.
However, by the late 1990s, the region was on the brink of being transformed, with a planned $1.5 billion redevelopment project that would see millions of square metres of new development and new homes.
The Sequences were not the only group of people who felt that the redevelopment project was taking place too slowly, and so the club formed a group called the Black City Residents' Association (BCRA).
"We had a lot of people coming into the city and they felt that it wasn't happening fast enough, so we wanted to be involved," said McLeod, who now runs the club as the club captain.
"That's why we started organising Black Country Clubs."
A group from the Black Community Club in Glasgow.
"You're a part of a community, and it's something that's not just about football," said another club member, John Tait, who is also the chairman of the BCRA.
"There's a lot more to the city than just football, and you can see the community that's being built here."
The club started as a small community of about 20 people, but has since grown to more than 200 members, who work together on many issues including the Black History Month celebrations, Black History Week, Black Culture Week, and many more.
"I think the best thing about the club is the people we have in it," McLeod said.
"If I had my druthers, the biggest issue I'd like to have is a football club that's as diverse as the community we're part of."
What happens at the Sequential Occupation?
After the Sequenced were granted permission to relocate, they were given a licence to operate the stadium, which is the same structure that the club currently uses.
The group also holds community meetings and helps build the infrastructure for the new stadium, including roads and bridges.
The stadium will also house the club and a number of other community groups, including a Black History Museum, a museum dedicated to Black History, a Black Heritage Museum, and a Black Women's Centre.
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IATA: Middle East and Africa Airlines Revenue Losses Mount – Urgent Government Support Required
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The International Air Transport Association strengthened its call for urgent action from governments in Africa and the Middle East to provide financial relief to airlines as the latest IATA scenario for potential revenue loss by carriers in Africa and the Middle East reached US$23 billion (US$19 billion in the Middle East and US$4 billion in Africa). This translates into a drop of industry revenues of 32% for Africa and 39% for the Middle East for 2020 as compared to 2019.
Some of the impacts at national level include:
o 9.5 million fewer passengers resulting in a US$1.6 billion revenue loss, risking almost 205,560 jobs and around US$2.4 billion in contribution to the Egyptian economy.
o 10.7 million fewer passengers resulting in a US$2.29 billion revenue loss, risking 186,850 jobs and US$3.8 billion in contribution to South Africa's economy.
o 3.5 million fewer passengers resulting in a US$ 0.76 billion revenue loss, risking 91,380 jobs and US$0.65 billion in contribution to Nigeria's economy.
o 1.6 million fewer passengers resulting in a US$0.3billion revenue loss, risking 327,062 jobs and US$1.2 billion in contribution to Ethiopia's economy.
o 2.5 million fewer passengers resulting in a US$ 0.54 billion revenue loss, risking 137,965 jobs and US$1.1 billion in contribution to Kenya's economy.
To minimize the broad damage that these losses would have across the African and Middle East economies, it is vital that governments step up their efforts to aid the industry. Many governments in the region have committed to provide relief from the effect of COVID-19. And some have already taken direct action to support aviation including the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. But more help is needed. IATA is calling for a mixture of:
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loans, loan guarantees and support for the corporate bond market
We are also starting to see several governments in the region providing some financial and tax reliefs, including deferral of aircraft lease payments by the government of Cabo Verde, extension of VAT refund payment dates in Saudi Arabia and positive considerations for financial relief from governments across the region including Jordan, Rwanda, Angola and the UAE.
"The air transport industry is an economic engine, supporting up to 8.6 million jobs across Africa and the Middle East and $186 billion in GDP. Every job created in the aviation industry supports another 24 jobs in the wider economy. Governments must recognize the vital importance of the air transport industry, and that support is urgently needed. Airlines are fighting for survival in every corner of the world. Travel restrictions and evaporating demand mean that, aside from cargo, there is almost no passenger business. Failure by Governments to act now will make this crisis longer and more painful. Airlines have demonstrated their value in economic and social development in Africa and the Middle East and governments need to prioritize them in rescue packages. Healthy airlines will be essential to jump-start the Middle East and global economies post-crisis," said Muhammad Al Bakri (photo), IATA's Regional Vice President for Africa and the Middle East.
In addition to financial support, IATA called for regulators to support the industry. Key priorities in Africa and the Middle East include:
Providing a package of measures to ensure air cargo operations, including fast track procedures to obtain overflight and landing permits, exempting flight crew members from 14-day quarantine, and removing economic impediments (overflight charges, parking fees, and slot restrictions).
Providing financial relief on Airport and Air Traffic Control (ATC) Charges and Taxes
Ensuring aeronautical information is published, timely, accurately, and without ambiguity, ensuring the airlines can plan and execute their flights
"Some regulators are taking positive action. We are grateful to the Ghana, Morocco, the UAE, Saudi Arabic and South Africa for agreeing a full-season waiver to the slot use rule. This will enable airlines and airports greater flexibility for this season and greater certainty for summer. But there is more to do on the regulatory front. Governments need to recognize that we are in a crisis," said Al Bakri.
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Billy Joe Saunders expected back in December
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By Barry Holbrook: Billy Joe Saunders is back in the gym after a year out of the ring following his eighth-round stoppage loss to Canelo Alvarez a year ago in May 2021.
Saunders, 32, has been training at Dominic Ingle's gym for his comeback fight in December. It's unclear what Saunders' goal is for his December ring return.
If Billy Joe wants a lucrative rematch with Canelo, he will likely need to beat a handful of top-five caliber contenders from the 168 and/or 160-lb division to make that happen.
Beating the likes of Caleb Plant, Jermall Charlo, David Benavidez, David Morrell Jr, Edgar Berlanga, or Gennadiy Golovkin would be the kind of wins that Saunders needs to increase his chances for a rematch with Canelo.
The former two-division world champion Saunders (30-1, 14 KOs) has been licking his wounds from his battle against the superstar Canelo from a fight in which Billy Joe suffered multiple fractures of his left eye socket from an uppercut in the eighth round.
"He came back a couple of weeks back just to find his feet, get away from home," Ingle said to The Star about Billy Joe Saunders.
"He's aiming to fight in December. His nutritionist Greg Marriott is based in Sheffield; we have just got to sit down and work out a plan of where he goes from there.
"That's another conversation I need to have when I get back to Sheffield. It might work out; it might not," said Ingle.
Saunders has the skills to pick up where he left off as a top super middleweight, but whether he can stay active enough for a big fight remains to be seen.
If Billy Joe is serious about his comeback, he needs to work on his conditioning because he gassed out badly against Canelo after six rounds in a fight that wasn't face-paced. Canelo was walking Saunders down slowly like a small heavyweight, and that was enough for him to gas out.
There are some excellent money fights for Saunders if he can get back in the ring. Eddie Hearn would like to match Saunders up against John Ryder or Chris Eubank Jr in rematches. Ryder is the WBA 168-lb mandatory for Canelo's belt. If Saunders could fight Ryder with his mandatory spot on the line, it would be worth going in that direction.
"In the Canelo fight, he didn't have a fantastic camp, but he gave a very decent performance. I think he could have beaten Canelo. Maybe there's more to the mark with Billy; let's just see how it goes," said Ingle.
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Taking Charge To Reach New Heights
Route setters: Shauna Coxsey and Emma Twyford are leading the way in the UK to create opportunities for women in the climbing world
By Hannah Bailey
Even if you don't know much about climbing (and there is a lot to know, including a whole dictionary of terms) the names Shauna Coxsey and Emma Twyford may ring a bell. They are two of the biggest current climbers on the UK scene; Emma known for her trad climbing and a record-breaking "Big Bang" climb in 2019. Whilst Shauna is a boulder World Champion who represented team GB in the historical Tokyo Olympic Games which included climbing for the first time this year.
Boulder World Champion, Shauna Coxsey. Photography by Matthew Bird.
They have set very different routes in their own professional climbing careers, which both span over 25 years. That's half a century of experience, perspective, hard graft and passion between them. Their similarities go beyond simply their success in the sport of climbing, with both Emma and Shauna working tirelessly and passionately to create opportunities and space for more women in the climbing world. Whether you have never climbed before or you have set your sights on becoming a freelance route setter (a person who designs climbing wall routes), Shauna and Emma are two great spokespeople for forging your own route into climbing and up the wall.
Emma Twyford has been climbing for over 25 years. Photography by Ray Wood.
As a professional climber, a Patagonia Ambassador and a freelance route setter, Emma is a unicorn in the industry."I was incredibly lucky to start outside on traditional rock routes in the Lake District. I think a love of being outdoors was ingrained into me from a very young age and this kept my passion for climbing alive," she says. Emma has been climbing now for over 25 years and although she spent time on the competitive circuit it was never really for her. The draw of the outdoors was always on her mind, and when she was 24, working full-time and training hard, she realised her love of climbing had evaporated. "In some ways leaving competitions behind was the easiest decision I'd ever made." she says. "My climbing skyrocketed after that because I was pursuing my genuine love for climbing." She has gone on to do so much it's hard to know where to start, but perhaps a good place is with her career highlight and one for the record books. In 2019 she climbed her hardest route to date, The Big Bang (9a). In doing so she became the first British woman to climb this grade. It was a momentous feat.
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Emma is one of the only female route setters in the UK. Photography by Hannah Bailey.
Through her climbing, she has sparked a realisation for more women to see what is possible, but she says the industry still has a way to go. As one of the only freelance female route setters in the UK, a hugely technical and physical job, Emma is trying to break down barriers for more women to take up the challenge of it. "We are still in a heavily male dominated industry and although the diversity of participation in climbing has increased, it still hasn't spread to working within the climbing industry." she explains. "I think one of the main reasons that holds ladies back from taking on route setting is genuinely a lack of confidence in their own ability." Through workshops in partnership with Evie Cotrulia (head setter for White, Red and Green Spider climbing) and Creative Climbing, they are trying to change that mentality and perspective. In 2017, they came up with the idea of female-only workshops designed to provide a safe and comfortable space for women to try route setting, teaching the basics in the hope it sparks an interest and more women to enter the space and become the route setters.
"I fell in love with bouldering, mainly because it didn't require any faff, no ropes or belay which I thought was cool." Photography by The Wall.
On TV this past summer, millions of people will have watched Shauna Coxsey take to the wall for the Olympic sport climbing debut. For her it was a challenge which came along at a pivotal point in her career. It almost felt like the right time for her to retire from competition, something she had been doing since she was aged seven, but the allure of the Olympic stadium kept her on the circuit. "I always wanted to be World number one, I said that from a young age." she explains. "I started competing at seven and made the GB team at eleven, and then fell in love with bouldering, mainly because it didn't require any faff, no ropes or belay which I thought was cool. I could just go do it on my own." She was inspired to find her local climbing wall after seeing legendary climber Catherine Destivelle on TV (to think how many people she has now inspired to do the same now). She didn't come from a "climbing family" but through her local wall, she was quickly accepted and welcomed into the climbing community. The community is what has kept her active in the scene for more than 25 years, throughout which she has seen a lot of change.
"Climbing is such a natural thing for us to do." Photography by Matthew Bird.
Climbing in general has seen a huge rate of growth over the past two years, with accessibility to indoor climbing walls bringing more people into the sport. Combined with its Olympic debut, climbing has hit the eyes of the masses. A new documentary, The Wall – Climb for Gold details the journey of four climbers, including Shauna, on their journey over the past two years to the Games. It was a busy and intense time for her, something she now has time to reflect on post Olympics and in competitive retirement.
"We've got ideas for how to make the symposium bigger and better." Photography by Hannah Bailey.
Competition has always been at the forefront of Shauna's career, but away from that it is about the simplicity of climbing and what it brought to her life. "I've always been really passionate about climbing being inclusive and accessible." Shauna says. "At the wall, if the guys are trying something, it wouldn't have crossed my mind that I couldn't try it. It actually wasn't until I started working at the "Climbing Hangar", one of my first jobs, and I was coaching a women's class that I realised barriers existed." This realisation set Shauna off on a path towards creating the Women's Climbing Symposium, a community driven platform and yearly event that brings people together to support the ladies' side of the scene. It provides a much-needed space for women to overcome the barriers that exist, to get more out of climbing, whilst connecting people and developing the sport. "We've got ideas for how to make the symposium bigger and better." says Shauna.
Emma hosts female-only climbing workshops. Photography by Hannah Bailey.
"Climbing walls have more diverse groups being set up." Photography by Hannah Bailey.
Over at the route setting workshops, Emma and Rosie aim to provide women with the confidence to go to the walls and take charge, and they hope that the women on the course go on to continue setting routes (which many have). As the sport grows, Emma wants to encourage those who don't see themselves in the climbing space (like her in route setting) to set up their own groups and exist. She suggests reaching out to similar groups, or people who have started their own and don't forget to ask for help from the walls. "I would say it is only in recent years that climbing is truly becoming more diverse and accessible, but the wonderful thing about climbing is we have so many strong and individual personalities shining through." says Emma."We are also at a point where climbing walls have more diverse groups being set up." Something which she is doing through the workshops around the country.
Both the route setting workshops and Women's Climb Symposium are giving people an access route and safe way into climbing that didn't exist before, even five years ago."I think climbing as a sport should be for everybody but there's a lot of work that needs to be done to continue to make the spaces accessible to people from all backgrounds, of all races, all abilities and all genders." explains Shauna. "Climbing is such a natural thing for us to do. And that transcends all boundaries, regardless of who you are, where you come from and what you're capable of. One of the things I love most about being at a climbing wall is that there's no division." When it comes to advice on how to start climbing from an Olympic climber and World Champion, the people are key. Find someone to go with, or just turn up in comfy clothes at your local wall and the climbing community will welcome you in with hire shoes and chalk. As Shauna explains, "It's a sport that is accessible for everybody and we need the people of the sport to ensure that those beyond our community know that they are welcome."
"I've always been really passionate about climbing being inclusive and accessible." Photography by Toby Ziff.
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