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Found not guilty after trial.
a formal proceeding in a court by which one seeks to enforce a right, redress a wrong, or obtain punishment for an offense
Accusatory Instrument:
An accusation on behalf of the People of the State of New York against a designated person known as the "defendant". Accusatory instrument may be in the form on an indictment, information, simplified information, prosecutor's information, superior court information, misdemeanor complaint or felony complaint.
a temporary postponement of the proceedings of a case until a specified future time
Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal:
An adjournment in contemplation of dismissal is an adjournment of the action without date ordered with a view to ultimate dismissal of the accusatory instrument in furtherance of justice.
A judicial decision or sentence; to hear or try and determine judicially
Adversary system:
the system of trial practice in the U.S. and some other countries in which each of the opposing, or adversary, parties has full opportunity to present and establish its opposing contentions before the court
A signed sworn statement in writing; a written or printed declaration or statement of facts, made voluntarily, and confirmed by the oath or affirmation of the party making it, taken before a person having authority to administer such oath or affirmation.
Affidavit of Errors:
A signed sworn statement setting forth alleged errors or defects in the proceeding which are the subjects of the appeal.
Affidavit of Service:
A signed sworn statement affirming delivery of a "named" document.
an act of declaring something to be true under the penalty of perjury by a person who conscientiously declines to take an oath for religious or other pertinent reasons
Aids to Navigation:
Buoys, beacons or other fixed objects in the water which are used to mark obstructions to navigation or to direct navigation through safe channels.
the assertion, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, made in a pleading, setting out what he expects to prove
invitation to a defendant, before imposition of sentence, to address the court, in mitigation of punishment or for arrest of judgment; act of addressing or exhorting
alternate juror:
a juror selected as substitute in case another juror must leave the jury panel
A pleading by a defendant; reply, response, defense.
apparently eligible youth:
a youth charged with a crime who appears to be eligible for youthful offender status
A proceeding to have a case examined by a higher court to see if a lower court's proceedings were conducted and decisions were proper.
A party who files an appeal.
The proceeding in which a defendant is brought before the court for an official reading of the offense charged.
Arrest Warrant:
An written order directing a police officer to arrest a named person and bring him or her before the court for the purpose of arraigning on an accusatory instrument.
assigned counsel:
defense counsel assigned by court to represent an indigent defendant
the act of witnessing an instrument in writing at the request of the party making the same, and subscribing it as a witness
attorney of record:
attorney whose name appears in the permanent records or files of a case
A designated sum of money fixed by the court to secure a defendant's future appearance.
bail conditions set
the amount and type of bail ordered by the Judge. The Court may set bail conditions at arraignment.
bail is exonerated
bail is returned to the person who posted the bail; once the person is sentenced, any cash bail posted is exonerated less a 3% fee, and returned to the person who posted the bail, unless otherwise ordered by the court.
bail is forfeit
loss of bail for failure to meet conditions set by court. The bail is forfeit if the defendant does not appear as ordered and a warrant is issued.
bail is reinstated
bail previously forfeited is reapplied to the defendant. The court might reinstate bail if the defendant has an acceptable reason for not appearing in court.
bail is remitted
forfeited bail is reinstated and exonerated, and usually returned to the person who posted the bail.
Bench Warrant:
A written order directing a police officer to take into custody the defendant who had previously been arraigned and bring him or her before the court: a process of a criminal court in which a criminal action is pending, directing a police officer, or a uniformed court officer, pursuant to CPL 530.70(2)(b) to take into custody a defendant in such action who has previously been arraigned upon the accusatory instrument by which the action was commenced, and to bring him/her before such court [CPL 1.20(30)]
bill of particulars:
a written statement by the prosecutor specifying items of factual information which are not recited in the indictment and which pertain to the offense charged [See CPL 200.95 (1)(a).]
a written or printed document prepared by the lawyers on each side of a dispute and submitted to the court in support of their arguments - a brief includes the points of law which the lawyer wishes to
establish, the arguments he uses, and the legal authorities on which he rest his conclusions
a list or schedule of cases to be heard in court or scheduled for appearance on a specific date.
calendar call:
the calling of cases to appear and be heard usually done at the beginning of each court day
capital case:
a case in which the death penalty may be imposed
case file:
the court file containing papers submitted in a case
Certificate of Conviction/Disposition:
A certified description of the disposition of a case.
Certificate of Relief From Disabilities:
A certificate that relieves an eligible offender of any forfeiture or disability, or removes any bar to his/her employment automatically imposed by law by reason of his/her conviction of a crime or an offense.
to testify in writing
an exception taken to a juror before he/she is sworn
challenge the array:
to challenge to the entire panel of jurors called to serve
for a specific period of time
challenge for cause:
a challenge based on a legally specified reason
change of venue:
the removal of a suit or action begun in one county or district to another county or district for trial, though the term may also apply to the removal of a suit or action from one court to another court of
the same county or district
charge to jury:
in trial practice, an address delivered by the court to the jury at the close of the case instructing the jury as to what principles of law they are to apply in reaching a decision
clerk's extract:
a summary of a trial which is written by a clerk
clerk's minutes:
notes, which are taken by a clerk, of events that occurred in court
commissioner of jurors:
a person in charge of summoning citizens for jury duty
commitment order:
the action of a judicial officer ordering that a person subject to judicial proceedings be placed in a particular kind of confinement or residential facility, for a specific reason authorized by law
Concurrent Sentence:
Sentence of imprisonment which is to be served at the same time as another sentence is being served.
Conditional Discharge:
A sentence after conviction or plea of guilty that releases a defendant with respect to the conviction for which the sentence is imposed without imprisonment or probation supervision, subject to conditions determined by the court (Penal Law §65.05).
conformed copy:
a copy of an original document signed by the judge, indicated by /s/ judge's name
Consecutive Sentence:
A sentence to be served after a previously imposed sentence is completed.
contempt of court:
an act or omission tending to obstruct or interfere with the orderly administration of justice or to impair the dignity of the court or respect for its authority
A plea of guilty or a guilty verdict after trial: he entry of a plea of guilty to, or a verdict of guilty upon, an accusatory instrument other than a felony complaint, or to one or more counts of such instrument [CPL 1.20 (13)].
Coram Nobis:
A written court order vacating a judgment of a conviction.
corroborating evidence:
evidence supplementary to that already given and tending to support or confirm it
court reporter:
a person who transcribes by shorthand or stenographically takes down testimony during court proceedings
an offense which is designated in any law governing conduct as a misdemeanor or a felony - infractions and violations are not crimes
questioning by a party or his/her attorney of an adverse party or a witness called by an adverse party
the determination reached by a court or a jury in any judicial proceeding, which is the basis of the judgment
The party accused of committing an offense.
the process by which a panel of sequestered jurors comes to a decision on a verdict
written testimony, always sworn, of a witness
direct examination
the first interrogation of a witness by the party on whose behalf he/she is called
the procedural means by which one party to an action is informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses
termination of a proceeding for a procedurally prescribed reason
dismissal without prejudice:
a dismissal in which the DA has leave to resubmit
dismissal with prejudice:
a dismissal on the merits preventing further or later proceedings on the same matter
the act of terminating judicial proceeding
the result of a judicial proceeding by order, judgment or sentence; The final outcome/end result.
a document which summarizes a case; also, the identifying number for a case
Docket Number:
A separate sequential unique number the court assigns manually or by computer to each action filed.
domestic violence registry:
a statewide electronic database of orders of protection and warrants
that place where a person has his true and permanent home - a person may have several residences, but only one domicile
double jeopardy
the danger of twice being tried, convicted and punished for the same offense
Driving While Impaired:
Operating a motor vehicle when ability is impaired by the consumption of alcohol. See VTL § 1192(1); 1195(2)(b), (c).
dual jury trial (criminal bifurcated trial):
two separate trials, held simultaneously, with two juries, each deciding the guilt or innocence of the defendant - there are separate opening and closing statements for each of the defendants and where evidence pertains to only one defendant, the jury for the other defendant is excused - the juries are charged separately - referring only to the applicable law for the evidence each had heard
et al
an abbreviation of et alia, meaning "and others"
any species of proof including witness testimony, records, documents and material objects offered for admission at a trial or other proceeding in a court of law
1. the performance of all acts necessary to render a written instrument complete, such as signing, sealing, acknowledging, and delivering the instruments,
2. supplementary proceedings to enforce a judgment, which, if monetary, involves a direction to the sheriff to take the necessary steps to collect the judgment
the authentication of an official record for use in evidence, by additional proof as to capacity of the person attesting it to be an official record
a paper, document or other article produced and exhibited to a court during a trial or hearing and, on being accepted, is marked for identification or admitted in evidence
ex parte:
an application, motion or proceeding by or on behalf of a party conducted in the absence of and without notice to the opposing party
a fixed charge for service rendered
An offense for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment in excess of one year may be imposed.
the court's decision on issues of fact
a sum imposed as punishment for an offense
a member of a jury appointed by the trial judge who must be the first juror called and sworn, who delivers the verdict to the court
Forfeiture of Bail:
Loss of bailor's funds because defendant fails to appear (CPL§540.10).
grand jury:
a grand jury is a body of citizens consisting of not less than 16 and not more than 23 members - sixteen members are required for a quorum and 12 must concur to find an indictment
habeas corpus:
"You have the body" - the name given a variety of writs whose object is to bring a person before a court or judge - in most common usage, it is directed to the official or person detaining another,
commanding him to produce the body of the prisoner or person detained so the court may determine if such person has been denied his liberty without due process of law
a formal proceeding in which witnesses are heard and exhibits presented and the party proceeded against has the right to be heard in much the same manner as a non-jury trial
hearsay evidence:
testimony of a witness (usually oral) based on something heard from another
hung jury:
a jury whose members cannot reconcile their differences of opinion and thus cannot reach a verdict
the process by which jurors are selected and sworn to their task in camera in the judge's chamber out of the presence of the jury and the public
lack of legal qualification or fitness (physical, intellectual or moral fitness) to discharge a legally required duty
index number:
a number issued by the county clerk, which is used to identify a case - in civil matters there is usually a fee
a written accusation by a grand jury, filed with a superior court, charging a person, or two or more persons jointly, with the commission of a crime, or with the commission of two or more offenses at least one of which is a crime
indictment number:
unique number assigned to an individual indictment
A person with no means of support.
Infraction (Traffic):
Generally, a violation of any provision of the VTL or other laws regulating traffic, other than a misdemeanor or felony punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than 15 days.
an accusation for a non-felony offense, in the nature of an indictment, but which is presented by a competent public officer (i.e., DA) instead of a grand jury
a person sworn at a trial to interpret the evidence of a foreign language, speaking or deaf person
joint trial:
a trial where multiple actions are tried together
the final determination of the rights of the parties in an action or proceeding - in criminal matters, it is an adjudication of guilt and fixing of punishment (conviction and sentence)
The geographical boundaries of a city; the territory subject matter, or persons over which lawful authority may be exercised by a court or other justice agency, as determined by statute or constitution.
a prescribed number of men and women selected according to law and sworn to inquire of certain matters of fact and to declare the truth upon evidence to be laid before them in a judicial proceeding
jury instructions:
directions given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case
juvenile offender
a person between 13 to 15 years of age who is criminally responsible for certain acts as defined by the penal law
legal aid
defense counsel assigned by court to represent an indigent
Long Form Information:
A written accusation by the arresting officer fully defining and describing the offense charged which serves as the basis for prosecution.
a record, kept by the part clerk, of a court proceeding noting significant events
a crime for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment in excess of fifteen days may be imposed, but for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment in excess of one year cannot be imposed.
a trial which has been terminated and declared void prior to the reaching of verdict due to extraordinary circumstance, serious prejudicial misconduct or hung jury - it does not result in a
judgment for any party but merely indicates a failure of trial
An oral or written request made by a party to the court.
conduct which falls below the standard established by law for the protection of others against unreasonable risk of harm
Notice to Defendant of Intention to Offer Evidence (CPL§710.30 Notice):
Written evidence of a statement made by the defendant to a public servant/police officer spontaneously at the time of the incident. If voluntarily made, Notice of evidence of a statement made by the defendant to a public servant, which statement if voluntarily made, would render the evidence thereof suppressible; or, testimony regarding an observation of the defendant either at the time or place of the commission of the offense or upon some other occasion relevant to the case, to be given by a witness who has previously identified the defendant as such.
nunc pro tunc:
now for then
a swearing to the truth of a statement which, if made by one who knows it to be false, may subject one to a prosecution for perjury or other legal proceedings
conduct for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment or to a fine is provided by any law, statute or rule governing conduct
opening statement:
the first address of counsel - in trials of criminal cases the district attorney must make opening statement
oral proof:
evidence given by word of mouth; the oral testimony of a witness
a written or recorded direction of a court or judge other than a judgment to do or refrain from doing certain acts
order of protection (final or temporary):
a court order directing a defendant to comply with certain specified conditions for the purpose of protecting a person from injury, stalking and/or harassment
Order of Recognizance:
An order of the court releasing a defendant from custody during the pendency of the action. A person who is released on his/her own recognizance is released without bail.
the persons who are actively concerned in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding
peremptory challenge:
the exercise by one of the parties to a jury trial of the right to reject a prospective juror without giving any reason
the intentional making of a false statement as part of testimony by a sworn witness in a judicial proceeding on a matter material to the inquiry
State of New York, normally represented by the DA, a special prosecutor or the attorney general
a formal written request to a court, which initiates a special proceeding
petit jury:
jury of twelve (or fewer) persons for the trial of a civil or criminal case (so called to distinguish it from the grand jury)
An answer to a charge either in person or by mail.
the process by which the parties in a suit or action alternately present written statements of their contentions, each responsive to that which precedes, and each serving to narrow the field of
controversy, until there evolves a single point, affirmed on one side and denied on the other, called the "issue" upon which they then go to trial
polling the jury:
a practice whereby the jurors are asked individually whether they assented, and still assent, to the verdict
previously adjudged action or decision on same or similar point, serving as a rule or example
predicate felon:
a repeat felony offender
pre-sentence report:
a report issued prior to sentence, by the probation department or other agency containing the defendant's prior record and other relevant information about him/her, which will aid the judge in formulating a just sentence
a sentence whereby a defendant found guilty of a crime upon a verdict or plea of guilty is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court, under the supervision of a probation officer
the succession of events constituting the process by which judicial action is invoked and utilized pursuant to procedure
a legal means, such as a summons, used to subject a defendant in a lawsuit to the jurisdiction of the court; broadly, refers to all writs issued in the course of a legal proceeding
see self-represented
to pursue for redress or punishment of a crime or violation of law in due legal form in court
A public official who represents the people in a traffic action.
record (on the record):
the pleadings, the exhibits and the verbatim transcript made by the court reporter of all proceedings in a trial
the act by which a judge disqualifies him/herself in a case
a person to whom a cause pending in a court is referred by the court to take testimony, hear the parties, and report thereon to the court - he is an officer exercising judicial powers and is an arm of the court for a specific purpose
release on recognizance (ROR):
releasing a defendant on the basis that he/she will return voluntarily, and that no bail amount need be posted
legal process by which an appellate court transmits to the court below the records and proceedings before it, together with its decision, for such further action and entry of judgment as required by the decision
the party who is being sued in a special proceeding; or the party against whom an appeal is taken
as part of a sentence or as a condition of a sentence of probation or conditional discharge, the act of restoring loss, damage or injury
reparation financial payment to redress a wrong or give satisfaction for an injury
restore to calendar:
to replace the same case on a calendar after it had been removed
Suspension of a driver's license or privilege to drive and/or vehicle registration for failing to appear within 60 days of the last appearance date or for non-payment of a fine or surcharge.
Seal Order:
An order of a court mandating that a record be sealed from view by the public; to close a case file from public scrutiny - in instances of youthful offenders and favorable disposition, sealing orders are issued by the court to prevent the public from obtaining information on the case.
search warrant:
a court order directing a police officer to conduct a search of a designated premise, vehicle or person for the purpose of seizing designated property
securing order:
an order issued by the court when a principal whose further court appearance at a criminal action or proceeding is or may be required comes under the control of the court - this order either releases him/her on his/her own recognizance, fixes bail or commits the principal to the custody of the sheriff
for himself/herself, in his/her own behalf; in person; a party who, without representation, acts as his/her own attorney; pro se.
Imposition and entry of penalties upon a conviction.
sentence of imprisonment:
There are four types of sentences of imprisonment:
- indeterminate - a sentence to a minimum period and a maximum term of imprisonment. The minimum period must be at least one year. The maximum term must be at least three years. Both the minimum and the maximum must be fixed by the court [e.g., PL § 70.00(1) to (3)]
- determinate - a sentence to a specific term of imprisonment in excess of one year fixed by the court and served in a state correctional facility [e.g., PL §§ 70.04(3), 70.06(6)]
- definite - a sentence to a specific term of imprisonment of one year or less fixed by the court and served in a local correctional facility [e.g., PL § 70.15]
- intermittent - a revocable sentence of imprisonment, to be served on days or during certain periods of days, or both, specified by the court as part of the sentence [PL art. 85]
to set apart or hold for safekeeping or awaiting some determination
the exhibition or delivery of a writ, notice, etc., officially notifying a person of some action or proceeding in which he is concerned
the separation for purposes of pleading and/or trial, of multiple defendants named in a single charging document, or of multiple charges against a particular defendant listed in a single charging document
sex offender registry:
a computerized database that stores information on persons convicted of sex offenses
show cause:
an order, decree, execution, etc., to appear as directed, and present to the court such reasons and considerations as one has to offer why it should not be confirmed, take effect, or be executed, as the case may be
Simplified Traffic Information:
A written accusation by a police officer in a form described by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles which charges a person with one or more traffic infractions.
split sentence:
a sentence of incarceration to be followed by a period of probation supervision
special term:
a court room set aside to hear specific types of cases
statute of limitations:
a statute that declares that no actions of a specified kind be commenced after a specified period of time after the cause of action arose
a stopping or suspension of procedure or execution by judicial or executive order
an agreement by attorneys on opposite sides of a case as to any matter pertaining to the proceedings or trial - it is not binding unless assented to by the parties, and most stipulations must be in writing
sua sponte:
(the court upon it's own motion) a motion initiated by the court upon its own accord
A written order directing a person to appear as a witness in a designated action or proceeding to give testimony; an official order to a person to attend court and to give testimony, records may also be subpoenaed.
Subpoena Duces Tecum:
A written order requiring the production of specified physical evidence (i.e., books, papers or other things).
a process issued by a local criminal court directing a person to appear before it at a designated future time in connection with a particular proceeding; a process served by a plaintiff or a defendant to commence a civil action or proceeding
Supporting Deposition:
(1) A written document subscribed and verified by a person other than the complainant detailing factual allegations of an evidentiary nature concerning the offense charged (CPL § 100.20).
(2) A supporting deposition requested by a defendant charged by a simplified information is prepared by the complainant police officer or public servant detailing factual allegations providing reasonable cause to believe that the defendant committed the offense charged (CPL § 100.25).
the exclusion of evidence
one who formally contracts to be responsible for the obligations of another person
an oral declaration made by a witness or party under oath
the official record of proceedings in a trial or hearing
the removal of a cause from the jurisdiction of one court or judge to another by lawful authority
Judicial examination of issues between parties to an action.
Traffic Safety Law Enforcement of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Unconditional Discharge (UCD):
A sentence after conviction or plea of guilty that imposes no restrictions.
to set aside a previous action
technically, a writ summoning persons to court to act as jurors; popularly used as meaning the body of names thus summoned
the particular county, city or geographical area in which a court with jurisdiction may hear and determine a case
the announcement by a jury in the case of a jury trial, or by the court in the case of a non-jury trial, of its decision upon the defendant's guilt or innocence of the charges submitted to or considered by it
confirmation of the correctness, truth or authenticity of pleading, account or other paper by an affidavit or oath
an offense other than a traffic infraction for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment in excess of fifteen days cannot be imposed
voir dire:
a questioning of prospective jurors by the attorneys, and the judge, to see if any of them should be disqualified or removed by challenge or examination
an intentional and voluntary relinquishment of some known right
waiver of indictment:
a defendant gives up his rights to a grand jury hearing - instead, a superior court information (SCI) is filed by the prosecutor, and the defendant is arraigned thereon
one who testifies to what he has seen, heard, or otherwise observed
an order issuing from a court and requiring the performance of a specified act, or giving authority and commission to have it done
a person charged with a crime alleged to have been committed when at least sixteen years old and less than nineteen years old or a person charged with being a juvenile offender
Youthful Offender finding:
a finding, substituted for the conviction of an eligible youth, pursuant to a determination that the eligible youth is a youthful offender


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Associated Press reported yesterday on an American heroism story that was 147 years in the making. It actually relates personally, literally, to many Americans.
Alonzo Hereford Cushing has finally been approved to receive the Medal of Honor, 147 years after he fell in battle at Gettysburg. It's been known for a long time that his actions were worthy of praise.
Alonzo was the subject of a poem entitled "The Last Man At His Guns" that appeared in an 1895 book by Henry Stevenson Washburn called "The Vacant Chair and Other Poems."
I ran a Family Forest® kinship for Alonzo to see who he is known to be related to. There were over 37,000 people, including a very wide range of Americans, mostly everyday people, and some famous.
They include President Abraham Lincoln (7C), Major-General John Sedgwick who was also at Gettysburg (6C), President U.S. Grant (6C2R), potential California governor Meg Whitman (6C3R), New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. (5C6R), Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster (6C5R), baseball star Chase Utley (6C5R), Hollywood icon Raquel Welch (9C3R), astronaut Alan Shepard (6C4R), Admiral Dennis Blair (9C3R), Admiral George Dewey (7C2R), Vice President Aaron Burr (5C4R), both Presidents Bush (6C4R and 6C5R), President Grover Cleveland (6C), Vice President Charles Dawes (9C), President Millard Filmore (7C2R), President Gerald Ford (7C1R), President Herbert Hoover (6C3R), Orville and Wilbur Wright (6C2R), Admiral Richard Worsham Meade (6C), Samuel Holden Parsons who was a Major General in the American Revolution (Half 2C3R), other Revolutionary Generals Elisha Porter (3C5R) and Moses Porter (4C4R), and Civil War Generals Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (5C1R), Charles Edward Phelps (6C3R), Walter Cass Newberry (7C2R), Charles Jackson Paine (5C), Edward Porter Alexander (Half 5C), and William Tecumseh Sherman (6C1R).
Kinship reports like these illustrate the fact that the Family Forest® can connect more families personally, through actual family ties, to more of the people, places, and events in American and Old World history than any other resource.

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Trial by Fire
The car is two decades old, well past its prime and no longer fit for the road. This one is broken down, but scores of its identical twins--Datsun 120 Wides--still sputter along the crowded, cracked streets of Santiago, Dominican Republic. These modest cars are commonly used as taxis in this Checker-free cigar town. They're easy to spot--cramped, overly fragrant, looking more like clown cars than anything else, laboring up the hills surrounding the town of Santiago, a stream of dark smoke punctuating their labors as they ascend the steepest grades.
This 1980 Datsun's owner isn't a cab driver, but one of the world's most successful cigarmakers--Carlos Fuente Sr., the 65-year-old patriarch of Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia. He keeps the broken-down car as a reminder of 1980, the year he mortgaged his home, cashed in his retirement savings and headed to the Dominican Republic for one last shot at salvaging his father's cigar business.
"I got a loan," says Fuente Sr. "I didn't even know when I'd be able to pay it."
Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia. had all of seven workers when it opened its doors in 1980 in a free trade zone in Santiago. Today, it employs more than 2,500 workers in four cigar factories in the Dominican Republic, making approximately 40 million cigars a year, all of them crafted by hand.
Fuente Sr. bought that Datsun for one reason--it was the cheapest new car on the market. "I will never sell it," he says. Fuente's son Carlos Jr. recalls washing the car, inside and out, with a garden hose as part of his chores working in the family business. "Everybody squeezed into that Datsun, and it was extremely tough," says Fuente Jr., who was 26 when he moved with his father to the Dominican. "We lived in a very, very small home--no air conditioning, no electricity, no telephone for a long time. For seven years no running water. I remember my mom had to go to a little local grocery store, and the eggs were dirty, covered with dirt. You never knew if the chicken was good. The bread was hard." He pauses as he speaks. "I guess we were a lot younger; both my father and I were passionate and we were just like raging bulls."
The Fuentes went to the Dominican Republic to try to rebuild their family business after a series of devastating fires and economic realities forced them to pull up their stakes, a process that, for the family, was becoming an all-too-familiar endeavor. Fire is the albatross roped around the family throat.
Fuente Sr.'s father, Arturo, had formed A. Fuente & Co. in 1912 with a group of partners. Ten years later, the Ybor City (now part of Tampa) factory burned to the ground while Arturo was on a tobacco-buying trip in Cuba. The fire sent him back to working for other cigarmakers, and it wasn't until the 1940s that he was able to start a cigar factory again, this time as a family business.
Fuente Sr., one of only four living men who are members of the Cigar Aficionado Hall of Fame, remembers those days working for his father. When he came home from school, he was not allowed to play until he rolled 50 cigars. Later, he became a baker, but continued to work part-time in the family business.
Fuente Sr. acquired A. Fuente from his father, and realized that the days of rolling cigars by hand in America were drawing to a close. He went overseas, first to Nicaragua, then to Honduras. Both ventures ended in flames. The Sandinistas burned the Fuentes out of Nicaragua, and an accidental fire ended their Honduran venture. Running out of options, Fuente Sr. found himself back in Ybor City.
He tried to sustain a premium cigar-making business in a land where machines were pushing out the artisans that rolled tobacco into premium cigars. Fuente was also having difficulties with an aging workforce, which tended to move on to other jobs after learning English in his cigar factory. He was faced with a choice: stay in America and manufacture machine-made cigars, which he was loath to do, or move his operation to a place where he could afford to create handmade cigars.
"I told my son, 'If we're going to continue in this business it's either automation completely or move overseas.'"
This time the Fuentes moved to Santiago, which in the early 1980s wasn't the calm place that it is today. In April 1984, the tense atmosphere exploded into a war zone. "I opened the [factory] door and I stepped out, and around the corner I saw a whole mob of people coming towards our factory," Fuente Sr. recalls. "I ran inside, locked the door. Sure enough, [there was a] gunshot right through the back room. The first thing that came to mind was: I'm back in Nicaragua."
The Dominican Republic didn't turn into another Nicaragua, and Fuente Sr. survived that scare.
"If anybody had a reason to throw the towel in, it would have been Carlos Fuente Sr.," says Wayne Suarez, a Fuente executive and the son-in-law of Fuente Sr. "But he didn't. He's unbelievable. He works harder today than he did 10 years ago."
The Fuentes have built an empire on a modest foundation. The company's core Arturo Fuente brand, named after Fuente Sr.'s late father, is one of the best-selling premium cigar brands in America, with annual sales of around 20 million cigars, second only to General Cigar Co.'s Macanudo. In August, Cigar Insider, the monthly cigar newsletter published by Cigar Aficionado, named Arturo Fuente the most sought-after brand in America for the fifth year in a row.
The bulk of the Arturo Fuente brand cigars are inexpensive, starting around $3, but Fuente also has many premium-priced cigars, such as its Don Carlos line and its Hemingway line of perfectos. In addition to the brands the company owns, Fuente also makes cigars under contract, including Cuesta-Rey and Diamond Crown cigars for the Newman family, which distributes Fuente's products through a 10-year-old joint venture; Diana Silvius cigars; Savinelli ELRs; Sosas; Bauzás; and all the varieties of Ashton cigars, including the VSG, possibly the hottest cigar on the market today.
But the cigar that pushed Fuente over the top was the Fuente Fuente OpusX, the brainchild of Fuente Jr. The brand's signature is its wrapper: dark, reddish Cuban-seed tobacco leaf that the Fuentes grow on their farm in the Dominican Republic. The cigar faced challenges even before it hit the market. Some of Fuente's fellow cigarmakers told the world that good wrapper couldn't be grown in the Dominican Republic. Packaging delays kept the cigars from making their launch date.
But publicity about the uniqueness of the wrapper built interest in the brand, and when it was finally rolled out in November 1995, supplies were so limited that Fuente Fuente OpusX cigars were all but impossible to find.
Those who did find them quickly realized that the quality of the cigar lived up to its billing: the Fuente Fuente OpusX routinely outscored Cuban cigars in both Cigar Aficionado and in Cigar Insider. In the October 2000 tasting in Cigar Aficionado, the brand's Reserva d'Chateau was the second-highest rated Churchill in the issue.
The new cigar brought a host of new worries to the Fuentes. In November 1996, the makers of Opus One wine sued the Fuentes, alleging that the Fuente Fuente OpusX brand name was a takeoff on its Opus One brand. The winemakers wanted the cigars taken off the market. The Fuentes won the case, but ran up more than $2 million in legal fees during the two-year battle.
"It's been very painful," Fuente Jr. said at the time. "I never thought my family would have to defend our name like that."
After the legal battle, Hurricane Georges stormed across the Fuente wrapper farm in 1998, destroying or severely damaging 14 of its 16 barns--massive, expensive structures that store the wrapper tobacco for a month while it cures from green to brown. The storm cost the family one crop year, prompting them to temporarily cease making Fuente Fuente OpusX cigars and make Arturo Fuente Añejos instead. Fuente has since resumed making Fuente Fuente OpusX.
The Fuente company is synonymous with family: Fuente Sr. is chairman of Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia., Carlos Jr. is president, daughter Cynthia is president of Fuente USA. Her husband, Wayne, is a top executive with Fuente, traveling to tobacconists around the United States when he's not in Tampa troubleshooting, making sure the Fuente name is properly represented.
"The biggest problem I face in my travels," says Suarez, "is hearing 'I need more.'" Suarez knew the Fuente name long before marrying into the family. His first cigar, smoked at age 13, was a Fuente Curly Head, an inexpensive smoke rolled by novice cigar rollers. He joined the company in 1992, learning about the cigar business at the side of his in-laws.
"To have Carlos Sr. and Carlos Jr. be your mentors--that's not bad," says Suarez. "And Cynthia is incredible. She's the driving force behind me. This is not a business to the Fuentes--it's a way of life."
A 20-year-old sits at the front of the Fuente Fuente OpusX room, deep inside the oldest Fuente factory. He's wearing a white muscle T-shirt; his sideburns are slim and long. A huge cigar is crammed in his jaws, a thin snake of smoke rising to the ceiling as he slowly rolls pyramid No. 2s while facing the gallery. He pauses when his boss walks over and asks him a quick question.
"Who smokes your cigars?" asks Fuente Jr.
The kid smiles, clamping his teeth on the big cigar to keep it in his mouth. "Sylvester Stallone, Jeff Bagwell..." the words are slow and long, heavy with a Spanish accent. He knows where some of his cigars are turned into ash.
"He's an artist," says Fuente Jr., watching his star roll cigars. Nearby, a young, beautiful girl slowly rolls leaves of dark Dominican filler tobacco in her slim hands. Each leaf is made into a loosely rolled tube, then held in her palm until it joins several others. When she is finished, the bunch resembles a star-shaped flower, which she then rolls inside a binder leaf.
This slow method of rolling cigars is known as entubar, and it's how Fuente now makes all of its best cigars--Fuente Fuente OpusX, the Arturo Fuente Don Carlos line, Montesino, Ashton Virgin Sun Grown. It's unusual to see youngsters with mastery of such an old-fashioned cigar-making skill. But during the heat of the cigar boom, Fuente Jr. went on a mission that he could have dubbed Operation Blank Slate--his goal was to find bright youngsters with no experience with tobacco whom he could train his way.
He brought them into his factory, put them in the Fuente cigar school under the tutelage of Juan Sosa, a fourth-generation cigarmaker from Cuba and the man behind Sosa cigars. Fuente Jr. forbade the trainees from coming into contact with experienced cigar rollers, fearing that they would pick up bad habits from the older workers. Sosa trained the kids to make cigars his way, and Fuente Jr. paid them a higher wage. Today the Fuentes entrust the youngsters with their most precious brands. The result is that the best cigar rollers at Tabacalera A. Fuente are some of the youngest.
"Every year [is] a little bit better," says Fuente Sr. "Right now we've got to a point where we want to make the cigars better. We don't want to grow anymore."
Fuente Jr. looks upon the gallery of young faces, and remarks that the scene is much like the one that first caught his grandfather's eye as a tabaquero in Cuba. His grandfather is immortalized in the company's most popular size, the Arturo Fuente Flor Fina 8-5-8; the numbers recall that Arturo died at the age of 85.
Fuente Jr. is happy here in his rolling gallery, watching his dark, aged tobacco slowly being shaped into the cigars he loves. He brings out a handful of cigars shaped like chili peppers, others like baseball bats, still others like crazed perfectos. "I remember my grandfather making all the perfecto shapes," says Fuente Jr. "I remember the molds and I always wanted to do that." Odds are the crazy shapes will never see a cigar shop, but that doesn't stop him from trying them out, stretching the boundaries. "It's very likely that 60 years ago this was the same way in Cuba," says Fuente Jr. "I'm proud of this."


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UFC on Versus 3 takes place March 3 at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky., and the main card airs on Versus.
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Castillo recently concluded his WEC career with a 5-3 record following back-to-back wins over fast-rising Dustin Poirier (decision) and Will Kerr (KO). In fact, his only losses in the WEC came to the elite of the division: Donald Cerrone, Shane Roller and Anthony Pettis.
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A source close to the event told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) the fighters have agreed to the Sept. 23 matchup but that bout agreements haven't been signed.
Horn, who makes his Bellator debut in his 111th career fight, posted the news via Facebook but mistakenly referred to a Sept. 28 date.
Bellator officials have not announced a host city or venue for Bellator 30, which also is likely to feature semifinal-round matchups in the organization's three various eight-slot tournaments. Horn vs. Baker is expected to be part of the night's FOX Sports Net-televised main card.
In addition to the Baker fight, Horn announced an Oct. 29 King of the Cage bout with fellow UFC vet Jake Rosholt (7-2).
Although Horn went just 0-3 in his most recent UFC stint (2008-2009), the soon-to-be 35-year-old since has posted six consecutive victories, which include submission wins over the likes of Jason Guida, former UFC fighter Sean Salmon and respected veteran Victor Moreno. Horn – who's also fought for the likes of PRIDE, the IFL and the WEC – has now earned 55 submission wins among his 86 career victories.
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If it isn't one thing it is another. Come on Fantasy Gods, what the hell are you trying to do to us? I am sure there is more than one person out there that went Macrae to Treloar and then to Fyfe! I must say that it is starting to get a bit ridiculous. So, just when we thought it was safe to look at our teams again we go and lose Fyfe. So if there wasn't any other reason to do it, we have one now, Let's Scramble!!
Another Thursday Night Loophole!
Another chance at the loophole and how did you go? As always let's have a look at who was on offer last night and how they went.
Calvin's Choices
Mitch Duncan – 100 Not enough for us to take this week.
Paddy Dangerfield – 76 Yuck!
Jake Lloyd – 112 A good score but not enough to take with Titch to come.
Joel Selwood – 127 The only score that is even worth looking at this week. You can take this one if you are worried about Titch.
Gazza Ablett – 54 Yuck! Yuck!
If you didn't pick one of Calvin's players the only other players that got over 100 were Callum Sinclair with 116 and Luke Parker with 111. The line this week as set by Calvin was 125. As always there is the risk of someone like Titch going massive! But hey, he could have a low score or get to 200. So the only score really worth considering is that of Jelwood. If you are nervous then take it.
Another word of advice when taking the VC score is to make sure you pick someone that isn't even on the emergency list. I know there were quite a few coaches caught out last week when Paul Ahern was a late inclusion for the Kangaroos.
Fyfe…. What do we do?
So the word from down Freo way is that he is going to be out for a month. So this could be 3 or it could be 4. Who knows. There are a few different scenarios so I will look at them here.
AFL Fantasy. This is the simplest one. He is a must trade here. With two trades a week there are no excuses for holding him.
RDT/SC with more than 4 trades left. Here I would strongly consider trading him out. Whilst you have limited trades I am going to guess that you don't have much quality on that bench nor are they going to be 100% to get a game each week.
RDT/SC with 4 or less trades left. This gets a lot more tricky. You still have 7 rounds to go after this one and with the increased occurrence of injuries we are having you may still need to replace players later on. This call will depend on your bench and how your team is going.
In the limited forms of the game the one thing that I would make sure you have crystal clear in your mind is that you are a 95% chance to not have Fyfe back in your team this year. You can't trade him out with a plan to get him back in (unless you are really flush with trades). With 6 or less you simply won't be able to do it. Of course if another premo goes down from about round 20 onwards you could bring Fyfe back in but the thing here will be that how strong will he come back! We know that some people can take a bit of time to get going again after a soft tissue injury.
As for who to bring in for him. Look for some value and also look for someone that has a good run home and that is where Cal's Scale of Hardness comes in. If you have a 50:50 decision to make then I always take the guy that has the better run home. And remember this table isn't based on the AFL Ladder but it is based on who is giving up the most Fantasy points to their opponents.
Selection Table
There have been a heap of changes this week with some coaches swinging the axe and some players just getting themselves injured! We have already talked about Fyfe and we know that Heeney was out last night so here are the other things that I thought were noteworthy from the teams this week.
Matty Kreuzer comes back in to the side which is a bit earlier than some thought he might. If you held then it will be a welcome relief.
Logan Austin returns for the Saints against his old side. But really don't rely on much more than bench cover for him.
Bailey Rice finds himself omitted, if you have him then look to trade him out.
Jimmy Webster returns this week which will be a welcome return for some coaches.
Darcy Byrne-Jones returns after sleeping in last week. Not sure that he is in too many teams though.
Charlie Spargo comes back in! Some great bench cover again for us, but don't trust him on the ground if you need a rookie.
Sean Darcy will be relevant in draft leagues as he comes in to cover for Sandi who is still out and may be out for a couple with that calf injury.
The Kangaroos have named quite a few this week with LDU, Jacobs and Preuss all coming into the squad.
Similarly the Suns have done the same with Brodie, Heron and Ah Chee all coming in and Ainsworth missing along with Dawson. None of these blokes should be on the ground though.
Sam Murray finds himself back in the Collingwood squad but I am doubting many of you have held him this long.
Lachie Keefe is also back in the squad this week for the Giants, if you have him he is probably only bench cover though.
Patton looks to be out now for the year with another ACL which is sad news for him.
Things to Remember
- You should be looking to have no rookies left required to play on your field now (except for injury cover like Heeney) anymore, that is where you should be focussing your trades.
- I've said it before and I'll say it again. Trades in SC and RDT are sticky today. You can't reverse them.
- With all those squad changes on Sunday make sure that you are checking the final teams tonight at about 5pm EST to see who is in and who is out before making your final choices.
- Just 4 games til finals so if you are only playing for leagues then you may want to start looking at your opponents and where you sit on the ladder before making your trades.
Looks like a great weekend of footy this week with some good games to be played. Hopefully they live up to the hype. We saw some great scores last week and with a bit of luck this would be the way things continue for the remainder of the season.
Just check your league settings in your leagues as some of them might be playing finals sooner than you think!
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Cheers Dunny!! Had the VC on Lloyd and was rubbing my hands together at quarter time, but he didn't keep it up..
Happy that I resisted "upgrading" Kelly to Gola or Buddy, now just need to decide between Hoges (could run of 5 games) Lambert (POD with low BE) or even Billings (risky, but low BE with high ceiling)
Wingard, Hurley, Goddard, Walters, Billings?
Can get one of these for Rice, which is best?
Nathan my thoughts:
I don't trust Walters (had him 1 week prior to suspension & last year for a bit), Billings (was finally able to dump him pre St.Kilda dropping him), Goddard (can go very low) or Wingard (is he gonna be a mid for the rest of the year? I don't trust that assumption); Hurley very consistent.
That said, Hurley doesn't often go big, hovers around the 90's, all the others can go big, although we've not seen it from Billings this year. A change of role since he was dropped may just change that and his scores the past cpl of weeks reflect a 'new' player.
If you're comfortable with Wingard having settled more as a mid than a forward for the year out, I'd likely select him as a forward (for higher ceiling). If you want set and forget stability in your backline my thoughts lean toward Hurley.
Mids currently –
Titch, Curnow, Zerret, Cripps, Zorko, Rocky, Cogs, Fyfe
Fyfe to ??
Gaff – best average, eagles can't rest him before finals
Murphy – POD, blues great fixture (downside is may not spend all time on ball as Dow, Fisher etc continue development?)
Beams – if stays fit has big ceiling?
Sideass – may attract tags now with no treloar?
James: I don't ever recall Gaff getting rested?
Gaff seems to be the form mid for now, other than Titch or Cripps who you've got already.
Sideass should remain consistent (was quiet last week), I wouldn't overly worry about any tag, at least not from Essendon…Treloar never got tagged either. I just don't see him going as big as Gaff.
I do like Murphy as a POD – I don't see that downside as per your suggestions, but I'm always concerned about him getting an injury or a really low score.
What about Kelly?
I'd think either Gaff or Kelly as your #1 options; any others more of a POD.
Gaff $70k cheaper than Kelly, and rumours of Kelly having groin issues worries me that he might be sent for surgery if it flares again and GWS out of finals contention? Getting low on trades in RDT
I think Gaff the 'safe' choice in this case, i would like to roll the dice on Murphy with the Blues draw but think i will go Gaff
Brought in Gaz last night for Heeney which stunk. Who to bring in for Fyfe. I have 717k
Anybody other than Rusty – had him all year until his bye & wasn't able to dump him earlier. Has he tonned up once since the opening 2 rounds? He's priced so low cause he's not been very fantasy relevant this year.
Field Sier or Ahern? thanks!
Both named in good positions, I'd go Ahern who's had a couple more games. Both should be fine.
Dudes am I "up"grading Fristch to Wingard (actually makes $9k or something) or keeping Fritta on field for one more week and bringing in Sier to the bench? First trade was Heeney to Whitfield (via dpp.)
I really like the look of no rooks on field, could always double downgrade the bench next week…
Adams or Heppell?
I can go Guelfi to any midfielder I want. Was going to go with Crouch but the broken hand is worrying, now thinking Cripps instead.
Thoughts? Can get Crouch / Adams next week if still performing well
Trading out Fyfe but no Warne chest – pick one of E. Curnow, T. Phillips or Brayshaw?
Who gets booted first- Seedsman or Taranto
Ffye and Guelfi to crouch and McLean /sicdawg leaving Waterman F6
Guelfi and waterman to McLean and Ahern .
Sier m8
Hey guys need advice on who to field for last fwd position:
Spargo or Ahern??
Think both have favourable match ups..
Sier or giro now fyfes not playing thoughts ??
Sier, currently named as ruck rover, should get plenty of mid time
My problem this week is shoul I play J Smith or B Lynch in my Backline as they are the only Rookies I have left in my side, I'm thinking J Smith will score better but Lynch is playing in Melbourne and Smith is in Darwin
Upgrading a rook and dealing with fyfe this week. Im looking at bringing in both a top line mid and top line def- premos currently in each line are:
Titch, j.kelly, gaff, Coniglio, McLean, e. curnow for mids. laird, sic, whit and yeo for def.
Currently thinking m.crouch and simpson+199k.
Convince me if any other better combos?
Need 1 Premo Forward and 1 Premo Mid: Am only focused on this weeks scores as it's a must-win game for my league.
Forward: Wingard vs Rockliff
Midfield: Laird vs Gaff vs Coniglio vs Neale vs Zorko vs Cripps
Pick 1 of each! Thank you!!!
Rocky and gaff from those would be my choice mate
Field J Smith or Lynch?
Lynch, can't see Smith getting more than 55
Upgrading a rook to a forward. Gotta choose between rocky and ed langdon. who doyou legends think is best?
Rice to Lynch (1 emergency for each position)
Brander to Sier (no DEF emergency)


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- PTViewer was the first Java viewer. It was developed originally by Helmut Dersch and is now maintained and enhanced by Fulvio Senore
- Panorado Applet is a Java viewer applet. It only shows a "flat" view but it is fast, so it is suited for larger images where the normal immersive-style warping isn't needed.
- PURE Player for Java (by ImmerVision) is a Java viewer applet that supports cylindrical, spherical and cubic panoramic images.
- PURE Player for PRO Java (by ImmerVision) is a free Java viewer applet that supports cylindrical, spherical and cubic panoramic images. It also supports user interfaces.
There are some commercial Java based viewers. Most of them are either a PTViewer clone or less functional.
Plugin based Viewers
- Quicktime is available for Apple Macintosh and Windows. Requires panorama in QTVR movie format. (PanoCube or Pano2QTVR convert from equirectangular to .mov on Windows)
- DevalVR is a Windows browser plugin that displays both cubic QuickTime-VR panoramas in QTVR movie format panoramas. See http://www.devalvr.com/ for details.
- PangeaVR is a Mac OS X browser plugin that displays both cubic QuickTime-VR panoramas in QTVR movie format and equirectangular (spherical) JPEG panoramas. See http://www.pangeasoft.net/pano/plugin/pangeavr.html for details.
- There are no known commercial plugins for standard web delivery of panoramas
Flash or Shockwave based Viewers
- SPi-V is a very sophisticated and smooth viewer based on Macromedia Shockwave that handles panoramas completely in graphics card memory (free version with logo).
- pan0 is an open source, Flash 9 based player for panoramas in equirectangular format. The application was formely known as "fspp". See http://pan0.net/page.php?page=pan0 for details.
- PanoSalado is an open source Flash 9 & 10 and Flex based viewer for cubic, equirectangular (spherical), cylindrical and QTVR panoramas. It supports 2D & 3D hotspots, audio, video, and being extended via XML or directly via Actionscript (AS3) and/or MXML. See PanoSalado's site, download source and examples from the GoogleCode repository, access the API and view live examples.
- PURE Player for Flash is a free Flash 9 based player that supports cylindrical, spherical and cubic panoramas.
- The Flash Panorama Player is a cross-platform viewer that displays QTVR movies as well as equirectangular (spherical) and cylindrical panoramas. Cube faces and stripes can also be handled. It supports SWF-plugins to extend its functionality (for example to integrate distorted FLV-movies as hotspots).
- Pano2VR (formerly Pano2QTVR) creates Flash 9 and Flash 10-compatible SWF files with included spherical viewer. It also creates QuickTime VR content and can output images in a number of different projections including equirect and cubefaces.
- KRPano is a Flash 9 & 10 based panorama viewer with a wide range of configuration options. These include different projections such as stereographic, 'little planet', fisheye, Vedutismo, and 'architectural'. It can handle cubefaces, equirects and QTVR .mov files, and it can embed other media including audio and FLV videos into panoramas.
Stand alone Viewers
- FSPViewer is a free hardware accelerated stand alone viewer by Fulvio Senore (Windows only).
- panoglview is an Open Source hardware accelerated stand alone viewer for Equirectangular Projection images (Windows, Linux and OS X).
panovieweris an Open Source stand-alone viewer now superceded by panoglview (Windows, Linux).
- PTViewer, the original standalone viewer created by Helmut Dersch in C for X-Windows available from one of the mirrors (Linux) or the 3.2 version in compiled Java from his page (Windows).
- Quicktime also works as a standalone viewer (Windows, Mac).
- DevalVR has a stand alone version, too (Windows).
- Panini is an open source panoramic image viewer and perspective tool for all Qt platforms, including Linux, Windows, OSX. It can display files in many panoramic formats. Your video driver must support OpenGL version 1.5, 2.0 for full functionality. Get Panini at sf.net/projects/pvqt, or build on OS X.
- Panorado is a full-featured image viewer/browser supporting panoramas (JPEG & QTVR). Shareware. (Windows)
- PURE Player for Windows is a free standalone version of PURE Player viewer for Windows OS that supports cylindrical, spherical and cubic panoramas.
- CubeWorld for iPhone and iPod Touch is a free app that plays cubeface-based panoramas (max 1024px cubefaces) using OpenGL. It can store panoramas locally for offline viewing.
- PangeaVR for iPhone and iPod Touch is an app that plays panoramas (max 2048x1024px equirects) using OpenGL. The standard version of PangeaVR is free, the Pro version (which can store panoramas locally for offline viewing) costs $5.99.
External Links
- http://www.panoramaphotographer.com/comparisons/ shows working examples of a large number of different web-based panorama players.


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The 200 year old legend of Mozart is contradicted by a mass of evidence. But of equal importance are glaring gaps in the 'official' story. Where did W.A. Mozart learn composition, harmony and orchestration ? From which teacher ? At which school or college ? The answer is - SILENCE.
In remarkable musical research conducted in 2007/8 by Luca Bianchini, Anna Trombetta and Agostino Taboga of Italy the theatre score of the first performance of 'Le Nozze di Figaro' (1786) was analysed in detail from microfiches made at the Austrian National Library, together with the background history of that work. A rare event in Mozart research. The result ? This opera has music NOT by Mozart. It was, in fact, only a hastily made arrangement made by Mozart and da Ponte in Vienna of a work already existing in the German language. Which was staged full of musical and textual errors in its new Italianised form in Vienna in May of 1786. A version that was hissed and booed in its short run in Vienna. Mozart was NOT the composer of this music.
For more see -
http://www.musicalrevisionism.info/view/articles/1/The-Manufacture-of-Mozart- Preface.html
Robert Newman © 2010-2016. All rights reserved.


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A fatal stabbing and the baffling shooting of a 4-year-old boy stunned visitors to Baltimore's downtown Fourth of July festivities and drew condemnation from the city's mayor and police commissioner as they worked to remind people of the thousands who enjoyed the celebration without incident.
The violence occurred despite the presence of nearly 600 city and state officers to help with a crowd that was nearly double the size that attended last year, according to Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III.
"Our citizens, our visitors deserve better, and [they] will get better," Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Tuesday. Of the injured child, she said: "It's a worst nightmare for any parent to have this happen on a day that we expect to celebrate ... that we expect to have good memories.
"We will find out who did this," the mayor said.
Baltimore police said they were confident that they would be able to track down the man who fatally stabbed 26-year-old Joseph Lorenzo Calo, based on a photo provided by a witness who was in the area.
Calo, of Opelika, Ala., was in town visiting family and got into a shoving match with a group of men outside McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant on Pier 6, according to Bealefeld. Later, the commissioner said, Calo "re-engaged" the suspect and was stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle.
The shooting of the 4-year-old remained a mystery for investigators, however. The boy, identified by WBAL-TV as Kavin Benson of Middle River, was walking with his father and the father's pregnant fiancee on Pratt Street near a police command center for tactical officers when the boy's father heard a pop and saw that the boy was bleeding from the leg.
Doctors at Johns Hopkins Children's Center determined that the boy had a small-caliber bullet lodged near his knee. But Bealefeld said none of the officers at the heavily saturated scene heard a gunshot, and camera footage doesn't show signs of a gun being fired nearby. No shell casings were recovered.
Officials are exploring whether the bullet, which Bealefeld said entered the boy's leg with a "downward trajectory," may have been fired into the air and struck the boy as it came back down. "It is possible that the bullet came from elsewhere," said Anthony Guglielmi, the Police Department's chief spokesman. "That makes our job a lot more difficult."
The violence shook residents and visitors who attended the event, and was the topic of much discussion on social media sites and talk radio. Just hours earlier, Bealefeld had given assurances that visitors would be safe, saying a shooting in a downtown parking garage at 2 a.m. was not random, but was two former neighbors settling an old score.
Jean Holzhueter, who lives within walking distance of the Inner Harbor, has attended the New Year's and Independence Day fireworks for many years, but she said that Monday was the first time she felt unsafe during the festivities.
Holzhueter said she was standing near the water's edge by the Baltimore Area Visitors Center when a fight broke out and people gathered around to watch and record the fracas on cellphones and cameras. Television news cameras captured the fight and aired it on the 11 p.m. broadcasts. A second fight started nearby at the end of the fireworks, she said.
"It was kind of like a moving mob," Holzhueter said. Although police responded quickly, she said, Holzhueter was afraid she would be pushed into the water by the expanding crowd. "It was just scary how fast it grew."
Nicola Henry, a 21-year-old from Jamaica, is a first-time Baltimore visitor. "I'm disappointed," she said. "Baltimore is a nice place. I guess things like that happen, but it puts a damper on how I view the city."
Mark and Peg Wytrwal of Las Vegas, dressed in matching patriotic T-shirts, said they came to Baltimore to enjoy the history. "It's sad to say, but that's the world we live in today," Mark Wytrwal said of the violence. "We won't let it deter us from enjoying the city, though."
Kirby Fowler, president of the Downtown Partnership, said the publicity was the "kind you don't want to have," but said downtown remains a safe and growing area.
"Some people already have a view of Baltimore as an unsafe place. This type of incident will fuel that perception," Fowler said. "However, there are many people who understand that the real Baltimore is a growing and diverse place and recognize that these events sometimes happen."
Added Bill Gilmore of the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts: "You need to march along. You can't let an incident like this deter your Independence Day celebrations. You can't let the actions of a few people affect the good work and entertainment of the public at large."
With the same number of people — 104 — killed in the city as this time last year, and shootings up 6 percent, violence has not been a prominent issue in the mayor's race. Mayoral candidates condemned the crimes but had offered few concrete policy proposals.
Rawlings-Blake said the fight that ended with the fatal stabbing was "clearly preventable," noting that while police had a heavy presence, those involved should have walked away or been separated. "Somebody has to have cooler heads," she said.
Last year, Baltimore police stepped up enforcement during July Fourth fireworks after a late-June shooting in the Inner Harbor. About a week before the 2010 fireworks, one member of a group of teens opened fire on another gathering of youths on a walkway near the World Trade Center, sending one man to the hospital.
Earlier this year, a teen was stabbed at Gay and Fayette streets the day after Easter when at least 100 teenagers roamed the streets near the Inner Harbor for more than two hours as police used megaphones to order them to leave.
Violence at the harbor received more attention during the spring and summer of 2009, with a string of random assaults by juveniles, a double stabbing in April and a double shooting in August. Much of the attention focused on nightclubs downtown and in Mount Vernon.
Celebratory gunfire during holidays has also been a concern, and if the bullet that struck the 4-year-old had been fired in the air, it would not be without precedent. In 2001, a 19-year-old girl was hospitalized after a stray bullet lodged in her forehead from gunfire during Inner Harbor fireworks after New Year's Eve. In 1992 during Fourth of July celebrations, a 50-year-old man was fatally shot while he watched the fireworks from a rooftop on East Baltimore Street.
Baltimore was also not alone in violence at Independence Day celebrations. According to news reports, a man was stabbed Monday night in Philadelphia near City Hall, and three people were shot downtown in Indianapolis.
Bealefeld said police commanders would be assessing how the massive deployment of officers was used. Officers now have BlackBerry smartphones equipped with GPS that allows commanders to track their movements throughout the city. Bealefeld said there were officers on the pier where the stabbing occurred, but he would not say how many or whether they responded to the first fight appropriately.
Officials also declined to comment on the possibility that the city might consider security checkpoints used in other places. Bealefeld said officials would be conducting a "top-to-bottom" review.
Jurg W. Mattman, a California-based security and crowd control expert, said that for a city of Baltimore's size and financial means, the installation of security checkpoints would most likely be unreasonable. The added cost of checkpoints, he said, might lead the city to cancel the fireworks display.
In Washington, the U.S. Park Police can afford to fence off access to the National Mall and institute a limited number of entry checkpoints where people may be searched because costs are supported by federal funds and policing duties are divided among several agencies.
Even in a post-Sept. 11 world, people in Baltimore are not as acclimated as those in Washington to heavy public security and might reject the idea of being screened before watching an Independence Day show, Mattman said.
One small security precaution Baltimore could take, Mattman said, is posting signs near the viewing areas to remind people that firearms and other weapons are prohibited. It's a minor step that deters people from bringing banned items into sporting events and concerts, he said.
"There's no 100 percent security," Mattman said. "You do the best you can. If that's not enough, then you cancel the event."
Overall, Baltimore police said they arrested 30 people and cited 20 juveniles for curfew violations and weapons Monday night.
"Getting kids out of downtown was cumbersome for us," Guglielmi said. Police did not chase groups that ran through the harbor, because they were posing no threat to themselves or others. However, when curfew went into effect at 11 p.m., officers — including the commissioner and his deputy commissioner — made arrests after giving warnings, Guglielmi said.
Though police said they had little information about how the 4-year-old might have been struck by a bullet, others said they had seen a disturbance and heard what sounded like shots in that area.
Resident Ali Cannavino was driving back from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport with her boyfriend about 10:30 p.m. when she said they got stuck in downtown traffic. While stopped next to the Metro station on East Baltimore Street between Charles and St. Paul streets, they saw "what looked like a scuffle," Cannavino, 27, said. "Then we heard a shot."
At first they thought the sound was fireworks, but then "we heard another one, and everyone started screaming and running."
Another resident, 31-year-old Jason Castonguay, said he saw the same incident. While he believed the noise to be fireworks, his brother-in-law thought it was gunshots and they saw people scattering. Bealefeld said there were "lots of fireworks going off" at that time and said there's no ballistic evidence to suggest a shooting occurred there.
Jacinta Ocampo, 45, was working in the McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant parking lot at the time of the stabbing and described the scene as chaotic. "The only thing I saw was the blood afterwards," she said. "I was really, really upset."
On Tuesday afternoon, a dozen white roses, wrapped in green tissue paper, had been placed on the brick walkway in front of the restaurant entrance.
Sun reporters Liz F. Kay, Steve Kilar, Julie Scharper, Julie Baughman and Rebekah Brown contributed to this article.


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So much happiness this week! Where to begin?! Well, to start my baby girl turned THREE! What?! How did this happen?! We had an amazing weekend together and she had way too much sugar. But it's all in good fun, right?
Another bit of happiness is that I had the opportunity to work with Amber of Finch and Fox for a photo shoot! She is incredible and a blessing to work with for sure. Her assistant was a blast and a half too! I got to wear the cutest dress ever and I am still drooling over the shoes....
Can you handle how cute this dress is?!
Yes, I had way too much fun with this part.
"Mommy, I am going to draw you a butterfly!"
She drew this. Seriously?! Amazing.
Mommy and Biscuit at Starbucks = heaven. :)
Link up with Stephanie. You know the drill!


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Cuban Sandwiches
In this break from the traditional recipe, Jack cheese, smoked turkey and thinly sliced chorizo is combined with red onion, roasted red pepper and sour pickles before toasting in a garlic buttered roll.
1⁄4 lb. butter
3 garlic cloves, minced
4 (6 in.) hero or club rolls, split
1 lb. sliced Jack cheese
1 lb. sliced smoked turkey
1 lb. chorizo, thinly sliced
1 large red onion, thinly sliced
1⁄4 cup roasted red pepper strips
4 sour pickles, thinly sliced
1. Melt butter in large skillet and add garlic. Cook over low heat until garlic is soft.
2. Lightly brush insides of each roll with garlic butter. Layer cheese on all roll halves; evenly divide turkey and chorizo over cheese on half the rolls. Top with onion slices, peppers, and pickles.
3. Sandwich roll halves together and brush tops with garlic butter.
4. Heat the same skillet over medium heat. Add sandwiches and cover with foil. Place a heavy skillet or two heavy cans on top to weight sandwiches down.
5. Cook sandwiches 6-8 min per side, until golden brown and cheese melts, keeping the weight on top to press down and flatten them as they cook.


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|Hernandez' cross country odyssey ended Friday morning
|Hernandez waves after making bail
|Larry has returned to his SoCal home. Although Hernandez gave his home an overhaul
homes in his neighborhood are blue collar type, less than 1200 sq ft bungalows. 55% of the
population are latino with an average income of 61k