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Rocky Patel Quarter Century Party Case includes:

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Rocky Patel A.L.R. Second Edition Travel Case with 10-Cigars

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The Rocky Patel A.L.R. Second Edition Travel Case with 10-Cigars is perfect for fans of this iconic brand, or for aficionados who have been wanting to try it. Nested inside its elegantly designed case are 10 robusto-sized A.L.R. Second Edition cigars, which is the follow-up to Rocky’s Aged, Limited and Rare line. The cigars are aged for two years to enhance their big, bold flavors, expertly handmade and released in small quantities, which makes them a rare treat. The zippered case has a soft pleather exterior with an embroidered diamond pattern and the famous A.L.R. logo and a cedar-lined interior.

• Qty of cigars 10
• Brands Rocky Patel A.L.R. Second Edition The Rocky Patel A.L.R. Second Edition is hand rolled in Nicaragua. It is a medium strength cigar that features an oily Mexican San Andres maduro wrapper placed over a Honduran binder and a blended filler made up of Nicaraguan and Honduran tobaccos. The Rocky Patel A.L.R. Second Edition delivers notes of espresso and cocoa. After rolling, these cigars are aged for two years to enhance their flavor.
• Cigar Shape Robusto The Robusto is a short Churchill size, traditionally 5 to 5.5 inches by a 50 ring gauge.
• Cigar Section Box-Pressed (Square) A box pressed cigar is a cigar that has a square shape. Originally, this shape came from the practice of packing round cigars tightly in cardboard boxes which are then compacted using a manual press. The cigars are thus pressed into each other and become a "squarish" or semi-square shape. Today, cigar makers use square shaped molds or a wooden trunk press for their box pressed cigars, achieving a more defined square section.
• Cigar Length 5"1/2 This cigar is 5"1/2 inches long, or 139.7 mm.
• Origin Nicaragua Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America. Despite many decades of war and revolution in this Central American country, the cigar industry has thrived due to the hard work and tenacity of Cuban exiles to the land such as Plasencia, Padron, Oliva, Ortez, and others. Tobacco has been a force of social stability, and the country is now one of the principal exporters of premium cigars in the world.
• Cigar Ring Gauge 52 The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 52, so his diameter is 52/64 inches or 20.57 mm.
• Strength Medium
• Wrapper Color Maduro Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between. Maduro wrapper can go from dark coffee brown with a reddish tint to blackish brown (the latter also called Oscuro).
• Single Packaging Cellophane
• Rolling Type Handmade Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer Rocky Patel Launched in 1996 during the late 20th Century’s cigar boom, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars (formerly known as the Indian Tabac Cigar Co.) has established itself as a premier boutique cigar brand. Their cigars are made at Rocky Patel’s Tavicusa factory in Esteli, Nicaragua as well as their El Paraiso factory in Danli, Honduras.
• Cigar Wrapper Mexican San Andres Maduro The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see. Mexican tobacco is very dark and the best leaves can be used as maduro wrappers. San Andres Maduro is a thick, medium bodied dark leaf, also called San Andres Morron. Like Connecticut Broadleaf, San Andres Maduro is stalk cut and used for binder and wrapper.
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Independent Travel to Moscow and St. Petersburg

My wife and I have traveled independently to many European countries and, after reading many of the comments in this forum, feel like we may be able to do so in Moscow and St. Petersburg as well, although we feel somewhat less comfortable than the other countries where we have traveled in Europe.

My biggest question is how much we will miss by visiting the main sites without a tour guide. In the other European countries we have visited on our own we have been comfortable and satisfied with the level of knowledge we have gained by studying and visiting on our own, although we believe a tour guide or tour company in any country would normally be able to provide greater insight than visiting a site on our own, but about in Moscow and St. Petersburg?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Unless you speak at least some Russian and read the alphabet it would be difficult without a guide. Very few signs in English especially in Moscow. Also not too many people speak English there.

I visited St Petersburg last Autumn for a protracted period , and did not find it anymore daunting than any other European city . As Ilja says , learning the Cyrillic alphabet is a big plus . I also found that it was fairly easy to grasp . It will , among other things , enable you to read signs with relative ease . I would answer the main part or your question ( about tour guides ) thus - I am not enamored of tour guides or tours. While I only use a tour under duress ( A sites rules prohibiting an independent visit - ie Glasgow School of Art , Municipal House in Prague , etc ) . Doing your own preparation and homework is the best way , in my opinion . My wife and I ventured through St Petersburg with nary a concern ,and made two day trips outside of the central district ( one was twenty five miles away , and no English speakers in sight ) Figuring out the logistical details , did not present any difficulties . While I never use tours , I am an inveterate eavesdropper , have done so many times , and find , that on balance , the information that they impart is fairly elementary . If you want greater detail , they are unlikely to supply it . I also prefer to go at my own pace , not being rushed and being able to dwell on things that most other visitors barely give a passing glance . If you are interested , let me know . I would be happy to provide you with information that will enable you to travel independently

Thank you, Steven. I am encouraged by your comments and feel the same way you do about tour groups. We are very much willing to prepare in advance and learn the basics of the Cyrillic alphabet to help us have a better experience.

I would be very interested in learning more about your experience in Russia and receiving any additional information you can provide on independent travel there, starting perhaps with obtaining the visa.

I am not opposed to hiring a private or small group guide for a specific site or for a day trip outside St Petersburg and Moscow, but, like you said, I much prefer the freedom of staying at places as long or short as I want and seeing the sites that interest me most. For example, neither my wife nor I are big into shopping, yet most tour itineraries leave afternoon time for just that. Not interested!

Please provide whatever you may feel would be helpful for us.

Russ , I see you are quite near San Francisco - you can start by looking at the VISA procedure , it's fairly straightforward . Since there is a consulate in San Francisco - look here http://www.consulrussia.org/eng/visa-sub1.html

And here - http://ils-usa.com/main.php

Having always traveled independently, we thought we could do a better job than any tour. How misguided (pun intended) we were. Now that we have had the experience of having someone native to the area walk us around and explain things through a personal perspective we realize how much we missed. For St. Petersburg I highly recommend http://www.peterswalk.com/tours.html . This is not a traditional guided tour, but an opportunity to receive some orientation to the area as well as insight into the "Russian soul". I think if you did this upon arrival the rest of your time would be much more meaningful. We really liked the http://www.pushka-inn.com . The location is superb (just around the corner from the Hermitage square), the rooms lovely, the included breakfast at the restaurant next door ample and overall an excellent value. We used this company to get our visa: https://www.passportvisasexpress.com/site/san_francisco_customer_service Note that it costs about the same for a 3-year visa as a one-year, and you never know if you might want to return within that more extended window of time. It is not cheap, so factor that into your planning.

If you like traveling without a guide in other countries and find this satisfying, the same will be true in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Of course it's not either/or - you can certainly take a guided walk or boat tour, for instance.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of learning Cyrillic if you're going on your own. The book I used was Teach Yourself Beginner's Russian Script, which was great. It breaks down the alphabet into letters that are the same as English, letters that look the same but are pronounced differently, etc. It's out of print, but you can get used copies on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-Beginners-Russian-Script/dp/0071419861/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1459701143&sr=8-2&keywords=teach+yourself+russian+script

Russia is indeed a bit more "foreign" than say, Italy. However, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, I found enough English to be able to get by. Many restaurants had English menus and/or English speaking staff, for instance. This was most emphatically not true in Vladimir and Suzdal (two cities in the Golden Ring outside Moscow). I went with my sister, a Russian speaker, and if she hadn't been there, I would have been in big trouble. So, if you want to see places outside these two big cities, use a guided tour (even if just for that part). Also, Moscow and St. Petersburg are huge cities. Coming from New York, I wasn't intimidated, but those not used to a megacity may not be so cavalier (even I found them overwhelming at times, especially Moscow).

I found both Lonely Planet and Rough Guide to be helpful, and both to have various errors. Look at both, buy whichever one has a more recent edition, and then be prepared to have to discard some of the advice therein. Also, these places change more quickly than places in Western Europe. Be very careful of outdated advice. For instance, I was there in 2001 and 2010, so I won't give you any specifics on getting a visa - that changes constantly.

Just as a teaser, two things I saw and loved that I doubt would be included in any escorted tour are the Gorky House in Moscow (an Art Nouveau wonder) and the Sheremyetov Palace in St. Petersburg (it's now a museum of musical instruments, and the decor is amazing, particularly in the Etruscan Room).

Thanks for all the good advice. Any additional thoughts are welcomed.

One of history's seminal works pertaining to Russian history and culture and a MUST for anyone contemplating a visit or simply interested , is this fine work from 1980 - http://www.amazon.com/Land-Firebird-The-Beauty-Russia/dp/096441841X

This is about you and not about Petersburg. Do you like guided tours? We don't and didn't find that a guide added to our experience in China where we did hire private guides mostly for the logistics; it was easy to have someone drive us places. But once at a site, we didn't need the guide. I felt the same way about our 9 nights in Petersburg. We did hire a guide for the trip to the Catherine Palace again for the ease of logistics for us Olds. Here is our visit: https://janettravels.wordpress.com/2016/01/23/an-easy-trip-to-the-catherine-palace/ There are also snapshots of the Church on Spilled Blood in this photo journal. Having someone pick us up at the apartment and get us in without line ups and shepherd us through the palace steering clear of the tour groups was lovely. But we didn't need commentary because we can read and prepare.

You certainly don't need a guide for the Hermitage (we spent 4 days there), the Russian Museum, the Kazan Cathedral or Church on Spilled Blood or the Faberge Museum. We enjoyed a number of self guided walking tours including a couple from Rick Steves guidebooks. We took the canal cruise suggested by RS that had an English commentator. I would not take one without that as you will be totally clueless. The commentator was not all that good but at least we had some idea what we were seeing. So for people like us who like to do our own thing and can read a guidebook and don't particularly like to be led about, a tour is not needed. If you enjoy tour groups, then go for it. Petersburg is easy to negotiate. It helps if you can read the cyrillic alphabet and it is also useful to have the google translate ap on your phone. We found ourselves translating packages in grocery stores with it and the occasional museum sign or menu. I have one food I need to avoid and so it was handy to have the translator to talk with waiters (I could either show them the sentence, or play it for them or play it to myself and then repeat it to the waiter -- that all worked well)

Dear Russ, I cannot help you with Moscow, but about four years ago, my husband and I went to St Petersburg on our own. But, we did use a private guide for 4 half days. We both feel that our guide absolutely made our trip (we stayed 6 or 7 nights). We used a company owned by Tatyana Chiurikova, www.tour-stpetersburg.com I cannot say enough good things about her and our experience. I emailed her and we worked out a schedule/ sights that was tailored to our interests. She also offered some recommendations, which we took. The guide will meet you at your hotel. And frequently, at certain places, with the guide, we were able to skip the long entrance lines. We had an half day driving tour of the city (car, driver, & guide). You are taken to & go in places such as Peter & Paul Fortress, some of the cathedrals, etc. We had a half day with the guide at the Hermitage which ensured that we would see the major sights there. And, of course, you can stay after your guide leaves or return another day. Also, we had the guide for Peterhof (a must & go by boat) and Catherine's Palace. I hope that you will go to the website. As I said, our guide made our trip. I am positive that we would have missed quite a bit on our own everyday. And I'm sure we would have wasted a lot of time trying to get to various place.This was the best of both worlds, a guide where needed and plenty of time on our own. Whatever you do, I'm sure that you will love St Petersburg! Ashley

I am curious about the lines as we encountered no lines on our trip -- but it was in September. We got tickets for the Hermitage at machines and skipped those lines and our guide for the Catherine Palace which was our only guided experience (as noted before, chosen for the logistics of getting there) had arranged tickets and we didn't have a line, but then we also didn't see lines. We did not find lines at any other site.

Both Moscow and St Petersburg I've done on my own, that is together with the Dear Partner. I can't remember any problem getting where we wanted to go. The Metro systems are well signed, and with a little exercise and patience you can recognize the station names. With a good map and a good guide - we had the Rough Guides - that part of the logistics is solved. The language is a major problem, but the usual tricks of pointing, looking helpless, and making a joke of it all do wonders. I would hate to be led by a guide, but for others it is a comfortable thought.

We also did both cities on our own. I found the DK Eyewitness guide for Moscow has the best map. I used the one from our library (kept the book at home). Took the smaller RS book for St. Petersburg ( his book on northern cities). His map and restaurant ideas were all good. We also downloaded the Google maps in our Android Samsung tablets/phones for both cities and then could get directions to any place we typed in. The blue ball guided us everywhere. I'm sure we missed somethings by not having a guide, but we just enjoy walking around and getting a sense of a place. If you like art, The Hermitage is great. We went 3 times and still missed alot. In St. Peterburg we stayed at the 3 Mosta which we loved (quite and not far from the Church of Spilled Blood.) We also loved the Georgian food in both cities. There's a great Georgian restaurant near the 3 Mosta hotel. We're now in Belarus- very scenic. Enjoy your trip!!

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The truth about moscow, moscow-pullman daily news : assessing risk in sex offender cases, moscow-pullman daily news | october 10, 2015.

Assessing risk in sex offender cases A look at sentencing, treatment, recidivism through Steven Sitler case By Samantha Malott, Daily News staff writer Steven Sitler was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 2005 on one count of lewd conduct with a child under the age of 16. Roughly eight months later he was back in Latah County, released on probation and ordered to serve a little less than a year in the county jail, with release to attend treatment. Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Bill Thompson said this sentence is typical for a first-time sex offender. Sitler was also given a life term of probation. That, Thompson said, is not typical but neither was his case. Sitler recently returned to court after he and his wife gave birth to their first child. “I have never had a case like that and I’ve been practicing law here since 1980 and prosecuting since 1992,” he said. “We’ve had much more egregious conduct, but the victims were limited in number. The combination of the number of disclosed victims, the youth of Mr. Sitler as all this was developing, the span of time over which the offending occurred and frankly the evaluation of him as far as the risk that he poses, is that untreated and unsupervised he shows a huge risk to the community.” Typically, first-time sex offenders either go to prison for treatment — with the local judge retaining jurisdiction over them — or are sentenced to probation, with a period of local incarceration, Thompson said. Idaho law presumes probation unless certain aggravating circumstances exist, such as large numbers of victims, young victims, egregious acts or if the offender denies responsibility, Thompson said. The court tries to avoid sending people directly to prison, only doing enough to stop the offensive behavior, he said. Over the past 10 years the Latah County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has received 225 referrals for sex offense cases and charged only 121 of those cases, Thompson said. The others didn’t meet the minimum requirements of a crime, he said. Forty-six of those charged included lewd conduct and 33 included rape, including juvenile defendants. Of the 121 charged, 49 remain active on probation, on parole or in prison, while the others have completed their sentences, he said. Sitler’s sentence Sitler, 30, of Moscow, pleaded guilty under a plea agreement with the state in September 2005 to one count of lewd conduct with a child under 16. Thompson said it is a common misconception that people will receive a lesser sentence by taking a plea deal. The sentence in a plea deal is based on the punishment handed out in similar cases, including those that have gone to trial, and are driven by the facts of each case, he said. Sitler was sentenced the following month to life in prison, with retained jurisdiction. After completing his treatment program, or “rider,” he returned to Latah County, served less than a year inside the Latah County Jail and was ordered onto life probation. “That is very rare,” Thompson said. “I don’t think we have anybody else that is on life probation. That is a reflection of the concern about prospective danger that the court was convinced that Mr. Sitler was somebody that would need supervision for life.” The case was different from the beginning though, when the state discovered multiple victims only through self-disclosures from Sitler. “The Sitler case is unique because evidence we had through the investigation was extremely limited. It was limited to only one family of victims. There were a number of families who declined to cooperate with any investigation or participate in any of the restitution requests we had,” he said. The law says there must be more than just a confession for a charge, and the other ways of gathering evidence were not working, Thompson said. In return for disclosing all his victims so they could be offered assistance, Thompson said, it was agreed Sitler would face only one charge of lewd conduct. This past August, the state asked Latah County 2nd District Judge John Stegner to provide guidance following the birth of Sitler’s son. In a Sept. 1 hearing, Thompson said Sitler disclosed in a polygraph having “contact with his child that resulted in actual sexual stimulation.” At that time, Sitler was ordered to have a “line of sight” chaperone present at all times when with his child. Treatment for sex offenders Dr. Leslie Lothstein, former director of psychology for the Institute of Living in Hartford, Conn., who specializes in evaluation and treatment of sex offenders, said the 800,000 individuals on the national sex offender registry fall into one of two categories — 98 percent of them include individuals such as voyeurs and exhibitionists, while sexual lust killers and child sex offenders only make up 2 percent of the registry. Lothstein said based on Sitler’s admittance to his actions and having admitted in a polygraph to having thoughts of a sexual nature about his own child, he is pushing into that 2 percent group. “That is an usual case and it has it’s own dimensions,” he said. “He is not the typical sex offender.” The purpose of treatment should be to keep the community safe and the offender from their impulses, Lothstein said. According to the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance, sex offenders commonly are treated with medication, cognitive behavioral or psycho-educational therapy. A problem with current treatment is lumping all offenders together as if they are the same. The assumption is that all sex offenders receive treatment and it never works, he said. “Don’t treat them with shame and humiliation, because that will increase the risk,” Lothstein said. “Help them grow up and grow out of their problems and become productive members of society, which they can and some do.” Recidivism in sex offenders Lothstein said 4 percent of all sexual offenders will reoffend in a sexual crime. Many are arrested for other troubles that come with being on the sex offender registry, he said. According to federal data, of 4,295 child molesters released from state prisons in 1994, 5.1 percent were rearrested for a sex crime within three years, 14.1 percent for a violent crime and 39.4 percent for a crime of any kind. Child molesters were more likely than any other type of offender, both sexual or nonsexual, to be arrested for a sex crime against a child after their release, according to the Justice Department’s SMART.gov website. The website also states child molesters with more than one prior arrest had a 44.3 percent overall recidivism rate, compared to a 23.3 percent rate for those with only one prior arrest. Evidence also shows offenders with male victims have higher recidivism rates, according to SMART. Lothstein said the risk for reoffending increases when the offender crosses categories, such as both male and female or both young and teenage victims. Techniques such as shaming and restrictive housing can add additional stress to the individual, he said. To help protect the community and an offender’s own family, the individual needs to look at their developmental history to understand possible trauma that may have led to their actions and help them understand what they have done, Lothstein said. “I don’t believe that a true serial sex offender, pedophile, can ever be rehabilitated where they can be allowed in a community without structure and supervision,” Thompson said. “Even then in some cases the risk to the community is too great.” Thompson said cases where an offender was caught young, underwent treatment, was given structure and become law abiding, productive members of the community are more frequently seen. A watchful eye Through probation the court can have a great amount of control over someone’s life. Thompson said the quality of probation depends heavily on the probation officer’s case load. “Here in our district we really have good probation officers. They are proactive,” he said. A challenge with a life term of probation though, is that as officers leave, new ones will have to take over that case along with all their other cases, he said. The judge will typically order additional terms of probation in addition to a standard list, such as sex offender treatment or not frequenting places where children are present without an approved chaperone, Thompson said. Judge Stegner just recently added that offenders not only have to complete polygraph tests, but pass them, he said. “Polygraphs are not perfect, but they are a good tool for monitoring what is going on,” he said. For sex offenders they have to disclose any sexual activity, then under a polygraph test are asked if they have disclosed all their activity. “Fortunately we (Latah County) do not have a lot of the violent sexual cases,” he said. Thompson said in the county’s experience, the majority of people who are convicted of sex offenses complete probation successfully. Because of the way sex offenders are screened, most who end up on probation are relatively low risks to reoffend, can handle treatment well and get the structure they need through probation, he said. Samantha Malott can be reached at (209) 883-4639, or by email to smalott at dnews.com.

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