Thursday, March 17, 2011
Cool Wooden Indian
Traditionally seen posted in front of only the coolest cigar shops around the country, this beauty can be seen at Alexions, a neighborhood pub and grill in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Police Say New Dad Smoked Pot, Not Cigar
BUT HE DID USE THE HOSPITAL'S DESIGNATED SMOKING AREA
UNIONTOWN, Pa. -- Police say a new father faces drug charges because he lit up a marijuana joint, instead of a cigar, to celebrate his child's birth at a western Pennsylvania hospital.
Police aren't identifying the man found smoking the pot in a designated smoking area of Uniontown Hospital yesterday morning, but say he'll face marijuana possession charges.
Uniontown police Sgt. Jonathan Grabiak tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that a nurse smelled the marijuana when she took a cigarette break in the same area, and a hospital security guard called police about 3:20 a.m.
Grabiak says the man told him, "I'm having a baby and wanted to get a buzz" and then pulled a bag of marijuana from his shoe.
The man was released to a family member and made to leave the hospital.
source: Associated Press
UNIONTOWN, Pa. -- Police say a new father faces drug charges because he lit up a marijuana joint, instead of a cigar, to celebrate his child's birth at a western Pennsylvania hospital.
Police aren't identifying the man found smoking the pot in a designated smoking area of Uniontown Hospital yesterday morning, but say he'll face marijuana possession charges.
Uniontown police Sgt. Jonathan Grabiak tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that a nurse smelled the marijuana when she took a cigarette break in the same area, and a hospital security guard called police about 3:20 a.m.
Grabiak says the man told him, "I'm having a baby and wanted to get a buzz" and then pulled a bag of marijuana from his shoe.
The man was released to a family member and made to leave the hospital.
source: Associated Press
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Cigar Was Smoking Gun
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Saliva recovered from a cigar left at the scene of a shooting death one year ago was the key to making an arrest in the case, police announced Thursday.
Breon Glenn, 24, was arrested in Taylor County and charged with the November 2008 shooting death of 27-year-old Ben LaComb.
Police said LaComb and another man went to the 400 block of Sunshine Street to buy drugs. When Glenn pulled out a gun to rob them and the two men started to drive away, police said Glenn dove into the car and fired two shots a LaComb.
Police said Glenn dropped his cigar in the car before he ran from the scene. DNA analysis of the saliva on the cigar led them to Glenn.
Lesson Learned: Don't smoke and rob dope.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Tobacco Smoke And Your Nasal
The first paragraph of this article talks about CRS. If you're like me, CRS does not stand for anything scientific, rather something directly related to the destruction of brain cells. Can't Remember Sh**
...OK, so maybe it is scientific...
As we continue to explore the far reaching effects of disturbances in the human body’s second genome, this week’s blog focuses on the microbial community that inhabits the sinonasal cavities and how it is affected by tobacco smoke. A common complaint of smokers is chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), a prolonged inflammation of the sinuses that results in nasal congestion, pain, headaches, and other symptoms related to build up of pressure in the sinus cavities. The cause of CRS could be any of a range of factors, such as viral or bacterial infection, allergy, or physiological defects. However, a January, 2011 study by Natalia Goldstein-Daruech and colleagues, published online in PLoS ONE, suggests that in smokers, tobacco smoke causes the sinonasal microbiome to form a bacterial biofilm that contributes to the “conversion of a transient and medically treatable infection to a persistent and therapeutically recalcitrant condition.”
Enjoy the rest of this informative read here, at its source:
http://www.secondgenome.com/2011/02/tobacco-smoke-and-the-sinonasal-microbiome/
...OK, so maybe it is scientific...
As we continue to explore the far reaching effects of disturbances in the human body’s second genome, this week’s blog focuses on the microbial community that inhabits the sinonasal cavities and how it is affected by tobacco smoke. A common complaint of smokers is chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), a prolonged inflammation of the sinuses that results in nasal congestion, pain, headaches, and other symptoms related to build up of pressure in the sinus cavities. The cause of CRS could be any of a range of factors, such as viral or bacterial infection, allergy, or physiological defects. However, a January, 2011 study by Natalia Goldstein-Daruech and colleagues, published online in PLoS ONE, suggests that in smokers, tobacco smoke causes the sinonasal microbiome to form a bacterial biofilm that contributes to the “conversion of a transient and medically treatable infection to a persistent and therapeutically recalcitrant condition.”
Enjoy the rest of this informative read here, at its source:
http://www.secondgenome.com/2011/02/tobacco-smoke-and-the-sinonasal-microbiome/
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
The Truth About Kennedy and the Cuban Smokes
You may have heard the story of President John F. Kennedy sending his press secretary, Pierre Salinger, out to buy a stockpile of Cuban cigars the night before he signed the Cuban embargo into law. You might have wondered if the story was true, or simply an urban legend.
Well, it is true.
Here, courtesy of Janson media, is some archival footage in which the late Pierre Salinger recounts the incident in his own words some things not only about that incident, but about some cigars smuggled into the White House after the embargo became law:
Sallinger mentions in the video that the Cuban cigars Kennedy sent him out to buy were Petit Upmann’s “as I remember it.” In print interviews, he was more definite and specifically says that it was 1200 H. Upmann Petit Corona cigars that he purchased in that lesser-known but equally-legendary midnight ride.
Something that isn’t usually mentioned is that Kennedy originally planned that the embargo would not include Cuban cigars. In an interview with the New York Times in 2000, Richard Goodwin, who had been an assistant to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, revealed that JFK told him in early 1962 that “We tried to exempt cigars, but the cigar manufacturers in Tampa objected. I guess we’re out of luck.”
In addition to Cubans, Kennedy was known to favor Philippine cigars. Some Alhambras were sent to him upon his election, packed in as “victory cigars” in individual wooden boxes within a a larger box. Each box was monogrammed with his name.
We know this because one of the boxes was auctioned off a few years back, bringing U.S. $3,000.00 on the block. It had originally been presented to Wilbur J. Cohen, Kennedy’s Assistant Secretary for Legislation in 1960, by Kennedy. Cohen’s widow gave it to John Clevenger, whose father had been a close friend and political ally Cohens, and Clevenger put it up for sale.
Other White House insiders of the Kennedy era say that JFK actually preferred Philippine cigars to Cubans, but the truth of that claim remains in dispute. What we do know — again because one of the monogrammed boxes came up for auction — is that the president continued to receive a steady supply of cigars from the Philippines throughout his presidency.
Little evidence remains as to what brand (or brands) he favored, however, because he ordered almost all of the special boxes burned in the White House furnace after they were empty.
Alhambras are one of the main brands of the Philippines largest cigar maker, La Flor de la Isabela, and the mildest cigar that they make. Since the Petit Upmann is a mild to medium Cuban cigar, it is likely that Kennedy would have enjoyed Alhambras as well, especially as a lighter, daytime smoke. Or, he might have favored the flagship La Flor line of Tabacalera, which is mild, sweet and spicy. Ironically, La Flor de la Isabela has been linked with another U.S. President.
In 1999, the company, which claims its cigars are “used in the White House” introduced a new brand called Monica Lewinsky. The company got the idea to introduce the new cigar when they noticed their cigars featured in televised shots of the Oval Office and heard stories during the scandal about multiple uses the cigars were put to. The cigar, which has a picture of the famed former White House intern on its plastic outer wrapping, was a hand-rolled blend with an Indonesian wrapper and four types of Philippine tobaccos as filler.
No information was provided by the company on how they recommended the cigars be stored.
source: http://bit.ly/Mv9h9
Well, it is true.
Here, courtesy of Janson media, is some archival footage in which the late Pierre Salinger recounts the incident in his own words some things not only about that incident, but about some cigars smuggled into the White House after the embargo became law:
Sallinger mentions in the video that the Cuban cigars Kennedy sent him out to buy were Petit Upmann’s “as I remember it.” In print interviews, he was more definite and specifically says that it was 1200 H. Upmann Petit Corona cigars that he purchased in that lesser-known but equally-legendary midnight ride.
Something that isn’t usually mentioned is that Kennedy originally planned that the embargo would not include Cuban cigars. In an interview with the New York Times in 2000, Richard Goodwin, who had been an assistant to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, revealed that JFK told him in early 1962 that “We tried to exempt cigars, but the cigar manufacturers in Tampa objected. I guess we’re out of luck.”
In addition to Cubans, Kennedy was known to favor Philippine cigars. Some Alhambras were sent to him upon his election, packed in as “victory cigars” in individual wooden boxes within a a larger box. Each box was monogrammed with his name.
We know this because one of the boxes was auctioned off a few years back, bringing U.S. $3,000.00 on the block. It had originally been presented to Wilbur J. Cohen, Kennedy’s Assistant Secretary for Legislation in 1960, by Kennedy. Cohen’s widow gave it to John Clevenger, whose father had been a close friend and political ally Cohens, and Clevenger put it up for sale.
Other White House insiders of the Kennedy era say that JFK actually preferred Philippine cigars to Cubans, but the truth of that claim remains in dispute. What we do know — again because one of the monogrammed boxes came up for auction — is that the president continued to receive a steady supply of cigars from the Philippines throughout his presidency.
Little evidence remains as to what brand (or brands) he favored, however, because he ordered almost all of the special boxes burned in the White House furnace after they were empty.
Alhambras are one of the main brands of the Philippines largest cigar maker, La Flor de la Isabela, and the mildest cigar that they make. Since the Petit Upmann is a mild to medium Cuban cigar, it is likely that Kennedy would have enjoyed Alhambras as well, especially as a lighter, daytime smoke. Or, he might have favored the flagship La Flor line of Tabacalera, which is mild, sweet and spicy. Ironically, La Flor de la Isabela has been linked with another U.S. President.
In 1999, the company, which claims its cigars are “used in the White House” introduced a new brand called Monica Lewinsky. The company got the idea to introduce the new cigar when they noticed their cigars featured in televised shots of the Oval Office and heard stories during the scandal about multiple uses the cigars were put to. The cigar, which has a picture of the famed former White House intern on its plastic outer wrapping, was a hand-rolled blend with an Indonesian wrapper and four types of Philippine tobaccos as filler.
No information was provided by the company on how they recommended the cigars be stored.
source: http://bit.ly/Mv9h9
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